《 texts from edo. 》

[justaways]

you know the deal.
other canons welcome, but i figured it would primarily just be us horrible people.

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[nobleofmadness]

[ A LONG DELAY ]

Fine, but I'll have to call home.

[shirogaki]

you mostly live with me noones gonna notice your gran will just assume thats where youre at

[nobleofmadness]

Oh. I forgot that.



Alright then. Take me into the night and crush my innocence.

[shirogaki]

thats the spirit

ill be out. making plans. pick you up at home

[ Ngl he'll be freaking out too much to crush any innocence. Or be freaking out so much he crushes it by accident? Stay tuned. ]

[nobleofmadness]

I'll be waiting. ♡



[ considering "fucking your roommate" was a problem there's probably no innocence to crush anyway but hey. never let reason make you less nervous! ]

[shirogaki]

[ Uuuugh why is Zura so cute. Why the heart. Why everything. Gintoki's freaking out here WHAT IS HE DOING HE DOESN'T KNOW.

Okay.

Okay.

He can do this.






So anyway some hours pass and it's somewhere between 6 and 7 PM when Gintoki comes back to the apartment. He tries to put on a face of the usual bravado and so practically slams the door and stomps in. Shhh. ]

Oiii, Zura!

[nobleofmadness]

[ Because he's a lovestruck schoolgirl at heart obviously. Also cute. It's all natural. Just be yourself, Gintoki, that's what he fell for after all! Somehow. Yeah I have no idea how either. ]

It's not Zura, it's Katsura.

[ Aw, look, he's all dressed up. Not quite suit levels or anything but he's in his cutest cardigan with a tie and clean shoes. ...okay so it's kind of a nerdy version of "dressed up" but still. ]

[ Then, with sniper precision of steely looks; ]

You're late.

[shirogaki]

[ Well, Gintoki's not dressed up at all. He's just got the usual wrinkly shirt on, not buttoned properly, and tight jeans with dirty and half broken sneakers. ]

Eh? No I'm not. I said six or seven. You never told me which.

[nobleofmadness]

[ How ~charming~. He's going for that aloof vintage look isn't he. :0 ]

I said six. Well, as long as you're here...

[ puckers up ]

[shirogaki]

Oh.

[ He ... really doesn't remember Katsura specifying six, just saying it was way too late.

But whatever. ]

...

[ Just. Stares at this lips.

Now they're suddenly jumping to the kissing??! Sure, they've done it before, but it's different now! And why is Katsura doing that! Why pucker his lips like that?!!

And why does closing that distance seem like such a big deeeaaaal???! ]

[nobleofmadness]

[ PROBABLY BECAUSE IT'S A HUGE DEAL?! THEY'RE GOING OFFICIAL TONIGHT. THAT'S LIKE, LIKE, ONE STEP AWAY FROM ENGAGEMENT!! SUCH AN IMPORTANT DAY! OF COURSE YOU WOULDN'T FEEL CONFIDENT ON A DAY LIKE THIS WITH THOSE SHOES!! ]

[ The pucker turns into a pout, though he doesn't move away. ]

Is something the matter, Gintoki?

[shirogaki]

[ YOU TALKING SHIT ABOUT HIS SHOES?! YOU'RE WELCOME TO BUY NEW ONES IF THESE AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR YOU. ]

Er-- Yeah, yeah, fine. I'm just ... Do you usually do that?

[ points ...

Why the weird puckering. Is that a thing? ]

[nobleofmadness]

[ MAYBE HE WILL!! ]

Well, yes. You don't like it?

[shirogaki]

[ FINE!! ]

Somehow I've never thought about it before...

[ Is he really that self conscious right now? Katsura seems to be perfectly okay with all this! Why is he so totally okay with all this?! What's up with that?! ]

[nobleofmadness]

[ It's probably because Katsura has fantasized multiple scenarios of their old married life in a farm and how they got there, so about 724324 options of a first official date are thought over and rehearsed in his mind. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ]

[ His expression evens out and he sighs. ]

You may think about it later, then. Weren't we going to do something more fun?

[ HE MEANS DATE NIGHT get your mind out of the gutter ]

[shirogaki]

Oh.

I thought you were looking for something else tonight.

[ He lost his mind in the gutter a very long time ago. ]

[nobleofmadness]

[ shrieks and swats him like a girl ]

[shirogaki]

[ JUMPS AWAY

raises his hands and a leg like a goddamn ninja idk ]

Ow! Oi! What was that for?!

[nobleofmadness]

[ huffs ]

I thought you were going to be a gentleman tonight.

[shirogaki]

What gave you that idea?

[ Seriously.

Have you forgotten who he is? ]

[nobleofmadness]

[ LOOK HE CAN DREAM OKAY. ]

Y..ou?

[ sniffs indignantly. ]

It was supposed to be our special night, you know.

[ wait why is it in past tense... ]

[shirogaki]

Ah, so you want me to fake all of it. Didn't catch that part.

[ Listen, here. He's going to keep being gross and making disgusting jokes. YOU CAN'T STOP HIM. ]

[nobleofmadness]

Well, not all of it, but a little would be nice, yes.

[ LOOK he's not even gonna argue. He needs to convince himself you're likeable before going all ~official~ with you. Once that's done you can be gross again. ]

[shirogaki]

[ ... Sigh.

Well, hopefully their destination is going to appeal to Katsura's romantic side. But now Gintoki's getting uncertain.

He swallows, and leans in to press a soft kiss against Katsura's lips. Just a peck. ]

Pain in the ass.

[ Huff. ]

Come on then.

[ He turns and opens the door, but pauses before he walks out and ... holds it up for Katsura. Fine, fine, he can be a ~gentleman~. Maybe. ]

[nobleofmadness]

[ He's still going to huff, but he looks placated by that little kiss. Almost giddy, really. It's gross. ]

It's not pain in the ass, it's Katsura.

[ He follows after grabbing his jacket, and actually gasps when Gintoki holds the door for him, clutching his heart and everything. ]

How -- how thoughtful!