[Thin Sakura Ghost] Tongqi

I don't know how long I ran, but I stuck my head on Toshizo Hijikata who stopped suddenly.

"It's too sudden!" I said angrily while rubbing my nose bone, no matter if it pulled me to run or stop, it was too sudden.

Hijikata Toshizo didn't apologize, but just motioned me to sit on the grass beside me, I curled my lips but did as I did.

The fireworks in the sky still decorate the night sky, accompanied by thunderous explosions, one after another fireworks bloom and fall from the ground.I can still vaguely hear the cheers and laughter of people in the distance, but at this moment, the place where I am is very deserted.

"You seem to like quiet places?" I asked.

"What about you?" Hijikata Toshizo asked me back, but I didn't know how to answer.I love liveliness and cleanliness.When you are alone, you will miss the joy of being with friends, but when you are busy, you will think of the idleness when you are alone.So I said honestly: "Not sure."

"Heh." Hijikata Toshisan smiled lightly, "Just like your feelings, you don't know very well."

I looked at his still bright eyes under the moonlight and was silent for a while before slowly asking: "Why me?"

"Ok?"

"I always find it very strange, if you..." I paused, "like me. Why me?"

"Yeah, why you." Hijikata Toshizo lay on his back on the grass, "I've been asking myself that question for a long time."

"Is there an answer?" I asked.

Hijikata Toshisan shook his head, "Look at the sky."

I raised my head and looked up at the sky as he said. At this time, the fireworks had been set off, and countless stars blinked mischievously in the night, embellishing the night with incomparable brilliance.

"Do you have an answer? It's like knowing what those glowing things are." Hijikata Toshizo asked me.

I froze for a moment, turned over on the grass and looked at his handsome side face with my hands on my cheeks, and then said, "Stars are celestial bodies in the universe. Generally, what we can see with the naked eye are stars outside the solar system."

"star?"

I clearly saw the corners of Hijikata Toshizo's eyes twitch, and he continued to explain while suppressing a smile, "A star is a celestial body like the sun."

"You..." Hijikata Toshisan hesitated to speak, and then he put his hands behind his head and didn't speak at all. I vaguely felt that he was going to fall asleep, so I wanted to wake him up and tell him not to sleep here.

"Why is it you?" Hijikata Toshisan closed his eyes, repeating this sentence dreamily, and after a while, he returned to his steady and even breathing.

It seemed that it was time to spend the night here, I looked sideways at the moonlight shining on his white skin, we were so close that I could see even the soft down on his face.I pursed my lips and looked at the unusually handsome man in front of me, with mixed feelings in my heart.

The next morning I woke up in the room, looking at the men's kimono that was being laid out on the side, and looking at the white yukata on myself, I guessed that Hijikata Toshizo sent me back.

I hastily changed into men's clothes, put on a haori, and pinned the sword given by Ishikawa-senpai to my waist, washed up briefly, and rushed to the main entrance.

There were already many people standing there, so I stepped forward and walked behind Hijikata Toshizo and Shannan Keisuke at the front.

Keisuke Shannan saw me, and looked suspiciously at Toshizo Hijikata, "Hijikata-kun?"

I then looked at Toshizo Hijikata, and he was also looking at me, but compared to yesterday, he has changed a lot, and he has turned back into that guy that people can't get close to.

"Let him follow." Toshizo Hijikata lowered his eyes and said, I nodded and smiled at Keisuke Yamanan before getting into the line.

During the routine street patrol, people would give us a way out of the way while whispering. Occasionally, I could clearly hear the topics they were discussing, such as Mibu wolf, slasher, and illegal ronin. I tried to keep my eyes firm. But those messy words still linger in my mind.

What does Hijikata Toshizo think about all this?I looked at the back of Toshizo Hijikata who was walking in front of me. His long black hair was tied up, and the white belt tied to his forehead was tied behind his head, fluttering slightly in the wind.

"Hijikata-kun, ahead." Shannan Keisuke said suddenly.

Hijikata Toshisan let out an "um", and then stepped up his pace calmly.

Because of my height, I couldn't see what was going on ahead, but as I got closer to where they said I heard some noise.

"Routine inspection of the Shinsengumi!" Hijikata Toshizo pulled out his sword at once, and the soldiers behind me lined up in a well-trained line following his order, and all of them drew their swords out of their sheaths.

Standing behind Hijikata Toshizo, I should have looked ridiculous.I raised my head and saw Keisuke Shannan glance at me. I was startled and pulled out the knife tremblingly, but I didn't know where to stand.

Just when I was hesitating, the sound of sword clashing sounded like a plague, spreading from one place until it filled the entire street, but I stood behind Hijikata Toshizo like a puppet, like a statue.

There were screams all around, and there were large bloodstains everywhere he looked.Those blood-stained swords are beside me, and my knife seems to be a blunt knife that has not yet been sharpened.

Hijikata Toshizo and Yamanan Keisuke joined the battle one after another. I frantically looked around for the way to escape, but the place was already in chaos, and I would only get stabbed if I ran around casually.

I must be very helpless now, I can already feel the weight of my head, and the feeling of spinning around is very strange.

"What are you doing?!" I suddenly recalled a command, and an arm was wrapped around my waist. I realized it in a jerk, and I could only be pulled by Hijikata Toshizo to his side.

His knife kept slashing at people's bodies. I could see that the clean clothes were stained by the gurgling blood, and I could even hear the sound of the knife cutting through the flesh.

The strength in the waist was loosened, and Hijikata Toshisan pinched my arm with one hand, preventing me from leaving him very far, while resisting the enemies who came one after another.

"Be careful!!" I saw a man rushing towards Hijikata Toshizo from the left rear. Did not see.

Hijikata Toshizo will be injured.If you are unlucky, you will die, right?I opened my mouth and felt dizzy even more. The whole world seemed to be imprinted on the man who rushed towards Toshizo Hijikata.

The limb has a very strange feeling, as if it can move by itself.I turned sideways to face the direction of the man rushing towards Hijikata Toshizo, and seemed to feel my own hand raised to shoulder height, and in an instant, I stabbed out with all my strength.

The tip of the knife pierced into the man's chest, "boom bang" "boom bang", starting from the blade, stretching into my palm, it was the heartbeat of the man.

I let go of the knife handle in a panic, the man stood still for a while, staring at me with protruding eyes, and finally collapsed.

I killed someone.