cloudy day

Overcast clouds caused the early evening to come.

——The time of the devil.

The older young man with curly silver curly hair was wearing a flamboyant white suit and pink shirt, leaning lazily and drunkenly on the railing and looking at the massive heavy clouds.The whole person is covered by overly bright color blocks, which is like a challenge to the gloomy weather.

It's like an out-of-key note rendered by an unfair fate.such weather.

The breath of the earth moved closer.He also walked to Yinshi's side, leaning against the rusted railing.

The silver-haired natural curly eyes glanced at him lazily with eyes that seemed to be still sleepy, but they still didn't speak first, but turned their eyes back.

Hijikata Toshiro's face was hidden in the dim light. He took out a cigarette from his pocket, walked up to Sakata Gintoki, and handed it to him.

Sakata Yinshi took it very smoothly, put it in his mouth, stretched out his hand again, and said vaguely: "Excuse me."

Tufang also rarely complained about the man's irresponsible role as a teacher, but lit a cigarette for him very smoothly, and then lit himself.

Two broken sparks flickered in the dark air.Eyes like monsters.

Earthwork turned his face slightly to the side, aiming at Yinshi's face hidden in the smog.

Yinshi's appearance when he smokes is very sensational.The slender white fingers held the smoke, and the two thin lips were slightly parted. The misty smoke made the pale and delicate facial features bewitching, seductive, and glamorous.And those eyes that never wake up, half-opened, confused red eyes, seem to contain infinite charm.

It was obviously just an ordinary movement, but when he did it, it unexpectedly made people... move his index finger.

Tufang's Adam's apple moved up and down, his long and narrow eyes flickered, and he looked away.

"Multiple strings." The hoarse voice was particularly sexy.

"……Um?"

"What on earth are we here for?"

"...Ah? Are you okay with natural rolls?"

"Since we can't understand each other, why do social animals like humans exist in the world? It's obviously a self-contradictory existence...why isn't it ruled out by the laws of nature?"

The dwarf fir guy is.Multi-string this guy too.You will never be able to fully understand the other person's mood, and you will never be able to fully convey your own feelings.Gintoki Sakata looks out at the city, the streets, the crowds, the vast sky, the huge sunset—all of which have nothing to do with him.He is human, but not human.Because of isolation, human beings are small and lonely.

Toshiro Hijikata certainly didn't know what Gintoki Sakata was thinking.He began to seriously consider this question.Just when he was about to mobilize the meager knowledge in his head to answer from the perspectives of sociology, nature, philosophy, science, psychology, etc., the guy who asked the question went on without authorization.As if it wasn't an interrogative sentence at all, but just a long sigh with a curved question mark.

The silver hair with natural curly hair let out a puff of smoke lazily, his thin lips were slightly parted, and his eyes were blurred.

- not good.

He said, "Hikata, I'm just lonely."

--Oops.

His gaze rested leisurely on Tufang's face.

shame.pride.secular rules.These are all but momentary fatal temptations and erratic accidents.

--who cares.

When he came back to his senses, Hijikata had already kissed him.

Tobacco.Strawberry flavor.soft.cool.close at hand.My heart was beating like thunder.

Yinshi suddenly opened his eyes wide, but didn't react for a while.After that, he closed his eyes obediently, but the trembling eyelashes showed that he was not at peace at the moment.

And Hijikata Toshiro.Feel very warm.

A kiss can be like the first ice-breaking warm current in early spring, gently and slowly crushing thousands of miles of ice.

There was a pause between the lips and tongue, and the two exchanged breaths with their foreheads pressed against their foreheads like the closest couple.

This time, Tufang didn't evade anymore, and even though his face was red, he didn't look away.The bright eyes are set against the cloudy sky that cannot be erased, becoming the most unforgettable scenery.

"Gintoki Sakata, I—Toshiro Hijikata, would like to be that person who can fully understand you and be understood by you."

Sakata Gintoki, who has long since passed the age of first love exchanging diaries, writing love letters, and saying a few love words, blushes, suddenly opened his red eyes wide, and then... terribly, blushed.

Must be drunk.Yes.I don't drink well, so I must be drunk.It must be.It must be.

A few self-excusing words that were tossed back and forth were vividly engraved in his mind, just as the existence named Toshiro Hijikata took root in his heart at this moment with the momentum of sweeping thousands of troops.

——When the false is true, the true is also false.Some people are happy and some are sad.

Sakamoto Tatsuma retreated silently into the shadow behind the rooftop gate, his clear and bright facial features were shrouded in darkness, his fists were clenched and then released, clenched again, and then loosened weakly after a while.

Behind the sunglasses, a pair of eyes that had lost their brilliance were filled with pain.

He came to see Jin Shi for a drink.This rooftop used to be the stronghold of the four of them.

And now...

Sakamoto quickly left the rooftop as if fleeing for his life, as if he was escaping from a terrifying and dazzling reality.

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Tatsuma Sakamoto didn't grow up with Gintoki.The disadvantage of joining halfway once made him discouraged, especially when Gintoki, Wig, and Takasugi were talking about the common things in their memories.

However, he quickly regained his confidence.

Because compared to those two people, he is the most sober and smartest, and it is not too late to realize his feelings.

Takasugi is the stupidest.This guy has never recognized his heart because of his personality traits. Judging from his secondary nature, even if he recognizes his heart one day, he will not pursue Yinshi normally.

Character determines destiny.Shinsuke Takasugi's character determines his fate of getting farther and farther away from Gintoki.Even if he has the biggest advantage that no one else can get - the tacit understanding and mutual attraction with Yinshi, as well as Yinshi's absolute trust.

And the wig... You can say he is stupid, or cowardly, maybe there is an element of inferiority in it.He probably has been afraid of being isolated since he was a child.After all, Gintoki and Takasugi formed their own world when they were together, with an unobtrusive but implicitly strong exclusivity.Therefore, the guy with the wig is always tied up, and it is difficult to jump out of the position of "partner".

Plus...the wig hides an uncertainty.Or instability.It's fine if it's well hidden, but if it breaks out one day, it will make things worse.

With these two guys as opponents, Sakamoto believes that his chances of winning are still very high.

He endured and pretended to be a playboy so that Yinshi could put down his guard and burden on him.He hibernates, and first firmly occupies a solid position as a friend.He calculated that when Takasugi and the wig both showed their feelings, only he could become the person Gintoki relied on in confusion.All that's left is time.One day, not too long, he will become the most special existence around Yinshi.It may not be love, but it must be inseparable.

Sakamoto is right.Gintoki only called him by his name when he called him, which proved this point.Takasugi has already made a move, and happily pushes Gintoki further away.Gui is also ready to move.Everything was as he expected——

Except Hijikata Toshiro.

Cleverness is misunderstood by cleverness.He actually completely missed the existence of Toshiro Hijikata.

It never occurred to him that staying together for more than ten years could not compare to a boy who had known each other for less than a month.

However, this is not the only reason for his deep pain.The other reason is more direct, more profound, more simply tearing apart his chest——

Sakata Gintoki is in love.

For the first time, Sakamoto Tatsuma hated his extraordinary talent for insight into the world.

All anesthesia or hallucinations are useless to him, he feels like he is lying on the operating table, allowing the doctor to cut open his body with a sharp scalpel, leaving no skin intact.

There is no exact name for this pain, it can be called fear or loss.