Fictober Day 6: Leaves-ToshiSami

Hijikata hid his slight smile by taking a sip of his tea as he watched Kondō gather leaves in a large pile with Chizuru. Once they had gathered enough leaves, Kondō jumped in them and motioned for Chizuru to join him and laughed as they played in the leaves. Hijikata chuckled to himself as he dipped his brush and ink as he continued looking at Kat-chan with affection. His heart warmed when his violet eyes locked with his and he waved at him, and Hijikata smiled back at him.

Fictober 2018 - Fire

Fandom: AnS, Obi x Shirayuki

Shirayuki rubbed her hands and held them over the small fire Obi had built. “That was fast, thanks.”

Still kneeling and feeding twigs into the leaping flames, Obi smiled. “I knew you’d need warming.”

Shirayuki mumbled, “…fire’s good but not my first choice.”

HijiChi Week 2018 - Day 1

Hijikata gazed out upon the courtyard, leaning against the frame of the shoji with his arms crossed and buried deep within the wide sleeves of his hakamashita. The sky was grey—the color before the arrival of dawn—and birds chirped merrily from a tree nearby. Despite having only slept for an hour or two, Hijikata was far from irritable.

After finishing official letters, Hijikata allowed himself to pull out his notebook and indulge in haiku, but soon, he realized that his thoughts couldn’t be contained to the short poems. Instead, he had written what turned out to be a letter. One that would never be sent.

Movement from the corner of his eye caught his attention and Hijikata stood to his full height as he craned his neck in time to witness the subject of his lengthy letter crossing the dew-covered grass toward the kitchen.

A smile slowly spread across his lips. Chizuru walked with such ease and purpose for one so small and seemingly timid. Her face was free from worry, which flooded Hijikata with a sense of relief, for the circumstances that kept her here were enough to cause anyone consternation.

Hijikata’s thoughts wandered back to his letter, and his cheeks slightly colored. He recalled how he spent two pages marveling at her tenacity in the face of the danger the Shinsengumi were to her, both internally and externally. Even so, she faced every day with a smile that lit her entire face and never failed to induce a similar reaction from him.

Even when she was faced with something devastating, Chizuru’s eyes would only darken long enough to give the event its due before she pressed on. Hijikata wished she would share her secret, for he often spent far too much time brooding over things he couldn’t change.

He had never wanted to feel anything for her, but Chizuru’s steadfastness had made it easy for her to crawl her way into his affections. Hijikata would never admit that from the first moment he had stared down the length of his sword at her, he had known she was more than what she seemed. And it was this that had stayed his blade. He couldn’t make himself kill one who had such a thirst for life.

Chizuru disappeared into the kitchen, and Hijikata leaned back against the frame with a soft snort. Something told him it would only be a matter of time before his regard for her would be known.

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Shinsenvember: Bakemono

“Do you think he really is?”

“Don’t be an idiot, Heisuke,” Shinpachi said over the rim of his sake cup before drinking its contents.

Shinpachi’s utterance was swiftly followed by a cuff to the back of the head courtesy of Harada. Heisuke yelped and rubbed at the sore spot, muttering obscenities towards the aggressor. Shinpachi watched the exchange silently as he filled his sake cup once more and used another sip to hide a smile.

The trio were gathered in Shimabara to enjoy a few free hours drinking sake, and Shinpachi had hoped they would avoid talking about work, even if it did consume their lives. It was so like Heisuke to bring up sore subjects when all they wanted to do was have fun.

“I thought we said no talking about what goes on in the compound,” Harada reinforced.

“Yeah, but…I wasn’t going to talk about…I just wanted to talk about Hijikata-san’s nickname!”

“What about it?”

Heisuke peered at both of the men, a light blush dusting his cheeks. “We all know he’s strict and can be a terror when he’s angry, but…I mean, there has to be more to it, right? So…do you think he’s a real Oni?”

Shinpachi hummed thoughtfully as Harada frowned. In any other circumstance, Shinpachi would have laughed off Heisuke’s question and chalked it up to a young man’s overactive imagination, but now…

Now, they were dealing with a new medicine they were ordered to experiment with. Shinpachi has borne witness to the effects of the red elixir, and his belief that Oni didn’t exist was now in doubt. If the old stories were true, then what they were creating would verify the existence of such creatures. It made a shiver crawl down his spine.

“Just because we have that stuff doesn’t mean Hijikata-san is like them,” Harada replied.

“Then why is he so insistent on using it?” Heisuke’s tone was petulant.

There wasn’t a ready answer. Shinpachi wasn’t even sure what Hijikata was thinking. It wasn’t in his nature to share his thoughts with his subordinates. Which was rather irritating to him. If only Hijikata realized that if he was a little more transparent, it would foster more trust among him and the captains.

“I don’t know, but it’s no use dwelling on this when we have perfectly good sake to drink,” Harada said with a smile as he poured himself a draught.

Heisuke didn’t look convinced. “I guess.”

Shinpachi shoved his own serious thoughts aside and grinned as he helped himself to more sake. “I think as long as Hijikata-san hasn’t taken the stuff, we can be certain he’s not a real Oni.”

Fairy Tail Original Anime Appreciation Post!

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