Before Gintoki was taken in by Otose, he had you.

You were his partner and one of the only people he let himself put his guard down, letting you into his heart. He met you around a year after the Joui war ended and he fell for you as he still recovered from the trauma he had endured.

You and him loved eachother dearly, even considering marriage even if you hadn’t known eachother for a while, but an argument broke between you two which led him to leave and the two of you bearing a scar that would still bleed to this day.

It’s been years since and Gintoki now lived in kabuki district, running a business called Yorozuya Gin-chan along with kagura and shinpachi. Coincidentally, you had recently moved into kabuki district also. Even if you guys hadn’t kept in contact, Gintoki couldn’t help but feel his heart ache for you. He still had a half torn picture the two of you had taken a while back, the smile on your face and his body peeking from the tear. He wondered if you had the other half but he kept telling himself you probably threw it away and was happy with someone else.

He didn’t deserve your love. He had told himself that even before you got together.

One day, you sat at the park where you met a young girl with vermilion hair and blue eyes named Kagura. She had a humongous dog which she had was named “Sadaharu”. You and kagura then befriended eachother and she would talk about her life here as he sat under her purple umbrella.

She mentioned how she worked with a boy with glasses named Shinpachi and a man who she called “Gin-chan.” Your heart throbbed as you thought of Gintoki at the sound of hearing “Gin”.

Soon as the girl munched on her sokonbu, she perked up and said that they were here as she hopped off the bench and skipped towards them.

You saw a young man with glasses who you assumed was shinpachi as he spoke.

Shinpachi: “Ah kagura-chan, have you finished walking Sadaharu yet?”

But the moment you turned to look at the other man, your eyes widened as your heart skipped a beat. Those red eyes, silver hair.

You knew it was him.

Gintoki walked, his arm inside his yukata as the other scratched his head as he spoke to kagura.

Gintoki: “Yeesh Kagura, what took you so long, we have a job soo-“

He paused as his eyes landed on you. His eyes widened as he stood up straighter. Kagura munched on her sokonbu as she casually introduced you to him and shinpachi but he didn’t listen.

He wondered why you were here, if it really was you.

If maybe things could back to how they were.