[ This feels much better than just now. Sure, Shinpachi will just about yell at anyone given the right circumstances, but it's not as if he enjoys feeling angry or yelling at people he cares about this deeply. He prefers standing here like this, their bond mended - was it even really broken, even for a moment? - and just hearing those words and all they imply between the two of them. Shinpachi might be one of the most independent forces this world has known and never really lets anything tie him down, but Sano's got to be the most consistent force he'd actually like to keep around.
(He feels those hands clinging to his back, and he's practically sure of it in this moment. There's no way Sano would just let him leave the Shinsengumi all by himself. Sano leaves with him in the future, and that's how they both survive the war.
Sano's just got to be the other survivor, there's no other way.)
Shinpachi lets out a small laugh though at that last statement. ]
Yeah. Dunno how that happened either. [ At least he's honest, since he is at least that self-aware.. he knows he doesn't really have a lot of Sano's good qualities that women seem to like about him. But he seems to have done something right with Leanne, anyway. ] Maybe it's since I don't fall for girls who're sticking around 300 men all day long.
[ It's a small joke though, little more than a light tease. He's just doing his best, since.. well, honestly, this is probably the first time that it's been Sano who was leaning (metaphorically) on him rather than the other way around outside of battle. And he's not about to immediately ruin this new development, especially when it's better for Sano, too.
It's why he breathes in, and-- ]
So next time you're gonna kick some demon ass, take me along too, got it? What's there that the two of us couldn't at least try to tackle before, huh..? [ Sure, they might not be able to beat a demon either with the two of them, but at least their chance is no longer just impossible, period, end of sentence.
It's the only answer he can provide, after all, even if it took a moment. ]
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(He feels those hands clinging to his back, and he's practically sure of it in this moment. There's no way Sano would just let him leave the Shinsengumi all by himself. Sano leaves with him in the future, and that's how they both survive the war.
Sano's just got to be the other survivor, there's no other way.)
Shinpachi lets out a small laugh though at that last statement. ]
Yeah. Dunno how that happened either. [ At least he's honest, since he is at least that self-aware.. he knows he doesn't really have a lot of Sano's good qualities that women seem to like about him. But he seems to have done something right with Leanne, anyway. ] Maybe it's since I don't fall for girls who're sticking around 300 men all day long.
[ It's a small joke though, little more than a light tease. He's just doing his best, since.. well, honestly, this is probably the first time that it's been Sano who was leaning (metaphorically) on him rather than the other way around outside of battle. And he's not about to immediately ruin this new development, especially when it's better for Sano, too.
It's why he breathes in, and-- ]
So next time you're gonna kick some demon ass, take me along too, got it? What's there that the two of us couldn't at least try to tackle before, huh..? [ Sure, they might not be able to beat a demon either with the two of them, but at least their chance is no longer just impossible, period, end of sentence.
It's the only answer he can provide, after all, even if it took a moment. ]