[ They wouldn't mean as much if it were easy, but that just makes it more heart wrenching when you can't keep them.
Gintoki keeps this negative thought to himself, falling quiet for the time being. It's been awhile since he has had somebody this close in proximity to him. The pad of his thumb runs up the side of her hand as it lay on his still, vacant eyes fixated on the ground as he thinks of a memory as he so often did. Many of them are gray and distant; hard for him to remember. Those especially on the battle field where he saw so many comrades take their last breath but some vivid as a summer day, like eating onigiri under the cherry blossoms with the childish laughter drumming in his ears.
He inhales a slow breath, taking in her scent. ]
Consider this all a victory, then, and not a loss, as promises that are hard to keep have not been broken, but strengthened instead.
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Gintoki keeps this negative thought to himself, falling quiet for the time being. It's been awhile since he has had somebody this close in proximity to him.
The pad of his thumb runs up the side of her hand as it lay on his still, vacant eyes fixated on the ground as he thinks of a memory as he so often did. Many of them are gray and distant; hard for him to remember. Those especially on the battle field where he saw so many comrades take their last breath but some vivid as a summer day, like eating onigiri under the cherry blossoms with the childish laughter drumming in his ears.
He inhales a slow breath, taking in her scent. ]
Consider this all a victory, then, and not a loss, as promises that are hard to keep have not been broken, but strengthened instead.