[31 Oct] [Hakuouki] Amnesty day
Title: Morning visit
Day/theme: 22 Oct/Bed head
Series: Hakuouki
Characters: Hijikata and Kondou
Comment: Continued from Letting off steam
"Toshi. Is it ok if I come in?"
"Eh. Kondou san? Just give me a moment."
What could he want at this time of the day... I hurriedly tug my clothes into some semblance of order and bundle my hair into a rough ponytail before opening hte door.
He stands awkwardly in the doorway. A tray with a pair of steaming cups of tea in his hands.
"Er. Toshi. Want a tea?"
"Ah. Ok. But. Surely Kondou-san didn't come all the way..."
"Well. It's about that resolution I made you make.."
"Eh? Why bring it up now of all things... It's ok...."
"But. I heard that it was causing you some difficulty..."
"Who told you that?" My eyes narrow as I run through the list of people who could possibly have spoken and their possible motivations.
"Ah. That really doesn't matter does it? The point is. Toshi has been having it quite hard these few days no?"
"It's under control. I m fine. Kondou san should worry about other things..."
I mutter in an annoyed tone, not quite under my breath.
"But." He pauses, uncertain. Then his expression changes as he tried a new tact. "The discipline amongst the troops has been somewhat lacking since the start of the year... There was the matter of the fire in the kitchen..."
I sigh sensing where this is likely to go.
"And the recent four days of consecutive curfew breaking by Nagakura and Saito. Although they allege that Ito san brought them drinking and that it would have been impolite to leave early."
"We confined them to headquarters as punishment right?"
"There was some rumor that perhaps the vice commander has mellowed. And is no longer capable of enforcing discipline. So. For the sake of the Shinsengumi."
I sigh and run my fingers through my hair, pulling out the hair tie and yanking a few strands loose. My hair falls unbound in a messy wave around my shoulders.
"Ok ok. I ll do it. Screw all resolutions and screw me keeping temper ok? I ll do it so no one else has to."
He heaves a sigh of relief.
"Thank you Toshi."
Title: Full of beans
Day/theme: 23. A pocket full of rye
Series: Hakuouki
Characters: Hijikata and Souji
Comment: Continued from Morning Visit
Finally after many repeated assurances that I was really ok and not about to explode from pent up rage at the accumulated idiocy of the troops, I manage to usher Kondou out of the room.
Alone again, I set about re dressing myself more neatly and combing my hair.
It's quite calming setting things back into order. In fact, I'm almost feeling calm again when I hear another person calling from just outside my door.
"Hijikata-san."
"What."
My mood starts to take a turn for the worse. But to be fair just hearing Souji s voice tends to do that for some reason.
"Nothing. Just came to call you for breakfast."
"Noted."
"Hijikata-san."
"What." I growl.
"Aren't you going to come out?"
I grit my teeth, walk to the door and slide it open to be greeted by...
A shower of beans.
"Fuku wa uchi!"
"OKITA SOUJI. Clean this mess up now!" I bellow, noting with some satisfaction that the shout echoes around the otherwise silent compound.
His mouth quirks in a laconic grin.
"It's good to have the real Oni fukuchou back."