...It's hard for the ones who have to remain behind. But it's just as bad for the one who's leaving, I think.
[he's thinking a little, hm]
My sister was really sick before she passed. It was hard on her. She liked being active and around other people. But when she was sick... No one else was there besides me. One person can't do much when you're missing so many other people.
Itsuki's voice is soft, as if he doesn't want to disturb Yamato from his thoughts. It takes on thoughtful cadence, a little as if he's reciting a story.]
...Not sure. Maybe she was overworked, or really hungry. We lived in a brothel, so... [he taps his hand on the shelf next to them] Could have been anything.
We lived in a red light district in Kyoto. That's where the Shinsengumi's from, right?
[Ah... Yasusada nods, face softening with nostalgia. He misses Kyoto, sometimes.]
They didn't all come from there, but that's where they were formed. [The roushigumi, and then the Shinsengumi... he wasn't there at the start, but after his mission with Hachisuka, now he knows how they'd been in the beginning.] Okita-kun didn't really go to those districts very much, though.
[He was too busy trying to become a sword to be a slut]
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[It's an old wound, now--still, he lifts a hand to rub at his chest, as if trying to ease the ache.]
Kondou-san and Hijikata-san... couldn't even be with him.
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[it feels less surreal to hear their names and more sad that apparently the stories are true,]
...Was it just you and Okita-san at the end?
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Mostly. The doctor was there too. Okita-kun's family came too, eventually.
[But they weren't the people who should've seen Okita die. They weren't the Shinsengumi.]
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...It's hard for the ones who have to remain behind. But it's just as bad for the one who's leaving, I think.
[he's thinking a little, hm]
My sister was really sick before she passed. It was hard on her. She liked being active and around other people. But when she was sick... No one else was there besides me. One person can't do much when you're missing so many other people.
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What happened to her?
[does itsuki have TB trauma too]
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Itsuki's voice is soft, as if he doesn't want to disturb Yamato from his thoughts. It takes on thoughtful cadence, a little as if he's reciting a story.]
...Not sure. Maybe she was overworked, or really hungry. We lived in a brothel, so... [he taps his hand on the shelf next to them] Could have been anything.
We lived in a red light district in Kyoto. That's where the Shinsengumi's from, right?
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They didn't all come from there, but that's where they were formed. [The roushigumi, and then the Shinsengumi... he wasn't there at the start, but after his mission with Hachisuka, now he knows how they'd been in the beginning.] Okita-kun didn't really go to those districts very much, though.
[He was too busy trying to become a sword to be a slut]
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I can imagine. You don't get that reputation by sleeping around.
[we're ignoring the fact that hijikata slept around]
What were his hobbies?