10I hope y'all are staying healthy. I will try to get some writing done to help y'all stave off boredom. It's about the only thing I can do from quarantine myself.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gintama.
Title: Easiest Lie
Pairing: none, Okita Sougo
Requester: annonymous
Prompt: Someone's greatest fear.
If he were pressed, Okita would claim to have no fears at all. And he'd defend that statement to his death. The truth was something he rarely dealt in, so it would be no great difficulty to keep up such a simple lie. Even the times when he'd slipped and shown his hand he could pass off with minimal effort.
No, that wasn't fear when he rode the roller coaster without properly securing himself and flew off. It was a self-preservation instinct that had him begging Hijikata for help, that's all it was.
No, that wasn't fear when Kondo almost died at the hands of Ito's men. It was anger. Anger that they dared to try to take what was Sougo's.
No, that wasn't fear when Mistuba was dying. It was grief. He was still human, after all.
No, it wasn't fear when he fought the yato named Kamui. It was excitement. It was rare that an opponent could meet him in a challenge like that.
No, it wasn't fear when he ran through the dark woods, trying to save Kondo. It was desperation, and determination.
It was never fear. Never.
The easiest lie he'd ever told. Even to himself.
