It's been ages since I last updated, but inspiration has to strike now doesn't it? Well, this is the first in a collection of GinxTae one-shots, these will all be less than 2500 words. Just a collection of all my little stories and ideas that aren't big enough to post separately (or just when the laziness kicks in). The rating will mostly be T, unless stated otherwise at the beginning of the chapter.

Pairing: GinxTae (if you were wondering)

Rating: T for fried eggs

Genre: General & Romance

Disclaimer (for the once and for all) I do not own Gintama, merely a fan with too much free time on her hands

All GinxTae fics I've read so far have been more Gin's point of view, so I'm writing this one more from Tae's viewpoint. It's a bit difficult since they don't really show much of her thoughts in the show but I'll try to keep her in character.

Enjoy!

It's best not to sleep outside during Hanami

"6 eggs please." A young brunette in a red kimono asked the clerk of the local convenience store, the man turned around and went to get his customer's request. Said clerk luckily never had the chance to taste an egg after this particular client was done with it, her brother had (and had just survived). The girl, around eighteen years of age, paid for the eggs and was already making plans to try out a new recipe she had found earlier in a magazine. After Shin-chan kept refusing to eat her fried eggs, she figured he didn't like them anymore and decided to try something new.

"Your change, Miss." She kindly accepted the money and stepped out the store, looking up when she felt the heat of the sun on her skin. Even if it was spring, the sun gave off enough heat to make anyone believe it was already summer. She opened her favourite green umbrella and shielded herself from the warm light. She twirled it a bit out of habit and thought back when she had borrowed Gin this particular umbrella.

She thought back of when she had first met him, how it had been a punch at first sight. Even if he had helped her brother, he framed Shin-chan and made him lose his job. Though her image of him changed completely when he defended them from their debt-collector without a second thought, endangering himself, even if it was for just a minute. A very strange man but his heart was in the right place, and she understood why Shin-chan wanted to work for him, although she sometimes wondered where his salary was going.

It was only when she saw them on TV after the explosion at the embassy, which was according to himself completely not his fault, that she noticed how unusual Gin looked. Curly silver hair, pale skin and deep red, almost maroon eyes, not to mention his rather unique choice of clothing.

A pleasant little breeze snapped her out of her thoughts and she saw some sakura petals dancing with the wind. Hanami was steadily approaching and all sakura trees were already fully blossomed. She decided to lengthen her walk and headed in the direction of the park with the intention to have a little break at the sakura trees. Her thoughts still remained with the Jack-Of-All-Trades.

'It must be around that time that I…' She felt a little blush on her face with that thought. Ever since he had 'defeated' (rather cheated) Kondo, she had felt some attraction towards him. Even if she was a bit flattered at first by Kondo's constant courting, she found that her attraction towards Gin had grown into something more serious. After a while, the Shinsengumi commander became a pest and she always felt the need to punch him extra hard when Gin was around, just to get the message over to both him and her crush. Tae hoped that similar feelings enveloped Gintoki whenever she was near, but she doubted it; he always seemed so relax and at ease.

Another breeze blew her hair around a bit and the sakura trees were coming into view. She smiled at the pretty sight and was quite surprised to see that there was no one in the park on this lovely day. Tae walked a bit further into the park and settled against the base of a tree after placing her shopping bags beside her. The wind played with the falling petals and she plucked some of them out of her hair. She still couldn't stop thinking about that certain person and found that he was becoming more attractive with the day.

She sighed and decided to let the matter rest for the moment, and silently hoped it would solve itself. She looked behind her at the sakura tree as to blame it for her problems, and was quite curious when she saw something silver in the grass behind it. She quietly got up and stepped beside the tree. She was rather surprised to find the one troubling her mind for the last few weeks peacefully sleeping on his side.

She smiled at the sight and moved to sit next to the sleeping Gin, trying to keep as quiet as possible, bags now completely forgotten. The wind didn't seem to bother the oldest of the Yorozuya as he was still fast asleep. She studied his sleeping face and made the rather funny conclusion that it wasn't much different from his normal face, just with his eyes closed.

She continued to look at his face until her eyes finally locked on his lips. She wondered how it would be to- But stopped her train of thoughts before she could finish, not really wanting to let her imagination run loose and she turned her head away in embarrassment. Only to find that she just went back to looking at him, and her eyes once again landing on the same place as before.

'What if…' She brought her face closer and checked if he really was asleep. Not gaining a reaction, she moved her face so that their noses were nearly touching, and still no reaction. A voice in her head told her that what she was going to do, was a very bad idea. She flinched when he shifted a bit, and sighed in relief as he didn't seem to be awake. She sat back upright but continued to look at his face. 'He's still asleep, so just one quick kiss. He won't even notice.' She finally collected all her courage and without a second thought, she touched his lips with her own.

Very soft and not even lasting more than a second. She pulled away with red cheeks, a smile playing on her lips. Even if it was stolen, she got what she wanted eventually.

She turned around and stoop up, but jumped at the sudden voice behind her.

"Creeping up on a sleeping person, what a despicable thing to do."

Even if his words were accusing, his voice sounded rather amused, which she took as a good sign. Her back was turned at him so she couldn't see the amused or even satisfied grin that was plastered on his face.

"I wasn't really creeping up on you, I was merely testing something." She still had her back towards him and decided to beat the memory out of him when it came to it. She started to walk away but was stopped as she felt a strong grip on her wrist, and then a slight pull, making her land in, what she presumed was, his lap. The grip on her wrist was released and she could feel his hot breath tickle against her neck.

"I demand a retest."

Well, this was shorter than most of my fics but I already said I will post shorter ones here. I know there wasn't much Gin and Tae conversation in here but I wanted to write something about Tae, how she thinks etc. As said before, her thoughts aren't really shown so this can be OOC, depends on how you see Tae I guess. Just messing around with her character or so…

This was the first, I already have 2 ideas for the next ones and I'll try to find some time to write 'em.

I hope you enjoyed and please review!