[They both certainly did cool down. Hijikata can't remember feeling so somber at any point during his first Sanguis cycle. He really wanted to spare LB his manpain which he doesn't even have a right to feel after all the insulting things he did to Mitsuba, but here they are. When she touches his face he feels even more undeserving. If only she understood what a shitty guy he is...]
I rejected her, and when she got engaged to another man I killed him.
[That's the truth. Mitsuba was already very sick when that man proposed to her, and to this day Hijikata doesn't know what made her accept his proposal. Maybe she wanted to be closer to her brother Sougo in her final months, seeing how her groom brought her to Edo. Maybe she wanted to punish Hijikata, who had hoped for her to end up with a better man than himself, by marrying the worst possible guy. Maybe she simply wanted to experience the joy of a wedding before the end of her life. In any case Hijikata discovered the groom's ulterior motives of blackmailing Sougo into turning a blind eye to his smuggling activities, so he conducted a one-man raid that would doubtlessly have gotten him killed if the others hadn't found out and come to his aid. In the end the groom was dead, and so was the bride, whose health had deteriorated faster than anyone expected.]
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I rejected her, and when she got engaged to another man I killed him.
[That's the truth. Mitsuba was already very sick when that man proposed to her, and to this day Hijikata doesn't know what made her accept his proposal. Maybe she wanted to be closer to her brother Sougo in her final months, seeing how her groom brought her to Edo. Maybe she wanted to punish Hijikata, who had hoped for her to end up with a better man than himself, by marrying the worst possible guy. Maybe she simply wanted to experience the joy of a wedding before the end of her life. In any case Hijikata discovered the groom's ulterior motives of blackmailing Sougo into turning a blind eye to his smuggling activities, so he conducted a one-man raid that would doubtlessly have gotten him killed if the others hadn't found out and come to his aid. In the end the groom was dead, and so was the bride, whose health had deteriorated faster than anyone expected.]
I didn't even apologise to her.