[Selflessness and selfishness are at war with each other within Chizuru, and in the end, selfishness wins out. She's had so little happiness over the years - surely it isn't asking too much to allow herself this, however fleeting it might be. It's been so many years since she's had any sort of happiness at all that didn't come from the memories she's clung to so tightly.

She'll never have the chance to see Okita and the Shinsengumi again, but she has the opportunity to spend a few days with Kaoru. She can't pass that up.

One hand comes up to her mouth to hide the twitch of her lips into a smile at his joke.]

If you truly don't mind... Then I will accept your offer, Yukimura-san. Please, allow me to pay you what I would have spent to stay at an inn.