Hello!
It's a short AU story, that's all I'll say. By the end of this, I'll let you know more…
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Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is not mine; you all know that.
Just One More Day
Chapter 1: Guilt
"I hate you!" She yelled at him from the top of her lungs, "I hate you! I can't believe that I loved you… I-I must have been blind!"
She run off the room, and she cried.
She cried and cried.
She went to the parking lot and turned on her car.
Silly me, I should have listened to Megumi, why I never listen to her?
She began driving and regretted trusting him. She regretted spending the last five years of her life loving someone like him.
But he seemed different, he wasn't that way until… until she came to their lives.
Of course, she should have been suspected, always trying to hang out wit them, appearing at every single place they were in. Always flirting with him, asking him for help, come on, who could not take out a soda from the fountain machine?!
Well, she had him right now, and although it hurt, she would let it be that way.
It was enough.
He hadn't called her for the last two weeks as he used to; he wasn't going with her anymore, and every time he kissed her, she felt that the kisses were not for her anymore.
Yes, she would let him leave, let him be with her.
"I hate him, I hate him," she said between sobs while driving, "I-I hat… I love him… Damn it!" She shouted without noticing that she was going towards a car. She pushed the brake but it wasn't fast enough.
The last thing she could remember was someone calling after her, asking if she was ok…
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Kenshin was surprised to say the least. He was going to tell her today, he really was, but it seemed that destiny wanted to play a little prank to him and turned things upside down.
Just when he was giving a goodbye kiss to Tomoe so she could leave before Kaoru arrived, the door had opened and revealed shocked blue eyes staring at them.
He wanted to run after her when she run out of the building after saying that she hated him.
It was his fault, he knew. He should have told her before, when everything had begun, but he was a coward.
Tomoe had left like half an hour ago telling him that it was ok, that Kaoru would be ok. Besides, it was time for her to know that he wasn't interested in her anymore.
"It is better Kenshin, now we don't have to worry about sneaking to be together. I told you to break up with her before, but no, you had to wait… it is ok, honey. She'll be fine"
Yeah, it was better, now he didn't have to worry about how to tell Kaoru that he had been cheating on her for the last two weeks.
He was going to tell her, he really was…
It wasn't his fault to feel attracted towards Tomoe since he had met her. She was so mysterious, so different from shiny and cheerful Kaoru. He still loved her, but not in the same way, not was before. He was sorry that he had to hurt her, but it was for good; however, why did he feel so uncomfortable, as if a part of him had left him forever?
He didn't know, he really didn't. But at least now he could meet freely with Tomoe.
"I'm sorry Kaoru"
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"One, two, three, now…"
They were doing the best.
"No answer doctor" A woman said worriedly
"Come one child, you have to breathe, come on" He tried again
"Breathe, breathe…"
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It was weird. He hadn't seen Kaoru for the last couple of days. Not that he expected her to come to him after what he had done to her, but she never missed classes, at least not that long.
Maybe he would ask Misao, she should know. However, he knew that first he had to wait for a punch on his face from her. He knew that even if Misao considered him a good friend, she would always protect Kaoru, always.
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The bell rang signaling that it was time for lunch. He walked to her classroom and spotted the small woman he was looking for.
"Misao" He called her. She turned her face and looked at him with despise. Yeah, he deserved it.
"Mou, I wanted to know… er… I wanted to know if Kaoru is ok" Suddenly he felt that his shoes were pretty interesting.
"What do you care, y-you…" She couldn't speak more, she felt that she couldn't contain the tears coming from her eyes.
Misao crying? Ok, Kaoru was a very dearly friend, but he was expected an angry girl, not one who was crying as if was the end of the world.
"I'm sorry, ok? I didn't want to hurt her, I wanted to tell her before, but…"
"Oh, just shut up, Himura!" She said between sobs, "Get your face away from me, and don't even dare to talk about Kaoru ever again, you understand?" She looked at him again with red eyes both for the tears and anger, and then she walked pass him.
Kenshin stood just there. Why was she crying? She should have hit him or something like that. This was not the usual Misao. What did Kaoru tell her? The truth, yes, but Misao's reaction was far from the one he had expected from her.
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"Have you heard?" Several voices whispered in the classroom
"Yeah, it was awful. The crash was terrible. They say that…" And all the voices hushed when a red haired man entered the classroom.
Kenshin felt weird. Eerybody was staring at him, some of them with pity. Why?
"Um… Himura… I'm sorry, pal" One of the boys patted his shoulder and gave him an apologetic smile.
"Mmm? That's fine, t-thanks" Kenshin said confused. Just what the hell was going on?
"I know is tough, but life is life, ne?" Another boy smiled sadly at him.
Kenshin just nodded. This was getting creepy. Just when he wanted to ask his classmates about why they felt sorry for him, the teacher entered the classroom.
Kenshin noticed that he looked at him sadly too, and then shook his head muttering something about so young to go through this.
This was unbearable. He was about to say something when the teacher cleared his throat and look directly at the class.
"Well, you all must know," he glanced at Kenshin, "I just hope this doesn't happen ever again. So young and with a bright future… I know we all will miss her, especially Mr. Himura since…"
"Miss who?" Kenshin cut the teacher off. Everybody was talking about something he should know about but he had no clue.
"You mean you don't know?" One of the girls said incredulous
"Know what?" He was getting mad
"A-about Kaoru. She had an accident… a few days ago… s-she is…"
Kenshin's eyes were wide opened at what she said next.
His heart stopped… It couldn't be.
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He run through the halls trying to find Misao, to find if it was true.
He was desperate
It couldn't be. It just couldn't be.
"She had a car accident, a few days ago. The crash was terrible… They didn't show it on the news because her father didn't want that much attention; he's devastated." The girl said sadly with some tears in her eyes.
"They say that she was almost dead when she arrived to the hospital, she had lost too much blood and…"
"How is she? How is she right now?!" Kenshin didn't let her continue, he just wanted to know how Kaoru was now.
The girl looked at him and then switched her gaze to the floor
"Tell me!" Kenshin demanded angry and worried at the same time.
"She-she is… she is in a comma. I heard that her chances to wake up again are very remote. Actually, the doctors told her father to better let her go, but he said that there was still hope, that he could wait a bit longer, but…" She looked at Kenshin who seemed as if he had seen a ghost, "but if she doesn't open her eyes in two months, they'll stop the machines…" The girl looked up again to find that Kenshin was not there any more. He had left the room running frantically to god knows where. Well, she couldn't blame him, everybody knew that he cared a lot for her, although there were some rumors that they had broken up.
He continued running. Where the heck was Misao?
Suddenly he found her leaving the biology class. He had to ask her, he had to know, he had the right to know.
"Misao!" He approached not caring about the students who were on his way. "Is it true? How is she?" Kenshin had his hands on her shoulders and was shaking her.
"Don't touch me and ask me nothing. I won't tell you a thing. You don't need to know, you don't deserve to know… After, after what you have done to her." There was resentment in her voice. She got rid of him basically by pushing him, hard.
"So, you know" He said with regret.
"Of course I know… You know, the accident happened because of you… It was your fault!" She yelled at him and the students who were around turned to look at them.
"Yes. Did you know that the accident happened after she had left your apartment? That she called me crying because of what you had done to her?" Her eyes were full of anger. "But you know what? To let you feel the pain, to let you know who much you have hurt her, just before the crash her last words were that she hated you… If-if anything happens, you know you're guilty" Misao glanced at him and then began walking away from him.
She hated you; she hated me… her last words were that she hated me.
"Where is she Misao?" Kenshin asked and Misao stopped her pace. She didn't turn to face him.
"As I said before, you don't need to know, besides, there are orders that you can't get into her room. You are not allowed to see her… anymore."
And she continued her way
Kenshin was just there, standing in the middle of the hall, too shocked to move his feet, too hurt to notice that people were just bumping on him; feeling too guilty to realize, as Misao had told him, that he wouldn't see Kaoru anymore.
You can't see her, you're not allowed to. There are orders, you can't be with her.
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What do you think? I know, seems KK right? Mmm, I wouldn't be that sure, besides, he CAN'T see her anymore… Orders, he simply can't and… he is with Tomoe right now. :P
Want me to continue? Mmmm, let me think about it. *just kidding*
Now, what will happen??? *ponders* :P
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