Long Vacation
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Standard disclaimer applies in every of my chapters. I do not own the RK gang.
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Hey, minna! This is 'somewhat' my first story in this site! I hope you guys will all enjoy it :). I will honor all reviews and even some nice criticisms… nice being the keyword there. Some warnings for this story: major OOC in almost every characters (I won't bother listing the names now :)). And this story is based on a Japanese-Dorama (Japanese soap opera) entitled none other than Long Vacation. It is my all time favorite J-Dorama, I hope for those of you who have not watched it yet, to enjoy it through this little story of mine! :)
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Chapter One: The Vacation Starts
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I'm used to being forgotten.
I'm used to being left alone.
I'm used to being abandoned.
This cycle will never leave me.
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She rushed past the glares of surprised people, ignoring the fact that they were giving her incredulous looks for her attire. She hastily catches her breath as she stopped for a slip of second on a red light. However, the moment the light gave permission for her to continue, she rushed passed the people around her, dragging her extremely long and heavy skirt.
She continued on running, one of her hands placed themselves on her head, making sure her wig was still in place. Never once did she rest to restore her energy. She entered an old apartment, hurried over to the stairs (realizing that there were no elevators), and started banging on a door frantically.
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---looong vacatiooon---
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He woke up to the sound of someone banging on his door. Groggily, he peeked at his alarm clock and groaned when it read nine o'clock in the morning. He supposed he should get up and answer whoever it was at the door. He was bound to wake up anytime soon, anyway.
Slowly he got out of bed and opened the door of his apartment. His sleepy eyes stared at the girl in front of him for a few seconds before he closed the door again. One thought entered his mind. He must be dreaming…
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---looong vacatiooon---
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She was caught off guard when the door suddenly opened to reveal a young man. His fiery red hair was chaotic, clearly stating that he had just wake up. Her eyes stared at him for a few seconds before the man quickly shuts the door right in front of her face.
Snapped back into reality, she quickly banged on the door once more. After a few seconds, the door opened once again to reveal the same person, his face still in the state of shock and confusion.
This time however, she went pass him and straight into the house. She banged open the room to her right and looked in, as if looking for something. Seeing nothing there, she started bombarding the small living room. Having no success, she glared around the house and started hunting down the rest of the place, her aqua eyes darting everywhere.
Meanwhile, he was shocked. The young woman in front of him was not normal… far from it. She was wearing a wedding attire, a white kimono that had been distorted around her small body. You don't need to be a genius to know that she had been running around in that 'dress'. On her head was a huge, Japanese traditional wig for marriage that had slipped off on one side. Her face was red from the mixture of cosmetics and running. Her eyes, her huge blue eyes were staring at everything in the room.
Finally, feeling the intrusion was something he should ask about, he said,
"Anoo… who are you?" he asked, trying hard to be polite. Instead of answering the question, however, the girl looked at him through her round eyes and asked,
"Where is Enishi?" Her breathing was shallow, obviously from the fact that she had run from who knows where.
Hearing this question, the young man swallowed before answering.
"Yukishiro-san had moved out. I…"
"Moved out?" screamed the young woman. Her eyes never leaving the man. The man, surprised by the interruption, only managed to nod.
"What do you mean, moved out? Where is he? He must be here somewhere! He could not possibly leave me on our wedding day!" she howled, more to herself than to the man.
Once again, she started moving around the small apartment, calling out her fiancé's name.
"Enishi? Where are you? I know you must be here somewhere! Come out now!"
The man stared unbelievingly at the girl. He then mustered his courage to speak again,
"Anoo… I don't know anything about this, but Yukishiro-san did move out a week or so ago…"
"He cannot possibly leave me! That is not possible… say, who are you anyway?" the girl asked, as if just realizing that he was there all the time. Her eyes narrowed suspiciously at the red head.
"Aah, I'm Kenshin Himura. I'm Enishi Yukishiro's roommate." He stated slowly. Then, pausing as if thinking about it, he asked,
"And who are you?" the girl gave him a long look before she slowly said,
"Kaoru. Kaoru Kamiya. Enishi's fiancé." She stopped there, as if the words she has spoken suddenly sounded very… stupid. Kenshin stared at her, clearly understanding her emotions. He gulped subconsciously when she continued to speak,
"The ceremony already started thirty minutes ago. However, Enishi was late. I thought he was still in his bed, since he always was a sleepy-head. So I ran away from the temple when nobody's looking and ran all the way over here." She hesitated and said once more, as if the information still had not entered her brain.
"What do you mean, Enishi moved out?"
Again, Kenshin attempted to say something, but was yet again interrupted by Kaoru.
"He could not possibly move out! Oh!" her mouth turned into an O shape, "he must have wanted to surprise me. Yes, that must be it. Right now, he must be in the temple already. And the new house must be for us to live in. He's always like that, full of surprises." She told herself.
She was just about to leave the house when Kenshin interrupted her.
"Uhm, I'm sorry. But I know for a fact that Yukishiro-san was moving outside the country."
Those words stopped Kaoru dead on her tracks. She glared at Kenshin for making her realize the truth she had denied, and Kenshin couldn't help but felt guilty.
For a few moments, the two of them didn't move as her sapphire eyes glared at his nervous amethyst ones. Tense air surrounded them as Kenshin desperately thought of something to do. He finally said,
"I… I'll go check if Yukishiro-san left something for you. Juh… Just wait here, ne?"
Kaoru never once left her stare at the young man as he disappeared into the bedroom she had banged just moments ago. His eyes gazed desperately for something… anything… that could be found in the room. He was just about to give it up when his violet eyes spotted something. It was a letter, and he quickly grabbed it and walked outside.
"Uhm here... you said you were Kaoru Kamiya?" Kaoru nodded.
"Then this is for you. It's from Yukishiro-san." Before he could even finish his sentence, the envelope was taken by the girl.
She stared at it for a few seconds before she gave it back to him.
"You read it for me." She ordered. Kenshin looked at her before he nodded and made a move to grab the letter. Just before he managed to take it however, Kaoru jacked it back and mumbled,
"Maybe I should read it…" she was just about to open it when she frowned and gave it back to Kenshin.
"Nah, you read it." Kenshin scowled as he once again tried to take the letter. Kaoru then took the letter again, mumbling something about her having to open this. But in less than a second, she changed her mind and told Kenshin to read it for her. Impatient, the man grabbed the letter before Kaoru could change her mind again.
He got the letter opened soon enough. He opened his mouth to say something before,
"Argh, hold on. I think I need some preparations." Kaoru mumbled, taking a deep breath. She then signaled Kenshin to read it. Fighting an urge to roll his eyes, he finally read the letter.
"My dearest Kaoru,
"I know that by the time you read this, I am not by your side anymore. I am deeply sorry. I know I owe you an explanation, so here's my side of the story. Around a few months ago, I met this girl. I started to hang out with her and before I know it, I had fallen in love with her.
"I'm sorry. I should have told you about this sooner. But every time I look upon your face, your endless depth of sparkling, sapphire eyes, I can never bring myself to do it. I know that I am a coward, therefore I settle myself on writing this letter to you.
"I hope you'd understand how sorry I am. This guilt constantly nags me, and I know I'm not doing the right thing. However, this girl is the type that can never live without me. Kaoru, you are the type that will be able to survive hundreds of years without me. That was why I chose this girl over you.
"Please try to forgive me. I will always remember our happy times together. Take care, my dearest Kaoru…"
"Stop! That's enough!" Kaoru shouted suddenly.
"That's all." Kenshin replied quietly.
"That's all?" Kaoru said in disbelief. Kenshin slowly nodded.
Kaoru stared at him for a few seconds before she averted her glance on the clean floor, never showing any expression. Kenshin stared at her before asking,
"Are you… okay?"
She stared blankly at her wooden geta that was placed neatly on her feet as she parted her mouth to reply,
"I'm not a turtle…"
Kenshin, who had not expected anything like that, looked at her.
"What? Turtle?" he asked, noting how off the topic the girl in front of him was. She looked up at him without any trace of emotion as she said,
"I'm not a turtle. He said in that letter that I can survive without him for hundreds of years. How can I, if I'm not a turtle?"
Kenshin didn't know what to say when he heard this. Silence loomed over the two of them. After a few minutes, Kaoru finally broke it.
"I guess… I should be going back… and inform my family that I… that I got dumped on my wedding day." She said, still having that blank look on her face.
Kenshin suddenly felt pity for the girl in front of him. She began to walk gingerly towards the door when the man realized something.
"How did you manage to get here?"
Kaoru paused her movements before she gave him a side glance and answered,
"I ran." She stated quietly.
'Obviously.' Mumbled Kenshin inside his head.
"How far is it from the… the shrine?" he asked again. Kaoru gave him a blank stare once again before replying,
"Around ten blocks away. It's around ten to fifteen miles." She mumbled. Kenshin's mouth opened in surprise.
"You ran all that distance? In that attire?" he questioned. He knew that those traditional Japanese wedding kimono weight more than ten western dresses put together. And the fact that she was wearing such a pair of slippery geta did not help.
Kaoru nodded, staring at him all the time, as if trying to read where this conversation was going. Kenshin sighed heavily before he told her to wait and went straight to his room. In less than a minute, he was out again.
"Here. Grab a taxi. You can't possibly run back looking like that." He handed her some money. Kaoru looked at it before she looked back at Kenshin.
"Are you sure?" Kenshin nodded. Kaoru slowly took the money and placed it safely on her hand. She then turned around and said,
"I'll pay you back as soon as possible, Genshin."
"You don't have to." Kenshin quickly replied, and then he frowned. "And my name is not Genshin. It's Kenshin. Kenshin Himura."
The girl gave a hollow laugh before she bowed and went out the door, all the while never looking back at him.
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-to be continued-
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