Okay, starting a collection of ruroken one-shots. Maybe some drabbles if I can find some that are readable. If anyone has a fav pairing in the series, please mention it in a review and I'll try to get some one-shots with those pairings in them. : )
Disclaimer: Now if Rurouni Kenshin were mine, where would Watsuki-san be? Anyways, not mine so don't sue. XP
--Coffee and a Date?--
All Misao wanted to do today was sleep in; but between her annoying alarm clock that refused to take the hint to shut up no matter how many times she pressed the 'snooze' button, and her so-called friend who was downstairs yelling at the top of her lungs, Misao realized that you don't always get what you want.
"Misaoooooooooooooo!" Kaoru's voice yelled impatiently, "Come on! We're going to be late!"
The black haired, sapphire blue eyed young woman tapped her foot in irritation. This was the third time this week! Shaking her head vigorously, causing her long hair to swirl with the movement, she glared up the stairs at the sleepy miscreant who had finally bothered to show up.
Opening her teal blue eyes wearily, she gazed down at the girl waiting at the bottom of the steps.
A large yawn escaped her mouth, "Kaoru, it's six o'clock in the morning-whyin the worlddo I need to be up?"
"Misao, have you forgotten already?" She growled in frustration, "We're needed to do some modeling for Kamatari's new line. He called us last night to remind you about it."
The other woman sat down on the top step, her long ebony braid trailing down the steps to her calves. "Don't you mean us?"
"No, I mean you."
It was Misao's turn to glare, but as she was still tired she gave it up quickly. Casting a dark look over her shoulder as she stood up, "Just give me a minute to grab my stuff and change."
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The girls finally arrived at the large twenty-five story building in which they worked. Kaoru had insisted on driving since Misao was half asleep.
After flashing the guards their badges, she drove down to the parking spaces.
"I'm so glad that we're high enough up there to finally get our own parking space!" Kaoru smiled happily as she parked.
"Yeah, well, if Kamatari tries to get me into that neon pink and blue thing his niece created again-I'll consider taking up that other guy's contract offer." Misao's face had distaste written all over it.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad." Kaoru glanced down at the petite woman.
"Yes it was, and there's no way you could truthfully say that!" she glared, kicking at a flattened soda can, "It looked like a five year old had some gruesome shades of two nice colors and went to work on mixing them together onto a white dress!"
A laugh erupted from Kaoru. She held her sides tightly as she nearly fell over from her laughing fit.
A disgruntled looking Misao walked quickly past her companion, her long braid swaying haughtily behind her. "Laugh all you want! Next time that man pulls something like that, I'll make sure you're volunteered!"
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Kamatari looked up from his many pictures and papers that he had been discussing with his group of photographers about, and saw the girls enter.
"There's my favorite girls!" he smiled as he walked briskly forward and hugged them both. Looking from one to the other with a slightly confused look on his face, "What on earth are you doing here so early?"
At Misao's look he hastened to add, "Of course you know I love you two darlings being here, I was simply curious as to why you're hereso early." Kaoru had already started to turn and run at this point. Even being the girl's best friend wouldn't save her right now.
He stepped backwards quickly as Misao released an ear-splitting scream, "Kaoru! I'm going to kill you!"
A security guard stepped up quickly, "Kamatari-san, should we stop them?"
Kamatari shook his head no, a weary smile pasted on his face, "No, they never do hurt each other. I'm just worried about how much energy they'll have left for the shoot."
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Twenty minutes and forty-five seconds later, Misao had walloped Kaoru with several of Kamatari's 'failures' as he had dubbed them. These included many different types of dresses, skirts, shirts, etc. Misao had found out years ago that if you balled them up just right, they made excellent things to pummel her 'friend' with.
Kamatari sighed with relief as he noted the time, it was almost eight minutes faster than the last time. Apparently Misao had had her beauty sleep disrupted, meaning Kaoru was in for it later.
"Darlings! I need you over here! We're ready to start the shoot!"
Both of the young woman half-ran back to where Kamatari stood.
"Sorry about that." Kaoru panted slightly.
Misao glared accusingly, "You should be."
Kamatari shook his head, these girls were a handful, but the two were the best he had. So everyone merely learned to live with their antics.
"All right! Dressing rooms over there, we're going to do the summer apparel first. Let's move it, darlings!" he shooed them towards the dressing room.
Misao glared darkly at Kaoru as she passed.
Figuring it was time to make amends, Kaoru tried to give her best sparkly eyed 'I'm sorry' look.
"No way is that going to work on me! I'm not your boyfriend, and to be honest-I have no clue how in the world Himura falls for that." the girl huffed in annoyance.
Running her hand through her bangs, Kaoru shrugged, "Well, I figured if I got you up early that we might actually be on time."
She received another glare, "I'm sorry, okay? I'll make it up to you!"
Misao's eyes gleamed, "I want you to take me to that new pastry shop and let me get as many as I want, on your tab."
Kaoru smiled, sometimes Misao's sweet tooth came in handy. "Deal."
They shook hands and parted ways.
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Kamatari was extremely happy. Everything was going well, and Kaoru and Misao were working their magic.
He swore that he had never had any other models before that looked as good in pictures as they did in real life. These two were a rare specimen, people he'd keep no matter what. The business had boomed greatly since they had come to work for him.
A pleased smile crossed his face as he watched the two girls pose in his latest trends.
"Get rid of the braid and ponytail!" he yelled.
Misao nodded and undid it quickly, letting a stream of silky, wavy hair cascade around her like a waterfall. Kaoru shrugged and tugged out the elastic band, causing her raven black hair to spill around her as well.
Yep, he had no better models than these two.
After everyone had finished with the summer apparel, Kamarari took note of how beat everyone looked. "Okay everyone, take ten!"
Misao dashed from the set and settled down in her chair. She had a thing for chairs with her name on it, so Kamatari had gotten her one a while back. She settled down happily on it.
Someone walked by, "Excuse me, Misao-san, can I get you anything?"
She nodded, "Yeah, coffee and whatever fruit Kamatari has for us today."
The person nodded and rushed off.
Kamatari was such a great boss, Misao mused as she watched the people walk by. She laughed quietly as she saw Kaoru spot her red-headed boyfriend. They made such a nice looking couple, and too bad Himura's a guard instead of a model. His hair and eyes would really get some attention.
Then of course, Kaoru would have tobeat off evenmore women who tried to get to him. It was bad enough right now, if he became famous in that line of work, Kaoru would spend all her waking moments keeping her man away from the crazy fans.
She smirked, while it would be funny, she wouldn't wish it upon her.
Kamatari walked up to her quickly, "Misao, you're going to be in the gown shots-meaning you have a longer break than I originally gave you." he added the last part on at her confused expression.
"Okay, thanks!"
"No problem, darling." he waved as he turned back to work.
Misao sighed and settled down in the chair, where was her coffee and fruit? She needed to eat something since Kaoru had dragged her out the door so early.
"Excuse me, miss." her nose caught the wonderful energy-giving smell of coffee before her ears caught the person's voice.
So cold and deep, like the ocean. She gazed up into ice blue eyes and almost gasped.
This was one of Himura's friends, the one she had jokingly pointed out to Kaoru as the man she wanted to get to know. Kami-sama, was this going to be something she'd be grateful for later, or an embarrassing situation that she would wish had never happened? Aoshi Shinomori was well-known to be a hard man to get, and even if you got him-you could never keep him. Still, she wanted to try for herself.
Misao took the coffee and thanked him prettily. Her stomach rumbled loudly after she took a sip of the hot liquid. Blushing madly, she covered her stomach with an arm to try to muffle the sound.
Noticing one of his eyebrows arch, she offered him a half-smile, "My friend dragged me out of the house before I could get breakfast." She cocked her head to the side, her long locks spilling over her neck and shoulders, "Do your friends do that to you too?"
"Aa." he replied, then reached into one of his coat pockets and drew out a small package from its depths.
"Would you like a date?"
"What!" Misao's face felt like it was on fire, she hardly spoke to the man and here he was asking her out?
"A date." he repeated, looking faintly amused at her expression. Guessing correctly as to where her thoughts had taken her, he held the package up for her to read.
"Oh." she said in a tiny voice, feeling very stupid as she read the label. Also feeling very disappointed in the fact that he hadn't asked her out. She lowered her head, but not before Aoshi could see the emotions warring in her eyes. Disappointment raged against embarrassment, and it seemed to be a tie.
A small smirk played about his lips, "Misao."
She looked up, her face still a bright pink from embarrassment.
"Would you like to go on a date?"
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Couldn't resist adding the fluff, lol. Haven't really done that in a while, so it's a nice change of pace. Hope you guys didn't find it a boring read, please review and tell me what you think of it! Also, again-if you have a favorite couple that you'd like to see amongst the future one-shots, please review and tell me.