Moving. Leaving one apartment for the next…

Such a tedious job.

In fact, she didn't even know why she bothered.

So, why?

Sano and Misao had ganged up together and had declared she should get a 'change of scenery'.

They thought her old apartment was well…getting old.

Not to forget all the leaks and rusty fixtures. And how far away it was from work.

And so, after many hard hours of searching in between her job and volunteering at the local dojo, she had found an apartment close to work, and within her budget. Let's not forget the 'change of scenery'.

………

"SAAAANOOOOOO—YOU HAD BETTER NOT DROP MY SOFA"

"GEEZ, Jou-chan, your sofa feels like it has you sitting on it."

"SANO, what did you say?"

Sweat drop. "Your sofa is really light…hehe"

………

"So Jou-chan, I invited over a friend of mine to help me move the rest of your stuff…"

"YOU DID WHAT?"

The doorbell rang. "Uuhh. Why don't I get the door and see if it's that friend I was talking about."

………

And so now she found herself in the company of Sano, his girlfriend, Misao, her boyfriend, and Sano's friend. They were having a 'congrats to Kaoru' party.

The stupid red head (Sano's friend) was probably a set up from Sano and Misao. In addition to her apartment, they were clamoring for her to go out and get a guy.

So, she had been sort of fore-warned they were going to try and set her up. The red head seemed a good idea, to them at least.

But the way he was staring at her. As if he was going to eat her. She should be feeling something in the fear category; rather, it was as if she wanted him to eat her.

Stupid hormones. Stupid her for not taking the offer of getting laid in college.

Maybe she wouldn't be having such horrible hormones right now.

Then again, she doubted it.

Because, his golden, yes golden eyes, were staring at her hotly, and yet he was sitting so calmly, enjoying the party.

Getting to know him would probably end in something disastrous, like her last boyfriend.

And so, she wouldn't get to know him.

She would leave him alone.

………

Finally, an exasperated Megumi forced a drunken Sano out of the house. Shutting and locking the door, she sighed in relief.

Hmm, she hadn't seen that Kenshin guy leaving. Perhaps he had left while she was busy?

Dragging herself to her living room, she plopped on the sofa and propped her feet up on the armrest.

Closing her eyes a bit, she opened them quickly when she felt a hot breath on her face--

"Forgot me already?"

Only to see those golden eyes staring down at her.