DISCLAIMER: I do not own Samurai x

WARNING: if you do not like Kenshin and Kaoru sap you are in the wrong place!

No one had died today.

Good he thought to himself. He walked into the dojo as quietly as he could ,his arm and stomach were both bleeding under neatly put bandages. He did not go to his own room but followed his feet to another room, one where a beautiful girl lay asleep. The young girl that had opened up her home to him, the very girl he longed to protect, the girl who he loved. Kaoru Kamiya.

He sat beside her trying to take a mental picture of her beauty. Her chin, her mouth, her nose, her eyes... her eyes were filled with tears, she must have cried herself to sleep yet again He slowly and gently wiped her tears from her beautiful eyes. After he was done there was no movement at all, none at all. Time passed but nothing happened as he watched her sleep.

After what seemed like hours she moved, her beautiful blue eyes opened slowly

''Kenshin'' she sat up and flung her arms around him, rested her head on his chest and she cried Kenshin wrapped his good arm around her.

He did not deserve it he thought her pure unstained tears no man did, no man could deserve her, her beauty, her smile, her compassion and most of all her love

As he held her and felt her warmth he remembered what he had thought about earlier and he was wrong someone had died every time he fought a piece of the woman he loved died from fear and despair. But what could he do it was his life his calling his strength. All he could do is come back to her open arms and teary eyes.

A.N. My first romance so I hope you like it! x please review!