Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or any of its characters.

Here we go again...I find myself writing RK ficlets during days when I'm not feeling well. Or maybe it is just during those days I give myself time to do it. Well, here's another instalment in my RK POV ficlet series. The fun thing is, I never have ideas for what I should write when I start. I just sit down with one certain character in mind and write whatever comes to mind. Needless to say, I'm not very good at understanding Sano, no matter how much I love him. As usual, I apologize about my poor grammar – apology brought to you by a non-English speaking being.

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Freedom 'n Friendship – A ficlet in Sanosuke's POV by Maaya

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There are some things I don't understand about myself.

Argh – who am I kidding? There are lots and lots of things I don't get. It's just that those things concerning myself are the hardest for my brain to comprehend correctly. Why am I doing what I am doing? Why am I friends with the ones I am friends with? Why do I even stay here, with those guys I fought against, and the one I so desperately wanted to kill?

I mean, it's not exactly because of Jo-chan's charms (as if she had some) I am staying here. Saying I am here because for Yahiko's enjoyable conversations would be quite wrong too. Kenshin acts like a home-wife most of the time, and the fox-lady bites if I get close. I'm sure that, wherever I choose to go, I'd be able to find people to live with that are less...bitchy. Or strange. And I would most certainly find girls more than willing to compliment my looks, wits, and incredible ideas of having fun.

Would do a lot for my ego right now.

But however rude the guys can be to me, I've found that I cannot leave. I don't get it. I am a traveller, I long for the freedom of being able to walk towards the sunrise with my future bright and filled with new experiences.

The guys here aren't perfect. They have faults in personalities, are maybe not too good-looking or willing to compliment me. But they are themselves around me, and I am myself around them. And, well, I want so much, too much, with them.

I wanna see Jo-chan and Kenshin finally get their heads out of their asses and...marry, or whatever that sort of romantic people do when they are in love. I want to see Yahiko grow up into someone to be proud of. And, well, I want to stay around the vixen for a while longer, no matter how badly she treats me.

I guess I lost my freedom when I got to know them. Or maybe I just gained friendship. Are those the same things, or the opposite? I don't know.

But like I said, there are lots of things I don't get about myself.

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The End

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Random Sano pondering. Not, by far, the best thing I've ever written, But it kind of mirrors myself. It's amazing how you can express your own feelings in the name of a made-up manga-character.

Read, review and be happy. Or make me happy. Or whatever.