Notes:
I'm trying out this plot in which Kenshin and Kaoru discover themselves slowly through mudane events…falling in love through small events which play up to their eventual marriage. It's an idea I got from another HP fanfiction I'd read somewhere and its brilliant. Hope to bring it across in RK the same way and the best that I could. Enjoy!
Another small little request though…any reviews is welcomed! Need to know how the starting of this fic is to be able to continue…so start reviewing! :D thanks very much!
Disclaimers: I don't own RK
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The sharp bitter wind struck her face the moment she slid open the door. Breathing in deeply, she relished the biting pain on her cheeks, a feeling she had come to accept when winter is here. It beats having to splash freezing water onto her face to wake herself up properly. Kaoru closed her eyes and lean against a nearby pillar while her body temperature got used to the cold, listening to morning songs from nature. It has been a week since Sanosuke left them abruptly and the dojo had been exceptionally quiet all of the sudden. She had welcomed the new tranquility within the dojo but only after the first day did she feel the nagging sense of loss. No rooster head. No "jou-chan". Not even a faint whisper… She opened her eyes again. He was not the only one to leave though, she thought. Megumi too… She'd missed their company, miss their bickering and miss them coming over to the dojo. Another pang shot through her like an arrow. Another will be leaving here soon…
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Kenshin made his way round the Kamiya Dojo quietly, scanning the place briefly but quickly and moving on to the next area in the compound. This was a habit he had picked up once he was able to walk after his wounds were treated. The paranoia he had previously when he awaited to battle Enishi, had mounted. Fearful that another of his friends will be taken away, even if he knew at the back of his mind it will not happen, he still stayed vigilant. No one knew about this little patrolling that he had been doing, other than Sanosuke, who had caught him countless times when he pretended to be asleep. However after Enishi had been dealt with he continued. He had thought he could relax. He could return to the simple life he had before. He couldn't.
The more she was around the more pressure he felt to make sure she was safe. Kenshin never told anyone about it and thankfully Sanosuke was not here to taunt him about this. It had only been with her "death", he had then felt the second impact of his loss. he had then realised how much she meant to him. Kenshin stopped short suddenly, his body went rigid as he listened instensively, swearing inwardly that he shouldn't be musing too much to be so careless. There was a faint sound of heavy breathing coming from the edge of the compound. His heart quickened and panic rose to his throat as he realised it came from Kaoru's room!
Clentching the hilt of the sakabatou with godspeed he rushed there, thankful to his ability to move silently. Sneaking nearer to her room, he suddenly felt foolish. The heavy breathing he had heard was her own deep breathes while she slept.
Sighing, Kenshin made to move away when the opened room caught his eye. Kaoru had opened her room and there she was, clothed in white, sound asleep. Her mouth slightly open as she breathed in deeply, her head against the pillar. His mouth twitched into a slow smile as he watched the rising sun dance its morning rays upon her face. His purple eyes softened to lilac as he watched her from a distance. Moments later he heard somewhere in the other side of the house a slight stirring. Yahiko was about to wake. Snapping out from his trance he moved.
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Kaoru felt comforting warmth spreading through her body as her brain slowly cranked up its gears for use. Then she felt hands moving around her body. She stiffened and snapped open her eyes… and found herself staring up to a beaming Kenshin.
"Ohayo gonzaimasu, Kaoru-dono!" he chirped happily to her, his hands holding up her futon blanket. She blinked. And again. Her brain suddenly clicked everything into place.
"KENSHIINNNNNNNNNNN! WHATAREYOUDOINGHERE?!?!?!" she screamed at the top of her lungs before grabbing him by the scruff of his gi and throwing him out, shutting the shoji door with a great big slam. She leaned against the door, panting, her eyes wild as she tried to sort everything out.
She heard Kenshin bounce off the raised platform of the house and landed on the ground with a bewildered "Oro?" gritting her teeth she tried to remember exactly how Kenshin managed to…she blushed. Get into her room, and what more, holding onto her blankets!
She heard him getting up again, by the sound of his sakabatou clinking and muttering another "Oro…" before she pieced together what might had happen. Her blush deepened, but now of embarrassment. Oh dear. She watched his figure linger for a moment, before walking away. Guilt immediately replaced all emotions. Frustrated, she donned her training gi and thought about how to apologise to him when a pest came intruding into her thoughts.
"BUSU! CAN YOU FOR A MOMENT NOT SCREAM IN THE MORNING?!" Yahiko's figure appeared at the door. "CHE." And walked away.
"YOU LITTLE BRAT!!!!!" she bristled angrily, caught inbetween her undressed state and the urge to bonk Yahiko's conceited head with her bokken. Oh boy…he's going to get it during training. Ways of apologizing made way for ways of torture as fury coursed through her. Damn! How much more events can a winter morning contain? Flat footed, she stormed out of her room, unaware that so much more will be waiting for her.