Nights of silence
"I've still got 5 assignments to finish and I can't even get started on my first" Kaoru thought with a sigh. It may be a school night but Sanosuke, Saito, Aoshi and Megumi are downstairs, drinking sake and singing their heads off with the karaoke. It's almost impossible to finish all those piles of homework with such a ruckus going on the house. Misao saw kaoru dozing off and gave her a soft slap on the cheeks to keep her going. "Hey, you should finish that or else you're sure to fail our class! And you're not the only one here working her head off through these noises" she said and this time she did her assignments beside kaoru to monitor her. After hours, kaoru still couldn't manage to finish her first work. Misao saw through kaoru and knew that she really couldn't do it like this. "Hey, you should just rest. I'll help you tomorrow morning to finish that" Misao advised with a soft smile on her face. Kaoru was confused but thanked her and crawled on to bed. Before Misao could even leave, kaoru went back up and hugged misao. "Misao, you're such a friend" she whispered and misao replied with a big smile and went back to her room. Thoughts crept in to kaoru's mind "I never knew being a fourth year high school would be this hard". By midnight, Sano's and megumi's party was still going and she can't bear it anymore, she really needed silence so she went out to the woods, going out through the back door so no one would notice. After walking for a few minutes, she spotted a tree that was with an unusual irregularity. Besides that, she just seemed to be attracted to the tree and had no idea why so she ran towards it and sat down under the large shades. "It's so good to have some silence for a while" she said in a low voice and leaned. Everything was so silent and because of that she fell asleep without noticing. After hours she woke up because she heard footsteps. They were very light but she had a sharp ear. She could hear them walking towards the tree, she was panicking wondering that maybe it was a bad guy. With a dash of quick thinking, she hid on the opposite side of the tree. She saw a hand, it lay on the trunk of the tree and she heard a low sigh. She knew there was nothing to worry about so she stood up and faced the anonymous person. "Huh?" the guy was surprised to see her there. Kaoru looked at him, examining him. He's not very tall, but he had such long red hair. He had a body of a fighter and he had an "X" mark on his cheek. She looked at his eyes and she gasped. Such breathtaking eyes, she was attracted to his eyes. Violet with flecks of amber. She can't take her eyes off from his. She was embarrassed because he was confused of her. "hey" he murmured and smiled at Kaoru. "I'm kenshin, what about you?" he asked confidently. "Kaoru, my name is kaoru" she replied. She started to feel easy and light. She had a good feeling about him. "Kenshin? That's… a nice name..." she thought.