~Ok this is my fifth Kenshin and Kaoru fic I think. I know I haven't
finished any of my other ones, but I promise to try and finish this one!
I'll try hard! I already have the majority of this story written out on
paper and I know how I am going to end it. (I'm bad at finishing things..)
~
Silent Hearts:
Chapter One: Teardrops
A teardrop fell slowly onto the ground shattering the still silence into shards of hardened time. That single teardrop belonged to a young woman kneeling on the ground of a certain dojo. To be specific it was the Kamiya dojo and the young woman was Kaoru Kamiya. There was no particular reason that Kaoru was crying. She just simply was. She had been very depressed lately and she didn't know why. All she knew was that she felt an ebbing emptiness in her heart that had been growing stronger and stronger each day.
She brushed her raven black hair out of her eyes, annoyed that she was actually sitting in her room crying. There were so many other things to get done and her she was moping around in her room. She sighed and brushed away her tears with one swift movement of her hand, but still more came to follow.
A red haired man sat on his knees in the yard of the Kamiya dojo. His rough callused hands scrubbed away at an old kimono. The man, Kenshin as he was called, brushed his bangs out of his troubled violet eyes. He sighed heavily and returned to his chore of washing the laundry. On his mind was a certain black haired girl.
When he had finished scrubbing the clothes, he rinsed them thoroughly before hanging them out to dry. Rising from his job he brushed his hands off on his old worn magenta gi. He was lost in his thoughts when he wandered back into the house. He should start dinner about now and he should probably make extra because Sano was most likely to show up this evening. But first before he made supper he should probably change his clothes. When doing the laundry he had slipped and splashed himself.
As he made his way down the dusty hallway he heard a peculiar noise. It sounded like someone crying maybe. Kenshin paused for a second, taking in everything about his surroundings. The noise seemed to be coming from Kaoru's room. He stepped closer to the door to listen intently. Yes indeed it was Kaoru crying in her room. His heart beat painfully. Why would Kaoru be crying?
He knocked softly on the door. "Miss Kaoru, is anything the matter?" He said anxiously, his voice full of worry.
Kaoru froze when she heard his voice. She scolded herself. 'Great going Kaoru, now he heard you crying and he's going to be worried!'
But part of her was glad that Kenshin was worried. She was glad that he cared so much for her. She didn't know how to respond to his question so all that came out was a confused sob.
Kenshin was even more worried now. He knew for sure that something was wrong. Was it something he had done? Had he done something that had hurt her? He needed to know what caused her so much pain. He rested his palm against the door. "May I come in, Miss Kaoru?"
Kaoru tried to brush away all her tears and she opened the door with a smile on her face. Kenshin could tell that this smiled was forced and that worried him more than her brushed away tears.
"Yes? What is it that you want Kenshin?" she said with fake cheerfulness.
Kenshin contemplated over her tone of voice. She was trying to hide something from him, but why and what was it that she was hiding?
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok." Kenshin said in a concerned voice.
Kaoru's composure cracked at his words and silent tears began to flow gently down her pale cheeks. In embarrassment she turned away and buried her face in her hands. She expected him to leave her then, but she was surprised to feel the warm comforting weight of his hand on her shoulder.
Kenshin felt a sadness drift over his heart when he saw tears glowing on her cheeks. Without thinking he placed a hand on her shoulder. Slowly she turned to look at him. her sapphire eyes caught his gaze and held him prisoner. He couldn't help but notice how amazingly beautiful she looked when she was sad. She was like a tragic angel. Her black hair loosened from its normal ponytail hung gently around her pale face and accented her beautiful eyes. She looked so pure and innocent. He caught his breath for a second at the sight, but quickly erased the thoughts from his mind.
He was surprised when she collapsed against him and begun to sob. With one hand she clenched tightly onto his gi, her tears soaking him. Kenshin brought his arm around her back and clenched her against him while he brushed her hair gently with his other hand. He sighed as he held her, enjoying the feeling of her body against his.
After a few minutes Kenshin gently lifted her face so that she was looking into his eyes.
"Why are you crying, Miss Kaoru?" he asked his eyes intense.
Kaoru trembled slightly in his arms all her emotions welling up at once. "I'm..I'm so lonely..." she managed to get out before she broke into more sobs.
Kenshin brushed her cheek softly causing her to blush.
"There is no reason for you to be. I am always here for you." he said as he gently released her from his arms.
"Wait!" Kaoru said as he turned to leave the room.
He turned back to look at her, his long red bangs partially covering his face. "Yes, Miss Kaoru? Is there something else?"
"Thank you, Kenshin. I think I'll be all right now." She said her tears finally coming to an end.
Kenshin smiled tenderly. "I'm glad. Well I should probably go start dinner now."
Kaoru watched him silently as he left. Her hand shaking, she brought it up to where Kenshin had touched her cheek remembering his tender smile.
Kenshin rummaged through the kitchen getting out various ingredients to prepare tonight's dinner with. Was Kaoru really that lonely? He had always known her to be a strong girl. She had survived so long without a mother and then after her father had died...She had to be strong, carrying on the legacy of the Kamiya Kasshin style after she had been abandoned by her students.
Kenshin was so occupied with his thoughts of Kaoru that he didn't notice that he had set his sleeve on fire till he felt a searing pain in his arm. He quickly stifled the flames, but not without losing a bit of his sleeve and burning part of his arm.
"It's nothing that serious. I'll treat it later. I better finish up dinner now before Yahiko starts to complain." He said to himself as he went back to his cooking.
Silent Hearts:
Chapter One: Teardrops
A teardrop fell slowly onto the ground shattering the still silence into shards of hardened time. That single teardrop belonged to a young woman kneeling on the ground of a certain dojo. To be specific it was the Kamiya dojo and the young woman was Kaoru Kamiya. There was no particular reason that Kaoru was crying. She just simply was. She had been very depressed lately and she didn't know why. All she knew was that she felt an ebbing emptiness in her heart that had been growing stronger and stronger each day.
She brushed her raven black hair out of her eyes, annoyed that she was actually sitting in her room crying. There were so many other things to get done and her she was moping around in her room. She sighed and brushed away her tears with one swift movement of her hand, but still more came to follow.
A red haired man sat on his knees in the yard of the Kamiya dojo. His rough callused hands scrubbed away at an old kimono. The man, Kenshin as he was called, brushed his bangs out of his troubled violet eyes. He sighed heavily and returned to his chore of washing the laundry. On his mind was a certain black haired girl.
When he had finished scrubbing the clothes, he rinsed them thoroughly before hanging them out to dry. Rising from his job he brushed his hands off on his old worn magenta gi. He was lost in his thoughts when he wandered back into the house. He should start dinner about now and he should probably make extra because Sano was most likely to show up this evening. But first before he made supper he should probably change his clothes. When doing the laundry he had slipped and splashed himself.
As he made his way down the dusty hallway he heard a peculiar noise. It sounded like someone crying maybe. Kenshin paused for a second, taking in everything about his surroundings. The noise seemed to be coming from Kaoru's room. He stepped closer to the door to listen intently. Yes indeed it was Kaoru crying in her room. His heart beat painfully. Why would Kaoru be crying?
He knocked softly on the door. "Miss Kaoru, is anything the matter?" He said anxiously, his voice full of worry.
Kaoru froze when she heard his voice. She scolded herself. 'Great going Kaoru, now he heard you crying and he's going to be worried!'
But part of her was glad that Kenshin was worried. She was glad that he cared so much for her. She didn't know how to respond to his question so all that came out was a confused sob.
Kenshin was even more worried now. He knew for sure that something was wrong. Was it something he had done? Had he done something that had hurt her? He needed to know what caused her so much pain. He rested his palm against the door. "May I come in, Miss Kaoru?"
Kaoru tried to brush away all her tears and she opened the door with a smile on her face. Kenshin could tell that this smiled was forced and that worried him more than her brushed away tears.
"Yes? What is it that you want Kenshin?" she said with fake cheerfulness.
Kenshin contemplated over her tone of voice. She was trying to hide something from him, but why and what was it that she was hiding?
"I just wanted to make sure you were ok." Kenshin said in a concerned voice.
Kaoru's composure cracked at his words and silent tears began to flow gently down her pale cheeks. In embarrassment she turned away and buried her face in her hands. She expected him to leave her then, but she was surprised to feel the warm comforting weight of his hand on her shoulder.
Kenshin felt a sadness drift over his heart when he saw tears glowing on her cheeks. Without thinking he placed a hand on her shoulder. Slowly she turned to look at him. her sapphire eyes caught his gaze and held him prisoner. He couldn't help but notice how amazingly beautiful she looked when she was sad. She was like a tragic angel. Her black hair loosened from its normal ponytail hung gently around her pale face and accented her beautiful eyes. She looked so pure and innocent. He caught his breath for a second at the sight, but quickly erased the thoughts from his mind.
He was surprised when she collapsed against him and begun to sob. With one hand she clenched tightly onto his gi, her tears soaking him. Kenshin brought his arm around her back and clenched her against him while he brushed her hair gently with his other hand. He sighed as he held her, enjoying the feeling of her body against his.
After a few minutes Kenshin gently lifted her face so that she was looking into his eyes.
"Why are you crying, Miss Kaoru?" he asked his eyes intense.
Kaoru trembled slightly in his arms all her emotions welling up at once. "I'm..I'm so lonely..." she managed to get out before she broke into more sobs.
Kenshin brushed her cheek softly causing her to blush.
"There is no reason for you to be. I am always here for you." he said as he gently released her from his arms.
"Wait!" Kaoru said as he turned to leave the room.
He turned back to look at her, his long red bangs partially covering his face. "Yes, Miss Kaoru? Is there something else?"
"Thank you, Kenshin. I think I'll be all right now." She said her tears finally coming to an end.
Kenshin smiled tenderly. "I'm glad. Well I should probably go start dinner now."
Kaoru watched him silently as he left. Her hand shaking, she brought it up to where Kenshin had touched her cheek remembering his tender smile.
Kenshin rummaged through the kitchen getting out various ingredients to prepare tonight's dinner with. Was Kaoru really that lonely? He had always known her to be a strong girl. She had survived so long without a mother and then after her father had died...She had to be strong, carrying on the legacy of the Kamiya Kasshin style after she had been abandoned by her students.
Kenshin was so occupied with his thoughts of Kaoru that he didn't notice that he had set his sleeve on fire till he felt a searing pain in his arm. He quickly stifled the flames, but not without losing a bit of his sleeve and burning part of his arm.
"It's nothing that serious. I'll treat it later. I better finish up dinner now before Yahiko starts to complain." He said to himself as he went back to his cooking.