Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin's characters, manga or anime… but someday I'll have my very own Kenshin …. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

A/N: If this was a movie it would be a "blue movie" for anyone who doesn't understand the style watch "The little Buddha" or "Lost in Translation"… you'll get the point.

ENJOY!

The sound of her steps resounded on the empty mansión so loud it made her stiffen a little. It was so old and empty, she wondered if it was so good to be living there alone, but the thought didn't last long, after all she wasn't alone anymore and the remembrance of her roommate made her blush lightly; for a moment she could imagine the twitching of his ears upon hearing her stepping closer to his room.

How long had it been since they met each other? She sighed as she opened the door with her free hand and tried to balance the trail of food in the other.

"Kaoru-donno is already time for supper?"

"Yeah… it is, I brought you something really tasty"

The man turned around from his spot at the window and walked awkwardly to a chair near the bed then sat down.

"It smells good"

"I'm getting better at the cooking part"

She turned on a tall lamp that was located on a corner of the room, it didn't light up much the room but it was enough for her to see and watch her steps.

"Kenshin… do you want to go out with me tomorrow?" the light she had turned on gave a new side to the skin color of the man she called Kenshin. He was very pale and on top of it had a bright red hair color which gave his skin an even paler look, still (Kaoru thought) he was a beautiful man and she was thankful he couldn't see how she blushed as she poured some tea for him.

"Why would you want to go out with me Kaour-donno, I doubt I would be a good company, you would be dragging me most of the time"

"I think you need some air, to stretch your legs a little, you know? Maybe a walk by the sea… it would do you good"

Kenshin smiled softly at her direction with his eyes closed and then proceeded to eat his meal and before Kaoru finished hers he was over and staring with his eyes closed in the direction of the window, if you could call that staring.

"Do you miss the old you?"

"No… not really"

"Really?"

"I got what I deserved for what I've done in my past and yet I can live happily around someone so gentle like yourself Kaoru-donno, so I really think I'm better this way than the man I used to be, I guess I understand the world a little better"

He turned his head to look at her when he heard a chair moving followed her movement as she walked towards the window.

"You know something… I don't care about what you've done in your past am just glad I got to meet you" She opened the window letting the cold ocean breeze enter the room "You're really the cutest vampire I've known"

Kenshin only blushed a little which was already a change to his pale skin and bowed his head frowning. She sensed the dread and sadness coming.

"So… will you tell me more about your story?" she walked to the bed and sat down comfortably over it "Am all ears"

Kenshin smiled softly again revealing a sharp looking fang on the corner of his lips giving his smile a sort of grin feeling she couldn't help shiver about.

"It was so long ago but I can still remember it, I guess its part of my curse to be able to remember every little detail"

"How did she look like?"

"She wasn't tall, you're high maybe with black hair and black eyes, pale fair skin and the elegance of a deity, I figured she was a vampire since the first moment I saw her but she was the first female vampire to caught my eye so well"

He licked his lips instinctively. "I did gave in and tried to enjoy a life with her, little I knew about what she really wanted, in the end she turned me to other vampires… she was looking revenge because I killed her vampire lover a few years before and I didn't know…"

"But she did love you…"

"I will never really know, after all she died protecting me, but maybe she re considered it and that was why she turned me into a vampire"

"Why would she?"

"To punish me by turning me into the creature I was devoted to destroy"

"Ironic… huh? A vampire hunter turned to a vampire"

"Yeah… but I didn't stop… you know I continued to be a vampire for long, until that happened"

"You lost your sight…"

At this point of his narrative she felt the memories coming to her somehow making her smile against the depressive tone in Kenshin's story.

She was the daughter of a known sword master but he died while she was still young and she had to struggle to make a living with what her father had taught her, becoming a teacher of her father sword school and dropping her own studies on the way… but in the end it wasn't enough and she was going to lose her home.

That was when he came into her life. A friend of hers; a doctor, knowing her situation decided to help and one day he visited her with the intention of a proposal (not a marriage one xP) she didn't suspected. One of his patients was looking for a place to stay close to him since he lived quite far away from the doctor's clinic and was looking for an isolated place, with barely no company and close to the sea, funny thing she thought; her house fitted the description so well it seemed made up.

But it wasn't. The man arrived one night with doctor Gensai (that was the doctors name) dressed in a black suit and gloves but to top it all he was covered with a cloak hiding his face from her and so he didn't accepted the tour around the house Kaoru offered instead he glanced at the doctor like giving an indication and the doctor spoke for him.

"He's tired now, he wishes to go directly to rest if possible… could you show us to his room?"

"Sure…" she said doubtful, somehow he didn't seem tired… instead he seemed restless but she guide them upstairs where she took them to a room on the end of the hallway, it was quite dark even thought it was still 7.

"This place is shielded from the sun during the morning like you requested Himura-san, so you'll be fine here… breakfast is at 6, lunch at noon and dinner at 8… about the laundry there's a little door for it on a corner of your walking closet, I'll show it to you if you can't find it yourself and that'll be all"

"Thank you so much for taking him in" Kaoru felt a tinge of pain in her chest and tried to suppress the feeling of anger rising in her stomach, instead she smiled politely and bowed to doctor Gensai and Kenshin, she was too proud too show her feelings and almost too proud to admit she was unable of keeping her fathers house on her own.

"No… thanks to you Himura-san, you're generous pay for this simple room and house will help me keep my home, so I thank you from the bottom of my heart and I promise you'll feel comfortable here for as long as you wish to stay"

When Kaoru straightened herself from her bow she was able to catch a glimpse of a curious smile of surprise from the shadow under the cloak. Had he notice her struggle? She waved the thought away and instead she bowed again and left the room.

Now Kaoru was looking directly to the man's face and she could tell how things have changed, after all now she could say they were friends or something like it.

Doctor Gensai visited Kenshin from time to time to check on him. He told Kaoru Kenshin was allergic to sun light and preferred to sleep during the day so he wouldn't be up for breakfast, also he told her he had eat no vegetables but various types of meat also he would send for him bottles of wine with a medicine for him every month, she had to serve him every day 1 bottle of said wine.

Kaoru only wondered why he would never speak to her, soon she found out.

The sun was up in the sky, it was the middle of summer and she was melting under the heat, it was a good thing she was washing clothes so at list she could be a little fresh under the cold water.

"Maybe I could dive take a cold bath after this… it would be perfect" she smiled at the idea and threw the last of the clothing inside a basket and pulled the basket up carrying it to the yard where she would hang it to dry, but was stopped when she heard a loud scream of pain coming from inside the mansion.

It took her seconds to react and soon she was upstairs running to his door but he wasn't there when she looked to the other side of the hallway… the door to her room was open, but she couldn't think of the implication while she ran again towards the door and the moment she opened it she felt a cold wave bath her. Those where the worst minutes she had ever experiment in her life as she closed the door, the curtains and pulled a heavy bed cover over his body lying on the floor.

She touched him and his skin was hot; some steam was coming out of his pores. She was panicking as she dragged him still under the cover to her bathroom where she covered the window with the bed cover and threw him on the bathtub and turned on the water. Several minutes passed until his brow relaxed and he began breathing evenly. She dropped to her knees letting go a breath she didn't know she was holding.

"Himura-san… are you alright?"

He didn't answer, instead he turned his head to her and then she realized he didn't have his cloak over him and she could see him clearly; the bright red of his hair against the pale white of his face, he was young and had a delicate facial features, anyone would confuse him with a girl with such a face.

"Himura-san you could catch a cold if you stay inside the tub too much, it will be better if you help me take you to your room" he still didn't answer and seemed to be breathing difficultly "Himura-san… please…?"

She expected him to nod or something but instead he opened the eyes he was keeping closed and she saw the most amazing eyes she had ever seen; they were a pure gold color against a deep black; she was fascinated, so stunned she didn't notice when he got up and out of the tub, keeping eye contact with him he pulled her close to him then against the wall beside the tub.

Kaoru opened her mouth to speak but nothing came out as she got lost on his eyes then magic happened as he opened his mouth and spoke.

"Karou…" her name came out of his lips like something soft and alcoholic burning down her throat and warming up down her belly. She closed her eyes as he got closer to her pushing her head aside to uncover the skin of her neck, a scent of sandal flowers coming to her nose when she felt odd… why was she so numb? What was happening? Then she felt a couple of sharp ends caressing her skin and immediately pushing him away from her making him fall over to the other side.

"Himura-san…!" she looked at the state she was in, he was damped and had gotten her own clothes wet, also her blouse was torn exposing half of her breasts. She was flushed and confused when he got up slowly and opened his eyes again, this time she realized they were no longer gold but instead they were a clear lavender.

"Kaoru-dono, I apologize for my behavior and I assure you I'll be gone tonight, you'll never lay eyes on me again"

He got up with that and walked to the bathroom door when Kaoru got up and moved quickly before him closing the door in front of him.

"You're not leaving, I do demand instead you tell me what are you and what is going on"

Kenshin stood looking at her surprised but then lowered his head and closed his eyes again.

"Guide me to my room then, Kaoru-dono" she felt a shiver run down her spine as he pronounced her name again, but quickly opened the door and taking him by the arm he guided him to his room.

There she made him sat on his bed and she sat next to him on the bed. He got tense the moment she sat but tried to remain calm as he looked inside his night stand and got out a bottle he drank completely, then feeling better he turned around to where she was sitting.

"I'm a vampire Kaoru-dono, I'm allergic to the sun because of it and it weakens me to be under it, so much it can kill me" he stopped for a couple of seconds expecting a response from the girl but it never came so he decided to continue "I'm blind but since I'm a vampire I have a strongly developed sense of hearing so I don't really need it to live, doctor Gensai still thinks I can regain it but I don't think the same, that's why he brought me here, he wants to have me close to him for his research, also to keep me isolated from other vampires who could be able to take advantage of this situation"

"Do you drink blood?" he was surprised for a moment to hear her question but turned his head to the other side as he answered "Yes, but only the bottled one doctor Gensai makes for me"

Medicine huh…. She thought "But you were gonna suck mine, weren't you?"

"We don't really suck blood… but yes, I was going to drink from you and am terribly sorry and ashamed of my behavior, I skipped a meal before and the sun made me too weak to control my impulses, and that's why I believe it's better if I leave, you've been risking your life taking care of me for too long already and there's no need"

"I decide what to do with my life Kenshin" He was surprised again at the confidence in her tone and the confidence to call a vampire by his name, also the fact that she wasn't questioning the reality of his nature.

"Now that I know you're a vampire I'll take care you don't skip a meal ever again, also I won't leave more open curtains around, if you need anything be sure to say it to me and don't worry, I won't say a word about to anyone"

Kenshin smiled at her and blushed softly. "Thank you Kaoru-dono, you're too kind to me…"

"Naah… just keep paying and I'll be kind, okay?" she got up and walked to the door "I have to save the laundry I was doing and I'll go make some dinner, you'll tell me about your life when I get back…"

She left and that was the way she started having dinner with him every time she could, other days she would study on her room or made bamboo swords she would later sell on the nearest city. Her life was basically the same except for the fact that now she had a vampire room mate.