A/N:::::: Ok, this is a start on my second story! Yay me!!! It's a little short but it'll get better with each chapter. Just a little heads up, Misao's and Aoshi's personalities will be a little different(i.e: Misao wont be all super hyper and Aoshi won't be as MUCH of a block of ice. I hope that's ok with everyone.)

Disclaimer: (I guess I should write one of these….) Anyway, you know the deal, I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or anything else sobs

Summary: Misao discovers her boyfriend Soujiro cheating on her one night and is heart broken. As she struggles to move on, a mysterious man named Aoshi Shinomori makes his way into her life.

She was a loser. A complete and pathetic loser. Yes she was. Misao sighed in frustration, rubbing her hands across her face. She sniffed and wiped her nose with her sleeve. She blinked the tears away from her jade eyes and covered them with her hands. She took in calming breaths and counted to ten. Misao lifted her head and looked over her shoulder. Bam! It was still there, making her instantly turn away. Nope, it wasn't a horrible nightmare after all. Her boyfriend Soujiro, was cheating on her, from right across the restaurant, with his "friend" Yumi. Misao quickly pulled herself together when her sister Omasu came back from the restroom. Instantly Omasu took notice of her condition. "Misao, are you alright?"she asked, furrowing her brows.

Misao smiled. "H-hai…."she responded as she continued to wipe her eyes with her sleeve.

"But your eyes are red Misao. Have you been crying?"asked her sister. Misao looked at her sister. 'I can't tell her, she'll cause a scene.'thought Misao.

"I accidently got some pepper in my eyes."she quickly said. Omasu's worried expression quickly changed into a relieved one. "Why don't you go rinse your eyes out in the bathroom?" she suggested. Misao quickly nodded and ran into the bathroom. She ran into a stall and cried her eyes out. 'Why!?' she thought to herself as she picture Soujiro with Yumi.

She finally stopped her crying after a few minutes. She unlocked the stall and stared at herself in the mirror. She looked horrible. She fixed her hair and washed her face before she stepped out the bathroom and back into the restaurant. She rushed back to her sister who had just paid the bill.

"All set?"asked Omasu. Misao nodded and followed her sister out of the restaurant. As she half-ran out the door, she bumped into a man who was also leaving. She looked up and saw slightly wide ice eyes looking down at her. She bowed slightly. "Sorry."she said and continued on her way out.

After a silent ride home and worried glances from Omasu, Misao finally collasped onto her queen sized bed in her lonely 2 bedroom apartment that she shared with her bestfriend Kaoru. Misao grabbed her pillow and buried her face in it. Misao's attempt to drown herself were dashed when a soft knock sounded through the apartment. Misao sat up in her bed, eyebrow raised. She looked over to her clock and saw 8:49pm in bright blue color. She sighed. 'Who could that be? Kaoru just left with Kenshin so its not them.'she thought as she crossed the living room and opened the door, only to be greeted with a broad chest. She blinked and looked up to see the same ice blue eyes that she bumped into at the restaurant. The man didn't seem to show that he recognized her though.

"Konbanwa."he said in a sultry voice. Misao shook her head. "K-konbanwa. Can I help with you something?" she asked. "Aa. Is Kaoru here?"he asked, looking down at her. Misao pulled a strand of hair away from her face. She quickly scanned him with her eyes. He was very tall and built. His jet black hair was silky and covered his eyes. He looked like someone who didn't talk much. His eyes held no emotion and his face had no smile. He was beautiful. "No, sorry but she just stepped out. But I can give her a message."she said. His face showed no emotion at all as he looked at her.

"Tell her Shinomori Aoshi stopped by to see her."he said. Misao nodded as she reached to her right for a notepad. She quickly jotted the message down and looked up at Aoshi, shocked to see that he was staring intently at her. She almost gulped at the intensity. "Anything else?"she asked him. Aoshi shook his head. Misao smiled slightly. "Ok then I'll tell her you stopped by."

"Arigato"he said with a bow and walked away. Misao watched after him for a second before she stepped back into her apartment. She threw the notepad onto the coffee table and plopped down onto her leather couch. She closed her eyes. She hurt all over. Soujiro, her boyfriend of over 2 years, had cheated on her. She loved him. She was angry but she couldn't get the courage to confront him at the restaurant when she saw them kiss. Misao clutched her chest, rolling onto her floor. She looked up and saw a picture of her and Soujiro, all smiles and so "in love". Her small hand slammed down onto the frame and it hit the table. The glass shattered and spilled over the table. Misao sat up and threw the picture across the room. "Its over."she whispered to herself.

She looked at the clock on the wall and read 9pm. Her cell rang in her bedroom. She stood and went to find it. As she entered her room the familiar ringtone rushed to her ears. It was Soujiro. Misao stepped over to the cellphone on her bed. The screen flashed and the song continued. Misao picked up her phone and pressed the 'ignore' button and stuffed the phone into her purse and stuck the purse in her closet. She threw herself onto her bed and looked up at the ceiling. Her thoughts wondered back to the icey tall man. 'Shinomori Aoshi….why does that name sound familiar?'she wondered. After a moment, she just shrugged it off. Her eye lids grew heavy and she yawned. Rolling over onto her side, she closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep.

A/N:::: I'm excited for some odd reason! hehehehe plz review