A/N: Here's chapter one, sorry if Misao seems a little whiney but I needed it to fit the story line! Enjoy :)
Discalimer: I still do not own rurouni kenshin or anything really for that matter…
Chapter 1
It was raining again.
Misao sat in the window sill of her dorm room with her sketchpad in her lap.
She couldn't believe that it'd already been five years.
Her dark blue t-shirt and denim shorts were covered in paint but that didn't matter to her.
Her roommates were out for they day and she was left to wallow in her angst.
Despite what her mind wanted, her pencil glided across the paper.
It was just another picture of him; it always was when it rained.
She sighed and threw the book on the floor.
The door to the hall swung open and Kaoru and Megumi stepped in.
"Alright Makimachi! You've been sitting in this room all by yourself for the past three days! You are going to the movies with Kenshin, Sano, Megumi, and me!" Kaoru gave her wittiest smile and forcefully grabbed her arm.
It'd been raining for three days straight and Misao didn't feel like doing much of anything. He hadn't called in so long she was beginning to forget what his voice actually sounded like.
"I don't wanna!" she whined and broke free of Kaoru's grip.
"Don't make me call Sano." Megumi threatened.
Misao had to admit, she'd have a harder time getting away from Sano than she'd had with Kaoru.
"If you're going to force me, at least let me change clothes." she sighed and went to her room.
"We'll meet you outside, Sano and Kenshin are waiting out front!" Kaoru called and the two exited the dorm room.
Misao came back out dressed in a baby blue smock shirt and some jeans. She grabbed a jacket and her purse and exited the dorm as well.
Sano's black SUV was waiting at the curb and she climbed inside.
"Rumor has it the weasel hasn't left her hole for days." Sano snickered.
Misao would have normally bothered to argue with the idiot but today she found a cold glare would suffice.
"Ok then, where are we going?" Sano changed the subject quickly and began to pull out of the lot.
Misao examined her friends actions; when they started college they were just a group of friends but now couples had formed and Misao felt more like a third wheel, or rather fifth.
"The movies." Megumi replied.
"Let's see something romantic!" Kaoru practically jumped out of her seat.
"No! We saw a chick flick last time!" Sano groaned.
"Calm down you two! We'll decide when we get to the theater!" Megumi assumed her roll as 'mommy' of the group.
Kaoru pouted a little but Kenshin gave her a reassuring smile and all her complaints seemed to melt away. On any other day Misao would have found that comforting but today she just felt bitter.
Fortunately, the movie theater wasn't too terribly far from their dorm and Misao could get away from the rain.
Just as they got out of the car, it began to rain harder. They hurried to the ticket area, which was made of pure glass windows, (A/N: probably not the smartest idea but at least you can get a nice view of the rain!) and began to look at the movie posters.
"You've got to be kidding me?" she mumbled to herself.
Lavender Rains, Dancing in the Rain, A Girl Named Rain...why were all the movies related to the one thing she loathed the most?
"I hate the rain." she stated plainly.
"Oh! I totally forgot about that movie! I heard it's really good!" Sano exclaimed.
"Huh?" Misao wasn't sure if this was Sano's typical sarcasm or if he was serious.
"You know, I Hate the Rain, the new Aoshi Shinomori film." he pointed to the poster across the room.
She approached it with caution. Why was it still so hard for her to look at him?
"It's about this guy who was a secret agent but after his true love was killed he gave it up. Then he meets this woman whose sister has been kidnapped by a big criminal and he takes it up again and they fall madly in love blah, blah." Sano did his best to summarize. (A/N: lol, real original huh?)
"That seems like a good compromise, Sano gets his action and Kaoru gets her romance." Megumi approached the ticket counter, not even bothering to hear Kenshin and Misao's opinions.
Despite their popularity, Misao had never once gone to see one of Aoshi's movies. She wasn't sure if she'd be able take too much of this one. It was just too weird.
When he'd first left, he called often but as he got busy the calls thinned out a lot. He'd called last Christmas but it was already October.
She shook the thought. Damn rain.
She followed her friends into the theater and to their seats. Megumi and Kaoru sent the boys to get popcorn and drinks.
"I think we should go hang out at Sano and Kenshin's apartment afterwards. We haven't had a good get together in awhile." Megumi suggested.
"That'd be fun. Are you in Misao?" Kaoru leaned over the empty seat between the two.
"I don't know, I think I might go in tomorrow and do some painting."
"You don't even have class tomorrow! Come on, please?" Kaoru begged.
"I'll think about it." she turned her attention to the cheesy ads playing on the screen.
The guys returned with the food and took their proper places next to their girlfriend.
Misao had requested a super large drink just so she could have an excuse to make frequent bathroom trips if she had to.
The movie trailers began to start up and the theater got dark. Couples were all cuddling close together. Damn theater.
In no time, the movie started up. It started with a gun battle which caused Sano much delight.
Then it hit her ears; his voice.
He looked almost exactly how she'd remembered but a little older. She didn't go to the movies often and almost never watched TV anymore so this was the first time she'd truly seen him since the day he'd left.
After the gun scene had finished, it showed Aoshi holding a woman's bloody corpse. Even dead she was a bombshell. She had long curly hair and sharp curves.
Maybe that was the reason he didn't call. There was absolutely no way she could compete with long sexy legs and big breasts. Let's just say she couldn't touch the bottom of a 5ft deep swimming pool and keep her head above the water at the same time. She didn't even want to think about her small chest.
She tried to clear her head once more. She was beginning to wonder if she was going to end the day on a seriously depressed note.
She found herself able to tolerate the movie until towards the end. She knew it was coming up: The kiss scene.
Misao was uncertain if she wanted to get up and leave that very instant but she didn't find herself moving. Her heart was pounding heavily but she didn't start feeling sick until the little kiss scene turned into a sex scene. Without thought she rushed out of the theater and into the bathroom.
She examined herself in the mirror; her entire body was shaking and her eyes seemed to be full of fear.
She splashed some water on her face and took in a deep breath.
"Why do you care so much?" she asked herself aloud.
Her mind began to wonder to her childhood memories of Aoshi. The time where he gave her her first kiss because she was being teased about it, the time when he…
"Misao? You ok?" Kaoru placed a hand on her shoulder, "You darted out of the theater really fast."
"Yeah, I just really had to pee." she faked a smile.
"Ok well the movie's over. The others are waiting in the lobby." Kaoru motioned for her to head towards the door.
The two walked out together and met the others.
"You drank the whole thing didn't you?" Sano looked almost disgusted.
"Yep but I lasted a long time, huh?" she smiled, a real one this time.
It had stopped raining.
A/N: Ok, well, I'll have chapter two up next week! Thanks for reading and I'd really appreciate a review!