Kaoru left the empty room, sadness in her eyes. Something was absent in her home, and so as well in her heart. Yes, she may have put a very strong facade of not being sorrowful, but facades were meant to be used when there are other people. Not when you're alone. She broke down, and sobbed, leaning on the white wood walls. Her muffled cries were soft, but loud enough for anyone to hear across the living room. With blurry eyes, and a shirt damp from tears, she slept.

Morning was no better, Kenshin is gone. He is a transfer student, leaving for 3 years, at the minimum. Kaoru had no hope that he would come back within 3 years. College is a monster, many would say. It won't kill you, but it will make you stronger, and that's one of the reasons why students had the drive to keep going even when they have failed in everything.

She took one, final glance at Kenshin's old room, now filled with empty boxes, a drawer and a bed. Her room was beside, and it was gloomy all over, as if matching the owner.

"Kaoru? I need to tell you something."

Kenshin had a hint of...grievance in his eyes. This frightened Kaoru more, applying the tone of his voice. She walked towards him, her knees quivering a bit, unsure of what to expect from her brother. She tried to keep a hopeful look.

"Look, I got contact from Dad."

Kaoru nearly jumped. There hasn't been any contact with Dad for nearly decades, has there? And what was he proclaiming? Was he coming back? Kaoru, of all the people does not want him too. Their life is better this way. Even though Dr. Gensai only visits them, everything was fine.

"And..?"

"Well, I got an offer for a transfer. Though, I mentioned it before to you, I haven't to Dad. Either way, he heard about it, and now he wants me to accept it. He says I could stay in his home while I study there."

"But.. Can I come along..?"

" I'm sorry. dad can't support the two of us there. He says education abroad is way expensive compared here. I'm going for a scholarship."

Kaoru's heart was shattered to pieces. Her mother left them, then her father, and now even her most beloved brother.

The memory was still fresh in her mind, the deep, sad tone of Kenshin, the way she held herself up and pretended to be proud of him. And that look of regret on his face when she pat him on the shoulder, and congratulated him.

For Kaoru, there was no point in dwelling in the past, but she can't stop it. Kenshin... was her everything.

"Kaoru? Heyy!"

A voice called out, and she knew that it was Misao in an instant. Her eyes weren't sore anymore, so she got up dressed quickly. She approached the door, and Misao was there, barely on her feet. Struggling to keep Aoshi in her back. The side of her head is a little bruised, but Aoshi's condition was worse - in every aspect.

"Misao! What happened to the both of you?"

Kaoru was already distressed, and seeing her friends like this. It didn't help, of course.

"Get in, hurry!"

Kaoru dragged Aoshi from Misao's arms, as Misao seemed to be ready to collapse too. Although she was shocked, she has trained herself to be used to reacting to situations like this. when she was a child, a scene with her father and mother is not very far away from happening, and it usually gets bloody. The responsive action to this has never left her brain, even when the last time such a occurance like this happened 5 years ago.

as once as the both of them got to sit at the couch, she ran to Kenshin's old room, and grabbed his medical kit, and her phone too. She got back, and Misao seemed to have passed out. She quickly called for Megumi, and she was there in an instant.

"What happened?"

"I don't know, they just appeared like this at my door."

Kaoru felt the tensing of her jaw, and the nervousness flowing inside her. were her friends in grave danger? or was it just a street fight gone bad? Either way, Aoshi and Misao were bloody, and hurt. Whoever did this was unacceptable to Kaoru, and she's ready to fight.

"Help me bring Aoshi into Kenshin's room."

She follows with no qualms, despite the weight that was crushing her back. She supported Aoshi's weight well when Misao first arrived, but now, she just felt weak, and her knees were buckling. It was probably an adrenaline rush, and to her, there was no other explanation.

Going to Kenshin's room was like ages, the weight bringing her and Megumi down, but once they finally came inside, Megumi was quick to gently place him at the bed. She grabbed some gauze, and other bunch of stuff from the kit and Kaoru felt invisible to Megumi, who was busy disinfecting aoshi's wound, and bandaging it.

"You should go watch over Misao. She might wake up any minute. Her passing out was only due to trauma and a lack of energy."

She goes back, and fixes Misao's position so that she lies flatly on her back. The couch now smelled of sweat and blood. Aoshi's sweat and blood.

She fixes Misao's hair, brushing tufts of hair to the ear so that her face could be clearly seen. She stared at it for a while, memories coming back to her. The once small girl who would always run into trouble, but ends up crying was gone., Instead, a girl of independence, and strong will was lying at before her. She had a hard time imagining Misao being able to support Aoshi all the way here. She is way different from the girl Kaoru first met.

Suddenly, Misao jolts awake, and screams Aoshi's name, to find herself beside Kaoru, clean.

"Where is he?"

She tries to stand up, but Kaoru prevents her from doing so, insisting that she should have more rest and that Aoshi is fine. She asks what happened, and Misao explained how thugs tried to mess with Aoshi.

"Aoshi took care of them, all too easily! But then, this guy had like a bomb planted in the old building we were brought to. Aoshi beat the other guys up, and we were able to get out just in time. But a shards of glass hit him, and we fell down due to the impact of the explosion. I hit my head, but Aoshi was.."

Kaoru was doing her best trying to listen to her, but it was no use. Her mind kept trailing back to Kenshin, and what he would've done if he were here. What she could've done to help more.

Kenshin should've been here, she bitterly thought.

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