Chapter Four

Disclaimer:
I don't own RK.

Author's Note:
This is the revised version of Chapter four.

Glossaries:
Iie: No
Watashi wa desu: I am
Gomen nasai: I'm sorry

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"Where can he be?" Kaoru mumbled as she looked at her watch. "He's late. Did he stand me up?" Kaoru looked around the restaurant hoping to see him. As she was about to give up, she noticed a guy walking towards her, holding a dozen roses in his hand. She tried to move to get a full look of him, but a waiter was blocking her way. She settles down on her chair and waited for him to come to her. Her heart was pounding when she saw him getting closer. She was about to look up and say hi when she realized that he was not stopping at her table. Her heart sank and she grabbed a napkin to hide her embarrassment.

The same waiter who was blocking her view before stopped at her table and asked, "Are you okay ma'am? Would you like anything to drink? You look as if you are going to be sick."

"No, I'm fine. Can I just get my bill please? It seems that my companion have changed his mind."

The waiter looked at her sympathetically and said, "Of course ma'am. I'll just go get it."

I can't believe this. I never knew that he was an ass. How could he do this to me? I thought that he wanted to meet me as well. Why would he go through all this trouble in reserving a table if he wasn't going to show up? Kaoru thought.

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Kenshin walked towards a lady dressed in red, not realizing that he just past his dinner companion. "Hi! I'm so sorry that I'm late. I got held up at the office for a while."

The lady looked up in shock and just stared at him for a few minutes. As she was about to say he got the wrong person, he continued to talk.

"I hope that you haven't waited that long. Here, these are for you." Kenshin said as he extended his right arm to give her the bouquet of roses.

The lady took the roses with bewilderment on her face.

Kenshin proceeded to sit across from her, not realizing that his companion is unusually quiet.

As the lady once again tried to tell him the truth, her companion returned to their table.

"What is going on here! Who is this guy?" Her companion asked. "Is he bothering you?"

Kenshin looked up at the guy and said, "Look buddy, I think that you are the one that's bothering the lady here. Why don't you just back off and leave?"

"Say that again short guy. She was here with me first. So why don't you back off and leave……unless you want to take this outside?"

"What are you talking about? She is my date. But if you want to take this outside fine!" Kenshin said as got up from his seat.

"Will both of you be quiet!" The lady yelled. "You guys are making a scene. There is no need for both of you to go outside. This is just a little misunderstanding."

Both men looked at her confused.

Seeing as she got both of their attention. She proceeded to explain. She looked at Kenshin with an apologetic face. "This is my boyfriend, Sagara Sanosuke. We are here to celebrate our one year anniversary." She then looked at Sano and said, "He's confused. He thought that I was his date tonight. He was supposed to meet someone here and I guess he thought that was me."

Kenshin looked at her confused. "You are not Kashin?"

"Iie, watashi wa Takani Megumi desu."

Kenshin looked at their faces and realized that she was saying the truth. "Gomen nasai. Watashi wa Himura Kenshin. I'm sorry that I ruined your evening. I'll be going now.

Sano and Megumi looked at each other and said, "It's okay, it was a harmless mistake. You can join us for dinner if you want?"

"No, thank you. I've ruined your evening enough. Thank you guys so much." And with that Kenshin left.

"Poor guy, I hope that he ends up finding the lady that he was looking for."

"Yeah, I hope that the lady doesn't think that he stood her up."

They looked at each other and said, "I'm so glad that I found you." He took her hand and kissed her in front of all the people in the restaurant.

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Kaoru was too into her thoughts to notice all the commotions that were happening at the table behind her. All she could think about was how Mitsurugi stood her up.

The waiter came back at her table and gave her the bill.

She muttered thanks and grabbed her purse. She pulled out a few bills and left. As she rushed towards the door she bumped into a guy. She didn't even hear the guy yelling at her. Without apologizing, she walked out of the restaurant and headed for her car.

He better have a very good explanation for this or else. He'll regret the day he decided to make a fool of me! Kaoru thought.

That was all she could think about on her drive back home.

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"Women!" Kenshin muttered as he watched the lady leave without even apologizing. He walked to the hostess and asked, "are you sure that my companion is here? Do you mind showing me where she is seated?"

The hostess looked up from what she was doing and said, "sure sir, could you just please tell me your name."

"The table is reserved under the name Mitsurugi."

The hostess looked at her list and said, "Ah, yes. Your companion was here, but you just missed her sir."

"What?"

"Well, she was waiting for a long time sir." She said in reproach.

"Urgh! Women!"

"Pardon sir?"

"Nothing, never mind."

"Is there anything else I can do for you sir?"

"No, I'll be leaving now. Thanks anyways."

"Alright sir, good night!"

Kenshin took one last look at the restaurant before turning around and headed for the door. "I can't believe this. What a night. First I'm late, then I go to the wrong table, and now I just missed her." Kenshin got in his car and laid his head on the steering wheel for a couple of minutes trying to get himself in control. After a while, he turned on the engine and headed for home.

TBC