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"Oh Misao!" Kaoru cried enthusiastically, clapping her hands together and setting them under her chin happily. "I'm so glad that you've decided to tell him!"
"Uh...thanks...I guess." Misao kept her face to the ground, still hiding her blush. "Well? How do I tell him?" She asked after more than a moment's silence.
"What do you mean how? The only way to tell him you love him is to just come out and say it to his face."
"It's that simple?"
"Yep!" Kaoru nodded her head in approval. "Just come out and say it to him."
"How did you get up the courage to tell Himura?"
"I didn't."
"What?!" Okay, now she was confused.
"He told me." She stated simply, causing Misao to fall over.
"Oh then I should really trust your word." She said sarcastically.
"I resent that."
"Well I think I am going to figure all this stuff out for myself thanks."
"Fine by me."
With that last thought, Aoshi went to have a late lunch of Miso soup.
'I love you, Aoshi.' Misao thought, pacing back and forth through her room. 'That's all I have to say to him. But...if that's it, then why am I so nervous?' A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts.
"Misao-chan?"
"Yes Omasu-san?"
"What would you like for dinner? I can't make things you hate and make them taste great like Shiro can."
"Anything's fine with me."
"Alright. By the way, when are Shiro, Okon, and the others due back?"
"Hmm... About two weeks from yesterday."
"Well too bad. That means that they can't see Himura-sama and his friends."
"What do you mean?"
"Well they are only staying a week."
"Oh." She said dully. 'Then I have a week to get all the help I can with my confession.'
"Well I guess I am going to go get started on dinner then." Omasu said, exiting the room.
Misao continued her pacing faster than before. 'Omasu doesn't know how lucky she really is.' She thought angrily. "Ugh!" She squealed aloud, falling back onto her futon. 'Why does this have to be so....so hard?' She thought. "I can't do this tonight." she whispered into the air. " I should just sleep on it.
Misao sat on the deck of the Aoiya silently, gazing at the night sky, whispering prayers into the cold night air. Prayers that she would have strength. That strength that she needed to tell Aoshi her feelings for him. For telling a secret like that, will need all the strength and courage the gods could give her.
She heard the door slide open but Misao didn't turn around to see the new comer. She felt their presence nearing her slowly, but she still stayed still and completely silent. 'Whoever it is can go away, I really don't feel like talking right now.'
"Misao." Came the voice that changed her mind so suddenly.
"Yes Aoshi-sama?" Her voice was unusually calm, unlike all the other times she had spoken to him.
"Don't you think it is a little late for you to be outside?"
"I was just...looking at the stars."
"Ah." He said, as he sat down next to her, both of his legs hanging of the deck, almost touching the ground.
He soon noticed that Misao's hair was not in it's usual braid, but instead, hanging down to her waist, a few stray locks around her face, framing it perfectly. "It's chilly outside tonight." He stated without emotion.
"Hai." was all she said.
"Are you not cold?"
"No. I'm fine."
They sat in silence for a little while, the two of them gazing at the stars and sometimes sneaking glances at each other. Misao finally broke the silence as it became awkward. "The stars are beautiful tonight."
"So are you."
Misao was shocked at his sudden forwardness. "W-what?" She asked, facing him.
Aoshi turned to face her as well, their eyes locking into one anothers, his eyes soft beautiful sapphires and hers a shocked blue topaz. "I said you're beautiful." His voice deepened, sending quivers down Misao's spine as he reached a hand out to touch the side of her face. "You don't know how much I love you my dear Misao."
"Oh...Aoshi." she whispered almost breathlessly.
Aoshi slowly leaned in to kiss her. "Misao." She closed her eyes and leaned forward, anticipation over coming her. "Misao." He said, slightly louder than before.
"Yes Aoshi?"
"Misao."
He whole body was being shook as she opened her eyes.
Misao opened her eyes to see Aoshi, his hand on her shoulder, shaking her slightly. Misao stretched her arms and yawned. "Aaahhh...yes Aoshi-sama?"
"You fell asleep out here and I was waking you up so you could go to sleep in your room."
"Oh. Arigato Aoshi-sama."
Aoshi gave a slight nod as she stood up, her hair hanging loose at her waist. 'She...is beautiful.' He thought.
Misao bowed gracefully, "Oyasumi nasai Aoshi-sama."
"Oyasumi nasai." He replied, as she stepped inside the Aoiya.
One week went by quick. The Kenshin-gumi was gone and Misao still hadn't told Aoshi that she loved him. Aoshi was still trying to deny his feelings for the young woman but everytime he saw her, he just loved her even more.
Misao had already decided how to tell him. Every word was praciced a thousand times, she came as close as even standing outside his door ready to tell him, but would turn away at the last minute. She had the words, now it was the courage that she needed. Where would she find that?
She also had more dreams. Some longer than others. But in each one she would wake up right before he kissed her. It had really become annoying. If only she could get that one kiss, maybe that dream kiss held the strength she needed. Heck, it didn't matter. She wanted that kiss anyways.
Aoshi had begun to have dreams about Misao as well. Yet he, too, never got that kiss which he so longed for. The only thing keeping hime from a real kiss was doubt. He knew that she couldn't love him as he did her, but part of him hoped that she did. The rest of him feared that, with so many enemies he had encountered, that she would be in grave danger. That is his worst fear, for her to be in danger because of him and his horrid past.
Misao sat outside, like she had been doing a lot lately, gathering up her courage really. She inwardly hoped that the dream she had a week before hand would be reinacted, but she knew that was almost impossible unless she told Aoshi about her undying love for him.
"Misao?"
She turned around to see the man of her thoughts looking down at her. "Yes?"
"It is a cold evening. You should be inside."
"Hai." She sighed.
"Do you mind if I ask what you were thinking about?"
"Eh. Nothing much really."
He knew she was lying, but decided to let the subject rest. It obviously was none of his buisness, but he could help be feel hurt that she wouldn't tell him. "Misao, let's go inside."
"You go ahead. I need some time to think."
The words came out before he had a chance to stop and think about them. "Please...tell me what's wrong." The words themselves were sentimental, but his voice was still dark and deep.
Misao was startled at his concern. Now was the chance, she had to tell him then. That was the perfect time. "Aoshi. Can I talk to you?"
'No -sama?' Aoshi watched her stand to face him slowly. "Hai, Misao."
" I know you think of me as a child and all, that I don't know what I'm talking about...but...this is the truth. I...I-I love you Aoshi." There, she had said it. The weight had been lifted from her shoulders. Now only one more thing. His response.
Aoshi looked at her with a blank expression. "Misao," He said softly, once again sending quivers down her spine. "It was silly of you...to fall in love with someone like me."
Tears streamed down her cheeks as she leaned her head down to hide her face from him. 'For a second there...I thought I had a chance with him.' she thought sadly.
Aoshi placed his hand on her chin and raised her tear soaked face to his, gazing deeply into her eyes. With the free one, he wiped away her tears with the back of his hand. Looking at her softly he whispered so quietly that only they two could hear. "But I guess I am just as silly to feel the same for you."
Misao's eyes widened and a smile slowly crept upon her face, as did his. She gazed into his eyes as well as they became lost in emotion. He slowly leaned in as their eyes closed, their bodies tingling in anxiousness, for their lips to meet in a chaste kiss. At last they did, they finally shared the kiss they'd been longing for. It was all like a dream.