Title: Stranger
Fandom: Rurouni Kenshin
Characters: Kaoru/Kenshin
Prompt: 046.Dream
Word Count: 1015
Rating: PG
Summary: a strange dream shakes Kaoru a bit; can Kenshin make her day better?
Author notes: this is a short one. I really didn't have the time to write something big
Kaoru woke up and sat on the bed while stretching her arms, she jumped when noticed that she wasn't in her room in the Seijuro estate, but in her old apartment in Tokyo. She sat up and walked out of her bedroom, only to be confronted by Kenshin, who was standing in her hallway.
"Kenshin…what are we doing here?" she smiled as she began to walk towards him.
But Kenshin remained silent; he just stood there with an emotionless face as Kaoru began to walk towards him. She felt a little uncomfortable with the stare that her fiancée was giving her so she slowed her steps until she stopped in front of him.
"Kenshin?" murmured Kaoru
"This is where you belong…… I should have never agreed to this so-called marriage" he said coldly.
"W-what? What do you mean?" she shuddered, her mind trying to convince her that he didn't mean what she'd just heard..
"I'm breaking off our engagement…. I don't want to see your face ever again" he spat glaring at her as if she was his worst enemy.
Kaoru's eyes widened as her body suddenly went numb, she swore she could hear her heat breaking like a glass that fell from the table, her worst nightmares had finally come true.
"But…why Kenshin? I thought you loved me?" she murmured as tears began to spill from her eyes.
"I could never love someone like you … you can't be trusted" he said as he turned around and walked away.
Kaoru panicked as she started to run towards to him, only to find her body restrained by a pair of strong yet familiar arms, preventing her from moving.
"Who are you? Let me go…. Kenshin help me" she screamed as she struggled to free herself from the stranger's grip and run into her fiancée's arms.
But it was no use, the stranger was too powerful for her, Kaoru looked towards Kenshin only to find his back still towards her and was walking away
"Kenshin please help me-I love you" she screamed again
Kenshin kept on walking until he disappeared into the darkness.
"KEEEEEEEEEEENSHIN!"
Kaoru's eyes snapped open as she shot out of bed only to be pushed back to it by a pair of strong arms, she looked up only to see Kenshin himself standing over her, concern filled his eyes. Her own eyes began to water as she bit down a sob.
Kenshin didn't know what was happening; all he knew was that he woke up early to practice when he heard Kaoru screaming his name, the next thing he knew he was in her room. The sight of her tears broke his heart as his eyes softened while wrapping her in his arms.
"Shh it's okay …. It was only a nightmare... I'm here" he whispered as he stroked her hair hoping that it will calm her down.
"Please don't leave me Kenshin, please" Kaoru pleaded as she sobbed on his shoulder.
"Shhh I will never leave you ... I will always be here with you"
"Really?"
"Yes really, I love you Kaoru and I promise not to leave you alone"
"Thank you Kenshin" she whispered as tears began to flow from her eyes again
"Shhh please don't cry, you know I don't like tears in your eyes" he said as he lifted her face to meet her eyes and kissed her tears away.
They held each other for a while, Kenshin trying to calm her by stroking her hair and whispering sweet nothings in her ear. Eventually her sobs calmed down.
"Kaoru?" Kenshin hesitated
"I'm okay now ... thanks for comforting me" smiled Kaoru as she lifted her lips to his and gave him a short yet sweet kiss.
"We better get going" she said as they pulled away for air.
"Are you sure you're okay? I'll just call you in sick" he suggested.
"No I'm okay" said Kaoru as she sat up and walked towards her closet when she heard her door close shut.
"Okay now what to wear" she thought as she went through her clothes, trying to decide on what to wear. She wasn't usually this picky but today was her birthday and she wanted to feel like it was her day. Of course she hadn't told anyone about it, they would only make a fuss over her.
She picked out a plain white shirt and a pair of brown LV Pants with its matching jacket and bag. She took a shower and got dressed before picking out a pair of gold earring and necklace. She combed her hair and instead of raising it to its usual pony tail she took out a tiny clip and pinned her two stands of hair that framed her face and pinned them back with it.
She made her way towards the front door, and stepped out the front door to see Kenshin talking to the limo driver, he must have sensed her presence because he turned to her and smiled before ranking his eyes over her body. She walked towards him and gave him a playful peck on his cheeks.
"Ready?" he asked
"As ready as I can be" she answered
After getting in the car, both of them were silent when Kaoru's dream flashed back into her mind, she lowered her eyes but recovered so Kenshin wouldn't worry about her. She put on her best smile and turned towards him.
"Hey Kenshin can I ask you something?" she asked.
"Of course"
"Umm ... When are we going to plan for our wedding?" she asked as her cheeks began to redden.
"Someone's eager?" he teased
"No I was ... Well I... I" Kaoru shuddered, her cheeks suddenly the color of Kenshin's hair.
"I'm just joking koishii … when do you want it to be?" he asked, smiling at the cute blush that formed on his fiancées cheeks
"I don't know ... anytime I guess"
"How about this, after work I take you out to dinner tonight and we can discuss it then" he suggested.
"Okay ... that's fine with me" she smiled.
i hope you enjoyed this... sorry if this seemed short .. i really did the best i can to update
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