Sister

"She was beautiful, ne…"

Kenshin looked at the black haired woman who sat few meters in front of him. She smiles and continued to fold the clothes. Kenshin turned away, continue staring at a raven haired girl. He sat next to the window, following each of her movements with his eyes. Lately he hadn't talked much with her. He had a feeling that she tried to avoid him.

"Do you like her?"

Kenshin frowned slightly before then back to his expressionless face, "It's none of your business."

She chuckled, "Your face's blushing."

He did not answer and just turn away to hide his face. Somehow, being with this woman could make him feeling weird. She did not express herself too much but so he did, he did not really mind it, she also was not scared of him. If he remembered the first time he met her, it was quite amazing if she wasn't scared of him.

"I think she likes you…" she continued calmly, looked at him with the corner of her eyes, then smiled amusedly when his face became even redder, "You don't recognize it?"

He shook his head, "Stop it."

He knew some people kept teasing him about his relationship with Kaoru but he knew better. There was nothing between them. Not yet, he noted mentally and blushed deeper at his very own thought. He frowned when he looked back to where she had been but he found no one there. He sighed. He had thought of his feeling to Kaoru lately, but he did not know what it was. He never felt something like this.

"She's special." He blurted, soon he regretted it when he heard the older woman chuckled. He looked at the woman a little bit annoyed. She smiled slightly and tilted her beautiful head to him. He did not know why but he felt comfortable to talk with this woman. Sometime, her scent was piercing his heart but the other time it felt soothing, almost like jasmine scent he smelt when he was around Kaoru.

"I know she is…" The woman agreed. She stood up with the pile of clothes in her arms, she walked to the closet attached to the room, since she came to the inn she had to share room with him and somehow she was getting used with it already, "…Do you like her?"

Do I? He asked himself, "I don't know," he answer hesitantly, "I felt uneasy whenever I'm with her lately…"

Another chuckle.

"Maybe you think of her like a sister…" she said while putting the clothes on the closet, "She will make a cute little sister."

They both know that the statement was not right. But somehow Kenshin just smiled dryly and said, "Well she is…"

…if only I could think of her only as my little sister...

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Author's Note:

I am really sorry for being so late, I hate to say it but I was really busy. But, I have done another two chapters ahead, and I will post it sometime this week (I hope). So, thanks for clicking, reading and reviewing this chapter. And it might be very late but happy thanksgiving for who celebrated and eid Mubarak said for who celebrated it…

XOXO

Recchinon.