Long Vacation
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Standard disclaimer applies in every of my chapters. I do not own the RK gang.
-author's notes-
Okay, I don't have much time right now. I only posted this because I have to go to Japan in a couple of days. I haven't done anything yet. My parents demanded me to clean up my room and the living room too. I haven't pack, haven't bought souvernirs for my cousins, haven't find a neighbor to take care of my dog... I haven't done anything! So I'm screwed. Please excuse any grammatical errors here. I don't have time to re-read the whole thing and check them up. I'm really sorry, and I hope you enjoy this! There are some KxK fluff at the end (finally!). I personally love this chapter, and I hope you enjoy it too!
Remember to review!
Chapter Eleven: The Kissing Question
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You are always by my side,
You are lovingly protective,
I find it exceptionally hard to let you go
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Shattered
His vision went blank as her words dawned on him. All he saw was a mixed of shocking colors, so bright, yet so dark at the same time.
Broken
His grip on her immediately loosened as he let her go, not even realizing that Megumi had slowly released herself from him. She averted her gaze from him, sobbing uncontrollably.
Destroyed
Slowly, as his vision finally returned back to him, he shifted his eyes to Megumi. Still in a stake of shock, his hands lay limp on his sides before he looked away once again.
"I'm sorry, I'm so very sorry…"
He barely heard those soft words came out of Megumi's mouth.
He dared himself to look at her before he shifted his gaze, unable to make himself face her.
For a long time, none of them said anything, the silence deafening. Megumi's sobs echoed through the deserted, dark hallway. Finally, Kenshin numbly moved his hand to his hair, as if doing so would rub away all the sudden shock of pain he was feeling.
Suddenly, without himself being aware of what was going, Kenshin heard his own voice breaking the silence.
"Is that so…?" he questioned, almost too casually. It shocked him how his voice was able to betrayed his feelings.
Megumi looked up when she heard him speak, the tears still flowing unchecked on her face. Kenshin slowly lifted his hands to wipe them away gently, forcing himself to give a painful smile.
"Don't cry Megumi. It's not your fault."
Megumi shook her head, the tears still flowing through her cheeks.
"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry…" she kept on repeating her apologies, as if they were some sort of an enchantment. Kenshin glanced back at the ceiling, unable to stay focused on the woman before him.
He numbly placed his hand back to his sides before he jerked his body to turn around.
"I'm sorry for bothering you all this while…" he forced himself to say. He could hear Megumi sobbing, whispering her apologies. Kenshin forced himself to give her another glance.
"Can you… tell me who he is?"
Immediately after the words flew out of his mouth, he regretted it. He didn't want to know. He didn't want to realize that he had lost. He didn't want to know.
But even as Megumi sobbed, even as his heart throbbed painfully with numbness, he knew.
He knew perfectly who that person was.
But he didn't want to know!
Seeing that Megumi wasn't able to answer him, Kenshin turned back to his previous position as he whispered,
"Good night."
Without even a nod, his frozen feet jerked him to move.
His dreams were shattered. His feelings were broken. His heart was destroyed.
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Kaoru saw him. Even through the distance, through the darkness, she could tell that he was shattered.
She sighed, trying hard to erase the strange feelings that had invaded her thoughts. She was feeling a thread of jumbled up emotions. She was definitely sorry for her roommate. However, there was also this feeling, located way back on her heart, that somehow made her feel… glad.
She scowled at herself. Why would she feel glad? Kenshin's there, having a major heartbreak, and she's glad?
'What a good friend…' she said sarcastically in her head.
She glanced up when Kenshin finally stopped beside the car, staring blankly at her through the transparent window. Kaoru hesitantly lowered the glass.
The two of them were silent for a while, before Kenshin suddenly said,
"You were supposed to go home." His voice was expressionless, reflecting exactly how his heart must felt… numb.
Kaoru shrugged, trying to act as normal as possible.
"I didn't know the way home." She replied, carefully avoiding eye contact.
Kenshin's eyes narrowed slightly when he heard what Kaoru said. He realized that his pain was quickly changing its form into anger. His lips formed a thin line of impatience as he gave his roommate a skeptical glare.
Without warning, he started walking, leaving Kaoru to gape at him inside the car.
"Hey! Kenshin, where are you going?" She shouted through the open window. Kenshin didn't reply her as he walked faster.
He was pissed. He knew that Kaoru knew this was going to happen to him. Kaoru knew something that he didn't. Why didn't she tell him? Why didn't she warn him?
His hands formed tight fists as his mind wandered. Megumi was in love with someone else. That someone else, Kenshin was positively sure, was Sanosuke Kamiya. He closed his eyes in both pain and anger as he continued to walk. Continued, that is, until the sound of honking stopped him.
He turned his head around at the annoying, loud noise and wasn't surprised to see Kaoru leaning over her seat, honking at him. He gave her a skeptical glare before he made his body turn around again.
Kaoru, sighing impatiently, finally leaned herself against her window, pulling herself up through the small space so that half of her body was out of the car.
"You're not going anywhere, yo!" She shouted, trying to make Kenshin to stop. "First of all, I don't know how to drive a car! Second, I don't know the way home!"
When she saw that her attempts were futile, Kaoru quickly slipped herself back on her seat as she once again reached out for the steer. Immediately, she honked a gazillion times, breaking the peaceful silence that was expected for 11 o'clock at night.
She took a deep breath of victory when she saw that Kenshin had turned into a sudden halt when she honked for the sixteenth time. She watched him stay where he was for a few seconds, as if he was rooted to the ground. Then, slowly, she saw him turn around as he began to walk back towards the car, his face holding back his anger.
He quietly opened the driver's door, slipped himself inside the car, and turned on the engine. Without warning, he accelerated the car into a dangerous velocity, causing Kaoru to grasp the dashboard for dear life. But she didn't say anything. Instead, she quickly grabbed the seatbelt the moment she got the chance.
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"Kenshin?" Kaoru called out quietly. "I've made some ramen. I accidentally made extras, so I was wondering if you want some or not. You haven't eaten anything for breakfast and lunch yet."
Her sapphire eyes waited patiently at the door leading to Kenshin's bedroom. After a few moments of silence, she sighed as she eyed her ramen warily. That is… if you can call that lump of flour a bowl of ramen.
Maybe it was better if Kenshin didn't reply after all. She doubt he'd be pleased with what she offered him anyway.
Ever since they reached their small apartment yesterday night, Kenshin had locked himself in his room. Kaoru had shrugged this off for a while at the beginning, but when her roommate refused to come out even to eat, she had quickly became worried.
So for the last couple of hours, no exaggeration, Kaoru had been trying to unfreeze those frozen ramen packets. She had ended up sacrificing 3 packets, seeing that they had ended up in distorted forms when she was done heating them up. Embarrassment and anger quickly overtook her for a while before she shook her head and instead turned around to go to the kitchen, planning to throw away her most successful ramen.
Of course, she hadn't accidentally made extras. Heck, she haven't eaten dinner herself! She was too worried about Kenshin to eat dinner. Though this thought was pretty disturbing at first, she excused it by saying that she was a very good friend.
She exhaled heavily as she dumped the noodles tiredly. So all those efforts were once again wasted. It's not fair, really, how some people just took the ability to cook for granted.
Kaoru was just about to turn around and settled herself in front of the TV when a shocking sound of a door opening caught her attention. She smiled slightly as she turned around, her eyes landing on Kenshin.
Surprisingly, he looked pretty decent. Tidy hair, neutral eyes, and neat shirt. The two of them stared at each other for a while, not knowing what to say. Truth is, what was there to say? Kaoru knew that Kenshin wouldn't appreciate any pity from her, and Kenshin knew that any apologies he make for the time being would not be accepted seriously.
Finally, when the ticking sound of the old grandfather clock had annoyed Kenshin enough, he said,
"Where's that ramen?"
Kaoru was left narrowing her eyes at him before she rolled them and jerked her thumb at the direction of the trashcan.
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"You've got to be kidding me!" Kaoru shouted, her eyes wide.
When Kenshin had been given the knowledge of how much ramen packets Kaoru had sacrificed, he had given her an incredulous look. That was when a sheepish Kaoru had convinced him that she would treat him for dinner. Kenshin was just about to shake his head, saying that he was fine when Kaoru mentioned that she was going to take him to Akabeko. He couldn't deny that the food there was delicious, and the fact that he was starving didn't really help. So in the end, he ended up nodding his head instead.
But here they were, in front of Akabeko after waiting patiently for a taxi in the middle of the chilly night (Soujiro had come to take his car back earlier in the morning), only to figure out that the restaurant was closed for the day.
Kaoru crossed her arms and placed them angrily on her chest. Her eyes narrowed as she cursed lightly.
"Damn! What's wrong today? Tae never closed the Akabeko for anything!" Kaoru muttered, staring impatiently at the sign that spelled out the restaurant's name. Beside her, Kenshin sighed.
"I guess today's just one of those rare days." He leaned on the walls of the restaurant, staring up at the stars. Seriously, he felt like crap. More than that, even.
Kaoru scowled once more before she checked her watch. Sighing, she slanted herself beside Kenshin.
"I don't know where else I can take you…"
"Nowhere. My hunger has suddenly disappeared." Kenshin replied quietly. Kaoru shook her head.
"You know, if you want some American food, Gangster Paradise has…" Kaoru immediately cut herself off.
'Shit! Stupid Kaoru! Stupid! Just like you to mention Sano's name in front of Kenshin!' she cursed mentally, her eyes slowly averting itself to the ground.
Beside her, she could sense how Kenshin had tensed up the moment she mentioned the name of the bar. But before Kaoru could think of anything to say, Kenshin had suddenly started moving.
Kaoru's jaw dropped as she stared at him walking briskly into the night.
"Where are you going?" she questioned, hurrying up to catch up with him. Kenshin avoided any eye contact as he placed his hands in his pockets.
"Gangster's Paradise." Was his curt reply. Kaoru stared at him, her blue eyes wide with shock. Then, in an almost inaudible whisper,
"Are you sure?"
Kenshin's response was only a curt nod as he quickened his pace. Kaoru have to jog slightly to keep up with his astonishingly fast steps. Mentally, she shook her head.
'Damn, why do I have this stupid habit of just blurting out what comes to my mind?' she glanced slightly at her roommate. She exhaled heavily. 'What now?'
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His brown eyes widened with unexpected shock as his lips broke into a smirk.
"Nice seeing you, Jou-chan, Kenshin." Sanosuke greeted, walking towards them. Kaoru gave a quick glance at Kenshin before she returned a forced smile at her brother.
Kenshin had set his lips into a thin line as he nodded briefly. His violet eyes narrowed slightly at the sight of the club owner before any signs of anger disappeared almost immediately. Unfortunately, Kaoru didn't miss a single of his expressions.
The raven-haired girl sighed as she ordered a table for two. After hearing her words, however, Sanosuke gave her a confused look.
"Yo, Kaoru, you didn't come here with Misao?"
This time, it was Kaoru's turn to give her brother a confused stare.
"Misao's here?" she questioned. Sano nodded his head, shifting the tray of drinks he was holding.
"You want me to take you to her table?" He questioned. Kaoru was just about to nod her head when she remembered that Kenshin also have a say in this. So she quickly glanced at him, and seeing that his reply was only a shrug, she said yes to her brother.
She immediately wished she didn't. The moment her eyes landed on the table where Sano was leading the two of them, she could feel Kenshin tensed up beside her.
On the table, Misao wasn't alone. In fact, she was accompanied by Aoshi, Sayo and… Megumi.
Kenshin took a sharp intake of breath as he forced himself to continue walking. As they emerged closer, the three people on the table finally turned their head to see who were approaching them.
Misao beamed with shock as her eyes landed on Kaoru. She immediately greeted her best friend. Kaoru, however, wasn't really paying any attention to the energetic girl. Her sapphire eyes stared hard as Kenshin and Megumi stared at each other.
Megumi's eyes had widened considerably when her eyes rested on Kenshin's figure. Kenshin, however, quickly averted his gaze to the ground. Obvious tension filtered from the two of them.
Finally, after what seemed like ages, someone cleared his throat.
"Uhm… is something wrong?"
It was Sanosuke, and he was staring at the two people in front of him. He glanced, confused, at his sister. Kaoru sighed before she took Kenshin's hand, pulling him slightly.
"Come on Kenshin. Let's get out of here." She whispered, giving Misao a look that told the younger girl that she will explain all the details later.
Surprisingly, however, Kenshin jerked his hand away from his roommate as he quietly asked whether he could join on the table. Aoshi stared at his friend for a few seconds before he nodded.
Eyes wide with shock, Kaoru remained still as she saw Kenshin grabbed an empty seat and slipped inside. Then, without her noticing what she was doing, she copied the pianist's movement, taking the seat beside Misao.
Almost immediately, Misao leaned in and whispered,
"What the hell happened between those two?"
Kaoru shook her head quietly, telling her friend that this was not the time to explain. Instead, she focused her attention on both Megumi and Kenshin. Megumi had shifted her attention to her glass, quiet as a statue. Kenshin was blankly staring into the menu Sano had given him.
As if in slow motion, Kaoru watched her roommate ordered himself his food before he turned his head and handed the menu towards Kaoru.
She hastily ordered the first word her eyes caught before she returned her gaze to the two people across from her. Two people that refused to glance at each other. Two people that thought of the other as a stranger.
This was messed up.
Totally messed up.
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Megumi felt herself tear up as she was caught with her turmoil. It had been an hour since Kenshin and Kaoru had joined in on their small dinner. Ever since then, she had refused to talk, only saying a word or two when necessary.
She hadn't plan on visiting Sanosuke. She really didn't. But she felt her feet moved on its own as she went home from work. And before she knew what she was doing, she was standing right in front of the gigantic doors leading to the person she truly loved. She had snapped at herself then, readying to turn around when someone had suddenly called her name.
It was Misao. And she was the one who had urged her to join dinner with her and her fiancé. Megumi's heart had screamed with joy the moment her eyes landed on a certain figure, but almost the next instant, her pitiful heart was whimpering.
Sayo was there. She was always there. Beside him.
As she felt herself being dragged into a certain table at the corner, she couldn't help but to fight back the tears that were threatening to fall once again. She was never such a crybaby. But ever since she met Sano, everything changed. She was weak, feeble, pathetic.
She still couldn't bring herself to recall the events that had happened yesterday night. She had cut off all possible relationships with the one man that possibly had true feelings for her. She had admitted that she had fallen in love.
And now, she felt the pain in full blow. Here she was, the person she rejected right across from her, and the person she had given up everything for was sitting beside his own girlfriend.
"Are you sure you're okay, Megumi?"
Megumi looked up from her trail of thoughts and wasn't surprised to see concerned brown eyes staring deeply into her. Eyes that belong to the person she loved. She felt her insides melt dangerously fast as she glanced away, nodding.
"I don't think so. I think you're sick or something." Sano pressed on, leaning on the table. Megumi glanced up and quickly was overwhelmed by the amount of concern he was showing her.
But her heart immediately burned at what she saw next. Sayo, who had obviously also noticed just how much Sano had been worrying over Megumi, had forcefully turned her boyfriend's face, making him face her.
"Megumi-san said she's fine. What's the matter with you?" she snapped, her patience diminishing rapidly. Sano stared for a while at his girlfriend before he frowned slightly.
"I was just concerned." He said slowly. "I was wondering if she's sick from the food or something. I don't want her to be ill because of us, that's it." He said.
Megumi's heart immediately shattered.
He wasn't concerned after all.
He didn't have feelings for her.
She could feel her eyes burning as she forcefully closed them.
'No! No! Don't cry! Don't show your weakness in front of him! Get a grip of yourself, Megumi!'
But it was useless. She could feel the tears coming, and before she knew what she was doing, she was running across the bar, trying to find the exit, leaving the people on the table staring after her.
Silence loomed over the table. Both Misao and Aoshi stared at each other, showing their confusion. Kaoru closed her eyes, sighed, and leaned heavily on her chair. Sayo scowled, staring at the space where Megumi used to be.
It was Kenshin who made the first movement. He quickly stood up, and to everyone's surprise, grabbed Sano and pulled him up.
"You're coming with me." He said with a tone that clearly showed no objection would be accepted. Sano gave him a confused look as the two men made their way quickly through the dancing floor.
Misao stared quizzically at her best friend, arching one of her eyebrows. Kaoru stared back at her and shrugged.
"Don't look at me like that. I don't know anything." The raven-haired beauty answered easily.
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The two men rushed past through the cold wind, now outside of the bar, quickly catching up with the woman they were chasing.
Kenshin was faster, and he quickly grabbed Megumi's hand, forcing her to stop. She turned around, her eyes wet with tears, as she sobbed uncontrollably. Sano was a few feet behind them, his eyes wide with shock.
Kenshin, panting slightly, released Megumi's hand as he took a deep breath. He turned his head towards Sano, telling him to come closer. Hesitantly, the taller man complied.
"I don't know what's going on between the two of you," Kenshin started. "But both of you need to finish it off. I'm going to go back, and you two better settle this thing once and for all."
Kenshin stared at the two of them once more before he slowly began walking back to the bar. He sighed, his heart strangely feeling extremely light.
So strange.
It was almost as if a heavy load was taken away from him.
He gave himself a small smile as he reached the doors leading towards Gangster's Paradise. Something made him stop his movements, however. His eyes landed on his roommate, who was waiting patiently in front of the gigantic doors. She was sitting comfortably on the stairs, but she stood up when she saw Kenshin approaching her.
"Finished?" she questioned casually, stretching her tired limbs. Kenshin stared at her before he nodded. Kaoru flashed a bright smile.
"Want to go home?" she asked, swinging her purse like a young child. Kenshin glanced at her before he started to walk. Kaoru followed him from behind, keeping some distance between the two.
As they continued on walking, Kenshin quickened his pace. He could hear Kaoru following his speed. He chuckled mentally as he continuously hastened his pace. He could hear Kaoru panting heavily by the time he was walking fast enough that his roommate had to jog to keep up.
Kenshin smiled at himself when he suddenly broke into a run, causing a surprised Kaoru to yelp before she chased after him. The two of them ran the distance that took them fifteen minutes using a car. So by the time they had reached their apartment, both were dying to catch their breath.
But instead of going straight to their apartment, Kenshin decided he needed some fresh air. Without telling Kaoru, he climbed an extra set of stairs, leading him to the roof. He wasn't surprised when he heard Kaoru following him.
He leaned himself against the railings, closing his eyes as the chilly wind played with his flaming hair. When he heard a contented sigh beside him, he couldn't help but to smile.
"Summer is coming, ne…" Kaoru said absentmindedly, breathing in the air. Her midnight hair was ruffled by the wind.
Kenshin didn't reply. Instead, the two of them remained quiet as they enjoyed the view the height offered them. After a few moments, Kenshin broke the peace by a whisper.
"Ne, Kaoru…"
"Hmm?" Kaoru replied, smiling at the stars.
"Shall we kiss?"
Kaoru's smile widened, still staring at the stars.
"That'll be cool." She answered. She could feel Kenshin turning around to face her, could feel the intensity his gaze hold. Slowly, closing her eyes, she turned to face him before opening them once again.
Kenshin's expression was that of full ease. He leaned in quickly, pecked Kaoru's lips, before swiftly returning back to his formal position.
Kaoru giggled, closing her eyes, as if she was waiting. Kenshin stared at her before his face broke into a huge grin as he once again leaned in and this time, took her mouth into a serious, blissful kiss.
Kaoru responded to the kiss, placing her hands on Kenshin's neck, pushing him harder. Kenshin's hands quickly straddled themselves on her slim waist, pulling her closer. It was sweet, as the two of the tasted each other. It was wonderful, the two of them finally releasing each other, eyes still closed, trying to relinquish the heavenly feeling they had just tasted.
Kaoru, with her eyes closed, leaned and placed her head on the crook of Kenshin's neck, smiling. Kenshin pulled her closer, chuckling pleasantly.
Strangely, he felt extremely light and blissful even after the worst heartbreak he had ever experienced.
Strangely, light and blissful…
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-to be continued-
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-author's notes-
How do you like that? I personally love it. Hehehe, well anyway, I really have to go now. Thank goodness I made the review responses a few days ago. Anyway, sorry once again for the grammatical errors that I didn't check. Argh, I'm just so messed up. There's my dad, yelling about my crazy dog. Please review. I'll try to update as soon as possible when I'm in Japan... I don't know if that's possible though. But I'll try! Until then, have a great summer and review please!
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-to the reviewers-
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Krystle – Hahaha, I'm glad I want u to write more of your story. Anyway, I do have some ideas for more stories, but for the time being, I doubt it. Thanks though :)
Celest4 – You just got back from a 14 hour plane? Where have you been? Vacatiooon? Lol… I am so jealous! (Oh, who am I kidding… I'm going to Japan in a couple of day!) Anyway, thank you sooo much for the review! You really have some good ideas in how the story is going to progress, but if you wanna be sure, I really hope you'll stick around for the rest of the story :). I hope you like this chapter. Tell me what you think about it. I really hope I'm not going on too fast.
Kaoru4 – Hehe, thanks for the review! Yes, I shall try to update soon. Don't know if I can do that, but I'll definitely try. Hope you like this chapter :)
Kik-ting – Yes, you did disappear! Lol, anyway, thank you for the review! The reason (in case you're wondering) I put the couples in the summary is just to tell people that I am not going to suddenly put some weird, alternative couples in my story. I love to make it original. Anyway, once again, thanks for the review! What do you think of this chapter?
Please review so I'll update soon :) !
Thanks for reading!
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