AN: The next few chapters will be more from Enishi's point of view than Kaoru's.

Always and Forever

Chapter 12- What to do?

Enishi watched Kaoru walk away with Tomoe following her. He had an idea of what might be on her mind, what might cause her to be so out of it that she barely noticed anything around her. He was sure it had something to do with Kenshin Himura.

He couldn't blame her either. He knew how much the red head loved her, he saw it in the mans eyes when they were at the club. He'd watched them dance. He hadn't meant to spy on them, but he couldn't help but be curious about his fiancée's relationship with him. He didn't want to admit it, but he saw it in her eyes to. She loved him, even if she refused to admit it. This most likely wasn't the case, seeing as she was having a hard time not getting lost in her thoughts.

Shaking his head slightly, Enishi grabbed his and Kaoru's luggage. They hadn't brought much with them, only what they'd needed for the two weeks before the wedding. They'd planned to fly back to America before leaving on their honeymoon, but Enishi was starting to doubt that would happen.

By the time he finally stepped outside with their bags, Kaoru was looking like a lost child. It was obvious she'd been about to say something to Tomoe, but had stopped herself before he'd interrupted.

"All right, let's get going," he said, smiling at the two women.

"I parked over here," Tomoe motioned towards the other side of the parking lot with a graceful hand.

He switched the bags to one hand and followed Tomoe; the other hand going to the small of Kaoru's back, unnecessarily guiding her. She offered him a small smile, eyes distant, and still a little lost looking.

"You alright?" He asked quietly, so that Tomoe couldn't hear.

"Yeah, I'm fine," she smiled again, shaking herself out of it enough to look like herself again.

Instead of replying, Enishi smiled at her and turned his attention to Tomoe, who stood next to a white car, smiling knowingly at them.

"Come on you two lovebirds," she said teasingly, "I made reservations for breakfast, if we don't hurry up we'll be late."

"Where at?" Enishi asked, putting the bags in the trunk before slipping into the passenger seat.

"You'll see," Tomoe smiled.

Two hours later, after Tomoe had taken them to breakfast at the Aoiya, they finally arrived at Enishi's childhood home. It was bigger than Kaoru had thought it would be, but she figured she should have expected something like this, having seen first hand what Enishi's house looked like.

"Would it be all right if I laid down for a while?" Kaoru asked, looking around the living room that Tomoe had led them to.

"Sure, I'll show you where you'll be staying for the week," Tomoe smiled kindly and began to lead the way out of the room.

"Thanks," Kaoru murmured in response, picking up her bags and following her from the room.

"It's no problem. I thought you might be tired when you arrived, so I made sure that your room was ready last night."

"Thank you," Kaoru said, her sapphire eyes watching Tomoe curiously. She was so much like Kenshin, kind, gentle, and polite to a fault.

"Here you are," Tomoe motioned towards a door just down the hall a little ways. "Enishi's room is right across the hall from yours. When you get up later, I'll take you on a little tour, if you would like…" she trailed off, obviously waiting for an answer.

"I would like that," Kaoru smiled at her. Tomoe nodded, then turned and walked back the way they'd just came. She waited until the woman disappeared around a corner before turning back to the room that would be hers for the week. After that, the one across the hall, Enishi's room, would also be hers. The very thought scared her, so she pushed it away and went into the room.

The room was rather plain, the walls and carpet were a beige color, the double bed had a pale blue comforter spread across it. The end tables, placed next to the bed, though far enough away that the alarm clock was out of reach from even the edge of the bed, were a dull brown color. They obviously didn't care much for this room, if what she'd seen of the house so far was anything to go by.

"It isn't much, but it's only for a week," she sighed, setting her bags down by the foot of the bed, slipped her shoes off, and crawling under the covers, drifting off to sleep almost immediately.

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The sky was a pure, bright blue, with a slight scattering of clouds to accent the color. The grass underneath her was soft, and delectably green, its long lengths brushed the side of her face as the lay in it, staring up at the perfect sky. The limbs of a tree waved in the edge of her vision, the green leaves dancing in the delicate wind that brushed against them.

A sigh escaped her lips, she wished she could stay like this forever, laying in the sun, soaking up its warmth, with her hand entangled with his. The hand tugged lightly at hers, trying to get her to stand.

"No," she mumbled, crystal blue eyes closing against the inevitable. "I wanna stay here for a while longer," she whispered. The hand tugged again. "Stay with me a while longer, Kenshin?" She asked, eyes sliding open to look at the other person. Silver hair and turquoise eyes filled her vision. "Enishi?" She asked, voice filled with a faint fear.

"Do you love him, Kaoru? Do you wish it was him here with you so much that you imagined me as him?" His voice was soft, as if coming from a great distance, but she heard the pain in it as if he were yelling in her ear.

"I… I don't know. I just don't know what I feel anymore," she whispered, pulling her hand away from him so that she could sit up and wrap both arms around her legs, pulling her knees up to her chin.

"Is that so…. Or are you just saying that to convince yourself?" As he spoke these words the wind became fierce, ripping leaves from the trees and tossing them around the small clearing that Kaoru sat in.

"I…I…" He blue eyes were wide as she tried to protest, but she knew it would be useless.

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AN: Thank you to those who reviewed: michelle.gilman, sapphireracoongal, Eternal Spring89, Shinta-FAn, Kristy-chan,

noneedforprozac27- The pairing is Kaoru/Kenshin. Thank you for thinking that this is well written... I haven't spent as much time on this story as I would have liked to, and I do all the editing myself, so I know there are probably a ton of grammar errors and such. But still, I'm glad you like it -

Sorry if I forgot anyone.

The next update should be sometime before the end of this week, if things keep going as they are. If not, then by next Tuesday.