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Last Chapter:

As the song came to its end, the rest of the world seemed to come back into focus and as soon as we stepped apart, our friends dragged us into the not so crowded kitchen.

"Kenshin!" Sano grinned. "Why didn't you tell us that the two of you were together!"

I glanced over at Kaoru at the other end of the kitchen with Megumi and Misao. Misao was talking excitedly a mile a minute and Kaoru had on an amused smirk. Feeling my eyes on her, she turned slightly and gave me a laughing smile before turning back to calm Misao down.

"It was a surprise," I shrugged, grinning like an idiot.

Epilogue:

I scowled slightly as I walked down the steps of the school and onto the side walk. It was the last day of freshmen year and things hadn't ended the way that I had expected them to. While things between me and Kaoru had gotten better, if that was possible, a lot had changed and I really am not looking forward to having to deal with the consequences.

"Kenshin!!" yelled out Sano breaking my train of thought. "It's over! It's officially summer vacation!"

I grinned. "I know… "

Pushing my thoughts aside, I listened to him and Soujiro talk excitedly about plans for the summer, plans that may or may not include me…

As we neared my house, the two boys said their good byes and headed down a separate street towards their homes.

Hastily, I made my way up the driveway to Kaoru's house. After being let in by her mother, I made my way up the stairs and slowed down to sneak up on my girlfriend. Tiptoeing towards her door, which stood slightly ajar, I peaked in to see her lying on the bed facing the ceiling, while talking to someone on her cell phone. A slight smirk appeared on my face, and I dropped down to my hands and knees. Inching forward slowly, I slipped into her bedroom and stopped right underneath the raven black hair spilling over the bed.

"…Yeah, he should be here soon," she said into the phone. "They get out later then us."

Lifting my head up slightly, I whispered into her ear, "Are you talking about me?"

Kaoru yelped in surprise and jumped from her position. "Kenshin! Don't do that!"

I laughed at the expression on her face and pulled the phone from her hands and pressed it to my ear. "Hey Misao," I greeted. "Kaoru'll call you back later okay…alright bye."

Turning my attention back to the pretty girl in front of me, I smiled softly and pushed her onto her back on the bed. "I missed you," she whispered as I leaned forward to give her a tender kiss on the lips.

I smiled. "I know you did. And that's why I'm here now."

I'll always be here for you…Always…

AN: Wow, that was a complete 180 from what i had planned. I didn't intend to end this story here, but i realized that the point of the story was to get the two together and well... they are already together. I'm so sorry if you thought that this was anticlimactic, but don't worry, i kinda foreshadowed a sequel, which I have started to plan out. I really couldn't think of anything to add to this and I felt bad at leaving it the way it is, so i had to somehow wrap things up a bit. I'll try to get the first chapter of the sequel out by next week, if at all possible. Once again, i'm sorry and I hope that you will check out its sequel. Please review!