Always
There For Me - A RK K&K Romance Fic
Disclaimer: Rurouni Kenshin is the creation of
Nobuhiro Watsuki, with the manga and anime rights belonging to Jump Comics and
Sony Entertainment, respectively. I do not own and did not create the series or
its characters...I'm just a fan, and I have no money anyways, so NO SUING
ME!! :D
Short
Author's Note:
Hiyas
minna-san!!
Since I
did get a lot of feedback from ppl who would like me to continue with this
story, I'm going to. I sure hope that
it doesn't go downhill from where I left off…I'm trying, so if you hate
it…gomen nasai!!! This IS my first
fanfiction, so please be nice to me ;D
Ok, that's
it for now ;D
Ja ne,
Bunny :D
He grinned
at me sheepishly.
"Ok then Kenshin, oyasuminasai." I said.
He grinned
at me. "Oyasuminasai, Koishii." He
drawled and then drew me back into his arms, and kissed me breathless before
turning to go to his own bedroom.
I stepped
into my room, closed the shouji, and collapsed on the floor. This was a new side of Kenshin that I had
never seen before…what an animal he turns out to be…(grin) I sure liked it…oh
the reality is better than my wildest dreams…I sighed, and got goose bumps all
over. I bit my tongue from squealing in
excitement. I better NOT wake up
tomorrow to find out that this is all just a dream!!
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Chapter
Thirteen
"They
say that the best love is a friendship that turns to passion." I gasped, while
as if from some subspace pocket Kenshin pulled out a beautiful ring and said
"The best gift that you can give your best friend, Kaoru, would be yourself…Aishiteru,
Kaoru, will you
marry me?" he asked.
I looked
into his beautiful violet eyes and saw the love there "Of course Kenshin!!! Of
course!!" I replied, throwing my arms around him, crying my eyes out.
He
laughed his deep rumbling laugh and put his arms around me. "I will make you happy Kaoru, and I will
always protect you." He promised into my ear.
"Aishiteru, Kenshin…I know we will always be happy
together." I replied.
Kenshin pulled away enough to place the ring on my
finger. It was a simple band, with blue
and white stones set into it. "I got
the one with the sapphires because I thought it matched your eyes." He said,
looking up from my hand to my eyes.
I blushed.
"Arigato, Kenshin, I love it, I think it's the most beautiful ring in
the world."
Kenshin pulled me closer and kissed me. I put my arms around his neck, and finally
had the opportunity to play with his beautiful hair…and melted into him for
what seemed like hours.
I heard a deep moan, and had to ask myself if it was
that Kenshin? Or me? I opened my eyes
to find myself practically making out with my pillow. I felt my face flushing with embarrassment at myself, realizing
that I was the one doing all the moaning. Getting over my embarrassment, I remembered that it wasn't just a
dream, but really a memory of last night…I hope…well, I don't know about my
dreams these days, but Kenshin fessed up last night about sleeping with me that
one night…I sighed, and then giggled and fell back onto my futon in an attempt
not to completely lose control over my happiness.
**KNOCK KNOCK**
I jumped at the harsh sound of knocking on the wood
of my shouji. Startled, I didn't answer
right away.
"Kaoru?" I heard Kenshin's voice call through the
screen.
I let out the breath I hadn't realized I was holding
on to.
"Ohayou Kenshin!
You can come in." I called standing up, and beginning to roll up my
futon.
I heard the shouji slide open and closed and looked
up at Kenshin as he walked up to me. I
grinned at him.
He blushed.
"Ohayou koishii" he whispered to me.
I finished rolling up my futon and turned to him
smiling. He was still blushing, and was
staring at me, demo…not at my face I realized.
I looked down, trying to see what had caught his attention, and noticed
my sleeping clothes had once again opened a little too much on top. I felt my blush travel all the way down to
my toes as I quickly pulled the sides back together.
Kenshin made some animal sound, and pulled me into a
tight embrace. "Why do you have to be
so tempting and teasing, koishii?" he whispered into my ear.
I shivered at feeling his warm breath on my ear,
making my hair on the back of my neck stand up, and creating goose bumps all
along my arms. "Kenshin…" I half moaned
his name into his ear…paying him back for what he did to me.
Kenshin quickly pushed me away and growled. "Kaoru, we have to get married
immediately. Do you know someone who
can marry us today?"
I couldn't help it…I giggled. Kenshin grinned at me sheepishly, probably
realizing what an animal he was becoming.
I threw my head back and laughed so hard, I felt dizzy. By now, Kenshin was also laughing. "Oh, Kaoru, you make me so happy." He said
as his laughter began to subside.
Placing my hand on Kenshin's shoulder for balance, I tried to calm
myself. It was just such a 180 to me. For the longest time it was 'Kaoru-dono
this, de gozaru, and Kaoru-dono that, de gozaru.' And now as if overnight, he treats me so differently, like I'm
desirable, like he truly loves me and that he's happy to be here with me. I smiled.
"No Kenshin,' I said ' it's you who makes me
so happy."
"Ok, Kaoru, whatever you say" he replied, sounding
totally unconvinced.
"Mou!!" I said, stomping my foot on the floor.
Kenshin laughed.
"You're so kawaii, what am I going to do with you?" he said as he quickly
leaned over and pecked my lips. "I'm
going to go make breakfast now. Ja ne,
koishii." He said as he walked out of my room.
I stood there dumbfounded for a minute. And then I shook myself out of it. I really need to stop spacing out all the time.
I took my time getting dressed. I wanted to look like a new bride, we were
most likely going to be telling everyone the good news today, so I defiantly
wanted to look my best. I put on my
favorite blue kimono, the one with the silver flowers, and piled my hair on top
of my head in an elaborate hairstyle Tae had taught me for when I was ready to
go on dates…that was a long time ago that she showed me that…anou, now that I
think about it…that was right after Kenshin started staying at the dojo. TAE…that woman, she seems to always know how
things are going to turn out doesn't she…she sure is insightful…I'll have to
thank her. Placing the last dab of
make-up on my face, I stood and headed to the kitchen to join everyone for
breakfast.
As I arrived in the dining area, Taka and Yahiko
were once again talking animatedly.
Sano was sauntering into the kitchen also and Kenshin was nowhere to be
seen. I frowned. Mou!! I finally get to squeeze and hug
Kenshin all I want, and he's not even here for squeezing!!
"Oi!! Jou-chan!! What are you all dressed up
for? Got a hot date eh?" Sano asked.
I bit my tongue from spewing out a mean retort. Taka and Yahiko stopped mid conversation to
observe for themselves if I was indeed dressed up or not.
"Ohayou Kaoru-san!" Taka said happily. "You look really nice." He added.
"Yeah!! Busu doesn't look so BUSU!!" Yahiko added
and then fell on the floor laughing at himself.
Was that a compliment? I can't tell…I narrowed my eyes into little slits staring at
Yahiko's laughing form and began going over all the training, and cleaning he
would be doing today for that comment.
"No, really Jou-chan…you look beautiful." Sano
said. I blushed.
"Sagara Sanosuke…" a voice came from behind me and I
immediately recognized it as Kenshin's "Stop drooling over my iinasuke."
Kenshin finished, coming up behind me and casually placing an arm over my
shoulders. I blushed even more and then
giggled as 3 mouths dropped to the floor.
"I think we've caught them off guard." I said to
Kenshin turning my face towards his.
"Aa Koishii" he agreed, pecking me quickly on the
tip of my nose and releasing me. "Let's
eat breakfast…it's finished now…that it is." Kenshin said beginning to place
the food on the table.
I smiled to myself…now today…is DEFINATLY going to
be a good day!!
…And it was.
It was a whirlwind of a day…demo, a very good one. We went to visit Megumi and Dr. Genzai, to
tell them the news, and the Tae and Tsubame at the Akabeko. We sent word to Aioshi and Misao of our
plans to be married, and we set a date…only one week away!!!
So tomorrow is the wedding day, and I'm pulling my
hair out of course…it's true that there was a very small number of people that
we invited, so there was less work than if we were planning a very large
wedding…demo, it was still a lot for us to plan in only one week!!
The first thing was finding our wedding attire. I was able to dig out of the shed my
parent's wedding kimono and gi, and so that matter was settled fairly
easily. Tae offered to cater for the
wedding, and so the food matter was also settled fairly quickly. Sano promised to find someone who could
officially marry us, and Megumi offered to do all the floral arrangements and
bouquets (which I was extremely thankful for) and Tsubame offered to help,
having some experience herself in that area.
Yahiko did nothing but annoy me…as usual…so I sent him to work on
cleaning the entire properly and making it presentable for a wedding. Then there was just the finishing
touches…the candles…the lanterns…and then there was planning a honeymoon, and
finding enough tables to seat everyone for the reception.
Really though…what I was nervous about…was
(**whispers to self even** the wedding night).
I broke out in a sweat. Ok, I
was terrified of it…I had no idea how I was to go about something like
that…(blushes)
"Kaoru-koishii…daijoubu?" Kenshin asked as he sat
down next to me on the porch step.
"Daijoubu, Kenshin…I'm just taking a breather from
all the whirlwind of activity." I replied glancing towards him and giving him a
weak smile.
Kenshin put his arm around my shoulder and pulled me
closer to him. "Everything will be
wonderful koishii…just you wait and see…no need to worry yourself ok?" he
reassured.
I blushed, thinking about what tomorrow would
bring. I was so excited; I had barely
gotten 2 winks of sleep this last week…not since that night that Kenshin
proposed. I smiled, remembering the wonderful feeling that had surged through
my whole being.
"I love you…" I whispered, placing my head on his
shoulder.
Kenshin leaned around and gave me a quick kiss, his
eyes shining with love and happiness.
"It's getting late…why don't you get some sleep Kaoru…" Kenshin paused
and grinned devilishly at me "cuz, I promise you won't be getting any
sleep tomorrow night."
I blushed again…so did Kenshin. "Kenshin!!" I yelled in embarrassment,
preparing to hit him with the nearest object.
Kenshin started running down the hallway to his own
room. "Ohasumi koishii!!" he yelled back
to me.
Still
blushing, I walked into my bedroom and prepared for bed. Brushing out my long ebony hair I
frowned…sleep? Who is Kenshin
kidding? I'm not going to get any sleep
after comments like that!!! "Kenshin no
BAKA" I whispered to myself. I wish I
had some of Megumi-chan's sleeping powder…
AN: Ok, that's it for this chapter. Domo arigato for minna-san who waited so
long for it to come out. Alls that's
next is the epilogue ;D
***yay***
I'll have completed my first fanfiction work!!
If you
like my story, please read my new one called "How the Past can Change" (it's
another K&K ficcy ;D)
Well,
gotta book it ;D
Ja ne,
Bunny :D
Always There for Me
By: Lacus Date