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1 Himura Kenshin – life as a father and husband by Daphne

Chapter 3

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Kenshin sat down on the mat facing Kenji, "Kenji, why of things there, did you have to go and thrashed the laundry tub?" "Papa, please don't scold or beat me!" Kenji started to cry, Kenshin immediately rushed to hug Kenji and patting him gently at the same time. "There, there don't cry … big boys like you don't cry. Papa love you very much that I would not scold you." "Really, papa ?!!" Kenji looked up to see whether his father was lying. "Yes, Kenji, papa would not scold or even beat you" "Then why did you pour the bowl of steaming black water on Yahiko-Sama's feet?" "I did?" Kenshin was shocked to hear that he had poured hot oil on Yahiko's feet without realising it. " Yes, you did, papa! Yahiko-Sama, had to run out of the room screaming away." Kenji got up and demonstrated, Kenshin laughed till his stomach hurts. "I can't believe I did that!" "Papa?" "Hai" "Why do you care so much for the laundry tub?" "Kenji, come and sit on papa's lap, okay, made sure you are very comfortable in that position. Ready?" "Hai!" "Okay, then here it goes!"

"It was more than five years ago when it was the first time I met your mama, she came charging toward me with her infamous bokken like a bull, calling me a murderer at the same time. I was shocked at first when the bokken came down on me. Later I save this very dojo and mama from the bad guys who tries to take the dojo and kill your mama. Your mama only allowed me to stay at the dojo but on one condition and that was to do the house chores and grocery shopping for her. That when i started washing the laundry at the belated laundry tub. It was the laundry tub that made noticed how beautiful your mama was as while I washed the laundry; I always watch your mama's movement without her knowing it. Beside that the laundry brought back beautiful memories for example, before I left for Kyoto, my last house chores was the laundry and after washing all the clothes, your uncle Sano kicked into the tub when he wanted know whether I was going to Kyoto to fight against Shishio and when I tried to get up, he used his leg to push me back into the tub again. Now do you know why I went crazy when you broke the tub?" "Yes, papa and I am totally sorry papa." "Oh you don't have to feel sorry for that because since you broke the tub, I won't have to do the washing tomorrow and I could bring you to Tokyo Harbour to see the steamships " "Yahoo, arigatou papa!" Kenji got up and hugged Kenshin and later fell asleep comfortable in Kenshin lap.

From behind the screendoor –

"I didn't know he was watching me all the while, I kept thinking it was some henkai person" "And the henkai person married you?" "Don't you fare insult the best husband and father in the entire universe!" kaoru took out her bokken (it always seem ready) and give Yahiko who was too slowly to counterattack a good thrashing in 5 years.

Author deeply sighed…… ^^x