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Somewhere in the Middle
Chapter 2: Settling In
Having spent most of the night getting settled in, Kenshin managed to get Ayame and Suzume to sleep in the early morning hours. With the two girls now in his care, they had moved to Tokyo so that he could work under Dr. Gensai. It also gave the girls a chance to spend some quality time with Dr. Gensai, who was their Grandfather.
With only a few hours of sleep, his hand reached out from under the blanket silencing the annoying alarm clock then searched the surrounding area for his glasses. Upon finding them, both hand and glasses retreated back under the blanket.
With a low groan, he sat up, flipping the blanket back shivering at the sudden exposure. Putting his glasses on, he glanced around the room, finding his luggage in the far corner. Standing up, he ambled over to the corner and picked out a navy blue suit.
With his jacket draped over his arm and his tie loose around his neck, Kenshin yawned as he made his way to an unfamiliar kitchen searching for an elusive cup of coffee. Not finding a coffee pot, he started the tea water. The sun peeking through the kitchen window beckoned him to come outside where the melody from the birds floated in the morning breeze. While waiting for the water to boil, he stood outside letting the early morning sun warm his face.
Hearing movement from the house he went back inside to prepare breakfast.
Everyone sat quietly eating as the slow whistle of the teapot drifted in from the kitchen. Someone knocking on the front door broke the silence interrupting the first breakfast they shared together.
"Dr. Gensai! Dr. Gensai!" the excited voice called.
Dr. Gensai slowly pushed himself up. "Excuse me," he apologized giving a slight bow. Walking towards the door he turned and said, "I'm really glad you girls are here."
After Dr. Gensai was gone, the two girls looked at each other then sat staring at Kenshin.
I know that look, thought Kenshin before quietly asking, "What's wrong?" Placing his bowl back on the table he gave the girls his full attention.
Suzume burst into tears leaning into Ayame who cradled her sister in her arms. Ayame tried comforting her but when she realized that the tears wouldn't stop she said, "You must stop crying. Everyone will think you are a baby, after all you are ten years old now and you must start acting like it." Her harsh words only made the younger girl sob harder.
Kenshin smiled then said, "Suzume if you stop crying I'll come fix your hair after I finish with the dishes." She immediately stopped crying and asked, "Really?" "Oh goodie, goodie," she chanted knowing that she wouldn't have to trick him into fixing her hair this morning.
Picking up the breakfast dishes, Kenshin quietly told the girls, "You two go get ready for school" before going into the kitchen.
He was washing the dishes when he felt someone watching him. "Is there something else wrong, Suzume?" he asked placing a dish out to dry.
Suzume walked over to him and asked, "Uncle Ken, will you walk me to my class today?"
Pulling his hands out of the soapy water, he dried them before crouching down in front of her. "Yes I will walk you to your class," he told her softly emphasizing each word.
She hugged him giving him a kiss on his cheek before letting go.
He stood up as she happily ran to get ready for school. He smiled while readjusting his glasses after her energetic hug.
Kenshin finished straightening the kitchen before checking to see if the girls were ready for school. Knocking on their door he asked, "Are you girls ready?"
"Uncle Ken you said you'd brush my hair," Suzume said jumping up and down.
"Calm down Suzume. I can't brush your hair with you jumping up and down," Kenshin teased her. He took the brush Ayame handed him then carefully brushed Suzume's hair. Parting her hair down the middle, he brushed each side, putting in a tie with a big ball.
Ayame picked up the brush where Kenshin had laid it to put the tie in Suzume's hair. Her movements were slow and deliberate as she brushed her hair. Kenshin waited until he finished with Suzume's hair before saying, "Are you ok Ayame?"
"I'm scared," she confessed her voice not much more than a whisper.
"Its just a new school," he said trying to reassure her.
"Its not the school but…" her voice trailed off.
"But what?" he asked taking the brush from her to finish brushing her hair.
"Will you leave us too?" she asked.
"No I will not leave you. I promise," He said holding her shoulders as he turned her around. He lifted her chin so he could look into her eyes, as he restated, "No I will not leave you, I promise."
Satisfied with his answer she smiled taking the brush he offered her.
After leaving the girls to get their bags for school, Kenshin met Dr. Gensai coming in the front door.
"Back so soon?" Kenshin asked while putting on his jacket.
"It was just a minor problem. I get them all the time," Dr. Gensai said standing back to watch.
"Come on girls, if we don't hurry, you are going to be late the first day of school," Kenshin said straightening his tie then pushing it snug to his neck. The two girls raced past Kenshin giggling as they stopped to put on their shoes before walking out the door.
He followed then through the door, calling out to Dr. Gensai, "I'll be back as soon as I get the girls settled into their new school."
"Don't rush Kenshin, I only have a few patients today," Dr Gensai replied to the closed door. He smiled thinking how different his life would be from now on before heading into the kitchen.
Getting the girls registered and walking Suzume to her classroom had taken longer that he had planned. So when he arrived back at the clinic, he went straight to the examine room. Hearing Dr. Gensai voice, he knocked on the door before saying, "Dr. Gensai."
"Come on in Dr. Himura, I want you to meet someone," Dr. Gensai called to him flipping through the papers of the chart he was holding.
As Kenshin walked into the room, he noticed a bored young man sitting in a wheel chair.
"Howdy there Doc," Cho said in his southern drawl.
Dr. Gensai was startled at how Cho had addressed Kenshin, for Cho only used his southern drawl with Kaoru yet he now used it with Kenshin. That is odd, he thought.
"Hey Doc, are you ready for that fight yet?" Cho asked a wide grin spreading across his face.
Kenshin paused for a few minutes before remembering where he had met Cho and said sheepishly, "Not really. I need some more time to practice. I haven't picked up a sword since…"
Cho laughed. Then he noticed the startled look on Dr. Gensai's face so he explained, "The Doc here was working that night when the accident happened. Here I am lying there thinking the world is ending, he looks me right in the face, and challenges me to a fight." Cho paused, chuckling he leaned over towards Dr. Gensai and quietly said, "I thought he was a raving loony. Look at him does he look like a swordsman?"
Dr. Gensai closed the chart he was holding, looked over at Kenshin, and shook his head saying, "No, he really doesn't look like a swordsman."
"You did calm down after that. If I remember correctly you were half crazed at the time, yelling something about chopping people up," Kenshin defended himself.
"You would be to if you were in my place," Cho said still laughing.
Reaching for a stool, Kenshin sat down before explaining, "I was working with the rescue team that showed up after the accident happened. I started working on Cho here but he kept fighting us. So I had to do something drastic.
He was strapped to the gurney yelling how he was going to chop everyone onto bite size pieces when I asked him if he wanted to fight me. I must say that the look he gave me sent chills down my spine. But I had his attention. Unfortunately I did promise to fight with him once he recovered."
"Well I'm recovered now, so are you ready Doc?" Cho said grinning.
"Ah… well… Ah…" Kenshin stammered and Dr. Gensai nervously coughed.
"Not with swords I play a new game now Doc," Cho said excitedly, "I play chess on the Internet. In fact I was playing a game last Saturday night. I had his king in the corner, I gave check with my queen forcing him to capture with his rook, which trapped the king in the corner so when I gave check with my knight the king could not escape and it was mate," Cho finished sitting back in his wheel chair beaming with pride. "Do you play Doc?" he asked.
While listening as Cho explain his game Kenshin was thinking that the move sounded familiar and he had been playing chess last Saturday night.
"Dr. Himura are you ok?" Dr. Gensai asked standing up reaching for a pen.
"Oh yes, I'm fine. Did you say last Saturday night? I was playing and lost with that same move," Kenshin replied.
"Now don't that beat all," Cho said rolling his chair over closer to Kenshin, and then he asked, "Are you RurouniDoc?"
"Yes I am and that must have been you I played against. You play a very good game," Kenshin admitted.
"Thanks Doc."
"Well now can we need to get back to the purpose of your visit today Cho. So far everything looks good. How are you feeling?" Dr. Gensai asked looking over at Cho.
"Feeling fine."
"Are you taking the pills that I prescribed for you?" Dr. Gensai asked sitting back in his chair.
"Yes but they make me sick."
"When do you take them?"
"When Kaoru forces them down my throat."
"Do you eat any food first?"
"No, she gives it to me before she leaves with the truck in the morning."
"They need to be taken after you eat something even if it's just a snack," Dr. Gensai said sitting back up to write some notes in the chart.
"Oh please don't tell me after breakfast, she always fixes breakfast and you know what her cooking tastes like," Cho pleaded.
"Ok then after lunch. How is that? I'll talk to her and let her know," Dr. Gensai said, "Now is there anything else we need to go over?"
"Nope I'm out of here."
"Do you have a ride back home?"
"No I can call Sano, he'll come pick me up,"
"I can give you a ride if you don't need me Dr. Gensai," Kenshin said. Standing up, he put the stool back where it belonged.
"That would be fine. I have some paperwork to catch up on and we can go over the clinic when you get back," Dr. Gensai said closing Cho's file. He stood up reached for the door and said to Cho, "see you next week," before leaving the room.
They drove around the city for the better part of an hour before Kenshin asked Cho where he needed to be dropped off.
"Can you take me to the warehouse where I work? I need to get some papers for the weekend," Cho asked placing his hands on either side of his legs. He lifted him self enough to readjust his seating position.
"Ok." Kenshin smiled glancing at Cho, glad that he was doing what was necessary in order to take care of him self.
"Just take a right here," he said pointing to the next street, "and a left at the next light."
Kenshin maneuvered the car into a parking lot. Noticing the sign on the building, he asked, "Do you know if they haul from Kyoto?"
"If there is something to haul, we haul it," was Cho's reply full of pride.
"I need some furniture hauled from Kyoto. Do you think your company can do it? And how much will it cost me?" Kenshin asked
"Not a problem. I can get you the figures when we get inside,"
Getting out of the car, Kenshin opened the back hatch, pulling out the wheel chair. Putting it on the ground, he adjusted the pad in the seat before wheeling it to the front passenger side.
Opening the door he placed the wheel chair so that he could transfer Cho to the chair, then waited. Cho picked up his legs by placing his left hand under his knees, and then with his right hand holding onto the roof of the car, he was able to swing his feet out the door and onto the ground.
With Cho's knee between his, Kenshin leaned into the car, holding onto Cho's sides, he gently pulled his upper body out of the car into a standing position. While Cho held onto his neck, Kenshin turned him and set him into his chair.
"You haven't lost your touch Doc," Cho said smiling, "you should have been there the first time Kaoru tried it."
"What, you think that you were my only patient?" Kenshin said waiting while Cho pick up each foot, putting them on the footrest as Kenshin flipped them down.
"Come on in and I can get you some figures on that haul," Cho said wheeling him self over to the ramp.
Kenshin glanced at his watch before saying, "ok." He closed the car door then walking around the back of the car he closed the back hatch. They both reached for the doorknob on the front door of the warehouse at the same time.
"Beat ya Doc," Cho laughed twisting the doorknob.
"Smiling, Kenshin finished pulling the door open allowing Cho to wheel him self into the warehouse before him.
Cho was not prepared for what awaited him in the warehouse. Megumi was sitting behind the front desk holding onto the base of the radio receiver trying desperately to make it work. No matter what she did, all it would do was "Crackle".
"Just a sec, Doc. I have to…" Cho said as he wheeled him self over to the desk.
Kenshin nodded then started looking around the room. It was quite spacious. Behind the front desk was a door decorated with cartoon figures, file cabinets lined the back wall and a desk cluttered with papers, coffee cups and half chewed stir straws, sat over in the far corner. He walked a few steps away from the door stopping to stand in the sunshine from the front window of the warehouse.
Megumi stood up when she saw Cho coming toward her. "You must be the brains of this operation because that Rooster has none," she said moving her chair out of the way.
The radio crackled again.
"Here I can fix that. He likes to use that stupid channel and it always messes up. Claims it's his luck number," he said positioning him self in front of the receiver that Megumi had abandoned.
"He told me about you but he forgot to tell me what a cutie you are. Cho is it?" Megumi said patting a red faced Cho's shoulder before picking up her purse from the desk. She gave Cho a wink before walking toward the door.
"And tell him to call me later and he better be begging my forgiveness on his knees when I see him tonight," she said as she walked toward the door.
Kenshin moved farther in the room getting out of Megumi's way. With Cho still busy adjusting the radio he looked around the room again. On the verge of leaving he saw a corkboard with advertisements tacked to it.
Walking over to the board, he skimmed over the advertisements until he came to a picture of two handsome young men standing with a beautiful girl between them. Kenshin recognized Cho in the picture but it was the girl that held his eyes captive.
Cho adjusted some dials and pushed a few buttons while muttering something about "operator error" before looking back up at Kenshin.
"Can I get those figures and email them to you Doc?" Cho asked while flipping some buttons trying to get better reception.
"Ok" Kenshin said blinking as he turned away from the picture. Closing the door behind him, he heard Cho say, "She just left and wants you to call later. Look moron, change channel to the alternative."
With her picture still fresh in his mind, Kenshin sat in his car for a few minutes before backing out unaware that a little red car had parked beside him.
Kaoru waited until the car next to her backed out before getting out of her car. Walking to the warehouse, she turned to look at the car pulling into traffic feeling like something wonderful had been shown to her then quickly taken away.
TBC…
A/N- I would really like to know if this chapter made sense. Could you be so kind as to let me know?
Somewhere in the Middle
Chapter 2: Settling In
Having spent most of the night getting settled in, Kenshin managed to get Ayame and Suzume to sleep in the early morning hours. With the two girls now in his care, they had moved to Tokyo so that he could work under Dr. Gensai. It also gave the girls a chance to spend some quality time with Dr. Gensai, who was their Grandfather.
With only a few hours of sleep, his hand reached out from under the blanket silencing the annoying alarm clock then searched the surrounding area for his glasses. Upon finding them, both hand and glasses retreated back under the blanket.
With a low groan, he sat up, flipping the blanket back shivering at the sudden exposure. Putting his glasses on, he glanced around the room, finding his luggage in the far corner. Standing up, he ambled over to the corner and picked out a navy blue suit.
With his jacket draped over his arm and his tie loose around his neck, Kenshin yawned as he made his way to an unfamiliar kitchen searching for an elusive cup of coffee. Not finding a coffee pot, he started the tea water. The sun peeking through the kitchen window beckoned him to come outside where the melody from the birds floated in the morning breeze. While waiting for the water to boil, he stood outside letting the early morning sun warm his face.
Hearing movement from the house he went back inside to prepare breakfast.
Everyone sat quietly eating as the slow whistle of the teapot drifted in from the kitchen. Someone knocking on the front door broke the silence interrupting the first breakfast they shared together.
"Dr. Gensai! Dr. Gensai!" the excited voice called.
Dr. Gensai slowly pushed himself up. "Excuse me," he apologized giving a slight bow. Walking towards the door he turned and said, "I'm really glad you girls are here."
After Dr. Gensai was gone, the two girls looked at each other then sat staring at Kenshin.
I know that look, thought Kenshin before quietly asking, "What's wrong?" Placing his bowl back on the table he gave the girls his full attention.
Suzume burst into tears leaning into Ayame who cradled her sister in her arms. Ayame tried comforting her but when she realized that the tears wouldn't stop she said, "You must stop crying. Everyone will think you are a baby, after all you are ten years old now and you must start acting like it." Her harsh words only made the younger girl sob harder.
Kenshin smiled then said, "Suzume if you stop crying I'll come fix your hair after I finish with the dishes." She immediately stopped crying and asked, "Really?" "Oh goodie, goodie," she chanted knowing that she wouldn't have to trick him into fixing her hair this morning.
Picking up the breakfast dishes, Kenshin quietly told the girls, "You two go get ready for school" before going into the kitchen.
He was washing the dishes when he felt someone watching him. "Is there something else wrong, Suzume?" he asked placing a dish out to dry.
Suzume walked over to him and asked, "Uncle Ken, will you walk me to my class today?"
Pulling his hands out of the soapy water, he dried them before crouching down in front of her. "Yes I will walk you to your class," he told her softly emphasizing each word.
She hugged him giving him a kiss on his cheek before letting go.
He stood up as she happily ran to get ready for school. He smiled while readjusting his glasses after her energetic hug.
Kenshin finished straightening the kitchen before checking to see if the girls were ready for school. Knocking on their door he asked, "Are you girls ready?"
"Uncle Ken you said you'd brush my hair," Suzume said jumping up and down.
"Calm down Suzume. I can't brush your hair with you jumping up and down," Kenshin teased her. He took the brush Ayame handed him then carefully brushed Suzume's hair. Parting her hair down the middle, he brushed each side, putting in a tie with a big ball.
Ayame picked up the brush where Kenshin had laid it to put the tie in Suzume's hair. Her movements were slow and deliberate as she brushed her hair. Kenshin waited until he finished with Suzume's hair before saying, "Are you ok Ayame?"
"I'm scared," she confessed her voice not much more than a whisper.
"Its just a new school," he said trying to reassure her.
"Its not the school but…" her voice trailed off.
"But what?" he asked taking the brush from her to finish brushing her hair.
"Will you leave us too?" she asked.
"No I will not leave you. I promise," He said holding her shoulders as he turned her around. He lifted her chin so he could look into her eyes, as he restated, "No I will not leave you, I promise."
Satisfied with his answer she smiled taking the brush he offered her.
After leaving the girls to get their bags for school, Kenshin met Dr. Gensai coming in the front door.
"Back so soon?" Kenshin asked while putting on his jacket.
"It was just a minor problem. I get them all the time," Dr. Gensai said standing back to watch.
"Come on girls, if we don't hurry, you are going to be late the first day of school," Kenshin said straightening his tie then pushing it snug to his neck. The two girls raced past Kenshin giggling as they stopped to put on their shoes before walking out the door.
He followed then through the door, calling out to Dr. Gensai, "I'll be back as soon as I get the girls settled into their new school."
"Don't rush Kenshin, I only have a few patients today," Dr Gensai replied to the closed door. He smiled thinking how different his life would be from now on before heading into the kitchen.
Getting the girls registered and walking Suzume to her classroom had taken longer that he had planned. So when he arrived back at the clinic, he went straight to the examine room. Hearing Dr. Gensai voice, he knocked on the door before saying, "Dr. Gensai."
"Come on in Dr. Himura, I want you to meet someone," Dr. Gensai called to him flipping through the papers of the chart he was holding.
As Kenshin walked into the room, he noticed a bored young man sitting in a wheel chair.
"Howdy there Doc," Cho said in his southern drawl.
Dr. Gensai was startled at how Cho had addressed Kenshin, for Cho only used his southern drawl with Kaoru yet he now used it with Kenshin. That is odd, he thought.
"Hey Doc, are you ready for that fight yet?" Cho asked a wide grin spreading across his face.
Kenshin paused for a few minutes before remembering where he had met Cho and said sheepishly, "Not really. I need some more time to practice. I haven't picked up a sword since…"
Cho laughed. Then he noticed the startled look on Dr. Gensai's face so he explained, "The Doc here was working that night when the accident happened. Here I am lying there thinking the world is ending, he looks me right in the face, and challenges me to a fight." Cho paused, chuckling he leaned over towards Dr. Gensai and quietly said, "I thought he was a raving loony. Look at him does he look like a swordsman?"
Dr. Gensai closed the chart he was holding, looked over at Kenshin, and shook his head saying, "No, he really doesn't look like a swordsman."
"You did calm down after that. If I remember correctly you were half crazed at the time, yelling something about chopping people up," Kenshin defended himself.
"You would be to if you were in my place," Cho said still laughing.
Reaching for a stool, Kenshin sat down before explaining, "I was working with the rescue team that showed up after the accident happened. I started working on Cho here but he kept fighting us. So I had to do something drastic.
He was strapped to the gurney yelling how he was going to chop everyone onto bite size pieces when I asked him if he wanted to fight me. I must say that the look he gave me sent chills down my spine. But I had his attention. Unfortunately I did promise to fight with him once he recovered."
"Well I'm recovered now, so are you ready Doc?" Cho said grinning.
"Ah… well… Ah…" Kenshin stammered and Dr. Gensai nervously coughed.
"Not with swords I play a new game now Doc," Cho said excitedly, "I play chess on the Internet. In fact I was playing a game last Saturday night. I had his king in the corner, I gave check with my queen forcing him to capture with his rook, which trapped the king in the corner so when I gave check with my knight the king could not escape and it was mate," Cho finished sitting back in his wheel chair beaming with pride. "Do you play Doc?" he asked.
While listening as Cho explain his game Kenshin was thinking that the move sounded familiar and he had been playing chess last Saturday night.
"Dr. Himura are you ok?" Dr. Gensai asked standing up reaching for a pen.
"Oh yes, I'm fine. Did you say last Saturday night? I was playing and lost with that same move," Kenshin replied.
"Now don't that beat all," Cho said rolling his chair over closer to Kenshin, and then he asked, "Are you RurouniDoc?"
"Yes I am and that must have been you I played against. You play a very good game," Kenshin admitted.
"Thanks Doc."
"Well now can we need to get back to the purpose of your visit today Cho. So far everything looks good. How are you feeling?" Dr. Gensai asked looking over at Cho.
"Feeling fine."
"Are you taking the pills that I prescribed for you?" Dr. Gensai asked sitting back in his chair.
"Yes but they make me sick."
"When do you take them?"
"When Kaoru forces them down my throat."
"Do you eat any food first?"
"No, she gives it to me before she leaves with the truck in the morning."
"They need to be taken after you eat something even if it's just a snack," Dr. Gensai said sitting back up to write some notes in the chart.
"Oh please don't tell me after breakfast, she always fixes breakfast and you know what her cooking tastes like," Cho pleaded.
"Ok then after lunch. How is that? I'll talk to her and let her know," Dr. Gensai said, "Now is there anything else we need to go over?"
"Nope I'm out of here."
"Do you have a ride back home?"
"No I can call Sano, he'll come pick me up,"
"I can give you a ride if you don't need me Dr. Gensai," Kenshin said. Standing up, he put the stool back where it belonged.
"That would be fine. I have some paperwork to catch up on and we can go over the clinic when you get back," Dr. Gensai said closing Cho's file. He stood up reached for the door and said to Cho, "see you next week," before leaving the room.
They drove around the city for the better part of an hour before Kenshin asked Cho where he needed to be dropped off.
"Can you take me to the warehouse where I work? I need to get some papers for the weekend," Cho asked placing his hands on either side of his legs. He lifted him self enough to readjust his seating position.
"Ok." Kenshin smiled glancing at Cho, glad that he was doing what was necessary in order to take care of him self.
"Just take a right here," he said pointing to the next street, "and a left at the next light."
Kenshin maneuvered the car into a parking lot. Noticing the sign on the building, he asked, "Do you know if they haul from Kyoto?"
"If there is something to haul, we haul it," was Cho's reply full of pride.
"I need some furniture hauled from Kyoto. Do you think your company can do it? And how much will it cost me?" Kenshin asked
"Not a problem. I can get you the figures when we get inside,"
Getting out of the car, Kenshin opened the back hatch, pulling out the wheel chair. Putting it on the ground, he adjusted the pad in the seat before wheeling it to the front passenger side.
Opening the door he placed the wheel chair so that he could transfer Cho to the chair, then waited. Cho picked up his legs by placing his left hand under his knees, and then with his right hand holding onto the roof of the car, he was able to swing his feet out the door and onto the ground.
With Cho's knee between his, Kenshin leaned into the car, holding onto Cho's sides, he gently pulled his upper body out of the car into a standing position. While Cho held onto his neck, Kenshin turned him and set him into his chair.
"You haven't lost your touch Doc," Cho said smiling, "you should have been there the first time Kaoru tried it."
"What, you think that you were my only patient?" Kenshin said waiting while Cho pick up each foot, putting them on the footrest as Kenshin flipped them down.
"Come on in and I can get you some figures on that haul," Cho said wheeling him self over to the ramp.
Kenshin glanced at his watch before saying, "ok." He closed the car door then walking around the back of the car he closed the back hatch. They both reached for the doorknob on the front door of the warehouse at the same time.
"Beat ya Doc," Cho laughed twisting the doorknob.
"Smiling, Kenshin finished pulling the door open allowing Cho to wheel him self into the warehouse before him.
Cho was not prepared for what awaited him in the warehouse. Megumi was sitting behind the front desk holding onto the base of the radio receiver trying desperately to make it work. No matter what she did, all it would do was "Crackle".
"Just a sec, Doc. I have to…" Cho said as he wheeled him self over to the desk.
Kenshin nodded then started looking around the room. It was quite spacious. Behind the front desk was a door decorated with cartoon figures, file cabinets lined the back wall and a desk cluttered with papers, coffee cups and half chewed stir straws, sat over in the far corner. He walked a few steps away from the door stopping to stand in the sunshine from the front window of the warehouse.
Megumi stood up when she saw Cho coming toward her. "You must be the brains of this operation because that Rooster has none," she said moving her chair out of the way.
The radio crackled again.
"Here I can fix that. He likes to use that stupid channel and it always messes up. Claims it's his luck number," he said positioning him self in front of the receiver that Megumi had abandoned.
"He told me about you but he forgot to tell me what a cutie you are. Cho is it?" Megumi said patting a red faced Cho's shoulder before picking up her purse from the desk. She gave Cho a wink before walking toward the door.
"And tell him to call me later and he better be begging my forgiveness on his knees when I see him tonight," she said as she walked toward the door.
Kenshin moved farther in the room getting out of Megumi's way. With Cho still busy adjusting the radio he looked around the room again. On the verge of leaving he saw a corkboard with advertisements tacked to it.
Walking over to the board, he skimmed over the advertisements until he came to a picture of two handsome young men standing with a beautiful girl between them. Kenshin recognized Cho in the picture but it was the girl that held his eyes captive.
Cho adjusted some dials and pushed a few buttons while muttering something about "operator error" before looking back up at Kenshin.
"Can I get those figures and email them to you Doc?" Cho asked while flipping some buttons trying to get better reception.
"Ok" Kenshin said blinking as he turned away from the picture. Closing the door behind him, he heard Cho say, "She just left and wants you to call later. Look moron, change channel to the alternative."
With her picture still fresh in his mind, Kenshin sat in his car for a few minutes before backing out unaware that a little red car had parked beside him.
Kaoru waited until the car next to her backed out before getting out of her car. Walking to the warehouse, she turned to look at the car pulling into traffic feeling like something wonderful had been shown to her then quickly taken away.
TBC…
A/N- I would really like to know if this chapter made sense. Could you be so kind as to let me know?