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That last chapter sucked giant amounts of uncultured Turkey Butter. I do not post such undetailed shmuck! Bad authoress! Bad, bad authoress! Well, rest assured otaku! I will delve into great details for this chapter.and yet still go absolutely nowhere with the plot! ^_^ Doesn't that just make your heart feel warm.like a baked potato? Shpadonkle day ne?

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Ne ne ne?

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Misao and Kaoru walked down the hallways in silence, Misao deep in thought. Kaoru had said that she wasn't the one to ask for advice.but.she knew Himura. It must have taken a bit of maneuvering to get him to propose, much less.um. Misao stopped, blushing. That was not an area that she wanted to talk about with Kaoru.at least, not about Himura. *She shuddered* Sweet man, but.too much like a totally clueless brother. But still, if even HE could get what Kaoru was feeling, and with Aoshi not half as clueless as Himura, then it must mean that Aoshi knew and didn't care. That hurt, more then anything else. She sighed. "Baka men." Misao muttered, blindly following Kaoru into the kitchen, where the aforementioned set about putting water over hot coals. " Yes, they can be some times, can't they," Kaoru said, with the air of stating a fact. " I had the worse time with Kenshin..', she smiled at the memory. " It took me going to the local grandma and asking her to pretend she had a match for me before he came stuttering in. 'Ses-sesh-sessha would like to talk to Honorable grandmother alone'," Kaoru mimicked. " Apparently he just about threw himself into a seizure trying to talk her out of it without laying any claim himself. But she wouldn't have it. 'There isn't much of a market for young women of that age, she's getting rather old'," Kaoru now mimicked the matchmaker, frowning slightly. " Kenshin was just about the color of his hair when he came back in, and he wouldn't talk about it, so I went to the grandma. She told me that he'd begged her not to set up the match, and when asked as to why not, told her that he had someone in mind for me. Now that," Kaoru said, placing a small cup next to Misao, " scared me. For about two days I was terrified that he was going to turn around, find some businessman and disappear. But as it turned out, when we were walking home from shopping three days later, he pulled out a hot house rose that he'd apparently bought while I wasn't looking, put it in my hair, and then asked me what I thought of him staying at the dojo. Well, I stared at him like he was an idiot; told him I thought it was fine and that if he was even thinking of trying that Rurouni bit again I'd kill him. Then he asked me why. " She smiled at Misao, her mouth curving higher. " That stumped me. But it felt right, the bridge, the rose, the sunset, everything, so I told him. I said 'I've fallen in love with you, you incredible idiot', and I didn't get to say anything else because he kissed me," she blushed, watching Misao blink large eyes at her over her teacup. " It wasn't a long kiss, or a deep one, but it was a kiss, and then he took my hand and we walked back to the dojo. But before we went in I stopped him and asked him what he felt about me. That," she emphasized by gesturing with finger at Misao, " was the most terrifying moment of my life. I knew he wouldn't, but what if he did, say no? What would I do then? But I trusted him and I was rewarded for it." She smiled gently, losing herself into her memories. " Kaoru-san," Misao asked, " we all knew that Kenshin was head over heels for you, and that he smiles and that he laughs and does laundry, I'm trying to get a man that hasn't shown a real emotion in the entire time I've been alive." " True," Kaoru agreed, smiling. " But consider this, maybe he's repressed, or held in those emotions so long that he has no possible way of dealing with them, so he keeps them caged in, when he should be able to release them. Why? Because, he's scared of them. Now, when you are blossoming into a young woman that he can't ignore, he can feel them welling up, undeniable, and he panics and decides to go on a 'training journey'. Now," Kaoru said, setting her own cup down with a definite 'this is final' air, " what you have to do is quite simple, actually a lot simpler then Kenshin and I. You need to sit him down and talk to him about your feelings. Don't overwhelm him in one go. No 'I love you, marry me' talks. More of a..' I have feelings for you Aoshi' kind of thing.

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I um...I'm sorry. Lot's of things happened... (I know this is short, but I had to give you SOMETHING! ;_;) I um.went to Canada for Anime North I..fell in love with the most kind wonderful sweet extraordinary understanding cute kawaii adorable sweet sexy loveable.the list goes on folks, man

^_^ Lotsa things just sort of.happened. Weeeeeeeeee

And as soon as midterms are over, I'm going to sit down and just.grr! Glare at fic! Yes.more updates ARE coming. I just happened to write this before the WORST writing lull of my life

*Snuggles*

You are my loyal lil reviewers! You are the ones who got me going 'O.o shit.I should update.'