This is going to be short oneshot about Yahiko and Tsubame's relationship from Yahiko's POW. Not the most popular pairing, but it's one of my favs! This is also my first RK-fic so please be at least a little kind, pleaseee?

Disclaimer: Don't own 'Rurouni Kenshin'

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Just friends?

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When we met the first time, we were only ten years old. Ten. We liked each other immediately, and you called me Yahiko-chan. Kami-sama, how it annoyed me! I just wanted to be strong and tough, like all the others I live with. Everyone is strong; Kenshin, Sanosuke, Megumi, even the Weasel-girl and Kaoru are strong. I was just a young boy, and it hurt to be the one everyone took care of. Only Kenshin understood that.

But to you, I was some kind of hero, wasn't I? The one that saved you, always, and yet you called me Yahiko-chan. Sigh.

But I am strong now, ain't I? We're both adults, seventeen years old. Not that we are together or anything but you understand me. We're best friends. Right? But I want something more.

I'm watching the water, glimmering in the river. This is my favourite place; this is where I stay when I want to think, and where I hid from the gang that 'owned' me. Yet I showed you it. And then, of course, Kenji found out about it. That brat. We can't have a calm moment with him around, can we? He's six years old and sooooo bratty! He looks like a chibi-Kenshin but I guess that he got his behaviour from Kaoru, since he's so annoying. Still, I like a younger brother or something. I'm getting all touchy, am I not?

The first time we started to meet each other for dinner, we wasn't unsure at all. We knew each other too well for that. But we never actually dated. We haven't gotten that far yet. I'm not sure if you WANT to go that far either.

I mean, we've been best friends in seven years; can you actually become lovers then?

I remember that time when Kenji followed us here one day, and when he saw us together, he hid in the bushes because he wanted to hear what we said. I knew he was there all the time, hey I'm a swords-master remember? I can sense those things somewhere in my mind.

Anyway, signalled to you that Kenji was there, and we started to talk about a lot of things that he shouldn't hear. It was just so much fun! Then Kaoru got worried about him, and came looking for him. She dragged Kenshin and Sano with her as they searched after him. When they saw us talking and Kenji hiding in the bushes listening, they panicked, literally!

They tried to drag him away quietly, and they really didn't thought that we could hear them. Actually, it sounded like it was an elephant hiding in those bushes.

When they finally were gone, you and I started laughing REAL hard. That kind of hard laughing that makes you wonder if you would ever stop again. It was almost scary, really. I can still remember Kenshin 'oro's' when he tried to get away from there, and we still talks about it sometimes, in private of course.

Later, I realized that I enjoyed seeing you laugh.

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Owari

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Well, I told you it was very short, didn't I? I just felt for writing something, and it only took half an hour!