Chapter 6
Kenshin closed the door to his bedroom. He looked around the futon and chuckled to himself. "Mm.. still haven't gotten these things folded yet.."
He was almost done folding his laundry when a knock came at the door. "Yes?"
"Umm.. may I come in?" Kaoru's familiar voice came from outside the door. /Kami-sama, even her voice is beautiful.. but why does it sound so timid? What's wrong?/
"Yes, please, Kaoru-dono.." The door slid open and Kaoru nervously entered the room.
Kenshin looked up. "Is something wrong, Kaoru-dono? Why aren't you training with Yahiko?"
Kaoru sighed. "I got tired. Besides, the brat got distracted when Tsubame came over to say hi."
"Ah." Kenshin chuckled. "They certainly do make a cute couple, don't they?"
"Yes.. everyone says that about us, too."
"Nani?" Kenshin stopped folding and blinked. "What.. you mean... /everyone/ knows?" His face started turning red.
"Yes, Kenshin! Even the people at the shops think we're married!"
"Annnooo~~ how embarrassing de gozaru yo.."
For the second after he finished his sentence, Kaoru looked at him in shock. She choked, and was about to yell when Kenshin continued.
"My wife dresses like a single lady de gozaru yo. How embarrassing. Why does she do that?"
Her tearing up face stared and blinked at him for a minute. Honestly, she didn't know what to do. Should she cry? Yell? Laugh? Kiss him? /Mm... kiss.... that kiss last night was so nice. Why did it have to end... huh../ Kaoru's mind returned to the present matter. No matter how much she may have wanted to, she couldn't get up the courage to kiss him. Her throat was caught, so that excluded yelling and laughing. She didn't know what else to do....
Kaoru broke down and cried.
"No.. Kaoru-dono don't, please.. ah~-" Kenshin's throat caught and tears welled up in his eyes. How could he have hurt her like that? He wanted to cheer her up, ease her tension a little bit. He wanted her to laugh, not cry. Even yelling and hitting him doesn't hurt as much as crying. And why couldn't she just kiss him, if she was confused? That's why he kissed her last night. /Well, that's what you want to think.. really you just couldn't resist her sweet lips. mmmm...../ Kenshin snapped back to reality quickly enough to wrap his arms around her only a couple seconds after she started crying. "Kaoru-dono.. ahhmm... sessha is so, so sorry that he upset you, Kaoru-dono. Is there any way sessha can make it up to you, Kaoru-dono?"
Kaoru stopped crying for a minute. She liked him holding her, but she couldn't get the courage to say so. Instead, she buried herself deeper in his embrace.
Kenshin turned beet red. Not only was he holding her, they were in bed! Okay, so technically they were sitting on the futon, but it didn't matter. Especially with her body pressing up against him..! He gulped and whispered in her ear. "Sessha is glad he could please Kaoru-dono."
Kaoru turned red herself and looked up at him. /What does he mean by THAT?!/ "Ahm.. umm.." She gulped. "Arigatou, Kenshin.. g- gomen nasai for breaking down, I-"
"No no, Kaoru-dono.. it is I who should be apologizing for making you cry."
"No, Kenshin, you didn't really upset me that much..."
"But I said something very insulting, and then made up for it. At least that's what it must have sounded like to you."
"It's okay, Kenshin, really.. I'm sorry..."
"You shouldn't be apologizing for something that's not your fault..!"
"But it's not yours either."
Kenshin blushed. Again. "Ah.. it is so..."
Kaoru giggled. "No, it isn't now stop being silly and....." She trailed off.
"And?"
/And kiss me again, like you did last night./ "And relax. There's nothing to apologize about." She buried her head in his chest again.
He gulped and blushed. "You sure.. you're okay?"
"Yes, I'm fine when I'm with you. I love being in your arms like this. It feels so good... just hold me all night, okay?"
They both blushed furiously. /Oh kami-sama, did I just say that to him? I will never, ever, ever live this down! What will he do? What will he say? Will he rush off like last time?/
Kenshin smiled gently and kissed her hair. /Mmm.. smells good. Jasmine../ "I also enjoy being with you, Kaoru-dono. I would love to stay with you all night."
Kaoru blushed as her body tingled from his words and kiss. "arigatou.." She whispered.
"however...."
"mm?" Kaoru looked up at him.
"however, it is broad daylight, and any minute Yahiko-kun is going to burst in this room asking to be trained again... gomen nasai Kaoru-dono, but we can't stay like this forever." /Though I would like to../ "You're going to have to get up."
Kaoru looked dissappointed..
"Oro.. ahhhhh... Oroooo... umm.." Kenshin sweatdropped. "Look, how about I make it up to you.. umm.. Friday night? I'll get Yahiko and Sano away.. /somehow../ and then we can spend the night together without any worries. Okay?"
Kaoru looked ecstatic. "Really? Domo arigatou!" She kissed the bridge of his nose, making him blush.
Kenshin sighed as the door slid closed behind her. /Damn.. why did I have to go and ruin it? It was so nice.. she smelled so sweet and her body was soft, and warm, and she fit so perfectly in my arms.../ He decided not to think about it anymore when he started getting hot. /Jeez, I almost faint just thinking about her.../
He sighed as he came back to reality. /I guess I'll finish folding this laundry and then start a new wash. Come to think of it, I've been neglecting a whole lot of the chores around here lately... including cooking.. uh oh.. who's cooking dinner? Sweet as Kaoru-dono is, sometimes her food scares me.../
End of Chapter 6
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Author's Notes: Short chapter, ne? This one was easy to write, since most of the waffyness came to me. Kenshin-san and Kaoru-san are easy to work with.. Misao-san is harder, you don't see as much of her.. especially not-knowing-about-the-Oniwabanshuu-incident her. o.O;