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Lie to Me
Chapter Twelve: Lie To Me
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[Kenshin]
Okay, Kenshin, relax. You can do this.
Taking a deep breath, I walked towards her room. I hesitantly raised my hand to knock on the door but I put it down almost immediately.
What if she is raging mad?
I had to do this. I would never make the same mistake of letting her go.
I knocked on the door thrice and waited until somebody opened the door. I silently prayed that they haven't left yet. Kaoru told me days ago that she and her sister were traveling. If they had gone, I'll wander every inch of Japan, searching for them. Fortunately, someone was still inside. The door opened with soft creak, revealing the dismal face of my beloved. "Kaoru…"
Kaoru's eyes widened when she caught my stare.
I placed my foot inside her room knowing that any second from that point, she would bang the door close. I pleaded, "Kaoru, please talk to me!"
She looked back at me with hurt-filled eyes and snapped, "No!"
Plan A: Unsuccessful.
"Kaoru…" I begged. Instead of trying to close the door again, she turned around, heading towards her room.
Sorry, Kaoru but I must resolve this now. I love you too much to wait.
Switch to Plan B.
I followed her behind and with one swift motion, I scooped her up, placing her on my shoulders as I started to walk down the hall.
"Aaaaiiiiieeee!!! Kenshin let go of me!" she yelled on top of her lungs as she kicked her legs violently while pounding her fists at my back.
Feh! I knew my little angel hasn't lost her vigor.
"Well, you asked for it!" I teased.
"Kenshin where are you taking me?" she demanded.
"Trust me!" I muttered as I placed her inside my car, bounding her wrists loosely with a bandanna and covering her eyes. "We have to talk."
"This is not talking! This is kidnapping!!!"
I smiled widely as I looked at her with much fondness.
Don't you think I am so lucky to have someone as special as her?
I sighed contentedly as we headed to the park in silence. She remained quiet in defiance while I refused to talk until we get there. I didn't know if the silence made her uneasy but for me… well, I just want to straighten things out.
When we had arrived, I slumped her on my shoulder again as I began to walk to the place where we are going to have our heart-to-heart talk.
I knew that I should be nervous but my mind and heart was set. Not only was I going to explain the issue regarding Shura, I was also going to admit to her the truth. She deserves it and…
…we would never last if I kept hiding the truth from her.
It wasn't as if she would never find out.
Duh.
"We're here," I announced as I untied the bandanna that constrained her hands. "You can open your eyes now. I told you to trust me, didn't I?"
"Why should I? You kissed Shura!" she yelled defiantly as she started to pull the cloth that covered her eyes.
"Listen to me! Shura kissed me! Not the other way around!" I said with much conviction as I kneeled down to look directly in her eyes.
However, they seemed quite distracted.
Her eyes darted from corner to corner frantically. "Where are we?" she asked nervously. Wanting to find out for herself, she stood up, balancing herself on the handrails as she gaped with her mouth open, "Oh my…"
"Now, we can finally get the privacy we need," I chuckled as I looked out from the hot air balloon I had purchased for our talk.
This was the perfect place to sort things out. Quiet. Good scenery. Private. No reporters, paparazzi or whatever. Just the two of us. And no one can walk away.
Not her. Not me.
I walked beside her, watching the sun set. With an almost formal tone, I began my explanation, "That thing about Shura… I don't know why she kissed me… She showed up at my apartment to clear things up then before she left, she kissed me!"
Kaoru narrowed her eyes. "If you really don't like what happened, why didn't you stop her?" she reasoned.
"I could have… I know that. But, everything happened so fast. One minute we were there, the next she kissed me and then the reporters hounded us. I guess, she just wanted publicity. I don't really know but Kaoru, please believe me. That kiss meant nothing!"
"How could you say that it was nothing!?" she asked with her blazing cerulean eyes.
"Because it isn't this!" I exclaimed as I cupped her cheeks, ravishing her lips in a single second.
She refused to respond at first but when I thrust my tongue inside my mouth, she could only moan in pleasure. She raised her hand through my hair, breaking it free from the tie that bound it. She dug her hand inside my tresses as she pulled me down to deepen our impassioned kiss.
I wrapped my arms around her waist as I slid my hand inside her shirt to caress the silky skin of her back. Finding the need to breathe, I pulled back and started dust kisses on her cheeks and her jaw. Finally, I settled on her neck where I sucked a portion of it causing her to gasp heavily.
"You're right," she panted. "This is different." I captured her lips once more. This time, the passion had subsided making the kiss slow, almost as if we were relishing every interaction our lips and our tongues were making.
Kaoru pulled back, her tussled, cheeks flushed, lips swollen, eyes shimmering in happiness. I had never seen anyone more beautiful
"Kenshin"/ "Kaoru," we said in unison.
We laughed heartily at that and then she said, "There is something I want to tell you."
I nodded and offered, "You go first."
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[Kaoru]
I didn't know what had just happened. I was so furious to him but… why did he have that effect on me? He got me wrapped around his fingers. It was like he would just look at me and everything would be okay again.
I breathed in heavily, mustering up all my courage. I have deliberated this for days now. It's now or never.
Well, actually, it couldn't be never. It wasn't not like he'll never find out.
Here goes nothing.
"I'm sorry for overreacting about that kiss. I guess I was just so jealous…"
"That's alright, Kaoru. I undertsan—"
I placed my finger on his mouth and continued, ""Shh… let me finish. I also want to apologize to you."
"For what?" he asked, looking at me questioningly.
"For not being totally honest..."
He gasped.
Oh no! He gasped! This can't be good. Oh well, I can't back out anymore. I closed my eyes, not to see his reaction as I continued, "My real last name is Kamiya. I am a romance novelist. At first, I had justified to myself why I lied. That it would be alright because it would be for the greater good. But now… I see that there was no point in hiding who I really am. I am so sorry."
He looked away.
"I'm so sorry," I kept on repeating. "I just had to tell you the truth because I wanted to be with you forever!" I slapped my hand on my mouth at what I blurted.
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[Kenshin]
My mind was spinning. I did not know what to do anymore. All I knew was… "I'm sorry, Kaoru," I said, almost in a whisper. "This is a mistake."
"Pardon?" she said in utter disbelief.
I faced my back towards her, not wanting to see the reaction of her face as I said, "This isn't going to work out. A relationship founded on lies is a lie on its own. I'm sorry."
"No!" she said with much conviction as she turned me around, determined to look at me straight in the eyes with her glassy ones. "I refuse to accept that!"
I bowed my head. I could not look at her or else my eyes would betray me.
"Kenshin, tell me," she pleaded, tone desperate, tears falling freely from her eyes. "Tell me that you are the one. Tell me that what we have and established is true. Tell me that we aren't just living out our fantasies for a moment of happiness and pleasure. Tell me that everything is and will always be alright. Tell me!!!"
"I can't..."
"Don't make me lose faith in love. Lie to me!!!" She wrapped her arms around me, resting her head on my chest.
I almost surrendered to her touch, feeling my heart melt that second but it was wrong. This was wrong. Defying my heart, I pulled back and said, "I don't want to lie to you anymore."
It was at that time that the hot air balloon finally landed. Without a word, she turned around and walked away… away from me and out of my life.
Whoever said happily ever after was always the ending?
Crap!
Author's Notes:
The next chapter is going to be the final chapter of this epic series. Hopefully, I would be able to post in in the next two weeks or so because the next in my list is Be Still My Heart. Don't you just love the line, Lie to Me? I still feel my heart stop whenever I think of the context where Kaoru said that. ::sigh::
I'm really sad that I lost a lot of reviews lately but it's okay. I have read each and every one of them in my mail. I also fixed the format of Surfacing Hearts. I just learned that its formatting went haywire. Also, I wrote a new profile. ^__^
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