*Dances, not bothing to worry about the friggin disclaimer, though it is
still there, just invisable*
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Kaoru has been acting strangely. She doesn't seem to see anyone. She has been mumbling to herself, and getting very little sleep. I have watched. She refused to enter the kitchen, and won't make contact with anyone. She looks back and forth as though seeking an escape from an unknown antagonist, leaping at her own shadow. I no longer notice the crease my frown had made, or the line between my eyebrows as they pinch together. She worries me.
With a soft sigh, I watch her. She doesn't notice my presence at all, merely stands in the middle of the room, looking at her feet. I touch her shoulder softly, making her gasp, feeling the clutch of worry wring my insides, as her gaze settles upon my hand, and there remains. "Miss Kaoru?" Her eyes raise to my face, and she begins to cry softly. Seeing no alternative, I wrap my arms about her, fearful she may end up getting hurt in her weakened state. One hand travels the length of her back, and I listen to her haggered breathing, feeling new ripples of worry pull through me. My other hand resting softly upon her head, while the one upon her back continues to brush against it, when finally she returns the embrace, lowering her head to my shoulder, and weeping into it, tugging at my heart, pain ripping through uit when I find I can be no more soothing.
After maybe an hour, she pulls away, glancing at me, looking guilty for nothing in particular. She looks to her feet, mumbling under her breath what I take to be an appologie. Suddenly, she turns, and begins away. Feeling desperate for her to not go, my hand meets her shoulder, and she stops, turning back to me, and staring at me, frowning as though she had done something wrong. I relax slightly at her gaze, the comfort it brought surprising me. Swallowing, I watch her, remembering why I had orignally taken her attention. "Miss Kaoru...You should get some rest, that you should.." She nods, looking dismayed about something, and begins slowely toward her room, me trailing to be sure she rests. She leaves her door open, and I slip into her room, leaning against the wall and slipping down as she lays down. Her weary look, and the look of pain fade as I watch her, smiling slightly when she finally falls asleep. And still I watch her, the rise and fall of her blankets as she sleeps, looking finally peaceful.
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"Miss Kaoru?" She wasn't moving. Fear clutched my gut, and I sprang to my feet, looking over her, my eyes widening when I see she is not breathing. "No.." Breathing heavily, i touched her face, looking at her, biting my lower lip. The coppery taste of blood began in my mouth, snapping me back to awearness. With a soft shiver, I placed my hands over her ribs, applying preasure, my eyes fixed upon her face, my worry growing. "Please wake up..." Tears stung my eyes, and I pressed against her chest again, before clenhing my eyes, thinking. That may work.. Lowering my face to hers, shivering again, I brushed my lips upon hers, letting my breath escape me, and flow into her lungs, fearful I could be too late. I repeted it multiple times, before she gasped, drawing her own ragged breath. Ripping a shred from my sleeve, I rushed from her room, wetting the cloth and running back, laying it as well as my hand upon her forehead. "Miss Kaoru..." She looks at me then, and I move my head back, relising how close I had gotten. She reaches up, touching the makeshift rag upon her head. "You must rest.." I sit beside her, as she shivers, having probably brought fever upon herself with her distress. The fact that she is alive brings a small smile to my face, and I run hy hand upon her face, brushing hair from her face.
"Gomen, Kenshin.."
"It is not your fault..None of it, Miss Kaoru.." Why had she appologiesed? She was alive..That was nothing to be sorry for.. She began to sit up, and I pressed my hand again to her shoulder feeling worried yet again. "Not yet...You are ill...Are you hungry?"
She sighs, shaking her head, trembling though coated with blankets. I nod, watching her try to sit up again, and make no move to stop her, not wanting to upset her. A pang of fear rips through me, and I wrap my arms about her back, pulling her tight against me, yeilding the tears that had threatened to spill earlier, quivering as I held her. "Please get well, Miss Kaoru...I could not bear to loose you.."
Her grips about me tightenes, and she looks breifly at me, before her grip relaxes, and I decide she has fallen again asleep, and so I release her, covering her with the blankets and planting a kiss upon her cheek, before resuming my possition against her wall, still watching her, my hands shaking.
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"Miss Kaoru? I have brought you food...Please eat..." I carry in the tray of food, hoping she was awake. She sits up, swaying slightly as her hand moves to her forehead. Fear ripping through my heart, I set down the tray, hurrying to her side and holding her arm, to keep her steady. "Are you alright, Kaoru?" She looks at me in shock, though I am not sure why. She nods, and I sit beside her, forgetting the food and I loosen slightly my grip upon her amr, my hand begining to tremble in fear of loosing her. She leans against me, and I touch my chin to her hair, dropping my hand from her arm, and lacing it instead with her hand, crying yet again into her hair. "Please Kaoru...Get well...Don't die...Don't leave me..."
"What do mean? I won't die..." The confusion in her voice scares me; She did not remember.
"You almost did yesterday..I was watching you sleep..And you just stopped..You weren't breathing...I.." I feel a shiver run along my spine, and I touch her forehead to my neck, still allowing my tears to fall into her hair. "Please get better, Kaoru.."
My pulse began to race as I thought of how close I had come to never seeing her again. "What did you bring to eat?"
My hand dropped from her head, and I looked toward the tray, glad for the change of subject. "Rice and Tofu, as well as tea.." I pat her shoulder, rising slowely to be sure she is alright, before striding to the tray, and carting it back to her. "You need to eat.."
Though she had looked without appitite, she finished quickly what I had brought, and I handed her a glass of tea, my hand shaking so it was all I could do to keep from spilling the warm drink. "Gomen.."
"Why?" I watch her, the second appologie striking a small note of pain through my chest.
"For making you worry..." ?An edge of sorrow had filtered into her voice.
"Kaoru...I worry anyway...I worry I will fail to protect you...I love you so much.." It is then I realise the Miss had been forgotten, but ignore it, watching her.
"I love you, too.." She hands back the now empty cup, smiling slightly though I know not why, the warmness in it bringing a smile also to my face, though worry still lingered.
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Kaoru has been acting strangely. She doesn't seem to see anyone. She has been mumbling to herself, and getting very little sleep. I have watched. She refused to enter the kitchen, and won't make contact with anyone. She looks back and forth as though seeking an escape from an unknown antagonist, leaping at her own shadow. I no longer notice the crease my frown had made, or the line between my eyebrows as they pinch together. She worries me.
With a soft sigh, I watch her. She doesn't notice my presence at all, merely stands in the middle of the room, looking at her feet. I touch her shoulder softly, making her gasp, feeling the clutch of worry wring my insides, as her gaze settles upon my hand, and there remains. "Miss Kaoru?" Her eyes raise to my face, and she begins to cry softly. Seeing no alternative, I wrap my arms about her, fearful she may end up getting hurt in her weakened state. One hand travels the length of her back, and I listen to her haggered breathing, feeling new ripples of worry pull through me. My other hand resting softly upon her head, while the one upon her back continues to brush against it, when finally she returns the embrace, lowering her head to my shoulder, and weeping into it, tugging at my heart, pain ripping through uit when I find I can be no more soothing.
After maybe an hour, she pulls away, glancing at me, looking guilty for nothing in particular. She looks to her feet, mumbling under her breath what I take to be an appologie. Suddenly, she turns, and begins away. Feeling desperate for her to not go, my hand meets her shoulder, and she stops, turning back to me, and staring at me, frowning as though she had done something wrong. I relax slightly at her gaze, the comfort it brought surprising me. Swallowing, I watch her, remembering why I had orignally taken her attention. "Miss Kaoru...You should get some rest, that you should.." She nods, looking dismayed about something, and begins slowely toward her room, me trailing to be sure she rests. She leaves her door open, and I slip into her room, leaning against the wall and slipping down as she lays down. Her weary look, and the look of pain fade as I watch her, smiling slightly when she finally falls asleep. And still I watch her, the rise and fall of her blankets as she sleeps, looking finally peaceful.
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"Miss Kaoru?" She wasn't moving. Fear clutched my gut, and I sprang to my feet, looking over her, my eyes widening when I see she is not breathing. "No.." Breathing heavily, i touched her face, looking at her, biting my lower lip. The coppery taste of blood began in my mouth, snapping me back to awearness. With a soft shiver, I placed my hands over her ribs, applying preasure, my eyes fixed upon her face, my worry growing. "Please wake up..." Tears stung my eyes, and I pressed against her chest again, before clenhing my eyes, thinking. That may work.. Lowering my face to hers, shivering again, I brushed my lips upon hers, letting my breath escape me, and flow into her lungs, fearful I could be too late. I repeted it multiple times, before she gasped, drawing her own ragged breath. Ripping a shred from my sleeve, I rushed from her room, wetting the cloth and running back, laying it as well as my hand upon her forehead. "Miss Kaoru..." She looks at me then, and I move my head back, relising how close I had gotten. She reaches up, touching the makeshift rag upon her head. "You must rest.." I sit beside her, as she shivers, having probably brought fever upon herself with her distress. The fact that she is alive brings a small smile to my face, and I run hy hand upon her face, brushing hair from her face.
"Gomen, Kenshin.."
"It is not your fault..None of it, Miss Kaoru.." Why had she appologiesed? She was alive..That was nothing to be sorry for.. She began to sit up, and I pressed my hand again to her shoulder feeling worried yet again. "Not yet...You are ill...Are you hungry?"
She sighs, shaking her head, trembling though coated with blankets. I nod, watching her try to sit up again, and make no move to stop her, not wanting to upset her. A pang of fear rips through me, and I wrap my arms about her back, pulling her tight against me, yeilding the tears that had threatened to spill earlier, quivering as I held her. "Please get well, Miss Kaoru...I could not bear to loose you.."
Her grips about me tightenes, and she looks breifly at me, before her grip relaxes, and I decide she has fallen again asleep, and so I release her, covering her with the blankets and planting a kiss upon her cheek, before resuming my possition against her wall, still watching her, my hands shaking.
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"Miss Kaoru? I have brought you food...Please eat..." I carry in the tray of food, hoping she was awake. She sits up, swaying slightly as her hand moves to her forehead. Fear ripping through my heart, I set down the tray, hurrying to her side and holding her arm, to keep her steady. "Are you alright, Kaoru?" She looks at me in shock, though I am not sure why. She nods, and I sit beside her, forgetting the food and I loosen slightly my grip upon her amr, my hand begining to tremble in fear of loosing her. She leans against me, and I touch my chin to her hair, dropping my hand from her arm, and lacing it instead with her hand, crying yet again into her hair. "Please Kaoru...Get well...Don't die...Don't leave me..."
"What do mean? I won't die..." The confusion in her voice scares me; She did not remember.
"You almost did yesterday..I was watching you sleep..And you just stopped..You weren't breathing...I.." I feel a shiver run along my spine, and I touch her forehead to my neck, still allowing my tears to fall into her hair. "Please get better, Kaoru.."
My pulse began to race as I thought of how close I had come to never seeing her again. "What did you bring to eat?"
My hand dropped from her head, and I looked toward the tray, glad for the change of subject. "Rice and Tofu, as well as tea.." I pat her shoulder, rising slowely to be sure she is alright, before striding to the tray, and carting it back to her. "You need to eat.."
Though she had looked without appitite, she finished quickly what I had brought, and I handed her a glass of tea, my hand shaking so it was all I could do to keep from spilling the warm drink. "Gomen.."
"Why?" I watch her, the second appologie striking a small note of pain through my chest.
"For making you worry..." ?An edge of sorrow had filtered into her voice.
"Kaoru...I worry anyway...I worry I will fail to protect you...I love you so much.." It is then I realise the Miss had been forgotten, but ignore it, watching her.
"I love you, too.." She hands back the now empty cup, smiling slightly though I know not why, the warmness in it bringing a smile also to my face, though worry still lingered.
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