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Forever

Chapter 2

A broken heart

"YOU!" Kaoru and the man said in unison.

"What are you doing following me?!" Kaoru asked, pointing an accusing finger at the redhead.

"I told you that I'm not following you!" he shot back.

"So you just happen to be everywhere I go?" Kaoru said glaring at him.

"I could say the same for you!" he glared back.

"I've already seen you enough times already that I think I'm going paranoid!"

"Paranoid over my good looks!"

"SHUT UP!!" Sano yelled, walking towards them. "If you wanna fight, then get the hell out of my store. I don't want ya breaking anything precious in here."

Kaoru respectfully bowed her head. "I'm sorry Sanoskue, but this man was following me!" Kaoru yelled, lifting her head and pointing a finger at the redhead.

"Was not!" the redhead shot in.

Sano looked at the redhead and at Kaoru, as they were arguing. Then he burst out laughing. "What's so funny?!" Kaoru yelled, kicking Sano's rolling form.

Sano picked himself up and coughed politely. "Well, it's not funny, but Kenshin here," Sano said, indicating to the redhead, "comes here all the time."

Kaoru made her mouth the shape of an 'o'. Kaoru bowed her head again, trying to hide her embarrassment. "I'm so sorry for yelling at you sir." She apologized to Kenshin. Kenshin began to chuckle lightly. "Now what's so funny?" Kaoru asked, lifting her head and glaring at Kenshin.

"You apologize and take things back to quickly." Kenshin stated.

"I said I apologize for yelling at you, not that I take back what I said earlier." Kaoru said, smirking slightly.

"WHAT?!" Kenshin yelled.

"As I said before, if you wanna fight, then get the hell out of my store!" Sano barked at them. Kenshin and Kaoru immediately stopped and nodded their heads solemnly. With that kind of tone, you could make a dog run off with its tail between its legs.

"So, did you find anything yet jou-chan?" Sano asked.

Kaoru nodded her head and pointed to the Chinese sword. Sano went over to it and picked it up and pulled it out of its sheath, revealing a shiny blade with a black dragon burned onto it. Kaoru stared at it in awe.

"I changed my mind, I don't want it. It's not my taste." Kenshin butted in.

"Yeah, I can't see you with it, but I can imagine Enishi with this." Sano said. Kaoru nodded her head in agreement.

"You know sir, if you really want to taste it, I'd be happy to shove it down your mouth." Kaoru offered.

"No thanks. Ladies always go first." Kenshin said.

"With that long red hair tied up in a high ponytail, I would say I'm not the only lady standing here." Kaoru said.

"Well at least-"

"Will you guys shut the hell up?" Sano asked, very much annoyed. " So, do you want this or not jou-chan?" he asked, indicating to the Chinese sword he was holding. Kaoru nodded her head and Sano led her to the front desk, leaving Kenshin to roam around some more.

"Can I ask a favor of you?" Kaoru asked.

"Sure thing. What is it?" Sano asked.

"At the bottom of the hilt," Kaoru said, pointing at the bottom of the hilt. "Could you carve 'Love' there?"

Sano rubbed his fingers against the bottom of the hilt, studying it with trained eyes. "I think I can." He said, giving her a grin. "Come back tomorrow and it should be finished."

"Thank you so much!" Kaoru said, giving him a grin back and a sisterly peck on the cheek. "I'll be sure to come back tomorrow!" she said, waving bye to him.

"Okay!" Sano yelled, waving back as Kaoru walked out the door.

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"You're late!" Tae said, noticing Kaoru trying to sneak in.

Kaoru immediately faced Tae and bowed her head. "I'm so sorry, but I was out shopping for Enishi's birthday gift."

Tae sighed and patted Kaoru on the shoulder. "That's all right, we're not that busy anyway. And you need to keep apologizing so much! You're too sweet for your own good!" Tae scolded her.

Kaoru lifted her head and smiled at her. "I'm sorry, but I can't help it." Kaoru apologized.

Tae only frowned at her. "You don't have to pretend to be happy in front of me. Especially on today. Why don't you go home and get some rest?" Tae suggested.

Kaoru's smile faltered as she stared down at the ground. "No, but thank you. If I go home, I'll probably cry myself to sleep. I want to stay here to keep my mind off of…" she began trailing off, letting a single tear roll down her cheek. "Him." She whispered. (A/N: Not Kenshin.)

Tae lifted her hand and wiped Kaoru's tears away and gave her a motherly hug. "Alright then, let's get to work then, ne?" Tae asked, flashing Kaoru a warm smile. Kaoru nodded and gave Tae a hug back.

"Thank you." Kaoru said, giving her a real smile. Tae smiled back. Then they both went off to work.

~ 7 p.m. ~

"May I take you order?" Kaoru asked a man who had his face hidden behind the menu, but she could see a few red strands here and there. 'Why does he seem familiar?' Kaoru thought.

The man brought down his menu, revealing his gorgeous face. 'Oh no, it's HIM!' Kaoru thought.

"Well, hello again. I didn't expect you to come with the way I talked to you earlier today." Kaoru said.

"I did say I was coming at seven, did I not?" Kenshin stated. "It is more peaceful here during the night." He said, looking around the restaurant that had beautiful candles burning everywhere, casting a warm glow.

"Well, now that you're here, all hell will break loose, Mr. Redhead." Kaoru said in a matter-of-factly tone.

"My name is not Mr. Redhead, it's Kenshin Himura." Kenshin said. He then began to stare at her chest.

Kaoru immediately smacked him in the face with her notepad. "Just what the HELL do you think you're looking at?" Kaoru demanded, crossing her arms over her chest.

Kenshin sat up and rubbed his forehead. "I was just looking at your nametag…" he lifted up his head and squinted his eyes at her nametag, which was just a little below her left collarbone. "Miss Kamiya." He finished.

Kaoru blushed and quickly went to his side, gingerly touching his forehead. "I'm so sorry, I thought you were one of those perverted men. Are you okay?" She said.

Kenshin shoved her hands away. "I'm fine," he said frustratingly. "What kind of geisha are you?" he asked.

Kaoru glared at him with a huge vein popping out of her head. "I am NOT a geisha." She said through clenched teeth, abruptly standing up.

"Hey it was only a joke." Kenshin said.

Kaoru turned her back to him. "Today's not the best day for jokes." She muttered, walking off. "Tsubame, could you take the mans order with red hair for me?" Kaoru asked a short girl with short brown hair and brown eyes, who was walking past her.

"Sure thing!" Tsubame said, going up to the man with red hair, Kenshin.

Kenshin watched as Kaoru got into a booth away from him, ordering tons of sake.

"May I take your order?" Tsubame asked Kenshin.

"No, I'll call you when I need something." Kenshin told Tsubame. Tsubame nodded and went off.

Kenshin turned his head to look at Kaoru, but there was a muscular chest in his way. He looked up to see a man with silver hair and black sunglasses. "Enishi." Kenshin growled.

Kenshin was suddenly pulled by the front of his shirt and up to Enishi's face. Kenshin glared at Enishi and Enishi glared back. Their face were mere inches apart.

"Listen, don't you ever be saying that kind of crap to Kaoru, you got that?" Enishi whispered. He then shoved Kenshin back to his seat. Kenshin glared up at him, smoothing out his shirt with his hands, while Enishi gave him a more menacing look. Enishi then turned his back to him and went back to his booth, which was just a few booths away from his.

"Attention everyone!" Everyone turned their heads to Tae, who was on a small stage that had a beautiful polished black grand piano on it. "We will be having live performances done on the piano for you, so please do enjoy! Our first song will be Variations on Kanon composed by George Winston, which is being performed by Kamiya Kaoru!" Tae then walked off the stage and Kaoru walked on, with a little stumbling.

As soon as Kaoru sat down on the chair, she didn't seem to be so drunk anymore. She gently placed her fingers on the keys and began, letting her delicate fingers glide across the smooth, sleek keys of the piano.

I tried hard to forget you, but I just can't forget


I never knew it is so hard to love someone

Every time I want to smile, you let me cry

You make my everything go wrong

Everyone stared in awe at how graceful she was when she played the piano. 'That song was so beautiful.' Kenshin thought.

After Kaoru finished playing the last note, she fainted onto the piano, making a horrible, scary sound coming from it. Everyone gasped. Tae quickly went up and picked Kaoru up with the help of a few of the other workers. "I'm so sorry about that! She hasn't been having a good day!" Tae said, carrying Kaoru back to her booth.

Kenshin got up and went to Kaoru's booth. Enishi narrowed his eyes as he saw Kenshin walk past him and towards Kaoru's booth.

As soon as Kenshin got there, Kaoru woke up. She groggily sat up with dull eyes. Ignoring everyone around her, she began drinking more sake. Kenshin quickly lunged for her and grabbed her wrists so she wouldn't drink any more. Her struggling was futile and she slowly began to relax and leaned onto Kenshin's chest. Kenshin placed the cups down and cradled her in his arms.

"Why is she drinking so much?" Kenshin asked, looking up at Tae for an answer.

"The pain of a broken heart." Tae said sadly, looking at the unconscious Kaoru.

Kenshin looked down at Kaoru's tear-stained face and dried it with his sleeve. She was abruptly taken away from his arms. He immediately stood up and glared at Enishi, who was now holding Kaoru in a bridal style.

"What are you doing?" Kenshin asked.

Enishi only glared at him with cold eyes, then he turned his back to him and began walking away.

"Hey! Where are you taking her?!" Kenshin demanded.

Kenshin's only response was "Stay away from my sister."

TBC

Yeah, I changed the summary. I thought it's better than my last summary. I got it off of the movie 'My sassy girl'. Great movie. Anywhoo…..

HA! You found out the relationship of Enishi and Kaoru! Brother and Sister! Well, not exactly, but you'll find out in the later chapters! Did you think Enishi liked Kaoru at the beginning? And not as a brotherly sisterly way? Ha! Fooled ya, didn't I? Hee-hee.

I love Variations on Kanon! On my sheet music, it says Variations on Kanon, not Canon. My favorite piano piece! If you haven't heard it, then you should go download it!

That song up there is called 'From the beginning to now' by RYU. Such a sad song… Remember to check tomorrow for chapter 3! I LOVE writing this fic!

Mou, such a long chapter! Oh well! Please tell me if I have any typos or anything, PLEASE! I would be most grateful!

Sorry if half of this chapter really sucked. Stupid me. I finished writing this chapter, and I forgot to save it, so I ended up deleting half of this chapter.

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