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Love's Charms
Chapter Two
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Kenshin was already pissed off after 12 customers. The first one had been fine, but there were 3 who had accents so thick, while another was talking rapidly on a cell phone, and telling Kenshin what they wanted in between breaths. Another one, somewhere near the middle, was mute, and had tried to communicate to Kenshin through sign language. Heh, and it was just his luck, to get all the trouble just when Aoshi took his break. Well, you can't blame the mute, or the people with accents, maybe the cell phone addict, but they just all got on his nerves.
Kenshin tried very hard not to throw a fit and cause a big scene, but just as he was about to blow up -having the short temper that he has- he was about to blow up when the girl he had seen earlier with Misao walked up. Suddenly, he was tongue tied and started stuttering. "Wel-Welcome to St-Starbucks. Ma-May I take y-your order?" he blurted. 'BAKA! BAKA! BAKA!' thought Kenshin, mentally kicking himself. 'Don't act like this! You don't even know her and you're nervous. Just because she's beautiful… with that long hair contrasting her elegant skin… and those blue eyes… Wait! Pay attention! Dammit Kenshin, don't get fired!'
While Kenshin was throwing a mental fit, Kaoru was too busy looking at the menu, having trouble deciding what to get to notice. "Umm… what do you suggest?" said Kaoru, out of the blue, knocking Kenshin from his thoughts. "Either the… erm… caramel frappachino or… a tall mocha?" said Kenshin, kind of in a questionish voice, unsure of what to say. "I was just thinking that…" responded Kaoru.
"Then, may I get a caramel frappachino please?"
"Err, yeah sure. You're name?"
"Kaoru."
"Thank you, that'll be $2.57"
Kenshin wrote her name on the cup, still a bit nervous, but he managed to stop stuttering. While Kenshin was ringing up the register, Kaoru couldn't help but notice how cute he was. At first, his red hair kept Kaoru's eyes away from the rest of his face, but when she saw his eyes when he looked up, she felt… weird. And the cross-shaped scar surprised her the most. Inside though, Kaoru didn't mind at all. She thought it was rather… him. Kaoru knew that she barely knew him, but she couldn't help staring at him for a while.
"Umm… miss?"
Kenshin was getting even more nervous, and he could tell that the girl, Kaoru, was checking out his scar. Suddenly, he felt very ashamed… and his mind wandered back toward the day he got the horrible mark, but he reverted his attention back toward the girl, and pushed back the past. 'Where it should be…' he thought. Kaoru snapped her gaze away and handed him the money. Then, shyly nodding, she said her thanks and made her way over toward the other side of the room to pick up her frappachino.
Just as Kenshin sighed, he heard a voice behind him which caused him to jump. He didn't even hear Aoshi come out, but he was too nervous about Kaoru to notice anyways. "My break is over, and so is your shift." Kenshin turned around to meet cold blue eyes, and scurried away quickly after politely nodding.
'Phew…' thought Kenshin, as he looked back towards Aoshi. He pushed open the door that read 'Employees Only' and changed. If it weren't for the fact that Aoshi was one of the reasons people came here, Aoshi would've gotten fired long ago… because strangely… more and more girls came to bug Aoshi, which meant ordering something just to talk to him. Kenshin would've thought that working with Aoshi would be a pain, but it turns out that Aoshi was neutral, and didn't bother him. His voice may be cold, but he was not. But he wasn't nice either. You could never tell.
But as Kenshin took off his dirty green apron, and hung it up, he couldn't help but let his mind wander toward Kaoru. Then, he made his way out toward Sanosuke, who was still flirting with the green – haired girl. 'I wonder if I'll see her again.'
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To Be Continued
I thought I would leave a cliffhanger. Hehe, I'm so evil. *shmiles* anyways, review please!!! I'm going to go write the third chapter now. Reviews are good for the story's health. If it doesn't get any, it'll DIE. Bwahahaha. Jpjp
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