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That's when the romance begins to kick in, but it fades back out after
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Disclaimer: *Holds up sign* I WANT KENSHIN! GIVE ME KENSHIN! *Runs around with the sign that has a picture of Kenshin on it* Oh, I've been doing this all day, why can't I have him? *sob* I give up. I don't own anything.
~~~Café~~~ "Hungry?" I asked as Aoshi and I pulled out of my parking space.
"Why not."
"Cafe?"
"Couldn't hurt, could it."
"No it can't, but I'll hurt you if you don't stop being so damn annoying." I growled at him. Couldn't he just talk normally? Would that be so hard?
"You're a very... lively person." (A/N: I stole this line from "Moving On", hope no one minds!) He said smiling that odd smile again.
"Well, I'm glad you're amused." I muttered.
Within 5 minutes we were in front of my favorite cafe. They made the best ham and cheese croissants in the world. No exaggerating either, I mean it, it's that good. The moment I stepped inside I regretted it. There was Misao's 16 year old "brother" flirting with this girl. She treated him like a brother, even though he wasn't one. I guess you could say I treated him like one too. Even so, he was a prick. He acted like an ass to everyone, but the girl he was currently flirting with. With her he was like a different person, but I knew if he saw me with Aoshi, he would embarrass me to no end. Time to leave. "Let's go somewhere else, there's a lot of people here." I said turning to leave.
"No, I like it here. It has a nice atmosphere." Aoshi said spotting a free table that was perilously close to where Yahiko, Misao's "brother" was leaning over a blushing Tsubame.
"I know somewhere better. My treat." I was getting desperate. I was in no mood to talk to Yahiko. Plus, if he came over so would Tsubame, then Tae, and I was betting Misao was in the back, and they'd probably call her to come see me. Why didn't I realize that I was going where ALL of my friends hung out before I stopped here? Idiot, idiot, idiot...
"Why are you so eager to leave?" He said smiling. He was please with my nervousness. I outta...
"Busu!" I heard from across the room. Dear God, let me melt into the floor. "Who are you with?" The 16 year old walked up to Aoshi and I. Tsubame trailed behind shyly.
"Yahiko, must you be so rude?" I scolded him, and he looked a little bit embarrassed, but not very much.
"This is Aoshi. He's a... co-worker of mine." For lack of a better word....
"A co-worker. Ok," Yahiko smiled. I could tell what he was thinking. That little snot!
"Aoshi, this is Yahiko, and behind him is Tsubame. They work here part time." I explained. Aoshi nodded at them, and walked off to order something.
"Wow, Busu, I haven't seen you with a guy in 2 years." Yahiko said laughing. "I thought you turned lesbo or something."
"You are an Idiot. A teenaged idiot, do you know that?" I said waking him on the head, and walking off to order a croissant.
"What did I do?" He asked turning to Tsubame. She walked away looked displeased. Any female who heard that comment would have done the same. Why is it that at age 16 guys are at their most stupid age? It's like puberty causes them to lose common sense.
"Kaoru! Haven't seen you in nearly 2 weeks! I was getting worried for a while. If you don't come here, we won't be able to put some more meat on those bones! Pastries are good for you once in a while." Tae said hugging me from across the counter.
"Sorry for being gone so long, and you know I'm not a pastry person." I said smiling at her, "Tae this is Aoshi, Aoshi this is Tae."
"Hello." He said. Mr. Talkative.
"Hi!" She smiled brightly at him, "What would you like?"
"Coffee, black."
"No food? I thought you were hungry!" I said frowning at him.
"I never said I was hungry. You asked if I was hungry, and I said why not."
"You are soooo annoying!" I said as Tae walked away giggling, "This is not funny!" I yelled at her, but she just laughed harder. Great, just great.
"Kaoru!" Misao said rushing out of the back. "What's.up" She said, her smile fading a bit, "Excuse us." She said before I could squeeze out a word, and she dragged me into the back, "Where'd you meet him?"
"At work, he's new co-worker named Aoshi. Why?" Misao looked like a scared mouse moving back and forth, pacing relentlessly.
"He's the guy who taught me how to fight back at my foster home." Misao said quickly, looking down at the ground. No lies, no beating around the bush. She just came straight out with it. Good, I hate it when people avoid the point. I would have thanked her for being so blunt, but she looked so lost right now. For some reason that same directness I was silently praising seemed to scare me. Misao never acted like this.
"Misao you ran out there, sputtered three sentences, if you count my name as a sentence, and ran out of the main room with me. Maybe he didn't see your face." I said trying to comfort her because she seemed really sad, but it was like she hadn't heard a word I said. Maybe it was because I couldn't keep the sarcasm out of the sentence that caused her to ignore the comment. "Look, Misao, I've got to go, but you should try to think about other things than Aoshi. I don't trust him."
"I don't trust him either." She murmured. There was something about that answer that didn't sit well with me. He was an old friend, she should be happy to see him. Sure he got her into a gang, but still.
"Jesus girl, snap out of it. You're fine. He probably doesn't remember you." I said slapping her face lightly.
"Huh?" She looked up at me, and there was confusion in her big round eyes. It was like she wasn't sure what she SHOULD be feeling towards him. I hugged her, hoping to erase that look in her eyes, but when I drew back the look was still there.
"I'm leaving, with Aoshi now." I said it slowly so that she would hear.
"You're leaving with him?" She said, and she looked so fragile. Damnit, why do I feel guilty? Did she want me to stay and comfort her more? I can't. I wish I could, but I can't leave him out there waiting for me to return and take him home.
"Don't worry, I'm taking him home, he'll be gone soon. Call me ok?" I said turning to leave.
"Wait." She said as I moved to leave "Where did you meet him?"
"He's a new co-worker." I sense trouble. I already told her, so why was she asking again? I fucked up didn't I?
"You're lying. Aoshi wouldn't be caught dead working in some business office." She said looking at me in anger. The anger in her eyes burned into mine, all the confusion was gone like it had never been there. "Why are you lying to me Kaoru? What are you hiding?"
"Nothing Misao." I said with a hurt face. I wasn't really hurt. I was nervous about how much problems her knowing Aoshi would bring up.
"Are you two." She trailed off.
"NO!" The no was genuine. The hell would I go out with him?
"Then how do you now him?"
"." I didn't know what to say. It was obvious that he wasn't really a co- worker of mine. My mind was blanking. I didn't know how to respond at all.
"Fine. Don't tell me." She said, turning away from me.
"I'm really sorry Misao."
"It's ok." She said, turning her head to giving me a weak smile. "He's the past."
"Good. But I still want you to know, he isn't anything to me." I smiled at her, and she smiled back. She knew me well enough to know that I don't break my word, and I said that I wasn't going for him, that him and me weren't a couple, so she believed me about that at least. So, there we go. Everybody's happy. Well, not everybody, but close enough. She still would want to know how I know him, she still would want to know what was going on, but for now she accepted the current situation. Inside I knew that she would ask me those same questions again, but for right now, I could always just be happy that she had let it go. The world would be happier if everyone would just let it go.
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".nobody refuses my offers."
"Mighty cocky aren't you."
"Very cocky. Wanna see?" His smile widened. I didn't think he was talking about his personality. That pervert. I wanted to kick his ass right there and then.
"Very direct too." I said still smiling. You don't know how much effort it took not to glare at him.
"Dance with me?" He said.
"I have a boyfriend."
"Your point?" He said grabbing hold of my hand, and pulling me close to him.
"This is sexual harassment." I said as began to move my hips to the rhythm.
"No, this is sexual harassment," he said grabbing my ass with his right hand. I was so cutting that hand off.
Disclaimer: *Holds up sign* I WANT KENSHIN! GIVE ME KENSHIN! *Runs around with the sign that has a picture of Kenshin on it* Oh, I've been doing this all day, why can't I have him? *sob* I give up. I don't own anything.
~~~Café~~~ "Hungry?" I asked as Aoshi and I pulled out of my parking space.
"Why not."
"Cafe?"
"Couldn't hurt, could it."
"No it can't, but I'll hurt you if you don't stop being so damn annoying." I growled at him. Couldn't he just talk normally? Would that be so hard?
"You're a very... lively person." (A/N: I stole this line from "Moving On", hope no one minds!) He said smiling that odd smile again.
"Well, I'm glad you're amused." I muttered.
Within 5 minutes we were in front of my favorite cafe. They made the best ham and cheese croissants in the world. No exaggerating either, I mean it, it's that good. The moment I stepped inside I regretted it. There was Misao's 16 year old "brother" flirting with this girl. She treated him like a brother, even though he wasn't one. I guess you could say I treated him like one too. Even so, he was a prick. He acted like an ass to everyone, but the girl he was currently flirting with. With her he was like a different person, but I knew if he saw me with Aoshi, he would embarrass me to no end. Time to leave. "Let's go somewhere else, there's a lot of people here." I said turning to leave.
"No, I like it here. It has a nice atmosphere." Aoshi said spotting a free table that was perilously close to where Yahiko, Misao's "brother" was leaning over a blushing Tsubame.
"I know somewhere better. My treat." I was getting desperate. I was in no mood to talk to Yahiko. Plus, if he came over so would Tsubame, then Tae, and I was betting Misao was in the back, and they'd probably call her to come see me. Why didn't I realize that I was going where ALL of my friends hung out before I stopped here? Idiot, idiot, idiot...
"Why are you so eager to leave?" He said smiling. He was please with my nervousness. I outta...
"Busu!" I heard from across the room. Dear God, let me melt into the floor. "Who are you with?" The 16 year old walked up to Aoshi and I. Tsubame trailed behind shyly.
"Yahiko, must you be so rude?" I scolded him, and he looked a little bit embarrassed, but not very much.
"This is Aoshi. He's a... co-worker of mine." For lack of a better word....
"A co-worker. Ok," Yahiko smiled. I could tell what he was thinking. That little snot!
"Aoshi, this is Yahiko, and behind him is Tsubame. They work here part time." I explained. Aoshi nodded at them, and walked off to order something.
"Wow, Busu, I haven't seen you with a guy in 2 years." Yahiko said laughing. "I thought you turned lesbo or something."
"You are an Idiot. A teenaged idiot, do you know that?" I said waking him on the head, and walking off to order a croissant.
"What did I do?" He asked turning to Tsubame. She walked away looked displeased. Any female who heard that comment would have done the same. Why is it that at age 16 guys are at their most stupid age? It's like puberty causes them to lose common sense.
"Kaoru! Haven't seen you in nearly 2 weeks! I was getting worried for a while. If you don't come here, we won't be able to put some more meat on those bones! Pastries are good for you once in a while." Tae said hugging me from across the counter.
"Sorry for being gone so long, and you know I'm not a pastry person." I said smiling at her, "Tae this is Aoshi, Aoshi this is Tae."
"Hello." He said. Mr. Talkative.
"Hi!" She smiled brightly at him, "What would you like?"
"Coffee, black."
"No food? I thought you were hungry!" I said frowning at him.
"I never said I was hungry. You asked if I was hungry, and I said why not."
"You are soooo annoying!" I said as Tae walked away giggling, "This is not funny!" I yelled at her, but she just laughed harder. Great, just great.
"Kaoru!" Misao said rushing out of the back. "What's.up" She said, her smile fading a bit, "Excuse us." She said before I could squeeze out a word, and she dragged me into the back, "Where'd you meet him?"
"At work, he's new co-worker named Aoshi. Why?" Misao looked like a scared mouse moving back and forth, pacing relentlessly.
"He's the guy who taught me how to fight back at my foster home." Misao said quickly, looking down at the ground. No lies, no beating around the bush. She just came straight out with it. Good, I hate it when people avoid the point. I would have thanked her for being so blunt, but she looked so lost right now. For some reason that same directness I was silently praising seemed to scare me. Misao never acted like this.
"Misao you ran out there, sputtered three sentences, if you count my name as a sentence, and ran out of the main room with me. Maybe he didn't see your face." I said trying to comfort her because she seemed really sad, but it was like she hadn't heard a word I said. Maybe it was because I couldn't keep the sarcasm out of the sentence that caused her to ignore the comment. "Look, Misao, I've got to go, but you should try to think about other things than Aoshi. I don't trust him."
"I don't trust him either." She murmured. There was something about that answer that didn't sit well with me. He was an old friend, she should be happy to see him. Sure he got her into a gang, but still.
"Jesus girl, snap out of it. You're fine. He probably doesn't remember you." I said slapping her face lightly.
"Huh?" She looked up at me, and there was confusion in her big round eyes. It was like she wasn't sure what she SHOULD be feeling towards him. I hugged her, hoping to erase that look in her eyes, but when I drew back the look was still there.
"I'm leaving, with Aoshi now." I said it slowly so that she would hear.
"You're leaving with him?" She said, and she looked so fragile. Damnit, why do I feel guilty? Did she want me to stay and comfort her more? I can't. I wish I could, but I can't leave him out there waiting for me to return and take him home.
"Don't worry, I'm taking him home, he'll be gone soon. Call me ok?" I said turning to leave.
"Wait." She said as I moved to leave "Where did you meet him?"
"He's a new co-worker." I sense trouble. I already told her, so why was she asking again? I fucked up didn't I?
"You're lying. Aoshi wouldn't be caught dead working in some business office." She said looking at me in anger. The anger in her eyes burned into mine, all the confusion was gone like it had never been there. "Why are you lying to me Kaoru? What are you hiding?"
"Nothing Misao." I said with a hurt face. I wasn't really hurt. I was nervous about how much problems her knowing Aoshi would bring up.
"Are you two." She trailed off.
"NO!" The no was genuine. The hell would I go out with him?
"Then how do you now him?"
"." I didn't know what to say. It was obvious that he wasn't really a co- worker of mine. My mind was blanking. I didn't know how to respond at all.
"Fine. Don't tell me." She said, turning away from me.
"I'm really sorry Misao."
"It's ok." She said, turning her head to giving me a weak smile. "He's the past."
"Good. But I still want you to know, he isn't anything to me." I smiled at her, and she smiled back. She knew me well enough to know that I don't break my word, and I said that I wasn't going for him, that him and me weren't a couple, so she believed me about that at least. So, there we go. Everybody's happy. Well, not everybody, but close enough. She still would want to know how I know him, she still would want to know what was going on, but for now she accepted the current situation. Inside I knew that she would ask me those same questions again, but for right now, I could always just be happy that she had let it go. The world would be happier if everyone would just let it go.
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".nobody refuses my offers."
"Mighty cocky aren't you."
"Very cocky. Wanna see?" His smile widened. I didn't think he was talking about his personality. That pervert. I wanted to kick his ass right there and then.
"Very direct too." I said still smiling. You don't know how much effort it took not to glare at him.
"Dance with me?" He said.
"I have a boyfriend."
"Your point?" He said grabbing hold of my hand, and pulling me close to him.
"This is sexual harassment." I said as began to move my hips to the rhythm.
"No, this is sexual harassment," he said grabbing my ass with his right hand. I was so cutting that hand off.