Disclaimer- I do not own Rurouni Kenshin. You know the rest...
A/N- it's been forever and a day folks and for that I apologize for being a lazy bum who had the chapter written out and everything but was too scared of typing it out. My keyboard can get pretty intimidating...I'm not the best typer in the world you know! Plus it's been excrutiatingly hot and humid over here in Nebraska-land. u so, without further ado,...
Story Time
About half an hour later, Kenshin pulled into her super long driveway. She jumped up from the dining room table and grabbed her purse. Then she quickly strode out the door right past a mid-knocking Kenshin to his car.
"Right." He smiled and turned around to jog back to his car where she was already buckling up, "I take it we're skipping the casual greeting?" he rose an eyebrow at her as he started the car and backed out of the driveway.
"Yeah, sorry I just wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible." She mumbled digging through her purse looking for something. He turned the car around and started down the road. She stopped fumbling around, giving up on finding it, and took a deep breath, "Hello Kenshin." She smiled over at him.
"Why hello Miss. Kaoru, such a surprise to see you here." She glanced around her,
"So, were are we going?"
"Wait," Kenshin laughed, "I thought you knew!"
"Are you insane? I'm horrible at planning and I have the worst sense of direction imaginable adding to the fact that I haven't been here forever, I figured you would know the beat place to go..."
"hmm," he weighed his options silently then grinned and shook his head.
"What?"
"Kareoke?" Kaoru bit her lip,
"Singing...why not?" she snorted and Kenshin made a U-turn and headed towards a different town.
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It hurt, no...it burned. The pain seared through her head as her eyes opened slowly then blinked at the ceiling. She sat up quickly and looked around her breathing hard. She was at home, on the couch wearing the clothes she had on last night and a blanket was carefully tucked around her. Last night...what happened? All she could remember was karaoke,...Kenshin,...and oh God, margaritas. She was experiencing the mother of all hangovers. She groaned and placed a sweaty hand on her forehead.
She slowly laid back down and wondered how she got home. It was then she realized Kenshin must've brought her and made sure she was okay, she owed him one. Then she blushed realizing how foolish she must've seemed and acted.
"I can not believe I got drunk!" she exclaimed then winced when the sound of her voice sent pain pounding through her head. She had to apologize to Kenshin for her behavior. She forced herself to get up, wincing at even the slightest movement and slipped on her sunglasses to meet the bright sun as she stepped outside to get to her car.
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There he was, piling hay into the back of his beat-up truck.
"Hey." She mumbled walking over to him. He stopped and looked over his shoulder clearly surprised at her random visit.
"Hi," he slid his gloves off and leaned his side onto the truck squinting at her because the sun was glaring in his eyes, "How are you feeling?"
"I've got the worst migraine in the world but otherwise, swell." She slid her hands into her pockets and smiled at him.
"Asprin'll help."
"I'd appreciate it."
"C'mon then." He smiled and they walked up to his house.
He held the screen door for her then disappeared into the bathroom to scrounge for the aspirin in the medicine cabinet. She, meanwhile, was gaping slightly at his beautiful home. There was magnificent art work on the walls from all the masters that mingled with pictures of family. It looked like he was a family man. Adding to that fact was he had a huge beautiful family.
"Here." He handed her two aspirins and a tall glass of water. She quietly thanked him and swallowed them.
"Nice place." She smiled and looked around her some more slidding her sunglasses off.
"Yeah, my mom and sister helped me fix it up."
"Ah," she laughed.
"I did choose the artwork though." He offered raising an eyebrow with a hint of humor in his eyes.
"I've got to give you credit for that I suppose," she teased then bit her bottom lip, "Um,... about last night."
Kenshin shook his head, "No need to apologize."
"No, I've got to, really. I am truly sorry."
Kenshin smiled softly, "Apology unnecessary but accepted all the same. You have a good voice."
"Great," she snorted, "that relieves some of the emabarrassment. But, I wanted to thank you for taking care of me."
"Anytime."
"I didn't,...you know, say anything too weird did I?"
"Well," he paused, choosing his words carefully, "You did mention something that I wanted to ask you about."
"Oh." Her face fell a bit.
"C'mon, let's go somewhere else."
She nodded and followed him to his truck and they drove down to the local diner.
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They chose a table for two outside on the front deck.
"Is it fun living out on a ranch?"
"Yeah," Kenshin grinned as he spoke, "I'll take you riding some day."
"Really?"
"Sure."
"I've always wanted to ride again but, I never found the time."
"Well you'll have to make some time."
"I can't wait!" she smiled.
"It's a promise." He sighed softly and settled back into his chair to observe her. Feeling his eyes watching her, she met his gaze with a slight smile,
"What?"
"What you said,..."
"Oh," she got serious, "What was it exactly."
"You told me something about a story of yours coming...true." He paused and their eyes met, "a murder story."
"..."
"Is it true?"
"Yeah."
"Have you told anyone else? The police maybe?"
"And tell them what? 'Hi you know that whole murder case? Well, I kinda wrote about it before it happened...' they'd put me away."(said like the 'old woman' from my favorite comedy movie...Sara knows***)
"Miss. Kaoru," he leaned forward, "The whole thing hit way to close to home. There has to be something going on here and you could be in danger."
"Just forget what I said because I'm not scared and there is no reason to be."
"Miss. Kao-"
"No." she whispered calmly, standing up, "it was coincidence, pure coincidence, that's all." She walked down the steps to leave because she had to get away. She couldn't just open herself up like that. But, she stopped when she felt a strong but gentle grip on her arm, Kenshin. He turned her around to face him but she kept her eyes looking to the side so not as to meet his eyes.
"Kaoru." He lifted her chin with his index finger to borrow her vision. A tear managed to escape from her sapphire eyes and he gently pulled her into an embrace, "shhhh." He whispered wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her head as she cried silently into his shoulder. She sniffed a moment later and whispered,
"I'm scared Kenshin, I'm so scared." Her hands gripped the fabric of his shirt tightly and he kissed her hair as she rested her head in the nook between his head and his shoulder breathing in his scent and calming.
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A/N- Hows that? Now she's going back to Chicago and I'm gonna play with the whole murder story thing and bring out more details on that but Kenshin will come back and yeah...just wait. I'm excited with where this story is going. While your waiting for the next update, please check out The List and leave ideas for me to work with because I greatly need them! Thanx bunches ^ ^
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A/N- it's been forever and a day folks and for that I apologize for being a lazy bum who had the chapter written out and everything but was too scared of typing it out. My keyboard can get pretty intimidating...I'm not the best typer in the world you know! Plus it's been excrutiatingly hot and humid over here in Nebraska-land. u so, without further ado,...
Story Time
About half an hour later, Kenshin pulled into her super long driveway. She jumped up from the dining room table and grabbed her purse. Then she quickly strode out the door right past a mid-knocking Kenshin to his car.
"Right." He smiled and turned around to jog back to his car where she was already buckling up, "I take it we're skipping the casual greeting?" he rose an eyebrow at her as he started the car and backed out of the driveway.
"Yeah, sorry I just wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible." She mumbled digging through her purse looking for something. He turned the car around and started down the road. She stopped fumbling around, giving up on finding it, and took a deep breath, "Hello Kenshin." She smiled over at him.
"Why hello Miss. Kaoru, such a surprise to see you here." She glanced around her,
"So, were are we going?"
"Wait," Kenshin laughed, "I thought you knew!"
"Are you insane? I'm horrible at planning and I have the worst sense of direction imaginable adding to the fact that I haven't been here forever, I figured you would know the beat place to go..."
"hmm," he weighed his options silently then grinned and shook his head.
"What?"
"Kareoke?" Kaoru bit her lip,
"Singing...why not?" she snorted and Kenshin made a U-turn and headed towards a different town.
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It hurt, no...it burned. The pain seared through her head as her eyes opened slowly then blinked at the ceiling. She sat up quickly and looked around her breathing hard. She was at home, on the couch wearing the clothes she had on last night and a blanket was carefully tucked around her. Last night...what happened? All she could remember was karaoke,...Kenshin,...and oh God, margaritas. She was experiencing the mother of all hangovers. She groaned and placed a sweaty hand on her forehead.
She slowly laid back down and wondered how she got home. It was then she realized Kenshin must've brought her and made sure she was okay, she owed him one. Then she blushed realizing how foolish she must've seemed and acted.
"I can not believe I got drunk!" she exclaimed then winced when the sound of her voice sent pain pounding through her head. She had to apologize to Kenshin for her behavior. She forced herself to get up, wincing at even the slightest movement and slipped on her sunglasses to meet the bright sun as she stepped outside to get to her car.
------------------------------- --------- --------- --- ------ ---_-_-_-_-_- _-_-_-_ _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-----_-_----_-
There he was, piling hay into the back of his beat-up truck.
"Hey." She mumbled walking over to him. He stopped and looked over his shoulder clearly surprised at her random visit.
"Hi," he slid his gloves off and leaned his side onto the truck squinting at her because the sun was glaring in his eyes, "How are you feeling?"
"I've got the worst migraine in the world but otherwise, swell." She slid her hands into her pockets and smiled at him.
"Asprin'll help."
"I'd appreciate it."
"C'mon then." He smiled and they walked up to his house.
He held the screen door for her then disappeared into the bathroom to scrounge for the aspirin in the medicine cabinet. She, meanwhile, was gaping slightly at his beautiful home. There was magnificent art work on the walls from all the masters that mingled with pictures of family. It looked like he was a family man. Adding to that fact was he had a huge beautiful family.
"Here." He handed her two aspirins and a tall glass of water. She quietly thanked him and swallowed them.
"Nice place." She smiled and looked around her some more slidding her sunglasses off.
"Yeah, my mom and sister helped me fix it up."
"Ah," she laughed.
"I did choose the artwork though." He offered raising an eyebrow with a hint of humor in his eyes.
"I've got to give you credit for that I suppose," she teased then bit her bottom lip, "Um,... about last night."
Kenshin shook his head, "No need to apologize."
"No, I've got to, really. I am truly sorry."
Kenshin smiled softly, "Apology unnecessary but accepted all the same. You have a good voice."
"Great," she snorted, "that relieves some of the emabarrassment. But, I wanted to thank you for taking care of me."
"Anytime."
"I didn't,...you know, say anything too weird did I?"
"Well," he paused, choosing his words carefully, "You did mention something that I wanted to ask you about."
"Oh." Her face fell a bit.
"C'mon, let's go somewhere else."
She nodded and followed him to his truck and they drove down to the local diner.
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They chose a table for two outside on the front deck.
"Is it fun living out on a ranch?"
"Yeah," Kenshin grinned as he spoke, "I'll take you riding some day."
"Really?"
"Sure."
"I've always wanted to ride again but, I never found the time."
"Well you'll have to make some time."
"I can't wait!" she smiled.
"It's a promise." He sighed softly and settled back into his chair to observe her. Feeling his eyes watching her, she met his gaze with a slight smile,
"What?"
"What you said,..."
"Oh," she got serious, "What was it exactly."
"You told me something about a story of yours coming...true." He paused and their eyes met, "a murder story."
"..."
"Is it true?"
"Yeah."
"Have you told anyone else? The police maybe?"
"And tell them what? 'Hi you know that whole murder case? Well, I kinda wrote about it before it happened...' they'd put me away."(said like the 'old woman' from my favorite comedy movie...Sara knows***)
"Miss. Kaoru," he leaned forward, "The whole thing hit way to close to home. There has to be something going on here and you could be in danger."
"Just forget what I said because I'm not scared and there is no reason to be."
"Miss. Kao-"
"No." she whispered calmly, standing up, "it was coincidence, pure coincidence, that's all." She walked down the steps to leave because she had to get away. She couldn't just open herself up like that. But, she stopped when she felt a strong but gentle grip on her arm, Kenshin. He turned her around to face him but she kept her eyes looking to the side so not as to meet his eyes.
"Kaoru." He lifted her chin with his index finger to borrow her vision. A tear managed to escape from her sapphire eyes and he gently pulled her into an embrace, "shhhh." He whispered wrapping his arms around her and resting his chin on her head as she cried silently into his shoulder. She sniffed a moment later and whispered,
"I'm scared Kenshin, I'm so scared." Her hands gripped the fabric of his shirt tightly and he kissed her hair as she rested her head in the nook between his head and his shoulder breathing in his scent and calming.
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A/N- Hows that? Now she's going back to Chicago and I'm gonna play with the whole murder story thing and bring out more details on that but Kenshin will come back and yeah...just wait. I'm excited with where this story is going. While your waiting for the next update, please check out The List and leave ideas for me to work with because I greatly need them! Thanx bunches ^ ^
Review!!
Review!!!
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