I do not own Rurouni Kenshin
SEVENTEEN
Soujiro and Kaoru walked into the lounge and Enishi finally started to calm down. Kaoru had round puffy eyes and her
nose was a slight red.
"Are you... feeling better?" Enishi asked carefully.
Kaoru forced a light smile, "I'll be okay."
Enishi sighed loudly, "That's good to hear. I was afraid Soujiro would just make things worse."
Soujiro threw a cushion at Enishi, "Hey Yukishiro Enishi you better watch it or I'm going to have my girlfriend beat you up!"
Kaoru laughed at Soujiro's comment as Enishi smiled too glad to see Kaoru feeling better.
"I just want to thank all of you.." Karou said suddenly.
"For what?" Aoshi asked a bit confused.
Kaoru looked like she had just totally given up, "I'm going back to California in 3 more days."
"What?!" Enishi asked a bit surprised.
"My engagement with Kenshin-san was cancelled and I don't think Megumi would approve of me staying in Japan with Jino,"
Kaoru explained.
"Hold on a minute there. You're taking Jino with you too?!" Soujiro asked just as surprised as Enishi now.
Kaoru nodded, "Jino will keep my mind off of Kenshin-san..."
Aoshi quickly tried to turn the subject away from Kenshin, "Well it is much better for Jino since he won't have to stay in that
orphanage anymore."
"You're just going to leave?" Enishi suddenly asked.
"I don't have any more reasons to stay..." Kaoru verified.
Enishi got up from the couch and walked out of the lounge angrily. Kaoru got up from her seat and went after Enishi.
"Is it just me or is there a lot of crap going on today?" Aoshi asked towards Soujiro.
Soujiro shrugged, "It's not like Misao and I ever have problems."
Aoshi rolled his eyes at Soujiro, "What if I told you I liked Misao?"
Soujiro looked like the though it self was fatal, "I'd have to kill you Shinomori Aoshi."
"My point exactly," Aoshi said smiling triumphantly.
Kaoru ran after Enishi who was going out of the door. She hurried and grabbed one of his arms to stop him.
"Why are you doing this to me too?" Kaoru asked upsettingly.
Enishi smiled angrily, "Why am I doing this to you? Why am I doing this to you? Why are you doing this to me! Am I just the back
up of Kenshin? Is that all I am to you?"
Kaoru started understanding what Enishi was talking about, "We're friends Enishi-san... I mean... aren't we?"
Enishi threw his hands up, "If that's what you want to think."
"Enishi-san, I want to know what you think," Kaoru said firmly.
"It doesn't matter," Enishi said emotionlessly.
Kaoru quickly cut in, "It does matter. It matters to me."
"So if I tell you I love you is that going to change anything? Will it make a difference?" Enishi asked knowing the answer.
Kaoru looked absolutely shocked and confused, "But you don't... right?"
"No Kaoru, actually I do," Enishi said simply as Kaoru slowly took a seat on the cement floor.
"How come you never told me..." Kaoru asked, not understanding how she was to deal with all this drama going on in her life.
"Because it didn't matter whether I told you or not," Enishi answered easily.
Kaoru sighed, "Why though... why me..."
Enishi couldn't understand the way Kaoru thought, "It really doesn't matter at this point."
"How did you... how did you comfort me all those times I came to you because of Kenshin-san... how'd you... " Kaoru asked
nervously.
"Easily... I loved you... " Enishi said quietly.
"I... I don't know what to say... " Kaoru said upsettingly.
Enishi finally smiled regretting being so nasty after realizing how uncomfortable and sorry Kaoru was, "It doesn't matter Kaoru.
Like always I've got to give everything up for my older brother."
"You deserve better then me anyway Enishi-san," Kaoru said truthfully.
"It doesn't get better then Kamiya Kaoru," Enishi said forcing a smile.
Kaoru looked like she was going to cry
"Can I have one last hug?" Enishi asked with open arms.
Kaoru nodded as she walked into Enishi's arm.
Enishi felt every single angry cell in him disappearing as he felt Kaoru's small body in his embrace. He felt like he could never
let go. Her aromatic hair would never again be close enough to smell, her arms would never again wrap around his neck, he
would never be fulfilled just by her presence... nothing of her belonged to him any more.
Always giving up things he loved for his older brother Kenshin... always...
~Aya~
SEVENTEEN
Soujiro and Kaoru walked into the lounge and Enishi finally started to calm down. Kaoru had round puffy eyes and her
nose was a slight red.
"Are you... feeling better?" Enishi asked carefully.
Kaoru forced a light smile, "I'll be okay."
Enishi sighed loudly, "That's good to hear. I was afraid Soujiro would just make things worse."
Soujiro threw a cushion at Enishi, "Hey Yukishiro Enishi you better watch it or I'm going to have my girlfriend beat you up!"
Kaoru laughed at Soujiro's comment as Enishi smiled too glad to see Kaoru feeling better.
"I just want to thank all of you.." Karou said suddenly.
"For what?" Aoshi asked a bit confused.
Kaoru looked like she had just totally given up, "I'm going back to California in 3 more days."
"What?!" Enishi asked a bit surprised.
"My engagement with Kenshin-san was cancelled and I don't think Megumi would approve of me staying in Japan with Jino,"
Kaoru explained.
"Hold on a minute there. You're taking Jino with you too?!" Soujiro asked just as surprised as Enishi now.
Kaoru nodded, "Jino will keep my mind off of Kenshin-san..."
Aoshi quickly tried to turn the subject away from Kenshin, "Well it is much better for Jino since he won't have to stay in that
orphanage anymore."
"You're just going to leave?" Enishi suddenly asked.
"I don't have any more reasons to stay..." Kaoru verified.
Enishi got up from the couch and walked out of the lounge angrily. Kaoru got up from her seat and went after Enishi.
"Is it just me or is there a lot of crap going on today?" Aoshi asked towards Soujiro.
Soujiro shrugged, "It's not like Misao and I ever have problems."
Aoshi rolled his eyes at Soujiro, "What if I told you I liked Misao?"
Soujiro looked like the though it self was fatal, "I'd have to kill you Shinomori Aoshi."
"My point exactly," Aoshi said smiling triumphantly.
Kaoru ran after Enishi who was going out of the door. She hurried and grabbed one of his arms to stop him.
"Why are you doing this to me too?" Kaoru asked upsettingly.
Enishi smiled angrily, "Why am I doing this to you? Why am I doing this to you? Why are you doing this to me! Am I just the back
up of Kenshin? Is that all I am to you?"
Kaoru started understanding what Enishi was talking about, "We're friends Enishi-san... I mean... aren't we?"
Enishi threw his hands up, "If that's what you want to think."
"Enishi-san, I want to know what you think," Kaoru said firmly.
"It doesn't matter," Enishi said emotionlessly.
Kaoru quickly cut in, "It does matter. It matters to me."
"So if I tell you I love you is that going to change anything? Will it make a difference?" Enishi asked knowing the answer.
Kaoru looked absolutely shocked and confused, "But you don't... right?"
"No Kaoru, actually I do," Enishi said simply as Kaoru slowly took a seat on the cement floor.
"How come you never told me..." Kaoru asked, not understanding how she was to deal with all this drama going on in her life.
"Because it didn't matter whether I told you or not," Enishi answered easily.
Kaoru sighed, "Why though... why me..."
Enishi couldn't understand the way Kaoru thought, "It really doesn't matter at this point."
"How did you... how did you comfort me all those times I came to you because of Kenshin-san... how'd you... " Kaoru asked
nervously.
"Easily... I loved you... " Enishi said quietly.
"I... I don't know what to say... " Kaoru said upsettingly.
Enishi finally smiled regretting being so nasty after realizing how uncomfortable and sorry Kaoru was, "It doesn't matter Kaoru.
Like always I've got to give everything up for my older brother."
"You deserve better then me anyway Enishi-san," Kaoru said truthfully.
"It doesn't get better then Kamiya Kaoru," Enishi said forcing a smile.
Kaoru looked like she was going to cry
"Can I have one last hug?" Enishi asked with open arms.
Kaoru nodded as she walked into Enishi's arm.
Enishi felt every single angry cell in him disappearing as he felt Kaoru's small body in his embrace. He felt like he could never
let go. Her aromatic hair would never again be close enough to smell, her arms would never again wrap around his neck, he
would never be fulfilled just by her presence... nothing of her belonged to him any more.
Always giving up things he loved for his older brother Kenshin... always...
~Aya~