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Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. I'm just a fan writing for my own amusement.
"Kenshin, do you like it here?" She continued to watch him chop vegetables.
"It is a little stuffy in the kitchen from the heat, that it is," he answered.
Kaoru looked up from the neat slices of vegetables up into his face. "That is not what I meant Kenshin."
"Gomen nasai, Kaoru-dono."
"Do you like living in here, with Yahiko, and me?"
Kenshin wore a big smile. "Hai. It is better than wandering, that it is."
"Do you like living here, with me?"
Kenshin looked quizzically at her serious face. "That is the same question Kaoru-dono."
"Iie Kenshin, it isn't," she said in a matter-of-fact tone. "It is different. Please answer me."
Kenshin moved over to dump the vegetables in the dish that he's making, thinking about his answer. "I like living here, Kaoru-dono. With you."
The last was said a bit uncertainly but Kaoru ignored it.
'Why can't I just come out and say it? I will though. Today.'
"Kenshin, will you…stay here with me?"
"If you want me to, Kaoru-dono," Kenshin answered a bit nervously, eying Kaoru.
'What is with this guy? Can't Kenshin ever make a decision by himself?'
"Kenshin," Kaoru sighed again. She continued to watch him prepare dinner. Then, when he came in reach of her she reached out and grabbed his wrist.
She pulled Kenshin out of the kitchen, him 'oro'-ing all the way.
"Kaoru-dono! Where are you taking me?" Then when she didn't answer, "Kaoru-dono, the food will burn, that it will!"
"Who cares?!" She said not letting him stop her.
"Yahiko, and, Sano might come over. They wouldn't like burnt food. Kaoru-dono, where are you taking me?"
She didn't answer. She pulled him along like a rag doll. They ended up outside of the city in a small clearing. Kaoru stopped abruptly, almost causing the poor rurouni to run into her. She sat down dragging him along with her.
He fidgeted, squirming around trying to get comfortable on the hard ground. "Kaoru-dono, why are we out of the city?"
"Why? Because it is beautiful out here," she said taking in the fresh summer air.
"No it isn't," he answered truthfully for her, "there are nits all over the place and it's hot, that it is."
"Kenshin, do you have to complain? At least it's warm." Kaoru told Kenshin, taking her eyes off him to gaze into the blue sky.
Kaoru was holding both of Kenshin's wrists, sitting facing him. She closed her eyes letting the cool breeze blow by her.
Kenshin stayed in the position that Kaoru dragged him down into starring at her face. He didn't know what she was doing so he contented himself with staying still. Her mood could change so fast, he didn't want to get her angry.
"Kaoru-dono, what are we doing out here, de gozaru ka?" He wanted to know now. Kenshin doesn't like surprises. Kaoru was doing all that his senses say that she shouldn't be doing. She has never acted this way before.
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