Amber Eyes

Chapter 3:Welcome To The Dojo

Summary It must be really lonely in that apartment building all alone. Kaoru invites Kenshin to stay at the dojo with her. What are these strange feelings?

I stayed and talked to Kenshin for hours before I noticed that I had dropped my weapon. He noticed it the same time that I did. "You were going to u-use that on my father weren't you?" I didn't say a word. I had just made a new friend and he was about to hate me. This was short. "Well? Don't be upset. My father hurt many people, that he did, and I don't blame you for being upset. I must ask though. What did he do to you?"
"He killed my father and left me all alone." Kenshin looked down at his feet. He wanted to know and I could think of no other way to tell him than the honest truth. So I told him. He kept looking at his feet for about five minutes then finally stood up and said,
"Well at least that is over with now. Would you like some dinner?" By this time I had finally noticed that I was hungry. I nodded heavily like I hadn't eaten in days. "Do you mind if I cook you something?"
"Not at all. Why would I?"
"Well you see. The last person that came over to this building didn't trust me enough to eat my food." I thought I could trust him by now, considering that he was not the murderer. "Well what would you like then?"
"Umm..hmm... last time I had some good shrimp was when my dad cooked it. You think you can make some good shrimp?"
"If you will go to the store and get some. Because you see, I am the splitting image of my father, and so no one likes me. Like how no one liked my father."

I nodded. It was very understandable for him to feel that way. I was about to leave and buy the shrimp and things with my own bit of money but he stopped me and gave me about two thousand more yen (around twenty dollars) to get the food. That was another symbol of niceness.

Within every second of knowing this stranger I started to like him more. But on my way back from the market I began to think about how his life must be like. Lonely and kind of creepy. All alone at night in that apartment building, no one there, not even on another floor. Thats when I came up with a very strange yet good idea.
"Kenshin? Would you like to move into my dojo with me? After all you must get awfully lonely up here all alone." I saw one of the most happiest looks glow off of his grin. I knew then that he would love to.
"Really? Are you sure? Wait, how will I get there without people thinking I am someone else?" I thought for a moment. That was a very good question. Then I thought of something. I reached into my purse and began to pull things out one by one looking for my make-up bag. "Oh no...I don't want to look like a girl Ms. Kaoru. Please!!" It was too late I had tackled him. "Orororororo......"
Within a few moments he looked like a very beautiful man. Rather a very ugly woman. Yet I thought that if I worked a little harder and put different clothes on him that he would look like any man's dream. Not that he liked the idea very much. "We will work on it tomorrow before we leave okay?"
"Do I really have a choice?"
"Not really." Kenshin and I happily ate our dinner and I slept over at his house that night, I was too bloated from his cooking to go to my hotel room. "That was great Kenshin, I haven't had that kind of cooking since... hmm... well never. Not even my father could cook like that."

Kenshin blushed, which made him look really cute. I never talk about guys looking cute but this was too cute to keep secret. It was funny too, because he still had the eyeshadow and the lipstick on from when I dressed him up a little. That is why I just cracked up laughing. The best part was... he forgot that he had the make-up on so he didn't know what I was laughing at. The only thing he could say about the situation was:
"Oro?"
The next morning he tried to hide from me. I woke up and he was out of his bed and he had left a note saying "I want to be a man!!" but he was easy to find under the sink. "Why do I have to be a girl?"
"I'm a girl and I like it just fine."
"I know but I'm a guy and I don't wanna change. Please Ms. Kaoru."
"It's too late. I have already picked everything out. You will wear this dress, these shoes, this lipstick, and these too." I pointed everything as I said it, and every time I pointed he seemed to look even more miserable. It took me a while but when we left the building the men were whistling at us and yelling.
"Look at those two fine girls!" Which made it hard to hold back laughing. My favorite thing was remembering that he had to stay in that getup for six days. He had to work and walk in it and in the morning he had to get it fixed again. He loathed it. He was so happy when I told him that we had arrived at my dojo, where he went straight in and asked,
"Where are the showers?" I pointed him to the showers and he was there in a flash. He was so glad to be out of girl closed. It wasn't until after he got in that he realized that all his clothes are dirty. Luckily I had some of my dad's old teenager clothes that he never wanted to get rid of. I was very embarassed when I had to go in and give them to him.
I walked into the bathroom and looked around. It was so foggy that I couldn't see. Then I decided to open the door so the steam could rush out. Then I saw him wrapped waist down in a small towel. I never expected him to look so cute. His hair all wet and his chest exposed. I had never expected to feel like that for... for him! At least I only thought he was cute. I didn't like him or anything. Not much... not ... too much.

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Chapter 4: Kenshin Works

Summary Kenshin gets a job at a local restaraunt that Kaoru is working and.... a new man comes to town... looking for.. Kenshin?