Amber Eyes
Chapter 16: The Honeymoon
Summary Where do Kenshin and Kaoru go on their honeymoon? What do they do? What is the effect?
I felt a certain glow in Kenshin as we walked to the carriage. One that I had never felt before. It was the feeling that I was safe. The feeling that no matter what I did, he would be there right next to me. It was an unbelievable feeling that made me want him at that moment.
I raised my leg to get in the carriage, showing a bit of my skin, and Kenshin grabbed it and looked up at me. "I believe that I should carry you, that I should." He gave me his smile, the smile that I had waited weeks to look at while he was sick, and picked me up.
"Kenshin, I can get into the cart by myself, you don't have to carry me."
"Oh but I do aisai." the words he spoke stunned me. He seemed to stun me every day lately. He called me right though. I was his wife. 'wait a second.... I am a wife. He.... Kenshin is my husband, my aisaika.'
"Kenshin, I love you, my dear husband."
"Well," he laughed, "I already knew that." he kissed my forehead and watched as my cheeks blushed, and continued carrying me into the carriage, my arm around his neck. "Well, I guess it is time for a honeymoon, wouldn't you say so?" Honeymoon? When did he plan a honeymoon?
"You planned a..... honeymoon?"
"Yes koishii, for just the two of us, up in the mountain." I gulped hard. I was afraid of heights, that was why I asked him for it to be at the foot of the mountain.
"U-up in the m-mountain?"
"Yes. Why do you seem worried Kaoru?"
"Oh, uh, nothing Kenshin, I just have a small fear of heights that is all." he looked at me with comforting eyes.
"I will be here with you. I will not let anything happen to you. I promise." He grabbed my hand in his and put it to his mouth, kissing it gently. For some reason looking in his eyes made me forget all about my fears, all about everything, except him. I still knew that he and his gentleness was with me. That was all I needed to know.
His eyes gazed into mine and I wanted to kiss him. I leaned over to fulfill my wish and he stopped me. "You do want to wait until the right moment aisai. I would like to get to the cabin first.. oops that was supposed to be a surprise."
"Cabin? You actually rented a cabin in Mt. Fuji?" I gripped his hand even tighter as he told me true. "Oh, Kenshin. How could I have been so fortunate as to have you as a husband?" he blushed at me and said,
"You aren't the fortunate one koishii." I playfully poked his nose to symbolize my love, and layed my head on his chest to rest. It had been a long and beautiful day, and it wasn't over yet.
Kenshin woke me up as the carriage stopped and let us know that we were at the cabin. "Kaoru, we are here."
He stood up and walked out of the carriage, but once he stepped out he once again refused to let me walk inside. I was so tired that I just went limp in his arms. I was his, he had control over me. Mainly because I was tired, but he knew that too.
He told me to close my eyes as we went inside the cabin. I heard doors close as we went through different rooms, finally we arrived at where he was taking me. "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
I did as he instructed me and opened my eyes to a romantic dinner. It was in no dining area at all. Not a kitchen either. He had taken me to a hot spring that was next to the cabin. The hot spring had a small table like object in it, on the table were two candles and two plates of the best meal you can imagine a couple having on their night after their wedding.
He told me that we had two choices, with or without our bathing suits. That was an easy choice. After all, I don't know where the room that we are supposed to stay in is, besides, I don't want to leave the hot springs as soon as I got there.
I gently stuck my foot in the hot liquid beneath me. Kenshin, without any hesitation, walked straight in it. "Come, I will hold you as you eat." He was so romantic, he knew how to read my mind exactly. I let my hand down to him as he escorted me to the dinner in the middle of the hot spring. "I hope that I am not rushing you Kaoru."
"You, Kenshin, could never take me farther than I want to go." His hand was placed on my bare thigh as he fed me the rice. Tingles were sent up my spine every time he touched me. His hand left my leg as he pulled me close to him, puting his arm around my waist. Suddenly I wasn't hungry anymore. "Kenshin, lets go to bed." without a second's hesitation he picked me up and carried me out of the warm water, making me shiver at the cold air hitting me. At the feeling of shaking he pulled me closer to him, as I felt his warm chest.
We reached the bedroom and I could stand it no longer. He sat me down on the futon, which was surrounded by lavender scented candles, and I had to kiss him, I had to love him. So I did.
That morning I thanked Kenshin for all he had planned.
"Planned? I planned the hot spring dinner and the cabin, but I thought that you had planned the candles. I thought you read the letter setting it all up and sent another saying to lay the candles around the bed. I certainly did not light the candles."
"Well if you didn't... then who did?" I looked around the house for any sign of who layed the candles down at the futon. Only to find a note from someone that I once knew.
(A/N If you also like trigun please read my other stories. I have one story called Trigun The Musical and I like it muchies so I hope you will too. Arigato.)
Chapter 17: The Visit
Summary Kaoru gets a visit from an old friend that she hasn't seen since they were little.