Author's Point: Hi!!!!!!!!!! Sorry if I'm not updating fast enough but I had to take care of some business, anywayz I hope you enjoy this long chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own RK characters….

The Things You Do

By: Chibilover2000

Open Your Eyes

Megumi opened the door to the apartment; she walked in, threw her keys on the desk, then sat down on a chair, put her hand on her forehead and sighed.

'I don't know what else to do…each time I try to help that girl it comes out all wrong….I invite her over for dinner and then she says she wants to help. When she takes the bowls of rice to the table she drops then on Kenshin and he wasn't happy about it. Then I buy tickets for the movies and I ask her to hold it and when we're at the movies, she lost the tickets!'

Megumi stands up and went to the kitchen to get some water.

'The worst one was when I invited her over to stay, and then around midnight she woke up to use the bathroom she was real drowsy and opened the bathroom door and intruded on Kenshin peeing, that was funny though. According to her she swears she didn't see anything…'

Megumi turns on the faucet and then stands there staring at it in deep thought.

'In each attempt to make them closer Kenshin just thinks lowlier of her, if he knew the reasons he would understand…but is that the last choice I have? To just let him know her feelings?'

"He's cute, distant, cool, a hunk, soooo cute…." Misao was blabbering about Aoshi.

Kaoru sighs.

"What's wrong Kaoru?"

"Kenshin hates me," she said sadly.

"I don't think he hates anybody, anyway you shouldn't be complaining you're lucky that someone is helping you,"

"Still…"

A melody of 'Let Me Be with You' started to play.

"I think that's your cell Kaoru,"

"Hmm…"

Kaoru took out her cell phone and looked at the caller ID.

"I wonder what Megumi wants…" she mumbled, "…Hello."

"Hey Kaoru," Megumi said over the phone.

"What happened?"

"I need to meet with you, you free now?"

"Yeah."

Kaoru was sitting on a table in a coffee shop fidgeting around while Megumi was calmly drinking her iced coffee.

"I didn't know you drank coffee," Kaoru said trying to make a conversation.

"I usually don't,"

They sat in silence for a while.

"I wanted to talk to you about Kenshin,"

"W-what about him,"

"Well, how do I put this…your future together doesn't look… so…um…bright,"

"I know," Kaoru said looking down at her hands, " I-I just keep messing up and getting him mad,"

"Well…yeah. So I turned to the last resort."
"Resort?"
"Last choice,"

"This is my last chance?"

"Yeah,"

"What do I have to do?"

Kaoru was walking through the school halls staring at a letter she had in her hand.

"You have to tell him your feelings."

"What do you mean? Like just go up to him and say 'I like you'"

"Something like that."

"I can't do that!"

'I don't have a choice left than to just let him know my feelings. But I have no courage to tell him face-to-face so…'

"Megumi!" Kaoru called when she saw the upperclassman in the halls.

Megumi turned around and smiled when she saw Kaoru.

"Here's the letter, you know what you're gonna do?"

"Of course," Megumi grabbed the letter and tried to take it but Kaoru wouldn't let go.

"Kaoru?"

She still didn't let go.

"Kaoru?"

"What is he says no?"

"We'll never know if we don't do this. Anyway I know Kenshin and if he does say no he'll say it in nicest way possible,"

Kaoru's hand trembled as she let the letter go.

"I'll call you as soon as he reads it,"

"Please."

Megumi was on the couch, watching TV and eating popcorn when Kenshin came in.

"I'm home," He said.

"You came early? What a surprise."

When Kenshin was entering the living room he saw the mail on a desk.

"Is there anything for me?"

"What?"

"Any mail."

"Yeah, it's a red envelope."

Kenshin dug through the stack and found a red envelope with his name neatly written on it. He looked for the name of the person who sent it but didn't find it. He tore the envelope open anyway and took out the letter inside; when he opened the letter he found that it was a girl's handwriting.

'That's weird.'

Megumi turned around to see him read the letter out loud.

Dear Kenshin,

          I know its weird getting this letter but I guess it really doesn't matter because I've done weird things before. This is Kaoru writing to you, you know the ribbon girl. I just wanted to explain my behavior through the times when we were together, it was just that I was nervous…real nervous.

Kenshin stopped reading and narrowed his eye-brows.

"Do you know what she's talking about?" Kenshin asked Megumi.

Megumi turned around.

"I don't know I just found the letter."

Kenshin went into the kitchen and opened the fridge and took out a coke and poured himself a glass. Then he continued reading.

 "My heart would pound and start racing whenever you're around, and my common sense just melts away. The thing is I like you, a lot, and for a while now actually…"

When Kenshin read this he spit out the coke he was drinking.

"What…?"

"The day I found that the senior that was helping me through my freshman year was your sister I thought that if I asked her she could help me get closer to you, for me it wasn't that necessary for us to go out together, being friends would've been fine with me. But…Megumi told me that if I tried hard enough that we could've been together, and so I tried but it just made things worse".

'Liar' Kenshin said thinking about Megumi.

"So I just wanted…you…to…know that, sorry that I couldn't have any courage to tell you in person I just couldn't see myself doing that, I'm such a coward, I know. So…that's it.

                                                                             From,

                                                                                     Kaoru Kamiya

When Kenshin finished writing the letter he stayed real quiet.

"So?" Megumi asked, "What do you think?"

"Kaoru Kamiya…she likes me?" he said in disgust.

"What?" Megumi asked.

"I don't like her, being with her would be awful an embarrassing!"

With a jolt Kaoru woke up from her bed, she was breathing real fast as if she just had the crap scared out of her.

"…being with her would be awful and embarrassing!"

Kaoru's hand covered her face.

"It was just a dream…a dream…it didn't happen…it won't happen…right?"

Then Kaoru's hand covered her mouth.

"This is crazy, if this is what's gonna happen up till I find out his answer I'll drive myself crazy. I'm so gonna find out tomorrow…maybe."

The next day at school Kaoru was walking through the halls and looked real distant. A voice that called her name made her look up. Misao was calling her while waving her hands; she was with Sanosuke and Kenshin.

Kaoru gulped.

Kenshin was standing there looking at her real normally like nothing weird happened.

Kaoru walked real slowly towards them.

"Could you walk any slower?" Sanosuke asked.

Kaoru started picking up her speed.

"Good morning," She said when she got there.

"Good morning," everyone else said.

"Kaoru! Will you please tell him?" Misao said.

"Tell who what?" She asked.

"Sanosuke, that Aoshi is the best boy in this entire school."
"Well…um…I guess."

"See!" Misao said.

While Misao and Sanosuke were arguing Kaoru took a glance at Kenshin who was at his locker.

'Why is he acting so cool? It would seem like he didn't read the letter. Or he's probably just ignoring it'

"Nuh-uh,"

"Uh-huh,"

'If he's just ignoring it…the air will feel real awkward when we're around and that won't be any good'

The bell rang.

"Ok…let's go." Kenshin said fed up with their arguing.

Misao and Sanosuke went ahead still arguing while Kenshin was closing his locker.

'This is my chance, I should ask him…'

Kaoru opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out and Kenshin was being oblivious of her presence.

'Talk damn it!'

But nothing came out.

Kenshin was about to walk away when Kaoru just spontaneously grabbed his wrist.

Kenshin looked down at her hand grabbing his wrist and then looked at her, she was a little red.

"Don't…leave," she said real slowly not looking at him.

"What do you want?"

"You should… know, didn't, didn't you read…my letter?"

"Letter? From you? I don't think so."

Kaoru looked at him in the eyes.

'What? If that's true then why did he totally ignore me?'

"Then, why…didn't you say a word…to me?"
"I said two words 'good morning', and anyway I don't really talk to you usually."

Kaoru eyes widened, 'well…that's true…'

She let go of him embarrassed.

"Sorry."

Kenshin left down the hall towards his class without saying anything to her.

'What a weird girl.'

Kaoru was at her chemistry class which she only liked because Kenshin was there, but at that moment she wasn't paying attention to Kenshin actually she wasn't paying attention to anything, she was in deep thought.

'God! How embarrassing! I just grabbed his hand and asked him why he didn't talk to me…'

Kaoru started to hit herself on the head while chanting 'stupid, stupid, stupid, to herself.

"Ms. Kamiya." The teacher called.

Kaoru stopped hitting herself and looked at her teacher.

"Yes?"
"If you continue hitting your head like that you'll give yourself a concussion and probably will die…."

Kaoru started turning red.

'..and if you want to kill yourself do it while you're not in my class." The teacher added.

Kaoru turned even redder when her classmates started to 'oh' and cast her concerned eyes. She looked around at their faces and then saw Kenshin staring at her without concern he just sighed and turned around.

Kaoru put her hand sat the side of her face.

'No!!!!!! Now he thinks I'm a psycho who wants to kill myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

Kaoru laid her head down. 'Today sure is going bad.' But then she looked at her hand and smiled. 'I liked the feeling of his hand.'                                     

"Kaoru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Kaoru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Misao yelled through the halls.

Kaoru turned around and found her friend running at her with a worried face on.

"What happened Misao?"
Misao stopped in front of her and started to catch her breath.

"I should ask you that!" She said angrily.

"What are you talking about?"

"Kaoru, aren't I your friend? You're suppose tell me your problems not try to kill yourself during a class!"

"What….?"

"I found out you wee trying to give yourself a concussion!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Kaoru gave out a pitiful laugh.

'Rumors fly don't they?'

Kaoru put her hand on Misao's shoulder.

"Don't worry, I wasn't trying to kill myself it's just I was calling my self a moron,"

"Really?"
"Really."

"If you have a problem you'll tell me right?"

"Of course, I'm so happy to know I have a friend who cares for me so much."

"Of course," Misao said while grinning, "we're best friends."

"Well best friend you better get going or you'll be late."

"Oh yeah!"

While Misao was walking away something hit Kaoru.

"Wait, hold up Misao!"

Misao turned around.

"What?"

"Actually I do have a problem,"

Kaoru and Misao were at the park sitting on a bench, after Kaoru told Misao what happened she started to nod in comprehension.

"Only one person is at fault here." Misao said.

"Who?"

"Megumi! She was suppose to give the letter and she didn't which caused you to embarrass yourself in the morning in the lockers and then that embarrassment lead to the embarrassment in class."

"That was very confusing what you just said but I think I understood."

"You know what we have to do now?"

"What?"
"Track her down and make her give us, I mean you, an explanation."

"I guess you're right…but…"

"No buts! Let's go." Misao said standing up taking Kaoru's hand and dragging her to the exit.

After they walked a few streets and a few blocks Misao and Kaoru were in front of Kenshin's building.

"Misao! What are we doing here?"

"We got to ask Megumi and she's most likely at her house."

"Can't it wait till tomorrow where we can ask her at school?"
"No."

Misao took Kaoru's hand again and dragged her inside and started walking it what seemed circles.

"You stayed over before right?" Misao asked Kaoru.

"Yeah, why?"
"Well…I…um…what's their apartment number?"
"If you didn't know where it is what are you doing leading us?" Kaoru asked angrily.

"Megumi! Did the milk finish?" Kenshin asked.

"If it isn't there it must've right?"

Kenshin looked around the fridge some more.

"How 'bout the juice?"
"Must I repeat myself?"
Kenshin closed the fridge and walked to his room.

Megumi was on the couch looking at a letter that was in her hand. She smiled.

'I wonder why?' she thought.

'I wonder why I couldn't give it to him. I shouldn't be the one that is worried.'

At the door the bell rang.

"I'll get it!" Kenshin said coming out of his room.

When he got to the door he looked through the hole and was surprised to find a nervous Kaoru and an uptight Misao.

'What are they doing here?'

"Who is it?" Megumi asked.

"Kaoru and Misao." Kenshin said.

"It's rude to leave us out here, you know." Misao said outside the door.

"It's also rude to intrude on others, how 'bout you try calling next time?" Kenshin said annoyed.

Megumi was surprised.

'What are they doing here? Well I don't feel like talking to them.'

"Just let us in." Misao said.

"Fine, fine," Kenshin said opening the locks.

'He's letting them in.' Megumi thought.

She dropped the letter and rushed into the bathroom and turned on the water.

Misao busted in.

"Misao!" Kaoru said.

"Is Megumi here?" she asked.

"Yeah, she's on the couch." Kenshin said.

He led them to his living room and he was surprised Megumi wasn't there, but something red caught his eye. He looked at it and was surprised to find his name on it. He picked it up.

"I don't see her." Misao said.

"I can see that." Kenshin said.

"You said she was here."
Kenshin then heard running water and walked towards the bathroom with Misao and Kaoru following him.

"Megumi, are you in the bathroom?" He asked.

"No, it's a burglar," she responded.

"Why do you always answer me like that?" he asked annoyed.

"Why do you ask stupid questions?"

"Forget it!" he said angrily and walked to the living room.

"As you can see she's taking a bath, don't bother to wait she takes a long time."

Kaoru noticed something red in Kenshin's hand and then gasped a little.

'The letter!'

"We have the time." Misao said planting herself on the couch.

"Hey," Kenshin said, "didn't your mom teach you manners?"

"You be careful what you say abo---" But Misao was cut off by Kaoru's hand that was covering her mouth.

"We'll be leaving; we'll catch Megumi at school tomorrow." Kaoru said with a smile.

Misao moved her hand.

"Hey Kaoru what do you think you're doing?"
But Kaoru just grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the apartment. When she was at the door she turned around and said.

"Sorry for the intrusion."

"S-sure."

"See you at school."

And with that they left the hall.

"Misao is sure persistent," Megumi said.

Kenshin turned around and found Megumi in her robe.

"I wonder what they wanted from you so badly."

"Who kn—" Megumi stopped when she saw Kenshin looking at the letter in his hand.

'Shoot! I let it go'

Megumi snatched the letter from his hand.

"Hey!" Kenshin said angrily.

"You can't read this."

"I reckon I can since it says my name on it."

Kenshin grabbed the letter and started to pull on it but Megumi wouldn't let go and she pulled too.

"Geez, Kaoru why did you do that?" Misao asked.

"Kenshin had the letter in his hand."

"Huh?"
"Didn't you see a red envelope in his hand? That's my letter. Megumi did give it to him."

Misao turned her head up and looked up at the blue sky.

"Now that you mention it I did see him trying to open an envelope."

"I didn't want to be there when he reads it."

"Can I ask you something?" Misao asked looking at her friend.

"Yeah."

"How important to you is that letter?"

"Well how should I put this? That letter contains words that explain my feelings; you could say that the letter is kind of like my heart. If Kenshin doesn't accept my feelings then he will most likely rip the letter, so ripping my heart."

"Megumi let go!"
"No!"

Both of them kept pulling up till the letter ripped in half. Megumi had one half and Kenshin the other.

Megumi's eyes widened.

'Kaoru's letter!'

At the same time where Kaoru and Misao were, Kaoru felt like something pinned her heart. She gave a little yelp.

"Are you ok Kaoru?"

"Yeah, I just felt a little pain in my chest."

"That's weird."

"Do you think it's a bad omen?"
"What do you mean?"
"That the little pain was the beginning of a huge pain I'm gonna feel later on?"

"What are you saying, that your heart is telling you that Kenshin just rejected your feelings?"
"Something like that."

"Kaoru, you're thinking too much," Misao said shaking her head

"You think?"

"Look what you did!" Kenshin shouted.

Megumi was still looking at the ripped letter.

Kenshin started to take out the half of the letter he had to read it.

Megumi saw what he was gonna do so he snatched the half from his hand and then rushed to the window.

"Megumi!"

She opened the window and threw it out. The papers flew down and then blew far away that they couldn't see it.

Kenshin stared at his sister.

'What was in that letter that she didn't want me to read?'

Megumi was breathing heavily as she saw the papers disappear. Then she widened her eyes.

'Why…?'

"Megumi?" Kenshin asked.

But she just walked away from the window and into her room. Kenshin walked towards the window

'What was in that letter?'

Megumi threw herself on her bed and took her pillow and hugged it.

'Why do I feel doubtful?'

She looked at the time, it said 8'o clock.

'Like if I'm afraid he'd say no. I shouldn't be though, I'm not the one with the feelings. As far as I know I shouldn't care if he says that to her, I wouldn't.'

Megumi stood up and went to her mirror and looked at herself.

'Right? I don't care.'

"Megumi?"

"Yeah, that's my name."

"Pleasure to meet you, my name is Kaoru Kamiya."

"The pleasure is mine."

"You're gonna help me get accustomed to the school, right?"

"Yeah."

"So, let's be great friends from now on, okay?"

She took out her brush and started to brush her hair.

"You're Kenshin's sister?"

"Yeah, do you know Kenshin?"
"I talk to him once in a while."

"Okay."

"Um…Megumi?"

"Yes?"

"Does he…um…have a….girl…friend?"

Megumi smiled.

"Why?"

Kaoru turned red.

"Curiosity."

"That doesn't convince me. Could it be that you like…him?"

Kaoru turned redder.

Megumi stood up and walked out of her room.

"I wanted to ask you for a favor Megumi,"

"What?"

"Could you help me…so I can become his friend?"

"Only his friend?"
"Don't say it like that!"

"Why only his friend when you could become more?"

"I don't think that's possible."

"Come one."

"I don't wanna embarrass myself."

Megumi put her hands on Kaoru's shoulder.

"Trust me, with my help you guys will start to date,"

"Really?"

"Really."

"I'll give it try."

"Okay. At this moment it's decided. Kenshin Himura and Kaoru Kamiya will become this." Megumi said while sticking up her pinky.

Kaoru blushed a bit but smiled.

'Her shyness is cute.' Megumi thought.

Megumi stood at the window and smile.

"Who would've thought? That after such a short period of time I would care about that girl so much to protect her feelings."

Megumi looked outside the window.

"But, I think I overdid it." She said laughing a bit

She walked around the house to see where Kenshin was and found that he was in the bathroom. She smiled.

'And what I did to help her. The things you do.'

Kenshin came out of the bathroom in a towel and was surprised to find Megumi in front of the door.

"You wanted the bathroom?" Kenshin asked.

Megumi shook her head.

'You know, you could tell me what was in that letter that you didn't want me to see it."

Megumi stayed quiet.

"Tell me."

"Feelings," Megumi whispered.

"What?"
"Feelings…that I wanted to protect."

Kenshin was confused.

'I should tell him, Kaoru's gonna expect that he knows tomorrow and will probably wait for his answer, and if he doesn't know she'll do something embarrassing.'

"Change into something else than a towel and then I'll tell you."

Kenshin looked down at himself turning a little red, and left to his room.

Megumi sighed and went to the living room to wait for Kenshin. He came out and went to living room and sat down in the opposite side waiting for an explanation.

"Why do you think Misao and Kaoru came to see me before?"

Kenshin thought for a while.

"I have no idea."

"They wanted to ask me if I gave you that letter."

"Why would they----" Kenshin stopped and then remembered something.

"You should… know, didn't, didn't you read…my letter?"

"That letter was Kaoru's right?" He asked.

"How did you know that?"
"She asked me this morning, 'didn't you read my letter?'"

"Oh."

"Why would she write something when she sees me everyday and could just tell me?"

"She was embarrassed."

"Embarrassed?"

"What are you a block head?!" Megumi shouted, "Thinking about her behavior around you, the fact that she wrote you a letter because she was too embarrassed to tell you yourself, and that the envelope was red, you would think that you would figure it out!"
"What are you talking about?"

"Don't you think it's weird that when other people describe Kaoru they say smart, nice, caring, and helpful while you say weird, clumsy, pretty dumb, and troublesome?! Don't you think that it's weird that she always acts weird around you? You don't think it's weird that out everybody I invite her to have dinner with us, to stay over, to go to movies?! Kenshin are you that much of a block-head?"

"I still don't know what you're talking about!"
 "Are you that dense?" Megumi sighed, "Okay, I'll tell you one more thing and if you still don't get I-I'm sorry but you are such a stupid shit-head."

"O-okay."

"Isn't it weird that with other guys she gets along with just fine? And with you all she does is do stupid things and turn red?"

Kenshin's face looked clueless.

A vein appeared in Megumi's temple.

"You freakin' idiot! Moron! Stupid shit-head! Open your eyes! She freakin' likes you! She thinks you're amazing, you're great, the greatest thing that ever happened!"

Kenshin froze.

"That letter explained her feelings about you, and I was suppose to give it to you."

"You should… know, didn't, didn't you read…my letter?"

"W-what…?"

"You heard me."

"Kaoru Kamiya….likes…me."

"Hey, don't look so surprised."

He didn't response.

"I don't want you making a decision yet, you hear?"
Kenshin looked at Megumi.

"We're dealing with a person's feelings here, and Kaoru is very sensitive and afraid of you're reaction. Take tonight to think about it, and think about it carefully. But tomorrow don't ignore her and act like you never found out, you have to tell her." Megumi stood up and was walking to her bedroom.

"By any chance you decide to reject her, please do it in a nice way or people will hate you, and I'll be one of them."

AP: Hey it's the first time I write after a chapter. You know what I thought when I wrote the part when Megumi was telling Kenshin he was a blockhead and all those stuff, wouldn't it be nice if someone said it to the Kenshin in Rurouni Kenshin? Oh well. See you next chapter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!