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The Haircut
Part II
Kenshin sat on the floor, his face dumbfoundingly staring at the small redhead that was wailing on the floor. He looked up at his wife, who was tapping her foot on the floor.
"Ano, Kaoru…" Kenshin mumbled, his calm violet eyes on his wife's ivory face.
"Anata." Kaoru announced. "Kenji is in a bad shape. Yes I see but please try to calm him down."
"Demo, Kaoru-"
"Mou, Kenshin!!" Kaoru exclaimed, pausing the taps and looking at Kenshin straight in the eye. "I have just remembered that I have some other things to do…I have an appointment with Megumi!"
Kenshin looked at his son, then at Kaoru. Then, he smiled. "Ok"
Kaoru sighed in relief, "Thank you."
Kaoru bent over to reach Kenshin's head and kissed him. Their lips locked for a while but it wasn't that very long. Then, Kaoru left the room.
Kenshin gave out a heavy sigh, thinking of what to do with Kenji. Then, an idea popped out of his head. He crawled towards the wailing toddler and took him in his arms. He then sang a lullaby; maybe the kid was sleepy and cannot sleep.
But, his plan didn't work. Kenji struggled to break free from his father's embrace and kept on wailing. One of his loose hands was able to grasp at Kenshin's long hair and began pulling it as he wailed. The Rurouni gave out a small cry due to Kenji's strong pulls.
"Kenji, calm down." Kenshin told him calmly, trying to get his strand of hair away from the child's grasp. But the child won't do so, his grasp was so strong and if Kenshin used all his strength, the child would wail louder. The former assassin has to think of a plan.
Kenshin looked around to see if there could be something that could be used as a toy. He then spotted a ball on one corner and it was far for him to reach.
'Sigh…Kenji still won't let go…' Kenshin thought, easing the pain of Kenji's pulls. Kenshin then began to stand up, carrying the crying Kenji in his arms as he walked towards the ball. He then reached for it and began to dribble it.
"Kenji, look…ball." Kenshin told the child, showing him how he dribbled the toy.
Kenji paused for a while and turned his attention to the ball. He slowly let go of his father's hair and tried to get the ball from Kenshin's moves. Kenshin stopped dribbling the ball and handed it out to his son.
At first, the toddler just stared at the ball in his hands then he started throwing it in the air. The child was delighted.
Kenshin smiled at the sight of his son running around the room, trying to catch the ball whereever it goes. He then remembered the strand of hair that Kenji was pulling a while ago. He stared at it and saw that it was full of tiny knots and shabbily displayed.
'What a strong kid…' Kenshin thought, keeping an eye on Kenji as he tried to entangle his hair.
Then, the ball that Kenji was playing went to his direction and the Rurouni catched it. Kenji ran after it and stood in front of his otousan.
"Touchan, play?" the toddler tried to say, his lips trembled as he did so.
Kenshin gave the kid a warm smile. "I'm sorry, Kenji…touchan has other chores to do."
Kenji looked at his foot as we wiggled his toes. The toddler pouted, he looked sad. Kenshin set the ball aside and took Kenji, hugging the depressed toddler. "I'm sorry, Kenji…but let's play later ok?"
Kenji wrapped his small arms around his father's back, trying to stretch it to cover Kenshin's back. A soft nod moved on the toddler's head as he smiled. Then, father-son parted.
Kenshin stood up and took the ball in the crook of his arm. As he opened the shoji, Kenji bounced at his side and took his free hand, grasping at his sword-callused fingers.
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I know it's a bit short but sorry for the story…I was umm….how do you say this…in a hurry or minamadali…hehe!! Thanks for the review!
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