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A/N Hey everyone..... Oh fine... since you all love it I'll continue it... On with it!!
Her azure eyes fluttered open as she slowly scanned her surroundings which appeared to be a bright, pure white everywhere she looked. It then hit her – She was in hospital, but what had happened?
Flashbacks of what had happened just before she had passed out appeared in her mind as she choked on her sobs. Cystal tears streamed down her scarlet cheeks, 'Oh no.... Why... Why... I hope that I don't see him ever again...'
Suddenly the door banged open and it appeared to be a certain rooster-head, "Jou-chan, you're finally awake! I was just..."
His eyes widened in shock to see his close friend who was more like a little sister to him bursting into a flood of tears. Concern overcame him as he walked over to her, "Jou-chan, what's wrong?"
She quickly wiped away her tears, "Nothing Sano, its just the usual teen hormones raging."
His voice grew softer, but even more dangerous, "Jou-chan, I'm serious. I need to know cos I'm worried about you, you're like my very own little sister."
Kaoru clutched onto her blanket tightly, "Well Um... Do you remember Kenshin?"
Sano nodded, "Uh huh, yeah?"
Kaoru continued, "Well um.... You see yesterday..."
AN HOUR AFTER TELLING SANO
Sano clenched his teeth and both his fists, "That idiot.... That bastard, my own buddy harming my own little sister. He's gonna pay..."
Kaoru held his hands gently, "Please don't Sano.... I don't want to be a burden between you two.... I still have feelings for him you know.."
Sano unclenched both his fists and teeth, "Alright Jou-chan, if you say so... But remember, if that bastard hurts you again, I'll hurt him so bad that he can't move."
Kaoru nodded her head and accepted his bear-like hug, "Alright, if you say so..."
Sano gave her his usual lop-sided grin with his fishbone sticking out of his mouth, "So... Are you gonna tell the others?"
She paused for a moment, "Well... I s'pose we could only tell Megumi and Misao, after all they're my best buds and they'd find out sooner or later... Maybe Aoshi should know about it as well...."
Sano's jaw dropped, "You're kidding, the icicle?"
Kaoru glared at him, "Why, what's wrong with him? Just cos you both always bicker?"
Sano's face faultered at the thought of a certain icicle smirking, "He likes to tick me off a lot.... Dammit.... Anywayz I gotta go now... See ya again tomorrow Jou-chan!"
Kaoru grabbed Sano's wrist, "Rooster-head, you're not leaving until ALL my questions are answered, or else..."
Sano sweatdropped, "Fine fine... go on...."
Kaoru tapped her chin, "Well lets see um.... Before I ask anything detailed, how long have I been in here for?"
Sano scratched his head while thinking, "Hmmm...um.... Uh.... I think about 3 days... Yeah, 3 days... No, 4 days according to the icicle and the fox..."
Kaoru's eyes widened in shock, as big as dinner plates might I add, "WHAT!? THAT LONG!? But what about school? And everyone else?"
Sano waved a hand, "Calm down Jou-chan, we have it all settled; We photocopied the notes for you, we explained to you mum and bro and not to mention we told everyone that you just ended up in a coma cos of a car."
Kaoru smiled, "I owe you all a lot... And now, what happened to the team? Oh no...we..."
"Nah, they gave you a medal for doing pretty good as a first time leader cos you trained 'em all well, Jou-chan. Everyone's proud of ya.... Though we lost against 'em... But you did well!" Commented Sano gently.
Kaoru's smile widened, "Mmm... That's good! And... Kenshin? What happened to him?"
Sano's grin faultered, "Oh Kenshin? Well um... he quickly ran over to your side and tried to wake you up but you wouldn't, so he picked you up and ran out of the gym room. We followed behind and he ended up in this hospital. He then registered your name and all that crap.... So he's been visiting you everyday... I don't know why, man he's weird..."
Kaoru's smile faultered into a frown, "Oh ok... How's he? You best friends with him still?"
Sano sneered, "Well we WERE still good ol' buddies 'till you told me what that ba- I mean idiot did."
Kaoru glared at him, "Sano, no swearing remember...."
Sano nodded, "Yeah yeah.... But he is one you know, how could he just do that to you... I'd be going now then, I have to help the er... fox... yeah..."
Kaoru smirked, "Right, still like her?"
Sano blushed, "Yeah, so what if I do Jou-chan... She'd like someone more.... Sophisticated and.... You know..."
Kaoru shook her head, "No, she finds those type of guys annoying.... She likes someone in school though you know... Why not you ask her who it is."
"Yeah right."
"She does.... Just tell her how you feel... Its pretty obvious you know..."
Sano grinned, "Thanks a lot, Jou-chan.... Better let you rest now then, see ya!"
They waved once more before he departed leaving her all alone in the 'white room' as she called it. She then took out a romance novel and read it quietly while munching on an apple, her sapphire eyes lighting up with glee as her cheeks grew warm and a small sigh escaping her small lips.
Not quite long later, her moment of silence in fantasy land was interrupted by none other than a certain auburn-head with violet orbs who had pushed the door open and had shocked her, which left her speechless and breathless as she drowned in his beautiful amethyst eyes. A mini-bouquet of beautiful, pure-white small jasmine flowers were held in one hand as he bit his bottom lip nervously, "Hi Kaoru."
She quickly shook it off and tried to look elsehwhere, "Oh, hi Kenshin."
He then closed the door and handed the bouquet of jasmines to her, "For you, a present from me and Tomoe, hoping that you'd get well..."
Her only reply was a wry smile, "Thanks Kenshin.... Hmmm... They're beautiful, by the way, who's Tomoe?"
His grin widened as his eyes then sparkled joyfully with love, "Oh Tomoe? She's my girlfriend, she was the one who decided to pick the flowers out for you... She said it matches you quite well since they look pretty and delicate, just like you... She's quite right you know..."
Her heart shattered into pieces and pain overtook her again as she turned away from the bouquet of jasmines held in her trembling hands to smile at Kenshin, but it was a wry one again. She couldn't smile widely whenever he was around, for he reminded her of all her pain, "Tell her thank you for the flowers and the compliment... Maybe we could get together sometime... I'd like to meet her..."
He chuckled inwardly, "Funny you know, she said the same thing as well."
She chuckled as well, "Yeah.... Coincidence..."
They both stayed silent for a moment which caused them both to tense up as they would often look at each other into the eye at the same moment, but then turn away too.
"Kaoru," Said Kenshin breaking the pin-drop silence, "I also came here cos... I need to talk to you."
Kaoru's eyes widened in fear, 'Oh no...'
But she turned to look up at him curiously, pretending that she had no clue, "Wh- What's it?"
"You know what its about Kaoru, don't need to pretend. Now tell me, why were you crying that day?" Asked Kenshin sternly.
Kaoru kept quiet for a while, "Why, why do you want to know? Is it of any concern to you?"
Kenshin eyed her hardly, "Yes, and it involves me. Just tell me and it'll all be over..."
He then held her hands firmly but gently as he looked into her teary sapphire eyes, "Please?"
Warm, fresh tears slid down her pale face as she looked away from him and broke away from his grasp. She then took off in haste, out of the room and then out of the hospital building, being chased after by a worried, handsome red-head who called her, "KAORU! Where are you!?"
And she was nowhere to be found.....
TO BE CONTINUED....
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