A/N: I write suggestive stuff non-suggestivly, because it becomes more
vague and becomes more, ya know, suggestive. i like it better that way. Tee
hee!
"Where have you been?" Kaoru asked, rushing out to Megumi with Kenshin at her side.
"I'll tell you the story after I get him to bed and have had something to eat," she said.
"Of course," Kaoru said, smiling a bit.
Megumi walked into the dojo and put Yahiko in his bed. She looked down upon him, not really knowing what she was feeling. She felt a familiar hand in a familiar place.
"Sanosuke," she sighed. He put his arm around her and hugged her gently.
"What happened today?" he asked.
She shook her head, still not in the mood to talk about it.
"Will you be better later tonite?" he asked, grinning a bit.
"Sano, I'm really not in the mood for anything at the moment," she murmered.
He got up and looked down upon her. "Come and find me when you fall out of love with a ten year old kid,"
"Sano!" Megumi yelled, but he was gone.
"Megumi, we have a bath and some dinner waiting for you," Kaoru said kindly.
"You have really changed, Kaoru-chan. You're becoming a better woman than I ever was or can be," she said and walked off to the bath. But she stopped at Sano's door and said, "He saved my life," and walked on.
Saved her life. Sano wished he could've, but now he knew that Yahiko was as serious as he himself was with her. He knew he'd never loose her to a ten year old kid, but he was still a bit scared. Besides, they've been through a lot, and have done a lot together. He wanted to marry her, it was about time anyways. He didn't want her to be pregnat before that at any rate.
He was trying to think of why he liked Megumi so much, but nothing was coming through.
Megumi relaxed in her bath, feeling unclean no matter how many times she washed. Yahiko. She couldn't get him off of her mind. Was it love? Surely not true love like she shared with Sanosuke. They were ahead of married couples in an area or two, and she knew it was meant to be. But Yahiko. She felt a bond with him, a bond of love, but not the way he wanted it. Or was it? She shook it out of her head. She had to have a clear horizon, and she had to tell that story to everyone that night.
She hoped they had a lot of tea.
She got out and walked into the dining room, ready to spill her story to everyone.
An hour had past, and the story of Yahiko's daring rescue was unfolded. She left out a few parts, such as the hiding of the clothes and whatnot. After the matter, she was in a much better mood. She felt happy and upbeat even after that days horrific events. Sano was in a good mood as well, seeing as he got a surprise visit from Megumi, and the visit lasted the night.
Yahiko couldn't sleep that night. He decided to go to the bathroom and splash some water on his face. As he passed by Sano's room, he couldn't help but peek inside due to the noise coming from within. He was greeted by a sight no ten year old, no matter how mature, should ever see. The girl he loved and the one he thought to be his friend, he couldn't stand it. He ran back to his room as fast as he could.
Kenshin had been standing outside his door, watching what all had happened. He walked over to Sano's door and tapped on it. He heard a slight commotion inside and then Sano opened the door slightly, only wearing his pants, and they were on backwards.
"May I come in?" he asked.
"Uh," he looked back and Megumi nodded. "Sure, come on in,"
"Thank you," he said. As the door shut he added, "Don't think I don't know what has been going on in here." He looked at Megumi wearing Sano's shirt, drawing it tightly over the top of her body.
"Kenshin," Sano said, "I wish you could understand this."
"I understand it perfectly. You just scarred a ten year old boy for life. And you," he said, pointing to Megumi, "Gave him false hope for your love and then dashed it, countless times."
The two hung their heads in shame.
"You are lucky that Kaoru doesn't know about this, but I think it is time that you find a new place to live," he said. "We don't need this here."
"Kenshin. Please!" Sano begged.
"You can live at the clinic, can you not?" Kenshin snapped.
"If you understood something like this, you wouldn't care. But a young boy doesn't need to be snooping around my bedroom at night! It's my room, and what goes on in here is only to my knowledge!" he said out of frustration. "Why would he be interested in love anyways? He's so young!"
"It's something he never had, Sano," Kenshin said, leaving the room. "I want you two gone by sunrise, do you understand?" He left the room.
Sano slammed his hand against the wall, breaking a hole in it to the outside of the house.
"Sanosuke, control yourselft," Megumi said, loosening the jacket.
"It's not fair! What goes on in here is my business, not anyone elses!" He looked outside through the hole and sighed. "I guess it's for the best. Come on, we'll get our stuff."
Megumi nodded and put her things in a bag and sat down to write a small note to Yahiko. She told them that they were leaving, and that he shouldn't worry. As they walked by his room, she slipped it under his door and uttered something under her breath. Kaoru watched from a crack in her door as they left, almost in tears, wondering why they were leaving and where they could be going.
Megumi held onto Sano's arm and looked up at him. He was so brave, and handsome as well. Nothing about him doubted his fighting spirit. Being near him was a feeling that had no exlplaination. It wasn't joy or happiness, for it was far beyond that. And it wasn't longing for she had what she wanted. She came closer to him and he smiled as he put his arm around her shoulders and brought her up next to him.
He looked down on her. She wasn't much shorter than he was. Her long hair was shimmering in the moon's pale light, her laugh carried in the stillness. He now wasn't so angry at Kenshin, but more at Yahiko. If he hadn't have been peeking around in the dead of night, he'd still have free( but not very good) food. But, it would be nice to be alone with Megumi. But he knew Yahiko would be over every day, trying his hardest to steer he away from him. But that would be almost like a baby defeating Kenshin. He knew that one of them would have to give up, and it would just have to be Yahiko.
As they entered the clinic the sun started to rise upon a new day. A new day of feelings, and a new day of pain and anguish. The strong-willed suffer while the carefree prevail.
"Where have you been?" Kaoru asked, rushing out to Megumi with Kenshin at her side.
"I'll tell you the story after I get him to bed and have had something to eat," she said.
"Of course," Kaoru said, smiling a bit.
Megumi walked into the dojo and put Yahiko in his bed. She looked down upon him, not really knowing what she was feeling. She felt a familiar hand in a familiar place.
"Sanosuke," she sighed. He put his arm around her and hugged her gently.
"What happened today?" he asked.
She shook her head, still not in the mood to talk about it.
"Will you be better later tonite?" he asked, grinning a bit.
"Sano, I'm really not in the mood for anything at the moment," she murmered.
He got up and looked down upon her. "Come and find me when you fall out of love with a ten year old kid,"
"Sano!" Megumi yelled, but he was gone.
"Megumi, we have a bath and some dinner waiting for you," Kaoru said kindly.
"You have really changed, Kaoru-chan. You're becoming a better woman than I ever was or can be," she said and walked off to the bath. But she stopped at Sano's door and said, "He saved my life," and walked on.
Saved her life. Sano wished he could've, but now he knew that Yahiko was as serious as he himself was with her. He knew he'd never loose her to a ten year old kid, but he was still a bit scared. Besides, they've been through a lot, and have done a lot together. He wanted to marry her, it was about time anyways. He didn't want her to be pregnat before that at any rate.
He was trying to think of why he liked Megumi so much, but nothing was coming through.
Megumi relaxed in her bath, feeling unclean no matter how many times she washed. Yahiko. She couldn't get him off of her mind. Was it love? Surely not true love like she shared with Sanosuke. They were ahead of married couples in an area or two, and she knew it was meant to be. But Yahiko. She felt a bond with him, a bond of love, but not the way he wanted it. Or was it? She shook it out of her head. She had to have a clear horizon, and she had to tell that story to everyone that night.
She hoped they had a lot of tea.
She got out and walked into the dining room, ready to spill her story to everyone.
An hour had past, and the story of Yahiko's daring rescue was unfolded. She left out a few parts, such as the hiding of the clothes and whatnot. After the matter, she was in a much better mood. She felt happy and upbeat even after that days horrific events. Sano was in a good mood as well, seeing as he got a surprise visit from Megumi, and the visit lasted the night.
Yahiko couldn't sleep that night. He decided to go to the bathroom and splash some water on his face. As he passed by Sano's room, he couldn't help but peek inside due to the noise coming from within. He was greeted by a sight no ten year old, no matter how mature, should ever see. The girl he loved and the one he thought to be his friend, he couldn't stand it. He ran back to his room as fast as he could.
Kenshin had been standing outside his door, watching what all had happened. He walked over to Sano's door and tapped on it. He heard a slight commotion inside and then Sano opened the door slightly, only wearing his pants, and they were on backwards.
"May I come in?" he asked.
"Uh," he looked back and Megumi nodded. "Sure, come on in,"
"Thank you," he said. As the door shut he added, "Don't think I don't know what has been going on in here." He looked at Megumi wearing Sano's shirt, drawing it tightly over the top of her body.
"Kenshin," Sano said, "I wish you could understand this."
"I understand it perfectly. You just scarred a ten year old boy for life. And you," he said, pointing to Megumi, "Gave him false hope for your love and then dashed it, countless times."
The two hung their heads in shame.
"You are lucky that Kaoru doesn't know about this, but I think it is time that you find a new place to live," he said. "We don't need this here."
"Kenshin. Please!" Sano begged.
"You can live at the clinic, can you not?" Kenshin snapped.
"If you understood something like this, you wouldn't care. But a young boy doesn't need to be snooping around my bedroom at night! It's my room, and what goes on in here is only to my knowledge!" he said out of frustration. "Why would he be interested in love anyways? He's so young!"
"It's something he never had, Sano," Kenshin said, leaving the room. "I want you two gone by sunrise, do you understand?" He left the room.
Sano slammed his hand against the wall, breaking a hole in it to the outside of the house.
"Sanosuke, control yourselft," Megumi said, loosening the jacket.
"It's not fair! What goes on in here is my business, not anyone elses!" He looked outside through the hole and sighed. "I guess it's for the best. Come on, we'll get our stuff."
Megumi nodded and put her things in a bag and sat down to write a small note to Yahiko. She told them that they were leaving, and that he shouldn't worry. As they walked by his room, she slipped it under his door and uttered something under her breath. Kaoru watched from a crack in her door as they left, almost in tears, wondering why they were leaving and where they could be going.
Megumi held onto Sano's arm and looked up at him. He was so brave, and handsome as well. Nothing about him doubted his fighting spirit. Being near him was a feeling that had no exlplaination. It wasn't joy or happiness, for it was far beyond that. And it wasn't longing for she had what she wanted. She came closer to him and he smiled as he put his arm around her shoulders and brought her up next to him.
He looked down on her. She wasn't much shorter than he was. Her long hair was shimmering in the moon's pale light, her laugh carried in the stillness. He now wasn't so angry at Kenshin, but more at Yahiko. If he hadn't have been peeking around in the dead of night, he'd still have free( but not very good) food. But, it would be nice to be alone with Megumi. But he knew Yahiko would be over every day, trying his hardest to steer he away from him. But that would be almost like a baby defeating Kenshin. He knew that one of them would have to give up, and it would just have to be Yahiko.
As they entered the clinic the sun started to rise upon a new day. A new day of feelings, and a new day of pain and anguish. The strong-willed suffer while the carefree prevail.