Disclaimer: I don't own Rurouni Kenshin. The song is called 'Predilection' and is from the anime Gravitation! If you haven't watched it yet you should!

Laughingly Yours

by: FadingFaith

Chapter One

Reminiscing Old Times

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Italics-Hitokiri's thoughts

Bold-Rurouni's thoughts

Is this torture? For this unworthy one to be able to see that flawless perfection yet denied the chance to touch it, instead sessha is forced to be content with something less. Sessha knows he is not worthy, demo, it's hard to remember that when gazing into her sad eyes.

Stop babbling to yourself, rurouni.

Oro? Sessha is not babbling. Sessha is merely thinking, de gozaru.

Think quieter then.

"Himura-san?" My gaze flitted over to Tomoe, who looked disturbed, nervous even. That made me curious, since from the day we married we decided upon a truth, and since then she was comfortable around the rurouni and me.

I would leave her alone and she would leave me alone most of the time. Only when we're outside do our acting skills come in, and then I would usually let the rurouni handle it.

What is wrong with Tomoe-dono, de gozaru yo?

How am I supposed to know, rurouni? You're the one that's good with these kinds of things.

Hai, demo, sessha wasn't paying attention before thathe was not.

Too busy thinking about a certain someone?

Not anymore than you did.

I didn't bother reply. No point to, after all, he was quite right.

Flashback

Battousai's P. O. V.

She was beautifully untouchable.

It was a perfect day for a wedding; birds chirped their blessings, clouds moved for our expense, even the sky was in agreement of this false matrimony. Everything was perfect...except the glaring gazes of my fellow acquaintances.

To tell you the truth I didn't really believe that they would understand, however I never mentioned it to the bumbling rurouni who seems happy believing that our friends would understand our motives. Or rather, lack of motives.

The procedure passed like a blur, the fuzzy kind of memory that would tease you by showing little details every few moments but never giving the whole. Personally I didn't bother paying attention, the rurouni could handle it, but it was his shock that snapped me to attention.

What's wrong rurouni?

As a habit my hand flew over to my sheathed sword, expecting danger. However, the rurouni wouldn't let me out; instead he kept control and pushed me back into our mind. Annoyed, I snarled and fought him trying to find out what had him so worked up.

Let me out!

No, sessha should handle this.

Handle what fucking damn it? You're not even letting me see!

Oro? Sessha is reluctant to show you this...

I scowled trying to break free but the rurouni's determination kept me in place. After sometimes I succumbed unwilling to his wishes. Instead, grumbling audibly I sat down with a rustle and concentrated on what could have made the rurouni to behave this way.

Rurouni's P. O. V.

Sessha sighed, although sessha didn't want to believe it, sessha knew it was true...Sanosuke, Yahiko, Megumi-dono, Aoshi, Misao-dono...none of them listened to sessha's sides of the reasons. The only thing they realize is that I betrayed Kaoru-dono...

The whole procedure passed without too much delay; the only thing that went wrong was when the priest asked for any objections to this marriage, 'twas then sessha realize how stupid sessha was for inviting everyone.

However to sessha's growing surprise nobody said anything, sessha was ready to put the ring upon Tomoe-dono's finger. Demo, a soft yet firm voice stopped any preparation sessha was planning to do.

"I object."

Sessha was stumped, after all sessha could never forget that voice...turning around the same time as a gasp rose from Tomoe-dono's delicate throat, sessha saw her.

Her soft raven hair that sessha had played with not so long ago was piled at the top of her head, sessha felt shock over flood sessha's system. She wasn't the most beautiful woman there at the wedding, but to sessha she felt like the true definition of perfection.

She adorned a simple yet classy dress; it was white, pure, just like her. Beautifully defiant sapphires stared into sessha's and sessha felt the shock leave his body the same time he heard the hitokiri.

What's wrong?

Sessha didn't answer instead sessha tried to hold on to sessha's ever-slipping control.

Let me out!

No, sessha should handle this.

Handle what fucking damn it? You're not even letting me see!

Oro? Sessha is reluctant to show you this...

Sessha was...after all if Battousai saw this he might just forget the promise we made to our shishou...the one this unworthy one was sure he intend to keep. Sessha stopped his train of thought as another battle of control was started.

Sessha was so intent on unrelenting his control that he did not notice he had gone down onto the ground and was shaking hard with efforts. Demo, everyone else did.

Sessha felt someone hug him...and sessha couldn't help but notice the lacking amount of warm concern in it...

The lacking amount of true love...

The lacking amount of relaxing comfort that sessha could always seek out in her arms.

Time slipped by this unworthy one's hands as sessha try to slow down sessha's breathing. After sessha felt everything was under control sessha opened his eyes.

Only to be meeting with disaster, the guests were scattered some around sessha and others jeering around an protected young girl...Kaoru-dono!

Breaking free of the concerned crowd sessha rushed over to Kaoru-dono, sessha could hear it clearly now...almost everyone is participating in making her feel miserable, despite the fact that Sano and the others were telling them to...' fuck off ' as Sano likes to say...

"What do you're doing girl? A mere guest and you dare to defy true love like those two? Have you no honor?"

Another laughed. "Honor?! What honor? I'll bet you she wasn't even invited!"

Unable to handle it, sessha rushed forward only to be stopped at her next words. They were bitter and shattered sessha's heart.

"Them? Those two?" She smiled sourly and continued on "Of course what was I thinking I'll just go back to my dump of a home now...what a fool I was."

"Ya you better go girl, after all, if you didn't know the groom happened to be a dangerous hitokiri."

With those words she stood up, shot sessha a glare then proceeds to smooth out her dress which had dirt smudged over it now, and sessha couldn't help but thinking.

No longer pure...this unworthy one has tainted her once innocent light.

Battousai's P. O. V.

No longer pure...this unworthy one has tainted her once innocent light.

I blinked out the blurriness of my eyes...before I could say anything the rurouni continued on.

It's all this unworthy one's fault...sessha tainted her...

What happened rurouni?

I demanded harshly, forget sympathy for his depressed thoughts, I want to know what's going on around here,

Did Tomoe and the rurouni...

I shuddered and flinched visibly

...he wouldn't have...would he?

Oro? Tomoe-dono and sessha wouldn't have what?

Nothing...now tell me what the fuck just happened.

Ano...Kaoru-dono was there...

He didn't continue which was good anyways seeing as I would've blocked him out. Kaoru? It was a surprise for both the rurouni and me when we found out we were going to have a girl for a partner.

She arrived...it didn't take long for me to admire and respect her determination...and start lusting after her young and naïve innocence...

The rurouni continued on now and slowly I forced myself to listen to him.

Sessha couldn't stop her...Kaoru-dono ran away...

Away...

Away...

The word ran thought my head again and again...each time colder than the last.

Away...

Away from us...

After that she continued to work with us...but she changed...

Flashback ends

"Himura-san? Are you there?" I blinked slowly, my frozen orbs focusing on her form...she fidgeted.

"Ano, I hope you won't mind if Akira-kun pick me up tonight for our date."

I snorted inside my mind.

She was worried over that insignificant thing?

But I consented to her request anyways. "Fine." She looked relieved and quickly excused herself.

I was left with my thoughts again.

Kaoru's P. O. V.

I didn't want to love him...and Megumi along with Misao were only too glad to set me up with 'wonderful guys that could top that asshole anytime' sighing I hummed a song that used to be his favorite song.

nijuuhachi-ji no yoru wo kiritoru mado wo toshimetara hajimaru

ichido shikaketara tokenai wana wo ma ni awanai protection

tatoeba kimi wo kizutsuketai jiorama ni tojikomete

tataitemita tte sakendetemo kikoenai sa predilection

iki mo dekinai joukyou shita de wa sugureta ai wo musaboru

Can't get enough kotoba yori mo motto don't let me down tashika ni misete hoshii

One more night kusuka ni kizutsuita kimi wo mitsumeru me sono saki ni

uragiru tame ni umaretekita kuchibiru wo togisumase

muimi na rikutsu ni mata muragaru orokashisa ni predilection

nasuketa mo nai kono heya kara hayaku sukuidashite yo

Can't get enough utsukushii mayonaka don't let me down hashiritsuzukete mo mata

One more night nigerenai no wa dare kizukitaku mo nai sono shinjitsu

Can't get enough kanashige na kao kara Don't let me down itami sae fukuetara

One more night junsui na ai dake tookunai mirai kanaeru sa

hajimari sae ushinawareta owaranai geemu wo shiyou

Can't get enough kotoba yori mo motto don't let me down tashika ni misete hoshii

One more night suka ni kizutsuita kimi ga mitsumeru me sono saki ni

Can't get enough utsukushii mayonaka don't let me down hashiritsuzukete mo mata

One more night nigerenai no wa dare kizukitaku mo nai sono shinjitsu

Can't get enough kanashige na kao kara Don't let me down itami sae fukuetara

One more night junsui na ai dake tookunai mirai kanaeru sa

Can't get enough don't let me down One more night

Can't get enough don't let me down One more night...

Can't get enough...

The song used to be his favorite...and as a present I had learned it for his birthday. I snorted in a very unladylike manner, that got me somewhere didn't it? My thoughts were sour but I didn't care after all he didn't care.

One piece of that lyric caught my mind and ran with it, unable to forget about it I mused...

Don't let me down, I'll still run to you

He had murmured that to me once...remembering hurts, but the memory persisted and I found myself drowning in his warm yet distant embrace again.

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