Chapter 3
Dr. Gensai taped up Kaoru's head and turned to the man that was hovering at the bedside. "Kenshin, you should sleep. We have done all that we can for her, it's now up to this young lady to pull herself thru this." Dr. Gensai advised.
"No, I'll stay with her, I'll just have my butler bring up food so I can stay by her side while she's sleeping." Kenshin answered. "I have a lot of work to keep me company anyway." He added.
"Alright, but make sure that you get plenty of rest too. I don't want to take care of another patient." Dr. Gensai advised. "I'll be back to check on her tomorrow morning."
"She's lucky she's still alive." Kenshin mused when the doctor left him with his guest. He stared at Kaoru's face and noticed that what he thought was a plain face was actually not plain. With her raven hair spread out on the pillow and her rosy lips slightly parted, she looked magnificent. And Kenshin distinctly remembered seeing a pair of beautiful sapphire eyes when she was walking toward him at the dock. "What am I doing? I'm not supposed to find her beautiful! I killed her fiancée for God's sake!"
All night Kenshin battled with his thoughts on the beautiful stranger lying on the bed inside his guest room. Finally, as the sun started to rise, Kenshin drifted off into a fitful sleep on the chair next to Kaoru's bed.
Morning"Ugh…." Kaoru moaned. Kenshin awoke with a start at the sound he heard coming from Kaoru. "Tomoe?" he asked. Kaoru kept silent with her eyes still closed and breathing heavily. "I guess she was having a dream." Kenshin thought.
Slowly Kaoru opened her eyes. She saw a blurry vision of a man with red hair and violet eyes. "Hi." The man said. "Where…?" Kaoru asked. "You're in my home." The man answered. "Don't move, I'll have my butler get Dr. Gensai so he can take a look at you." The man ordered. Kaoru leaned back on the pillow and relaxed at the soothing voice of the man in front of her. "I'll just call my butler so he can get the doctor." He ordered.
As Kenshin pulled the bell pull to summon the butler to the room, Kaoru took a closer look at the man who was walking away from her to the other end of the room where the pull was. He had long shimmering red hair tied behind his back with a slim thong. He was only a few inches taller than her but he exuded grace and confidence that befits a man of taller stature. Kenshin turned around to look at her and Kaoru marveled at the sheer beauty of the man. His eyes were a startling violet color and he had a cross-shaped scar on his cheek. Kaoru wondered as to how he got that scar.
Kenshin smiled as he saw his guest staring at him in avid fascination. He was used to getting that kind of reaction from women. Women pursued him to be their husband. He was amused by the attention he was getting at first, but as time went by, he got all jaded and cynical about the attention the female population, not to mention their mothers, were paying him. Now Kenshin knows that they saw him as a ticket to a better life and a ticket into the elite world he inhabits.
"He's gorgeous! I wonder why he's here with me?… Is he my… friend? Boyfriend? Fiancée? Husband?" "Do I look okay?" Kaoru thought. Kaoru tries to imagine what she looks like, and all she can come up with is…… blank. Now Kaoru starts to panic and clutch the bedspread in her hands. Her eyes started to widen and look around the room frantically. Kenshin noticed this and ran to Kaoru's side.
"What is it Tomoe?" "What's the problem?" Kenshin asked. Kaoru started to cry and she snatched his hands and clutched them tightly. "Who am I? What am I doing here? Why cant I remember anything?" Kaoru cried. "I can't even remember my own face!" she exclaimed. "And… you called me Tomoe… is that what my name is?" "Why can't I remember!" she added.
Kenshin hugged Kaoru and sat on her bed. "Sssshhh.. its going to be alright." "I'm here now. I won't let anything happen to you. Don't worry." Kenshin said in his soothing voice. As Kenshin holds her guest in his arms he feels an emotion so foreign to him he didn't even understand it at first. He began to feel protective over his young guest. "It's just normal to feel this protective. She is in another country with no one. She doesn't even have her memories." Kenshin thought. Kaoru kept on crying on Kenshin's chest for about a few more minutes until she fell asleep in his arms. As Kenshin tucked her into bed, he couldn't help but place a kiss on her forehead. He straightened up, unwilling to admit that the peck on the forehead was anything more than brotherly.
Kenshin started to turn and leave Kaoru to sleep and go to his chambers when a hand suddenly reached over and took hold of his own. He turned around to the owner of the hand. "Stay. Please." Kaoru said, with eyes moist with unshed tears. "I'm scared." Kenshin couldn't say no to a plea that could have come from his own heart. "Okay. I'll stay. But you need to rest. Close your eyes and I'll stay by your bedside." He assured her. Kaoru was already asleep when before he could say, "Sleep well, Tomoe."
A/N: Sorry if the chapters are short.. I'm writing my story here at work coz I get my inspiration for my story in my work station…. grins
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