A/N: JBella – I got the idea for the fanfic in that book. But the story will be deviating soon… Just thought the whole premise of the memory loss thing would be a nice plot for a KxK romance…
Here's another chapter…hope you like it!
Chapter 4It was early the next morning when Kaoru opened her eyes. She turned to the man sleeping beside her and smiled. He had his head bent to hide his eyes. "He looks tired." Kaoru thought. "I should wake him up so that he could go an sleep in his room properly." She added. Cautiously, Kaoru reached out and touched her guardian's arm. Kenshin awoke with a start at the unfamiliar touch. "Hi. I think you should rest properly. You'll get a stiff neck from sleeping like that." Kaoru stated, with a smile. "Thank you for staying with me." She added.
"She worries about me." Kenshin thought. "So, you're already up huh?" Kenshin stated. "How was your sleep last night?" he asked. "I slept well, thank you." Kaoru replied. "Uhm, I'm sorry I asked you to stay with me last night. Sleeping on the chair is really uncomfortable, Mr..?" Kaoru trailed off. "Kenshin. Kenshin Himura." Kenshin answered.
"Kenshin." Kaoru let his name roll of her tongue and decided that she liked the sound of it. "Would it be okay if I took a hot bath? I feel so unclean." Kaoru asked. "Let me ring for a maid so she can draw you a hot bath." Kenshin answered. "I'll see you after your bath. I'll come by to take you downstairs so we can have breakfast." He added.
Right after pulling the bell to summon the maid, a young girl with medium length brown hair and kind brown eyes came in. "I'm Tsubame and I will be your lady's maid." The girl said. "But why would I need a lady's maid? I can perfectly take care of myself!" Kaoru explained. "I can fix my own bed and fix my own clothes.." Kaoru trailed off at the shocked look the girl gave her. "But my lady, we were given orders to take care of you and make sure that you are comfortable." Tsubame said. "You can keep a secret now, can you? Just don't tell Kenshin that I'm the one doing the chores inside the room." Kaoru countered. "Okay. If that is what you really want, my lady." Tsubame said with a smile and a small curtsy. "Thanks Tsubame. I really appreciate this. It's just that I feel so silly having you do the things I can do myself… It's strange… I feel as if I am not used to a life of luxury." Kaoru confessed.
Kaoru took her bath by herself and afterwards, she was dressed in Tomoe's clothes. Kaoru was wearing a white kimono with silver butterflies printed on the cloth plus a silver obi to compliment the printed butterflies. "You look beautiful, my lady." Tsubame exclaimed. Before Kaoru could mutter her thanks, there was a sharp knock at the door. It opened suddenly and Kenshin strode in the room.
Kenshin looked at Kaoru thinking, "Man, she really is gorgeous! I could stare at her beautiful blue eyes all day." But what he said was, "Miss Tomoe, we should be going down to breakfast." Kaoru smiled. "Yes, we should. My lord."
"My lord? Tomoe, you can call me Kenshin. You called me by my first name earlier." Kenshin said. "But Tsubame said you are my fiancée and as such, you are to be called 'my lord'." Kaoru countered.
Kenshin felt his heart stop at the statement Kaoru made. Then he looked over at Tsubame, only to find her gone. "I can't believe that maid had the audacity to tell Tomoe that we are betrothed!" Kenshin thought. He looked over at the expectant face of his young guest and another, darker image looms in his mind…. The night he ran over a young man, ending his dreams of happiness and leaving this enchanting young woman alone in the world. "Well, she's not totally alone. She has me." Kenshin thought. "But only if you take the risk and claim her as your own!" He thought to himself. At that moment, his heart had taken control of his mind, and it answered for him.
"Yes, I am your fiancée but you need not call me my lord. Kenshin is perfectly fine." Kenshin said. "Alright, Kenshin." Kaoru replied. "Well, let's go down and have lunch. I'm starving." Kenshin said. He held out his arm and his unlikely fiancée took his arm and he led her down to the formal dining room.
While they were eating, Kaoru asked, "I hope you don't mind me asking, but how exactly did we meet? Am I a resident of England? Am I…" "Tomoe, one question at a time. I'm not going anywhere so you can slow down." Kenshin said with a smile.
"Okay, question number one: How did we meet?" Kaoru asked impertinently. "Well, we haven't exactly met in person. We have been conducting our relationship entirely thru mail." Kenshin answered. "As far as I know, that at least is true." He thought. "We communicate through letters but I haven't had the chance to meet you until that day at the harbor." Kenshin added. Kaoru seemed to ponder over Kenshin's response. Then her next question just about brought him to his knees.
"Are we in love?" Kaoru asked. She looked at Kenshin and her azure eyes begged him to answer her question. After a few moments, Kenshin answered, "Love is for fools and poets. Our betrothal is purely for show and it does not have anything to do with what you call love." He added. Kaoru looked at him with those fathomless blue eyes, now slightly misty with unshed tears. She didn't say anything more. She just dropped the fork she was holding in her hand, stood up and left.
A/N: whew! Finally I was able to update… hope you liked the chapter…
Reviews please!
This is the chapter I re uploaded. The old chappie had a mistake… Kenshin called Kaoru "Kaoru" instead of Tomoe! Man, even I'm getting confused with the name thing!
