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Chapter 5

Kaoru ran for her room the moment she stepped out of the dining room. She ran blindly with tears running down her face. After reaching her room, she closed it silently, bolted the door and collapsed on the floor. Crying her heart out. "Why am I engaged to a person who does not believe in love? What kind of man is he? What kind of person am I for that matter?" Kaoru asked herself. She stood up, looked at her reflection in front of the mirror. Her face looked back, a face she wasn't even familiar with and waited for an answer. Like her memories, her answer never came.

"You're a bastard, you know that?" Kenshin's conscience piped up. "What did you want me to say? That we are in love when the truth of the matter is that I have never even laid eyes on her since that day at the dock because I was the man responsible for killing her fiancée and destroying her happiness? Is that what you wanted me to say?" He answered. Kenshin stood up and looked out the window. He spent the next few minutes thinking over the scene he had with Tomoe earlier. Kenshin had to admit that he acted like a camel's ass to his guest. He planned to make amends and apologize. After a few more minutes, he decided that he would let Tomoe rest for a while before he came up to apologize. He decided to do some paperwork regarding his estates in the study room and then he'll go upstairs to visit his guest.

While Kenshin was inside the study room working, Kaoru was stealthily opening the front door. She walked out onto the streets of London and ran. She had no destination in mind but she had to get away. Away from the violet eyed man who broke her heart.

Kaoru ended up in a park with a pond where a number of ducks were swimming around. She sat on a park bench and watched them swim around in the water and cried. Kaoru cried for herself because she was wondering what kind of woman was she to allow herself be engaged to a man who had no heart.

After 3 hours, Kenshin put down his pen and went upstairs to apologize. He knocked on the door and waited for it to be opened. When no answer came, he knocked again. Kenshin was getting worried. "What if she is in the bathroom and she slipped? What if she's lying on the cold floor, unconscious and I'm not there to help her?" He thought. With that in mind, he opened the door and strolled inside the room looking for Kaoru. "Tomoe!" Kenshin called out. No answer. He looked inside the bathroom. Not there. Now he was starting to panic.

Kenshin ran around the house screaming for her name. He called for his butler to start a search all over the manor for Kaoru. The household staff searched for the guest all over the mansion as well as outside the house. They were questioning people walking by if they have seen a woman with sapphire eyes and long, raven hair. Kenshin went outside the house just as his butler was talking with a bystander. "I saw a lady wearing some kind of white dress with a silver belt. I am not sure if her eyes were blue but her hair was long and black." The man said. "She went toward the direction of the park." He added. "Thank you for the information." Kenshin said. He handed the bystander a gold coin as payment for the information.

Kenshin boarded his carriage and went to look for Kaoru. "This is all your fault! Tomoe would never have run away if you have been the least bit considerate of her feelings!" His conscience piped up. "If I find her, I will do my best to make it up to her." He added. "It will be my duty. Providing for her and cherishing her as a husband does his wife. It is the least I can do for Tomoe for all the heartache I caused her." Kenshin said out loud.

After a few minutes, Kenshin saw a familiar figure seated at a park bench. He signaled his driver to stop and Kenshin got out of the carriage and ran toward Kaoru. "Tomoe!" Kenshin said. Kaoru turned as she heard a familiar voice behind her. She stood up when she saw that it was Kenshin that called out her name. "Tomoe, I have been looking all over for you. When I went up your room and found out that you were gone…" Kenshin trailed off. He didn't want to think about what he felt when he realized Tomoe ran away. Away from him. Kaoru looked at Kenshin with eyes wet with tears. Then she turned away from him, intending to run again when suddenly a pair of strong arms encircled her waist, keeping her in place. Kaoru felt Kenshin's breath on the side of her neck and he said, "Tomoe, please don't leave. Not again. I'm sorry for being so callous about your feelings. We had an argument before you came here in England. So I really am sorry. Please don't leave." His voice was sweet and persuasive. There was no way that Kaoru would be able to deny him anything he desired when he used that voice. It made her insides quiver and melt. She turned around in Kenshin's embrace and put her arms around the man who was humbling himself to her.

"Let's go home." Kenshin said. Kaoru nodded her agreement. Kenshin escorted Kaoru to the carriage and signaled his driver to head for home. Inside the carriage, He pulled Kaoru over to sit beside him and put his arm around her. Kaoru kept her head bowed as the carriage sped toward the Himura manor. "Tomoe look at me." Kenshin said. Kaoru kept her head bowed. Kenshin placed his hand underneath Kaoru's chin and tilted her head up. "Tomoe, starting today, my home will be your home. I am announcing our engagement to the ton as soon as possible." Kenshin said. Kaoru kept quiet, she just looked at him with warmth in her eyes. Taken by the moment, Kenshin lowered his head and kissed his fiancée.

It was a kiss made in lonely dreams. A kiss that took its time. A kiss so right you couldn't remember all the reasons why it was wrong.

The carriage stopped in front of the manor. Kenshin reluctantly lifted his lips away from Kaoru's and said, "We're home, my sweet." Kaoru smiled. It seems that everything will be alright.

A/N: Here's the new chapter! Hope you guys like it! Review!