Author's Note: Sorry about the short chapter. I'll try to post Chapter 4 either tomorrow or Sunday as penance. Still can't remember what I was going to say before the last chapter. Oh well, a mind is a terrible thing to lose.
Chapter 3
Kaoru runs from the kitchen and yells, "SANO! He's with me."
Sano, stops, looks back and forth between the two of them and smirks, "Sorry about that. Name's Sanosuke Sagara. Hope I didn't scare you."
Kenshin scratches the back of his head, "I'm fine, thank you. I am Kenshin Himura."
Sano states, "So Kenshin, you're with our Jou-chan. 'Bout time she got herself a boyfriend."
Kenshin responds, shocked, "Oro!"
Kaoru is totally embarrassed and explains, "SANO! He's not my boyfriend. He's a client."
Sano shrugs, "Really? My mistake."
Kaoru can't stay there one more second, "We've gotta go."
Sano, as Kaoru drags Kenshin down the walk to the car, yells after her, "What, you're leavin' so soon?" To Yahiko, "Was it somethin' I said?"
Yahiko sips his milk, "Nah, she's just tense."
Sano agrees, "I'll say."
Kaoru drops Kenshin at his hotel and drives home. Once inside, she drops her bag, jacket and shoes by the door and starts drawing water for a bath. She turns on some relaxing music and sinks into the hot water. Then the phone rings.
Kaoru says, her eyes still closed, "This had better be good."
Misao responds, "It's just me. I wanted to see how your day went and if my car's ok."
Kaoru sighs, "The car's fine. The day was a nightmare."
Misao asks sympathetically, "What happened? Was that guy mean to you? I'll pound him!"
Kaoru explains, "No, he was very nice. Almost too nice."
Misao inquires, "So, what went wrong?"
Kaoru responds weakly, "I took him to the Akabeko for lunch and Tae spent the whole time hitting on him."
Misao encourages her to continue, "What'd you expect? You know Tae."
Kaoru continues, "Then, as we were leaving, Megumi called and roped me into watching Yahiko, so I had no choice but to take Kenshin along."
Misao replies, shocked, "You took him to Sano's house?"
Kaoru almost on the verge of tears remembering the incident, "Yeah and Sano came home and almost started a fight, now Okina's made me his assistant."
Misao tries to soothe her friend, "Sorry about the Sano thing, but you being Kenshin's assistant is great."
Kaoru is not in the mood to be consoled, "Oh, yeah, now that he thinks I'm insane. Today was the worst day of my life."
Misao replies, "Well, tomorrow's another day. If he talks to you tomorrow, he doesn't care about what went wrong today. Trust me."
Kaoru agrees, "Yeah, you're probably right."
Misao asks with a giggle, "Of course I am. So….is he cute?"
Kaoru giggles as well and answers, "Yeah."
To Be Continued…
