Disclaimer:
I don't own Rurouni Kenshin.
Summary:
She thought he was in love with another girl, when he realized that he was in love with her. This is a story of how a man falls in love with the best friend and how he will do everything to make her realize what he feels for her is true.
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I'll make you…
Prologue: When we were young…
Just when he was tying the knot, she came to her senses. She looked at him and gave him a smile. He smiled back at her. She hugged him again. He hugged back as he buried his head into her hair and smelled jasmine. She did also likewise and smelled lavender.
She pulled away still smiling. "Thank you," with that she turned to goon her way but was stopped as a slightly larger held hers.
"Can I see you again?" he asked, violet eyes beaming almost in a pleading look. She nodded. "Tomorrow, here, same time," he said and let her go.
He watched her disappear in the horizon before making his own way home feeling happy.
Part 2: the promise we made…xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The next day, he waited eagerly by the statue. But seeing he was still early he decided to take a nap. But after a while he felt someone was staring at him. He opened his eyes and saw that he was right.
He was greeted by bright blue eyes, which looked at him in confusion.
"What's the matter?" he asked.
"We never got to know each others' names," she said pouting at him. He laughed at the cute picture she made.
Hearing his laughter, she smiled also but her eyes still held her question. He stopped and looked at her straight in the eye.
"My name is Shinta. Shinta Himura," he said as he drew nearer to her face.
"I'm Kaoru. Kaoru Kamiya." She took his hand shook it.
"So now that we know each other what are we going to do?" she asked him. He rubbed his chin in thought.
"I don't know," he shrugged after some minutes.
"I know, I'll show you this really nice lake!" with that the girl grabbed his hand and ran to the park.
After some running, the girl let go of his hand. Leaving to collapse to the ground, "I'm sorry," she said as she looked over him as he lay on the grass.
The boy shook his head. "I never was really strong," he explained.
"That's not true. You hug like a big elephant." He laughed, "How would you know what an elephant's hug will be like?"
"I don't know. But my mom said that they are really strong. And besides, she says my dad hugs like an elephant and your is just as strong. So you must hug like an elephant also," she concluded. He smiled like crazy, but made no further comment.
They wandered around the lake looking at ducks and some occasional fishes. When he crouched down and pointed at a frog.
"What is that?" she asked.
"It's called a frog," he said as he drew it nearer.
"Oh, so that's a frog," and she moved to kiss it. But moved it away as she was about to kiss it.
"What do you think you are doing?" he asked in disbelief. The usual girls he met would have run by now, and here was his friend Kaoru trying to kiss it.
"I was going to kiss it," she said matter-of-factly and then she moved to kiss the frog again.
"Why?" he asked as he pulled it away from her. She relented, crossed her arms and pouted.
"Because my mom told me a story about a frog becoming a prince if kissed by a princess. So I thought that if I kissed it, it would become my prince, and we would marry and then we would live happily eve after," she explained as she glared at him.
"But you're not a princess," he said as he looked at the frog and back at her.
"But my dad calls me one," she said as she looked intently at the frog. Shinta dropped it into the lake. She moved to go after it; he held her back by her tiny waist.
"It's not the same thing," he said as he held her tighter as she saw it jump away. He was quite taken aback when she didn't struggle anymore after a while. He let her go. She remained looking at the lake longingly.
"Why are you being mean?" she asked as her voice croaked. He felt guilty. He made her cry. He turned her around and hugged her.
"I'm not mean, I just don't want you to get warts," he answered truthfully.
"Warts? What are warts?" she sniffed as she buried her face in his chest.
"I don't know exactly, but it isn't pretty," he explained as he rubbed her back with one hand and held her tighter with another.
"Oh," she said lamely. She moved away and wiped her tears away with the back of her hands.
"I'm sorry you can't have your prince, but I'll marry you instead," he said as he held her hands in his. She looked up at him still a little flushed from her outburst earlier.
"Sure? You promise?" she asked as the lights danced in her eyes.
"Of course," he said as he kissed her on the nose, "My promise to you sealed with this kiss."
The kiss made her day and so she smiled at him making his day as well. After that for the rest of the day they went exploring and making up stories with each new thing they found, until their day ended.
