A Wanderer's Sword:

A Sequel to "Broken Hearts"

Ch. 5

A Lie For Truth

"Do you really care what people say about you Kenshin?" Kaoru asked holding him tightly.

He rested his head on her chest. "I only care what you think."

"You know I love you…I couldn't live without you."

"But why won't you tell me the truth?"

"The truth about what?"

"Why didn't you tell me you're pregnant?"

Kaoru was silent for a long time. She stared into space over his shoulder as his warm breath warmed her chest. Suddenly they're breathing was all that filled her ears, and cold began to drip silently down her cheeks wetting his red hair.

"Who told you I was pregnant?" she finally asked trying to avoid answering the question.

"I wasn't out drinking all day." Kenshin said still not looking up. "I went to see Megumi; I had a feeling you weren't going to tell me what she had to say even if you did go to see her. Her suspicions were the same as mine." As he finished he looked up into her eyes hurtfully.

She tried to avoid his glance but failed miserably. "I…" she tried to say but trailed off into a quiet sob.

"All this time I thought it was something else…"

"What could you possibly think I was hiding!" she asked surprised finally looking into his sad eyes.

"Even for the few years I've known you Kaoru I don't know that much about you, that I don't. I thought that if you were hiding something from me it had to be terrible, that I did."

"I just was afraid—"

"Afraid of what! That I wouldn't be happy, that I would leave you because you had a child! I'm you're husband!" he said shaking her slightly with frustration.

She burst out in tears again and thrust her arms around his neck. "I wanted to tell you the minute I suspected, just like I want to tell you everything…I was just afraid that you'd go off again and I'd be left alone with a child and this dojo—"

"I would never—"

"I know you wouldn't if you knew but…I didn't want to believe it myself at first…I was going to tell you but then I saw how miserable you were at the dojo…"

"You're not making any sense Kaoru." He said looking her straight in the face. "You're my whole world, why would I leave?"

She continued to cry. "I don't know…I'm just so… emotional…"

"What was you're first clue?..." he laughed quietly.

She smiled weakly. "I'm sorry…"

"I love you even though you're emotional…"

"I love you even though you stink of sake…" she smiled.

"I really didn't drink that much…I knocked into a waitress who was carrying a whole dozen glasses of sake for the table next to me…what's really bothering me is the cold soup I tried to drink to sober up, that I did. It didn't agree with me, that it didn't." he said holding his stomach painfully.

"You really scared me…"

"Just don't let our next problem get this far…" he said softly.

"Okay…." She whispered softly kissing him sweetly. "Kenshin?"

"Yes, Kaoru?"

"We're having a baby."

"That's better…"

TO BE CONTINUED

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