Yay to another funny chapter. I love this story!!!!!!!! I hope someone out
there loves it too. Sorry for the random updates. I'll try to keep them
more regular once I figure out what the hell I wanna do with this story.
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"Hi Ken-san! It's me, Megumi. I just called to say hello. Maybe we can do something later, ne? I'll see you around. Bye!"
This was the only message on the answering machine when Sano and Kenshin got home from their morning jog.
"Should I call her back? Would that seem too desperate? Nah, I'll call!" Sano walked around the small apartment in search of the cordless phone.
"Sano, number one, Megumi called me not you; two, she didn't leave her number. And three, there is no way you could seem more desperate than you did yesterday."
"Ouch, the hell's wrong with you? You're grumpy today."
"Nothing's wrong." Kenshin shrugged.
"WHERE THE HELL IS THE PHONE!" Sano yelled digging under the cushions of the couch.
"But you don't know her number, anyway." Kenshin calmly explained again.
"Still, if she calls, and we can't find the phone, then what?" Sano continued to rampage through the living room. Kenshin sighed deeply, and rubbed his temples. "Have you tried the cradle?"
"Cradle?" Sano stopped to give his smaller friend a quizzical look.
"The phone cradle."
"We have a phone cradle?"
"Over there." Kenshin exasperatedly pointed at the side table next to the couch where the phone sat neatly in a white phone cradle. Sano stared at it as if he'd never seen it before.
"oh..."
"I'm going out to the supermarket. I'll be back in an hour and a half or so." Kenshin always took his time at the supermarket. He never liked to rush what should be done with the utmost care. For example, when Sano went to the supermarket he bought anything and everything, but Kenshin made sure he got the best deal possible, without sacrificing taste, of course.
"Bring back chips, chocolate pudding, fish, cocoa puffs, and a pack of frozen pizza's."
"No."
"Come on, I'm starving here!"
"You need to stay in shape for your match, no junk food. Anyway, have this place cleaned up by the time I come back."
"Fine, fine." Sano found himself the remote, and plopped on the couch. It was amazing how he can never find the phone, but he always knows exactly where the remote is. Kenshin shook his head knowing that his friend would not move from that very spot by the time he returned. From Sano, Kenshin wouldn't expect anything but a mess when he returned. Sano wasn't one to worry about dirt and messes. Kenshin on the other hand was what one would call a "neat freak." He didn't see a problem with the fact, but Sano believed Kenshin's constant cleaning was a sign of stress. Kenshin couldn't see how being sanitary meant he was stressed. Either way he doubted Sano cared much whether the room was clean or dirty.
"Mou! I can't reach it!" Kaoru whined as she stretched for the cereal box. She had woken up this morning with a strong craving for cocoa puffs, and now she couldn't even reach them from the shelf. (A/N: This happened to my mom once. She's only 5 foot 1 so she's pretty short. It was pathetic, but it was funny as hell anyway)
"Need help Miss?" A supermarket employee asked.
Kaoru nodded her head lightly, extremely embarrassed by how stupid she looked trying to reach the taunting box of cereal. Thank goodness Megumi wasn't around. She would have been on Kaoru's case, joking and teasing relentlessly.
The boy smiled at Kaoru, and proceeded to reach up and grab the cereal with ease. He handed the box to Kaoru, and gave her a big boyish grin. He ran his hand through his short dark hair, and eyed Kaoru through his black sunglasses. If Kaoru wasn't mistaken, the kid was around 17. He was cute, but far too young for her. Plus, she didn't think she could ever date again. Not after what had happened. Not after the way her heart had gotten broken into millions of pieces. Kaoru put the box in her cart, and got behind it to push it down the isle, but the boy was still standing there, as if he was waiting for her to do something. "Is there something you want?"
"Oh, sorry, no. I was just thinking that you look familiar. Do you go to my high school?" Her cheeks flushed.
'He thinks I'm in high school? Do I look that naïve and young?' Kaoru thought embarrassed. She felt so stupid and innocent.
"No, no I don't." Kaoru said, vainly trying to stop the flood of red from spreading across her face.
"Well, I'm sure I've seen you somewhere." The boy leaned against the shelf stretching out his tall frame.
"Sorry, you have to wrong girl." Kaoru smiled weakly.
"My name's Tetsuya" (A/N: CAMEO FROM FUSHIGI YUUGI!)
"Oh, I'm Kaoru." Kaoru shifted nervously, as she realized that the boy was hitting on her.
"Well Kaoru, if you're not doing anything later we should go see a movie, and maybe go to dinner too. We can do something else after that if you'd like? Perhaps you'd prefer to go skating, lots of girls like to skate, or maybe go to the beach..." Kaoru watched in confusion as Tetsuya carried on the full conversation by himself, and wondered for a second if he would notice if she were to walk away.
"Can you even afford all of that?" Kaoru interjected after a solid 5 minutes of his tangent.
"Huh?"
"I don't want to sound rude or anything, but you're a clerk person at a supermarket. I'm sure the pay here isn't that good."
"Oh, I don't work here." Tetsuya grinned. Kaoru face faulted.
"But, but, but, you're wearing the apron that everyone who works here wears!"
"Oh this thing?" Tetsuya gestured to the apron, "My father owns this chain of supermarkets, so I came here for free food. I like playing around with the cash registers and stuff when I'm here. It helps pass the time."
"Um... sure." Kaoru said even though she was thinking about how weird he was.
"I gotta go, but if you need anything, you can talk to me." Tetsuya smiled, and walked off down the aisle, idly running his hand through his hair once again.
Megumi was so angry. Never before had she wanted to hurt someone so much. She stormed down the hall, her high heels clicking angrily on the white tiles of the hospital. The people in front of her moved out of the way, and watched as she stormed by. They all knew that Megumi was not one to be messed with when angry.
Megumi stopped in front of her boss's office, and took a couple of deep breaths. She had to calm herself before she went inside, attempted to strangle the man, and got fired. She straightened herself, making sure everything was in place. She looked dignified and business-like in her white lab coat with her glass perched on her nose. She lightly knocked on the door, and forced herself not to scowl.
"Come in!" A man's voice said from within. Megumi took one more deep breath before entering the room. "Mrs. Tanaki, it's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you too." She lied.
"To what do I owe this honor?" He said smoothly.
"A week ago you told me that I had been promoted to head of the ER starting next month, but I just heard a rumor that someone else may be taking the position instead. If I may ask, is this rumor true?"
"I'm afraid it is. I'm sorry, but someone with more experience has come in to fill the position. He's world renown, and it would be a great loss to this hospital if I were to turn him away."
"I understand, but I've been applying for that job for 3 years. Also I'm probably more than qualified since I've worked at this hospital for longer. I know the staff, I know the lay out of the buildings, I know where everything is, and how everything works."
"If I may be frank, Doctor, even thought your resume is impressive, it stands very small in comparison to his."
Megumi's fist clenched, and she fought the urge to tell the man he was a fat ugly pig who wouldn't know a real dedicated doctor if it bit him in the ass. She was sure that no matter who this doctor was that he wouldn't be anywhere near as good as her. "What is the doctor's name?" She asked quietly.
"You don't need to know that until he comes. Please, I have a lot of work to do, would you mind?"
Megumi did mind. She wanted the job. She was MADE for the job. She had the increasing need to slap her boss; despite knowing it was a bad move.
She stood up, all the while glaring daggers into the man as he smiled at her pleasantly. She swiftly left the room, and made for the closest bathroom. She needed to wash her face with cool water because if she didn't calm down soon, she would either kill someone or cry. Neither seemed like a good idea.
Jello or pudding? So many choices! If Kaoru were to pick the jello over the pudding she'd have to choose between strawberry, grape, pineapple, strawberry banana, and so on. But if she chose pudding she'd have to choose between chocolate, vanilla, a mix, or one of those other millions of flavors. She stood there contemplating her choice so intently that she didn't notice a certain red head standing beside her, staring at her, as she stood deep in thought.
"Go for the chocolate pudding." She heard from beside her. Startled, Kaoru jumped, barely suppressing a scream. "Did I scare you?" Kenshin asked.
"What do you think?!?!?!?!" Kaoru said dryly. "Don't do that again, ok?"
"I'm sorry. that I am." He said, but smiled warmly as he did. Kaoru looked at his boyish smile, and decided she liked it a whole lot more than Tetsuya's.
"So... you recommend the chocolate pudding?"
"It's Sano's favorite. I told him I wouldn't get him any, but if I don't he'll just come here himself and pick up three packs of every junk food in the store."
Kaoru giggled a bit, and picked up the chocolate pudding from off of the shelf.
"So, Kaoru-dono, where's Megumi-san?"
"She's working. We don't exactly spend a lot of time together. She's usually always busy."
"What does she do for a living?"
"She's a doctor. Impressive, right?"
"Very." Kenshin said, but he didn't appear to be very impressed. He just stared at her, smiling this lazy, 'I like you' smile. Kaoru gave him a shaky smile, and fought off the blush that threatened to spread across her face.
"I... I should be going."
"Why?"
"Because I have to go."
"Why do you have to go?" Kaoru looked so cute when she was nervous, and Kenshin couldn't help but notice.
"I have things to do." Kaoru mentally smacked her forehead. Grrrrrrrrrreat answer.....
"And those things would be?"
"I have to teach."
"You teach?" Kenshin asked pleasantly surprised.
"Yeah, I have a dojo." Kaoru smiled widely in pride.
"You must be very good."
"Thank you." Kaoru smile widened, "I teach about the sword that protects. Our family has been teaching the positive aspects of the sword for centuries."
"So the dojo has been passed down through your family tree?"
"Yup! It's beautiful and old, but it's still in amazing shape. It's not exactly the most lucrative profession, teaching martial arts and swordsmanship, but I love it. To teach at the dojo is sort of like a tradition for our family, you know." Kenshin watched as Kaoru's eyes lit up as she talked about her dojo. He couldn't help but stare at how beautiful she looked. He wondered if her eyes would ever light up when she though about him. He smiled, and shook his head to rid himself of the thought.
"Are you ok? Is something wrong? I'm sorry, I shouldn't bore you with crap about the dojo."
"I'm fine, and it's not crap. I'd love to hear more. I'd love to see it, that I would."
"Yeah, maybe you and Sano can come do some training, or something."
"Sure."
"I really do have to go."
"I'll see you later then."
"Ok." Kaoru smiled a bit; then turned and left. It wasn't until she reached home that she realized she had forgotten to take her shopping cart to the cash register and buy the food. Instead, like an idiot, she left everything in the isle with the pudding mixes.
'God damn the world!'
Disclaimer: I don't own shiite.
"Hi Ken-san! It's me, Megumi. I just called to say hello. Maybe we can do something later, ne? I'll see you around. Bye!"
This was the only message on the answering machine when Sano and Kenshin got home from their morning jog.
"Should I call her back? Would that seem too desperate? Nah, I'll call!" Sano walked around the small apartment in search of the cordless phone.
"Sano, number one, Megumi called me not you; two, she didn't leave her number. And three, there is no way you could seem more desperate than you did yesterday."
"Ouch, the hell's wrong with you? You're grumpy today."
"Nothing's wrong." Kenshin shrugged.
"WHERE THE HELL IS THE PHONE!" Sano yelled digging under the cushions of the couch.
"But you don't know her number, anyway." Kenshin calmly explained again.
"Still, if she calls, and we can't find the phone, then what?" Sano continued to rampage through the living room. Kenshin sighed deeply, and rubbed his temples. "Have you tried the cradle?"
"Cradle?" Sano stopped to give his smaller friend a quizzical look.
"The phone cradle."
"We have a phone cradle?"
"Over there." Kenshin exasperatedly pointed at the side table next to the couch where the phone sat neatly in a white phone cradle. Sano stared at it as if he'd never seen it before.
"oh..."
"I'm going out to the supermarket. I'll be back in an hour and a half or so." Kenshin always took his time at the supermarket. He never liked to rush what should be done with the utmost care. For example, when Sano went to the supermarket he bought anything and everything, but Kenshin made sure he got the best deal possible, without sacrificing taste, of course.
"Bring back chips, chocolate pudding, fish, cocoa puffs, and a pack of frozen pizza's."
"No."
"Come on, I'm starving here!"
"You need to stay in shape for your match, no junk food. Anyway, have this place cleaned up by the time I come back."
"Fine, fine." Sano found himself the remote, and plopped on the couch. It was amazing how he can never find the phone, but he always knows exactly where the remote is. Kenshin shook his head knowing that his friend would not move from that very spot by the time he returned. From Sano, Kenshin wouldn't expect anything but a mess when he returned. Sano wasn't one to worry about dirt and messes. Kenshin on the other hand was what one would call a "neat freak." He didn't see a problem with the fact, but Sano believed Kenshin's constant cleaning was a sign of stress. Kenshin couldn't see how being sanitary meant he was stressed. Either way he doubted Sano cared much whether the room was clean or dirty.
"Mou! I can't reach it!" Kaoru whined as she stretched for the cereal box. She had woken up this morning with a strong craving for cocoa puffs, and now she couldn't even reach them from the shelf. (A/N: This happened to my mom once. She's only 5 foot 1 so she's pretty short. It was pathetic, but it was funny as hell anyway)
"Need help Miss?" A supermarket employee asked.
Kaoru nodded her head lightly, extremely embarrassed by how stupid she looked trying to reach the taunting box of cereal. Thank goodness Megumi wasn't around. She would have been on Kaoru's case, joking and teasing relentlessly.
The boy smiled at Kaoru, and proceeded to reach up and grab the cereal with ease. He handed the box to Kaoru, and gave her a big boyish grin. He ran his hand through his short dark hair, and eyed Kaoru through his black sunglasses. If Kaoru wasn't mistaken, the kid was around 17. He was cute, but far too young for her. Plus, she didn't think she could ever date again. Not after what had happened. Not after the way her heart had gotten broken into millions of pieces. Kaoru put the box in her cart, and got behind it to push it down the isle, but the boy was still standing there, as if he was waiting for her to do something. "Is there something you want?"
"Oh, sorry, no. I was just thinking that you look familiar. Do you go to my high school?" Her cheeks flushed.
'He thinks I'm in high school? Do I look that naïve and young?' Kaoru thought embarrassed. She felt so stupid and innocent.
"No, no I don't." Kaoru said, vainly trying to stop the flood of red from spreading across her face.
"Well, I'm sure I've seen you somewhere." The boy leaned against the shelf stretching out his tall frame.
"Sorry, you have to wrong girl." Kaoru smiled weakly.
"My name's Tetsuya" (A/N: CAMEO FROM FUSHIGI YUUGI!)
"Oh, I'm Kaoru." Kaoru shifted nervously, as she realized that the boy was hitting on her.
"Well Kaoru, if you're not doing anything later we should go see a movie, and maybe go to dinner too. We can do something else after that if you'd like? Perhaps you'd prefer to go skating, lots of girls like to skate, or maybe go to the beach..." Kaoru watched in confusion as Tetsuya carried on the full conversation by himself, and wondered for a second if he would notice if she were to walk away.
"Can you even afford all of that?" Kaoru interjected after a solid 5 minutes of his tangent.
"Huh?"
"I don't want to sound rude or anything, but you're a clerk person at a supermarket. I'm sure the pay here isn't that good."
"Oh, I don't work here." Tetsuya grinned. Kaoru face faulted.
"But, but, but, you're wearing the apron that everyone who works here wears!"
"Oh this thing?" Tetsuya gestured to the apron, "My father owns this chain of supermarkets, so I came here for free food. I like playing around with the cash registers and stuff when I'm here. It helps pass the time."
"Um... sure." Kaoru said even though she was thinking about how weird he was.
"I gotta go, but if you need anything, you can talk to me." Tetsuya smiled, and walked off down the aisle, idly running his hand through his hair once again.
Megumi was so angry. Never before had she wanted to hurt someone so much. She stormed down the hall, her high heels clicking angrily on the white tiles of the hospital. The people in front of her moved out of the way, and watched as she stormed by. They all knew that Megumi was not one to be messed with when angry.
Megumi stopped in front of her boss's office, and took a couple of deep breaths. She had to calm herself before she went inside, attempted to strangle the man, and got fired. She straightened herself, making sure everything was in place. She looked dignified and business-like in her white lab coat with her glass perched on her nose. She lightly knocked on the door, and forced herself not to scowl.
"Come in!" A man's voice said from within. Megumi took one more deep breath before entering the room. "Mrs. Tanaki, it's nice to see you."
"It's nice to see you too." She lied.
"To what do I owe this honor?" He said smoothly.
"A week ago you told me that I had been promoted to head of the ER starting next month, but I just heard a rumor that someone else may be taking the position instead. If I may ask, is this rumor true?"
"I'm afraid it is. I'm sorry, but someone with more experience has come in to fill the position. He's world renown, and it would be a great loss to this hospital if I were to turn him away."
"I understand, but I've been applying for that job for 3 years. Also I'm probably more than qualified since I've worked at this hospital for longer. I know the staff, I know the lay out of the buildings, I know where everything is, and how everything works."
"If I may be frank, Doctor, even thought your resume is impressive, it stands very small in comparison to his."
Megumi's fist clenched, and she fought the urge to tell the man he was a fat ugly pig who wouldn't know a real dedicated doctor if it bit him in the ass. She was sure that no matter who this doctor was that he wouldn't be anywhere near as good as her. "What is the doctor's name?" She asked quietly.
"You don't need to know that until he comes. Please, I have a lot of work to do, would you mind?"
Megumi did mind. She wanted the job. She was MADE for the job. She had the increasing need to slap her boss; despite knowing it was a bad move.
She stood up, all the while glaring daggers into the man as he smiled at her pleasantly. She swiftly left the room, and made for the closest bathroom. She needed to wash her face with cool water because if she didn't calm down soon, she would either kill someone or cry. Neither seemed like a good idea.
Jello or pudding? So many choices! If Kaoru were to pick the jello over the pudding she'd have to choose between strawberry, grape, pineapple, strawberry banana, and so on. But if she chose pudding she'd have to choose between chocolate, vanilla, a mix, or one of those other millions of flavors. She stood there contemplating her choice so intently that she didn't notice a certain red head standing beside her, staring at her, as she stood deep in thought.
"Go for the chocolate pudding." She heard from beside her. Startled, Kaoru jumped, barely suppressing a scream. "Did I scare you?" Kenshin asked.
"What do you think?!?!?!?!" Kaoru said dryly. "Don't do that again, ok?"
"I'm sorry. that I am." He said, but smiled warmly as he did. Kaoru looked at his boyish smile, and decided she liked it a whole lot more than Tetsuya's.
"So... you recommend the chocolate pudding?"
"It's Sano's favorite. I told him I wouldn't get him any, but if I don't he'll just come here himself and pick up three packs of every junk food in the store."
Kaoru giggled a bit, and picked up the chocolate pudding from off of the shelf.
"So, Kaoru-dono, where's Megumi-san?"
"She's working. We don't exactly spend a lot of time together. She's usually always busy."
"What does she do for a living?"
"She's a doctor. Impressive, right?"
"Very." Kenshin said, but he didn't appear to be very impressed. He just stared at her, smiling this lazy, 'I like you' smile. Kaoru gave him a shaky smile, and fought off the blush that threatened to spread across her face.
"I... I should be going."
"Why?"
"Because I have to go."
"Why do you have to go?" Kaoru looked so cute when she was nervous, and Kenshin couldn't help but notice.
"I have things to do." Kaoru mentally smacked her forehead. Grrrrrrrrrreat answer.....
"And those things would be?"
"I have to teach."
"You teach?" Kenshin asked pleasantly surprised.
"Yeah, I have a dojo." Kaoru smiled widely in pride.
"You must be very good."
"Thank you." Kaoru smile widened, "I teach about the sword that protects. Our family has been teaching the positive aspects of the sword for centuries."
"So the dojo has been passed down through your family tree?"
"Yup! It's beautiful and old, but it's still in amazing shape. It's not exactly the most lucrative profession, teaching martial arts and swordsmanship, but I love it. To teach at the dojo is sort of like a tradition for our family, you know." Kenshin watched as Kaoru's eyes lit up as she talked about her dojo. He couldn't help but stare at how beautiful she looked. He wondered if her eyes would ever light up when she though about him. He smiled, and shook his head to rid himself of the thought.
"Are you ok? Is something wrong? I'm sorry, I shouldn't bore you with crap about the dojo."
"I'm fine, and it's not crap. I'd love to hear more. I'd love to see it, that I would."
"Yeah, maybe you and Sano can come do some training, or something."
"Sure."
"I really do have to go."
"I'll see you later then."
"Ok." Kaoru smiled a bit; then turned and left. It wasn't until she reached home that she realized she had forgotten to take her shopping cart to the cash register and buy the food. Instead, like an idiot, she left everything in the isle with the pudding mixes.
'God damn the world!'