True to Your Heart
By: Misumi Kanegawa
Chapter 7
"Okay! I'm back!"
"About time too…"
"Yeah… did it really have to take you 30 minutes to find a pen and paper?"
"Ahahahaha…" Sano said in embarrassment as the rest sweat dropped.
"CAN WE JUST GET THIS OVER WITH ALREADY!" Kaoru snapped angrily as Sano backed away from her in surprise.
"Okay! Okay! Sheesh! You don't have to shout Jou-chan!" Sano muttered as Kaoru just crossed her arms in annoyance, "Hey- remember that all chores are a full schedule, okay?"
"Hai…" everyone said at the same time.
Sano sighed.
"Okay- first… um… cooking- Who's doing all the cooking!" Sano mumbled.
"Kenshin- no doubt!" Yahiko exclaimed, "He's a way better cook that Kaoru anyway!"
"Oro!"
"Shut up! If you really hate my cooking that much- Why don't you try to cook for yourself then!" Kaoru snapped angrily as Yahiko made a face at her.
"BUSU!"
"Arghh! I'm gonna kill you!" Kaoru yelled as Sano sweat dropped.
"Guys! I'm trying to work for once here!" Sano grumbled as Kaoru glared at him and turned her back from him, "Anyway- next is… the dishes… who's doing the dishes?"
"I can do that!" Soujiro said, smiling widely as Sano wrote Soujiro's name down on the paper.
"Hmm… okay… then… who can sweep the dorm for us?" Sano asked as Kaoru walked towards Yahiko and raised his hand high up in the air, "Alright! Good going Yahiko-chan!"
"ACK!" Yahiko exclaimed as Kaoru snickered from behind him, "Why me!"
"'Cuz you raised your hand baka…" Sano grumbled as Yahiko scowled.
"But-But-But-" Yahiko stammered in horror as he turned his angry face to Kaoru.
Kaoru just laughed.
"This is all your fault!" Yahiko hissed to Kaoru.
Kaoru made a face at him.
"Nyeh! Nyeh! Watcha gonna do! Beat me up to pieces!" Kaoru jeered as a vein popped out of Yahiko's head.
Sano sighed in annoyance as the others watched the twins bicker their hearts out.
"Guys! Quit it! - We still need someone to sweep the backyard…" Sano complained in annoyance.
Suddenly, silence filled the room.
Sano sweat dropped.
"Okay- fine- I'll do it…" Sano grumbled in annoyance as he wrote his name down on the paper, "Just because I'm good today doesn't mean I'll really do all this work…"
"Just shut up rooster head…" Kaoru hissed as Yahiko began to scratch his head in confusion.
"Wait- Hold on! Who's gonna buy all the food Kenshin needs for cooking?" Yahiko asked as Sano scratched his head too.
"Oh yeah- I forgot…" Sano said, shrugging when Kenshin raised his hand up, "Uh? What is it Ken-san?"
"I can get the food I need for cooking, that I can…" Kenshin said as Sano nodded.
"Okay- but you're sure doing a lot Ken-san…" Sano said, scribbling Kenshin's name down on the paper, "Anyway… Who's mowing the lawn?"
"I am…"
Everyone turned to Aoshi in surprise.
"Wow… I never knew you can do chores…" Sano said in disbelief as Aoshi just gave him a cold stare, "Ookay… never mind… moving on… Who's going to feed the fishes out in the pond outside?"
"I am…"
Everyone turned again in surprise at Aoshi.
"What?" Sano said in disbelief as he walked over to Aoshi.
"Are you really Aoshi?" Sano asked, peering closely at him, "Are YOU!"
BLAG!
"Stop staring at me like that…" Aoshi grumbled, turning his back away from him.
"Ow…"
"Okay- I'm taking over…" Yahiko said, picking up the pen and paper from Sano's hands, "Okay… what else was on that old list… oh yeah! Who's cleaning the toilets?"
There was silence in the room. Yahiko sighed and shrugged.
"Oh well… I guess Sano would just have to do it…" Yahiko chuckled slightly as he began scribbling on the paper, "Next… Cleaning of the bath house!"
"I'll do the girl's side- obviously…" Kaoru grumbled as Soujiro quickly interrupted, "I could do the male's side!"
"Okay- you… and… Nee-san…" Yahiko mumbled, writing their names down, "Next… Laundry!"
"I can do the laundry, that I can…" Kenshin replied as Kaoru turned red.
"What! NO WAY! I don't trust you!" Kaoru snapped angrily at Kenshin.
"Hey busu! Calm down will you! If you don't want him to do it- then do it yourself!" Yahiko said as Kaoru glared at him, "Besides- he'll just be going door-to-door asking if you want to let him do the laundry… Just like when it was with Sano before…"
"Humph- baka" Kaoru muttered, turning away from him.
"Jeeze…" Yahiko said with a sigh, scribbling Kenshin's name down on the paper, "You've got a lot of chores here Kenshin…"
"I like helping around…" Kenshin smiled.
"Well… Who can throw the garbage out for us?" Yahiko asked as Sano began to rub his aching head.
"Hey… where am I?" Sano mumbled as Kaoru glared at him.
"Where do you think you baka rooster head?" Kaoru muttered as Sano scowled.
"What! What did I do!" Sano exclaimed as Yahiko sighed.
"Okay- If no one's gonna answer my question-"
"Why don't you just do it?" Aoshi mumbled as Sano blinked in confusion.
"Huh? What are you guys talking about?" Sano asked, scratching his head in bewilderment.
Yahiko sighed.
"Fine- I'll throw the garbage-" Yahiko grumbled as Sano began laughing.
"Hahaha! The new garbage man of the dorm!" Sano exclaimed while laughing as Yahiko hit him on the head.
"You're forgetting- you were the garbage man for three years in a row- before these guys came…" Yahiko chuckled as Sano scowled.
"Humph… this is pointless…" Kaoru said, rolling her eyes.
She crossed her arms and turned her attention to Yahiko.
"Was that all in the list?" she asked as Yahiko peered down at the paper in his hand.
"Uh… yeah… why?"
"Figures…" Kaoru mumbled as she headed out of the dining room, "I'm leaving…"
When Kaoru fled upstairs, Yahiko sighed, placing the pen and paper down on the table. He sighed again as he placed his empty dishes on the kitchen sink.
"I better go too… I need some rest for tomorrow…"
"Nande?" Kenshin asked, putting his plate on the sink.
"Um… because I have Kendo practice tomorrow…" Yahiko sighed as Aoshi took the paper from the table and pinned it on the refrigerator.
"Ooh! I forgot!" Sano said, hitting his forehead with his palm.
He turned to Kenshin and grinned goofily.
"Yukishiro is inviting you to her birthday party on Saturday…"
"Oro? Yuki-shiro?" Kenshin asked in confusion as Yahiko rolled his eyes.
"You know- the snobbish stuck up girl who was stalking you guys on the first day of class!" Yahiko said as Kenshin blinked a dozen times.
"Oh! Her! The one with the pale looking skin?" Kenshin asked, scratching his head in embarrassment, "The one who gave me her phone number? Even though I hadn't asked for it, that I hadn't?"
Sano nodded.
"Yup! You're lucky too- she doesn't give out her number to anyone so easily… since she's rich and all…" Sano explained with a shrug as Soujiro got all the remaining dishes from the table, "She must like the three of you a lot…"
"Um… can you guys move out of the way please?" Soujiro asked, "You're blocking the entrance to the kitchen… these things are really heavy you know…"
11 pm…
"Gosh… those guys snore so loud… I could hear them all the way from here!" Kaoru grumbled to herself as she jabbed her pillow over to her ears.
After a minute or two…
"ARGH! They're all fit to sleep outside like dogs!" Kaoru cursed silently as she got out of bed.
She sighed as she glanced over to the small blue bin standing in the corner of her room.
"Well… I guess I better do this… now that they woke me…"
Kaoru reached for her blue laundry basket and quietly tip-toed down the hall.
'Agh! I can't believe Sano could snore so loud!' Kaoru thought in annoyance as she sneaked past Sano's room and hurriedly tiptoed down the stairs.
She slowly walked through the dark dining room and opened a door right across the washroom in the back.
To her surprise, she saw a red head guy crouched over a big round container with a lot of soap suds on his hair.
"Himura!" Kaoru softly hissed as he turned to meet her azure eyes.
"Oro? It's good to see you here Kaoru-dono, that it is…" he replied, giving her a friendly smile.
Kaoru knitted her eyebrows together as she stared nervously at his lavender eyes.
"Wha- What the heck are you doing here- and so late at night!" Kaoru demanded as Kenshin just shrugged.
"I'm doing the laundry, that I am…" he replied, showing her his wet red gi.
Kaoru blushed red, looking away in embarrassment.
"I-I don't need to see your under wear- or clothes- or whatever you've got in there!" Kaoru stammered, hastily turning her back on him.
"May I ask what you are doing up so late Kaoru-dono?" Kenshin asked, rinsing his clothes with some water.
"It's really none of your business Himura!" Kaoru exclaimed hotly as Kenshin stood up from the small wooden seat he was sitting on, "And why are you hand-washing all your clothes! There's a washing machine here for crying out loud! Or maybe you don't know how to use one?"
"Iie Kaoru-dono… It is not that I do not know how to use a washing machine, that it is not…" Kenshin replied, squeezing the water out of his wet clothes, "It's just that… I am quite used to washing my clothes with my hands, that I am… besides- I feel quite relaxed when I do the laundry this way, that I do…"
Kaoru turned to Kenshin in annoyance, raising a brow at him.
"Y-You like doing the laundry! 'That's new…'" Kaoru said, looking at him in disbelief, "That's stupid- Laundry is stupid- I hate doing it- It's too tiring…"
"Um… I can do that laundry for you, if you would permit it, that I can…" Kenshin suggested as Kaoru scowled.
"Eew! No way! Pervert! I'd never let you do that!" Kaoru cried as Kenshin shrugged.
"It was just an offer to lighten your burdens Kaoru-dono.. Nothing more, nothing less…" Kenshin replied, "But if you would change your mind, I am always here to help, that I am…"
"In your dreams Himura!" Kaoru said, scowling yet again as Kenshin carried his basket of wet clothes from the floor.
"Well then… A pleasant night to you Kaoru-dono…" he said kindly as he opened the door in front of him, "I hope you would have a good night's rest… you do need to save your energy for tomorrow… that you do… "
As Kenshin silently left the room, Kaoru just stared blankly at the laundry she was carrying.
"Baka- that was the weirdest way of saying good night I have ever heard- but what the heck does all that junk, he's been babbling about, mean!" Kaoru muttered to herself as she headed for the only washing machine in the room.
To be continued…
(A/N: Hey guys! Here's the chapter 8! I hope you guys liked this! This chappie is a bit longer that the last chappie I posted… I really think that this chappie doesn't make any sense though… oh well…
Anyway, to everyone out there who's been patient with me and who gave me a review! I really appreciate it! Thanks a lot! (-x) hehehe…)
Hey guys! I'm answering all your beloved reviews again!
Reignashii – hey! Thanks again for a review! Um… about the party… you'll have to wait and see… I can't really say… those two love birds are just so dense sometimes… even in the rk series… ehehehehe… joke… anyway, I hope you liked this chapter- and don't worry, your questions will soon be answered… when I finish typing down that specific chapter about it… hehehe… so just wait a bit, ok? Ehehehe…. I'm too evil sometimes… gomen… ehehehe…
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