I went up to the door and knocked.
"Who is it?" Yahiko asked.
"Can I have my stuff?" I asked.
Yahiko opened the door and pulled me into his room. He threw me against the wall and put his hands on my shoulders.
"What did you think you were doing just leaving like that? I know you can't handle this by yourself," Yahiko said.
I looked down at the floor, "I know. It's just hard for me."
"That's why you need me," Yahiko finished his sentence and went red in the face when he played it back in his head. He let go of my shoulders.
"And Kenshin and Karou and everyone else," he added quickly.
"Yeah, but I can't face everyone else. Not after what I did. They'll all look at me differently, you know that."
"No, they understand you had to make a choice. They understand that you hate yourself now for it," Yahiko replied.
"No. they don't understand me at all. Not like you do. Kenshin might, but as for the rest you know they'll look at me differently,"
At that Yahiko stopped and sat on the floor against the wall.
"Fine just stay the night and you can leave tomorrow I want to talk about it. Kenshin might too," Yahiko asked.
I nodded, "Can I have my stuff now?"
"No. I don't want you sneaking off in the middle of the night only to get yourself killed. Word of the misunderstanding will get out quickly. Tell me what you need out of your stuff and I'll go get it," Yahiko said.
"I don't need anything. There go my plans," I said.
I grinned. I was being sarcastic and he knew it. He grinned back at me and I sat beside him.
"So what about it?" I asked.
"Not right now. We'll work our way up to it. There have been a lot of questions I've been wanting to ask you about your family," Yahiko said.
He raised his eyebrows at me as if asking if he could.
"Sure I guess, but I have every right to not answer," I replied.
He nodded, "Sure."
We talked into the night and I eventually started crying about it, which wasn't fun for me. I laid down next to Yahiko who had laid down earlier, and wiped my eyes. I could see his eyes start to close.
"So what…I mean who," Yahiko said.
"Just go to sleep. That's enough talking for tonight," I said.
"Sure…okay," his eyes closed, "I love you."
I blushed and looked down at the floor. I was silent for a long time and eventually heard Yahiko's soft breathing.
"I love you too," I said quietly to myself.
I fell asleep and in the morning I awoke to the sun shining in my face. I opened my eyes and Yahiko was still sleeping. I smiled and sat up. I wrote a quick note to Yahiko and found my stuff.
I walked out of his room and was about to walk out of the temple when a voice stopped me.
"You just going to leave him a crappy note and walk away after how long you two talked last night?" Sanoske asked.
I turned to him and grinned. He had his toothpick in his mouth and looked half asleep. He did look at me with a new disappointment in his eyes.
"Yeah, I guess that's all I can do," I said.
I turned back around and felt the breeze pick up on my face.
"He worries about you, you know. He always has and if you leave he always will," Sanoske said.
I blushed and looked at the ground.
I heard moving around and then a yell. I heard a couple of thumps and Yahiko came running out of his room with his sword in his hands.
"You can't just leave me with this, after what I said, could you?" Yahiko demanded.