Authors Notes: Ok everyone! I'm at school right now, in L/A. (language arts, not California XD) anyway, I have free time right now, so I'm gonna write while I can xx
Chapter 6 – What The Heart Desires
Kaoru floated down the empty hall elegantly, her eyes still filled with crystalline tears. She kept repeating the methods of why she was so hurt over and over in her head, but the answer she was getting wasn't something wanted to accept.
"No! That can't be the reason! It just can't be…" She held her head as if in pain and crouched down again. She was so lost at the moment. She had no clue why or what was going on.
"I…I'm just having an off day! That's all. Probably slept wrong or something. I'm fine!" She jumbled on about how her mind was just not set straight and she was alright. It was scary for her to accept the fact that she was lost. And it would be hard for her to be found if she didn't accept the true answer her heart was telling her.
"I have to find Kenshin, tell him that everything is alright, and say that I'm just a little off beat, that's all!" She took a deep breath and stood up, building her confidence. Her wings perked up and began to glow again as she got a firm decision. But as she began to walk in the direction that Kenshin sauntered off to, she began to feel nervous.
"What is wrong with me…" The question just never seemed to disappear. That happened to her many times before when she was younger with Kenshin. She would have an off beat day, and she would go to him and things would be ok. But today it seemed different.
As she thought of Kenshin, her palms became sweaty. Her heart beat rose, and she could have sworn she felt the heat blazing on her cheeks.
Another tear trickled down.
Oh what is wrong with me…-
Kenshin was sitting in his science class. He felt fidgety and uncomfortable. He felt as though something was out of place. And he knew just exactly what. Kaoru.
'Kaoru, where are you?' Kenshin half expected Kaoru to just fade into the classroom above him with a sad smile on her face but a content heart. He apparently didn't know how deeply her wound was. He expected she would come, the other part of him, half hoped.
He felt as if it had all been his fault that she was in tears. He had never seen her in such a wreck. And when she told him that Tomoe was the whole reason, he was just surprised. Kaoru had never judged someone so sourly like that.
'What if she's right?'
Kenshin was so deep in thought about Kaoru, that he didn't hear his name being called.
"Kenshin…buddy, you ok?" The question finally registered as he snapped out of his trance. Kenshin lifted his head from his desk to stare into the eyes of cinnamon. He then put on a smile at his friend and nodded his head.
"Yeah…I'm fine" the reply apparently didn't settle for his friend. He sat down on the desk and brought one leg up, resting his arm onto it.
"Class has been over for about 5 minutes now and you've been space out in wonder-land for the whole class period." His deep but relaxed voice explained his friends abnormal situation. When Kenshin realized that his friend was right, he shot up in surprise.
"Sano, are you for real?! I didn't even hear what Mr. Yokunichi was saying! Did we get homework? Or a project?" Kenshin's frantic questions were interrupted by his friend's.
"You didn't hear what Yokunichi said?! Sweet! You gotta teach me to tune out like that!" Sano grinned a lopsided smile as he ran a hand through his thick brown hair.
"Sano, this is a serious matter! You know that Yokunichi is really serious when he gives out homework!"
Sano just smiled again, patting his friend on the back and getting up off the desk again. He folded his hands into his pant pockets as he shrugged his shoulders.
"You didn't miss anything really important. He didn't give homework out today so there aren't any worries. Well, I gotta get going, buddy. I'll see you around."
Kenshin sighed and looked back down to his desk. He then felt a heavy palm placed over his shoulder. He looked back up into the eyes of his best friend.
"If you have any problems, tell me. I don't like when you're all quiet like this…has it got something to do with Kaoru?"
Sano was the only soul who knew about Kaoru and Kenshin's ability. He didn't find out too easily though. He caught Kenshin in his room, floating only inches in the air as if being embraced by something invisible, when Kaoru was hugging him just out of thanks for something he did earlier that day. When Kenshin couldn't explain things rationally, he spilt the beans.
"Thanks Sano…you're a great friend." Kenshin smiled and got up from his seat. Sano smiled and then pulled Kenshin into a head lock.
"Next time you have problems with the lil' miss, just tell me!" Taking his fist, he balled it up and then wedged it down on Kenshin's head, giving him a noogie.
"Okay! Alright! I give, I give!" Kenshin's laughter brought a smile to his friends face as he let go of him and stood up straight.
"Good. Now, let's get going before we have to explain why we're late for class!" Sano gave him a thumbs up as he ran out of the class, Kenshin following behind him.
"Right!"
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Kaoru had finally made her way out of the empty hall way and into the more active halls of the school. She looked for Kenshin every chance she could. She finally accepted the answer that seemed so barbaric.
She hoped to find him walking in the raging crowd of the halls happily, but she never could pin point the red head from the group. After a while she gave up on the idea that he was in the halls.
She was about to call for him when she decided against it. She didn't have the energy to yell. Either that or she just wasn't in the mood.
For the rest of the day, she searched everywhere she could, with an exception of the boy's bathroom. She then just decided to wait outside of the school until Kenshin came out. The school day was almost over anyway.
There was a large weeping willow tree in the school yard and she decided to wait there, sitting at the trunk of it.
She waited until the school entrance flooded with high school kids. She had shifted so that she was on the other side of the tree that was on the opposite side that was facing away from the entrance.
Kenshin was one of the last ones to come out of the school yard. He had a smile on his face and he walked along side two other boys. One was tall and had spiky brown hair, and another was short and had a friendly smile on his face.
Kaoru didn't seem to notice that had came out and she began to discuss something with herself.
"I hope he can understand…please let him understand. I don't know what I'd do if he got hurt because of me. I just need him to know…that…deep down…I…love Kenshin more than anything."
She didn't know that when her confession was made, it didn't fall upon deaf ears. It was heard by none other than the one she cared about most.
Kenshin.
That's all for now! Please review :D