Enemies Till The End
Chapter 2
"Hi, Dad!" Kaoru called as her father walked into the house. She and Yahiko were still wrestling, trying to gain control over the remote.
"Hello, kids. I'm afraid it's going to be pizza tonight. Very unhealthy, but it's edible." Koshijirou told them. He reached over and yanked the remote away from the fighting siblings and clicked the tv off while holding the box of pizza in his other hand. He walked into the kitchen to put the food down. Kaoru and Yahiko followed.
"Is the glutton out for good, or is he coming home for dinner?" He asked Kaoru, referring, of course, to Sano.
"I don't know. He just said that he was going out with the guys and that he would be home later. I don't think that he has any money to buy himself dinner though; he gambles it all. Not that you're supposed to know that, but he plays cards with a bunch of guys from school and they take the whole betting thing seriously." Kaoru responded, reaching for plates.
"I'll talk to him about that then." Koshijirou said. "Maybe threatening to cut down on his allowance will do the trick."
A few minutes later, the three of them had just sat down to eat, when the door opened. They heard Sano yell,
"I smell PIZZA!" He walked into the kitchen two seconds later. "I bought Kenshin over 'cause his aunt and uncle are eating out and his cousins are at a birthday party." He moved, revealing the red head in the doorway.
Kaoru was annoyed. She knew that he would find a way to ruin her evening as well. He had already ruined her morning and afternoon, albeit it was Sano who had ruined her afternoon, but Kenshin had helped.
The boys got their food and sat down at the table. Kenshin sent a smirk her way and she glared back. She looked away and back at her food. She could still feel his eyes on her and suddenly she felt like a glutton in front of him. Her appetite disappeared and she looked at the unappealing food on her plate a little longer before standing up.
"Well, I'm done." She announced. She tossed the food into the garbage can and went to hide in her room.
"I thought you loved pizza. What's the matter, raccoon girl?" Sano asked around a mouthful of food.
"I ate. I'm full. Unlike you I don't stuff myself just because I can. I am able to control my eating habits." Kaoru responded, smacking him on the head as she walked by, causing him to get a smear of sauce on his face. Her father, brother and Kenshin all laughed and she allowed herself a small smile.
Up in her room, she turned her radio on and started her homework. First came the math because she needed the patience to work her way through it. If she waited to do it after she had finished the other work she would probably end up frustrated and not do it at all. That would not help to improve her grade. After a half an hour of struggling with the problems she gave up and went to get help.
"Sano!" She yelled impatiently, banging on his bedroom door. His music was turned up too loud as usual.
"What?" He yanked the door open so she couldn't abuse it anymore. His cell phone was in his hand. Kaoru raised an eyebrow at this, but decided not to make a comment.
"Did you cover this yet in math class?" She asked, showing him her notebook. She was in the accelerated classes. They covered different things and occasionally there would be something he knew that she didn't, but not often.
"Nope, sorry." He said. She sighed in frustration and turned her back on her twin. An amused voice stopped her.
"Hey, I'm in your class, you know and I do have high grades." Kenshin spoke from behind her.
"So?" She asked, turning back to see him lounging in the doorway. Sano had disappeared back into his room
"So, I'm insulted that you wouldn't ask me for help, especially when I'm right here." He said, moving toward her.
"Why would you offer me help? Wouldn't it be more fun to watch me struggle?" She asked him sarcastically.
"I could ask you the same question. Besides, I owe you for the time you helped me with that English research paper." He reminded her.
"Fine. As long as I can understand what to do when you're done, I don't care who shows me how to do it." She said and walked back to her room, Kenshin following. She froze for a second before entering her room. 'Was it clean? Yes. She was pretty good about cleaning up her stuff. But, did she want him to see her room. It was kind of private after all. Stupid,' she reminded herself. 'He's seen it before. All those immature pranks they used to pull and still do. Whatever, you can kick him out once he's done helping you.'
"So, what's the problem?" Kenshin asked, coming over to her. He barely spared a glance at the room, focusing on helping her instead.
"I get stuck whenever I get to this part. I can do the easier ones, but it's the harder ones that I can't finish." She showed him the work she had already done.
"Okay, this can be fixed. Here, let me show you." He reached across her for her pencil and demonstrated on the paper. He then went on to correct her first problems and helped her to finish the rest of them.
"Well, you should be fine now. I'm gonna go find Sano and say goodbye." Kenshin stood, stretching. He had helped her for over an hour.
"Okay, thanks for the help." She said as they walked into the hallway.
"Sure. No problem. We're still enemies, right?" He tossed out, with a careless smile.
"Of course. Till the end." She replied, smiling as well.
Okay, this chapter gives you a little more insight on Kenshin and Kaoru's relationship. There was also a little bit about Kenshin's family in here as well. Have fun with it. This chapter was a little shorter than I wanted it to be, but I've been working on my other story, Protector, which has been giving me tremendous writers block. If you have time, check it out and tell me what you think! Also, before I forget, I was hoping that I could get some suggestions for names, first and last. It would be a great help to me! That's all for now. Please review! It makes me really happy and really inspired to write another chapter! Thanks!
Keta Himura