The lights above stung her eyes, she would have preferred to stay in the oblivion of sleep. However, her sore limbs and aching head voted otherwise. As her eyes slowly pried themselves open, she started to adjust to the surroundings, and the hazy fog in her vision was slowly beginning to dissipate. A voice reached her ears, ringing like an angel's proclamation from above. Kaoru reads way too many romance novels. It was Sano's gruff words.

"So.. you're awake." He stood from his perch in the corner seat, and made his way to Yun's side on the bench, kneeling down to his level.

She could feel the blood rushing to her face, and the pace of her heart rapidly increasing. Kaoru was almost afraid to open her eyes, afraid that it was a dream. Had he stayed with her while she was asleep? Suddenly, her hopes of being with him had surged again. There still might be a chance. Opening her eyes now, and fully capable of seeing, she gazed on her beloved model. His face was so close to hers, she was almost tempted to just reach out and his him. Her breath caught in her throat as he leaned closer, his breath tickling at her ears. However, his words were not what she'd hoped to hear.

"If you tell anyone how you got this way, I swear that I'll finish Kenshin's job for him. He's got too much at stake to lose, all because of a rat like you.." His voice was icy cold, far from the gentle softness that 'Yun' hoped to hear. Sano stood as quickly as possible, once giving his warning. This kid was freaking him out. He could've sworn that the guy had blushed. Was Li Yun gay? 'Guess I attract all kinds..' The rookie model was almost positive that had he stayed kneeling any longer, Yun would kiss him. 'Queer..' Halfway out the door, he heard Yun's angry voice.

"I'm no rat!" Kaoru was angry, she could almost feel the blood boiling within her veins. Why was he defending that red-haired jerk? Those earlier hopes began to dwindle. She prayed that Sano was not like Kenshin. However, just gazing at his face helped to quell that fury. Her plans had been set back drastically, but she would never give up. If only he could see her.

"Good"

The door slammed, and Kaoru was left all alone in the nurse's room. Glancing at the clock, she guessed that it was 2nd period-ish. Perhaps there was a good thing of having been beaten up, she now had an excuse to ditch P.E, and avoid joining the throng of boys in the locker room. For a good 15 minutes, she sat there in silence, brooding over the conversation that had just occurred. However, the tick ticks of the clock intruded upon her reminisce of the 'sacred' conversation. She would never forget his words, though they were a threat. It was spoken by Sanosuke (yeah.. she reads waaaayyyy to many romance novels.) The sound of leaky faucet and its dripping water combined with the incessant ticks of the clock were enough to almost drive her insane. Kaoru decided to just up and leave. There was bound to be a good spot to hang around outside to ditch class..

The breeze was wondrous on that day. Kaoru sighed in content as her now short strands of hair whipped within the tendrils of wind, the scent of the cherry tree's (they do bloom in that season right? X.x) filling her nostrils. She could hear the sound of rustling leaves, and laughter in the distance. They must be playing volley ball in the girl's athletics. Engulfed in this tranquility, she was oblivious to the sounds of approaching footsteps. It wasn't until a loud crack sounded next to her ears did she open her eyes and stare into the face of the one person who could ruin a beautiful day as this.

Kenshin like always was enjoying his free time in the ditched class. The southern end of the school, by the tree grove was his hideout. The site of a certain young man resting there only seemed to irk him. Picking up a stray branch, he approached the raven haired boy, to find… low and behold. The one boy who annoyed the hell out of him. Li Yun. A scowl placed itself on his lips, and he tapped the branch against his shoulder, holding it much like red coat would its rifle and bayonet. His footsteps were light, and silent against the rustling of leaves. Allowing the branch to drop down his arms, catching the end as it arrived at his fingertips. He gripped it tightly, knuckles whitening in his annoyance. Li Yun had taken off his jacket, and part of his shirt had slipped down the shoulder. Kenshin was disgusted, he spotted a spaghetti trap where Yun's shirt had slipped. 'Now he's wearing girl's clothes? Stupid queer.' The branch rose with his arm, and he swung with all his might, narrowly missing the boys head, and a loud crack resounding through the area as the remaining splintered branch fell to the floor.

Kaoru nearly leap out of her skin, it took all her self control to calm herself down and not scream. Jumping to her feet, her eyes narrowed and she turned to pounce on whoever had played that nasty prank. She was met with the sight of Kenshin, who was laughing mercilessly at her fury.

"Gonna kill me now, little queer?" Kenshin taunted, loving the expression on Yun's face. He had to admit to himself, the kid had spunk, he liked that in people. "Tell you what kid, I won't beat your face in, if you join my gang. You've got some guts sticking up to me. I like that. We're having a meeting during 3rd period. Come or die." He could almost see the steam rolling off of Yun's head.

"I'm not gonna join your stupid gang. What, you want to ruin my good reputation even more!" She glared at him as he walked off, throwing her a thumbs up over his shoulder. A sigh escaped her lips upon hearing his parting words.

"See ya there Yun."

TBC

Yay! We didn't have to go to school today because of a bomb threat, so I decided to finish the rest of this chapter up. Hope you enjoyed it, and sorry that it's so short. O.o I'm going to enjoy this break with some DDR.