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Chapter 13
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Sano gave out a long sigh as he watched his soon-bride-to-be trying out all the shoes in the store. He had been sitting on the same chair for 3 hours.
"Sheeesh! Why do women enjoy shopping so much?" Sano muttered.
He watched as Megumi sigh or giggle at every shoe that the sales assistant presented to her. "Baby…can't you make up your mind so we can get outta here?"
"Wait a sec! Yes…I want that one and don't you have this one in pink?" Megumi was talking animatedly with the sales assistant. Suddenly, Sano cell phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Hey Sano! It's me Tsunan!"
"Dude! It's been so long…how are you man?"
"I'm cool. I just got back from New Zealand. I heard you're getting married…who's the unfortunate babe?"
"You'll see…hey, I'm getting married in 11 days and the wedding is in Hokkaido. Just a small wedding, I don't the paparazzi meddling at the most important day in my life!"
Tsunan chuckled. "I'll be there. Anyway, I gotta go. Take care!" Sano smiled and muttered, "Bye."
"Who's that?" Megumi asked as she paid for her shoes.
"A good friend of mine…he'll be coming to our wedding." Sano helped Megumi with her shopping bags. Megumi hailed a taxi and they headed home.
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Kenshin headed to the bungalow house. Tae was busy cooking and Yahiko was spotted holding a bokken and was training at the back yard.
"Tadaima…" he said to himself. He headed to his room but when he crossed a room with blue door, he stopped in his tracks. Music boomed from the room. He knocked on the door and Soujirou opened the door.
"Ken-san! How can I help you?" The younger man smiled at him.
Kenshin chuckled. "I couldn't help overhearing but is that Simple Plan playing?"
Soujirou nodded. "You like em'?"
"Yeah… I got their latest album. Have you heard their latest song, Welcome to My Life?" Kenshin smiled as Soujirou opened his bedroom door, letting him in.
Kenshin sat on a chair as he watched Soujirou turned off the stereo. "So…you're pretending to be Kaoru's boyfriend huh?"
"Yup. You know…its hard work. She's very loud and could be very emotional." Kenshin chuckled.
"Yeah…I know. Hey, have you been dragged by Kaoru to go shopping?"
"Uhuh…it was pure torture! Luckily I made it back alive!"
"Man…you're strong! I don't think any man can survive that. One time, it was her 16th birthday party and she decided to go shopping for the goods and her dress. She dragged me to every shop there is at the mall. You know...her force of dragging me was so strong that I passed out when we reached the sixth shop." Both men were laughing now. Suddenly, Tae knocked and told them that lunch was ready.
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Kaoru touched her lips that Kenshin just kissed. Oh boy…what am I going to do now? She decided that she was not in the mood for sun-bathing and picked up all her things and headed back. As she arrived, Sano and Megumi also just arrived. Megumi hugged her friend and showed her friend the new pairs of stilettos she just bought.
"Oh my god! It's gorgeous." Kaoru gasped and both of them talked about shoes leaving behind Sano who was busy handling all the shopping bags.
"Umm…a little help here… girls?" Megumi and Kaoru continued talking and soon disappeared into the house.
"Damn…"
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Kenshin laughed as Soujirou showed Kaoru's pictures when she was small. They were at the living room sitting on the sofa and Soujirou gave him three albums full of Kaoru's pictures. He told him what every picture meant. (A/N: Just going to tell you guys that Kenshin is OOC starting from this chapter.)
"This is when Kaoru acted in a school play as a tree." Kenshin looked at the picture of Kaoru wearing a tree costume.
"And this one is when Kaoru wet the bed for the first time at our house." Soujirou chuckled. "And this one…"
"Sou-chan!!" Kaoru mouth was hanging open of the sight Soujirou showing Kenshin of her baby pictures. "…Sou-chan…I can't believe you betrayed me!! Wait till I show everybody your baby pictures!!!" Kaoru started to chase Soujirou around the house. "I'll get you for this!"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!"
Tae came out from the kitchen to see what all the commotion all about. The woman laughed and shook her head. She was busy baking a chocolate cake. Its Kaoru favorite and Kaoru look so thin! Then, she returned baking the chocolate cake.
Kenshin still sat on the sofa. He couldn't help but feel a bit pang of jealousy. Why can Kaoru and he be close like that? This is the chance for him to tell Kaoru that he is serious. And he's not going to lose to some cousin of hers!
"Hey sou-chan! You don't want me to show to them your 'NOC' picture do yea'?" Kaoru snickered. Soujirou stopped in his tracks and look of horror was clearly on his face. "You wouldn't?!"
"Oh I would….oka-chan! Do you know where Sou-chan's 'NOC' picture?"
"Oh…it's on the top drawer of the closet in my room."
"Ok…thanks!" And so, Kaoru went to look for the picture.
"Oka-chan! I can't believe you're siding with her!!" whined Soujirou. Tae just laughed and continue baking her cake.
Kaoru jumped as she headed back to the living room with the 'NOC' picture in her hand. Her last leap was beside Soujirou and she hugged him. Kenshin smiled but inside he was fuming. 'Two can play that game. And I'm going to that to you…'
"So, here's the 'NOC' picture!" Kaoru giggled like a five year old.
"What's 'NOC' stands for?" Kenshin and Megumi asked, confused.
"Naked On the Carpet…" And that Kaoru showed the picture to everybody. An eleven months old Soujirou on the carpet, naked was revealed. "NO!!!!" Soujirou screamed.
"Kawaii!!!!" Megumi giggled and Kenshin snickered at his rival. Kaoru was laughing so hard and she didn't even realize that Kenshin was walking towards her. He then wrapped his arms around her waist and took Kaoru's body closer to his. With this Kaoru turned deep red.
"Can I see your NOC picture? I don't care what age…"
"11 months…"
"4 years old…"
"16…"(Urghh...did I just wrote that? Oh well…) Laughter from Megumi and Soujirou could be heard and Kaoru was about to say something when Kenshin pulled her into a kiss. Sano who was finally made himself back to the house dropped all the shopping bags at the sight of Kaoru and Kenshin. Everyone seemed to freeze except Soujirou who was smiling.
Kenshin ended the kiss and looked at Kaoru who was all dreamy. He leaned to her left ear and whispered, "Do you want to give up or not?" This made Kaoru snapped and huffed. "I'm not giving up and I'm not going to fell for a guy like you! Two can play this game!" Kaoru said through clenched teeth. She makes her way to her room and slammed the door shut.
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A/N: Sorry minna…if you don't like the way Kenshin was acting…Gomen Nasai! And did I just make Kenshin looked like some mere teenager? But just to tell you guys…I love Simple Plan!!!! (Hugs Simple Plan poster)
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The next day, Megumi and Sano went to discuss with the wedding planner so they left early in the morning leaving Kaoru with Kenshin. Tae decided to visit her sister and will be back around five pm and Yahiko went with her. Soujirou went to see his friend who was in the hospital and will be back around lunch time. Kaoru sigh. Living in a house with Kenshin is not what she planned. It's not that bad but what it made staying with him dangerous is when he started to act like this…
Kaoru turned off the tap and closed the bathroom door. Taking a long shower gave her a lot of time to decide her next move. What Kenshin did yesterday, she didn't like it. Not because she didn't like the kiss. She has to admit that Kenshin is a very good kisser, but in front of everybody? Kaoru clenched her hand and gritted her teeth. 'I'm not giving up! Kenshin Himura…you're going down!'
It was early in the morning and Kaoru was so bored. She stomped to the kitchen to get something to eat. As she entered the kitchen, she gasped and turned deep red. There Kenshin was, drinking the milk from the carton, shirtless and wearing only his black baggy pants. Kenshin snickered at the sight of Kaoru blushing.
"Ohaiyo!" Kenshin leaned against the fridge. The blush on Kaoru's face was still red as she stuttered, "O-ohaiyo!" Kaoru make her way to the cabinet to get some Krunchie-Munchiesz'. (Heck, it's my own cereal!) "Eww...don't drink the milk from that! Other people want to drink it too!" He looked at Kenshin with disgust but the red-head just snickered.
"Looks like you want to buy a new one eh?"
"Of course!" Kaoru started munching her plain Krunchie-Munchiesz'. She sat crossed-leg on the kitchen floor. As she looked up, the red-head man was still snickering. "Quit that stupid smile on your face! It's annoying."
"Looks like I'm coming with you then! Tae-san asked me to buy some stuff so I could cook lunch." Kenshin drank the whole carton and throw it in the dustbin. "Don't you get sick drinking too much milk?"
"Nope! It's good for your bones." Kenshin snickered and did a pose showing his toned arms. "See that? Strong bones!" Kenshin said leaving the disgusted Kaoru alone. Kaoru mumbled something as she heard Kenshin's bedroom door closed.
Kaoru waited for Kenshin in Tae's car as the woman left it for them to use. The guy is really taking awfully a long time to get ready. She waited for him nearly for fifteen minutes! She honked from the passenger sit for the fifth time. "Kenshin!!! Hurry up!"
And there stood Kenshin wearing a dark blue baggy pants and a red shirt saying 'HOT!' His fiery mane was tied up into a high ponytail. Like usual, he's wearing shades. Kaoru mouth dropped. Kenshin never wears bright colors! The Kenshin she knows is wearing dull colors. The gentle Kenshin she knows had disappeared. But its okay, she's not afraid with this new one! Kaoru regained her posture back as Kenshin slipped into the driver's seat.
"Sorry I took so long to get ready." He snickered and started the engine. Kaoru looked out to the window and looked at the beautiful beach that is so familiar to her. This is her home. Kenshin stopped at the local supermarket. Kaoru didn't notice that they've stopped until Kenshin pinched her cheeks.
"Oi! What was that for?!"
"You were day dreaming …come on! Let's go!"
Kenshin took a trolley and pushed it towards the dairy corner to get some milk. Kaoru just followed his suit with a bored look on his face. She's not very good in cooking stuff and she definitely not enjoying buying groceries.
Kenshin put a packet of bay tomatoes and other veggies in the trolley and moved on the next corner. "Are we done yet?"
"No…" Kenshin put a packet of chicken wings in the trolley and looked back at the list. "Tae-san wants 10 apples and 7 oranges…" Kenshin talked to himself as he put the fruits in to a plastic bag.
They walked and walked and sometimes stopped when people asked for autographs. Kaoru was so bored and she starts to look around the instant food corner. Kenshin was way ahead of her now and she was left behind and taking this chance to call Soujirou. She punched his number and waited for Soujirou to pick up.
"Yes Kao-chan?"
"Sou-chan! When are you coming back? Please hurry home!"
"Maa…maa...Kao-chan! I'll be back around lunch-time and take this time to get to know Kenshin a bit. Eheheheheh…"
"Grrr…Sou-chan! Do you still want to pretend to be my lover or not?"
"I love to help but don't you think that it's enough of proof that Kenshin already loves you? Why can't you just admit it?"
"I'm still not sure if he really loves me… He's all acting weird and not that gentle guy I know…" Her voice was sad.
"Hmm...So you still want to continue this?"
"Of course! I don't want to lose to that man!"
"Hahahahhahaha! Well, see yea' at lunch then."
"Ok…bye!"
Kaoru switched off her phone and took a box of 'Soupy Snax'. She ran off to find Kenshin and found him near the cashier looking for her.
"Where were you?"
"To find these!" Kaoru put the instant food in the trolley.
"Na uh! We're not buying that." Kenshin put the food outside the trolley.
"We're buying this!" And Kaoru put it back in.
"NO! It's not healthy!"
"Why should you care?!"
"Because I love you and I want you to be healthy!" And that made Kaoru's mouth hanging wide open.
"Don't you know that I already have someone else? I don't think I can accept that you love me! You're too old for me!" Kenshin stunned a bit. Hurt was pasted clearly on his face but quickly it turned into a smug.
"Nah…I'm not that old." Kenshin winked.
"Oh yes you are! How old are you? Twenty-six?"
"Nope! Twenty-eight. But I'm still hot."
"Urghh! Why are you so different out of the blue?" Kaoru crossed her arms.
"Like what?"
"Number one: The way you dressed. I never see you wear bright colors! What are you trying to do? Wanna look younger so you can look young like me?" Kaoru raised her eyebrow.
"Maybe… But if you thinking that I'm doing these changes just to hit you…you're damned wrong!" Kenshin's voice was low and dangerous. He put the instant food in the trolley and paid all the groceries.
Kaoru looked at him with angry eyes. But still she can't help feeling a bit sad that Kenshin is not flirting with her. Well just you wait Kenshin Himura! You're going down!
A/N: Sorry for the late update! There had been loads of distraction lately. And I got loads of reviews and you really love me! (Reviewers sweat dropped) Ehehehehe…anyway, I'm really sorry if I didn't include any of you in my replying reviews session! I'm really sorry! And thank you to this one reviewer with a really great idea she gave me and I will think about it! And not to mention a long review! LOLS! Okay…wait for the next chapter and please review!! Review me and I'll update! Ja ne! (Finally I succeeded getting my 150 reviews and thanks to you guys and now…just grant this author wish and grant me 200 reviews…Yes, I wanna 200 reviews!!) Too pushy am I?
Blackz (sorry if this chapter is short!)