Title: Waiting at the Harbor
Day/Theme: November 22 / I dwell with a strangely aching heart
Series: Rurouni Kenshin
Character/Pairing: Kaoru / Kenshin
Rating: PG
Notes: I don't own Kaoru or any other character from Rurouni Kenshin. They are all property of Nobuhiro Watsuki. Takes place during the OAV where Kenshin leaves Kaoru and Kenji, their son.
I asked you not to leave but you left anyway.
There was no need for you to do so. You had fought enough wars for them. Now was the time you could have devoted to your family...to us.
You had your son to think of, you had your wife to care for, you had friends who wanted to see you finally at peace and happy. But you said you had an obligation to protect us and you left yet again.
Today I wander through the dojo with a dull ache in my heart. My heart broke again the day you bid me goodbye. I cried silently after you had gone, but you told me you would be back.
If you were here, I would tell you that heartbreak never truly goes away and my heartbreak has not dissipated from when you left us that day. There is a dull throb now, replacing the sharp pains I first felt. When I remember your face and ache to feel you in my arms at night, the dull throb becomes a sharp pain again, lancing through my body until I cannot breathe.
You must realize that I long for you again. I want us safe and happy and away from all these troubles. I go everyday to the docks now to wait for your return. But each afternoon I come back unable to see your ship come into the bay.
But I hope against hope anyway. You are my life's blood now, as is our son.
He may have lost some hope that you will return, but I will hope for him as well.
I will hope for the both of us.
I will wait at the harbor for you until you return.