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Intoxicated
Shit...I'm out of sake…Sano shoved the empty bottle onto the pile of ones like it. Figures that the time I need a drink I run out…Damn you Kenshin. Sano stumbled to his mattress and fell onto it with an 'oomph'. Damn, why did you have to ruin it?
Sano rolled onto his back and tried not to think about Kenshin. But that sweet redhead haunted his thoughts and was not easy to forget. I'll think about the river. Cool gentle waters, running under that wood bridge at the end of town.
Sano slipped out of consciousness and into a dream. They were back on the river bank, at the picnic they had gone on a few weeks earlier. Yahiko had been asked to make the food. Kaoru had tried to use it as a punishment and it bit her in the ass when Yahiko's food turned out better than her own. She was sulking and leaning against the cherry blossom trees. Kenshin was sitting cross legged and enjoying the food with a surprised look on his face.
"Yahiko… this is delicious… where did you learn? I mean obviously you got no help from Kaoru." Kenshin said between bites. Yahiko smirked glancing at Kaoru and started to say something. Kaoru stood up and interrupted him, fuming.
"IF YOU HATE MY FOOD SO MUCH YOU CAN GO LEAVE ON THE SAME ROAD YOU WALKED IN ON!" Sano chuckled a little at their misfortune and she turned on him. "AND YOU'RE NO BETTER! EATING FOR FREE AND NEVER DOING ANY CHORES OR HELPING!" Yahiko, who had been pacing before and managing to stay behind her and out of her sight, took this opportunity to push her into the river. It was calm and shallow enough that she came back up without any difficulty, wet and still angry. For a second they all thought she was going to climb out and bite their heads off. Yahiko turned white. Then she smiled, big and evil, and beckoned him with her little finger in one of those strange 'come hither' gestures that made you want to do whatever she said.. Yahiko obeyed on shaky legs gulping down his nervousness.
"Are you going to let a lady sit here without a hand out?" Her voice was sickly sweet, like choking on honey.
"But-" Yahiko began to say she was no lady, but for once he swallowed his words and offered his hand. Sano thought to himself, 'stupidest kid in the world…' But he said nothing as Kaoru took his hand and pulled him and then dunked him repeatedly, only letting him up enough so he didn't drown. Sano was about to laugh when he heard Kenshin laughing behind him. It was so wonderful to hear he didn't want to disrupt it with anything. Sano looked behind him and saw Kenshin beaming with light and joy as Kaoru slowly drowned her pupil. The smile was warm and blissful and the dream flashed to the scene that night.
Kenshin was looking up at him with that utterly content, boiling over with happiness smile. It was right after Sano had said he loved Kenshin. Right after everything.
Sano was unhappily awakened by a loud knocking on the door. But that wasn't what made the light afternoon sun seem glaring or the birds outside seem to mock him. It was a simple realization from last night. Kenshin never said he loved me back. Never.
Sano rose and stomped to the front door to tell the disturber to go to hell, but when he opened the door he found the man from his dreams, Kenshin. He was breathtaking and the same light still burnt in his eyes. He seemed unchanged, as if last night had never happened. For a moment Sano was frozen by simply finding Kenshin on his doorstep, but then the anger of his realization burned through him and he muttered "Get out" with as much venom as he could put into it and slammed the door before Kenshin could reply. He threw the lock and marched to the back door, he needed more sake. He used me. He used me and then didn't even have the decency to lie and say he loved me. He never loved me at all. Sake really seemed like a good thing now.