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Like A Season, It Keeps Coming Back

Chapter 3: Surprises

Kaoru sat up and put the test back in the box. She slid it in a droar-like thing in front of the passengers seat. Then looked at Kenshin and sighed.

"So what now?" Kenshin looked at his hands. "I'm not sure. We don't have to go to school, so anything's possible really. What do you wanna do?" Kaoru shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe we could get something to eat." Kenshin's face liht up when those words were spoken. He had had nothing but the flavor of beer and liquir on his tongue from last night. He nodded quickly.

Kaoru smiled and started the engine. "Okay, so where do you feel like? Deny's, McDonalds..?" He thought for a moment and then turned back to her. "What about I cook for you?" Kaoru blinked a few times. "Cook? You know how to cook?" He nodded. "My step dad could never cook if his life depended on it. And I got tired of eating Tv dinners, so I started stealing his cook books and ended up doing better than him so he just let me do all the cooking." Kaoru's giggle turned into a gasp.

"What's wrong?" Kaoru had just remembered something. "My little brother! I completely forgot about him! He must've been starving!" Kenshin's eyes widened. "Well then let's go to your house, if you'll allow me." Kaoru put her hands on the steiring wheel. He's so caring and polite. You would never imagine him being so jrunk and caried away. From what people tell me, he's the complete opposite.

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They pulled up to a fairly small house. It was made of brick and it had a grey garage door closed. Kaoru pushed a button on the steiring wheel and it slowly rose to let them in. It closed right after she was in. Once inside the garage, the door was clearly open. Kaoru locked the door after letting Kenshin in. He walked quietly behind her.

"Yahiko! I'm home...did you eat something?" A door from the left hallway opened. A boy about 4'8 stepped out from behind it. And behind him, stood a girl. She was taller than him but you could see that he was getting up there. Her hair was a wood brown and it was cut to her neck. She wore an aprin that resembled a waiter. Kaoru stared at them.

"And who is she?" The girl seemed to realize what was happening and quickly bowed. "My appoligies, Ms. Kamiya. My name is Tsubame." Yahiko motioned her to stop bowing after glancing at Kenshin. "You don't have to bow to such an ugly face!" Kaoru glared at him and hit him with her purse. "I'm not the ugly one, you brat!"

"I want to know why she's here. You didn't...your way too young to...do you even know how to...?" Tsubame's face turned bright red. As did Yahiko's. "Eww! Who do you think I am, you?" Kaoru paused and glared again. "Me? What does this have to do with me? I'm not the one who braught a play mate over and spent the night with him..."

Yahiko glared her back and pointed to Kenshin. "Oh yeah, then who's that!" Kaoru froze. "He's my..."

"Exactly! You probably just met him yesterday and got drunk so now he's following you! If you get to sleep with someone then so do I!" Kenshin stepped in. "Excuse me for interupting but...I'm really hungry and I think that young Tsubame is as well. So if you don't mind I'm going to go see what I can make with the food in your fridge."

Kaoru and Yahiko watched as Kenshin looked around for the kitchen. When her found it, he started taking everything out of the refrigorator and setting it in piles. All the vegetables were together, all the meat, etc. Tsubame helped him.

He turned around and shut the fridge door, picked up an egg cartrage, a frying pan, a bowl and a spoon. Kaoru walked up beside him. She wanted to see how well he could cook.

Kenshin took the spoon and cracked the egg right down the middle. He opened the shell and the egg slid into the bowl. He did the same for three more eggs. Then he stired them up (beat). He put a little bit of butter on the pan and let it melt. He then sprinkled some green peppers, salt and black pepper, and some milk in the beat eggs (now liquidy). After a few seconds, the butter was melted and he poured the eggs onto the frying pan.

Yahiko got up and ran over to it. He took a deep wiff of the scent. "Ahhhh. Finally, food that actually smells good." Kaoru glared at him and turned her attention back to Kenshin. The little brat is right. It does smell good. Even though anyone can make an omlet, he does it really well. I wonder what else he can make.

Kenshin watched the liquid for a minute or three. He put some cheese on one half of the liquid, which was now becoming a solid and flipped part of the egg over. Tsubame watched from farther away. It smelt really good. He turned off the stove off. Yahiko jumped up in excitment. "That smells great! I guess your not so bad afterall, Mr."

Kenshin smiled at him and scratched his head. "Oh, it's nothing really, that it's not."

Kaoru looked at him. "No, he's right, Kenshin. That is good. Thank you." Kenshin turned to her. "Your welcome, Kaoru." They stood there staring at each other. Yahiko and Tsubame looked back and forth at the both of them. "Aw let's just leave'em. Let them stare at each other for the rest of their lives. We can eat!" Tsubame nodded and followed him to get a plate.

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They all had eaten and Yahiko and Tsubame were in his room playing Soul Calibur 2. Kaoru was cleaning up the kitchen and Kenshin was asleep in front of her TV.

She mopped the floor and washed the dishes. This was the least she could do for Kenshin being nice enough to cook for her little brother, his friend, and herself. He's always been so gentle with her. He hasn't told one lie to her since they've met. She walks out of the kitchen and sits down beside Kenshin, who is still asleep. She looks down and sees a note falling out of his pocket.

"Maybe I shouldn't...I mean it's none of my business...but..."

She slowly takes it out of his pocket and unfolds it. It was a letter from Takani Megumi, asking Kenshin to go out with her. But what would this mean for Kenshin and herself? Weren't they a couple now? Or was last night just a big mistake?

To Be Continued...

AN: Now this one's really short. I know...but I was running out of ideas. All of the good stuff, I wanted to save for the next chapter. So hod on until thursday. And I'll try to make it on time

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