"I was trying to change into a regular tee-shirt, and he couldn't wait outside until I was finished, so he walked in on me and I got angry." Kaoru's shrill voice pierced through the stale air. Her face was mildly crimson from anger, and she was donning a pure white tank top and blue jeans.

"I didn't walk in on her, I thought she was finished so I asked if she was and she said give me a second. So I waited for a few seconds then walked in, assuming she was done...and she wasn't." He said his voice fired up in irritability. He had changed as well, into a relaxed green shirt and blue jeans.

"Either way he knew I was undressed and walked in anyway." Kaoru commented glowering at him, the infliction in her voice making him out to be guilty. Kenshin glared back, separating his lips for another round of bickering. The instructor held up his hand indicating for them to cease. They both scarcely took their eyes off each other to gaze without expression at the teacher.

"Look, I don't care. Just, please, don't kill each other, and if you do, don't do it were a teacher can see." He said tranquilly, trying to elude responsibility for lack of time. He turned around and continued to trot away from the pair. They were midway to the dining hall when the instructor passed them just as Kaoru shoved Kenshin. Kenshin stood on that point, half blazing at Kaoru, half watching the teacher neglect them. When the teacher was out of sight he perched his hand on her arm and gave her a rapid shove.

She stumbled about a bit, then recovered her poise, trudging promptly after him. Her face was pallid yet bounced with fury. "Kenshin! Why are you such a jerk?" She cried, placing her hands on his back and thrusting him forward. His one foot caught the other and he nearly fell, his arms swinging about him until he caught his balance.

"Kaoru, I told you already, I didn't see anything, and I didn't mean to, I thought you were done." He called, not moving his head. She heard his quarrels but they seemed slurred from his position. She strut up next to him staring firmly at him.

"It's not just that. It's everything. If I let you get away with walking in on me while im dressing what else will you get away with?" She asked barbarically.

"What is it exactly you think I'm going to do?" He asked, turning so his eyes could peer into hers expectantly. Kenshin had seen something, he had lied to make the setting less painful, but it wasn't anything he hadn't seen on Tomoe. But it was different, this time it was Kaoru. He had shrugged it off at the time, but she wouldn't let it go.

"That's the thing, I'm never sure with you. Tomoe could be unsatisfying for you and with her lack of presence you might go on a crazed rampage of sexual frustration, thus taking it out on your poor innocent female roommate." She said swinging her arms about for emphasis and her tone of voice visibly ridiculing. He could ascertain, since the question was a good one, she would have to ponder about it, humor could cover it up until she could answer it appropriately. "Your right Kaoru, though Tomoe is loveable, curvaceous, beautiful, smells good, and loves me, I would defiantly try to have an affair with you." He said making Kaoru seem like an ugly troll.

"You never know. Maybe one day you'll realize that you want someone adventurous, someone who will love you even though they don't always agree with you, someone who loves the feel of your hands on her waste even when she's irritated with your big headed-ness. Someone who really loves you, not just the imitation love that only rears its head when something romantic has happened." Kaoru said, her eyes wandering his face but she wasn't looking at him. She was looking at something else, something that was just beyond him. Kenshin would have looked behind him to see if someone was there, he would have shrugged off her comment, he would have kept walking, but her words were true.

Tomoe never wanted to do anything fresh, she despised always tending his wounds, but he never surprises her with anything because she would most likely think of the reasons why he shouldn't have. Tomoe always cheerfully agrees with him. Tomoe wont look at him when she does get peeved with him, let alone touch him. Tomoe didn't love him, she loved having someone to support her in turbulent times and someone to protect her from the bad guys of life.

"But, I guess all that doesn't mean anything if your ugly." Kaoru said placidity, a modest grin, one that she was attempting to apply to conceal her anguish, graced her lips. She turned reluctantly and began walking towards the dinning hall once more.

"Kaoru, I didn't mean you were ugly, but I'm not going to go on a testosterone fueled sex rampage, and take advantage of you." Kenshin said nearly laughing at the idea. She chuckled but didn't comment. She just continued her walk, her head held high and her stance pronounced and divine. She was always a surefooted walker, but she appeared to stand taller when she was reassured she would be ok, as if it made her feel more secure in an iffy environment.

Kenshin looked over at her and saw her face illuminate as her eyes moved over an target in the distance. "Misao!" Kaoru called fearlessly, a prominent smile extending over her lips. By the look in her eyes he could see she had forgotten about him and their conversation already. His purple orbs traced hers to the little springing image of Misao in the distance.

Her hair was in a lengthy braid that looked like a dark rope hanging from the back of her head. Kaoru leapt once, then she was off frolicking, her white gym shoes crunching against the gravel covered ground. Her body operated beautifully, like a gazelle. Her physical structure was so used to romping about and skipping and dancing that her muscles appeared to be roaring to break away lightheartedly and freely toward a friend.

Misao was like a bubbly beacon of relief. Kaoru was uncomfortable with her previous conversation and she couldn't wait to ditch Kenshin. He'd find a friend eventually, he always did, it's not like they didn't have friends. She reached Misao and slowed down, but not enough to actually stop and she crashed into her, just as planned.

"Sorry, sorry. I didn't mean to." Kaoru said in a joking tone with a delicate lisp. Misao stumbled to the side of the path, wheezing hysterically. She found jokes like these to be amusing. Soon both of them began walking to the dining hall, Kaoru scanning the area behind her and spotted Kenshin; he had met up with a few other guys who had been walking.

Kaoru walked into the dining hall, pushing open the large brown doors and the noise level dropped considerably. "I heard her and Kenshin were caught making out in the bathroom and have to literally live in the woods without a tent." came a low voice from one direction. Kaoru was shocked but smiled, not allowing the rumors to get to her. Misao cast a worried glance in her direction. Kaoru just smiled, maybe that's why she was so popular, because she never let anyone get under her skin, she believed the world was full of respectable people, and the average person didn't trust half of the rumors they heard. Also, she knew they were rumors, she could spot one from a mile away.

"I heard a teacher saved Kaoru from Kenshin, he was about to beat the shit out of her."

"Oh, I heard it the other way around."

"I heard Kenshin saved Kaoru from a bear that attacked her."

A loud, almost screeching laugher emerged from Kaoru's throat. She leaned over, clutching her stomach and tears welled in her eyes from her laughter. The loud murmurs died down and most of the room watched her, with the exception of the teachers who really didn't feel interested. Kaoru's laughter slackened and she couldn't help but cough from the strain. Kenshin be bopped in behind her and their peers switched their gaze to him expectantly.

"You missed it Kenshin." Kaoru said rubbing a tear from her eye. He stared at her befuddled.

"What did I miss?" He asked, crossing his arms, waiting as if uninterested.

"They're trying to figure out what happened last night, and even the most creative rumor in this room isn't close. Our peers have some pretty funny fantasies about us." Kaoru said mid-chuckle, but this time she wasn't alone. Kenshin laughed as well, as did a few close friends of their in the audience.

Kaoru started to walk across the old wooden floor towards the food line, laughing and muttering 'a bear? Who came up with a bear?'

Kenshin just shook his head, staring out that his "audience" who had mostly gotten back to their food. He released one last laugh, low and mocking. He choose to ignore this whole event and walked toward a table of his friends. Sano, Aoshi, the regulars, and some other friends.

He was starting to think that Kaoru thrived on moments like these. She was a fantastic actress, but he saw through it. Those tears that flowed from her eyes, were woeful, not amused She had laughed to cover it up...at least she knew to "never let em see you sweat."

After that, lunch was uneventful, they had been told that the cafeteria was open at all hours. And that the rest of the day was theirs, however they had to stay in their tents. Most of the kids groaned at this.

"Why can't we enjoy the outside? Why else would we be here?" One kid asked.

"When the power goes out in your house what do you do?" The instructor asked.

"I light candles and practice witch craft!" One smart ass commented, causing the muggy room to roar with laughter.

"Haha, no you sit on your ass all day and wait for it to come back on so you can watch tv go on the internet and play video games until you rot and die, and even then you'll have the remote clutched in your hands. You kids rely to much on electricity, we want to teach you to forget about that, teach you to build conversation skills." The teacher said confidently, beating back the laughter with a harsh stick of obedience.

"Now finish up and go to your tents, anyone we see out of their tents will get three detentions when we get home." The teacher said his voice booming through the room that was quickly filling with noise.

Kaoru stood, she was finished and just wanted to get to her plush spacious cabin and sleep. Her large, voluptuous, fluffy bed was calling her from her cabin nestled between the trees.

"Later Misao, I'll see you at dinner." Kaoru said waving as she set off on her trip home. She pushed open the brown doors of the dining hall and peered out into the day. There was still light but large gray clouds had taken up the sky and had begun to drop small pieces of water. It wasn't sprinkling, and it wasn't raining, it was a very light shower. She sighed loudly.

"It's raining..." She said quietly to herself in a sarcastic and unpleasant way standing safely under the roof. She had to go to her cabin, she didn't want detentions, but she knew she would be soaked by the time she got there. She stood there observing the sky, trusting the rain would give up on ruining her day. However after several minutes of observation the rain only got heavier, and she decided to start on her journey now, before the downpour, which she was sure would come, bombarded the forest and beat upon her white tee-shirt.

"It's raining." Came a small deep voice next to her. The voice seemed to be directed at itself, as if it were a thought that wasn't supposed to be voiced. She turned her head inquisitively, and her eyes took in his scarlet hair and anapestic eyes. A petite grin mounted his lips at the sound of his thought, his once turbulent face seemed serene and pleased. His eyes were a more severer color purple than they commonly were, they were enigmatic and joyful. His features were placid and soothing. He stepped out from below the roof and hesitated, as if he was paralyzed from the rain.

Her blue eyes watched him carefully. Kaoru, though a wealth of knowledge about Kenshin, hadn't known he loved the rain. He always seemed so tense and on edge, he was always ready for the unexpected.

But when he stood in the rain, he seemed relaxed. She portrayed this as what a normal person would look like after a deep tissue massage or a steam bath. He was the icon of relaxation. He closed his eyes for a moment, welcoming the wet rain on his tired being. Then his head righted itself, his eyes opened, and he began to advance into the large sheet of rain. Kaoru was sorry to see this spectacle over, she half hoped a black top hat and cane to appear next to him and for him to start tap dancing in the rain, but it never happened.

She started walking after him, the wet gravel sloshing under her shoes. Suddenly her warm skin was pelted with hard rain drops. Her skin instantly cooled off and she could see a light fog begin to settle down ahead of her, making the trees look mystical and enticing. "Kenshin, I didn't know you liked the rain so much." Kaoru said catching up to him quickly.

He was startled, his body jolting and his muscles tensing up. She wanted to laugh at his sudden movements, but she also was sad to see she had taken away his comfort.

He turned his head, visibly irritated. "Yeah, it's cool." He said setting his jaw in anger. He turned away from her and walked just a bit quicker. "Awe come on Kenshin. Don't be that way, we have to spend the whole evening together, if you don't have a good attitude you'll make it harder than it has to be." Kaoru said quickly, increasing her steps and staying in line with him.

"I was trying to enjoy the rain, you're the one making it harder than it has to be." Kenshin said angrily. Kaoru smiled sheepishly, even though Kenshin wasn't even looking at her. Before Koaru could make another remark she heard a loud high pitched whistle, she turned her head to see Soujiro walking up behind her. "Hey!" She grinned widely, she hadn't seen him for a while.

Soujiro ran up to her his signature grin stuck on his face, his blue eyes glistening with delight. "Kaoru, is it true, are you rooming with Himura?" They both began to walk behind Kenshin, who had his hands in his pockets, trying to relax again.

"Yeah, and he's not going to make it easy for me either." Kaoru said obnoxiously, making sure he over heard her. She rubbed one of her hands over her goose-bump covered forearm, trying to warm herself.

"I'd make it easy for her if she wasn't so annoying and pestering." Kenshin said promptly, his eyes closed knowingly.

"At least im not the cranky one!" Kaoru shot back her arm dropping to her side as her body heated up with the argument.

"Kaoru, what are you talking about, you almost went off on a homicidal rampage at lunch just now. You laughed to hide you're tears, it's all an act." Kenshin said turning his head to laugh at her. Her face scrunched into a pout.

"Not true! Whatever, Soujiro, I'm sorry. What's up with you?" She asked, turning her attention to the man walking next to her. He smiled at her and shook his head. Kaoru kept her head turned towards Soujiro, refusing to even look at Kenshin.

"Not much. I'm rooming with Aoshi and Sano." He said pleased. Kaoru scowled.

"Oh! I'm sorry you have to room with them, I'm sure all they've been doing is hanging out with Megumi and Misao." Kaoru said sympathetically.

"It's better than my last tent, I was with Okita and Yahiko." He said shaking his head and smiling until he glanced at her, a light pink accenting his cheeks.

"Oh, that's even worse. Yahiko is almost as bad as Kenshin is. He's annoying and mean and-"

"Kaoru-"

"And he thinks I'm ugly and he has bad taste and-"

"Kaoru, Your shirt-"

"And he's disrespectful and he's dirty, he's such a brat-"

"KAORU!" Kenshin yelled, his voice causing a few birds to fly from their happy perches in a tree. Since Soujiro had reddened considerably he was curious what he was trying to tell her, until he turned around. Kaoru looked at him peeved that he cut her off.

"What?" She shouted back.

"I can see through your shirt." Kenshin sneered, blinking several times in disdain. If she was going to be such a bitch about him trying to help her then he would be a dick about her white shirt and white bra. The lines of her silky white bra were clearly visible, Soujiro was just trying to tell her decently. Kaoru looked down and her arm quickly covered her chest, her other hand reaching up and thwacked Kenshin across the face. Though he could have blocked her blast, he figured in her mind, hitting him would help.

A victorious smile ascended her lips as she stared at his already reddening cheek. Soujiro looked uncomfortable with the whole situation, he didn't like how Kaoru acted around Kenshin and he didn't like how ignorant she could be of her surroundings. "And why didn't you tell me about my shirt Soujiro!" She asked in an accusing tone. Soujiro's features lit up with surprise.

"But...-Sorry." Soujiro said, choosing to let it slide, if he fought she would just be more embarrassed. He heard a small snicker coming from Kenshin and Kaoru's rage filled eyes landed back upon him. Her hand rose into the air for another round, when Soujiro quickly grabbed the bottom of his black shirt.

"Wait Kaoru!" Soujiro said flinging his shirt off of his body and held it out to her. She stared at it for a moment, as if it were a rubber knife, strange and unexpected. She quickly dropped her hand and uncoiled her other arm from around her upper body. She took his shirt and threw it on quickly, it was wet and it smelled of man but it was comfortable and a sweet gesture. She looked from the black shirt then back up to the man who bestowed it upon her and smiled, a light red splashed onto her cheeks form his bare chest.

"Thanks Soujiro, I appreciate it." She said quickly curling her arms around him in a tight hug. He blushed, and mentally berated himself for giving away his emtoions. Soujiro was built, and Kaoru could feel his muscles in her hug. He lifted weights and trained with a sword often, but she didn't expect him to have that much muscle under his conservative clothing. A mischievous smile curled onto Kenshin's lips.

"Well, this is my tent, I'll see you later Kaoru." He said turning to the right, and ploding towards his tent with a confident and joyous smile.

"Don't you want your shirt back?" Kaoru shouted to his retreating figure, her hands fiddling at the end of the shirt, ready to take it off. He shook his head, "Keep it." he said before he disappeared into his darkened tent.

Kaoru gave him a big wave and continued to toy with the edge of his shirt with her other hand. She turned to keep walking but Kenshin was standing right in front of her. She jumped back, her face illuminated with shock.

"You two are gross." Kenshin said a disgusted frown on his face. Kaoru laughed. "What?" She asked her voice as surprised as her facial features.

"Obviously he likes you, why else would he blush when your shirt got soaked and you hugged him and he didn't have a shirt on. And you obviously like him to." He said distastefully. A loud laugh, much like the one she used earlier at the dining hall jumped from her lips.

"What? That's crazy! I don't like Soujiro. And any decent guy would blush too." She said quietly, the last sentence almost a whisper as she pushed past him. Kenshin wasn't the first person to say that to her, but she always tried to shrug it off. She loved Enishi, not Soujiro. Kenshin always had to say stupid stuff and get her thinking didn't he? Kenshin caught up to her faster than she expected.

"You do! Your avoiding it!" Kenshin said excitedly following her promptly.

"No, I don't like him Kenshin, stop saying that I do."

"You do though."

"No I don't!"

"Stop avoiding it, you know you do!"

"I Don't like him Kenshin! Stop it!"

"You say that because you don't want to feel unfaithful."

"No I say that because it's true!"

"What's true? That you like Soujiro?"

"No, that I hate you!" She yelled, loud enough for her voice to echo through the trees and cause a disturbance in nature. She bolted. He figured she would, she was uncomfortable and the cabin was near. He knew it was cruel, but he couldn't help it, making her life miserable was what he did best.

She ran as hard as she could, the rain pelting her face and washing away her salty tears. Her blue eyes, puffy and red, searched the line of trees for their Cabin. Once she arrived to the aforementioned spot she pushed the door open and ran into the bathroom, locking the door and turning on the shower.

She had moved so fast and so suddenly she wasn't sure if she was really in the cabin. She shook her head to rid herself of the dizzy feeling and small blue and green dots that fogged her vision. She shook, both inside and out, when she took a deep breath, her chest racking with the effort.

Her long, once peaceful black hair was wet, her pony tail had fallen out from the strain of running and it lay in still crazed chunks of ragged hair. Her cobalt blue eyes were outlined in a light red and shadowed by her hair. She was gazing downward as she choked back her gasping sobs.

She wasn't crying because of Soujiro, yes it was a problem that she would have to deal with, but it was more Enishi. Kenshin was making her rethink their relationship, and she wasn't coming up with many reasons why she was still in it. She just couldn't handle that now.

Soujiro's black shirt clung to her body, the front of it was an advertisement for some bar or something, she didn't like to look at it. She quickly pulled the soaked cloth from her body and threw it sharply at the door. It's wetness added a few pounds to it, making it fly awkwardly towards the wooden door. It pounded against the wood bitterly, causing a fierce bang. She glared at the black heap, with that tremendous weight lifted from her shoulders she felt better, as if that was the embodiment of her frustration.

She wiggled her shoulders and glanced at the shower, water was spilling from the shower head that bent towards the ground. The water swirled into the drain below and steam billowed from the water, and over the glass door that separated her from the water. She stood up, off of the toilet she had been sitting on and walked towards the shower.

She opened the glass door and stared at the water for a few seconds. She pulled off her shoes and socks that were soaked as well and left them in a pile on the other side of the bathroom. She pulled off her jeans, knowing it was already hard to walk around in her wet jeans, let alone if they were soaked.

She stepped gently into the shower, her cold bare feet touching the hot water and recoiling in pain. She adjusted the knob and the water cooled off slightly. She finally decided she was going to just jump into the water. As soon as her body collided with the streams of water she closed her eyes, hissing slightly. It took her shivering body a few moments to adapt.

She was still wearing her white tank top, and the water that beat upon it quickly soaked into the cloth, making it heavy and stretching it out slightly. She yanked it off and held it in her hands for a bit, staring at it. She was wearing her white bra, which she was sad to say would probably be ruined after that night, and white boy shorts styled underwear. She yawned deeply, crying, even for just a few minutes, was tiring.

"Why did you do this to me?" She questioned the shirt in the palms of her hands softly until her thoughts were intruded by a loud knock on the door, she didn't answer. When she heard it again she sighed loudly, her noises echoing off the tiled floor and walls. "What?" She came her sarcastically jolting voice. The door knob began to move, shakily at first then quickly, until he realized it was locked.

She tilted her head back, so the streams of water ran over her wild hair. She knew it would take forever to get her hair roughly removed of knots, but she just didn't care at the moment. She felt like this water was holy, like this water was washing her of her sins, of her unclean thoughts and frustration.

"Kaoru...?" Kenshin's fatigue stricken voice echoed into her ears softly through the door. She hummed as a response, not sure if he could hear her or not. She thought she heard a sigh from his end, but shook it off.

"I didn't mean to make you that upset." sluggish words flowed from his mouth as if he was a child apologizing because his mother told him to.

"But you wanted me to be upset. Just not to cry. Is that it?" Kaoru said agitation evident in her voice as she ran her hands through her hair.

"Listen, I'm trying to apologize. It's not like your Miss Sunshine to me!" He said through gritted teeth, trying to stay calm and restraining his voice.

"But I never make you cry." She said matter-of-factly. She could heard a snort of laughter on the other side of the door.

"No, but you make me want to beat the shit out of the next thing that moves. Besides, you'd make fun of me if I cried." He said heatedly. She always made him angry, no matter how hard he tried to keep his cool, she always made him angry.

"True. But I don't need you to cry to find things to make fun of you for." She said curling her fingers over the top of the door to the shower and peeking over as if he was going to come in.

"Neither do I. You sleep walk, and once you walked into the kitchen and lit all the burners on your stove and almost burnt your whole house down. Good job!" He said enthusiastically. She sneered, glaring harshly at the door.

"You still sleep with a Teddy bear named Chuck, and you wouldn't let your parents wash him when you were younger until you could no longer distinguish his ass from his face, and when they washed it, his left arm fell off, and you cried...in sixth grade." Kaoru said her voice sharp, she had so many stories about him, she alone could go on for hours.

"When you were 15 you stole the keys to your fathers old convertible and took it for a spin. You weren't a good driver, and still aren't, and you managed to hit an old woman in a Volkswagen, she received neck injuries and a broken wrist and you walked out scratch-free. I bet you felt horrible." He said wickedly a smile just as hateful whirling on his lips.

"Last year at a Halloween dance you and Tomoe decided to dress up as Doctor and patient, She was the doctor. She had to be somewhere before the party and you both decided to take separate cars. You wore one of those blue gowns and forgot to tie the back of it. When you got there you made little kids cry. You must have been embarrassed." Kaoru said smiling and blinking her eyes expectantly, waiting for him to run out of stories. Both of them glared through the door at each other.

"How do you always manage to get on my nerves. I try to just come in here and say sorry, and you manage to make me angry!" Kenshin shouted. He really was billowing with rage, but the red on his cheeks wasn't just from fury, that last story was even embarrassing when re-told.

"Why do you always have to push it to far? Why do you always have to make me cry?" She asked just as obnoxiously, she was even more overwhelmed than he was.

"Open the fucking door!" He said shaking the door knob. He was angry, he had to talk to her face to face. He just needed to get in there, to make sure she wasn't really upset, if he couldn't read the emotions that played on her face he couldn't manipulate the situation to his favor.

"No!" She said in a loud high pitched voice, that told him he went to far.

"Why? I know your just sitting there, laughing at me, now open the god damned door!" He shouted, his voice cracking from his anger and trying to speak over the noise of the shower.

"I'm...I'm not dressed!" She said defensively. It was partly true.

"Don't lie! That's it Kaoru. Why does this always have to be so fucking hard with you?" He shouted loudly, he didn't like to swear unless he needed to emphasis something, but he needed to emphasis this.

"What are you doing?...Kenshin!...Kenshin!" She shouted her voice bursting with worry. She held her face in her hands and leaned against the wall, moaning in defeat. She didn't need this, she wished she was cabin mates with someone bearable. She heard the door knob twisting, but when she lifted her body on her tippy toes and peered over the shower door, the knob wasn't moving.

He had found a key...impossible. The door flung open, revealing a wet Kenshin, staring into the bathroom in awe, as if he was surprised it worked. His hair looked about as wrecked as Kaoru's did earlier, and his clothes were hanging off of him. One of his hands was wrapped around a pathetic looking paper clip and his chest heaved with labored breath. He took a step in, and wrath set back onto his face.

"Will you accept my apology?" He asked, his voice bouncing painfully off the walls and into Kaoru's agitated ears. Once Kaoru was over the initial shock of him standing in the bathroom, she had jumped away from the shower door and leaned up against the wall, every muscle tense. She was glad that the glass door had been cut so you couldn't really see through it, since Kenshin was standing right there, and she was dressed so skimpily.

"Will you get out of the bathroom if I say yes?" She asked quietly, her voice hopeful. She was shy with so few articles of clothes on, and didn't want to talk to him.

"What if I said no?" He asked, his voice higher in pitch. He took a few more steps into the bathroom.

"Kenshin, I thought we talked about this." She said warily. Her eyes were wide and she no longer thought of Enishi, she could only think of what Kenshin might do next.

"Talked about what? Have we talked about how you need to stop being so paranoid?" He replied taking another stride towards the shower. "How you need to realize what is going on around you?" Another step closer. "How you need to stop thinking every guy is a bad guy?" He asked taking his last step. He was very close to the shower door, she watched him carefully.

Her hair clung to her shoulders and her blue eyes held fear. She watched his blurred form, standing next to the door. He stared in at her, he could see a lot of peach color, were her skin was, but he was surprised to see she had clothes on, not many but still clothes.

"Can I help it? Here you are, standing in the bathroom while I'm half naked in the shower, just a step away when you just told me you weren't going to do anything to me." She said just loud enough for him to hear her over the roaring water.

"I wont! Why wont you believe me? What is it about me that makes me seem scary? Do I look like a rapist?" He asked his voice heavy with dramatic infliction, he hated how she couldn't trust him no matter what he said.

"Well, I can't see you." She said a small grin forming on her lips.

"And you're a smart ass to top it all off!" He yelled, his frown slowly creeping into a wide grin "Kaoru..." He said quietly then began to laugh.

"What?" She asked inquisitively. He continued to laugh and she repeated her question in a more urgent tone.

"It's just, it's funny that you honestly think I'm attracted to you." He said still laughing. Kaoru's mouth fell open.

"Kenshin! Are you calling me ugly?" She asked stepping up towards the glass. She curled her fingers over the door once more and peered over. Kenshin stared up at her, a smile playing on his lips. "It's not that your attracted, it's the fact that I'm unattainable that makes me irresistible." She said confidently but a hint of joking playing in her voice. Kenshin allowed a small laugh to fall from his lips.

"Yeah, sure." He said playfully. He knew she took offence to that, any female would.

"But it's true. It's taking everything you've got not to cheat on Tomoe with me." She said in a ridiculing tone, she quickly added "But don't worry, I wont let that happen, I have more self restraint than you do." when he cast her a bizarre look.

"I'm sure." He said sarcastically. "But I wasn't the one who was afraid I would get raped. Your so contradictory Kaoru." He said shaking his head in a disappointed gesture.

"Yeah, ok. Well, I'm done, so...get out." She said quickly, wanting this conversation to end. She let her arms fall to her sides and she could no longer looked at him. She turned off the shower, feeling the steam cling to her body. The bathroom was muggy and difficult to see in since the fog had settled and stuck to everything.

"Or else what?" He asked boldly. He just liked to mess with her, and if it involved a few awkward moments, then so be it.

"Or else, you'll be so tempted to touch me, since im so irresistible, that you'll cheat on Tomoe, and I'll tell her, and she'll break up with you. And you'll dive into depression and-" She continued with her long list of events until Kenshin couldn't take her rambling.

"All right, all right, I'll leave, so long as I don't have to listen to your whiny voice any longer." He said walking hurriedly out the bathroom and closing the door before she could protest. As Kenshin walked towards his bed he pulled off his wet shirt and damp jeans and jumped onto it, his face sinking into the soft pillow. He lay there in his boxers, smelling the pillow and sighing deeply. It smelled of camp fire, which made him smile, his body sunk into the cushiony bed, and he flopped over onto his back. Just as he was about to close his eyes he heard the bathroom door squeak open.

"Kenshin, could you go into my bag and pull out my towel?" She asked in a small voice, a large pleading smile dancing on her lips.

"Get it yourself." He said rolling onto his side, away from her. She stared at him, her mouth open slightly, if she was brave, she would go out there and get it herself, but she wasn't brave. He was half naked, he was laying on his bed in only his boxers. A light blush crept up her face and she turned away.

"Please..." She said quietly in the sweetest voice she could muster. Kenshin lifted his head and looked over his shoulder at her. Only her head was sticking out the door, the rest of her body painfully stretched away from his view.

"Why? Get it yourself." He said laying his head back down. His words echoed in her ears. Get it herself...get it herself? She didn't want to walk out into that huge room with hardly anything on. She looked back into the bathroom at her jeans, and then at Soujiro's shirt laying next to her foot. She pulled his shirt on and was happy to see it covered most of her underwear, so long as she didn't bend down and held the bottom of the shirt.

Kaoru gingerly stepped from the bathroom, the steam escaping from the door and into the larger room. She tiptoed hastily across the wooden floor, the cold air biting at her wet skin, and her hair flinging about, spraying water in random directions. She walked across the floor as if land mines were waiting below, ready to explode on contact. She watched Kenshin's lifeless form, expecting for him to jump up and take a picture.

Surprisingly, he didn't move... maybe he was asleep. She made it to her bag releasing a breath of relief, but still held onto the bottom of her shirt for dear life. Her hands dug around her red bag and finally she retrieved the desired object. She yanked it from the bags tight hold, a few other articles of clothing flying out with it.

The force of the release caused her to step backward, her butt landing on the squishy cotton fabric of a bed. She opened her eyes, finding her towel was clutched tightly to her chest and her bed was still in front of her. Her inquisitive Amytal eyes blinked several times in wonder.

She felt the bed beneath her rustle and a large accumulation of mass behind her flop onto it's side. Registration can sometimes be your worst enemy. Kaoru realized who that large mass was and turned her head in a slow almost painful way, the hairs on the back of her neck raising and a cold sweat clinging to her body.

"Kaoru..." the smallest of voices crept out from behind her. A tiny guilty smile that had 'I'm sorry lets forget this ever happened' written all over it leapt onto her face when she saw Kenshin.

His hair was still messy but it was...sexy. The blood red locks that could be spotted miles away were flopped to the side of his face and spread across his pillow with a chaotic sort of calm. His long arm was stretched out under his pillow, and his royal purple eyes stared at her with a deep wisdom but were still innocently wondering.

His lips, though it seemed he was struggling not to let them, held a trace of a smile, and his exposed torso seemed to reach out to her, begging her to touch his golden skin. His chest moved up and down steadily, but she thought she saw a hint of labor with each intake of breath, as if he was worried or stressed.

As soon as she mentally speared herself for allowing such a long time to stare at him, she leapt from the bed, crumpling onto the floor and spreading her towel over her lap. She pulled her knees to her chest hugging them and casting her eyes to the hard wood floor, so she wouldn't have to look at him. He stared at her for what seemed like a life time, half falling off the bed as he blinked and struggled to comprehend what had happened.

"Kaoru?" He asked his doubting deep voice blasting through the tension. She forced herself to bring her eyes up to meet his when her name was called. Her look was filled with enough agony to get through to the amazed Kenshin.

"Kaoru?" He asked again, but this time he had lifted himself onto his elbows and was staring incredulously at her. "The same girl who was just afraid I was going to rape her. That Kaoru?" He asked unbelievably, almost as if he was speaking to himself and still couldn't believe it. Her head tilted and her large orbs refused to look upon him, a deep blush attacking her cheeks. She sniffled and scratched her cheek, as if she could peel her blush off. She nodded.

"Kaoru! You just sat, practically on my head, in basically nothing but a tee-shirt. If anything you would be the one raping me!" He said his voice shaking with laughter. He laughed about it for some time, Kaoru's blush only deepening, then he rolled over, still chuckling, and closed his eyes. She looked up, her eyes grateful he had stopped his ridicule but still angry he had laughed, however there was no doubt in her mind that she would get him back, it was only a matter of time.

She stood up and wrapped herself with her towel before Kenshin could see any more of her skin. She grabbed the first thing on top of her bag and made a mad dash to the bathroom door. She closed it as soon as her hand grasped the handle and sighed in relief.

A/N: Yeah! I shoved Soujiro in this chapter, Yay! I wanted to make this waffy, I really wanted to make this waffy, but it just didn't turn out that way. Sorry, it'll come eventually.

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