Disclaimer: RK not mine. =cries=
A.N. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!
I'm so terribly terribly sorry about my long absence from this story. This past week I've been working on finishing my other story that I've got going and I've ignored this one. GOMEN!!!
Anyways, here's chapter 6 for all you wonderful people who aren't in search of my blood. And for you wonderful people who are in search of my blood, here's chapter 6, please don't hurt me!!
R&R!
Enjoy!
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A Forgotten Night
Chapter 6
"Last night? Why, you got trashed and married Kaoru." Sano replied. Kenshin's eyes narrowed further, making him look even more menacing than before.
"You know what I mean. Why can't I remember my own WEDDING? What happened?"
Sano removed his shirt from Kenshin's fist and straightened himself.
"Okay, I'll tell you what I know. But you've got to promise me one thing." Sano said as he left the bedroom and made his way to the living room. Kenshin followed, regretfully turning his back to the bathroom door that separated him from his naked wife.
"Promise?" Kenshin asked.
"Promise you won't get mad when I give you very little information."
"Very little? Why very little?"
"C'mon Kenshin, you're a grown man and I wasn't going to baby sit you. I only saw you two together a few times before you disappeared." Sano replied, seating himself on a sofa. Kenshin sat across from him.
"Fine, tell me whatever you can." Kenshin relented. Anything would be better than the fragments of very..... naughty memories he had playing through his head.
"Well, it all started in the elevator...."
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Sano watched his red-headed friend discreetly eyeing the young woman who had just entered the elevator with her friend. He also noticed the 'accidental' brushing of the couple's hands.
Sano smirked. Accidental. HA! Kenshin had no reason whatsoever to reach over and push the door close button of the elevator. Sano could tell immediately that something about the girl drew Kenshin's attention. Whether she knew it or not, she had broken through the cold-fish and caused him to check her out.
"Hey there Missy, can I buy you and your friend a drink?" Sano asked the blue-eyed woman. He noticed the look of hope flash across Kenshin's face but it was quickly hidden.
Oh yeah, this was too good to pass up.
"No thank you. We're not interested." Kaoru replied.
"Oh c'mon. I'm getting married next weekend, this is my bachelor party. You're cute but I've got a fox waiting for me back home so don't think I'm trying to pick you guys up or anything."
Kaoru blinked.
Should she be insulted or not?
"Why would I want a racoon or a weasel when I can have my fox, right Kenshin?" Sano smirked, elbowing his friend in the side.
Yes... she should be insulted.
"Racoon!"
"Weasel!"
"Sano...." Kenshin warned quietly. He didn't like the look on those girls faces one bit.
There was a short 'ding' announcing their arrival to the main lobby.
"I demand an apology! I am not a racoon!" Kaoru snorted indignantly as she stood in the open elevator door, preventing the tall brown haired rooster head and his short red-haired friend from leaving the elevator.
"Oro." Kenshin muttered. Leave it to Sano to piss off the girl.
"Fine. Let me buy you guys a drink as my way of apologising." Sano said, smiling.
Trapped.
Crap!
Kaoru glared at Sano, mentally cursing herself for walking into that obvious trap.
Sano continued to smile down at her.
"I should kick your butt, rooster head!" Misao growled from behind Kaoru.
Sano stiffened. He hated that nickname, and he had been called it a few times. Kenshin stepped before Sano and looked at the two young women before him.
"Please excuse my friend. He is a dumb as he looks." Kenshin said, smiling at the two.
"Hey!!" Sano snorted. Kenshin waved a hand, silencing Sano.
"Allow me to buy you lovely ladies a drink, as my way of apologising for his dumbass remarks." Kenshin continued.
"HEY!"
Kaoru smiled. Red was very cute.
"Only if he pays." Misao retorted.
"HEY!!!" Sano cried again.
"Of course." Kenshin replied. He offered his arms to both women and left Sano in the elevator looking very pissed off.
Kenshin, Kaoru and Misao didn't see the smirk that crossed Sano's face as he shoved his hands in his pockets and sauntered out of the elevator and to the bar.
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"Then I got a call from Megumi. I talked to her for a while. By the time I got back to the bar, you and she were pretty friendly on the dance floor, if you know what I mean." Sano winked.
"That's it? That's all you know?"
"That's it..." Sano shrugged. "Told ya I didn't know much."
Lie.
Sano remembered a whole lot more than that. But he opted to keep his friend in the dark. Watching a struggling Kenshin attempt to remember his actions from the previous night was too good a show.
Watching Kenshin and Kaoru together was a whole lot more fun. The bumbling idiot of a red-head was bound to snap sooner or later and devour his wife. That possibility was ever present in his eyes whenever he looked at her.
Sano wanted to see it happen, first hand.
"Well, you're a wealth of information Sano. I'm so glad I asked you." Kenshin said sarcastically. Sano merely shrugged his shoulders again, carefully hiding his smile, and rose to his feet.
"Told ya. I'm starved. Time to grab some food. I'll see you downstairs."
With that, Sano strode over to the door, and left the room. Closing the door behind him, he checked his watch. Ten minutes. He would give those two ten minutes of being alone before barging into the room for whatever reason he could think of.
"How's it going in there?"
Sano turned to the voice and smiled.
Kenshin sat in the living room for a minute, trying once again to remember his actions from the night before. The hotel room was quiet except for the sound of the shower running.
The shower.
Kaoru was in the shower.
There was merely a wall that separated Kenshin from Kaoru who was in the shower.
A naked Kaoru who was in the shower.
Kenshin found himself staring at the wall that separated him from his wife.
If only.....
Shaking his head rapidly, Kenshin cleared his head of thoughts concerning him in the shower with Kaoru.
'Bad! Behave Himura! She's you're wife, yes. But not in the sense you would like!'
Kenshin froze.
Did he actually just THINK that?!?
He hung his head, staring down at the carpet between his feet. Who was he kidding anyways? Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the folded marriage certificate that Katsu had handed back to him.
Certificate of Marriage.
Kenshin Himura.
Kaoru Kamiya.
"Mrs. Kaoru Himura." Kenshin mumbled under his breath.
It sounded right.
If only.....
"If only we had been sober." Kenshin whispered softly.
The thought of that send a flutter through Kenshin's stomach. He blinked and focused on the marriage certificate again. Shaking his head for what had to be the millionth time that morning Kenshin stood up and walked into the bedroom. He placed the marriage certificate back on the side table where he had found it earlier. He let his fingers brush over the words again.
"Oh!"
Kenshin turned to the startled sound.
Kaoru stood in the door of the bathroom. Her long raven hair was soaked and hanging down her back and she was wearing a towel.
A very short towel.
Damp tendrils of hair clung to her soft face. Her long beautiful neck and creamy smooth shoulders were exposed. The towel barely covered her curves and ended mid-thigh giving Kenshin a very lovely view of her long shapely legs.
Kenshin swallowed hard.
Kaoru watched the amethyst eyes fade to amber again. She felt the familiar shiver run down her spine every time Kenshin got that look on his face. Inwardly she was leaping for joy. There had been larger towels in the bathroom, but she had chosen the smaller one just to see if she could entice her husband.
There was something about that man. Something she couldn't put her finger on, but it was there.
Kaoru swallowed hard.
Time froze as the couple stared at each other. Kenshin remained rooted in his spot because he knew if he even moved one muscle, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from striding over to Kaoru, tearing the robe off her and having her right there in the doorway of the bathroom...
Then on the bed.....
Then in the bath.....
Then in the shower.......
His mouth ran dry at the mere thought.
Kaoru watched Kenshin's hands clench into fists at his sides. He took a deep breath and looked like he was warring with himself to keep absolutely still.
Kenshin closed his eyes to block out the sight of Kaoru in a towel. He needed to stay focused. They had married while drunk; she had agreed they would get an annulment. Touching her was out of the question.
The feather light caress on his lips caused his eyes to snap open. He hadn't even heard her cross the room and place herself before him, but there she was. Her fingers traced his lips softly as she stared at him intently.
Kaoru couldn't resist. The memory of his lips on her neck was still too fresh in her mind. She wanted to feel them on her again. This time, though, on her lips. She wanted him to kiss her. She wanted to kiss him. The need was overwhelming as she found herself standing directly in front of him, touching his lips with her fingers and staring at them intently.
She slowly drew her hand away from his lips, only to touch her own. Her eyes moved up his face and met with his heated gaze.
"Kiss me." she whispered past her fingertips.
Kenshin didn't hesitate. The soft caress of her fingers on her own lips, after touching his own, only made him want to follow their path. He grabbed her wrist with one hand and pulled it away from her mouth. His other hand moved to the small of her back and hauled her against his entire length.
Sano chose that time to walk into the room.
"Wooo! Hope I'm not interrupting anything!" he exclaimed.
Kaoru's gaze was torn from Kenshin as she looked over his shoulder at Sano standing in the doorway of the bedroom, a large smirk on his face. Kenshin's hand released her wrist and instead of leaping away like he usually did whenever Sano walked in on them, he grabbed her chin and turned her face towards him.
Kenshin deliberately ignored Sano's voice and presence. Instead he focused on one thing and one thing only. Fulfilling Kaoru's request.
He leaned forward and captured her lips with his own.
It was like a bolt of lightning shot through the couple the second their lips met. Kaoru ran her hands up his chest, feeling the muscles flex under her fingertips, then allowed them to lace into his thick red hair. Kenshin used his fingers on her chin to coax her mouth to open under his. She readily complied and allowed his tongue passage into her mouth.
The velvet stroke of his tongue against her own caused her to moan softly and press herself against him. His hand left her face and travelled down her neck, over her shoulder and his fingers traced a line down her spine to the small of her back. The feather light caress caused her to shudder.
Kenshin deepened the kiss more when his tongue searched her mouth, slowly, torturously tasting her fully. He retreated, pulling his velvet tongue from her mouth and grazing her lower lip with his teeth before breaking off the kiss.
Kaoru was totally pliant in his arms. Her mouth slightly parted, her lips were red and swollen from his kiss. She was breathing deeply.
'Holy shit' were the only words that entered her mind at that moment. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself gazing into deep amethyst eyes.
To say that Kenshin Himura was a phenomenal kisser would be an understatement.
She had been right earlier that morning. She had wanted to melt into his arms and experience a phenomenal kiss and that was EXACTLY what she had just done.
Kenshin stared at the woman in his arms. He was in a complete state of shock. He was breathing deeply and his heart was racing a mile a minute. He had been very badly affected by that kiss. In more ways than one.
Physically there had been an extremely strong reaction. Of course having a beautiful, wet, towel-wearing woman completely pliant in your arms would have that affect on any man. Well... any straight man. He was sure she felt it too since it was currently pressed firmly against her..
Mentally, he was absolutely shocked. There had been a strange jolt of energy that passed through him when his lips touched hers. It confused him greatly and from her reaction, she had felt it too.
Emotionally... that was something that totally threw him for a loop. His heart pounded, he had butterflies in his stomach and he didn't know why. All he knew was that he wanted to kiss Kaoru again and again.
The attraction he felt for her multiplied tenfold. It suddenly went well beyond physical attraction.
"Oro."
"Wow."
"Shit."
Three words uttered by three people all of whom were in a state of shock.
Sano had never... ever... in his whole life... ever saw a man kiss a woman like Kenshin had just kissed Kaoru. There was no hesitation, no awkwardness that often accompanied first kisses, even though it wasn't Kenshin and Kaoru's first kiss, but it was their first SOBER kiss, and it had been a shock for him as it had been for them.
He could only curse. Everything else stopped functioning as he stared at the couple.
"Holy shit." Sano repeated.
He blinked.
Sexual tension was gone temporarily. In its place was shock, confusion and, without a doubt in Sano's mind, love.
A slow smile spread across his lips. Feeling that emotion in the air gave him great joy. He hadn't felt it since he proposed to Megumi.
They belonged together. Without a doubt, they belonged together.
Sano immediately snapped out of his thoughts, quickly moving past his initial shock and his smile rapidly turned into an evil grin.
"Someone turn down the heat! It's ROASTING in here!" he yelled.
Kenshin and Kaoru immediately released each other, still utterly confused by what had transpired between them in that single moment, but both were sick of Sano's comments and teases. They both turned to Sano who still stood in the doorway with a stupid grin on his face.
"Shut up Sano!" they both yelled. Kaoru snatched up her overnight bag and stalked into the bathroom. Kenshin stomped over to Sano and grabbed him by the shirt again, dragging him out of the bedroom.
"One of these days Sagara, I'm going kill you. Mark my words!" Kenshin seethed, glowering up at his friend. Sano burst out laughing and easily freed himself from the lawyers grasp.
"Yeah yeah, just try Himura."
"What do you want NOW?" Kenshin asked. The initial shock had lessened, and all he knew was that Sano had interrupted him and his wife... AGAIN!!!
"Nothing. I was just hoping I'd catch you two doing something." Sano replied honestly. He couldn't help but be honest about that one. He had wanted to see them doing something... he wanted to be a witness so neither would be able to deny it later, but he had seen more than what he bargained for.
Kenshin glared up at his friend.
"Where the hell did you get a key to my room?" Kenshin asked. Sano merely smiled innocently down at him.
Kenshin narrowed his eyes at the man once more.
"I am going to find out how you got that key, then I'm going use it to kill you!" he growled. Sano burst out laughing at the threat, picturing Kenshin trying to stab him with the electronic key-card the hotel used to gain entrance into its rooms.
"Now that's something I'd like to see."
"Trust me... you will!"
"Kenshin stop threatening Sano." Katsu called from the open door of the hotel room. In his hand dangled the key-card that he had just used to open the hotel room door.
"You! Give me that key!" Kenshin yelled holding out his had to Katsu. Katsu merely smiled and tucked the key down his pants, the only place where he knew Kenshin wouldn't go looking for it.
"Sure, go get it." Katsu said. Sano barked with laughter just as a fully dressed Kaoru entered the room. She took in the site of a laughing Sano, a grinning Katsu and a seething Kenshin.
"What's going on?" she asked innocently, looking at each man.
"Nothing." Kenshin replied. He reached out unconsciously and grabbed Kaoru's hand with his own and pulled her along behind him. "C'mon, let's go get something to eat."
Katsu got out of their way and Sano joined him at the door frame as they watched the couple walking down the hotel hallway, still holding hands.
"You were right." Katsu said.
"I'm always right." was the reply.
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A.N. I couldn't torture them any longer, I had to let the kiss. And it was a recurring theme that Sano would interrupt them. So he had to be there too. :D
Now here's the part where you guys are probably going to kill me. I am going to have to put this fic on hold for 3 months.
=sees lynch mob=
Uh oh.
Okay, here's the deal. I'm leaving the country on Wednesday night for 3 months. That's right... three months. I don't know how I'll survive because I'll have no computer and no anime! I'm ready to fall over and die right here but I'll somehow manage. I'll be bringing manga with me, so that should tie my over till I get home.
I am SO sorry about leaving you guys hanging like this. If I'm not too busy over the next three days I plan to write another chapter for this fic, but I can't make any promises. I already told the readers of my other fic that I'd finish it before I left.
Please don't kill me!!
=runs away and hides=
A.N. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!
I'm so terribly terribly sorry about my long absence from this story. This past week I've been working on finishing my other story that I've got going and I've ignored this one. GOMEN!!!
Anyways, here's chapter 6 for all you wonderful people who aren't in search of my blood. And for you wonderful people who are in search of my blood, here's chapter 6, please don't hurt me!!
R&R!
Enjoy!
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A Forgotten Night
Chapter 6
"Last night? Why, you got trashed and married Kaoru." Sano replied. Kenshin's eyes narrowed further, making him look even more menacing than before.
"You know what I mean. Why can't I remember my own WEDDING? What happened?"
Sano removed his shirt from Kenshin's fist and straightened himself.
"Okay, I'll tell you what I know. But you've got to promise me one thing." Sano said as he left the bedroom and made his way to the living room. Kenshin followed, regretfully turning his back to the bathroom door that separated him from his naked wife.
"Promise?" Kenshin asked.
"Promise you won't get mad when I give you very little information."
"Very little? Why very little?"
"C'mon Kenshin, you're a grown man and I wasn't going to baby sit you. I only saw you two together a few times before you disappeared." Sano replied, seating himself on a sofa. Kenshin sat across from him.
"Fine, tell me whatever you can." Kenshin relented. Anything would be better than the fragments of very..... naughty memories he had playing through his head.
"Well, it all started in the elevator...."
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Sano watched his red-headed friend discreetly eyeing the young woman who had just entered the elevator with her friend. He also noticed the 'accidental' brushing of the couple's hands.
Sano smirked. Accidental. HA! Kenshin had no reason whatsoever to reach over and push the door close button of the elevator. Sano could tell immediately that something about the girl drew Kenshin's attention. Whether she knew it or not, she had broken through the cold-fish and caused him to check her out.
"Hey there Missy, can I buy you and your friend a drink?" Sano asked the blue-eyed woman. He noticed the look of hope flash across Kenshin's face but it was quickly hidden.
Oh yeah, this was too good to pass up.
"No thank you. We're not interested." Kaoru replied.
"Oh c'mon. I'm getting married next weekend, this is my bachelor party. You're cute but I've got a fox waiting for me back home so don't think I'm trying to pick you guys up or anything."
Kaoru blinked.
Should she be insulted or not?
"Why would I want a racoon or a weasel when I can have my fox, right Kenshin?" Sano smirked, elbowing his friend in the side.
Yes... she should be insulted.
"Racoon!"
"Weasel!"
"Sano...." Kenshin warned quietly. He didn't like the look on those girls faces one bit.
There was a short 'ding' announcing their arrival to the main lobby.
"I demand an apology! I am not a racoon!" Kaoru snorted indignantly as she stood in the open elevator door, preventing the tall brown haired rooster head and his short red-haired friend from leaving the elevator.
"Oro." Kenshin muttered. Leave it to Sano to piss off the girl.
"Fine. Let me buy you guys a drink as my way of apologising." Sano said, smiling.
Trapped.
Crap!
Kaoru glared at Sano, mentally cursing herself for walking into that obvious trap.
Sano continued to smile down at her.
"I should kick your butt, rooster head!" Misao growled from behind Kaoru.
Sano stiffened. He hated that nickname, and he had been called it a few times. Kenshin stepped before Sano and looked at the two young women before him.
"Please excuse my friend. He is a dumb as he looks." Kenshin said, smiling at the two.
"Hey!!" Sano snorted. Kenshin waved a hand, silencing Sano.
"Allow me to buy you lovely ladies a drink, as my way of apologising for his dumbass remarks." Kenshin continued.
"HEY!"
Kaoru smiled. Red was very cute.
"Only if he pays." Misao retorted.
"HEY!!!" Sano cried again.
"Of course." Kenshin replied. He offered his arms to both women and left Sano in the elevator looking very pissed off.
Kenshin, Kaoru and Misao didn't see the smirk that crossed Sano's face as he shoved his hands in his pockets and sauntered out of the elevator and to the bar.
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"Then I got a call from Megumi. I talked to her for a while. By the time I got back to the bar, you and she were pretty friendly on the dance floor, if you know what I mean." Sano winked.
"That's it? That's all you know?"
"That's it..." Sano shrugged. "Told ya I didn't know much."
Lie.
Sano remembered a whole lot more than that. But he opted to keep his friend in the dark. Watching a struggling Kenshin attempt to remember his actions from the previous night was too good a show.
Watching Kenshin and Kaoru together was a whole lot more fun. The bumbling idiot of a red-head was bound to snap sooner or later and devour his wife. That possibility was ever present in his eyes whenever he looked at her.
Sano wanted to see it happen, first hand.
"Well, you're a wealth of information Sano. I'm so glad I asked you." Kenshin said sarcastically. Sano merely shrugged his shoulders again, carefully hiding his smile, and rose to his feet.
"Told ya. I'm starved. Time to grab some food. I'll see you downstairs."
With that, Sano strode over to the door, and left the room. Closing the door behind him, he checked his watch. Ten minutes. He would give those two ten minutes of being alone before barging into the room for whatever reason he could think of.
"How's it going in there?"
Sano turned to the voice and smiled.
Kenshin sat in the living room for a minute, trying once again to remember his actions from the night before. The hotel room was quiet except for the sound of the shower running.
The shower.
Kaoru was in the shower.
There was merely a wall that separated Kenshin from Kaoru who was in the shower.
A naked Kaoru who was in the shower.
Kenshin found himself staring at the wall that separated him from his wife.
If only.....
Shaking his head rapidly, Kenshin cleared his head of thoughts concerning him in the shower with Kaoru.
'Bad! Behave Himura! She's you're wife, yes. But not in the sense you would like!'
Kenshin froze.
Did he actually just THINK that?!?
He hung his head, staring down at the carpet between his feet. Who was he kidding anyways? Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out the folded marriage certificate that Katsu had handed back to him.
Certificate of Marriage.
Kenshin Himura.
Kaoru Kamiya.
"Mrs. Kaoru Himura." Kenshin mumbled under his breath.
It sounded right.
If only.....
"If only we had been sober." Kenshin whispered softly.
The thought of that send a flutter through Kenshin's stomach. He blinked and focused on the marriage certificate again. Shaking his head for what had to be the millionth time that morning Kenshin stood up and walked into the bedroom. He placed the marriage certificate back on the side table where he had found it earlier. He let his fingers brush over the words again.
"Oh!"
Kenshin turned to the startled sound.
Kaoru stood in the door of the bathroom. Her long raven hair was soaked and hanging down her back and she was wearing a towel.
A very short towel.
Damp tendrils of hair clung to her soft face. Her long beautiful neck and creamy smooth shoulders were exposed. The towel barely covered her curves and ended mid-thigh giving Kenshin a very lovely view of her long shapely legs.
Kenshin swallowed hard.
Kaoru watched the amethyst eyes fade to amber again. She felt the familiar shiver run down her spine every time Kenshin got that look on his face. Inwardly she was leaping for joy. There had been larger towels in the bathroom, but she had chosen the smaller one just to see if she could entice her husband.
There was something about that man. Something she couldn't put her finger on, but it was there.
Kaoru swallowed hard.
Time froze as the couple stared at each other. Kenshin remained rooted in his spot because he knew if he even moved one muscle, he wouldn't be able to stop himself from striding over to Kaoru, tearing the robe off her and having her right there in the doorway of the bathroom...
Then on the bed.....
Then in the bath.....
Then in the shower.......
His mouth ran dry at the mere thought.
Kaoru watched Kenshin's hands clench into fists at his sides. He took a deep breath and looked like he was warring with himself to keep absolutely still.
Kenshin closed his eyes to block out the sight of Kaoru in a towel. He needed to stay focused. They had married while drunk; she had agreed they would get an annulment. Touching her was out of the question.
The feather light caress on his lips caused his eyes to snap open. He hadn't even heard her cross the room and place herself before him, but there she was. Her fingers traced his lips softly as she stared at him intently.
Kaoru couldn't resist. The memory of his lips on her neck was still too fresh in her mind. She wanted to feel them on her again. This time, though, on her lips. She wanted him to kiss her. She wanted to kiss him. The need was overwhelming as she found herself standing directly in front of him, touching his lips with her fingers and staring at them intently.
She slowly drew her hand away from his lips, only to touch her own. Her eyes moved up his face and met with his heated gaze.
"Kiss me." she whispered past her fingertips.
Kenshin didn't hesitate. The soft caress of her fingers on her own lips, after touching his own, only made him want to follow their path. He grabbed her wrist with one hand and pulled it away from her mouth. His other hand moved to the small of her back and hauled her against his entire length.
Sano chose that time to walk into the room.
"Wooo! Hope I'm not interrupting anything!" he exclaimed.
Kaoru's gaze was torn from Kenshin as she looked over his shoulder at Sano standing in the doorway of the bedroom, a large smirk on his face. Kenshin's hand released her wrist and instead of leaping away like he usually did whenever Sano walked in on them, he grabbed her chin and turned her face towards him.
Kenshin deliberately ignored Sano's voice and presence. Instead he focused on one thing and one thing only. Fulfilling Kaoru's request.
He leaned forward and captured her lips with his own.
It was like a bolt of lightning shot through the couple the second their lips met. Kaoru ran her hands up his chest, feeling the muscles flex under her fingertips, then allowed them to lace into his thick red hair. Kenshin used his fingers on her chin to coax her mouth to open under his. She readily complied and allowed his tongue passage into her mouth.
The velvet stroke of his tongue against her own caused her to moan softly and press herself against him. His hand left her face and travelled down her neck, over her shoulder and his fingers traced a line down her spine to the small of her back. The feather light caress caused her to shudder.
Kenshin deepened the kiss more when his tongue searched her mouth, slowly, torturously tasting her fully. He retreated, pulling his velvet tongue from her mouth and grazing her lower lip with his teeth before breaking off the kiss.
Kaoru was totally pliant in his arms. Her mouth slightly parted, her lips were red and swollen from his kiss. She was breathing deeply.
'Holy shit' were the only words that entered her mind at that moment. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself gazing into deep amethyst eyes.
To say that Kenshin Himura was a phenomenal kisser would be an understatement.
She had been right earlier that morning. She had wanted to melt into his arms and experience a phenomenal kiss and that was EXACTLY what she had just done.
Kenshin stared at the woman in his arms. He was in a complete state of shock. He was breathing deeply and his heart was racing a mile a minute. He had been very badly affected by that kiss. In more ways than one.
Physically there had been an extremely strong reaction. Of course having a beautiful, wet, towel-wearing woman completely pliant in your arms would have that affect on any man. Well... any straight man. He was sure she felt it too since it was currently pressed firmly against her..
Mentally, he was absolutely shocked. There had been a strange jolt of energy that passed through him when his lips touched hers. It confused him greatly and from her reaction, she had felt it too.
Emotionally... that was something that totally threw him for a loop. His heart pounded, he had butterflies in his stomach and he didn't know why. All he knew was that he wanted to kiss Kaoru again and again.
The attraction he felt for her multiplied tenfold. It suddenly went well beyond physical attraction.
"Oro."
"Wow."
"Shit."
Three words uttered by three people all of whom were in a state of shock.
Sano had never... ever... in his whole life... ever saw a man kiss a woman like Kenshin had just kissed Kaoru. There was no hesitation, no awkwardness that often accompanied first kisses, even though it wasn't Kenshin and Kaoru's first kiss, but it was their first SOBER kiss, and it had been a shock for him as it had been for them.
He could only curse. Everything else stopped functioning as he stared at the couple.
"Holy shit." Sano repeated.
He blinked.
Sexual tension was gone temporarily. In its place was shock, confusion and, without a doubt in Sano's mind, love.
A slow smile spread across his lips. Feeling that emotion in the air gave him great joy. He hadn't felt it since he proposed to Megumi.
They belonged together. Without a doubt, they belonged together.
Sano immediately snapped out of his thoughts, quickly moving past his initial shock and his smile rapidly turned into an evil grin.
"Someone turn down the heat! It's ROASTING in here!" he yelled.
Kenshin and Kaoru immediately released each other, still utterly confused by what had transpired between them in that single moment, but both were sick of Sano's comments and teases. They both turned to Sano who still stood in the doorway with a stupid grin on his face.
"Shut up Sano!" they both yelled. Kaoru snatched up her overnight bag and stalked into the bathroom. Kenshin stomped over to Sano and grabbed him by the shirt again, dragging him out of the bedroom.
"One of these days Sagara, I'm going kill you. Mark my words!" Kenshin seethed, glowering up at his friend. Sano burst out laughing and easily freed himself from the lawyers grasp.
"Yeah yeah, just try Himura."
"What do you want NOW?" Kenshin asked. The initial shock had lessened, and all he knew was that Sano had interrupted him and his wife... AGAIN!!!
"Nothing. I was just hoping I'd catch you two doing something." Sano replied honestly. He couldn't help but be honest about that one. He had wanted to see them doing something... he wanted to be a witness so neither would be able to deny it later, but he had seen more than what he bargained for.
Kenshin glared up at his friend.
"Where the hell did you get a key to my room?" Kenshin asked. Sano merely smiled innocently down at him.
Kenshin narrowed his eyes at the man once more.
"I am going to find out how you got that key, then I'm going use it to kill you!" he growled. Sano burst out laughing at the threat, picturing Kenshin trying to stab him with the electronic key-card the hotel used to gain entrance into its rooms.
"Now that's something I'd like to see."
"Trust me... you will!"
"Kenshin stop threatening Sano." Katsu called from the open door of the hotel room. In his hand dangled the key-card that he had just used to open the hotel room door.
"You! Give me that key!" Kenshin yelled holding out his had to Katsu. Katsu merely smiled and tucked the key down his pants, the only place where he knew Kenshin wouldn't go looking for it.
"Sure, go get it." Katsu said. Sano barked with laughter just as a fully dressed Kaoru entered the room. She took in the site of a laughing Sano, a grinning Katsu and a seething Kenshin.
"What's going on?" she asked innocently, looking at each man.
"Nothing." Kenshin replied. He reached out unconsciously and grabbed Kaoru's hand with his own and pulled her along behind him. "C'mon, let's go get something to eat."
Katsu got out of their way and Sano joined him at the door frame as they watched the couple walking down the hotel hallway, still holding hands.
"You were right." Katsu said.
"I'm always right." was the reply.
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A.N. I couldn't torture them any longer, I had to let the kiss. And it was a recurring theme that Sano would interrupt them. So he had to be there too. :D
Now here's the part where you guys are probably going to kill me. I am going to have to put this fic on hold for 3 months.
=sees lynch mob=
Uh oh.
Okay, here's the deal. I'm leaving the country on Wednesday night for 3 months. That's right... three months. I don't know how I'll survive because I'll have no computer and no anime! I'm ready to fall over and die right here but I'll somehow manage. I'll be bringing manga with me, so that should tie my over till I get home.
I am SO sorry about leaving you guys hanging like this. If I'm not too busy over the next three days I plan to write another chapter for this fic, but I can't make any promises. I already told the readers of my other fic that I'd finish it before I left.
Please don't kill me!!
=runs away and hides=
