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disclaimer-I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, or any of it's characters.
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Obsession
By:CedeBlues
Chapter:4
I had to admit I was a little hesitant in answering the door. This all was a little weird, the flowers, the phone call, and now it could be him showing up at my front door. Or then again, I could just be paranoid.
Once again the doorbell gave another ring as a sign as the person behind it loosing their patients. After a while with debating with myself I decided to finally answer the door.
Pulling open the door just wide enough so that I could peak through the crack to see who it was, the door was pushed back towards me to be opened wider, clobbering me in my head.
"Hey Missy! How's it going?"
I looked up at the person who decided to be so rude as to hit me in the head with my own door to be greeted with no other than the obnoxious Sanosuke. Sano and I had been best friends since childhood, he was everything to me.
"Sano, don't you have any respect for people?" I asked, rubbing the spot on my head where I was hit.
He didn't reply he just plopped himself down onto my very expensive leather couch.
"Sano! Watch how you sit on my couch!" I shouted at him.
"Yeah, sorry about that Missy. But guess what?" he asked quickly, but in an excited voice.
I took a seat on the couch next to him.
"What's so important that you had to come and slam me in the head with my front door?"
He ignored my comment and went on about what he had to say. For all I knew this had better be important.
"I got the job I've been waiting for at Seijuro and Co."
"Sano, that's great! Congratulations!" I really was proud of Sano, I knew for quite some time now that this has been a dream of Sano's.
He gripped my hands in his and turned to face me. I knew he was going to ask something big of me, he does this every time he needs a favor. I prepared for the worse.
"Listen Missy, everyone including myself thought that it would be a great idea to throw a party. You know like to celebrate my getting the job and all. And I could really use your help with the planning and the invites and some other things. So what do you say?" After asking me for the worlds biggest favor, he gave me the cutest puppy eyes. Of course I couldn't say no.
"Sure Sano, only because I love you to death." I replied giving him a wink. I left the couch and headed towards the kitchen where I grabbed an apple. I had the munchies real bad, Cookie Dough Ice Cream sounded real good right about now.
"When are you going to have it?" I asked, taking a chunk out of the apple.
He scratched his head at the question. "Well I was think this upcoming Friday."
Wasn't today Sunday? Doesn't he think that's not enough to do all of the planning and inviting?
"Don't you think that's a little to soon. I mean that's barely enough time." I replied about to take another bite out of the apple. I frowned when she realized there wasn't hardly any left.
"I don't know Missy. That's why I'm leaving it all up to you," he said rubbing the back of his neck and standing.
"Well I got to get going Missy I got a date with the fox lady and I think I'm late. You know how she can be," Sano laughed while making his way to the door.
"Oh yeah, she's a real princess," I said sarcasm dripping at my voice.
Megumi and I was on speaking terms but I wouldn't exactly call her a friend. If it wasn't for Sano I wouldn't even bother with talking with her at all. I had no idea what Sano saw in her. He's been dating her for some time now and Sano seemed really happy with her so I never bothered to tell him how I felt about her. I thought and still think that Megumi doesn't deserve him but if I told Sano that, I knew he would be upset with me.
"Alright Missy, call me tomorrow for we can start planning," he said before leaving and closing the door.
For we could start planning? He usually makes me do all the work on events like this. But for some reason I couldn't help but feel that I had already made plans on Friday. After a moment of thinking of what I was going to do Friday, I remember. Kenshin had wanted to go on another date. How could I have forgotten so easily? Looks like I would have to cancel.
Mid-afternoon I called Kenshin to inform him that I wouldn't be able to make that date he was hoping for on Friday. He took it better than I had thought he would.
Flashback
"Hello?" A deep masculine voice on the other line answered.
"Hey Kenshin, it's Kaoru," I replied.
"I was hoping to hear from you Gorgeous. I suppose you got my message?"
"Yes...that's what I was calling you about. I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to go on that date Friday, something has come up." There was a pause on the other line.
"It's nothing serious is it?" I could sense his concern.
"No of course not. It's just a really good friend of mine got a job that he's been waiting an eternity for and he was throwing this celebration party on Friday and he would really like for me to be there and I would hate to disappoint him."
"I understand." Was all that he said and I immediately felt bad.
"And I was hoping you could come with me, you know be my date," I said quickly.
He chuckled. Was that a bad thing? Was he laughing at my sorry attempt to make it up to him?
"I think that sounds better than what I had planned." I smiled, for some reason I felt like this heavy weight was just lifted off my shoulders.
"I want to spend more time with you before the party, so you think we can get together on lets say Wednesday morning? A walk in the park or something?"
"You minus will tell me that we are going to go on a date Wednesday because I could never say no to you." He was such a flirt. I smiled.
"I'll see you Wednesday then?"
"Yes, I'll call you."
"Okay, till Wednesday."
End of Flashback
Morning found me in a calm state. I had already started on the invites for Sano's party, calling people and asking if they will be able to make it. It was so frustrating that I just wanted to tell Sano that I didn't want to do it anymore. If anyone else had asker me to do this for them I would have said no, but since it was Sano I had agreed to do it because I loved him like no other.
But right now I had a date with Kenshin and little butterfly's were forming in my stomach. That hadn't happened since high school. But something told me that things were moving a little to fast between Kenshin and I. But then again that was the reasons they were going on dates, to get to know each other better right?
I had decided to wear a simple denim jean skirt with an uneven hem. The skirt rode low on my hips and the cream colored t-shirt she decided to wear went great with it. Now all I needed were my shoes. I decided to wear my cream colored flip flops that was a perfect match with my shirt. I applied a light amount of lip gloss since I really didn't wear make-up. People told me that I didn't need it anyway. I stood in front of my mirror examining my outfit. Puffing up my hair to make it look a little fuller, I decided that was all I needed to be done.
"Kenshin." I greeted, a soft smile plastered on my face. I stepped forward closing the door behind me and wrapped my arms around his neck, I placed a soft kiss on his lips. "I'm really glad to see you again," I added in a soft tone.
"I'm really glad to see you again too," he replied huskily. That's just what I wanted to hear. I released him from my hold and he took hold of my hand leading me to his car.
Arriving at the park I was glad to see that it wasn't crowded, it seemed like they were the only ones there. After a while of walking around the park hand in hand and talking about random things, I later discovered that Kenshin and I had a lot of things in common. Which was an A in my book. I learned a lot of things about him, that's exactly why I chose the park for a date. It was the perfect opportunity to get to know each other better.
After walking for a while a bench came into my view and I gently pulled on Kenshin's arm leading him to it. I took a seat on the bench and was soon accompanied by Kenshin. I laid her head onto his should while twining my hand in his.
"So, what is it exactly that you do for a living Mr. Himura," I asked teasing him, his last name was one of the new things I had learned about him."
He let a soft smile play on his handsome features. "I'm assistant manager at Seijuro and Co."
At this I immediately looked up at him. "Are you serious?" I asked him.
He frowned at me, then nodded.
"My best friend has been trying to get that job for years. The one I'm throwing this party for. He told me that he heard from a friend that Seijuro and Co was a great place to work at, ever since then he has been trying to get a job there." I mentioned in a gentle tone.
"How did you manage to get a job there? And as assistant manager if I might add. From what I know it seems impossible to get a job there."
He chuckled at this.
"The owner of the company Hiko Seijuro is my uncle and he had promised me a job there after I graduated. I started out there as a regular worker and then made my way up. Hiko saw the progress I was making and how skilled I was he immediately moved me up to assistant manager," he explained, slightly turning to face me.
"Wow,you must be really devoted." I was slow to realize. He only shrugged his shoulders in response.
"Poor Sano, if only he had half the commitment you do he would be able to get a job at any place he pleased. But I guess he finally does since he managed to get his dream job."
At this Kenshin immediately realized something. "You know Sanosuke." It wasn't a question but a statement.
"Yes, that's who I was talking about. Maybe we aren't thinking of the same people Kenshin."
"The Sano I know just got a job at Seijuro and Co, so I know we're talking about the same person. As far as I know there's only one Sano that has a rooster head, tall, obnoxious, arrogant, and engaged to a woman named Megumi."
"What? He's engaged to Megumi? Are you serious?"
"You didn't know? They've been engaged for about two weeks now."
I stood up and look away from Kenshin calculating what I just heard. "I can't believe Sano would let something like this happen and wouldn't tell me. Sano and I have been best friends since preschool. He tells me everything that's going on in his life...and I mean everything. I can't believe this. And to top it off Megumi is all wrong for him, it's not that I don't like her it's just that...you get me right?" I asked.
He too stood and came over to me. "Sano and I have been friends for some time now, I cant say as long as preschool, but it is a odd that Sano wouldn't tell his best friend he's engaged."
I nodded in agreement. "Now that I know this I won't act the same around him. Hears something else you don't know about me, I can't keep a secret and I tend to just blurt things out without thinking." I admitted.
Before I knew it, Kenshin had embraced me. "Don't get me wrong but if he wanted you to know I'm sure he would have told you. Things as big as engagement doesn't just slip someone's mind. There must be a reason behind him not telling you and I think you should wait for him to. And knowing Sano he'll be pretty mad at me for telling you, and mad at you for knowing since he didn't want you to. So try not to tell anyone or try not to tell him you know."
Kenshin was right, he was completely right and I hated that because I knew that Sanosuke would be angry if he found out I knew. But why would he hide that from me? Was he angry with me? And it's going to be so hard for me not to tell him that I knew and ask him those questions.
"Come on gorgeous, let's go," he said softly, gently pulling me along.
