AN: Explanation at the end.
Always and Forever
By: Mika Saito
Bonus Chapter
-End of Chapter 17-
"You sure you want us to stay here?" Sano asked as Kaoru opened the door.
"Yeah. If he's here, which I'm sure he is, I want to talk to him alone," she said, slipping out of the car.
"Okay, Missy. We'll wait here, just in case."
"Thank you, Sano." Kaoru smiled at him before turning to walk down the path into the park.
She drifted down the path, wanting to rush to where she thought Kenshin was, yet also wanting to delay the moment when she finally saw him. A few minutes passed as she wandered towards the spot where she and Kenshin had been only a week ago. Looking up she glimpsed his red hair through the trees, only a few meters away.
"Kenshin," she called his name softly, gaining his attention. He turned and looked at her, surprise shinning in his amethyst eyes.
-the rest of the scene-
"Kaoru," he looked up at her, surprise and hope shinning in his eyes, "what are you doing here?" He asked.
"I needed to talk to you... I couldn't find you anywhere else..." she stepped further into the small clearing.
"Aren't you supposed to be at your wedding?" He asked, his voice bitter.
"Enishi called the wedding off," she hesitated.
"Why?" His eyes narrowed.
"He was in love with someone else," she told him.
"So you came running back to me, you'll only take me if you can't have him?" Kenshin growled, inwardly wincing at his tone. He didn't want to do this, he only wanted to pull her into his arms and tell her he loved her, that he was happy she'd returned, no matter what the reason. But he also wanted to hear her say she loved him.
"No!" She protested, involuntarily stepping forward.
"That's certainly what it seems like to me," he raised an eyebrow expectantly.
"Enishi called off the wedding because he loves someone else, but also because he could see that I love you, not him, and that I hadn't called off the wedding myself because I didn't want to hurt him. He's still a good friend." Kaoru snapped angrily.
"That's all you had to say," Kenshin smiled warmly, crossing the space between them to pull her into his arms.
"I love you, Kenshin," she told him softly, relaxing in his arms.
"I love you to," he responded.
-End-
AN: Okay, hopefully you figured out that this was the rest of the scene in the park at the end of Chapter 17. Mystik Genie wanted to see it, so here it is. I would have just sent it to her, but I figured there's probably others who wanted to see it as well.