What is Love?

Summary: Kaoru is a girl that never trusted anybody after her abusive relationship with her ex-boyfriend. Kenshin is the guy that every girl wants. When they get stuck in a closet together will feelings bloom?

Authors Note: So sorry about the delay! Thanks for all the reviews it makes me day! Short chapter again and kind of a cliffhanger at the end that I hope you can forgive me about! I hope you enjoy this chapter and I'll update as soon as possible! Thanks again!

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Chapter 9

She crossed her legs in attempt to busy herself with something else then just talking to Seta, Hana, or Kenshin. Kenshin was doing the same thing; he didn't attempt to say anything at all so basically Seta and Hana were the only ones talking. Kaoru sighed and stood up.

"I'm going to go to the bathroom." Kaoru announced and looked at Kenshin who just stared back at her. He had no idea what to either.

"Would you like me to come with you?" Hana questioned and Kaoru shook her head.

"It's alright, I can go by myself." Kaoru said and clenched her teeth. She walked over to the bathrooms and whipped out her cell-phone. She dialed a number quickly and waited for the phone to start ringing. She tapped her foot on the ground until somebody answered.

"Hello?" Tsubame's voice came on the phone and Kaoru sighed in relief.

"Tsubame? It's Kaoru."

"Kaoru… Wow I haven't heard from you in awhile, what have you been up too lately?" Tsubame questioned and Kaoru could hear voices in the background. She rolled her eyes, the only reason that she called Tsubame was because she needed advice about what to do, but now she realized that it was a big mistake.

A huge mistake.

"Oh… Well never-mind Tsubame you have company. I'm just going to go back to doing… My homework, I'll talk to you later?"

Tsubame didn't say anything for awhile, "Oh yeah that's fine… Uh bye Kaoru."

"Bye." She said and hung up her phone. She kicked herself mentally for calling Tsubame because now she probably thought that Kaoru had mental problems and would never talk to her again. She ran her fingers through her curly raven hair and then pushed open the bathroom door and walked back to the table. Seta looked up and as she sat down he placed his hand carefully around Kaoru's waist. She looked over at Kenshin who was clenching his teeth in an attempt to not say anything.

"Hey Kaoru?" Kenshin said and she looked up at the sound of her name. She cocked her head to the side and questioned him with her facial expressions. He waited for her to say something.

"Yes Kenshin?"

"Would you like to take a little walk with me? If that's okay with Seta and Hana?" Hana nodded happily and smiled.

"I would love it for you two to be friends again and then we could do these double date things each week!" Seta nodded in agreement. Kenshin stood up and Kaoru stood up also. Seta retreated his arm and returned to talking to Hana as Kenshin and Kaoru walked out the front door. Right when they were out of the door Kenshin gently pushed her against the window that luckily was covered from the instead by thick curtains and claimed her mouth with his. She let out a moan of protest but she did nothing to stop him. She pulled back but kept her arms tightly around his neck.

"What are we doing? Our partners are in there and we're out here making out." Kaoru said and Kenshin laughed. Kaoru looked up at him and then shook her head and sighed. "Are you going to answer that?"

"No, not really." He said and leaned forward and captured her lips once more. She closed her eyes and let him do whatever he wanted to her. She was sure that she was in love with him more then ever now. She was so sure and yet she still had some doubt. She didn't want that moment to ever end. She pulled away first again.

"But Kenshin, I don't know if we're suppose to do this when they're right inside." She urged again and he released her waist and her hands fell from his neck. He grabbed her hand and pulled her farther and farther away from the restaurant. The walked for thirty minutes or longer and soon Kaoru got worried about what Hana and Seta would think when they did not return. Kenshin stopped and pulled her next to him; he wrapped his arms around her waist tightly and kissed her forehead. She pushed her hair out of her face as she looked up at the night-sky. Kenshin had taken her to one of cliffs that overlooked the whole town.

"Kenshin… I-I… I don't know what to say."

"Then don't say anything." He said as she rested her head on his shoulder.

"What are we doing?"

"Looking at the town under the moonlight?" He said playfully and she laughed.

"I mean, what are we doing now? Seta and Hana are probably out looking for us and we're standing on this cliff thirty minutes away from them. We have to decide what we're going to do if we're going to continue doing this." She said and pushed away from Kenshin, "I don't want to do anything to hurt Seta."

Kenshin sighed, "Alright, we'll go back…"

"Thank you." She said as they joined hands and walked back towards the restaurant.

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Seta sighed and played around with his napkin as they waited for Kaoru and Kenshin to come back from their walk, "Do you seriously think that they're coming back?"

"Well I don't know, I mean they said that they would…" Hana answered and brushed through her long brown hair. She hadn't been expecting for them to leave for an hour. "I mean I do trust Kenshin because he's my boyfriend… He wouldn't do anything that would hurt me."

"Alright, well should we just wait for them?"

"Do we have any other choice?" She asked, annoyed that Seta would even suggest that they would leave them. He shook his head and placed his head in the palm of his hand.

"Fine we'll just wait here."

"Okay."

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"Eh… Check my make-up? Does it look fine? Does it look like anything happened?" She questioned and Kenshin laughed. He placed his fingers on her lips and wiped at the smudged lip-stick. He nodded and she smiled. "It looks fine?"

"Perfect."

"Thanks." She said and watched as his arms fell to his side and they walked into the restaurant. Kaoru walked in first and sat down next to Seta. She kissed him on the cheek causing Seta to smile and join hands with her.

"Where were you guys? We were thinking that you two decided to skip town!" Seta said and Kaoru smiled. She didn't say anything until she was sure that Kenshin wasn't going to say anything.

"We just went for a walk and we lost track of time. I'm so sorry that we kept you waiting… Are we ready to leave?" Kaoru questioned and Seta nodded.

"Fine with me… But you didn't eat anything?"

"I'm not very hungry; anyways my mom will want me home." Kaoru said and stood up, "Everything's paid for Seta?"

"Yes, we did that while you were gone." He took Kaoru's hand and stood up, "Thanks for this we had a great time… Even though it was a little weird."

"Yes it was, but at least it was fun! Nice chatting with you two!" Hana said and watched as they exited the restaurant. "Well they are a very nice couple and they look very cute together… Don't you think Kenshin?"

Kenshin nodded his head weakly as he watched Seta wrap his arm around Kaoru's waist and they walked out into the night. She leaned her head numbly on his shoulder as Seta chatted quietly to her. "Yes, I think they are a very nice couple."

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Kaoru pushed open her apartment door and sighed. Seta had just left and she felt happier then ever. She didn't expect to feel so good after all the years of torture from the kids of high-school to her ex-boyfriend Enshi. She inhaled deeply and found the smell of something cooking… Burning was more like it. She walked towards the kitchen and flicked on the light. She saw the mess in front of her.

"What's going on here?" She questioned and walked further into the kitchen, "Hello?"

"Kaoru… Where have you been? Didn't I tell you never to leave without permission?"

End of Chapter 9

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