Shattered Reminiscences

By Scarlet Rayne

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Chapter 6

It has already been two days after her fight with Kenshin, and she couldn't help but feel somewhat miserable. It wasn't because of the petty argument, of course, but because of the fact that she had decided to go through the ordeal of following Enishi back to Shanghai.

Ever since Kenshin left her house on Saturday, she'd been cooped up in her bedroom, not wanting to do anything.

But she did have the courtesy to call her students and cancel their classes, for the mean time.

For the next two weeks.

After that, she ignored all the calls that came in through her house line, and in the end, disconnected the plug. Staring out the window, it was raining heavily. Her whole house was dim, as she pulled her blanket nearer for warmth.

Even though her electric fan was turned off, she still felt strangely cold. Her toes were freezing, as she touched her cheek with her icy hands.

Thundered roared outside her windows, sending a jolt through her senses. She shivered, as she tiredly closed her eyes. 'Kenshin.'

Her thoughts wondered back to the red-headed man, the man whom she loved so much. 'I'm really sorry.'

Then suddenly, as if answering to her thoughts, the sound of her doorbell rang in her ears, as her head whipped towards the direction of her door.

Looking away, she tried with all her might to disregard the irritating high pitch sound that was screaming out to her, but to no avail.

The person just kept pressing the bell.

Letting out a yell into her pillow, she abruptly got off her bed, and made her way irritably to the door.

Not bothering to look through the peephole, she swung the door open.

The sight that greeted her swept all words away from her mouth, as her eyes widened.

Kenshin was standing in front of her, drained from head to toe. Water droplets fell from his hair, face and clothes, as he frowned deeply at her. He had already made a pool of rain water on her doorstep, and she heard his boots squeak as he came closer towards her.

The mere sight of him sent her knees weak.

"You're hiding something from me," he stated. "What is it?"

The sound of his voice made her struggle to not run into his arms and weep, violently resisting the urge to blurt out everything to him that instant. Instead, she shot him a glare.

"Nothing." She said flatly. She attempted to slam the door, but it only made it through halfway as Kenshin stopped it from closing with his right hand. "What is wrong with you?" he asked in an indifferent voice.

"Nothing," she emphasized, narrowing her eyes.

"There's something," he retorted. "I know you well enough, Kaoru."

She crossed her arms. "What makes you think that you know me well enough?"

"You don't pick up such meaningless fights for no reason, for one." He looked up. Her breath hitched as she saw his fierce, amber tinted eyes, gazing intensely back at hers. "And more over, you know that I was right about your drinking issues."

'Shit.' She cursed inwardly. 'So he does.'

"No you were not," She started, trying to change the subject. "You know very well that I-"

"Don't even try, Kao." He cut in edgily. "I want to know what's bothering you, and I want to know now."

Closing her eyes for a moment, she opened them again, releasing a sigh. "There's nothing bothering me."

How he itched to break that will of determination of hers, oh what he would give to do so.

She was just too damn stubborn for her own good.

"Kaoru," he warned, tone revealing frustration.

She bit her bottom lip. She hated it when he used that tone of his. She knew something drastic was going to happen if she doesn't tell him something, because that was what always happened when he used that tone.

But what was she to do?

Take chances?

Right.

Take chances.

"I told you, no-" but before she could finish her sentence, Kenshin pushed her to the wall, both palms resting firmly at the surface of the wall. Trapping her whole form from moving.

Or running.

His face was inches apart away from hers, and he could feel her rapid breathing coming out from her small button nose. His stares were directly into her eyes, unwavering, never faltering.

She, on the other hand, tried to pacify her nerves.

"Now," he said impatiently. "Tell me."

"I…"

She blinked. Her heart was racing, and she could feel the blood rushing to her face. Panic was entering her system, as she tried to whip up something quick. What was she going to tell him? 'Oh, well, you see, my ex-psychopath boyfriend came to look for me the other day, and I have to follow him back to Shanghai in three weeks. If not, you'll be miserable for the rest of your life, darling, and I'm doing it because I love you. And yes, by the way, our wedding is off. Now, let's go fly kites together! (beams)' ?

She didn't think so.

"I.."

"You what?" he pressed. "What did you do?"

"I.. um… I…"

He remained silent, eyes sternly ordering her to go on. "I'm listening."

"I…… I'm ... uh," she started, looking down, not wanting to meet his gaze. More panic washed over her, as she tried to crack her brain for something to tell him.

Something.

Anything.

"Well, you see, I…" she stuttered, feeling extremely uncomfortable (and hot) under his strong watch. "I-I'm ……."

"You're what?"

"I'm… uhh… I-I…"

'Oh God oh God oh God oh God oh Go-'

She could literally hear her heart beating faster and faster, and could have sworn that he heard it as well.

"Um… I… O-Oh, w-would you... l-look at the time, I have to run to the-"

She immediately shut up when she saw the serious look of warning he sent her.

"Kaoru," he pressured further, observing her uneasiness, taking in every movement that she took. "What, did you do?"

"I didn't do anything, I'm jus-"

"KAORU!"

"I'm in love with someone else." She blurted in the heat of the moment, words not registering what she just said.

His eyes widened.

She gulped.

AN: Hehe, I typed this out of the blue. Hope you enjoyed it:)

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