WHATS WITH HIGH SCHOOL ANYWAY

Chapter 3: Getting to know each other

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Kaoru stood in the bathroom looking in the mirror. "Today has been such a long day. Why did Kenshin have to see all that? I mean, I bet he thinks I'm just some street rat now, this is terrible," she said to her self, "hold on... why should I care what Kenshin thinks about me? I don't even like him... do I?"

Kaoru walked down the stairs, the same question still on her mind, in a T-shirt and shorts Sano was letting her borrow. Sano had ended up making Kaoru and Yahiko spend the night at his place just incase her dad came home. Her mom made arrangements to stay with a friend over night that way if her dad had found one of them they wouldn't get all of them, And Kenshin decided to stay the night to just incase something happened. Kaoru walked down stairs and sat between Sano and Kenshin on the couch.

"So how's Yahiko?" Kenshin asked.

"Fine," Kaoru said rather dully.

"Are you hungry?" Sano asked.

"No" Kaoru replied not really paying attention to them. Her mind was filled with pictures of her father.

"Well I don't know about you but I'm starving," Sano said heading towards the kitchen motioning Kenshin to follow.

"Now that you mention it I am kind of thirsty," Kenshin said eyeing Sano and following him to the kitchen. "What?" Kenshin said inside the next room so Kaoru couldn't hear them.

"Doesn't Jo-chan look a little depressed to you?" Sano asked.

"Yea, but after what has gone on today she has the right to be," Kenshin said.

"Don't you think we should try to cheer her up?"

"What do you mean by cheer up?"

"Well..." Sano leaned over and whispered in Kenshin's ear.

"No absolutely not!"

"Why not it will be fun and it will cheer her up."

"Are you kidding that's a girls game I'm not playing that it's for losers!"

"Oh, now I get it, your just afraid your going to have to do something you don't want to, right?"

"No," Kenshin said lying.

"Well, to bad we are going to anyway," Sano said dragging Kenshin in to the living room and sat down by Kaoru.

This caused Kaoru to raise and eyebrow, "What are you up to Sano?"

"We are just going to play a little game, that's all," Sano said.

"And what might the game be?" she asked glancing at the pouting Kenshin.

"Oh, just a little truth or dare with cards," Sano said pulling out a deck of cards from behind his back.

Kaoru flashed and evil smile as lightning from the storm struck behind her scaring Kenshin and Sano, "You have picked the wrong game boys, because I never lose."

Sano passed out the cards, "Well see about that, but first let me brush you guys up on the rules. Everyone picks a truth or a dare, once they agree on one each player turns over a card in there deck with out looking. The person with the lowest card has to do the truth or dare. Now let's play!" Sano said getting excited.

"Who ever losses has to go over to the neighbors house and write bloody murder in red marker on there windows," Kaoru said for the first dare.

"Your kidding, right? We could get into a lot of trouble doing that." Kenshin said worried.

"Are you scared?" Kaoru said her voice dripping with sarcasm.

"No!"

"Prove it," Sano said.

"Okay! Then the person who loses has to take the person to there right with them and everything will be video taped." Kenshin said, latter regretting every word.

"Fine with me," both Sano and Kaoru said.

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Kenshin groaned as mud splashed onto his pants; why in the hell did he ever agree to do this. The sound of Kaoru's laughter reached his ears as she fallowed him from behind with the video camera. "Oh yea, that's why" He said with a small smile on his face.

"What did you say Kenshin?" Kaoru asked "I would hate to miss out on any part of this experience."

"I said I am going to kill you and Sano if when we get back inside," Kenshin said sticking his tonuge out at her. "Set the camera down and help me over here. I can't reach the windows; if you climb on my back then we can get this over with."

Kaoru set the camera down on a rock facing the window and made her way over to Kenshin, "Fine but you owe me for this."

Kenshin bend down and she climbed onto his shoulders. He held firmly onto her legs as she marked the window. "Okay all done lets get out of here." Kaoru said as she caped the marker.

Kenshin picked her up off his shoulders and lowered her down in front of him. His hands could almost go all the way around her waist and he relished just how frail and fragile she was even though she never showed it.

Kaoru turned around to grin at him but was caught off guard when he wrapped an arm around her waist. He locked his eyes with hers as rain poured down on them.

"Ken..Kenshin…"

Kenshin looked away and let go of her. "We better go back inside, don't forget the camera," he said flashing a smile that seemed out of place and heading back to the house.

Kaoru felt the warmth between them leave as she looked at him walking back. "Um, yea, okay." She said in a whispered tone she wasn't even sure he heard.

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Once they were back in side they saw Sano asleep on the couch and the TV set on some cartoons. "I guess he never was one to grow out of his child hood" Kaoru said with smile on her face as she pulled a blanket over Sano.

"It's late, we should probably go to bed to. Be sure to change out of your cloths though, we will both catch a cold if we slept in these wet things." Kenshin said pulling some blankets out of the closet and heading for the other couch.

"Night." Kaoru said and nodded, headed for the stairs to the room were Yahiko was. She pilled off her wet cloths and slid into bed with her younger brother wrapping one arm around him protectively.

Kaoru went over the events of the day in her mind. Her final thought was the feel of Kenshin's arms around her as she drifted off to sleep.

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Kind of a short chapter but I couldn't wait till they had to have forced physical contact squeee just one more chapter after this V.V yes I know its short but hey what can you do. Love ya! Read and Review!