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She was completing a cast of a patient before she sensed a figure close by; a tense movement led her to accidentally ignore the patient for a moment noticing a shadow cover her glow. The shadow easily was read as she shook her head and continued with the patient which was a message to the unexpected visitor to wait until she had completed what she was doing before his arrival. Skillfully, she completed after a few minutes tying the cloth with a simple ribbon before helping the man up and carrying him to the companion waiting in another room. Returning back to the room, she ignored the visitor who was now leaning against the doorway who was still waiting as she undid the cloth around her forehead and laid it gently on a table close by.

"Yahiko-Chan and Kaoru already left to Kyoto, if that's what you needed to know" she stated emotionless to the person who looked up at her as she pressed a finger against her crimson lips trying to remember when her next appointment was.

A laugh escaped the leaning person of the two as he pushed himself off the doorframe and walked over to her stopping only a few meters from her. Turning around, she noticed his gestures to be readable; he was crossing his arms but still tried looking her in the eye but failed miserably. He was hiding something.

"Sanosuke I don't have time for an awkward conversation, if it's food you're here for…Please welcome yourself to the kitchen even though I'm quite surprised you came to get permission first" she noted waving him away before noticing the silent yet named figure to still stand in his spot holding the posture she once mentioned to herself.

He parted his lips for a moment but was soon interrupted by the female who twitched at the sight of his right arm, "Guess it's not food that brought you here. Honestly, you should try and not breaking your arm everyday; it's as if you do it on purpose to come over!" She pointed out with a devious smile before holding out a hand to inspect his bleeding one.

Slightly taken back, she raised an eyebrow wondering why he waved her away this time not wanting her to check his hand; finally he spoke, "I didn't come here to eat nor get treated" he stated calmly in a hoarse voice as he rested his injured but previously treated hand back inside his pocket and looked away.

She stood there for a moment as her hands lay against her collar bone, one hand cupped on the other as she waited. Thoughts escaped her as she wondered, what could be the reason that he was here?

"Well it seems like you're asking me to guess what the reason is, perhaps you're trying to mooch some money off me?" She asked annoyed as she crossed her arms and she shook her head with disbelief.

"If you honestly will give me this attitude, I might as well leave" he stated with a mix of different of emotions as he shrugged his shoulders and turned around to leave.

Allowing a smile to escape her, she knew very well the game that was being played, "Stay…I'd like to know" she told him calmly as she walked over having his back against her as she waited silently.

If the two figures were placed outside, the blossom trees would dance in a moderate sound level with the wind as the wind would leave its partner eventually to fall onto the grace of Megumi's dark locks engulfing her to her shiver slightly but still hold the warm aura to him. But they weren't outside, after all for that to occur.

Falling out of her random thought; her windows opened to reveal him facing her now and holding a smile, before departing.

"Why won't you tell me?" She wondered calmly before noticing a new patient arrive this time with a rash of some sort that she believed could be treated quite easily.

Outside, walking with the scrunches of leaves drumming into his ears he chose to capture the clouds into his head to waste the time before continuing with his way of transport with a bag slung against his shoulder which he previously hid in the hallway in case he chickened out, and did indeed, of telling the megitsune.

Sanosuke chose to stop once more, balling his hand that wasn't injured into a fist trying to conduct a conclusion on why he was in a pattern of walking two steps back to the apartment and one step away. A sigh escaped him before he placed the once balled hand against his temple with a smirk tugging against his lips.

"I didn't think it would be this hard just to tell her…." He muttered under his breath not wanting indeed anyone to overhear the conversation consisting of only him.

Finally looking back for the last time; he took three steps away before nodding to himself, he had chosen this path previously and couldn't chicken out anytime soon for he was too stubborn to give it up. Clasping tighter against the strap of his distressed bag he closed his eyes tempting not to look back before continuing with his walk until only a spec of him was revealed where he chose to muttered a few private words previously.

"Doctor, was that a friend of yours?"

"Yes"

"Oh I just thought…."

"You thought what?" She threatened the rash infested man with an instrument to answer her back with an answer of the chicken head and who he thought he really was before asking the doctor.

Placing a cool swab of cotton against the red eruption on the skin, she allowed the male to get up and thank her before leaving before he accidentally said something else wrong and this time would need to be operated on by the women who physically hurt him.

Cleaning her hands with a cloth, she stepped outside the room after letting her steam off wandering why the man let out, or tried to, such a comment to her. It was after all just Sanosuke, so why did she always get such absurd comments? And of all, why did she steam of in the aftermath?

Speaking of the tori-atama, she looked around the scenery slightly expected the figure to reappear and explain to her both why he was hiding and his original reason for visiting her in such a day as this for no reason that she could think of. Her eyes of course fell upon the sheet of paper that addressed her in a fair handwriting as she picked it up, tracing her fingers around the corner of the folded paper wondering if she should read it in case the content made her regret choosing to in the first place.

Of course, her curiosity got the best of her as she told herself that it only chose to kill the cat and after all as being labeled as a fox most of the time; she figured that guideline wouldn't go against her. Flapping the sheet open, she scanned the words before sitting down reading over the lines thinking she misread something;

Sorry about leaving so soon but it's better I do now and not later on in case it's too late by then for all we know; Kenshin could be in Kyoto already searching for the wise guy as you read this.

Why would it bother him or even worse affect Sanosuke if Kenshin was already in Kyoto? No, he wouldn't have….?

And I had a feeling if I told you, as a female you would waste my time?

The nerve! Tightening her hold on the paper slightly scrunching it; she reread the part of her being the opposite sex of him and wondered if he really meant what he wrote before remembering who she was indeed talking about…

I've been practicing all this time, most probably the reason why you didn't see me these days since Kenshin left…

So that's why his hands were bleeding! She worried greatly as she closed her eyes for a moment not daring to read on but went on even thought;

The reason I didn't tell you was it was hard enough, I could list many reasons but I won't...Though it would have been nice if you offered some rice balls for my journey; but I doubted that from your previous comment. And another main reason I didn't tell you was I couldn't in front of the incoming man who most probably came for your aid.

"I knew it! He did come to mooch something off me!" She pricked before falling upon one word; journey? No it couldn't mean that he really was an idiot enough to….No waits, what was she saying? The chicken head was obviously an idiot!

Here goes; I'm leaving to Kyoto.

Sanosuke

The female stopped there as there was no where else to read from, but even though she was still stuck on the last line before his name was signed; he left and couldn't be able to tell her in her face that he was leaving? But worst of all, he was leaving and she couldn't stop him…What if he got hurt? What was it with all the men, first Kenshin chose to not tell her goodbye and now Sanosuke did the same; why?

Eyes feeling moist before looking at the door with eyes glistering wildly remembering when he once stood there, so he was really gone and could perhaps get hurt, maybe that was the last time…

"You idiot, did you really think it would only be hard for you to say goodbye ….?" She asked softly before dropping the sheet of paper on the ground and getting up wondering when the next injured fellow would arrive for the day. Perhaps that was the last, for finally made she could breath the fresh air and finally try to relax.