Summary: 50 stories about Kenshin and Kaoru, sometimes meandering to include the other Ruroken cast. A mix of canon and AU one-shots. Some crack can be expected. Read and Review!
Rating: T
Characters: Kenshin and Kaoru
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise here belongs to the one and only Watsuki Nobuhiro.
Coffee
Kaoru stared at the tie wrapped carelessly around the doorknob. It was practically falling off, just hanging on by some miraculous sense of survival. She rolled her eyes. Of course, it would just be her luck to barge inside her dorm once the tie had slipped off from its precarious perch on the doorknob. But the fact that it was still hanging could only mean that the universe was still kind and minor setbacks such as finding a tie on the door for the fourth consecutive afternoon should only be seen as minor setbacks in what had proved to be a pretty fruitful fourth week of the current semester.
She frowned at the tie. The incessant chatter of her peaceful side was losing out against the blazing, annoyed part of her that wanted to enter her dorm room for once before Misao's prized stallion for the day had left.
"I cannot believe this!" She fought the urge to kick the door, violently. She turned, paced a bit and returned to the door. She stood there, staring at the tie as though it would disappear and take which ever random man Misao had in there with it.
She didn't notice the pizza delivery guy who gave her a weird look as she stood stupidly staring at her door. She didn't even notice the door to the opposite dorm room open. Sanosuke's friend from the bar stepped out, paid the pizza guy and stopped in his tracks as he noticed her. He took in the tie, the shut door, and her frown pout and raised an eyebrow in understanding.
He leaned against the doorframe. "Kaoru?"
Kaoru whipped around, startled at hearing another's voice. She blinked as she noticed him. "Oh, hi….umm…Kenshin. Kenshin, right?"
He smiled. "Right."
She smiled back. "Hi."
"You already said that."
"Oh, right sorry."
"No problem….everything okay?"
Kaoru sighed. "I'm fine. I just wanted to catch some sleep but now," she waved absently at the door, "I can't go in. So I'm just a little pissed off about that."
Kenshin made a show of looking behind her at the door. "Oh, hey, that's no problem, you can come crash here."
"Oh no… I couldn't. You probably have company." She pointed at the large pizza box in his hands.
"No, please. No company, I was just expecting Sano but he's late. He probably won't even show so, come on in."
"I don't know,"
"I'll make you coffee."
Kaoru took a deep breath. "You sure it's no problem?"
He smiled. "Absolutely not."
"Okay."
He held the door open for her. Kaoru walked in, feeling only a little self-conscious. Again, she didn't notice as the door across the hall opened and Misao bustled out, alone and dressed for a date. She waved at Kenshin and took off down the hall.
The tie dropped to the floor. Kenshin placed the box on the floor, and shot out like a bullet. Shoving the tie in the pocket of his sweatpants, he nimbly crossed the hall once again and shut the door.
Kaoru stood uncertainly near the kitchenette. Kenshin smiled at her. "How about that coffee now?"
Author's Note
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