Wishing for the Never

Joh: I figured since so many of you wanted me to continue this I might as well…but I do have a ridiculous amount of multi-chapter stories so don't get mad at slow updates. And I have school, and I have an annoying parent who tries to keep me from writing.

Now that you know that I shall stop my ranting and continue with the chapter!

Disclaimer: I don't own Kenshin!

Warnings: language

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This is kind of annoying me. You see, I have the bitchiest boss in the world. Of course, you're probably thinking, eh well don't we all, right? Hah. This woman is crazy! Here I am at this coffee shop at 10:00 in the night.

I have homework I need to get to! I'm only 15 but I have to work to pay for my little sister and me. My mom passed away when I was younger and my dad is always at his girlfriend's house. So I'm stuck in our crappy apartment taking care of my 14-year-old sister.

Don't get my wrong I love her! We've always been there for each other and always will. It's just hard to find time for her and school and work. You know?

I drum my fingers against the smooth surface of the counter while eyeing the empty shop. No wait, scratch that, there's still one customer.

My blue eyes narrow as I take him in. Long red hair pulled back in a messy ponytail and a slender if not short frame. I lean over the counter to try and look at his face. Hasn't he been here all day?

I fiddle with the hem of my dark blue shirt and hum a song to myself. "Megumi, can't we close up now?" I turn and swing open the door that says 'EMPLOYERS ONLY'.

"5 more minutes Kamiya." She snaps back, looking up at me from her papers.

I groan and hit my head against the wall.

A soft chuckle stops me from continuing my actions and I turn to see the man laughing softly to himself. Weirdo.

"Um, excuse me sir but we're closing up soon." I say politely as I can, putting a smile on.

He glances at me with honey colored eyes and smiles strangely. It was like he wasn't smiling at me, but to himself.

"I see." He says softly getting up and putting on his black coat. I watch with mild interest before looking away.

I hear his footsteps against the smooth floor and the chime of the bell as he opens the door into the night.

"Good night." I say quickly, almost forgetting manners.

He pauses then smiles oddly again. "Wouldn't that be nice?" he replies, more to himself than to me.

I raise my eyebrows but he's already gone. I certainly meet strange people in this job. "No one's here Megumi! I'm leaving!" I shout, slipping into the back room to grab my bag and coat.

She glares at me with her dark slanted eyes. "I'll be seeing you tomorrow brat."

I stick out my tongue and flip her the bird. It's okay. She may be the queen of bitches but she gave me this job, even though I'm not old enough to legally work. She knew my situation and offered me the job as a friend. But just because we're friends doesn't mean she gives me any other special treatment.

I pull my long coat on as I walk out the door; swing my bag over my shoulder. "Damn it's cold." I mutter to myself.

Yeah, so I have a tendency to curse. You got a problem with that? No, didn't think so.

I reach into my pocket to finger my cell phone for a moment before taking it out of my Jean's pocket and flipping it open. With slender fingers I punched in my house number quickly then hold it up to my ear, still walking purposely forward.

"Hello?" My sister's perky voice rang through the cell.

"Misao, have you started dinner?"

"Uh…yeah?" she giggles nervously.

I sigh. "I take that as a no."

Misao laughs again. I can picture her so clearly, sitting on the wooden stool by the phone, swinging her legs nervously and twirling the phone cord in her fingers with that wide anxious smile on her face. "There's plenty of ramen." She suggests.

"Yeah, yeah. Surprisingly I'm getting sick of it." I comment dryly, stopping at the corner waiting for a red light.

"Oh well, you'll live." She hums happily for a moment. "How was work?"

"Boring, boring, boring." I groan.

"That's too bad. See you soon, 'Kay sis?"

"Yeah whatever." I fold my cell up and stuff it back into my pocket. I watch cars fly by, highlighting the night with their headlights.

I know I probably sound cynical about life but here it is, life is boring. Flat out boring. I wake up, eat, go to school, go to work, then go home and start all over again. I'm not sure what I want, but it's not this.

I want something different, something to break me out of this repeating lifestyle. It's been this way ever since the absence of my parents.

God I hate them. Well no, that's not true. I love my mom; she didn't want to leave us. She didn't want to die. But my father, if I can still call him that, left.

I stride across the street once the red light flashes and all the cars stop. Misao misses him; I'm not sure how she could miss a bastard like that. But it's her feelings not mine.

I walk down a row of tall buildings and stop at one that was nearly completely dark. I look up and see my younger sister waving to me from the small balcony of our apartment. I wave back before entering the building, shuffling past the lobby.

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"Kaoru!" Misao screeches, flinging open the door to hug me.

I stumble back and can't help but laugh. "Don't be so loud, you'll wake everyone up." I scold her playfully, pushing her away so that I can walk in.

I drop my bag and coat on the floor, not caring to hang them up. Everyone thinks girls are just so neat. Not. Maybe moms are, but teenage girls? Hell no.

I kicked aside a pile of magazines and made my way into the kitchen part of the room.

Our apartment wasn't large but it wasn't dreadfully small either. The living room and kitchen were combined making it seem even more cluttered then all the other rooms. There were two bedrooms and one bathroom.

It used to be crowded when dad still lived with us, Misao and I shared a room, but now we had separate rooms, nice right?

And what of my mother? When she was around we had lived in a house. A nice house with a red roof and a blue door, complete with a small garden in the back. I remember my room had lavender walls and jasmine flowers in a vase that my mom put up.

I'm getting caught up in memories again.

"Oh, I made us ramen!" Misao chirps, scrambling in front of me into the kitchen corner to grab two containers from the counter. I took one gratefully and plopped down on the sofa with a groan.

I cast a sideways glance at my sister when she slid into the sofa next to me, sipping up the noodles. "Don't you hate the taste yet?"

She shook her head and continued to eat. "It's good." She said through a mouthful. I roll my eyes.

"Don't talk with your mouth full." I chide.

She shrugs her shoulders and leans back, kicking a notebook off the couch onto floor. She bent down and rummaged under the cushions for the remote control to the T.V. With a smile on her face she straightens and flips the T.V onto a news station.

I turn to her and scowl. "You know I hate this shit."

"Shut up, I'm listening." She snarls back, turning up the volume.

I glower at her before studying the news topic. The reason why I hate News is because it's the same boring crap every day. Death, murder, fire, rape, and abduction…the list goes on and on.

I wipe my mouth and glare at the man reporting an assassination of some businessman and several murders of witnesses to the event. How the hell can he look so calm and nonchalant about this? The reporter says all this with that blank expression on his face. Maybe he's become bored of this too.

Assholes.

I chuck my ramen out the open window into the dirty streets below. I can feel Misao's glare on me but I ignore it and get up, stretching my arms above my head. "I've lost my appetite. Night."

She sighs. "Night."

I walk into the narrow hallway breaking off of the living/kitchen room and slide open the door to my room. It was small and cramped with books, papers, journals, sketchpads, purses, and other such crap. I kick my stuff off my blue futon that I never bother putting away and curl up in it.

I sleep in my clothes, ain't that a kicker? I mean, what's the point of pajamas? It's a waste of money in my opinion, but then that's just me.

I pull my pillow over my head when I hear sirens outside.

Once again I'm wishing for something different. Some kind of change. But let's face it, that's never going to happen.

I'm simply wishing for the never.

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Joh: Eh, maybe I should have kept it a one-shot. Who knows? Kaoru has quite a mouth, doesn't she? I just thought if she were a girl born today she would have a dirty mouth. She's spunky like that, you know?

I had some really in depth reviews. You know I like it like that. –Wink-

Hanabi jou
Thank you! You got your wish, I shall continue!

Aaliyah Higurashi Reborn
I'd be creeped out if I discovered someone secretly admired me like that 0.0

Rurouni-maxi
Haha, next chapter will be in Kenshin's point of view again. I like his better then Kaoru's for some reason.

truthfulies
I like bitter sweet things, you know?

AnimeSiren
I love Battousai fictions!

ali-chan229
You actually read one of my stories!

skenshingumi
Thanks for the nice review. I think it may be a short story, but I don't know.

inuwolf04
I'm a teaser! Haha!

A Piece of My Heart
I loved your review! It was so nice and in depth. It made me feel like you really liked my story! I hope you can enjoy Kaoru's POV

LilyBlaze
Thank you very liking it!

Anonymous but very interest...
Ah, thank you so much! I love reading long reviews, it was nice! I'll work on Deep Sea too, don't worry.

forever angel
Your welcome! Haha!

kiwismakemehappy
Does adding another chapter count as a sequal?

The evil witch
Thank you, this one-shot seemed to liked so…

Clorinda
Gorgeous is a simple yet deep adjective. Maybe it does justice for this fiction. Haha I'm so arrogant.

Valaroma
Yeah, Kaoru won't mind him being a killer, maybe…

kenjiniki
Yay! I granted your wish! -bows-

Kenshin Fan
It continued1 now give me a cookie! -laughs-

happyloveygirl
Haha! Kenshin and Kaoru are so different in this story it will be hard to get them to fall in love –ponders-

Reignashii
It will be entertaining to see them get together, wouldn't it?

crasyducky
I like getting to the point, I'm just blunt that way. Haha!

Royal blueKitsune
I get chocolate? -Perks up-

Lynk89
Ah, a new face I see! Welcome!