Hello! Well I know Soujiro and Misao are going pretty fast, but I'll try to complicate things a little…reviews please :D
Disclaimer: Anythig related to the anime or manga "Rurouni Kenshin" belongs to Nobuhiro Watsuki.
They broke the kiss when she pushed him away from her gently…
"Soujiro! What are we!" she asked startled
Soujiro froze; he had just realized what he had done. He completely fell for her! He felt something for her and he didn't know what it was! "Hmm…what do you mean?"
"I mean, what are we doing!" she asked surprised and smiled at him, she loved him but didn't know if Soujiro loved her back.
"I am confused, just give me some time" he said and walked away from her, his hand on his wounded shoulder.
Misao began walking behind him, she was not confused anymore, she loved Soujiro but she knew her love towards Lord Aoshi was still there. Soujiro….well he was really confused. He had never experienced love before; all his life was full of hate, sadness, misery but not love. So much had been happening in that trip, it had changed him in some way. He started feeling things he had never felt, he had blushed, he had felt butterflies in his stomach, he had kissed someone! He was Soujiro the Tenken! What was he thiking?
They walked in silence for an hour or more, it was still raining. She was looking at him, waiting for any sound emitted from Soujiro's mouth, but nothing came out of his lips. He was so damn confused and she had it all clear. Misao decided to give him some time and space so she joined his silence and kept walking.
The sun had set already and they were still walking, by this point of the day, they were sleeping already. Misao was worried about Soujiro, he hadn't said anything yet, what was she supposed to do? He had kissed her, it was he who began.
"We should go to sleep now" Soujiro finally said in a low voice, but he didn't turn around to meet her gaze.
"Sure, I was waiting for you to say it" she answered and obediently lay down against a tree.
"'night" Soujiro said and closed his eyes.
The next morning Soujiro woke up as confused as the day before, he knew he had taken too much time thinking about that kiss and Misao was going to ask him any time soon. He stood up and looked down at the beautiful woman sleeping next to him; he needed time for himself so he left walking silently without waking her up.
'What is this? I don't know…I've never felt love before, I don't know how it feels like, is this love? I mean I like her, but I don't love her, I can live without her. This is my last day with her, nothing will happen. She will help me find Shinomori Aoshi and I will leave her behind, we won't probably meet again'. It was so difficult, this was new to him, but he liked it. He was the one who had kissed her! He started it!
He was sitting in the middle of the road thinking and he stayed there for another hour, but he suddenly remembered Misao was going to wake up.
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Misao opened her eyes and looked around…she was alone! Where did he go? She stood up and began looking for him desperately; she didn't want to be left alone. She liked his company and she loved him, or she liked him…She knew this was wrong, she couldn't be falling for someone else other than Lord Aoshi, she was saving her first kiss for Aoshi, but at that time it felt so right.
"SOUJIRO! SOUJIRO WHERE ARE YOU!" she began screaming 'He left me' she thought as she kept walking and looking in every direction but saw no one. Tears began falling through her face, she didn't want him to go!
"Soujiro! Where the hell are you!" she kept saying, weaker each time. She was crying now. "Why did you…why did you leave me?"
She fell to her knees and sat down against a tree. She was crying for Soujiro, she missed him. Time passed and she was still alone in the forest, she had got used to his company.
Soujiro was sitting too, he was not crying but he was so confused! He didn't want to see her, but he wanted too at the same time. He stood up and began walking to where Misao was.
"Misao?" he asked and looked at her, she was crying and she was in pain, he couldn't stand seeing her like that "Misao what is it?"
"Soujiro? Is that you?" she asked and looked up, she met his cobalt blue eyes and smiled, tears running down her face "You didn't leave me!"
He then realized she was crying for him, he had made her cry and it fell so wrong. "I am sorry, I wasn't trying to leave you, I just needed some time to think, please stop crying"
"I can't" she said as she began cleaning her tears from her eyes and cheeks "I can't stop crying dammit!"
He then did was he thought was right…Misao kept crying, but she then felt arms around her, two strong arms and his hands removing her tears from her eyes. "Don't cry Misao" he said and kissed her forehead. She looked up to meet Soujiro's cobalt eyes, but she quickly looked down, she didn't want to kiss him again and confuse him more.
He hugged her for a few minutes more; they were sitting side by side, his arms holding her tight around her. She felt so good in his arms, but he couldn't let this continue so he let go and stood up.
"Let's keep walking" he told her firmly and politely.
"Wait…Soujiro" she said and looked up at him, still sitting "We need to talk"
He didn't want this moment to come, but he knew it had to happen "I guess you are right" he said and sat down besides her, he looked at her but she was looking down crying again.
"Misao, please don't cry" he said in a weak voice and smile "I can't see you like this"
"Why…I mean why can't you see me like this?" she knew the answer to the question, but she wanted to hear it from him.
"Well…hmm, it's because" he said and looked up, he had to say it! "I CAN'T STAND TO SEE YOU IN PAIN! That's it" he moved away from her and looked down.
She saw he was in pain as well, but he was bottling it all up in a smile. "Soujiro stop smiling! You are sad I know it!"
"What makes you think I am in pain?" he asked surprised, nobody ever before had guessed what he was feeling.
"I can see it in your eyes…fuck stop smiling now!" she ordered him and met his gaze. Her eyes were full of tears and Soujiro's full of mixed emotions.
"Miss Misao, this between us, whatever it is…it can't be" he told her smiling, but his smile disappeared when Misao began crying harder.
"WHY! WHY DID YOU KISS ME IF YOU KNEW THIS COULDN'T HAPPEN!" she asked confused and was so angry.
He looked at her face, she was all red and angry, but she was sad at the same time. It was true; it was his entire fault, if he had more self control.
"I AM SORRY!" he shouted and looked down, his smile had completely disappeared "I can't, you don't even know who I am"
She then used her hand to move Soujiro's head in order to look into his eyes… "Who are you Soujiro!"
"I…I can't say" he said and freed his head from her hands
"You are impossible!" she told him annoyed and stood up "Let's keep walking, I just want to arrive and lose you!" she lied.
"Fine, let's keep walking" he answered disappointed, but he was smiling.
"One more day huh?" she asked cleaning her tears from her cheeks "I can't be with you!"
They kept walking in silence, Misao ahead of him. He hated this, he felt something for her and seeing her in pain made him feel sad.