How I Fell In Love With The Lamppost

By: ShadowElite

Disclaimer: Rk is not mine.

An: Tried my best to update this before I leave for camp so there might be a few errors here and there…Really sorry for the long wait! This chapter is kinda short… gomen ne! Thanks for all your reviews and hope you enjoy this chapter as well!


Chapter 3: Lost And Found

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Will he end the call if I waited a few more seconds in silence?

I sat there, holding the phone, hoping that he would go away if no one answers. Could he hear my breathing? Damn. I should learn how to speak that ' This line is not in use.' properly. It should come handy right about now. Misao rolled her eyes and grabbed the phone from me impatiently.

"Hello?" She answered sweetly.

She glanced at my horrified expression and smiled. "Kaoru is currently in the washroom. Who are you?"

I slid up close, hoping to catch some snippets of the conversation, yet hoping he wouldn't realise someone else was actually listening to the conversation.

Misao grinned at my closeness, obviously thinking that I was actually interested in the guy.

As if.

"Oh Kenshin Himura?" She said with feigned surprise. "What a delight! Kaoru would be absolutely ecstatic that you've called her! Ever since she saw you on the cover page of Laire, she thinks that you are an absolute hunk! Total hotness and fire!"

I felt my mouth going dry. Did-did she say what I think she said?

"She didn't seem to like you at first? You are so wrong, dude. She'd just didn't want to scare you away with her admiring looks. But deep down, you are her secret fantasy."

Secret fantasy.

I could hear that phrase going round and round in my head. WHAT THE HELL?! I grabbed the phone from Misao and snapped, "You NEVER were my secret fantasy. Never was, never will."

"Kaoru?" Kenshin sounded surprised.

"Were you there all along?"

My eyes widen. Damn. "I, I…" I groaned silently. "So, so what if I was? I don't want to talk to you. " I glared at Misao. Secret fantasy? She is so going to get killed for that.

He sounded amused. "However unpleasant it may be, you do have something in your possession that is mine."

I growled at him. Damnable guy! " What is it?" I snapped, eager to get rid of him. "I'd never touched your stuff while I was there. What was there to take, anyway?"

"My wallet, apparently."

I frowned. "I SO did not! You must have been mistaken! Rich guys like you always leave their money lying around."

I rolled my eyes. "It could be in one of your many drawers or hidden in your laundry for goodness's sake! How could you think that I'm such a shallow, money-grabbing person! I'll have you know that I'm a decent, young and beautiful lady, unlike someone who kidnaps a lady and accuses her of stealing his wallet."

Kenshin said exasperatedly. "Are you still harping on that subject? I'll have you know that I'm not in a habit of bringing zombie-like women into my house, that manage to destroy almost the entire house within thirty minutes. As a nice and understanding gentleman, I didn't ask her to pay for the repairs but only having the said lady yelling at me, accusing me of misjudging her character."

I was stunned for a moment. " I'm so sorry. I, I didn't mean to ruin your house."

He sighed. "Forget it. Could you just check if my wallet is with you? It's a slim, black one. "

Feeling guilty for yelling at him, I rummaged in my bag and searched for his wallet. To my utmost embarrassment, it really WAS with me.

Blushing slightly, I replied. " Yeah, it's with me. I, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have—"

He laughed lightly. "No, it's okay, I understand. Could you come to my office and pass it to me right now? Or as soon as you can?"

I glanced at my watch. 15 minutes left of my lunch break. Arashi-san would absolutely KILL me if I were late again…

However… judging by his expression today when he saw Kenshin… I grinned wickedly.

"Okay, I'll come right now."

"Great. Just tell the receptionist that you are here to see me and she'll direct you up."

I ended the call and immediately rang up Arashi-san.

"Miss Kamiya. I'm busy. Is this important?" Arashi-san answered with an annoyed tone.

My grin widened. "Well…it's not really import—"

He cut me off with an exasperated sigh. "Then why the hell are you calling me? I AM a busy person, Kamiya. Explain it in five seconds, no wait, three or I'm hanging up."

"I need to leave for the rest of the day." I grinned.

Wait for it…

1…2…3…

and NOW!

"WHAT?!" He yelled into the phone. "You better get your ass in the office RIGHT NOW and stop all this crap! Did you hear me?!"

"But Mr Himura asked me to… it wouldn't be nice if I didn't show up, would it?" I could hear silence on the other end and fought the urge to laugh.

"Wait…Mr Himura asked you? Why didn't you mention this earlier? Hmm… I guess you could take the whole day off. Give my best regards to him."

Ooh YES! I smirked. Maybe contact with Himura isn't that bad after all.

"I rock!" I smiled happily as I ended the call. The whole day off! All the things I could do!

"Kaoru?" Misao looked at me curiously. "What got you into such a good mood?"

"I got the whole day off!" I smiled brightly and picked up my bag.

"I'll see you later, Misao! Love you, girl!" I waved energetically as I stepped out of the café.

"Does that mean you have forgiven me?" Misao asked hopefully.

I narrowed my eyes. She's not escaping that easily." You'll get it from me later."

"Damn."

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Himura Corporations. Finally here! I looked around at the lobby.

Whoa.

It looks so professional… clean and simple, yet with an elegant feel.

"Miss? May I help you?"

"Huh?" I turned around to find the receptionist looking at me curiously. Did she see me gawking away? Goodness, that must have been way embarrassing…

"I, I'm here to see Mr. Himura."

"Did you book an appointment with him?"

"Uh, well…no. He just told me to…"

"Then I'm sorry." She interrupted me and gave me a small glare. "Only by appointment. Gee, you people don't give up, do you?" She sighed. "All this just to see him?"

" You people? To see him?" I asked, confused. "He just asked me to pass him his stuff. Really. It's true! I'm not lying!"

She rolled her eyes. "Like I would believe you. You have no idea how many people said that just to get close to him."

I sighed. I'm not getting through to her.

"Then could you pass this to him? Oh, and tell him Kaoru said sorry." I took out his wallet and placed it on the front counter.

"Wait. Are you Kaoru Kamiya?" She asked.

I nodded.

"Wait! I'm sorry! I didn't know you were Kamiya-san!"

She placed the wallet in my hand and led me to his office. "I'm really sorry! It's just that so many people come here everyday asking to see him,'

'Oh ya. I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Alrisa. But you can just call me Risa."

"Call me Kaoru." I smiled. "Is he really that famous?"

"You don't know?" She seemed shocked. "Millions of girls would just die to meet him! I have to admit I was one myself." She added embarrassedly.

That Himura? Are you kidding me? I stifled my giggles. "Are you sure? He just seems like any other guy."

"Oh really, Miss Kaoru? I thought you said I was your secret fantasy?" said a voice from behind.

Oh shit. Not him. Please, PLEASE, don't let it be him! I turned around slowly and groaned. "Not you."

"I hope you are fine, Miss Kaoru?" Kenshin smiled at me amusedly.

"I,I be going off now, Mr. Himura." Risa smiled politely at Kenshin before fixing me with a look that seemed a lot like… envy? Did she think that Himura and I have something going on? She can't be thinking of that! I mean, right after I told her he was just an okay guy…

"Could you cancel my 1.30 appointment today? Settle it with me another time."

Risa nodded and left me standing there with Kenshin.

"No wait, Risa! It's not what you think it is!" I hurried to catch up with her and grabbed her hand, forcing her to stop.

"It's none of my business what your relationship with Mr. Himura is. If you do not need me for any other reason, could you release my hand?" She said coolly. I sighed and let go of her hand. Great. Another one who thinks there's something going on when there's not.

I opened Kenshin's office door and said irately. "Why did you cancel your appointment? Now your receptionist thinks there's something going on between us since you cancelled the thing."

"I didn't cancel it because of you, Miss Kaoru." Said Kenshin as he glanced through some paperwork on his desk.

" I do have something on at 1.30 that doesn't involve you."

"I,I…" I was speechless. Of course he had something else on! What were you thinking?

He looked up and smirked at my expression. "Or did you want me to cancel it because of you?"

My eyes widen. "No way! Why, why would I want that?" I snapped. Damn. I could feel my cheeks heating up. Don't blush! Don't blush!

I glared at Kenshin's satisfied look and turned away. "Stop looking at me like that!"

Hurriedly, I searched my bag for his wallet and carelessly threw it on the table. "There! If you find anything missing, call. If not, I'm off." Not waiting for his reply, I dashed out of his office.

"Did you want it to be because of you?"

Of course not! I was just concerned about my reputation! That's all! I grumbled to myself. But somehow, it didn't seem to ring true…


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