Chapter 6: Distractions

Myzuki just sat there silently crying. All that could be heard beside her tears was the sound of rain outside pounding on the house. She found her resolve at that moment, and decided that Kenshin wasn't going to have that power over her anymore.

She was going to do whatever it takes to forget about him. Even if that meant that she would be left with a hole in her heart. He left her so torn up that she found herself not being able to trust anyone that tried to get close.

So she strapped on her AT's and jetted over to Ikki's house to apologize for her bitchy behavior earlier. Yes, it's true that Ikki can be a jerk, not to mention over bearing, and full of himself, oh and let's not forget the biggest pervert of them all. (Actually Onigiri is the biggest perv, but he is in a class all on his own.)

Beside her internal monologue going on inside her head, she didn't care. All she wanted was to forget the pain, and Ikki would be the one to help her. He would be an alignment for her anguish, a way for her to forget and nothing more, or so she thought.

The rain was really coming down now. The rain drops were stinging Myzuki in the face, because of the velocity she was going. She arrived at Ikki's house drenched from head to toe, that you couldn't tell that she had been crying. She skates up to the door and starts banging on it.

"Yeah, yeah! I'm coming, just give me a minute." said Ikki from somewhere inside the house.

The door opened slightly, just enough for Myzuki to see Ikki. He was semi wet like he just got out of the shower. All he had on were jeans that were slightly loose on him, and hung lazily above his right hip.

"Myzu..." He muffled.

She had pushed her way through the door and planted a fervent kiss on his lips. Ikki couldn't stop himself. He wrapped both of his arms around her waist and pulled her body up against his.

Looking back on this she had no idea what made her act in that manner. Maybe it was the way he looked that night or maybe it was the turmoil she was still feeling from seeing Kenshin. She is not too sure. She just knows that she acted foolishly.

"Myzuki," He said breathlessly.

"Ikki please ..." She muttered out between kisses.

"Myzuki ..." He repeated.

"Just shut up and kiss me!" She said with more effort.

Ikki was losing himself rather quickly between her soft, sweet, tasty lips; and her whimpered cries for him. He needed to stop; he needed to regain his composure, and what was left of his dignity.

"Myzuki... Stop... Please..." He managed, while letting go of her slowly.

As if not to ravage her right then and there he put some distance between them. She looked up at him with a flushed face and tears in her eyes.

"Why? I thought... didn't you want this?" She asked confused.

"Yes, I want this. Wait, no. What I mean is that I don't want it like this. I want you, and I think you're sexy as hell. I want you to want me as much as I want you. I don't want to be some replacement or some means to forget your past. I'm not going to lie to you I used to be that kind of guy. Now things are different. Things have changed for me. I realized that when I battled the old sky king Sora, that battle put things in perspective for me not just AT's. I like you Myzuki, but that doesn't mean I am cool with you toying with me either." Ikki said.

He had straightened up his posture and he had his head angled down so his hair covered his face. He couldn't look her in the eyes now. He felt like if he did, he would lose any resolve he had mustered.

Myzuki looked utterly confused. Ikki is a perv, what the hell just happened. Did he just reject her? Not only that but he hit the nail on the head with her motives for going to his house. Crap this is not what she wanted at all. She had come here to apologize.

She felt humiliated and embarrassed. She was pissed. He did he have a point? Yes, but she was being irrational at the moment and she wouldn't admit to him nor herself. Before she could stop herself her hand made contact with his cheek, leaving a bright red mark in its wake.

Myzuki didn't know if to feel more embarrassed by getting rejected, or by acting so childish. All he could do was look at her in shock. She couldn't take it anymore that look he gave her made her feel worse, so she took off on her AT's at top speed, so not even Ikki could catch up to her, not like he was going to, she thought.