Chapter 5- A complicated night
The new inhabitants of Misato's house will need to sleep in different rooms.
Sanosuke, Asuka, Shinji and Yahiko were sleeping in the same room, but there wasn't space enough to Kenshin, so he needed to sleep in the same room as Misato.
Everybody in the house was sleeping, except, Kenshin and Kaoru.
Misato couldn't sleep because she was thinking about everything Kenshin said at dinner, and trying to find a way to tell him the truth. And for Kenshin was difficult to sleep, with a woman that looked like Kaoru and that was dressing so few cloth.
'Even sleeping she look like her, I wish she could really be Kaoru, I don't know why, but I fell Kaoru's ki in her…… no, no, no, no, no! Can not be Kaoru, she will never dress that type of cloths! …… But Saito told me that she was here in Osaka, when he told that she became nervous, and why she reacted that way, when Kaji said he will help me to find Kaoru?……Why? It's better investigate, I will try to know her better, maybe I could have a surprise'
"Can't sleep?"
"No, did I disturb your sleep miss Misato?" Asked Kenshin
"No, I was awake, and don't call me Miss. Misato sounds better."
"You really need to sleep Misato, I believe that tomorrow you will have lots of work to do, isn't it?"
"I have lots of work to do everyday, but tomorrow is my free day."
"I understand, but when you like your job, you never think it is boring, isn't it?"
"That only happens when you like your job, but, it's not my case, Kenshin."
"If you don't like It, why do you work there?"
"First, because of the money, and second, Like I said, I have lots of things to do everyday, this way I can forget about all my personal problems, and worry only about the chores that I have to do." She said sadly
"So, you're saying that you only get this job because you have some kind of personal problems that you want to forget, that's the only reason Misato? Why don't you try to solve your personal problems? It will be easier for you."
"I can't resolve them, Kenshin."
"Why?"
"It's too late."
"What kind of problems do you have? If you tell me I can help you."
She didn't answer.
'Why she doesn't answer? I can notice that she has a sad look in her eyes, I will try to know, maybe this way I could learn more about her, I know that she is hiding something from me!'
"Come on; open your heart with me."
When Kenshin was almost giving up, she said:
"I've made a mistake, I condemn a person because I though he did something stupid to me, but he didn't."
'What? Could it be? Is she my Kaoru?'
"And why don't you try to apologise to that person? Do you think that person could not forgive you?"
"I don't know, maybe HE does, maybe HE doesn't."
"Hum………That person…That man….. How important is he for you?"
"He is the most important person in the world for me, Kenshin, I loved him, and even after everything that happened, I still love him."
Kenshin was very glad from hearing this from her, now he was completely sure that she was his Kaoru. But he couldn't ask her directly if she was Kaoru because she could lie and say No. but he had a plan……
"Do you think that man love you?"
Kaoru was a little surprised, but she answered:
"I don't know Kenshin, sometimes seems that he loves me, but sometimes times……hmm" "He never told me that he loved me."
"So, that's why you runaway, you wasn't sure if he loved you?"
"No, I runaway because I saw him…….ups!"
"You saw him…… saw him… and what happened next?" he anxiously asked
"Nothing… nothing happened. I think it's very late to talk about this, we can end this conversation another day." she said turning back to him
Kenshin tried a last time:
"And if he had showed to you, from some way that he loved you…had you runaway?"
"No." Misato said tightly