Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Benefits ❯ Chapter 6

 

 

Disclaimer: All standard disclaimers apply: I do not own Rurouni Kenshin, I make no money off this work, etc. Characters of Rurouni Kenshin are the property of Nobuhiro Watsuk.

 

Warning: This work contains references to adult material.

 

Author's Note: Again, let me state that the ONLY difference between the mediaminer version and the fanfiction version is that the fanfiction . net version has one paragraph cut from Chapter 3 to meet guidelines. Everything else is the same, there are no `missing' lemons. This is a story. There are references to sex and occasionally more graphic descriptions, but there is not a sex scene every chapter. If that's what you're looking for, you should read something else.

 

Thanks to my many reviews. Fanfiction .net finally started emailing the m to me again and it was lovely to have a boxful :-). Mediaminer reviews have been much appreciated as well, I wasn't sure if anyone actually read Rurouni Kenshin at that site.

 

These snippets probably should have been included in the last chapter, since that would have been one longer chapter instead of two short ones. Sorry. There's some longer passages coming up, however.

 

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Kaoru reluctantly paused the movie when she heard someone knock on the door. Figuring it must be Kenshin, she carefully navigated her way through piles of drying laundry to let him in. She took one look down at her faded, ripped tee-shirt and stained, rumpled pajama bottoms before opening the door.

 

Holding a half-eaten carton of cookie dough ice cream in one hand, she greeted him. “It's times like this I'm glad your not a boyfriend,” she commented and headed back to the couch.

 

Taking in her messy hair and sticky face, Kenshin blinked. “Why is that?” he asked as he made his way to the kitchen, noting the clothes hung over the table and chairs.

 

“If we were dating I would have felt obligated to at least brush my hair and probably change my shirt. The drying laundry would no doubt require an explanation and an apology for messiness,” Kaoru said as he entered the living room.

 

“Plus I'd be embarrassed to be caught eating ice cream from a carton and no doubt hear complaints over my movie choice.”

 

Kenshin plopped down on the couch next to her, spoon in hand.

 

“Don't hog the ice cream,” he said as he settled in to watch the rest of Titanic.

 

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Kaoru sat at the table fidgeting. Kenshin was silently finishing making the instant cocoa. He hadn't said much since he arrived, and she didn't think that was a good sign. Something was definitely on his mind - hence the cocoa, no doubt. She bit her lip, worrying.

 

Kenshin came to the table and quietly handed her a mug. She took a sip and noted that he hadn't even tried to jazz it up with a bit of cinnamon or almond extract, which she had caught him doing at other times.

 

Kenshin clasp the mug tightly in his hand, tension evident through out his arms and shoulders. Kaoru waited. Finally he asked, “Are you pregnant?”

 

“What??!!” Kaoru yelped.

 

“Are you pregnant?” Kenshin repeated in a tight voice.

 

“No!”

 

His relief was apparent as he sat back and relaxed. “Thank God,” he exhaled.

 

“Why would you think I'm pregnant? I'm on the Nuvaring, like I told you.” Kaoru stated. “In fact, I'm sure you even felt it the other week when you did that nifty thing with your fingers….” She blushed.

 

The corner of Kenshin quirked up. “It's been over two months,” he explained. “We've had sex at least once every week.”

 

Kaoru looked at him blankly.

 

“You haven't had a period.” He stated bluntly.

 

“Oh.” Kaoru squirmed a bit in her seat. “See, um, with hormonal birth control there are ways to suppress a period. I don't care to menstruate that often and my doctor thought it would be a good idea. I tended to have one every three months or so. Sorry to have worried you.” Kaoru blushed profusely.

 

“That explains it.” Kenshin said nodding. He drank some cocoa and made a face. “This instant cocoa really lacks something.”

 

“It's sweet. It's chocolate.” Kaoru shrugged.

 

“There are better sweet and chocolate options. Come on, I'll buy you something better at the French bakery down the block. A walk would do me good.”

 

Kenshin smirked. “And when we get back, perhaps I'll do the `finger thing' again.”

 

Kaoru was sure her face was flaming as she went to the door. While it was a shame to waste cocoa, he definitely made an offer she wasn't going to refuse.