Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Heaven In Your Arms ❯ Misty Violet ( Chapter 15 )

AN: Sorry this chapter took a little longer. I've been spazzing out over the greatness of Star Wars III, having Kyou Kara Maou marathons, and then I started watching the new series of Big Brother (I tried not to, REALLY I did!), and just, well, just wasn't in the mood for writing. But I'm back again :D

 

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Chapter 15: Misty Violet

“What a nice day.” Kenshin smiled, the warm autumn air blowing his hair over his shoulders.

“Yeah, least the rain's gone.” Sano said, taking a sip of the coffee he'd ordered.

The two of them sat side by side outside a small café near the entrance of the large shopping centre they'd just been shopping in. Sano finally had some more clothes and other necessities he'd realised he missed from his apartment, so now the two of them sat in the sunshine by a table under a sun umbrella, Sano drinking a cup of coffee, Kenshin sitting with a strawberry milkshake.

Sano watched Kenshin as he looked up into the cloudless sky, and smiled at him. Having hope last night that Kenshin would let him hold his hand while out shopping, Kenshin had actually latched onto his whole arm as they walked around, which made Sano feel lightheaded being with him. It was quite amazing how one person could make you feel, well Kenshin was one amazing person, Sano enjoying the jealous glares he got from random woman passing by, and even some guys. He'd got everything he needed now…well, almost everything.

He still had to get Kenshin's birthday present.

Now, how to get Kenshin away from him?

“Oh Kenshin!”

The two of them looked to their left to see Kaoru and Misao walking over to them, Kaoru waving frantically at Kenshin, while Misao carried a large bouquet of deep red roses in her arms.

“Oh hello Miss Kaoru, Miss Misao.” Kenshin greeted, smiling as Kaoru walked swiftly over to them, walking straight passed Sano as if he wasn't there, and sitting down next to Kenshin.

After college yesterday, Kaoru and all the other Kenshin lovers had set up, for those in need, the KGHG (Kenshin is Gay Help Group). They would come to Teaching Room 349, sit in a circle, and cry. Then they'd hug, complain about Sano and men in general, cry some more, and leave feeling slightly better. At the moment the strategy of the KGHG was to deny Sano's existence.

Despite how much he glared for ruining the nice peaceful and quiet time he'd been having with Kenshin.

“Kenshin! It's nice to see you.” Kaoru blushed, as Misao meandered over and, on spotting Sano, sat directly opposite him, putting the roses down on the table, and glaring at him, Sano just sitting there looking confused at what her problem was with him.

“You two out shopping today?” Kenshin asked.

“Mmm, well, sort of,” Kaoru replied, “We were only going to get these Roses for Yahiko.”

Sano snorted, “You want to get Roses for Yahiko?”

Kaoru blinked at him, before looking around, “I here a voice but I do not know from whence it came.”

Sano raised an eyebrow at her, “How long are you planning to do this for?”

Kaoru turned back to him, “For as long as it takes for you to realise your evil ways.” She stated simply, Kenshin smiling rather nervously at the sudden tension, while Kaoru picked the roses up off the table, “Yahiko asked us to get some Roses for his new girlfriend, he was too embarrassed to go and get them himself. I told him to stop being an idiot but he said he'd buy me a new dress if I did, and having Yahiko actually want to buy you something is not something you see very often.” She stated, smiling down at the pretty petals.

“Yahiko's an idiot, cleaver, but he's still an idiot.” Misao said, before waving over to a waitress at a nearby table, “Hey! Can we get come drinks over here!” she demanded.

Sano sighed; it seemed the two of them were planning on staying for a while. He needed to get away from this lot to go and get Kenshin's present, but to be honest he still didn't know what Kenshin liked. Maybe these two could chat with them for a while, while Sano thought about what to buy.

“They are very pretty.” Kenshin said, taking the roses from Kaoru for a moment, “She must be a very lucky girl Yahiko has found, that she must.”

Sano suppressed a smile. So, Tsubame agreed to go out with him after all did she? He didn't know which to feel sorry for, Tsubame for being stuck with that constantly arguing idiot, or Yahiko for being lured in by Tsubame's innocence face, because he was sure there was more to her than that, especially considering where she worked.

“I know I would like to have these, roses are my favourite.” Kenshin continued, smiling sweetly, “Especially Misty Violet roses.”

Sano suddenly blinked and looked up. When he had bought those flowers for Kenshin in his office that day, saying that he didn't know what to get him but you couldn't go wrong with flowers, he had wondered what his favourite flowers were. Roses huh? Misty Violet…….

That gave him an idea! It was something he'd seen when they'd first walked into the centre, but he hadn't taken much notice of it at the time.

“Oh hey! I just remembered I've got one more thing to get. I'll be back in sec.” he said, deliberately leaning over and kissing Kenshin on the cheek, looking out the corner of his eye to Kaoru flaring up in annoyance and Misao sticking her tongue out and grossing out behind her.

“Okay.” Kenshin smiled cutely, as Sano headed back into the shopping centre, his present for Kenshin finally in mind.

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He knew Kenshin had told him it didn't matter about any birthday present, but for Sano it didn't feel right. It would be a whole another year before his birthday again, and he didn't want to wait that long to have an excuse to buy him something nice. He hoped Kenshin would like this. Admittedly he was now flat broke again because of this present, perhaps he'd ask Tae if he could work some extra hours, but it would be worth it to see Kenshin smile, he just had to hope he'd like it.

After driving back home, Kenshin had left Sano in the bedroom to sort out his shopping, while he went into his study to catch up on any work emails and papers. As he sat there typing away to an email query from the CBC about a question on one of the exam papers being organised for later in the year, Kenshin suddenly realised he had been listening to the sound of running water.

Frowning in curiosity, he headed out of his study and over to the bedroom, opening the door. Plastic bags were still strewn about the room, piles of clothes on the bed, but a soft glow was coming from under the door of the bathroom. Walking over, Kenshin slowly pushed back the door to be greeted with the blinds pulled down and candles dotted about the room, the bath half full of water and still running, causing bubbles to grow out of the water.

He blinked, wondering what was going on, when he heard Sano walk in through the bedroom door behind him, carrying a bottle of wine and two upside down wine glasses in one hand. He was grinning to himself as he walked in, but when he saw Kenshin standing in the bathroom doorway he stopped.

“What are you doing?” Kenshin asked after a moment.

Sano stood there looking rather awkward, before he smiled, “Aw hey, you weren't supposed to see this yet.” He said, placing the wine bottle and glasses on the bed.

“I thought you were sorting out your shopping?” Kenshin asked.

“Oh I was but,” Sano walked over to Kenshin, placing one hand at the side of his cheek and leaning down to kiss him softly, “Can we have that bath you promised me first?” he asked, smirking.

Kenshin blinked up at him innocently, before smiling, almost a sly smile, and looking up at him through his eyelashes, “I never promised you that.”

“You said `maybe later', and it's later now.” Sano grinned, placing one arm around Kenshin's waist.

“There was also a `maybe' in that sentence, that there was.” Kenshin smiled, as Sano gradually walked forward causing Kenshin to walk back into the bathroom, once again falling prey to Sano's advances as Sano placed his other hand behind Kenshin's head, kissing him passionately as the door to the bathroom slowly fell shut behind them.

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“Happy now?”

Sano cuddled Kenshin sitting in front of him, his legs either side, the mass amount of fluffy bubbles surrounding them in the warm water.

“Mm hmm.” He said, kissing Kenshin's left cheek.

Kenshin, hair loose around his shoulders, lay back on Sano's chest, smiling and closing his eyes. This was nice. Candles giving the room a soft glow, the water just the right temperature, and Sano holding him closely, skin to skin, just relaxing.

“Hey Kenshin, I want to give you something.” Sano said, Kenshin opening his eyes as Sano raised one arm out the water, droplets of water falling off his arm as he reached down over the side of the bath for something on the floor.

Kenshin watched as Sano brought out a small box, about three inches wide, covered in black velvet. “I know you said you didn't want anything for your birthday, so if that's the case, just think of it as an anniversary present.”

Kenshin chuckled, “But we haven't been together a week yet.”

“True, but technically we first met yesterday, so I'll use that excuse. But it is your birthday present really.” He smiled.

Kenshin took the box from Sano's hand, water droplets dripping off his own hands as he opened the box.

“I hope you like it,” Sano said, peering over his shoulder, “I remembered seeing it when you mentioned about the roses.”

As the lid of the box opened, Kenshin's eyes went wide as he saw what was inside. This…this was…

((( “A Misty Violet Crystal.” Soujirou smiled, as the 18 year old Kenshin held the miniature crystal rose up to the kitchen light, “You like it?”

“It's beautiful,” Kenshin breathed, the light catching the crystal at certain angles making it shimmer a faint violet, “Thank you very much.” he smiled warmly.

Soujirou grinned back at him, “Well, I wanted to get you something before I asked you this.” He chuckled.

Kenshin looked back at him and blinked, “…asked me what?”

Soujirou looked away at the floor for a moment, almost as if he was embarrassed, before looking back up at Kenshin. “Well, as we're students, I couldn't really afford to…well….get a ring but…”

A ring? Kenshin asked himself, Why would he get me a ring?

“I love you Kenshin.” Soujirou said gently, an uncharacteristic blush on his cheeks, “And…” he paused again, looking into Kenshin's gentle eyes, “And I want to marry you.”

Kenshin stared at him for a moment, slight shock in his eyes, before glancing down at the crystal glistening in his hand, watching the varying shades of violet shimmer inside it. He looked up when Soujirou took a step towards him, finding his lips on his own, Soujirou's hands in his hair as he kissed him deeply, Kenshin's eyes falling closed.

“I know that, wasn't really a question,” Soujirou smiled against his lips, pulling away, still holding Kenshin close, “But I guess it still needs an answer. We've already moved in together, I guess…saying we're married makes it feel so real.”

Kenshin looked up at him, that sweet face smiling at him, a million things racing through his mind. He wanted to spend the rest of his life with Soujirou, no doubt about it. They'd just moved into this apartment together, Soujirou having extremely nice and conveniently rich parents paying the rent for them until they could afford it on their own. Everything was going their way, and he loved him so much. They'd been together for just over three years, they were practically glued to each other's side, and they'd never once argued about anything. It was a perfect relationship, so he had every intention of staying with him anyway, but it was true, to say you were married to someone, just made it real. So yes, he wanted to marry Soujirou, so much did he want to stay with him…

…but one thing was bothering him.

“Souji?” Kenshin said, almost sadly.

“Mm?”

Kenshin looked away for a moment, thinking. He wanted to marry him, he really did, it would be just the perfect thing to happen, for someone to want him, to stay with him.

But that was the problem. Soujirou didn't know the `real him'.

Kenshin looked back at him and smiled, “Of course I will marry you.” He said, causing Soujirou to grin madly and hug him tightly.

“I love you Kenshin, I love you so much, this will-“

“But…”

Soujirou blinked and slowly pulled back again, “But?” he asked worried.

Kenshin bit his bottom lip. Should he do this? Should he tell him? He was just being offered the one thing he wanted, for someone to love him forever. To have someone to hold like this, someone to kiss, someone to wake up to every morning.

But…he couldn't do it. He couldn't stay with him knowing that he was hiding something so important, knowing that he was lying to him.

Kenshin sighed, leaning forward and kissing him softly. What was he worrying about? Soujirou loved him, he wanted to marry him, which meant that you accepted any faults with that person, because they love you for you. It would be alright to tell him. It wouldn't change anything. Soujirou was the one, of course he would accept him, of course he would love him, because Soujirou was going to be the one that he would love forever.

“There is something you need to know about me first.”

Everything would be fine.)))

Kenshin held the small Misty Violet Crystal in his hands, the candle light making the violet from the crystal dance on the walls. Sano waited for his reaction, hoping he'd like it. It was based on his favourite rose, and it would last longer than a real one so-

Sano watched as Kenshin suddenly placed the crystal on a small shelf just to their right and moved round in the water, turning over, and before Sano had a chance to say anything, kissed him deeply. Wrapping his arms around him trying not to slip down in the water, Kenshin kissed him so lovingly, pressing their bodies together under the water just wanting to be close.

Sano may not know what this meant to him, but for Kenshin, this proved that he was being given a second chance, a second chance to stay with someone who loved him, and this time, he wasn't going to ruin it. He wanted to stay with Sano, he loved him so much, he had no idea how much he meant to him, to want to be with someone like him.

Soujirou hadn't been the one after all, it was Sano, it had to be Sano, because Kenshin was never going to tell him what had happened.

As Kenshin finally pulled away, Sano slightly dazed, he smiled at him, “Take it you liked it?”

Kenshin answered him with another kiss, cupping Sano's cheeks with his hands, the ends of his hair floating on the water's surface. Sano wrapped one arm around Kenshin's back, keeping them close, the other twirling the floating strands of Kenshin's hair between his fingers.

It had definitely been worth getting that crystal! He had hoped for a smile, but now Kenshin was all over him, and in the bath too! He let the hand playing with Kenshin's hair trace down his back, smooth wet skin beneath his fingers. Sano grinned to himself inside as Kenshin continued to kiss him, every inch of skin seemingly more alive in the warmth of the scented water, Kenshin's smaller hands coming to rest around his shoulders, keeping him against the back of the bath tub. Sano's hand slowly meandered down to the back of Kenshin's thigh, bringing his knee slightly forward under the water.

Kenshin smiled against Sano's lips, “What do you think you're doing?”

Sano grinned at him, placing one quick small kiss on his lips, “One step up from the Birthday Kiss?”

“…..In the bath?” Kenshin blinked.

“Yeah, why not?” he said back, brushing a few wet strands of hair away from Kenshin's eyes.

“But…” Kenshin said, eyes seeming naïve, “…there is not that much room.”

Sano smiled at him softly, “Don't worry about that.” He said, leaning up and kissing him again, slipping his tongue into his mouth as he sat up slightly in the water.

With Sano moving, Kenshin was forced to re-position his legs, now finding himself straddling him in the water. Kenshin giggled softly and broke the kiss for a moment now he could feel exactly how much Sano wanted him under the water. Moving Kenshin's wet hair out the way that had fallen over his left shoulder, Sano gently moved down his neck, suckling at the already moist skin, his other hand wrapped around Kenshin's waist keeping the two of them together. Kenshin sighed contently and smiled softly, eyes closed, as Sano kissed across his left shoulder, his hand dipping under the water finding something else that made Kenshin gasp softly, making his hips automatically thrust forward, head tilting back, and that wonderfully cute blush to appear once again.

“Sano…” Kenshin breathed softly, opening his eyes looking down at him, wrapping his arms around his shoulders, pushing their whole bodies against one another, his eyes closing blissfully once again. Biting his bottom lip at the sensations Sano's ever so talented hands were making, Kenshin ran one hand through Sano's hair, holding him so closely as he found himself moving against him, wanting more touch, more feeling, just more.

“Kenshin you're so beautiful,” Sano whispered in his ear, Kenshin's gasps and moans becoming more frequent, “I love you so much.”

“Oooohhh Sano…” Kenshin moaned, head tilting back again, breathing heavy, the bath water rippling on the surface. Sano took to licking and kissing Kenshin's exposed neck again, as Kenshin grasped onto Sano's shoulders, his blush deepening, chills running up his spine.

And then the phone rang.

Kenshin opened one eye, still panting at what Sano was doing to him, and peered across at the bathroom door.

“Just ignore it.” Sano quickly interjected, placing one hand on Kenshin's cheek forcing him to look back down, capturing his lips. For a moment Kenshin was once more lost, but all too soon he opened one eye again, eyebrows beginning to furrow in worry.

“I…I should get that.” Kenshin said, trying not to gasp at Sano's relentlessly inquisitive hands.

“No you shouldn't.” Sano said, trying to kiss him again only for Kenshin to lean away, his hands slipping under the water to stop Sano.

“But what if it's important?”

“It won't be important.” Sano said, not paying any attention to the phone whatsoever, not with a writhing blushing Kenshin currently on top of him. He brought Kenshin's head down to kiss him again, but by now Kenshin was far too distracted and he pulled away.

“No, I should answer it.” He said, moving away from Sano's hands. It was kind of difficult to do this sort of thing with that constantly going off in the background. Looking down at Sano's pouting face, Kenshin smiled and leant down to kiss him gently, “I'll be right back.” He said, grabbing a towel and wrapping it around himself as he stepped out the bath.

Kenshin walked out the bathroom, leaving a very turned on Sano in the bath, and picked up the phone by his bed.

“Hello?...” Sano listened idly, wishing a slow and painful death to whoever had decided to call, “…..yes I am Kenshin Himura……” Come on! Sano thought to himself, leaning over the side of the bath tub. He had had a great thing going on here! Why wasn't this person psychic and could tell when not to call? “……...Oh…..” Sano didn't like the sound of that Oh, that Oh sounded like a worried Oh, “……..Yes, I'll be right over.”

Oh damn it.

Sano closed his eyes and sighed, sliding down in the water so it came up just under his chin, listening as Kenshin put the phone back down on the receiver.

So much for his playtime in the bath.

Kenshin walked back into the bathroom, a worried look on his face, “Someone broke into my office at college,” he said sadly, “I'm going to have to go.”

Sano sighed again before tilting his head to one side to look at him, “Want me to come with you?”

“No, no it's alright, it shouldn't take too long. They just need me to collect something.”

Sano frowned, Collect something?

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“Only one student was injured, running out into the road to try and get away from him, so if you don't mind, I'm afraid we cannot allow you to keep this on the premises any longer.”

“Yes of course.”

Kenshin had returned to the college premises to find security tape lines cornering off a small section of the car park and around a car that had crashed into the side of one of the buildings. Having walked in the front hallway he found what looked like knife scrapes across the walls, tearing through the paint and posters. When he had got to his office, the door was hanging off its hinges, and two police officers waiting for him inside, the papers on his desk now lying scattered across the floor, and another sharp scrape line across his bookcases, tearing some of the spines of the books.

Kenshin took his reserve blade sword from one of the police officers and held it at his side, “Is there anything more I can do for you officers?” he asked politely.

“No, just make sure that is kept safe and away from any students.” The taller of the two answered, ushering him towards the door.

Apparently one of the students on campus had gotten heavily drunk last night and broke into his office, grabbing the sword and running around crazed with it, scaring the life out of a group of girls making them run out in the road to try and get away from him. The student in question had been taken into custody, one of the girls getting run over but luckily not seriously injured, but this of course now left Kenshin having to take his sword home.

“Yes I will, thank you.” He said, as the policeman stayed behind to finish up, Kenshin deciding it was probably best to sort out his office on Monday then interrupt them in their work right now.

So, putting the sword in the back seat of his car, Kenshin headed back home to keep it safe,

And hoped that Sano still wasn't waiting for him in a cold bath tub.

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As the evening was drawing to a close, Tokio pulled across the curtains keeping out the light from the lamp posts illuminating the dark outside. Turning around and walking through into the kitchen, she held up a small watering can under the taps in the sink, before heading back into the lounge and sprinkling the water over a few potted house plants under the window.

Her husband had been acting strange today, ever since he had come out of his room at the back, he had stayed quiet, in thought, ignoring her. Well, not that that was any different from any other day, but even if he ignored her, she would at least get an annoyed glance in her direction, but as she had walked past him as he headed to their bedroom, he did nothing. Just walked past her, not a glance, as if she hadn't been there.

She wasn't sure if she should be worried or not. Years ago, when their marriage had originally been arranged, she had truly loved him, and she knew he loved her back. They had grown up together back at her father's estate; they were friends, well, as much as a daughter of the Kyoto Boss of the Yukuza could be with the number one bodyguard and assassin of the Kyoto clan.

When her father had said she would marry Saito, she was happy! She was truly happy! He had always treated her with respect, always polite, as happy as she could be with an arranged married, she didn't mind this one at all.

But that night…that night when he had returned, telling her about what had happened to Kenshin Himura, the young boy he had been training, it was after that night that he had changed. His whole life he had to take orders from others, do what was told of him, but now he had control over another, and the power of being able to torment them and knowing they could do nothing about it… Saito wasn't who she thought he was anymore. The power had gone to his head, and he was no longer the man she had once called her friend, no longer the man she had been happy to marry.

A year later they were married, but even after one year, he had already changed so much. His loyalty to her father hadn't wavered, but behind the scenes, when he had been allowed to return home, that was when his sadistic nature arose. He began ignoring her, expecting her to do the everyday things that a wife was supposed to do, wash, clean, go shopping and cook dinner. Tokio didn't mind, she could have ended up worse. It was better her husband ignored her, then let him take out this cruel personality on her.

Still, this evening, with his strange behavior, a part of her hoped he was seeing what he was doing was wrong, that he should stop, let the past disappear along with this man she didn't know anymore.

She just wished he would let Kenshin go.

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Saito stood by the window of the bedroom in the dark, peering outside to the night. He watched as a few cars went by down their relatively quiet street, and turned back inside the room, staring at the bed shrouded by shadows.

His mind was racing, different thoughts telling him different things, but all ending up in the same conclusion that he didn't, no, couldn't admit was true. That feeling, watching Kenshin looking so happy for that moment, had stirred something inside Saito that he had finally realised he recognized, but had wished he hadn't.

He had told himself, just for arguments sake, suppose that he was jealous? The question still remained, as to why he was jealous? And what was he jealous off exactly? That feeling of being happy and loved, that Kenshin had found in Sanosuke's arms, was that…was that what he was missing?

He had had that once, in Tokio's arms, so many years ago now. That feeling of happiness, secure and safe, he had felt that feeling with her before. The same feeling he had for Tokio all that time ago…was that feeling…the same feeling he now had towards Kenshin? Was he jealous of that happy feeling? Jealous of… the love Kenshin shared with someone else and not him?

Saito chucked to himself, dismissing the thought as soon as it had entered his mind, walking over to the bedroom door. Him? Love Kenshin? That was about as likely to happen as for him to feel that love again for Tokio. But as he walked out in the hallway, along to the kitchen, Saito stopped. He watched the unaware Tokio as she watered the planets, carefully making sure they weren't too soaked, and he found himself wondering again, if perhaps…that was the reason.

He was jealous. Jealous of Sano being the one with Kenshin, jealous of the attention Kenshin was giving someone else. That love he had felt for Tokio, it felt the same, the same as that moment of jealously he had felt when watching Kenshin.

After so many years of tormenting the younger man, of controlling and enjoying every moment of pain he could squeeze out of him, had he…

Fallen in love with him?

Saito closed his eyes.

No. This was wrong. This was not a feeling that should be arising in him. He spent so many hours just watching Kenshin through his camera's, had it really got to the point where he didn't just watch the aftermath of anything bad he had done to him, as it had been before, but to the point where he just watched him because…because he simply just wanted to watch him?

Saito frowned annoyed at his own feelings, and walked back down the corridor to his room at the back. Stepping inside, he looked at the darkened room where the monitors where switched off. One press of a button and he'd be able to see Kenshin on those screens, one button.

Saito lent down and pulled the electricity plug out its socket, the whirring room falling silent. If this feeling was what he thought it was, it would have to be eliminated immediately. He would see if he still felt the same after not watching him again until his payment was due next month. He would not visit him at college. He would simply stay away.

But if this feeling still remained after that, if it really was `love' he had suddenly felt for someone he loved to torment, then he would have to either move away, or go to other extremes, and as moving away would be a sign of weakness and failure, then the only other option…

Would be to eliminate that source of this unwanted love.

To Be Continued…

AN: If Soujirou seems OOC, err, it is a little difficult for someone who has no emotion to be head over heals in love with Kenshin (I had to choose the most difficult of characters for this part didn't I?), so I'm trying my best, but just…use your imagination lol