Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ I don't want to be alone ❯ Chapter XI ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter XI

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One on hand, Soujiro is treating his Juppongatana friend real nice.

As Kamatari reached Soujiro's dojo, the Tenken offered his help for the luggage. The cross dresser hesitated on carry them on his own. "No No No, you're my guest, Kama-chan" Soujiro said, and dragged Kamatari to the hall "I should be the one doing it, while you enjoy seat and back and relax at the hall first."

"But………"

The cross dresser could not help it as Soujiro left in a flash.

"Done!!!"

Kamatari jumped into surprise as he heard Soujiro's voice. The Tenken entered the hall with his usual smile, leaving the cross dresser in a daze. He could not believe when he was about to take a seat on the futon, Soujiro had already taken his entire luggage to his room. He wondered how Tenken did that.

"Come, let me show you your room." Soujiro said as he held Kamatari's hand, leading him to his room. The cross dresser's cheek turned light pink.

"Thank you, Sou-chan………" Kamatari said.

"If there's any problem, just tell me" Soujiro replied "I'm gonna prepare lunch now."

Kamatari smiled in return and began to unload his clothing and arranging them on the cloth like closet. Meanwhile, Soujiro was grating the carrots with his god like speed. "Oops………" The Tenken said as his saw index finger bleeding and came to remember that it was cut when he was grating the vegetable.

"Too fast that I couldn't feel any pain or even notice it………" Soujiro remarked on his natural gift.

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It was his fifth time having lunch with Tenken since the separation of the Juppongatana. Seeing that the bowls and chopsticks were left unattended after the meal, Kamatari decided to wash them up. But Soujiro stopped him. "What are you doing???" The Tenken asked surprisingly "Kama-chan, you can leave these to meeeee………"

"But I just can't live down here being serve like an emperor………." Kamatari added, trying to back him off "besides I have been staying for free and………"

"You will feel guilty for not doing anything???" Soujiro continued, and his tone turned cheeky "Don't worry, Kama-chan, I won't let that happened. But first………" The Tenken then removed the cross dresser's apron and took him to his room quickly.

Kamatari grew anxious as Soujiro towed him across the hall, the dojo, then along the corridor leading to their quarters. Is Sou-chan bringing me to his room? The cross dresser decided to stop imagining things and kept a clear mind. Finally, Soujiro stopped at his room and told Kamatari: "Come on in Kama-chan, I have something for you."

But Kamatari stood there a froze, as he began to think of the `possible outcome'.

"What!? He's telling me to go inside!?" The cross dresser thought "It's too sudden!!! Sou-chan, you're so sickeninggg~~~……… I'm not mentally prepared for this yet!!!" With that, Kamatari's face turned bright red.

"C'mon!!! Why are you standing over there like a wooden block???" Soujiro said and pulled the cross dresser into his room.

"Sou-channnnn, waittttt!!!"

Kamatari was then in Soujiro's room. He had no idea why Tenken had brought him in. The cross dresser was hoping Soujiro could spent some quiet and peaceful moments with him in that way.

"Kama-chan, i………" Soujiro said as he looked into his friend's eyes.

"What is it, Sou-chan………"

Soujiro paused and brushed Kamatari's hair as he continued gazing into the cross dresser's eyes. "Will you give me a chance to be with you together???" The Tenken asked and brought their face close slowly. Kamatari shut his eyes as he was going receive the kiss from Soujiro.

But one should not be reading too much into things.

"Kama-chan, you're day dreaming again!" Soujiro said as he shook his friend, waking him up.

"Sorry………"

"From the day you moved into my place, you're having such symptoms" The Tenken explained, felt Kamatari's forehead and continued "you worried me man, shall I take you to the doctor?"

"I'm fine………"

"If you're unwell, do let me know so I can take you to the doc." Soujiro replied worriedly, holding the Kamatari's hands.

"Okay………"

Soujiro then took out a package from his cabinet and handed it to the cross dresser. The Tenken told him to open it and it was a yellow kimono. Beautifully stitched and embroidered with sakuras design. Kamatari gasped.

"You always wear green or red kimonos, why not try some other colors" Soujiro said, "I hope you will like this one." A smile formed on his face again.

"Of course I like it!!! Arigato, Sou-chan!!!" Kamatari exclaimed and hugged the package tightly. He then whispered: "As long as it's something from you, I'll definitely love it………" The cross dresser giggled.

"Kama-chan, is there something wrong???" Soujiro asked after hearing the soft giggling, looking a bit confused.

"Nopeeeee!"

The Tenken then ask the cross dresser to try out the new kimono. Kamatari jumped back as Soujiro told him to change in his room since there are no females around, but only the two of them. It does not matter much to Soujiro since he had been living with the Shishio and his gang in the past, which consists of mainly men with the exception Yumi. For Tenken, sharing the same bathroom, changing room with his comrades are common back in Hiei-san(Shishio's liar). Back in Kamatari's Juppongatana days, he was given special privileges by Shishio to `book' bathrooms, changing rooms only for himself as the Juppongatana leader understood his situation in doing so.

Being girlish in nature, Kamatari refused to change in front of Soujiro.

"Sou-chan, I am shy………" The cross dresser said embarrassedly.

Soujiro laughed, making Kamatari blushed. "You're still the same old Kama-chan" The Tenken answered "Okay Okay." And he turned himself facing the wall.

Kamatari began to remove his kimono. On the other side, Soujiro thought if his friend continues like this, it would not do him any good. "I must help Kama-chan overcome his shyness, in this way it will make things easier when he is in the public." The Tenken told himself.

The Tenken stood up and turned himself to the cross dresser, who was totally bare. "Sou-chan!!!" Kamatari gasped as the smiling Tenken approached him. Soujiro then placed his hands on the cross dresser and told him to be brave and dress it up.

"Don't be shy, I'm always there for you." The smiling boy encouraged.

Kamatari nodded hesitantly.

If it were some other men except Shishio-sama or Soujiro looking at a nude Kamatari, he would have probably busted them. The cross dresser would pick up his giant scythe and screw the man up back in his Juppongatana days.

But for his Soujiro's sake, he decided to give a try and put up a brave soul. A blushing Kamatari began to cover his naked self with the new kimono, with Soujiro looking at him.

"See, you can do it!!!" The Tenken exclaimed.

"I'm doing it because of you………" The cross dresser replied, looking down, face still remain red.

Soujiro looks confused

"Because……….you are my………" Kamatari murmured as he was in a lost of words "Best friend!!!"

Soujiro laughed. The cross dresser joined in with a fake chuckle.

"Because you are my crush………" Kamatari said in his heart.

"Shall we have dinner at Aoiya, my best friend???" Soujiro asked.

The cross dresser smiled.

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to be continued