Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction ❯ Time Changes All ❯ While You Were Gone ( Chapter 14 )

Disclaimer: Takaomi (I know ppl hate him more than they did before) belongs to me. . . does anyone want him? Takers? No? oh ok. . . the other ppl don't belong to me ;_;

". . ." dialogue

`. . .' Kaoru's thoughts

*. . .* Kenshin's thoughts

(. . .) author's useless commentary

While You Were Gone

By Hoshi-ni-Onegai

*They're leaving together. . . I knew it was too good. How could I expect to keep Kaoru to that promise from ten years ago. Damn, I am an idiot.* Kenshin's eyes followed Kaoru and Takaomi as they left the gym. Someone tapped him on the shoulder from behind.

"Kenshin?"

"Aoshi. What can I do for you?" Kenshin answered without even turning around. Aoshi didn't seem surprised that Kenshin was able to tell it was he or even offended that he didn't turn around.

"You care for you don't her?"

"For who?"

"For Kamiya-san." That got Kenshin's attention but he didn't really show it. He looked up at Aoshi, who had moved to stand next to him, out of the corner of his eyes.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because it pretty obvious how you feel towards each other."

Kenshin now looked directly at Aoshi who was staring at the same doors Kaoru and Takaomi left out of. There was a stretch of silence until Kenshin broke it b giving a smirk, but his eyes told the world of sadness.

"I guess everyone's laughing then? That I've fallen for a girl that doesn't regard me the same way? Hell, even you'll crack a smile at that thought."

Silence once again fell between them then abruptly Aoshi spoke up, "You really are a moron."

"Huh?!" Kenshin was very much surprised, for the fact that Aoshi was speaking so much and voiced his opinion on something besides school and kendo.

"For a person that can predict their opponents next move, knows when people get near him, knows who's near him, and knows their opponents emotions clearly you pretty blind to the one person that matters to you."

"What are you talking about?" Kenshin was taken back by this comment but looked a bit pissed off for being insulted so bluntly.

"Any and all problems you and Kamiya-san has had with miscommunication are entirely your fault."

"Wait just a minute there! Why the hell is it all my fault?!" Kenshin was beginning to raise his voice gaining the attention from a quite a few people around them. His eyes flashed of amber but returned back to purple, but his continued to pierce at Aoshi still turned head.

"Calm down. I am telling you things that shouldn't be needed to be told to someone usually so observant as yourself. Although you may not believe me what I say is true. Kamiya-san likes you."

Kenshin eyes narrowed into slits and his face looked bored of what he just said, "Tell me how you came to that conclusion Einstein."

"Do not mock me Kenshin. Do not forget that you are the moron not I. Kamiya-san likes you, more than you know. She likes you as much as you like her if not more."

". . ."

"You were here for first grade, to honestly say no one really remembers you. Kamiya-san did, and made sure we knew who this `Ken-chan' boy was." Aoshi smirked slightly but went quickly back to his stoic expression. "Most of us have known Kamiya-san since we were in elementary school. She was the one that got along with everyone. Even when she was having the worst day of her life she would grace everyone with a smile. Sooner or later that would catch the attention of the males around her. When she reached chuugakkou (Jr. High) a lot of males started asking her out."

Kenshin blinked in surprise at what Aoshi was revealing, and in so many words, but was soon brought back to the real world when some questions popped into his head. "Did you ask her out?"

"No."

"Because of Misao?" Kenshin asked him sheepishly after giving a sigh of relief.

Aoshi looked down at Kenshin for a moment but continued on. "I didn't ask Kamiya-san out nor did I ever end up looking at her that way; however, I cannot say the same about Soujiro and Sano."

Kenshin's eyes went wide again and gasped out, "Soujiro and Sano?"

"Yes, Soujiro was the first person to ask her out when they were in chuugaku ichinen (7th grade). Kamiya-san refused because she claimed that she looked at him like a brother."

"Claimed?"

"At that point she hadn't seen you for six years, she might have started seeing Soujiro like that but was scared out of it when he asked her up front. From then on she became even more determined to wait for you."

". . ."

"Over time tens of males went up to her and asked her out one of them being Sano. She always politely refused them saying that she just wasn't into dating yet, until Takaomi came along. He asked her out the week before you came to our school and so they went out on that Friday."

"Why did she say yes to Takaomi and not the others?"

"It wasn't exactly Takaomi that she said yes to." Kenshin looked up at Aoshi with confusion written across his face. "She said yes to the idea of moving on. She waited ten years waiting for you, she would have waited longer but Misao pushed her towards saying yes to Takaomi."

"Misao?"

"She persuaded her by saying that you probably wouldn't return and that Kamiya-san should move on and so she did. She said yes to Takaomi as a way of saying to herself that she will try to move on. By the way she was devoted to you, one would think that you two were promised to be married and professed to your love to each other."

Kenshin blushed slightly at the comment but went back to normal allowing the words sink into him. "How do you know so much about her?"

". . ."

"Aoshi?"

"She told me."

Kenshin was about to ask as to why when they suddenly heard a familiar voice scream his name. Kenshin without much thought sprinted with his god-like speed in the direction of the doors Aoshi following him.

*Kaoru!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*