Ring fingers and falling petals as the rain falls.

A lot has happened since that day.

Since Gotori,by the blessing of GOD,called me out of me fear of being what happened to my parents.
Since Kenshin and i REALLY talked.
Since then,it has been like a window has opened up for me.

For us.

Now,months later with spring finally here.
I'm calmer about so much i didn't need to be worried over,i'm walking through the park and waiting on the phone to ring  but am finding the lack of noise a little disconcerting.

My dad said he would call me about now,and my mom was supposed to get to the house an hour ago,not a  word,neither have i heard  from Kenshin either.

I like the feeling, for once, of the not knowing.

I walk to a cafe that is in line of sight to where i was to meet Kenshin for our picnic,he and his Father have begun the final preparations to fully make this program countrywide while the rest of the world is watching closely to the videos being posted,and to the to blog we've worked on to bring attention to it.

So much  that it has gotten a great deal of attention,enough that  i have been contacted to be a guest to a high school in another country to speak for writers helping them grow with only a computer and support rather than a great deal of funds which is what happened with me.

By GOD it happened and it worked,even Kaigo is going to join me there due to his wonderfully executed letters to help himself and others that are down to get this program to assist them too.

Now though,that being well later ahead.
I can enjoy a little mischief before i graduate tomorrow and take my flight to start my future.

Kenshin is walking towards the park bench where we would meet after his meeting with his Father and the expression he has is comical.

Equal parts confused and even more so naughty,he catches on quickly.Though i start to feel bad about my little game when it begins to rain.
I walk out of the cafe that smells like if heaven were full of bread and sweets and try to move with as much haste as i can while holding onto this awkward basket in hand.

I watch him as cherry blossoms fall on his hair and the rain moistens his dress shirt and coat.

I obviously watch too long as i run to meet him because he is smirking like i did something inappropriate.

"I saw something in your hair and it would not leave my attention so quit the naughty expression."

My words have as much bite as I used to give when we met again months ago but he cuts  through it like a hot knife through anything that can melt,like my heart right now.

He leans forward and speaks very close to my ear as he closes the distance while taking the basket from me.

"Then why did you say'Naughty expression'?Unless you were thinking the very word yourself for another reason.Hmm?"

I act like I wish to ignore him and run on past him,letting the rain just fall on both of us.
Neither of us seem to care about it right now.

He makes no effort at all to reach me,for in a few long strides I am picked up by the waist from behind and little girls are giggling to their little hearts content watching his flirtatious manners while the fathers watch on and equally enjoying the happy expressions they three girls share but also they  have a certain dread that came over them as Kenshin smiled at them while carrying me away.

"I think they have all learned what type of man they like now...To the fear of these fathers."
"I am many things but not any that a father should fear,I know my place and what I can and cannot have but I will enjoy every bit of what I do Lovely,plus.I love having fans."

He does not need me to see him to know that he has such a fox like grin,that man knows the pull he has on women which has led to much interest into the program in some ways but hurt it when he would,politely,refuse very quickly 'Offers'to speed along registration or whatever they made up to'Meet with him'.

That was a a hard time a little for me,it comes to my mind now how it nearly pulled me away from him.

Jealousy.
A vicious thing to feel,scaring me so much that I  came an inch or two from ending it because I was so scared again and it hurt him so much.

It ended up being healthy for us,we just used Kendo to get it spoken through the training.

Some said he was mad to hand me a wooden stick to hit things with in anger but we both even spilling out hurt and anger...
Had no more intention of harming one another, than a dove would to it's mate.

Nearby Kenshin finally sets me down by a large cherry blossom tree,he still has a cheeky expression that is hard to ignore but I pretend to only be hunting down the curry bread I made and the candy my mom made for me too.

He removes his coat, hangs it onto a small chair beside me and I can not even dare to sneak a glance at him in a damp shirt without him posing just slightly making him impossible to deal with in his vain mode that only has one shut off button.

"Happy now?Can I eat in peace without a model shoot?"
"If you are going to look I might as well be entertaining about what you are looking at, else you might find another you prefer the company of more in Britain that you will gawk at and forget me entirely."

I laugh so hard I almost spit out my strawberry vanilla soda.

"If forgetting you were possible then I am a world renowned author of more than a blog for a hot guy wielding a sword."

I should not have made that joke.....

"You think i'm hot?"

I hit him smack in the jaw with a soft curry bun,he smirks like there is no way he would have thought otherwise and I adore it while wanting to slap him beside the head all at once but he has a way of keeping me from assault.

"What is that....?'

I see a cute little something walking over to us as I ignore his humor.

"Cookie?!'

He runs to me quickly.
He is finally able to do better now after his surgery,his knee got hurt recently and Arata found him after I looked all night by our house.

He went all the way back to our apartment because I think he missed Arata.

It felt a little less tense with us,more like it used to be in a way.

Now I am watching how well he is trotting along towards me,tongue lolling and happy with a small box tied with a ribbon around his collar.

Kenshin refuses to answer my questions on what it is but given the size and shape of the box I should not be surprised.

The color is just like the bracelet I am wearing and have not removed even the once.

I am scared to open it,Cookie sits by Kenshin who after being told what he did for me even back then,makes so much sense why Cookie likes him so much.

"Is this??"

He simply scratches at Cookies ears like he likes,Kenshin will not answer me but he will not stop looking at my expression.
I know only two times he does that.

When he is so excited he just has to see my face and hope it matches his feeling,usually it does or this one.

The scared one.

"Yes."

I just answer him now.

That laugh is like a song of happiness,his eyes softly run with a tear or two of relief while I repeat myself,happily.

"Yes,Shin.Yes."
"Lovely you have not even opened the box,it could be the key to my heart or to a lock box full of money or even some hidden candy.Why do you so readily say yes?A promise is a promise to me you know."

I pull him up towards me while we are under raindrops and cherry blossoms are falling over our heads.

 I enjoy pulling his shirt collar to bring him close to me.
I enjoy him.

Cookie is by us in a moment and Kenshin take the ring from the box,it is a sapphire cut into a sunflower shape with cherry blossom engravings around and also the words:

"To my ever love,My Lovely.Yukihana."

I kiss him again.
And again even though the rain starts to pour harder but I really,truly do not care about anything else but the man in my arms and the lips I am enjoying much too much.