From: "floribelle maximo" LETTER #1 (A SIDE STORY TO ONLY TIME CAN TELL) by flori-dono Disclaimer: This is a Rurouni Kenshin-inspired fan fiction. The author is not making any money out of this. The characters of Rurouni Kenshin belong to Watsuki Nobuhiro, Shounen Jump, and Sony and others that should be mentioned but were not. AUTHOR: This is a side story to Only Time Can Tell... Hehehe ^_^X; It's really very short. I was just fiddling with the keyboard and then poof, this shortfic came out... it's not trying to say anything, so.... Dear Suzume, Konnichiwa! How's Ojiisan? I hope he's having the time of his life painting all those wonderful flowers. And I do hope the hotsprings are doing good for his athritis. How about you? I hope you're not too bored without me there to accompany you. Nah, I'm sure you're busy painting too. Anyway, everything's fine as usual. Megumi-oneechan and Kaoru-oneechan are too big to move around nowadays. Sano-niichan and Kenshin-niichan are having the time of their lives worrying over their respective wives. Little Kenji's kanji strokes has finally improved. He doesn't fuss much when I teach him now, but he still wishes for you to come back. It's never the same for him without Suzume-neechan beside him. I believe the little boy has a crush on you! Yahiko has come back. He finished his training on top of his class but he'll be on his way to Kyoto next month. I'm so proud of him. You should see him Suzume, he's changed much. He's uh, more kawaii... if I permit myself to say so. He's so much taller, taller than Sano really. His hair's a little tamer. And he's got muscles now. I saw him practicing budo yesterday, without his shirt on. My goodness, do you still remember Hiko-san when he visited? He looked almost like that except that his muscles weren't lying on top of one another. Not only that, he's more subdued now. He actually smiles now, and doesn't smirk like he used to. He's also more sensitive and more gentlemanly. Yesterday, he helped me carry a box filled with herbal medicines. I'm telling you, he's changed. And for the better too! What am I writing here? No, I'm not starting to like him in a romantic sense. Isn't a girl allowed to admire a man? I still haven't gotten over Yutarou. I still love him. Remember once when we were kids? I told you that if I ever have a husband, I wanted him to be Yutarou. That still hasn't changed, sis. If I can't have him, then I won't have anybody else. Tsubame has no idea about how I'm feeling. But I hold no grudge against her nor against Yutarou. It wasn't their fault that they should fall in love with one another. I guess, I'm not just fated to be his, nor he be mine. Sad isn't it? Yahiko's also in the same predicament. He loves Tsubame but he has the guts to face the problem. He doesn't run away like I do. I avoid Yutarou and Tsubame like the plague. It's just that I can't stand seeing them together. And they look so good together too. I'm hopeless, huh? I guess I can learn to heal in time. I have to. But not now, the pain's too great still. If I try to deny my feelings all together, I don't think I can make it... I think if I do that, the more I'll hanker for him. Do you get me? I know you should be having fun and this letter is really depressing. I don't wish to make you sad, it's just that everybody's preoccupied with his or her own problem and I couldn't talk with anybody. It's been great letting out my feelings to you. Don't worry about me. I can handle it. It's your oneechan writing here, right? Just give my love to ojiisan and to obaasan. I love you! Write me back! Love, Ayame P.S. Kenji sends you his love... here is a 'portrait' of you (at least that's what he told me) that he drew himself. OWARI ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- The best place to buy movies online -- Reel.com. Click Here ------------------------------------------------------------------------