It's a Girl-Boy Thing…
Author's note: Okay I suck at stories plus this is my first one, don't go harsh on me I'm French educated and I don't know English that well so the story is not that good :D The whole story is basically YohxAnna (I'll let you in on a little secret! HoroxTamao!)
"I can only talk to you Ren… and to you Manta. I can't tell anyone else because I can't trust them."
"Well thanks Yoh, but what's the problem?" said Manta
"It's obvious, don't you think? He has a problem with Anna… again…", Ren whispered
"I…I…" Yoh tried to explain but it was too hard for him to put in words. Finally he said, "I love Anna, more than anything in the world… I'll do anything to see the smile on her face"
"And…?" Ren and Manta asked in harmony.
"And I'm scared…scared she doesn't love me back…that she doesn't feel the same way. I'm scared of rejection," he said dejectedly.
"What makes you think she'll reject you?" Ren asked calmly, in spite of Yoh's melodramatic tone.
"Well…she probably wants to marry me simply because of her being so sure that I'll be Shaman King"
"I love Yoh more than anything…" she said forlornly, consumed by wretched thoughts of rejection."What if the only reason he's marrying me is simply because he's forced to?"
Anna sat alone in her room, thinking about what to do.
"I must find out if he likes me…I guess I can give him the choice to do what he wants tomorrow…tomorrow morning I'll ask him…tell him….tell him he still has a choice…before it's too late…"
Yoh sat in his room in the company of his two most trusted friends, Ren and Manta.
"I have an idea!" Ren shouted. "You could pretend that you're going out with another girl; if Anna's jealous you'll know whether or not she likes you."
"I know just the girl you need…" Manta said slyly, pointing to a picture…
Yoh looked confused for a minute but comprehension soon dawned on his face with finally figuring out what Manta was trying to imply.
"Plan A!" he shouted excitedly.
"Great…but what's Plan B?" inquired Ren.
"Hmm…"
The Next Day…
"I'll prepare breakfast for her" Yoh mused, rushing out of his room and into the kitchen.
"I should prepare breakfast for him…" thought Anna, also shuffling out of her room and into the kitchen.
Yoh arrived first. He decided to prepare pancakes. As Anna neared the doorway, she noticed Yoh had already prepared breakfast, and gave him a big, soft grin. To Anna's surprise, her smile was returned. She grabbed a seat.
"This is it…we're alone now…it's only a matter of time..." She thought "Yoh, you don't have to marry me…" she said trying to sound confident. Yoh's mind went blank –his only thought was big… red… and bold: SHE DOES NOT WANT TO MARRY ME.
"Um… please excuse me.", he said as he dropped the pancakes with a small smirk covering his inside feelings he dashed to his room, lay on his bed and started crying (not anime style).
"wha… what happened? Did I disappoint him?" Anna thought "Or is he just happy? He probably returned to his room just to call his friends and throw a party." with these sad thoughts Anna dropped making breakfast and returned to her room thinking about what just occurred.
After an hour of consultations with Ren and Manta (again) he decided to put Plan A into action.
Knock knock knock!
"Come in", the blond girl entered
"Um… Anna…"
"Yes?"
"I kind of need to tell you something…"
"Yes?" she asked hoping she would discover how he feels about her.
"I'm… I'm going out with another girl…"
Speechless, Anna looked at the frame Yoh held in his hands containing Tamao's picture.
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"He is… he is… he is going out with Tamao…" Anna silently cried. She quickly hurried towards her room. "I have to pretend that I don't care, so what if he's going out with Tamao! All I have to do is make him jealous… Horo! ", she thought.
Meanwhile in Yoh's room…
"I should go check how she reacted… I lied… I feel so guilty, I never lie!" Yoh thought.
He decided to take a rose with him because he wanted to tell her the truth (he doesn't like Tamao) Yoh knocked on Anna's bedroom door and entered. There he found her sitting on her bed, with a sad look on her face.
"Anna… what's wrong?"
"All this time you've been lying to me… now you decide to tell me the truth… "
"Anna you don't get it I'm not-"
"YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME YOH!"
"No! It's a big misunderstanding! You don't get it! See-"
"AND I'VE BEEN LYING TO YOU!" He froze
"Wh-What?"
"I'VE BEEN LYING TO YOU THIS WHOLE ENTIRE TIME TOO"
"But…"
"I'm going out with - - -"
Yoh remained speechless at the sound of Horo's name. He dashed out of her room and out into the garden, where Manta and Ren waited impatiently for him.
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