Warnings: M/M, AU, Some OOC
It's my first time posting in the Utapri section and my first time posting in awhile, so I'm a kind of nervous, but also excited. RenxAi has been my Utapri OTP for awhile, so my first Utapri story had to be about them. They're a rare pair, but I think they're adorable together.
I hope you'll enjoy the story!
Disclaimer: I don't own Uta no Prince-sama.
"I could a puppy or a cat. Which one did you get, Tokiya?" Ren asked, swinging around in his desk chair to face Tokiya who was sitting on the couch behind him. "I think you shouldn't say puppy anymore." Tokiya said, with his face stoic as ever. "And I don't have one. I'm not that inserted in pets." "What does that mean? Not 'that' interested?" "I'm not interested." "Then why didn't you just say that?" Tokiya sighed. "Why don't you just pick a dog?" "Hmm, remember that new project? The one King Camus started?" "You mean the hybrids?" "Yes, that one. I wonder if I could have one of those." "No one's bought one yet. They're still getting them tested." "Yes, but you see I want one now. So I'm going to order one." Ren said, turning back around in his seat. He decided to look online for one.
Hmm...which one to get. By cats and dogs, he didn't actually mean cats and dogs, he meant robotic pets, half human half animal. Basically, they looked just like humans, just with cat or dog ears and tails. There were new ones, the hybrids, one that were half human and could be half cat or dog at any time, whichever you pleased. But they also had a human pet setting. So if you wanted to have a pet that wasn't an animal, you could. However, they weren't finished testing yet, so no one knew if they really worked that well.
"Ah, I see a nice one." Ren said, looking at the robot. A.I. unit Mikaze. They gave them a 'name' but you could change it if you wished. It was like a surname, and most people used it as such. "How does this one look, Tokiya?" Tokiya got up from the red couch he was sitting on and went to look at Ren's computer. "You're getting a boy?" "Don't question my indulgences. You know male royalty marry women, and female royalty marry men." "Are you attracted to men?" Ren shrugged, swinging around in his chair. "A little, I guess." "Are you going to order that one?" Tokiya asked. "Of course. It looks fine." Ren said, ordering it. "Ren, are you really going buy this thing?" "Yes, why wouldn't I?" Tokiya sighed, "Alright, I'm going to go back to my mansion. I'll see you later." "Later, Icchi." Tokiya glared at Ren. He knew he didn't like that nickname. Then he walked off.
Ren started at the computer screen, wondering what his new pet would be like. Would it be playful? Smart? Stubborn? Yeah, he probably should've read the description first. But he looked so nice, Ren couldn't pass him up. He will just have to see what it's like when it gets here.
"Jinguji-sama! There's a package at the door!" Otoya, one of Ren's butler's, informed him. Ren went to the door to sign for the package. "Be careful, Jinguji-sama, the hybrids haven't finished testing so it's unpredictable how this one might be. It might turn out to be very different then the description." The delivery man warned. That's alright, Ren was to lazy to read the bio anyway. "Thank you, I'll be careful." Ren said, signing for the package. He didn't have to put him together himself, did he? Yeah, maybe descriptions were important.
"Should I carry this to your room, Jinguji-sama?" Otoya asked. "Yes, Thank you." Ren said, following Otoya who was struggling with the package. It was heavy. Otoya put it in Ren's room. "Do you want me to open it for you?" "No. You can go now, Otoya-san." Ren waited for him to leave before opening up the large package. A.I. Mikaze was already put together. All Ren had to do was active it. He picked it up out of the box and put it on his bed, then took out the manual. So it was voice activated. To turn it on, Ren had to say the unit name. "Mikaze," Ren said, getting unnecessarily close to the it and whispering in it's ear. Ren wanted to see if it made it blush. Would it actually work, though? They weren't done testing, and it wasn't opening it's eyes. Did he do something wrong? A moment after that thought, A.I. Mikaze opened it's eyes. "Yes, Master?" It worked! Now Ren could have fun with it. "Turn into a cat for me." Ren preferred dogs but cats were cuter.
A.I. Mikaze grew a cat tail and ears. He looked cute, like a cat. His hair was in a half-ponytail, he noticed. Did all hybrid come this way, or was it just unique to this one? "May I talk master?" The A.I. asked, starting Ren. "No, not right now." Ren wanted to figure out what he should do with the hybrid first. "..." This was supposed to be a cat wasn't it? It didn't meow or anything? Oh well, Ren's fault for not reading the description. Now what should he name it? Ai sat up during while Ren thought. "From now on your name will be Ai." Ren said. The cat, Ai, looked a little displeased at this, but didn't say anything, it just nodded acknowledgement.
Ren sat down on his bed next to Ai, and put his hand on Ai's cheek. "You're going to be my pet. You're going to obey me, understand? Also, you may talk now." "Yes, Master. I understand." Ai said. "Good. Now I'll be right back, stay here." Ren said, getting up and leaving the room. He was going to order a pet bed for Ai, that's what most pet owners did. He ordered one, along with a blanket, some pet food bowels, special food for the robotic pets, everything Ai would need. When he was done he went back to it.
"Ai, would you prefer to stay in this room with me, or have your own room?" Ren asked. He wanted to get to know Ai. "Whatever you prefer, Master." "What do you prefer?" Ai blinked, not really knowing what to say. He was taught to not have opinions, to do whatever his master said. What did he prefer...? How was he supposed to answer this? "Ai," Ren said, getting Ai's attention back. "What do you want?" Ren said, in a gentler tone this time. Ai should want to be in this room. It was carpeted with red carpet, the sheets were red, there was an oasis of pillows, red curtains surrounding the bed, plus there were two gold lampshades on matching night stands next to the bed. There were a million books for Ai to read on his bookshelf, assuming he could read, and a flat screen TV in front of the couch and a little sitting area. There was also that hidden hot tub, but Ai didn't know that yet. Ren had it all, so why wouldn't he want to stay here? Unless he had an aversion to red. "I'm fine with whatever you want, Master." Ren sighed. That wasn't the answer he wanted. "Ai, answer, or I'm going to have to punish you." Ren said, not fully knowing what that meant. If Ai didn't answer he'd have to think of something. Maybe he would kiss him? "I would prefer to room somewhere else." Ai said. He didn't really feel comfortable with Ren yet. Ren didn't want that answer either, but he did ask him what he wanted. "Okay, I'll make arrangements for you. In the mean time, stay here." Ai nodded, watching Ren leave.
Ren went to go talk to Otoya. "Otoya-san," Ren called Otoya from where he was cleaning some absurd looking vase that he'd never noticed. It was pink with orange flowers on it, along with pictures of bananas and mangos. It was also shaped like a triangle. Who even bought that? "Yes Jinguji-sama?" Otoya said, halting polishing the vase. "I need you to make arrangements for a room for Ai." Ren said. "Ai?" Otoya asked, confused as to who that was. "My pet." Ren said, liking how it sounded. "Your pet? You got one?" "Yes, I did. A hybrid." Ren said, not in the mood for idle chit chat. He thought him being a hybrid might make difference in his room arrangements, so he told Otoya that. "Aren't they rooming with you?" Otoya asked. Ren didn't like being questioned. "He's not." Ren snapped. Otoya flinched slightly. "Okay, I'll call someone to make the arrangements." "Just get whoever did my room." Ren told him. After a second of thought, he added, "Oh, and throw out that vase." Then started to walk back. Otoya went to go make the call, and just as Ren was almost to his room, a maid stopped him and said "Jinguji-sama, Otoya-kun says that an interior designer wants to speak to you." meaning the person who is going to do Ai's room. He followed the maid to wherever Otoya was.
Meanwhile, Ai was laying on Ren's bed, waiting for him to come back. He wondered if Ren was displeased with his answer. Maybe he should've answered how he thought Ren would want him to answer. He shouldn't have said anything he wanted. Right now, he wanted to get off the bed. Ren did say to stay here, but did that mean the bed or the room? Ai thought it meant the room, but he didn't want Ren to be upset with him. But curiosity got the better of him, and he got up and went to the bookshelf. He went to grab a book, but stopped short. He wasn't supposed to be curious, he was supposed to obey. He didn't need to read, although he knew how and had always liked learning it. He wondered if he'd like picking and reading a book. But looking threw Ren's books might be an invasion of his privacy, so he sat down on the couch and turned on the television. It wasn't an invasion of his privacy to do that, was it? Ai turned the station until he seen an intellectual program and stopped, thinking it could help him become better for his master. But then his cat nature caught up to him, and he soon fell asleep.
Ren walked into his room, looking at the bed to see Ai wasn't there. Did he move? Ren walked over to the couch to see Ai was there, curled up like a kitten and asleep. Ren sat down beside him and petted him, which made purring noises come out of Ai, so Ren kept doing it. Soon he felt his own eyelids getting heavy, especially from the boring crap Ai put on the TV. He soon fell asleep, on top of Ai's side.
Soon, Ai woke up, and tried to get up, only to feel a weight on his side. Oh. It was his master. He'd fallen asleep on him. "Master," Ai whispered, wondering if it was impolite to wake him. "Master," Ai whispered again. Ren still didn't wake up. Ai didn't like this position, it wasn't comfortable at all. Though he supposed his comfort didn't matter, only his Master's did. So Ai stayed like that for half an hour more, until Ren stirred. He sat up and then looked at Ai. "Did I fall asleep on you? Sorry," Ren said, stretching his arms. Ai sat up, and tilted his head. "Are you getting enough sleep? You should be getting 8.5 to 9.25 hours a night. You shouldn't be needing naps." Ren laughed, "Thank you for worrying about me, but I'm fine. I just got a little tired," Ren said, before getting close to Ai and whispering in his ear, "And you looked so cute, kitten, it's no wonder I fell asleep on you." He just wanted to make him blush, just once. But he didn't blush, he just sat up. "Get more sleep." He simply stated. Ren smiled despite himself, and sighed. "Alright,"
"Well, I expressed your things so they should be here tomorrow, but you're room isn't going to be ready yet, so in the meantime you can stay here with me." Ren said "Yes, master." Ai said. "Why don't we spend some time together? We can do anything you'd like." Ren suggested. "Anything you'd prefer." Ai said Ren sighed. "Ai, we've been over this, I just want to know-" There was knock at the door. "Jinguji-sama, Ichinose-sama is here to see you." A maid said from the other side of the door, the same one from earlier. Now if Ren only knew her name..."Thank you, I'll be right there." Ren said, loud enough for the maid to hear. "I'll be right back, feel free to use the TV and look at the books."
Ren went out to the main door, only to see Tokiya talking with Otoya, his butler. "Thank you, Ittoki-san," Tokiya said, with a stoic expression as usual, while Otoya handed him a glass from a tray that had a glass pitcher on it filled with water. "No problem, I'm almost done with work anyway. I just have to water the plants, which I don't mind doing." Then, upon seeing Tokiya eye the pitcher, "I-I wasn't going to do it with this water." Otoya assured. "I know." Tokiya said. Then Otoya didn't know what to say, causing it to be awkward.
Ren walked toward them, getting bored of watching their exchange. "Ah, Tokiya-san, nice to see you again." The reason why he was adding the -san was because if people knew how close they were it could be used against them. People could think they were friends, just not too good of friends. There was servants all around them, Otoya included, although Ren didn't know why he was just watching them talk. He supposed this did happen often, people were curious as to what their king was doing, after all. "I'm surprised you came back so soon though, did you miss me?" Ren asked playfully. That was just his personality, it wasn't anything that could give them away. All he was doing was having a little fun. Tokiya resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Jinguji-san, I've simply come here to speak to you about business matters." Tokiya said, keeping it strictly formal. That was their excuse sometimes, 'business matters'. One time they just spent the whole day in there eating candy. It was a rather flimsily excuse, really. Since when did Ren care about anything regarding business matters? But he supposed it worked, so they just kept using it. It was vague enough.
Ren sighed. "Alright, if you insist." He and Tokyia went into Ren's office and closed the door. Tokyia sat on the couch and Ren sat on his desk chair, as per usual. "Did it come?" Tokiya asked. "Of course it did, it's name is Ai." "Ai? As in A.I.? You couldn't think of a better name?" Ren scoffed. "It's a perfect name for him. The meaning of Ai is love after all." "Oh. I see." "What?" "Nothing." "What is it Tokiya?" "It's nothing." "Tell me." "It's nothing, I told you." "I can do this all day." Tokiya sighed. "I can tell you're already taking a liking to it." "Of course I am, he's my pet after all." Ren replied. "No, I mean a liking." Tokiya said "Oh, you mean...? No, no, he's just a toy." "I just don't want you to get into trouble. Male royalty marry women, and it's absolutely unthinkable to marry a pet." He seemed rather passionate about it. "Are you disgusted by me, Tokiya?" Ren asked, wondering where he stood on the topic. Tokiya sighed, "No, I just...I don't want you to get into trouble." Ren nodded. "I see." He said, not really believing him. "Well, I'm going to go check on him, you can stay if you like." Ren walked out of the office. He doubted Tokiya would stay. Unless he just liked his couch.
Ren walked to his room where Ai was. He hadn't hesitated this time and had a pile of books on the couch. He was currently flipping through one right now. Ai looked up when he heard Ren walk in. "I'm sorry, I'll put these back." Ai said. He was stoic too. Just like Tokyia. Ren didn't want to think about Tokiya right now, he didn't understand. "It's alright. I told you to help yourself, didn't I?" Ren came over and sat next to him on the couch. "What are you reading?" He looked over to see Ai was reading about the royal families. Ichinose, Jinguji, Nanami, Shibuya, Hijirikawa, and Shinomiya. Camus' Family got a whole other book. "Why are you looking at that?" "I was looking at information to make sure no one had any reason to be against you. You seem a little too laid back." Ren raised an eye brow. Had he just insulted him? He found it...endearing.
Ren chuckled. "Thank you for being concerned, but I'm pretty sure I don't have any enemies right now." "You don't know what people are thinking." There was only one thing Ren didn't like more than being questioned when he was giving orders, it was someone telling him he was wrong. Ai just did that right now. "I'm good at guessing, so if I say no one is against me then no one is." Ren told him. Ai realized his tone had gotten a bit colder, so he stopped protesting. He didn't want to upset his master. He put the books back and then sat back on the couch. No one talked after that. "Forgive me, Master." Ai finally said, which was hard. He didn't like being wrong either. More like, he didn't feel he was ever wrong. "It's alright, Ai." Ren said. He didn't feel like holding a grudge, and he wasn't really that upset, it was more like the principle of it. "So, is there anything you'd like to do with me?" Ren asked. "Whatever you prefer, Master." "Ai," Ren said in a scolding tone. "There could be some interesting information in the library. May I look there?" Ai asked. "Of course, I'll come with you." Ren said. They both left to go to the library.
"You're back earlier than expected, Ichinose-sama." Otoya said, while watering a plant by the entrance way. "D-did something happen?" Ittoki was always so nervous around him. This is what happens when you're a king, Tokiya was used to it by now. "No, everything's fine, Ittoki-san." Tokiya lied. He didn't need to tell him of their quarrel. He didn't mean to come across as judgmental, but he did. He really just didn't want Ren to get into to trouble, but he couldn't fathom liking your pet in that way. He's never had a pet himself, so maybe there's something about them. Tokiya wouldn't experiment with this thought, he wasn't the type to have 'toys'.
Ittoki put down the water and rushed to open the door, startling Tokyia out of his thoughts. "Sorry, Ichinose-sama." "It's alright." Tokiya replied. He must've of thought he was waiting for him to open the door. "C-come back again." Ittoki said, and then cringed. Tokiya could understand why, seeing as that was what a store owner said when someone left their shop. "Goodbye, Ittoki-san." Tokyia said, hoping to reassure him.
He went to his limo which parked outside, his driving was waiting for him. Tokiya had learned how to drive, he liked being self-sufficient, but it wasn't normal for a king, prince, or any type of royalty to drive their own car.
"Welcome back, Ichinose-sama. Did everything go well?" The driver asked. Tokiya wondered if he was doing it to be polite or he was just being nosey. "Yes, everything went fine." Tokiya lied again. "You came back earlier than I would've anticipated, are you certain?" "Yes, I'm sure." His tone was colder this time. No king liked to be questioned. He and Ren would have to work on timing as well, even if they'd had an argument. No matter what they did, it seemed people would still suspect things. Tokiya couldn't wait to get home and read a book, have a bath, or anything he could do to distress.
The car ride was silent. When they arrived at Tokiya's mansion, he walked promptly inside, wanting to get away from the tiresome driver and just relax. He was walking to his room, when a maid came up to him. "Excuse me, Ichinose-sama, King Camus is here to see you. He's in the sitting room." Tokiya sighed. Of course he was here, there was no way Tokiya could be able to relax. "Alright, I'll be right there."
In the sitting room, Camus was drinking some tea and sitting on a chair. Tokiya opted for the couch. "Nice to see you again, Ichinose-san." "You too, King Camus." The reason why Tokiya was calling him King Camus was because Camus was the 'king of all kings'. Or at least, the son of the retired 'king of all kings'. He inherited the name. His father was the most successful king, his projects helping the world greatly. He was the king that helped deal with most issues in the world and was also the one who invented the original A.I. pets.
"How did your outing go? Were you at Ren-san's house?" Ren-san, that was new. Camus has only ever called him Jinguji-san. Maybe the new development was because Ren refused to call Camus anything but Camus-kun. Tokiya thought that might be the wrong thing to do, seeing it could be used against him and Camus if people thought the were too good of friends, but Camus kept strictly to formality, so it seemed less suspicious. That is, until now. Tokiya didn't consider Camus to be friends with Ren, nor himself, so he wondered what this visit was about.
"Yes, I was at Jinguji-san's house." Tokiya answered. Camus smiled a little, like he knew something Tokiya didn't. Could it be he knew about their friendship? Or something else? Perhaps he and Ren should be worried that Camus is planning something. "Ren-san ordered one of the hybrids, didn't he? Do you know if it's working correctly? Were there any bugs?" "I don't think so, Ren didn't mention anything about there being a problem with it. Is that why you're here?" "It would seem so. I was the one who invented the hybrids." "If don't mind my asking, why didn't you ask Ren yourself?" " I also came to see you, Ichinose-san. I like to check up on the other kings from time to time." That's right, Camus didn't like Ren. That's probably another reason why he asked Tokiya instead of Ren. Maybe he didn't like Ren because he acted like he and Camus had known each other forever, when they had never been close. Tokiya wonders why he does that, he even asked Ren. Ren said just said he does it because it's fun.
"Ichinose-san?" "Hmm? My apologies, I spaced out for a moment." He was doing that a lot, most likely because he just needed some to time to relax. "What were you saying?" "I was asking you if you were considering buying a hybrid. After the testing is completed, of course." "I'm not very interested in that sort of thing." "That's a shame. I thought you'd be the type to want one." Tokiya raised an eyebrow, wondering what that meant, but he decided it was better if he didn't ask. "So, does Ren-san like his?" "Yes, he seems to be liking it." A little too much. "That's good. Perhaps I'll go see him myself, and make sure everything's alright." "I'm sure he would like to see you very much." Camus raised an eyebrow. Did what he said sound weird? It did, didn't it? It made it sound like Ren liked Camus or something akin to that. It sounded like he liked him in the way he likes Ai. "I-I mean, Ren hasn't seen you in awhile, so...you should catch up?" Why did it come out like a question? Camus was married too, it made it all the times worse. "I know what you meant." Camus, said standing up. "Goodbye, Ichinose-san." He probably thought Ren liked him now, didn't he? Great. Saying goodbye wasn't reassuring, he realized, it just made you feel worse.
"You know I also have an arcade. And a hot tub." Ren said, opening a book and then closing it again. "You don't like reading?" Ai asked, looking at him. Why did he have to look so cute? Ren sighed. "Sometimes I do, but I'll admit I don't enjoy it that much." "When I was learning to read they didn't let me read anything this interesting. How can you not like it?" At least he found something Ai likes. Ren shrugged. "I associate books with learning. School was so boring for me. Did you like learning?" Ai nodded. "Most things, yes." "Mm, I see."
Ren opened and closed the same book again, then again, and again. He'd didn't even know what book it was, and hardly realized he was doing it. "How old are you Ai?" Ren asked. "Technically two years." Ren laughed awkwardly. "Is there an age you're modeled to be?" "Wouldn't that be in my manual, I don't-" Ai suddenly gasped. "What is it?" Ren asked, stopping what he was doing with the book. "What is this place?" Ai murmured. "Ai," Ren said, laughing nervously again. He got up stood behind Ai, to see what he was looking at. It was a book of paintings, and the place Ai was looking at was meadow that had waterfall by it. "Oh, that? It's not real. It's just a panting." "It is?" He sounded unemotional, but Ren was sure Ai was disappointed. "There are places like that, though. We can go there if you want." "Will it look like this?" "If you want it to." Ai nodded, and Ren decided he'd have to find a meadow where there was a waterfall that looked exactly like that one.
"Jinguji-sama, King Camus is here." That same maid came in. What was her name? This would really drive Ren crazy if he didn't find out. "Did he say why?" Ren asked. The maid shook her head. "I'll be right there." After she left, Ren sighed. "People keep interrupting us, don't they? I'll be back, do you want to stay here?" "Do you want me to-" "Ai." Ren said, more sternly than he meant too. He thought they were above this and Ai could tell him what he liked and what he didn't, what he wanted to do and what he didn't. But they did only know each other for a day, Ren now realized. It would probably take longer than that for Ai to be comfortable with him. "I'll stay here." Ai decided.
Ren walked out to the entrance way to see King Camus. "It's getting late, Camus-kun. What are you doing here?" Ren said, sounding a little unwelcoming. He couldn't help it, he interrupted his time with Ai and made him snap at him. "I've come to see if you were liking your new hybrid. I'll be short." "No, no, it's alright." Ren said, settling into his usual facade. He knew Camus didn't like him, it was just fun to do this. "Camus-kun, did you have dinner yet? Would you like to eat over here?" "No, I have somewhere to be after this. Like I said, I'll keep it short." "If you insist, Camus-kun. Come have a seat."
Ren showed him to the sitting room. He and Tokiya always sat in the office because Ren liked it better. Ironically, it was more comfortable. "So, what did you want to talk about again?" Ren asked, purposely making Camus repeat it. He knew it was annoying, that's why he did it. "Your hybrid. I wondered if you liked it." "Yes, he's rather interesting." Camus raised an eyebrow. Did he say something wrong? Wait...he said 'he' not 'it'. Oops. What did it matter anyway, he could use either one, couldn't he? "I'm glad your taking a liking to him." Camus said, putting an emphasis on the word 'him', seemingly trying to make Ren realize his mistake. Oh no, that's also what Tokyia said, wasn't it? Taking a liking to him. He think Ren likes him more than what he should.
"He's a nice toy." Ren internally cringed. He said 'he' again, didn't he? It! He had to remember say it! Was that so hard? "It seems you like him a lot." Camus said, without putting an emphasis on the word him this time. Ren wondered why. Maybe he was still trying to make him realize his mistake somehow. "Yes, I'm glad I ordered it." Ren said, trying to fix what he said. "I didn't just come to ask you about your hybrid Ren-san, I've come to give you this." Camus took an envelope out of his coat pocket. "Oh? What's this?" Ren said, taking it from Camus. "You can open it when I'm gone. Let me know if you have any questions. About your A.I or the envelope. I'll be leaving now, goodbye Ren-san." Camus got up and headed toward the entrance. "Bye, Camus-kun." Ren hoped everything was fine. He hoped he didn't sound too weird. He also wondered what that envelope was, but he'd open it later. He had to get back to Ai right now.
Ren walked back into the library where Ai was. "Did you find anything interesting while I was gone?" Ren asked, sitting back in his seat. Ai shook his head. "I found this recipe book, but it's difficult to understand." "What's difficult about it?" Ren got up to look at the book. It had normal baking ingredients, flour and sugar and things like that. "I don't understand it." If Ren listened carefully he could just hear a slight hint of frustration in Ai's voice. It seemed Ai liked knowledge and knowing everything, and things he couldn't understand frustrated him. "What don't you understand? I'll help you." Ren said, sitting back down on his chair and patting his lap. Ai sat down, and Ren held the book in front of both of them. Of course, Ai didn't blush or anything like that. Ren didn't really expect him too anymore. "What's this say?" Ai asked, pointing at the word flour. "That says flour. It's a sort of white powder used for baking." "Do people eat it?" Ai asked, looking at Ren. Ren chuckled, he was so adorable. "Only in cookies and things like that." "What's this?" Ai asked, pointing to the word sugar. "That's sugar, it white too, and used to make things sweet. It also looks like salt, which you shouldn't mix it up with because salt give things a salty taste." "What does salt taste like?" "It taste like...why don't you try it?" Ai shook his head. "I'd rather know more about these things." Ren chuckled again. He was lucky to have picked such a cute A.I.
"Jinguji-sama, dinner's ready." The same maid came in and Ren needed to know her name now. Ren looked at Ai. "This is my pet, Ai." Ren thought maybe introducing him would make her do the same. "Nice to meet you, Ai. I'm a maid of Jinguji-sama's." Of course she didn't say her name. "I hope you don't mind my asking, but could you..." Ren would never ask her name directly, that would be admitting he forgot. He had to think of something else. "Could you introduce yourself properly?" "Forgive me, Jinguji-sama. I'm Rin Nanase, it is a pleasure to meet you." How could Ren forget a name that was so similar to his own? Ren had no idea.
"Can you cook something quick for him to?" Ren asked. He was hungry and he didn't want to dwell on the fact that he forgot the maid's name anymore. The maid, Rin, heisted a moment before saying. "Yes, Jinguji-sama."
After she left, Ai was looking at him with his head titled to the side. "What?" Ren asked. "You refered to me as 'him' not 'it'." Why did he keep doing that? Ren sighed. "I started doing it without realizing it. Just correct when I do it, okay?" Ren told him. Ai nodded. "But you also asked the maid to give me food, aren't I supposed to eat pet food?" Of course, Ren had another slip up. Why was he doing stuff like this anyway? Yes, he found Ai attractive, but that was it. He was just a toy, just something to entertain him. He would find a women that he would love one day, and he would marry her. "Hybrids can eat human food, it said that in your manual." Ren said. It was true, he seen that when he skimmed the manual.
Since it might be a minute untill dinner Ren decided to open the envelope now. He took it out of his jacket pocket. "What's that?" Ai asked. "Something Camus-kun gave me." Ren said, opening the envelope. It was an invitation to a party, one that pets must come to. Hybrids were encouraged and some would be there to look at. "It looks like we got invited to a party." Ren said. "When is it?" "In a couple of weeks." He honestly didn't want to go. It'd be all stuffy, and there'd be no time to annoy Camus, although he could probably find time. Tokiya wouldn't be going, although Ren really didn't think he wanted him to. It'd just be an all around boring, stuffy, and horrible event. At least Ai would be there, but everyone would probably want to look at his hybrid, he wouldn't want that. But he had to go, even though he didn't want to. This was one of Camus' parties. Not showing up would look odd.
"Jinguji-sama, the food's ready!" A maid called. It was probably Rin. Why was she the one to talk him so much today anyway? Wasn't there other maids in his mansion? "Are you ready to eat?" Ren asked Ai. Ai nodded, and they proceeded to go to the dinning room.
Thanks for reading the story! Rin Nanase, I think that name came about because I'm RinHaru shipper.