Unicorn13564: Hi guys, long time no see, huh. Don't worry, I am alive. This is my newest fic. I think I'm going to do really well with it! It's probably going to have many chapters, since there are many things yet to come… things that are so secret that even I don't know about! O.O Anyway, apologies for no updations or new stories in centeries, but me been a busy bunneh. Believe it or not, all the time I've been away from fanfiction, I've been plotting my ass off with this mother fucker! o.o'' And other stories, but this one mainly. I HAVE 14 CHAPPYS PLOTTED! n.n Have 5 and a half actually typed up, but they wont come on till later. ANYWAY- read on.
Five Friends in a Flat
Hao, Yoh, Horo, Ren and Lyserg share a flat together; but what do they do all day? Work? Fuck about? Torment each other? Turns out they do all this and more. After each hit they take they still remain flatmates. Some find friendship between the unlikeliest pair, some even find love! Kinda crappy summery, but it's good… Yaoi.
Chapter 1: Hellhole
Asakura Yoh and Usui Horokeu stood outside the door to their apartment. They'd come home from a long day's work of selling dairy products and other various items. Yoh was now seventeen, as was Horo. They'd both gotten a job as salesmen, which meant they had to travel round the town, lugging heavy boxes of crap to people's houses.
Yoh sighed. He could hear loud music blasting from somewhere inside, and something hitting the wall, along with pathetic cries. The Asakura took a deep breath, and entered.
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Hao ducked behind the sofa that had been turned onto its back, being used as a shield. "Ha!" he yelled across to Lyserg, who had flung a pencil at his enemy. "Gonna have to do better than that!" he laughed, but covered his head with his arms as glass shattered above him. Hao looked up at the wet
mark on the wall, then down at the shattered vase. "Oh, I'm so scared! Aaaaahhh!" mocked Hao, screeching in a high girly voice.
Lyserg glared daggers at him. He was positioned so he had a clear view of the sofa Hao was cowering behind, and had plenty of pencils and other objects lined up to be flung at him. The green-haired boy was sat behind a chair, the back facing in Hao's direction. "You're going to regret the day you messed with Lyserg Diethel!"
"I already regret it!" Hao shouted over the music in reply, "You're such a boring asshole!"
Lyserg flinched as a spare video tape came crashing towards the wall, missing the chair by inches. Lyserg would have thrown a pencil in reply, yet stopped when the door swung open.
"You guys!" scolded Yoh, trying not to sound too pissed off.
The living room was totally wrecked. Pencils and other stationary were scattered across the floor, many objects were broken, such as lamps, clocks and vases; also, the furniture was either turned over and used as a barrier, or was pushed to the other end of the room to clear the path for flying objects.
Lyserg stared up at the clock on the wall. "Its 3:17pm, I thought you didn't finish work till 5…"
"We do." Said Horo. "And it's quarter past."
"Hao, you broke the clock!" hissed Lyserg.
"And you didn't break the vase!" he questioned, pointing to the shattered pieces of broken glass that lay on the floor.
Yoh sighed again. "You know that you can live here as long as you-"
"-go by the house rules, we know." Said Hao, "If we'd known what time it was we would have tided up already."
Whilst Yoh was 'scolding' Hao and Lyserg for their immature behaviour, Horo knocked on the door of Tao Ren.
"Fuck off Hao!" yelled a voice viciously over the music that seemed to be coming from the room.
"Ren, it's me, Horo. Could you turn your music down a little? It's really-" Horo stopped talking when the music ceased to exist. "…Thanks…"
Horo's heart skipped a beat as the door before him swung open at great speed. "Tell that bastard to leave me the fuck alone!"
It took a few seconds for Horo to answer. He was to busy gawking at the Tao's extremely sexy body. Ren was half naked; he'd obviously been working out. His body was covered in a thin layer of sweat, causing his hair to stick to his face. "…Ta-Take it Hao's been-ahem-tormenting you again…"
Ren glared at Horo. "See something you like?" he asked, noticing Horo's eyes hadn't moved from his abs.
Horo instantly looked away. "…No…" he mumbled, trying to hide a blush that was sure to appear.
"My, my. Aren't we looking fit today." grinned Hao; making it obvious that he was checking Ren out.
"Fuck off." He hissed, and slammed the door in Horo's face.
"…Thanks for that one Hao…" said Horo sarcastically. "What did you do to piss him off this time anyway?"
"Nothing, I only told him he was a complete puff and could never defeat me if he tried."
"…So, in other words, you told him he sucked at fighting…?" sighed Horo.
"Something like that, yeah!" he laughed.
"Hao, shut up and go help Lyserg with the room." Ordered the Ainu; pointing in the direction of the living-room.
"Fine." Mumbled Hao, and slowly dragged himself to the very untidy room.
"So," said Yoh as he saw Hao re-enter the living room; "how'd it start this time?"
"It was Hao's fault, he started it by teasing Ren so I stuck up for him and Hao started on me. After that, war broke out."
"Lyserg!" scolded Hao. "This is Yoh here; he is your friend and my brother so I think it's only fair we tell him the truth."
"Oh, and what might that be?" asked Horo, also entering the room.
Hao took a deep breath. "It all started when I was a little boy-"
"Hao!" yelled an annoyed Yoh.
"Ok, ok. It was the aliens."
"…"
"Hard to believe I know, but they came down to Earth and possessed Little Lyserg, and so, I, Asakura Hao, had to do what I had to do. I attacked him with pencils! I was winning too until Ren decided to team up with Lyserg, and so I fought bravely and-"
"Well at least we know his imagination is working…" Lyserg sighed. "Ow! Hao you jackass!"
The eldest of the Asakura's sniggered as they watched Lyserg rub his head were the pencil had struck him.
"Horo, is Ren ok?" asked Yoh, his voice showing concern.
"I guess so… he's a little pissed off though. Apparently Hao told him he couldn't fight and-" Horo watched as Yoh began to walk past him. "-and he happens to be gay with a boyfriend."
"What?" asked Yoh, his expression shocked as he stopped in his tracks, staring wide-eyed at the Ainu
"Great, now that I have your attention, care to hear the rest of the story instead of totally ignoring me?"
"Oh, sorry." apologized Yoh. "I just really need to talk to him about something."
"Oh?" asked Lyserg, "Like what?"
"I think Ren should try and get a job." Yoh said. "He hates being stuck inside here all the time with- no offence- Hao; so I think it'll do him some good to get a job."
Horo nodded in agreement.
"B-But who will I tease! Let's face it; Lyserg's not that much fun! The only time he's any fun is when it's a War! Ren on the other hand gets pissed about everything!"
"So what Hao, Ren spends day and night locked in his room training- and for what? The tournament is already over." Said Horo, raising his voice slightly.
"Well if you're so damn concerned, I'll get a job."
Everyone froze.
"R-Ren, I- uh… how long were you there for…?"
"Long enough. And the only reason I work out so much is because I worked long and hard to gain this image and I'm not going to stop training and become a fat twat like you most likely will." He hissed, glaring at everyone in the room.
"I'm sorry if we upset you Ren, but there's no need to call Horo fat." Lyserg muttered.
"Did I say he was fat? I said he would most likely become fat."
"Ren, you're a fat cunt with no personality." Said Hao plainly.
"…Well that was unexpected…" said Horo, and laughed tensely as he saw Ren's eye twitch.
"Hao, don't wined Ren up. You know he'll only try and kill you." lectured Yoh.
"Either that or commit suicide…" he laughed in reply.
Ren balled up his hands into fists and headed for the door. "Come Yoh," he ordered, opening the door. "We need to talk."
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Ren walked down the streets hastily, not stopping until he reached the local park that was in their area. It was seven o'clock now, and it was getting rather cold. The park was deserted apart from himself and Yoh.
"H-Hey," said a panting Yoh, coming up beside Ren and placing a hand on his shoulder. "Why the rush? …And why the park?" he asked, observing his surroundings.
The park had many benches that lay at the side of pathways, and opposite the benches were large patches of freshly cut grass. There were trees scattered around the area, and in the middle stood a statue of a man which dated back all the way to 1880.
Yoh removed the coat he'd brought and placed it over the Tao's shoulders after seeing him shiver slightly.
"Ren, why did you bring me out here?" questioned Yoh.
Ren turned to face him. "I don't know… I guess I needed someone to talk too." He said, and turned his back to Yoh again.
The Tao breathed through his mouth, creating a small white puff of air visible, and watched it dissolve into nothing. He wasn't sure why he'd chosen Yoh to come out here with him. Perhaps he would have been better off coming alone… "Yoh, what are you doing?" he questioned, feeling the Asakura's arms wrap around his body.
"You look cold even with my coat, that's all. Sorry, I'll let go if you want."
"…No… its ok…"
"You said you needed to talk to me. What about?"
"Nothing. Like I said, I just needed someone to talk to, so I made up a dumb excuse to get you to follow."
"Ok, then what do you need to talk to someone about?"
Ren felt the Asakura's breath on his neck. "…Are you not cold? I mean, I do have your coat and all."
"I'll survive, but stop changing the subject."
"I… I don't want to live in the flat anymore… I want to move out." Ren knew Yoh was shocked and was wondering what made the Tao even think of the idea. "I can't take it anymore… it's so hard for me to…"
"Go on…" Urged Yoh, desperate for Ren to finish.
"…It's so hard for me to cope with it all…"
"Ren, I don't want you to go away… and if it's Hao that's bothering you, I'll sort it, I'll tell him to leave you alone, I'll-"
"It's not Hao that's the problem, it's me."
Ren felt Yoh's embrace tighten. "But you can't leave the flat, I won't allow it." Yoh's embrace got even tighter. "I'll barricade the house, you won't escape!"
"Yoh, you're hurting me." Said Ren calmly, and started to feel Yoh loosen up a bit.
"S-Sorry…" he apologised shakily.
"What brought that on?" he inquired. "You're acting like… like you're in…"
"Love?" asked Yoh. "No, don't be stupid Ren, that's just sick. Your one of my closest friends, I'd hate to see you leave, is all… seriously, I don't love you."
Ren wanted to believe him, he did. But something deep inside told him otherwise.
"Ok then…" said Ren. "I won't go… I'll stay… but can you have that chat with Hao anyway…?"
Ren felt Yoh nod his head. "Ok."
"…I'm getting quite hot, do you want your coat back?"
"Ok." He said, and released the Tao from his arms, putting on his coat Ren had returned to him. "…So… have you said all you want to say…?"
"Have you?"
Yoh was lost for words. He wasn't really expecting a comeback for that.
"There wasn't anything to say."
"Yoh, if something is troubling you, I want to know."
"Same here."
"Well nothing is troubling me."
"Me neither."
Ren felt his anger rising. "Look, were gonna be this way all damn night if one of us doesn't say what's on their mind-"
"I love someone." Said Yoh quickly, but as soon as those words escaped his mouth, he regretted it. "Gee its getting cold, let's go home." Yoh was about to toddle off home when Ren held him back.
"Who?"
"Why? Interested?" he asked with a grin, looking back at the Tao. Ren just stared at him, awaiting his answer. "She's called Kelly. She works at a flower shop near by. Horo knows her. He talks to her sometimes."
'What are you hiding…?' thought Ren as he continued to stare at the Asakura, yet thought it best not to accuse him. "So, this Kelly, does she like you back? Have you told her you like her?"
"No… I don't have the bottle…" admitted Yoh. "Were sort of friends, but I doubt she knows of my existence."
"Question, what were you doing in a flower shop in the first place?"
"Huh? Oh, Horo wanted to take a look when we passed it one time. He said it reminded him of his homeland. You know, the beauty of the flowers, the sent and stuff, he draws attention to himself when he stands there sniffing them; kind of embarrassing actually."
Ren couldn't help but smirk at the thought of Horo stood sniffing flowers. "Baka…" he muttered quietly.
"Ren, can we go back now?" Yoh requested.
"Fine. Turns out you were the one who wanted to talk anyway."
As they walked down the streets, lampposts lighting the way, Ren noticed that it was half nine. He glanced to his left were Yoh was walking. He had his hands shoved deep into his pockets and was walking with his head down, his bangs covering his face. "Yoh, stop it."
"…Stop what?" asked Yoh, refusing to look up at Ren.
"Stop moping. You look pathetic. If you're in love with this Kelly person, I say tell her how you feel. For God sake Yoh, don't be pathetic all your life."
"But it's not that easy Ren, I can't just go up to her and say 'I love you'. The world just doesn't work like that… and neither do people."
Ren sighed. "Ok, so suppose you leave it. Suppose you never tell her. Then what? Are you just going to move on without even trying?"
"Why not? It's simple enough."
"…Ok… Ok Yoh, you do what you want. I'm not going to beg you to do otherwise."
The rest of the walk home went on in an awkward silence. Ren had no idea why he was so pissed off at Yoh. It wasn't like Yoh was doing anything bad. It's just that Ren couldn't shake the feeling that Yoh was giving him a bottle half full.
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Yoh hung his coat up and Ren went straight to his room, determine to finish a circuit of training before midnight.
Yoh listened to the grunts and groans coming from the Tao's room. There was a rule Yoh had made, and that rule was that Ren wasn't allowed to play his music after nine.
"Hey, Yoh, do we have any cheese?" questioned Horo.
The Ainu was wearing nothing but his blue boxers, showing the top half of his body.
"Going to bed already…?" asked Yoh.
"Yeah, I know it's only ten but you know what I'm like. I can't get up in the morning. Anyway, I was getting hungry so I decided to make a cheese sandwich but I need to know if we have any cheese. And Hao and Lyserg are still up if you want those two for company."
"…Yeah, we do have cheese, not a lot though. I'll drag Hao and Lyserg shopping tomorrow." Yoh said, yawning slightly.
"That'll be fun…" said Horo sarcastically, and walked over to the refrigerator, reaching inside and grabbing a small block of cheese.
"Horo, I need to talk to you about something."
"Sure, what?"
"…It's about Kelly."
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The next morning Yoh and Horo set off to work, leaving Hao, Lyserg and Ren alone in the house.
"Ok, what War should I start today?" asked Hao loudly so that both Lyserg and Ren could hear. Lyserg and Ren were sat at the breakfast table, Lyserg eating a bowl of cereal, Ren reading the morning telegraph.
The green-haired boy glared up at Hao and covered his cereal with his arms protectively whilst continuing to eat, and Ren just ignored him.
Hao moaned at the Tao's ignorance and walked over to him, standing behind him. Hao simply grabbed both of Ren's hands and pushed them together, making the paper go all crumpled up.
"Take it Yoh didn't have that talk with you…" said Ren, and opened up the paper again.
"Yoh? Talk?"
"Yes. He was going to tell you that you have to stop winding me up so badly."
"Or else?"
"Or else you'll get kicked out."
"And Yoh actually said those words?"
"No, not all of them. But if you continue to piss me off, I'll be the one kicking you out."
"…Whatever…" said Hao with boredom. "Hey Lyserg; think fast."
The young douser had accidentally let his guard down whilst listening to Ren's threats, and could only watch as a small green pee broke the surface of his milk.
"…Bastard…" he cursed, and pushed the cereal away from himself.
Ren slammed his hands on the table and got up. "I'm going out." He announced, and before anyone could object, walked out.
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"Hi, we are salesmen from 'We Supply, You Buy', and were wondering whether you'd like to buy any of the products we carry at a more then reasonable price." Said Horo politely.
"…Eh…?" asked the old man. He was hunched over slightly with a walking stick, and was bald with a white beard. He wore black thick rimmed glasses and a thick woolly jumper with black trousers and brown shoes. "Whacha say kiddo?"
Horo sighed. "Take it away Yoh."
"Would you like to buy the crap we sell?" he asked loudly.
Horo stared at Yoh in disbelief. "Yoh, what the hell are you doing?"
"Depends on what crap ya selling, sunny." Said the man, and opened the door, allowing the two to enter.
Horo raised an eyebrow to Yoh and followed him inside.
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The Asakura smiled at the Ainu, happy with the days work. They'd soled over six boxes of crap to people, which in Yoh's opinion was quite good.
"Wonder how the three stooges are doing…" joked Horo.
"Beating the crap out of each other no doubt." Yoh said, and groaned at the thought.
As they reached the corner of their block, Yoh and Horo's hearts raced as an ambulance went past, the sirens causing them to fill with worry.
"Oh fuck!" yelled Yoh, and began to run towards the flat with Horo running quickly behind.
Horo slowed down, as did Yoh, and laughed. "False alarm."
Yoh nodded as the ambulance passed their flat.
Yoh and Horo entered the flat and walked to their floor. They walked along the corridor until they reached a door with a sign reading 'Asakura And Co.' 'Lyserg smells' 'I do not' 'Yes you do' 'Ren is gay' 'Piss off Hao' 'Lilly pads rule' and 'Guys, knock it off!'.
As Yoh opened the door, confusion filled his mind. No mess… nothing. Not even a discarded pencil or paper. "…Hello…?" asked Horo curiously, and stopped as he noticed Lyserg and Hao on the sofa. Lyserg was leaning on Hao's chest, both asleep and the TV still on.
"Oh fuck!" whispered Horo in frustration and silently ran into his room.
"Horo…? What are you doing? …Horo…?" whispered Yoh, and as Horo emerged, understood what he wanted to get.
A little light flashed as Horo took pictures from every angle, grinning as he did so.
Yoh couldn't help but smile at the sight of the two. It was actually kind of cute. "It's nice of you to cherish the moment and show them when they wake up…" smiled Yoh.
"Who's cherishing? I need some dirt on Hao for future reference."
Yoh hung his head at Horo's little plot. "Trust you…"
"Yeah, trust me." The Ainu grinned.
"I'll go see what Ren's up too." Said Yoh, and knocked on the Tao's door. "Ren? Ren it's Yoh…"
Silence.
"Ren…?"
Yoh daringly entered the room of the Tao. Maybe he was asleep. Maybe he was meditating. Maybe he… wasn't there…
The Asakura looked around at the empty room and closed the door again.
"Horo…" said Yoh, walking back into the living-room. "…Horo, Ren's not in his room… the ambulance from earlier… maybe… maybe it was for Ren!"
Hao's eyes slowly opened and he instantly felt something lying against his chest. "Augh! Lyserg cooties!" he yelled, and shoved the still sleeping Lyserg off the sofa.
"Ack! Hao! I was comfy!"
"I bet you were!" laughed Horo, and held up the camera. "And Yoh, don't panic. He'll be fine. He always is."
Just then, the front door swung open. Everyone stared at the young Tao. His eyes were dull. His hair was a mess. But worst of all, his clothes were blood-stained. He just stood there whilst his friends gawked at him leaning against the door-frame.
"R-Ren!" yelled Yoh, and rushed to the Tao's side.
"Dude," said Horo, also coming to his friends' aid. "You're supposed to stay with the ambulance, not run away from it!"
The two pulled the limping Ren into the living-room and sat him on the sofa next to Hao.
Yoh stared at the Tao, wide-eyed, and asked in a nice, calm voice. "Ren, what happened?"
Unicorn13564: Ok, that was my first chapter. How'd I do? I guess I got this idea from 'Friends', although I have no idea why coz I haven't seen it in ages. Anyway, what do ya think? Ren's a state, bless him. Review! Oh, and this story is rated for later chapters… way later chapters… sorry about that! v.v