Sorry about the late update, I've been rather busy recently, but this is a short chapter, I'll eventually get into it. I hope this is okay so far!
Chapter 2
The following day, Funbari Onsen was filled with voices of overly excited Shaman, celebrating their reunion. Ren Tao was the last to arrive. His family limousine pulled up outside the Inn, and Ren stepped out, and heaved out his luggage after him and continued to haul it up the path. He took a moment to stand outside the Inn to reflect on the memories of his younger years, and the days that he had spent there. It had been a while, and he didn't know what to expect. Yoh had kept him updated on important events, and provided him with updates on how they were all keeping.
Ren had spent most of his teenage year's finishing school in China, and he was a keen learner. He held the responsibility of taking over the Tao business, and it was important for him to get the best grades, and get a good degree at the end of university. Ren was currently in the process of applying for universities, and was keen on learning in Japan. He was hopeful that he would get accepted in Japan, so he would be closer to Yoh and a certain someone. Although this certain someone, had not kept in contact with Ren over the years which made Ren doubt whether he should even keep his heart set on the acceptance from the university.
Ren hesitantly entered the Inn, and was immediately greeted by his friends. He nearly lost his footing when he received a glomp from Chocolove, who was speaking far too fast for Ren to even understand. Yoh stood there, with his trademark carefree smile, and waved to Ren casually, "Hey there buddy, long time no speak? Huh?" Yoh then walked over to Ren and gave him friendly hug, once Chocolove had finally released Ren.
A small smile formed on Ren's face, from being overwhelmed with the friendly gestures of his friends, "Good to see that you're all keeping well," He managed to reply, and gave Yoh a light pat on the back and pulled away from him, and picked up his luggage.
"You still have your old room." Yoh smiled and signalled down the corridor. Ren nodded and looked around the crowd to see if he could notice that mop of blue hair, but he seemed to be nowhere in sight. Ren sighed, and then took his luggage down to his room. Ren opened the door, and looked around. The room was still bland, but it hadn't changed much since his last visit. Ren set his luggage down in the corner. The Inn obviously hadn't had many customers, and Ren could only imagine how this would have angered Anna. That woman was determined in making the Inn a success.
Ren's mind soon delved back into the thoughts of his certain someone. His blue-haired, loud, obnoxious friend. Although Ren, secretly hoped that his friendship with the Ainu could develop into a new type of relationship. A relationship that Ren was not familiar with. He had denied these sorts of feelings for many years, and tried to squish them out of his mind, he knew that a relationship with a man would be frowned upon in his family, as it was his duty to continue the Tao line, and his parents had always stressed the importance of this.
"But they always have Jun," he thought to himself, as he lay down in the bed, "What will happen during my stay here?" Ren closed his eyes, and lets on an exasperated sigh. Tonight will be an eventful night.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed it so far. It's just a short introduction to Ren, arriving. I'll get into the juicer plots later! Stay tuned!
