Everybody Loves Horo: Chapter Two

Well! I've never ever gotten so many reviews for one chapter…Ever! X3…You guys make me feel all warn and fuzzy inside!-glomps you all-

Well… The score so far is (If you put: 'I don't know' , I just gave each guy a vote and if you put 'either of the Asakuras', I put a vote for each of them' XP):

Hao: 5

Ren: 4 (OMG Rens' losing!)

Yoh: 6

Lyserg/ Horo being straight (gasp) : 1 ;-;… hehe… X3 this was my favorite review X3

And uhh… One vote for Mrs. Usui XP ( Check the reviews if you wanna know what I'm talking about X3)

Depending one how many votes each guy gets per chapter, will determine how well the chapter (or part) or 'that day' goes for him… Only a few votes (compared to the others) and it will go bad… Lotsa votes and it's a Horo love fest! (( I may write a lemon in here for the helluv it X3…SO when you vote for your character this chapter, please include 'no lemon' or 'yes lemon' … XP… Thanks, and remember… If you vote and review XP for every chapter your character choice has a better chance of winning the Ainu...

Jeeze…Horo sounds more like a 'thing' then a person right now… XP))

Enough rambling from me! On with the story!

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"Baka Ainu, Wake up…"

A soft voice prodded none other then Usui Horokeu from his unusually peaceful sleep, someone shaking his shoulder gently. Blinking sleepily, he stared blankly at the first thing he saw: Asakura Hao, asleep, with his arms wrapped tightly around the Ainu's waist as he muzzled the boy's neck gently, his hair tickling the snow shaman…

Still half asleep, Horo sighed blissfully, almost inaudibly as he leaned into the fire shamans' warm embrace, letting a quiet moan escape his lips, much to the dismay of the Tao attempting to wake him up…

Smiling drowsily for a moment, the scenario of pyromaniac in his bed finally set in, and Horohoro suddenly sat up with wide eyes, a shocked expression on his face. "There, now get up and push that dolt who so irritably attached himself at your hip off the bed" There was that voice again. Wait, was that…?

"Ren? What're you doing -- hrhmph!"

The ice shaman had begun to begin his normal loud exclamation of shock when the Tao's cold hand pressed itself against his mouth, muffling his voice. "Shhhh…" was all he said before glaring down at the Asakura on the bed and nudging him a bit with his arm. "Get your ass up Horokeu, we are training this morning if I recall correctly" the Chinese boy said quickly, his mouth a thin line. It wasn't that he wanted to be mean to the Ainu, but it was just part of his personality…

"Mahh…Ren… But it's so early…" The blunette whispered, making to fall slowly back down on the bed… If it wasn't for a small, pale arm belonging to the Tao that immediately held him up and then moved towards where Hao still had a firm grip around Horos' waist…

Grabbing the tan arm in a death-like grip, Ren pried the Asakura of Horokeu without so much as making him groan… He was truly in a deep sleep, and it angered the Tao to know that was all because of his Ainu! Turning his glance in the said Usuis' direction, he did not realize he was staring until a voice broke him from his thoughts:

"Uhh, Ren? What're you looking at?"

"N-Nothing you baka! Now get up… I'll be waiting in the fields"

Standing up quickly and giving the Ainu a half-hearted glare Ren left; but not before grabbing Hao by the hair (earning a pained yelp) and dragging him out of the room as well…

All that Horo heard was a loud "What the fuck do you think you're doing Tao?" then a fleshy thump sound, and silence once more… Rubbing his tired eyes, the Ainu sat back down on the bed, leaning against the pillow. Maybe he could just close his eyes for a few seconds. It's not like he would fall asleep or anything…

Mere moments later the blunette was completely out of it once more, sprawled across the bed as an impatient Chinese shaman waited for him outside the inn…

A second passed by, then a minute, then ten, and when it reached the half hour mark, Ren was seething.

Marching through the house and ignoring a half-asleep Manta who was sitting at the kitchen table with a bowl of cereal, the Tao stormed off to the Ainu's room again, wrenched the door open and began to yell:

"YOU BAKA! I SAID TO-"

He was cut off at the sight, the incredibly cute sight might he add, of the said blunette fast asleep, emitting soft snores. His face was half-buried in a pillow, and he looked so peaceful whilst mumbling something in-audible every few moments.

Ren was immediately silenced.

Sighing exasperatedly, the purple haired boy sat on the edge of the bed, making as little noise and motion as possible, and watched the Ainu sleep, a peaceful expression passing on his face as well (compared to the normal scowl). He leaned down over Horo, brushing some of his icy blue bangs away from his face and admiring him from afar…

As the Chinese boy watched the Ainu carefully, he noticed he was stirring slightly, and immediately leapt off the bed, and stood next to him… Placing a hand on Horokeus' shoulder, he shook gently, prodding the boy once again awake…

"Mahh…Ren?"

"REN? I'm sorry! I didn't mean to fall asleep again! Don't hit me please!...Please?"

Horo had immediately sat up, placing his arms over his face and expecting either an angry outburst, or a slap across the back of the head…Typical Ren things…Unusually, neither happened.

Peeping out from behind the fingers splayed across his face in an attempt to block the pain he was almost sure would come, the snow shaman was amazed to see Ren, Tao Ren, simply giving him an amused sort of stare.

No hit, no insult, no mental abuse…

Just a stare.

Shaking his head and lowering his arms, Horo knew this would be a weird day…

He woke up with Hao in his bed, and now Ren was being patient…

Yes, today would be awkward.

"Uhh…I'll just get changed and we can go d-do that training, eh?" Came the Ainu's meek words.

"No, it's too late. We will have to continue with that tomorrow morning, just come get breakfast…" With those words, the purple haired shaman left, leaving a very confused Horo in his wake.

Scrambling to get changed into some day clothes as soon as the door shut, minutes after he was awakened for the second time, the blue haired shaman was up and out in the kitchen in no time. He was lucky to not have Ren on his case and he wanted to keep it that way…

Scurrying down the hall while still pulling on his grey T-shirt, the Ainu made his way to the kitchen table where more and more of the inn's inhabitants were walking drowsily over to the break-fast table…

Tamoa was already in the kitchen, making the said meal along with Ryu, Lyserg and Manta. Anna was sitting idly at the head of the table, reading a magazine while casting glares in Yohs' direction, who was sitting drowsily at the other end of the table and simply locked eyes with Horo as soon as the blunette had come into sight… Ren was leaning against the wall, and as soon as the ice shaman had stepped into the kitchen, he took a seat with two empty chairs at his side (that is until Chocolove came bustling out of his room and took a seat to his left), simply casting an odd glance at Horokeu before closing both eyes. And Faust was sitting out on the patio, talking in quiet whispers with is ghostly lover Eliza…

The only person missing was Hao, and only the mentioned Tao knew why.

Seeing that their were only two seats left, one next to Anna and the other along-side Ren, the Ainu walked over to where the said purple haired boy was sitting and took a seat casually, glancing at him for a moment before beginning his usual morning routine:

"Tamoa! Is break-fast ready yet?"

"Not yet Horokeu-kun, just a few more minutes…" came the soft reply, and Horo groaned resting his head against table, his stomach rumbling loudly as he uttered a deafening "I'm so hungry!"

Ren sent a half-hearted glare in the blunettes direction, but did not yell at him as he usually would, in fact he did quite the opposite…

"The food will be here soon, just wait a bit longer, alright?"

All the inhabitants of the room turned to stare for a moment. Ren being nice? To Horohoro? That was a new improvement, though, the Tao seemed to have been warming up to Ainu for weeks now, not yelling at him as much, siding with him in some discussions and what not, but most people thought of it as a passing phase…

A long, rather silent moment passed until Four figures entered the dining room from the side door that led to the kitchen, each carrying plates of hot steaming eggs and sesame rolls, Ryu trailing behind with a jugs of milk and water, along with a cup of coffee for Anna.

"Finally! I'm starving!" Came Horo's ecstatic voice as a plate of eggs was placed in front of him, and he immediate grabbed his chop-sticks, splitting them apart and saying a brief "Itadakimasu!" and digging in. Ren on the other hand poured himself a glass of milk and ate at a slower pace, face twitching slightly as a bit of egg landed on his plate from the Ainu eating so-rabidly next to him. That caused Yoh to laugh slightly, in turn making Horo to grin over to the younger Asakura sheepishly.

During breakfast, Hao emerged from the hallway with an irritated expression on his normally smug face, and when he noticed the Tao and Horo sitting next to each other, he silently fumed, snatching a roll from Rens' plate as he passed a heading towards the front door without a word…

"Hao! Where're you going?" Came the ice shamans food-filled question, and the older Asakura turned with a simple smile, placing one finger to his lips. "It's a surprise… Just make sure you're not doing anything around seven tonight, eh?" And with that, he left, poncho flowing behind him. Horo cocked his head to the side, half an egg roll still hanging out of his mouth, chop-sticks posed to grab another one. For a few seconds his innocent little brain tried to comprehend what was going on, but he simply shrugged and continued eating…

Ren glared, crossing both arms and suddenly losing his appetite. Yoh frowned slightly and then continued eating, and the other seemed un-affected, except for Lyserg who glanced from Haos' retreating back to Ren, and then to Yoh and finally ending on Horo. The emerald haired dowser put two and two together and then smiled slightly, shaking his head. The ice shaman was the object of the other threes' attention… It was a love triangle err- square.

After another ten minutes of cheap conversation and a golden eyed and brown-orbed stare in a certain black-eyed boy direction, everyone was satisfied and stuffed, ready to begin their day's routine, what ever plan that may be;

Anna went to the living room where she promptly sat down to watch television; Ryu, Tamoa and Lyserg went to the grocery store and Chocolove had managed to drag Manta into town with him, claiming to know something "really funny". Faust had left with Eliza moments later for a walk in the park.

So that left just Ren, Yoh and Horokeu in the dining room, with no idea what to do.

"So, what do we do now?" Came the Asakuras' ever lazy voice, raising the question that they had all been thinking…

"I dunno, I wanna know where Hao went!" Came the present Ainus' quick answer, excitement ringing throughout every syllable…

"Well I don't, who wants to know what the idiot is up to anyway" Ren put in, his usual amount of cheerfulness the same: absolutely none.

"Well it had to do with me… I wanna know! Come on Ren… You'll come with me, right Yoh?" The blue haired boy pouted, thrusting his lower lip out and glancing at his two companions…

The Tao stared with interest, mainly at Horo's jutted bottom lip: It was just begging to be sucked on. But alas, the Ainu was not his…yet. So no such actions could be preformed.

The brunette in the room cocked his head to the side, giving a lazy shrug. "I'll do what-ever you guys choose to do, it doesn't matter to me" he muttered, rubbing the back of his head and smiling sheepishly at the other two, though his chocolate brown eyes stayed locked on Horokeu.

"I do not want to follow your imbecile of a brother and waste the entire day tailing him like some lost puppy! Horo, Yoh I suggest; No, I deeply encourage you choose something a bit more… Intelligent to do" The Chinese boy declared, crossing his arms and watching the other two through his dark purple bangs. Horohoro sighed slightly but said nothing, and Yoh smiled again, blinking…

"-Well, I wanted to go watch clouds in the morning-"

"-I was planning to go across town a dine at a Chinese restaurant that has just been opened-"

"-I have to go with Hao tonight, but I'll hang with you guys for now-"

Three sentences were said at the same time. Three mouths opened to speak at the same time. And three friends all looked at each other in surprise at, you guessed it, the same time.

The purple haired boy simply scoffed, adding a quick "I have a coupon for two, and I wish to bring Horokeu because he still believes my cultured food is disgusting… I will prove him wrong" Ren knew this was an excuse for bringing Horo, and that he simply wanted to be with the Ainu alone for some time, but he would not admit it.

Yoh on the other hand gave that lazy grin of his and turned to Horo, nodding at Ren quickly. "Okay, how about we-" he was cut off at the glare Ren sent him that clearly stated 'I-think-cloud-watching-is-stupid' "Err- Horo and I go watch the sky for awhile, and then we come back here and you two can go to that one Chinese place you were talking about…And then Horohoro, you can go with onii-chan tonight and now none of us is bored!"

The younger Asakura spoke with a dignified air, as if he had just solved a complicated problem. It was not, of course, but at least it got the day through…

Now, time for some cloud watching with blue-head there…

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Well, the next chapter will describe Horo's err--- interesting day… X3

Sky-watching with Yoh, lunch with Ren and who knows what with Hao later on…

Thanks so much for reading, and I'm sorry if this chapter was a bit err…slow?… XP…

Please remember to review and include a vote (for Hao, Ren or Yoh) and 'lemon' or 'no lemon' (for those of you who don't know, a lemon is a sex scene described quite… detailed -insert nose bleed- X3)

Ja ne'

LEMON wine

Review Response Things

sweetsorrowthroughEternity – Hao x Horo… hehe… Let's see if he wins… but don't worry, I have something special planned for those two on the 'date' -wink wink- Thanks for reviewing!

Rin – Poor Yoh! -hands him an orange as well- He's in the lead so far! Maybe Horo'll have more fun sky-watching with him then with Ren or Hao… X3 Thanks for the review!

DayDrEaMiNg-child – Kyahh! I love Horo x Ren so much… But there so many fics about it! But, you're vote has been cast! Hopefully Ren can gain a few more votes this chapter! Gracias para el review! XP

DarkTaoAngel – There are no Horo x Yoh stories around -pouts-… But, Ren x Horo is amazing none the less! Thanks you so much for the review!

Deshi – sama – Either one of the twins, eh? I agree… But I love all the pairings so that's why I let all of you guys vote! I can't decide! Ne who, thanks for the review!

DarkLuminesence – hehe! Another Horo/Yoh? Wow… That pairing is popular… X3…Thanks for voting and reviewing!

Sugar hype queen - Horo/Hao… Variety! Yep -nods- XD… Thanks for the vote!

troetel - hugs Horo as well I do feel bad for him! He's got lazy Yoh, proper Ren and Who knows what Hao! Haha… Another Yoh vote! Thanks for the review XD

Mrs. Usui – Heh! Thanks! Hmm… Horokeu all to yourself? -pouts- but I want him too! XD… Thanks for the review!

onegai – onegai - -gasp- Horohoro…Straight? -faints- never! …heh… That was my favorite review ever! XD… Hmm…Lyserg thrown into the Horo love mix might not be such a bad idea though… Ne who, thanks for vote/review!

Andie – Mahh! Give me love! I love…err- love! XD… Finally! Another 'Horo-is-a-uke' fan! He so is a uke -nods- … XD! Thanks for the review!

lOSTmYpAIN – Horo/Ren! -smiles- They're so cute… Thanks for the review! X3

tennisstar1 – Yoh/Horo it is! Yay! Thanks you for reviewing!

Chio-sama – Hehe… Voted up! Thanks for reviewing!

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