'Feeling stupid?' Ren asked, as they walked down the street and towards the Asakura mansion, holding hands.

'Well…' Anna thought for a moment before answering sincere 'It's not that bad. It's just…'

'Odd?'

'Yeah…' the blond agreed with a soft sighed 'Odd.'

'What… what are we…' Ren paused to clean his throat and then continued rather nervously '…going to do now?'

'What do you mean?' Anna asked as she stopped and looked him in the eyes. Ren blinked a few times, bit his lower lip, then opened his moth, closed it again, opened it, closed it, opened it, closed it, frowned at the glaring Anna, then let go of her hand and groaned.

'This is getting ridicules!' he growled, looking at the sky. What was this all about? Oh… It was because of that really strange image he got of them kissing. Actually, the really strange image he had been getting quite often the last few days. Why would he get such images anyway? It wasn't like he actually had feeling for her…

… Right?

Right?

… OH, DAMN! So not right!

Anna raised an eyebrow looking at his desperate, almost helpless expression.

'What's so ridicules?' she asked, putting her hands on her hips…

"And she surely has such nice hips…" Ren caught himself thinking and immediately blushed like crazy. Anna now looked at him suspiciously.

'What's going on in your head Tao?' she asked, before lifting her right hand and brushing a golden lock away from her eyes. Ren gulped loudly. He was having very, and I mean VERY disturbing thoughts watching her do that.

He was going nuts.

Yes… Completely nuts.

'I swear, some of this days you'll need a psychiatrist. And a really good one.' Anna noted, shaking her head while examining him. She then sighed and put her cold hand on his forehead and frowned.

'You are… warmer than usual.' She noted.

'That's because I'm blushing.' He blurred before he could stop himself. His eyes widened and he blushed harder.

'Ren are you feeling alright?' Anna asked softly.

'Do you…hate me?' he asked out of the blue. She blinked a few times. Why was he asking her that? Why now?

'No, I don't.' she finally answered. Ren looked at her oddly, then murmured something that sound very much like "I-gotta-go-let's-meet-at-three-o'clock-bye.", turned around and ran away as fast as he could. There was only one person he could talk to right now.


REN'S POV

Oh, damn… This is soooo getting out of control! JUN, SAVE ME!

I almost broke the door, when I started "knocking" on it with all my force. My sister opened it pretty fast, probably scared for the sake of the poor thing.

'Ren, what are you doing?' she asked, raising an eyebrow. She was wearing a bathrobe. Just a bathrobe. Why was she wearing just a bathrobe?

I don't care. I have bigger problems.

I pushed her aside and walked in the apartament. Jun didn't yell at me for being so bold, like every other girl would. She was used to my character. She just closed the poor door, turned around and looked at me with expectation. I sat on the nearest thing, which was luckily a sofa… and a remote… and not some, say, fruit dish or plant pot, or... Anyway, I'm getting off the point again.

'I've got some… trouble.' I said, pulling the remote control underneath me and placing it on the table in front of me.

'Big surprise.' Jun noted sitting beside me. She wasn't in good mood. Almost as if she had been sleeping just before I had knocked oh-so-politely on her door. And her hair wasn't fixed…

'Where's Bilong?' I asked suspiciously. Her eyes slightly widened, she blushed and looked away.

'Sleeping.' She said, trying her best to sound casual. And failing SO miserable… She's such a bad actress. It's almost sad… No, wait, it isn't.

'The question is: in whose bed he's sleeping.' I told her and she folded her arms in very me-like manner.

'Get on the point already!' she murmured and I, as a good little sharing brother, told her everything. And when I say "everything", I really mean it. Everything.

She looked at me oddly, her expression a mix between amusement, pity and something else I cannot really name.

'I can't believe it…' she told me softly. I shrugged and sighed.

'I know.'

'A fruit dish? Couldn't you think of anything better?'

Sometimes I really hate my I'll-tell-you-everything-my-oh-so-favorite-sister habit. I swear, why does she always get so distracted by tiny little details, instead of focusing on the main problem!?

'Jun, that's not important!' I noted and barely held myself from running to the nearest wall and starting to bump my head into it.

However I really did't need brain damage right now, so I managed to resist the urge.

'Oh, come on Ren, you have crush on Anna, it's not big deal… But a fruit dish?' Jun raised an eyebrow.

'It's not big deal? Are you out of your mind? And I DON'T have a crush on that WITCH!' I shouted and she immediately shushed me.

'You'll wake him up, damn it!' Jun waved her hands in front of my face madly and almost hit me during the process.

'Oh, you're not helping me at all!' I hissed 'Jun, Anna's Yoh's fiancée. She's going to marry him and I'm having strange thoughts about her. That's not cool! So not cool. If Yoh found out he' wouldn't be very cheerful… BUT IT'S NOT LIKE I HAVE A CRUSH ON HER!'

Yes, I was being very reasonable.

Yes, I was seconds away from running and bumping my head into the nearest wall until I pass out.

Yes, Jun was not helping me. I could see in her eyes that she was still thinking about the damn fruit dish.

'Uh huh…' my sister looked at me in a Yeah-right manner.

'Well, I don't!'

'She sure is pretty.' She noted innocently. I rolled my eyes.

'She's gorgeous.' I blurred out and immediately slapped my palm against my forehead. Jun just giggled and shook her head.

'Don't worry, Ren.' She told me and pulled me towards her. I stiffened intuitively but she was used to that and made me lie down with my head in her lap. I sighed and as she gently ran her fingers through my hair, I relaxed and closed my eyes. She always did this to me when I was upset.

'I'm so confused, Junny. I don't know what to think anymore…' I murmured softly and she shushed me.

'It's going to be ok.' She assured me 'I know how you're going to find out what your true feelings are.'

End of Ren's POV.


He was late. He was late. He was late, he was late, late, late… What if something happened to him? What if he was in a hospital right now and she didn't even know? What if he was dieing and suffering and, and… oh, god!

Anna looked at her watch and spun around, her eyes searching for Ren. But she couldn't see him anywhere. People, people, people… where, the hell was he? Did he forget? Or maybe she didn't hear him right. Maybe…

She frowned and turned around, a sighed of relieve escaping her rose lips. He was alright. Ren was alright. And he was running towards her. She put her hands on her hips as she waited for him.

'You're late.' She said as he stopped in front of her.

'Yeah, I know. Sorry.' He murmured, then grabbed her wrist, pulled her towards him and kissed her.


Soooo... What do you think?