Forbidden Love!

Chapter 3: Unbreakable Stares- Yoh's P.O.V

I'd been walking with my friends by my side for almost half an hour now, trampling through the golden wheat. I tried to keep focused on the journey, but my mind kept going back to the pond, and to Ren.

'Was he watching me?' I thought, 'No, he couldn't have been.' My mind argued, 'But then why was he there, in the wheat- watching you! He wasn't watching me! He was collecting wheat! Oh, you don't seriously believe that, do you? It's a field of wheat, and he just happened to be collecting it where you were, and why would he need wheat anyway?'

My thoughts were disturbing and confusing to me.

I sighed as we reached a barn.

"Well, looks like were sleeping here tonight." I said cheerfully, trying to sound as if I wasn't depressed.

'Two words…' I told myself, 'Seek help. You can't go on like this, it's not healthy.'

The barn door was unlocked, allowing us to enter.

I looked around. There seemed to be no animals in the bard except for a crow which flew out when the door was opened. There were a few hay stacks pilled up on top of one another, and a rake and spade stacked against them.

'Well, better get started.'

I looked around for a place to sit, a place that was away from Horo and the others… perfect. There was a space between two hay stacks that was near the back of the barn.

I sat down in the space and secretly got out a pencil, along with the paper Horo had wanted to see.

'Now, let's see what I have here.'

My eyes scanned the paper countless times, reading the scribbles I had made.

I looked around the barn in search for Ren. When I saw him, he was stood there staring into space. A thoughtful expression placed upon his face.

'Hmmm…'

I jotted something down on the paper, thought about it, and then jotted something else down. I brought my head back up to look at Ren again… only…

'Ren! Were are you Ren!'

My head turned from side to side as Ren was nowhere to be seen. As I panicked, a figure appeared behind me.

"Looking for me?"

'Always.'

I thought as I span round at the sound of his calm voice, only to be greeted by yellow cat-like eyes…

'Ren… there you are… Wait! You can't be here!'

I thought when I noticed Ren's eyes were no longer fixed on me, but the paper in my hand. I quickly shoved it into one of the hay stacks next to me and looked at Ren to see his reaction… nothing… all's he kept doing was looking at me, deeply in lost thoughts.

As I was looking into Ren's eyes, I didn't notice the three pairs of eyes that were watching us until I heard Ryu speak, but even then I didn't look away, I was mesmerised by his eyes, caught in his gaze.

"Master Yoh…? Hello? Hey short pants, what have you done to Master Yoh?"

At this point, even Horo and Lyserg had joined in and had started to call Ren.

'They wouldn't call him if they knew.' I told myself coldly, 'They wouldn't if they knew that the boy they were calling was the boy you love. You can stop the name calling Yoh, you can also stop the voice in your head, all's you have to do is listen to it, then, and only then will it go away.'

The trance was broken when an old woman appeared in the barn.

"You poor dears!" she said, "You kids must be starved! Come, come. You shall stay with me tonight, and I wont take no for an answer. My house is right outside this barn."

With that, she left, leaving us Shaman with surprised looks on our faces.

"Well… lets go." Said Lyserg, willing to take the risk that she's not another Shaman trying to knock them out of the tournament.

"…Ok." I said, and got up from the hay, putting the paper and pencil back were no one could see it.

(A/N: He means in his pocket.)