I Will Make You Happy
Konnichiwa minasan!
The last fic kept me in despair, but I shall keep going on it!
And arigatou for all the reviews! And Ren is gonna be very OOC slowly from time to time, got that?
Chapter 2: What's wrong with me...?
Summary: Horohoro dies, Pirika is really sad. Before Horohoro dies, he asks Ren
to make Pirika happy. But how the hell can Ren, the oh-so-arrogant boy who
feels superior make a girl happy? RenxPirika
Also, some things you should know is that everyone is still the same age and going to school.
Ren-15, high school. Yoh, Anna, and Manta-16, high school. Pirika-14, middle school. Tamao-13 (I think), middle school. Everyone got that? Yosh, let's start!
STILL REN'S POV GOT THAT?
Start of Chapter
I will make your sister happy, Horohoro...and I will not resign...
I shivered slightly as the cold started getting to me.
I'd better head home. And there's also school tomorrow.
It started snowing as I was heading home. The snow really reminded me of Horohoro.
I got home as quickly as I could, not wanting any bad memories to come back.
When I came back, I saw the clock, and it was already 10:00 PM. I headed upstairs.
Before I went to sleep in one of the Asakura residence guest room, I stopped by the guest room where Pirika was to sleep in, whose door was slightly opened.
She was sitting up in bed, her face buried in her arms, sobbing quietly.
I figured she didn't want to wake anyone up, or at least make no one worry.
I quietly stepped in the dimmed room, and slowly shut the door behind me.
Pirika looked up at me, with a hint of surprise in her aqua eyes, which were watery.
"Ren?"
"Hey, I'm really sorry about what had happened." I told her, looking down on the wooden floor.
"It-it's not your fault," she told me, wiping her eyes slightly. "Don't worry about me."
I glanced at the azure haired girl. Her face was red, and underneath her eyes were puffy from all the crying she has done during this day.
"Why don't you go to sleep?" I asked Pirika softly. "You have school tomorrow."
"I know..." she replied quietly. "But...you have school also, don't you, Ren?"
I looked away slightly.
"Just go to sleep, then I'll go to sleep."
"Please, don't worry about me." the young girl said as she slipped into a lying position on the bed, with a weak smile on her face. "I'll go to sleep. Oyasumi."
"O-oyasumi." I responded as I opened the door and stepped out of the room.
There, leaning on the wall outside Pirika's room, was Anna. She had her arms crossed in front of her.
"What's with this change?" she asked as I quietly closed the door.
"What change?" I asked, not wanting to talk to anyone right now.
"You're being nice to Pirika all of a sudden," Anna responded. "At first, you paid no attention to her."
"I'm..." I paused for a moment, and there was silence, only the noise of crickets outside. "I'm just trying to cheer up a dead friend's sister."
Then I casually walked to the guest room I was sleeping in, leaving Anna speechless.
The next day, after the death of Horohoro...
I got up at 6:00 AM to get ready for school.
I felt really tired, but hadn't forgotten what had happened yesterday.
Looking in the mirror, I fixed my hair slightly and walked out of the guest room.
Before I left for school, I peeked in Pirika's room, which had a slight crack to see.
She was not there, so I figured that she went to school already.
As I was heading to class, I figured, one thing Horohoro would want me to do is pick Pirika up from school.
Oh, well. I'll go straight there as soon as I get out of class.
That's what I did, but when I arrived at her school, in her class, I did not see her.
I came by the girls' bathroom and heard quiet sobbing.
"Pirika?" I asked curiously. "Are you there?"
"R-Ren?" I heard her voice call out to me. She stepped out of the bathroom, tears welling up in her eyes.
"What are...hic...you doing here...sniff?"
"Um...I'm here to pick you up."
"Why?" Pirika questioned as she wiped away her tears.
"Welll..." I took a breath. "Since Horohoro isn't here to do so, I decided I will."
More tears streamed out her eyes, and she began sniffing a lot more.
We were getting stares from the people around the school. I grabbed her arm.
"Let's go."
Pirika obediently followed as she tried to hold back her tears.
I gave the staring people glares, which made them nervous and look away.
"Why are you being nice to me, Ren?" she asked as we were walking home.
"Like I said, since Horohoro isn't here." I replied casually.
Pirika started crying again. I touched her shoulder gently.
"I...hic...sniff...miss Oniichan..." she told me, tears pouring out from her aqua eyes, like a waterfall.
"I know..." I told her softly. "I know..."
We arrived home, and everyone in the residence eyed us suspiciously.
"Ren..." Chocolove started. "Since when do you pick up Pirika from school?"
Anna and Tamao came over to Pirika and brought her upstairs to cheer her up again.
"What?" I asked, annoyed. "Is it not okay to take care of a friend-who-died's sister?"
There was a long period of silence after I said that.
Everyone in the living room hung their heads low, and didn't say anything.
I slowly walk upstairs, not wanting to break the silence.
I stopped by the guest room Pirika was staying in once again.
She was still crying, telling Anna and Tamao how sad she was.
"Sniff...I know I'm causing trouble, just staying here, right?" I heard her ask.
"Not at all." Tamao said quietly.
"I-It's okay...hic...I'll go back to my apartment tonight...hic..."
"You can stay here if you want," Anna said in a voice I did not recognize.
"No..." Pirika replied in a whisper. "It's alright...hic...I can't stay here...sniff...f-forever..."
I walked into the room I was staying in and sat down on the bed.
I saw a picture Yoh had put on the table of the room, back when Horohoro was alive.
It revealed Horohoro at the left with Pirika next to him, smiling, and in the center was Yoh, grinning like the regular goofball he was , then in the right was me, not smiling, but looking rather annoyed.
After looking at the picture, I lied on the bed, looking at the ceiling.
How could I, a boy filled with hatred, make a girl, full of love and happiness, um...happy?
I shifted on the bed, thinking hard.
I then sat up and ran my hand through my violet-colored hair.
To clear my mind, I headed towards the showers.
When I was done, I saw Anna in front of the door where I was sleeping.
"What do you want?" I asked, rolling my eyes, obviously annoyed by her meeting.
"Ren, Pirika is going back to her apartment right now," Anna started.
"So?" I asked, trying to sound like I didn't care. "Is it my problem?"
"It's 8:00 PM," she said, ignoring what I just said. "Can you at least walk her home?"
"Why always me?"
Anna slightly looked away, but was still facing towards me.
"I believe you know her the best..." she replied. "...next to Horohoro..."
I looked down on the wooden floor for a while.
"Fine, I'll go..."
I walked passed her, into the guest room where Pirika was staying in.
She was sitting up on the bed, until she noticed me.
"Ren..." Pirika said as she smiled lightly.
"Come on," I said as I motioned her out of the door. "I'll walk you there."
The night was really cold and chilly, so I brought my coat.
The night lamps were lit, and the pale moon shown brightly.
"Arigatou, Ren."
I glanced towards the azure haired girl, who was looking down on the floor as we walked.
"Thank you for being so nice to me, in return for my brother's death."
I noticed that she didn't cry when she mentioned her brother.
Pirika looked at me, and gave me a warm hearted smile, which made me smile a little myself.
She sniffed a little, and asked, "Did you just take a bath? Your scent is soothing."
A few tints of red shown in my face, and I quietly nodded.
We reached the apartment, Pirika turned towards me.
"Would you like to come in?" she asked quietly. "I would enjoy company."
I nodded once again, and we both entered the apartment.
It was neat, not so complex and not so big; a perfect place to stay.
"Umm...Pirika?" I asked shyly.
"Yes?" she asked politely back as she slightly smiled.
"If you want..." I started, rubbing the back of my neck in embarrassment. "...I can, like, be your brother for the time being."
Pirika looked surprised. "Brother?"
"Um...yeah...like the brother you never had, if you want..." I stuttered slightly.
She smiled at me. "Yes, I would love that."
I smiled back lightly, relieved that she didn't cry.
"Thank you...Ren-niichan..."
Then she started breaking up in tears again.
"P-Pirika?" I asked, sort of startled.
"I-I'm sorry...R-Ren-niichan...hic..." she sobbed, her hands covering her face. "I-I miss...hic...I miss O-Oniichan...sniff..." she buried her face in my chest. I held her gently, turning red a little.
"G-gomen...hic...ne, R-Ren-niichan...hic..." she apologized as she looked up at me, still crying. "I-I'm getting...hic...your clothes wet...hic...aren't I...sniff?"
"It's alright," I responded as she continued to cry.
"It's alright..."
Owari of Chapter
Sorry if Ren was stuttering too much! He isn't the type to cheer up girls, if you know what I mean!
So was it okay? Please review and thank you again to those who reviewed for my first chapter!
I appreciate it, arigatou!
–Ja!
