Chapter 3: April Fools

It was the next day and Ren woke up.

'Great,' he thought as he opened his eyes, the bright daylight blinding him for a second, 'April Fools, the one depressing time of year that Hao spends most of his life plotting and preparing for, and I'm safe in a room with the Ainu… poor Yoh… wonder how he'll take it when Hao starts with his usual morning tricks…'

Hao looked at his other half.

"Yoh… Yoh wake up…"

Hao nudged his brother.

"Huh? What? Hao, leave me alone, I'm tired."

Yoh pulled the covers over his body as he'd kicked them off during the night. "Yoh… wake up… guess what day it is?"

"Well it's not your birthday, I know that much." He mumbled, and tried to ignore the talking Asakura.

"But Yoh, it's not my birthday otherwise it would be yours too, but its-"

"Hao, please. You kept me up all night."

"…Sorry bout that…"

"It's ok; just… tell me later ok?"

"Ok." Said Hao softly, and left his brothers side.

Ren yawned and saw that Horo was still sleeping. He looked at the small clock on the table which read 6:30am, the actual schooling started at 8:30am. Ren sighed, he'd gotten used to getting up bright and early, since whenever he didn't when he was sharing a room with Hao, he'd wake up to find his Gwan-dao, clothes and school books missing…

'My Gwan-dao…' Ren thought sadly, 'Were the fuck did he put it?'

Ren walked out of the room and knocked on the door of the Asakura's.

"Hao," whispered Ren, "Hao, you awake? ...HAO-"

"Shut the fuck up damn it, Yoh's sleeping!"

Ren could hear the key being turned and the door unlocking.

"Where's my Gwan-dao?" asked Ren, staring at Hao.

Hao's hair was a total mess and the only thing he was wearing was a robe.

"Dunno."

"Tell me or I'll wake Yoh."

"Fine, but Yoh will be mad at you."

"Oh well, I'll live."

Ren glared at Hao, who glared back, when finally, Hao sighed. "Ask Rick."

"Ricky? That little bastard won't give me it."

"Tell him Hao said, and say the wor- sentence 'Ren is a wuss who gets his ass kicked by a tit-head of an Ainu.' Then he will let you have it. It's a code thing."

With that, Hao flashed a wicked grin, and closed the door.

Ren frowned and went back into his room. As Ren closed the door, he turned back round and stepped back, hitting his head on the door.

"What ya doin' getting up at this hour?" asked Horo, his hair a mess and wearing nothing but blue boxers.

"I always get up at this hour, why, problem?" Ren asked; his tone slightly cocky.

"Nope, no problem at all." Said Horo; before dragging himself back to his bed and flopping down on it.

"…Take it you're not a morning person…" muttered Ren, looking at the trying-to-get-to-sleep-but-failing boy.

Horo twisted and turned but failed to get comfy. After five minutes of watching the Ainu, Horo finally settled down and drifted into a peaceful sleep once more.

"…Bless…" muttered Ren sarcastically, sitting on his bed staring at Horo. With Horo finally asleep and Ren's entertainment over, he began to quickly and quietly get changed into his daily clothes.

It had been half an hour and it was now 7:00am.

Ren smiled as he saw Horo turning again.

"Mmm," he muttered, "No, go away!"

Horo started to swat the air with his hand. Ren just sniggered and walked over to his roommate.

"Horo, it's just a dream…" he said softly, almost whispering into the Ainu's ear, "It's just a dream, your safe…"

"Ren you tit-head I know I'm safe, I just want to get some sleep but you wont leave me the fuck alone." Ren blinked. Horo was awake, yet he didn't open his eyes. "…You can stop staring at me now…"

"I was only being nice!" hissed Ren.

Horo sighed. "I know… sorry…" he apologized, sitting up. "I woke up just as you started talking."

Ren frowned, it wasn't often he liked being nice to people and telling them their safe… it just… wasn't the way he was…

The Tao studied the Ainu's face and expression. His eyes were sad yet they flickered with hope. He watched as he took a deep breath; then released the oxygen. Ren nodded. "That looks relaxing." He said in an ironic tone.

"Ren…"

"Yes?"

Horo's eyes met Ren's as he braced himself. "…I love you…"

Ren's face went pale and a shocked expression appeared on his face.

'What did he just say…?' he thought to himself, 'He… loves me…!'

Ren could feel his heart beet faster.

"April Fools!" shouted Horo, and started to laugh his head off.

Ren gripped the apple he'd been clutching and lobbed it at Horo, missing him by inches and hitting the alarm clock.

"Bastard!" he shouted angrily, "Don't fuck with my emotions like that!"

Horo stopped laughing, "What…?"

"Nothing!" he yelled, and stormed out, leaving Horo to stare after him.

Ren sped down the halls of the school, his mind swirling with questions that only Horo could answer.

'What the fuck did he mean by that…? It's not like him to do something like that, so why now? Why did he have to say that? He could have said 'I am your father' or 'Jun is having my baby', any of those would have pissed me off, but no… he had to say he 'loves' me… but why…?'

Ren's eyes filled with sadness. 'He doesn't know… but I saw it… I saw the look in his eyes before and after he'd told me he loved me… that, Horokeu, was no joke.'

Unicorn13564: Sorry it was so short, but that was only half done but I thought that I may as well stop here and let you all die from suspense… MUWHAHAHAHAAAAAAA! REVIEW!