Pirka awoke the next day, refreshed and ready for the coming excitement she would bring Ren. (not that kind of excitement.) She stretched out, took a shower, dressed, and made her way through the kitchen, making sure to stop by Ren who was "enjoying" his breakfast of cold cereal, and a biscuit. His head was limped over, and his hair was a mess. She guessed he had stayed up quite late, waiting for Horo. It turned out that her brother had decided to stay at Tamaos for some reason.
She did her best to hold back her laughter, and rather decided to surprise him. "Good Morning Ren Kun!" She smiled sweetly. "How's my favorite shaman this morning?"
"Mmphkrblk..." Ren mumbled sleepily, his mouth full of cereal.
"And how late were you up last night?" She asked leaning next to his slumped over body.
"Mmphkrblk..." Once again, the shaman mumbled something impossible to understand.
"Well, I'm going out to do some shopping! I'll be back soon Ren Kun!" With that she kissed his cheek, grabbed his biscuit, and happily skipped away humming to herself.
Tao Ren blinked a few times, shook his head, blushed and collapsed into his cereal snoring. Bubbles rose up from the milk and he continued to mumble random somethings. Faust walked by, looked at him for a minute, called him a dumkopf, and walked off to find some food.
Pirka giggled to herself as she made her way to the store. Once inside, she took her time picking out just the right thing to drive Ren up a wall. After choosing the right package, she payed the clerk, and grabbed some accessories. Quickly she returned to the Inn, and placed a box with a tag that read: To My dear friend Ren, in his room. She then shook him awake,(he was still asleep, only now he had collapsed on the floor with the bowl on his head.) and waited for the fireworks to begin.
She didn't have long to wait.
Ren made his way to his room sleepily, and was surprised to find a package on his bed. Vowing to kill whoever it was that dared to enter this time, he approached the box, and read the tag aloud. "To my dear friend, Ren." He let out a hmph, and slowly opened the box.
An ear-shattering scream echoed throughout the inn. "OH MY GOD! GET IT AWAY FROM ME!"
Pirka immediately ran to Rens room and looked into it. She didn't see him. At least until she looked up. The Great almighty Tao Ren was clinging to his ceiling fan. "WHAT THE HELL KIND OF CRUEL JOKE IS THIS!"
"You don't like it?" Pirka looked innocent and scooped up the package. "But he's so adorable!" In her hands was none other than the one thing Ren feared the most. A kitten.
The kitten looked up at Ren and let out a mew.
Ren screamed. "Get that spawn of hell out of here! I can't stand cats!"
"You hate cats?" Pirka asked. "I never would've thought! I really thought you'd love it!"
"Well you thought wrong! Get it out of here! I had a bad experience with a cat once!"
Flashback
A young Ren sat outside his estate, running around outside and squishing bugs. His mother called for him and he ran up to her happily. "Mommy, I killed more than 50 bugs today!"
"Good for you honey. Now come inside. Mommy has a present for you."
Ren hurried inside and smiled widely. "What is it Mommy?"
His mother handed him a white kitten with black spots. Those two black spots happened to be right above its eyes, giving them the look of horns. (I actually knew a cat that looked like this.) "His name is Damion!" His mother said happily.
"Hi Damion!" Ren reached out to pet the kitten.
The kitten stared at him for a second, and then attacked Ren.
"AGGGHHHH! HELP ME MOMMY!" Ren took off running from the kitten, who was now attempting to gnaw off his ears. The next day the kitten ran away, but Ren was still emotionally scarred forever.
End Flashback
"But it's already registered under your name!"
"I don't care! You take care of it!"
"All right Tao, I'll make a deal. I'll take care of it, but you have to spend at least one hour a day playing with him!"
"Excuse me! What makes you think you have the right to boss me around, you damn Ainu!"
"Because, If you don't, you'll have to take care of him all by yourself! And we wouldn't want that would we now... um...Ren, what should we name him?"
"Dead meat, Carrion, Roadkill, all excellent names if you ask me."
"Well then, Smokey it is!" Pirka smiled.
"Smokey! What kind of name is that!"
"One that doesn't associate with death." Pirka huffed. "Besides, you don't have any reason to care right?"
Damn, he hated it when she was right. "Alright fine, I'll keep up that deal. But hear this, I refuse to spend any more than one hour with it a day!"
"Fine. You can start right now." Pirka plopped the kitten down on his bed.
"Hey! Wait! You can't just leave me here with him!"
"I can, and I will. Have a good day! See you in an hour! And remember, hugging cats doubles your life span!" With that, she shut the door, and walked off.
Ren looked down at the kitten, who was looking at him, seemingly very interested as to how he got up on the ceiling. "What are you looking at?" Ren asked it.
The kitten, being a kitten, merely rolled over and stared at him as if to say, "love me!"
Ren let out a sigh of disgust and dropped off of the ceiling fan. "I don't suppose you plan on going anywhere do you?" Ren asked it. He lay down on the bed next to it, and sighed. "Why can't I ever get a break around here?"
The kitten got off its back and made it's way over to Ren. He had his eyes closed, so he didn't notice until the kitten started batting at the point of his hair.
"Will you cut that out!" Ren shouted at the kitten, who just stared at him and returned to his business with Ren's hair. He groaned. "Apparently not." looking around the room, he suddenly decided it would be better to escape now while he still could. He opened his window, tossed the kitten onto the bed, and jumped out... Only to land in an inflatable pool.
"AHA!" Pirka popped out from behind a nearby bush. "I knew you couldn't keep your end of the bargain, so I strategically placed a pool by your window in case you tried something like this!" Giving a happy little smile, she held up a V for victory sign.
"How about getting me out of here so I can go finish with your damn kitten then?" Ren growled.
"Fine. But don't expect me to help you dry off, you do that on your own." She said, reaching out and grabbing his hand.
"Wouldn't dream of it." He smirked and yanked her into the pool with him. She let out a shriek as she hit the water. "Now you see, you shouldn't have trusted me there." He smiled.
"REN TAO! You jerk!" Pirka tried to pull herself out, but fell back in, and turned around to face him. "Why the heck did you do that!"
"Well, just like you, I was thinking strategically." He smiled knowing this was the only chance he would have today to get her frustrated. "And besides, I wanted to have you in here with me." He moved closer to her.
"Oh no," Pirka thought to herself. "This is my day Tao. No one's gonna ruin it like this." She leaned into him much harder than she intended, backing him into the pools side. "Funny," she whispered in a seductive voice. "I was thinking the same thing."
Ren's eyes widened. This wasn't something he had esxpected.
Pirka proceeded to wrap her arms around Rens neck, and her legs around his torso. "You know how good you look when you're wet?" She smiled at him. She had to admit she was comfortable like this, but it was payback. "That's what it is. Payback. Nothing more, nothing less. Payback." She constantly reminded herself.
Ren wasn't going to give up with a fight though. "I was going to say the same thing to you. But you know what one difference is between you and me?"
"Mmm... what's that?" She asked, twirling her finger against his chest.
"For one, you look a hell of a lot better than me when you're wet." She blushed slightly. "And for two..." He reached under and grabbed her rear, lifting her up more so his mouth was by her neck, which caused her to gasp in surprise. "You're very, very sensitive." He let his lips brush against her neck as he said this, and he quickly transferred that into small kisses against her shoulder blades, and the line of her neck.
Pirka let out a little sigh, and decided to make sure she got the last laugh here. "True, but most boys have trouble controlling themselves in situations like this..." She hitched herself up more, so that Rens face became buried against her chest. She heard him let out a muffled noise, but simply pressed against him more.
Ren finally decided enough was enough and he shoved her off him and jumped out of the pool. "I'll go take care of that cat now."
"Ah, so you could get up on your own after all." Pirka smirked at him. She knew he could tell he had lost this little bout, and that was getting to him. She also knew she was glad he had jumped out. That was a little too awkward.
"Oh shutup, Ainu. You always have to have the last word." Ren walked off to go attend to the kitten.
"And I thought you were more of a man Tao Ren!"
"I am. I just don't think you're worth it." He disappeared around the corner and immediately broke into a run, hoping that no one would notice his "predicament."
Pirka sighed. She wondered if there was any chance they'd ever be doing more than trying to get each other frustrated. "He's just so complicated!" She sighed to herself, removing herself from the pool.
Ren found himself still dealing with the problem of his hormones. "Damn Ainu... Damn her for being so beautiful. Damn her for getting so intimate. Damn me for getting so intimate. Damn everything!" The kitten nuzzled against Rens side. "Damn cat."
Well, I updated today. Happy? I couldn't update yesterday and, lo and behold, not one review all day! so, get me ten more reviews, and I'll put chapter 6 out. It's finished and waiting... Ha! anyway, review if you want more.