Unicorn13564: As you know, this is a special chapter on when Ren was at the hospital with Jun.
Chapter 11: The Thing With Jun- special
Ren stormed down the corridors, muttering about Horo, when a teacher approached.
"Tao Ren?" he asked.
"Yes?"
"There's a call waiting for you in the office."
Ren found it odd that a call would be waiting for him, yet decided to follow the teacher anyway.
"…Hello…?" he asked in a quiet voice.
"Ren? Ren, its Jinni-"
"What about her?"
"No you baka, I am Jinni, this is Jinni talking! Jun is at the hospital, it's nothing serious, but she will be there for a few days and would like you to visit some time-"
"I'm on my way." He said, and slammed the phone down, before leaving the office and running out of the building onto school grounds. Ren scanned the perimeter for something; then grinned as he spotted the small opening in the fence.
After venturing down a long, pebbly road and into town, Ren eventually found himself outside a hospital, yet sighed at his stupidity.
'I didn't ask what hospital Jun was at… Oh well, I guess I'll have to pray it's this one…'
The Tao entered the large hospital, trying to ignore the nurses and sick people staring at him. He hated going into a hospital, it was so unclean and smelly; it was a miracle he came here out of free will.
Ren walked up to the front desk and looked up at the woman talking on the phone. "…Excuse me…" muttered Ren.
"Hold on a moment mother," said the woman, and covered up the speaking end of the phone.
'Mother…! This is a hospital!'
"Cant you see I'm talking here, you rude, rude child!" she hissed, before telling her mother she will have to call back.
"Can you tell me if a Mrs Jun Tao was admitted to this particular hospital please?" asked Ren, trying not to offend her.
The woman glared at him, then searched the computer. "Room 1-D on the second floor." She answered plainly, and picked up the ringing phone, continuing the conversation with her mother.
Ren slowly made his way up the stairs and along the corridor until he reached room 1-D, then knocked before walking in.
Ren smiled as he saw Jun's face light up at the mere sight of her younger brother. "Oh Ren," she smiled happily, "I didn't expect you to come so soon!" she watched as he pulled up a chair.
"…You look fine to me…" muttered Ren, observing his sisters hyperness.
"I am, I just had a stoke that's all, there keeping me under observation for a few days."
"Must have been pretty bad then." Said Ren. Jun smiled again nodded in reply.
It had been complete silence for fifteen minutes whilst Ren read a magazine and Jun laid in bed. Ren turned over a page of the magazine, even though he wasn't reading it. Each time he tried to concentrate on what the actual text said, his mind would drift off and he would somehow end up thinking of Horo.
'Damn it Horo, get out of my fuckin head!' The Tao shook his head to try and rid his mind of Horo, yet sighed in defeat. '…I miss you…'
"So, how are you?" asked Jun.
"I'm fine." Answered Ren, not bothering to look up from his magazine.
"How's life in the boarding school? Having fun? I can't wait till the holidays when you come back home to visit!"
Ren froze. 'Oh crap! Me and Horo! She doesn't know! No one on the outside does! Even when we were all on holiday before, me and Horo didn't mention anything because we were so used to people around us knowing we were an item… oh crap!'
"Your missing someone aren't you…" said Jun, noticing Ren's panicky reaction. "…did you meet someone during the holidays or something?"
Ren hung his head. It was always like Jun to know what was on his mind.
"Jun… I have something vitally important to tell you…" he began, but was stopped by the sound of Jun's high-pitched voice.
"Oh my God! You did didn't you! You found someone! Awww-"
"IT'S HORO YOU IDIOT!"
Jun paused, her mind totally blank as she tried to figure out who this 'Horo' person was. "Horo… Horo…" Jun's eyes flamed in anger. "DON'T CALL ME AN IDIOT! Besides, I think it's sweet you're gay… no offence but I always thought you would be." Said Jun casually.
"What!" asked Ren, trying to come to terms with what his sister had just said.
"Well let's face it; you're not exactly a woman's type. I don't see why you didn't bring him along with you, we could have talked about stuff." She shrugged.
"…We had a fight…" said Ren, his eyes showing sadness.
"Awww! You had a fight! That's great!" squealed Jun.
"How the hell is that great!" hissed Ren, wondering what the hell was up with his sister.
"Because you've had a lovers spat! The first fight is always the worst! It's always over stupid little things and then your both like 'is this the end of us?' or 'alcohol and candy bars here I come' or-"
"Ok, ok! I get the point!"
"So…?"
"So what?"
"What are you going to do about it? You can't just leave it."
"Why not?"
"Because that would be stupid and idiotic. How'd the fight start anyway?"
"It's none of your business! ……He said I didn't treat him like a boyfriend…"
"Ooooh… Well that's easy to solve."
"Really? How?"
"Just kiss him."
"Really, it's that simple?"
"Uhhuh, in front of a few people."
"…But will that really work…?"
Jun smiled. "Of course it will, you are a Tao after all."
"What the hell's that got to do with anything!"
"…Nothing really…"
Ren sighed. "How long are you staying in here again?"
"A few days, but you don't have to stay that long. I just wanted to see you, that's all."
"It's ok. I'll stay as long as it takes for you to get better… something tells me Horo and I need a little break anyway…"
Ren smiled as the thought of him and Horo being back together entered his mind.
"You really are happy aren't you…" said Jun.
"Huh? What makes you say that?"
"Because you never used to smile like that… never…"
Unicorn13564: Ok, that was what happened with Ren whilst he was away. Sorry it was a bit sketchy. Review!
