Three is a crowd

Disclaimer: Never owned Shaman King…

Chapter 2: Thoughts, Messages and Confessions part 2 (Not a Happy Party)

Jun and Pyron appeared outside the library door. They were really waiting for them to come out of the library.

"Ren and Horo sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then after that comes a baby in a carriage." They sang in chorus to tease Ren and Horo who were holding hands.

"Damn it! Where did you get that information?" Horo shouted at them and punched the wall.

Everyone (except for Hao who wasn't there) was astounded to hear what both groups have said. Forming in their minds were thoughts. How could that have had happened, when and where did it start? and Is it really true? Why did he say that it is an information? were questions that formed in their minds.

"We have been, actually, spying on both of you," Jun said to them while laughing. Her face was turning red, too.

"What!" Ren said. He got really furious that he was about to strike and smite and attack them, but the bell suddenly rang. Each of them went to their respective classrooms.

"You'll pay for this one day, my beloved sister…" Ren whispered to himself. He looked at his back and found both Jun and Pyron sticking out their tongue at Ren. With that, Ren became angrier.

Also, a ball of anger was forming in Horo's chest.

"Oh, you freaks!" Horo shouted again.

Jun was running too fast to avoid a scandal.

As Horo shouted, everyone looked at him. At that moment, he felt great shame. At the same time, the girl who asked him a question rescued him.

"Gee, thanks!" Horo said panting at his seat.

"You're welcome." The girl said while blushing.

The girl had very long, straight and shiny brown hair. She had nice eyes and resembles a bit of Yoh.

"Anyway, what's your name?" Horo said as he sat beside the girl since they are seatmates.

"I am H---." The girl stopped talking.

There was a sudden silence between both of them. Horo had a look of confusion in his face. Then, the girl already started speaking.

"I am Hatao, Hatao Asumira" She replied with a sigh of relief.

"Well then, Hatao, thanks! Would you like to go with my group and I?" Horo said.

"I'd love to!" She said.

Since that event, Hatao has been going with the whole SK group A/N: Again, I repeat, Hao is not there . They've been having fun. They talk about their favorite shows and cartoons. Everything goes still in a usual way. Horo and Ren always hold each other's hands and show their love and affection for each other. Everytime Hatao sees that scene, she looks at them in a secretive way at laughs in a different way. Even though the others realize that attitude of Hatao, they do not tell it to Hatao, Horo and Ren. Until one day…

"Horo, would you like to go to my birthday party this Saturday?" Hatao said.

"Sure. Can I invite Jun A/N: Ren ad Horo already forgave Jun and Ren?" Horo said happily to Hatao while holding her hand. Hatao blushed.

"That's all right for me. It will be so much fun." Hatao said, still blushing.

Horo Horo started inviting the invited people. Horo is very excited to go to her birthday party since that will be his first house to go into. He wasn't allowed by his parents because he always causes so much trouble that sometimes, he could be brought into danger.

At the day of her birthday, Horo wore his best suit. He wore his bandana, a very fashionable t-shirt with the picture of Ren Tao in it, long black jeans and a pair of rubber shoes with the colors blue, black, red and white.

Ren went straight to Hatao's house while Horo fetched Jun at her home because she does not know her house. When they reached her house, a warm greeting welcomed them.

"Hey, Hatao! Happy birthday!" Horo said to her while giving the gift to her.

"Yeah. Happy birthday too." Jun and Ren said in chorus. Both of them only had one gift from both of them.

"Yeah, thanks!" She replied to all of them.

She invited the three of them to the living room. They all watched the television and talked and chatted with each other. They ate their lunch and snacks. After eating, they all played and gathered inside Hatao's room. Ren lied down on Hatao's bed while Horo, Hatao and Jun sat on the floor.

"Now what?" Jun said who was acting like a little baby.

"How about we play truth or dare?" Horo suggested to all of them. Everyone agreed.

The bottle spun around very fast. First, it pointed on Horo. Hatao asked him if he will choose truth or dare. He chose dare. Hatao dared Horo to run at the street and shout, "I love you, Ren!" He did it. Next, the bottle spun around again and it pointed to Jun. She chose truth and she was asked, "Who is your crush?". She said that she doesn't have one so everyone just let her get away with it. Horo and Hatao got tired so they just chatted. Jun spun the bottle again and it pointed to Ren.

"Truth or dare?" Jun said.

"Truth." Ren said without any shown feelings nor emotions.

"Well, do you really love Horo?" She asked him with a smile on her face which symbolizes she was really interested in whatever he will answer.

Ren looked at Horo. It was like he was sending a message to Horo which says "what shall I answer?" . Horo just stared and waited for his answer. Since Ren was really baffled on what he will say, he answered "no". Horo looked at him in a serious manner so Ren changed it to "yes". Then, it was Hatao's turn to spin the bottle. It pointed to Horo. He chose dare again. They dared him to stay inside the room with Ren while it is dark. He agreed and everyone, except for Ren, closed the lights and went out of the room. They were spying on both of them. They heard some whispers. What was really happening was this:

"Horo, do you really love me?" Ren asked in a sorrowful way.

"Of course, I do." Horo said.

"But why can't I really feel it. We hold hands with each other but you never appreciated anything I did for you" Ren complained.

With that, Horo kissed his lips and wrapped his arms around Ren's waist while Ren braced his arms around Horo's neck. They were both kissing each other.

Jun and Hatao were shocked. So they both said, " 30 seconds more…"

They started counting down. As Horo and Ren heard it, they departed from each other. Horo took his cellphone and started playing games while Ren just laid down on the bed.

"3,2,1! Time's up!" Jun and Hatao said. They opened the door.

"What did you actually do?" Hatao asked.

"We were both rowing our own canoe." Horo answered.

"Yeah, right." Jun said.

"It's true." Ren said.

"Whatever!" Jun and Hatao said in chorus.

After that, Horo and Ren were both smiling at each other.

Me: the end! Hope you liked it. plese R&R!