WARNING: HoroRen and people who love PirikaRen I suggest you don't read in advance… in fact anyone who likes Pirika I suggest you don't read… I hate her…
OBVIOUSLY!
Give me Your Word
Give me your word
You wont leave me alone
Give me your word
You are my own
Give me your word
Where ever I turn your there
Give me your word
I need you to swear!
Give me your word
You wont break my heart
Give me your word
We can make a new start
Give me your word
I'm the only one
Give me your word
You'll be here when all is said and done
Give me your word
I can trust what you say
Give me our word
You'll always stay
Give me your word
When I need it you'll give me a smile
Give me your word
You'll stick around, even when I'm hostile
Give me your word
You love me only
Give me your word
You wont let me be lonely
Give me your word
You believe in me
Give me your word
Because your word is a guarantee
It was a normal day for the occupants of the Funbari Inn or so they thought. Ren got annoyed at Pirika who had been bugging him lately in fact had acted a little bit stalkish around him. Horo urged Ren to try and be a little nicer, Ren being a sucker for Horos eyes and got 1 huge favour to be claimed at a later date from Horo he swallowed his anger and tried his hardest to be civil. In fact he was rather nice to her most the time when she became clingy or just plain too close Ren pardoned himself nicely and when she started to make him feel uncomfortable he managed to change the topic and then just listen to her chat away practically to herself because he wasn't really listening. The next few days though burdensome did leave him with a lot of credit in Horos books, which he could always use against him later. This proved to go wrong in everyway possible…
They sat down to dinner and Pirika snagged the seat next to Ren and Horo sat opposite stuffing his face with the delicious food. Ren most the time just ate with his eyes closed ignoring his lover's bad table manners and the staring eyes of his lover's sister. Horo and he had been secret lovers for a while now and still only one person could say for definite they were together but most had their suspicions, except Anna who already knew (From day 1) and Pilika who was clueless with her mind clouded with other thoughts. Pirika stared at Ren who didn't like it but ignored it. Then he heard a voice speak his name
Give me your word
You wont leave me alone
Give me your word
You are my own
"Ren?" Pirika spoke up and Ren paused his eating
"What?" Then carried on with his rice intending on ignoring more of her chitchat
"Well you see… I… erm well" She leaned over and kissed him while he had a huge wad of rice in his mouth. He froze and his eyes widened then she broke quickly "I like you"
Ren didn't say a word he still had rice sitting on his tongue but he couldn't swallow right now because he felt like something was going to come up any second. He was shocked to say the least. Everyone stared over the table but the most shocked face was Horos. Ren slowly turned his face to his secret lovers and it didn't look happy at all. It looked pained and confused. Pirika saw her brother's face and mistook what his look was for.
"Don't look at us like that Horo, if we are in love you should accept that and stop being an over protective brother" She held onto Rens arm who still tried to muster up the means to swallow his food and explain
"I… I… I" Horo stammered not being able to put his feelings into words
"No, no need to explain you either accept it or you don't" Pirika said so sure of her self but Ren saw the look on Horos face and swallowed hard to clear his throat to try explain
"Hor…" Ren didn't finish as Horo interrupted
"I think I need some air" He stood up and left looking pale
"Horo!" Turned and tried to stand to follow only to have Pirika pull him down
"Don't worry about him, just leave him to cool if he cant accept us it's his own problem"
"Us!" Ren repeated her statement
"Yes" Pirika replied coolly. Ren looked at her in a weird way then winced at the thought
"I need to speak to Horo" He stood up shaking her off and when she stood to go with him he sighed and said firmly "Alone!"
"Sure thing"
Ren walked off leaving her stood at the table dreaming up fantasies about her and Ren that could never come true because Ren loved Horo.
Give me your word
Where ever I turn your there
Give me your word
I need you to swear!
Ren went through the house and saw Horo putting on his coat and shoes ready to go outside. Ren rushed over and pulled on his arm to make sure he stayed and listened. Horo turned to him looking a little hurt and yet guilty at the same time.
"Horo, I swear I didn't mean for her to" Ren tried to get his point across
"I… I can't believe it Ren" Horo said with a look of hurt in his eyes
"Neither can I but it doesn't mean anything" Ren explained
"Do you like her?" Horo asked pleadingly
Ren was about to open his mouth to talk when Pirika came in and grabbed Rens arm hooking her arm through it like what couples do but there was a big difference… Ren and her weren't a couple.
"Horo, I like Ren if you cant accept that then I think it's best you do leave" Pirika said firmly
"I… I got to go" Horo stuttered again before he turned and went out the door
"Horo! Wait!" Ren tried to reach out and follow but Pirika kept hold of his arm
"Let him go, he needs to learn to accept my decisions" She proclaimed in a clueless manner
"Let go of me!" Pushed her arm off, he opened the door and Horo was gone, he knew it would be pointless to search now because Horo knew how to hide from Ren when he really wanted to be alone. Ren slammed the door in defeat
"Ren, are you okay?" She said as she tried to attach herself again but Ren lurched his arm away unkindly, he didn't care if Horo had asked him to be nice to her he couldn't right now
"Get this straight… I don't like you like that, I don't love you" Looked at the door then at her "I cant love you!"
"W-why?" Her eyes were all teary and she felt rejected
"Because I love someone else" Was Rens plain statement
"W-who? What do they have that I don't?"
"A lot… I love Horo" He said glaring at her. Her heart stopped for a second and her eyes welled up
"Oniichan! You love my Oniichan!" Her heart in her throat right now
"Yes!" Ren yelled loosing his cool with the Ainu girl
Give me your word
You wont break my heart
Give me your word
We can make a new start
She took the hint and left running out the room crying and going up to her room. He didn't want to be harsh but she nearly destroyed him and Horo. She seemed to think right away he and her were an item just because he was nice to her for a few days, is it really that uncommon him being nice that people could mistake it with love… everyone must be backwards or ad least in Rens mind they were. Ren didn't want to go back in the kitchen where the others were sat no doubts whispering about the event. Ren decided to wait it out upstairs in his room ad least until dinner was finished and everyone was out the way. All he could do now was wait for Horo to come back…
Later That Night-
Tamao went up to cheer up Pirika and by the sounds of it everyone heard Rens speech so no one wanted to get too close to him right now feeling edgy doing so. It's not everyday you hear an outburst like that from Ren; the unpredictability wasn't a good thing. Ren waited for everyone to head up and go to bed before going downstairs and waiting for Horo to come back, he paced around a while went through bottle after bottle of milk until he finally sat down somewhere he could see the door from. He sat patiently just waiting wondering if Horo was even coming back tonight, he didn't think something so simple could affect Horo like this. Arguments and bickers ten times worse than this have never been so… damaging. Ren was lost in thought resting his head in his right hand staring blankly into the darkened house. He suddenly got brought out of his thoughts as he heard a click from the door. The door slowly opened and shut again just as quietly with Horo steeping in and taking his coat and shoes off hurriedly. Horo turned and saw Ren looking at him, he rubbed the back of his neck and then tried to walk away to go up stairs with out a word but Ren stood and got in front of Horo who stopped dead in his tracks knowing Ren wasn't going to let him by. Ren backed Horo back away from the stairs and kept making an approach on his lover. Horo found himself against the door when Ren stopped.
Give me your word
I'm the only one
Give me your word
You'll be here when all is said and done
"Where the hell were you dam it!" Ren spat quietly feeling abandoned by his Ainu
"I needed time to think I…" Horo was cut off by Rens enraged voice that was hushed so as not to disturb everyone else
"You needed to think! It wasn't my sister trying to play tongue tonsil with you!" Ren spat pointing an accused finger at Horo
"I'm sorry but you and my sister kissed! In front of me! How would you like it if me and Jun were kissing in front of you!" Horo mimicked the tone and volume sounding more insulted than angry
"Look your sister kissed me I don't like her" Ren stated getting his point across
"Well, from where I was sat it looked a lot different" Horo glared at Ren for a minute then relaxed "It hurt"
"What do you mean 'it hurt'?" Ren said gaining a level tone of voice and loosing his bitterness
"It hurt to see her kiss you, it hurt that she didn't know what you mean to me. I feel like your dirty little secret" Horo said sounding disappointed and sad
Give me your word
I can trust what you say
Give me our word
You'll always stay
Ren stared at him seeing truth in his eyes, if they weren't secretive about it this wouldn't of happened and Pirika wouldn't have tried to proclaim him her boyfriend. Horo and he were together and no one knew so it was only a matter of time before everything fell apart like this.
"Well it's not exactly a secret anymore" Ren said looking him dead in the eye
"What?" Horo said sharply looking Ren dead in the eye
"I shouted at Pirika I couldn't like her I loved you and no doubt everyone else heard" Ren admitted
"You… You told her you loved me" Horo said giving him a funny look
"Well what else was I suppose to say? It's the truth" Ren said putting his hand on the door either side of Horo leaning in closely
Give me your word
When I need it you'll give me a smile
Give me your word
You'll stick around, even when I'm hostile
Horo smiled at Ren closing the distance and hugging Ren by the waist, a clock in the background chimed mid-night and Horo knew it was too late to be up right now.
"We better head upstairs" Horo said grabbing hold of one of Rens hands and heading up to his room. Ren followed Horo up getting ready for bed with Horo.
"Ren?" Horo timidly asked
"Yeah" Ren replied coolly
"Can you promise me something?" Horo asked walking over to Ren
"Depends what it is?" Ren answered wonder if it was going to be something else that could end in disaster like the Pirika thing
"Promise me you'll always be honest to me" Horo said feeling guilty he needed the reassurance so badly
"I promise and seem so we're being honest I need you to promise me something…" Ren replied cuddling up close
Give me your word
You love me only
Give me your word
You wont let me be lonely
"Anything" Horo said with a smile
"You'll believe me" Ren asked while allowing Horo to cuddle him
"Always" Horo said turning Rens head to look to him in the eye "You're a terrible liar"
Ren gave him a dirty look rolling his eyes, even after all that he still manages to add something stupid on the end and he loved him for it. He decided to get to bed today was tiring enough. Ren climbed in bed with Horo following, Horo had some closing statements to make so when Ren was just about to close his eyes Horo spoke up
"Ren, you love me right?" Horo asked smiling at Ren who looked up with an emotionless expression before allowing himself to warm up slightly putting on the faintest of smiles
"I give you my word…"
Give me your word
You believe in me
Give me your word
Because your word is a guarantee
Wow… the pointlessness of my work; to be honest I just wanted to make Pirika rejected. I'm holding a grudge against her right now as you can tell
Rock-On!