I wanted to say thanks for being patient (even those who weren't) , it took a while to do but here it is, I apologize if its not what you were waiting for… it was only done earlier tonight. (2 hours ago) OOC-ness warning

Horo's eyes fluttered open, his first thought was that the events of yesterday never happened, that was until he looked beside him and saw Ren. His breathing was still ragged, but at least his skin had regained most of its complexion, now he looked like he was asleep, with the exception of his breathing. "aw man Ren if I knew something like this was going to happen I would have thought before I said anything" he said warily. Why the hell did I say anything like that, I mean now he'll think I hate him, which is the exact opposite of how I actually feel. he climbed out of the sheets not taking his eyes off of the Tao, until he took a quick glance out the window, snow was covering more than half of the window (roughly 6.5 ft).
His ears perked up when he heard something…a voice.. Correction Ren's voice. "…….Horo….." his voice was hoarse but make no mistake he heard his name. He sat beside Ren to hear him better,…He was talking in his sleep. "Ren, I don't know if you can hear me or not but I'm sorry about earlier I didn't me-" he was cut off, Ren began speaking again. "Its ok…I know you didn't mean it" his voice was frail but forgiving, not like it usually was. "why would you do something so stupid? I mean you always call me an idiot" Horo asked half joking. Ren went into a brief coughing fit.

"I…wasn't thinking. I heard you say you hated me and snapped, I guess". "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean any of it, I promise. In fact…." he paused what he was going to say next. should I really tell him? I mean what if he doesn't feel the same way? will he remember any of this? Oh well I'll do it. "what were you going to say Horo?" the sleeping figure asked. "I-I was going to say is….Ashiteru, Ren.". the sleeping figure was silent. "Ren?" the bluenette asked hesitantly. There was still no reply he must've went back to sleep, what if he remembers all of this?

-Inside Ren's sub-conscious- There stood Ren, alone in the darkness. the darkness… I hate it. Its always so… depressing. "Horo" he said absentmindedly. A single ray of light appeared. "Ren, I don't know if you can hear me or not…" Horo! the light seemed to grow brighter the longer the Ainu spoke. "but I'm sorry about earlier" he thinks it's his fault? "I didn't" Ren interrupted his sentence "Its ok…I know you didn't mean it" he didn't even try to put up his harsh emotionless wall.

"why would you do something so stupid? I mean you always call me an idiot" haha just like Horo to try and make light of a serious situation. Ren rolled his eyes. His breathing was cut short, a momentary coughing fit choked him temporarily. "I…wasn't thinking. I heard you say you hated me and snapped, I guess". "I'm so sorry, I didn't mean any of it, I promise. In fact…." what was he about to ask? Wait… is he about to say what I think he's gonna say?. Ren's eyes widened. "I-I was going to say is….Ashiteru, Ren."

that was it. That was precisely what Ren thought Horokeu would say. "Ren?". do I feel the same way? visions of Horo and himself flashed through his head. When they first met, the trip to Dobe village, their fights, right up to the point when he sacrificed his like for the Ainu. Realization dawned on him, he did love the Ainu-baka. It was now apparent that the light wasn't just something there to taunt him, it was the light leading him back. I'll come back Horo, I promise. he began running towards the light. (AN: its not the light at the end of the tunnel people, if I were to kill anyone in this series… it'd be Chocolove…but only if he tried his crappy comedy on me)

Back to Horokeu- Horo sat eagerly waiting for the Chinese shaman to awaken. Silence shrouded the room. The phone rang, making Horo jump six feet in the air "I thought the phones didn't work?" he said. It now dawned on him that the lights were now on, and the phone kept ringing. He rushed over to pick it up.

"Hello?" he asked questionably.

"yea Horo, its Yoh" Horo didn't know whether to breath a sigh of relief, or panic. Of course Yoh didn't know about Ren, he wasn't there.

"yeah dude?" he questioned the brunette.

"I'm calling from Izumo, we're snowed in. A record 10 ft of snow!" he said awe-struck.

"whoa, we got at least 6 ft over here" Horo replied.

"so how're things over there with Ren? Have you two killed each other yet?" he laughed.

" no, we had an argument earlier, but that's it."

"only that? Jeez it must be the apocalypse or something" the Asakura joked.

"yeah... the end of the world" Horo said halfheartedly.

" hey is anything wrong? Where's Ren?"

" oh, he's sleeping."

"what did he do over train himself again?" the sound of Anna in the background "um, Horo I have to hang up now, bye. Oh by the way, until we get through the snow, Me and Anna are gonna be stuck up here"

"dude…" he couldn't let the Shaman king walk away from that double meaning.

"not like that! My mom and dad are here" Yoh said, distressed for once.

"I was only kidding see ya dude, I'll tell Ren you said 'hey' "the phone clicked on the other side after a quick 'bye'.

A low groan attracted the Ainu-boy's attention. There was Ren awake, sitting on the couch. A clouded expression adorned his face, he's half awake golden eyes were so beautiful. "Horo…"

oooo... cliffy... next may be shorter than usual.
So waddya think? Ren's awake and mostly out of harms way PLEASE REVIEW! all who review shall receive a HoroRen plushie couple (holds up one of many boxes of HoroRen plushies)