Hao: Ashuri does not own shaman king and la de da.

Ashuri: hey, gomennasai. I didn't mean to take so long in updating, but my computer is a piece of crap. (Beats it with a hammer.) Anyway, thank you for all they reviews. I have 87 now. WOW! Yeah...uh I was asked twice in reviews to write with the speaking on separate lines the description...I understand that maybe it's a little confusing but, please understand that this is how I write and most novels are written in proper paragraph form and this is training for later life. I'm sorry but I will continue writing it this way. Arigato.

Thank you, ReiArubiru you gave me an idea, which will make its appearance in chap. 11.

On to fic!

Chapter 10. Birthdays are more fun with two.

They didn't do much for the rest of the day. Ren didn't seem to be in the mood to do anything but sleep. Sleep, sleep, sleep. Even though it was disrespectful to Horo. Horo didn't really mind as he was spending time with Ren and Ren wanted him there. They stayed up in his room entangled in each others arms, Ren in a deep sleep, and Horo drifting in and out of it. There was a slight problem.

Every time Horo tried to move or get up, Ren would subconsciously push him back down and whine. Horo couldn't do anything and the problem was that he had to use the bathroom. Really bad. He was doing his best to hold it, but it proved no easy task. All he could hope for was that Ren would wake up soon and release him. Around 6:30 he did.

Yawning Ren woke up, unawares he was in Horo's lap. "Did you have a nice nap?"

Ren nodded. "Ahmm."

"Good. Now, uh, you know I have no problem with you laying on me and all, but could you get off. Now!" Horo asked as delicately as possible.

Ren complied and turned to look at him.

"Thank you!" Horo got off the bed and ran to the bathroom. Ren smiled ever so slightly. He stretched and noticed Horo's jacket on his dresser.

Strange. He thought. I don't remember that being their earlier. He stared at it and noticed that there was something underneath it. Curious he got up and went over to it. Lifting Horo's jacket up he found the missing rabbit. Ren turned to the bathroom door glaring slightly and picked the rabbit up. He wandered over to the window and stood in front of it. Stroking the rabbit he watched the cars go by on the street below. He didn't hear Horo return.

Horo came in silently and noticed his jacket had been moved and Ren was clearly doing something, not paying attention to him. He went over and stood right behind him. He noticed that Ren had found the rabbit and was stroking it again. He rolled his eyes and had a sudden idea. He wrapped his left arm around Ren's waist and held on to his hand. He then took hold of Ren's right hand and pulled it away from his body making him drop the rabbit.

Ren turned his face and looked at Horo and Horo captured his lips. It was nice to kiss Ren without getting beaten in the process. Ren did seem to be enjoying himself however Horo hopped he wasn't pushing his luck.

Ren didn't like to seem like he was the less dominant of the two, Jun's words had taken effect, so he deepened the kiss, trying to show that he was in charge. It didn't work very well as Horo was in control of his body movement and he couldn't really pull off any domineering moves. When they were finished, Horo smiled at him.

"Well that was interesting."

"Don't act like your in control Horo when your not," Ren said, attitude coming back.

"Yeah alright." Horo continued to smile.

"What are you smiling about?"

"You know you love me Ren!" Horo said in perfect imitation of the rabbit to Ren's ears.

Ren stepped backward. "No. No, no, no, no, no, no, no."

"Ahuh yes."

"No."

"Ahmm. You know its true."

"No it's not."

"Yeah it is."

"No."

"You could have fooled me considering you are kissing me back and all," Horo said.

Ren looked around searching for an answer. Finally he found one. "Kisses are not always symbols of love."

Horo smiled. "You'll try anything to continue to deny that you love me won't you?"

Ren turned to go downstairs. "Who's denying anything?"

Horo blinked. "What did you just say?"

"Nothing." Ren walked out of the room.

Horo followed. "I'm pretty sure you did."

"I didn't. You must be hearing things."

Ren wandered over the fridge and opened it. Horo stared at its emptiness. "Someone needs to go shopping."

"Yeah I know." Ren sighed and closed the fridge.

"You ate a lot of food in three days," Horo commented.

"I didn't eat it all," Ren said indignantly. "Jun kept coming over and eating. Plus that stupid shrink would eat sometimes too."

"Oh I see."

"Horo!" Ren whined. "I'm hungry!"

Horo laughed. "Well since you have nothing, how about we go out for dinner."

"I'm not permitted to leave my house."

"Why not?"

"Jun's afraid I'll kill someone," Ren explained.

"Well then we just don't bring your kawn do," Horo said and went to retrieve their jackets. Well Ren waited he wondered what kind of food he was in a mood for and whether or not Horo would eat it. But then again that was a dumb question. Horo would eat anything.

When Horo came back with the jackets, they bundled up and left. They didn't take the car, as Horo said that Ren could possibly kill people in his car. They walked for awhile and decided to go to a random restaurant. Or rather a restaurant/bar. They hung out in the bar for a while, where random girls kept coming up to Horo and asking him out and stuff. Ren, as much as he tried to hide it, was finding it very hard to not kiss Horo right then and there and wipe those giddy smiles off those stupid faces.

Finally he lost his temper and insulted one of them. When Horo gave him a look he tried to apologize. "I'm sorry, if I said anything to offend you, it was purely intentional." It didn't work very well, and the girls ignored him and continued to act all giddy over Horo. Ren seriously wished he had his kawn do. This was not fair. This was making him think of his emotions and...love. And Horo, the idiot, seemed to be enjoying all this attention. Ren glared at him resisting the urge to smack him and went to hide in the bathroom.

Horo eventually came to find him.

Ren was hiding in one of the stalls, wanting to find a knife and murder someone, when Horo pushed the stall door open. "Hey Ren." Horo got a glare for an answer. Horo crouched down. "Your not mad are you?"

Ren gave him a look. "That is a stupid question."

"True, but I thought I'd ask anyway."

Ren rolled his eyes. "Horo you baka, we're here together! Your not supposed to be flirting with girls!"

"Do I detect a hint of jealousy?"

Ren blushed. "Baka!"

Horo smiled. "I wasn't flirting. Actually I didn't like them acting all giddy."

"You better not be lying," Ren said.

"Now Ren, would I ever lie to you?"

Ren eyed him suspiciously. "No I suppose not."

"Alright then. Lets go eat."

Horo took a hold of Ren's arm and pulled him up and out of the bathroom. He lead him over to a table were they sat down and flipped through the menus. The waiter came by, eyeing them strangely, he took their orders and left.

"Everyone's looking at us strangely," Ren commented quietly.

"Haven't noticed," Horo said playing with the ice cubes in his drink.

"Then maybe you should pay attention. And stop acting like a child!" Ren hissed. Horo desisted playing with his ice. While waiting for their food, Horo took stabs at conversations.

"So..."

"So what?"

"Never mind," Horo said.

Ren shook his head smiling. A few minutes went by and some random person came up to them and started talking to them. Mid way through they asked if they minded them talking to which Ren replied, "I don't mind you talking so much as long as you don't mind me not listening." The person took the hint and left.

"Was that necessary?" Horo asked.

"Oh I think so."

When their dinner finally came, they didn't talk at all and just ate their food. It was very awkward between them in public. The dinner went by very slowly. When they were done they hung out in the bar again, Horo had to plead with him to do so. So they wandered around with Horo talking to people, Ren tagging along, and avoiding the giddy females. Shortly Ren got bored and wanted to go home, Horo couldn't do anything but comply.

On the way home Horo asked, "Hey Ren, do you ever think you'll go into a gay bar?"

Ren who wasn't paying attention said, "Uh? What now?"

Horo repeated his question and Ren remembered the dream with the doors and rabbit.

"Please, enlighten me. I agreed to go out with you , and you decided that the best place for us to go, would be to a gay bar?" Ren asked trying to sound cool and calm, but the anger was showing in the way he was gripping the glass.

"Yep," Horo said happily.

"You dense irritating miniature beast of burden," Ren whispered to himself.

"What was that?"

"Nothing." He sighed. Maybe the evening go by fast.

Some dude walked up to him. "Oi darling, do you really want to enjoy yourself with me?" he asked.

Ren gave him a smile. "Sorry, I couldn't possibly entertain the thought of spending time with someone who splits infinitives." The dude obviously hadn't understood a word he said, but left regardless. Horo's eye was twitching. Ren was enjoying this.

"Horo," he said. "He was hitting on me. I think you should hurt him."

Horo didn't need telling twice. He got up and picked a fight with him. As the glasses got thrown, Ren concluded that maybe the evening wasn't a total loss.

"No," Ren said.

"Why?"

"...just no."

"Ok." A few seconds later. "You afraid someone else is going to hit on you?"

Ren stopped walking. "Horo if I could barley deal with you hitting on me how do you think I'll react to someone else!?"

"Good point." Another few seconds later. "Do you think you'll ever get married?"

Horo asked.

"To who?"

"Me."

Ren tried to laugh but he didn't find it even remotely funny. In fact he blushed. "Why? Is it necessary?

"Dunno."

"Its evil," Ren said.

"Ah but marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil," Horo said.

"If you say so."

When they got home Ren threw the leftovers that they had brought from the restaurant into the fridge and turned to see Horo still standing in the doorway. "What are you doing?"

"Oh well, I was just thinking I should be going. It's late." He turned to leave.

"No!" Ren said in a strangely high pitched voice. Horo looked at him and Ren turned red again.

"What's with all the blushing?"

"Nothing."

"Ren's trying to hide his feelings but its not working," Horo said.

Ren covered his eyes with his hands and tried to stop blushing. "No," he said.

"Well anyway, Bye."

"No!" Ren said again and went to the door.

"What?" Horo said.

"Your not allowed to leave," Ren said looking at the floor again.

"Why not?"

"Cause...cause uh I..." Ren took a deep breath. "I want you...to stay."

"Really?!" Horo asked.

Ren nodded.

"Hurra!" Horo stepped inside and closed the door before Ren could go back on what he said. When he looked back at Ren, Ren opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by the phone.

"Annoying bastard phone!" Ren yelled and jumped on to his sofa and almost ripped the phone cord. "Hello!"

"Hi Ototo!"

It was Jun. "Annoying sibling! What do you want! Haven't you done enough damage today?!"

"Apparently not. Just checking up on you and to see if you've said...you know... the words."

"Do you really think I would say that!?" Ren thundered knowing to well that Horo was in the same room.

"Eventually you would," Jun said.

"Well no! I haven't said it!"

"Well you better hurry up and say it before someone else comes along and snatches him from you."

"No!"

"Well get a move on."

"Then get lost and leave me alone!"

"Fine. Calm down. Don't kill anyone. Bye."

"Bye!" He slammed the phone down on the hook and glared at it. However short the call was it really put him in a bad mood.

"Jun's getting to nosy." Horo said. Ren full heartedly agreed.

He then got up and tripped over the phone cord cause he wasn't paying attention. He accidently hit the radio on button and a random song started playing.

I've tripped to the other side I've fell into it of at first sight Don't know if you can read my mind But I think your fine, oh I think your mine I don't mean to be so shy But I don't know what to do this time It could be lust it could be love I should walk away but I think I'll stay Might not be the one for me But I'm thinkin' about you constantly Might be right You might be wrong You're my temptation, you're my perfection I met your drummer just the other day but there's a good chance you might be gay should have known this all along lets try it anyway I won't walk away.

Ren glared at the radio as Horo helped him up. Why was it that every song he heard recently reminded him of himself and Horo. He snarled slightly and shut it off.

"That songs was interesting," Horo said.

"I suppose," Ren said and they went upstairs.

"So uh do I have to sleep in the guest room?"

Ren blinked. "Uh..." He looked into his room to find the rabbit staring at him from the floor. He backed away from the door. "No you stay in my room."

"Ren are you still scared of the rabbit?"

"It's staring at me." Horo sighed and went to pick the rabbit up. He put it on Ren's dresser and placed their jackets on it. "There is that better?"

Ren nodded.

"Your not really going to let me stay here by myself are you?" Horo said, slightly seductive. Ren made some weird laughing noise.

"What do you suggest then?"

Horo smiled. "We stay in here together."

"On one condition," Ren said.

"What's that?" Horo asked walking over to him.

"You don't take advantage of me and you don't do anything."

"Are those the only conditions?"

Ren nodded.

"I can kiss you though right?" asked Horo pull Ren up against him.

"Yeah I think that's fine."

"Excellent." Horo leaned forward and started to kiss him passionately.

Ashuri: eh I did it again. No sex for Horo... (laughs) anyway...Ren's got jealous. Heh heh.

Song above: House of Trepidation, by Jakalope.

Other songs from chapter five: Farther Away, by Evanescence. And I hate everything about you, by Three days Grace.

Anyway please R&R