Ashuri: thanks to all who gave ideas for the question:
what dastardly evil thing do you want to see happen to them?
In this chapter there will be two of them, which were my faves right of the hop, and two more might be in the next chapter. The phantom of the opera songs were from the recent movie. Appearing in this chapter are a few characters, tampoda and Holly, who belong to their respected owners, my friends, and of whom I have permission to use, as they paretically belong to me, and the others, Sora, Ashley, Damon, etc, belong to me. These people are in here to just help this part of the story move along cause you can't have to place Ren is going without these people or it would be incomplete. And of course all shaman king characters belong to Hiroyuki takei.
Oh yeah to one of the reviewers: the words I love you don't exist in Ren's vocabulary...but its getting there. Thanks for your review.
Hao: she doesn't own shaman king.
Chapter twelve: Deficient Instability Mental Infraction.
Over the course of one month, Ren basically decided life was not worth it. Therefor, besides going to the bathroom, he did nothing. Nothing, but lay on the couch, moping. Well he did listen to the radio a couple of times but the songs were just sappy and made him more upset then he already was. Songs like:
I only think of you And it's breaking my heart I'm trying to keep it together But I'm falling apart I'm feeling all out of my element I'm throwing things Crying Trying to figure out Where the hell I went wrong The pain reflected in this song Ain't even half of what I'm feeling inside I need you Need you back in my life baby
and
Love me love me say that you love me fool me fool me go on and fool me love me love me pretend that you love me leave me leave me just say that you need me Love me love me say that you love me leave me leave me just say that you need me I can't care 'bout anything but you...
He still had a strong urge to write to the station and force them to play better songs, but he didn't know if he had paper, and he didn't want to waist the effort if he didn't.
He had stopped eating recently, because his food had gone bad, and he didn't want to go to the store. This was a down right low for him, and how he got there he was still trying to figure out. One day, still not doing anything, though he had gotten up to turn off the radio, he laid there on the couch, the fabric of the sofa imprinting into his skin, gazing eyes unfocused at a large spec of dirt on the ceiling, Jun decided to pay a visit.
"Ren, what's happened to you?"
Ren slowly turned his head to look at her. "What does it look like?" He asked horsily.
"Like you've died."
"Look it can think. Its not hopeless after all."
"Ren..."
"I'm trying to commit suicide," he said.
"How? By starving and dehydrating yourself?!" Jun asked.
"Precisely."
"But wouldn't it be easier to use your kawn do?" She said quickly as though hoping to not give him ideas.
"But that involves getting up. And its too quick. I want to prolong my suffering."
"Why?"
"Because I want to," Ren said loudly.
Jun held her hands up in defense. "Alright. Alright."
Ren tried to focus on her face, but he was much too weak. "Say, did you give him my White's Day gift?"
"Yes, but I don't think that's going to bring him back."
"I know that you idiot! I didn't ask for your opinion!" thundered Ren, managing to sit up and glaring at her.
She flinched. "Ren...I think you need help."
"Oh yeah and who's going to help me?! You? That stupid shrink who gives stupid advice that does no one any good?! Sorry but no one can help me!" Ren attempted to lay down again but Jun's next words made him freeze. "You need to go to a mental asylum."
"What?!" Ren turned back to her with a very strained look on his face.
"You need to go to a mental asylum," she whispered. "They can help you."
"I DON'T NEED A MENTAL ASYLUM!" Ren yelled and chucked a lamp at her, but because his strength had more then diminished, he missed by several feet and shortly found himself locked in the back seat of his car.
"Dammit Jun! Let me out!" Ren yelled.
"No. You're a danger to everyone and yourself. You're not safe," she said slowly, driving to the outskirts of town.
"Then send me to jail! Not a mental place!"
"But you have a chance to be saved. And in jail someone might kill you!"
"Someone might kill me in a mental place. Their unstable freaks!" Ren said.
"Well then you'll fit right in."
"JUN!"
Somehow they managed to get there without Jun getting into an accident because Ren was screaming at her, and they managed to get all the way to the registration office, though Ren was pretty weak so it didn't take much of an effort on Jun's part. In the office they met a young woman with short reddish hair and blue eyes, the name on the desk said Tampoda Leiper. "Good morning," she said. "Welcome to D.I.M.I."
She didn't explain what D.I.M.I. meant but Ren figured she didn't know and it was something along the lines of Deficient Instability Mental Infraction.
"How can I help you?"
"Um yes, my brother needs to be booked into here and yeah," Jun finished lamely, but Ren wasn't paying attention as he was reading the rules that were on the desk.
D.I.M.I. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
Please do not attack the doctors as they are here to help you.
Bouncing of the walls is optional.
Medication will be given when seen fit.
Visitors are allowed from 6:00am to 5:00pm. Please do not ask for longer visits. They will not be given.
No flirting with the security guards, as they are here for our protection, not yours.
Accept your food, as it comes out of our pay to feed you. If you do not eat you will not be allowed in to the padded wall room and visits will be disallowed.
All pointy objects are banned from your rooms. However if you require a point object, a doctor will be present at the time of usage.
Calming solvent is always on hand, and injected by the head doctor. Please feel free to ask for it.
PLEASE ENJOY YOUR STAY.
How dull. What kind of mental institution was this?
"Very well," Tampoda reached for a registration form. "He will need a parent or guardian, unless he's over eighteen."
Ren smirked. "Ha, you can get me to sign this."
Jun sighed. "I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to this." She pulled out a mini tape recorder out of her pocket. Ren stared at it and she pushed the on button.
"You know you love me, Ren," came Horo's voice in perfect imitation of the rabbit.
Ren hissed and grabbed the player, ripped out the tape and proceeded to tare out the ribbon while sitting on the floor. He even used his teeth. As he continued to do so, Tampoda stared at him.
"We might be able to reconsider in his case. One moment." She picked up the phone and pressed a button. They could hear yelling on the other end.
"But Ashley!"
"No!"
"But that's not fair!"
"Not everything is. Not be quiet, I'm on the phone. Yeah?"
"Um for extremely bad cases-" Ren glared. "-are we allowed to admit them without their permission, as long as a family member signs the form?" Tampoda asked.
There was silence then. "You may admit him."
"Ok."
"Ashley!"
"Shut up!" And the phone appeared to be disconnected on the other side.
Tampoda cleared her throat and handed Jun the form.
"This sucks," Ren said.
"Well then you shouldn't have displayed your condition," Jun said.
"Display my- its your fault. You and that dumb shrinks!"
"You need to right down the name of his shrink," Tampoda said pointing to a line. Ren sighed. This was so unfair.
When Jun had finished signing away his fate, they were given a tour and saw a lot of weird people. Like this one who would sit and stare into nothing and then suddenly burst out and yell "Darkness!" fifty times over. And some other female who was apparently playing with voodoo dolls, and saying. "I wuv choo sowa!" who was being closely monitored by another doctor.
They were shown the eating facilities, they discussed the rules, plus some that weren't on the sheet that Ren had read, things like how you weren't allowed to use the phones after hours. Then Ren was shown to his room, which was on the second floor. He stared at the door.
Tao Ren.
Patient # : 201006
Room # : 305
Tampoda ushered them inside, and told him that a time table would be drawn up for him, she then left them alone as she had other patients to attend to.
"See, Ren, it won't be that bad."
"Quiet traitor sibling!" Ren glared at her. How dare she do this to him. "Your lucky I don't have my kawn do or you would be so dead!"
Jun flinched. "Now Ren, this is your chance to get better."
"I've already tried that remember. It didn't work!"
"Only because you drove Horo away!"
Ren stopped glaring and turned away.
"Ren."
"Go away."
"But Ren-"
"Get Lost!"
"Ren please-"
Ren grabbed a pillow and chucked it at her. "I said get out!"
Jun ducked the pillow, dove out of the room and didn't come back. Ren retrieved the pillow from the floor, closed the door and laid down on the bed.
Why did she have to bring that up? He already felt bad enough, and he didn't need to be reminded of it. Besides, if Horo didn't want to come back, he wasn't about to persuade him to do so. Ren buried his face in the pillow and attempted to suffocate himself. It was just Horo. Why was he freaking out so much? When did his happiness become so dependant on someone else? How could he sink so low?
Suffocation didn't work very well, as the pillow didn't stop the circulation of air. Ren groaned angrily and threw the pillow off to the side and tired to choke himself, which proved even less effective then suffocation. He eventually gave up and just laid there, going back to starving and dehydrating himself. This lasted until lunch time, when they brought his food. It didn't look at all appetizing, and he noticed they had to eat with plastic utensils.
"You will eat in here for a few days, before you join the others in the mess hall," Tampoda said.
Ren didn't move or answer her in anyway. He just glanced at her and then gazed outside the window. She babbled on about who his doctor was, her, and when they would meet and so on. Eventually Ren just fell asleep. And when he woke up, she was gone, it was dinner time, and his lunch had been replaced by dinner food. He stared at it. It looked horrible, but this was coming from some one who hadn't eaten, properly, in about two weeks.
It was some kind of meat, vegetable and green Jell-O. His stomach growled for the first time in a while, but considering his lack of eating, his body might go into shock after doing so. Ren tried to ignore it but it wouldn't stop, so he gave up and tried the food. He didn't care much for the meat or vegetables, so he didn't eat them. The Jell-o wasn't bad so he ate that. When it was gone, he felt a bit better, but still not happy. He pushed himself off the bed and barricaded himself in his bathroom.
His reflection yielded a very pale face and slightly bloodshot eyes. His hair which had been normally groomed and shiny, was dull and messy. He was very skinny, lack of food tends to do that. Ren sighed and gazed around the bathroom for anything that could be used as a valuable weapon. Okay maybe the shrink had been right, he was suicidal.
The bathroom held a toilet, sink, mirror and tub, which only ran water if you had a key, and a doctor or guard, had to be present at the time any bathing took place. So nothing useful. However the tub looked pretty comfy. So he took the sheets of the bed, fetched his pillow and curled up in the tub to sleep.
It was a shock to Tampoda who found him, when she brought his breakfast, which he didn't eat, the next morning.
The days passed pretty much the same, he stayed in his room avoiding everyone, didn't eat and saw the doctor, and having no contact from anyone, it made him desperate to talk to someone. He didn't want to use the phone in front of anyone, who knows what might come out of his mouth, so he decided to brave a after hours phone call. They were pretty lax about security at night, cause all the dangerous people had their doors bolted shut and guards outside them, and the head doctor seemed liable to pop up anywhere.
Ren crept slowly toward the registration area hoping no one was there. No one was so he swiftly moved toward the phones. They looked like British telephone boxes, but they were purple, and no one could see him in there, nor hear him if he was quiet. He hid himself inside one and tried to figure out who to call and mentally slapping himself for not doing it earlier. He really wanted to talk to Horo, but would he talk to him? It was Ren's understanding that Horo was still mad at him. He decided to chance it and called Yoh s house. Thankfully Yoh picked up.
"Hello?"
"Yoh!" Ren whispered frantically.
"Ren why are you whispering?"
"Never mind. I want to talk to Horo!"
"Um Kay. I'll get him before I go to sleep." And Yoh wandered away from the phone. Ren drummed his fingers on the door, but then remembered he shouldn't make noise and desisted.
"Hello?" came Horo's voice.
"Horo!" Ren said happily and strangely high pitched and almost forgetting to be quiet.
"Ren. It's the middle of the night. What if I was sleeping?" There was slight anger in Horo's voice, but also gentle happiness.
"Horo you're an insomniac on weekends," Ren whispered.
"Oh right. Why are you whispering?" Horo asked.
"I don't want them to hear me."
"Who?"
"The doctors."
"Doctors? Ren, where are you?"
"D.I.M.I. the mental asylum," said Ren.
"Uh, how'd you wind up in there?"
"Jun."
"Oh, but don't you have to sign the papers?"
"She had some tape with your voice on it, in perfect imitation of the rabbit and it made me display my condition in public. They made an exemption," whispered Ren, winding the phone cord around his finger.
"Oh so that's what she wanted that for," said Horo sounding amused.
Ren rolled his eyes. "If she's asking you to say that into a tape, then its obviously for me." Horo snickered. "No don't you laugh."
Horo continued and Ren frantically tired to get him to stop, afraid someone might hear. "Horo, please stop."
Horo stopped. "Fine. I won't get you into trouble."
"Thank you." He heard Horo clear his throat.
"So why are you calling?"
Ineed someone to talk too," said Ren.
"Why can't you talk to your fellow un-stabilities?" he asked keeping the bitterness to a minimum.
"I don't want to talk to them. They frighten me," he paused then said quickly.
"I don't belong here!"
"Ren-"
"I'm not half as crazy as some of the people here!"
"Ren-"
"I need to get out of here before I succeed in killing myself!"
"Ren, shut up!" Ren fell silent.
"You've tired to kill yourself?"
"Several times. I would have succeeded yesterday if they hadn't taken my glass away."
"Where'd you get glass?" Horo asked.
"My bathroom mirror. I broke it in a surge of anger," replied Ren quietly.
"Ren, what did I tell you about glass?"
"But that was a lamp not a mirror."
"It's still glass."
"Doesn't matter anyway. I don't have it anymore," said Ren grumpily.
"That's not the point-" Horo started annoyed, but Ren interrupted. "Stupid doctors took away my salvation and put some spell on my mirror."
"Ren I don't want you to kill yourself," Horo said sincerely.
"Its too late," Ren muttered.
"How so?"
"I'm already dead."
"Um no your not."
"Yeah I am. I've been dying a little bit each day for the past mouth," Ren said and decided to sit on the floor as the cord stretched that far. "
How?"
Ren was tempted to say because you left me, but opted for saying. "By starving and dehydrating myself. And it would have worked if Jun hadn't intervened."
"Good thing she did," Horo muttered.
"Don't you betray me too!"
Horo snickered again. "Well it can't be that bad."
"Believe me it is," said Ren checking to see if anyone was outside the box.
"If you say so."
"And I do. You'll just have to come and see for yourself. Then you'll believe me," Ren retorted.
"Nah that's ok."
Ren closed the door, heart plummeting. He had figured Horo didn't want to see him again, even if he was locked in a mental asylum.
He leaned against the door. "Horo, please, come and visit me. I..I need to see you," he said unable to keep the pleading and over whelming sadness out of his voice. He heard Horo sigh. "Please?" There was complete silence, except from the drumming of fingers on a table, that was coming from Horo. It wasn't really that hard of a question, yes or no, but because Horo was mad, it didn't seem so easy. Ren really wanted him to say yes.
Horo sighed again. "Alright. I don't know when, but I'll come and visit you."
"Thank you."
"One condition."
"What?"
"No more suicide attempts."
Ren didn't know how well he could hold up to that but said alright none then same. He felt much better then he had in days. They talked for a little longer about random things, and they finished right before day break and Ren started to panic about being caught. He blurted out I miss you, which caused the tone of Horo's voice to change from semi happy to really happy. After a few more randomly blurted out things they said goodbye and Ren made his way back to his room, only to be caught by the head doctor, just five paces from the door.
"Aw crap."
"You know, premonition, may not be a common trait, but maybe you should be careful around those who do," she said, blue eyes watching him amused. Ren was having difficulty remembering her name, but he nodded. "And maybe you should abide by the rules as well. We don't need patients who think their fine wondering around. Especially manically depressed paranoid, psychopaths with suicidal and homicidal tendencies."
Ren flushed. Stupid shrink.
"Now then, Mr. Tao, if I was you, I would get into my room before I get into bigger trouble." Ren nodded and entered the room. The doctor stuck her head in. "Oh and it wasn't nice of you to threaten Tampoda. If your not careful, you might suddenly find me as your doctor, and you won't like it much."
If it was possible, Ren paled.
She nodded to him. As she pulled away, a voice yelled. "Ashley!"
His door closed and he let out a sigh of relief, then crawled into bed and slept for most of the day. Around dinner time, his promise to Horo about no more suicide attempts was put to the test as one of the patients hid in his room and he couldn't get rid of her, seemingly suicide was the only way out as she attacked him with he voodoo dolls.
"Go Sowa! Beat him you flying pansy!"
It took all of Ren's will power to not slap her. Eventually he was saved.
"Holly! What are you doing?! It's bad enough you annoying Sora with those things! Stop bothering people!"
"No!" Holly said pushing her brown hair out of her face. "I'm bored. And Sowa wants to play!" She held up one of the dolls and shook it. "Okay Ashley!?"
"Sowa and Ho-lie can play in another room with padded walls!" Ashley said as calmly as possible.
Holly appeared to ponder this, then said. "Yay!" and they left Ren alone, with thoughts of was Horo worth seeing before he died? The answer was relatively simple and he suffered silently.
Three days went by and Ren managed to keep himself alive, with many near misses, which included almost over dosing on pain killers for his unending headache, and deliberately falling down the stairs, but besides that everything was ok. He was still waiting for Horo to visit and hoping he hadn't forgotten.
Sitting in a chair by the window, with his head on the sill, gazing outside, eyes unfocused, he didn't hear the door open.
"Ren." it was Tampoda. "You have a visitor."
The door closed and Ren slowly turned his head to see Horo standing there. Ren very quickly got up and threw his arms around Horo, regardless if Horo was till mad at him. It could have been anyone and he still would have hugged them. He felt Horo's arms wrap tightly around him pulling him closer almost choking him but Ren didn't care. He missed being held so much, which he couldn't believe, that Horo could get away with almost anything. Almost.
It was a very long hug but it ended. Horo placed his hand below Ren's ear and stroked his cheek with his thumb. "Your so pale." he said. Ren placed his hand on Horo's and didn't say anything. "And so thin."
This was made in reference to Ren's weight before hand, and the fact that the shirt, which was Horo's, was hanging very loosely away from his body. Horo's hand left Ren's face and he pulled the shirt until it form fitted Ren's body. Horo smiled. "Yep. Very skinny." Ren gave him a small smile. Horo cleared his throat and released the shirt, and they just stood there.
You would think a month of separation would be enough to settle any disagreements, but not in this case. Past pain and arguments ran too deep.
"Listen Horo," Ren said looking down. "I can understand if you don't want to be with me anymore, because I'm a jerk and now I'm stuck here and all, and-"
"What are you trying to say Ren?" Horo asked quietly.
"Only that...if you don't want to be see me anymore I..I won't bother and try to bring you back," Ren said very quietly.
"It's not that I don't want to be with you, Ren, its just, I want you to be a little more open, with me, and your feelings," said Horo forcing Ren to look him in the eye. "Alright?"
Ren nodded.
"What brought this up all of a sudden?"
"I..I don't want you to leave me!" Ren said and threw his arms around Horo again.
Even though Ren hated being dependant on people for things, he knew that his happiness depended soulfully on Horo being in his life. Horo's arms went around him again as though excepting his statement. Afterward they sat down on Ren's bed and Horo filled him in on what was going on outside D.I.M.I.'s walls. Which nothing exciting happened.
At lunch time, Tampoda brought his food. Ren ignored it like always. "Aren't you going to eat?" Horo asked.
"No."
"Why?"
"It tastes bad." Ren said eyeing the food.
"Really? It looks good to me."
"Horo you'll eat anything."
"Oh yeah."
"But if you want to try it," Ren said spooning meat and vegetables onto the fork and holding it up to Horo who ate it.
"Hmm this is really good!"
Ren sighed and laughed. He then pushed the plate toward Horo and thieved the Jell-O.
"How come you get Jell-O?" Horo asked.
"Because it's the only thing I like," Ren said eating it.
"So, your still starving yourself?"
"No. Sometimes I get other food that tastes good."
"Oh alright." When Horo hand finished Ren's lunch, Tampoda took Ren's plate away and they were left alone again. "Why does she have to watch you?"
"To make sure I don't deliberately choke myself," Ren said leaning against the wall.
"Yeah that makes sense," Horo muttered.
"I did promise you, no more suicide attempts right?"
"Yeah." "Well this is just an extra precaution," said Ren fiddling with the blanket.
Horo nodded and then said. "Ren. I want you to be happy." Ren opened his mouth to say then get me out of here but Horo silenced him by placing a finger against his lips. "But I think that this place, can help you, with your condition and with our relationship."
Ren's eyes filled with sadness and betrayal. How the hell could this place help with their relationship?
"But I still care about you. A small separation, while you're here getting better, might help. We might learn how to not fight as much, though some of the fights are very amusing, and it might help us get along better."
Ren nodded. This sucked.
"Please Ren, just give it a try. Please," Horo pleaded.
Ren nodded again. He could try, but he wasn't going to like it.
"Thank you," Horo removed his finger from Ren's lips and gently kissed him. "Everything will be alright."
"You're not still made at me are you?" Ren asked suddenly.
Horo opened his mouth to speak but then shut it. His face totally betrayed him. He was still mad.
"Well?"
"Ren, I'm not going to pretend, but yes I am still mad at you, but that's only because, I'm tired of being treated like an idiot."
I knew it. Ren thought. He moved a little bit away from Horo. He didn't want Horo to be mad at him. But he couldn't think of anything to do to make him not angry.
"What is it?" Horo asked.
"Nothing." He got off the bed and decided to give Horo a tour.
While passing the group activity room, a few of the male heads, not to mention female heads, turned to follow Ren as he lead Horo out to the grounds.
"Um Ren, why were they watching you? Horo asked.
"Cause they're interested in me," Ren said leading Horo to the mess hall doors.
"Really?"
"Yep." He heard Horo grumble about something so he had so say. "Do I detect a hint of jealously?"
"No," Horo said a little too quickly.
Ren laughed. "Tell the truth."
Horo blushed and mumbled, "Ok yes. I'm jealous."
"Why?"
"Cause they get to spend more time with you then I do."
Ren laughed again. "And how does this work with your separation speech?"
Horo blushed even more. Ren chuckled and gave him a kiss on the cheek and proceeded to drag him around the facility. They went back to Ren's room for dinner and after a few more hours Horo had to leave. They stood outside for a while and Horo hugged him.
"See you later alight?" Horo asked and Ren nodded.
They said goodbye and Horo climbed into the car which Ren recognized as his own, which meant Horo must have borrowed it, and drove away. Ren reluctantly went back inside.
The next few weeks went by slowly, to slowly for Ren's liking, as he still wished he could leave, mainly because he had been hit on several times by his fellow patients, mostly the male ones, the females got too giddy around him and couldn't talk to him, whether on medication or not. He had also threatened one of their lives when they attempted to preform acts of courtship, which got him in trouble, where he wasn't allowed guests for a week and his Jell-O got taken away.
However nothing compared to what happened next. While walking back from the mess hall, one day, a group of males, no doubt, cornered Ren against the building out of sight of all the windows and doctors. He managed to knock them all out, save one, with his superior kung fu skills, though he was still pretty feeble at the time, the one remaining however, was pretty strong. Ren couldn't get away from him, no matter what he did.
Freaking out and wishing he had his kawn do, he was powerless and had to endure the constant touching, which first of all made Ren what to gag and second of all made him wish Horo was there instead. He didn't know how long it went on, but Tampoda and Ashley, the head doctor, found them and boy did that guy get it.
First he got set on fire and then turned into a blob, which confirmed Ren's suspicions that Ashley could do magic. They were all dragged away and locked up and Ren was escorted back to his room. He felt dirty and used, almost like when Horo had tried to pull this on him, but ten times worse. He got permission to take a bath and had to use a lot of self control to avoid drowning himself. He then sunk into his bed and gazed emptily at the ceiling.
Two days after the incident, Horo made his second weekly visit. "Ren what happened? You look like someone died," Horo said sitting down on the bed.
Ren didn't say anything but crawled into Horo's arms. Their relationship had gotten better over the last little while and Horo had possibly forgiven Ren for their previous argument as he was perfectly normal again.
"Ren what is it?"
Ren wanted to avoid talking about it, but Horo's persistence, which had never been a good thing for Ren, made him spit it out.
When he was finished he could see that Horo was half in mind to go and severely punish them, which is what Ren wanted to do for two days, but refrained from doing so, so he couldn't get in trouble. As Horo stood up to go and extract revenge, Ren threw his arms around Horo's waist and pulled him back down onto the bed. Pinning him down Ren tired to explain that if he did something he might get into trouble and might not be allowed to see him again, also Ashley might get mad and turn him into something un-natural.
"But Ren, they assaulted you. And tried to do god knows what!" Horo said in slight protest. Ren was on top of him so he wasn't complaining.
"Hmm sounds like some I know," Ren said.
Horo looked around and then at Ren. "You don't mean me do you?"
Ren laughed and swatted him. "Of course I mean you."
Horo snickered. "I haven't done stuff like that in a while."
"Thankfully." Ren said and he layed down on top Horo. "Don't know what I would do with you if you still did."
"You'd freak out and hit me more?" Horo suggested wrapping his arms around Ren.
"Yeah that seems about right."
They sighed and then Horo said, "I'm going to ask this doctor if I can punish those jerks."
"I wouldn't advise it," answered Ren.
"Why not?" Horo asked and Ren was about to answer when his door opened and Ashley came in. Ren got off Horo and made him sit up.
"Lunch time," she said eyes traveling over him and Horo.
"What happened to the other girl?" Horo asked Ren.
"Oh I threatened her life too many times, so she switched."
Horo nodded. "Where's the food?"
Ashley looked up from her clipboard and snapped her fingers. They food appeared in front of them. "There."
Horo stared and then began to ask his question, but Ren clamped his hand over his mouth. "No you might make her mad. The last person to do so was afraid to sleep for two days and it was her friend," Ren whispered.
Horo started to nod but Ashley said. "No you may not take revenge on the people who assaulted Ren." Her gaze returned to the clipboard. "They've been punished enough."
Horo stared. "She read my mind."
"No. I have the ability of premonition. That's different."
They all fell silent and she was about to leave when the annoying brown haired girl named Holly ran into the room. Ren back away slightly. Ashley sighed and pushed her blondish brown hair out of her face.
"Ashley!" she whined. "I want Sora!"
"He's at work Holly. He can't visit you."
"But I want him!" Holly continued to whine and made a noise which sounded like a dying moose.
"Your mating call won't work, Holly," Ashley said trying to leave the room but Holly latched on to her arm and attemper to pull her down the floor.
"Then I want my child!"
"Damon's at the park with Yugi and the kids."
"Which ones?"
"Remus and Arum-"
"Gay little incest buddies!" Holly interrupted.
"-and Kismet's with Yami, Daemon and Dameon."
"Oh yeah that's great fun. Want Sora!"
Ashley made hand gestures of wanting to strangle her. "Jesus Holly. Sometimes I don't know how he can stand- Sora!" She turned and looked and a man with short brown hair and blue eyes, who had appeared in the doorway.
"Yay Sowa!" Holly bounded over to him and they left. Ashley apologized and closed the door.
"Did any of that seem weird to you?" Horo asked.
"No it's a daily thing." Ren said eating his Jell-O. "What was weird?"
"First off, she's insane and deserves to be locked up. And seconded that conversation was disturbing."
Ren snorted. "They can be worse."
"Oh I imagine so."
After lunch, Horo wanted to avoid any room with Holly in it, so they went outside and walked around. They had been walking for about five minutes when they were approached by one of the guys who had assaulted Ren.
Ren grabbed a hold of Horo's arm. "Aw man. Can't he go away."
"Hey you. Blue haired freak!"
"Hey don't you insult him! That's my job!" Ren said.
Horo looked at Ren. "Thank,s Ren."
"Sorry."
"What do you want jerk?"
"What are you doing wandering around with my Ren?!" he said. Clearly this guy had skipped out on his medication.
Ren spurted, "Yours?! When did you come up with that idea?!"
"He belonged to me way before he even met you!" Horo said glaring.
"Well he belongs to me now. So give him over before you get hurt." He cracked his knuckles.
"Your just asking to be beaten," Horo said.
"No. Remember what Ashley said!" But it didn't matter, they fought and Horo lost.
"See that guy's a loser. Why hang with him?"
"He's not a loser," Ren said ashamed. "He's just uh-"
"A loser."
"Hey that loser your talking about is my boyfriend so shut up!" Ren said angrily hoping Horo wouldn't get made at him for calling him a loser. The jerk opened his mouth to say something but then realized his shirt had caught fire. He screamed and ran in circles. Ren went over and helped Horo up and they heard Holly's voice, much to Horo's displeasure.
"Look Ashley I did it!"
They turned and spotted her, the male from earlier and Ashley walking by.
"Oh yes Holly. Very good," Ashley said. "Now- Holly!"
Holly ran over to the jerk and started beating him with her voodoo dolls. "Take that and that!"
"Mother!" came an exclaimed cry which belonged to a younger looking version of the male near Ashley, who was accompanied by a boy his own age with black hair and two younger boys with red and black hair.
"And that! Hi Damon!" She continued to beat him.
The red headed boy tugged on the sleeve of the older black haired boy. "Oto-san, baa-san #2 is scaring me."
"Me too, Remus."
"I wanna play too!" said the younger black haired boy.
"No!"
Ren and Horo edged away and went back inside. "Weirdo's. Your right Ren. You don't belong here," Horo said.
Ren smiled.
They sat down and Ren was never going to let Horo forget that he lost to a mentally unstable person, to which Horo said, "Yeah well you lost to a mentally unstable person too!"
"Yeah but I beat up the others and I am mentally unstable so it doesn't count."
Horo stayed for the rest of the day like always and left reluctantly when the visiting hours where over. "Do you know when you'll get out?" Horo had asked before leaving.
"I don't know. They want me to take anger management, and that's supposed to take a while," Ren answered.
"Hurry up and get better." Horo said and give him a small kiss before leaving. Ren went back inside, narrowly avoiding the guys who had assaulted him.
In his room he sat in the chair by the window and gazed outside, and shortly fell asleep.
Ashuri: this chapter is so long. Man, my hands hurt. Anyway...it is very weird yes. There is a big story behind the weirdo patients, but don't ask. Its very complicated. Anyway...um OOA is comic. Check my bio for updates.
Songs: we belong together by Miraha Carrie and lovefool by cardinal.
RXR please.