"Pilica, the bus is already here, you're the last. Common!" Horo shouted into the hall, but Pilica came just then, with her bag in hand.
"Hai!"
She put her bag into the car boot of the bus and took a seat next to her brother and Tamao. Yoh, Anna and Ren were sitting in front of them. Yoh was sleeping, Anna was listeing to music via his ear-phones and Ren was looking annoyed.
After some hours they arrived at the hotel on top of a snow covered mountain.
"Wow!" Horo said and after waiting for Pilica to get out he jumped out of the car and ran towards the hotel's doors. The others slowly followed with the servants carrying their bags.
It was a new hotel shining in the rays of the sun. A blue painted house with 3 floors and huge windows.
"Hey, thats cool! Come on!" Horo shouted turning to his friends.
When everyone was inside the servants put the bags down next to their owners and left. They were in a large room, but except them there were only 4 or 5 persons inside, talking quietly. The walls right and left of the group were decorated with some shelves, packed with books and lots of games.
The reception desk was wooden, and a friendly looking woman wearing a blue uniform stood behind it.
"Welcome in this ski resort hotel! May I help you?" she asked smiling.
They all went over to the woman.
"Yes, thanks", Pilica took the word, "I won a stay for 6 persons in a quiz."
She gave her the letter she had gotten from the magazine.
"Congratulations" the employee smiled "Here are your room key-cards."
With that she gave Pilica three chip-cards for rooms at the 3rd floor.
"But it was for six persons, wasn't it?" Pilica asked politely.
"Well, there are three rooms, each with 2 beds." The woman fed something into her computer and rechecked the entry.
The others -hearing the conversation- were startled and began to discuss the matter, hard. Well to be precise only Horo Horo did; Tamao just blushed slightly at the idea. Yoh hadn't noticed yet, he just stood there listening to his ear-phones. Ren was next to him leaning against the reception desk, looking unnerved. Anna wasn't there, she had gone to the toilett.
"Is everything alright?" the woman asked carefully.
"W-We just didnt expect this." Pilica stuttered nervously and turned to her group trying to calm them down.
"So, what will we do?" she asked shyly, after all it had been her, who had invited the others, and therefore it was her mistake.
Yoh had finally recognized the problem, he had taken off the ear-phones and listened.
"We have to divide ourselves into three groups, then!"
"And how?", the golden eyed boy next to him asked indifferent. But then again he had had to come along on Pilica's stupid trip and now it was his problem as well.
"Why don't go Yoh and Anna take one flat, Ren and Horo another and Tamao and me the third?" Pilica saw Tamao blush while she alluded Yoh and Anna, but it was only slight and she knew that Tamao had overcome her crush on Yoh.
"WHAT?" Horo screamed letting his sister jerk. "I will not share my room with this kill-joy, just look at him!"
He pointed at Ren, who shot him his infamous you-want-to-fight-glare, one hand already at his Kwan Dao.
"Why don't we draw matches, then no one can refuse. Everyone agree?" Horo added hopefully.
They nodded quietly.
"OK, then"
Horo Horo took out six matches, broke them into three different lenghs and took them in his hand, letting only a short part stick out.
One after the other chose a stick and took it; because of her absence Yoh chose a second one for Anna.
"Hey, Tamao, were in one room" Horo said grinning, happy that he didn't choose the same stick as Ren or Anna.
Tamao blushed, took her bag and they went towards the elevator together. They met Anna halfways, she was just coming out of the bathroom and going over to Yoh.
"Anna, there are only three rooms", Yoh tried to explain, he didn't want Anna to get angry, "so we drew matches, and see, you have the same as Ren." Yoh indicated Ren, who looked away and grumbled.
Anna stared at him for a while, then pulled Yoh, who had one of the key-cards in his hands, in the direction she had seen Horo and Tamao go before.
"But Anna …" Pilica said hopefully waving after her. But Anna didn't turn around or even realized. She went into the elevator with Yoh following behind. He -of course- carried the bags.
Ren and Pilica looked at each other shortly and in silence, then looked away again, Pilica blushed a little.
"So, we should go to our room." She said, not looking at him.
Pilica took her bags and went to the elevator slowly, secure that Ren would be following her. They got to their room without saying a word.
Entering, Pilica abandoned her bags, ran through the antechamber into the living room and towards the giant windows.
"Wow, look at this countryside! It's beautiful!" Pilica shouted and waved at him to make him come closer.
Ren got out of his shoes, put his bags into a corner and entered the big living room. It was warm except for a fresh breeze that came from the just opened window. In the middle of the room stood a large red sofa with a glassen table in front of it.
Ren looked at her, rolled his eyes and went into the room on his left side.
When he came in his eyes widened. He was in the bedroom, but instead of the two beds he expected, there stood one, a double bed.
The purple haired shaman went to one side of the bed and pulled, trying to divide it. his frustation he pulled only the whole bed through the room. Realizing that this wouldn't work he took out his Kwan Dao and raised it to cut the bed in two pieces.
But before he could do any such thing Pilica entered the room.
"Ren, what are you doing?" she shouted at him
"What do you think? I'm dividing the bed!"
"Are you that stupid? If you divide the bed you will have two askance pieces you cant sleep on. The bed has only four feet."
The Ainu went over to him and took the hellebard he still holded, ready to cut the bed. She stood right in front of him. He shortly stared at her, then leaned over to her. He was now only a few inches from her face. Pilicas heart began to beat faster. He looked at her then whispered in a calm sort of voice Pilica had never heard him use before: "I am not stupid." With that he snatched his weapon out of her hands and left shaking his head. Pilica didnt move, she blushed furiously and stared straight on.
At Horos and Tamaos roomSo, 293, thats our room, the room between those of Yoh and Ren" Horo Horo said to Tamao standing in front of the door. He put his bags down, took his key-card and opened the door. Tamao followed. She hold her bag in front of her with both hands and entered the room behind Horo. They came into a small antechambre where they got out of their shoes. Then both came into a big living room with a red sofa standing in the middle a a glassen table in front of it. On the other side of the room, were the huge windows they had seen from outside. All doors were open so Horo could see that the left room was the bedroom.
Tamao put her bags down in the bedroom, just like Horo Horo had done some seconds before. He sat on the bed and smiled at her, making her blush. The smile changed into a big grin, and without warning he rushed from the bed through the whole room jumping on the sofa in the living room.
Tamao smiled at him, then went to the other door of the bedroom satisfying her curiosity. When she opened the door she realized it was the bathroom. She shortly looked in the mirrow smiling at herself. Then went back to the bedroom.
"Hey, Tamao!" Horo suddenly shouted coming up behind the double bed. Tamao startled then went over to him. He was still smiling.
"Here is a mini bar next to the bed, so … this is my side, OK?" he asked hopefully and looked at her grinning.
"Of course" Tamao just answered smiling and blushing slightly. She had just now really realized that this was a double bed.
She then told him that she wanted to look for the others, and so she did. The pink haired girl left her room and went to the room on the left side.
At Yohs and Annas room"Anna, could you please hurry up?" Yoh asked his fiancee, still under the weight of all bags of Anna and himself. They were in front of their door right next to the one of Horo and Tamao.
"… its open!" she said opening the door for him. He walked in and let all the bags fall down into the antechamber. They took off their jackets and shoes and walked on towards the living room. Yoh was amazed at the furniture. He saw the red sofa and the glassen table opposite of the TV.
He instantly knew what Anna would do, and he was right. Anna walked straight to the sofa, sat down and turned on the television with a remote control. At least Yoh could relax now, too. He went into the next room, and when he saw the big, soft bed he had only one thought left. Secure Anna was watching and would even longer watch TV he slowly advance the bed, lay down and closed his eyes. Seconds later he was in the land of dreams.