Just when Tamao wanted to knock on the door of Pilica, Ren came out grumbling, but ignoring her. She looked insecurely after him, then held the door open, which was nearly closed. She knocked from the inside of the door.
"Anna?" she asked carefully.
When nobody answered she slowly went in searching for Anna. But the only one she found was Pilica, looking straight on, a little red in the face.
"Pilica, everything OK?" Tamao asked walking towards her. Pilica blinked then looked to Tamao smiling.
"Yes, I'm OK."
"Why came Ren out of your room, I thought you were sharing your room with Yoh?"
"Oh, when Anna came she took Yoh, so I have to share my room with Ren now."
Pilica bagan to put her clothes out of her bag into her wardrobe. "Hey Tamao, do you want to check out the lobby and the ground floor, there has to be a lounge."
"Yes, of course!"
So both left the appartment talking and smiling, the door closed behind them. They went down the stairs, needing a little movement after their long bus-tour.
Yoh and Anna were still in their room relaxing, and Ren, well, who knows.
When Pilica and Tamao arrived at the ground floor, there still were only a few persons. On their left was the reception with the woman they had met before, the front door and the shelves with books and games.
On the right were, next to them the elevator, and a little farther an alley. Curious they went to it and then through. What they found was a very big room.
Nearly 100 people could get in and all around were huge speakers. All around the room stood tables for 4, 6 and 8 guests. Some tables were used by people playing games or eating. Tamao and Pilica saw a little bar at the far end of the room and a door leading on. It wasn't difficult to estimate what the room behind would be: the kitchen.
"I guess this is where we will eat breakfast and dinner." Tamao said when she realized that Pilica didn't stand next to her anymore. Confused she looked around, finally she saw Pilica reading a poster someone had pinned to a column.
"Here is a dance in … 4 days, that would be our last night, so, what do you say shall we go?"
"W-Why not, but we have no dancepartner." Tamao blushed a little.
"Hmm, but maybe we'll find someone. Why don't we bet who will find one first? Just for fun." Pilica submitted smiling.
„But ... " the pink-haired girl tried to find an excuse so that she didn't have to go to this dance.
"I have no dress!" she burbled out.
"No problem, I'll lend you one of mine!" Pilicas smile grew.
Tamao nodded, she had no more arguments, and knew that Pilica wouldn't accept no as an answer, and maybe it wouldn't be as bad, if she could get a dancepartner.
"Alright what will we do now, it's already to late for skiing or snowboarding!"
"What about the games, lets borrow one!"
With that decided they went back to the shelves in the lobby. After they had asked they took two games and went back to the 3rd floor. But when they arrived there Pilica's mouth opened and her eyes widened. She rushed straight into her appartment. Tamao knowing what was about to happen went into her own room.
"REN!" Pilica shouted loud enough for the whole floor to hear. Her eyes flamed and she went through the antechamber into the living room.
Ren lay on the couch, his head supported by one armrest his legs laying on the other. He shortly looked up, then continued to read the book he hold in front of him.
"REN, why the hell do we have no front door?" Pilica shouted just a little more quiet than before.
Ren put down his book, so that his sight to Pilica was free. He smirked. "We have a front door, it stands right over there" He indicated a corner of the room, and there really stood the front door. "I had no key and you werent here, so I got in by another way." He answered her glare.
"And do you think I will live here for five days without a door?"
"Then put it back!" he was already unnerved, again. But when she didnt answer he put his book on the table, next to his milk and went over to the door. He lifted the door, went to the entrance and put it back. Then he returned to the couch, glaring angrily at her. She stared back. Then Pilica turned around to see if the door was intact, but when she couldnt find anything wrong with it, she turned back to him. She wanted to tell Ren of the game they had borrowed, so she prepared herself to get him out of his book for a second time, but instead of reading like she had expected he looked at her, smirking.
"And, is it intact?"
Pilica blushed, she wanted to say something but she couldn't come up with the right words.
She decided to just ignore his question and divert his attention: "Do you want to play a game with us?"
And to her surprise he stood up and walked towards her. "This time I'll win!"
Meanwhile Horo and TamaoHoro sat on the sofa and cleaned his snowboard with Kororo flying above him when Tamao came in carrying the games. Horo Horo looked up just when a loud shout echoed through the floor.
"Wasn't this Pilicas voice?" he asked, but in the same moment he saw that Tamao was about to fall over the stuff of his cleaning-equipment.
"NO!" he shouted, but it was too late.
Tamao screamed feeling that she was falling. She lost the games, which fell out of her hands. She screamed even louder when she realized that she would hit the ground hard, very hard.
But all of sudden she felt a strong hand holding her steady above the ground. She looked up. Horo Horo stood there holding her in his arms. Tamao turned a deep shade of red, while he helped her to get back to her feet.
He checked if she was hurt then looked into her eyes.
"Everything OK?" he asked seriously.
She blushed even more, if that was possible.
"Yes, thank you." She said quietly looking into his ocean-blue eyes.
He smiled at her, then turned around to pick up the games Tamao had lost.
"Whats that?" he asked while collecting the pieces of the games.
"Huh, oh, Pilica and me thought that we all could play a game." She announced shyly, and before she could ask him if he would play along with them, he already answered.
"Oh, great, then lets start!"