Let Me
Drabble 10: The Haunted Mansion 2
By: Kigen
Unofficially entitled Bedtime Stories of a Crimson Nightmare, version 2.0. RenLyserg. The continuation of cuteness and fluff with a gender bending twist!
Disclaimer: I got a free pack of yanyan helping out at my local anime store today. If Shaman King was mine, the little cookie sticks that you dip in the frosting wouldn't have pictures of animals… If you know what I mean.
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The group had been walking through the haunted house for a while now. And while nothing scary had happened yet, Lyserg was clinging so tightly to Ren's arm that he had lost feeling in it over two minutes ago.
Ren placed his mouth next to Lyserg's ear and whispered softly. "Are you all right?"
Lyserg looked up with a shaky smile, obviously scared to the point where her hand was shaking. "Y-yeah. I'm fine Ren. It's just a little haunted house. It's not even real." she sounded much like she was trying to convince herself rather than Ren.
Ren frowned, tightening his grip on Lyserg's shaking hands "It you want to, we can-"
"AAAAAAAUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!"
Lyserg let out a high pitched shriek and threw herself into Ren's arms, her body shaking and tears running down her face.
Ren glared murder at Hao. "That wasn't necessary." Ren ground out, teeth gritted and he held Lyserg tightly to him..
Hao just shrugged and laughed. "Aww... did big, mean, scary Hao scare the poor widdle girl?" Hao cooed at Lyserg's trembling form. The momentarily gender confused fire shaman snorted. "What kind of shaman would be afraid of this anyways? It's nothing like a real haunted house. Though, you can't call yourself a shaman and be afraid of ghosts. It's not even scary." Hao batted away a badly made sheet ghost on a string that hung over his head
Lyserg just continued to cry out of fear and utter mortification of the situation, burying her face into Ren's chest.
Ren sent one last glare at Hao before leading Lyserg out of the haunted house. He didn't bother to punish Hao; Anna had already started to do that.
Once in the crisp night air again, Ren lead Lyserg out into a more quiet area of the park. Sitting on a bench he pulled Lyserg closer to him. "Are you okay now?" Ren asked softly, taking a handkerchief from his picket and giving it to Lyserg.
Lyserg nodded, wiping the tears and most of her makeup, from her face. "I stained your costume." Lyserg noted, seeing the mass of glitter and blush on Ren's jacket.
Ren just shrugged, pulling it over his head to expose his usual clothing that he wore under the elfish style jacket. "Don't worry about it. Any excuse to take these hellish ears off." Ren shrugged, taking the handkerchief back and wiping a few more makeup smudges off of Lyserg's face. "If you were so scared, why did you go in?" Ren asked gently, pulling Lyserg to his side.
"It's... stupid." Lyserg admitted, hiding her face in Ren's chest. "I only get scared at the really fake things. If it's real ghosts or monsters or whatever, I'm fine. But when it's fake, and I know it's fake, it... it really scares me for some reason." Lyserg let out a snort, a hallow laugh. "It's so pathetic."
"It' not." Ren said, tightening his grasp on the girl.
"But I'm a shaman. I shouldn't-"
"It's not pathetic." Ren repeated, pulling Lyserg from the bench, onto his lap. "Everyone fears something."
Lyserg was silent, letting Ren hold her. She knew fighting would be pointless. Ren would just keep saying she wasn't pathetic, until it ended up with one, usually both of them, upset and fighting.
Ren held onto Lyserg a few more minutes, letting the girl calm down and take comfort in his embrace. "Come on. Yoh and the other's should be waiting for us now. Let's go." Ren stood up, placing Lyserg onto the ground next to him.
Lyserg nodded, holding onto Ren's hand as his arm wrapped around her side.
The two still had the entire night ahead of them.
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That was cute. Next time more fluff with a male Lyserg, Ren, dowsing, and an over glorified game of hide and seek.
Thanks for reading and please review.
Ja min'na-san!