Mai: Ok this chapter isn't very good. It's just a short little fluffy chapter about Horo-Horo and Mirelle. I wrote this pretty much because I wanted to update but I couldn't think of anything else that could happen so I decided to write a sweet little fluff piece to give the relationship a little push. Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukah!
Disclaimer: If I owned Shaman King would I be posting this on fanfiction? No I would be out changing the show to revolve around my characters. So as you can see no matter how much I wish I owned Shaman King I don't.
Chapter 8: Love in the Dark
"Hey Mirelle! We're almost to Patch village!" Horo-Horo told me happily.
"That's great," I said smiling. Then I noticed that in his excitement he had grabbed my hand. I liked his hand it felt nice, kind of strong and comforting. I felt a light blush spread across my face. He must have seen it because a second later his hand withdrew from mine.
"I-I t-think Ren's c-calling me," he stammered then I heard the sound of his retreating footsteps. He had sounded so nervous and flustered it was kind of cute.
"You like him, don't you?" Ami asked popping up right behind me.
"What gives you that idea?" I said calmly. Even if he did like me I wasn't ready for him yet. I needed to concentrate on regaining my sight then I could look for boys.
"You were totally blushing when he took your hand and you're still blushing now," she said. Damn it she had me cornered.
"So what if I do? I don't have time to start anything right now. I need to concentrate," I told her. "If he likes me he'll have to start it himself."
"Fine be that way," Ami said. "But I'm telling you he's a great guy and you two would be totally great together."
"That's your opinion."
While we were walking I thought about the events of that morning. True I did like Horo but did he like me? Obviously he did judging by how he grabbed my hand and his shaky nervous voice but was he going to do anything about it?
"Yoh when did you know that you liked Anna?" I heard Horo ask Yoh from behind me. It was funny how they must think I couldn't hear them.
"Well after a few days of her living in the house and bossing me around I started to notice that I didn't mind doing stuff for her so much. Then I started to notice how truly beautiful she really is and how she's good person to talk to when she's not angry or bossing me around. Finally the night before we left I kissed Anna and I swear there were these fireworks and I just knew that I was in love. I just know she feels the same way too even though we've never said it because she could have any guy at all yet she chose me," Yoh said happily. That was sweet I had often heard them talking about his holy terror itako fiancée but I could have never guessed that he truly felt that way about her.
"Why'd you ask?" Yoh asked Horo casually. I had hand it to Yoh the guy really had a handle on how to get people to tell him things.
"Well…promise you won't tell anyone?" Horo said sounding kind of embarrassed.
"Secrets safe with me," Yoh said reassuringly.
"Well I think I'm in love…. with Mirelle," Horo said shyly. My heart skipped a beat. Did he really mean that? "She just makes me feel so happy and sweet when I'm around her. And I like talking to her and doing things for her. And when she smiles I feel like it's the most amazing thing in the world."
"Yup you've got it bad," Yoh told him with a little chuckle. "Trust me it gets easier after the first kiss."
"How so?"
"Well when you kiss her the way she kisses back can tell you a lot. It's hard to explain and I've only ever kissed Anna so I'm not quite sure on the details but trust me if she likes you you'll know," Yoh told his lovestruck friend.
I could feel myself blushing. Horo-Horo was really in love with me. I liked him but did I love him? If he tried to kiss me what would happen? I'd probably end up panicking. Finally I decided not to think about that anymore and just focus on the task of getting to Patch Village.
