Author's notes: Alrighty. Thanks for all the reviews on the first chapter :D
Hope you like this one, it took me forever to write. I made it as long as I could.
Enjoy
Yoh stretched his arms over his head and yawned. The door to Anna's room was closed, which meant she wasn't up yet.
He got out of bed and freshened up in the bathroom, then headed downstairs.
It was both a blessing and a curse that he and Anna still slept in separate bedrooms.
One day that would change.
"Good Morning, Yoh-dono" Amidamaru smiled
"Morning" Yoh grinned "For once, I'm awake before Anna! What do you think she would want for breakfast today?"
"If I am not mistaken, it is Saturday. Miss Anna always has tamagoyaki on Saturdays"
"You're right. I'm gonna try and make some" the brown-haired shaman grinned "You know, sometimes I wish you could eat too Amidamaru"
"It's the though that counts, Master Yoh"
He prepared the meal as best he could, though slightly overcooking the egg.
"It looks delicious" the samurai announced
"I tried" Yoh shrugged, and heard footsteps from upstairs while plating the dish.
The itako came downstairs in her robe.
"Morning Anna" Yoh grinned, his usual cheesy grin, "I made you breakfast"
"Oh... thank you"
She sat down, facing her fiance.
"So... what's the plan for today?" he asked
"The plan?"
"Yeah, what do you wanna do?"
"I don't know. I was going to watch my soap operas."
"Alright, then I'll watch them with you"
"You might get bored"
"It's worth a try" he smiled
"But... but I don't get it. Why would she leave Carlos for him?" Yoh asked, completely absorbed by the television show in front of him
"I already told you, she made up her mind when he was in a coma" Anna replied nonchalantly
"You know, I think I am finally understanding your interest in this triviality called 'soap operas'" Amidamaru spoke up
"Look, he's going to propose" Anna interjected
"Who?"
"Marco"
"To who?"
"Becky"
"Huh?"
"Yoh, try to keep up"
"This doesn't make any sense!" the shaman let out in frustration
Anna sighed. This obviously wasn't working.
She turned off the television and faced her fiance, taking a good look at all his features.
That's when she realized how close she had been sitting to him.
Her eyes glazed over his tousled hair. She loved how messy it was in the mornings.
The fabric of his shirt felt wasn't fooling anybody. She knew the beauty of his sculpted muscles underneath.
Her face grew hot and her breathing grew heavy.
Yoh turned and looked her in the eyes.
Those beautiful loving eyes.
He wouldn't know what he was doing to her.
What now?
With every passing moment, she ached to get closer. To have his arms around her. To feel the strength of his torso.
To claim his lips with her own.
Just then, as if he had read her mind, Yoh began to inch forward.
Anna felt herself drawn to him, a powerful desire to unite.
She began to move closer herself.
What am I doing?
She paused.
In a moment of strong will, she gathered her strength and resisted.
Why am I having these thoughts?
She struggled to stand up.
If it took that much effort to resist him now, what would happen to her if ever he tried to seduce her?
She would probably melt, that much she knew.
"I think you should train"
"...What?"
"You heard me. I think you should go jogging."
"But I thought... don't you want me to spend time with you?"
He took a step closer. She held her breath.
He closed his eyes.
"No, you're right. Maybe I should train today. At least a bit"
Anna sighed to herself.
In truth, this was as much as escape for Yoh as it was for her.
She bit her lip as she watched him throw a towel over his shoulders.
He grabbed a water bottle and was on his way.
Running laps so he could get distracted from thinking about Anna.
"Alright guys, confession time" Horohoro rubbed his hands together in apprehension.
The last of the guys slipped into the bath. They were all reunited, like good old times during the Shaman tournament.
Over the years, their friendships would start to slip away. But Yoh wouldn't let that happen.
Even though they each had their projects and their lives, they would put all that aside as often as they could for the chance to hang out.
"Manta, you go first. Ask a question. It can be about anything"
"Who do you think is the strongest shaman here?" Manta smiled
"Psh. We all know that would be me." Ren smirked, his eyes closed.
"No, no" Horohoro interrupted "I mean ask us something personal. I'm talking juicy secrets here"
"Oh" Manta looked down, in thought
"How about, who here's gotten drunk?" Lyserg asked innocently
"Now that is a good question" Ryu added "I, for one, have done so on multiple occasions."
Manta shook his head.
"I've tried it! I was at this comedy bar and-"
"No! It's alright Chocolove, we don't need another one of your jokes" Horohoro cringed, "What about you, Ren?"
"Never. I always like to be in control of myself"
"I see... what about you, Yoh?"
"Nope. Never tried it" he grinned
"Next question!" Manta yelled out
"Who here is in looooove?" Chocolove asked
"Or better yet," Horohoro beamed "Who here's gotten laid?"
Lyserg and Ren both flushed a deep red color.
Ryu gave a satisfying smirk, and Manta nodded his head in embarrassment.
"Alright! Now we're talking"
They all turned their attention to the brown-haired shaman, slowly sinking deeper into the water.
"Seriously? Not yet?"
"I mean... I know she's scary and all but, ouch!"
"You, my friend, need some help"
"Yeah man, anything we can do?"
Yoh shook his head, "Thanks guys, but I got this" he grinned
"Are you sure? It's been a few years" Lyserg mentioned
"And you're just as perverted as any of us" Manta smiled
"Yeah, don't worry. I, uh... I have a plan"
"Do tell" Ren stated, sounding more interested than he would have liked
"I... um, I-" he glanced around at his friends who all stared back curiously "I'll be right back!"
Yoh jumped out of the pool, wrapped a towel around his waist and disappeared inside the house.
"Well, so much for his plan" Ren frowned
"Guys, huddle up. I got an idea" Horohoro announced, dragging everyone closer
He watched the reactions of his friends as he whispered in their ears.
"That would never work. Not unless they both actually believed it."
"Hold up, isn't this really dangerous?"
"It just needs to be carefully executed. Every little part, according to the plan"
"So... what do you guys think?"
A brief moment of silence, as they all were deep in thought.
"I think it could work!" Manta smiled "Even though it might only lead to a few passionate kisses"
"Yeah but that's enough to get Yoh started, right?"
"Are you all insane?" Ren yelled "If Yoh knew about this he would kill us!"
"Can you think of a better way?" Horohoro raised an eyebrow "I mean come on, we all know Anna isn't a normal teenage girl. She won't be affected by things like jealousy and romance and whatnot. She's an itako for crying out loud, she'll probably be into some pretty kinky shit"
"He's right" Ryu giggled, "Normal doesn't work on Anna. I think it is a good plan"
"Yeah. We can split it into 3 parts."
"But where on earth are we going to get a-"
"Shh! Yoh's here"
Yoh came back in the room, and got back in the bath.
"Sorry guys, bathroom break" he crossed his fingers and silently prayed the guys had moved on to talking about something else.
"So... Ren, you were telling us about Jun?" Lyserg smoothly changed the subject, and Yoh sighed in relief.
"I was not"
"Yeah, how is the whole Pyron thing going?" Ryu asked
"Don't ask me! "
"Ok, we'll ask the dead guy" Chocolove spoke up
Horohoro didn't participate in the conversation. He was busy working out all the tricks to his brilliant plan that would soon be put into action.
One that would finally bring Yoh and Anna together.
Author's notes:
Ooh~ What could the plan possibly be?
And what'd you guys think? :)
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