Shaman King Fan Fiction ❯ A Gift of Love ❯ Their Confession ( Chapter 15 )

I think I lied about the sex thing… didn't mean to… my bad. Still, even if I do decide to do a lemon, I'd most likely put it on adultfanfiction.net. I don't want to risk having this story deleted because of some silly lemon. Whatever. I'm fine now.

 

I'd also like to congratulate Pin-Mei on making it through a whole chapter without crying. Bravo!

 

Disclaimer: I do not own Utada Hikaru or Shaman King. If you're wondering why her name is there, if you know her music you'll see why as you read.

 

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A Gift of Love - Chapter Fifteen: Their Confession

 

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Just as Ren and Pin-Mei arrived at the Asakura home, Yoh came out to meet them

 

“Yo! Glad you could make it,” he said with his usual smile.

 

“Yeah, well, Pin-Mei got excited so we couldn't not come.” Ren gestured to Pin-Mei, who looked like she was thinking really hard. Yoh turned his attention to her.

 

“Yo!” he said again, raising his hand.

 

Pin-Mei looked as if she had had an epiphany, remembering what she had been taught the day before.

 

“Yo!” She bounced and stuck her hand up in the air.

 

“Good job!” Yoh said patting her head.

 

Ren looked slightly disturbed. “Do I even want to know?”

 

“Either way, you're going to find out!” He grinned as he looked at the shopping bag she was holding. “Are those the clothes I asked you to bring?”

 

Ren looked at the bag as if he was surprised it was there. “Yeah…”

 

“Great! C'mon, Pin-Mei!” He snatched the girl's hand and ran into the house. Ren just stared after them.

 

“What the hell?”

 

HoroHoro appeared in the doorway. “Weeeeeeeeeeell! If it isn't Tao Reru!”

 

Reru glared at him. “I told you to never call me that!”

 

Horo shrugged. “Come on, Ren. Learn to take a joke. Let's go in. Everyone's waiting.”

 

They went inside and sat at the long table after exchanging greetings with everyone else there; Anna, Manta, Pirka, Tamao, and Ryu. As Ren sat in his designated spot, he noticed that the seat to his right, Pin-Mei's seat, was empty. Yoh was missing as well. He looked around.

 

“Any of you seen Pin-Mei?”

 

Horo grinned maliciously. “Oh yeah… she's around here SOMEWHERE.”

 

Ren definitely did not have a good feeling about this. Just as dinner was about to begin, Yoh appeared in the doorway.

 

“Okay, we're ready!” he declared. He looked to an area hidden by the wall. “Come on, come on, don't be so shy.” He pulled on an arm, but it flailed and he let go.

 

“I can't do this…he'll hate me.”

 

“No he won't. Now come on!” He gave one more strong pull.

 

Out stumbled Pin-Mei, dressed in Ren's old battle attire. A clip in the back of her head made some hair stick up in order to imitate his tongari. Other than her long hair, black eyes, she looked like a female version of him.

 

Ren, who had been drinking some milk, spit it out and stared at her. “What the hell is going on?”

 

Yoh grinned as if he had created a masterpiece. “We thought it would be cute.”

 

“What are you talking about?” Ren yelled, standing up. “It's not cute, it's creepy! I can't even believe you had the gall to do such a thing!” He was going to continue, but then he saw the look on Pin-Mei's face.

 

She was looking sideways to the ground at her right, signaling that she didn't like this idea either. Her face was burning red, obviously embarrassed to be dressed as the person who had kissed her the night before. She was trying so hard not to make eye contact with him, but her eyes still trailed over to him occasionally, only to quickly come back when she noticed that he was still looking at her. Ren realized that he wasn't making this any easier for her. He sighed.

 

“Okay, Pin-Mei, come over here.” She shuffled over to him and sat down on the pillow next to him, still not looking at him. Yoh took his seat and the meal began.

 

HoroHoro, who was seated across from the Rens, giggled. “They look so cute together,” he said in a teasing voice. Ren ignored him. Pin-Mei, however, continued to blush and hid her eyes under her bangs.

 

“You know,” Manta said. “Pin-Mei looks like she's about the same height Ren was when he first came here.”

 

Everyone looked at the pair at the end of the table. Ren had grown taller since the Shaman Fights, and it looked as though she was, indeed, his size.

 

“Of course she's the same size. How else would she fit into his clothes? Use your head for once,” Anna said from the other side of the table. Such an obvious answer. Manta sulked in the corner.

 

Soon, dessert was served- strawberry shortcake. Pin-Mei only took a few bites, and kept looking at HoroHoro. Finally, he looked up at her and waved an Utada Hikaru CD case at her. She nodded, and gulped before turning to Ren.

 

“Um… Ren?”

 

He stopped eating and looked at her. It was still a little weird to be looking at a chibi of himself. “What?”

 

She smiled. “You are always gonna be my love! You are always gonna be the one!” she cried.

 

He gawked at her. She kept smiling, obviously not knowing what she had just said. Everyone watched as Ren's face quickly turned red. He resumed his spot, trying to hide his face gracefully with his hand.

 

“HoroHoro! Did you teach her that?” Yoh cried.

 

HoroHoro nodded and grinned. “Yup! Isn't it funny?”

 

“Actually, it's kind of cute,” Tamao said blushing.

 

“Whatever. We get to see Ren act like a lovesick idiot, so my job is done!” He roared with laughter. Ren was about to go after him when he was interrupted.

 

“Pin-Mei,” Yoh whispered. She looked up at him. “Do it.” She nodded and sat with her head resting on her fist and looked annoyed. Ren looked at her quizzically.

 

“Pin-Mei? Something wrong?”

 

HoroHoro stopped laughing. “What? Are you upset over me having you say that? It was your choice.”

 

She shot him a death glare that made him a little uneasy.

 

“Your face looks like what stupid people have.”

 

His mouth dropped. “Whaaaaaaat?”

 

The room was silent. Suddenly, a stifled laughter was heard. Pin-Mei looked to her left and saw something she never though she'd see.

 

Ren was laughing. He had his right arm folded across his chest and his other hand on his forehead. It was obvious he was trying to hide it. Finally, he relented and let it all out.

 

“I can't believe you guys!” he cried through his laughter. “Teaching her those phrases, and then dressing her up in my clothes! I mean, honestly!”

 

She smiled. It was the first time she had ever heard it his laugh, but she knew that she loved the sound of it.

 

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“So you finally got her a ring. About time.”

 

“Silence. I didn't know what she'd like until she chose this one at the jeweler's.”

 

“Can I see?”

 

Ren took the small box from his jacket, opened it, and showed it to his friend.

 

“It's nice,” Yoh said smiling. “I think she'll like it.”

 

“She better- she picked it out.”

 

“Oh yeah.”

 

They turned and looked over to where Anna and Pin-Mei were walking to the onsen.

 

“Anna knows Chinese too, apparently. She said she was told to learn it in order to better associate herself with the world of spirits.”

 

“Oh.” He wasn't amused. “Why are you bringing this up now?”

 

“I don't know…Don't you ever wonder what Pin-Mei talks about when you're not there?”

 

Ren looked down at her. She was walking backwards and talking to Anna, who seemed to pay her no mind. She was smiling. He almost wished he knew why.

 

“No.”

 

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“…And that's what he told me.”

 

“Hm. Ren never struck me as the type to hide details.”

 

“Huh? What do you mean?”

 

“Do you honestly think lying in bed together and hugging is more intimate than kissing?”

 

“Um…well….”

 

Anna sighed. “You really are naïve. I had already done it by your age, and here you are, not even knowing about it.”

 

Pin-Mei's eyes widened. “Really?? What's it like, what's it like?”

 

“It'd be too much for your little brain to handle.”

 

“No it wouldn't! Come on! Tell me! Please Anna! Pretty please!”

 

“Just your word choice right there is proof enough that you aren't ready.”

 

“But what if it happened tonight or tomorrow night or some night soon and I don't know what's going on??”

 

She sighed again. “If you weren't ready I don't think he'd force the issue.”

 

Pin-Mei stared down into the water. “I just don't want to screw it up.”

 

Anna rolled her eyes. “You really are a brat. Come here.”

 

Pin-Mei obeyed and Anna began whispering in her ear. The more she said, the wider Pin-Mei's eyes became. When she finally pulled away, they were as large as dishes.

 

“Wow…”

 

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That night, when Ren and Pin-Mei arrived home, they immediately started getting ready. Pin-Mei remained quiet, even getting lost in thought while brushing her teeth. Ren looked over at her.

 

“Are you okay?”

 

She nodded slowly. “Yeah…”

 

She rinsed her mouth out and turned to leave. He grabbed her arm.

 

“Don't lie to me. You didn't say a word the whole way home. That's not like you. Tell me what's going on.”

 

She looked away from him. “It's…it's nothing.”

 

“I said stop lying to me!” Suddenly, he remembered what Yoh had said.

 

“Don't you ever wonder what Pin-Mei talks about when you're not there?”

 

“Something happened with Anna, didn't it?”

 

She wouldn't answer. He shook her a little.

 

“Didn't it?”

 

She looked back at him.

 

“I…I know the truth now, Ren.”

 

He froze. “What do you mean?”

 

“Anna told me. You weren't being truthful with me. I had to learn it from someone else. And I hate that.”

 

“You mean…”

 

“It's not just hugging, is it, Ren?”

 

He looked her in the eye before turning his attention to the floor. “No, it's not.”

 

“You still see me as a child, don't you?”

 

“What are you saying?”

 

“You couldn't even tell me the truth. If I had to hear it at all, I would want it to be from you!” Just one tear rolled down her cheek.

 

“Pin-Mei, I…”

 

“Fine, then, let's just do it now and get it over with. Maybe then you won't see me as a child.” She started taking off her nightgown.

 

“Whoa, whoa, WHOA!” He grabbed her arms and forced them down, then wrapped his arms around her tightly to keep her from trying it again. Before speaking to her, he took a moment to digest what had just happened. He needed to calm down.

 

“Listen, I'm sorry I wasn't entirely truthful with you. I thought I was doing the right thing by trying to protect you from the whole truth until you were a little bit older. I didn't think it'd be such a big deal.

 

“But don't go and say that we're going to do this now just because we can. If there's one time when I was truthful, it was when I said that you'll regret it if you jump into it without thinking. Think about it: if you're mad at me, we can't really concentrate on what that act really means, can we?”

 

She was really crying now. “No…”

 

“Right, so wait. You'll enjoy it a lot more that way.

 

“And I don't see you as a child. If I did, I wouldn't treat you the way I do. I wouldn't have even tried to explain it to you if I felt that way. So don't think stupid things like that, okay?”

 

She nodded through her tears. “Okay…”

 

He released her and looked at her face. He took his hand and wiped away her tears. “Don't cry so much. You're much prettier when you smile.” She looked surprised, but he walked past her before he could see it. “Let's go to bed. We've had too much excitement for one day.” He got into his bed and went under the covers.

 

She bit her lip and went over to his bed. “Ren?”

 

He turned over to look at her. “What?”

 

“C-can I…sleep with you again tonight?”

 

He smiled at her. “Yes.”

 

She didn't move. “And… Can I… sleep with you tomorrow too?”

 

He studied her. “Yeah, if you really want to.”

 

“I do.”

 

She still wouldn't get in. “Anything else?”

 

“Can I sleep with you when we go back?”

 

He sat up and stared at her. “Why are you asking for this all of a sudden?”

 

She blushed. “I just really felt… content being that close to you.”

 

He could take this so many ways. He did love her, but neither of them had said it to the other. Could things escalate without that happening.

 

“Is it really that important to you?”

 

She came to kneel before him on the bed. “Yes…it is…”

 

“Why?” He already knew the answer.

 

She leaned forward and cupped his cheek. Her eyes were glossy from crying and seemed to sparkle as she spoke again. “Because I love you.”

 

He touched her face. “I love you too.”

 

Their lips connected, and he laid her down next to him on the bed, keeping her in a tight embrace. He wanted so much to touch her, but he knew it wasn't time yet. One night, he wouldn't stop her like he did tonight. They would do so much more than hug…but she wasn't ready…and he was willing to wait.