I Understand

I Understand

By: CrYsTaLxAnGeL

Disclaimer: Nothing owned, nothing stolen.

Note: P aw. Thank God I’m motivated to do this today. Haha! I just thought that finishing my fics would help me make new ones. I hope I can finish this soon. Wish me luck everyone! –grins-

“Gah… I give up, Yoh,” Ren sighed in defeat. Yoh quickly stood up from his seat and panicked. “What!? You’re saying that now, after we’ve rejected every –almost- single girl that auditioned here? Don’t joke around!”

“Then tell me,” Ren said with a serious tone. “Do you love Anna?”

Yoh’s eyes widened. What the…?

“Well, do you?” he asked once more.

Yoh was hesitant to answer him frankly but he didn’t deny his feelings. So he answered him, “Yeah. I do love her.”

“Are you just saying that because you need to or is it because you want to?” Ren asked in a cold voice. Yoh’s eyes flared up in anger. He grabbed Ren’s shirt collar and tugged it tight. He glared at the boy’s golden eyes. “H-How you could you say such things!? Of course it’s because I want to!”

“Then… w-why a-am I forcing m-myself into liking s-someone?” Ren asked as he choked in Yoh’s hands. Thriftily, Yoh’s hold on his collar loosened. “S-Sorry…” he whispered.

Ren rubbed his sore neck while continuing, “I’m really stupid for accepting that challenge. I should’ve known that messing with emotions would be wrong.” Yoh kept silent.

“If that’s what you feel, why not quit now?” a voice echoed in the solid room.

“That voice…” Yoh murmured. He turned around with Ren’s eyes following.

“Why not quit now, as you have mentioned earlier,” Anna said with a blank expression. Ren didn’t know why but he was pissed at how she said those words at him. He stood up from his seat with an angered face and yelled back, “Who gave you the right to boss me around!?”

Anna glared at him. He winced a bit. “Never mind…” he said in a monotonous voice.

“Do you really want to accept defeat now, Tao Ren?” Anna asked in a superior tone. Ren frowned and didn’t want to admit it but – she was right. He shook his head, signaling a ‘no’.

Anna smirked.

“Very well. I shall give you two choices; one – continue this worthless audition,” she paused. Yoh and Ren twitched a brow. If you call this worthless then what were our efforts for!?

“Or two, use an alternative.”

Before the two boys could have spoken, a girl hidden in the shadows stepped forward. Her long silky white-grey hair flowed from behind and her white dress looked absolutely divine. Ren’s eyes grew wide in shock. His cheeks were filled with his red, flowing blood. It can’t be… her…?

“Let me introduce to you once more, Ren. This is…”

“Maiden Jeanne. Pleased to make your acquaintance… again,” the girl said with a slight bow.

Yoh didn’t know what to say or do. But his mouth was wide open. Feeling an eerie vibe coming from Anna, he turned to look at Ren but to his own shock, Ren was on the floor, quite stunned.

“Ren!?” Yoh screamed.

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Yellow gold eyes met with ruby red ones.

Already conscious to whose eyes it was, Ren sat up from his bed with his heart pounding like crazy. The girl in front of him, whom he should know by name now, smiled at him. “Welcome back, Ren,” she greeted with a silent grin.

Ren didn’t know what to say or how to react. He just wanted to act normally as possible. He cleared his throat. “So… um…” he said while blushing, “Mm…”

Jeanne smiled. Same old Ren…

“Ren-kun,” she started. Ren turned his head to look at her. She smiled. “Will you take me as your ‘alternative’?” Ren’s eyes grew wide. This was quite… embarrassing. Even for him.

“Yes, Ren. Will you take her as an alternative? It is eight in the evening… I wonder where you will look for a girlfriend at this hour… Especially now when you have no more time, dear brother…”

A familiar green-haired woman appeared out of nowhere. Ren glared.

He snarled at her, “I already approved of her as my girlfriend long before you came here!”

The three’s eyes just grew wide in astonishment. Jun only smirked. “If that is so, then let the bet begin!” With those words, Jun closed the door behind her.

Ren and Jeanne were the only ones left in the room.

They could feel a weird aura around them. Ren blushed red. “Um…”

“D-Did you really mean it, Ren?” Jeanne asked out of the blue. Ren looked at her. Her head was down, staring at her nervous hands that seemed to keep on moving. “D-Did you really…”

“Tomorrow.”

Jeanne raised her head up. She looked at him and she blushed. He had those sincere golden eyes on him… the ones that she used to fall in love. He had that tender smile… which made her heart skip a beat. He seemed so perfect.

“Lets go on a date tomorrow,” he said.