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     "Good morning host!" Ren smiles standing over a groaning Ayumu.

     Ayumu glares, hand on his head, "shh...brain hurt."

     "...A headache you mean?" Ren stares at the boy lying down on one of the couches in the spirt space. 

     "...yeah sure, just get on with it." Ayumu groans but looks at Ren. 

     "Alright! You have chosen the Fox World! You will be playing the role of Jingyi, the fox demon working as the head of information and assassination. Please remember the three rules I had informed you of!"

     "Anyways, Jingyi is quiet and mysterious to everyone except for one of the demon princes. He was born in a forest when he was taken by human slavers after watching his parents die. He was then picked up by the demon prince who took him in as a servant. Jingyi is loyal and wanted to be able to help his savior so he took up training. Eventually he made his way up the ladder to becoming the head."

     "That's more information then last time?" Ayumu inquires, tilting his head. 

     "Yep, your going to need it though. Anyways the final wish of Jingyi is to save the prince as he saved him."

     "Hmmm..." Ayumu nods his head and groans from the shaking. 

     "Anyways," Ren blushes and looks away, "You will get two skills gains for this world. Anyways here are the skills you can learn: 

Martial Arts 

Stealth

Acting

and Dance

These are your current skills: Crafting and Music"

     "If I'm supposed to do assassination and information gathering I want to learn Stealth and Martial Arts." 

     "As expected," Ren nods his head, "Alright, I'll send you to learn from the two people in 3...2...1...now!"

     "Wha! NOOooo" Ayumu yells in complaint. The living room fades  into a pale yellow room where Ayumu could see some dummies, targets, and some mats. Looking left, then right, he tries to find the martial arts teacher only for a body to suddenly fall onto him from the ceiling. 

     "Welcome! Hehe! I'm Gina! Call me sensei! I'll be teaching you martial arts!" A girl with dark brown hair and golden eyes pushes herself off of Ayumu and pulls him up too. 

     "Yes sensei..." Ayumu groans but starts his lessons.

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     "Well done! Onto your next teacher!" Gina informs him, his skinny and lack of muscle body has changed. Ayumu looks down at himself only to see he's gotten muscular, a six pack!

     The world around him changes as he finds himself in a forest but this time the teacher isn't hiding, "I'll be teaching you Stealth," his teacher sighs, "Call me A. You have a lot to learn..."

     "Yes A!" He smiles at their figure and follows them deeper into the woods.

(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ ✧゚・: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ)(ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧ ✧゚・: *ヽ(◕ヮ◕ヽ)

     "So host, you ready!?" Ren smiles but pauses," host?"

     Ayumu stares at him but doesn't move. His mouth opens but what comes out is only a sigh. Ren questions again,"Host?"

     "...sorry, just...give me...a little..." Ayumu curls into a ball taking comfort in the couch's texture.

     "...sure thing host," Ren smiles softly and gently rubs Ayumu's head, "if...if you want to talk about it...I'm here..."

     "...it's...it's not that I don't want to...but...I...I'm in one of those moods," Ayumu whispers out and grits his teeth.

     "...it's alright," Ren continues to rub his head only to jolt.

     "It's not! It is not ok! It's not alright! I should be over this already! Fuck...I just...sorry..." Ayumu lashes out then freezes. "...sorry I shouldn't have lashed out...it's...it's not your fault." He looks down at his feet, still curled in on himself.

    "Host...no Ayumu, it's ok," Ren smiles gently, "I'm going to hug you...that ok?"

     "...sure," Ayumu grunts out but then stills as he feels warmth.

     Ren smiles feeling Ayumu lean against his artificial body, "Ayumu...it's ok to not be ok...I'll be here. We can take as much time as you need..."

     "...thanks..." Ayumu's voice trembled.

     "It's no problem for me host," Ren reminds him gently, "I'll be here for you, remember that...I won't make you talk...I won't even make you explain. I won't be cruel to ask that of you right now. But...I hope you will eventually feel secure enough to share."

     "Ren..." Ayumu smiles, even if it was a few sizes smaller than usual, "I..thank you."

     "You don't have to thank me..." Ren runs his hand through Ayumu's hair, "Relax...we can go to the world latter...for now...I think you deserve a break." Ayumu makes no noise but Ren could feel his silent appreciation. 

     Ren watches, he feels the uneven falls of Ayumu's chest come to a lull. His face drops, slowly he slides away from Ayumu and sits himself in one of the corners of the room. As far away as he can get...and lets go. Tears slowly start dripping, one falling after another.

     He curses in his head, he curses the "family" of Rena, he curses the "friends" of Rena, he curses human nature, he curses himself, he curses the universe. He wipes his tears and clench his hands into a fist, he squeezes hoping to release some anger. He feels his fingernails lightly pierce his skin looking down he sees no blood drawn. He sighs and calms himself back down, yet...with nothing else to think about he stares at his hands wondering what to do...how...how could he not be allowed to interfere earlier. If only he tried harder to get there earlier...

Hey, guess who...it's me! Who is trying their best yet still feeling like trash? Meee!

Ok anyways! Hi! It's been a while! Thanks for all the comments that I haven't responded to! I get really nervous. I have serious social anxiety so yay...

Also answer the question about what I do in my free time, a few things. If we remove writing, reading and watching anime then...well art. I've been drawing and trying art. Still not great at it. (And no it's not anime art!) It's not that great but well, I'm doing it for the fun of it!



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