Together at last? (Cassy/Ren?)

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After hitting a little bump in his friendship with Cassy in the infirmary his relationship with the girl seemed to have been straightened out for the time being. Boundaries and all that complicated stuff, and Shino was soon being dragged back to the courtyard. Well maybe not dragged, he wanted to go there. After hearing about how her brother Ren had no idea whatsoever that Cassy was currently going to the Academy as well he had suggested that they go find the boy to let him in on the good news.

"Ree-Eeeeen~!" Shino shouted out to the world as they came back out into the Courtyard without any regard about 'disturbing the peace'. "Oh Ren where are you!? Maaaaar-CooOOooOoo!!!"

It occurred to the boy that he didn't even know what Cassy's brother looked like, he was just assuming he looked like her. Rikki and him looked nothing alike though, so that wasn't the best thing to assume. "Say what does Ren look like anyway?"

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Cassy though over her brother's looks again. "Well, he has black straight hair, about five foot six, looks emo, and yeah~" She figured her description sounded near perfect! That definitely described her brother's looks inside and out. The emo part added a nice touch too. She should grow up and be a writer!

She called out for her boring older brother. "Reeeeeen!! It's Cassy! Where are you?!" She called as her voice echoed throughout the courtyard. To her dismay, nothing answered back so she figured he wasn't here. "I can't see or hear him..." She whined unhappily to Shino.

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E...emo? Cassy's brother was.. eeh? Shino was a little less excited to meet this new person, he hadn't met any emo people yet but from the depressed-looking troubled kids he saw on T.V. he wasn't sure Ren would like him that much. What would he even say once they found him.. hopefully a simple hi would be just fine. They had to find him first though! Which of course they would.

Ruffling the girl's short hair Shino smiled as he went on searching, "Don't worry, he's sure to come running any minute now." Striding onward he continued in the quest for the emo boy, going so far as to go up to some of the random people who matched the vague description and ask for their name. Allot of them refused to answer him of course, but he figured none of those could be Cassy's brother.

"Ren! Calling Mr. Ren your sister is waiiiiitiiiing!" There was absolutely no doubt at all in Shino's mind that they'd come across Ren eventually, even if it took all night long.

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Ren lay in the tall tree on one of the thicker branches. He was having a wonderful nap until he heard some people yelling. Yawning widely he looked around, his name being called clearly now, just a few feet away. He heard a boy call that his sister was waiting for him. Wait, did that mean Cassy was here?! He leapt down next to the boy who he figured was calling him.

Just for fun, as he landed he roared like a lion right near him. Laughing pretty hard now he finally took a breath. "You know my sister?" He asked the boy warily. If this male did know Cassy, then he better not pull anything stupid on her. He looked at the boy sternly to see if he would react or not.

[kono]

Raaaaaah!
Out of nowhere a a black blur streaked down into his perennial vision and rawred, nearly scaring him out of his skin. He flailed for a few seconds and almost managed to keep his balance but ended up losing, it inevitable being dragged down by gravity to sit on the ground. "owww-chaa." Shino mumbled as he stood back up, patting himself down to get rid of any dirt. When he finally looked up to see who or what just roared his eyes widened.

Standing in front of him was a kid almost half a foot shorter, with straight, jet black hair and once he was done laughing and took on a sort of wary look he did look a bit emo. "You!" Shino exclaimed happily, forgetting to answer the boy's question. Being oblivious to everything concerning personal space he hugged the boy excitedly, "I can't believe we found you. Well actually I did know, I always knew, I knew from there very beginning, I knew even before I knew I knew. She sounded a little doubtful at first but not me! Nope nope nope~" The rambling couldn't possibly be avoided with how happy he was to find the boy so soon.

Letting go Shino turned and took off the blue scarf he always wore to wave it around proudly like a flag and shouted, "CassyYyyyYyy! I found him, lookie!Over here!" Sure, this could have all been a huge mistake, this boy might not really be Ren, but he matched the description so perfectly that in Shino's hyper little mind there was no way it couldn't be.

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Cassy looked over to where Shino stood with a boy, but not just any boy, Ren! She ran over very quickly and jumped into her brother's arms giving him a loving hug. "Ren! It's been forever, I missed you so much!" She snuggled her face into his shirt happily. "I have waited so long to see you!"

She pulled from him and shifted her glasses. "Notice anything different?" She asked tapping the edge of her glasses. She smiled as she saw him grin and his cheeks turn somewhat red. She knew quite well of her brother's interest in girls with glasses. Actually he usually told her about that a lot.

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Ren smiled widely when Cassy hugged him. He hugged her back as she snuggled into him, his emotion was overjoyed at this point. "I missed you too sis." He told her after she told him about her missing him. "Thanks for taking care of her." Ren told the boy that happened to be with her.

He ended up blushing when Cassy showed him her glasses. "Uhm, well, yeah..." He stammered to his little sister. Why did she have to tease him like this? He lived her either way though. Looking to the boy he asked one question. "What's your name anyways?" He asked, realizing he never got it.

[kono]

Shino watched Cassy rush over to her brother and throw herself into his arms. In his mind he pictured a blazing sunset with waves crashing against the shore while this beautiful unification took place.
"Ren! It's been forever, I missed you so much!"
Watching Cassy bury herself in Ren's shirt like she had with him, Shino couldn't help but be a little jealous, he wanted to snuggle the boy as well... That's right, he wasn't jealous that Cassy cuddled with someone else, he was totally jelly that she got to hug a depressed looking panda bear that went rawr when he made his entrance. He just adored cute things and this boy reminded him of a stuffed animal.

Seeing the boy blush just made it all the cuter as well. He would probably make an excellent fan girl. When the other boy looked at him Shino grinned. "Me? I'm Shino! and you're Ren, Cassy really missed you I'm glad we could find ya~"

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Cassy bounced up and down happily. Then running over to Shino she embraced him in a cuddly hug. "Shino is my best best friend ever!!" She exclaimed delightedly. She cuddled into him as well, making it clear that she was bonded with the boy. She didn't seem to notice Ren's warning growl.

"Shino is really cute too~" She said dreamily, as if she was in a deep trance. She snuggled into him as she made a cute squeaky sound very softly. Then she pushed her head up to push under his chin as if she was a cat. Giggling lightly she still heard nothing of Ren's annoyed grunt.

[kono]

Seeing the girl run to him ahead of time Shino hugged and cuddled Cassy back lovingly. Best best friends, yes, he could handle that, even preferred it. Friendship was a whole lot easier than a one-sided forceful assault of affection. He shivered a little just at the memory of what had happened earlier that day. She actually seemed glad about the development as well, which automatically made everything that much awesomer.

Putting a little pressure back, Shino happily leaned into Cassy when she squeaked then snuggled under his chin. "Not nearly as cute as you~" it was true, the little girl was just so adorable with her quite sounds and cuddly demeanor. Glancing up from snuggling Cassy he noticed that Ren didn't look particularly happy.

Thinking the boy must still be lonely all the way over there Shino held out an arm and gestured for Ren to join them. "Don't look so down and gloomy over there, I don't bite I promise!" Now Cassy, he couldn't exactly say she didn't bite, but he hoped she wouldn't sink her teeth into her brother.

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Ren looked away in somewhat of disgust. "I'm all set..." He grumbled, hinting a bit of anger. "Just, just don't do anything stupid." He strangled the words from his throat. It was hard to see Cassy with a boy like she was now. He felt a need to protect her, but he knew also that she had to grow up sooner or later. It was all so annoying to deal with these days. Wh can't things just go right for once?

He saw Cassy snuggled up into the boy even more. A deep affection seeming to emit from her in her little squeaks and sighs. The happy smile on her face wasn't too easy to take either. He growled a bit more before he decided to say something. "If you do anything to my little sister-" That was all he could mutter before Cassy interrupted.

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"Ren, I don't need you anymore to watch over me!" Cassy said as she pulled away from Shino to face her sibling. She locked eyes with his as the two went into a tense showdown. "I'm older Ren, and you can't do anything about that." She muttered bitterly to her brother, who now looked taken aback.

It wasn't ling though before the two went into all out war zone. There was a bit if yelling and screaming. Ren was pretty angry as was Cassy. It seemed as if the battle would last for the whole day. That is, until Cassy hollered the one thing Ren dreaded. "I hate you!" She screamed as the sound echoed at Ren's silent and hurt expression. She watched in slight satisfaction as he turned and ran.

[kono]

Drawing his hand back, Shino felt a bit sad at the rejection Ren displayed in refusing to be dragged into a group hug. The Panda-boy even sounded like he was mad or.. or annoyed with him for some reason. They'd never met before now though had they? Sure there were allot of people going to Ashford, but only a very small number he'd actually interacted with and this boy wasn't recognized as one of them.

Shino would have admitted that he was a lot more afraid of what Ren's sister would do to him, but Cassy had cut her brother off before he could even finish the sentence. Before he knew it the two siblings were bickering amongst each other so he stepped off to the side out of the way then leaned against the tree Ren had jumped down from. It wasn't wise to get in the way of a sibling rivalry, it would usually end up with both turning on you and still continuing to fight. There was some yelling involved and he looked away guiltily for sticking around, witnessing the whole thing, but he still had that promise to stay with Cassy.

The fighting seemed to end when the girl decided she hated her brother and he ran off. "Cassy?" Shino mumbled just above a whisper for the girl to hear. The sister looked satisfied with her victory, but the brother had been hurt. "I really hope you didn't mean that.." They had seemed so happy at first, how had things gone so wrong?

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Cassy grumbled at the last bit. She then turned to Shino, an expression that showed no regret plastered her face. "I meant it, Shino." She said, her voice taking a more serious and intent tone. One that she had never really used before when speaking. Now though, it sounded legitimate.

A cold, hard glare shot back in the direction Ren had headed. Turning in her heels she walked up next to Shino. "Let's go sit or something..." She said before brushing past him and heading for a small bench. In truth, a tad bit of regret tugged at her heart. Although it soon faded at the thought if her brother.

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"But.. but Cassy.." Shino reached out in vain as the girl walked away in favor of a place to sit. Siblings shouldn't fight, or say they hated each other. At least not for real. The only time he'd told Rikki he hated her for some stupid reason he couldn't even remember he'd stayed up in his room all day feeling super guilty and begged for her forgiveness the very next day. That'd been one of the worst days of his life! What was the world coming to when a sibling could say and mean she hated the other!?

Obediently Shino went over to the small bench and sat down next to Cassy but often glanced back in the direction Ren went. He really wanted to go back and find the boy again to re-try the reunion and make it better. That wouldn't work without Cassy though and she seemed pretty mad at the moment. "Why don't you love Ren, he's your brother?" he ventured to ask after awhile.