Xiaoyu wrapped a white-colored scarf around her neck, with the cold breezes winter brought along. Despite the time of the year - December 1st - there haven't been any reports of snowfall so far. But it sure was damn cold outside, and Xiaoyu thanked her lucky stars that she no longer had to wear a school uniform, now she was a college student. In the corner of her eye she saw her best friend Miharu exist the building and politely waved at her as the redhead noticed her. She bowed, 'I'll see you tomorow, Miharu!' The redhead nodded with a smile that reached from one ear to the other and dashed of with some random guy she met during one of her classes. Ruffling with the little plushed animals she had attached to her bag, she kept her eye out for her first date ever since her former crush - Jin Kazama - finally grew a pair of balls and told her once and for all that he wasn't interested in her in any way. At the other side of town, Steve had a firm grip on the steering wheel of his old, rusty, but trustworthy Peugot. Forest Law sat in the passangersseat and grunted unpatiently as the car was held up in the peak-hour traffic. His constant shifting in his seat, and low-breath swearing, was really getting on Steve's nerves, so he opened the the path to conversation. 'Tell me once again why I decided to give you a ride to this side of town?'
Forest let his head rest on the head-support of the seat, letting a huge sigh escape. 'Because I'm meeting up with a girl,'
A grin found its way to Steve's lips, upon hearing the received answer to his question. 'A girl, eh? What's 'er name?'
The pair of hazel eyes that belonged to the Chinese-American chef, found the pair of powderblue ones of his friend. 'Xiaoyu, although her nickname is Xiao,' The Brittish Boxer immediatly squeezed his eyes shut and made a grunt-like sound. 'Mate, Noooo! You have no idea what you're getting into,' Forest cocked an eyebrow, eying Steve's disappointed facial-expression. 'Ling Xiaoyu has personal ties with a lot of the Tekken Tournament contestants,' He smiled when he saw the confused look on Forest's face. 'Well, the reason Xiaoyu, despite being Chinese, lives in Japan is because she managed to kick the asses of, no other than Heihachi Mishima's, security guards. He saw her potential and brought her here, where she would attend the Mishima Polytechnical School. The same school Miharu Hirano and Jin Kazama attended. She's one of Jin's closest relatives, aside from his mother and his uncle Lee Chaolan. And because of Jin's rivalry with the Korean Hwoarang, Xiaoyu somehow managed to befriend Hwoarang. She' the granddaughter of Wang Jinrei, she challenged Nina Willams to a fight around the events of the fourth Tekken Tournament, and thus gained her respect. She recently kicked Anna William's butt, and also has befriended the Cyborg Alisa. Oh and not to forget that Yoshimitsu saved her ass from death',
Forest blinked a few times before pouting. 'Look .. I do not want to get in any troubles with the Kazama's or Mishima's.. those families are insane, man!'
Steve could only nood in agreement, before he pulled out infront of the university. 'But I'm sure she's an amazing person. So, mate .. ,' the blond spoke, shaking the black-haired man's hand and patting him on the shoulder. 'Go get 'er!' With shaking legs Forest managed to step out of the car and lean into the window. 'Just gimme a call when you want me to pick ya up, okay mate? Have a good one!' And having said that, he drove off into what remained of the peak-hour traffic. Trembling, Forest made his way onto the campus, searching the shoulderlength black hair that he remembered Xiaoyu to have. But at second thought, most of the students at the campus had black shouderlength hair. Forest mentally slapped himself. But when he heard a group of girls call out Xiaoyu's name, he looked up and saw a rather short, obviously Chinese looking girl standing at the main entrance of the building.
'Okay Forest, this is it. Your first date in years, you can do this! And she's Chinese, so dad must aprove of her! You can do this!'
With all the confidence he could possibly talk into himself, he approached Xiaoyu. The girl noticed him and soon realized that her date had finally arrived. She greeted him with a big smile and they both bowed at the exact same time, causing them to headbutt one another with a huge force. Groaning both Chinese grabbed their heads in mere agony, and started laughing once they realized what had happened. Forest held out his hand, hoping he wasn't smiling in a pervert kind of way. 'Law. Forest Law,' Xiaoyu happily shook his hand. 'Ling. Xiaoyu Ling. Pleased to meet you, Forest,' Blushing faintly, Forest couldn't deny that Xiaoyu was a beautiful young woman, even if she looked much younger than her actual age. Xiaoyu pushed some strands of hair behind her ear, smiling cutely. 'I must say, Forest.. You look much younger than you are. I would've never given you 28..' Both Forest and Xiaoyu shared a smile. 'I was thinking the exact same thing, actually ..'