AN: Okay, so you all know the DC fanfic Want But Can't Have by Artistic18? Well I decided to make my first ever fanfiction a sequel to it–or at least how I imagined the sequel would be since I wasn't sure if Artistic 18 would make one, ya know? I also kind of added my own character since I don't think I know the real DC characters well enough to write for them. Sorry if it's not that great, but again it's my first. Also, it's kind of long, sorry. Please bear with it and enjoy! :D
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the DC characters, Harmonix does.
I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair… As the song ended and Flash4wrd did their finishing move, Hole 9 at the mini golf course–the one with the dinosaur–was filled with cheers, whoops, and applause from the gathered crowd as 'Lil T made her victory statement, "Y'all just don't mess with perfection. Am I right?"
"Well, isn't that the truth," Angel muttered to Aubrey under his breath while they clapped, and Aubrey giggled as Taye rolled her eyes at her younger sister's arrogance.
"No need t'be so harsh, Taye," Mo commented after seeing her eye roll. "Yo sis s'got some pretty sweet moves, and s'all right to show off 'vry once n'while."
'Lil T absolutely beamed at the older dancer's compliment and said, "'Ey thanks, Mo," before turning around to stick her tongue out at her sister, who pretended to take a swing at her.
Then Taye just laughed and jokingly told Mo, "Boy, don'tchu start encouragin' her now."
"Why not, sis?" 'Lil T asked. "M's right, I got me some pretty slick moves." And just to prove it, she began to show everyone.
"'Cause, 'lil girl, the bigger head you get, the harder y'all are gonna laugh at'chu when someone who's better n'you shows up n' proves it." That shut 'Lil T up and caused her to sulk.
Suddenly Glitch's phone began to ring. Checking it, his eyebrows scrunched together in confusion
"What's up, youngin'?" Mo asked, noticing Glitch's face
"I don' rec'gnize the number," Glitch explained and answered it. "'Ello?"
"'Ey, 'lil brother," came the voice from the other end of the line.
"Maiya?" Glitch said, kind of louder than he meant to. Almost all of the dancers turned to look questioningly at him. Embarrassed, he quickly turned his back. "I thought'chur flight doesn' land fer 'nother couple hours n', uh, they don't 'llow phones t'be on once you're on the plane, right?"
"Actually, ma flight landed early," was the explanation Glitch was given. "S'cool if I swing by, right?"
"Sweet, and yeah, s'all good."
"Aight, bro. Just makin' sure 'sall. 'Kay, I'm out."
"Wait, Mai when–" But Glitch was interrupted by a long monotone, and he glanced at his phone and cursed. "Dammit, why'd she hang on me?" But the irritation in his voice was quite contradictory to the way his face had lit up when Mai had told him she was coming.
"So, I'mma just go out on a limb here n' say that you did know whoever was callin' ya," Mo commented lightly to the younger dancer's back.
"Yeah," Glitch turned back around and nodded. "It was Maiya, my, um, sister."
"Hold up," Mo said suddenly. "You have a sister?" His amber eyes widened in shock.
"Well…yeah." Glitch couldn't figure out why Mo seemed so surprised. Sure, Mai hardly ever visited so of course Mo, or anyone really, would know about her, but that still didn't explain why Mo had just weirded out on him.
"Well, well, well," Emilia chimed in, "who knew Glitch here would have a little sister, and someone who's shorter than he is." She gave him a smile that made it obvious she was only teasing while the others laughed.
Glitch was just about to protest and tell them all that Maiya was actually older than him, though admittedly shorter, when an familiar voice called out, "Yo, Glitch!"
They all turned around to find the few people who remained from the earlier crowd parting to allow someone to walk through: a teenage girl with dark skin–almost as dark as Mo's–a rather pretty face, especially with those dark brown eyes that her sidebangs kept falling into, and long black hair that flowed over her shoulders.
Of course, she would've been cute enough if she had been wearing normal clothes, but what she had on instead really set it off. She was wearing pale gray skinny jeans with a wide, blue belt, a simple white V-neck under a halfway zipped blue hoodie with the sleeves pushed up above her elbows, a pair of blue Nike hightops, and she topped it all off with a dark gray, badass Volcom hat that had the Stone logo exactly the same shade of blue as her belt, hoodie, and kicks. Despite her small stature–she couldn't have been more than 5 foot 2–this girl had swag written all over her.
"'Ey, Mai," Glitch said with a smile, walking over. "How ya been?"
The two did a quick hand slap, slide, and fist bump–apparently their special handshake–and the 16 year-old replied, "Good. How 'bout'chu?"
"Great. I'm ona dance crew, actually I been on it fer a year now."
"No way," Mai said, smiling and turning to examine all the other dancers. "Congrats, man. So these guys your buddies or what?"
Glitch nodded and proceeded to introduce her to everyone. She said "'Ey," and nodded to everyone and even said, "Sweet lid," to 'Lil T, which quickly put a stop to her sulking.
"Thanks, yours ain't too bad either," 'Lil T replied, beaming.
Finishing up the introductions, Glitch said, "And that's Emilia and…" he paused. "Where's Bodie?"
Emilia shrugged. "I dunno. Probably the bathroom or something." Then she politely said, "Nice to meet you, Mai," before turning to start a conversation with Taye and Angel.
"Aight, then," Glitch said, slightly disappointed.
Then Mo walked over to Mai and said, "'Ey, Mai?"
"Yeah?" she answered, turning to face the much taller, much older dancer–which meant that she had to tip her head pretty far back.
"If ya don't mind me askin', how're you 'n Glitch related again? I mean, ya look like ya Filipino an' he's Korean, so…"
"Er, s'long story, man," Mai began, glancing at Glitch because she wasn't sure if he wanted everyone to know just how he happened to have an older sister.
Glitch nodded his consent.
"Well, see–" she began again, but she was cut off by a loud voice.
"Hey, Glitch!" it yelled. The three of them turned to see a tall, blonde figure making its way toward them.
"'Ey, Bo!" Glitch called back. "Come o'er here so you c'n meet Mai."
"Your what?" Bodie asked, stopping in front of them.
The young teen laughed, "No, man, not my–Mai, as in short for Maiya." He jerked his head toward his sister. "Mai, this s'Bodie. He's Emilia's dance partner."
Mai nodded to him and said, "'Ey, man, wassup?"
"Not much," Bodie replied, his mouth turning up in a sly smile, "just wondering how the weather is down there."
She raised one eyebrow, "You tryin' to be funny, blondie? 'Cause you ain't half as funny as you think you are."
In spite of Mai having just shot his first joke down, Bodie just kept going, determined to get through to her. "Ah, I see we have a feisty chica here."
Checking him out head to toe and she said, "Hey, bro, I dunno if you're jus' stupid or bein' 'n ass on purpose, but I ain't Hispanic, anak ng puta. I'm Filipino."
Glitch and Mo had been standing silently off to the side throughout this whole conversation, but at this Glitch broke Hi-Def's silence by laughing out loud and saying,"'Ey, Miaya, gusto mong mas mahusay na panoorin ang iyong bibig bago ko panoorin ang mga ito para sa iyo." (You better watch your mouth before I watch it for you.)
Mai grinned at him, "Aight, then gusto mo ng mas mahusay na sabihin sa iyong mga kaibigan sa hugis up at itigil ang pagtawag sa akin 'chica', Glitch." (You'd better tell your friends to shape up and quit callin' me 'chica.')
Baffled, Bodie hesitated before attempting his next joke. "Uhhh…anyone know what they just said?"
"It's nothing," Glitch said, shooting Mai an amused glance. "Mai just called you a son of a bitch in Filipino."
Bodie chuckled, "Alright, alright, I got this. 'Chica' didn't really fit you anyways. How 'bout 'shortie' instead?"
Maiya wanted to punch his obnoxiously playful face, but instead she crossed her arms over her chest land coolly replied, "I'm Asian, I'm s'posed t'be short. 'Sides, I'd rather be a short Asian than a wannabe-Asian boy like you."
"At least I got sweet dancing skills, something I bet you lack. Oh wait, you lack a sense of humor too, my bad," Bodie teased, grinning.
"Aight, pretty boy, you wanna go? Y'call yo'self a dancer, though y'don't look like much o' one, and I happen t'be one too. So how 'bout we find out who's better, right here and right now."
"You're on, Shortie."
"Uh, Bo, I wouldn't do that if I were you," Glitch cut in, sounding nervous.
"Relax, Glitch, this'll be easy 'cause Shortie here looks like she's all bark and no bite," Bodie remarked teasingly.
"You better watch it, 'cause looks c'n be deceivin'," Maiya warned, as she thought to herself, God, I'd better whoop this white boy's ass n' show him jus' who he's tryin' t'joke around with.
"Whatever you say, Shortie," Bo said with a shrug. "So, since you're the 'lil lady, I'll let you pick the track, 'kay?"
"Aight," Mai said, walking toward the boom box while Bodie began to gather everyone else so they could watch and judge. "Just never call me 'lil lady' again."
Searching through the tracks Flash4wrd had on hand, Mai found the song she wanted just as the last few stragglers came to join the already gathered crowd. "This'll do," she decided and popped in the disc before taking her starting position beside Bodie as the song began to play.
Last night was crazy and today it's setting in…
"Wait, what is this song?" Bodie asked, looking confused as he listened to the intro and tried to figure out what it was.
"'You're My Only Shortie' by Demi Lovato and Iyaz," Mai replied, smiling to herself at the irony of the title. "You like it?"
"How am I supposed to dance to it?" Bodie objected. "I've never even heard this song."
"And you think I have?" was all Mai managed to get out before the chorus started and she and Bodie began to dance, staying to the beat as best as they could while trying to best each other.
Am I your only shorty? As the last line of the song came out of the boom box, Maiya and Bodie struck their final poses and earned themselves cheers that rivaled those that Flash4wrd had gotten earlier.
"So wat'chall think?" Mai asked, as she and Bodie left center stage. "Did I rock it'r what?"
"Di'ju rock it?" 'Lil T repeated in disbelief. "Girl, ya jus' kicked some serious ass! I ain't playin', that was soo sick. Y'all agree?"
"Yeah, I'm with T on this one," Angel approved. "That was quite impresionante." Aubrey nodded her assent as well.
"Mhm," Taye added. "I dunno what you was doin' up there, Bodie, but ain't nothin' compared to what Mai did."
"True dat," Glitch said, his eyes shining with pride. "Those moves were pretty dope. Where'ju learn t'dance like that?"
"Yeah," Mo said, bobbing his head up and down as if he were still listening to the beat of the song. "You gotta 'lot o' potential, youngin'."
"You hear that, pretty boy?" Maiya cupped her ear with her hand and stepped toward Bodie. "I ain't someone you wanna mess with." She gave him the "what-now-you-dumbass" arms before backing up, her eyes filled with smug satisfaction.
"Bodie," Emilia said, her voice tight like she was trying her best not to show how annoyed she was for Bodie completely embarrassing Riptide, "come here please."
While Bodie walked away to be scolded by Emilia and the others dispersed again to chat amongst themselves, Maiya walked up to Glitch and said, "My, my, pretty boy's lookin' fine. Ya know if he's with anyone, or s'he fair game?" Maiya readjusted her hat, so it sat higher up on her head as she eyed Bodie on the other side of the golf course.
Glitch looked at her like she was crazy. "Man, Mai, one sec you're totally trashin' Bo 'n the next you're hittin' on 'im? Wassup wi' that?" Mai noticed that though his words were blithe, it sounded forced–like he wasn't all that thrilled she thought Bodie was cute.
"Well, I can't have 'im knowin' that I kinda like 'im from the get-go," she responded with a shrug, "that ruins the whole 'catching his eye' concept."
"Sorry, Mai, but you're a little late to be tryin' for Bodie anyways. He's already takin'. Besides, I thought 'pretty boys' weren't really your type," Glitch teased.
This time it sounds way more legit, Mai decided before laughing. "Very true, G. But even I'm willin' t'try somethin' new once in while. So who's the lucky shawty? It's Emilia, ain't it? I mean, therr both sporty n' everythin', so it makes sense. But s'little risky 'cause what if they split? Wha's gonna happen t'Riptide?"
"I dunno and we're never gonna find out 'cause Emilia's not the one," Glitch replied.
Turning to examine the crowd, Mai made a sound of utter disgust. "Oh man, please don't tell me it's that Aubrey chick. He can do way better than a ginger." She rolled her eyes.
Glitch felt the corner of his mouth twitch in a smile he tried to suppress, "Naw, naw, keep guessin'."
"Taye?" Her mouth actually opened slightly in disbelief and her eyebrows shot up. "Damn, Glitch, y'got some pretty messed up friends. I mean seriously, she's like taller than he is."
This time Glitch really did laugh. "'Kay, I'm sure Bo and Taye are tight and everythin', bu' not that tight."
"But that only leaves…" Mai glanced over at 'Lil T, who chatting up Angel–and probably trash talking Aubrey at the same time.
"Uh," she began awkwardly, "look, I migh' not know Bodie like you do, but I'm pretty sure he's no ped 'r anythin', so…" Puzzled, Mai trailed off.
Glitch grinned, clearly amused by her bafflement. "Aight then. Lemme give you a hint."
Raising his voice, he said, "'Ey, Bo! You got a sec?" and beckoned him over.
Bodie looked more than happy for an excuse to escape Emilia's never-ending lecture on how he had just shamed Riptide and ruined their rep.
"'Course, little man. I'll be right over," he called back, shooting Emilia an obviously fake apologetic look.
As he approached Glitch and Mai, he said, "Hey man, thanks for savin' my ass back there. Emilia was–"
But his description of just what Emilia had been saying was cut short and Glitch took a step forward and stopped Bodie's lips from moving with his own, closing his eyes and wrapping his arms around Bodie's neck
The blond dancer seemed slightly taken aback, but not embarrassed or anything. Instead, Bodie just slipped his own arms around Glitch's waist and closed his eyes as well, completely diving into the kiss.
As the two stayed lip locked, all the other dancers began to take notice and turned to watch Mai for her reaction to the fact that her brother was gay–and that he was with a "pretty boy" no less.
Of course, everyone pretended not to be, but their curiosity made it pretty obvious that they were staring at Mai.
Finally someone wolf whistled to remind the couple where they were, and they separated, Glitch's cheeks flushed with color and Bodie's eyes gleaming. The two shared a look that said something along the lines of "we'll finish this later," and then they turned to see what Mai thought of them.
Glitch never would've admitted it, but as he had been showing Mai just who Bodie was in a relationship with, his stomach had been fluttering anxiously because, even though she was his sister, he was unsure of how she would take it
When he and Bodie had made it public and official to the other dancers, Glitch hadn't been nearly as nervous he knew that a couple of them already knew of his previous crush on Mo, so the fact that he was with Bodie wouldn't be so shocking for them
Plus, then he had known Mo and MacCoy would vouch for him if anyone seemed seriously disturbed
But Mai hadn't had it sugarcoated with previous knowledge of his crush on the older pop-and-lock dancer, so Glitch had no idea what to expect, and what he saw now didn't exactly encourage him.
Mai had her best poker face on and hadn't moved or said anything since the couple's display of PDA. The only thing that seemed to have change was that one eyebrow was slightly raised, but her expression was still pretty unreadable to Glitch
The silence continued, and all eyes were trained on the motionless figure of Glitch's sister.
Then, just when Glitch had given up all hope of Mai possibly accepting him for who he was, her eyebrow returned to its original position and a smile broke out on her face, causing her eyes to get pretty squinty.
The anxious 15 year-old felt himself begin to grin when he realized that Mai's smile was totally genuine. Either that, or she had become one hell of an actress during the past two years since he'd last seen her.
"Wow, 'lil brother. Haven't'chu grown up since I last saw ya? I gotta 'mit, ya really surprised me there. And it takes 'lot t'do that now'days. I'm impressed." Mai readjusted the far-too-big B-boy Volcom hat so it sat higher up on her head, even though it slipped back down every time.
The relief that washed over Glitch was so strong that he forgot to be offended at her overly-cocky and superior attitude towards him and the fact that she still called him "'lil brother" even though he was at least two inches taller than she, if not more.
Glitch just beamed at his older sister as Bodie affectionately draped an arm over Glitch's shoulders
"'Course when y'said that ya thought pretty boys weren't my type, I didn' know it s'cause they were yers," Mai teased, her eyes twinkling in amusement
Glitch's cheeks began to burn again as he sputtered "Hey, I didn'–I mean, I–"Now it was Bodie's turn to shut his boyfriend up with a kiss.
Mai smiled and was sincerely happy for Glitch having found love, or at least as close as she figured a 15 year-old could get
When the two surfaced for air, Bodie murmured to Glitch, "It's alright. We know what you meant."
"Aight, lover boy," Mai interrupted, sounding somewhat harsher than she intended, "get ova' here so I c'n give ya 'lil talk.'"
At first, Glitch and Bodie seemed unsure who she was talking to
"Me?" asked Bodie, placing a hand on his chest
"Yeah you, blondie. Now get'cho ass ova' here so I c'n talk t'ya in private." She gave Glitch a pointed look.
"Aight, aight," the techno dancer surrendered, holding up his hands, still grinning as Bodie nervously made his way to Mai, "I'll go. Just try not t'beat the crap out of him, aight?"
Mai almost laughed, which would've definitely killed the serious image she wanted right now, so instead she managed to just smirk and reply, "I'll try muh best."
"That's all'm askin'," Glitch called over his shoulder as he went to go talk to Aubrey and Angel
Then, facing Bodie, the joyful light in her eyes vanished like that as Mai shed her playful, lighthearted attitude. When it came to her little brother's well being, even if she didn't always seem it, she was dead serious–emphasis on the word dead.
"Aight, lova' boy," Mai began, but Bodie interrupted
"Wait, I thought I was 'pretty boy?'"
Mai raised her eyebrows, but didn't argue. "Aight. Well, pretty boy, Glitch's still a kid, only 15, 'n he still got 'lot t'learn, I know. So I dunno how he'd handle heartbreak, 'n I hear you have a rep o' bein' the class clown. Ya feel where'm comin' from?"
That's when Bodie began to catch on. His eyes widened as he protested, "Hey, man! I would never–"
Mai cut him off. "Look, I dunno what'chu would'r wouldn't do, but lemme get one thing straight. Don'tcha go playin' 'round with muh baby brotha's feelin's o' nothin', 'cause if you do and ya break 'is heart, I'mma hav'ta break yo face." Bodie couldn't help but notice that the more intense Mai got, the more slang she tended to use.
"Got it, pretty boy?" When Mai finalized her last threat, she took a step toward Bodie so she was up in his face to emphasize the dead seriousness of her threat and gave him the "don'tchu-dare-mess-with-me-pretty-boy" glare.
Of course, his would've been far more effective she'd been taller than him, but when you're about two inches shorter than your brother who's only 5 foot 3 and barely reaches his boyfriend's shoulders already, there's only so much you can do.
Despite this, Bodie got the message. How could he not with Mai's face tilted way up and those blazing dark brown eyes trying to get up close and personal with him?
"Yeah, Mai, I hear ya loud n' clear," he said hastily
"Good," she said stepping back, and Bodie was amused to see that her cheeks were slightly pink, as though she had just realized just how close her and Bodie's faces had been
Just like Glitch, Bodie realized with a smile, how cute.
"Now c'mon, pretty boy, s'go see what the others are upta." With that she turned her back on him and headed back to the other dancers as if nothing had happened, as if she made threats like that everyday.
Man, Mai is one helluva girl, ain't she? Chuckling to himself, the blond dancer shook his head and began to walk back to talk to Emilia–trying his best to ignore the slightly disturbing realization that he kept replaying in his mind the moment when Mai's face was only inches away from his and wondering…
So what did you guys think? I know it needs work and stuff and that nothing really happened yet, but I promise I'll make the next chapters more exciting if you'll please just review to give me some feedback to let me know if my writing style's any good and stuff like that. Thanks! =) (O btw, all the Filipino lines are just from Google translate, so they're not necessarily accurate.)