Hello~! :D My first Karate Kis story and I have been trying to get this done in MONTHS! But I get stuck at times and I didn't get all my facts right. I think some of my facts still ain't right so if there's anything wrong, PLEASE TELL ME!
I freakin LOVE Cheng! He's like my favorite! Although I'm not sure if I got him right so if he's a little OOC, tell me that too!
Alright so this story is practically...Well...Not the usual one I guess. It doesn't follow the the time line of the movie. This is set two years after when they are all 14. I hope you all will read and like it. I can't do it by the movie cause well...I have to watch it a lot of times to get things right. But don't worry! I'll put some parts of the movie in the story like the tournament, Cheng and Dre's first fight, Cheng flipping Dre's tray all over him, etc...
The story will explain how my character met Cheng and everything through flashbacks! Most of the flashbacks are bits of my memories that actually happened to me when I was 12. I'm not joking.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK Lady Huli Jing FOR HER HELP! She helped me with most of the things that I wasn't sure of. THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH! You guys should read her Karate Kid story! It's AWESOME! :D
Cheng: Could you hurry up?
Yes, yes. I'm almost done.
"Talking"
"Thinking"/Flashback
"Talking in English"
Disclaimer: I do not own Karate Kid!
I hope you all enjoy this story! :DDD
It was a fine sunny day. The weather was nice and it was windy and the sun wasn't shining so bright so it wasn't that hot. A lot of people would just love to go outside and have fun since the weather was so great. But one girl was one of the very few kids who actually stayed at home. The girl has dark brown straight-wavy hair that ended at her mid back, tied into a low messy ponytail and dark brown eyes. She was just sitting at her window's ledge, reading a book that was on her lap.
"Mae Ern, you're not going to go outside?" her mum, who was standing at her bedroom door, asked
Mae Ern just shook her head.
"No." she said and her mother just nodded, already knowing that that was her answer before walking towards the stairs
Mae Ern was reading an interesting book and she was just about to get to one of the most exciting part of the book but there was something in her mind telling her to stop reading for a moment and to look outside. She ignored it at first but the urge to look outside was too strong so she took a glance out the window. She has to admit, it was a really nice day out. She then fully looks out of the window and saw many kids playing around and teenagers hanging out.
She also saw that the park was also filled with people walking around and such. Guys playing basketball at the basketball court there, some people jogging and she even saw the two old men in their usual spot playing ping pong. It would be nice to go outside for the day but she just felt like staying at home and read.
"But I could always go outside and read." Mae Ern said to herself before placing her bookmark on the page she was reading
She got off her comfortable position from the window ledge and walked towards her desk and took her black LG Lollipop phone, her grey cap and some money just in case. As she took it, her cap bumped into a book and it fell off the table. The book lay on the floor, open. Mae Ern placed her cap onto her head and slipped her phone and money into her pockets before picking up the book. As she was about to close it, she caught a glimpse of something. She looked at the picture that caught her eyes. The book that she was holding in her hands right now was her yearbook when she was 12. That particular picture was a picture of the top class in her year at that time. Her class. She spotted her 12 year old self just standing there in that picture, not smiling at all.
Mae Ern was never the one to smile in school pictures and she usually hates it that the photographers would set their camera on flash even though it's bright and sunny out. But now, she would give out small smiles that are usually hard to notice by some people. Mae Ern looks at the picture, looking at her classmates. She stopped at a certain classmate of hers. A boy with dark brown hair that could be mistaken as black and dark brown eyes that could sometimes be mistaken as black as well
"Heh…Cheng." she muttered, still looking at that certain classmate
Mae Ern was a new student in her year that time. She was born in Beijing, China but moved to America at the end of the year when she was 6 years old since her dad got a job transfer (typical right?). She was enroll into a school there and took Chinese classes so she won't have any problems when she goes back to China. When she was 11, she found out that she was moving back to Beijing. She was happy that she was going back to the country she was born in but she was sad that she was going to leave all her friends in the U.S but they all promised to keep in touch if they could with all the time difference and everything.
After being in the plane for like a long thirteen hour or so, cleaning the house and unpacking everything. There were only a few more days left before school starts. It was awkward for Mae Ern. Even though America is an independent country and many of the citizens there are brave and have self confidence, Mae Ern was very shy the whole time she lived there so when she came back to China, she doubt that her shy self was going to change. She was, of course, wrong.
Once Mae Ern got back, she explored her neighborhood when she had nothing better to do and before she knew it, she was already going for her first day of school. Her parents of course accompany her to school and had a talk with the principle and everything. Mae Ern was placed in the top class because of her results but her results weren't that good. There were at least 2 or 3 C's in her report card and only about 2 or 3 A's. The rest are B's and her Chinese was one of them.
Mae Ern questioned herself at that time on how she could be place in such a class since her grades weren't that excellent. She found it hard to learn Math, Science and other subjects all in Chinese since she was so used to learning it in English but quickly caught on thanks to the Chinese classes she took back in America. She can remember her first day like it only just happened a few weeks ago. She walked into the class timidly and had no idea where to sit. She walked around half of the class before settling into a seat next to a very nice girl but in front of a quite irritating boy.
Flashback…
"Where the heck am I going to sit?" Mae Ern thought as she looked around the class, already walking around half of it
"Sit here." A girl with dark brown hair that was tied into a neat ponytail said, pointing to an empty space beside her
Mae Ern was just about to take up the offer and sit there when someone stopped her.
"No don't sit there." Mae Ern turned to looked at the owner of the voice who said that and saw that it was a boy with dark brown hair and eyes that could be mistaken as black
She just looked at him and back to the empty seat. She doesn't know whether to listen to the girl or listen to the boy.
"Just sit, just sit."
"Don't."
Mae Ern looked around the class again. There were no more empty seats in the class and it seems like the one beside the girl was the only empty seat left in the whole class. She really didn't have much of a choice does she?
"Err…I think I'll just…"she said in a whispered voice before putting her bag down on the chair
"Yes!"
"Why did you sit there!" the boy asked with a glare
"It's my choice isn't it?" she thought to herself before sitting on her chair, still feeling the glare the boy was giving her at the back of her head
End of flashback.
Later that day, Mae Ern found out that his name was Cheng and they didn't really get along at first. The second day was fine though. It was like they have been friends for a long time and haven't seen each other for a while so it would look like they were catching up with each other.
She found out that he takes Kung Fu classes at the Fighting Dragon, one of the best martial arts place in Beijing and he found out that she was currently looking for a new guitar teacher. They talked about other things and got to know each other a little but at the end of the day, they were back to their old mutual disliking towards each other. There was one time during their English class that they almost had an argument in front of the whole class.
It was a stupid thing to argue about so loud in the class if you ask her.
Flashback.
"Come on Mae Ern. What? You don't dare to speak up but you dare to punch me?" Cheng said with an amuse smirk
Mae Ern straightly turned around and glared at him.
"Shut up." She said, still glaring and he glared back
She wanted to say something else but she doesn't want to start an argument with him in the middle of the class. Mae Ern also had an urge to stick her tongue out at him before facing their English teacher again but decided not to. She turned back to face their teacher and read the sentence she was given to read before sighing a quiet but big sigh. Mae Ern never knew why but Cheng always got on her nerves and he always got on hers. She also didn't know that she and Cheng were speaking that loud that the whole class could hear.
"Hey Mae Ern, you really don't like Cheng do you?" one of her friends asked as she passed by Mae Ern during lunch
"No, we don't really get along. Why do you ask?" Mae Ern asked, confusion could be heard in her voice
"It just seems like it. You and Cheng were talking quite loudly during English." Mae Ern's eyes widen
"We were talking that loud?" her friend just nodded
"Oh, I didn't know."
End of flashback…
After several weeks being in that class, her shy self was like gone. She was still quiet and was quite shy when a teacher was in the class teaching but when there was none, she smiles a lot and have fun, being loud that anyone who met her at that time would find it hard to believe that she was extremely shy before. As months passed by, Mae Ern got used to Cheng's ways of irritating her and he got used to hers but they still do tend to get on each other nerves from time to time.
There were times when they got along with each other just fine like him asking her to help him find something or her talking to him normally like everything was fine and that one time when they were discussing their answers with her friend who sat beside him.
Flashback…
"A." her friend, Hui Ying said
"C." the two said at the same time
"A." Hui Ying said again
"B."
"D." Mae Ern glanced at Cheng after saying that
They said it at the same time again. They've been doing that ever since they decided to discuss their answers with her friend.
"C."
"C." the two said once again
"B." Mae Ern decided to say first, wondering if Hui Ying and Cheng would say their answers at the same time
"D." her friend said first
"D." Cheng said
"Okay, this is weird." Mae Ern thought
"A." Hui Ying said first this time
"A." Mae Ern and Cheng said once again
Mae Ern let out a small sigh before lowering her paper a bit since it was the last question.
"Why mine and her answers are almost the same?" Cheng asked suddenly which made Mae Ern think
As she thought back, he was right. Most of their answers were the same and it was weird. It's either they are both equally smart or they think the same or there is some other reason Mae Ern couldn't really think of.
"Oh yeah, why are my answers and his almost the same?" Hui Ying just shrug after looking back and forth between her and Cheng
End of flashback.
It was quite weird for that to happen. She thought that she wasn't as smart as Cheng and occasionally thought that she should at least be one class lower but oh well. The test was fairly easy anyway. There was also this one time when he actually agreed with her. But he didn't have anything to fight back with anyway. It happened when they went to the science lab or something.
Flashback…
"Just go away." Cheng said with a glare that was directed to a girl with bushy long hair that was tied into a ponytail
"It's either you let me sit here or I'll ask her to sit here with me." The girl said, pointing at another girl, who was her friend that was standing two tables away from them
"Fine, fine." He said with an irritated sigh
"Wow, he must really not like her." Mae Ern thought before noticing that Cheng was now looking at her and Hui Ying
"What? You can't tell us to move. We're in the same group as you so you can't tell us to move. We're supposed to sit here." Cheng just continued to look at her before saying
"Good point." He then placed his chin on his folded arms that was on the table, looking around
Mae Ern then turned to look at Hui Ying.
"So how is it sitting next to Cheng?" she asked, jerking her thumb behind her shoulder since her back was turned to him
"It's okay but he's quite annoying." Mae Ern raised an eyebrow
"Oh really?" Hui Ying just nodded
"What did he do?"
"He looks at my work when he doesn't know the answers and always bury his face into his arms."
"That I know. I thought he's smart, why would he need to look at your work for answers?" Hui Ying just shrug
End of flashback.
It really did suck when her Science teacher placed her into the same group as Cheng but didn't care after a while. Thinking back, Mae Ern was wondering if she and Hui Ying were talking loud at that time since Cheng was only sitting right behind her (sort of). Now she was wondering if he heard them talking about him like that. If he did, he didn't say anything.
Now that she thought about it. She and Cheng could have gotten along just fine but they just got on each other nerves for no reason. Even now she couldn't think of any reason why they usually argue over silly things at that time.
It was also obvious the two didn't like each other and people could tell but there were some that actually teased them. One time, Mae Ern laughed when her two friends told her after school on what happened to their replacement class that she didn't attend because she was too lazy to.
Flashback…
"Hey Mae Ern, guess what." Mae Ern looked at Shu Qi, who is like one of her best friends
"What?"
"We think Cheng likes you." Lien Hua said
Mae Ern looked at her with a raised eyebrow before laughing.
"You guys are joking right? Cheng? Seriously? Come on."
"No, we're serious." Shu Qi said
"Why do you guys think that?"
"Remember we had our replacement class on Saturday?" Lien Hua asked and Mae Ern just nodded
"I didn't go on that day."
"Yeah well, on that day Miss Lan looked around the whole class, counting who didn't come and then she asked who didn't come." Lien Hua explained
"And only a few people didn't come. Maybe about 5 or 6." Shu Qi said and Mae Ern just nodded slowly
"This still doesn't explain why you guys said that Cheng likes me."
"We're getting there."
"Cheng was the first one to point out that you didn't come." Mae Ern just looked at them
"Well, I do sit in front of him."
"Yes but Ching Lan sits besides you doesn't she? She didn't point it out. Cheng did." Mae Ern thought it over
It's true. Since she's sitting beside Ching Lan, she should have pointed it out first then Cheng or maybe she was about to but Cheng just beat her to it. But why?
"Alright then, can you tell me what he said?"
"Miss Lan, Mae Ern didn't come." Lien Hua said, not bothering to make her voice deeper so it would sound like Cheng
"That's all?"
"You want to know what Miss Lan said?" Lien Hua asked
"Okay, what?"
"You like her is it?" Shu Qi said with a small smile on her face
Mae Ern just blinked.
"If I'm right, Miss Lan loves to tease people. This doesn't really prove that he likes m-…"Lien Hua cut her off
"He blushed Mae Ern!" she just blinked again
"What?" she said disbelievingly
"Cheng blushed when Miss Lan said that!" Shu Qi said, a big smile on her face
"I don't believe you."
"Mae Ern, I swear I saw him blush!" Shu Qi said before adding
"Have I ever lied to you?"
"Well…No…"
"See! We're not lying!" Lien Hua said
"But…This is Cheng we're talking about! We do not get along that well! You know that!"
"We do know that." Lien Hua said, a hand on Mae Ern's shoulder
"But we really think Cheng likes you."
End of flashback.
Mae Ern chuckled at the memory. Really, Cheng couldn't have liked her then. There was no way. Why would anybody like a girl like her anyway? The teasing wasn't that bad at first but it kinda got worse as time past. There was that one time in class, his best friend at that time shouted saying that she knew everything about Cheng just because she got one little fact right about him at that time.
Then there was also that time in the bus. They were going for their end year trip, Mae Ern brought a lot of stuff that would keep her and her friends busy for the two hour ride. Well…Not really a lot of stuff. Just a phone, MP3, a camera and a Nintendo DS.
She was sitting next to her best guy friend at that time in the bus for two reasons.
1. She wanted to make this girl that was younger than her by one year jealous because she had a crush on him
2. Her other friends were already sitting with someone else
It was a bit awkward at first, sitting next to her best guy friend in the bus. But it was better him than Cheng. When Mae Ern saw that the seat beside her guy friend was taken by his friend, she looked at the other empty seat and saw that Cheng was sitting beside it. She debated with herself to either politely asked his friend to move or to ask Cheng if she could sit next to him. She decided on the former.
In the end, maybe she should have asked Cheng if she could have sat beside him since she was spending most of her time in the bus, standing or sitting beside Cheng, watching him playing a game on her DS.
Flashback…
"Err…Excuse me." A voice said and Mae Ern looked towards the owner of the voice, not knowing that Cheng stopped his game to look too, and saw that it belonged to one of her friends.
She then realized that she was blocking the way.
"O-Oh. Sorry." She said, stepping back to let her friend walk through, her face red from embarrassment
"It's alright Mae Ern. You can kiss Cheng if you want." Her friend said with a smirk as she walked through
Mae Ern's eyes widen. Cheng's eyes as well. Mae Ern didn't know but her blush was starting to creep onto her face. The two unknowingly backed away from each other. There was a few seconds of awkward silence.
"Eh come on. She's not my type." Cheng said before going back to his game
Mae Ern had to debate with herself for half a minute whether to continue to watch Cheng play or do something else.
End of flashback.
There were more but Mae Ern couldn't possible remember every single one of them. She took one last look at the picture before finally closing her yearbook and placed it gently on the table. She's not going to just stand there, remembering all her memories she had when she was 12 about Cheng just because she saw him in the picture. Mae Ern was pretty sure that she wouldn't be seeing him again. The last time she saw him was when she was walking towards a shop last year and he just so happens to be there, passing by. They didn't say anything to each other and that's that. She's pretty sure that he didn't notice her there but she's also sure that they wouldn't cross paths again.
Mae Ern looked out the window and still saw the day that was perfect to go outside. She did some last minute debating with herself whether to stay home or go out and read. She eventually decided on the latter and went out of her room, closing the door behind her.
"You're going out Mae Ern?" her mum asked once Mae Ern reached the bottom of the stairs
"Yeah, just for a while." She said, walking towards the door
"Alright then. Be back before dinner." Mae Ern just nodded, closing the door behind her as she left
Mae Ern walked down the familiar streets of the neighborhood. She's been here quite a few times two years ago and now she rarely comes here unless it was to meet her friends.
Her friends…
"I wonder what they're doing now..."she thought as she crossed the busy street
It was a public holiday today. Tomorrow is also a public holiday and same goes for the next day. Mae Ern's dad was currently overseas and was coming back in the next two days. Her school is closed because of school holidays. Two weeks of school holiday. It's the forth day since the start of school holidays and most of her friends are out on vacation with their families. Either visiting relatives that doesn't live near here or having fun at a beach or something. Mae Ern was glad that her family wasn't going anywhere.
She likes staying at home and she has her book to read to pass the time but she would be done with it soon. She's nearly halfway through the book and once she's done, she has no idea what she's going to do with the rest of her holidays.
"Maybe I should ask some of my friends if they wanna go out."
Mae Ern then arrived at her neighborhood park. Looking around, she realized that she hasn't been there for a long time than she thought. Thinking about it, the last time she came to the park was last year to hang out with her friends. A lot of memories came flooding in when she look around at the park. The first time she came here, she was playing around with her friends. Another time was when her and her friends decided to meet each other here before going to the Qi Xi Festival together.
She missed those times. When her and all of her friends were free and together. Two years ago, when they were all 12 years old, they were close. Hanging out, having fun. Now, two years later, 14 and are separated due to going to different middle schools. Mae Ern still has some of her friends that went to the same school as her and she also made some new ones. She even tries to keep in contact with her other friends in different schools but it was hard. It's not easy. She can't even keep in touch with a few of her friends that are in her school. Being in different class and everything.
She walked around the park, trying to find a nice and empty place to sit and read. It wasn't particularly hot out and there was a nice breeze. Mae Ern could hear a lot of laughter from kids playing around. She saw a couple of kids playing tag and some playing hide and seek.
Not that there is much place to hide at though. Mae Ern found an empty bench and went over to sit there. She looked around first and recognized the area almost instantly.
"This is mine and Mei Ying's spot…"she said to herself softly before looking up
She saw the basketball court and a few guys there playing. A memory then came into her mind. A memory that she haven't remembered for a while now…
Flashback… (This is going to be quite a long flashback but I'm pretty sure you all are going to enjoy it…Right?)
"My God Mei Ying! You are so good at the violin!" Mae Ern said with a smile
A girl with dark brown eyes and dark brown hair that was tied into two low ponytails stopped playing her violin and smiled at Mae Ern.
"Thank you but I'm not that good."
"Yes you are! I swear, if you keep on practicing like that, you'll be a pro! By the way, sorry I'm late." Mae Ern said before taking the empty seat beside Mei Ying who giggled
"It's okay and I don't think so. How are your guitar lessons going by the way?" Mae Ern groaned
"Even though I started two years ago in America, I only found a new guitar teacher a few months ago and I'm telling you, I feel like quitting."
"Don't quit. You just have to work harder."
"But I really suck." Mae Ern whined
"Don't say that."
"But I do."
"Just practice more."
"I'm lazy."
"That's the reason for why you suck and your low motivation."
"Whatever." She said before getting up from her place on the bench
"You want anything?" Mae Ern asked, jerking her thumb over her shoulder
There was a stand selling drinks and food a few feet behind her.
"No thanks. I've already got a bottle of water." She said, pointing at a half empty water bottle that was with her
"Alright then, be right back." Mae Ern said before walking towards the stand
"One bottle of water please." She said to the man at the stand before stuffing her hand into her pocket, getting her money
She then felt someone ruffling her hair.
"Hey Mae Ern." A blonde boy with blue eyes (I think they're blue) said
"What's up Harry?" she said with a smile
"What are you doing here?"
"Going to play basketball."
"Right, I'll be supporting your side then." she said, taking the water and was about to hand out the money
"Here, I'll pay." Harry said as he paid the man for the water
"Wha…C'mon dude. I can pay for myself."
"It's alright. I don't mind paying." He said before going off to the basketball court
"See ya." Mae Ern said to his retreating back before going back to Mei Ying
"Seriously, Harry's going to get poor if he keeps doing that." She said before sitting down
"Keeps doing what?" Mei Ying asked as her friend unscrew the bottle cap
"Paying for me whenever he gets the chance. This is the fifth time he paid for me and he always said that he doesn't mind." She said, irritated at the fact
Mei Ying just giggled as Mae Ern drank her water.
"Maybe he likes you." Mae Ern almost spit out all the water that was in her mouth
She quickly swallowed the water before coughing slightly.
"Never…Say something…Like that again…"She said in between cough
"Especially when I'm eating or drinking." Mei Ying just giggled again before continuing to practice her violin
In a few minutes, a boy with dark skin, dark brown hair and eyes came into the court. Harry seems to know him and was telling the other guys who were playing that he was going to play too. The boy was playing quite good until he decided to shoot and it went over the hoop by a few inches.
"Sub! Sub! My shooting hand, got some jet lag so…"he then walked away
A ping pong ball then bounced towards him and landed a few centimeters away from his feet
"Want this?" he asked, holding up the ping pong ball
"Do you want me to play? You know, I have no problem beating old people." He said as he walked towards the ping pong table
"Back where I come from, they call me "Ping pong Dre", alright? I'm going to take it easy on you." Dre said before serving the ball
Their game went on for a little while before Dre decided to end it. The old man look at him and a small smirk was on his lips. Let's just say that the old man didn't bother to go easy on Dre anymore.
"Come on man, I'm 12."
"This is so amusing." Mae Ern said, watching the dude play ping pong with an amuse smirk
It went on for a couple more minutes (I don't really want to explain all this. Sorry!) before Dre went to sit on a basketball with Harry. The two were just talking for a few minutes before Dre got up and walked towards Mei Ying and Mae Ern.
"Hey. Umm…What's up?" he said before realizing his mistake
"I forgot. No English. Umm…"
"Ni hao mou? Shu shen mu ji?" Mae Ern just stared at him before she burst out laughing
"What language is that?" Mei Ying said with a laugh
"You speak English?"
"It's an International language dude. We have to learn it." Mae Ern said once she stopped laughing. She then earned a confused look from Dre.
"Hey, your English ain't half bad."
"I picked up a few things while living in America for 5 years."
"You're not from here?"
"I am. My dad just got a job transfer when I was six." Mae Ern said
There was a few seconds silence before she mentally hit herself.
"I forgot, I need to talk to Harry about something. I'll be back in a few minutes." She said, getting off her seat and walked towards the blonde boy at the court
"You could have showed me a sign you know!" she said as she glared at the blonde boy who was sitting on a basketball
"I'm sorry but I thought you knew." She continued to glare at him before looking back at Mei Ying and the boy
"His name is Dre. He just moved here." Harry said and Mae Ern just nodded before saying
"And his Chinese sucks. Didn't he bother to learn since he must obviously know that he was moving here?"
"Hey, don't be too hard on him. He's new. He'll catch on."
"Yeah I guess but I'm just wondering how is he going to survive the lessons." She said as Dre handed Mei Ying his phone
"Well she's enjoying herself." Mae Ern commented before noticing a group of boys playing around a few feet away
"Ah fudge." Harry looked at her right when she smack her forehead with her palm
"What is it?"
"I forgot that Cheng and his gang usually come here." She said before rushing towards the group of boys who began to gather
Thinking of a plan as she got there, Mae Ern quickly stop as she stood in front of the group.
"Mae Ern, what are you doing here?" one of the boys in the group asked
"Oh, just hanging. It's nice to see you too Liang." She said with a slight eye roll and a smile
"What's up Cheng?" she said with a fake smile as she faced the boy standing in front of her
"What do you want?" he asked, a scowl on his face
"I was just wondering if I could borrow Liang and Zhuang from you." Mae Ern said, still smiling
"And what if I say no?"
"I'll just take them from you then." Cheng just glared at her before looking at Liang and Zhuang over his shoulder
"I can't believe that you two are friends with her." Liang just smiled and Zhuang just shrug
"So can I borrow them? It's not like I'm going to steal them from you. I know you care very much for your Kung Fu gang."
"Whatever." He said before looking away from her
Mae Ern then looked at Liang and Zhuang and was just about to say something but…
"Who's Mei Ying talking to?" Cheng asked, not looking away from where Mei Ying and Dre are at but Mae Ern knew the question was directed to her
"No one. Just a friend." Mae Ern said as she turned around to look at her friend and the new kid
"I've never seen him around before." Cheng said as Zhuang copied what Dre was doing
At this moment, Dre stopped what he was doing, which was dancing, because Mei Ying asked him a question. Dre looked a little surprised at first but he leaned forward and Mei Ying touched his hair, giggling. This made Cheng move towards them.
"Where the heck are you going Cheng?"
"None of your business." He said, glaring at her over his shoulder before continuing to walk towards them
"Ah, plan failed." She said with a sigh as she followed Cheng, the gang following behind her
"Your father expects you to practice." He said, looking at Mei Ying after glaring at Dre
"I am practicing." Mei Ying said with a shrug, looking at her music sheets
"What you're doing, you won't need this." He said as he took the music sheets and threw them to the floor
"What are you doing?" Mei Ying asked, standing up
"Leave it!" he said when he noticed Dre picking the music sheets up
"Don't mind me! You should mind your own business!" Mei Ying said
"Your father would be very mad if he knew!"
"What's your problem? You're not my father!" Mei Ying said right before Cheng took the music sheets from Dre and threw it back down.
"Come on dude!"
"What's wrong with you?" Mei Ying said before getting her stuff
"Pack your stuff and go home now!" Cheng said
"You're not her father!" Mae Ern said, glaring at Cheng
"You stay out of it!" He said with his own glare
"Make me!"
"I said leave it!" Cheng said when he saw that Dre picked up the papers again
"Mind your own business!" Mei Ying said while Dre took one little step closer to her. Cheng was just about to knock the papers off from Dre again but he got it out of his reach which caused Cheng to push him to the ground.
"Hey look." Cheng turned to look and saw Dre standing up and in a fighting stance
"I think he wants a fight." Zhuang said and Cheng laughed before smirking at the American, taking steps towards him while Dre took steps back. Cheng then gave him a sign with his hand that says 'come on'.
Dre then charged at him but Cheng easily trip him off with a simple sweep kick. He fell hard on the concrete floor and Mae Ern winced when he hit the ground she tried to get to him but Zhuang stopped her. She turned to look at him and he just shook his head. Mae Ern turned to look at Mei Ying when she heard her said 'stop fighting' but then saw that Liang held her back.
"Come on! Get him!" Zhuang said as he pulled Dre up to his feet. Dre looked at him with a confuse expression, he then turned to look at Mei Ying with worry written all over her face and then turned to look at Mae Ern who was trying to fight of Jian Yu's grip. He looked back at Zhuang who kept saying 'go, go, go'. Dre then turned around to look at Cheng who was waiting for him.
He then charged at Cheng once again who easily flipped him over his shoulder and Mae Ern eyes widen at how Cheng was beating him up mercilessly. Even though she could be violent at times, she could never be like Cheng, hurting someone like that. She doesn't approve of Cheng who uses his Kung Fu skills to hurt someone like how he's hurting Dre now. The American landed on his back, his face clearly showing that he's in a lot of pain. Mei Ying kept shouting at Cheng but he didn't listen. He isn't going to listen to any reasons now. His main objective now was to give the American a hell of a lot of pain.
"He's American. He just moved here. He doesn't know who you are. Please don't beat him." Harry said, trying to reason with Cheng who had an annoyed look on his face
"Go away!" He said with a glare and Harry slowly backed away
Dre got up again and started wiping his eyes, either to wipe his eyes because of dust or because of tears threatening to fall. Cheng took menacing steps towards Dre who took steps back, his fists still up. Dre then tried to punch Cheng but when it neared his face, he caught it with ease. Cheng then punched Dre in the stomach with his free hand before kicking him, making him fall back down to the hard ground.
Mei Ying finally got out of Liang and Zhuang's grip. She glanced at Mae Ern who was trying everything she could think of to get out of Jian Yu's grip to help out as well. Mei Ying ran towards Cheng and grabbed his shoulder, forcing him to turn around to look at her.
"That's enough! Don't beat him! He didn't do anything wrong!" Mei Ying shouted at him who didn't even once look at her. At the same time, Mae Ern managed to kick Jian Yu's leg, surprising him that he loosened his hold on her. Jian Yu cursed under his breathe while rubbing his leg as Mae Ern sprinted towards Cheng and Mei Ying before said boy could do anything else.
"Damn it Cheng! Will you stop it?" Mae Ern shouted, standing in between the irritated Cheng and the hurt Dre. He ignored her and just walked around her but Mae Ern side step so she would be standing in front of him again.
"Move." He said with a glare
"Why should I?" she asked with her own glare
"Mae Ern, you better move unless you want to get hurt."
"You're hurting him for no reason!" she shouted
"I have a reason!" he shouted back
"And what is it?"
"That's none of your business!" now, everyone was staring at Cheng and Mae Ern who were arguing. Liang and Zhuang were looking at each other, trying to make a decision to get Mae Ern away from there or do nothing, the rest of the gang has no idea what to do and Mei Ying was just staring back and forth between the two.
"I'm making it my business Cheng! You're hurting an innocent kid and he's new!"
"Just get out of the way!"
"No!" Mae Ern then felt hands grabbing her arms and pulling her back. She turned to look and saw her two friends, Liang and Zhuang. Her eyes widen when she saw their faces.
"Let go of me! Let go damn it!" she said, trying to fight off Liang and Zhuang's hold but it was fruitless. They're too strong.
"I can't believe you guys!" she said, giving up and just stare at Cheng who was towering over Dre
"You want to fight." Cheng said jokingly, a small smirk tugging on his lips. Mae Ern glared at him. She can not believe how irrational Cheng is being. He is one of the smartest people she knows! And a lot of teacher trusts him! She knew about him being violent but being this unreasonable is just plain stupid!
Although what happened next was totally unexpected. It surprised everyone in the crowd. Dre got up and hit Cheng in the face, making him fall to the ground. Mei Ying and Mae Ern's eyes widen.
"Did that just happen?" Mae Ern thought, not noticing that Liang and Zhuang had loosened their grip on her
Right when Cheng's back hit the ground, he got back up straight away. Liang let go of Mae Ern and quickly went to get a hold of Mei Ying before she could do anything.
"Let go of me!" Mei Ying said, trying to fight Liang's grip off
Cheng then kicked Dre's arm, quickly followed by kicking him in the stomach and then near his face but he wasn't finish. He then punched Dre in the face and kicked his leg before flipping him over his shoulder.
"Let go of me!" Mei Ying said once again, now trying to fight off Liang and Jian Yu's hold while Mae Ern was trying to fight off Zhuang and Keung's hold. Cheng then got on top of Dre and punched him in the eye. The four boys finally loosened their grips and Mei Ying and Mae Ern straightly went towards Cheng and Dre.
"That's enough Cheng! Stop fighting!" Mae Ern shouted at him, pulling him off of Dre while Mei Ying went on her knees, asking if Dre was alright. Cheng and Mae Ern glared at each other before he and his gang left the area after giving Dre, who was clutching a side of his face with his hand, one last look.
"Are you okay? Let me see…"Mei Ying said
"Leave me alone."
"But-…"
"I'm fine." Mei Ying looked at him with sorry eyes before slowly going away
"Dre."
"Dude, just leave me alone."
End of flashback.
"Man, Cheng was such a violent idiot then." she said before opening the book, thinking she reminisce enough memories for a day
"I wonder how's he doing though." She said quietly before she began to read her book
Mae Ern read her book for like 5 minutes when it suddenly got dark. She then realized it was someone's shadow so she looked up to see a boy standing right in front of her, smiling.
"Hey Mae Ern, I'm surprise to see you here." Mae Ern just smiled back at him
"What's so surprising?"
"You rarely go out on your own will."
"Has it crossed your mind that my mum forced me out?"
"Nope."
"Good, cause she didn't." she said, smiling
"Well I'm not surprised to see you here Liang. How are your holidays?"
"Fine. I'm catching up with a friend who went to a different school."
"Oh really?" Liang just nodded and Mae Ern just noticed that someone was hiding behind him
"Liang, who's hiding behind you?"
"Oh just a friend." He said with a smirk
"Liang, tell me who it is or I'll whack you." she said with narrow eyes
"Your whacks have no effect on me. I take Kung Fu." He said, his smirk widen
"True, true. Just tell me." The person that was hiding behind Liang then revealed himself
Mae Ern's eyes widen a bit before a big smile appeared on her face
"Zhuang!" she said as she straightly got up and hug her friend
"I haven't seen you in ages! How have you been?" Mae Ern asked as she pulled away
"I've been just fine." He said with a smile
"It's been so long. My God! You grew taller. I should have expected that. How's everything at your school?"
"School's fine too. And I'm sure you might not find this hard to believe but…"
"But what? What is it?" Mae Ern asked with curious eyes and Zhuang grinned
"Cheng has his own fan club." Liang and Mae Ern then stared at him
"Dude, why didn't you tell me that?" Liang asked with slightly widen eyes although a smirk was starting to form on his lips
"Cheng…Has…A fan club?" Mae Ern said, her head tilted to the side a bit before it finally sank in
"Oh my God! That's so funny! What kind of fan club? Do they stalk him wherever he goes? I bet the whole club consists of girls, right? Right?" Zhuang just nodded, the grin still on his face
"One time, Cheng and I were just walking to the cafeteria to get lunch and I swear, I saw like 5 girls following us from behind, giggling and pointing and they were whispering. Well I think they were whispering 'cause if they were, they were whispering loudly."
"What did they say?" Liang asked his friend, a huge smirk plastered on his face now
"Something along the lines like, 'Oh my God! Cheng is so cool!' or 'He's so hot!' or something else." He said with a shrug and Mae Ern tried to muffle her laugh while Liang on the other hand, burst out laughing that he bent over clutching his stomach
"I was trying to hold my laugh when I heard what those girls said and Cheng was glaring at me when I burst out laughing after we turned to a corner." Zhuang said with a grin
"Do the others know?" Liang asked once he stopped laughing and Zhuang shook his head
"No. He doesn't want anybody to know. Especially our gang but I decided to tell you guys. Don't tell him, he'll kill me."
"No promises." Liang said
"Hey, I can't really do anything. I'm not even friends with him and I doubt I'll be seeing him anytime soon."
"See who anytime soon?" a voice asked behind Zhuang and they turned to look. All their eyes widen.
"Cheng?" Mae Ern said in disbelief
Cheng still has the same dark brown hair and eyes and he was taller too, that was to be expected. He would most likely be a head taller than Mae Ern and he was looking at them with a raised eyebrow but when Mae Ern said his name, he looked at her and his eyes widen a bit before narrowing. Zhuang, seeming to be out of his shock state asked…
"What are you doing here Cheng? We weren't supposed to meet til-…"
"Zhuang, what is she doing here?" Cheng said, cutting off Zhuang, his eyes still narrowed at Mae Ern
"Is there a problem with me being here?" Mae Ern asked with a raised eyebrow after getting out of her shock state
"Yes there is."
"Too bad." She said, sticking her tongue out at him
"Still childish I see."
"Shut up." She said, glaring at Cheng
"Loud too."
"Shut-…"Liang cut her off
"Alright, alright. Stop it before you tackle him to the ground and kill him." He said, a hand on her shoulder
Cheng scoffed.
"Like she could do that."
"How about I do it and we'll see what happens." Mae Ern said, her glare intensifying
"I see that both of you still don't get along." Zhuang said, looking back and forth between Cheng and Mae Ern who were glaring at each other
"Even after not seeing each other once after two years." Liang added
"Why would I want to see him/her?" Cheng and Mae Ern said in unison as they look at Liang and Zhuang but quickly went back to glaring at each other
"And I thought both of you would finally get along." Zhuang said, letting out a sigh with Liang
"You guys were just fine being so close to each other at the end of our final year two years ago." Liang said
"That was two years ago Liang!" Mae Ern said
"So?" Zhuang asked with a raised eyebrow
Mae Ern looked back and forth between Liang and Zhuang before sighing a tired and defeated sigh.
"You know what? I shouldn't have come here. I should've known that I could run into anybody in this park." Mae Ern said as she grabbed her forgotten book that was on the bench
"Where are you going Mae Ern?"
"Back home, obviously." She said, walking away but was grabbed on the shoulder by Zhuang
"Hey, hey. I haven't seen you in ages and you're just going to go?"
"It's not like it's going to be the last time we see each other." Mae Ern said, shrugging Zhuang's hand off
"Just hang around Mae Ern. You can just pretend that Cheng isn't here and that he didn't destroy the nice atmosphere we had before he came." Liang said with a smile before getting hit on the head by Cheng
"I'm right here idiot." Cheng said, glaring at Liang who was rubbing the spot where he was hit
"Hey, unlike you, Zhuang and I want her to stay."
"So? It's her choice isn't it?"
"Well Mae Ern?" Zhuang asked, looking at Mae Ern who was looking at him, then at Liang and then at Cheng
"Two reasons why I don't want to be here. One, he's here." She said, pointing at Cheng who rolled his eyes
"Two, if he hangs around, my time here would most likely be wasted by arguing with him."
"Those two reasons make sense." Liang said
"You heard the girl. Go." Zhuang said, playfully pushing his friend away which earned him glare
"You're siding with her? You're the one who told me to come meet you here."
"I was only joking and I told you to be here in half an hour. Not now."
"I was bored at home."
"We can see that." Mae Ern said with a roll of her eyes
"Listen-…"
"Alright, let's all calm down now." Zhuang said, his hand on Cheng's chest to push him back a bit
"Are there reasons for you wanting to stay?" Liang asked
"Hmm…Three. You're here. Zhuang's here and I came here to read my book." She said, holding up her book
"Three beats two so you're staying." Liang said, a smile on his and Zhuang's face
"Those are stupid reasons." Cheng muttered, not looking at the group
"Another reason why I don't want to be here." She said and Zhuang groaned
"And that would be?"
"He doesn't want me here." And then there was silence…
"C'mon Mae Ern, just ignore him. You can just stay here and read your book!" Liang said after some moments of silence surrounding them
"Yeah! We'll be playing basketball anyway!" Mae Ern then gave her two friends a confuse look
"Basketball? They don't even have a…"She then saw the basketball that Cheng was holding
"Oh…"
"Well?" the girl just look back and forth between her friends who were giving her puppy dog eyes
"Fine, I'll stay." She said with a sigh and the two smiled
"But, on one condition."
"Sure, what is it?" Zhuang asked
"Never do those puppy dog eyes again. It gives me the creeps." Mae Ern said with a laugh, making her two friends to chuckle
"Deal." They said simultaneously
"C'mon Cheng, let's go play." Liang said, walking past Cheng and towards the basketball court, which was now unoccupied, Zhuang following behind him. The boys that Mae Ern saw playing there before probably left.
"Well, aren't you going to go?" Mae Ern asked with a raised eyebrow. Cheng just looked at her before walking off towards the basketball court where Liang, Zhuang and a couple of other guys were waiting for him.
"Since when were Jian Yu and the rest there?" she asked herself when she recognized a couple of the guys. He's in Cheng's Kung Fu gang and goes to the same school as her and Liang. There was only one word to describe Jian Yu and that word is tall. He is one of the tallest guys in the gang. The shortest would be Liang, Zhuang and Keung. When they were 12, Mae Ern was at least an inch taller than her two friends and was almost the same height as Cheng. Now, Liang and Zhuang are about half a head taller than her and Cheng is now a head taller. She didn't grow that much.
"Why the hell are so many people taller than me?" she muttered under her breathe before sitting back down on the bench and opened the book to the page that she was reading
Meanwhile…
"Hey Cheng, how's it going?" Jian Yu asked with a smile as he held his hand up for a high-five
"Fine, you?" he asked, high-fiving him
"What's up Jian Yu?" Zhuang asked with a smile and Jian Yu smiled back
"Nothing much. What about you?" Zhuang just shrug and the rest laugh
"I saw that you guys were talking to Mae Ern there." Jian Yu said and no one knew that Cheng groaned, knowing that they were going to talk about her for a few minutes
"I haven't seen her in so long, you can't blame me."
"I just went to say hi." Liang said
"And what about you Cheng?" Xing asked, facing his friend
"What do you mean 'what about you'?"
"Why were you there talking to Mae Ern?"
"Please. Why would I talk to her? She's the same. She'll never change. Mae Ern is just like how I remembered. Loud and childish."
"She's not that shy anymore so she did change a bit." Xing said
"You're not in the same school as us Xing so you don't know if she's still shy or not." Liang said
"Well, I can tell."
"Is it just me or has Mae Ern gotten…Prettier?" the rest of the gang looked at Keung. They were all looking at him with a raised eyebrow, including Cheng.
"What?"
"Dude, did you notice that her hair is in a messy ponytail?" Zhuang said and Keung just nodded
"Yeah but…"
"Well, I can't really say anything about her change. I see her about everyday." Liang said, glancing at Mae Ern who just flipped a page of her book
"But she has a bit more control over her temper now I can tell you that." Cheng glanced at the brunette
"She can control her temper now? Yeah right." he said, looking back at his friends
"She really can, Cheng. Anyway, let's start the game you guys." Liang said, snatching the basketball from Cheng
"Yeah, if we continue to talk about Mae Ern, Cheng's going to have a fit." Zhuang said with a laugh which earned him a glare from said boy
Back with Mae Ern…
"What's up Mae Ern?" a voice said from behind her. Mae Ern turned around and saw Dre with Harry beside him.
"The sky obviously." She said with a smile while the two boys laughed
"Hi Harry." The blonde just smiled
"Hey. How are your holidays so far?"
"Just fine. You Dre?" Mae Ern asked, looking at Dre. Mei Ying asked her to test Dre in his Chinese whenever she gets the chance so…Here's her chance. Dre just looked at her with a confuse look, then he look at Harry and then back to the girl who was waiting for his answer.
"My holidays are fine so far." He answered
"You understood what I said?" Mae Ern asked with slightly widen eyes
"I think I did." Dre said with a shrug
"Did I get it right?"
"Yeah you got it right. Mei Ying must be a good teacher." The brunette said with a smile and Dre blushed a little at the thought of his girlfriend (Yes I made them got together! I just had to! They clearly have feelings for each other! THEY KISSED! Please don't kill me!)
"You wanna come and hang with us?" the blonde boy asked
"Err…"Mae Ern looked at the boys that were playing basketball at the court and remembered that Liang and Zhuang wanted her to stay.
"I'm sorry. I can't. Liang and Zhuang want me to stay here." She said, looking back at the two boys
"But they're not here." Dre said which surprised Mae Ern a bit
"They're over there playing basketball with the rest of the gang." She said, pointing over her shoulder at the group of boys playing at the court
"They don't seem to be playing now." Harry said which made Mae Ern to look back and saw that they stopped playing. There were talking about something and Mae Ern could have sworn she saw Liang, Zhuang and even Cheng glanced at her!
"I wonder what's going on." She said more to herself rather than the two boys
Well? Did you guys enjoy it? I hope you did! I really do!
And I would like to thank Lady Huli Jing once again for helping me! THANK YOU SO FREAKIN MUCH! :D
Well...I'll be going Taiwan soon so I can't really type much of the next chapter but I got the starting all done! Well I think I did...And I have a HUGE exam next year. Well...One of the hugest. I'm not that sure but I know it's a really important exam and I CAN NOT fail. So I won't be able to update that much. Sorry!
Well, thank you for reading and I hope you guys would patiently wait for the next chapter. :D
And also, HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! :D And a Happy New Year too! :D
Cheng: Merry Christmas and please review.