Chapter two:

Asuka couldn't get him out of her mind, he fascinated her - a mysterious beauty. Despite her fantasies and obsession, she pondered over the decision of calling him. What if he changed his mind? But she stayed strong, she picked up her phone and dialled. The ringing lasted a while but at last he answered.
"Hello?" he breathed, making her heart flutter.
It took her a few seconds to pluck up the courage, but she did speak back.
"Hwoarang, it's Asuka.." she began, "I'm not sure if you remember me.."
"Asuka! Of course I remember, how could I forget someone as beautiful as you?"
And that truly brought the biggest smile to her face, it built up her confidence and filled her dreams with hope. But before she could ask the question, Hwoarang beat her to it.

"Would you like to go out with me sometime?"
'YES!' screamed her mind, she wanted to go now, but she couldn't say that to him.
"I'd love to" her voice was sweet.
"Well, would you like to go today, now even? That's if you don't mind.."
Her thoughts boomed, of course she wouldn't mind. He was one of the sweetest people she'd ever met, even if she did only see him a couple of times.
"I don't mind at all, you can choose where to go"
"Meet me outside the arena wall, you know, where I saw you yesterday? In say, about an hour?" he sounded calm and confident, and Asuka liked that, a lot.

"Okay, sure!" and their call ended there.

She now had to make the huge choice of what to wear, she didn't want to seem to showy, or too casual. This took a reasonable amount of time for her, and in the end she settled for a little green dress that came just above her knees and she was satisfied with her look, she only hoped Hwoarang would be as well.
When she arrived at the meeting point, he was already there and she couldn't stop staring. He was dressed in a reasonably casual way, jeans and a shirt, but the jeans were very stylish and the shirt showed off his perfectly toned muscles. She thought he looked incredible, and he thought the same about her.

"You are gorgeous, Asuka" he said, and lifted her hand to his lips.
She was speechless, again, so she fluttered her eyelashes in that mesmerizing way, and practically knocked him off his feet.
He took her hand and guided her around the back of the building, where a motorbike was waiting for them.
"Wow," Asuka said, impressed. "It's yours?"
"Yeah," he smiled at her, "Will you take a ride with me? I know a perfect place to go, I'm sure you'll love it"
And she couldn't resist. "I will," and she giggled.
He climbed on first, then lifted his hand out to her so she could climb, she'd never been on a motorbike before but as long as she was with Hwoarang, she wasn't scared.
He started the engine up and she held on to his waist, not too tightly, but enough for him to feel it. He liked the feel of it, and so did she.

It didn't take that long for them to arrive, and Hwoarang was right, Asuka did love it. They were on a mountain, overlooking the picturesque horizon. He took her hand again and lead her to the edge where they both sat down.
"Hwoarang, it's perfect," she whispered, but in her mind she thought 'but not as perfect as you', "Thank you."
"Asuka, there's no need to thank me, I'm glad you like it, but it's nowhere near as perfect as you."
Her heart exploded once again, she felt they had a special connection, how he said what she thought. It was strange, but she didn't want to let go of it.
She held his hand, and he held hers. There was no other way she'd rather spend her evening.

She didn't want to mention Jin, and how they rarely came into contact, but as if by magic, Hwoarang was the one who brought it up as soon as she thought it.
"I notice you're good friends with Jin Kazama" he said, the tone in his voice had changed.
"Yes, well.. you could say that. Are you?" she sounded interested, and she was, very.

"Well.. no. Not at all, actually. We're.. rivals." he looked away when he said it.
Asuka stared, she was crushed.
"When I said we were friends, we're actually more," she was worried, "we're cousins."
Hwoarang's beautiful face suddenly fell, she could tell he was crushed just like herself.
"Please," he began, "Please don't let that change what we have, I wouldn't be able to cope."
Despite the fact that the two hadn't known eachother long, their feelings for eachother were exceptionally strong.
"You.. you feel the same?" she said, tears were starting to fill up in her eyes.
"Ever since I first saw you, Asuka. Ever since.." he lifted his hand to her face and wiped the tears from her cheeks, she gently grabbed his wrist and pulled his face towards hers until their lips met.

She was the happiest she'd ever been, but also the saddest. She'd never felt this way before, about anyone. Yet her bond with Jin was strong, they'd been closer than siblings. It would kill her to decide between the two.

"I'm just going to go get you something to eat, okay? Don't move, I'll be back soon." he comforted her.

She lifted herself up and sat against a wall, steadying herself.

"I'm so sorry.." she heard a voice say, but it wasn't just any voice.

"Hwoarang?" She had no trouble in remembering his name, or that he gave her that butterfly feeling in her stomach whenever

she saw him.

Jin was coming and Hwoarang looked worried.

"I've got to go now, but please let me make it up to you sometime, somehow," he scribbled his number on a piece of paper and pushed it tightly into her hand, then calmly walked off.

"Asuka! What did he do to you?! What did he give you?!" Jin sounded angry, but Asuka calmed him down, he always found it

easy to listen to her.

"Jin, please. Don't worry, he didn't do anything to me. He just said sorry for the match, he gave me a.. tissue." She

hesitated. There was something about the way that Jin looked at Hwoarang which made her scared, she didn't want to cause

problems.

Jin believed her, "Okay, Suki. Let me know if he does anything to you.. okay?"

"Yes, Jin."

But little did he know, that Hwoarang already did something to her. The biggest thing possible.

He touched her heart.