Emil found himself wondering the streets of Hong Kong, Leon was sleeping in, but Emil had found he was quite restless. He had been thinking about the usual conversations he had with Leon. Something seemed to have changed.
"Hey, you! How's it going?"
"The usual." Emil had looked at the screen. Leon smiled back at him.
"Nothing else? Aren't you going to ask how I've been?"
"How have you been?" Emil asked, his voice bored and monotonous.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I said that."
"Aren't you excited you'll, like, be coming to visit?"
"Yeah, but, It's just, I'm not good at changing things. Like, I'm used to this sort of weather, and in Hong Kong, it's really hot, right? So, I'm excited and all, just a little nervous. I guess..."
"Aw, Icey! No need to be scared! You'll be with me! And I'll protect you!"
They fought and argued quite a bit, but in the end it was just a joke. None of them really not wanting to fall out with the other. But now, when they talked, it seemed pressurising. As if they might fall apart if one wrong word is uttered.
It was stressful to say the least.
Up ahead, he could see the hotel where Lukas and Mathias were situated. He was debating whether or not to go see them, but his decision was made for him as he felt a poke in the back.
"What are you doing?" asked Lukas.
"Wha! Where did you come from? Don't poke me so hard!"
"What are you doing?" he repeated.
"Hi Emil!" yelled Mathias.
"Where is your friend?"
"He's still asleep."
"Wake him up. Tell him I don't want you walking these streets alone. It could be dangerous. I don't want you getting hurt, little brother."
"I got to sleep all day yesterday, so why can't he sleep in today?"
"I said I don't want you on your own. Come, we can both go, I'll help you wake him."
"I said no. Leave him alone."
"... Fine. But I have permission to kill him if you get hurt."
"Deal. But prepare to be disappointed."
"Hmph."
Norway walked away, towards the hotel, Mathias trailing behind.
Emil stared after them for a while, realising he had nothing to do. He walked back to Leon's house, using different pathways than before.
He found an alleyway full to the brim with beautiful blooming flowers. Each of them bursting with colour. He snapped a photo on his mobile.
As he walked into the next alley, he stopped.
Just ahead of him, were older boys, supposedly a gang. They didn't look that harmful, so he continued, sticking to the wall and trying to make himself as unnoticeable as possible. He was almost at the end of the alley when he heard a shout and the breaking of glass.
Someone had thrown a bottle at him. It hadn't hit, luckily, but it still scared the hell out of him.
He continued walking, picking up the pace. He was almost there. He was almost safe.
Icey had gone.
He was looking forward to not being able to make breakfast, saying something along the lines of 'This is my house, the least you can do is cook me some of your European food'
But he was gone.
And now he had to make his own breakfast.
Damn.
He sat eating with a sour face. He really didn't want to do anything today, but if Icey found that piece of homework stashed in his drawer then he'd have to do it.
Not that Emil would be looking through his drawers.
He was safe then.
After waiting for Emil for over fifteen minutes (That was a long time!) Leon started to get bored.
He decided to go look for him.
He happened to bump into Lukas as he was entering the hotel.
"Hey. Where's Emil?"
"I thought he was with you."
"No, I just, like, woke up."
"Well find him, kid." Interrupted Mathias, "Here's a hint, he likes bookstores. Here's another hint, if he's hurt, or even the tiniest bit upset... We'll kill you."
The look on both of their faces told him that they weren't joking.
He backed away.
"Yeah, sure. I'll, like, go look for him."
A man had him by the collar, shouting to him in what seemed like Cantonese.
The other men that were surrounding him were either laughing or looking at him with bitter faces.
He was being shaken, his pockets emptied, there was nothing in them anyway. They weren't very happy about that. And now they were threatening him.
He was the smallest here. He was vulnerable. He started to panic.
Crash.
As he looked, both himself and the man holding him, he could see that two men had been thrown into the dumpster.
As he turned more slightly, he caught sight of Leon launching a roundhouse kick on the side of another man's head.
Three down, four to go.
A clunk sounded as two men were pushed into the wall head first.
Another man decided to take Leon with a plank of wood.
He swung it, Leon ducked underneath it. He brought it down, leaving an opening for Leon to take.
Leon jabbed two fingers under the man's ribs, causing a release of air from the lungs and a spasm to run through the body.
As he fell, Leon took the plank from the man, swinging it over his head, making sure he wasn't going to be a bother to him.
Still holding onto Emil, the one man launched a kick at Leon, but Leon threw himself to the floor, scooting under the man's legs before jumping up and bringing the edge of the wood to the man's temple.
A loud thunk emitted and he fell to the floor.
Still carrying the wood, Leon grasped Emil's hand and pulled him along behind a variety of houses, using gardens and deserted alleys to get home.
"Why were you walking through the alleyways? Everyone knows they're dangerous!"
"It's not my fault! How was I supposed to know?"
"It's common for gangs to lurk in alleys! You could have been killed! You're lucky I was there!"
"Whatever. I'm going upstairs."
"A thank you would have been nice. Emil."
"What."
"Look after yourself. Be careful."
Although, he was facing away from him, Emil could feel the sadness and worry radiating from Leon. It hurt him.
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UGH. That took too long to write. Sorry I took so long!
Um... Any suggestions for the next chapters? I'll promise I'll try to write quicker now but I still have school to take care of ;jsebgjhvfjh
Also, does anyone know any cute cantonese phrases? Like, Leon could say something in cantonese, and Emil could be like.. What?
I don't know pff
Anyway, thanks for reading! Please review and/or criticise! dfdlnslgd
Also, I can't write fight scenes -_-
Sorry for anything I did wrong!
