Chapter 10
The next morning Ki started to make breakfast, wearing a simple T-shirt and shorts. XuLien entered and sat down at the table, waiting to be fed. She wore a baby blue cotton nightgown that stopped just above her knees. Next Heero came in, giving a curt nod to the girls. Ki had barely set down the coffee in front of them, as they inhaled the drink quickly. Giovanna entered with her hair tied up and dressed in white long pajamas trimmed with lace.
"Let me help you cook, Kirei," the italian girl insisted. Ki held up the spatula like it was a sword.
"No... sit... no.. sit!" she ordered. Giovanna wouldn't give up.
"But but... c'mon!" she whined. XuLien sighed.
"That is so not attractive... and Ki.. go upstairs and change into your white pajamas with the blue flowers," the girl said. Ki stared at her.
"Why?? It's morning? Why would I change in the morning INTO pajamas when I've already got them on?" Ki protested.
"Don't argue with me! Go upstairs and change!" XuLien ordered. Sighing, Ki reluctantly gave the spatula to the happy Giovanna and went upstairs. On the way, she passed Duo.
"Morning sunshine!" he said cheerfully.
"Save it!" Ki snapped. Duo blinked and focused on the kitchen crew.
"Good morning!" he tried again. No response.
Trowa came down and the surprise of seeing Giovanna cooking, other than Ki, showed well on his face. After a few minutes of quiet eating, Ki came back downstairs dressed in her white pajamas with blue flowers.
"Happy?" Ki asked XuLien while she took the spatula away from the not-very-happy Giovanna. XuLien nodded with approval.
"That is so much more attractive. It's a good thing you finally cut your hair too. It was looking like a dead animal when it was long," XuLien commented. Ki just shook her head with much exasperation.
Quatre then entered, carrying Giovanna's husky in one arm and a ruined shoe in the other. "Who's puppy is this?" he asked in a weary voice as Lightning tried to struggle out of the arabian's arm. Giovanna rose up with an apologetic gesture.
"Lightning! Oh... Quatre... I'm so sorry," she said upsetly as she took the husky back in her arms. Quatre sighed.
"I'm sorry, Giovanna... but I don't think I can let your puppy stay here. Duo wanted one also, but with this kind of house... I just don't think it's possible," he informed her. Giovanna's face fell and Ki and XuLien glared at Quatre for probably the first and last time. Heero stood up abruptly and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Puppy stays," he said shortly and left the room. Giovanna looked questioningly at Quatre, who had no choice but to sigh and give in. Opposing Heero was always a bad idea. Wufei entered the kitchen then.
"I'm hungry," he announced. XuLien threw down her napkin.
"And I'm not anymore," she proclaimed and left the room. Wufei glared after her.
Ki went upstairs to change into her school uniform. XuLien entered, carrying two suitcases. "Here are the clothes you left behind. I brought everything of yours. Oh... by the way... can I borrow your lily perfume?" she asked.
Ki gaped at her. "I left all my... skirts, dresses, anything nice and girlish, including accessories behind... and you brought it all here?" she asked incredulously. XuLien nodded slightly as she dug through one of the suitcases. Ki sighed. Trust XuLien to bring back everything she wanted but didn't want at the same time.
"Found it!" XuLien exclaimed, popping back up with a satisfied smile. She held up the pink bottle and then spritzed herself with the flowery spray. Ki wrinkled her nose. She never liked the smell of flowers. XuLien sharply eyed Ki. "Kirei... what the heck are you wearing?? Put on that uniform skirt now!" she insisted, grabbing it from the hook on the wall where it was conveniently forgotten. Knowing that arguing back would do her no good, Ki took the knee-length pleated skirt and put it on.
The boys and Ki waited impatiently for XuLien and Giovanna. Trowa was standing beside Ki, despite Heero's disapproval, noting how pretty she looked in the girl's uniform. He also could smell a fresh light berry scent wavering around her. He restrained himself from reaching out and committing any public displays of affection. He looked down and noticed that she was wearing black heeled slippers that strapped around her toes and ankle. He wondered if she could walk in those at all.
Giovanna came down with her long sunshine hair tied up in a high ponytail. She was dressed neatly in her school uniform. Trowa noted how Ki had left a few buttons undone, while Giovanna had button every single one. She wore a simple long golden chain with with a cross pendant. Her shoes were black pumps with stiletto heels.
"Where's our resident princess?" Ki asked wearily. Giovanna shrugged.
"I'm here~!" XuLien's voice rang out. The guys stared at her with eyes popping out. She was wearing the uniform but she left off more buttons undone than Ki, revealing the low-cute tank top she was wearing underneath. Her skirt was hiked up slightly above mid-thigh, showing off long slim legs. She wore her usual turquoise jewelry and black open toe platforms.
"What took you?" Duo asked. XuLien flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"I was just being fashionably late, duh~" she said as she breezed by. Wufei got a whiff of her scent.
"You smell like you rolled in a garden," he muttered. XuLien turned slightly and raised an eyebrow demurely.
"You wish you could roll around with me in a garden," she quipped and resumed walking.
The boys of the class whooped as the saw three stunningly beautiful girls enter the classroom. When they discovered that one of them was the tomboyish Ki, she ended up having a few guys trying to hit on her. This was remedied with Yoshira, Trowa, and Heero. Lots of guys were flocking over to XuLien and Giovanna. Giovanna ignored them mostly, preferring her books but XuLien coyly played around with their minds. Wufei was glaring darkly at the boys trying to get with XuLien.
"She's as poisonous as a scorpion... and shameless," he glowered.
Heero heard him but was more focused on Giovanna. He admired the way she was completely oblivious to her surroundings, all because of one book. Suddenly XuLien stood up, dragging Giovanna with her, and walked towards the housemate group.
"We are going clubbing tonight," she announced. "All of you are coming and Wufei..." she gave him a pointed look. "I'll show you what a real dance club is." Their eyes narrowed at each other.
Later after school, the girls gathered up in XuLien's room to get ready. After taking showers, they applied make up. XuLien went for the sultry look, Ki went for the frosty look, and Giovanna went for the pixy look. XuLien's eyes were framed with dark grayish colors, making them look alluring and provocative. Her lips were glossy cherry red, making them look pouty and delicious. Ki's lips were a glossy frosty pink which made them more kissable. Her pale cheeks were swept with light sparkling rose dust and her eyes were lined with eyeliner. Giovanna put on a warm nude-pink lip color that tasted like berries and her eyes were lightly shaded with blue shadow.
They got dressed with much difficulty because they were constantly changing their minds. Ki was getting into it too as her forgotten girlishness resurfaced. Finally, they looked at the mirror with satisfaction. XuLien wore a stringy backless halter that was a soft blue with turquoise beads hanging on the ties and a short black mini-skirt decked out with a jangling silver belt. Her shoes sandals that tied up in criss crosses up her calf. Ki was forced into a tight black tube top with a red mini. She wore clunky black boots that went up the length of her calf. She wore small dangling earrings and a clunky silver necklace. Giovanna wore a leather skirt that had long fringing starting from her upper thigh all the way down to her knees and a white peasant top that didn't cover her well curved stomach. Her feet were encased in clunky beige sandals. Gold glittered richly upon her hands, ankles, ears and neck. Finally it was time to do their hair.
Giovanna did up half her hair in an elegant twist and straightened the remainder temporarily. XuLien tied two half ponytails from either side of her head and curled them so that they would bounce. Ki waved her whole head with a curling iron so that the waves of hair would gently fall around her head. They looked at each other with satisfaction.
Meanwhile the guys were patiently waiting. They were more than happy to have the girls stall. All except Duo weren't too keen on going to a club. He was dressed in light black pants and a loose gray shirt that had several buttons left undone. Heero was forced into baggy jeans and a Armani forest green shirt. Trowa was looking hot in gray slacks and a navy blue button down shirt that had only the first few buttons undone, enough to reveal his strong muscular chest. Quatre wore white pants with brown shirt and a leather suede jacket. Wufei wore black baggy jeans and a white shirt with a black blazer. They were all looking good.
The girls finally came down, very well concealed under long coats. However, the beauty of their faces was enough to take breaths away. XuLien smiled mischievously.
"Shall we?" she asked.
They entered the club with no trouble. The music was blaring, the lights were swirling, and the people were dancing in pure orgy. They grabbed a table in a corner. The guys sat down but the girls stood up longer to remove their coats. Wufei, Heero and Trowa were instantly mesmerized. "Kami!! What are you, a prositute??" Wufei shouted at XuLien. She walked away with a huff. "Where does she think she's going dressed like that!?!" he demanded as he went after her.
Heero grabbed Giovanna's arm and pulled her down next to him. "Sit and stay that way," he ordered. Giovanna looked at him first with curiousity, then pouted. Heero then threw her coat back over her. "Oi..." Giovanna muttered.
Trowa reached for Ki to do the same thing, but when he grabbed her arm, she dragged him out to the floor. "Thanks so much for volunteering to dance with me," she laughed. Trowa tried to protest but Ki took him into the raging dance. Heero started to get up but froze when Giovanna lightly touched his arm.
"I'm thirsty, aren't you?" she asked him sweetly. He stared at her with his mouth slightly agape.
Meanwhile, Wufei was going after XuLien. "Get back here!!" he was yelling, attracting a lot of attention. XuLien was trying to ignore, but it wasn't easy. Finally, she turned around and walked up to Wufei who was standing at the edge of the dance floor. Seductively, she swayed her hips with the music, noting with satisfaction that he was captivated. When she reached him, one arm creeped up his, finding the way to his shoulder. The other hand slowly moved his hand to her waist. While doing this she never lost rhythm with her hips.
Wufei stared into the dusky gray eyes and the full mouth, wandering down to how her firm supple body swayed. As the music's pace picked up so did she. Then to her surprise, Wufei started dancing with unexpected grace. He moved gently against her, causing her to gasp silently. "XuLien..." he whispered in a husky voice. Shivers went down her spine, as he said her name for the first time. She summoned up her self-control again and moved her hips at him harder. Despite the so-called animosity they had for each other, heat rised between them and Wufei pulled her closer to him, his hands running up and down her back.
This went on for the remainder of the song and as the last measure were played, their faces were so close to each other, that they could feel one another's breath. Wufei felt himself stir with need. XuLien maneuvered to the side of his face and whispered, "Down boy." With that, she pulled away from him and walked off, disappearing into the crowd. Wufei gaped at her missing presence, then angrily stalked off to the bathroom somewhat uncomfortably, praying that there was a private room.
A slow song was playing now and Heero was still sitting at the table with Giovanna. He saw Trowa and Ki dancing together (a little bit too close, he noted), Wufei stalking out of the bathroom with a red face, Quatre casually dancing with a girl he had just met, and Duo and XuLien dancing far away from Wufei.
"I'm not quite sure why you're making me sit. You're sister has an outfit on that reveals her stomach too," Giovanna informed. Heero shrugged.
"It's different with you," he said in his monotone voice. Giovanna looked at him curiously.
"How do you figure that?" she asked.
"There's something innocent about you. A different kind of innocence fron XuLien's and Ki's. I don't want to be around to see you lose that," he answered. She stared at him confusedly.
"What?" she asked again. Heero ran a hand through his hair and looked straight ahead with no emotion.
"Something about you... to me... like... you're an angel," he muttered. Giovanna kept staring. Heero turned around to look at her face. Involuntarily, his hand reached up and touched her smooth pink cheek. She stared into his blur prussian eyes with her own sea blue eyes. Hastily, Heero wrenched his hand away from her soft skin and turned to the opposite direction. Giovanna rolled her eyes and put a hand on his shoulder, wrenching him out of the chair with surprising strength.
"You and I are going to dance," she ordered with a smile. Heero looked intently at her for a moment then his lips curved slightly.
"Mission accepted," he said. They made their way to the floor and awkwardly wrapped their arms around each other.
"You've never been this close to a girl have you?"
Heero shrugged. "I've never hugged Ki," he informed. Giovanna laughed. The japanese boy tried not to notice how pleasant it sounded and how warm the skin of her waist was. What was this feeling that came over him every time she was near? What kind of power did she wield around him?
When they returned home, XuLien and Wufei both stomped off to their rooms. Duo went downstairs to the TV room to watch a movie before heading off to bed and Quatre went into his study to take care of neglected business. Giovanna convinced Heero to play video games with her, which he found exciting. Meanwhile, Trowa and Ki locked themselves in the library for the rest of the night. (a/n: evil grin)
The next morning Ki started to make breakfast, wearing a simple T-shirt and shorts. XuLien entered and sat down at the table, waiting to be fed. She wore a baby blue cotton nightgown that stopped just above her knees. Next Heero came in, giving a curt nod to the girls. Ki had barely set down the coffee in front of them, as they inhaled the drink quickly. Giovanna entered with her hair tied up and dressed in white long pajamas trimmed with lace.
"Let me help you cook, Kirei," the italian girl insisted. Ki held up the spatula like it was a sword.
"No... sit... no.. sit!" she ordered. Giovanna wouldn't give up.
"But but... c'mon!" she whined. XuLien sighed.
"That is so not attractive... and Ki.. go upstairs and change into your white pajamas with the blue flowers," the girl said. Ki stared at her.
"Why?? It's morning? Why would I change in the morning INTO pajamas when I've already got them on?" Ki protested.
"Don't argue with me! Go upstairs and change!" XuLien ordered. Sighing, Ki reluctantly gave the spatula to the happy Giovanna and went upstairs. On the way, she passed Duo.
"Morning sunshine!" he said cheerfully.
"Save it!" Ki snapped. Duo blinked and focused on the kitchen crew.
"Good morning!" he tried again. No response.
Trowa came down and the surprise of seeing Giovanna cooking, other than Ki, showed well on his face. After a few minutes of quiet eating, Ki came back downstairs dressed in her white pajamas with blue flowers.
"Happy?" Ki asked XuLien while she took the spatula away from the not-very-happy Giovanna. XuLien nodded with approval.
"That is so much more attractive. It's a good thing you finally cut your hair too. It was looking like a dead animal when it was long," XuLien commented. Ki just shook her head with much exasperation.
Quatre then entered, carrying Giovanna's husky in one arm and a ruined shoe in the other. "Who's puppy is this?" he asked in a weary voice as Lightning tried to struggle out of the arabian's arm. Giovanna rose up with an apologetic gesture.
"Lightning! Oh... Quatre... I'm so sorry," she said upsetly as she took the husky back in her arms. Quatre sighed.
"I'm sorry, Giovanna... but I don't think I can let your puppy stay here. Duo wanted one also, but with this kind of house... I just don't think it's possible," he informed her. Giovanna's face fell and Ki and XuLien glared at Quatre for probably the first and last time. Heero stood up abruptly and wiped his mouth with a napkin.
"Puppy stays," he said shortly and left the room. Giovanna looked questioningly at Quatre, who had no choice but to sigh and give in. Opposing Heero was always a bad idea. Wufei entered the kitchen then.
"I'm hungry," he announced. XuLien threw down her napkin.
"And I'm not anymore," she proclaimed and left the room. Wufei glared after her.
Ki went upstairs to change into her school uniform. XuLien entered, carrying two suitcases. "Here are the clothes you left behind. I brought everything of yours. Oh... by the way... can I borrow your lily perfume?" she asked.
Ki gaped at her. "I left all my... skirts, dresses, anything nice and girlish, including accessories behind... and you brought it all here?" she asked incredulously. XuLien nodded slightly as she dug through one of the suitcases. Ki sighed. Trust XuLien to bring back everything she wanted but didn't want at the same time.
"Found it!" XuLien exclaimed, popping back up with a satisfied smile. She held up the pink bottle and then spritzed herself with the flowery spray. Ki wrinkled her nose. She never liked the smell of flowers. XuLien sharply eyed Ki. "Kirei... what the heck are you wearing?? Put on that uniform skirt now!" she insisted, grabbing it from the hook on the wall where it was conveniently forgotten. Knowing that arguing back would do her no good, Ki took the knee-length pleated skirt and put it on.
The boys and Ki waited impatiently for XuLien and Giovanna. Trowa was standing beside Ki, despite Heero's disapproval, noting how pretty she looked in the girl's uniform. He also could smell a fresh light berry scent wavering around her. He restrained himself from reaching out and committing any public displays of affection. He looked down and noticed that she was wearing black heeled slippers that strapped around her toes and ankle. He wondered if she could walk in those at all.
Giovanna came down with her long sunshine hair tied up in a high ponytail. She was dressed neatly in her school uniform. Trowa noted how Ki had left a few buttons undone, while Giovanna had button every single one. She wore a simple long golden chain with with a cross pendant. Her shoes were black pumps with stiletto heels.
"Where's our resident princess?" Ki asked wearily. Giovanna shrugged.
"I'm here~!" XuLien's voice rang out. The guys stared at her with eyes popping out. She was wearing the uniform but she left off more buttons undone than Ki, revealing the low-cute tank top she was wearing underneath. Her skirt was hiked up slightly above mid-thigh, showing off long slim legs. She wore her usual turquoise jewelry and black open toe platforms.
"What took you?" Duo asked. XuLien flipped her hair over her shoulder.
"I was just being fashionably late, duh~" she said as she breezed by. Wufei got a whiff of her scent.
"You smell like you rolled in a garden," he muttered. XuLien turned slightly and raised an eyebrow demurely.
"You wish you could roll around with me in a garden," she quipped and resumed walking.
The boys of the class whooped as the saw three stunningly beautiful girls enter the classroom. When they discovered that one of them was the tomboyish Ki, she ended up having a few guys trying to hit on her. This was remedied with Yoshira, Trowa, and Heero. Lots of guys were flocking over to XuLien and Giovanna. Giovanna ignored them mostly, preferring her books but XuLien coyly played around with their minds. Wufei was glaring darkly at the boys trying to get with XuLien.
"She's as poisonous as a scorpion... and shameless," he glowered.
Heero heard him but was more focused on Giovanna. He admired the way she was completely oblivious to her surroundings, all because of one book. Suddenly XuLien stood up, dragging Giovanna with her, and walked towards the housemate group.
"We are going clubbing tonight," she announced. "All of you are coming and Wufei..." she gave him a pointed look. "I'll show you what a real dance club is." Their eyes narrowed at each other.
Later after school, the girls gathered up in XuLien's room to get ready. After taking showers, they applied make up. XuLien went for the sultry look, Ki went for the frosty look, and Giovanna went for the pixy look. XuLien's eyes were framed with dark grayish colors, making them look alluring and provocative. Her lips were glossy cherry red, making them look pouty and delicious. Ki's lips were a glossy frosty pink which made them more kissable. Her pale cheeks were swept with light sparkling rose dust and her eyes were lined with eyeliner. Giovanna put on a warm nude-pink lip color that tasted like berries and her eyes were lightly shaded with blue shadow.
They got dressed with much difficulty because they were constantly changing their minds. Ki was getting into it too as her forgotten girlishness resurfaced. Finally, they looked at the mirror with satisfaction. XuLien wore a stringy backless halter that was a soft blue with turquoise beads hanging on the ties and a short black mini-skirt decked out with a jangling silver belt. Her shoes sandals that tied up in criss crosses up her calf. Ki was forced into a tight black tube top with a red mini. She wore clunky black boots that went up the length of her calf. She wore small dangling earrings and a clunky silver necklace. Giovanna wore a leather skirt that had long fringing starting from her upper thigh all the way down to her knees and a white peasant top that didn't cover her well curved stomach. Her feet were encased in clunky beige sandals. Gold glittered richly upon her hands, ankles, ears and neck. Finally it was time to do their hair.
Giovanna did up half her hair in an elegant twist and straightened the remainder temporarily. XuLien tied two half ponytails from either side of her head and curled them so that they would bounce. Ki waved her whole head with a curling iron so that the waves of hair would gently fall around her head. They looked at each other with satisfaction.
Meanwhile the guys were patiently waiting. They were more than happy to have the girls stall. All except Duo weren't too keen on going to a club. He was dressed in light black pants and a loose gray shirt that had several buttons left undone. Heero was forced into baggy jeans and a Armani forest green shirt. Trowa was looking hot in gray slacks and a navy blue button down shirt that had only the first few buttons undone, enough to reveal his strong muscular chest. Quatre wore white pants with brown shirt and a leather suede jacket. Wufei wore black baggy jeans and a white shirt with a black blazer. They were all looking good.
The girls finally came down, very well concealed under long coats. However, the beauty of their faces was enough to take breaths away. XuLien smiled mischievously.
"Shall we?" she asked.
They entered the club with no trouble. The music was blaring, the lights were swirling, and the people were dancing in pure orgy. They grabbed a table in a corner. The guys sat down but the girls stood up longer to remove their coats. Wufei, Heero and Trowa were instantly mesmerized. "Kami!! What are you, a prositute??" Wufei shouted at XuLien. She walked away with a huff. "Where does she think she's going dressed like that!?!" he demanded as he went after her.
Heero grabbed Giovanna's arm and pulled her down next to him. "Sit and stay that way," he ordered. Giovanna looked at him first with curiousity, then pouted. Heero then threw her coat back over her. "Oi..." Giovanna muttered.
Trowa reached for Ki to do the same thing, but when he grabbed her arm, she dragged him out to the floor. "Thanks so much for volunteering to dance with me," she laughed. Trowa tried to protest but Ki took him into the raging dance. Heero started to get up but froze when Giovanna lightly touched his arm.
"I'm thirsty, aren't you?" she asked him sweetly. He stared at her with his mouth slightly agape.
Meanwhile, Wufei was going after XuLien. "Get back here!!" he was yelling, attracting a lot of attention. XuLien was trying to ignore, but it wasn't easy. Finally, she turned around and walked up to Wufei who was standing at the edge of the dance floor. Seductively, she swayed her hips with the music, noting with satisfaction that he was captivated. When she reached him, one arm creeped up his, finding the way to his shoulder. The other hand slowly moved his hand to her waist. While doing this she never lost rhythm with her hips.
Wufei stared into the dusky gray eyes and the full mouth, wandering down to how her firm supple body swayed. As the music's pace picked up so did she. Then to her surprise, Wufei started dancing with unexpected grace. He moved gently against her, causing her to gasp silently. "XuLien..." he whispered in a husky voice. Shivers went down her spine, as he said her name for the first time. She summoned up her self-control again and moved her hips at him harder. Despite the so-called animosity they had for each other, heat rised between them and Wufei pulled her closer to him, his hands running up and down her back.
This went on for the remainder of the song and as the last measure were played, their faces were so close to each other, that they could feel one another's breath. Wufei felt himself stir with need. XuLien maneuvered to the side of his face and whispered, "Down boy." With that, she pulled away from him and walked off, disappearing into the crowd. Wufei gaped at her missing presence, then angrily stalked off to the bathroom somewhat uncomfortably, praying that there was a private room.
A slow song was playing now and Heero was still sitting at the table with Giovanna. He saw Trowa and Ki dancing together (a little bit too close, he noted), Wufei stalking out of the bathroom with a red face, Quatre casually dancing with a girl he had just met, and Duo and XuLien dancing far away from Wufei.
"I'm not quite sure why you're making me sit. You're sister has an outfit on that reveals her stomach too," Giovanna informed. Heero shrugged.
"It's different with you," he said in his monotone voice. Giovanna looked at him curiously.
"How do you figure that?" she asked.
"There's something innocent about you. A different kind of innocence fron XuLien's and Ki's. I don't want to be around to see you lose that," he answered. She stared at him confusedly.
"What?" she asked again. Heero ran a hand through his hair and looked straight ahead with no emotion.
"Something about you... to me... like... you're an angel," he muttered. Giovanna kept staring. Heero turned around to look at her face. Involuntarily, his hand reached up and touched her smooth pink cheek. She stared into his blur prussian eyes with her own sea blue eyes. Hastily, Heero wrenched his hand away from her soft skin and turned to the opposite direction. Giovanna rolled her eyes and put a hand on his shoulder, wrenching him out of the chair with surprising strength.
"You and I are going to dance," she ordered with a smile. Heero looked intently at her for a moment then his lips curved slightly.
"Mission accepted," he said. They made their way to the floor and awkwardly wrapped their arms around each other.
"You've never been this close to a girl have you?"
Heero shrugged. "I've never hugged Ki," he informed. Giovanna laughed. The japanese boy tried not to notice how pleasant it sounded and how warm the skin of her waist was. What was this feeling that came over him every time she was near? What kind of power did she wield around him?
When they returned home, XuLien and Wufei both stomped off to their rooms. Duo went downstairs to the TV room to watch a movie before heading off to bed and Quatre went into his study to take care of neglected business. Giovanna convinced Heero to play video games with her, which he found exciting. Meanwhile, Trowa and Ki locked themselves in the library for the rest of the night. (a/n: evil grin)