"Oh, no, its alright." Mei replied half in a daze. Mako began to laugh,
though there was an uneasy tone to it, and walked swiftly over to Mei, and
placed a hand on each of her shoulders.
"This is Heero, Mei." She smiled and gently shoved Mei in the direction of the others.
Mei's dazed look turned to a friendly, though confused smile. Heero barley smiled back. His dark eyes just starred at her for a moment, then he bowed swiftly.
Duo beamed at Mei, pulling the poor dazed girl close for one of his famous bear-hugs.
"Duo Maxwell, otherwise known as the God of Death!" He winked as Mei's eyes widened. "I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie!"
"Which is a lie in itself," Angel put in, laughing. She looked at Mei. "He's American."
Soothed by that explanation, Mei turned back to the others.
"Trowa Barton." That was all she got from the tall, green-eyed young man in the back. She nodded and bowed slightly, unsure of what else to do.
"Chang Wufei." The Chinese man's hard onyx eyes met Mei's emerald green ones. She bowed, recognizing his pause as her cue, and he returned it.
Suddenly the door was opened again. Everyone turned to see a tall, gorgeous, and for the most part, shirtless man to walk in. His eyes went straight to Meilin.
"Hello, there, gorgeous? New in town?" he asked, then continued without waiting for her response. "Want me to help ease the homesickness?" He flashed her a devilish smile and a very lecherous wink.
Angel watched this exchange with amusement, but noted that Quatre's hands were fisting into tight balls at his sides.
"All right, you big horn-dog. Why don't you go fight Wufei or something. I'm sure Lian would enjoy that…" she muttered as she shoved him toward the door. With one last wink at Meilin, he disappeared.
"Sorry about that…where were we?" Aisha murmured.
After all of the introductions, the large groups sat at a table (or rather, two tables put together) to talk. Mei looked around at the group as they conversed. All of them but the one that kissed her hand seemed to be paired. She constantly caught him looking at her with content eyes aquamarine eyes. She smiled at him and then looked shyly to the tabletop.
"I am holding a ball at my home." He suddenly spoke. "And of course, you are all invited." His eyes locked with Mei's for a moment, before she looked down again.
"Yes!" Angel exclaimed with a large smile. "We can take Mei shopping for a pretty pretty dress!!"
"What about us!?" Aisha asked with a grin.
~*~
"Hey!" Came a bright voice from the entrance to of the resteraunt. Quatre and the other boys turned to see a tall (incredibly tall) boy standing in the doorway. He had dark brown eyes and blonde hair, short and spiky for the most part, with light bangs. He was well built and had a very bright, happy aura too him. "Quatre!"
"E-Eric!?" Quatre replied, a little surprised but mostly joyous. "Long time no see!"
"Really." Eric smiled as the two exchanged friendly hugs. "How long it been? Five years?"
"Yeah, a long time." The two smiled.
"Eh... ya wanna fill us in pal?" Duo questioned as he put his feet up on the table and leaned back.
"This is Eric. He is an old friend of mine, though... what are you doing here??" Quatre asked.
"I'm here to apply for a job as a waiter. I'm living here in England now." He smiled a bright smile. "Where's the old guy?"
"I heard that!" came the voice of Louie from the back of the restaurant. " And even though it is true I do not appreciate it." Eric and Louie smiled at each other as Louie entered the room. Eric ran up and wrapped the little man in a hug.
"I missed ya Lou!"
"Don't call me Lou!" Louie grinned as he wacked Eric on the back of the head. "And don't worry about applying, you get the job."
"Whoa..." All of the boys remarked as Louie walked back into the kitchen and returned with an "O'Malley's" apron.
"Niiiice." He commented sarcastically.
"Yes. Even nicer- you start tomorrow." Louie grinned and headed back to the kitchen.
Eric's surprised expression caused the rest of the guys to laugh. "So..." He said at last, recovering from shock. "Where are the girls? I know you have a girlfriend Quatre."
Quatre smiled blankly as pictures of the lovely Japanese girl filled his mind.
"He'll have one soon." Duo laughed.
"She's gorgeous Eric! She's from Japan and she has shocking green eyes and dark brown hair... like the trees of a forest with their lush leaves in her eyes." Quatre remarked starring into nothingness. Eric's deadpanned expression caused the group to laugh once more.
"The gals are out shopping if you wanted to know." DJ said as he stood and headed for the door. "If you all don't mind, I have work to do." And with that little remark, he left the restaurant.
"He goin' to hell Louie?" Duo asked with a sarcastic grin on his face. It was followed by a firm smack from Wufei.
"If you were funny, Duo, others would laugh."
Suddenly laughter was heard as the girls reentered the resteraunt.
"That was fast." Heero commented.
"The shop is down the street, Heero." Mako responded as she walked to him and kissed him on the cheek. Eric stood starring with wide eyes at Meilin. She was laughing with Aisha about the dress that they tried to get Mako to try on. Mei turned, and Eric's eyes locked with hers. They starred for a moment, then one broke the silence.
"Oh! You're new! That's why I didn't recognize you!" She bowed. "I'm Meilin." Eric frowned a little disappointed.
"I'm Eric."
"That's the one!" Quatre whispered into Eric's ear. "Gorgeous eh?" Eric's frown deepened and Angel was the first to notice. She said nothing, though, as Mako announced that she was heading home to get ready for the ball. Aisha and Lian agreed. The majority of the group left the building, leaving Eric, Angel, Mei, and Quatre alone. A little look from Quatre signaled for Angel to get Eric out of the room so that he could talk to Mei. Angel reluctantly grabbed Eric by the arm and oh-so-subtly yanked him out of the resteraunt.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Eric exclaimed as he found himself in the kitchen.
"Be quiet." Angel remarked, more annoyed at the situation than him. "I'm trying to listen." Both pressed their ears against the door.
"So..." Quatre said to no one in particular. He was, obviously, desperate for something to say. Mei sat down at a table, looking as shy as she had when Louie found her alone in the airport. Quatre calmed himself down and sat next to her. "Why are you so shy?" Mei smiled shyly and shrugged a little. "You're so beautiful."
Mei's eyes shot over and locked with his.
"This is Heero, Mei." She smiled and gently shoved Mei in the direction of the others.
Mei's dazed look turned to a friendly, though confused smile. Heero barley smiled back. His dark eyes just starred at her for a moment, then he bowed swiftly.
Duo beamed at Mei, pulling the poor dazed girl close for one of his famous bear-hugs.
"Duo Maxwell, otherwise known as the God of Death!" He winked as Mei's eyes widened. "I may run and hide, but I never tell a lie!"
"Which is a lie in itself," Angel put in, laughing. She looked at Mei. "He's American."
Soothed by that explanation, Mei turned back to the others.
"Trowa Barton." That was all she got from the tall, green-eyed young man in the back. She nodded and bowed slightly, unsure of what else to do.
"Chang Wufei." The Chinese man's hard onyx eyes met Mei's emerald green ones. She bowed, recognizing his pause as her cue, and he returned it.
Suddenly the door was opened again. Everyone turned to see a tall, gorgeous, and for the most part, shirtless man to walk in. His eyes went straight to Meilin.
"Hello, there, gorgeous? New in town?" he asked, then continued without waiting for her response. "Want me to help ease the homesickness?" He flashed her a devilish smile and a very lecherous wink.
Angel watched this exchange with amusement, but noted that Quatre's hands were fisting into tight balls at his sides.
"All right, you big horn-dog. Why don't you go fight Wufei or something. I'm sure Lian would enjoy that…" she muttered as she shoved him toward the door. With one last wink at Meilin, he disappeared.
"Sorry about that…where were we?" Aisha murmured.
After all of the introductions, the large groups sat at a table (or rather, two tables put together) to talk. Mei looked around at the group as they conversed. All of them but the one that kissed her hand seemed to be paired. She constantly caught him looking at her with content eyes aquamarine eyes. She smiled at him and then looked shyly to the tabletop.
"I am holding a ball at my home." He suddenly spoke. "And of course, you are all invited." His eyes locked with Mei's for a moment, before she looked down again.
"Yes!" Angel exclaimed with a large smile. "We can take Mei shopping for a pretty pretty dress!!"
"What about us!?" Aisha asked with a grin.
~*~
"Hey!" Came a bright voice from the entrance to of the resteraunt. Quatre and the other boys turned to see a tall (incredibly tall) boy standing in the doorway. He had dark brown eyes and blonde hair, short and spiky for the most part, with light bangs. He was well built and had a very bright, happy aura too him. "Quatre!"
"E-Eric!?" Quatre replied, a little surprised but mostly joyous. "Long time no see!"
"Really." Eric smiled as the two exchanged friendly hugs. "How long it been? Five years?"
"Yeah, a long time." The two smiled.
"Eh... ya wanna fill us in pal?" Duo questioned as he put his feet up on the table and leaned back.
"This is Eric. He is an old friend of mine, though... what are you doing here??" Quatre asked.
"I'm here to apply for a job as a waiter. I'm living here in England now." He smiled a bright smile. "Where's the old guy?"
"I heard that!" came the voice of Louie from the back of the restaurant. " And even though it is true I do not appreciate it." Eric and Louie smiled at each other as Louie entered the room. Eric ran up and wrapped the little man in a hug.
"I missed ya Lou!"
"Don't call me Lou!" Louie grinned as he wacked Eric on the back of the head. "And don't worry about applying, you get the job."
"Whoa..." All of the boys remarked as Louie walked back into the kitchen and returned with an "O'Malley's" apron.
"Niiiice." He commented sarcastically.
"Yes. Even nicer- you start tomorrow." Louie grinned and headed back to the kitchen.
Eric's surprised expression caused the rest of the guys to laugh. "So..." He said at last, recovering from shock. "Where are the girls? I know you have a girlfriend Quatre."
Quatre smiled blankly as pictures of the lovely Japanese girl filled his mind.
"He'll have one soon." Duo laughed.
"She's gorgeous Eric! She's from Japan and she has shocking green eyes and dark brown hair... like the trees of a forest with their lush leaves in her eyes." Quatre remarked starring into nothingness. Eric's deadpanned expression caused the group to laugh once more.
"The gals are out shopping if you wanted to know." DJ said as he stood and headed for the door. "If you all don't mind, I have work to do." And with that little remark, he left the restaurant.
"He goin' to hell Louie?" Duo asked with a sarcastic grin on his face. It was followed by a firm smack from Wufei.
"If you were funny, Duo, others would laugh."
Suddenly laughter was heard as the girls reentered the resteraunt.
"That was fast." Heero commented.
"The shop is down the street, Heero." Mako responded as she walked to him and kissed him on the cheek. Eric stood starring with wide eyes at Meilin. She was laughing with Aisha about the dress that they tried to get Mako to try on. Mei turned, and Eric's eyes locked with hers. They starred for a moment, then one broke the silence.
"Oh! You're new! That's why I didn't recognize you!" She bowed. "I'm Meilin." Eric frowned a little disappointed.
"I'm Eric."
"That's the one!" Quatre whispered into Eric's ear. "Gorgeous eh?" Eric's frown deepened and Angel was the first to notice. She said nothing, though, as Mako announced that she was heading home to get ready for the ball. Aisha and Lian agreed. The majority of the group left the building, leaving Eric, Angel, Mei, and Quatre alone. A little look from Quatre signaled for Angel to get Eric out of the room so that he could talk to Mei. Angel reluctantly grabbed Eric by the arm and oh-so-subtly yanked him out of the resteraunt.
"Hey, hey, hey!" Eric exclaimed as he found himself in the kitchen.
"Be quiet." Angel remarked, more annoyed at the situation than him. "I'm trying to listen." Both pressed their ears against the door.
"So..." Quatre said to no one in particular. He was, obviously, desperate for something to say. Mei sat down at a table, looking as shy as she had when Louie found her alone in the airport. Quatre calmed himself down and sat next to her. "Why are you so shy?" Mei smiled shyly and shrugged a little. "You're so beautiful."
Mei's eyes shot over and locked with his.