Hello guys. Missed me? I want to apologize for taking so long for writing
this chapter, it´s just that I didn´t have the inspiration to write about
love when my heart was sort of broken, and it´s kind of hard to write 3
stories at a time, but I decided to finish this one and continue the other
one afterwards. I would like to thank my reviewers for your reviews and for
your patience. :) Enjoy.
The next few days, the chinese troops marched through the peaceful villages, the fertile rice fields, and crops. Up until now, they hadn´t find burned out or damaged homes, which was good, but they completely lost the track of the invaders.
Lynn and Mulan had been getting along better and better as time went by. Each of them talked about their lives and they found out that they had some things in common , like the fact they both had this passion for reading during their free time, for instance.
One day, Shang was reading a report Chi Fu sent him; it talked about the recruits´ progess. Meanwhile, Mulan and Lynn were sharing luch together and giggling as they told each other their memories of clumpsy and embarassing moments. Mulan talked about her first meeting with the matchmaker.
"Well it turned out to be a complete disaster, " Mulan went on chucking," The woman burned her butt, and then I tried to stop the fire with my fan, but then the fire increased, she was yelling at me in the middle of her own desperation, then I dropped the tea and the burning stopped."
Lynn bursted into laughter, she was imagining every detail Mulan described and she found it so funny. Mulan joined her with some more giggles; though that day had been like hell to her.
After some more time of minutes of wild laughter, chuckles, and giggles, the two of them got serious because everyone was staring at them. Then Lynn came up with this indecent question, " Mulan, have you slept with Shang, and you know...the other thing?"
Mulan got offended by the question; how dare did Lynn ask that; Mulan was certainly not that kind of person; she loved the man but she could wait until marriage." Definately NOT!" Mulan exclaimed irritated. Her cheeks burned with rage. "What makes you think that?"
Lynn sighed, regretting about her question, but hey it was just a simple question, she just wanted to make a conversation now that they had become friends. "I´m sorry, I just..." She tried to fix her mistake," Well, it´s just that you love each other and you´re both here..."
"But it doesn´t mean we´re having sex!" replied Mulan.
"Ok, sorry," Lynn sounded nervous, probably some sense of guilty inside of her, because she had been sneeking into Tung Ma´s tent at night and went back to her own before sunrise.
"What´s wrong with you?" asked Mulan.
"Nothing, nothing," her voice didn´t tell she was very confident about it.
"Yeah right," said Mulan.
Lynn started to blush with embarassment.
"Don´t tell me that Tung- Ma has been asking you to..."
Lynn didn´t allow her to finish and replied as irritated as Mulan did a few minutes ago."No!"
Mulan nodded and said," Sorry, but you were the one who brought up the subject."
Lynn rolled her eyes; she hated when Mulan was right.
"Well, don´t do something you´re gonna regret about sooner or later,"adviced Mulan.
Lynn swallowed hard, it was too late now.
"Sure," she lied.
Just then, came Shang with a wide smile on his face; she hadn´t seen him smile lately.
"We´ll talk later," whispered Mulan as she got to her feet.
Mulan reached Shang," Why do you look so happy?"
Shang handed a scroll to Mulan; she read it to herself and when she finished she hugged Shang and congratulated him. The letter said that the new recruits were doing well and there hadn´t been much trouble at Camp Wu Zhong when it comes to practical jokes and stuff like that. All the soldiers fixed their eyes on them; their thoughts were not those of an innocent child, but Mulan nor Shang seemed to care.
When they pulled away Shang asked," Congratulations? What for?"
Mulan looked into Shang´s eyes shyly and answered," Isn´t it obvious, you were the one who trained Yao, Ling, and Chien Po, and you made them responsible enough to sucess in training the new recruits."
Shang smiled and replied trying to sound modest,"You know I didn´t do much."
"Yeah right," Mulan went on," Don´t try to put yourself down."
Shang raised his eyebrow and let out a laugh."Perhaps you should take your own advice."
This time Mulan wasn´t really paying attention to him, well to his words. Instead, she was taking a look at his mouth, she felt this desperate desire to kiss it since it had been some time since the last time they kissed, only to hide their love to prevent the filthy thoughts from the soldiers. That´s why Mulan felt uncertain, Shang hadn´t said anything about marriage or about his feelings the past days, he had simply been a friend to her and nothing more those days. Mulan started to think that maybe Shang didn´t want her as more than a friend. The truth was that he cared too much about his honor, so he just stayed distant from Mulan not because he didn´t love her anymore, it was because he wanted to protect their honor, and avoid any kind of disrespect from part of the men towards Mulan.
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Shang had asked Mulan to go and have dinner with him inside his tent that day.
Eventhough Mulan was wearing her dull training clothes, Mulan tried to look her best to flirt a little, so she combed her hair and let it unatached, then, she curled the lock that always came out of place, it made her look distinguished and besides it made her look pretty.
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Mulan hesitated before she got inside Shang´s tent, wondering why did he asked her to join him for dinner inside his tent.
"May I get in?"she asked.
"Come in," said Shang. His tent was all neat, everything put in the right place.
Shang was studying carefully a map of the whole country seeking for the route in which they might find the tuks. He was so concentrated with the map that he didn´t even bother to gaze at her. Mulan just stood there, waiting for him to say something.
A minute later, Shang finally decided to ask her to take a seat. Mulan quietly sat next to him and studied Shang, he had a concerned expression on his face, his thick eyebrows were knitted and his head rested on one of his strong hands, as he traced a path to the Imperial City with his index finger.
"So...what´s on your mind?" asked Mulan.
"Just thinking where could those stupid barbarians are," He said," Anyway, are you hungry?"
Shang stood up and saved some rice in a bowl for each of them.
"Not much," said Mulan.
Shang smiled at her handing the bowl full of rice .
"Thanks."
They ate the rice with chopsticks silently, until Shang asked," What´s going on with that Ling and you?"
Mulan swallowed her rice and replied," What do you mean?"
"Well, you´ve been talking alot with him, and you haven´t been with me lately."
"Are you jelous?" Mulan asked hoping that would be the reason for his question. "Well, it´s just that you have been busy and I don´t want to disturb you."
Shang said," But you know I still love you."
Mulan smiled at him fondly and let out a chuckle. " Did you actually think I liked Ling?" she said," Come on, get real we only talk about war techniques."
Shang nodded and replied," But you also talk about those things with me."
Mulan placed the bowl and chopsticks on the ground, and inched closer to Shang. "It never compares with this, " she whispered as she grabbed his hankerchief and kissed his mouth passionately. Shang felt relieved now; a week without Mulan´s kisses was like torture to him.
As soon as they pulled away, Shang asked," Mulan would you let me be your husband?"
Mulan´s lips curved into a grin and her eyes sparkled with joy."Of course."
They kissed once again and enjoyed the moment together. They spent the rest of the afternoon talking about their future.
"We´ll have 3 children, and we are going to live close to your house," said Shang.
Suddenly, Tung-Ma stormed into the tent and announced," They sent a message to Fa Mulan."
Mulan stood up and Tung-Ma handed the scroll to her. Tung Ma bowed and left the tent.
Mulan unrolled the scroll and read the message to herself. When she finished reading it, she dropped it and broke into tears.
The next few days, the chinese troops marched through the peaceful villages, the fertile rice fields, and crops. Up until now, they hadn´t find burned out or damaged homes, which was good, but they completely lost the track of the invaders.
Lynn and Mulan had been getting along better and better as time went by. Each of them talked about their lives and they found out that they had some things in common , like the fact they both had this passion for reading during their free time, for instance.
One day, Shang was reading a report Chi Fu sent him; it talked about the recruits´ progess. Meanwhile, Mulan and Lynn were sharing luch together and giggling as they told each other their memories of clumpsy and embarassing moments. Mulan talked about her first meeting with the matchmaker.
"Well it turned out to be a complete disaster, " Mulan went on chucking," The woman burned her butt, and then I tried to stop the fire with my fan, but then the fire increased, she was yelling at me in the middle of her own desperation, then I dropped the tea and the burning stopped."
Lynn bursted into laughter, she was imagining every detail Mulan described and she found it so funny. Mulan joined her with some more giggles; though that day had been like hell to her.
After some more time of minutes of wild laughter, chuckles, and giggles, the two of them got serious because everyone was staring at them. Then Lynn came up with this indecent question, " Mulan, have you slept with Shang, and you know...the other thing?"
Mulan got offended by the question; how dare did Lynn ask that; Mulan was certainly not that kind of person; she loved the man but she could wait until marriage." Definately NOT!" Mulan exclaimed irritated. Her cheeks burned with rage. "What makes you think that?"
Lynn sighed, regretting about her question, but hey it was just a simple question, she just wanted to make a conversation now that they had become friends. "I´m sorry, I just..." She tried to fix her mistake," Well, it´s just that you love each other and you´re both here..."
"But it doesn´t mean we´re having sex!" replied Mulan.
"Ok, sorry," Lynn sounded nervous, probably some sense of guilty inside of her, because she had been sneeking into Tung Ma´s tent at night and went back to her own before sunrise.
"What´s wrong with you?" asked Mulan.
"Nothing, nothing," her voice didn´t tell she was very confident about it.
"Yeah right," said Mulan.
Lynn started to blush with embarassment.
"Don´t tell me that Tung- Ma has been asking you to..."
Lynn didn´t allow her to finish and replied as irritated as Mulan did a few minutes ago."No!"
Mulan nodded and said," Sorry, but you were the one who brought up the subject."
Lynn rolled her eyes; she hated when Mulan was right.
"Well, don´t do something you´re gonna regret about sooner or later,"adviced Mulan.
Lynn swallowed hard, it was too late now.
"Sure," she lied.
Just then, came Shang with a wide smile on his face; she hadn´t seen him smile lately.
"We´ll talk later," whispered Mulan as she got to her feet.
Mulan reached Shang," Why do you look so happy?"
Shang handed a scroll to Mulan; she read it to herself and when she finished she hugged Shang and congratulated him. The letter said that the new recruits were doing well and there hadn´t been much trouble at Camp Wu Zhong when it comes to practical jokes and stuff like that. All the soldiers fixed their eyes on them; their thoughts were not those of an innocent child, but Mulan nor Shang seemed to care.
When they pulled away Shang asked," Congratulations? What for?"
Mulan looked into Shang´s eyes shyly and answered," Isn´t it obvious, you were the one who trained Yao, Ling, and Chien Po, and you made them responsible enough to sucess in training the new recruits."
Shang smiled and replied trying to sound modest,"You know I didn´t do much."
"Yeah right," Mulan went on," Don´t try to put yourself down."
Shang raised his eyebrow and let out a laugh."Perhaps you should take your own advice."
This time Mulan wasn´t really paying attention to him, well to his words. Instead, she was taking a look at his mouth, she felt this desperate desire to kiss it since it had been some time since the last time they kissed, only to hide their love to prevent the filthy thoughts from the soldiers. That´s why Mulan felt uncertain, Shang hadn´t said anything about marriage or about his feelings the past days, he had simply been a friend to her and nothing more those days. Mulan started to think that maybe Shang didn´t want her as more than a friend. The truth was that he cared too much about his honor, so he just stayed distant from Mulan not because he didn´t love her anymore, it was because he wanted to protect their honor, and avoid any kind of disrespect from part of the men towards Mulan.
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Shang had asked Mulan to go and have dinner with him inside his tent that day.
Eventhough Mulan was wearing her dull training clothes, Mulan tried to look her best to flirt a little, so she combed her hair and let it unatached, then, she curled the lock that always came out of place, it made her look distinguished and besides it made her look pretty.
***********************************************************************
Mulan hesitated before she got inside Shang´s tent, wondering why did he asked her to join him for dinner inside his tent.
"May I get in?"she asked.
"Come in," said Shang. His tent was all neat, everything put in the right place.
Shang was studying carefully a map of the whole country seeking for the route in which they might find the tuks. He was so concentrated with the map that he didn´t even bother to gaze at her. Mulan just stood there, waiting for him to say something.
A minute later, Shang finally decided to ask her to take a seat. Mulan quietly sat next to him and studied Shang, he had a concerned expression on his face, his thick eyebrows were knitted and his head rested on one of his strong hands, as he traced a path to the Imperial City with his index finger.
"So...what´s on your mind?" asked Mulan.
"Just thinking where could those stupid barbarians are," He said," Anyway, are you hungry?"
Shang stood up and saved some rice in a bowl for each of them.
"Not much," said Mulan.
Shang smiled at her handing the bowl full of rice .
"Thanks."
They ate the rice with chopsticks silently, until Shang asked," What´s going on with that Ling and you?"
Mulan swallowed her rice and replied," What do you mean?"
"Well, you´ve been talking alot with him, and you haven´t been with me lately."
"Are you jelous?" Mulan asked hoping that would be the reason for his question. "Well, it´s just that you have been busy and I don´t want to disturb you."
Shang said," But you know I still love you."
Mulan smiled at him fondly and let out a chuckle. " Did you actually think I liked Ling?" she said," Come on, get real we only talk about war techniques."
Shang nodded and replied," But you also talk about those things with me."
Mulan placed the bowl and chopsticks on the ground, and inched closer to Shang. "It never compares with this, " she whispered as she grabbed his hankerchief and kissed his mouth passionately. Shang felt relieved now; a week without Mulan´s kisses was like torture to him.
As soon as they pulled away, Shang asked," Mulan would you let me be your husband?"
Mulan´s lips curved into a grin and her eyes sparkled with joy."Of course."
They kissed once again and enjoyed the moment together. They spent the rest of the afternoon talking about their future.
"We´ll have 3 children, and we are going to live close to your house," said Shang.
Suddenly, Tung-Ma stormed into the tent and announced," They sent a message to Fa Mulan."
Mulan stood up and Tung-Ma handed the scroll to her. Tung Ma bowed and left the tent.
Mulan unrolled the scroll and read the message to herself. When she finished reading it, she dropped it and broke into tears.