Across Countries
By: Sedi
Well, I decided to do a strange coupling since I have writer's block on A New Dawn. I'm not sure if I'm gonna make a chapter story outta this or not, I'll just see how this turns out. It's Rei/Enrique and AU. Odd, ne? ^^' I think this'll be the first Rei/Enrique on here. Wa ha, go me.
Chapter One: Meeting
The day was hot and muggy, not exactly the best to be in an outdoor cafe with no air conditioning, where Rei is. He sipped on his tea and wiped his forhead with his left wrist. Italy was more hot than he had expected.
"It's a good thing I brought shorts," the Chinese boy told himself, "or I would have fried to death here." He took another drink of his tea and set it on the table. The waiter came by and asked if he would like anything else. Rei politely rejected and the waiter turned away to serve another table.
It was only a few months ago (only a week from them that Rei had registered in a penpal listing) that Rei had received a letter from an Italian boy around his age named Enrique. He smirked when remembering the contents of the first letter.
"Dear Kon Rei or Rei Kon, whatever
Don't think that I like this, because I don't. My father is making me write to someone from a different country and all that other crap to learn about other cultures so I can take over the damn family business. And if you're reading this Dad, I hate this stupid idea, and I don't care what you think about this letter!
Anyway, Dad wants you to talk about your stupid country, and all of that crap.
Not So Sincerely,
Enrique"
In his letter back, Rei had described some things about the village he lived in, and asked about Italy. Before he knew it, Enrique's father had wanted Rei to come to Italy so he and Enrique could take an "educational tour" of a few countries, including China, Rei's home country. He was asked to meet Enrique in the cafe he was sitting in now so both could talk, have lunch, and get to know each other.
Expecting the worst of attitude from Enrique because of the past letters, Rei had come to the cafe early to enjoy the last few minutes of peace before being inevitably plunged into a world of hell living with this Enrique kid, or so Rei thought. He didn't think Enrique was a very pleasant person from the letters, so why should he be even better in person? But Rei promised himself to give the Italian boy a chance. Someone could be completely different in person than on paper.
Rei looked at his watch. Ten more minutes until the expected time Enrique was going to show up. He finished his tea that reminded him of bitter grapefruit and scoped out the place. The people in Italy dressed strangely, much differently from him. But then again, Rei thought, people were giving him side glances, those sitting in the cafe more than one. He must be the strange looking one here.
Giggles that were quite hard to not notice erupted from behind the Chinese boy. He turned his head to the side and out of the corner of his eyes saw a blonde haired boy with two girls, one on each side of him, heading towards the table. Thinking it wasn't the kid he was writing to, Rei turned back around and looked into his empty cup. But the blonde nonchalantly walked around him and sat on the other side of the table, the two girls sitting beside both of the boys.
"Ah, hello, I guess you're Enrique?" Rei asked, forcing a smile onto himself.
"Sure, hi. I hope you don't mind I brought the girls with me." The blonde, Enrique, grinned at the two Italian girls who were loudly talking amongst themselves. One turned to Enrique.
"Like, Enrique-poo, I thought we were going to your yacht!"
"Yeah," the other agreed. "I'm hungry and want some Chinese!"
Enrique started jabbering to the girls to try to calm them down. A nerve was building up in Rei's head as he though, 'He wasn't even supposed to bring anyone, and he's acting as if I'm not even here! Who does he think he is?!'
Deciding not to show his anger, Rei plastered on a fake smile. "How about we just order here? From what I've seen, the food in this cafe looks pretty good, so it won't be such a loss."
The girls and Enrique stared at Rei for a moment, making the Chinese boy very uncomfortable. The girl with brown hair scooted a bit closer to the Asian and asked, "So, are you rich?"
Is he rich? What kind of question is that? "Money really doesn't have much value in our village... It isn't used often..." Rei answered after hesitation.
"Oh," the girl said in disappointment, then in almost disgust added, "How primitive."
Rei really needed to vent his anger out on something, then saw a waiter heading towards their table. "I'm going to go ahead and order if it's fine with you three."
"Sure, whatever," Enrique replied, then returned to listening to the girls continuing their discussion.
Enrique was not looking forward to meeting Rei. Not at all. He was determined not to like him, no matter what. His father had forced him to keep sending letters to the Chinese boy to learn more about his culture and China in full, but no matter how friendly Rei had sounded in the letters, his mind was set. When Rei came, Enrique would be so rude, arrogant, and a jackass that he would want to leave, and his father would never want to make him write to another foreign person in his life.
Although Enrique's mind nearly changed when he saw Rei's picture that was sent to him after they made plans to meet at the cafe. The Chinese teen was infront of a green hill, trees surrounding it, the sky clear and blue. The scene was beautiful, and the smiling teen in the picture was equally so. Enrique gawked at the picture, then secretly stashed it in a locked box in his room for safekeeping.
But soon he had remembered his goal to drive Rei away, and continued his plans to act like the rich snob of the town infront of him.
Enrique glanced at Rei, who was contently eating a cannelloni. Personally, he hated cannellonis, mainly because of the spinach stuffed in it.
The Italian food was okay, but Rei preferred his homecooking back in China. After he was finished eating (Enrique nor the girls ordered anything), all four started walking to Enrique's house. The girls were, of course, complaining about getting to the yacht and eating. Rei was wondering why the hell they didn't just eat at the resturaunt. He had a feeling that right when they get to Enrique's place, he was getting ditched.
Sure enough, Enrique was only kind enough to show him the front door. As soon as Rei stepped foot inside the mansion, he and the girls were off toward where ever the yacht was. Rei was already getting sick of hearing about the damn boat.
The butler, Piddlesworth, was the first to greet him.
"Hello, you must be Master Rei. Let me take your luggage and show you to your room." Before Rei could respond, the bags were taken out of his hands and Piddlesworth was taking long strides up a long looking staircase. Rei followed reluctantly and looked around.
There were several paintings of people lining the walls by the stairs, all of them men. Rei could see resemblance to Enrique in some of them, so he guessed that they were relatives of his, most likely deceased. They finally got to the top of the staircase. Piddlesworth opened a door then set the bags inside the room and allowed Rei to walk in and take a peek.
The room was fairly large, as the rest of the rooms in the rest of the house probably were, of course. A large bed was in the middle of the room, and against the walls were a dresser and nightstand. Sunlight seeped in through two windows.
Piddlesworth left the room, leaving Rei alone in his new room.
"Well, Rei," the Chinese boy told himself. "Welcome to hell."
He was not going to enjoy his week in Italy with Enrique, he could already tell that.
To Be Continued...
So what do you think of the first chapter? The next one is comin up soon! Please review, it's greatly appreciated. Thanks! The next chapter will be longer, I promise. And better. And Rei and Enrique will start jumping at each other's throats. XD Mweh heh.
[1] Cannelloni: A stuffed Italian pasta that is a pasta tube filled with meat or cheese and spinach, then coated with tomato or cheese sauce before being baked.
By: Sedi
Well, I decided to do a strange coupling since I have writer's block on A New Dawn. I'm not sure if I'm gonna make a chapter story outta this or not, I'll just see how this turns out. It's Rei/Enrique and AU. Odd, ne? ^^' I think this'll be the first Rei/Enrique on here. Wa ha, go me.
Chapter One: Meeting
The day was hot and muggy, not exactly the best to be in an outdoor cafe with no air conditioning, where Rei is. He sipped on his tea and wiped his forhead with his left wrist. Italy was more hot than he had expected.
"It's a good thing I brought shorts," the Chinese boy told himself, "or I would have fried to death here." He took another drink of his tea and set it on the table. The waiter came by and asked if he would like anything else. Rei politely rejected and the waiter turned away to serve another table.
It was only a few months ago (only a week from them that Rei had registered in a penpal listing) that Rei had received a letter from an Italian boy around his age named Enrique. He smirked when remembering the contents of the first letter.
"Dear Kon Rei or Rei Kon, whatever
Don't think that I like this, because I don't. My father is making me write to someone from a different country and all that other crap to learn about other cultures so I can take over the damn family business. And if you're reading this Dad, I hate this stupid idea, and I don't care what you think about this letter!
Anyway, Dad wants you to talk about your stupid country, and all of that crap.
Not So Sincerely,
Enrique"
In his letter back, Rei had described some things about the village he lived in, and asked about Italy. Before he knew it, Enrique's father had wanted Rei to come to Italy so he and Enrique could take an "educational tour" of a few countries, including China, Rei's home country. He was asked to meet Enrique in the cafe he was sitting in now so both could talk, have lunch, and get to know each other.
Expecting the worst of attitude from Enrique because of the past letters, Rei had come to the cafe early to enjoy the last few minutes of peace before being inevitably plunged into a world of hell living with this Enrique kid, or so Rei thought. He didn't think Enrique was a very pleasant person from the letters, so why should he be even better in person? But Rei promised himself to give the Italian boy a chance. Someone could be completely different in person than on paper.
Rei looked at his watch. Ten more minutes until the expected time Enrique was going to show up. He finished his tea that reminded him of bitter grapefruit and scoped out the place. The people in Italy dressed strangely, much differently from him. But then again, Rei thought, people were giving him side glances, those sitting in the cafe more than one. He must be the strange looking one here.
Giggles that were quite hard to not notice erupted from behind the Chinese boy. He turned his head to the side and out of the corner of his eyes saw a blonde haired boy with two girls, one on each side of him, heading towards the table. Thinking it wasn't the kid he was writing to, Rei turned back around and looked into his empty cup. But the blonde nonchalantly walked around him and sat on the other side of the table, the two girls sitting beside both of the boys.
"Ah, hello, I guess you're Enrique?" Rei asked, forcing a smile onto himself.
"Sure, hi. I hope you don't mind I brought the girls with me." The blonde, Enrique, grinned at the two Italian girls who were loudly talking amongst themselves. One turned to Enrique.
"Like, Enrique-poo, I thought we were going to your yacht!"
"Yeah," the other agreed. "I'm hungry and want some Chinese!"
Enrique started jabbering to the girls to try to calm them down. A nerve was building up in Rei's head as he though, 'He wasn't even supposed to bring anyone, and he's acting as if I'm not even here! Who does he think he is?!'
Deciding not to show his anger, Rei plastered on a fake smile. "How about we just order here? From what I've seen, the food in this cafe looks pretty good, so it won't be such a loss."
The girls and Enrique stared at Rei for a moment, making the Chinese boy very uncomfortable. The girl with brown hair scooted a bit closer to the Asian and asked, "So, are you rich?"
Is he rich? What kind of question is that? "Money really doesn't have much value in our village... It isn't used often..." Rei answered after hesitation.
"Oh," the girl said in disappointment, then in almost disgust added, "How primitive."
Rei really needed to vent his anger out on something, then saw a waiter heading towards their table. "I'm going to go ahead and order if it's fine with you three."
"Sure, whatever," Enrique replied, then returned to listening to the girls continuing their discussion.
Enrique was not looking forward to meeting Rei. Not at all. He was determined not to like him, no matter what. His father had forced him to keep sending letters to the Chinese boy to learn more about his culture and China in full, but no matter how friendly Rei had sounded in the letters, his mind was set. When Rei came, Enrique would be so rude, arrogant, and a jackass that he would want to leave, and his father would never want to make him write to another foreign person in his life.
Although Enrique's mind nearly changed when he saw Rei's picture that was sent to him after they made plans to meet at the cafe. The Chinese teen was infront of a green hill, trees surrounding it, the sky clear and blue. The scene was beautiful, and the smiling teen in the picture was equally so. Enrique gawked at the picture, then secretly stashed it in a locked box in his room for safekeeping.
But soon he had remembered his goal to drive Rei away, and continued his plans to act like the rich snob of the town infront of him.
Enrique glanced at Rei, who was contently eating a cannelloni. Personally, he hated cannellonis, mainly because of the spinach stuffed in it.
The Italian food was okay, but Rei preferred his homecooking back in China. After he was finished eating (Enrique nor the girls ordered anything), all four started walking to Enrique's house. The girls were, of course, complaining about getting to the yacht and eating. Rei was wondering why the hell they didn't just eat at the resturaunt. He had a feeling that right when they get to Enrique's place, he was getting ditched.
Sure enough, Enrique was only kind enough to show him the front door. As soon as Rei stepped foot inside the mansion, he and the girls were off toward where ever the yacht was. Rei was already getting sick of hearing about the damn boat.
The butler, Piddlesworth, was the first to greet him.
"Hello, you must be Master Rei. Let me take your luggage and show you to your room." Before Rei could respond, the bags were taken out of his hands and Piddlesworth was taking long strides up a long looking staircase. Rei followed reluctantly and looked around.
There were several paintings of people lining the walls by the stairs, all of them men. Rei could see resemblance to Enrique in some of them, so he guessed that they were relatives of his, most likely deceased. They finally got to the top of the staircase. Piddlesworth opened a door then set the bags inside the room and allowed Rei to walk in and take a peek.
The room was fairly large, as the rest of the rooms in the rest of the house probably were, of course. A large bed was in the middle of the room, and against the walls were a dresser and nightstand. Sunlight seeped in through two windows.
Piddlesworth left the room, leaving Rei alone in his new room.
"Well, Rei," the Chinese boy told himself. "Welcome to hell."
He was not going to enjoy his week in Italy with Enrique, he could already tell that.
To Be Continued...
So what do you think of the first chapter? The next one is comin up soon! Please review, it's greatly appreciated. Thanks! The next chapter will be longer, I promise. And better. And Rei and Enrique will start jumping at each other's throats. XD Mweh heh.
[1] Cannelloni: A stuffed Italian pasta that is a pasta tube filled with meat or cheese and spinach, then coated with tomato or cheese sauce before being baked.