Across Countries
By: Sedi
Another chapter, since people are tellin me to continue. ^_^ I'm still usin the dreaded line, though, for about a month more, then I'll see if ff.net will love me again and start doin the spaces right. But until then, you get to be annoyed by the dashes.
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Chapter Four: Bonjour, Trouble
Enrique watched as Rei, slumped in his chair, earphones still on, slept. This was the most peaceful he's ever seen Rei look; anytime else, the Chinese boy would look stressed, mad, or he was faking happiness around him.
Yes, Enrique saw past the false politeness. And he was flattered that Rei would put up with him and rarely blow up on him. But, Enrique figured, he would probably give the raven haired teen a heart attack if he kept up his antics and didn't cease his current mission: bugging the living crap out of Rei.
The Italian teen smirked, and reached over to touch Rei's hair. ("Touch my hair and die", Enrique remembered Rei saying.) He blinked in surrpise when he felt the soft black hair. Grinning, he carefully pulled the hair tie out of the boy's hair and watched as the released hair fell over Rei's shoulder, some going into his face. He smiled, and gently ruffled the hair, making it look more messy.
'Cute. He should keep his hair down.' Enrique curled a peice of Rei's hair around his finger, then noticed an old couple sitting across the aisle was staring at him.
"She has no boobs," Enrique quickly blurted out.
The old couple slowly nodded, eyed Enrique and Rei one more time, and went back to chatting with each other. Enrique slightly blushed, then saw something sticking out of Rei's pocket. He pulled it out, realizing that it was Rei's hair tie.
'He must have been saving it for right when we hit France so he can get out of the hair tie.' Enrique slowly combed his fingers through the raven hair, then put the hair wrap in his hair, cautiously so that he wouldn't wake the boy up. 'There. I liked the hair wrap better anyway, but it was fun giving him a hard time about it.'
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"Please make sure you seatbelt is buckled correctly before we land, which will be in five minutes," the flight attendant announced. "If you're having any trouble, just raise your hand and I'll get right to you."
Enrique double checked to make sure his seatbelt was in place, then checked Rei's, who was still fast asleep. Then, he took a book from the back pocket of a seat infront of him, and slammed it against Rei's forhead. Rei immediatly woke up, and Enrique held up the book again, this time in self defence, remembering what Rei had did the last time he took a book-beating to the forhead.
Rei just blinked at the Italian teen sleepily, then yawned. "There already?"
"Already? Do you even have any idea how long you've been sleeping? You went into dreamland ten minutes into the flight." Enrique grinned at him. "So, what were you dreaming about? Me and my sexy self?"
Rei gave him a look that obviously said "you are the most pathetic being alive" and replied, "Yeah, sure, I was dreaming about shoving you off Ifle Tower, then shoving you off the China wall, then kicking your ass in a boxing ring."
Enrique grimaced. "Cold."
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After the plane landed and the flight attendant allowed everyone off, Rei and Enrique shoved their way off of the plane and entered the lobby, looking around.
"So how are we going to find this friend of your father's anyway?" Rei asked, scanning the room with his cat-like eyes. "Is he supposed to be holding up a sign or something?"
"Last night, Piddlesworth told me that he would recognize us right away." Enrique answered. "Maybe he was late in coming here, or got hit by a bus." He grinned at the thought while Rei stared at him in disbelief, but chose not to answer.
"Hey!" Someone suddenly shouted. Rei and Enrique spun around to face the direction the voice came from. People moved aside as a boy around their age with green hair walked through the crowd. "Hey, I was looking for you two. Glad you could make it!"
"Yeah, yeah, sure." Enrique rolled his eyes. "But I think you've made a mistake. You see, we're looking for a guy about ye high taller than you." He held his hand above the green haired boy's head to demonstrate. "So good luck in finding other Chinese and Italian guys, because we're not the ones."
"Oh, but I think you're the one who's mistakened." The boy held up a finger and winked. "My father sent me here to show you two around Paris. My name is Oliver, and I guaruntee you two a good time."
"I'm Rei," the Chinese boy said, extending a hand.
"Pleasure to meet you," Oliver said as he shook it. "And I'm guessing you're Enrique," he said, turning toward the Italian teen. "I've heard a lot about you two, and when my father told me that I was going to be showing you guys around, I was very excited. I meet foreigners a lot, but not ones that wanted to get in depth in France's history and fine culture."
Enrique turned away from Oliver and huffed. "Whatever. I don't really give a crap either way around." 'This guy bothers me a lot. Oh well, when I get the chance, I'm ditching him!'
Oliver blinked at Enrique, then turned to Rei. "So you're from China? I don't think I've ever met anyone from China before, or even anyone from Asia. I heard it was nice living there, though."
"Yeah, it's very nice. Beautiful scenery, and no tall buildings to ruin it in the area I live. But I'm not here to talk about China, I want to learn more about Paris," Rei politely replied.
"Well, then let's go. I had my driver get your guys' luggage so we could leave as soon as possible. Ready, Enrique?"
Enrique only shrugged and said, "Sure. Fine."
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Enrique hated to admit it, but he was pretty impressed when looking around the city of Paris. But he tried as much as he could to keep a look of surprise off his face, and kept a distance from Rei and Oliver, who were both talking to each other. He then saw two French girls walk past them.
'Great, an excuse to get away from those two maniacs!' Enrique shouted out to the other two boys, "I'm going to go off!" then ran after the girls, and almost immediatly made conversation with them, walking away from the two teens.
"I'm sorry about Enrique," Rei apologized. "He's like that sometimes."
"I understand, and you don't have to apologize for his actions," Oliver replied. "Let's just enjoy the time here while you still can. After all, that's one of the reasons you two came here for, not just learning things."
Rei smiled and nodded. "Yeah, thanks Oliver."
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Soon after Rei had compiled a good amount of notes from Oliver talking about France, both had went to a resturaunt for a slightly late breakfast. Then after that, Oliver decided to show Rei where he would be staying.
As they walked out of the resturaunt, Rei asked, "What about Enrique?"
"Oh, don't worry about him. I slipped a note in his pocket giving directions to my house. He'll be able to find it if he reaches in his pocket for money or anything. Ah, here we are!"
"Already?" Rei looked up at a tall mansion, slightly larger than Enrique's. "Wow, it's nice."
"Yeah, but I like it better when I'm outside. It's easier to appreciate the beauty of the world outdoors." Oliver smiled, then opened the gate and started walking towards the house, Rei following. "I spend most of my time outdoors, especially in the park or in art museums."
"I stay outdoors most of the time in China, too. There's not much to do indoors anyway, since my village is small, so the houses are also small. But I have no complaints, I'm proud of the place I live, and I wouldn't give it up for the world."
"You must really love China as much as I love France." Oliver smiled at Rei.
Rei couldn't help but grin back. 'His smiles are contagious. And he's so much more polite and nice than Enrique is. I think I'll actually enjoy his company.'
"Yeah..." Rei walked through the door when Oliver opened it for him and looked around the front room. "Nice place. And very homey."
"I'll show you to your room now. I hope you like it!" Oliver rushed up a staircase, followed by Rei, and walked to a door, then opened it for Rei. "I tried to make it extra comfortable, but if you don't like it, just tell me and I'll find you a different room."
Rei entered the room, eyes scanning around it. The room looked greater than his did in Italy. Sunlight poured in through two open windows, onto a bed with gold sheets and pillows. On one wall was a nice dresser with items of his that he recognized as his own. Two empty bags lay in the corner beside the dresser.
"My driver must have already put your things away. Try out the bed, see if it's comfortable."
Reluctantly, Rei stepped up to the bed and hopped on it, then sat cross- legged in the middle. "I have to admit, it's much more comfortable than my bed back at home. You really didn't have to go through all of this trouble... Thanks." He looked up at the head of his bed where a painting hung above it.
"No trouble at all. I'm glad you like it." Oliver grabbed a few hair ties and a brush from a drawer of the dresser, then sat behind Rei on the bed. "Your hair would look great in a braid; have you every tried it?"
"No..." Rei blinked as he felt Oliver gently pull his hair wrap out of his hair. 'Hey, when did that get in there? I was wearing one of Enrique's stupid hair ties...'
Oliver slowly brushed Rei's hair, sometimes pausing to feel the soft strands. "Your hair is so beautiful, and shiny... I've never seen anyone keep their hair as good as you." He pushed some hair behind Rei's ears, then started braiding it.
"Thanks..." Rei nervously shifted his legs, not sure of what else to say. He stared at the wall while Oliver braided his hair, thinking about Enrique. 'That guy is so weird. Whenever we get into a friendly conversation he starts acting like a total ass again. And he can never seem to stop ditching me for girls! Oliver is much better company than he is."
"All done," Oliver suddenly announced, interrupting Rei's thoughts. "Go take a look in the mirror.
The Chinese teen looked up at the dresser and put his hair over his shoulder. A long braid trailed down, tied in a large amber colored hair tie. It was different than what he normally did to his hair, and he liked it. "It looks great, thanks Oliver."
"Anytime." Oliver gave Rei another one of his sweet smiles that made Rei relax. "You must have been tired from that airplane ride. I suggest you take a nap before we eat lunch and continue walking around Paris."
"But-" Rei started to object, but stopped when Oliver hugged him from behind and put his chin on his shoulder.
"Just relax," Oliver whispered in his ear. "You won't be able to fully enjoy Paris, a city of love, if you're tired. And yes, I can tell that you haven't slept much last night."
'Well, I am a bit tired... And I did have some trouble sleeping last night...' Rei hesistated, then Oliver lowered Rei down to a lying position and stroked the Chinese boy's bangs.
"Relax..." Oliver's voice made Rei feel even more tired, so he closed his eyes and sighed as he fell asleep.
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Oliver smiled at the sleeping Chinese teen, then kissed his forhead and walked out of the room. "Sleep well, Rei."
To Be Continued...
Jeez, everyone loves Rei's hair. XD Tis quite obvious now that Enrique has a thing for Rei, no matter how much of a bastard he acts towards him. ^_^' And Oliver just might pose a problem towards the Enrique/Rei pairing... Mweh heh... Being evil is fun. You people should try it out sometime. :] Anyway, I'll try to have the next chapter up as soon as I can. Next chapter contains a physical fighting scene between Rei and Enrique. X3 Mwah hah!
By: Sedi
Another chapter, since people are tellin me to continue. ^_^ I'm still usin the dreaded line, though, for about a month more, then I'll see if ff.net will love me again and start doin the spaces right. But until then, you get to be annoyed by the dashes.
----------------------------------------------- (Ugh... Neeeee... *falls over, holds up white flag*)
Chapter Four: Bonjour, Trouble
Enrique watched as Rei, slumped in his chair, earphones still on, slept. This was the most peaceful he's ever seen Rei look; anytime else, the Chinese boy would look stressed, mad, or he was faking happiness around him.
Yes, Enrique saw past the false politeness. And he was flattered that Rei would put up with him and rarely blow up on him. But, Enrique figured, he would probably give the raven haired teen a heart attack if he kept up his antics and didn't cease his current mission: bugging the living crap out of Rei.
The Italian teen smirked, and reached over to touch Rei's hair. ("Touch my hair and die", Enrique remembered Rei saying.) He blinked in surrpise when he felt the soft black hair. Grinning, he carefully pulled the hair tie out of the boy's hair and watched as the released hair fell over Rei's shoulder, some going into his face. He smiled, and gently ruffled the hair, making it look more messy.
'Cute. He should keep his hair down.' Enrique curled a peice of Rei's hair around his finger, then noticed an old couple sitting across the aisle was staring at him.
"She has no boobs," Enrique quickly blurted out.
The old couple slowly nodded, eyed Enrique and Rei one more time, and went back to chatting with each other. Enrique slightly blushed, then saw something sticking out of Rei's pocket. He pulled it out, realizing that it was Rei's hair tie.
'He must have been saving it for right when we hit France so he can get out of the hair tie.' Enrique slowly combed his fingers through the raven hair, then put the hair wrap in his hair, cautiously so that he wouldn't wake the boy up. 'There. I liked the hair wrap better anyway, but it was fun giving him a hard time about it.'
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"Please make sure you seatbelt is buckled correctly before we land, which will be in five minutes," the flight attendant announced. "If you're having any trouble, just raise your hand and I'll get right to you."
Enrique double checked to make sure his seatbelt was in place, then checked Rei's, who was still fast asleep. Then, he took a book from the back pocket of a seat infront of him, and slammed it against Rei's forhead. Rei immediatly woke up, and Enrique held up the book again, this time in self defence, remembering what Rei had did the last time he took a book-beating to the forhead.
Rei just blinked at the Italian teen sleepily, then yawned. "There already?"
"Already? Do you even have any idea how long you've been sleeping? You went into dreamland ten minutes into the flight." Enrique grinned at him. "So, what were you dreaming about? Me and my sexy self?"
Rei gave him a look that obviously said "you are the most pathetic being alive" and replied, "Yeah, sure, I was dreaming about shoving you off Ifle Tower, then shoving you off the China wall, then kicking your ass in a boxing ring."
Enrique grimaced. "Cold."
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After the plane landed and the flight attendant allowed everyone off, Rei and Enrique shoved their way off of the plane and entered the lobby, looking around.
"So how are we going to find this friend of your father's anyway?" Rei asked, scanning the room with his cat-like eyes. "Is he supposed to be holding up a sign or something?"
"Last night, Piddlesworth told me that he would recognize us right away." Enrique answered. "Maybe he was late in coming here, or got hit by a bus." He grinned at the thought while Rei stared at him in disbelief, but chose not to answer.
"Hey!" Someone suddenly shouted. Rei and Enrique spun around to face the direction the voice came from. People moved aside as a boy around their age with green hair walked through the crowd. "Hey, I was looking for you two. Glad you could make it!"
"Yeah, yeah, sure." Enrique rolled his eyes. "But I think you've made a mistake. You see, we're looking for a guy about ye high taller than you." He held his hand above the green haired boy's head to demonstrate. "So good luck in finding other Chinese and Italian guys, because we're not the ones."
"Oh, but I think you're the one who's mistakened." The boy held up a finger and winked. "My father sent me here to show you two around Paris. My name is Oliver, and I guaruntee you two a good time."
"I'm Rei," the Chinese boy said, extending a hand.
"Pleasure to meet you," Oliver said as he shook it. "And I'm guessing you're Enrique," he said, turning toward the Italian teen. "I've heard a lot about you two, and when my father told me that I was going to be showing you guys around, I was very excited. I meet foreigners a lot, but not ones that wanted to get in depth in France's history and fine culture."
Enrique turned away from Oliver and huffed. "Whatever. I don't really give a crap either way around." 'This guy bothers me a lot. Oh well, when I get the chance, I'm ditching him!'
Oliver blinked at Enrique, then turned to Rei. "So you're from China? I don't think I've ever met anyone from China before, or even anyone from Asia. I heard it was nice living there, though."
"Yeah, it's very nice. Beautiful scenery, and no tall buildings to ruin it in the area I live. But I'm not here to talk about China, I want to learn more about Paris," Rei politely replied.
"Well, then let's go. I had my driver get your guys' luggage so we could leave as soon as possible. Ready, Enrique?"
Enrique only shrugged and said, "Sure. Fine."
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Enrique hated to admit it, but he was pretty impressed when looking around the city of Paris. But he tried as much as he could to keep a look of surprise off his face, and kept a distance from Rei and Oliver, who were both talking to each other. He then saw two French girls walk past them.
'Great, an excuse to get away from those two maniacs!' Enrique shouted out to the other two boys, "I'm going to go off!" then ran after the girls, and almost immediatly made conversation with them, walking away from the two teens.
"I'm sorry about Enrique," Rei apologized. "He's like that sometimes."
"I understand, and you don't have to apologize for his actions," Oliver replied. "Let's just enjoy the time here while you still can. After all, that's one of the reasons you two came here for, not just learning things."
Rei smiled and nodded. "Yeah, thanks Oliver."
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Soon after Rei had compiled a good amount of notes from Oliver talking about France, both had went to a resturaunt for a slightly late breakfast. Then after that, Oliver decided to show Rei where he would be staying.
As they walked out of the resturaunt, Rei asked, "What about Enrique?"
"Oh, don't worry about him. I slipped a note in his pocket giving directions to my house. He'll be able to find it if he reaches in his pocket for money or anything. Ah, here we are!"
"Already?" Rei looked up at a tall mansion, slightly larger than Enrique's. "Wow, it's nice."
"Yeah, but I like it better when I'm outside. It's easier to appreciate the beauty of the world outdoors." Oliver smiled, then opened the gate and started walking towards the house, Rei following. "I spend most of my time outdoors, especially in the park or in art museums."
"I stay outdoors most of the time in China, too. There's not much to do indoors anyway, since my village is small, so the houses are also small. But I have no complaints, I'm proud of the place I live, and I wouldn't give it up for the world."
"You must really love China as much as I love France." Oliver smiled at Rei.
Rei couldn't help but grin back. 'His smiles are contagious. And he's so much more polite and nice than Enrique is. I think I'll actually enjoy his company.'
"Yeah..." Rei walked through the door when Oliver opened it for him and looked around the front room. "Nice place. And very homey."
"I'll show you to your room now. I hope you like it!" Oliver rushed up a staircase, followed by Rei, and walked to a door, then opened it for Rei. "I tried to make it extra comfortable, but if you don't like it, just tell me and I'll find you a different room."
Rei entered the room, eyes scanning around it. The room looked greater than his did in Italy. Sunlight poured in through two open windows, onto a bed with gold sheets and pillows. On one wall was a nice dresser with items of his that he recognized as his own. Two empty bags lay in the corner beside the dresser.
"My driver must have already put your things away. Try out the bed, see if it's comfortable."
Reluctantly, Rei stepped up to the bed and hopped on it, then sat cross- legged in the middle. "I have to admit, it's much more comfortable than my bed back at home. You really didn't have to go through all of this trouble... Thanks." He looked up at the head of his bed where a painting hung above it.
"No trouble at all. I'm glad you like it." Oliver grabbed a few hair ties and a brush from a drawer of the dresser, then sat behind Rei on the bed. "Your hair would look great in a braid; have you every tried it?"
"No..." Rei blinked as he felt Oliver gently pull his hair wrap out of his hair. 'Hey, when did that get in there? I was wearing one of Enrique's stupid hair ties...'
Oliver slowly brushed Rei's hair, sometimes pausing to feel the soft strands. "Your hair is so beautiful, and shiny... I've never seen anyone keep their hair as good as you." He pushed some hair behind Rei's ears, then started braiding it.
"Thanks..." Rei nervously shifted his legs, not sure of what else to say. He stared at the wall while Oliver braided his hair, thinking about Enrique. 'That guy is so weird. Whenever we get into a friendly conversation he starts acting like a total ass again. And he can never seem to stop ditching me for girls! Oliver is much better company than he is."
"All done," Oliver suddenly announced, interrupting Rei's thoughts. "Go take a look in the mirror.
The Chinese teen looked up at the dresser and put his hair over his shoulder. A long braid trailed down, tied in a large amber colored hair tie. It was different than what he normally did to his hair, and he liked it. "It looks great, thanks Oliver."
"Anytime." Oliver gave Rei another one of his sweet smiles that made Rei relax. "You must have been tired from that airplane ride. I suggest you take a nap before we eat lunch and continue walking around Paris."
"But-" Rei started to object, but stopped when Oliver hugged him from behind and put his chin on his shoulder.
"Just relax," Oliver whispered in his ear. "You won't be able to fully enjoy Paris, a city of love, if you're tired. And yes, I can tell that you haven't slept much last night."
'Well, I am a bit tired... And I did have some trouble sleeping last night...' Rei hesistated, then Oliver lowered Rei down to a lying position and stroked the Chinese boy's bangs.
"Relax..." Oliver's voice made Rei feel even more tired, so he closed his eyes and sighed as he fell asleep.
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Oliver smiled at the sleeping Chinese teen, then kissed his forhead and walked out of the room. "Sleep well, Rei."
To Be Continued...
Jeez, everyone loves Rei's hair. XD Tis quite obvious now that Enrique has a thing for Rei, no matter how much of a bastard he acts towards him. ^_^' And Oliver just might pose a problem towards the Enrique/Rei pairing... Mweh heh... Being evil is fun. You people should try it out sometime. :] Anyway, I'll try to have the next chapter up as soon as I can. Next chapter contains a physical fighting scene between Rei and Enrique. X3 Mwah hah!