Across Countries
By: Sedi
You people are so good to me. .^^. So many reviews... Now to answer questions. Yes, Enrique is going to act like an ass for a while longer. It's fun making him an ass. And yes, Oliver does have a crush on Rei. Which will, of course, complicate things. Especially when Enrique finds out. And Rei, of course, shall be naive. ^^ And no, there will not be an evil Oliver. He's nice.
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Chapter Five: Striking Back
Rei silently stepped out of his room and looked left and right to make sure no one around saw him. All clear. He slowly walked down the steps, jumping over the last few and softly landing on the floor. Then he turned a corner and was about to break into a run when he ran right into the back of someone with green hair, causing both to topple to the ground.
"Ow... Oh! Oliver! I'm so sorry!" Rei quickly jumped up and helped the French teen up. "I should have watched where I was going. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, you don't have to apologize." Oliver gave Rei his usual smile. "So, where's the fire?"
"No fire," Rei answered sheepishly. "I was just hoping to look around here a bit."
Oliver took Rei's hand, causing him to blush a bit, and said, "Then let me give you a grand tour, starting with the garden!" Rei nodded nervously, then smiled.
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Enrique grumbled as he sat on a park bench. He had ultimatly pissed off the two French girls, and was left to roam Paris by himself. "Feh, who needed them anyway? I can find my way around, no sweat."
He stood back up and continued walking around. "Besides, I'm sure I'll find Oliver and Rei soon. If not, I'll just ask for directions to the nearest hotel and use my credit card to cash in and get myself a room. Who needs those two anyway? I can enjoy Paris on my own! ... But..." Enrique stopped and stared at the pavement. "Rei is just too cute!" he loudly shouted out.
People in the park turned and stared at them, and Enrique stared back, embarassed at his sudden outburst. Head still down, he quickly walked out of the park to escape the watching eyes.
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"So Rei, if you're Chinese, why are you in Italian clothing?" Oliver asked, toying around with the end of Rei's braid. Both boys were sitting in the middle of Oliver's garden, talking.
"Oh, when I went to Italy, Enrique wanted me to 'fit in with the crowd', so he got me these clothes. But really, I think he did it to torture me," Rei answered grimly. "I was planning to change back in my Chinese clothes as soon as I got here, but I guess I got a little sidetracked."
Oliver scooted closer to Rei, making him a bit nervous. "I see. I think you look cute in those clothes, but with that braid you'd look even more so in Chinese clothes."
Rei put his head in his hand to support it, using his fingers to cover up him blushing. Oliver noticed and smiled at him. The Chinese boy couldn't help but smile back at him, but it faded when he realized something.
"Shouldn't Enrique be here be now? We should be looking for him, after all, Paris is a big c-"
Rei was cut off when a voice interrupted. "Rei! There you are!" He looked up and saw Enrique running toward them, looking obviously pissed. When he was infront of Rei and Oliver, he continued, "I've been looking for you two for a half an hour now. Why did you guys leave me?!"
Rei glared at him, about ready to stand up to punch him, but remembered he was infront of Oliver and restrained himself. he just growled and looked away from the Italian teen. 'This guy makes it sound like we abandoned him when it was he who took off with those French girls!'
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Enrique had found a paper in his pocket when he decided to try to check in a hotel. On it was a note from Oliver, giving him directions to his house. Expecting to find the two there, he had jogged to the mansion. One of Oliver's butlers told him that the two were out in the garden, and there he went.
'Oh jeez,' he thought when seeing the two sitting on the ground together, Oliver playing with Rei's hair, which was in a braid. 'What the hell is Oliver doing, trying to come onto Rei? Not on my watch.'
Now Rei had turned away from Enrique, obviously pissed off at Enrique's accusations. Enrique suddenly felt guilty at what he said, and opened his mouth to apologize, but quickly shut it when Oliver piped up, "Why don't all of us three finish the house tour, then we'll go around France for a while until dinner?"
Enrique stared at Oliver for a moment, a bit angered at his cheerfulness in the situation, then shrugged and turned away from them. "Okay, fine with me. Don't expect me to enjoy it though."
Oliver stood up, then took Rei's hand and lifted him off the ground. Enrique watched them from the corner of his eye, then looked straight ahead and huffed. 'I hate Oliver. I hate Oliver. I hate Oliver. Why I hate him, I have no idea, but I hate Oliver.'
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Rei was really flattered at how nice Oliver was being to him, but was just a bit freaked out. After all, he did spend a whole week with a total bastard and wasn't used to a foreigner being nice to him, let alone so nice that you'd think he was soon going to ask you to dinner then propose to you. Rei inwardly laughed at the thought, then accepted Oliver's hand as he lifted him to his feet.
Enrique walked inside the house, followed by Rei and Oliver. Oliver tried to reach for Rei's hand, but Rei, pretending not to notice, combed his right hand through his hair to get a few strandes out of the way of his eye. Quickly, Oliver withdrew his hand and didn't say a word.
It was as if he didn't like Oliver, Rei just felt a bit uncomfortable around him. And Enrique's attitude towards Oliver was disturbing to the Chinese boy. It almost seemed as if Enrique was jealous of Oliver. But Rei shook off the idea mentally. 'Why would he be jealous of Oliver? He doesn't have anything to be jealous about.'
Oliver reached for Rei's hand again, and the raven haired teen let him take it.
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The tour through parts of Paris turned out to be interesting. Rei got to learn a lot of things he never knew about the city, and actually see famous paintings that he only saw and read about in books. Enrique just mainly ignored Oliver as he spoke, hanging out in the background and acting interested in things out of the subject, like the passing tourists and finding a resturaunt that served Italian food.
After the day's tour was finished, the three headed back to Oliver's mansion, where they were served dinner. Rei got to meet Oliver's father (remembering in dismay that he never got to even see Enrique's), and got in a conversation with the French while Enrique ate silently.
Soon after dinner was over, Oliver turned to Rei and Enrique and said, "At nights, the stars are beautiful over France-" ('The stars are the same everywhere,' Enrique thought. 'Idiot.') "- and it'd be great for you two to come on the roof and see them. The Eifle Tower looks spectacular with a starry background."
"I think I'll just go to my room now," Enrique said thickly. "Where is it?"
"Oh," Oliver answered. "It's right up the staircase on the third floor, then go left two doors down. You're right by Rei's room. Sorry that you don't want to come with us, Enrique."
'Yeah right, you're not sorry at all, you just want to get closer to Rei.' Enrique shrugged. "Whatever, I can see stars any night that I want to." Inwardly, he cackled evilly. 'They'll get a little surprise though, heh.'
After going up the stairs and to his room, Enrique flopped on his bed and stared at the ceiling. "Yeah, just as I thought, this trip sucks majorly. It's so boring here that it isn't even funny." He then got up and opened his window, sticking his hand out of it. Something wet dripped onto his hand.
"Heh heh." Enrique quickly closed the window and sat on his bed. Lightning suddenly crackled through the sky, and he could hear rain pouring onto the house. "Well, looks like their little night out is a bit... ruined." He walked out his bedroom door and leaned against the wall by it, waiting.
Rei and Oliver walked around a corner leading to the hallway Enrique was in, both soaking wet. The Italian boy smirked at them, then commented, "You look shorter without your hair sticking up like it normally does, Rei." He cracked a grin at the two, then laughed. "I could have told you that it was going to rain tonight, but no one asked me."
Oliver ignored Enrique and turned to Rei. "You might as well change in your pajamas now. I'm sorry about that; I didn't know that it was going to rain. I'll see you tomorrow morning." He then waved at Enrique and went down the stairs.
As soon as Oliver was out of sight, Rei turned to Enrique and glared at him. "You knew that it was going to rain, and you didn't tell us? What the hell is your problem?"
"Nothing," Enrique answered simply, only making Rei fume more. He stormed inside his room and slammed the door shut, leaving the Italian teen out in the hallway. "He's saying that I have a problem; what's his?"
He put his ear against the wall and heard a soft "thud" as Rei, he guess, fell onto his bed. Enrique softly opened the door and saw the Chinese teen writing in a notebook, lying sprawled out on his bed. Rei obviously didn't notice the blonde, and leaped out of his bed to open his window, notebook still in his hand.
Enrique pushed the door open wider, then said loudly, "Hey Rei, what's up!"
Surprised, Rei jumped, the notebook slipping out of his hands and falling out the window. "My notebook!" He looked down and watched as it fell in a pile of mud, getting completely ruined by the rain and dirt. "My notebook.. That's the second one ruined!"
He then turned to Enrique and felt his hands twitch as he glared at him.
"You... You..."
The Italian boy looked at Rei and blinked, not knowing what to say. He had never seen him so mad before, and to tell the truth, Enrique was getting quite scared. Flames were practically shooting up in the other boy's eyes.
"You... Prick!" Rei shouted.
He lunged at Enrique and wrapped his hands around his throat. Enrique slammed into the wall, eyes widening in surprise as Rei started strangling him. It was satisfying to Rei, his hands around Enrique's neck, making him turn maroon. He was finally venting his anger out and was enjoying it.
Enrique coughed and tried to pry Rei's hands off of his throat. For a moment he saw his life flash. Finally he swiftly brought his right knee to Rei's gut.
Rei let out a surprised "oof!" and doubled over in pain. Gasping for breath, Enrique slid down the wall and put a hand against the ground for support. Both stared at each other, panting from either pain or lack of air. Enrique used a chair to bring himself back up, and Rei slowly straightened himself, his expression turning back to a glare.
The staring match was interrupted by the ringing of the phone. Rei shot him an evil look and walked over to the phone to answer it.
"Hello? Mariah? ... What?" Rei's eyes widened, then looked at Enrique.
To Be Continued...
Thanks for over thirty reviews! Thank you to all the readers and reviewers who made this possible. And also, thanks to Enrique for being an ass (Enrique: HEY!) and making this fic humourous, Oliver for making the plot thicken (Oliver: What plot?) because of him makin the moves on Rei, and Rei, whose hair we love (Rei: Again, touch the hair and die.) and whom everyone loves. Thank you, everyone! ^_^ You people have inspired me to make a goal: finish this fic before summer vacation! ... And maybe A New Dawn too... But I'm not as inspired on that one. I love this fic the most. ^.^
I have a favor to ask you people. I need criticism on this story, like on the lengths on the chapters, the humor, whether my characters are in character or not, and all that good stuff.
By: Sedi
You people are so good to me. .^^. So many reviews... Now to answer questions. Yes, Enrique is going to act like an ass for a while longer. It's fun making him an ass. And yes, Oliver does have a crush on Rei. Which will, of course, complicate things. Especially when Enrique finds out. And Rei, of course, shall be naive. ^^ And no, there will not be an evil Oliver. He's nice.
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Chapter Five: Striking Back
Rei silently stepped out of his room and looked left and right to make sure no one around saw him. All clear. He slowly walked down the steps, jumping over the last few and softly landing on the floor. Then he turned a corner and was about to break into a run when he ran right into the back of someone with green hair, causing both to topple to the ground.
"Ow... Oh! Oliver! I'm so sorry!" Rei quickly jumped up and helped the French teen up. "I should have watched where I was going. Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, you don't have to apologize." Oliver gave Rei his usual smile. "So, where's the fire?"
"No fire," Rei answered sheepishly. "I was just hoping to look around here a bit."
Oliver took Rei's hand, causing him to blush a bit, and said, "Then let me give you a grand tour, starting with the garden!" Rei nodded nervously, then smiled.
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Enrique grumbled as he sat on a park bench. He had ultimatly pissed off the two French girls, and was left to roam Paris by himself. "Feh, who needed them anyway? I can find my way around, no sweat."
He stood back up and continued walking around. "Besides, I'm sure I'll find Oliver and Rei soon. If not, I'll just ask for directions to the nearest hotel and use my credit card to cash in and get myself a room. Who needs those two anyway? I can enjoy Paris on my own! ... But..." Enrique stopped and stared at the pavement. "Rei is just too cute!" he loudly shouted out.
People in the park turned and stared at them, and Enrique stared back, embarassed at his sudden outburst. Head still down, he quickly walked out of the park to escape the watching eyes.
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"So Rei, if you're Chinese, why are you in Italian clothing?" Oliver asked, toying around with the end of Rei's braid. Both boys were sitting in the middle of Oliver's garden, talking.
"Oh, when I went to Italy, Enrique wanted me to 'fit in with the crowd', so he got me these clothes. But really, I think he did it to torture me," Rei answered grimly. "I was planning to change back in my Chinese clothes as soon as I got here, but I guess I got a little sidetracked."
Oliver scooted closer to Rei, making him a bit nervous. "I see. I think you look cute in those clothes, but with that braid you'd look even more so in Chinese clothes."
Rei put his head in his hand to support it, using his fingers to cover up him blushing. Oliver noticed and smiled at him. The Chinese boy couldn't help but smile back at him, but it faded when he realized something.
"Shouldn't Enrique be here be now? We should be looking for him, after all, Paris is a big c-"
Rei was cut off when a voice interrupted. "Rei! There you are!" He looked up and saw Enrique running toward them, looking obviously pissed. When he was infront of Rei and Oliver, he continued, "I've been looking for you two for a half an hour now. Why did you guys leave me?!"
Rei glared at him, about ready to stand up to punch him, but remembered he was infront of Oliver and restrained himself. he just growled and looked away from the Italian teen. 'This guy makes it sound like we abandoned him when it was he who took off with those French girls!'
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Enrique had found a paper in his pocket when he decided to try to check in a hotel. On it was a note from Oliver, giving him directions to his house. Expecting to find the two there, he had jogged to the mansion. One of Oliver's butlers told him that the two were out in the garden, and there he went.
'Oh jeez,' he thought when seeing the two sitting on the ground together, Oliver playing with Rei's hair, which was in a braid. 'What the hell is Oliver doing, trying to come onto Rei? Not on my watch.'
Now Rei had turned away from Enrique, obviously pissed off at Enrique's accusations. Enrique suddenly felt guilty at what he said, and opened his mouth to apologize, but quickly shut it when Oliver piped up, "Why don't all of us three finish the house tour, then we'll go around France for a while until dinner?"
Enrique stared at Oliver for a moment, a bit angered at his cheerfulness in the situation, then shrugged and turned away from them. "Okay, fine with me. Don't expect me to enjoy it though."
Oliver stood up, then took Rei's hand and lifted him off the ground. Enrique watched them from the corner of his eye, then looked straight ahead and huffed. 'I hate Oliver. I hate Oliver. I hate Oliver. Why I hate him, I have no idea, but I hate Oliver.'
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Rei was really flattered at how nice Oliver was being to him, but was just a bit freaked out. After all, he did spend a whole week with a total bastard and wasn't used to a foreigner being nice to him, let alone so nice that you'd think he was soon going to ask you to dinner then propose to you. Rei inwardly laughed at the thought, then accepted Oliver's hand as he lifted him to his feet.
Enrique walked inside the house, followed by Rei and Oliver. Oliver tried to reach for Rei's hand, but Rei, pretending not to notice, combed his right hand through his hair to get a few strandes out of the way of his eye. Quickly, Oliver withdrew his hand and didn't say a word.
It was as if he didn't like Oliver, Rei just felt a bit uncomfortable around him. And Enrique's attitude towards Oliver was disturbing to the Chinese boy. It almost seemed as if Enrique was jealous of Oliver. But Rei shook off the idea mentally. 'Why would he be jealous of Oliver? He doesn't have anything to be jealous about.'
Oliver reached for Rei's hand again, and the raven haired teen let him take it.
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The tour through parts of Paris turned out to be interesting. Rei got to learn a lot of things he never knew about the city, and actually see famous paintings that he only saw and read about in books. Enrique just mainly ignored Oliver as he spoke, hanging out in the background and acting interested in things out of the subject, like the passing tourists and finding a resturaunt that served Italian food.
After the day's tour was finished, the three headed back to Oliver's mansion, where they were served dinner. Rei got to meet Oliver's father (remembering in dismay that he never got to even see Enrique's), and got in a conversation with the French while Enrique ate silently.
Soon after dinner was over, Oliver turned to Rei and Enrique and said, "At nights, the stars are beautiful over France-" ('The stars are the same everywhere,' Enrique thought. 'Idiot.') "- and it'd be great for you two to come on the roof and see them. The Eifle Tower looks spectacular with a starry background."
"I think I'll just go to my room now," Enrique said thickly. "Where is it?"
"Oh," Oliver answered. "It's right up the staircase on the third floor, then go left two doors down. You're right by Rei's room. Sorry that you don't want to come with us, Enrique."
'Yeah right, you're not sorry at all, you just want to get closer to Rei.' Enrique shrugged. "Whatever, I can see stars any night that I want to." Inwardly, he cackled evilly. 'They'll get a little surprise though, heh.'
After going up the stairs and to his room, Enrique flopped on his bed and stared at the ceiling. "Yeah, just as I thought, this trip sucks majorly. It's so boring here that it isn't even funny." He then got up and opened his window, sticking his hand out of it. Something wet dripped onto his hand.
"Heh heh." Enrique quickly closed the window and sat on his bed. Lightning suddenly crackled through the sky, and he could hear rain pouring onto the house. "Well, looks like their little night out is a bit... ruined." He walked out his bedroom door and leaned against the wall by it, waiting.
Rei and Oliver walked around a corner leading to the hallway Enrique was in, both soaking wet. The Italian boy smirked at them, then commented, "You look shorter without your hair sticking up like it normally does, Rei." He cracked a grin at the two, then laughed. "I could have told you that it was going to rain tonight, but no one asked me."
Oliver ignored Enrique and turned to Rei. "You might as well change in your pajamas now. I'm sorry about that; I didn't know that it was going to rain. I'll see you tomorrow morning." He then waved at Enrique and went down the stairs.
As soon as Oliver was out of sight, Rei turned to Enrique and glared at him. "You knew that it was going to rain, and you didn't tell us? What the hell is your problem?"
"Nothing," Enrique answered simply, only making Rei fume more. He stormed inside his room and slammed the door shut, leaving the Italian teen out in the hallway. "He's saying that I have a problem; what's his?"
He put his ear against the wall and heard a soft "thud" as Rei, he guess, fell onto his bed. Enrique softly opened the door and saw the Chinese teen writing in a notebook, lying sprawled out on his bed. Rei obviously didn't notice the blonde, and leaped out of his bed to open his window, notebook still in his hand.
Enrique pushed the door open wider, then said loudly, "Hey Rei, what's up!"
Surprised, Rei jumped, the notebook slipping out of his hands and falling out the window. "My notebook!" He looked down and watched as it fell in a pile of mud, getting completely ruined by the rain and dirt. "My notebook.. That's the second one ruined!"
He then turned to Enrique and felt his hands twitch as he glared at him.
"You... You..."
The Italian boy looked at Rei and blinked, not knowing what to say. He had never seen him so mad before, and to tell the truth, Enrique was getting quite scared. Flames were practically shooting up in the other boy's eyes.
"You... Prick!" Rei shouted.
He lunged at Enrique and wrapped his hands around his throat. Enrique slammed into the wall, eyes widening in surprise as Rei started strangling him. It was satisfying to Rei, his hands around Enrique's neck, making him turn maroon. He was finally venting his anger out and was enjoying it.
Enrique coughed and tried to pry Rei's hands off of his throat. For a moment he saw his life flash. Finally he swiftly brought his right knee to Rei's gut.
Rei let out a surprised "oof!" and doubled over in pain. Gasping for breath, Enrique slid down the wall and put a hand against the ground for support. Both stared at each other, panting from either pain or lack of air. Enrique used a chair to bring himself back up, and Rei slowly straightened himself, his expression turning back to a glare.
The staring match was interrupted by the ringing of the phone. Rei shot him an evil look and walked over to the phone to answer it.
"Hello? Mariah? ... What?" Rei's eyes widened, then looked at Enrique.
To Be Continued...
Thanks for over thirty reviews! Thank you to all the readers and reviewers who made this possible. And also, thanks to Enrique for being an ass (Enrique: HEY!) and making this fic humourous, Oliver for making the plot thicken (Oliver: What plot?) because of him makin the moves on Rei, and Rei, whose hair we love (Rei: Again, touch the hair and die.) and whom everyone loves. Thank you, everyone! ^_^ You people have inspired me to make a goal: finish this fic before summer vacation! ... And maybe A New Dawn too... But I'm not as inspired on that one. I love this fic the most. ^.^
I have a favor to ask you people. I need criticism on this story, like on the lengths on the chapters, the humor, whether my characters are in character or not, and all that good stuff.