~Chapter 2~
Xiaolang tried very hard to protect the small furry creatures he was holding. "Wait! Wait! Get off! I got you something!"
Fei Mei, Shiefa, Fuutie and Fan Ren jumped off of their brother as fast as they jumped on him. "What did you get us?"
"Did you get us?"
"You get us?"
"Get us?"
A small meow came from inside his jacket and it sent his sisters excitedly into his jacket. In the end, the two pairs of groping hands that came out with cats were Shiefa and Fan Ren. All four of them squealed happily.
"They are so cute!" said one snuggling the white one.
"Are so cute!" Said another petting the same cat.
"So cute!" she said while holding the orange one above her head.
"Cute!" said the last, tapping the kittens nose. Then they all turned to Xiaolang in a simultaneous, creepy way.
"Thank you dear brother!"
"Thank you brother!"
"Thanks brother!"
"Thanks!" They all cried, about to glomp him.
He held up a hand, "Stop right there. This is exactly the reason I got you the kittens. If you feel all happy and glompy... GO-TO-THE-CATS." He explained very matter-of-factly. And with that, his sisters paused, and went back to the kittens. Xiaolang sighed deeply but happily. Pleased with the results, he turned around and made his way to his room.
"Xiaolang!" Yelan called from a neighboring room.
Xiaolang stopped and followed the voice into the study. "Yes mother?"
"Xiaolang, I want you to go visit your cousin tomorrow...You've been neglecting seeing her. I'm sure she'd enjoy your company." Yelan directed, not once glancing up from her book to look at her son. Who's face had deadlocked and suddenly had an uneasy stomach.
"Y-You want me to go see Meiling, mother?" he said, his voice cracking at the name 'Meiling.'
"Well, yes Xiaolang." Yelan responded with a hint of confusion and curiosity to who else she could have meant. Her son was silent. "So, do I make myself clear?"
Xiaolang jerked and answered back swiftly, "Yes Mother!"
"You may go now." She dismissed.
He sighed as he sulked out of the study. "I don't wanna go see Meiling..." He grumbled to himself. He closed his door and sat at his desk to mope. He had a fairly hard day, and he was very tired. He laid his head on his desk and grabbed a pencil. Drowsily, he started sketching on a nearby paper. A shape of a face...some hair...eyes...he kept drawing, but dosed off somewhere in the middle. A small noise from outside his door awoke him. He got up from his desk and opened the door to his room and looked around. He didn't see anything. "Hmmm..." He raised an eyebrow and crinkled his nose. "I swore I heard something..." he shrugged it off and re-closed his door. He yawned sleepily and shook his head. Xiaolang sat on his bed, ready to crash out, but then he noticed something on his desk chair. He walked cautiously over to the chair and rolled it out from under the desk. He looked down into bright blue eyes staring inquisitively back at him.
"Mew?" Asked the kitten.
"When did you sneak into my room?" Xiaolang asked while scratching the little white kitten behind the ears. The small cat purred loudly. "Oh...was that you at my door??" he inquired rhetorically as he stroked the back and the kitten stood up. Then it jumped on the desk to be closer to Xiaolang. He looked past the kitten and noticed what it had jumped on. "Hey, it's that picture I was, sorta, drawing..." He tugged at the page from under the cat's feet and I playfully pawed at it.
Xiaolang glanced at his sketch...he looked at it for a minute, then blushed. It...it was Eriol. Sure, it wasn't clear because it was done while half-asleep, but all the elements were there. The neat, dark hair, the glasses, and even that sweet smile that contained a hint of mischief on his lips at all times. It was such a scribble of a picture that Xiaolang thought to just throw it away, but there was just something about it. He couldn't just put it in the trash.
The white kitten watched interestedly as Xiaolang opened a drawer, placed the paper neatly inside, then closed it. "So, were you going to stay with me?" Xiaolang asked the cat before throwing himself on the bed.
"Rrrreow..." the cat said and followed Xiaolang onto the bed and curled up by his stomach. The vibrations of the purring felt funny against him, but it was relaxing, so he turned off the lamp and soon fell asleep
It was a sunny when Xiaolang awoke to the sound of loud mewing. He grabbed his alarm clock. "7:35?" he grunted. "It's too early..." he pulled the covers over his head to hide himself from the sun. He tried to go to sleep, but he soon realized that he wasn't even tired. He had actually gone to bed early. He decided to go ahead and start his day. Xiaolang got up, yawned and stretched. He picked up the kitten and opened the door. He heard his sisters yelling something and running frantically around the house.
"Where'd ya go Choi?"
"You go Choi?"
"Go Choi?"
"Choi?"
Shiefa stopped when she saw Xiaolang with the kitten. "CHOI!!" she said as she took the kitten. Her brother raised a sleepy eyebrow, "Choi? Is that what you named it?" Shiefa nodded happily while scratching the kitten lightly.
"What's the other's name?" Xiaolang asked, a little scared. Fei Mei popped up with the orange kitten, "Why, it's Bok! Of course." The other 2 sisters popped up as well in a freaky fashion, "OF COURSE!"
Xiaolang had a sweatdrop crisis and nearly fell over, "Y-You mean like... /Bok/ Choi??"
The four women nodded simultaneously, then ran off to go play with the cats.
*"Poor things."* Xiaolang thought as he scratched his head. *"Probably would've been better off in the pet shop."* he started to make his way to the shower, but his mother stopped him.
"Xiaolang, you haven't forgotten what you are to do today, have you?" she asked with that motherly-stern look.
Xiaolang straightened himself out. "Of course not mother. You suggested that I go visit Meiling."
"That's right Xiaolang, it pleases me you remember."
He bowed respectfully in response. "You are welcome, mother." He stood after he saw his mother was a bit further down the hall. He sighed, *"I need a vacation..."*
"BOK! CHOI!" he heard his sisters squeal energetically. *"A vacation far, far away..."* He continued his monologue silently to himself as he walked to the bathroom. "Hmmm...Eriol's english, maybe he'll take me to england one day..." He stopped walking and smacked his forehead. "Stop talking crazy Xiaolang! He's a guy, you're a guy. It just shouldn't turn out that way. I mean, I'm not bi...or gay...right? RIGHT!" he self-assured, as he nodded confidently, but then he doubted himself because he actually had to /think/ about it. He hung his head, then suddenly outburst, "I'M SO CONFUSED!" One of his brother-in-laws was passing in the hall, but he just glanced at Xiaolang weirdly and kept right on his way. This was the Li family, he was used to it.
Xiaolang got in the shower, and stayed in there longer than usual, hoping he could wash away his stress. Once he felt better, he decided to get out and dry off. His feet were getting a little pruny anyway... He walked out of the bathroom in a towel and was almost immediately bombarded with his sisters, who were chasing the kittens. As soon as he saw them coming his way, he shot out of the hallway and into his room. He leaned his head against the door and took a deep breath, "I /gotta/ remember to change in the bathroom..." He finished changing and walked into the kitchen, hungry and ready to eat.
"What's Bok & Choi supposed to eat?" Fei Mei cried in general as Xiaolang sat and began to eat.
"Yeah Xiaolang! You didn't get him any food!" whined Fuutie. "Yeah!" Cried the other two.
"Mother, what will we do?" All of them exclaimed.
Yelan sighed. "They can have a little of our breakfast for now...But Xiaolang!" she added sharply as Xiaolang winced. "You will have to go get them some proper cat food after you go see Meiling."
Xiaolang let himself stab through a piece of meat with his chopstick and thought, *"Hmm... it might even give me a chance to see Eriol. . ."* he clenched his eyes shut. *"No no no...stop it Xiaolang! You're not going to do this to yourself! You're no--"* "Ewww..." he said, looking at his hand. The meat had slipped down the chopstick and rested on his fist. which had caused him to stop mid-thought. He let go of his eating utensil, wiped his hand off and got up from the table. "I'm just gonna go..." he announced quietly as he walked out of the kitchen.
"Don't forget the cat food!" Fan Ren called put after him.
*"Oh yeah!"* "Mother! I'll need money for the cat food! I spent all mine on the actual cats themselves yesterday!" He shouted back.
"Oh Xiaolang! Fine, there's some money on my dresser, go ahead and take it." She responded. Xiaolang made a quick stop to his mother's room, grabbed whatever cash he could find and lef the house.
~End Chapter 2~
A/N: Hmmm... that felt a little weak. Well, I /was/ gonna make this a VERY long chapter, but i realized I could cut down by ending it here. Stay tuned! Ch. 3 on its way! I'm /this/ close to finishing it... pleeeeaaassseee be patient... ^_^'''
Xiaolang tried very hard to protect the small furry creatures he was holding. "Wait! Wait! Get off! I got you something!"
Fei Mei, Shiefa, Fuutie and Fan Ren jumped off of their brother as fast as they jumped on him. "What did you get us?"
"Did you get us?"
"You get us?"
"Get us?"
A small meow came from inside his jacket and it sent his sisters excitedly into his jacket. In the end, the two pairs of groping hands that came out with cats were Shiefa and Fan Ren. All four of them squealed happily.
"They are so cute!" said one snuggling the white one.
"Are so cute!" Said another petting the same cat.
"So cute!" she said while holding the orange one above her head.
"Cute!" said the last, tapping the kittens nose. Then they all turned to Xiaolang in a simultaneous, creepy way.
"Thank you dear brother!"
"Thank you brother!"
"Thanks brother!"
"Thanks!" They all cried, about to glomp him.
He held up a hand, "Stop right there. This is exactly the reason I got you the kittens. If you feel all happy and glompy... GO-TO-THE-CATS." He explained very matter-of-factly. And with that, his sisters paused, and went back to the kittens. Xiaolang sighed deeply but happily. Pleased with the results, he turned around and made his way to his room.
"Xiaolang!" Yelan called from a neighboring room.
Xiaolang stopped and followed the voice into the study. "Yes mother?"
"Xiaolang, I want you to go visit your cousin tomorrow...You've been neglecting seeing her. I'm sure she'd enjoy your company." Yelan directed, not once glancing up from her book to look at her son. Who's face had deadlocked and suddenly had an uneasy stomach.
"Y-You want me to go see Meiling, mother?" he said, his voice cracking at the name 'Meiling.'
"Well, yes Xiaolang." Yelan responded with a hint of confusion and curiosity to who else she could have meant. Her son was silent. "So, do I make myself clear?"
Xiaolang jerked and answered back swiftly, "Yes Mother!"
"You may go now." She dismissed.
He sighed as he sulked out of the study. "I don't wanna go see Meiling..." He grumbled to himself. He closed his door and sat at his desk to mope. He had a fairly hard day, and he was very tired. He laid his head on his desk and grabbed a pencil. Drowsily, he started sketching on a nearby paper. A shape of a face...some hair...eyes...he kept drawing, but dosed off somewhere in the middle. A small noise from outside his door awoke him. He got up from his desk and opened the door to his room and looked around. He didn't see anything. "Hmmm..." He raised an eyebrow and crinkled his nose. "I swore I heard something..." he shrugged it off and re-closed his door. He yawned sleepily and shook his head. Xiaolang sat on his bed, ready to crash out, but then he noticed something on his desk chair. He walked cautiously over to the chair and rolled it out from under the desk. He looked down into bright blue eyes staring inquisitively back at him.
"Mew?" Asked the kitten.
"When did you sneak into my room?" Xiaolang asked while scratching the little white kitten behind the ears. The small cat purred loudly. "Oh...was that you at my door??" he inquired rhetorically as he stroked the back and the kitten stood up. Then it jumped on the desk to be closer to Xiaolang. He looked past the kitten and noticed what it had jumped on. "Hey, it's that picture I was, sorta, drawing..." He tugged at the page from under the cat's feet and I playfully pawed at it.
Xiaolang glanced at his sketch...he looked at it for a minute, then blushed. It...it was Eriol. Sure, it wasn't clear because it was done while half-asleep, but all the elements were there. The neat, dark hair, the glasses, and even that sweet smile that contained a hint of mischief on his lips at all times. It was such a scribble of a picture that Xiaolang thought to just throw it away, but there was just something about it. He couldn't just put it in the trash.
The white kitten watched interestedly as Xiaolang opened a drawer, placed the paper neatly inside, then closed it. "So, were you going to stay with me?" Xiaolang asked the cat before throwing himself on the bed.
"Rrrreow..." the cat said and followed Xiaolang onto the bed and curled up by his stomach. The vibrations of the purring felt funny against him, but it was relaxing, so he turned off the lamp and soon fell asleep
It was a sunny when Xiaolang awoke to the sound of loud mewing. He grabbed his alarm clock. "7:35?" he grunted. "It's too early..." he pulled the covers over his head to hide himself from the sun. He tried to go to sleep, but he soon realized that he wasn't even tired. He had actually gone to bed early. He decided to go ahead and start his day. Xiaolang got up, yawned and stretched. He picked up the kitten and opened the door. He heard his sisters yelling something and running frantically around the house.
"Where'd ya go Choi?"
"You go Choi?"
"Go Choi?"
"Choi?"
Shiefa stopped when she saw Xiaolang with the kitten. "CHOI!!" she said as she took the kitten. Her brother raised a sleepy eyebrow, "Choi? Is that what you named it?" Shiefa nodded happily while scratching the kitten lightly.
"What's the other's name?" Xiaolang asked, a little scared. Fei Mei popped up with the orange kitten, "Why, it's Bok! Of course." The other 2 sisters popped up as well in a freaky fashion, "OF COURSE!"
Xiaolang had a sweatdrop crisis and nearly fell over, "Y-You mean like... /Bok/ Choi??"
The four women nodded simultaneously, then ran off to go play with the cats.
*"Poor things."* Xiaolang thought as he scratched his head. *"Probably would've been better off in the pet shop."* he started to make his way to the shower, but his mother stopped him.
"Xiaolang, you haven't forgotten what you are to do today, have you?" she asked with that motherly-stern look.
Xiaolang straightened himself out. "Of course not mother. You suggested that I go visit Meiling."
"That's right Xiaolang, it pleases me you remember."
He bowed respectfully in response. "You are welcome, mother." He stood after he saw his mother was a bit further down the hall. He sighed, *"I need a vacation..."*
"BOK! CHOI!" he heard his sisters squeal energetically. *"A vacation far, far away..."* He continued his monologue silently to himself as he walked to the bathroom. "Hmmm...Eriol's english, maybe he'll take me to england one day..." He stopped walking and smacked his forehead. "Stop talking crazy Xiaolang! He's a guy, you're a guy. It just shouldn't turn out that way. I mean, I'm not bi...or gay...right? RIGHT!" he self-assured, as he nodded confidently, but then he doubted himself because he actually had to /think/ about it. He hung his head, then suddenly outburst, "I'M SO CONFUSED!" One of his brother-in-laws was passing in the hall, but he just glanced at Xiaolang weirdly and kept right on his way. This was the Li family, he was used to it.
Xiaolang got in the shower, and stayed in there longer than usual, hoping he could wash away his stress. Once he felt better, he decided to get out and dry off. His feet were getting a little pruny anyway... He walked out of the bathroom in a towel and was almost immediately bombarded with his sisters, who were chasing the kittens. As soon as he saw them coming his way, he shot out of the hallway and into his room. He leaned his head against the door and took a deep breath, "I /gotta/ remember to change in the bathroom..." He finished changing and walked into the kitchen, hungry and ready to eat.
"What's Bok & Choi supposed to eat?" Fei Mei cried in general as Xiaolang sat and began to eat.
"Yeah Xiaolang! You didn't get him any food!" whined Fuutie. "Yeah!" Cried the other two.
"Mother, what will we do?" All of them exclaimed.
Yelan sighed. "They can have a little of our breakfast for now...But Xiaolang!" she added sharply as Xiaolang winced. "You will have to go get them some proper cat food after you go see Meiling."
Xiaolang let himself stab through a piece of meat with his chopstick and thought, *"Hmm... it might even give me a chance to see Eriol. . ."* he clenched his eyes shut. *"No no no...stop it Xiaolang! You're not going to do this to yourself! You're no--"* "Ewww..." he said, looking at his hand. The meat had slipped down the chopstick and rested on his fist. which had caused him to stop mid-thought. He let go of his eating utensil, wiped his hand off and got up from the table. "I'm just gonna go..." he announced quietly as he walked out of the kitchen.
"Don't forget the cat food!" Fan Ren called put after him.
*"Oh yeah!"* "Mother! I'll need money for the cat food! I spent all mine on the actual cats themselves yesterday!" He shouted back.
"Oh Xiaolang! Fine, there's some money on my dresser, go ahead and take it." She responded. Xiaolang made a quick stop to his mother's room, grabbed whatever cash he could find and lef the house.
~End Chapter 2~
A/N: Hmmm... that felt a little weak. Well, I /was/ gonna make this a VERY long chapter, but i realized I could cut down by ending it here. Stay tuned! Ch. 3 on its way! I'm /this/ close to finishing it... pleeeeaaassseee be patient... ^_^'''
