TITLE: Eriol, Xiaolang and A Petshop
AUTHOR: Kittycow (kittycow@juno.com)
PAIRING: Eriol/Xiaolang
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: Shounen-ai. Cute, I guess, fluffiness?? I don't think I really write /fluff/. *shrug* Hmmm...
FFEDBACK: *tries not to sound desperate & fails* PLEASE PLEEEEASE R&R!! Its the only way I get motivated... well, not the ONLY way.. but.. The most EFFECTIVE way... ~.~
A/N: Yay! I've made it to the 4th chapter!! W00t!! This is so cool! I had no idea I would make it this far.. ^.^v This sounds like one of those, "Thanks for sticking with me, this is the last chapter" speech. But, don't worry, it's not... I just wanted to let you guys know how much I love you for loving me- I mean my fic... Or.. me too! ^.^v hee hee... Wai!! This chapter is dedicated to Jin-sama ...well, all of them are, and also VSoyka for e-mailing me yelling at me to finish... But, ya know... I'm STILL waitin' for my pics and stuff... ¬.¬
~~~~Chapter 4~~~~ How Much Is That Doggy...
"Ahh!! Mou~~! Xiaolang, you never want to tell me anything!" Meiling pouted angrily. Xiaolang lifted his head, she hadn't noticed his slip up! He was clear of her, well, for a while anyway. He knew she would find out one way or another what was /truly/ bothering him. He wanted to hug Meiling at that moment, just to thank her for her ditsyness. It actually cheered him up a bit. He grinned a little, and his cousin picked up on it. "Oh, you're such a jerk!!" She rapped him on the head gently.
"Ahh, that's no way to treat a fiancee!" Eriol reprimanded playfully as he approached the couple from the side.
"I didn't hurt him..." she sassed.
"So, Meiling, did you find something you wanted to take a closer look at?" he replied, still sweetly.
"Oh yeah! I want to see... um.../that/ puppy." She recolected as she went over to the glass and pointed at the cuddle-size black & white border collie.
"That one's /very/ rambunctious..." Eriol warned, a sort of mysterious tone leaking out through his speech. Xiaolang pondered at it, finding it very strange for that feeling to express itself in Eriol's eloqunce at that point. Or maybe it was just a part of how he spoke at times, after all, he hadn't know Eriol very long. But whatever it was... Xiaolang couldn't help but feel attracted to that quality. "You sure you can handle him?"
"She's got mountains of energy to spare." Xiaolang put in, looking up at Eriol from his seat.
"What do you mean by that, Li Xiaolang?!" Meiling snapped, her hands immediately retreating to her hips.
"I didn't mean anything by it... /Li Meiling/... If anything it was more of a compliment!" he retorted. Suddenly Eriol let out a rich laugh.
"You'd be horrible with kids, Xiaolang." He said, raising both his eyebrows, smiling and lightly shaking his head.
Xiaolang blushed, and cleared his throat, looking away from the blue-eyed boy. "Well," he started, raising himself off of the chair, "do we get to see him?" he asked, hoping to get back to the main situation and away from anything awkward. When it was about work, Xiaolang noticed, Eriol remained very professional; but anything else even the slightest off-topic comment, and Xiaolang could be caught off-guard and would be in for a fit of blushes.
"Of course you do!" Eriol exclaimed, wrapping an arm around Xiaolang's shoulders playfully, and reached out for Meilng's hand with the other hand. "C'mon Meilng." She didn't like his gesture towards her cousin, but she took his hand anyway and let herself be led to the dog cages. Eriol pulled out his set of keys from his pocket and knelt down as he searched for the correct key. "Ahh, I think this is it..." He mused, looking at the key before unlocking the key to the cage. The little puppy whimpered with excitement along with Meiling, who shared a similar emotion and brimmed with anticipation. Eriol stood back up, smiling with the hyper dog cradled in his arms, or /trying/ to cradle it.
Meiling squealed, "OOH!! Lemme hold it!!!" Eriol handed the pup over to her and she reached out to it and took the puppy in her arms. She cooed and kissed at it with fervent sweetness. Enough to make Xiaolang sick to his stomach...
"Okay, I think it gets the point Meiling...You like him." He said, rubbing his temples.
She looked up at her cousin with a mix of annoyance and hurt at his comment. Meiling shoved the dog close to his face. "But its so cuuuuuuuute!!!! LOOK AT IT!!!" The puppy licked his nose and wagged its tail.
Xiaolang winced away, and sneezed. He rubbed his nose, "Yes, its very nice," he gave it few quick pats on his head, "Are you done yet?"
"WHY ARE YOU RUSHING ME?!?!" Meiling yelled.
"I'm not rushing you!!"
"Why are you so cranky then?!"
"I'M NOT CRANKY!! I'M HUNGRY!!"
"WELL ME TOO!!"
"Oookay..." Eriol broke in. "Then, why don't we go ahead and get on with this?"
"I agree." Xiaolang muttered in Meiling's direction. He pulled out his wallet. "What's the damage?"
"Mnnnn..." Eriol mused, peeking into Xiaolang's funds. "You don't have enough..."
"Oh great..." Xiaolang hung his head and groaned as he stuffed his wallet back into his pocket.
"YOU WHAT?!?" Meiling huffed. "but how can I leave this cute little puppy here now?!? He BELONGS with me!!"
"Look," He took Meiling squarely by the shoulders. "We weren't really gonna buy today, remember? But! We can come back tomorrow, and if you and I pull our money together, we can get it, okay?"
Meiling blushed, and nodded obediently. "Okay..." She handed the puppy, who suddenly looked crest-fallen, back into Eriol's hands. He placed it back in his cage, locked it, and all three of them walked out of the room.
"You guys ready for lunch?? I'm about to close down for about an hour so I can get a bite myself. That is, if you don't mind if I join you..." He particularly looked at Meiling from the side.
She gave him a reserved look. "I /guess/ you can tag along." She pointed her nose up, "But you better not expect my Xiaolang to pay for you."
"Of course not. A gentleman never lets someone else pay for him. Now, if you want, you can wait for me outside, I've got a couple of things to take care of real quick. Be right back!" He added with a sing-song tone.
The two cousins walked out of the shop, Xiaolang pausing momentarily at a shelf that carried cat food, trying to figure out why he found something like that interesting. He shrugged it off when Meiling nudged him to hurry up.
Meiling tapped her foot impatiently. "How long is he gonna take?! He SAID he'd be right back... Xiaolang," She tugged at his shirt, "let's leave without him!"
Xiaolang sighed harshly. "He's only been in there for two minutes..."
Meiling blinked. Her stomach told her it had been MUCH longer than THAT. "HAS NOT! You're lying to me... You're trying to make me starve to death so you won't have to marry me! You're just going to let me shrivel up into a-"
"Geez you get emotional when you're hungry..." He interupted. "I'm not going to do that do you... you can wait a little while longer. I'm starving too, ya know. I didn't get to eat anything for breakfast..." He thought outloud.
"WHAT?!? Why not!! I could've made you something!! Why didn't you tell me you were hungry!!!!" She yelled in his face.
"Because I was too busy consoling you about your dead bird!!" He knew immediately that was the wrong thing to say and feared that at this point of her melodramatic hunger, she would break out into tears. His fears were reassured...
Meiling sniffled and he could see tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes. "MY POOR BINKIE!!!" She wailed.
"Binkie??" Xiaolang repeated. And she nodded her head. *"Ugh... my family and their weird pet names..."* he shook his head.
The jingle of the bell on the door caught both Li's attentions. "Well! Are we ready to go??" He caught sight of Meiling weeping, and retreated to her side. "My goodness! What happened!?" He handed her a hankerchief from his back pocket.
She sniffled into it gratefully, and stated meekly, "Nothing..."
Xiaolang admitted, "I said something stupid. Something I didn't mean to say. So, I'm sorry, okay Meiling?" He stared down the street looking at neither Meiling or Eriol.
"I don't accept your apology..." Meiling said calmly. Her voice back to par.
Xiaolang's head turned swiftly to look at her with large eyes. "WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU ME-"
She tapped his nose playfully, "Not until you buy me lunch!!!"
Eriol laughed, catching Xiaolang's attention, but he shifted back to Meiling. "Alright. Fine. But only if you buy ME lunch..." He smirked.
"WHAT?!?" She shouted, raising her fist. Xiaolang winced.
"HOW about I buy both of you lunch?" Eriol cut in, his hand holding Meiling's wrist, making her blink in surprise.
Xiaolang refused, "No, I couldn't let you do that..."
Eriol let go of Meiling and stepped in closer to her cousin, smilng. "Why not? My treat." He opened his bright blue eyes and stared into Xiaolang's. "Plus you have to save for that puppy you want to buy her don't you?" His voice was close to a whisper and his face only a few inches away.
Xiaolang's eyes bugged-out and felt the blood rush to his face. "Um.. okay..." Was his dumb-founded response.
Eriol backed-off. "Good!" He said happily, clasping his hands together, ignoring the deathly glare coming from Meiling's direction. "So! Where did you want to go eat? There are some nice places in this area. Pick any place!"
Xiaolang and Meiling followed together behind Eriol. Meiling's mood brightened at the chance to go to somewhere nice, and eat to her heart's desire. She was pratically drooling at all the restaurants she had to choose from. Xiaolang leaned in closer to her to whisper so Eriol couldn't hear, "Listen Meiling, don't pick anywhere too expensive. I know he's treating, but it's not right to try and make him bankrupt."
"Well, then he shouldn't have offered." She whispered, albeit a bit louder, to Xiaolang.
"/Meiling/..." he reprimanded.
"Okay ok-... OOOhhhhhh...." She stopped and Xiaolang lightly bumped into her.
"Watch where you're going, Meiling..." Xiaolang said annoyed.
Meiling pointed to a building across the street. "Xiaolang... Loooook..." She said rather dazed.
He sighed and turned... "Whoa." He blinked. It stood out among the other rather plain, tan builings surrounding it. Like it was there before the others. The builing was painted a brilliant red, with a arch decoration similar to a shrine. Gold was guilded onto the wood carvings of dragons and other chinese entities.
"Is that where'd you like to eat? Their food is amazing..." Eriol explained.
"YEAH!!!"
"No."
"Why noooot!! Xiaolaaaang." Meiling whined almost unbearably.
"Its fine with me." Eriol said, taking Meiling's side in the matter.
"No, we can't. I can't let you do that. I've heard of this place. I know its really expensive." Xiaolang heard Meiling whimper in the background. "Really, I don't want you to go through so much trouble for us."
"Its no trouble."
"Really, I can't. Sorry Meiling..." Xiaolang said, a bit saddened to have to do that. To both Meiling and himself. He really wanted to eat there.
Meiling sighed. "Ooookay... So, what other, /less expensive/, choices do we have?"
Eriol showed her what other restaurants in the area, and all three agreed on a mongolian buffet down the street. That way it took care of expenses better, and no tip was needed.
"OH NO!!" Xiaolang jumped up in the middle of eating.
"WHAT!?" Eriol and Meiling both jumped.
"I forgot to buy the cat food!! My mother is going to be soooo upset with me!!" Xiaolang began to stress and clenched his fingers onto his hair. "Crap crap crap crap crap..."
"Is that all Xiaolang?" Meiling asked, stuffing another mouthful down her throat.
"Yeah, you can stop by the shop real quick before you go home and pick some up." Eriol suggested.
Xiaolang lifted his head and pondered about it. "... Oh yeah... Okay..." He smiled in relief and picked up more food with his chopsticks.
...
The stuffed-beyond-all-belief threesome, or really just Meiling and Xiaolang, finally got themselves out of their chairs and made their way back to Eriol's shop.
"MMMMMM!! THAT WAS GOOOOOOOD!!" Meiling yelled quite satisfied.
"Yeah it was! Thanks alot Eriol."
"I hope they didn't run out of food, the way you to went at your bowls! And, it was my pleasure." Eriol said pleased.
The two cousins blushed at the comment and laughed afterward. They reached the door to the shop, and Meiling sat on the bench nearby the shop. "Can I wait here Xiaolang? I don't think I can walk anymore..."
"Okay. I'll be right back." Xiaolang followed Eriol into the shop. "What food do you think I should give the kittens I got yesterday?" He asked, looking at all the brands, prices, and types, trying to figure the difference.
"Would you like to go to dinner with me?" Eriol asked casually.
"What?!" Xiaolang dropped the bag of treats he was holding in surprise.
"Like a date. Tonight I could pick you up at your house, and we could go to dinner together. How about it Xiaolang?" Eriol said, all the while flaunting that smile.
"I dunno..." Xiaolang said cautiously, looking down as he bent to pick up the bag he dropped. The was a sudden contrast across his tanned hand as Eriol's hand rested lightly atop Xiaolang's. Xiaolang looked up into Eriol's dazzling hypnotic blue eyes, and he was trapped.
"I won't let you leave until you say yes." He grabbed Xiaolang's hand, but he wasn't sure if his attempt were working. His eyes shone over and he stuck out his bottom lip ever-so-slightly. "Please?" He pouted.
*"Oh Suzaku..."* Xiaolang thought he was going to die. All this blood rushing to his face, wasn't going anywhere else. He didn't see what choice he had. If he said 'no', Eriol would just try harder until Xiaolang gave in. And the little wolf didn't think he could hold out from having a stroke or heart-attack for very long. "I- I--..." He stuttered. "Umm.. okay..." He said defeated.
Eriol let go. "Okay then!" He said energetically. "Pick you up at 7?" he handed Xiaolang a bag of cat food.
"Yeah..." Xiaolang said, feeling so STUPID. He gestured questioningly at the bag.
"That's what you're supposed to feed them until they get a little bigger. If that have trouble with it, mix it with a little milk." Eriol explained.
Xiaolang reached for his wallet.
"Bupbupbup! No charge!" Eriol interrupted, holding up a finger.
Xiaolang nodded, afraid if he said anything else, he'd just be making himself seem more idiotic, getting this way over a guy he hardly knew. So, he just turned and made his way to the door. He was almost home-free.
"See you at seven!!" Eriol called from behind, waving.
Xiaolang's head dropped and he walked sloppily out the door.
"XIAOLANG! YOU LOOK A MESS!!"
~~~~End Chapter 4~~~~
A/N2: Crap this was a long chapter... O.O''' I REALLY want to get started on chapter 5, so I hope I stick with it and get it done!! ^.^v
AUTHOR: Kittycow (kittycow@juno.com)
PAIRING: Eriol/Xiaolang
RATING: PG
CATEGORY: Shounen-ai. Cute, I guess, fluffiness?? I don't think I really write /fluff/. *shrug* Hmmm...
FFEDBACK: *tries not to sound desperate & fails* PLEASE PLEEEEASE R&R!! Its the only way I get motivated... well, not the ONLY way.. but.. The most EFFECTIVE way... ~.~
A/N: Yay! I've made it to the 4th chapter!! W00t!! This is so cool! I had no idea I would make it this far.. ^.^v This sounds like one of those, "Thanks for sticking with me, this is the last chapter" speech. But, don't worry, it's not... I just wanted to let you guys know how much I love you for loving me- I mean my fic... Or.. me too! ^.^v hee hee... Wai!! This chapter is dedicated to Jin-sama ...well, all of them are, and also VSoyka for e-mailing me yelling at me to finish... But, ya know... I'm STILL waitin' for my pics and stuff... ¬.¬
~~~~Chapter 4~~~~ How Much Is That Doggy...
"Ahh!! Mou~~! Xiaolang, you never want to tell me anything!" Meiling pouted angrily. Xiaolang lifted his head, she hadn't noticed his slip up! He was clear of her, well, for a while anyway. He knew she would find out one way or another what was /truly/ bothering him. He wanted to hug Meiling at that moment, just to thank her for her ditsyness. It actually cheered him up a bit. He grinned a little, and his cousin picked up on it. "Oh, you're such a jerk!!" She rapped him on the head gently.
"Ahh, that's no way to treat a fiancee!" Eriol reprimanded playfully as he approached the couple from the side.
"I didn't hurt him..." she sassed.
"So, Meiling, did you find something you wanted to take a closer look at?" he replied, still sweetly.
"Oh yeah! I want to see... um.../that/ puppy." She recolected as she went over to the glass and pointed at the cuddle-size black & white border collie.
"That one's /very/ rambunctious..." Eriol warned, a sort of mysterious tone leaking out through his speech. Xiaolang pondered at it, finding it very strange for that feeling to express itself in Eriol's eloqunce at that point. Or maybe it was just a part of how he spoke at times, after all, he hadn't know Eriol very long. But whatever it was... Xiaolang couldn't help but feel attracted to that quality. "You sure you can handle him?"
"She's got mountains of energy to spare." Xiaolang put in, looking up at Eriol from his seat.
"What do you mean by that, Li Xiaolang?!" Meiling snapped, her hands immediately retreating to her hips.
"I didn't mean anything by it... /Li Meiling/... If anything it was more of a compliment!" he retorted. Suddenly Eriol let out a rich laugh.
"You'd be horrible with kids, Xiaolang." He said, raising both his eyebrows, smiling and lightly shaking his head.
Xiaolang blushed, and cleared his throat, looking away from the blue-eyed boy. "Well," he started, raising himself off of the chair, "do we get to see him?" he asked, hoping to get back to the main situation and away from anything awkward. When it was about work, Xiaolang noticed, Eriol remained very professional; but anything else even the slightest off-topic comment, and Xiaolang could be caught off-guard and would be in for a fit of blushes.
"Of course you do!" Eriol exclaimed, wrapping an arm around Xiaolang's shoulders playfully, and reached out for Meilng's hand with the other hand. "C'mon Meilng." She didn't like his gesture towards her cousin, but she took his hand anyway and let herself be led to the dog cages. Eriol pulled out his set of keys from his pocket and knelt down as he searched for the correct key. "Ahh, I think this is it..." He mused, looking at the key before unlocking the key to the cage. The little puppy whimpered with excitement along with Meiling, who shared a similar emotion and brimmed with anticipation. Eriol stood back up, smiling with the hyper dog cradled in his arms, or /trying/ to cradle it.
Meiling squealed, "OOH!! Lemme hold it!!!" Eriol handed the pup over to her and she reached out to it and took the puppy in her arms. She cooed and kissed at it with fervent sweetness. Enough to make Xiaolang sick to his stomach...
"Okay, I think it gets the point Meiling...You like him." He said, rubbing his temples.
She looked up at her cousin with a mix of annoyance and hurt at his comment. Meiling shoved the dog close to his face. "But its so cuuuuuuuute!!!! LOOK AT IT!!!" The puppy licked his nose and wagged its tail.
Xiaolang winced away, and sneezed. He rubbed his nose, "Yes, its very nice," he gave it few quick pats on his head, "Are you done yet?"
"WHY ARE YOU RUSHING ME?!?!" Meiling yelled.
"I'm not rushing you!!"
"Why are you so cranky then?!"
"I'M NOT CRANKY!! I'M HUNGRY!!"
"WELL ME TOO!!"
"Oookay..." Eriol broke in. "Then, why don't we go ahead and get on with this?"
"I agree." Xiaolang muttered in Meiling's direction. He pulled out his wallet. "What's the damage?"
"Mnnnn..." Eriol mused, peeking into Xiaolang's funds. "You don't have enough..."
"Oh great..." Xiaolang hung his head and groaned as he stuffed his wallet back into his pocket.
"YOU WHAT?!?" Meiling huffed. "but how can I leave this cute little puppy here now?!? He BELONGS with me!!"
"Look," He took Meiling squarely by the shoulders. "We weren't really gonna buy today, remember? But! We can come back tomorrow, and if you and I pull our money together, we can get it, okay?"
Meiling blushed, and nodded obediently. "Okay..." She handed the puppy, who suddenly looked crest-fallen, back into Eriol's hands. He placed it back in his cage, locked it, and all three of them walked out of the room.
"You guys ready for lunch?? I'm about to close down for about an hour so I can get a bite myself. That is, if you don't mind if I join you..." He particularly looked at Meiling from the side.
She gave him a reserved look. "I /guess/ you can tag along." She pointed her nose up, "But you better not expect my Xiaolang to pay for you."
"Of course not. A gentleman never lets someone else pay for him. Now, if you want, you can wait for me outside, I've got a couple of things to take care of real quick. Be right back!" He added with a sing-song tone.
The two cousins walked out of the shop, Xiaolang pausing momentarily at a shelf that carried cat food, trying to figure out why he found something like that interesting. He shrugged it off when Meiling nudged him to hurry up.
Meiling tapped her foot impatiently. "How long is he gonna take?! He SAID he'd be right back... Xiaolang," She tugged at his shirt, "let's leave without him!"
Xiaolang sighed harshly. "He's only been in there for two minutes..."
Meiling blinked. Her stomach told her it had been MUCH longer than THAT. "HAS NOT! You're lying to me... You're trying to make me starve to death so you won't have to marry me! You're just going to let me shrivel up into a-"
"Geez you get emotional when you're hungry..." He interupted. "I'm not going to do that do you... you can wait a little while longer. I'm starving too, ya know. I didn't get to eat anything for breakfast..." He thought outloud.
"WHAT?!? Why not!! I could've made you something!! Why didn't you tell me you were hungry!!!!" She yelled in his face.
"Because I was too busy consoling you about your dead bird!!" He knew immediately that was the wrong thing to say and feared that at this point of her melodramatic hunger, she would break out into tears. His fears were reassured...
Meiling sniffled and he could see tears starting to form at the corners of her eyes. "MY POOR BINKIE!!!" She wailed.
"Binkie??" Xiaolang repeated. And she nodded her head. *"Ugh... my family and their weird pet names..."* he shook his head.
The jingle of the bell on the door caught both Li's attentions. "Well! Are we ready to go??" He caught sight of Meiling weeping, and retreated to her side. "My goodness! What happened!?" He handed her a hankerchief from his back pocket.
She sniffled into it gratefully, and stated meekly, "Nothing..."
Xiaolang admitted, "I said something stupid. Something I didn't mean to say. So, I'm sorry, okay Meiling?" He stared down the street looking at neither Meiling or Eriol.
"I don't accept your apology..." Meiling said calmly. Her voice back to par.
Xiaolang's head turned swiftly to look at her with large eyes. "WHAT?! WHAT DO YOU ME-"
She tapped his nose playfully, "Not until you buy me lunch!!!"
Eriol laughed, catching Xiaolang's attention, but he shifted back to Meiling. "Alright. Fine. But only if you buy ME lunch..." He smirked.
"WHAT?!?" She shouted, raising her fist. Xiaolang winced.
"HOW about I buy both of you lunch?" Eriol cut in, his hand holding Meiling's wrist, making her blink in surprise.
Xiaolang refused, "No, I couldn't let you do that..."
Eriol let go of Meiling and stepped in closer to her cousin, smilng. "Why not? My treat." He opened his bright blue eyes and stared into Xiaolang's. "Plus you have to save for that puppy you want to buy her don't you?" His voice was close to a whisper and his face only a few inches away.
Xiaolang's eyes bugged-out and felt the blood rush to his face. "Um.. okay..." Was his dumb-founded response.
Eriol backed-off. "Good!" He said happily, clasping his hands together, ignoring the deathly glare coming from Meiling's direction. "So! Where did you want to go eat? There are some nice places in this area. Pick any place!"
Xiaolang and Meiling followed together behind Eriol. Meiling's mood brightened at the chance to go to somewhere nice, and eat to her heart's desire. She was pratically drooling at all the restaurants she had to choose from. Xiaolang leaned in closer to her to whisper so Eriol couldn't hear, "Listen Meiling, don't pick anywhere too expensive. I know he's treating, but it's not right to try and make him bankrupt."
"Well, then he shouldn't have offered." She whispered, albeit a bit louder, to Xiaolang.
"/Meiling/..." he reprimanded.
"Okay ok-... OOOhhhhhh...." She stopped and Xiaolang lightly bumped into her.
"Watch where you're going, Meiling..." Xiaolang said annoyed.
Meiling pointed to a building across the street. "Xiaolang... Loooook..." She said rather dazed.
He sighed and turned... "Whoa." He blinked. It stood out among the other rather plain, tan builings surrounding it. Like it was there before the others. The builing was painted a brilliant red, with a arch decoration similar to a shrine. Gold was guilded onto the wood carvings of dragons and other chinese entities.
"Is that where'd you like to eat? Their food is amazing..." Eriol explained.
"YEAH!!!"
"No."
"Why noooot!! Xiaolaaaang." Meiling whined almost unbearably.
"Its fine with me." Eriol said, taking Meiling's side in the matter.
"No, we can't. I can't let you do that. I've heard of this place. I know its really expensive." Xiaolang heard Meiling whimper in the background. "Really, I don't want you to go through so much trouble for us."
"Its no trouble."
"Really, I can't. Sorry Meiling..." Xiaolang said, a bit saddened to have to do that. To both Meiling and himself. He really wanted to eat there.
Meiling sighed. "Ooookay... So, what other, /less expensive/, choices do we have?"
Eriol showed her what other restaurants in the area, and all three agreed on a mongolian buffet down the street. That way it took care of expenses better, and no tip was needed.
"OH NO!!" Xiaolang jumped up in the middle of eating.
"WHAT!?" Eriol and Meiling both jumped.
"I forgot to buy the cat food!! My mother is going to be soooo upset with me!!" Xiaolang began to stress and clenched his fingers onto his hair. "Crap crap crap crap crap..."
"Is that all Xiaolang?" Meiling asked, stuffing another mouthful down her throat.
"Yeah, you can stop by the shop real quick before you go home and pick some up." Eriol suggested.
Xiaolang lifted his head and pondered about it. "... Oh yeah... Okay..." He smiled in relief and picked up more food with his chopsticks.
...
The stuffed-beyond-all-belief threesome, or really just Meiling and Xiaolang, finally got themselves out of their chairs and made their way back to Eriol's shop.
"MMMMMM!! THAT WAS GOOOOOOOD!!" Meiling yelled quite satisfied.
"Yeah it was! Thanks alot Eriol."
"I hope they didn't run out of food, the way you to went at your bowls! And, it was my pleasure." Eriol said pleased.
The two cousins blushed at the comment and laughed afterward. They reached the door to the shop, and Meiling sat on the bench nearby the shop. "Can I wait here Xiaolang? I don't think I can walk anymore..."
"Okay. I'll be right back." Xiaolang followed Eriol into the shop. "What food do you think I should give the kittens I got yesterday?" He asked, looking at all the brands, prices, and types, trying to figure the difference.
"Would you like to go to dinner with me?" Eriol asked casually.
"What?!" Xiaolang dropped the bag of treats he was holding in surprise.
"Like a date. Tonight I could pick you up at your house, and we could go to dinner together. How about it Xiaolang?" Eriol said, all the while flaunting that smile.
"I dunno..." Xiaolang said cautiously, looking down as he bent to pick up the bag he dropped. The was a sudden contrast across his tanned hand as Eriol's hand rested lightly atop Xiaolang's. Xiaolang looked up into Eriol's dazzling hypnotic blue eyes, and he was trapped.
"I won't let you leave until you say yes." He grabbed Xiaolang's hand, but he wasn't sure if his attempt were working. His eyes shone over and he stuck out his bottom lip ever-so-slightly. "Please?" He pouted.
*"Oh Suzaku..."* Xiaolang thought he was going to die. All this blood rushing to his face, wasn't going anywhere else. He didn't see what choice he had. If he said 'no', Eriol would just try harder until Xiaolang gave in. And the little wolf didn't think he could hold out from having a stroke or heart-attack for very long. "I- I--..." He stuttered. "Umm.. okay..." He said defeated.
Eriol let go. "Okay then!" He said energetically. "Pick you up at 7?" he handed Xiaolang a bag of cat food.
"Yeah..." Xiaolang said, feeling so STUPID. He gestured questioningly at the bag.
"That's what you're supposed to feed them until they get a little bigger. If that have trouble with it, mix it with a little milk." Eriol explained.
Xiaolang reached for his wallet.
"Bupbupbup! No charge!" Eriol interrupted, holding up a finger.
Xiaolang nodded, afraid if he said anything else, he'd just be making himself seem more idiotic, getting this way over a guy he hardly knew. So, he just turned and made his way to the door. He was almost home-free.
"See you at seven!!" Eriol called from behind, waving.
Xiaolang's head dropped and he walked sloppily out the door.
"XIAOLANG! YOU LOOK A MESS!!"
~~~~End Chapter 4~~~~
A/N2: Crap this was a long chapter... O.O''' I REALLY want to get started on chapter 5, so I hope I stick with it and get it done!! ^.^v
