Redbird
Cherry Rain: Hi! I'm back! And as I promised, this will be a nice little Ray/Mariah chapter!
Chapter Five: Midnight Rendezvous
Ray dressed quickly and snuck out. He couldn't let Kai know where he was going. In fact, he couldn't let anyone know where he was going.
They had been around enough to know their way around, and he was headed towards a nearby park.
He smiled as he caught sight of the poplar trees he had been searching for.
Mariah sat there, waiting. Her eyes lit up at the sight of him. "Ray!" she exclaimed. "You're here!" He stood there for awhile, contemplating her feline beauty and smiling at the way her long pink hair moved with the night breezes, blowing soft tendrils across her face, the graceful motions of her hands as she brushed them away.
Then he gave in to emotion and moved forward, hugging her lithe form to him, burying his face in her hair and inhaling the air perfumed her scent, of jasmine and climbing ivy. "Mariah. gods, I've missed you so much."
"Me too," came the answer, her voice muffled by his shirt.
He didn't want to let go. It had been so long, since the times in the village when they had sat on the mountain and watched the moon. It had been agony the first few weeks of being away.
Mariah smiled. She'd longed for this, all those lonely nights once Ray had left. Longed to feel Ray's body against hers once more, to feel his arms about her, to fall asleep while breathing his scent of autumn leaves and cinnamon, to feel his lips on hers.
She moaned as Ray's lips caressed hers in a kiss, passionate with the bottled-up emotions of the times they'd missed. His tongue briefly held contact with hers, each experiencing what they hadn't for a very long time. His hands crept even closer about her waist, drawing her towards him, her fingers locked around his neck.
Gasping for breath, Ray broke the kiss, albeit highly unwillingly. Mariah snuggled up to him, nuzzling his ear in a very cat-like way. They both sat down, Ray's arm about her in casual intimacy. "So how do you like the new team member, Mariah?" Ray asked.
"Yu is a good blader. I won't deny that. But there's something strange about her. I share a room, and you know what, she sleepwalks. She keeps on talking about something. someone, in fact, and the weirdest thing is, it sounds like she's calling out Kai's name! Does she know him?"
"One more, she likes talking to herself. She kinda murmurs, and it's just strange. Is this abnormal behaviour? Yes, I think it is. But Lee won't listen to what I say. All he wants from her is good blading skills."
"We got ourselves a team member too. You saw her. Lei Feng is relatively easy to get along with, but she doesn't go beyond being pleasant. She's not very open. Kinda like Kai in that sense."
"I heard that, Ray," a voice said wryly.
They both whirled around to find Lei Feng sitting on top of one of the lower branches of the poplar tree that was directly above them. "And let me tell you, I definitely resent the comparison to Hiwatari."
As if reading their minds, she shrugged. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this little meeting of yours. I have more compassion than Hiwatari does. And what he doesn't know won't hurt him."
She leapt down lightly from the branch. Mariah, getting over the shock Lei Feng's appearance had given her, said, "Why are you out here in the middle of the night?"
"Can't sleep well in a soft bed. Not used to it, I suppose. In the alleyways, you usually learn to sleep with one eye open and both ears alert, just in case of danger and it's not so easy to kick a habit that you've been cultivating since you were just a thirteen-year-old kid. And anyway, a good old tree was always what I preferred to sleep in. I'll leave you two now. And don't worry, okay? I swear by all the gods that I won't breathe a word of this to anyone."
Lei Feng moved quietly off. Ray and Mariah stayed in each other's arms for a while, reluctant to leave the other. "Mariah." Ray was the first one to speak up.
"Yes. I know we should leave. Bye, Ray," she said, rising to leave. Ray caught her and kissed her one last time, savouring her sweet taste on his lips. He turned away. They had planned to enter separately so as to not arouse any suspicion.
His gaze lingered on her, as did hers. "Wo ai ni," he whispered, just loud enough for her to hear.
"Me too," Mariah answered, smiling.
Cherry Rain: Awwww. I was suffering a sugar high when I wrote this. too much chocolate and sugar biscuits! My mum recently bought this type of biscuit with sugar sprinkled all over! And I ate lots. Which is partially why I wrote this. And for those of you who don't know, 'wo ai ni' is 'I love you' in Chinese. =]
Review, peoples! *You suddenly feel a strange and undeniable compulsion to move your mouse pointer to the pretty lavender button down there and press in, then type in a few words.* =]
Cherry Rain: Hi! I'm back! And as I promised, this will be a nice little Ray/Mariah chapter!
Chapter Five: Midnight Rendezvous
Ray dressed quickly and snuck out. He couldn't let Kai know where he was going. In fact, he couldn't let anyone know where he was going.
They had been around enough to know their way around, and he was headed towards a nearby park.
He smiled as he caught sight of the poplar trees he had been searching for.
Mariah sat there, waiting. Her eyes lit up at the sight of him. "Ray!" she exclaimed. "You're here!" He stood there for awhile, contemplating her feline beauty and smiling at the way her long pink hair moved with the night breezes, blowing soft tendrils across her face, the graceful motions of her hands as she brushed them away.
Then he gave in to emotion and moved forward, hugging her lithe form to him, burying his face in her hair and inhaling the air perfumed her scent, of jasmine and climbing ivy. "Mariah. gods, I've missed you so much."
"Me too," came the answer, her voice muffled by his shirt.
He didn't want to let go. It had been so long, since the times in the village when they had sat on the mountain and watched the moon. It had been agony the first few weeks of being away.
Mariah smiled. She'd longed for this, all those lonely nights once Ray had left. Longed to feel Ray's body against hers once more, to feel his arms about her, to fall asleep while breathing his scent of autumn leaves and cinnamon, to feel his lips on hers.
She moaned as Ray's lips caressed hers in a kiss, passionate with the bottled-up emotions of the times they'd missed. His tongue briefly held contact with hers, each experiencing what they hadn't for a very long time. His hands crept even closer about her waist, drawing her towards him, her fingers locked around his neck.
Gasping for breath, Ray broke the kiss, albeit highly unwillingly. Mariah snuggled up to him, nuzzling his ear in a very cat-like way. They both sat down, Ray's arm about her in casual intimacy. "So how do you like the new team member, Mariah?" Ray asked.
"Yu is a good blader. I won't deny that. But there's something strange about her. I share a room, and you know what, she sleepwalks. She keeps on talking about something. someone, in fact, and the weirdest thing is, it sounds like she's calling out Kai's name! Does she know him?"
"One more, she likes talking to herself. She kinda murmurs, and it's just strange. Is this abnormal behaviour? Yes, I think it is. But Lee won't listen to what I say. All he wants from her is good blading skills."
"We got ourselves a team member too. You saw her. Lei Feng is relatively easy to get along with, but she doesn't go beyond being pleasant. She's not very open. Kinda like Kai in that sense."
"I heard that, Ray," a voice said wryly.
They both whirled around to find Lei Feng sitting on top of one of the lower branches of the poplar tree that was directly above them. "And let me tell you, I definitely resent the comparison to Hiwatari."
As if reading their minds, she shrugged. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone about this little meeting of yours. I have more compassion than Hiwatari does. And what he doesn't know won't hurt him."
She leapt down lightly from the branch. Mariah, getting over the shock Lei Feng's appearance had given her, said, "Why are you out here in the middle of the night?"
"Can't sleep well in a soft bed. Not used to it, I suppose. In the alleyways, you usually learn to sleep with one eye open and both ears alert, just in case of danger and it's not so easy to kick a habit that you've been cultivating since you were just a thirteen-year-old kid. And anyway, a good old tree was always what I preferred to sleep in. I'll leave you two now. And don't worry, okay? I swear by all the gods that I won't breathe a word of this to anyone."
Lei Feng moved quietly off. Ray and Mariah stayed in each other's arms for a while, reluctant to leave the other. "Mariah." Ray was the first one to speak up.
"Yes. I know we should leave. Bye, Ray," she said, rising to leave. Ray caught her and kissed her one last time, savouring her sweet taste on his lips. He turned away. They had planned to enter separately so as to not arouse any suspicion.
His gaze lingered on her, as did hers. "Wo ai ni," he whispered, just loud enough for her to hear.
"Me too," Mariah answered, smiling.
Cherry Rain: Awwww. I was suffering a sugar high when I wrote this. too much chocolate and sugar biscuits! My mum recently bought this type of biscuit with sugar sprinkled all over! And I ate lots. Which is partially why I wrote this. And for those of you who don't know, 'wo ai ni' is 'I love you' in Chinese. =]
Review, peoples! *You suddenly feel a strange and undeniable compulsion to move your mouse pointer to the pretty lavender button down there and press in, then type in a few words.* =]