Disclaimer: I do not own MG/HYD or any of its characters cuz if I did I
would retire early right now living off royalties.
Chapter 4: Midnight Visit
"Mmm." A girl seductively lifted her face up from under the sheets. She propped herself up against the headboard of the bed. "Where are you going? Come back to bed," she hoarsely whispered. She lifted the sheets s bit higher to expose her are bare legs in an attempt to lure her lover back into her grasps. After receiving no interest from her lover she took one step further in her use of her womanly wiles. She pulled the sheets around herself carefully making sure that now there would be very little left for the imagination.
Ximen sifted through the pile of clothes strew aimlessly on the ground wondering where his pants were immune the poor girl's advances. "Hmm. Found them." He sat down on the side of the bed mechanically zipping up his zipper and buckling his belt. He was oblivious to her now mentally prepping himself for what was to come.
How many days has it been? Eight? No, it's been ten. This girl should be happy she managed to get me to stay for this long. My maximum limit is usually a week. It's always bittersweet when we reach this point, but that is the way I play the game. It 's always funny how every one thinks she will be the one, but they never are. No matter what they want to believe I know it will always end the same way. Hearts will be broken, but of course never mine. There had yet to be a woman to awaken my cold heart. To women I am dead inside, incapable of love. That's the problem with women. They give away their hearts like some expendable item hoping to get something in return from me for giving it away. Fools, all of them.
"I'm leaving."
"When will I see you again?"
Ximen laughed to himself amused by her innocence. "You should be happy it lasted this long. Most of my mei mei's only have a shelf life of a week. You've outlasted most girls." He ran his fingers through his long tousled hair watching her reflection in the large glass windows of the hotel suite. "
Her face turned dark not wanting to admit defeat. She would not give up so easily. The girl maneuvered herself closer to him wrapping her arms around his shoulders from behind. The heavy scent of her perfume wafted through the air. Ximen couldn't help but let out a look of disgust of her scent. He began to button his shirt ignoring her wandering hands. Becoming agitated by her clinginess he stood up flinging her arms away. There was something missing though. Ximen reached for his neck feeling the sudden bareness of it.
"Looking for this?" She dangled the cross chain from her fingers and tied it around her neck letting the pendant fall in between her bosom. "If you want it you'll have to come and get it."
Ximen put on his mask trying to hide his annoyance. He bent down over her on the bed letting his body pin her down. Her body quivered underneath in anticipation for what was to come next. His face lowered an inch away from hers letting his eyes pierce right through her in a locked gaze. She tilted her face up waiting to feel his warm lips against his. Her face flushed, her eyes hungered for his touch. Ximen placed a finger on her lips and slowly let them wander down her neck gently leaving a trail of his touch against her skin. She remained frozen lost in his eyes letting him do as he pleased. With a jerk of his hand he snatched the necklace off her neck.
"I believe that's mine," he laughed as her the smile on her face turned to a scowl. He jumped up from the bed to fasten he necklace back around his neck. The silver cross pendant now hung loosely against his exposed chest.
The girl sprung up form the bed letting the sheets fall to the ground. Now she stood in front of him completely naked bearing it all to him in a moment of pure exposure. Her hair fell down her shoulders in a tangled mess. She was now panting heavily.
"I thought we were having fun." An insane smile crept up on her lips pleading for him to stay.
"It was," he coldly replied.
"No one dares leave me like this! How can you call yourself a man." She lunged forward and slapped him across the face leaving a red hand mark on his cheek.
Ximen's head jerked to the side upon impact of the blow. He turned forward to face her once again. "What do you expect from me? Do you think just because we've done things I'm obligated to stay with you. What do you want? You want to be my girlfriend? Meet your parents? Maybe one day marry you?" A smug grin spread across his face and his laughter broke the silence of the room. "I told you from the beginning I'm a great lover, but not a good man." Without another word he grabbed his jacket hanging from a chair and swung it over his shoulder. He grabbed the room to the key for the suite. You can stay until the morning. The room is paid for the night." Without another glance at the poor trembling naked girl in front of him he turned away and walked out of the room with a slam of the door.
"Bastard!"
Ximen stopped for a moment in the hallway listening to the muffled sounds of the girl's wild screams. He cringed at the sound of glass smashing against the door. Finally the noise ended and her muffled sobs resounded from the room. He shrugged his shoulders in indifference. It was already the second time that month it had ended so badly. Not all his conquests had been so emotional. Sometimes he was lucky and the girl would just surrender easily. However, the scenario that had just occurred was the more common end to his trysts. Who's mess was it? Not his.
Walking down the quiet hall towards the elevator he checked his watch. Midnight. It was still early. He pulled his phone from his pocket toying with the idea of calling up Mei Zhou. He would probably be at VS at this time. Right now the party was probably just staring to get good. He punched in his number.
"Yo, Mei Zhou. Are you at VS?"
Mei Zhou's voice was barely audible over the other line. Through the boom of music and girls laughter Mei Zhou screamed from the other side, "Ximen?! Yeah, you gotta come man. There are a lot of hot new mei mei's over here."
"I'll be there in ten minutes."
"Ok. I'll meet you at."
The line went dead. Ximen put the phone up to his face. No service. Looking up from his phone he was taken aback by the dying flicker of all the lights. As he walked down the hall towards the elevator the flickering only became more and more violent until finally everything went black. "What the hell!" he muttered under his breath. He looked out the large glass windows wondering what could be going on. The surroundings buildings and streets still had their lights on. It was only the slight reflection of lights from the street and the surrounding buildings that gave him some slight visibility in that hall.
BOOM.
He jerked his head to the left wondering what was the cause of that sound. He couldn't deny the feeling of his heart jumping into his throat. He looked down and laughed at himself. The vase of flowers on a table had fallen to the ground with a crash. Feeling relieved he turned his head back forward. He tilted his head back feeling foolish for letting something so silly scare him.
What faced him was something more surprising than he could ever imagine. His eyes widened. From a distance he could make out a faint figure. Her song echoed through the deathly silence if the halls.
Come back.
Come back.
Return to me love, return to the sea.
The sound of her sweet melody sent chills up his spine. He felt a lump rising in his throat. It can't be her, he thought to himself. There's no way. It was like he was reliving that night all over again, a memory he had pushed into the deep recesses of his mind to be forgotten. Now she was once again in front of him. She stared right at him piercing through is very soul with that look in her eyes. Although a soft, calm expression remained on her face there was a certain warmth that she gave off making Ximen feel at ease and yet anxious of why she had chosen to come find him. She was breathtaking in the darkness. She possessed some kind of ethereal glow surrounding her.
"Hey! Who are you?!" he called out.
She lowered her head for a moment, but raised her face towards him giving him a mischievous smile. She raised a finger to her blood red lips. "Shhh." She released a child like laugh that rung through his ears. Unexpectedly, she turned around and began running down the hall away from him.
I'm not going to let her get away again, he thought to himself. Ximen chased after her at full speed twisting and turning through the maze of halls. It was difficult pursuit stumbling around through the darkness. He couldn't help but think how strange it was how she could maneuver her way through the halls with the utmost ease. Every once in a while when he was sure he had lost her she would stop and turn around in a teasing manner waiting for him to catch up.
Finally, after what seemed like and endless chase he had trapped her in a corner by the elevators. Without any power there was no escape. She stood defiantly at the end of the corridor.
"I've got you now." Now that he had her trapped so many questions raced through his mind. Who was she? What happened that night? He timidly approached her reaching out a hand to touch hers fearing it might be some dream. More than anything he hoped she was really there and not some illusion. He pushed his worries aside and grabbed her hand into his not wanting to let it go. To his surprise he could feel her warm hand in his. He could feel a surge of warmth run through his every fiber of his body. It was a feeling had never felt before leaving him senseless. His hear was pounding. His legs went weak. Was it love?
"I don't understand."
She placed a finger on his lips silencing him. "Shhh," she whispered in a quiet voice. She looked exactly the same as that night. Her long black locks hung down low draping over her shoulders in waves. Her large brown doe like eyes gazed into his. She moved her finger from his lips and let it fall to the cross dangling on his neck. She tilted her head to the side in amazement by the glimmering object. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the familiar object. A far away reminiscent expression fell upon her face.
Ding.
The elevator doors opened. All of a sudden the lights turned on illuminating the halls once again. She snapped out of her thoughts and pulled away from his grip. She shot him a smile before dashing through the closing elevator doors.
Ximen lunged forward to try to stop the closing of the doors, but he was too late. He watched in helplessness as her figure disappeared with a violent close of the doors. No I can't lose her now. He watched the numbers decreasing stopping at the lobby. She's going to the lobby. I can catch her. He violently punched the down button for the adjacent elevator cursing under his breath for every second the doors wouldn't open. When the elevator finally arrived he could hardly compose himself feeling the adrenaline rush of chasing after her. As he watched the umbers decrease his heart was pounding. When the doors opened he rushed out to hear the doors of the elevator next to his close. She just got out of it. He rushed out into the lobby spinning around for any sign of where she might have gone. She was gone. He jumped back a bit by the touch of a tap on his shoulder.
"Excuse me, sir. Is there something I can do for you?" The concierge gave him a perplexed look.
"There was a girl in that elevator!" Ximen pointed a trembling finger towards the elevator where she had once occupied.
"I'm sorry sir, but I didn't see any girl. I've been here the entire time. The power just came back on and you were the only one to come from the elevators."
"Are you absolutely sure!" he yelled frantically scanning the lobby for her.
"Yes."
"Forget it then. Leave me."
The concierge backed away from the disturbed man not wanting to further agitate him.
Ring.
Ximen picked up his phone. "Hello."
"Ximen! Where are you? I've been waiting for you for half an hour? Are you still coming or did you pick up a girl on the way?" Mei Zhou laughed.
Ximen stood speechless wondering if he should tell Mei Zhou what had just happened. It was an unbelievable story. Also, there was that vow they made to never mention her again. Why raise their hopes that he had found her again. He wasn't even exactly sure if their encounter had really occurred.
"Hello! Your still there?"
"Huh.Yeah. I can't make it. Something came up."
Before Mei Zhou could try to persuade him into going he hung up the phone cutting off his friend. He dug his hands into his pockets and headed out of the hotel still feeling shaken. The valet brought his car up to the front and as he sped through the streets aimlessly driving around he touched the cross on his neck. For the last three years, it rarely left his neck. All these years he had secretly hoped he would be able to return it to its rightful owner. He slumped back in the sea of his car lost in his own world barely paying attention to where he was driving.
A small smile curled up on his lips. I lied earlier. There was one girl who penetrated my heart. The only problem is she might be dead..
Chapter 4: Midnight Visit
"Mmm." A girl seductively lifted her face up from under the sheets. She propped herself up against the headboard of the bed. "Where are you going? Come back to bed," she hoarsely whispered. She lifted the sheets s bit higher to expose her are bare legs in an attempt to lure her lover back into her grasps. After receiving no interest from her lover she took one step further in her use of her womanly wiles. She pulled the sheets around herself carefully making sure that now there would be very little left for the imagination.
Ximen sifted through the pile of clothes strew aimlessly on the ground wondering where his pants were immune the poor girl's advances. "Hmm. Found them." He sat down on the side of the bed mechanically zipping up his zipper and buckling his belt. He was oblivious to her now mentally prepping himself for what was to come.
How many days has it been? Eight? No, it's been ten. This girl should be happy she managed to get me to stay for this long. My maximum limit is usually a week. It's always bittersweet when we reach this point, but that is the way I play the game. It 's always funny how every one thinks she will be the one, but they never are. No matter what they want to believe I know it will always end the same way. Hearts will be broken, but of course never mine. There had yet to be a woman to awaken my cold heart. To women I am dead inside, incapable of love. That's the problem with women. They give away their hearts like some expendable item hoping to get something in return from me for giving it away. Fools, all of them.
"I'm leaving."
"When will I see you again?"
Ximen laughed to himself amused by her innocence. "You should be happy it lasted this long. Most of my mei mei's only have a shelf life of a week. You've outlasted most girls." He ran his fingers through his long tousled hair watching her reflection in the large glass windows of the hotel suite. "
Her face turned dark not wanting to admit defeat. She would not give up so easily. The girl maneuvered herself closer to him wrapping her arms around his shoulders from behind. The heavy scent of her perfume wafted through the air. Ximen couldn't help but let out a look of disgust of her scent. He began to button his shirt ignoring her wandering hands. Becoming agitated by her clinginess he stood up flinging her arms away. There was something missing though. Ximen reached for his neck feeling the sudden bareness of it.
"Looking for this?" She dangled the cross chain from her fingers and tied it around her neck letting the pendant fall in between her bosom. "If you want it you'll have to come and get it."
Ximen put on his mask trying to hide his annoyance. He bent down over her on the bed letting his body pin her down. Her body quivered underneath in anticipation for what was to come next. His face lowered an inch away from hers letting his eyes pierce right through her in a locked gaze. She tilted her face up waiting to feel his warm lips against his. Her face flushed, her eyes hungered for his touch. Ximen placed a finger on her lips and slowly let them wander down her neck gently leaving a trail of his touch against her skin. She remained frozen lost in his eyes letting him do as he pleased. With a jerk of his hand he snatched the necklace off her neck.
"I believe that's mine," he laughed as her the smile on her face turned to a scowl. He jumped up from the bed to fasten he necklace back around his neck. The silver cross pendant now hung loosely against his exposed chest.
The girl sprung up form the bed letting the sheets fall to the ground. Now she stood in front of him completely naked bearing it all to him in a moment of pure exposure. Her hair fell down her shoulders in a tangled mess. She was now panting heavily.
"I thought we were having fun." An insane smile crept up on her lips pleading for him to stay.
"It was," he coldly replied.
"No one dares leave me like this! How can you call yourself a man." She lunged forward and slapped him across the face leaving a red hand mark on his cheek.
Ximen's head jerked to the side upon impact of the blow. He turned forward to face her once again. "What do you expect from me? Do you think just because we've done things I'm obligated to stay with you. What do you want? You want to be my girlfriend? Meet your parents? Maybe one day marry you?" A smug grin spread across his face and his laughter broke the silence of the room. "I told you from the beginning I'm a great lover, but not a good man." Without another word he grabbed his jacket hanging from a chair and swung it over his shoulder. He grabbed the room to the key for the suite. You can stay until the morning. The room is paid for the night." Without another glance at the poor trembling naked girl in front of him he turned away and walked out of the room with a slam of the door.
"Bastard!"
Ximen stopped for a moment in the hallway listening to the muffled sounds of the girl's wild screams. He cringed at the sound of glass smashing against the door. Finally the noise ended and her muffled sobs resounded from the room. He shrugged his shoulders in indifference. It was already the second time that month it had ended so badly. Not all his conquests had been so emotional. Sometimes he was lucky and the girl would just surrender easily. However, the scenario that had just occurred was the more common end to his trysts. Who's mess was it? Not his.
Walking down the quiet hall towards the elevator he checked his watch. Midnight. It was still early. He pulled his phone from his pocket toying with the idea of calling up Mei Zhou. He would probably be at VS at this time. Right now the party was probably just staring to get good. He punched in his number.
"Yo, Mei Zhou. Are you at VS?"
Mei Zhou's voice was barely audible over the other line. Through the boom of music and girls laughter Mei Zhou screamed from the other side, "Ximen?! Yeah, you gotta come man. There are a lot of hot new mei mei's over here."
"I'll be there in ten minutes."
"Ok. I'll meet you at."
The line went dead. Ximen put the phone up to his face. No service. Looking up from his phone he was taken aback by the dying flicker of all the lights. As he walked down the hall towards the elevator the flickering only became more and more violent until finally everything went black. "What the hell!" he muttered under his breath. He looked out the large glass windows wondering what could be going on. The surroundings buildings and streets still had their lights on. It was only the slight reflection of lights from the street and the surrounding buildings that gave him some slight visibility in that hall.
BOOM.
He jerked his head to the left wondering what was the cause of that sound. He couldn't deny the feeling of his heart jumping into his throat. He looked down and laughed at himself. The vase of flowers on a table had fallen to the ground with a crash. Feeling relieved he turned his head back forward. He tilted his head back feeling foolish for letting something so silly scare him.
What faced him was something more surprising than he could ever imagine. His eyes widened. From a distance he could make out a faint figure. Her song echoed through the deathly silence if the halls.
Come back.
Come back.
Return to me love, return to the sea.
The sound of her sweet melody sent chills up his spine. He felt a lump rising in his throat. It can't be her, he thought to himself. There's no way. It was like he was reliving that night all over again, a memory he had pushed into the deep recesses of his mind to be forgotten. Now she was once again in front of him. She stared right at him piercing through is very soul with that look in her eyes. Although a soft, calm expression remained on her face there was a certain warmth that she gave off making Ximen feel at ease and yet anxious of why she had chosen to come find him. She was breathtaking in the darkness. She possessed some kind of ethereal glow surrounding her.
"Hey! Who are you?!" he called out.
She lowered her head for a moment, but raised her face towards him giving him a mischievous smile. She raised a finger to her blood red lips. "Shhh." She released a child like laugh that rung through his ears. Unexpectedly, she turned around and began running down the hall away from him.
I'm not going to let her get away again, he thought to himself. Ximen chased after her at full speed twisting and turning through the maze of halls. It was difficult pursuit stumbling around through the darkness. He couldn't help but think how strange it was how she could maneuver her way through the halls with the utmost ease. Every once in a while when he was sure he had lost her she would stop and turn around in a teasing manner waiting for him to catch up.
Finally, after what seemed like and endless chase he had trapped her in a corner by the elevators. Without any power there was no escape. She stood defiantly at the end of the corridor.
"I've got you now." Now that he had her trapped so many questions raced through his mind. Who was she? What happened that night? He timidly approached her reaching out a hand to touch hers fearing it might be some dream. More than anything he hoped she was really there and not some illusion. He pushed his worries aside and grabbed her hand into his not wanting to let it go. To his surprise he could feel her warm hand in his. He could feel a surge of warmth run through his every fiber of his body. It was a feeling had never felt before leaving him senseless. His hear was pounding. His legs went weak. Was it love?
"I don't understand."
She placed a finger on his lips silencing him. "Shhh," she whispered in a quiet voice. She looked exactly the same as that night. Her long black locks hung down low draping over her shoulders in waves. Her large brown doe like eyes gazed into his. She moved her finger from his lips and let it fall to the cross dangling on his neck. She tilted her head to the side in amazement by the glimmering object. Her eyes lit up at the sight of the familiar object. A far away reminiscent expression fell upon her face.
Ding.
The elevator doors opened. All of a sudden the lights turned on illuminating the halls once again. She snapped out of her thoughts and pulled away from his grip. She shot him a smile before dashing through the closing elevator doors.
Ximen lunged forward to try to stop the closing of the doors, but he was too late. He watched in helplessness as her figure disappeared with a violent close of the doors. No I can't lose her now. He watched the numbers decreasing stopping at the lobby. She's going to the lobby. I can catch her. He violently punched the down button for the adjacent elevator cursing under his breath for every second the doors wouldn't open. When the elevator finally arrived he could hardly compose himself feeling the adrenaline rush of chasing after her. As he watched the umbers decrease his heart was pounding. When the doors opened he rushed out to hear the doors of the elevator next to his close. She just got out of it. He rushed out into the lobby spinning around for any sign of where she might have gone. She was gone. He jumped back a bit by the touch of a tap on his shoulder.
"Excuse me, sir. Is there something I can do for you?" The concierge gave him a perplexed look.
"There was a girl in that elevator!" Ximen pointed a trembling finger towards the elevator where she had once occupied.
"I'm sorry sir, but I didn't see any girl. I've been here the entire time. The power just came back on and you were the only one to come from the elevators."
"Are you absolutely sure!" he yelled frantically scanning the lobby for her.
"Yes."
"Forget it then. Leave me."
The concierge backed away from the disturbed man not wanting to further agitate him.
Ring.
Ximen picked up his phone. "Hello."
"Ximen! Where are you? I've been waiting for you for half an hour? Are you still coming or did you pick up a girl on the way?" Mei Zhou laughed.
Ximen stood speechless wondering if he should tell Mei Zhou what had just happened. It was an unbelievable story. Also, there was that vow they made to never mention her again. Why raise their hopes that he had found her again. He wasn't even exactly sure if their encounter had really occurred.
"Hello! Your still there?"
"Huh.Yeah. I can't make it. Something came up."
Before Mei Zhou could try to persuade him into going he hung up the phone cutting off his friend. He dug his hands into his pockets and headed out of the hotel still feeling shaken. The valet brought his car up to the front and as he sped through the streets aimlessly driving around he touched the cross on his neck. For the last three years, it rarely left his neck. All these years he had secretly hoped he would be able to return it to its rightful owner. He slumped back in the sea of his car lost in his own world barely paying attention to where he was driving.
A small smile curled up on his lips. I lied earlier. There was one girl who penetrated my heart. The only problem is she might be dead..
