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On with the show.
Chapter 7:
The mistake
It had been a few hours later, only about an hour or so till dawn when Shang awoke to the sounds of The matchmaker coming up the stairs. She had done this all night long. Shang knew the sounds by heart. Why wouldn't the woman just give up. She walked into his room and left, slightly storming off. Shang tried to move but he was pretty sure his backbone was broken. Sitting on the hard wooden floor was killing him. He looked down at Mulan, who had been turning in her sleep. Shang sighed. She was going to be sore later in the day. He stood up and stretched. It hurt. he heard his back crack a few times. He gently picked Mulan up and layed her down on her bed. He backed away from her and prepared to go to a different room. Mulan put her arms out.
"Shang?" She mumbled searching for him with her arms. She Slowly batted her eyes open. "Where are you going?" She whispered.
"I'm going to go to another room." He said indicating that it was still dark out. "You need your sleep and the floor is uncomfortable."
"Please stay." Mulan begged. Shang smiled at her. "You can sleep here. Noone will look bad upon it. We won't do anything like that. I just don't want to be alone right now." Shang couldn't argue with her. He slowly crawled on top of the bed, next to Mulan. Why should he care what others thought in HIS house. He looked at Mulan, whose face had lit up when he sat beside her.
"Are you feeling better?" Shang asked. Mulan looked at him confused.
"better? Was I feeling bad?" Shang smiled.
"I meant does this feel better than sitting on that uncomfortable floor?" Mulan made and "oh" sound and nodded. "That's good. We better get some sleep. Later today we're training Jaing." Mulan nodded and rested her head on the pillow. "Let's see." Shang continued with his list of things that needed to be done "breakfast, training, avoiding Sui-Yen and that weird Juin woman.." Shang stopped talking once he noticed that Mulan's door was opening. He quickly looked over towards Mulan who had nodded off to sleep. Shang moved closer to her in defensive mode. who would sneak into Mulan's room? The figure slipped in and was temporarily lost to Shang in the night. He looked, hoping his eyes would adjust to the lack of light quicker. Suddenly the door flew open and light flooded the room.
"There's my precious.. what?!" the voice was loud. Shang was suddenly fully aware of his surroundings. He had his arm around Mulan and There in the middle of the room was Sui-yen, obviously sneaking towards him. The matchmaker stared at the two in the bed in pure disbelief. Sui-yen let out a gasp. Mulan opened her eyes and tried to get them to adjust to the sudden light.
"What is it, Shang?" She groggily asked. The matchmaker took it all in quickly.
"Sui-yen, come on." Sui-yen followed the matchmaker out of the door and just before the matchmaker shut the door, she stuck her head in and looked at Shang.
"We saw NOTHING." she then shut the door. Mulan and Shang looked in shock at each other then laughed at the thought of the matchmaker catching them in the same room. Shang smiled at the thought of that woman leaving him alone.Then he thought of how that might have looked. In a flash, he was out of the bed.
"I better go. This does look bad, and I don't want to get you in trouble."
"Yeah I understand." Mulan said a little upset. She didn't want Shang to get scolded or rumored into marriage. Shang left and walked into his room. He looked around and saw where Sui-yen had sat upon his bed and where they had moved things around. He sat on his bed and just thought. What was he thinking? Mulan was content at her house. She doesn't want to get involved with him. She was just being polite by inviting him into her room. He just had to go and try and get her to tell if she cared for him or not. 'Way to go, Shang.' he thought. 'You probably just ruined her reputation forever. She'll probably just have to get married to some wandering fisherman who will beat her and make her stay at home, and have a million little kids, while he gets drunk and plans on how to beat her and what wench to bring home and belittle her with and all because you wanted to be near her.' Shang sighed. There was no way he could help her. That matchmaker will tell everyone that Mulan was a "working" girl. Just the thought of that fat old woman saying things about Mulan like that made Shang sick. Maybe he could make a deal with that woman. She doesn't have to tell. Shang stood up and walked by his mirror. He stared at it and glared at himself.
"Why did you have to care!?" He kept glaring at himself till he knew it was useless. He knew why. "I love her." He looked at himself again in the mirror. Was what he said true? he averted his eyes from the mirror and then looked back, it was still dark but he could see his reflection in the mirror. "I love her and I'll do anything to keep her from harm." He sighed and went back to his bed and sat down to think. "How can I get her out of this?"
Mulan stood up and looked out the window. It was still dark. 'Will that sun ever rise?' she thought gloomily. Shang must hate her. 'You should have let him leave and go to another room, you clingly idiot.' she thought, belittling herself. ' Shang's going to get into so much trouble. Now, you've done it. All your little mess ups used to only hurt you, until now. Now, Shang's going to have to explain why he was in there and something bad is going to happen. You know it.' Her mind was working overtime. Mulan felt like throwing up. What if rumors get so bad that he would be forbade to see her again? His mother wouldn't like some girl that likes sharing a bed with a man to visit her son. She laid back down in the spot that she had been in. She looked at the indention in the bed, where Shang had laid down She could still smell his scent in the room and feel his presence. She closed her eyes and she could almost feel his hand reaching out and touching her arm. She smiled. She had dreamed of being that close to Shang since,well, since training days. Tonight was probably as close as she was ever going to get to a man, and she ruined it. She opened her eyes and sat up she grabbed her pillow and threw it on the ground as hard as she could. She then walked to the table and lit the lamp. She took out some paper. She needed to write to her family. She breathed and slowly wrote. she didn't want her family to think she was upset. She had to rewrite the letter a few times but finally she got it right.
Dear Mamma and Babba,
I am having fun here. The Li mansion is so large. Everyone is being really friendly to me. But I still miss home. There isn't a chef here that could cook as good as Mamma's cooking and nothing feels like home. Well, one thing. Our matchmaker is here. She brought her Neice, Sui-Yen up to meed General Li Shang and his family. She is really nice and pretty. Training is going really well, but I shall return soon. Don't worry, look out for Grandma for me please and feed little brother and give him my love.
You're daughter
Mulan.
Mulan read it over. It didn't sound like she was upset in that letter. But Her grandmother would know. She knew she could talk to her. She picked up the paper and began to write a letter to her grandmother explaining everything. this letter was twice as long but it took half the time for her to write.She included a please write back soon and folded it.. She would have them delivered quickly later in the morning. Mulan went back to her bed and prayed her grandmother would write back quickly.
Okay. I'm finished for now.. How does that chapter sound? There will be more.. I could always use advise. Just leave me a note and give it to me.. Give me suggestions. I like them.
On with the show.
Chapter 7:
The mistake
It had been a few hours later, only about an hour or so till dawn when Shang awoke to the sounds of The matchmaker coming up the stairs. She had done this all night long. Shang knew the sounds by heart. Why wouldn't the woman just give up. She walked into his room and left, slightly storming off. Shang tried to move but he was pretty sure his backbone was broken. Sitting on the hard wooden floor was killing him. He looked down at Mulan, who had been turning in her sleep. Shang sighed. She was going to be sore later in the day. He stood up and stretched. It hurt. he heard his back crack a few times. He gently picked Mulan up and layed her down on her bed. He backed away from her and prepared to go to a different room. Mulan put her arms out.
"Shang?" She mumbled searching for him with her arms. She Slowly batted her eyes open. "Where are you going?" She whispered.
"I'm going to go to another room." He said indicating that it was still dark out. "You need your sleep and the floor is uncomfortable."
"Please stay." Mulan begged. Shang smiled at her. "You can sleep here. Noone will look bad upon it. We won't do anything like that. I just don't want to be alone right now." Shang couldn't argue with her. He slowly crawled on top of the bed, next to Mulan. Why should he care what others thought in HIS house. He looked at Mulan, whose face had lit up when he sat beside her.
"Are you feeling better?" Shang asked. Mulan looked at him confused.
"better? Was I feeling bad?" Shang smiled.
"I meant does this feel better than sitting on that uncomfortable floor?" Mulan made and "oh" sound and nodded. "That's good. We better get some sleep. Later today we're training Jaing." Mulan nodded and rested her head on the pillow. "Let's see." Shang continued with his list of things that needed to be done "breakfast, training, avoiding Sui-Yen and that weird Juin woman.." Shang stopped talking once he noticed that Mulan's door was opening. He quickly looked over towards Mulan who had nodded off to sleep. Shang moved closer to her in defensive mode. who would sneak into Mulan's room? The figure slipped in and was temporarily lost to Shang in the night. He looked, hoping his eyes would adjust to the lack of light quicker. Suddenly the door flew open and light flooded the room.
"There's my precious.. what?!" the voice was loud. Shang was suddenly fully aware of his surroundings. He had his arm around Mulan and There in the middle of the room was Sui-yen, obviously sneaking towards him. The matchmaker stared at the two in the bed in pure disbelief. Sui-yen let out a gasp. Mulan opened her eyes and tried to get them to adjust to the sudden light.
"What is it, Shang?" She groggily asked. The matchmaker took it all in quickly.
"Sui-yen, come on." Sui-yen followed the matchmaker out of the door and just before the matchmaker shut the door, she stuck her head in and looked at Shang.
"We saw NOTHING." she then shut the door. Mulan and Shang looked in shock at each other then laughed at the thought of the matchmaker catching them in the same room. Shang smiled at the thought of that woman leaving him alone.Then he thought of how that might have looked. In a flash, he was out of the bed.
"I better go. This does look bad, and I don't want to get you in trouble."
"Yeah I understand." Mulan said a little upset. She didn't want Shang to get scolded or rumored into marriage. Shang left and walked into his room. He looked around and saw where Sui-yen had sat upon his bed and where they had moved things around. He sat on his bed and just thought. What was he thinking? Mulan was content at her house. She doesn't want to get involved with him. She was just being polite by inviting him into her room. He just had to go and try and get her to tell if she cared for him or not. 'Way to go, Shang.' he thought. 'You probably just ruined her reputation forever. She'll probably just have to get married to some wandering fisherman who will beat her and make her stay at home, and have a million little kids, while he gets drunk and plans on how to beat her and what wench to bring home and belittle her with and all because you wanted to be near her.' Shang sighed. There was no way he could help her. That matchmaker will tell everyone that Mulan was a "working" girl. Just the thought of that fat old woman saying things about Mulan like that made Shang sick. Maybe he could make a deal with that woman. She doesn't have to tell. Shang stood up and walked by his mirror. He stared at it and glared at himself.
"Why did you have to care!?" He kept glaring at himself till he knew it was useless. He knew why. "I love her." He looked at himself again in the mirror. Was what he said true? he averted his eyes from the mirror and then looked back, it was still dark but he could see his reflection in the mirror. "I love her and I'll do anything to keep her from harm." He sighed and went back to his bed and sat down to think. "How can I get her out of this?"
Mulan stood up and looked out the window. It was still dark. 'Will that sun ever rise?' she thought gloomily. Shang must hate her. 'You should have let him leave and go to another room, you clingly idiot.' she thought, belittling herself. ' Shang's going to get into so much trouble. Now, you've done it. All your little mess ups used to only hurt you, until now. Now, Shang's going to have to explain why he was in there and something bad is going to happen. You know it.' Her mind was working overtime. Mulan felt like throwing up. What if rumors get so bad that he would be forbade to see her again? His mother wouldn't like some girl that likes sharing a bed with a man to visit her son. She laid back down in the spot that she had been in. She looked at the indention in the bed, where Shang had laid down She could still smell his scent in the room and feel his presence. She closed her eyes and she could almost feel his hand reaching out and touching her arm. She smiled. She had dreamed of being that close to Shang since,well, since training days. Tonight was probably as close as she was ever going to get to a man, and she ruined it. She opened her eyes and sat up she grabbed her pillow and threw it on the ground as hard as she could. She then walked to the table and lit the lamp. She took out some paper. She needed to write to her family. She breathed and slowly wrote. she didn't want her family to think she was upset. She had to rewrite the letter a few times but finally she got it right.
Dear Mamma and Babba,
I am having fun here. The Li mansion is so large. Everyone is being really friendly to me. But I still miss home. There isn't a chef here that could cook as good as Mamma's cooking and nothing feels like home. Well, one thing. Our matchmaker is here. She brought her Neice, Sui-Yen up to meed General Li Shang and his family. She is really nice and pretty. Training is going really well, but I shall return soon. Don't worry, look out for Grandma for me please and feed little brother and give him my love.
You're daughter
Mulan.
Mulan read it over. It didn't sound like she was upset in that letter. But Her grandmother would know. She knew she could talk to her. She picked up the paper and began to write a letter to her grandmother explaining everything. this letter was twice as long but it took half the time for her to write.She included a please write back soon and folded it.. She would have them delivered quickly later in the morning. Mulan went back to her bed and prayed her grandmother would write back quickly.
Okay. I'm finished for now.. How does that chapter sound? There will be more.. I could always use advise. Just leave me a note and give it to me.. Give me suggestions. I like them.