Chapter five: Cops and robbers
It was morning. Xiao opened her eyes slightly and then closed them back leaning down on her pillow. Xiao breathed in scenting an odd masculine smell coming from her unusual hard pillow. She opened her eyes again. This wasn't her pillow?! She looked up and saw a sleeping Hwoarang holding his arms over her body and breathing heavily at the back of her neck, his lips barely touching her shoulder. She shivered at the feel of his breath and moved her head. "What the hell did I do last night?" She looked around. Her body was between his legs, one hand on his bare chest and the other gasped in his. She looked through the room to find out what happened last night. The only thing odd was that her window was wide opened and her bed sheet was on the edge of it. "What the hell did I do?" Xiao tried to get up from her position when Hwoarang woke up and pulled her back gently:
-Hey, how did you sleep last night? Xiao turned to face him.
-About last night, what the hell are you doing here?
-So you can't remember? He smiled.
-No. What did I, most important, what did we do last night? She was worried. He straightened up and sat next to her.
-Man! My back hurts. Have you ever tried sleeping against a cold wall? Xiao shook her head.
-Did we do something last night?
-Yah, we slept together. She held her head with her hand trying to think of something to say:
"Fuck! What the hell did I do? Man, I'm so stupid! What can I say to him? Sorry? No,no, no! I don't even know what I'm sorry for. Did I like it? God! I can't even think straight. What happened? I got drunk or what? No, coz I don't feel hangover. But was he good? Shit!"
-But not in the way you imagine it. He continued. He found this to be really funny, considering that she mumbled his name over and over last night. Hey! Don't worry. I'm no rapist. I just held you all night, no peaking no nothing. Ok?
-Like I would believe you! She got up and went to the bathroom.
-Grate! Just fucking, grate! He muttered to himself. He got up and went to his room to change for work.
Xiao sat on the flour holding her knees between her hands and with her back against the hard cold wall. She tried to remember what happened last night. The only thing she could think of were strands of her dream. Her knees hurt and she had scratches and cuts on them. She retraced her evening in her mind then this morning. She still couldn't remember. She turned on the shower and took of her clothes. She left the soothing hot water poor all over her tense body. Then in the calm peaceful splashing of the water she remembered her dream. Step by step, feeling by feeling. She sat her hands on the cold wall and slit on her knees. They hurt so badly. She closed her eyes and remembered seeing the Koreans worried face last night. She opened her eyes and turned of the shower. She got dressed and looked around for Hwoarang. He wasn't there. She ate a sandwich and left for classes. She met Miharu on the way:
-Hey, Xiao! What's up?
-Hi, Mi. Nothing special. You?
-I'm going to a party with this guy tonight and I told him I would bring a friend. So, are you up to it?
-Miharu, I don't feel like...
-Come on, girl! You never feel like going to a party. Those cute dresses of yours' are going to waste in you're closet.
-Ok, fine, I'll come.
-You can bring cutie red with you.
-Miharu!
The red hared girl laughed and ran off to class. Xiao followed her with a smile on her face. The party was at seven, Miharu's favorite party hour and she would have enough time to get ready. Who knows, maybe she would meet someone interesting there.
"What to wear. What to wear." Xiao was looking threw her stuffed up closet trying to find something nice to wear for the party." Hmmm, what about my pink dress? No, it's at the cleaners. My dark blue jeans? No, this is a party, not a hangout. How about this?" She pulled out a cream top with butterflies on the straps and a pair of low waste black pants that showed her lower curves perfectly. She scattered around a drawer and found her black high heal sandals with thin straps. "This will do perfectly!" She changed in her new outfit and looked in the mirror. She untied her pigtails and tied her hair back in a high tail with a butterfly strap. She turned around and then got her purse, leaving her bedroom.
Hwoarang was in the bathroom taking a shower:
-Hey, Hwoarang, I'm going out. See ya later.
-Yah, bye, Ling! He shouted back
Xiao's smile faded and left the apartment. She went down the stairs exiting the building and heading towards Miharu's in a slow pace. "Ling, I'm Ling again. He must be really crossed at me if he called me Ling. But, it wasn't my fault. I didn't even get to say sorry." She shook this thought from her mind and went to meat up with Miharu.
-Hey, sweetie! Miharu greeted her at the entrance. So, you ready?
-Yah. Xiao smiled. Ready to party.
-But wait, where's cutie red?
-Umm, I didn't ask him. We had a argue.
-Uh! I guess we just have to find you a date there. She smiled. Miharu took her purse and they both left.
The road to the club wasn't that long but Xiao and Miharu weren't in hurry. They talked freely about everything, about Miharu's intense love life, about boys and cute guys from they're classes, about one particular red hared roommate:
-So the only thing I can remember is that I woke up this morning on the flour, with my head on his chest and my body between his legs.
-Ah, that sounds so romantic. Miharu smiled. So did you guys do anything? She razes an eyebrow and Xiao.
-He says we didn't.
-Man, Xiao! Can't you remember anything? Well, I guess if you would have done something you would have remembered that. With a body like his I guess he can go four hours. She liked her lips smiling.
-God, Miharu! You're such a perve! I'm going to have nightmares because of you.
-Woo, I would like those kinds of nightmares.
They laughed and went on they're way to the club. They reached the brightly lid "Night Bounce" club and got in cutting threw the long line in front. Miharu smiled at the bodyguard and the guy smiled with a stupid face and them and waving to Miharu. They cut threw the dancing ring and went to the bar. Miharu met up with her date and left to the dance flour. Xiao sat at the bar with a drink in her hand. Just entering the club, Hwoarang was looking for some fun. He saw a cute girl sitting at the bar. She was dressed in a cream top and a pair of low waste black pants (wanna guess who it is?). He made way to her seat. He couldn't see her face; she had her back turned at him. He watched her for a minute and concluded that she had a really good looking body. But there was something familiar about her, especially that sweet Lilac smell coming from her clothes. He put on the best smile he had and sat his hand on her shoulder:
-Hey, gorgeous. Can I buy you a drink?
Xiao felt a hand on her shoulder and that voice sounded very familiar. She turned around. She saw Hwoarang smiling at her, but his smile faded when he recognized her:
-You're hitting on me in a club?
-Hey, I didn't recognize you. So what are you doing here? Planning to kill the bartender?
-Just go find a tramp and leave me alone!
-Well the first one I found was my roommate so I'm gonna look for a cute one this time. Bye.
-Bye, rapist!
Hwoarang backed away from her seat and bumped in to a young Japanese girl that smiled at him:
-Hey, red, remember me? She winked at him.
-Umm, hey, Asuka. How's it been?
-Not so good without you. She giggled.
Xiao rolled her eyes. She knew Asuka really good. She was Jin's younger sister and had a thing for clubs and long parties with many guys. And now she had her eye set on Hwoarang. Ever since the tournament she tried to get the read herd's attention. Hwoarang looked for a split second at Xiao and decided to have a go at this girl who was flirting with him. He took her hand and dragged her to the dance flour. Asuka was very happy. She was finally getting the attention she wanted. The DJ put on "Shake your tail feather" and Asuka left her body wind to the rhythm and rubbed her but against his body. Hwoarang turned her around and she danced around him. "If he thinks this will get to me, he's dead wrong." She thought smiling.
Hwoarang took Asukas' small face in his hands and kissed her fully on the lips. She was super excited. He smiled at her and took her hand taking her outside. Xiao got kind of edgy seeing him kiss her, but she would rather rot then admit it. She drank the rest of her drink and went to the dance flour. She saw a cute guy and started dancing with him. At the end of the party the guy tried to kiss her, but Xiao just couldn't let him, even though the guy was really cute and nice to her.
She left the club and decided to sleep over at Miharu's, coz she wouldn't want to hear moans all through the night. The chat with Miharu didn't help her take her mind of Hworang and Asuka. She knew her roommate would do anything to annoy her, but would he go that far? What did she care? He wasn't her boyfriend. But still, she could not shake this thought from her mind. She fell asleep later that night thinking of the next day, when she would get home.
She opened the apartment door and looked through for any evidence that she might still be here. She couldn't see her shoes or her coat. She closed the door and slit her sandals off, yawned and went to her bedroom to change in her everyday clothes. This was her day off and she decided to clean up the place a bit. She changed in a pair of short pants and a top and went to wash the dishes first. They were piling up.
At about noon she had cleaned the entire apartment, except Hwoarang's room. She sat on the couch and turned the T.V. on. But curiosity was too much for her. She got up took the vacuum cleaner and went to his room.
She opened the door looked through the room. "At least they had the curtsey of making the bed". She cleaned up the room and after vacuuming the carpet she sat on the bed all tired out. She looked at the alarm clock on the nightstand and then something caught her attention. She leaned to the top of the bed to take a better look. It was a pair of handcuffs. They weren't cuffed so she took them of and looked a bit awkward at them. "Man! What did these guys do last night? Handcuff each over?! I'm not standing on this bed anymore." She got up taking the handcuffs with her. She sat on a chair in the living room near to the radiator and just for laughs tried on the handcuffs cuffing her self to the radiator. She sat like this for a few seconds then wanted to take of the handcuffs. But they wouldn't open.
After five minutes of trying she was getting kind of nervous. She got up pushing her chair across the wooden flour. The chair slide on the flour stopping when it hit the wall. "Shit! Now I can't even sit down!" She looked around for something to open the handcuffs with. But with both hands cuffed she couldn't use anything. She saw her cell phone on the coffee table near to her. She could have reached it with her foot but who should she call? "Miharu? No way, she would just laugh at me and still wouldn't be of any help. Hwoarang? No fucking way I'm asking that guy for help! Umm, Eddy? He's handy with the tools, but, fuck, he's out of town." She sat on the flour, her hand hanging above her head. She sighted and looked outside the window. It was still light outside. She couldn't do anything but wait for somebody to find her or till Hworang came home.
She sat like that for about three hours thinking. She thought of school, Miharu leaving in three days, the bastard and turkey, her friends, but one thought rushed other and other in her mind, a thought that she wanted to push away. Hwoarang. He kept haunting her mind. And without knowing she thought of that night spent together. Why was that night so special to him, to her? She couldn't remember that night, except she felt so warm and safe. She sighted and thought of that kiss in Law's dojo. That kiss was so fresh in her mind. She couldn't forget. It was to special and different to just ignore and push back in her mind.
The phone rang waking her from her deep thought. It was to far away for Xiao to answer. She tried to reach it but after four tries she gave up. The answering machine went on after three more rings:
-Hey, you just called Ling and me, but we're not home. So leave a message at the beep and we'll get back to you. See ya!
-Hey, it's me. Xiao herd her roommates' voice. Um, I'm going out with my friends, I'll be home late, maybe even tomorrow.
-Wait! Wait! Don't close! Don't close! She shouted thou she knew he couldn't hear her.
Xiao slumped back down on the flour after the Korean closed his phone. Another four hours past. It was getting late. Xiao looked at watch on the counter. It was 7.30 and she was getting really hungry. She had not eaten at her friend's place and the whole day she only nibbled on some cookies she had found left in the kitchen. She looked for something to eat near to her. She so a chocolate bar on the coffee table. It wasn't to far away. Maybe she could reach it with her foot. She got up and stretched her foot to the coffee table. She reached the chocolate bar and pushed it with her toes but it fell on the couch.
"Fuck! I was so close!" she sat back down on the flour. She was tired from all the cleaning up and she felt like sleeping. But she couldn't fell asleep. It was to embarrassing all ready, no need to make it worse by falling asleep. She looked for the T.V remote. It was on the couch next to the chocolate bar.
"Man! And I told him not to leave the remote on the couch. Somebody might sit on it." She sighted. She sat her back on the radiator and yawned:
"No! You won't fell asleep! Not here, not now, no way! C'mon you can stay awake. Just think of something to keep you active. Umm, umm, the magazine!" she saw a magazine near her. She stretched and grabbed it with her toes and pulled it closer, flipping its pages for something interesting to read. She read the magazine for about two more boring hours and after that fell asleep. She couldn't keep her eyes opened anymore so she just gave in.
Hwoarang turned the key in the front door and turned the knob. He yawned and took his shoes off walking towards his bedroom when he heard something grudge at the over end of the room. He strained he's eyes trying to see what that thing was moving next to the radiator. He got closer and with the help of a little moon light he saw Xiao. He leaned over her a bit puzzled:
"What the hell is she doing sleeping on the flour?" he took a better look at her. She was dressed in her casual clothes she had her arms above her head. He then saw the handcuffs. He kept back a smile. "Should I help her? Nah! Last time I helped her, she thought I raped her or something. I'm gonna let her help herself this time." He got up and went to his room when he hit the couch with his foot:
-Shit! Fucking couch! Fuck! He mumbled waking Xiao up.
She looked towards the couch and saw Hwoarang holding his foot and cursing in Korean. She moved from her position and waited for her roommate to stop. He looked back at her and saw her brown eyes staring back at him. He sat on the couch's handle with his arms crossed looking blankly at the Chinese girl handcuffed to the radiator:
-Can you please help me? She finally muttered
-Now why should I do that?
-C'mon. Can you please help?
-What did you do? Play cops and robbers? And last time I helped look what came out. You thought I raped you or something. Why should it be any different?
-Look, I'm sorry for not trusting you and for what happened yesterday night at the club. I didn't want to...
-Save it for someone who gives a shit. He got up and left.
-C'mon Hwoarang, you can't just leave me here!
-Watch me. He waved at her going into his room.
-Please! I need your help! There was no answer.
She stood on the flour with her eyes opened hoping that he just joked and he'll comeback to take those bloody things of her hands. An hour later her eyelids felt heavy and she fell asleep again. Hwoarang was sitting in his room smoking a cigarette, thinking of he should help her or just leave her there. He got up from his bed put out his cigarette and looked around his bedroom. He took a small key from the nightstand and went into the living room. Xiao was sleeping on the flour with her head down. He went to her and opened the handcuffs. Her arms fell beside her body. He watched her for a minute then took her up in his arms and sat her on the couch. He grabbed a blanket from his room and covered her with it. He then stood for a second next to her then wanted to leave. But Xiao took his hand stopping him:
-I'm sorry. She opened her eyes looking at the Korean.
-Don't worry. I cooled off. A smile making its way in the corner of his mouth.
-Thanks. She whispered pulling him down and kissing him on the cheek.
-You're welcomed. He whispered back and left towards his room.
A/N: Now I just got to tell you, this and the next one are my fav from this story, thou I need a bit of work at the ending. Anywayz I'll change it when I'll get something better or when someone gives me a better idea.