(A/N): Lots of reviews! Guess you guys liked the last chappy eh? Hehe, well, theres more like it to come. I hope you are all having fun with this, as things will start to heat up! Thanks again for the many reviews, and for putting me on your favorite Well, I'm going to stop blabbing and let you read on. P.S. To answer your question about Xiao getting rapped, read on and that might help. I will later reveal what happened, or leave clues at least.
Chapter 6: In Your ArmsIt was the first Monday after the carnival, and all Xiaoyu could think of was that night. It was such a shock to her that she had her first kiss, with one of her closest friends. True, they had many things in common, but still, she did not expect it. She sat a little bored in class, listening to the teacher babble on and on. She reached in her notebook and pulled out a sheet of paper writing to Jin. She wanted to know if they were a couple now, or what? She shrugged and went on about writing her letter. The teacher had shut out the lights and put on a movie for them as he went back to his desk and graded papers. Xiaoyu had a slight grin on her face as she moved next to Jin's desk and handed him the note.
Jin looked down at the note and took it in his hands, carefully unfolding it and then read over it carefully. It read:
Hey Jin,
It's me, Ling! How's everything going for you? Not much here, just sitting in this boring class writing to you. Hey, I was wondering a few things. Well, you know...This may sound stupid of me, but I wanted to know if you and I are dating now? It's ok if we're not! I was just thinking...you know, after Friday...well yeah, I guess I'll let you go now. W/B if you want to. Jai Ne!
Love,
Ling Xiaoyu
Jin smiled as he read the note, and he must have read it a million times because he couldn't take his eyes off it. Xiaoyu sat there a bit nervous, wondering what he was going to say, wondering if he would reply. Her hands were shaking and her face was read. She thought he may not reply, or that he wanted be just friends, which she was ok with too. She looked over at Jin innocently as he gave a nod and a smile to her. She wasn't sure what it had meant, but she felt somewhat relieved anyway. The two sat there watching the movie together. Yumi sat behind them, scowling as she saw them so close, it made her sick to her stomach.
At the end of the movie, all the students went back to their original seats and Xiaoyu sat at her desk nervously, biting her fingers and shaking her leg. She looked to the clock, there were only five minutes left of class. She laid her head down, closing her eyes and zoned out into space. The bells chimed and Xiaoyu picked her head up, finding a note on her desk. She grabbed it and then looked around for Jin but he had already left. She smiled and she was eager to read it, but also nervous. Her heart thumped with each second that she stalled, wondering what it could say.
"I'll read it next hour, yeah." Reassuring herself that she would read it next hour, she slid the note into her pocket of her skirt and made her way out. As she headed down the hall, a group of girls and guys stopped her half way. She was pushed into the wall and stared Yumi straight in the eyes. "What do you want with me!?" She screamed. This caught the attention of the students around as they all turned their gaze to look at the two girls.
"Didn't I say stay away from Jin? Don't you ever listen?" Yumi was right in her face, only about an inch away.
"Listen to me bitch," Xiaoyu was already pissed off from the way she was being treated. "I don't give two shits what you say! Jin is a friend of mine, and a close friend at that. I'm not going to stop seeing him. Not for you, or for ANYBODY!" She kicked Yumi hard in the stomach, watching the girl fall in front of her as the students cheered on for her. She had seen a few security guards running her way as she easily blend in with the crowd and made her way through them and back into the class.
Xiaoyu sat there in class, wondering if they were going to call her down, but they didn't. She slid the note out of her pocket as the teacher was reading and she looked down to read the note. It was written so tiny and perfect. She smiled and giggled, not even knowing what the content of the note was even about. She stopped herself, pausing, and taking a deep breath.
"Ok Xiao, calm yourself. Take this slow and serious." She raised the note to her eye level and began to read the note. It read:
Dear Xiao,
Well, you know, I haven't really given much thought about it. I have never had a girlfriend before you know, and I am not sure how to react. I'm flattered least to say! I just want you to know that we will always be good friends, no matter what. I think if we talk about it...maybe we can come up with an answer.
Yours truly,
Jin Kazama
She didn't know what to make of it. She sighed a bit as she looked to the letter, trying to figure out what it was he meant. Did he want them to be an item like she did? Or did he just want a good friend. She would try not to take it too hard, but curiosity was getting to her. She shrugged and then slid the note back into her pocket, and decided for once she would pay attention to the teacher.
The lunch bell rang three hours after Xiaoyu had gotten Jin's note. She headed to her locker to get her homemade lunch that she especially made extras for. She smiled and headed off to the cafeteria when she had heard crying. She turned around and saw Julia sitting at her locker with her knees pressed up against her body crying her eyes out. Xiaoyu, being the nice friend she was sat beside her and pulled out a tissue wiping away her tears.
"Hey, no sad faces. What's wrong?" She asked concerned for her friend. Julia looked up to her, she looked like a mess. Her eyes were red and puffy and she was depressed and moping around all day.
"Kojiro broke up with me!" She exclaimed. She took off her engagement ring that she had of his and threw it straight across the locker bay. Xiaoyu stood up and walked to get the ring walking right back. "He broke up with me on the night of the carnival! Can you believe that? What a jerk! He said I was cheating on him with Hworang." She shook her head unable to believe such a thing. Xiaoyu pat her shoulder and then stood her up.
"Hey, guys can be stupid like that. But you know what? I can make it all better." She smiled then pointed to the cafeteria. "I'm meeting a friend of mine in the cafeteria. He's really cute and he's the one I went to the fair with. We even kissed under the fireworks." She spun around dreamily and chuckling. "It was so romantic." Julia nodded her head some then wiped her tears.
"I don't want to be a bother...really."
"Hey, you're no bother to me! Come on." She grabbed Julia's hand as the two sped off to the cafeteria where they met up with Jin. He was standing alone by the door, looking down at the floor. Julia's eyes widened as she saw him. His perfect figure standing so strong, so alone, right there.
"Xiao! Oh my God! Look at that tall handsome guy standing alone by the door! God is he HOT!" Julia smiled as she became all giggly. Xiaoyu looked over to Jin and laughed.
"Yeah I know. That's Jin, the one we're meeting today." Julia regained her composure, checking her makeup and then walked over to Jin with Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu stood in front of Jin smiling. "I've got food for us." Jin smiled and nodded to her.
"Great, because I..." he looked over to Julia who was blushing and hiding behind Xiaoyu. "Whose that?" He asked, his question directing to Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu looked to Julia who was giving a flirtatious blush and she smiles. She laughed and then moved to the side.
"Oh, Jin, meet Julia. She's a friend of mine. She just broke up with her boyfriend." Xiaoyu stopped and thought for herself. She just told her single friend that her girlfriend had just broken up with her boyfriend. What was she doing, handing Jin over to her?? Julia nodded and shook his hand. Jin smiled at her and bowed.
"Well, it's nice to meet you Julia," he said. Julia giggled more as she looked to Xiaoyu.
"So, where are we going to sit?" She smiled. Xiaoyu pointed to the swing in the courtyard where she and Jin had spent most of their time at lunch. Julia nodded and began to walk on ahead to the swing. She sat at the side of the swing where Xiaoyu normally sat. Jin motioned to Xiaoyu to sit, but she shook her head.
"No Jin, you sit."
"Oh I'm sorry. Am I in your seat Xiao? I'll move..." Julia said getting up. Xiaoyu waved her hands and shook her head.
"No no Julia! Go on, sit there. You're the guest today." She sat Julia back down then she sat Jin down right next to her. She watched as Julia blushed and had a bright smile on her face, which in some sense did make Xiaoyu a little happy. She sighed and sat on the ground. "Hey Jin, now that I think of it, you never did get to finish your sentence." She said, handing out her lunch to both Jin and Julia. Jin took half that Xiaoyu offered and Julia took the other half leaving Xiaoyu with nothing. She shook her head not caring and then smiled. Jin looked to her and sighed, he knew that something hadn't seemed right. He offered Xiaoyu some of the food but she didn't want to.
"You know, I can't even remember what I was going to say now." He laughed and Julia laughed along with him. Xiaoyu smiled and leaned back, looking to the sky. She knew that he wanted to tell her something, and maybe in private, but it wasn't right to talk behind Julia.
It wasn't too much later till school was over. Xiaoyu got her things and ran to her locker seeing Julia waiting for her.
"Wow, hey Julia. Are you...waiting for me?" She asked. Julia nodded and smiled.
"Usually I wait for Kojiro because we used to walk home together, but since that's over. I thought I could walk with you." Xiaoyu nodded and then looked around.
"Sure but I have to wait for Jin. He walks me home."
"Jin's coming to?" Julia asked. Xiaoyu nodded and watched as Julia's face lit up. She gave a soft sigh and walked to the main doors and decided to wait for Jin there. Finally, Jin walked through the doors and smiled both to Xiaoyu and Julia, greeting them both. They headed off home, Xiaoyu on one side and Julia on the other side of him. Julia and Jin had lots to talk about, just about everyday things but they didn't stop. As soon as they got to the street where Julia turned, she gave Jin her number and email address along with her yahoo ID. She waved goodbye to both of them and headed out. Now, Xiaoyu loved Julia, she was like a sister to her, but she couldn't help feel like she was moving in on Jin and fast. She walked down the street slowly with her head down and kicked a few rocks out of the way. Jin had seen her and placed his arms around her.
"Xiao, what's wrong? Tell me please." She smiled up to him and shook her head.
"Nothing is. I promise." She nodded over to him and then looked about, trying to avoid eye contact.
"Come on Xiao, I know you. Something is wrong and you just don't want to say it." She shook her head and Jin wrapped his arms around her. "Ok then, play it the hard way. I don't mind it at all." He laughed and started tickling her sides. Xiaoyu ran away from him as he took her hand. "Wait..." He led her over to the park near both their apartments and took her to one of the swings sitting her down. He smiled and started pushing her back and forth.
Xiaoyu felt as if she were on cloud nine, nothing better could possibly happen. She loved spending all this time with him. It was so romantic in her eyes. She laughed aloud as he pushed her harder. She then leaped off the swing and landed gracefully on her feet. Jin smiled, the wind blowing his bangs out of his eyes. He took Xiaoyu's hand as the two began to walk around, not sure of where they were going, just, going nowhere. The sun had hit his skin just right to give him that sweet serene look in his face.
"Jin, about that note..." she said looking to him then down quickly. He held her hand tighter then spun her around against his chest smiling down on her.
"Xiaoyu, I would love to be considered your boyfriend. I'm definitely inexperienced when it comes to emotions though. I mean, like I said, I've never had a girl like me, and for as long as I can remember I have been alone." He looked into her eyes still smiling, "but I'll do all that I can to make you happy." Xiaoyu ran her fingers through his bangs then down the side of his ear, watching him shiver.
"Jin, you have made me happy. Even if we weren't going out, I would still be happy, just because you are there by my side." He took her in his arms then lay down in the field of grass looking up at the sky, laying her next to him, keeping his arms wrapped around her.
The two of them spent the next twenty minutes laying side by side, looking up at the sky. Xiaoyu closed her eyes and began to talk.
"Jin, what do you dream about?" she asked in a subtle voice, almost heavenly to the ear. Jin took a while to think about it and he finally answered.
"I don't know. I don't think I've really paid attention. What about you?" He looked over to her, giving her his full attention.
"Me? Well, I've always had these dreams where I am with someone. I'm never alone, laying in their arms, or just sitting watching TV resting against their shoulder. Whatever the case may be, I am not alone anymore." Jin smiled as he looked over at Xiaoyu. He leaned over her body and was now only inches away from her soft petal lips. She opened her eyes to see him there, looking down at her and she gasped laughing, slowly pushing him back. "Woah! How did you get there?" He laughed at her and kissed the wing of her nose and sat back up.
"Easy, I crawled right over you." She smirked and shook her head.
"One of these days, I'll get you back." She said standing up and placed her hands over her hips. She walked on her way home and got to her apartment with him. He wasn't too far behind and hugged her tightly.
"Xiaoyu..." he whispered softly into her neck, which sent chills through her spine.
"Yes?" She turned around as he planted a soft and light kiss on her lips and slowly pulled away from her.
"Goodnight. And, maybe if you're not busy, you can come to my house on Friday and we can play video games, or something." Xiaoyu nodded to the idea and hugged Jin tightly.
"Sure Jin, I would love that. How about...next Friday?" Jin nodded back to her and held her hand, not wanting to let go for anything. They both knew that this would be the start to a beautiful relationship. Xiaoyu's only concern now was, what of Julia?
(A/N): Alrighty then! This chapter is done! The chapters are really going to begin to heat up with passion and anticipation, and hell, why not throw in a bit of angst too! Lol. Well, hope you liked it. R&R plz and thank you!