A/N: At last I'm done with this chappie! Sorry I took forever to update, I lack inspiration in writing this fic and I'm too busy with my other fics, anyway. . . This chappie won't be too long so forgive me! ENJOY!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Tekken.

On with the ficcie!

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Hardships

Part six: Ordinary Sunday?

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Ring! Ring! Ring!

I woke up at the sound of my alarm clock, or was it my alarm clock? Damn! Why do I even bother setting that thing early in the morning!

I quickly grabbed my pillow and placed it above my head. Well, the sound lessened but it was still there. The terrible ringing of that stupid piece of technology is driving me nuts!

I stretched my arms into my dresser and felt for the alarm clock. . .

Blag!

Well looks like it fell down, hopefully it's broken. Ah. . . peace at last. . . As I was about to return to my peaceful slumber. . .

Ring! Ring!

What the hell is that?! Realization suddenly dawned to me. How stupid it is of me to think that the ringing was caused by my alarm clock when it was the phone that was causing all that racket!

Damn it! Why do people call so early in the morning?!

I finally gave up all hope of getting back to my beautiful slumber and sat up in my bed searching for my dang phone.

"WHERE IS IT?!" I threw all the blankets out of the bed, all the pillows suffered the same fate and still no phone! I looked around. . . the phone was on my dresser.

"Hello?" I answered the phone with a very croaky and grouchy voice.

"Er. . . Xiao? Is that you?" It was Christie. . .

"OH! Hi Christie!"

"Hey Ling. You know you sound like you just woke up, its 11am already are you okay?"

11AM?! It's 11am and I was still sleeping?! Where have I been last night?! I looked around my room. My pants was still scattered on the floor, I was still wearing that yellow tank top I wore to Jin's house, and I only had my underwear.

Ohhhkkaayyy. . .

"Ling?" Christie's voice snapped me back to reality.

"Oh, yea I'm fine Christie! Never felt better."

"right. . . whatever. Anyway, Steve and I were wondering if you'd like to join us out for lunch today?" Lunch?

"Er. . . love to join you but with a dorm this messy I don't think I've got time. I've gotta fix this dorm and I'm dead tired from last night J-" I stopped. Christie had no idea that I was friends with Jin, NO IDEA at all. Hey, it wouldn't be that bad to tell her right I mean how bad could having a guy bud be? She's great friends with Steve right?

"Last night with???" Uh-oH

"Er. . . a friend. . . I went out with my gal pals here. We had a quick dinner last night and I'm dead tired!" Lie alert! Lie alert!

"So that's why I couldn't contact you last night! All I got was your answering machine! Anyway, you sure you wouldn't want to join us?"

"Nope, I'd be okay here at home."

"Whatever you say, bye!" She finally hung-up.

Ok, so I need a quick recap on what happened last night. I went to Jin's house at around 6pm right? Then I stayed there playing video games and watching movies till. . . I think that was around 1. Oh so that explains why I'm so tired right now and why I haven't dressed up!

I made my way to the dining area. . .

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"So what did Ling say Christie?" Steve asked and I couldn't help but notice that spark of excitement in his eyes.

"She said she couldn't go. She says she's tired from a dinner with her gal pals last night and that she has to fix her dorm." Gone. The spark in his eyes were gone, replaced by. . . disappointment? What was that all about.

"What did you spray on yourself? You smell great!" I smiled at him well he did smell great, he always smell great!

"Er. . . thanks Christie. . . Ling wouldn't be coming then?" Why does he have to keep asking that?! I said no already? What's with Ling anyway?!

"No. . . so ready to go?" I asked him sort of irritated.

"Wait I gotta do something." He quickly sprinted to his room and after waiting for about 5-8 minutes he came back out. He changed. He wasn't wearing that very cool polo he was wearing awhile ago, infact he was just wearing a plain white shirt. Er. . . why did he change from stylish to very dull?

"Er. . . why'd you change?" I asked.

"Well, I thought that there's nothing special happening or were not going to anywhere special, so I guess I didn't need to wear that polo I was wearing." Not even a smile. . .

Hey! What did that mean? Why didn't he think of that awhile ago? He knew we weren't going to anywhere special, why'd he change only now?

I tried as hard as I can to ignore the irritating voice at the back of my head that was telling me that he was only going to wear that polo if Ling came. . . I hope that wasn't his reason. . .

"Fine!" I suddenly said. Steve's eyes looked at me with a look of confusion in them. Oops! I said it out loud!

"I mean, fine! You look fine! Now lets go!" I quickly dragged him out of our dorm before anything else gets out of my mouth!

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I had just finish eating which means. . . clean-up time! I got a broom and a duster. . . this wouldn't be so bad! I used to do this at home!

Well I used to do this but I was wearing decent clothes not just a tanktop and my underwear!

I quickly got my diskman and popped my favorite Japanese Cd. . . It's always better to work while listening to music!

Like I usually did before when I was in China, I would be humming to the lyrics of the song while cleaning up. Later on though that humming would bloom into a song with lyrics, then the dancing would come. And I know I must look incredibly stupid now but who cares?! This is what I love with not having to share a dorm with anyone!

Tsuremodoshite don't look back!!!

I was in the middle of singing a dancing when I looked back. . . my eyes widened and I froze.

The door was open and someone was laughing his heart out.

"Hahaha! This is hilarious! Now I've seen everything!"

To be continued. . .

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A/N: Like I said, it's short. . . and it's a cliffhanger, or I think it's a cliffhanger. Anyway, anyone can guess who that someone is? Well he will be revealed next chappie! I hope I get to type the next chappie and post it faster though. . . I NEED INSPIRATION!!!

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