Chapter 2: Indefinitely Stuck
"It is your fate!" the raven-haired girl said calmly.
"Fate!" half-shouted a bewildred Lei.
"Accept it, for I accepted mine." she droned while wrapping her fingers upon the handle of her katana.
Lei was outraged. He would have wanted to strangle the woman then and there, unfortunately, there were a few things that prevented him from doing so. First was proper etiquette, second was respect for the opposite sex and lastly were the bandages and the foot cast that held him in place.
"I shall give you ample time to compensate for the damages you've done." she stated in a matter of factly tone.
"How could you even say that after I saved you!" he hissed.
"Honestly, I would have disposed of you for wasting my precious catalyst. However I am making an exception, since you did save me… I'm going to be kind, ill provide you a week's time."
"That's impossible!"
The girl pulled out her blade in one fluid motion, the blade's surface gleaming in the light. Lei wide eyed tried to edge backwards, the bandages and cast however, prevented him from doing so.
"W-What are you doing?" he asked with a panic stricken voice.
She raised the katana into the air and brought it down in a swift fluid slashone with enough force to neatly cut a tree in half—stopping only an inch from the unprotected groin of one Lei Fu Yang.
"Either you pay me—" she brought the flat side of the blade closer to his flesh "or I believe you have a clear idea of what I'm going to do." she said in a voice dripping with venom.
Lei swallowed hard.
Lei sighed, the week passed him by in an uneventful blur. Attending classes became difficult if not impossible due to his fractured leg. He looked at his now fully mended leg, he was glad that he somehow got through the previous week.
The raven-haired mage impatiently tapped his feet waiting for the elevator door to slide open. He hated such slow machines, but it was much more convenient than using the stairwell.
"Finally!" he uttered in relief as the metallic doors slid in their place.
He stepped in and punched the correct numbers, after a few seconds the elevator doors closed together, the gears did their work and shut the doors securely.
Lei leaned on the railing, he looked out the window and was glad that the elevator doubled as a balcony, watching the city below, specially on night's like these made him feel nostalgic. It was just too bad that whoever built the elevator decided on a closed compartment design, the air was just too stuffy for the young mage.
Lei looked at the display panel, if memory served him correct it would still take ten minutes before he reached the sixtieth floor.
"Damn it's stuffy in here." he said while panting for air.
The young mage undid the buttons of his polo-shirt, he was glad the Academy had dropped the whole cloak and skin tight apparel a few years back 'I wonder how those mages lasted through summer…' he wondered while absentmindedly stretching.
He remembered his professor telling him that in his time female mages wore very skimpy clothing, lei often wondered why people who considered themselves smart wore such scandalizing outfits, why in kunlun it would be—
His train of thoughts were cut short when the elevator came to an abrupt stop, Lei's eyes were fixed on the door, the restrains unhooked and the doors slid open and a very dazed yet really cute female mage hurried inside.
She was panting hard, was she in a hurry he wondered. The girl brushed her shoulder brown length hair aside before pressing a few buttons on the console. The girl's eyes suddenly went wide when her gaze rested on Lei.
"Something wrong?" he asked, genuinely puzzled.
The girl looked at him strangely, Lei followed her gaze. The raven-haired boy scratched his head and averted his eyes from her gaze, although he had to admit, the girl was… ccute.
"Going up?" she asked him in a timid voice.
Embarrassed he simply nodded and returned his gaze to the sprawling city below.
The girl leaned on the railing as well, but she wasn't facing the city, she was reading a small pink pocket book. Lei found it difficult not to stare, she was lovely, her clothes clung tightly to her shapely figure. 'Who is she?' he wondered. The girl's eyes darted from page to page, it seemed she was enthralled by what she was reading, Lei curiously stared at the title of the little red book.
It read Sex for Dummies 'Ignore it, it's nothing.' he repeated to himself as he brought his gaze to the ceiling. 'But… it is interesting…' he thought, he quickly chanced a quick glance, surprised when his eyes met hers. He froze for a moment, he'd been caught.
"I-I-I didn't mean to stare!" the both of them cried out in unison. Both blushed furiously and turned their attention elsewhere.
Yukino was embarrassed, it wasn't just because a stranger had caught her readings something so… inappropriate. It was also because he caught her looking at him. 'Did he?' she wondered.
It had just suddenly occured to him how small the elvator was and how stuffy the air had become.
Simply put, it was hot.
Lei felt a bead of sweat trickle down his chin, he hooked a finger to his collar trying to get some air. Despite himself he shifted his gaze from the window to her.
'Why is he like that…' she wondered. Her blouse was starting to stick to her back and chest, making her shift uncomfortably. 'Why doesn't he say anything?' she thought.
Lei cleared his throat, and that was all he could manage.
'This silence is too much.' she though, she could stand mindless chatter but being in a closed space, with just one person, and a guy at that. She felt like she had to say something, but what it was she just couldn't pin down.
"It's—" she stuttered.
"Yes?"
"A-Are you hot?" she asked, Lei felt his heart skip a beat, did he hear correctly. She quickly shook her head and blinked stupidly, she blushed furiously and raised the book to her face to hide it. "I mean… it's hot, right?"
The girl bit her lip.
"Yeah, it is." Lei said breathlessly.
The elevator suddenly shook violently, both of them lost their bearings.
Lei's eyes snapped open, he found himself pinned to the ground, amethyst eyes bearing down on him. Her hair was brushing against his face, she was supporting herself on her elbows, Lei couldn't help but stare at her beautiful face, but that wasn't the only thing that bothered him. It was becoming more and more difficult to resist staring into her well endowed chest.
His breath stirred the fine hairs on her ears causing her to shiver in delight, what was going on, it was odd, but she was beginning to regret having skipped chapter seven.
Lei found it difficult to think at all, he could feel the soft mounds of her breasts pressed tightly against his midriff. Her knee brushed against his thigh causing him to edge backwards, this only caused him to knock her elbows aside.
"I-I-I…"
Her eyelids fluttered, she looked into his chocolate-brown eyes drowning in them, everything was... Hazy.
'Damn it's hot…' Lei thought.
"You…" her lips parted, she closed her eyes and then slowly, it began to close on his.
When their lips brushed against one another…