An Awkward Situation
My name is Peter. I fight in the King of Iron Fist Tournaments. I'm sure you've heard of me, and if not, it's ok. I mean it's not like I'm anything special anyways. I'm worried about my future in the tournament. I barely pulled off my last victory against Yoshimitsu, but not before taking a slash to the stomach. It wasn't a fatal cut, just a surface scratch. It sure worried King though, he swore my insides were going to fall out. Just then, he walks by. He stops in his tracks and looks at me, before sitting down on the bed next to me.
"You okay?" he asks.
I sigh silently to myself before answering back, "Yeah…I'm just thinking you know?" He nods to me with his mask. Too many battles, too many feelings, too many secrets…that no one can know about. It becomes painful, painful to hold it all in after awhile, dealing with everything all by yourself.
"How's the cut?" King asks. I lift up my shirt, revealing the bandage to him as I reply, "Yeah, it's doing fine."
Silence fills the air for but a moment before King begins to speak again. "What do you say if I take you to the movies in a little bit, after I take a shower?" I immediately cheer up and smile back. "Sure, I'd love to. You're the best step-dad anyone could ask for!" He laughs at my comment, getting up and heading towards the bathroom.
"You should probably go hang out for awhile while I shower ok?" He says to me. I get up and grab my light jacket replying, "Sure thing. I'll be back in a half hour."
I get up and begin to leave the hotel room that we share when all of a sudden, I get this devious idea. King HAS to take that mask off when he showers. Maybe this is my chance to try it on! I sneak into the bathroom a minute later, when the water was already running. King is in there with the radio playing salsa music as I see the mask sitting on the sink counter, along with King's clothes. I smile slightly as I go to reach for it. 'He'll never know…'
"Don't even think about it." I throw my hands up and turn towards the shower, looking at the curtain. "How did you know?"
"I just have skills like that." He replies. "Whatever" I say as I leave the bathroom, sticking out my tongue at the curtain playfully. Leaving the room, I make my way to the elevator, thinking of going down to find Xiaoyu and Miharu since Julia took Christie and Mina out to the nearby mall. Jaime is out on a tour with his brother, so I don't have my usual buddies around:(
As I'm walking to the elevator, I pull out my iPod and begin to listen to 24 by Jem. Suddenly, someone comes out of their room and bumps straight into me, knocking the iPod to the floor. "Jeez, why don't you watch where you're…" I look up to see a beautiful woman of what appears to be Middle Eastern descent. She has beautiful black hair, some hair covering her right eye as the rest hangs in a high ponytail. She's tall, standing eye to eye with me. I never was the type to woo the ladies, but she is pretty intimidating. "Oh…I mean, I'm so sorry miss. How clumsy of me…" That's when I look to the floor and see that my iPod is broken!
"Oh no!" I yell out as I get on my knees. "King got this for me as a graduation present…"
"Get over it. You Americans are so materialistic." The woman says to me as I pick up the broken iPod. Cocking my head over to her, I see that she is already walking down the hall towards the recreation room.
"Well excuse me." I mutter underneath my breath. "Looks like someone has a stiletto stuck up her aaaa…." Don't curse! I'm not supposed to curse, I hate it when others do it, and so I can't do it either! Sigh Well I guess I'd better see if I can get Julia to fix it when she gets back. Shrugging my shoulders, I look away from the woman's direction and head to the elevator. Whoever she is, she's sure in a bad mood. Suddenly, I smile to myself. I realize that even against my will, bad women both scare and attract me.