yeah...sorry about the incredibly slow update, it's just i kind of lost interest in this story, i'll try my best to update it since it is the summer but i can't guarantee you anything ok.. There is still along wayyy to go until the story ends and i do not know if i'll be able to finish it or not, but check back. who knows? R&R
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Enrique and Salima are walking around in a flea market when Salima came across a collection of topper ware.
"Wow! They're so pretty!" Salima exclaimed and gushed over the plates.
Enrique laughed and said "You like these kind of things?"
Salima looked at the blond and blushed lightly. "Yeah"
"You're so cute" Enrique patted her on the head and walked up to the sales person.
A couple of feet away from them, a guy with dark glasses on kept on turning his head and looking over at the two.
"This one is so pretty!" Salima picked up a vase and touched the detailed carving on it.
Out of the corner of his eye, Enrique watches the guy with the glasses carefully and then he smiled to himself. 'Looks like they caught on.'
Enrique then returned to the sales person and said, "I'll take them all. Pack it nicely for the young lady."
Salima almost dropped the vase when she heard those words. "There's no need Enrique!"
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Salima and Enrique are walking side by side, almost arriving at the end of the Flea Market. Salima was now cautious about what she's going to say. She knew that if she said that she liked something then Enrique would buy it. After all the blond had already bought the entire topper ware collection and the owner actually cried exclaiming that no one had ever appreciated his art so much before, they were going way out of business and was about to close. Salima pity the man, not in a haha you suck way, but in a more mutual feeling kind of way. She had taken what Enrique had told her to heart but she still doesn't know if she believes it.
Enrique half watched the red head in deep thought and half watched the dude with the glasses.
After a day of shopping, Enrique and Salima are sitting at a restaurant while the guy that was following them is sitting aside at a table, holding up a newspaper to disguise him. The waiter hands each of them a menu and then walks away giving them time to look it over.
"Well? Are you hungry?"
"Very hungry because I just had a piece of cake this afternoon and then we were walking around the rest of the afternoon. So now I'm so hungry that my stomach is concave."
"The pasta here is not bad. But you can order whatever you want to eat. You don't have to be courteous with me."
"I haven't been courteous with you this whole day already. Moreover, this is the first time that I've come to such a high-class restaurant. The prices on this menu are so expensive."
"This isn't much. Just treat it as a thank you for accompanying me the whole day today. Go ahead and order."
Salima hesitated a bit before nodding her head.
Over at the other guy's table, he puts on his earpiece and dials a number on his cell phone.
The waiter then comes back and pours the two each a glass of red wine.
"Give it a try." Enrique smiled at her before sipping his own glass.
Enrique watched as she tried a bit but he then turned his head to the man with the glasses.
"Salima, put on a big smile, she that stalker over there can report back to Mrs. Ivanov how great this date is." The blond winked at her."
Salima smiled naturally but then the smile seemed to turn serious as she spoke "Enrique, I've always felt that the gap between the lifestyles of Kira and Tala are just too big. The two of them must put down each of their own statures to coordinate with the other. Because of that, won't they have lots of problems?"
Enrique chuckled "Tala's nature isn't bad, but he's just a bit violent. You don't really understand the way Tala shows his emotions. That's why to you the situation is like that. He actually cares about Kira a lot. He's a fairly decent guy and knows to cherish the things he loves."
"Like you cherishing the girls that you love." Salima asked with out thinking.
Enrique looked up and smiled lightly.
"Sorry. I've asked a very stupid question." Salima looked down and blushed. "This food looks like it's very good. Let's start eating."
Enrique was silent for a long time before stating, "I'm a good guy, but I'm not a good person. To me, a woman's good for only one week."
Having said that, Enrique silently ate his food while Salima sat there wondering what to make of that comment.
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At the Ivanov mansion
Tala spoke into the phone and tried to swatter a very anxious Kira away. "What? They are eating intimately and drinking wine at the same time?"
"WHAT? They're drinking wine too!"
Tala grimaces and moves away a bit from Kira to listen to the phone.
"Enrique must want to get her drunk and take advantage of her!" Kira wailed.
Tala covers his other ear with his hand, trying to block out Kira's voice. She reaches over and tries to take the cell phone from Tala's hand. Tala moves out of her reach and transfers the phone to his other ear. Kira planted her hand on her hip and stared at the red head for a moment before punching him on the hand and grabbed the cell.
"Hello? Then what the hell are they doing? Enrique must be thinking about using some sweet words to lie to Salima! You have to keep a good look on them! You must not be sluggish or lagging, understand!"
She hangs up the phone while Tala cuts up the steak the waiter brought in while Kira was yelling in to the phone.
Kira sits down and muttered, " Enrique this idiot! Always up to no good! Playboy! He thinks that just because he's rich he can do that. Ah I'm going nuts here!"
Tala signed and holds out his fork with the food that he just cut in front of her mouth "Eat this."
Kira takes it in her mouth and chews for a few seconds and then turns to him with wide eyes: "Why is it so good?"
"Eat more if it's good. You're always sticking your nose into other people's business, never caring about your own. You should eat more, you're are just too skinny."
"I am not."
"What do you mean am not? On the night that we saw the meteor star, when I was holding you, I was thinking to myself, 'Why is she so skinny and her chest so small.'
"You big pervert!" Kira pushed Tala and stood up.
Tala lowered his voice a little and looked at Kira with concern "I don't want you to be like this. When you are dating with me, you are not allowed to be this skinny. It seems as though you are suffering a lot."
Kira sat down and quietly said, "I don't feel as though I'm suffering. Moreover, my chest is this small originally."
Tala looks up and smiled lightly.
Kira saw his face and sigh, "Fine, I'll eat then."
Kira smiled lightly as she chews up her food "He really looks after me, even about something this small, but I… doesn't matter if it's now or before we starting dating, it seems like I really haven't looked out for him at all…."
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After dinner, Enrique and Salima causally walked hand-in-hand to a local Hotel
"Reporting to Master. After finishing dinner, Master Enrique rushed Miss Salima off to Maple Hotel to check themselves into room 601." The report spoke solemnly into his cell.
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All of a sudden a silver convertible pulls up in front of the hotel at a record speed. A black haired girl jumped out of the car before it came to a full stop and rushed in to the hotel.
"Miss. Give me room 602." Kira just barely yelled at the copper haired receptionist
"Alright. It'll be $5000 per night. Will you be paying by credit card or cash?"
Kira looks uneasy at the huge amount of money involved and shouted at the girl"$5000?"
"Right." The girl flinched at her voice.
A sigh was heard behind Kira as the voice then spoke in a demanding tone. "My name's Tala Ivanov, go give her that room."
The receptionist stared for a moment and blushed, "Yes, yes, yes. I'll take care of it for you at once."
Kira smiled at Tala before hovering anxiously over the counter to look at the attendant working.
"Enrique Gaincarlo is in room 601, correct?" Tala spoke in a professional tone.
"Right, he has checked in. But he just told us that he has something to do and went out for a bit." The copper haired girl avoid looking at the red head's eye as she spoke, instead she hunched her shoulders and stared at the computer screen instead.
Normally Kira would have been disgusted at the way people act towards the Ivanov heir, but she has other things on her mind right now. "Miss, could you hurry it up a bit please?"
The girl's face went in a deeper shade of purple as she said, "Yes."
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Kira ran to room 602, she threw open the door and jumped on the sofa, pressing her entire body against the wall.
Tala sighed again as he followed her in the room and saw her on the sofa. He plopped himself in a chair and sighed once again. "Eh! What are you doing?"
Kira, with her ear presses as close to the wall as it could go "Their room is just behind this wall."
Tala stood up and yelled "Are you stupid! This is my family's hotel! It's not some cheap motel that you can hear the other side of!"
Kira turned, having momentarily forgotten why she was hear and yelled back "Right! It's because your family opens up these hotels, $5000 for one night, that's why there are big perverts like Enrique who's an expert at deceiving poor innocent girls to check into a hotel room with him! This should be against the law!"
"What against opening a hotel? Are you just looking for a fight?"
Kira seemed not to hear him as she muttered "Enrique is not in the room right now, so Salima shouldn't be in any danger yet. Do you think that I should just burst in and bring her out?" Kira said the last part and looked at the red head.
Tala sat backwards on the chair again and turns his head to the side with an exasperated look without answering.
Seeing that Tala won't be any help Kira mutters to herself "But Salima specially told me to give her a chance. What is Enrique going to do!"
"Of course he will use his own unique skills on her." Tala turned to her and smirked.
"What do you mean his own unique skills mean? What are you talking about?" Kira said looking confused.
"Something special? I dunno, but I heard that there wasn't not one girl who was able to resist his charms" Tala bored said.
"What!" Kira had obviously taken the words the wrong way and was now in panicking mode.
Tala looked at her confused face and let out a chuckle and decide to stop torturing her before she loses it and said "He bring them champagnes and roses. I'm not sure but it's something that you girls like."
"Champagne! He's going to get her drunk and then…" Kira still didn't get the "unique skills" and rambled.
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Tala threw his hands up in relief and answered the door. "Who is it?" HE asked and opened the door.
A waiter starts pushing a cart filled with candlelight, roses, and champagne into the room.
"Hello." The waiter spoke just barely stuttering seeing it was the Ivanov's boy after all.
Tala raised an eyebrow "I didn't order anything."
Kira jumps down from the sofa and looked through the cart.
"We're room 602. Are you sure you didn't send it to the wrong place?" Tala looked at the waiter curiously.
The waiter lowered his eyes to the floor and spoke quietly "Sorry. I'll go and check it out…"
Kira stopped and a mischievous smile was seen on her face. "Eh, wait a minute! Wait a minute! It's right. It's right. We ordered these things. Can you please bring it in?"
She walks into the room and the confused waiter pushes the cart following Kira while Tala stands by the door staring after the waiter, wondering what is going on.
Tala sighed once again and closes the door and follows them into the room.
"You can leave the things over here."
The waiter stood quietly, debating on whether he should wait for the tip or not.
Tala got the hint and thrust a bill in to waiter's hands.
"Thank you." He bowed and walked out.
"What the hell is going on?" Tala looked at Kira curiously.
Kira smiled and spoke proudly "Enrique must have ordered this and that guy before must have sent it to the wrong place. We can intercept it right now so Enrique won't be able to do anything. A man is nothing without his tools!"
Tala stared at her in disbelief "You…"
Kira looks through the cart "Wow, what's up with Enrique he even prepared chocolate!"
Tala's eyes light up for a moment before he took a piece of chocolate from the tray "Fine. Then we don't have to be courteous."
Kira continues to go through the cart and pulls out another tray of food "There's still more things to eat underneath. I'm going to eat one." She puts the chocolate in her mouth and goes back to looking underneath the cart.
"You…"
Kira stared at Tala, waiting for him to finish his sentence "You've never received any flowers from me."
"So…" Kira said and ate another chocolate.
Tala looked around and took the bouquet of flower from the tray and held them in Kira's face "These flowers are for you."
Kira blushed slightly and then coughed "Um… Didn't you say that Enrique has a lot of skills to show? Then what else is he going to do?" By know Kira figured out what type of "skills" Tala was referring to earlier.
"Eh…" Before he can answer, the doorbell rings again.
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"Wait a sec. I'll go open the door."
While he went to get the door Kira smiled at the bouquet of flowers that was currently in her hands.
"You know how you ask what other skills he has….well here's the other one."
Kira's mouth dropped open as a man playing the violin came into the room.
Later, while the guy is playing the violin next to their table, Tala and Kira are having a very romantic candlelight dinner together. As she is chewing, Kira looks on with a smiling face at the violinist while Tala looks across the table at Kira's face with a soft and loving expression.
"Thank you. It was very good." Kira smiled as the music ended.
"Anyone interested in a dance?" The violinist asked.
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In the next room, Salima sits on the sofa while the blond raid the fridge in the room. "Coke?"
Salima nodded and the blond closed the fridge and walked towards her with 2 cokes in his hand.
"Will this work?" Salima asked uncertainly.
"They are enjoying Enrique's own personal charms right now. Even Kira has to fall for it. If they still argue every 3 minutes, then that would just halt the good atmosphere." Enrique said arrogantly.
Salima let out a smile "So you are actually a very romantic person. But I feel like I'm doing something wrong against Kira. She is so worried about me and that's why she is so nervous right now. She even went as far as to follow us into the room next door. If she finds out that this is all a trap that I helped you plan out, then…"
Enrique shuts her up with a wave of his hand "Isn't this trap that you are talking about a little too serious? After all, what we are doing is a good thing. I think that after Kira knows, she should be grateful of you."
"Really? Hm, then how much longer are we going to wait? I wonder how they are proceeding along right now?"
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As the music continues to flow the dance is not. Even though it is a slow dance, the two of them are not fluid dancers at all. They are moving around like stiff a robot that's in a serious need of some oil.
"You stepped on me!" Tala suddenly yelled.
Kira looked annoyed "So what if I stepped on you. You're a man, suck it up! What are you yelling for?"
"You stepped on me and you say anything! You are just asking to be hit, woman!"
Kira suddenly stopped dancing "All you think about is hitting people all the time! You are a pig that only knows to use violence to solve problems!"
Tala crossed his arm and shouted, "WHO'S A PIG?"
Kira retorts, "It's you! You are also a big idiot!"
Tala's face turned red; he was outraged. "I'M AN IDIOT!"
Kira didn't' back down as she confirmed, "Right!"
Tala yelled even louder now "I DARE YOU TO CALL ME THAT AGAIN!"
Kira stood her ground as she continues to taunt him "Idiot, idiot, idiot, idiot! YOU ARE AN IDIOT!"
Tala turns away and struggled not to lash out "DON'T THINK THAT I WOULDN'T DARE TO LET MY TEMPER LOSE!"
Kira calmly said, "Let your temper go. Even after you let your temper go, you are STILL AN IDIOT!" She yelled the last part for effect.
Tala got very worked up and looks around for something to take his anger out on. Turning he catches sight of the violinist looking over at him and Kira but all the while still playing the violin.
Tala's eye turn into slits and yelled "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU STARING AT!"
The violinist continues playing the violin and backing away from Tala who is bearing down on him.
"WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU WATCHING THIS! YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME WATCHING THIS, RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE A DEATH WISH! GO AND PLAY THE VIOLIN INSIDE THE BATHROOM!"
The violinist stops playing and quickly walks toward the direction of the bathroom.
Kira place her hand on her hip and yelled at the already outrage Tala. "WHY DO YOU LOOK FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO LET YOUR TEMPER OUT EVERY TIME FOR NO REASON? WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO TO OFFEND YOU! ALSO, YELLING BACK AND FORTH, IT'S ALL YOUR FAMILY'S HOTEL'S FAULT! IF I HAD THE MONEY, I WOULDN'T COME OVER HERE TO HAVE A DATE! It's so expensive and not romantic at all! I'd rather go to the car cafe to eat ice cream! It's cheap and romantic!" Kira yelled but started to calm down as the sounds of the violin are heard from the bathroom door.
Tala challenged "Who said that I'm here with you on a date? You were the one that said to follow Romeo and Juliet"
Kira then completely forgotten about her fight with Tala, suddenly remembers. "Oh right! How can I forget about that!"
Kira went to open the door and suddenly Enrique and Salima falls to the ground haven obviously been eavesdropping outside.
"You… What are you two doing over here?"
Enrique said sheepishly "Whatever you guys were originally doing here is what we are doing."
Tala stormed and grabbed Enrique by the collar. "I'm going to kill you!"
Salima then walked through the door, "I'm sorry. We were just thinking that if we were to help you and Tala specially arrange a romantic date then you both will definitely not accept it. So that's why Enrique thought of this method. I was just coordinating with him to act out this small demonstration date."
"You guys are so nosy!" Tala let Enrique go and yelled.
"Go away!" Kira suddenly yelled and pushed through them.
Tala reaches out a hand to stop her as she pushes pass the door and then looked over at Enrique, who had a guilty look on his face.
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Kira stomped down the hallway angrily and pushed the elevator button.
As she looks up from her place in the elevator, her eyes widen in shock as she sees a tall woman coming out of the elevator right across from her.
Kira's mouth drops open as she stared, but just as the woman turned to look at her the elevator door slammed shut.
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Back in room Enrique tried not to laugh as he listens to the music that's coming out of the bathroom. Finally deciding to put the poor guy out of his misery he spoke, "Come on out. Stop playing, stop playing."
The violinist comes out of the bathroom and waits as the blond counts a few bills.
"You can leave. It's ok now." The guy takes the money, bows and then leaves in a hurry.
Enrique plopped down on the sofa and said in annoyance, "Tala Ivanov, I went through so trouble to help you arrange such a… and you just messed it up like that!"
"Shut up!" Tala yelled.
"What the hell happen between you two?"
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Enrique nodded at Tala "That must be Salima bringing Kira back. I would put a different face on if I were you." He walks over to the door and opens it to find a tall elegant woman standing there.
Enrique's couldn't find his voice and just nodded towards the lady who looked at him in disapproval.
Tala then looked up and spoke dryly, "Mom, when did you get back?"
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hehe did you see that coming? well if you did you might be able to predicate what's going to happen next, though it might be a while before i up date, sorry for any spelling or grammer errors in the story.
