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Chapter 10 – Important Words

In Akane's house the party didn't end. Everyone was now talking about Jin's presence and Akane was really happy that something had happened to Ling, because that way, Jin showed up.

Only Taro and his friend Honen knew the truth about what had happened so they closed themselves in Taro's room with Saicho.

-'What the hell were you doing?'-Taro asked in disbelief.

-'Were you going to…?'-Honen started.

-'I was going to scare her and I had to make it sound real…'-Saicho said, trying to get up.

Honen helped him to lie down on Taro's bed.

-'I can't believe that my own cousin was going to do such a stupid thing!'-Taro confessed.

-'Look…my only interest was to piss Kazama off…'-Saicho said.

-'Well, I guess you succeeded, right?'-Taro asked almost yelling.

-'I didn't know he was here!'

-'You blew my chances!'

-'It wasn't my intention. I wanted Kazama to think that she was with me…'

-'That's sick! You're a…'

-'Shut up! You don't know what it's like to be humiliated by Kazama!'

-'You're right, I don't know, but I know that I would never do that just to get my revenge.'

Honen was looking to both cousins and sighed. Then he calmly said that they couldn't change the past. Saicho and Taro agreed.

-'What are you going to do?'-Honen asked to Saicho.

-'Nothing…'

-'Yeah, I guess you did enough already.'-Taro said.-'You better go home and take care of that broken nose…I have your blood all over my floor.'

-'Fine.'-Saicho got up and left, taking his jacket.

-'What are you going to do now?'-Honen asked Taro.

-'Clean my floor…and tomorrow I'll have to apologise to Xiaoyu…'

-'Saicho just ruined your chances, huh?'

-'I guess he did.'

In the Mishima mansion, Jin had taken Ling to her bedroom and he had called Taka to see her. Ling had waked up and she was in the bathroom throwing up.

-'What did you drink?'-Taka asked.

-'I don't know…but I feel like I'm dying!'-she cried.

-'Stay with her.'-Taka said leaving to the kitchen.

-'What will I do?'-Jin asked.

-'Just hold her head while she's throwing up.'

Jin did what he was told and stayed with Ling. She was really having a bad night, but Jin decided that he shouldn't tell her what had happened.

When Taka arrived she ordered Jin to take Ling to the bed and gave her a cup of tea.

-'What's this?'-Ling asked.

-'A special tea that my mother used to give my father when he was like you…'

-'You mean drunk…'-Ling said sadly.

-'Yes.'-Taka confessed.-'It will help you sleep and you'll feel much better in the morning.'

-'Thanks.'

Taka waited until Ling finished her tea and then she left.

-'Will you be ok?'-Jin asked before leaving.

-'I guess…the tea is working…I feel ok…and sleepy.'

-'Good, then I guess I'm going to my room…'

-'Jin?'

-'Yes?'

-'I think I heard your voice while I was in Taro's bedroom…'

-'Well, I went to pick you up…Taro gave me a call saying that you weren't feeling alright.'-he lied.

-'Oh…ok…sorry for the trouble.'

Jin turned the lights off and closed the door behind him. Taka was waiting for him near his bedroom door.

-'You have blood all over you…and you hurt your hand. What happened master Kazama?'

-'Nothing. I hurt my hand when I was putting Xiaoyu in the car.'-Jin lied.

-'Really?'

-'Yes. I cleaned the blood to my shirt.'

-'Let me see it…'

-'It's no need. I'll do it myself. Thank you Taka, you can go to sleep.'

Taka looked at the young man on front of her and she shook her head.

-'You're a terrible liar, master Kazama…'-she said.

Jin shrugged and entered his room. He took his shirt off and put it in the garbage.

-'Bastard! I liked that shirt!'-he cursed. Then he took off all of his clothes and took a hot shower.

After that Jin lay down on his bed thinking about what he had done to Saicho. Thinking of it, he didn't even remember the guy's name. He knew that he was from his class, but he had never bothered to know his classmates' names. Why bother? They weren't his friends!

But now, Jin could see some changes happening. The sudden feeling that had assaulted him earlier was new. He had never felt like that before, he couldn't explain how he had known that something was going to happen to Ling.

Besides, he couldn't forget the words he had said to Saicho.

Jin closed his eyes and travelled to that moment and he clearly heard his words again: "Tell your stupid friend Kamya that Xiaoyu is mine…I won't let anyone touch her." Those were his words, he had said that Xiaoyu was his, how absurd was that? He couldn't own her and he didn't even like her that way. She was just a girl, who was living with him and it was natural that he cared for her, right? Why was his heart interpreting things in a different way? Jin had never experienced jealousy, but now all of a sudden he had felt jealous of Taro Kamya for being so close to Ling, who he had always seen as a friend.

But what was really bothering were the feelings he had felt when he had seen that Ling was possibly in danger. He didn't want her to belong to anyone else; she was too innocent, too pure to be corrupted by that stupid guy.

17th JANUARY

When Jin woke up the next morning he wasn't feeling less confused, on the contrary. He dressed up and met Taka, who was preparing the breakfast.

-'Take this to Miss Xiaoyu and make sure she drinks the tea again…'-Taka said.

-'Ok.'

Jin entered Ling's bedroom and woke her up.

-'How are you feeling?'-Jin asked.

-'I don't know…'-she confessed.-'My head hurts just a bit.'

-'Luckily for you, you can miss your morning classes…I have to go!'

-'Why?'

-'I have an exam…Maths…'

-'Good luck. And thanks for picking me up yesterday.'

Jin looked at the floor when he heard her last words and left in a hurry.

It was hard to concentrate in his exam with so many emotions and thoughts inside his head. When he finally finished the teacher was surprised because usually, Jin was always the first student to finish the exams, and this time he was almost the last one.

-'Are you ok Kazama?'-the teacher asked.

-'Yes.'

-'Did you study?'

-'Yes.'

Sick of his teacher's questions Jin turned his back on him and left to his next class.

At lunch time Miharu joined him, she was worried about Ling.

-'Where's Xiao?'-she asked immediately.

-'Home, resting…'

-'Why?'

-'She drunk too much…'

-'What? Is she ok?'

-'It's just a hangover. She'll be here for the next two classes.'

-'I hope that at least she had some fun…'

-'Oh…yeah…I bet she had.'-Jin said ironically.

-'Did you go too?'

-'No.'

-'Then how can you tell?'

-'I can't…'

In that moment, Jin and Miharu watched as Ling was arriving. She greeted them enthusiastically.

-'I'm feeling much better! Taka's tea is a miracle!'

-'I was worried.'-Miharu confessed.-'Did you have some fun?'

-'I can't remember very well…'-Ling blushed.-'But I will never drink again. I promise.'

-'I'm going to classes.'-Jin announced. When Jin was leaving Miharu and Ling, he heard a voice calling Ling's name. It was Taro Kamya and Jin's blood began to boil again.