Gah, I must apologize to you, dear readers... I fell off the face of the earth and I have no lame excuses as to why I did. So, here is Chapter 14, and since I feel like turd for letting this story sit here and die for so long, I will continue updating every day this week. :
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A couple hours later, I had given quite a bit of thought to what Ce said. It looked like if I ever wanted things to go back to normal again, I was going to have to A, apologize to Tong, and B, prove to my bonehead big brother that Gan Ning was a great guy. Oh boy. I didn't know what was going to be harder.
During the duration of the funeral services for both Ling Cao and Zhou Yin, Quan pretty much blabbed on about what good people they were, even though Zhou Yin was only 5 months old, and didn't do anything except sleep, cry, eat, and leave suprises in his blankets. Nobody picked up on that.
Anyway, Quan apparently thought it was a good idea to have Ling Tong speak about his father, and for Zhou Yu and Xiao Qiao talk about their son. Umm, not a good idea. Tong's speech went something like "My father was a great guy, UNTIL GAN NING KILLED HIM!! AND I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL KILL YOU, GAN NING! I HATE YOU AND I'M GONNA RIP YOUR STINKING HEAD OFF AND SHIT DOWN YOUR NECK UNTIL YOUR BODY EXPLODES!! BASTARD!!" until Huang Gai hit him with his club to shut him up.
Zhou Yu and Xiao's speeches started off with Zhou Yu saying, "Our son was the most delightful little bundle of joy a happy couple like us could ever ask for" which caused Xiao to start crying hysterically. I could almost tell she had also been keeping her feelings bottled up inside of her.
Zhou Yu hugged her, trying to cheer her up, and eventually had to carry her away too because she was crying and screaming "I WANT MY BABY!! I WANT MY BABY!!" so hysterically she couldn't stand up.
Da wiped a sympathetic tear from her eye and looked down at her own pregnant belly. Ce hugged her tight.
I glanced over at my other brother, who was scolding Ling Tong, who wasn't paying attention. He looked angry and miserable at the same time. I couldn't help but feel a bit guilty.
"I feel terrible about Xiao Qiao," said Lu Xun behind me, causing me to jump a foot in the air. "Look how sad she is. I don't think I've ever seen her so sad before."
I nodded. "Xiao's always looked to the bright side about everything. But I guess she's been so upset about this, she's been trying to cram it inside of her, and, well, BOOM."
"Kinda like someone else I know," Lu Xun commented, glancing in Ling Tong's direction. "I heard what happened, Shang Xiang."
"Really? The word sure spreads fast around here," I said.
"No, I mean, I actually heard the yelling," Lu Xun explained. "The whole palace did, in fact. As a matter of fact, I--"
"I get the point, Lu Xun," I grumbled, cutting him off. "So, tell me, which one of my brothers coaxed you into coming over here and dropping guilt bombs on me?"
"Actually, neither," Lu Xun said. "Da Qiao did."
I should have seen that coming. "Of course. So what else did she tell you to tell me?" I asked.
"Um, nothing. I finished," Lu Xun said. "So, nice weather?"
"It's lovely," I said shortly. "Look, Lu Xun, I appriciate you coming over here, but next time Da asks you to play messenger, tell her to stick it up her--"
"Shang Xiang!" Lu Xun said, shocked.
"Anyway, a little piece of advice-- watch yourself," I commented.
"I, uh, don't know what you mean," Lu Xun lied.
"Yeah, right. Keep your distance and don't let your master find out," I said.
Lu Xun blushed and scurried off. I glanced back at Xiao, who was still crying. Lu Xun obviously liked Xiao Qiao, in a way that was much more than professional, but Zhou Yu would certainly have a few choice words to say about THAT. (Words like, "I'm gonna kill you!!" and "How dare you fall in love with my WIFE!!")
Anyway, the rest of the day dragged on. Everyone was pretty down, mostly feeling sorry for Ling Tong, Zhou Yu, and Xiao Qiao. I walked smack into Ling Tong in the hallway, (on purpose- I wanted to see if I could get a reaction) but he just got up and went off again as though he didn't even see me.
Later, Da Qiao informed me that A, I should be ashamed of myself, B, Xiao was crying again, and C, I should be ashamed of myself.
"Why should I be ashamed of myself?" I said angrily. "I didn't kill his father!"
Da gave me the you-know-what-I-mean look and walked off.
"Geez. Is everyone a jerk today?" I muttered, and stomped off to my room to go to bed.
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When I woke up, I realized my room was pitch black. Apparently it was later than I thought it was. I stumbled out of my bed, tripped over something and landed on one of my chakrams I stupidly left lying on the floor, slicing my arm open.
"Ow!" I said angrily, fumbling around for something to wipe my arm up with. I settled for a pair of shorts, held it against my arm, and groaned. I was stuck in the middle of a minefield.
I took a few steps carefully, and walked right into the door of my large room. "Ow!" I muttered, pushing the door open and leaving. At least the stupid hallways were lit up. I glanced down and remembered I had slept in my clothes and shoes.
I walked down the hall, figuring I'd run into a maid or someone who could help me patch up my arm, which was bleeding quite hard. As I walked, I heard a weird noise. What the heck?
I found the site of the noise, which turned out to be coming from inside of Ling Tong's room. I wanted to keep walking, but figured being as stupid as he was, he might have rolled out of bed and landed on something and be in mortal peril.
Or worse, what if he had a girl in there!? Well, um... who cares if he does!? I rolled my eyes, really hoping he was lying on something sharp, pushed the door open and went in.
To my relief, he was alone, fast asleep, and fully dressed. But when I got closer he obviously wasn't having a nice sleep, seeing as he was tossing and turning in his sleep and covered in sweat. (Ew.) I highly considered whacking him on the head to wake him up, but instead shook his shoulder.
"Hey, stupid! Wake up!" I said.
"F-fatherrr..." Tong moaned, and rolled over again. "I'm not your father! Wake up already!" I grumbled, shaking him more.
"You... can't be... Not... dead," Tong murmured again, and rolled over again.
"What're you talking about??" I said. "Wake up, you idiot!"
"DAD!!" Tong screamed, sitting up suddenly. "D-dad? Where are you?" He finally realized he wasn't asleep anymore, and then noticed his door was open. "Hey! Who's in here!?" he asked. I heard fumbling around. "I'm armed! Show yourself!"
I crouched down, hoping he wouldn't notice me. Unfortunately, he had just grabbed his nunchakus and jumped out of his bed, causing him to trip over the big lump on the floor (me) and land on the ground.
"Ow! Hey!" Tong said, getting up and kicking me. "Who are you and what are you doing in here?" He kept kicking me until I got up.
"Ow! It's me, you dunce! Cease fire!" I said angrily, sitting up.
"Well in that case, EAT THIS, SUCKA!!" Tong kicked me again, this time pretty hard!
"OW! You're gonna pay for that, ya jerk!" I yelled, knocking him over.
"Get outta my room, GAN NING!!" Tong screamed, jumping up and shoving me in a place I'd rather not mention. (up top) "Whoa! What the hell!?" he said, apparently noticing something wrong.
"I'm not Gan Ning! I'm Sun Shang Xiang! And if you ever do that again I'm gonna castarate you!" I said, pushing him off me.
"Oh. Hey, Shang Xia-- wait a minute, I almost forgot!! I'm mad at you! What the hell are you doing in my room in the middle of the night when I was sleeping? And why am I covered in blood!?" Tong demanded.
"That's not YOUR blood, it's MINE!" I said angrily.
"Ew!"
"Not THAT kind of blood! It's ARM blood! I walked by your stupid room to bandage my stupid arm UP, when I heard you making these annoying noises! I went in there to wake you up, so you'd STOP, and then you attacked me!"
"Yeah, sure!" Tong snapped. "And you expect me to believe that!?"
"I don't particularly care if you do or not! Shut up and go back to bed!"
"I would if there wasn't a MANIAC in my room!"
"I am NOT a maniac! What the hell were you dreaming about!? You were making a lot of noise!!" I snapped.
"I was actually having a nightmare, about my FATHER. But then again, you don't CARE, do you?" Tong asked nastily.
I sighed. "Um... about earlier, when I said those things... I, uh, didn't mean that."
"Uh huh." Tong didn't sound convinced.
"Tong, look. I was pissed as hell at you earlier today, and that's why I said all those nasty things. I didn't mean them. I'm sorry. So, do you forgive me?"
Tong was quiet for a minute, then said, "Yeah, what the hell. I guess I can't stay mad at you for very long."
I smiled. "So we're friends again?"
"Damn straight," Tong said.
Awkward pause.
"Should we like, hug or something?"
"Yeah, why not. Nobody's looking." We hugged briefly.
"Hey, can you do me a favor?" Tong asked, as we let go of each other.
"What?" I asked.
"GO AWAY, so I can go back to sleep! Geez!" Tong said, getting back in his bed.
I rolled my eyes. "Whatever. See you later," I said, leaving.
A loud, obnoxious snore informed me that Ling Tong was asleep again.
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AAAAND they're friends again!! Woohoo!!
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