While we waited in the line of checking our passports, I noticed that every corner of this airport has either a poster or advertisement of Gipsy Danger, Raleigh and Mako. They were represented as Hong Kong's heroes. I looked back at Raleigh who triumphantly stared at a poster then an advertisement then back to another poster. After the officer checked my passport, I waited for Raleigh.
I watched as he slipped his passport to the officer and I heard the officer gasped. Raleigh smirked at me then looked back at the officer. His index finger landed on his lips, gesturing to keep it quiet and the officer nodded. Raleigh took off his black shades and he looked intensely at the officer. The officer stamped his American passport and let him pass. He quickly put his shades back on and walked towards me, his smirk still tugged on his lips.
"Gosh, Raleigh. Can you stop giving me that look?" I said between giggles.
He raised an eyebrow, "Does it make you uncomfortable?" He asked.
I edged closer to him when we walked and nudged his side, "A little." I whispered back.
He silently chuckled as we walked to our baggage claim. Soon enough, my navy blue suitcase and Raleigh's black suitcase landed in front of us. We each got our bags and headed outside to the Arrival Area. A car driver from our hotel was waiting for us outside. When we walked towards the Arrival area, Raleigh grabbed my arm and pulled me close to him. I gave him a confused expression but he just smirked. I didn't mind the closeness of his body, actually, I didn't mind it at all. The warm sensation of his body radiated on me, it felt so comforting and so... protective. I was suppose to look for a man that has 'Caroline Oakley' on a A4 sized paper.
I spotted a old Chinese man with glasses and a suit on and waved at him. He noticed us and walked towards me. He grabbed both of our suitcases and greeted us, "Welcome to Hong Kong, Ms. Oakley. I am your driver for today and I will be taking you to the Ritz-Carlton" He cheerfully said in fluent English.
I nodded my head and smiled, "Thanks so much. We're glad we came here."
The driver looked at Raleigh, "Is he your boyfriend? Are you guys on vacation?" He curiously asked.
I paused for a second, "Uh..." I didn't know what to say. "Yes." Raleigh answered him and snaked his arm around my waist. I looked at him and gave the same confused expression from last time. I saw his white teeth glowing when he formed a smile towards the driver and god, did he look adorable. I looked back at the driver and saw him nod, "Please follow me towards the car."
We did as we were told.
The car was a black Panamera Porsche with a sticker on the side. 'Ritz Carlton. Hong Kong' It wrote. We got in the back seats of the car while the driver politely put our suitcases away.
"Why did you say that?" I asked Raleigh.
Raleigh chuckled but still didn't take off his glasses, "You know you want to be my girlfriend." He teased.
I blushed. A lot, "No... no I don't." I said quickly.
He laughed, "Yeah, I can tell by your voice that you don't want to."
I blushed harder and shoved him away, "Stop it."
Instead of scooting away from me, Raleigh came closer, our noses almost touching, "Stop what..." He whispered.
The air got caught in my throat, the only feature I was starring at was his pink, beautiful lips. Those lips had a smirk tugged on but it slowly came down. I slowly let the air go out of my throat and began breathing again. I edged a little closer to his lips, my eyes half closed. I couldn't help myself but to connect our lips together.
Raleigh quickly snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I placed my hands on both sides of his shoulders and ran them up and down through his shoulder and up to the top of his neck. The kiss was deep and slow. The kiss felt like something that was long forgotten but slowly came back as a memory. The kiss felt like a satisfaction, a goal that was waiting to be achieved. It did. I let a sound from the back of my throat pass through my mouth and my lips parted. I kissed him softly one more time and let go. My eyes slowly fluttered open and the blush immediately formed on my cheeks.
The driver opened the door which made me jump from my thoughts and into reality. He sat down on the drivers seat, which by the way, was on the right side (British law) and started the Porsche. I looked back at Raleigh who was apparently starring at me. Luckily, I didn't see those turquoise eyes of his, if I did, I would look away. He had a smile on his face and his hand slowly touched the top of my thigh. I flinched a little from his touch but slowly relaxed because it felt like he was protecting me in every way.
The Porsche rolled out of the parking lot and onto a road. I tore my gaze from Raleigh and out to the road that we were on. I noticed that Hong Kong's signs had English and Traditional Chinese on it. From reading articles and trip guides on the internet, Hong Kong had a lot of Western people in the city. There will be English here, even though Hong Kong is in Asia.
As we were on the airport highway, I noticed a bridge that we were going on was currently under construction. The view was wonderful, looking out at the cargo ships, the goods they were carrying, the little islands of trees, private boats skimming through the water, little fishing farms for oysters and the cars passing through us on the highway. Hong Kong felt so beautiful.
"This was the bridge that Gipsy Danger was fighting with the monster" The driver said to us.
I looked at the bridge that was still under construction, a quater of work was still left to build. I looked back at Raleigh who nodded, which meant that this was the bridge which he fought with a Kaiju. Wow, I mouthed.
When we were cruising through road after road, I noticed that Hong Kong was a very big city. Buildings, Shopping Malls, Schools and many more sights were displayed everywhere. We were heading towards the district called Kowloon, where our hotel will be. Kowloon wasn't part of the Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong Island is where most of the famous buildings but most busiest place in Hong Kong was. I didn't care which part of Hong Kong were in. I just know that we were here. The Shatterdome was near the New Territory areas. That's where most of the mountains and nature as a whole was.
The ride was around 45 minutes. Raleigh kept his hand on my thigh the whole ride and I kept my eyes on the Hong Kong scenery. It was around 5 p.m. and the sun was starting to set. The beautiful sunset colors glowed across the city, I grabbed my camera quickly and snapped a few photos.
When we stopped in front of the Ritz Carlton Lobby door, the ICC building, the tallest building of Hong Kong was the building that the Ritz Carlton was in. The driver opened the door for us and we got out while he unloaded our bags. Raleigh thanked him and gave him a HK bill and we walked inside.
The hotel was very modern and very beautiful. Modern design, beautiful furniture and everything just looked so wonderful. I walked up to the receptionist who greeted me and I told her my name. She scrolled through computer and nodded.
"One suite for 3 weeks?" She asked.
Suite? Wow, thanks Robert. I nodded, "Yeah."
She nodded back and added the code to our room from a card and I gave her Robert's credit card copy to pay the bill. She accepted the card and took it. She swiped it through the machine and I waited for the receipt.
I looked back at Raleigh who had his head up, looking at the beautiful chandelier that hovered over us. I smiled at how adorable he looked.
I signed the bill and got the key and walked towards the elevator.
"Come on Raleigh. Stop staring at that." I whined.
He looked back at me and walked towards the elevator. A few other people were waiting for the same elevator and no one spoke. When the elevator came in, I pressed level 32 and the other pressed 10. Our room was high up and I scanned the titles of each floor. 4, Restaurant, 5 Spa and Massage, 118, OZONE. Wow. 118, I am definitely going up there.
The elevator was fast and it sped up to 10 in no time. The people got out and Raleigh and I were the only ones left, "I want to go to the OZONE." I stated.
He looked at the floor and nodded, "Yeah, lets go there sometime."
The conversation stopped because the elevator already hit our floor. We walked out of the elevator and into our room. I scanned the card and opened the door. We both gasped.
The suite was HUGE.
It had a living room right in front of us, the window had a beautiful view of the Hong Kong Island. On the right was our bedroom with a king size bed and a bathroom. On the right was a study room, with an iMac already set up and couches, desks, books all carefully displayed and another toilet near that. There was a little kitchen to use and a little bar to have drinks with. The room was amazing.
"This is heaven." I sighed.
I walked towards the bedroom and dropped my bag on the carpet floor. I pounced on the bed, face first, and sighed into it. I head Raleigh laugh at me. I heard him gently settle his suitcase down and unzipped it. I rolled on my back and looked up at the ceiling. "Are you hungry?" I asked Raleigh.
"Yeah, a bit. Lets go out and eat." He suggest.
I rolled on my side to look at him, "Okay."
I got off of the bed and looked down at what I was wearing, Nike dri-fit pants and a blue hoodie. Ridiculous. I opened my luggage and hung my clothes in the closet and got out a white shirt that had MCR written on it, a grey, cotton jacket and skinny jeans. I walked into the bathroom and got changed. I combed my hair and got out. I slipped on some ballet flats and grabbed my bag that contained a bag of tissues, my wallet, my camera and my phone.
When I turned around, my breathing stopped. Raleigh was shirtless. God, can the guy ever wear a shirt in situations like this? He was looking through his luggage and found a long sleeved shirt where the sleeves were navy blue and the rest of the shirt was white. He looked up and found out that I was starring at him. I blushed and turned away. I walked out of the bedroom and into the small kitchen to pour myself a glass of water. A few minutes, Raleigh walked out fully dressed and ready to eat.
"Found a good japanese place." Raleigh said, "Real japanese food. And, I want you to meet somebody." He said. I nodded and looked back at him.
Raleigh starred at me for a second then nodded, he slowly walked over me and stopped in front of me. His eyes melted into my core. I rolled my eyes and wrapped my arms around his neck, "Fuck it." I said to him and smacked my lips on to his. He automatically held my waist tight and pulled me closer to him. I dipped his head into me so I could kissed him harder. I missed those lips. That violent, eager and desperate feeling when I get when I kissed him like that. I missed that feeling. My hands slowly went down to his cheeks and I pressed hard on his lips. He didn't object, I guessed that he missed that feeling too. I formed a smile on lips and I knew he felt it. He gave me small, little kisses before letting go of me. Raleigh smiled at me, "Fuck it." He repeated what I said. I giggled at him and headed towards the door.
The taxi ride was only 15 minutes. I paid the cash that Robert gave me and walked towards the restaurant. "Wait." Raleigh stopped us. I looked at him, with confused eyes, "What?" He grabbed my hand and held it with his hand, "Better." He simply said. I smiled at him, a blush forming on my cheeks. We hand in hand walked into the restaurant.
It was japanese for sure. It wasn't big. A medium sized restaurant. It smelt so good, the japanese beef seeping through my nose and the japanese greet that the workers said to us.
"Reservation, Beckett. 3." Raleigh said.
The waitress nodded and grabbed 2 menus and led us to our table. I saw a woman sitting on our table. Her hair at the front had a few blue dyed hair and she was dressed in a black dress. Could it be?
"Mako!" Raleigh said cheerfully.
Mako looked up and smiled, "Raleigh! Finally, so good to see you!" Her japanese accent was strong but she still could pronounce the words correctly.
Raleigh looked at me, a big smile on his face, "Mako, this is Caroline. We're both going to stay here for 3 weeks." Raleigh stated.
I waved my hand the stuck it out, "Hey, I'm Caroline Oakley." I introduced myself.
Mako shook my hand, "Mako Mori. It's so nice to see Raleigh finding someone special." She said.
I laughed, "Well, we're just getting out of the U.S. Going on vacation..." As friends, I almost added.
"Please sit!" Mako offered and we both sat on the booth. Together. Like we were together, more than friends... were we?
"So, Robert has arranged a welcome party for you two. His company will be hosting it." Mako said, with a big smile on her face.
I nodded, "How nice of him. When is it?" I asked.
"2 days. It's going to be in Harbor city. There's a nice restaurant in there. It serves Western and Asian food. It's great." Mako said.
"So, who's coming?" Raleigh then asked as I scrolled through the menu.
"Well, most of the staff in the Shatterdome. Most of the company workers, important workers. Friends and family, many many people." Mako said, "You don't have to introduce yourself to everyone." She stated.
An order came. It was the cucumber salad with mayonaise and crab meat in it. "I ordered everything. Everything is on me." Mako said.
"Oh, no Mako. You don't have to-" I started.
"No. It's fine. You guys came here a few hours ago. The least I can do is offer you some dinner." She said.
Mako seemed very nice and caring. I was starting to get to like her.
The rest of the food came. Japanese Udon noodles, sushi... lots and lots of sushi... dumplings and seafood. It was delicious. The tea was very nice and warm too. The rest of the dinner, we talked about the party and what to wear and what to do. Apparently, Mako was the host and she will make speeches for Raleigh. All the party was having dinner then partying, which also means, getting drunk.
"We should go shopping tomorrow, Caroline." Mako suggested.
I nodded, "Yeah. That would be a great idea."
"Raleigh, what are you doing tomorrow?" Mako asked Raleigh.
Raleigh shrugged, "Don't know. Maybe look at the city, just relaxing."
"Oh, um, I can stay with you if yo-" I started.
"No. You guys go ahead. It's great seeing you guys bonding already." Raleigh said.
I smiled at him and looked back at Mako, "Okay then."
"I'll pick you up around 11 in the morning tomorrow at your hotel." Mako said.
I nodded and ate a bite of my dumpling.
Our dessert was green tea ice cream. I never thought it would be that good. The tea taste was amazing with the dairy and the mixture of the ice cream. I loved it, but Raleigh didn't seem to love it.
Mako paid for the check and we all walked outside. We were waiting for a taxi when Mako and I began a conversation about different brands of clothing and what I should buy. Raleigh called me after a few minutes of discussing dresses. I looked up and our taxi was waiting for us. I hugged Mako, "Bye Mako. It was great knowing you today. I'll see you tomorrow!" I said.
Mako nodded, "Yes. You too, Caroline. Safe drive and see you tomorrow!"
Raleigh waved at her, "See you later, Mako!"
Mako nodded and waved back. We got into the taxi. Raleigh told the driver our hotel and we both waved at Mako when we drove off. It was late at night and my jetlag was kicking in.
When we got into the elevator, my legs became jelly and I fell to the floor. I touched my forehead, I was dizzy and had a headache from traveling. I only felt like sleeping. The elevator door opened and I tried to get on my feet but I couldn't help myself but to close my eyes.
"Caroline, come on, get up." Raleigh said.
I shook my head, "Nooooo" I whined.
I heard Raleigh sigh and felt his strong arms scoop me up. The side of my head touched his big biceps, his arm was under my knees and my arms weakly dangled around as he walked.
"Where's the key, Caroline?" Raleigh softly said.
I moaned and moved around to find my key, it was in the back pockets of my jeans, "In there." I patted my right butt cheek. I felt Raleigh hesitate for a second. Slowly, he dug his hand into my pocket and found the key. He let his hand stay in my pocket a bit too much but slipped it out anyway.
The key let us in our room and he walked over, I was still in his arms, onto the bed. I half opened my eyes and weakly took off my jacket and touched the button on my jeans, "Don't look. Raleigh." I warned him.
I heard him laughed and closed the door behind the toilet. The coast was free. I unbuttoned my jeans, leaving me with only my underwear and my white shirt. I sank into the soft mattress and the big, comfortable blanket and immediately, fell asleep.
Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed this chapter, I enjoyed writing it... hahaha lol. Anyways, let me know what you guys think :3