Ah, the next chapter. I think that my little story here may be going on for longer than I thought. I thought that I would be able to move through my plot!points faster than I'm doing. Also, I realized that Lolidragon (who happens to be my favorite character right after Gui) really hadn't made much of an appearance. Sorry Lolidragon! I gave you a chunk of this chapter! +hearts+

Also, I'm quite excited because I got to add a new Point of View in this chapter! :D
I had so much fun with expanding outside of Gui and Lan that I might add some of Yang Ming's PoV in the next chapter just for the heck of it! Hahaha!

REAL LIFE:

Feng Lan:

Turns out that Jing and Yun were less than helpful and just wouldn't leave me to bawl my eyes out. They had gotten on my nerves so much that I just decided to log off and bawl my eyes out in the real world with real tears. I don't remember falling asleep, but I do remember waking up and not looking forward to going to the university and facing the world.

I rolled out of bed and slumped to the kitchen where I started making breakfast. There was nothing to look forward to doing today, not seeing Gui at class, not walking home with Zhuo-gege, definitely not logging into Second Life and getting yelled at by everyone for being MIA last night. I felt like cultivating mushrooms in a closet then eating a couple tubs of ice cream and pouting all day.

"Siiiissss! Make me breakfast!" I heard my brother call from upstairs.

"I'm already making it you gluttonous bone-head!" I yelled back at him.

"Hypocrite!"

He was absolutely right, so I didn't say anything back. I shoved an omelet at him after he had sat at the table, scarfed down my own share, then retreated to my room to prepare myself for the day.

IN GAME:
School had been trying. Jing and Yun still wouldn't shut up, I'd just barely escaped Gui after his class, and I hadn't even once caught a glimpse of Zhou-gege. Even so, the day out of the game was nothing compared to my telling off in Second Life. Swan Beauty didn't hold back in her lecture, telling me how irresponsible it was of me to shirk my duties as lord and how I should have given notice about not being around.

"If it wasn't for the fact that you had logged off, we might have suspected you had taken another pleasure cruise to another continent!" Swan Beauty fumed over me as I sat in a chair in the middle of Infinite City's council room.

"I'm sorry." I said for the umpteenth time. I felt like a broken record, saying the same thing over and over again until it had lost its meaning.

"Leave Prince alone!" Gui exclaimed while Swan Beauty was taking a breath to fuel her next speech. "You don't know anything about his situation!"

"Well, Guiliastes, why don't you inform us about his special circumstance?" Swan Beauty challenged.

Gui looked down. "That is not for me to speak of."

"It's not a big deal, okay?" I blurted quickly, looking around the room at the Odd Squad and the members of Infinite City's higher council. "I was just a bit moody. I won't do it again. Sorry."

"Now, if you don't mind, I have clothes that Prince didn't wear yesterday," Lolidragon interrupted, pushing Gui and Swan Beauty aside so she could grab my arm and drag me away.

What are you doing? I PMed as she pulled me away from the council room and towards my chambers.

Saving you, of course! Lolidragon cackled. The evil sound of her words sending a chill down my spine. Was she really helping me or did she just want to see my male body in her specially designed, barely-any-cloth, outfits alone?

"Okie-dokie!" Lolidragon said as she shoved me into the inner rooms of my chambers and looked all the doors behind her. "Now, even if you scream, no one will hear you! We won't be bothered here!"

I paled, what was she planning to do with me? I thought she had lost interest in putting my virtue in danger. Surely she wouldn't try anything… bad, right? The more I thought about it, the more plausible the frightening idea became. "Oh my God, Lolidragon, you're not-!"

Lolidragon pushed me in the nearest chair and leaned over me with a scary smile. "Now, Prince… SPILL YOUR BEANS! What is going on with you that you haven't told me about?"

I blinked, stunned. So, she wasn't trying anything? I sighed in relief and slumped back in the chair.

After I had told her the whole story—explaining how the messed up love triangle had become even more screwed up than normal, how Gui had found out my secret, and answered any questions she asked—I suddenly thought of something slightly important. "Hey, where's Wicked?" I quickly checked the game's interface. "He's not even logged on."

"That's something else I wanted to ask, actually," Lolidragon said in response. "He logged out shortly after you did last night and hasn't logged back on since. You don't know anything about this?"

I shrugged. "Maybe he just doesn't want to see me. I was kind of harsh to him. I'll talk to him at my university tomorrow and fix everything."

We sat in silence for a few minutes before Lolidragon suddenly stood up from her own chair and threw a bundle at me. "Time to try on your clothing!" she said excitedly, pulling me to my feet.

"Wait, you really had stuff for me to try on?" I asked skeptically.

"Yup! Now go get changed!" She sent me off to the next room with a slap on my behind and a puff of breath in my ear that made me extremely uncomfortable.

REAL LIFE:

Ling Bin Zhou:

"I just can't love you like that."

I'd said that it was okay, but was it really? I'd been in love with her for eight years and she didn't return my feelings. I wondered if she remembered that she used to want to marry me, how she had proposed to me so innocently as a child. She wasn't a child anymore, though.

I lay in my bed and stared at the ceiling fan as it spun around. My apartment felt so empty and lonely. I rolled over and closed my eyes, trying to sleep. Maybe it was better if I stayed away from Xiao Lan for a while, to let her think. I knew it was what I had to do, but the thought of not being with her after I'd found her again was agonizing. As much as I hated to admit it, if she was with Gui she would be safe, even if he was an idiot.

After a few hours of lying in bed, unable to sleep I gave up and went to my bathroom, downing a dose of gross-tasting cold medicine. I knew that I wasn't supposed to take medicine unless I really needed to be drugged, but the longer I stayed awake to think, the weaker my resolve to stay away from Xiao Lan was becoming.

Back in my bed, I started to feel the effect of the cold medicine as it kicked into action, making me drowsy. I closed my eyes, feeling sleep coming to take me. "I love you, Xaio Lan," I whispered. "Forever and always."

I've decided I like Ling Bin's PoV. I'm going to do more. :D
Anyway, I just have one more note to touch on before you all stop reading...
I recently read the latest manhua chapter and kinda died. GuixPrince moment much? I was kinda of screaming for them to kiss (with odd looks coming from the rest of my family, of course) while reading. They didn't, which annoyed me, but it was so freaking adorable that I was pretty much floating around blissfully for the rest of that day. XD