Fan Fiction

Now What? {COMPLETED}

by Min_Dee

Chapter 5

It has been two weeks since Qian arrived in Hong Kong. So far, she is loving this place. The people are nice, and Tavia has been a great host. The only thing that disturbs her is that stinking brother of Tavia’s. For some reason, she just couldn’t get a long with him. His personality is uniquely rude, the way he talks is snobby, and the way he walks is completely arrogant. Although, in her eyes he is the biggest jerk in the whole world; but for some reason she often found herself enjoying his presence. He has a sort of confidence in him that would just brighten the room. He makes the people around him feels welcomed and understood.
‘Why can’t he treat me nicer, that jerk!’ Qian often found herself thinking.
Maybe it’s because of all the tricks they’ve pulled on each other that’s keeping Ray and Qian from resolving their differences.
Sometimes, Qian would “accidentally” put some garlic (something that Ray is allergic to) in one of that night’s dish.
Ray would pay her back with a few insects in her room.
Qian enjoys seeing Ray’s lips get bigger and bigger as he swallows the food.
And Ray takes delight in seeing Qian running out of her bedroom screaming because she found a spider hidden under her blanket.
With all the negative energy in the house, the two people who were being tortured are Ron and Tavia. For them, there is not one second of peace in that house. Qian and Ray would either be nagging at each other, or they would be at each other’s throat, literally. Poor Ron and Tavia, they didn’t know what else to do but put up with those two.
It was a night like every other night. Ray and Qian got into a fight during dinner and both stormed off into their room, leaving Tavia and Ron by themselves at the dinner table.
“I guess it’s just going to be me and you again tonight huh?” Ron said.
“I guess so,” Tavia answered. “I don’t know what’s going on with those two, why can’t they just get along?”
“I don’t know but I think we should do something about it before a murder happened.”
“I think so too. But what can we do?”
“Well, I don’t know. But I’ll think of something.”
“Okay.” They both gave each other a smile.
For Ron, Tavia is the most beautiful girl in this world. And for Tavia, Ron is the perfect man walking on earth. The two have them had feeling for each other since the first time Ray brought Ron home to introduce him to his family. The only problem is that they have been to shy to admit their feelings for each other. However, in their own special ways, they would always let each other know that they are there for each other when needed. Take this for example, when Ron’s family went bankrupt, Tavia and Ray was there to help him get back on his two feet. And now, Ron is a successful businessman, he and Ray shares the co-ownership of a record label. As for Ron, he was there for Tavia when her parents got divorced and he was there for her when her mother past away. They are, secretly, each other’s sole supporter. Just that they are too shy to hike it up a notch.

Tavia was in her bedroom when she was interrupted by a knock on the door that night. She opened the door to find Qian standing there with a wide smile.
“Hey. Whatsup?” Tavia asked.
“Yeah, I was wondering if I could use your computer to send an e-mail to a friend.” Qian answered.
“Sure, come on in.”
Qian followed Tavia into her room and sat in her chair while waiting for Tavia to turn on her computer.
“Who are you sending e-mail to?” Tavia asked once Qian began typing.
“A friend over the internet,” Qian answered without taking her eyes off the screen.
“Ah, I see. And this “friend”, is it a he or is it a she?”
“It’s a he. We’ve met in a chat room once, and kept in touch by e-mail since then.”
“Ooooh…an affair over the internet, how interesting. And have you met this friend of yours?”
“Met him? I don’t even know his real name. We called each other by our nick name…”
Without letting Qian finish her sentence, Tavia leaned in a took a peek at the content of her e-mail.
“ ‘Dear Prince-of-Darkness.’ PRINCE-OF-DARKNESS???? Hahahaha….that is soooooo corny.”
“Hey shut up!!! He’s a sweet guy.” Qian was in a hurry to defend her friend. “But…I’ll admit…it is a bit corny. He he.”
Tavia continued to read Qian’s e-mail without her permission.
“…Hong Kong? He lives in Hong Kong?” Tavia questioned.
“Yah, I didn’t tell you that?”
“No? Why aren’t you guys meeting each other already?”
“Well, I really want to. But I haven’t been able to contact him. He’s been real busy I think.”
“Umm…I see. Well e-mail him and tell him you want to meet up. See what he’s going to say.”
“That’s what I’m doing.” Qian said as she hit the “Send” button.
“Your message has been sent” appeared on the screen.

Qian took her eyes off the computer screen and glance over at the pink notebook on Tavia’s desk. Tavia saw this and immediately grabbed the book from Qian’s reach.
“HEY!” Qian exclaimed, then a mischievious look appeared on her face and she teased Tavia. “Is that your diary? Do you have secrets that you can’t tell people?”
“It’s none of your business Miss Nosy.”
“Hmm…c’mon, it’s me. You can trust me. Beside, I didn’t say anything when you were reading my e-mail. That was private!” Qian said.
Tavia took a minute and finally agreed to let Qian read her diary but made her swore not to let anyone know about the content of the diary.
“Fine, I’ll so whatever, as long as I get to read it.”
Tavia hesitated, but handed the notebook to Qian.
With a big smile on her face, Qian gladly accepted the notebook and began reading it. It didn’t take long for Qian to finish it, because all she did was skim the diary. She only read the juicy parts.
Once Qian was done with the diary, she looked up to find Tavia’s head buried in her knees.
“Tav? You alright?”
“No! I’m so embarrassed right now. You know all my secrets.”
“Aww…no need to be embarrassed. I have secrets too. And you can read them all in my diary later.”
“Okay,” Tavia said while pulling her face away from her knees.
Qian looked at Tavia for a few seconds then broke into laughter.
“What??? What are you laughing at?”
“Ron? You like Ron?”
“…” Tavia didn’t know what to say. She could feel her cheeks burning.
“Wow! Since high school huh? Long time. How come you’ve never told him?”
“I’m too embarrassed to.”
“Ah, I see. And you’ve been holding it in all these time?”
“Um-humm,” Tavia nodded.
“Even when you guys are living together? Nothing changed?”
“Nope”
“Ron, how could he be so dumb.”

At that same time, Ron was in Ray’s room. They were talking about no one other than Tavia.
Ray was sitting at his computer, and Ron was sitting on Ray’s bed. Ron seemed to want to say something, but he was hesitating to do it. Finally Ron decided to speak up.
“Ray,” Ron spoke softly.
“Whatsup dude?” Ray turned around and faced Ron.
“I…umm…you…”
“What? A cat got your tongue? Speak up. I’m getting old, my ears aren’t that great anymore,” Ray said while smiling.
Ron took a deep breath and finally spoke. “I think I have feelings for Tavia.”
“I know.” Ray said without any change on his face expression.
“I…what? You knew?”
“Yeah, I knew. I was just waiting for you to admit it.”
“Oh. So…umm… what do you think?”
“I think it’s great. I know you, I know where you live, and know where I can find you. So later on when you broke my sister’s heart, I could find you and beat the crap out of you.” Ray said.
“Is that a threat?” Ron asked, a little bit afraid.
“No, it’s a promise.” Ray answered matter-of-factly.
Ron smiled and said. “Well, you don’t have to worry about it. I won’t break her heart. Thanks for your support.”
Ron patted Ray on the shoulder and walked out of the room.
“You might as well get on your brother-in-law’s good side now. I like cologne.” Ray said before Ron could exit his room.
He then smiled and thought to himself. ‘That chicken finally decided to hike it up a notch.’
Ray’s thought was interrupted by the androgynous voice that says “You’ve got mail” from his computer.
Ray opened his mailbox to find an e-mail from his internet buddy, LittlePrincess.

Dear Prince-of-Darkness,
Hey you, how have you been? As for me I could have not been any better. I am currently on vacation in Hong Kong. Everything is going great; I’m spending my vacation with my friend at her house. We’re having a blast together. However, I also met my sole enemy, but more about that later. I remember you told me that you live in Hong Kong right? What do you say we’d meet? I’ve wanted to chat with you but you haven’t been online lately, so I’ve decided to write to you. Please reply soon. I’m going to stay in Hong Kong for 3 months. Let’s spend some time together.
Your buddy,
LittlePrincess.

Ray smiled as he replies his friend’s e-mail.

Dear my LittlePrincess,
I’m so happy to hear that you are in town. You’ve met your sole enemy? How weird is that! I have met mine too. She’s is my sister’s friend. Annoying little girl, but more on that witch later. So how you like Hong Kong so far? I think we should meet also. Just tell me where and I’ll be there okay? Take care.
You friend,
Prince-of-Darkness.