| Fan Fiction |
by DTLCT
As he’s brushing some dust particles that has somehow found its way onto his sunglasses, he could see Yan Yan walking towards him. He lowers his sunglasses and sends her a smile before turning to his car. Like a gentleman, he opens the passenger’s side for her as soon as she approaches.
Yan Yan smiles. “Where are we going today?”
Tony returns the smile. “That’s a surprise.”
Yan Yan eyes him cautiously. “What are you up to again? You better not be pulling some sort of tricks again.”
Tony smiles. “I wouldn’t dare, Miss Liu.”
He makes sure she’s safely in before shutting the door and circling around to the driver side. When he shuts his own door, he could see that she has finished fastening her seatbelts.
“Are we meeting up with Chen Yi and the others?” Yan Yan asked.
“Not quite,” Tony replied. “We have to go somewhere first.”
Yan Yan’s eyes brighten. “Where?”
“You’ll find out when we’re there.”
Yan Yan tugs on his right arm. “You’re mean! Come on! Tell me!”
“You’ll see when we get there.”
Tony lets out a smile again before pulling out to traffic.
*****
“He’s stopping at the light?” Wallace asked.
“Yea,” Ehlo confirmed.
“Okay.” Wallace puts down his current task and takes out his cell phone to call.
“Hurry. It’s going to turn green soon.”
“Just pull out then.”
“That would defeat the whole purpose of us sitting there, you know.”
“Don’t you dare try it today,” Wallace said into the phone. “Practice runs aren’t allowed. This is a one go.”
Tony does a quick scan at his surrounding before facing the traffic light again, knowing that it’s going to turn green in a few seconds. “What is the purpose of stalking me then?”
Yan Yan looks frightened upon hearing those words so she turns to him, gesturing her hands. He shakes his head and sends her a smile to reassure her that it’s no big deal.
“Well?” Tony pressed.
“Just want to remind you, that’s all,” Wallace said. “Just one more day.”
“I’ll remember that then. Drop the stalking already.”
“We were just passing by.”
“Sure.”
“See ya.”
Tony snaps off the phone without caring to say goodbye.
“What’s wrong?” Yan Yan asked.
“They’re just jealous of me.”
“Huh?”
Tony doesn’t say anything more since people behind them are honking at him. He releases the break and continues across the intersection, leaving them behind – including Huang and Huo who are parked at one of the side parking spots seconds ago.
*****
“You think this will work?” Chen Yi asked.
Tony smiles. “It will.”
“Could you stop spoiling his mood?” Qiao Qiao scolded Chen Yi.
Chen Yi turns to her. “What if it doesn’t work? I’m just trying to cover all bases.”
“I’m sure Yan will like it.”
“Do we know her more or does he? I’m just trying to warn him ahead of time. Besides, this is one shot. Then he has to…”
“What?”
“If he loses, he will have to…uh..”
“Say it!”
“All right, all right. If he loses, he has to endure your cooking for a month.”
Qiao Qiao turns her attention on Tony.
“Uh…I think I hear Yan approaching us,” Tony said quickly, dodging out of the sticky situation cleverly. “Let’s scatter before we get caught.”
Chen Yi tilts his head and signals to Achel so she could help him pull Qiao Qiao aside. As they straighten up again, Tony turns to check for any signs of Yan Yan before turning back to them.
“Okay, when you see me raise my hand and puts it down by my side, remember to let go of the strings, okay?” Tony repeated of their plan.
Qiao Qiao salutes him.”Yes, sir.”
Chen Yi hits Qiao Qiao on the head lightly before dragging her away from the scene in case she decides to change her mind about helping them.
Tony fixes his clothes again, making sure he looks presentable in front of Yan Yan. It is finally the day and he’s glad he took Yan Yan to East Shore Café two days ago or he wouldn’t think of a way at all. He’s back today again and he has a plan. He had made up an excuse earlier about being too busy to pick her up so he told her to meet him here before heading to Orchids Agency to meet the others.
Shifting back and forth between his feet – a thing he rarely does – he looks around the scene once again, making sure everything’s perfect. His smile lights up as he sees Yan Yan’s silhouette walking down the path. She’s still in her work attire, he thought. He stops himself from being distracted and clears his throat before making his way slowly towards her.
Yan Yan smiles. “I thought you’d be by your car already. But I decided to check here in case.”
“Glad you did. Because…” He pauses for emphasis. “…I have something to tell you.”
She has on her puzzled look. “Something wrong?”
“It depends how you rate this matter.”
Yan Yan still looks confused but she doesn’t speak up to ask him. She waits patiently for him to answer. However, he doesn’t say anything. He turns back to the water behind them and takes her left hand into his right, hauling her towards the pier.
“What are you up to this time? Let’s hurry since we want to be at the festival early before the show starts. Not to mention I want to play some games first. I heard they’re setting up some new booths this year.”
Although she sounds like she only cares for fun and games, but she’s getting quite nervous because of how serious his face looks at that moment. She just wants to make up an excuse to stop this awkwardness. It is until they’re right in front of the water that he turns to face her again.
Tony smiles. “Are you ready?”
Yan Yan blinks. “For what?”
Tony doesn’t answer but reaches towards her shoulders and maneuver her attention towards the water again. She watches as Tony extends his left hand out and drops it down to his side again. She wrinkles her face a bit, wondering what he’s up to. However, she doesn’t have to ponder long since she could see some objects floating out from a wooden board across the way. She shields her eyes from the afternoon’s sun to see that it’s a clump of plants with some flowers on top. It’s not just any clump of plants with flowers on top but it’s nicely decorated with the plants hugging the flowers in a circular shape. Following the first clump is the next set with a block of wood on top of the flowers. She watches as the set finishes its journey towards her before reading it as a sentence. It says, “Liu Pin Yan, are you willing to accept me as your one and only boyfriend?” Shocked, she turns back to him.
“Well? What will it be? Yes or no?”
“Uh…”
“I told you that first day I met you that you’re cute.”
Yan Yan wrinkles her face. “Are you pulling this joke on me right on the mid-autumn festival?”
She turns her heels to walk away but he grabs her hand and turns her around to face him again.
“I heard the guys talking about the bet. Are you using me to win?”
“I guess Chen Yi wasn’t trying to scare me when he told me you might not be touched by just looking at these flowers.”
Yan Yan looks around. “Is he here?”
“He told me earlier before he left.”
“Well, he’s right. I’m not buying it.”
“Would you think that I dare to play around with your feelings?”
“What do you expect? I’m just a kid to you guys. Ehlo said it too, you know. Always calling Chen Yi, Qiao, and me kids.”
“You’re not a kid unless you act like one.”
Yan Yan turns to see him smiling. “Very funny.”
Tony resumes his serious composure again. “If I want to win a bet, wouldn’t I have hired someone instead of trying to convince you? And if I do this to you, wouldn’t it be like insulting you? If I didn’t care so much for you, would I be as stupid as trying to decide your career path for you? And stumbled into a stupid situation several weeks ago?”
Yan Yan looks up at him again to see his expression serious again. “I still don’t believe you.”
She walks away from him but he catches her hands again to stop her.
“I can see you’re smiling,” Tony teased her.
She diverts her eyes to ground instead. “No, I’m not.”
“Yes, you are. If you didn’t like me also, why did you keep the sunglasses I gave to you that one time?”
“I just like the sunglasses, not you.”
“Really? Why are you blushing then?”
“I’m not blushing. It’s the sunny weather.”
Tony looks around to see the sun almost setting. “The sun’s not on your face, it can’t be it. So…it must be because of me.”
“You just have too much confidence in yourself.”
Tony smiles as he could see her smile more apparent.
“You couldn’t pretend to be mad,” He continued.
Yan Yan ends up hitting him on the shoulders, trying to free her hands but she couldn’t.
“You’re just too cute.”
“I’m not going to talk to you anymore. Let go.”
He finally lets go of her hands but she doesn’t leave like she declared earlier.
“I thought you said you’re leaving,” Tony teased again, smiling. “Since you’re not leaving, does that mean you already agreed?”
“To what?”
“We’re going to the festival, right?”
“Of course we are.”
“Do you want to go with me?”
“If you don’t want to drive me, I can call Qiao up or…”
“Does that mean you’re willing to go with me?”
“Yes, of course. Why do you have to ask twice?”
Before she realizes it, Tony hugs her to him.
“What?! Hey, let go!”
Tony lets go of her but still has his hands around her waist.
“What?”
“You just said ‘Yes’.”
“To what?”
“That you would walk along my side until…”
“I thought you said that we’re going to the festival together.”
“Hey, you didn’t answer my question yet. Of course it applies to that question as well.”
“That’s cheating!”
Tony lets go of her and grabs her hand to go again.
“Hey!” Yan Yan protested. “You’re not playing fair!”
“All’s fair in love and….more love.”
“Sun Xie Zhi!”
Although she seems reluctant but she follows him anyway – walking back down the path and towards the parking lot. However, before they could reach the main parking lot, Chen Yi and Qiao Qiao jump out in front of their path. Achel joins them a second later. All three of them shout out words of congratulations at the same time.
Yan Yan points to them. “I thought he said you already left.”
“His words!” Chen Yi shouted out mischievously.
Yan Yan turns to Tony, pointing at him with her disapproving look. “Sun Xie Zhi, you….”
“Hey, you just trust me too much,” Tony said. “It shows how much you love me!”
Yan Yan ends up hitting him on the shoulders and chasing him around the open space.
“Hey! Come on! I was just kidding!” Tony shouted, trying to dodge her attacks.
Yan Yan stops running at that time. “That means you’re taking back your confession, right?”
“Of course not! What I mean is I’m just kidding about the trusting part.”
Qiao Qiao looks at her watch. “Come on, guys. We have to go now.”
“He tricked me!” Yan Yan exclaimed, still in her protesting tone.
“Get over it,” Chen Yi said. “You know you like him too.”
“You’re on his side too?”
“Unless you want him to suffer through a month of Qiao’s cooking, you should reconsider!”
“Chen Yi!” Qiao Qiao exclaimed out.
Qiao Qiao chases Chen Yi the rest of the way back to the parking lot as Achel runs after them, trying to stop the fight. Tony and Yan Yan continue to walk to the parking lot as well, but not as rushed as the others.
“I guess you wouldn’t care to contradict me now, huh?” Tony asked Yan Yan.
“I’m not talking to you,” Yan Yan said. “You just want to win the guys.”
“Come on now. Stop pretending.” He takes her left hand into his right like before as they reach the parking lot.
“What about the flowers though?”
“I’ll buy you a fresh bouquet later.”
“You’re so wasteful. So typical of a young master.”
“As long as you like it.”
Yan Yan doesn’t say anything anymore but Tony knows that she’d accepted. After all, why would she let him hold her hand for this long?
© Monday, March 2nd, 2009 – Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
Posted: Saturday, March 14th, 2009