Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The new couple walked into the bar surprised that they earned a round of applause. Roach stood on the bar table blowing whistles at the two. Kathy hid herself behind Mel with a shy grin. He took her hand and pulled her inside smiling proudly. He put up a hand to hush the crowd “Ahem!” he cleared his throat “I have an announcement. As of today, Kathy Lau is officially my….” He turned to Roach “drum roll please…”
Roach looked around as he took a fork and a glass cup and hit the metal against the glass making a clinking sound. Some of the guys laughed while they waited for Mel to make his announcement. He opened his mouth once again to speak but was rudely interrupted by Addy “Stop!!” she cried from the door. Her gang of bodyguards, now including Don followed her inside. She walked over to Kathy and Mel.
Mel stepped between Addy and Kathy with his back to Kathy in a protection mode “What do you want?” he asked.
Addy frowned “What’s with the hostility? I just wanted to be the first to congratulate you two.” She smiled when Kathy pushed Mel aside.
“It’s okay honey, she’s never really hurt me.” Kathy spoke up in the girl’s defense. “Thank you, Addy.”
Addy hit Mel on the arm with a winning smile “Yeah…listen to your girlfriend…”
Mel’s smile fell “I was going to make that announcement.” His eyes narrowed when Addy covered her mouth with a laugh “Thank you… for ruining my plans.”
“Talk about plans…I think you have some explaining to do.” Kathy teased openly.
Mel turned to face her as he grazed his fingers against her face “Where should I start?”
Kathy turned away shyly as she pulled his hands down with her own “When did you begin to remember everything?”
“Yeah! I want to know.” Addy grinned happily.
Mel turned to her “Well in that case, I don’t want to give away my secrets.” Addy pouted while he laughed and placed a comfortable arm around Kathy’s shoulder “But if you don’t mind, I have a discussion with my adorable girlfriend.”
Addy stuck her chin in the air “You don’t have to rub it in my face.”
Kathy turned to the girl before being pulled away by Mel “I’ll tell you later…” she gave Addy a quick wink and a grin.
Don stepped up behind Addy “They look cute together.”
Addy thrust an elbow into his stomach “Shut up, stupid.” He rubbed his tummy in pain as he followed her closely as Addy turned with annoyance “What do you think you’re doing?”
He laughed “I am doing my job, princess…” he said sarcastically “Remember? Your father offered me the job?”
She rolled her eyes “That was only for Toronto.”
Don shrugged “Don’t believe me? Ask your father.”
Addy leered her eyes at him “I will.”
Kathy’s eyes were smiling at the quarreling pair not too far from them “Do you think they look cute together?”
Mel turned his head and then back at Kathy “I think we look cute together…”
“I’m not arguing with that.” She laughed. “So…where were we?” she focused her full attention on him. Mel leaned in closer to her face as he kissed her lightly on the cheek and then he moved over to her lips but only to be blocked by her hand. She giggled lightly as she pushed him away gently “I mean Toronto.”
He nodded with a grin “I know…just thought I’d take advantage of the moment.” Mel was curious about something “Tell me, why did you assume that I regained my memory back?”
Kathy shrugged lightly “Because I recognized Roach as one of the guys that saved Addy and Don at the airport. And who else would send him over and where to go but you. Still, I’m confused about how much you knew during your time in the hospital. Your amnesia really did happen, I know that much?”
Mel smiled crookedly “Remind me never to lie to you.” He laughed when she raised an eyebrow “You’re good. You’ve got half of it right…I regained my memory the night before I did that test. It was through a dream, I woke up in the middle of the night drenched in cold sweat. It happened a couple of times while I was there. Caitlyn came in and I suddenly remembered everything. It was like wave of memories attacking me.”
“So she knew about it when I told her I wasn’t your sister?” Kathy asked.
He nodded “She knew a little. I kept the dangerous killings and horror stories for the most part. Poor girl, she was petrified that morning when the doctors took me in for a test. I came up with a plan to diverge everyone’s attention away so that I could work undercover. I called Roach that night and had him fly over to Toronto. He barely made it in time when Addy and Don came looking for you.”
Kathy nodded finally seeing the whole picture “But I remember seeing two masked guys. Who was the other guy that was helping Roach?”
Mel dodged her eyes “Just a good friend that owed me a favor.”
She knew that there were things that she was better off not knowing “I see…”
“Are you mad?” he asked with concern.
Kathy smiled as she tilted her head “No…I understood from the day I met you that there are things I shouldn’t know. I don’t mind, I’m just asking out of nosiness. Don’t mind me.” She brushed it off lightly.
Mel’s face lit up as he reached over and grabbed her face in his hands as he kissed her lips “You are so perfect!”
She looked at him strangely “For a guy that fights for a living, you sure can be sensitive.”
He laughed with his head thrown back “What can I say? I’m fucking perfect!” she giggled while he continued “Anything else you want to know?”
She searched her mind and eventually nodded “Why did you lie to me?”
Mel nodded “I knew that was coming.” He let out a sigh “Luke, that guy that was threatening you earlier, he’s a very dangerous man. One of the Red Dragon’s worse enemy, but it wasn’t always like that. When his father was Dai Lou, their gang was best friends with the Red Dragons. Unfortunately, his son didn’t have the same idea. He’s been trying to shut us down for the past month. I flew to Toronto to help fight this take over, but we were outnumbered. We underestimated his plans. I did have amnesia at the beginning, but I had nonstop dreams about you.” He smiled while Kathy looked down at her hands “The reason why I didn’t tell you the truth when you confronted me was because I recognized one of Luke’s guys following my every move. He was eavesdropping on our conversation.” Kathy nodded, finally understanding everything “Caitlyn helped me get through that past two weeks. She let me stay in her apartment to throw those son of a bitches off. It worked perfectly and when I snuck back to Hong Kong, the Tigers didn’t even know I returned. The rest of the story…you know.”
Kathy let out a sigh as she sat back on her chair “When will the war be over?”
Mel smiled “It’s not over until someone’s taken out of the picture. That’s the life of a gangster….” He looked at her in the eye “It’s not too late to back out.”
“Back out from what?” she asked teasingly “If you are saying what I think you’re saying, I will be very offended. You out of all people should know what hell I went through, I wouldn’t dream of missing all the drama, danger and violence. As long as it involves you.”
He nodded firmly with a grin so wide “You’re fucking cool, babe!” she shook her head with a laugh “One last thing. I want you to move in with me.”
Kathy’s smile fell “What? Isn’t it a little too soon?”
Mel shook his head “No. Anyways, now that it’s been announced, the news will travel fast. Not to mention, your life would be in danger if you continue to live in your own place. Plus this way, you’ll be on our turf, no one would dare come in that neighborhood.”
She seem to be pondering the idea. She understood the importance of her being closer to him, but felt it was too early to be living together. In the end, she convinced herself with a final answer “Fine, I will move in with you…but under one condition.” She pointed a finger at him.
He looked amused “Sure, anything…”
“No funny business…” when she said that a small sly grin crossed his face and she raised an eyebrow at him “You know what I mean too.” He only laughed while nodding his head.
It took Mel an hour to convince Kathy that she should stay back with him that night until they get her stuff moved the following day. She thought it was unnecessary to start so soon, but he was sure that the Tigers were already at her place. She decided to take his word for it. They rode to his apartment on his motorcycle, it was exhilarating to be driving down the streets in the middle of the night at 60 mph.
When they reached the apartment, Mel nodded to the security guy at the front gate. They rode the elevator together to the 6th floor. Kathy was at awed how the building looked so clean even though it was in a dangerous part of town. He opened the door for her and she noticed how similar it looked to the apartment he had in Toronto. “This is cute.” She pointed and Mel nodded as he walked up behind her and slipped off her gray cardigan revealing her bare shoulders in a tank top, he threw it on the couch.
He moved his lips over her shoulder “Wanna see the bedroom?” he asked in a raspy voice outside her ear.
Kathy ignored his question as she looked around the kitchen and then living room “This reminds me of your place in Toronto.”
Mel nodded as he followed her into the kitchen and slipped his arms around her waist “The bedroom is really big.” He whispered.
She nodded carelessly “I’m sure.” She gently pulled his hands away “Where’s the bathroom?”
“Down the hall to your left.” He answered with a grin “My bedroom has a bathroom too, you want to see it?”
Kathy smiled as she backed towards the hallway “No thanks. And stop trying to get me in bed, I’m not that kind of girl.” She laughed when he titled his head at her.
When she was done, Kathy came out and found Mel standing there, one hand in his pocket and one hand leaning on the wall “Now do you want to see the bedroom?” he whispered coolly.
She let out a sigh “You know that funny stuff I told you not to do?” he nodded with a grin “Well, you’re doing it right now.”
He pulled himself off the wall as he laughed “Okay, I won’t tease you anymore…”
“Thank you.” Kathy said politely.
“Do you want to sleep in my bedroom?” he asked casually and she rolled her eyes.
“Mel…” she said warningly.
She began to walk out to the living room but he pulled her back “That’s the last one, I promise. I’ll set up the other room for you.” As promised, he cleaned up the extra room that had a covered bed inside for Kathy to stay in for the night. She borrowed a t-shirt from him and a pair of shorts that he barely wore anymore. She walked out to the kitchen to get a glass of water while Mel watched her from the living room, he let out a short whistle “Hey baby.” She shook her head with a smile as he leaped over the couch and followed her into the kitchen. She drank her water while he smiled at her “You look cute.”
Kathy gave a little curtsy “Thank you.”
“Anyways, I’m gonna sleep now. It’s gonna be a long day tomorrow.” He leaned in to kiss her while Kathy turned to put away the glass making him miss his target.
When she turned around he was pouting at her, Kathy giggled “Aww… sorry.” She leaned into his face as he puckered up. Instead Kathy pulled his face down with her hands and gave him a kiss on the forehead “Night, sweetie.”
He nodded with a laugh “I see how it is now…”
Kathy stuck her head back in the kitchen “Yeah, I wear the pants!” she laughed and returned to her soon to be new room.