Fan Fiction |
by ran_shuang_hua
Whatever possessed you, XY, to kiss him like that? You could have just simply given him a quick smack on the lips like what you and Ivan used to do when you had to pretend...but NO! You lingered on…and now you can’t sleep! XY put her right arm over her eyes.
You’re miserable oaf XM! You could have just quickly let go when you still had the strength…but NO! You chose to step on dangerous grounds by deepening her innocent kiss without thinking of what the consequence might be! Now you can’t sleep! XM put her left arm over his eyes.
Then they both tossed on their beds and gave a silent groan at the same time.
When the clock struck 5, XM gave up. He got up to prepare the things that they would need for their trip to the countryside. XY had also given up on sleep and was on her way to the bathroom. They both reached the door at the same time. It’s as if a jolt of electricity passed between them for they jumped apart. Upon realizing what happened, XM gave a nervous laugh in an attempt to clear the air. He was thankful when XY followed suit.
“So, can’t sleep too huh?” XM asked.
“Yeah…I guess I’m just excited for our trip so sleep didn’t get through me,” XY lied.
“Me too, I guess,” XM lied too, “So, you take a bath first while I prepare our stuff.”
“Nope,” XY waved a finger, “It’s a Sunday so I’m in charge,” she said in a tone that he won’t surely dare to challenge. XM sighed defeat then went inside the bathroom while XY went downstairs to stuff the picnic basket.
Get over it XM! It’s obvious that the kiss meant nothing to her…maybe she already had other kisses like that…hell! I want to kill all those bastards…AAAH! Just forget about it before you go insane! XM let the cold water clear his head.
Get a life XY! It was nothing to him…he had a ton of meimeis, right? So that kiss wasn’t new to him. Don’t attach meanings to things…you’ll just end up getting hurt. Just think of it as a dream…coz a kiss like that could only be possible in your dreams! Just look at the bright side…at least he was your first real kiss… but XY didn’t know if that fact was really from the bright side. She just splashed cold water on her face to block everything.
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While XY was dressing up, XM was getting some stuff organized. He stuffed his backpack with 2 blankets, an extra bottle of water, change of clothing, and his jacket. He didn’t know what kind of weather to expect so he thought that it’s better to be prepared than to be sorry. He also just dressed up with a pair of jeans and a shirt so he could move easily. He was zipping his bag when he heard XY’s footsteps going down the stairs.
“You finally ready?” XM asked without lifting his head. When the sound of the footsteps stopped and when no reply came, he looked up at her direction.
XY paused for a while at the stairs for her ponytail had come loose. She held her hairclip by biting it while her two hands were running over her hair. That’s why she can’t answer XM’s question.
XM was dumbstruck when he saw XY on the stairs. He had a sudden feeling that this day won’t be that easy for him. “Why aren’t you dressed up yet?” he scanned her with his eyes from head to foot.
XY was done fixing her hair and had continued descending the stairs. “I’m already dressed. I just need to put on my cross trainers,” she answered him. She walked past him to get her trainers, which was in the closet near the door.
XM turned around to follow her with his gaze. “You’re going to wear that?!” he asked her in an incredulous tone.
“Yeah. Why?”
“Can’t you wear something else? Something MORE?” XM emphasized the word ‘more’ with matching knitted eyebrows.
“Why? What’s wrong with my outfit?” XY looked down at herself. She had opted to wear a white body hugging spaghetti strap blouse and khaki mini shorts. She had been to the countryside before when Ivan was asked to perform at some event. She regretted wearing a sleeveless blouse and pants that time for the weather was so hot. She didn’t want to sweat like a pig this time by making the same mistake again!
“XY, you can’t wear just that…there’ll be a lot of guys out there…I don’t want them giving you nasty looks,” just the sight of you now fills my head with nasty thoughts…behave XM!
“I don’t have to worry about that…you’re with me…right?”
“We won’t leave unless you put something on,” XM made an ultimatum. He crossed his arms over his chest as he said this.
XY saw the look on XM’s face…he’s so serious…and he has his arms folded over his chest…he is serious about this…XY gave sigh of defeat. “Alright, I’ll put a cardigan on. But I can’t promise you that I’ll keep it on once we get there coz its so hot in the countryside. Fair enough for you?”
XM looked upward for a while before giving a curt nod. XY took that as her signal so she went upstairs to get her blue hooded cardigan. When she came back, XM was frowning at her mini shorts. “Hey, if you knew how hot it is out there you’ll completely understand my clothing,” XY said defensively. She didn’t want to ruin her outfit just to please him.
XM knew that he couldn’t change her mind about it so he just let it go. “But don’t blame me if guys give you ‘the looks’ and start fussing over you,” XM scooped his backpack and the picnic basket then walked to the door.
I was hoping you’d be the one to keep them away…XY wanted to say but she just kept quiet instead then
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They were lucky that there was a train leaving for their destination in 5 minutes when they got to the station. They hurriedly paid for the tickets then went inside the train to find good seats. The train could accommodate 4 persons per cubicle (imagine the Hogwarts Express train in Harry Potter) XY wanted to sit by the window but the only window seat available was in a cubicle where two guys were already seated. XY looked at XM and the latter gave her a curt nod. XY slid into the cubicle first so she could sit by the window then XM followed.
“Hey, are you okay?” XY asked XM for she noticed that she had turned to ‘stone’ since they took their seats.
How could I be ok when there are two guys seated in front of us and you’re wearing that shorts? It was short when you were standing and now it’s impossibly short when you’re sitting! XM saw the looks that the guys were giving XY but XY was so busy looking outside to notice it.
“Hey, I asked if you’re ok…” XY repeated again but still XM didn’t answer. Why is he in such a bad mood? But I won’t let his moodiness ruin this wonderful day! “Fine, if you don’t want to speak, then don’t,” she said blankly then looked again outside the window.
XM deliberately chose not to answer her question…no…he decided not to speak at all for he might not be able to control himself from saying something that he might regret. He just stared at the guys in front of him and XY, giving them dagger looks. But the two men didn’t seem to acknowledge his warning. The nerve of this two to ignore my glares! Could they tell that XY’s free for taking? Let’s see about that!
XY gave her 5th yawn. She suddenly felt so sleepy. Hell! I didn’t get any decent sleep last night…XY thought to herself as she stifled another yawn. XM saw noticed this and took it as the perfect opportunity to let the bastards in front of him know that XY is his – his alone!
“You sleepy?” XM whispered to her ear. XY could only nod a response. XM wrapped an arm over her shoulders then XY instinctively cuddled to him. She instantly plunged into a deep sleep as soon as she laid her head on the crook between XM’s neck and shoulder and wrapped an arm over his waist.
XM could feel her even breathing on her neck and he knew that XY was already in dreamland. He then took his jacket inside his backpack using his free hand, pretended to open it out by shaking it forcefully in front of the two guys before covering XY’s legs with it. The two guys looked at him and they immediately got the meaning in his stern look.
Just that, the PA system of the train announced their arrival at the next station. Some of the passengers were getting off. The two guys also stood to leave the cubicle to move and sit on some other place for the rest of the trip.
“Good for you two that you have quick minds or I would have let you get some beating,” XM muttered to himself. Then, he yawned himself. He checked his watch then set his phone to alarm. They still had an hour and a half before the train reaches their stop. After which, he looked at XY’s face for a while then smiled. He knew that she was sleeping soundly and that she couldn’t be easily waken up from it. “You’re really a Sleeping Beauty…you’re so beautiful even in sleep…” XM murmured. He planted a kiss on her forehead and then stroked her cheek. He wrapped his other arm over her, rested his head on top of hers, and then fell asleep himself.
They were both sleeping peacefully that they didn’t feel that an elderly couple took the seat across them after the train reached its next stop.
“What a lovely couple. They remind me of us when we were in our younger days. So much love shown even when they are not speaking a word,” the old lady sighed as she cuddled to her husband.
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XM felt his phone vibrating. Good thing he put it inside his right pocket or else XY might have felt it too. He slowly opened his eyes then looked at the princess still sleeping soundly. XM gave a soft sigh at her perfect sight. He checked his watch and learned that they will be arriving at their stop in 5 minutes.
“Hey Sleeping Beauty, wake up,” he murmured to her while caressing her cheek to gently wake her up. But XY just responded by burying her face deeper into his neck. XM wanted to stay that way and just forget about going off the train but he knows that he can’t do that or else she won’t talk to him later. So he did his newly found discovery on how to wake her up effectively.
“Ugh…stop that…” XY said groggily. XM discovered a few days ago that XY easily gets out of sleep, no matter how deep she is in to it, when someone tickles and plays with her ears. XM had to resist giving off a small laugh when she pouted.
“Wake up princess, were here,” he said to her in a low voice.
“Can’t we just stay here sweetie?” XY purred then nuzzled her nose against XM’s jaw.
Sweetie? XM thought with an arched brow. And did she just nuzzle her nose against my jaw? When did she learn of such intimate act? XM’s eyes suddenly went dark with jealousy. “Sweetie???” he said with a slightly loud voice, though he didn’t mean to…he wasn’t just able to control himself.
XM’s voice rang in XY’s ears. Was that XM’s voice? “XM?” she said his name in a questioning tone, her eyes fluttering.
“Who else?” XM replied in a slightly disturbed voice. Was she dreaming of some other guy?
XY was fully awake now and she disentangled herself from XM’s arms. She took a look outside the window, “Oh, we’re here. Come on,” she stood up then felt XM’s jacket sliding down her legs. “Is this yours?” she asked as she picked up the fallen jacket.
XM just gave a nod. He was really bothered by XY’s actions a while ago. Did she have any boyfriend in the past? Has she shared intimate moments with a guy before?
“Hey, let’s go!” he heard XY’s voice. I have to find answers to those questions. XM vowed to himself as he was led out the train by XY.
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It was a hot day in the countryside and XY instantly removed her cardigan, making a scowl appear on XM’s face. As he prophesized, a lot of men turned their heads whenever he and XY pass by. Of course, XY was completely clueless about the stares. She was not vain to think that guys found her attractive. When the stares won’t stop coming, XM draped an arm over XY’s shoulders protectively while giving the guys deadly glares.
“What’s with that? You’re giving us a hard time walking with all the stuff we’re carrying,” XY was pointing out his arm over her shoulders. It was quite hard to keep a normal pace if they were that close since they were carrying some stuff.
“Don’t ask, just walk,” XM said in a stern voice.
XY was about to complain when she spotted a familiar face in the crowd…no make that faces! “Ugh! What the hell…” XY said in a disgusted voice.
“What is it?”
“I can’t believe that I’ll still see him here!”
“See who?” XM asked, turning his head from side to side.
“Hi XY! Long time no see,” a guy stopped in front of them.
“Hi Matt,” XY said in a fake voice.
“So, what are you doing here?” Matt asked while looking at XY appreciatively.
“Same thing you’re here for, enjoying the view,” XY answered coolly.
Who’s this guy? XM made a coughing sound to remind XY of his presence. But it’s as though they never heard him.
“Still got that spunk, huh? By the way, I’m here with Jake, Red and Nick. Wanna join us?”
“No thanks, I’ve got my guy here with me,”
Matt looked at XM with inquisitive eyes. What do you think you’re doing…looking at me like that? DO YOU WANT TO DIE???!!! XM wanted to blurt out but he didn’t want to stoop to this guy’s level so he kept his cool. He returned Matt’s stare with a smug look.
“So what happened to…what’s his name…Ivan?” Matt leered. XM wanted to punch him right then and there but XY sensed the clenching of his muscles so she placed an arm over his waist to control him.
“We broke up but we’re still friends. That’s none of your business anyway,”
“So, he was really your boyfriend? I thought you guys were just pretending,” Matt answered with a knowing look.
XM had to speak or else he might explode. “Darling, would you care to tell this life form to get out of our way if he wants to stay alive?” XM addressed XY but he was drilling holes right through Matt with his eyes.
“You heard him Matt. My boyfriend has a really short temper…and so do I. Now if you’ll kindly get out of our way…” XY said with an arched brow and a ‘don’t-mess-with-me’ look.
“Okay, no need to be violent. It was nice seeing you, XY,” Matt said with a smirk then walked away from them to join his friends.
“I was really close to punching him,” XM muttered under his breath.
“Don’t pay him any heed. But now that he saw me, we have to put on an act again. He’s persistent and I know he’ll follow us around, I’ll bet my life on that,” XY took out a pocket mirror from her mini backpack then placed it in front of her. “See, I was right,” XY made XM look on the mirror and they both saw the bunch of jerks pretending not to follow them.
XM was about to turn back and beat them one by one but XY stopped him. “Don’t do it XM, you’ll just get into trouble and waste this perfect day. He won’t come near us again, he’s just following us to make sure if you’re my boyfriend coz if he proves that I just made up a story, he won’t let me be.”
“Who’s that bastard anyway?”
“Long story, I’ll tell you later…so teddy bear, are you up for some role playing?” XY winked at him.
XM felt all his annoyance slip away, “You bet, darling.”
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For the past hour now, XM and XY were putting a good show…or at least they thought that it was just a show.
I want to remember this as the day when my dream came true…even for just a day. I’ll make this as real as possible for me…this way I’ll be able to show freely how much I love him without having to think of his rejection…for him this is just pretending, for me it’ll be living my dream. XY thought as she fed XM an apple slice.
This is heaven…though this is just make-believe. But I’m not pretending anymore, I want to be with her like this everyday. But this is not yet the right time to tell her…so for today I’ll just live my dream. XM thought as he kissed the top of XY’s hand tenderly.
Neither of them new that what was happening was real…from the stares, the touches, and the hugs to the kisses.
“They’re still there…look, hiding behind a tree! How pathetic could they get?” XY said with annoyance.
“Don’t worry, they’ll eventually get tired of following us around,” I’ll make sure that they’ll stop right now. “They’re looking at us right now. Stay here, I just have to make a call back in Taiwan,” XM said, he gave XY a deep one-minute kiss on the lips, which the latter accepted and responded to eagerly, before walking a few steps away from her.
“Wei William, I need you to do something for me. Don’t tell anyone of this, even my bothers. I need you to scare some people to get them off my back. Don’t hurt them, just scare them,” XM gave William his instructions on how to get those assholes out of his sight without XY noticing it. He wants their ‘sweet nothings’ to last the whole day minus thinking about those jerks.
XY looked on as XM was talking to someone on the phone. Minutes after, he sat beside her on the picnic blanket again with a huge grin on his face.
“What are you grinning at?” XY said with an amused tone.
“Oh nothing. I just had to take care of something. So where were we?”
“About those jerks snooping around…” XY rolled her eyes at the thought.
“Who are they anyway? Particularly that Matt?” XM wanted to divert her attention while William executed his orders.
XY rolled her eyes again before answering. “Matt was a schoolmate back in Canada. He and his buddies were pestering me around. He didn’t stop even though Ivan and I put on a very good show on being a ‘couple’. He still follows me around the campus that I have to have Ivan by my side all the time.”
“Uh princess, could I borrow your mirror? I think I got something on my teeth,” XM made an excuse. He pretended to check his teeth when what he was really doing was checking out the progress of his orders. He smiled inwardly when he saw men in black suits appear and approach the jerks. “Thanks,” he handed XY back the mirror. Now that they were out of his back, he could have a real quality time with XY. He could also now ask her questions.
“So you didn’t have any boyfriends at all?”
“Why the sudden tirade of questions?” XY asked with a coy look.
“Nothing…I just realized that we’ve been living together…I mean under the same roof that is…for nearly a month now but there are still a lot of things that I don’t know about you,” XM said while looking up at the sky.
XY stared at him for a while. “Oh well, I guess there’s nothing wrong with telling you some things. So, for the first question, the answer is no…nope! No boyfriends ever…but I had a ‘fiancé’ though,” she answered jokingly.
“So you did a lot of pretending with Ivan just to keep the guys at bay.”
“You make it sound like I’m a goddess among men…haha! Yeah, I had to or else I would have to resort to punching them one by one to keep them off me.”
“So you did everything that we’re doing right now with Ivan?”
“Everything what?”
“You know, all the hugging and kissing stuff…” XM hoped that he didn’t sound weird.
“Yeah,” XY’s answer came easy. XM’s eyes grew big.
“Even the kissing…on the lips???”
“Yeah, why?”
XM wanted to scream ‘NOOOOOOOO!’ right then and there but he can’t, of course. “I just didn’t realize that you’d be kissing guys that easily…”
“Hey! I don’t kiss guys out on a whim. Ivan and I only do it when drastic situations call for drastic measures! And we only give each other a quick peck on the lips because we’re freaked out by the thought of us sharing a real kiss! Hell, we always have a mouthwash with us to use after a ‘peck’!” XY looked like she was really grossed out at the thought. XM was feeling so happy at what she said that he laid on his back to smile thanks at the heavens.
“What are you smiling at, teddy bear?”
“Nothing, I was just thinking what a beautiful day this is. Come on, lie beside me. The sky is so beautiful to behold, darling,” XM patted the space beside him. “I’m harmless ok?” he added when XY arched a brow at him.
XY nestled on her head on XM’s outstretched arm. Then she instinctively nuzzled her nose at his jaw again. XM had to ask her this time.
“When did you learn to do that?”
“Do what?”
“Nuzzling your nose on someone’s jaw?”
“Huh, why? Is there something wrong about that?” XY can’t get his point.
“Nope, its just that you said you never had a boyfriend but then you know such an intimate act…”
“Was that intimate?” he thought it was intimate???
“Yeah,” way way intimate.
“Uh, sorry if you think it’s way overboard for the pretending that we’re doing,” XY suddenly got uncomfortable. She started to sit up but XM stopped her.
“No, it’s not that. I’m just wondering who taught you such thing when you said you didn’t have any boyfriend,” XM tuned to his side to look at her.
“No one taught me, this is the first time I did that. It just came naturally,” XY was confused.
XM stared at her deeply. You don’t know how much your innocence turns me on right now. “So I was blessed to be the first one to get your nose-snuggling act,” XM whispered seductively at her while he took his turn on nuzzling his nose on her jaw.
XY didn’t know how to respond. She was confused whether he was still pretending or not. All she knew was that this moment felt so right…
But the heavens decided on cutting ‘the moment’ short by suddenly pouring out rain.
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