are you that somebody

Twenty-Eight

Walking out of Xing's parents' house, I had a smile on my face and I never wanted to leave. They were amazing. Even though they didn't speak a lick of English, nor did I speak a lick of Japanese, but they made me feel welcome. Xing had to keep translating what they said to me and they were the sweetest things. They were more inviting than my family and I had just met them.

I looked back at Xing as he followed me out, he said some parting words with his parents and his mother shouted back something that made his face redden. I stared at him with a raised eyebrow. "You okay?" I asked. In return, he nodded before grabbing ahold of my hand then rushed me to the car.

Once we were inside, I couldn't even sit in the seat before Xing pulled me into him so my back was to his chest and he pressed a soft kiss to my temple. "They loved you," he told me. I smiled, moving my head so I could see his face.

"I love them. They're so sweet and adorable. It's no secret on where you got all of your features from." I said with a wink. He grinned, rubbing my stomach gently. "I wish my family was like yours."

"Poor?" he asked. I rolled my eyes at his question before sitting so I was facing him completely.

"I wish we were all kind and not selfish," I admitted. "I wish they weren't so mean and I didn't have to distance myself from them, but if I didn't, I don't think I'd be here with you. Or really, anywhere near here."

"I wish my family was sterner." I tilted my head to the side as I looked at him. "But I am happy that they were supportive," I nodded slowly. "I got one thing good from being in America."

"What's that?" I asked curiously.

"You," I smiled, moving to lean on him and let out a content sigh. "You want know what my mom say when you were in kitchen?" he asked, rubbing gentle circles on my abdomen.

"What?"

He chuckled lowly, kissing the top of my head. "She loves you." I smiled brighter, running my nails along his forearm.

"I love her too."

We got back to the house with little conversation as we were both tired out of our minds and wanted nothing more than to take a shower than go to sleep. And that we did. We shared the shower, resulting in a quickie that made me bust my lip as he pressed me against the glass of the shower door a little too harshly but nothing I couldn't handle. After we both came, luckily I was able to tell Xing to pull out before he came inside of me, we quickly washed then jumped in bed. We fell asleep not soon after, holding each other like our lives depended on it.

But our sleep was disturbed not soon after that. my phone rang, disturbing us both. I groaned, slapping the nightstand blindly looking for the lightweight piece of glass before the ringing would stop, just so I could cuss out the person on the other end of the line. The ringing stopped shortly after and I had thought that the person had hung up but no. I heard Xing's voice shortly after that. "Hello?"

There was silence in the room for a couple of seconds, but there was a low hum of the person's voice on the phone. I couldn't make out if it was a man or a woman and I blame that on the lack of sleep but I didn't press on it. I was too tired to overthink. "She sleep." Xing said lowly.

"I just need to talk to her real quick. It will only take a second, Goddammit, Xing!" the person shouted.

"She gonna cuss you out but that your fault," he warned quickly before shaking me gently. "Baby, phone." I groaned before reaching out to grab the phone and put it to my ear tiredly.

"Whoever this is, fuck off."

"Before you hang up, I have news but I really need you to come back to New York for me to tell you it." I recognized the voice as Kandi immediately.

"What is it, Kandi?" I asked, fighting to keep my eyes open and it wasn't helping that Xing was rubbing soothing circles in my lower back.

"I think it's best that I tell you when you get here. Hopefully, I have everything under control when you do get here. When are you coming back?" she asked. I moaned slightly when Xing's hand moved lower and cupped my ass, pulling me closer to him. My eyes widened at that and I looked at him. He sported a sleepy but boyish grin before he moved over, pressing a kiss to my lips.

"Ew," Kandi muttered into the phone. "You don't answer calls during sex."

"Well, you're not supposed to call while we're having sex. I'll be home soon." I told her quickly before hanging up the phone. I quickly turned it on silent then carelessly threw it across the room, aiming for the small area of excess pillows we threw there before we got into the bed. But when I heard a thud, it didn't sound like it landed there, but it didn't matter to me.

"I thought what we did in shower was sex," Xing said making me laugh. I kissed his chin and nodded.

"It was but when you touch me like that, it feels good and I moan. And at this point, I would do anything just to get off the phone." I admitted. Xing opened his eyes so he was looking at me before kissing my forehead.

"What she want?" I shrugged, moving closer to him.

"She was doing what she does best, I guess. Getting on my nerves." I said with a laugh. Xing chuckled as well but stopped shortly after.

"I think she want to tell you important stuff."

I nodded slowly. "I know. But I just wanted to enjoy this trip with you." I admitted.

"I enjoy trip. I enjoy anything when you with me." I felt tears start to build up in my eyes.

"You're so sweet to me," I whispered. Xing didn't say anything for a second as we stared at each other and I could tell he had something on his mind. I wanted to try to coax it out of him but I knew he wouldn't admit it until he was ready to admit it, so I wasn't going to even attempt to force him. I just sighed and rested my head on his chest, staring ahead at the wall in front of us.

"Hey, Xing?" I whispered a minute into our silence.

"Yes, baby?"

It was silent for a couple of seconds while he waited for me to respond back again. When I finally did, I couldn't keep a smile off of my face. "Thank you."

"For?"

"Everything," I whispered, kissing his bare chest gently. "You make me happy and alive among other amazing emotions and not a lot of people have done that lately or ever. And I'm just really appreciative of you. Thank you." Xing's arm curled around me and pulled me even closer before he pushed my chin up so I was looking at him.

Our eyes bored into each other's as we read our emotions silently and without any other distraction. Xing pressed our lips together quickly and when he pulled away, he pressed another to my nose, both my cheeks, then my forehead. He kissed my forehead three times before resting his chin atop my head. "Itsuka anata wa watashi no tsuma ni nari, anata wa mō watashi ni kansha suru hitsuyō wa arimasen."

"What?" I asked in a nervous chuckle.

Xing kissed the top of my head and let out a breath. "We got long day before us," he whispered. I frowned. "Sleep, baby." I didn't need much more of an invitation to sleep, so I did.

Translation::::

"One day you will be my wife and you will no longer have to thank me."

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