Chunyan
is
making clay figures, bored out of her mind.
looks at Chunyan's work. It was okay.
isn't trying to make anything spectacular. She just wants to pass the time.
tilts her head. "They are nothing spectacular. If you're bored watch television."
shakes her head. "Television rots your mind."
crosses her arms. "Then read a magazine."
tuts. "They're full of meaningless drivel."
tilts her head. "I don't know about that. You sure had plenty of them at your house."
frowns. "They were free subscriptions!"
shakes a finger at her and tut tuts. "Yes but you got them anyway~"
crosses her arms. "Because they were free."
doesn't think that is a good reason to pick up something. "But if they are meaningless than why bother with them even if they are free?"
shrugs. "They're free. And they make for good firestarters."
stares at her for a good minute. "You know that makes you sound slightly insane."
stares back at her, shrugging again.
|"I see. Since you are not bothered by that then you should not be bothered by this." She reaches for the hem of her dress.
gapes at her. "What are you doing!?"
flings her dress off. "Ah. Wait I forgot to put a costume under there."
splutters, flailing about. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
crosses her arms. "Standing."
"WHY DID YOU TAKE OFF YOUR DRESS."
tilts her head. "Why didn't you? Besides I am not without clothes. I have socks and shoes on."
Chunyan
is
about to start hyperventilating. "YOU'RE STILL NAKED."
leans close to her and tries to fan her with her hand. "That is not true. Should I take my socks off?"
splutters. "N-n-no!!"
Hong Kong
is
not sure what is wrong with Chunyan. "But they are only socks."
"PUT YOUR DRESS BACK ON."
shrugs and goes to pick up her dress. "I will, I will. Don't rush me."
Chunyan
is
trying to calm herself after witnessing Hong Kong's indecency.
Hong Kong
was
not indecent. It was just the two of them. She is picking at her dress. "I took it off because I fell outside. See." She shows her a muddy
spot.
takes the dress from her. "Y-you should have told me earlier!"
looks at her empty hands than at Chunyan. "I was but you started to get really loud." She leans a little closer to her.
leans back. "You should have told me before you stripped!"
nods. "I will next time. Then strip." She gets closer. "What are you going to do with it?"
heads off towards England's laundry room. "I'm going to watch it!"
*wash
follows after her staying close. "Ah. Well like I could have done that."
shakes her head, frowning. "Go put some clothes on!"
Hong Kong
was
going to hug her but she stops herself. "Very well. I will return."
sets about cleaning the dress, frowning and muttering to herself.
|After a few minutes she comes back. She is worst dressed than being naked. "I am dressed now." She is a dominatrix... mask included.
stares at her. "WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?"
takes off her mask. "Clothes?"
"WHAT SORT OF CLOTHES IS THAT?"
looks down at herself. "Clothes for sneaking around in the dark."
Chunyan
is
going to have a heart attack. "Why do you need to sneak around in the dark?!"
keeps her gaze away from Chunyan. "Well. Sometimes I like doing things that should not be done to a person but I have to be sneaky to set
things up."
frowns. "What...?"
leans close to whisper. "I was setting up a trap."
"A trap for who...?" She looks worried.
looks a little sneaky. "You will see."
huffs. "Is it England?"
Hong Kong
has
a mischievous look. "Of course."
crosses her arms. "What are you doing?"
raises her arms up. "I will bring Hong Kong New Year celebrations here."
looks at her blankly. "Please don't blow up the house."
waves her hands to the left then the right. "I will make it like the IFC, not blow it up. If I did that like where would we live?"
sighs heavily. "Do you not like staying here?"
stands still. "Why are you asking that?"
frowns. "Because I want to know."
sighs. "It is fine here teacher. This is just my hobby."
looks at her quietly. "Are you sure?"
*quietly for a moment
((I TYPE SLOWER THAN MY BRAIN.))
nods. "I do like it here and Mr. Arthur is so lonely. He needs us making a lot of noise."
[lol :'D I get ya]
nods slowly. "that's good, then..."
gets closer to peer at her face. "Is something wrong? Is it because you do not like staying here?"
shakes her head. "I like staying here!"
tilts her head. "Ah~ I was like wondering that. I mean you were certainly never fond of England before."
shrugs. "He's a bit different."
gets close to poke Chunyan's cheek. "Really now?" She turns around her arms crossed. "Teacher just wanted to go in a strange man's house."
blinks at her. "He's not a strange man! He's England!"
shrugs. "England is strange. So England as a man must be just as strange."
rolls her eyes. "You might be right."
nods. "Of course I am. Anyway, tell me why you decided to accept his offer to stay here."
shrugs. "I didn't see any reason not to."
flips her hand. "Oh. You had me worried. What if you said something weird."
raises an eyebrow. "Like what?"
shrugs. "I don't know what you are thinking. For all I know you might think he is sexy."
gapes at her. "SEXY?"
tilts her head in thought rubbing her chin. "Lee Siu Lung was sexy... Yeah."
shakes her head. "You are /odd/"
blinks at her then gets close to poke Chunyan's nose. "Not at all. By the way. Mr. Arthur does not have sexy underwear."
blinks. "How do you know what his underwear looks like?"
raises her hand to her lips. "I have my ways."
purses her lips. "Why did you go through his room?"
sighs and explains. "Well, remember the day I gave you a present. I was looking for you all over the place... and then I was in his room. So
I looked in there too."
tuts. "You didn't have to be nosy."
looks amused. "It could not be helped."
crosses her arms, standing up and shrugging. "You're an odd one."
holds her hands behind her back. "I am not sure how~"
glances over at the washing machine. "Your dress will be clean soon."
Hong Kong
wonders
if Chunyan is use to the clothes she is wearing now.
don't think you can be used to that outfit.
is used to wearing it.
Chunyan
is
now scarred for life.
Hong Kong
is
sure it was not her clothing that caused that.
Chunyan
thinks
it was seeing her naked body.
could take off her clothes again.
does not want to see that!
Hong Kong
thinks
Chunyan should make up her mind. So was it better for her to be dressed or for her to be naked.
Chunyan
thinks
she should be dressed! But in something different.
can be but has chosen not to. In fact she might dash outside dressed the way she was.
doesn't think she should! There are weird people out there!
Hong Kong
is
edging away slowly.
edges after her.
takes a few steps away from her the skips off.
stumbles after her. "H-hey!"
turns around to run backwards. "What~ Is~ It~"
huffs, annoyed. "What are you doing?"
stops. "I was going that way." And she points in the direction she was going to.
catches up to her. "But why?"
takes a step back. "No reason except I was going to go outside."
frowns. "Going outside for what?"
Hong Kong
thinks
about this. "There is no reason really. You see too worried about it."
pouts at her, crossing her arms.
pokes Chunyan's cheek. "I will get dressed with something different."
looks at her warily. "Okay."
Hong Kong
will
do just that. That is she will throw a coat over herself.
sighs, but she shouldn't be surprised.
it was a nice fuzzy coat with a panda hoodie. "Cute right?"
can't lie, it is adorable. "Yes, it is."
models a little for her. "Wearing this I can go out to play in the snow."
blinks. "It's snowing?"
nods slowly. "You did not notice. It has been snowing here."
hasn't been outside at all since visiting Soo Yeon. "Ah..."
would have thought she turned into a shut in. "Come out and play with me."
shakes her head. "I'm not a child."
reaches out to hold her hands. "It does not matter. We should play."
looks down at her clothes. "I need to change."
nods once. "I will wait."
goes to change, putting on a coat and changing into pants.
Hong Kong
is
waiting for her. She actually did changed into something warmer under her coat.
shuffles towards her, pulling on mittens
might be excited that is until she opens the door. "It is cold out."
"Of course it is! It has to be cold to snow."
makes an annoyed face. "Right. Lets go."
steps out into the snow, smiling brightly.
follows after her shivering and closes the door.
leans down to make a snowball. "It's so pretty."
comes closer to Chunyan. She was right. The snow was so white and clean. "I should have put mittens on."
nods absentmindedly, turning to her with the ball.
tilts her head. "I want to make a snowman with you."
grins. "A snowman?"
nods. "Yes. We can make one or two. Even three."
trots over to her. "Then lets do it."
looks around. "We need to find a good spot."
points to a spot right in front of the house. "Right here?"
Hong Kong
thinks
that looks good and gives her a nod. She walks over to the spot. "Yes right here."
starts packing some snow together. "How big will it be?"
helps her to get the snow together. "As big as we want it. Maybe taller than us."
doesn't think that would be a really big snowman..."Alright!"
doesn't want anything too big. They may have too much trouble with that.
Chunyan
is
packing the snow together, making the base of it. She isn't sure how big it will get, but she's excited.
Hong Kong
is
helping her with the base but she moves on to try to make part of its body.
pats the base into a more circular shape, and then gets started on the head.
Hong Kong
is
still working on his body. "Hm. I think it is coming out like fat."
glances over at him. "He can have a potbelly."
nods. "Ah. He can be a buddha."
smiles, finishing the head. "Do we have anything for the face?"
Hong Kong
has
finished its body and lifts it up on to the base. "We should look around for stones."
nods, waiting for her to pull back before she puts the head on.
steps away to give Chunyan room to place the head on the snowman.
places it on top, smiling as she steps back. "Now let's give it a face!"
nods. "He definitely needs one. We can like get a carrot from the kitchen for its nose."
nods, rooting around for stones. "Can you go get one?"
Hong Kong
was
about to do that. "I will. Give me a second."
picks up a few stones, sticking them onto the snowman. "Okay..."
hurries off into the house to grab a carrot and maybe other veggies in case they make more snowmen. She comes back with them in her arms.
"Here is everything."
perks up, taking one of the carrots and shoving it into the snowman. "There! It's done~"
places the veggies down and claps. "Yes. Should we make another?"
nods. "We have plenty of snow~"
looks around and walks to another spot. "Right here. They can be lined up in a row."
nods. "Should this one be a different size?"
Hong Kong
thinks
for a moment. Then jumps up throwing her arms up. "Bigger!"
blinks at her. "Okay!
starts to work on its base.
works on the body, humming.
Hong Kong
is
packing the snow trying to give him a steady base.
makes the body, making sure not to make it too big.
Hong Kong
is
done and steps aside to build its head.
puts the body on top of the base. "There! Almost done~"
Hong Kong
is
scooping up the snow to form its head. "Yes..... and there~" She picks up the head to place it on its body.
picks out something for the nose, grinning./
looks curiously as what Chunyan has picked up.
pokes some celery into the snowman's head.
Hong Kong
thinks
he looks silly. "Shagua~"
smiles. "I like it!"
covers her lips. "Well he has an interesting look."
nods. "That's why I like it!"
agrees. "Lets make a baby one now."
hums in agreement, making a small base. "Okay~"
Hong Kong
is
making its little body.
finishes the base, starting to make the head.
Hong Kong
has
its body ready. This was easier since it was smaller and she places it on the base.
places the head onto it, grinning. "What should it's nose be?"
Hong Kong
thinks
about this tilting her head. She the places a baby tomato on its face. "How about that?"
steps back to look at them, smiling. "It's a family!"
looks them over as she too steps back. "It is. They are very cute."
nods, rummaging through her pocket for her camera. "We should take a picture of them!
Hong Kong
thinks
that is an excellent idea. She takes a few steps back with her cellphone in hand to snap a few pictures.
steps back next to her, taking a picture with her camera. "there!"
takes a few pictures. "You should like stand next to them so I can take a picture of you with them."
glances over at her. "Should I...?" She makes her way over to the snowmen anyways.
Hong Kong
thinks
she should. It would be cute. Once Chunyan is standing among their creations she begins to snap a few pictures.
smiles brightly for the pictures, striking a pose.
takes a few more pictures. "They came out cute. Would you like to see?"
nods, trotting over to her. "Of course!"
shows her the pictures she took
smiles, but she frowns in a moment. "That picture is terrible!"
tilts her head. "Is it. I think it captures you quite well."
pouts, motioning to her forehead. "It looks like i have wrinkles!
puts her cellphone away. "So it does. Still you look good for your age."
rolls her eyes. "Everyone says that."
Hong Kong
gives
her a second's worth of a mischievous smirk. "Because it is true."
frowns at the smirk. "I see."
rubs her arms. "Well like we should go inside. Its too cold out here to just stand around."
nods in agreement.
"Ah, yes. It seems to be getting cold."
*colder
|Since it was getting later the temperatures were going down. "Come I can make us some tea."
rubs her hands together, walking towards the door. "Okay...!"
follows after her. She is hoping people will like their snowmen.
Chunyan
hopes
so too! She takes off her coat as soon as she's inside, hanging it up with a flourish.
follows Chunyan's example then heads towards the kitchen to prepare their tea.
follows her, smiling happily to herself. "What kind will you make?"
turns to her covering her face. "You will see~"
pouts at her. "Fine, fine."
waves at her so Chunyan leaves the kitchen.
rolls her eyes, going to sit down in the living room.
Hong Kong
will
get to work now that Chunyan is gone!
doesn't stay seated for long, starting to tidy up the living room.
calls out form the kitchen. "Teacher! Like sit still!"
ignores her, cleaning still.
knows she won't listen and continues with her own task.
cleans until it's to her liking, then sitting down on the couch.
comes into the living room holds a tea tray. Two little tea cups and a tea pot on it. "Here it is."
sits up straighter, scooting forward. "Thank you."
sets the tray on the coffee table and sits near Chunyan. She then pours tea for her into a cup.
takes the cup with a small bow of her head. She sips it slowly, smiling. "Not bad."
blinks at her before pouring herself some tea. "I do try."
sips slowly, leaning back against the couch.
breaths in the scent of her tea. It was wonderful.
enjoys the tea, sighing happily.
sips at her tea now. It really was good.
warms her hands with the cup, smiling and humming to herself.
looks around for a bit. "He needs to remodel this place."
shrugs. "Yes, it is kind of...dreary."
nods. "He is too old fashioned and he has too much clutter."
agrees. "But I don't think he's fond of change."
Hong Kong
has
noticed. "I suppose it would be bad to like surprise him."
finishes her tea. "Probably. But he wouldn't change otherwise."
sips her tea letting her eyes become half lid. "Mm."
Chunyan
wonders
what Heung-lan is thinking. "So...?"
empties her cup. "I want to watch television now."
nods. "You can watch it. I will go back to my figures."
Hong Kong
will
do just that. "Make a panda one for me.
nods again, getting to work making a panda for her. She hums to herself.
Hong Kong
will
go to turn on the television then hunt down for the remote control.
sticks her tongue out while she works, forming the panda's head.
pretends not to notice. She is watching a program now.
makes a happy noise when she gets the head to her liking, moving on to forming the body.
glances at her ever some often. Chunyan really was having fun.
finishes the panda! "How does it look?"
had been slouching a bit and now she sits up. "Its perfect."
smiles. "I'm glad!" She gets up to put it in the oven to bake.
cannot wait until it is finished.
Chunyan
is
excited for it to be finished.
Hong Kong
will
wait patiently though.
sits back against the couch, crossing her legs underneath her. "So what are you watching?"
Hong Kong
is
not sure. "I don't know. But see that man. He wants to get an operation to become a lesbian."
blinks. "Why?"
shrugs. "I think he just wants to know what it is like."
Chunyan
is
so confused. "I see..."
Hong Kong
is
not. She is amused that Chunyan is confused though.
doesn't understand the show and what's going on at all.
Hong Kong
is
watching a talk show it seems. "Maybe I should try that but the other way around."
shakes her head. "You should not!"
pats her own chest. "But look. You see. Nothing."
shakes her head. "Do you really want to be a man?"
seems to be pondering this now.
Chunyan
is
not pleased with this!
glances at Chunyan looking a little mischievous. "At least if I am a man you will know I cannot get pregnant."
rolls her eyes. "You don't even have anyone to get you pregnant."
winks at her. "I can find someone."
looks horrified. "No! You can't!"
would never actually do something like that. She just wanted to see Chunyan overreact. "Of course I can."