Romeo & Julian (Allen x Xianghua)

[Xianghua]

Nikita Kozlov

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Nikita walked down the street, it was 1 in the morning, and he had gotten in a physical fight with her father the 5th time this week, and it was Saturday. He lit a cigarette and took a drag, kicking at the snow with his combat boots.

 

His cell phone vibrated. "What," he answered.

 

"AND ANOTHER THING, I--" Nikita flipped the phone shut, sighed, and threw it into the middle of the icy road. A car ran over it, crushing it. He would have to get a new one.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton continued walking, ignoring the constant honking of horns and watching the side walk below him. He had to make sure not to slip on the icy road or he would fall and since he called his driver off for the night he would have no way of getting to a hospital to home for that matter.

 

"I need to be hurrying up or Suzuki will be worrying about me" He murmured to himself and began to trot carefully.

 

Ashton joked as it began to snow again, it was so cold outside that it quickly froze to the sidewalk covering where the ice was. His cheeks were flushed a pinkish red as he panted from exertion, his foot caught a stray pack of ice and he went down, his ankle making a defiant crack as he cried out.

[Xianghua]

Nikita heard someone cry out. He walked quickly towards the sound to see a man with his ankle stuck in the ice. Nikita carefully wedged it out, picked the man up, and set him on a bench, all within the span of 10 seconds.

 

"Does this hurt?" he asked, gently pushing on the other's ankle. The bone didn't feel broken, maye sprained, or -- worst case scenario -- fractured. Before the other could say anything, Nikita felt somethig wet running down his fingers. He looked to see blood spilling out of the gash on the other side of the man's foot. He took his jacket off, ripped off his shirt sleeve, put his jacket back on, and quickly tied the fabric around the wound, stopping the bleeding.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton lay on his back for a moment in a dazed mode, glancing at the sky with his eyes glassy with pain. He was not accustom to much pain, being born rather well off caused him to be taken care of well. His eyes watered as he slowly set up, his ankle shifted and he had to bite his lip not to cry. He didn't think it was broken, probably just a sprain, but it certainly felt like hurt.

 

Hearing footsteps coming towards him he looked up to see another coming towards him, leaning back as a precaution but he winced more and decided to stay still. Watching as he knelt and eyes widening as he felt himself lifted from the ground and set down. Biting his lip he nodded "Yes it does, i''m really sorry, I slipt and fell on the ice, I knew to be more carefull!" He was scolding himself as he sighed. "I don't have a phone, could I perhaps borrow yours?" I'll call for another car I guess, it's kind of late though, why would he be out?Maybe I could offer him somewhere to stay for tonight? Or at least pay him for his troubles.

[Xianghua]

Nikita shook his head. "I don't have one either," he said. He mentally scolded himself for destroying his.

 

Nikita looked at the ankle. It was kind of flimsy. Remembering something Mina taught him, he firmly grabbed the other's ankle. "This is going to hurt," he said. "But only for a second. When it's done your ankle will be much, much better. Are

you ready?"

[~Ashton~]

Ashton physically drooped a bit as he lost his hope of receiving a phone to use, leaning back on the bench and rubbing his eyes from weariness. "This is absolutely perfect" He mumbled slightly to himself brought back to reality with a jolt as he felt his ankle shifted, glancing down at the others warning and looking at him cautiously for a moment before deciding to trust him since he had helped so much already."Alright, i', ready." He braced himself on the edge of the bench.

[Xianghua]

Nikita grabbe the ankle, and quickly popped it back into place. The pain would have lasted only a second, even though it had to be really intense. Either way, it was fixed now.

 

"Better?" he asked, looking up at the other.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton jerked slightly and bit into his lip, but sighed with relief when he felt his ankle immediately begin to feel better, wondering if he would be able to walk on it he gave the other a thankful smile " That feels so much better, thank you so much! Where were you going this late if you don't mind my asking" I can invite him to stay at my place for the night if he needs to.He thought to himself.

[Xianghua]

Nikita hesitated slighlty to answer. Of course, he wasn't about to tell a total stranger he broke his father's ribcage, while he only had a few bruises on his chest and one on his forehead, covering by his bangs. "Just getting some fresh air," he lied, standing up and wiping the snow off his pants.

[~Ashton~]

"Oh alright" He nodded as he lifted himself, putting a bit of pressure on his ankel, he found he could walk but it certainly was going to take a while and was still a little painful. "Well you've helped me a lot already and I feel like I owe you, you could come to my place for a quick drink and I can have a car take you home?" He leaned against the bench slightly as he spoke/

[Xianghua]

Nikita thought for a moment. He definitely needed a drink, but what would he do when it became obvious that he didn't have a home at the moment? He decided, when the time came, he would give him Celty's address and go to her house. "Sure," he said.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton gave a sweet and well rehearsed smile before turning and very slowly beginning to walk to his house, walking through the snow as it crunching beneath him. "I want to thank you again, for all your help you know? Why would someone be getting fresh air this late though?" He inquired, not trying to annoy the other but he was generally curious.

[Xianghua]

"Just... Had to get out of the house," Nikita said. More than half of the things he hasever said was a lie, but for some reason, he foun it hard to lie to this person. He would simply give him the vague truth.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton nodded as he continued to walked down the side walk, the moment they neared his house there was an immediate response. A man in a suit walked towards the two boys, coming from what appeared to be a very large white house, surrounded by a set of large black gates. He swept up the younger boy over his shoulder without a word and Ashton motioned for the other to follow as he spoke. "Sorry about this, but come on in." He mumbled as he was taken into another room to have his ankel looked at, leaving the other by himself in the large prestine front room of the house.

[Xianghua]

Nikita stood there, awkwardly. What had he gotten himself into? He should've just gone to Patty's, gotten drunk out f his mind, ad passed out in the gutter somewhere, like usual.

[~Ashton~]

A man in a suit came in and gave the other a warm smile as he motioned for the awkward looking boy. " Please come this way, Young Rayes will be joing you shortly" He brought Nikita up the stairs to a large pristine, white looking room. It held a large white bed in which Ashton sat in, sitting up and leaning against the headboard. Glancing up he smiled at the other and pointed to a seat beside his bed that had a platter beside it, holding a cup of hot tea on it. "I'm sorry about that, I promised you a drink didn't I?"

[Xianghua]

Nikita smiled tiredly, really he just needed a beer, something to clear his head. "Thank you," he said, sitting down.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton gave a curt nod, pulling a phone from the bed beside him and holding it out to the other. "Do you need to call anyone so they know where you are?"

[Xianghua]

Nikita nodded, took the phone, and dialed Celty's phone number. It rang twice.

 

"Mmm... Hello?" a woman with a raspy voice answered tiredly.

 

"Celty," Nikita said. "It's Nikita."

 

Celty yawned into the reciever. "Okay," she said.

 

Nikita put his hand over the reciever and spoke quietly so the other couldn't hear. "I need to stay at your place tonight."

 

"Mmm... Got in another fight with your dad?"

 

"It's his own damn fault!" Nikita said, louder than he meant. "Look, I can't move out of that godforsaken place until I get the money, I just need somewhere to stay tonight," he said in a hushed tone.

 

"Fine," Celty yawned. "See you later." She hung up, and Nikita set the phone back down.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton had waited for the other but the snow and pain had worn him out completly, the moment he had leaned back he fell asleep against the headboard. An energetic girl bounded into the room, her face wide, her appearance itself was beautiful. She was regal and beautiful, after all she was the daughter of a councel, nobleman. It was to be expected. Giving Nikita a warm smile she took the phone from him and called for Takano. "Takano, can you get a car ready?" He nodded and left, she turned and smiled. "I wanted to thank you for taking care of my fiance, He really can't take care of himself can he." Laughing lightly she smiled and pulled him to the door, pointing to the door. There seemed to be an almost annoyed demenor about her. "Thanks again for all your help." With that she slammed the door, the car waited outside.

[Xianghua]

Nikita stood there, confused. He didn't know why it surprised him that the other had a fiancé, and he definitely didn't know why it bothered him. He pushed the thought out of his head and got in the car. "943 6th street," he told the driver -- Takano? -- as he looked out the window at the snow.

[~Ashton~]

The driver nodded, driving expertly though the icy and snow covered street. Making his way to the house inidacted by the young boy. Pulling to a stop outside of the house he turned in his seat and spoke "From the staff of the manor we wanted to thank you for helping out Young Rayes, he is a good child. Opening the door for Nikita he motioned him out. "Have a good night Sir, it's been a pleasure." He got back into the car and drove off.

[Xianghua]

Nikita nodded and walked up the stairs to the industrial loft. He carefully opened the creaky door. "In here," a raspy female voice said. The house was freezing, Nikita guessed the heating stopped again. He went into Celty's room where she was on her bed, with at least 5 thick blankets, watching old horror movies.

 

She patted the bed with her hand. "Sit," she said. "It's freezing."

 

Nikita sat down next to her, taking his boots off and setting them next to the mattress. Celty put some blankets on Nikita, as they tried to keep warm.

[~Ashton~]

Ashton woke up the next morning, remembering he never truly compensated the other. He climbed out of the bed the next morning and sneezed, reaching up and feeling his forehead he sighed. Knowing his was going to be catching a cold due to last nights stupidity. Pulling on a jacket and calling for takano. "Yes, Young Sir?" He spoke, with a straight posture and even tone. "Please bring the car, I need to give something to the boy that was here last night." Takano nodded and got the car, Ash waited as they drove. Blinking in confusion at the neighborhood, it seemed very run down. "IS this where he lives?" He spoke softly and they pulled to a stop, climbing out of the car and making his way to the door, knocking lightly with Takano close behind him for protection.

[Xianghua]

Nikita and Celty had fallen asleep, sitting up. Celty was leaning against Nikita, who was leaning against the wall. When someone knocked on the door Celty awoke with a start. Being the heavy sleeper he was, Nikita just mumbled a little bit, and remained asleep.

 

Celty tiptoed in her socks down the cold wood hallway, to the front door. She opened it, to see someone she had never seen before. "Yeah?" she yawned, rubbing her eyes.