Where am I? (Xian & Maverik)

[jackal]

Abel had passed out from blood loss and just the shear cold of the rain the night before and all that he could remember was meeting a new girl that offered to help him out. He slept for about twelve hours and when he finally awoke he was in a strange bed that was obviously not his. He slowly got up and looked around the room to find some clothes that had obviously been left for him to put on. 'Where the fuck am I?' Was all that he cold think as he got out of the bed and grabbed the clothes that were left for him. He walked out the door and looked around and didn't see anyone in the immeadiate area so he headed toward the bathroom. He closed the door behind him and locked it and then begant to take off his clothes. He saw that his hand had been bandaged up and quickly unwrapped it. It seemed to be fine now and so he went in the shower and turned it on.

He had blood stains on his skin and so he scrubbed as hard as he could to get them off of his body. He figured that this was Xian's place and so he just made himself at home. But he wasn't really that nice of a guy anyway so he could've cared less that the shower wasn't his. He washed his hair and body as good as possible and then turned the water off. He walked out of the shower and looked for a towl, which he found hanging on a rack. He dried his body slightly and then put on the boxers and pants that he was given, not putting on the shirt because he didn't really feel like it yet. He just kept the towel hanging over his shoulders as he walked out of the bathroom. He opened the door and saw Xian just walking out of the room he was in with a confused look on her face. "Ummm... Hey what's up?"

[Tong Xian Tian]

Xian had waited for a long time for him to wake up. But to no prevail. He was knoced out cold and he would not awaken for a long time. Earlier in the day, Maverik had come over and she explained to him the situation. Luckily for her, he took the story fine and helped her out by bandaging his hand, since Xian could not do so herself. But at least Mav knew how, so the bandage was put on right and tight to stop the blood.

Now it was to wait until he woke up.
Xian sat beside him for a few hours but then left to do wash the dishes and to also wash Maverik's clothing. She was bored and needed to keep herself busy. After washing the dishes and putting the clothes in the washing machine, she watched some television, checking up on her guest every hour or so.

It was after about twelve hours later that Xian had finally finished all her laundry and Maverik's. The Chinese girl was proud of herself as she kept care of herself and her home properly. All was clean and in place. She then took Mav's clothing and placed it all in his dresser and closet. But as she entered her room afterwards, she realised that Abel was gone! But where could he have went??

Xian put down the clothing on her dresser and walked out, looking around in the kitchen and living room. But no one was there. Hopefully he was still in the house. But as she walked a little more, she could hear the water running. Some one was in the bathroom! It was either him or Maverik. But hopefully it was Abel.

Though as she looked around to see if another one of the guys were around, the door to the bathroom finally opened and she did not expect to see what she saw.
He put on only half of the clothing she left out for him, but no shirt on.

"Meep!" she exclaimed, her face turning bright red as she turned herslef around to not look at him. "Umm...yeah....HOW WAS YOUR SLEEP?!!! " she yelled out without noticing. She was obviously nervous and did not know what to do. All she did was walk away strangely and sat down on the couch, not looking up at him. 'Where's Maverik when I need him?! I don't know what to do with him in my home alone!!!' she thought.

[Maverik]

Maverik dealt with many injuries on himself, and so was somewhat of an expert with a first aid kit. He cleaned the wound with some disinfectant, and managed to bandage the man’s hand properly, keeping the gauss tight enough to keep his cut from any more excessive bleeding. He helped Xian chose a few of his cloths for the stranger. Thankfully, they were the same height, and roughly the same size around, so it wasn’t really that hard to find a suitable outfit for him.

After they finished patching him up, Maverik opted to head out for a while to pick up a new first aid kit and pick up some dinner while he was out for the two of them and their guest. He was at the nearest burger joint, grabbing the meals when the rain finally let up, allowing him to relax as he had worried about the food getting wet on the bike.

He arrived home clicking the lock open and looking in to see the stranger now awake and shirtless, and Xian blushing uncontrollably trying her best not to look at the man’s bare chest. “Well this just about takes the cake for the most awkward moment of my day” He said with a smirk, announcing himself to the room before heading over to the table and placing the three bags of food down, heading briefly behind the kitchen counter to put the new kit away. “Hungry? I got you a hamburger and some fries.” He told their guest nonchalantly before going over to help Xian up, smirking a little and whispering in her ear “Maybe I should do the shirtless thing if this is the kinda reaction it gets” He teased her before seating himself casually at the table and pulling himself a burger from his bag and taking a bite.

[jackal]

Abel tried not to laugh at the embarrassment of Xian as she asked how he had slept and went running past the new arrival toward a couch in the other room. The new guy asked Abel if he was hungry and placed three takeout bags on the dinning table. He then walked over to Xian with a smirk and whispered something into her ears. He then walked to the table and sat down to eat his meal. Abel had figured that the clothes he was wearing were the guys and that he had to have been Xian boyfriend, Abel slipped the T-shirt over his head and made his way slowly over to the table and took a seat and grabbed a bag of food. He opened it to find a burger and some fries and placed them both on the table with napkins under both of them. He took a big bite out of the burger and then grabbed a couple of fries and ate them as well.

He looked across the table to the guy and stared at him for a few moments. Abel hadn't ever seen him or Xian ever around the campus before and so he began to wonder. 'Could these two be transfer students from Varron? But if they were why would they help me out? I can't be getting ahead of myself now. They were kind enough to help me out and even get me some food. I at least owe them a thank you' He finished his burger and fries without a word to either of them and then got up from his chair. He wiped his hands on the napkin he had and then leaned against the wall with his arms crossed in fron of his chest. "Well I have to thank the both of you for taking me in and even feeding me and for that... Thanks. So where are you guys from? Never seen you around here or the campus before so just wondering..."

[Tong Xian Tian]

Maverik was soon enough back home and walked inside. Xian looked towrads him, her face still pure red obviously and it seemed like he noticed but seemed more amused then anything else.

"Maverik! You're home!" she exclaimed watching him walk over to the kitchen, with take out in his hands. Xian could smell it through the air and her mouth watered at the scent of it. The girl did love food, she almost ate anything really. If it was edible and tasted fine, then she would eat it; and with her appitite, she could eat a lot easily. Who knew if even the two men in the house could beat this one little girl in a eating contest. But enough of that.

After putting the kit away, Mav walked over to Xian and helped her up, whispering something in her ear that made her blush like crazy again. 'Maverik shirtless? OMG OMG OMG!!!!!' she thought, having mental pictures and blushing even more before snapping out of that thought.
"Uh.....huh....." she simply said, no real words wanting to escape her mouth at all.

Xian then folloed him to the kitchen and sat down on a chair, taking her ownbag which was bigger then the guys's. She took out the three double stacked burgers and also the three large packs of fries that came with them. The girl was hungry and this would do her some good. She then unwrapped a burger and took a bite. After only a good five minutes, it was gone and so was one pack of fries.

Then after a while, Abel began to talk, thanking Xian and Maverik for all their help and such.

"Oh! It's no problem! We were glad to help. It just makes me happy that I helped someone live." she said kindly. "We've been transfered from Varron. I hope that...doesn't bother you...." she said tilting her head to the side and giving off a worried look. Xian knew about how the Hircinians felt about the Varronites even if some weren't so bad, so if he was indeed a citizen from Hircine, he would probably not like the couple all that much.

[Maverik]

Maverik finished his burger and watched as the man got up and leaned against a wall. “You’re welcome” He said simply, pushing his rubbish to the side. Xian answered the rest for him, telling the man that they were Varronites who had just transferred in, seeming nervous about saying that, but Maverik stayed very calm and collected. “Not all Varronites are trouble” He said simply, standing up and taking the rubbish save for Xian’s as she was still eating, enjoying her large meal. “Some of us just want to come in, and make no fuss. Like Xian and myself” He added, dropping the stuff in the kitchen bin.

“Besides… It looks like you guy’s aren’t without your little scrapes…” He said looking at the man’s hand. “That, would be a knife wound…” He said with a rather serious tone. “Now how’s an upstanding citizen like yourself get into a fight with someone who’s got a bladed weapon I wonder” He left the question open ended, as though not really expecting an answer. He wasn’t threatening or trying to intimidate. He was however, being cautious. If Varron taught him one thing, it was that men with knife wounds tend to know men with knives.

[jackal]

Abel stayed leaninf against the wall as he listened to Xian explain that they were from Varron and she seemed to show a little hesitation. Abel's eyes narrowed slightly at her words and then the other guy simply agreed with her in a cool and collected manner. He picked up Abe's and his scraps and threw them away and then began to talk more about the Varronites. He said that not all of them were the roughions that Abel had heard about, and him and Xian were definately not like that. Then he decided to put the spot light on Abel. He mentioned how his cut was obviously from a knife, and asked Abel what a well-respected member of society would be doing with people carrying around knives. Abel looked at his hand with a slight smile and then placed it in his pocket.

He looked back at the guy with a mimicing serious face and then let out a sigh. "Well I guess since you guys did save me you deserve a slight explanation as to what happened to me. Since you guys are from Varron you may know my brother Drake Moldune, or you may not, it really doesn't matter. He was thought to have died in the fire at the building know as The Edge, but he managed to excape the grips of death and make his way over to San Fransisco. I was at his girlfriends house when he knocked on her front door. I guess I said a couple of things that probably pissed him off and he threw a dagger at me. I barely had enough time to react and try to catch it, but it sliced my hand pretty badly in the process. They then told me to get out and then a little while later Xian came and found me in the park." He then let out a slight laugh as he finished. "As for you guys being Varronites... As long as you don't cause me or my school mates trouble, I've been told to leave you alone. So please don't make a scene." He walked over to the guy and held out his hand. "I never got your name. I'm Abel Moldune, and you?"

[Maverik]

Maverik had never heard of this Drake, but he now wondered just which side of that conflict he had been on. Apparently, they had gotten into some kind of argument when Drake got to San Francisco, and Xian had found him just a little while later. He extended his hand and introduced himself as Abel Moldune, asking for a name in return. He took Abel’s hand firmly. “Maverik” He said with a slight grin crossing his lips. “Just Maverik”

In truth, he didn’t have a real last name. He had discovered what his birth name had been, but he had become far too fond of the name Maverik to change it. He looked over to Xian, seeing her still enjoying her meal and he chuckled a little. She had been embarrassed about her apatite, but he found it cute. “And whoever told you that is wise. It’s not worth starting something just because of a bad reputation.” He told Abel, referring to the comment about leaving Varronites alone.

“As for leaving you and your school buddies alone?” He came to address the added on statement. “I guess that all depends on whether or not you’re all good little girls and boys… As the new Dean, I think I’m supposed to deal with those who step out of line, no matter how much it may irritate the heads of Hircine.” He said casually, taking out a soda from the fridge and cracking it open. “Want one?” He asked nonchalantly.

[Tong Xian Tian]

Xian kept eating as he said a few things. She was finally at her last burger and was eating this one slowly, wanting to get all the flavour and to enjoy it much. Though she stopped and put it down once Maverik spoke to Abel. He had a point. No one would simply get a wound like that for nothing unless they were in Varron. But even then, it was rare to ever get a wound like that at all, it wasn't often that someone stabbed someone just for the hell of it. She just stopped eating so that she could hear all that was going on. She needed to know, it was her right for saving him after all.

But what she heared was just so strange. Drake? Why would he do that? He was such a kind boy and he was also her friend....so believe that was difficult indeed.

"He couldn't have.....why would he do such a thing? Drake is my friend....and he's such a sweet boy...he wouldn't do something so....wrong as to try and kill his own brother...." she said softly and confused, though loud enough for anyone to hear. "Tell me! Is he hurt also?" she asked, looking up at him with a worried look.

Xian lost he appitite and stood up soon after.
"I'm not hungry anymore. I'll be in my room...." she simply said, looking downwards, her bangs covering her eyes which were starting to tear up. It was just so hard and strange to try and believe that Drake would do such a thing. Xian just needed some time to think on her own and think of if she should go see her friend or not. It was best anyway, she would like to hear the whole story since Abel might have been lying. She had only recently met him so she couldn't trust his word all that much.

[jackal]

Abel smiled as Maverik came up and shook his hand firmly, giving his name in the process. He just listened to Maverik's little talk about the Varronites. He stood there with both of his hands in his pockets and no real expression on his face at all. Maverik had mentioned that he was the dean of Hircine now and he would step in to stop fights if need be. Abel couldn't believe he was in the presence of the school dean, and such a young one. He wondered how such a young guy could bet such a high up job in the school. Xian then spoke up and asked Abel a lot of questions about Drake and said that Drake would never do that cause he was a nice guy. She asked if he was hurt too and then left the room with her head down. Abel looked at her as she left with surprise in his face. 'Damn she knows Drake. This could be bad.'

Abel heard Maverik ask him if he wanted a pop as well and Abel only nodded. He was given a pop and opened it up with his bad hand, letting out a a slight wince because he had already forgot about the cut. He took a couple swigs and then looked at Abel with a serious face. "Well I suppose I could always explain the story in more depth, now couldn't I. Well Drake came into Teneile's house and I said a few things that upset him. He ignored me until I was about to leave the house and then threw the dagger at me while I had my back turned. I cuaght it and got this cut and then got pissed that he would try and attack me over some words, and a back attack no less. I ran up to him and did what he had tried to do to me... I stabbed him in the back and left him there to think about harming his own flesh and blood. That's the whole story."

[Maverik]

Xian started to become very upset at the notion that her friend could have done such a thing, and left the rest of her food, proclaiming she was no longer hungry, dashing off to her room. Maverik let her be for the moment, giving her a minute or two to come to terms with what had been said. Abel explained the situation a bit more, and Maverik looked at him sternly. “For your sake, you better hope that whatever you said was worth it… Because if I find out that this brother of yours was undeserving of them, and that you provoked the assault… You and I will be having words Abel…” He told him in a serious tone, standing up straight and walking towards Xian’s room.

“Stay or leave… It’s your call. I’m going to try and calm Xian down, but trust me when I say that if she wants you gone when we come back out, then you better get gone…” This time, his tone was a bit more threatening, but he remained calm and collected. He wasn’t one to start something unnecessary. He was simply laying down a few true statements that he wanted Abel to consider. Maverik wasn’t someone who you should mess with, and he hoped for Abel’s sake, that he wouldn’t have to show him just why that was.

He opened Xian’s door and stepped inside, finding her sitting on her bed, back to the door, staring at the floor. Her hair covered her face, as she tried to hide herself. Maverik approached her and sat next to her, wrapping an arm around her carefully. “It’s ok Xian… Drake is fine” He lied slightly, trying to sooth the poor girl. “We will talk to him about it later, and find out his side of the story…” He told her in a loving voice. He gently pulled her head down to his shoulder and rocked back and forth in a soothing rhythm. “Everything will turn out fine” He said gently as he rocked her. “Everything will be just fine…”

[Tong Xian Tian]

Xian sat there, her door not completely closed making her hear everything that Abel and Maverik were saying to eachother. She listened carefully but still shed a few tears at the same time. She wasn't sure what to believe anymore. She cared so much for all her friends and would be on their side one hundred percent, but from what Abel said, Drake was the one whom attempted to stab him first, but she still wondered what Abel said to his brother. It could have been something really bad that any man would want to kill the other person, but without the facts, she could not know for sure. And comming up with a hypothesis was useless at the moment.

"Oh Drake....please be okay....." she said to herself softly.

It was great to hear that Maverik cared for her as he seemed to threaten Abel, but even if Xian wanted him out, she couldn't because she would feel so impolite, so all she could do was wait until he leaved, after that she would visit the hospital to see if Drake was there. She wanted to see him again and make sure he was alright. But at least he had his girlfriend with him and he wasn't alone.

Then she heard Maverik walking closer and closer to her room. Xian knew that he was comming to cheer her up, and she needed it. She was one of those girls who ran away when they were upset but needed someone to come later on to make her feel better.
So he came in and sat beside her as she kept her head down, still upset after all that happened.

"Okay....I'd like that...." she placed her head on his shoulder as he directed her.
She then felt relaxed as he rocked her lightly. "Can we go to see Drake as soon as Abel leaves? But please....don't ask him to leave..I'd feel just so rude if we did...."

Xian then lifted her hand to her face and wipped away her tears as she also took a deep breath.

[jackal]

Maverik now looked at Abel with a more stirn look than before, which was to be expected of him. He told Abel that he would find out the other side of the story and if Abel was truly at fault he would have to talk to him. Abel just let out a little pffft at those words and then listened as Maverik continued. He said that he was going to go and check on Xian and that if she wanted Abel to leave that he had better do so. Abel just kept drinking his pop as Maverik walked out of his sight and into Xian's room. He had no idea that anyone would even know or care about his brother at all, but now he knew that maybe mentioning that story should not happen as often. He finished his drink and put it in the sink just in case they recycled. He then walked into the room where his clothes had been placed.

He quickly changed from Maverik's clothes to his own, more comfortable, attire. He slipped his gloves over his hands and noticed that his right glove still have a tear in it. He shook his head and sighed a little. 'Dammit, now I have to get this patched up somehow. Or even get myself a new pair of gloves.' He folded Maverik's clothes and placed them on the bed and then went into the kitchen. He pulled out a pen from his pocket and grabbed a napkin off of the table. He then began to write... 'Well I guess that our first time together could have been a little better, but I had to say the truth to you guys. I hope we can hang out some other time, but that will have to be another day.' He then placed the note by Xian's door and made his way out of their place without a word.

[Maverik]

Maverik heard the front door open and close, and he knew that Abel had left. “It looks like we won’t have to ask him” He said gently. He then stood up and helped Xian follow, giving her a gentle hug and then slowly brushing the hair from her eyes, folding it back behind her ears. “We can go see him now then. The rain’s stopped and visiting hours aren’t over for another two hours” He told her in a soothing voice. He let the Chinese girl go as he walked over to her closet and removed a warm jacket, holding it out for her to put on. “It’ll be cold out there on the bike” He explained.

He pecked her on the neck, before dashing into his own room, grabbing some gloves and a leather bike jacket off a hook on the wall, quickly putting them on and slipping back towards Xian’s room. He noticed the note next to her door. He picked it up and read it quietly, handing it to Xian as she stepped out of her room. “Guess he didn’t wanna disturb us” He said with a slight chill to his tone. As far as he was concerned, anyone who could make Xian this upset did not deserve his immediate respect. “Come on, we’ll go see this friend of yours now” He told her, placing his arm behind her back and leading her out the front door and down to the apartment complexes parking garage.