A Familiar Face [Burai, Hiro, Open]

[Gao Xia]

"Oh, Hiro..." she put a hand up to her mouth. 'Are all of these bottles his?' she asked herself. She didn't even attempt to wipe her tears away. 'Would he really put himself through all this... for me?' She listened carefully as Hiro struggled to get his words out.

Xia wasn't sure what to do. She felt like she couldn't move. As if her muscles were just going to stay frozen as they were. She thought back to the last sweet moment that she was able to share with Hiro before she disappeared. All of her memories of Hiro were flashing before her eyes, all of it just coming together and causing her to cry.

As Hiro spoke she remembered back to their last battle together where she was kidnapped and banished by Wei. From what Hiro was saying, she figured that he believed her to be dead. "No, Hiro, you didn't fail me. It wasn't your fault." In her opinion, Xia thought she was the one to blame.

It was her own fault that she was captured, not her fiance's. She can't expect to go into battle and just be a damsel in distress. She clutched her sleeve in her right hand, as she held it up to her mouth. She looked down, her vision of the floor blurry as her tears continued to fall.

"I can never forgive myself for letting you die, I can never let this pain go away."
Xia looked up, her tears had stopped for a second. 'So he did think I died.'
"The void you left in my heart was so immense just seeing your spirit gives me happiness."

She took a shaky step forward as Hiro attempted to stand up and fell down. She watched as he stood himself back up and managed to make his way over to her. She blinked away a few tears as he spoke and rested his forehead on hers. 'Even my soul?...' She rested her hands on his shoulders. "Hiroshi, it's me. I'm no spirit... I'm still alive and I-I finally... I made it back to you," she managed to get out as the tears started flowing once more.

She took his hands and put them up to her cheeks so that he could feel her. "Don't you see, my love? It's me... it's me..." she interlaced her fingers into his and kissed them. "I finally found you..." Her voice was shaky from all the crying.

[Hiro]

He has yet come to his senses, he had so many realistic dreams of their time together. Of what was and what could have been, of their hardships and trials. Of their laughter and their happiness, but there was something different about this phantom of his imagination cause by his state of mind and endless love. When their foreheads touched, it gave him overwhelming warmth and strangely it was physical. 'Spirits aren't suppose to be warm physically...' A rational though came into mind, but the feeling of his heart messing with him again feel a painful shock in his entire body. He closed his eyes tightly and lightly shook his head against hers. He didn't know what to believe still, he was so convinced that she had died and the guilt was just unbearable. He let out a grumble of pain and exhaustion, not knowing what to believe anymore.

But as he was about to admit to another hallucination. She touched his shoulders, the held his hands and placed them softly against her cheek. She went as far to kiss his fingers when she entangled them. And he felt every warm touch. 'Is she real? Is she real? Is she real? AHHHHHHHH!' He leaned away and he moved a hand and used the cloth on his shoulder and wipe his tears and entangled his fingers once more. He leaned into her and kissed her soft lips. He felt her warmth, her love, her embrace. But what made his belief that it was really her now, was her tears. He could feel them slowly glide onto and pass his fingers. He pulled back the kiss and embrace his eyes widened revealing his red eye to show his surprise. "X-Xia....It really...Is...." He choked with happiness and held her tightly in a warm embrace. "Xia....Xia!I missed you! So, so, so much!" He held her up by her waist and the biggest smile on his face. A smile that could only he renewed by her. He spun her once and placed her down, he held her close not ever wanting to let go of her again. "My love...I won't ever allow you to get hurt again. I never want to lose you again..."

[Gao Xia]

Xia closed her eyes as Hiro's lips met hers. Finally she was back in his arms and she could feel at ease. Her tears stopped rolling down her cheeks as she felt like all of her hard work paid off. Training for so long, and searching for so long. Now she could finally rest and be with her fiance.

"X-Xia... It really... Is..."
"Yes, Hiro, yes."

She let out a small laugh, wiping her tears away.

"Xia... Xia! I missed you! So, so, so much!"
"I've missed you too. I've missed you more," she laughed, a smile gracing her face as Hiro spun her around.

As Hiro held her, she rested her head on his shoulder. She brought her hands up to rest on his back and let out a sigh of relief.

"My love... I won't ever allow you to get hurt again. I never want to lose you again..."
"I don't ever want to be lost again."

She spoke softly. She knew she was going to have to explain what happened eventually. "I'm so sorry Hiroshi, I wish I would've been able to do something. I wish I would've been able to come back sooner, send a messenger, anything, but there was nothing I could do," she started out. "I didn't know you would do all of this to yourself simply because you thought I was dead..." she gently pulled back and looked at the room littered with empty liquor bottles.

[Hiro]

He felt a surge of warm air enter in and out of his lungs, he felt the butterflies in his stomach, his old confidence and the feelings in his heart. He was happy that he could feel her warm touch and embrace once more, it was an amazing feeling. Hiroshi spots her look around and gives himself a good smack across his own face so he could sober up more quickly, then gently moved her face by her chin softly with his index finger. "Xia....You are my joy, my happiness, and my one and only love. You are my world. " He said happily and some what drunkly still. He was a romantic especially to the one he loved even when drunk. He gave her a warm smile, a happy smile and closed his eye resting his forehead on hers. To feel her warmth and rest his aching neck.

"I missed you so much." He said losing ideas of what to say now, in his awe of finally getting her back. He always had a hard time of thinking of the right words to Xia and only Xia to show her that he care. Ending up saying idiotic term and making himself look foolish. So what he tended to do, only for her was show her by his small actions. Actions he allowed only her to see. (realized that I am very tired, and building my muse back up so expect some extreme emphasis on what he thinks of her and things that he would only do for her.) He lightly rubbed his nose on hers lightly and gave her a couple quick pecks with his lips to hers. "I want to be with you forever."