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Title: Accidental Meeting
Day/Theme: February 4, 2008 / “When all the world dissolves"
Characters: Original characters.
Rating/Warnings : PG 1,145 words.

A/N: None of my chibi muses wants to help me on this so, I figured delve into creating my own characters and story. But I don’t know where this is going yet. Just attempting to see if I can complete the entire Marlowe daily theme and build an original story. yes and it’s all thanks to Roys-neko~ who graciously helped me!

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Leon dragged himself to work that afternoon. His classes went forever since he was not allowed to leave after he completed his final exams. He would usually take the bus from the university to the hotel but the traffic was crazy that afternoon. Leon decided to walk the eight blocks to work. It was not that bad, even though the sun was scourging hot, the breeze from the bay made it bearable. He enjoyed strolling down the boulevard lined with tall coconut trees and people watch. But most of the time, he ended up being watched, followed and even propositioned.

Leon is quite a looker. He is Filipino but his genes were mainly Spanish and American. He has the dark ebony hair, ivory skin with pinkish hue once touched by the sun’s heat, his eyes were bluish-green , the only reminder of his father’s genes in him. He was of medium height with medium frame. Leon modeled on the side for his close friends in the local fashion business. He gained quite a name for himself while he was in high school but slowly eased out of the limelight to avoid misdirection. Leon was too focused to get lost in the confusion of emotions and he did not want to be involved. Once in awhile a very close friend of his will ask for his help to pinch in for a no-show and he would oblige if he was free.

Leon received a call from his haute couture friend and asked him to be the model for a private showing of men’s clothing to an expected hotel guest. Leon hated the private showings because he ended up getting propositioned for other things which he was not interested. But he loved his friend dearly and will not refuse him.

“Jonah, at what time and for how long?” He asked him as he was leisurely turning into the hotel entrance lobby. As an employee he was suppose to take the rear entrance but he had a couple hours to kill. “I am just walking in the lobby have lunch with me by the pool. It’s nice outside. You could buy my lunch and tell me about this private showing.” Leon dryly stated. He was busy with his phone conversation and was not aware of the line of limos that pulled in the driveway. Leon was about to walk into the lobby when he bumped into a tall English man, dressed in rich navy silk shirt and khaki pants. He lost hold of his cell phone and in his attempt to catch it, Leon lost his balance. Everything moved in slow motion as his eyes caught the gaze of deep brown eyes underneath rimless spectacles. There were muffled sounds that he couldn’t comprehend, all he saw before him was the tall brown eyed man reaching out to him. He felt a hand grab his arm and then another arm snaked around his waist. Everything stopped. His eyes widely gazed at the face before him, as he was slowly helped on his feet.

“A thousand apologies, this was my doing.” The Englishman stated in a deep monotone voice. The tall man kept his eyes on Leon, as if memorizing every detail of his face. Then brown eyes were on his lips for a moment, only moved back to lock in to his eyes when Leon gasped to breathe. Leon felt a tinge of warmth spread his cheeks and his ears burned. He was still held by the Englishman and Leon felt like there was nobody else, just the two of them.

His insides flipped after noticing a tiny smile appear on the Englishman’s thin lips, his eyes seemed warmer and he was imagining the two of them on top of a hill underneath starlit skies and the rest of the world dissolved into nothing.

Then the once muffled noises became clearer and Leon was brought back to reality. He abruptly stepped away from the Englishman, or was pulled away, he was not sure, as black suits led the Englishman into the hotel. An older Englishman and a short Chinese man were before him now staring, just staring at him. Leon felt very aware of the disapproving stares and quickly moved to pick-up his broken cell phone.

“Our apologies, we will pay for purchase of another phone, if you will let us know where to send the money?” The older Englishman kindly inquired.

“I can give you cash now and I ask you forget this incident happened?” The Chinese man rudely replied.

Leon annoyed by the rude statement. “I don’t need your money. I can replace it myself.” He proudly stated and turned to walk into the hotel.

Once inside, Leon was met with a lobby full of concerned eyes.. He heard hushed talk, which he did not really concern himself with. He noticed his handsome friend quickly approaching and meeting him at the center of the hotel lobby followed by two hotel security personnel. Leon eyed his security friends, he smiled and let them know he was alright and did not need to bother. His friends understood and walked away.

“Leon you’re alright?” His friend Jonah asked, checking Leon for bruises. “Are you hurt? I should call auntie!” Jonah dotted. Tall, handsome and very much in love with Leon, Jonah looked around for the hotel security people and openly showed his dismay when he saw the two men walking away. Jonah turned to Leon and realized it was his friend’s doing. He immediately fished out his cell phone from his pants pocket and speed dialed a number.

“Jonah, no!” He took Jonah’s phone and turned it off. “Mom doesn’t need to know about this, please?” Leon pleaded his friend to agree with him.

Men in dark suits hovered, strategically standing close but far enough to remain unnoticed yet close enough to hear their conversation. The lobby was packed with guests and saw the incident outside. Numerous eyes continued to focus on Leon and the more he was got annoyed. He felt a familiar set of brown eyes watching him from afar, Leon turned to look and saw the Englishman locked in his gaze before he stepped in the elevator. When the elevator door shut, Leon began to notice the numerous men in dark suits and their close presence around him.

“Let’s go Jonah, this is too much attention I really don’t need right now!” Leon grabbed his friends arm and led him into his store. He looked behind him to check at the lobby and noticed the suits watching him, Leon felt very uncomfortable as he closed the glass door behind him.

Once inside the haven of haute couture Leon recollected on the earlier events, he smiled at himself and shook his head in disbelief, remembering how, for a brief moment, his world melted into putty and turned his insides topsy-turvy.

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