You Took My Heart In The Music

Aileen (Xiao) Choi. Twenty-Two. Fourth Year at CSULA. Double Major in Dance and English/Minor in Japanese. Married to Spencer Choi (December 27, 2013) and new mother to Aiden "Teng Fei" Choi (January 25th, 2015). ~Part of MKD~

[heavenlymagnolia]

Sweet Bliss & Pain || { High Society }

[aileen-xiao]

heavenlymagnolia:

“Is that a spark of jealousy I hear?“ the male said, giving the other a very innocent smile and taking the glass. Cecil raised the glass, lightly tapping it on the other’s cup. “You know you are my favorite.“ He tipped the shot up and drank the liquor. The tequila went down smooth, but still burning the back of his throat. The male placed the glass down and was then handed his drink.

Cecil stirred his drink around a bit before speaking again. “Hey, if you feel that neglected, we could head back upstairs you know?” he teased, taking a sip from the “tea”. The male wiggled his eyebrows up and down with confident smile on his lips. “Not that I mind. I could always go for a second or third round with you. It might as well be the best time of your life right?”

Parties likes these tend to bored him out. He wasn’t interested in the items that were being auctioned or meeting people for personal gain, but he was the famous Cecil Li. Every girl’s new dream boy. And his management company did want him around for this event. Publicity purposes are so fun! 

“jealousy? yeah, right.” there was an amused chuckle in her words as she spoke, thoroughly amused by her best friend’s reach. she wasn’t jealous and it wouldn’t make sense if she were. sure, they have been best friends since they were toddlers and have decided to fool around for the hell of it when they were both in their late teens. but there was no relationship in their past, present, or their future and the both of them preferred it that way. besides, why ruin a good thing by making it complicated with feelings?

aileen rolled her eyes as the greasy words cecil had spewed at her, taking them along with her shot in hand. “have some dignity, will you? if you really think i’m going to fool around with you in the same room you just used with another woman, you have another thing coming, cecil li.” picking up another shot that was at her finger tips, she placed the short glass to her lips, her eyes lingering over the bachelor.

“if you take me home with you, however, i might reconsider.”

[heavenlymagnolia]

Baby meets Toddler

[aileen-xiao]

heavenlymagnolia:

The warm winter has finally came in, even though Celeste couldn’t go outside much. Edward was such a child. Sure he is barely a month old, but he had already grew such an attachment to her. He even made her miss the Grammy awards, not that she would mind. He was her precious little boy. The young mother quietly rocked her child to sleep in her arms, patting his back very softly.

It quite upsets her that Rain has not even once visited her or even see the face of his child, but she was thankful to have her parents around. Although Celeste had to pretty much lock herself up alone with Edward whenever Cameron tried to bother her about his nephew. With her child now sound a lot, Celeste gently placed him in his crib next to the wall in her room. Thank the Heavens that Michelle finally moved out of their room. Even more thankful to Alex for moving out for giving Michelle his room. 

the dancer was there when edward was born into the world, standing by her best friend’s side every step of the way. though, over the last couple of weeks, it was best to give the new mother some space with her first child, being watching closely at home by her father for the time being as her body healed and the newborn grew comfortable in his surroundings. that morning, however, celeste had called aileen over to come and visit the li household, telling her to bring along her two year old son, aiden, along. of course, as soon as the twenty-three year old could, aileen packed up her son’s bag of necessities for the day and headed over -- arriving to the familiar li family home a little past noon.

“cel?” aileen’s voice rung out the hall, the young mother bouncing her toddler son on the side of her hip was carrying his bag and her own on her opposite shoulder. figuring that the older woman was probably in her former childhood room now turned nursery, the dancer made her way up the stairs and followed the familiar path to her best friend’s room, stopping just before reaching the ajar door. knocking on the wood softly, aileen peeked in with a soft grin. “guess who’s here?”

[heavenlymagnolia]

Visitations || { ZT & CH }

[aileen-xiao]

heavenlymagnolia:

The female smiled at her friend, walking in and placing the tray on the table very quietly. She had heard that young prince had turned one. Although she wasn’t there for the ceremony, the warrior was glad to see mother and son doing alright. “I’ve arrived just last night. My apologies if I wasn’t able to greet you in time, Mi’lady. I heard you were sleeping when I returned.” Chun Hua pulled out a chair for the princess to sit on first, before she could sit down. “Everyone has been doing well when I left.” The woman flipped over one of the teacups and began to pour the tea. “Have a seat, Princess. You should stand to long on your feet.”

“There’s no need for apologizes, Chun Hua.” Zi Teng reassured her friend with a soft laugh, taking a seat in the chair that the warrior had pulled out for her. “It was just bad timing. I just wish I was awake to greet you in time.” The smile on the princess’ face grew at the news that everyone back home was doing well. Although she was very content with her life in Qui Gong, she did miss home from time to time, often wishing that the distance wasn’t so great to prevent consistent traveling between the kingdoms. “I’m glad to hear that they are well. And what about you, Chun Hua? Are there any suitors yet in your near future?” she teased.

[heavenlymagnolia]

Visitations || { ZT & CH }

“Princess….” The warrior said. A servant behind her was carrying a pot of tea that Chun Hua had made for her best friend and princess. There was no answer for a while. “I’m coming in,” she said, slightly pushing the door open. The girl turned to the servant and held out her hand. “I’ll take it from here,” Chun Hua said as the girl handed over the tray. With the tea in her hands, the warrior opened the door.

[aileen-xiao]

It was a warm summer day, too warm for her son’s liking as the mother had cut their stroll short to bring her whimpering child back inside the palace to cool him down. She had dismissed her handmaidens long ago, wanting to spend quality time with her one-year old son alone while her husband was out for meeting in the next city over. Softly hushing her son’s cries, she had brought the child back to her quarters to lay him on the soft, plush pillow she had made for him -- the familiar material enough to call the child down and gently lull him to sleep. The princess laid on the silk quilt besides her dozing son until she heard a familiar voice coming from the next room. Not wanting to disturb her child’s rest, Zi Teng stayed still for just a moment before finally sitting up, smoothing out her robes in time to smile at her best friend as the warrior entered. Placing a finger to her lips, she gestured for them to go to the tea table in the sitting room. “Chun Hua, you’re early.” She greeted her friend as soon as they entered the sitting room. “How long have you been in the palace?”

[heavenlymagnolia]

Sweet Bliss & Pain || { High Society }

[heavenlymagnolia]

The male tucked his jacket sleeve to cover up the white shirt that was underneath before brushing his best friend’s fingers off his neck. “Hey, she was giving me the eyes and I can’t resist sometimes. We talked and the next thing I knew, we were all over each other and making a huge mess too,” he said, giving Aileen a smug smile then sticking one of his hands in his pockets and the other to take the girl’s champagne flute. Cecil took a good sip from her drink before handing it back to her. “Besides I played it safe, so I highly doubt anything in the next twenty years and I never took off the mask,”Cecil noted, pointing at his green mask.

He then shrugged before walking off again. “I’ve got enough stress, so it’s good to have a stress reliever sometimes. Plus she was great for an appetizer, but she isn’t the only girl that leaves evidence around. If I ever got to meet her again, sure I wouldn’t mind getting messy again.” Cecil said, turning to face Aileen with a smirk. “If I recall, you were pretty much a squealer too. You left marks too, given that I had to make up an excuse on why I had itching bug bites on my neck.”

Just up ahead was a giant coward of people which meant he found his way back safely. Of course, the first thing Cecil does is head straight for the bar. He managed to flag down the bartender to make him a Long Island Ice Tea. The male wasn’t too picky with his drinks at the moment, but he did want something strong. The singer watched as the bartender made his beverage with precise perfection.

[aileen-xiao]

“Just because she gave you ‘the eyes’ doesn’t mean you should pull your dick out and fuck her in one of the empty rooms upstairs.” Aileen snorted softly, retracted her hand before raising an eyebrow as the older male took a sip of her champagne. Rolling her eyes at his story and excuses, she downed the rest before placing the empty flute on a server’s tray. Even to this day, his confidence still amazed her. A scoff soon left her lips.

“Given that I have been friends with you since day one, I would think I would have been given a little more priority and leniency. You didn’t seem to mind those marks the last time we slept together.” She commented with a purse of her lips, eyeing her best friend who was smirking back at her. “But now knowing that you would let a mere stranger to break one your rules, I feel a bit neglected.”

Following Cecil to the bar, she made herself at home on one of the empty high stools, a leg propped over the other as she ordered a few tequila shots as they waited for the other’s drink. Picking up two of the shots, she handed one over to Cecil with a teasing, but warning smile. “You can at least tell me that I was better.”

[aileen-xiao]

||Uncalled For|| - ||AZX & CML||

[heavenlymagnolia]

The male felt crushed under his best friend’s weight. He did his best to snail his way out, but it was useless. “Get off, you’re heavy,” he said, pushing the female off so that she can roll away from him. “I’m up… I’m up,” Cecil said, putting his feet on the ground and slipping in his comfy slippers. The male stood up and stretched for a moment. He quickly walked around his bed to get to his charging phone.

“Ugh, he could be such a pain,” he said, listening to all the voice mails and reading all the messages that went off in his phone’s inbox. Cecil clicked the phone to lock it before placing it back on the table. “And what are you doing here? Shouldn’t you be choreographing the next song for the other girls to practice on?”

[aileen-xiao]

Aileen had to hold in her snickering as her best friend struggled to escaped her weight only to finally relent a few moments later and rolled off of him. With a victorious grin, she sat upright on his mattress as she watched him scrolling through his phone with tired murmurings. “If you answered the first time, you wouldn’t have to deal with this mess.”

The blonde shook her head a bit childishly at Cecil’s question, laughing at his obvious hint that he wanted her to leave. “Nope. It’s been postponed for a few days because the girls aren’t ready yet. So you’re stuck with me for the day.” She teased with a mischievous look in her eyes. “Get dressed so we can go get some lunch.”

[heavenlymagnolia]

Sweet Bliss & Pain || { High Society }

[aileen-xiao]

heavenlymagnolia:

The male glanced at the mirror to readjust himself. He looked like a mess - a hot mess to be exact. His hair was wild, sticking out from all over the place. It was a good thing he kept a miniature comb that he kept in his pocket to help his hair in place. He had a few love bites across his neck and chest, but still not as visible compared to the other’s. The male wasn’t drunk, but he had been eyeing the girl for a while since her glances towards wouldn’t stop either. To the male this wasn’t out of the norm, he liked to get a down and a little dirty to help relieve some tension off his shoulders.

“So…?” The young woman spoke. Cecil turned around to face her as he buttoned up his suit. She walked up to him with a sly expression smiling on her lips. “Do I get to see the person behind the mask?” The woman reached up, placing her hand on his face. A good portion of Cecil’s facial features was obscured by an emerald colored masquerade mask. He could tell she wanted to rip the mask right off, but the male liked to keep his sexual activities very private. Or to a very down low.

Cecil took a hold of the red head’s arm and placed a kiss on the back of her hand before looking straight into her brown eyes. He tsked, shaking his index finger at her. “Ah, sorry…” He apologized, “The mask stays on, after all this is a masquerade gala.” He cocked a looped side smile at her, before moving close to whisper in her ear. “However, I did quite enjoy your sweet voice and the sweet, sweet honey.” The male pulled away and gave her a charming smile before he said his goodbyes.

The male walked out the door to head back to the main party. The entire mansion was amaze, but thank God, there were maps to show him the route back down. As he made his way back, Cecil stopped in his tracks to eye the familiar woman giving him a good look in the eyes as he buttoned up his sleeves.

The twenty-two year old was getting quite bored entertaining the men at the gala, many of them Aileen recognized as her father’s business partners despite them wearing masks. She mentally scoffed at their lack of discreetness while hitting on her. They might be wearing masks, but their mannerisms were still the same. Of course, the blonde couldn’t voice or make any indication of her disgust -- a polite smile remaining on her face as she conversed and mingled. How she was going to murder Cecil when she catches him, leaving her to fend for herself in a room filled with middle-aged lechers.

Politely excusing herself from the men, Aileen went to explore the grounds of the gala -- her eyes going over every inch to take in the atmosphere as well as look for her childhood friend. Wrinkling her nose causing her wine-colored mask to raise just the slightest at the contortion of her face, the young woman picked up perhaps her fourth or fifth -- she lost count -- flute of champagne and took more than just a sip of it before a familiar sight caught her eye, her eyes quickly narrowing for a moment as she approached the taller male.

“I hope you don’t get a random knock on your door twenty years from now.” She commented casually, stopping just in front of the other as he fixed up his sleeves. Peering over his appearance, she tsk’d under her breath, her manicured finger lightly tracing over the still showing red bite just underneath the collar of his shirt. “You must have liked her. It’s not everyday that you let a girl leave so much evidence.”

[aileen-xiao]

||Uncalled For|| - ||AZX & CML||

[aileen-xiao]

heavenlymagnolia:

The male tossed his blankets over his head groaning over the sound of his best friend ruining this time of peace out of nowhere for the umpteenth time. He just wanted a few more minutes in bed. Cecil did his best to snuggle back in bed when loud stomps were heard coming up the stairs to his room. He quickly dug himself deeper into his bed, but in that very same moment his blankets were pulled right off.

There was a brief of cold, chilling air running up and down his body before his body temperature adjusted to the room. “Just a few more minutes,” he said, rolling over with his eyes closed trying to reach for his blankets. It was no use since Aileen had a tight grip on his covers. Cecil curled himself up in a ball and wrapped his arms around his thinly clothed upper body.

“Besides, I’ve had a long night,” he added, trying to adjust back to his sleep mode. Cecil had heard his phone go off here and there, but it was too far to reach in his opinion since it was on his night stand changing.

Aileen merely groaned in frustration at the sight of her best friend. Despite having dealt with this sort of behavior for as long as she can remember, it didn’t make this time any less annoying. With a soft sulk forming on her lips with a small whine wanting to come out, the blonde released the blanket in her grip before plopping herself over Cecil’s huddled body.

“You can sleep after you answer your manager.” She whined as she stretched out her limbs, hoping her weight would force the older male to push her off and finally get up. “Besides, it’s way past noon. You need to get up and eat anyway.”

[aileen-xiao]

||Uncalled For|| - ||AZX & CML||

“Cecil!” Aileen’s voice rung throughout the Li Household, her feet quickly climbing up the stairs as she made her way towards her best friend’s bedroom. Although the twenty-two year old was thankful that no one else besides Cecil was in the house at that moment, even if they were home, no one would bat an eye at the young woman’s sudden, loud intrusion. It wouldn’t been Aileen if she didn’t. But in this case, the choreographer had a mission -- an important one, in fact. 

Cecil’s manager had been trying to reach him for hours now, something about having to adjust his schedule later that day or week -- Aileen had forgot. But when his manager couldn’t get a hold of Cecil, the blonde took it upon herself to deliver the message personally, possibly give her old childhood friend a scolding along with it.

Finally reaching her best friend’s room, Aileen opened the door without a second thought, marching over to the other’s bed before tugging off Cecil’s blanket. “Wake up, lazy bum. Don’t you know how many times your manager has called you in the last five hours? Seriously, you’re about to give the poor guy a heart attack from worrying so much.”

[royaldewdrop]

“I would’ve called, but everything was last minute and I was in the area, saying hi to people I haven’t seen in months.” {’ he returns her embrace, tightly. } “School is wild. Everyone there is enjoyable, grades are decent. Not trouble yet.” {’ he smiles } “What about everyone else? Are you and Fashionless still fighting? What about Miss Ice Princess? Sir Douchebag that likes wine? And Miss Sunshine? I haven’t seen them in forever, but I couldn’t get in contact with them.”

[aileen-xiao]

( she eyes him for a moment, catching his double meaning ) “Yet.” ( She repeats with a laugh before humming in thought ) “Everyone has been busy as of late. No, Spencer and I are not fighting. Celeste is M.I.A somewhere. Kyle is now a baby daddy and Valerie is going to school in Long Beach full time. So you haven’t missed much.”

[aileen-xiao]

royaldewdrop:

“Here.” {’ he hands her a small bag of seashells and a hand painted image on a piece of glass as he walks in the house. } “Am I not allowed to visit my dear cousin? How is everything these days with the baby and all? Do tell.”

( she snorts softly at his gifts and takes them with an amused smile before placing them on the coffee table in the living room ) “No, you’re allowed. Just call ahead next time so I can tell you if Aiden is sleeping or not.” ( she lightly chided him before giving him an overdue hug ) “Everything is fine! Just working full-time and being a mother full-time. How about you? How’s school?”

[royaldewdrop]

{’ he rings the doorbell } “Leenie! Open up! I bare gifts from Santa Barbara.”

[aileen-xiao]

( opens the door, shushing her cousin as soon as she sees him ) “Shh, Aiden is sleeping.” ( ushers him in ) “What brings you from Santa Barbara?”

[aufeminine]

[aileen-xiao]

thegoldenseahero:

“ you’re right.. i highly doubt he’d get anything done though; he’s too lazy to plan anything.”

“Ah, pre-married life. I remember those days. If he gets too lazy, withhold something he likes from him to get him back into shape. That always works.”

[aileen-xiao]

thegoldenseahero:

“i’m not sure. everything is okay so far, but if i need help i’ll definitely ask you. honestly i’m basically the only one planning it kwan just approves of things.”

“Sounds like me and Spencer and I when we were planning our wedding. Nudge Kwan to do some planning too. Don’t take it all upon yourself. It’s too stressful to handle it alone.”

[aileen-xiao]

thegoldenseahero:

“it’s fine, aileen. i think you look fine either way.”

“Says you. Anyway, do you guys need help with the wedding?”

[aileen-xiao]

thegoldenseahero:

“we were talking about food that’s why. yeah, he proposed to me a couple days before christmas when we were at the namsan tower. it was really cute actually- he’s really cute.. we were planning to get married around april, but we don’t have a definite date yet.”

“Aww... I’m really happy for you guys. You two are really cute. But April? Really? Lucas, please. That’s so soon. I still haven’t lost all the weight from Aiden’s birth yet.”