Moon

Hao Shen jolted from his memory when his phone vibrated. Unlocking his phone, he replied the text from his subordinate and tossed it aside with a loud sigh escaped from his mouth. "Unbelievable! After her actions back then, you still felt aroused by her. Wake up, Shen! She ignored and dumped you years ago, you couldn't possibly still love her. She was nowhere to be found when you needed her most."

He walked out of the sliding glass door opened on to his bedroom's balcony and gazing out at the full moon reflection on the glassy surface of the man-made lake. The night was tranquil, he could hear the rustling of the trees when the wind blew.

In the southern part of the city, Fu Mingxia sat on her wheelchair on her bedroom's veranda, staring up at the far away moon hanging in the dark sky alone without any visible stars accompanied it.

'If you could describe yourself with single thing, what could it be?' Her past memory that she tried so hard to forget resurfaced when Hao Shen's image passing across her mind.

'Uhmm.. Probably a moon.' Her exact words on that full moon night years ago when they cuddling on the beach echoed in Hao Shen's mind as he keep gazing on the moon's reflection.

'Why?' He asked, feeling curious yet amused by her choice.

'It looks so beautiful, so mysterious yet full of imperfections.'

'You're perfect.'

'Nobody is perfect in this world.'

'True, but you're perfect for me.' He tighten his arms around her when the cool breeze blew.

'You're such a sweet talker.' She gently elbowed his abdomen but he exclaimed with a painful voice as if her soft jab had cracked his ribs.

They laughed wholeheartedly that night, as if nothing else matters.

....

"I hope everything was ready."

"Yes, everything is in place. I had rechecked everything thrice." Xue Ling sat on the huge bed as she observes Fu Mingxia applied her make-up.

"Good." Turning her face side to side to check if her make-up was perfect as she desired. "Just for confirmation, what do you think about my work?" She turned to look at Xue Ling while moving her finger in circle in front of her own mien.

Xue Ling walked towards her and bent a bit to take a closer look at her face. "Top notch! You did not look like Fu Mingxia at all. If I didn't accompanied you since the beginning, I might thought you're someone else. I don't know you had this kind of skill in you, XiaXia," she gushed excitedly like a child. "How do you want to do your long hair?"

"Tsk..you noob really did not know what the top notch is. Wait~" Fu Mingxia opened her drawer and pulled out a sleek case. "Uhm..I nearly forgot to change my clothes. Could you please get that high neck turtleneck top for me?"

"Sure." Xue Ling grabbed the turtleneck from the bed and dumbfounded when she saw her friend busy securing her breast with custom made corset that resembled man's abdomen with six packs. No..eight packs including her bosoms.

"What the?" She rushed towards her and gushed in admiration. "When did you get this? Where? What does it made from? How much? Who's the genius that designed this?"

"I designed it myself but as usual, I asked Pink to create it. Nice, right?"

Xue Ling nodded vigorously as she delightedly caressing the realistic corset. "It's felt like human skin."

"Of course. It's my own skin that was used to create the artificial skin. Just like all my prosthetic legs. But this one.. I designed it to be a bullet shield too. That's why it feels hard."

Xue Ling mouthed turned to O-shaped and her eyes wide as saucers. "Could you design one for me too? I mean a feminine bullet shield too. Yours is too masculine."

Fu Mingxia laughed. "It's because I need to be a man today, silly girl."

"Ah! Right, right~ I almost forget about it. Here, your top."

"Thank you." She grabbed the top and put it on.

"Oh my God! Your body is much more gorgeous than Lei."

"Hahaha..I'll tell him later," she jested much to Xue Ling's horror.

"Hell! Don't.. I just complimented you, you traitor!"

"Turned around and close your eyes." Fu Mingxia instructed after she ceased her giggles.

"Why?" Xue Ling pouted.

"Just do it."

"Alright, alright.."

"Put your hands on your eyes. Don't try to peek. I'll poke your eyes later."

"Brute woman!"

"Hahaha.. Open it when I ask you to later."

"I know, I know..faster."

After five minutes, "Now."

Xue Ling opened her eyes and excitedly turned around, only to gaped and froze like a statue. A whole two minutes had passed before she stuttering, "Is.. is that.. that you?"

"I am. What do you think now?" Fu Mingxia smiled in satisfaction when she saw the dumbfounded Xue Ling. If her friend could not identify her, then nobody could.

"Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God! AAAHHHHHH!!!" Xue Ling screeching loudly and hesitantly touch Fu Mingxia's face, no..her beard. No.. More like five o'clock shadow. "I don't know you could be this striking as a man. I felt I'm fall in love with you."

"What did you say?! Wait..who's this man?" They heard Han Lei's voice from the door and Fu Mingxia quickly looked down but sighed in relief when she still had a shorts on.

"What're you doing here? It's lady's room," Xue Ling glared at her husband.

"I'm just outside the door, waiting as you instructed and suddenly heard you screaming. I thought something happened. No.. Wait! What is he doing here? Who's this man? Where's Mingxia?" Han Lei strode in and possessively snaked his arm around Xue Ling's waist and pulled her closer towards him while eying the man that seated on the chair with hostility.

"Let me go. I still want to touch her face."

"No! You're my wife."

Xue Ling rolled her eyes at him and pushed him away. "HER face. HER. This is XiaXia. Keep your jealousy away."

Fu Mingxia chuckled when she saw the flabbergasted Han Lei. His mouth opened and closed like a goldfish, but no words came out.