Chapter 20: Rewards

I AM MY OWN SELF

REWARDS

CHAPTER 20 OF THE CHINESE MANHUA

"Are you sure you are okay ?"

Later that afternoon, at the end of the athletic competition, three boys have come to the school's Infirmary to check on Jin. The Class Rep, Qui Yi, and the brown-haired boy who won the 10K race, as the only one who actually finished the event. The Class Rep wanted to see if Jin was okay, noting that when he fell, it was quite a shock to him, the Class Rep, as well as the rest of the audience. Jin states that he is fine. Jin silently muses to himself---If he had just kept his eyes closed, and held his breath for a few seconds longer, Yulan's luscious, moist lips would have been pressed onto his !

Just then, Yulan comes through the door to the Infirmary. She and the other cheerleaders are done for the day, so she wanted to also go and check on Jin. The other girls were going to change out of their cheerleader costumes, but Yulan still has her outfit on, as she was concerned for the wellbeing of Jin. Jin, in that sweet daze of thinking about Yulan's lips, is brought back to reality when the Class Rep reaches over to shake his shoulder, this as Yulan enters the room. She comes up to the side of Jin's bed, fixes her concerned and benevolent gaze upon him, but says nothing. The Class Rep now 'reads the room', and mumbles that he has to go and take care of some end of competition business, and now leave. He will 'catch all of you later' ! The two other boys 'get the drift', and excuse themselves from the Infirmary. This leaves Jin and Yulan all alone by themselves.

Left to themselves, the situation between the two gets really awkward, really fast. Both are silent with their own perplexing thoughts. Jin finally speaks with a clumsy, clownish, and stupefied tone in his voice---

"Ha-ha-ha ! I guess I really made a fool of myself, in more ways than one. Out on the field, and again in front of you, Yulan. Duh .... what can I say ? I feel like such a jerk .... !"

Cutting him off, a very shy Yulan meekly and timidly remarks, "I - I - I think that .... that .... you were really .... really awesome .... and .... and .... "

"And what ?", inquires Jin.

" .... and .... you can just call me .... call me .... by my first name .... Yu - Yulan .... from now on .... " **(\*)**

Yulan looks away in abject embarrassment. Both again are silent for quite a while. Eventually, Jin softly speaks to Yulan, asking her to come closer to the bed, and to lean over him. Reluctantly, Yulan complies. Jin gently grabs hold of Yulan, slowly pulling her in closer. He then softly whispers to her---

"I will do more than use your first name .... I love you, Yulan. Please go out with me and be my cute, adorable girlfriend. I will treat you well ! And to seal the deal, I will give you your First Kiss .... !"

" .... o - okay .... ", Yulan barely whispers under her breath.

And with that, Jin brings Yulan down onto his lips. The kiss is long, sweet, mesmerizing, provocative, and erotic as hell !
Jin's heart melts down in an inferno of pleasure and contentment, whereas Yulan's heart explodes in a myriad of colorful fireworks, as every vestige of her heart's emotions and feelings tingles with excitement, and becomes alive with overpowering desire and unfathomable depths of feminine love.

(End Chapter 20)

(Future Development---Look for more stories featuring Yulan Feng, the shy Trans Girl, and Jin, the jock, sometime in the future !)

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**(\*) Using each other's First Name in anime and manga**

Well first off, Anime and Manga is exaggerated, especially [in romantic] series.
In Japan, you are supposed to be formal and use family names with people you aren't too close with. You basically only use the first name with close friends and ***lovers.***
In the anime you mentioned, they exaggerate the *embarrassment* because when a guy calls a girl by her first name it's seen as ***something intimate, that only lovers would do***. Romantic anime just exaggerates this, just like it exaggerates many Japanese mannerisms.
Also in Japanese culture, when it comes to courtship, they still use family names to be polite, [but will use first names as a sign of intimacy]. Yet, that's generally changing with the younger generation, who are more flexible.