Fan Fic Challenge #1: Can't Let Go

[Feelingerang Fuuko [Keisi]]

I know most of you guys writes fan fic. Well, I challenge you.

Write a fan fic starring Jiro, Calvin, Chun or Aaron, based on the song Fang Bu Xia in the Tokyo Juliet OST.

It should be a one-shot. and all entries must be posted here.

Deadline is until August 31. All forum members will vote who will be the winner

Prize? Fame and Pride.

So post your entries in this thread now!

[lunaris]

whoa!!! hahahaumpisahan ko na mag isip kung panu flow ng story..

[Corina V. Chen]

@keisi: i have some questions. it seems andami kong tanong sa kahit na anong thread. lol

1. kelangan ba isa lang sa kanila ang starring?
2. pwede ba fan fic as in yung character nya sa drama, not necessarily sya? for example, nan feng cai instead of calvin...
3. may word count limit ba?
4. can you give the english translation of that song?

[Feelingerang Fuuko [Keisi]]

Jul 28, 2008 18:28:42 GMT 7 Corina V. Chen said:

@keisi: i have some questions. it seems andami kong tanong sa kahit na anong thread. lol

1. kelangan ba isa lang sa kanila ang starring?
2. pwede ba fan fic as in yung character nya sa drama, not necessarily sya? for example, nan feng cai instead of calvin...
3. may word count limit ba?
4. can you give the english translation of that song?

1. basta ang importante at least 1 of them is the lead in the story
2. no, not necessarily the character in the drama. pedeng ibang character gamitin
3. no word limit as long as hindi sya by chapter. one shot deal lang yung story
4. here's the translation:

Can't Let Go - Kaira Gong



How are you? Are your nights as long as mine?
Do you take the love I give you and wear it well on your hand?
"Be strong," I frequently say to the person in the mirror.
Although said, lonely and missing someone is like a punishment



On MSN, there are too many bystanders
You also deserve to come up and speak



Thinking of your gentleness, thinking of your appearance, I can't let go
Already said goodbye, our respective soaring has grown up
Tightly holding onto love, letting it go leaves me troubled
Which desire to I want to fulfill?
Leaving you, that's silly, can I regret?



It's windy, I'm afraid you put on too little and will catch a cold
I'm good, I changed the room light all by myself
Every day, I always want to tell you of the matters that occur
Love is odd, agreeing to anything and eventually forgiving everything

Ooh-My heart is worrying
The more I want to forget, the more I cannot

[lunaris]

oist KC!!! hhahah.. hindi puede ang fanfic ko dito by chapter un aken!!! wahahhahahahha!!!

[Feelingerang Fuuko [Keisi]]

gawin mo na lang... habaan mo sya pedeng masabang sobra basta isang post lang mare

[Corina V. Chen]

Woot! Challenger #1!

I'm not sure if this story follows the prompt to the letter, but it's about letting go. It's basically a Romantic Princess fanfic (Cai x Mo Li).



Requiem for a Dream
By Corina

He opens his eyes slowly, the light harsh on his eyes. He wakes up groggily. It’s already morning and he has a huge hangover from the night before. It’s all the same every night, everyday. Everyday he goes out with his buddies, drinks like a fish, gets a girl, sometimes several, lets them do their business with or without his help, and goes back to his hotel room to sleep, not even bothering to undress. But today is different.

He gets up from the king-size bed and goes over to the en suite bathroom. The room looks like any other expensive hotel room in any other rich metropolis. There’s nothing personal or intimate about it to call it someone’s home. But home is what he calls this room for a while now. He pushes open the door to the bathroom and the first thing he sees is the gaunt face of a man who looks to be in his forties. The face shows the abuse that the man has done to himself - the hollow cheeks from not eating, the bloodshot eyes from drinking, the thin bluish lips from heavy smoking. This image gives him a start, as he thinks he is looking at a stranger in his bathroom. Then as he touches his face, he realizes it is his own image through the mirror. He sees his hand move in the image – his thin hand equally haggard and emaciated. In actuality, he is not even thirty, yet he looks old now. He feels old. This frightens him all of a sudden. He smashes the mirror with his fist and regrets it almost immediately. His palms bleed from the shards of glass that broke his skin. He quickly washes his hands with the running tap. He sighs at his stupidity. Now he has broken glass all over the sink. He leaves them there; he expects that the efficient hotel staff would take care of it later. About half of the mirror is still left and he can still see the same haggard face staring back at him blankly.

Quickly turning away, he undresses systematically - one button after another, top to bottom, one shoulder following another, the belt, the zip, one pant leg after another, finally his boxers - and enters the shower. He stands beneath the showerhead, turns it on and the furious spray of hot water beats down on the pale white skin of his back. At first he just lets it pour down his back but after some minutes, he turns around to face the gushing hot water. The heat almost scalds his skin but he doesn’t care, he welcomes it even. The water plasters his now longish hair to his scalp and he rubs his face with both hands. By now a heavy mist forms in the shower room and he scrubs himself furiously, as if to remove any and all the filth that he feels. He turns off the shower and just stands there in the shower room with his hands on the shower wall and his head bent, his body red and raw, his chest heaving, water dripping down his body onto the floor. The mist disappears and his body shivers from the cold air that reaches it. Time to leave, he thinks.

He opens the shower door, heaves himself out, takes a towel from the rack and quickly dries himself. He takes a quick look at his face in the broken mirror and leaves the bathroom. He absently takes some clothes from the walk-in closet and puts them on as systematically as he pulled similar clothes just some minutes ago. He takes out a pair of large dark sunglasses from the vanity and puts them on. The better not to see him with. He goes over to the answering machine at the corner and sees it blink red repeatedly. He sighs. He knows who it’s from and what the message probably is, but he presses the button anyway.

He hears his voice say, “You know what to do. Leave your message.”

He hears the familiar beep, and another familiar voice say, “Cai, this is Jin. Of course you know it’s me… Look, I’m worried about you. Xiao Mai is worried about you. We are all worried… Well, it’s the twins’ birthday party tomorrow, as you probably know anyway from all the messages Xiao Mai left on your machine. Will you come? Please come… we want you there. You know the twins love you, their favorite uncle Cai, after their favorite uncles Ying and Lin – Not true, Daddy! Uncle Cai is our only most favoritest uncle!!! Uncle Cai!!! Please please come… pretty please... we haven’t seen you in AGES! Kids, behave! Anyway, so please come… It’s… time. It’s time, Cai.”

He hears another loud beep and he turns off the answering machine. Hearing the children’s voices only deepens the pain that he is already feeling. He grimaces at the memories and clenches his fist in frustration. He quickly grabs the keys next to the machine and leaves his hotel room. It’s time.

He fetches his car from its parking space himself. It’s the only thing he wouldn’t let just anyone touch. He turns on the engine and drives himself downtown. He picks up some flowers from a florist who has come to recognize him during the past year. The old man hands him the same bouquet of roses and lilies as he has done countless times before. Cai gives him his credit card and signs the receipt. The transaction is now so routine that neither man is required to say a word. During the past year, the florist has come to witness the sad transformation of a man in the prime of his life to one that is barely alive. He sighs. He doesn’t know what cross this man has to bear, but he understands. He understands full well. He exchanges nods with the man and the man leaves with his flowers.

Cai drives himself towards the expressway, the bouquets on the passenger seat. Furtively, painfully, out of habit, he adjusts the rearview mirror and sees the baby car seat at the back. He sucks in his breath at the aching sight but pulls himself together. He drives on for hours until he turns at an exit that goes to a private property. He can still read the sign that warns trespassers to keep out. His property. His and Mo Li’s. He drives on the narrow road through the forested area until he reaches a low hill. The hill lies in the middle of a clearing, surrounded by the trees now teeming with beautiful autumn leaves in red and gold. His throat closes up at seeing the vista just in front. He stops the car at the foot of the hill but he doesn’t go out immediately. He just stays there, sitting in his car, his elbows braced on the wheel, his eyes looking ahead for what seems like forever. He looks through the rearview mirror and sees the baby car seat again. Heaving a sigh, he determinedly picks up the pair of bouquets from the passenger seat and finally gets out of the car. He doesn’t bother locking the car and just walks slowly toward the hill.

This is the hill where Mo Li’s dream house would have stood. It would have been inspired by Gaudi’s Park Guell – poetic, child-like and different. When they had planned it together, he already pictured them living there, raising their hypothetical boisterous but beautiful children, growing old together. Happily. But it was not to be. Instead of their dream house, all that stand there among the wildflowers are two simple markers. Even from below he can see them. He goes over to them and kneels down, unmindful of the stain that will damage his trousers. He places the flowers in front of the markers.

“Nan Feng Mo Li, beloved wife, mother”

“Nan Feng Lie, beloved son”

He reads the simple words and all his pent-up emotions finally come out. His tears fall down his cheeks and he cries. He cries like he never cried when he saw their lifeless bodies in the hospital. He cries like he never cried during the funeral that followed. He cries now. Now he cries for him, his son, his wife, and most of all, for all of them and what they could have had. He cries for what could have been. He cries for what will never be. He cries.


THE END.

[lunaris]

hayyy.. sad naman yan nakakadepresss huhuhuhuhu.. deathfic pala ito..
nice one @ corinav =) galing!

[Corina V. Chen]

lunaris: thanks!!! napossess akong isulat yan kahapon... super excited nga ako e.
well, sad naman yung prompt e. kaya sad na kung sad yung fic. gusto ko ngang i-hug si cai! wah!!!!

sorry nga pala sa mga fans ni genie, patay sya sa fic. may fans ba dito si genie (a.k.a. maarteng girl sa romantic princess)?

[Rhejz<3辰亦儒]

wohooo! I so loved it! nakakaiyak ang ending para kay dear Calvin,, magwawala sana ako ng nalaman kong si GEnie dEAREST ang pakner nia.. until nabasa ko ang huli.. lol
Great One! Jia you!

[lae_di]

awww!!! ung fanfic ko pede sana d2 pero part na un ng "the photograph" nyahaha!!

try ko gumawa ah! one shot type lang naman eto eh. nyahaha!!

corina, kawawa na naman si cai. puntahan ko nga!! ahaha!! saf nga naman kc ung song, kaya sad din ung kwento. ahaha!!

[Corina V. Chen]

@rhejz: great that you liked it.
may *wink wink* nga yun sa rolling love... ginawa ko na lang na anak nila kapangalan ni leng lie. kasi gusto ko yung character dun ni danson.

@lae: let's all hug cai!!!! sige lagay mo dito yung fic. ok lang siguro kahit part sya ng isa pang fic. basta it can stand on its own di ba?

[Feelingerang Fuuko [Keisi]]

yup pede yun lae... ganun di ata gagawin ni daph eh basta post lang ng post ng fic!

[lunaris]

@keisi
it's either a prequel or a one shot sequel of the fanfic i'm currently working on.. hehehe =)

[fae042808]

nak ng tokwa.... I started to write the fanfic for this challege... but then nagkalabo-labo ang plot sa utak ko!!! prologue lang tuloy nagawa ko and up until now di ko pa maituloy!!! Baka di ko na to matapos!!!!

[Corina V. Chen]

@fae: oks lang yan, you still have a month!!!! jia you!!!! sulat ka lang ng sulat... matatapos mo rin yun!!!

[fae042808]

hehe first time ko lang kasi magsulat ng fanfic in all english eh!! haha
Usually taglish ang ginagawa kong kwento!!! ayan kinakalawang na 2loy ako!!
Syempre gusto ko rin naman ung matapos... hehe if ever na di umabot till aug 31... ipopost ko pa rin!!! cheers... ung fanfic mo pa lang nga andito!!!

[samaya0107]

wow genie zhou!!!
go genie...^_^

pwede po b mlman kung cnu d2 genie fan lyk me?!!!
hehe

^_^

[lae_di]

fae i know where your coming from about the plot thing. sa sobrang daming ideas, ndi ko na alam kung alin ba talaga ang gagamitin ko. ahaha!! baka ndi ako makasali!! ahaha!!

[julianne]

ako din magppost ng fanfic dito! hehe challenge daw kasi sabi ni keisi last EB.. actually nagstart na ko, kaso di ko pa ntatapos.. mejo napahaba ata ung ginagawa ko..hehe favorite ko tlga kasi ung fang bu xia hehe inspired ako lols kaya kinacareer. hehehe

keisi.. what do u mean by 'one-shot?' sorry ha hehe 1st time ko kasi gumawa ng fan fic

[Corina V. Chen]

@fae: oo nga, fic ko pa lang ang nakapost. lol. the early bird did not get enough sleep.

julianne: wikipedia says one-shot fiction means "a single-chapter work of fiction, or an issue or episode of fiction that stands alone." so hindi sya multichapter fic.

sabi ni keisi wala naman daw word limit so pwede pa rin nobela ang ipost mo. go go go!!!

good luck!!!

[Pink.Princess.18]

ate corina ang ganda ng fan fic mo...so sad but i love it..

[julianne]

thanks corinav! ah yun ba ang ibig sabihin ng one-shot... naku....

cge single chapter lang naman un gngwa ko hehe. humaba lang konti. heheh thanks ulit! sana matapos ko na cya. =)

btw, i love your fan fic.. napaka catchy.. kahit tragic.. =)

[lourdescoolchun]

jela..cge gwa ka ng fanfic mo bbsahin ko hehehh

ako nga may episode 2 na ung gnwa kong ff e try mo basahin may twist sa story...love triangle...

[lunaris]

Disclaimer: ito ay gawa gawa lamang. I don’t own FRH. LAHAT TO IMBENTO. PERIOD.
Actually Part II ito ng plano kong fanfic. E tingin ko naman this fic can stand alone.

wo ai ni.

Two figures parted.
FLASHBACK
“you’re really sure?”
“yes.”
“there’s no turning back now…”
“there’s a lot if people waiting for you.”
“there's a lot of things happening in our life to just focus on the two of us.”
“..and I think they’re not yet ready to accept that there’s someone in your life now…”
“I’ll be back.” Then he turned around, not bothering for the reply for the fear of rejection.
When he was gone.

She answered. “I’ll wait.”
END FLASHBACK


Manila, Philippines
October 5, 2010

“oist, may concert daw ah!”
“yeah, oo nga daw” Lian sighed.
“in-announce na kaya…” Macy raised her eyebrows, “Huy! Don’t tell me ha na di mo yon alam, I bet you have tickets na nga eh.”
Lian secretly smiled. Yes she knew it all along. 6 months before there’s been news that FRH will once again be returning to the Philippines as part of their Asian tour, papahuli ba sa balita yung fan club na sinalihan niya. It spreaded like wildfire and the fans are very much overjoyed. Kung sila overjoyed ako naman kabang kaba.
“eh Lian, don’t tell me that you’re not planning something… grabe ha. You’ve waited almost two years bago sila ulit bumalik. And of course, I know that you have some unfinished business.”
“hay nako ayaw ko pag-usapan yan!” In truth, Lian is actually waiting for that day. The feeling is a combination of happiness, excitement, and apprehension. Pakshet talaga. She thought.


Taiwan.
“The Asian tour is going to be a long one, 2-day concert for each…” their manager was saying. “And it will be the 2nd time that you’ll be performing in the Phils., almost 2 years ago it was a success. We had news that the tickets were all sold out.”
“Manager, you need not worry. We’ve been practicing really hard. We want the fans to be happy.” Calvin Chen answered.
Will she come? Someone thought. I’ve been waiting for this. This time, I’ll give my best shot. Did she forget?
“Arron, you need to practice on Yuan Ni Bu Ai Ni, though I think it’s already perfect as it is… still…”
“sure. There’s no problem about it.”
“now, we’ll be giving them a performance they will never forget.”

Indeed, no one will ever forget.


Pinas.
October 11, 2010
“front row, center, seat 12.” Nica said proudly. “tagal ng oct. 29!!”
“kumusta naman sa seat 16 ako, tpos 4th row left side. Anlayo sa stage!! Ambilis maubos” Lian wailed.
“wala silang guesting sa kahit anong tv programs sa duration of stay nila.”
“hay nako we’re lucky na nga eh. Nakatsamba pa, haba ng pila dun sa ticketbooth sa SM. Ok lang kahit medyo scattered yung group naten as long as we’re near them and lahat tayo may tickets. Ready na ba tarp?”
“Yep, it’s ready. Pero hindi ako maka-move on. Macy nga won’t trade with me eh. 3rd row center.” Lian grumbled. Anyway, 2 more weeks. Hay, until then.


It would be next week. d**n. And he’s already nervous like hell.
“Hey!” Chun said placing a hand on Arron’s shoulders. “Don’t think too much about it. We all know how important that day will be to you. So what’s the plan? We’ll be glad to help.”
Arron shook his head. “I don’t know if she’s going to be there, not when our parting almost 2years ago is so vague. I can’t help but be nervous.”
“Hey, think positive. Whatever happens, you must be prepared. You had a lot of time to prepare yourself.” Jiro added.
“It’s just that I don’t think that I’ll be able to get over it if…”
“WAIT!” Calvin interrupted. “don’t go about concluding things.”
“Calm down. Everything will be fine. When we return on the 29th, we’ll know.”


October 29. D-DAY! 6:30PM

“Jampacked dito!”
“Grabe daming tao!!”
“hui may ticket ka naman ang aga mo dito, 8Pm concert hindi 8am”
“malay mo papasok sila ng maaga, ipakita pa nagppractice”
“adik ka!”

The usual fan conversation heard by Lian. She’s with her other fanclub members. She frowned. Antagal!
She eyed her friends. Grabe, anlayo na ng narating nila kaka-fan sa Fahrenheit na to. Even my mom thinks I’m crazy na. Apply na daw ako tagabuhat ng bag nila. Still… wahhh FRH Fanmeet, hotel chorva, airport scene naaalala ko na naman naiiyak na naman ako, nakakadepress!! kung bakit kasi hindi ako nag-respond!! Stupid. Stupid. Lian.

Macy poked at her. “Lian! Anu ba! Nakatingin ka na naman sa malayo. Malapit na sila magpapasok.”



Concert.

Screams can be heard everywhere. For Calvin. For Arron. For Chun. For Jiro. Bu Hui Ai ba naman kantahin niyan at Wo You Wo De Young. The fans really went wild. While Lian can only stare dreamily, no screams can be heard from her. Or any name that’s coming out of her mouth. Ninanamnam every moment. It’s as if time had stopped. Lalo na nung lumabas na sa stage si Arron Yan. He looks just like he was 1 year 9 mos. ago. If given to calculate the minutes, compute-in pa niya talaga. Correction pala. Mas good-looking siya ngayon kesa sa dati. Huh. Forget it. Mukang wala na yan talaga. Stupid Lian, isipin mo there’s something going on pa with you. E ang tagal na non. For a celebrity like him, limot ka na niyan. You tried to track him down, binasa mo lahat ng latest news about him. All the girls na na-link sa kanya. Hay. Dream On.

On the other hand. Fahrenheit Manager smiled. I have good news, he thought.


10-Minute break.
Arron Yan is exhausted. He sighed yet again. Tomorrow. Maybe Tomorrow. Yuan Yi Bu Ai Ni yet again.
“Arron…” Manager said. He looked up.
Manager smiled. “She’s here.”
Arron stood up suddenly. Grabbed his managers shoulder. “Zhende??” Manager nodded. “Zhende? Zhende?”
“Yes. Yes. She’s here. Not all of you please…” Manager was saying.
“TI AMO!~” Arron said suddenly with a flash of determination in his eyes. “I’ll be singing Ti Amo…”
The rest of FRH members smiled. Arron Yan is all geared up ready for battle. 
“go get ready.” Manager said. Arron nodded.
“I don’t know why he refused to sing that song till now.” Jiro commented.
“he’s been waiting for this… his solo version of Ti Amo, is solely offered for that girl...” Manager said.

The lights on the stage were suddenly turned off.
“Nyak, anung pakulo to?”
“Solo ba to?”
“Yuan Yi Bu Ai Ni yan… may nagsabi na yun lang ang kinakanta ni arron sa concert pag nagsosolo noh.”
Suddenly a spotlight is centered on the stage and there stood Arron Yan with a microphone in his hand and the other is waving at the crowd.
“Thank you for coming all the way here to watch us perform. And now I will be singing Ti Amo for the first time… in a concert…”

sui ran shi jian dan de xing rong
sui ran shi chong fu de dong zuo
yin wei you ni
rang yi qie dou bian cheng bu ping fan
hao xiang feng he ni wo shou xin
jiu zhe yang qian zhu fang bu kai
you ni pei ban
hu xi zhu you ni de kong qi, jiu shi xing fu

Ti amo Te quiero
mei yi tian dou yao ai shang ni
xiang zhu ni, chen ru meng jing
yi zhang yan, yi qing xing
di yi ge xiang dao you shi ni

sa rang hae And I love you
wo mei tian dou yao ai shang ni
shao yi tian, jiu hui yi han
pei zhu ni, de guang yin
zen yang dou bu suan, cuo tuo

hao xiang feng he ni wo shou xin
jiu zhe yang qian zhu fang bu kai
you ni pei ban
hu xi zhu you ni de kong qi, jiu shi xing fu

Ti amo Te quiero
mei yi tian dou yao ai shang ni
xiang zhu ni, chen ru meng jing
yi zhang yan, yi qing xing
di yi ge xiang dao you shi ni

sa rang hae And I love you
wo mei tian dou yao ai shang ni
shao yi tian, jiu hui yi han
pei zhu ni, de guang yin
zen yang dou bu suan, cuo tuo
pei zhu ni de guang yin
yong yuan dou jue de, bu gou

On the chorus part, a spotlight suddenly landed on Lian, imagine HanaDan II nung birthday ni Tsukasa.. Ganon na Ganon!! Lian froze. What’s this? She saw Arron poiting at her direction, Lian looked side-to-side. Lahat ng kalapit na tao sa paligid niya naka tingin. She looked at Arron, he’s giving her thumbs up sign. Then turned away, singing to the crowd. Now what was that all about. Could it be….

After that solo performance, the other members went up the stage to sing Treasure. Still Lian, di pari maka-move on. Yung mga ka-club niya nagtatanong na kung kilala daw ba niya c Arron, and bakit hindi sinabi. A guy approached Lian.

“Lian, I need you to come with me, backstage after their perf. There’s someone that I would like you to meet, again… you know what I mean…” Lian eyed the guy. Putek! E eto yung manager nila eh. Lian nodded her head, in slow motion she gestured her hand motioning to her friends, the manager nodded. Ayun naka-mute mode ang mga Lola mo.

BACKSTAGE. - after na ng concert
Uber, nagkakagulo yung sa may group ni Lian. While Lian, is out of sight.

“This way please.” Sabi nung manager.
Errk… dressing room ata to. Lian thought. The door opened. Arron Yan came into view. He gestured for her to come in. The manager left.

“How are you?” Arron asked, he signaled for her to sit on the couch. “It’s like what? 1 year and 9months…”
Lian took a deep breath and sat down. “I’m fine. I’ve been good. And you?” Lian smiled.
“I’ve been good too. Kind of busy. But it’s fun being with the group.” He answered.
“I want to know why you did that back there.” Lian stated. “I don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“I did that on purpose.”
“What?!”
“That’s the only thing I could think of to get to you…”
“What?!”
“That’s the only thing I could think of…”
“I thought back then you said that we should not focus on just the two of us… so…” Lian said not giving in.
“Lian! That was then when…” Arron countered.
“And what about your work? What about your fans? Fahrenheit?” Lian interrupted.
“WELL, THEY SHOULD be READY! Because I AM!” Arron declared desperately. “Lian, I’ve been waiting all this time.”
Lian stood up. Strided her way to Arron. “Say it again.” With an expecting look on her face.
“As I said, I’ve been waiting…”
“no.. no.. no.. the other one.”
Arron took a deep breath. “I said, they should be ready. Because I am…” Arron put his hands on Lian shoulders. “Back then, I was hesitant. I know it was stupid. But here I am now. Lian, I’ve been ready the moment I took a step on to that plane to return to Taiwan. I’ve regretted it, I’ve regretted why I did not come back earlier or did not turn my back when you’re so important, I was scared that maybe you don’t really feel the same with me, and our parting at the airport, I was uncertain… But please believe me when I say that I’ve been ready all this time.”
“Arron…” Lian said reaching his face.

He then lowered his head till they were face to face. He leaned his forehead on her forehead.
“Wo hen xi huan ni… Ni shi wo de zhen ai. I just can’t let you go Lian.”

Anu daw yung mina-Mandarin nia? Lian's mind was blank.

Sabay kiss, a long one.

Then the door opened, cheering and clapping from the background could be heard... Alam na!