"There are four days left until New Years Eve and I still have no idea…" The pacing was really starting to irritate Mei-Lin, so soon she just got to her feet and placed her hands firmly on Li's shoulders. Looking at him now she could see all the worry through his eyes. She just sighed a little and laughed.

"Poor Syaoran! You're such a lost cause." Mei-Lin was shaking her head, those usual black pigtails flying to and fro as she did so. "Just get her something that comes from the heart. If you truly love someone, it doesn't matter what they receive as long as you two can be together." Mei-Lin was a lot more mature than she acted most of the time, and she had given like advice to Sakura a long time ago.

"Come on, Mei-Lin! This is important to me!" He said to her while she laughed, and then her next words shocked him. She seemed to be speaking from experience, because her tone seemed so sure. "I guess you're right. Something from the heart…" He placed a hand to his chin in thought, but what came to his mind made his face flush a deep pink.

Mei-Lin watched as Li's whole body and expression changed. "What! What did you think of? Must be something good, to make you look like that!" Li blinked and looked around quickly as if making sure they weren't being watched by four annoying older sisters.

"Well, it was actually mother's suggestion. I… I'm still not sure about it. If… she says.." His face fell into a deep frown because of what he was thinking about and Mei-Lin wrapped her arms around him in a hug and chuckled lightly.

"She loves you, you idiot! She will love whatever you get her, too. No matter what it is. Just make it a gift from the heart and all will go well. I know you'll be okay, Syaoran." Mei-Lin let him go and backed up to see Li smiling again. He nodded to her and moved to the coat closest to grab his snow jacket before he wrapped his hand around the door knob.

"Let everyone know I went shopping. I'll be sure to pick up something for dinner too. Thanks, Mei-Lin." And with that he was out the door as it closed behind him. His hands were tucked into the pockets of his jacket as he walked against the snow filled winds, though it wasn't as bad as it had been the past few days. He knew the walk to the small antique shop wouldn't take long so he figured he could walk it, no matter what the weather was like. For Sakura, he'd walk through fire.

Once he had made it, he stepped inside and closed the door behind him before turning to look around from a distance. The place was filled with a bunch of things that reminded him of junk, but what he had come here for was far from that. He made his way through the stacks of junk and over to the front counter where an old man with long white hair and circle spectacles was sitting on a stool. "Good evenin', son. What brings a man like you here?"

The question took him by surprise before he realized he was still wearing his tux from the meeting with his mother and the Elder's today. He gave a sheepish chuckle and smiled. "Well sir, there's something in this case that I've had my eye on for about a week." He looked down at the glass case and spotted it, which only made his smile more. He pointed to it and the old man went to grab it.

"What kind of package?" The old man asked as he pulled out three choices. Red velvet with silver lining, black velvet with gold lining, and blue velvet lined with black velvet. The old man watched as Li's eyes glanced over all of them and lingered longer on the red box so he snatched it up and placed the gift inside. "Good choice, son. She's going to be a happy woman when she gets this." The mans voice and expression were completely sincere and Li nodded and smiled before paying and heading for the door.

"Hey kid! Make it a special moment, you won't regret it." The old man said before he disappeared into the back and Li stepped outside into the cold, snowy winds but at this time he didn't have to walk against them. As he walked he stared at the shopping bag with a thumping heart as he thought on all the different scenario's that could happen. Why did she always seem to make him all flustered, even in different countries? Li sighed as he turned the knob to step inside his house.

Moving through the entrance he closed the door and slipped out of his shoes. Placing the bag on the side table, he went to the closet to return his winter coat and when he turned back around all of his sisters were standing there with the gift out of the bag, opened, and they were gawking like idiots. "Hey! What are you doing? That's not for you!" He said loudly as he ran forward to try and take the gift from his sisters.

"Ah, ah, ah, little brother! We think that we should know about these sorts of things!" One of them said. "Oh! Where did our relationships go?" They all whined at the same time and he just sighed, defeated by his sisters again. "Don't look like that little brother!" "We didn't mean to make you upset!" "No, no, not by any means! Please, take it back and come to dinner." "Yes, even though you forgot to pick something up, we already had something prepared!" And so they ushered him to the dining room table after placing the gift back in the bag and giving it back.

All through dinner Li could only think about the next few days to come. He was so nervous, excited, over joyed. He had seen Sakura in over six months since he had to come back to Hong Kong and it was killing him inside. This time though, when he went back, he was going to stay. He had graduated from school and his mother had no real reason to keep him tied here. Sure, mother liked Sakura, but she also loved Li and wanted him to stay home, but that wasn't going to happen. When he was finished eating he rose from his seat. "Please excuse me." And off to his room he went.

I wonder what she's doing… what she's thinking about. He thought to himself as he lay on his bed staring up at the ceiling. It was going to be hard to part from this room, but his room back at Wei's place was just as much as a home to him as this was. He sighed and rolled onto his side, letting his eyes close slowly. Sakura had no idea Li was coming, which made everything even more nerve racking, but he eventually slipped off to sleep to dream of his sweetheart.