Summary: Sakura is promoted to be Vice President of Sales and Marketing and now lives in New York with the stubborn, rude, obnoxious man Li Syaoran, they work together, live together, and loath each other and eventually they'll fall for each other.
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A/N: I started this story years back and I hope people like it, review me people.
Ch.1- New Beginnings
Sakura laid her eyes on the beautiful Victorian house for the first time. Her new home away from her family and good friends. Leaving was one of the hardest things Sakura had ever done in her 23 happy years. Her brother was married and had a family and Tomoyo was engaged she thought it was time she started a new life. She pulled her very heavy suitcases up the stairs. She rang the doorbell 5 times and no one answered, to her surprise the door was open and she went in hoping to find her new housemate.
"Hello, its Sakura Kinomoto" she said walking in the long front halls. The décor of the house seemed so feminine she had always hoped her housemate would have been female. Still continuing to wail her name out looking for any presence of her housemate she had decided to go up the stairs and look there.
The railings were made of pure gold with bronze borders all around it. Upstairs were 2 bedrooms one empty and the other slightly ajar and the light snores of a human escaped. She snuck in hoping to find her housemate there.
"Hello, is anyone here" she asked looking around. She saw a queen sized bed in front of her and she crept up and shook the person ever so hard trying to wake them up. The person hadn't awakened and she then wailed.. "HELLO, ITS SAKURA KINOMOTO PLEASE WAKE UP"
A young man woke up screaming his head off as he saw a girl before him. Sakura had screamed to seeing the young man semi-undressed.
"Oh dear, I'm so sorry sir, I thought you were a girl" she said apologetically turning around not facing the man anymore.
"You say sorry after you barged in and woke me up?" he grumbled putting on a shirt and wearing some more formal jeans.
"I said I'm sorry, what more do you want" she said angrily now annoyed at the man.
"Who are you anyway?" he asked changing his tone from angry to mere disgust.
"Sakura Kinomoto" she said
"Yeah, I should remember that name cause it was damn screamed in my ear!" he said
"I said sorry for the umpteenth time!" she said turning around now facing him.
"I'm your housemate my friend said she notified you" she said
"Yes, I was notified but I was waiting for a man" he muttered.
"Well, I thought you were a girl" she said
"Why would you think I'm a girl?" he asked annoyed.
"Well, to be honest, your décor seemed so feminine" she said smiling.
"Trust me, this isn't my sense of style, my mother bought the house for me when I first moved here and she decorated it to" he said.
"Your mother has a unique and fascinating sense of style, the whole image is wonderful" she said happily.
He grumbled as they both made there way down stairs. He went into the kitchen and took out a soda can. She sat on the kitchen seat and stared around the kitchen.
"So what brings you to New York" he asked trying to break the silence.
"I got promoted as V.P of Sales and Marketing in New York Corp., It then brought me here" she informed.
"Well, how long will you be staying" he asked.
"I really don't know, are you moving?!" she asked abruptly.
He chuckled, "No, just out of curiosity" he added.
She sighed of relief. Looking around she felt the sudden jolt of hunger, she remembered that she hadn't ate a single thing all day.
"Is there any lunch around here I'm famished" she asked.
"My butler will be here in 20 minutes or so" he said simply.
"We have a butler, Tomoyo didn't say anything about that" she said excitedly.
"I have a butler, and he isn't here everyday just Tuesday till the end of Thursday every week" he said annoyed.
"Then who cooks on the weekends and Monday and Friday" she asked desperately.
"We cook, and we divide the days, I do Monday and Saturday and you do Friday and Sunday." He informed.
"That is pitiful, I really enjoy Japanese home-cooked meals" she said sadly.
"Learn to cook, you are after all a woman and I see and advantage here of your company" he said slyly.
"What's the advantage" she said angrily.
"You are a woman, so I fire the butler you learn to cook, and we both save money" he said happily.
"For your information I didn't come here to cook for you, I came to work" she said.
"Well that's useless, then what are you good for." He said
"I am not a piece of appliance and I do have a name" she said angrily.
"Let's drop the topic, we need to talk business, meaning the rules of my home" he said.
"What possible ruled do you have" she said.
"First, don't barge in on someone's room" he said. She gave a glare. "Second, we share the washroom, so prepare to use it before I wake up because that's the way it works." He said. "But I— she started" "Please save questions at the end" he said. "Third, we split all of the bills, groceries and rent" he said. "Fourth, prepare to leave every Friday night because my friends come over and they expect a girl-free house" he said. "Now, any questions?" he said formally.
"As a matter of fact I do, for your first rule, I hope it applies to you to" she said.
"Of course" he said.
"Second question which applies for your second rule, I have a tendency to wake up quite late so you have to change that rule" she said.
"Why should I?, you are an adult so learn to be on time" he said a matter-of-factly.
She groaned, but continued with her questions.
"Third question which applies to your fourth rule, you can't kick me out, I have a right to this house" she said stomping her foot.
"Well I own it and it wasn't a problem to my other housemates so it shouldn't be with you" he added.
"I think I know why you live by yourself now" she mumbled.
"What's that suppose to mean" he asked.
"Your stupid rules are well stupid isn't that hint enough" she said.
"Look, you're the only one who has problems with it" he said.
She gave up obviously knowing this man was completely clueless. Yet her stomach grumbled of her hunger, where was that butler?
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