Story number 5 for me! Okay so this one is typical SxS comfort/Hurt, romance and later angst story. There won't be too much fluff in it but the Syaoran in this is not the arrogant, rich brat. Anyways, you'll see…better not leak out everything before. Hope you like it.

R&R :)


Mute

By metalspiké

Chapter: 1

Plea of the Silent

Ah, welcome, welcome stranger. Nice meeting you, I'm Syaoran Li. It seems you have managed to gain access into my mind. Now, I'll have somebody to talk to. Actually, it has been quite sometime since I have had a nice chat with somebody. Oh, um…excuse me but can you tell me what the time is…5:35! Crap, I'm late. Hey, what the heck are you doing here? Shoo, go away…fine, you won't leave? Well, then don't disturb me. This is the best time of the day for me. Just stand by and look but don't mess around. Pretend, as if you don't exist. As long as you behave well, I don't mind having you around.

My eyes search for that 'special thing' which comes jogging down the gravel path in the park everyday at this time. It leaves its house at sharp 5:30PM and in five minutes time; it'll pass by the very park bench I'm sitting on. I think I've been doing this for the past couple of months and barring a few rare occasions, it has never failed to turn up. I hope today isn't one of those days. You know, I've been looking at it for so many days but I doubt that it has even noticed me. The few seconds for which it passes by me put me into a completely different world. Oh…there it is…there she is. Sigh…those green eyes…her auburn hair…her mesmerizing scent…her small figure…her ever present cheery smile…her round a…ahem, pardon me; I got a bit carried away. So this is my 'special thing', this beautiful young girl, whose name I don't know, comes to the park everyday with her friend. And there she goes but she'll stay in the park for about an hour. Do you believe in love at first sight? Maybe you'll believe it when it happens to you. Umm…I just want to tell her that I love her but I can't. You ask why? Well, firstly, I don't have a proper job. I'm a security guard at an office. I don't have a proper house. I just live in the room given to me by the company. I don't have a friend, not even one. I don't have much money and my only savings is my parents' money which I got after they passed away. That happened when I was 18, now I'm 21. So a considerable amount got used up. I'm not exactly from a rich family. But, these are secondary problems. The real reason why I can't tell her is because I…

*WHACK*

~Normal POV~

The brown haired guy on the bench got smacked right on the head by a fiercely shot football. He slumped to the ground, unconscious. People gasped and started huddling around him. A young girl stood behind stunned, her hand cupping her mouth and her green eyes wide in shock.

"Squeeee…just look at him… how could some one do such a thing to some one so cute and handsome?" few of the girls squealed.

"You shouldn't have kicked that hard…" the kid next to her whispered.

"But I was just trying…"

"Sakura, come here and help us…" her friend cried out.

She snapped back and hurriedly made her way to him. Pushing the people around aside, she kneeled next to his head and pulled back his messy brown hair revealing a bruise on his forehead.

"Oh my…Hana, get the first aid kit quick." She shouted at her friend who immediately scurried away.

"I think we should try to wake him up, dear." An elderly lady spoke.

Sakura nodded.

"Can somebody get my water bottle from my backpack over there?"

A kid ran and got her water bottle. She opened it and sprinkled some water on his face.

No reaction.

She sprinkled some more.

Nothing.

Once more…

No…

She emptied the bottle on his face.

Finally, he stirred. The people around murmured but Sakura didn't care, she got her work done.

Syaoran opened his eyes slightly, but they seemed unfocused. He still seemed dizzy and closed his eyes, slipping back into his unresponsive state.

"Hello? Mister, you okay?" Sakura said as she shook him.

Syaoran remained still.

"Oh my…"

"I suggest we lift him up and take him somewhere else." The same old lady spoke again.

At that very instant Hana came back.

"Hana, help me take him to my house."

"But Sakura…"

"It was my fault and I want to fix it." She said.


~Syaoran's POV~

Ughh…my head's splitting…what happened? Where am I?

I opened my eyes, everything appeared blurry. I felt that I was lying on a bed.

How did I get on a bed? Wasn't I in the park? Oh ya…something had hit me…

I moved my hand to feel my forehead and found it bandaged.

"Ah, you're awake!" a sweet voice reached my ear.

I tried focusing my eyes, but they just refused.

"Don't strain yourself. The doctor just went and he asked you to rest."

I closed my eyes, laid back and nodded. I had a faint idea of who it was…or maybe I was wishing for it be.

"May I know your name." she sweetly asked.

I stuffed my hand inside my pocket, pulled out my cellphone, flipped it open and handed it to her.

Few moments later she spoke,

"Ah, Syaoran Li…nice name."

I smiled slightly.

Suddenly the phone started ringing and she squealed out in surprise,

"Eeek…oops, sorry…uhh, it's from your office." She said reading the caller ID.

I gave no reaction.

"Umm…should I pick it up for you?"

I just nodded.

~Sakura's POV~

I saw him just nod to my question.

Isn't stuff from your office considered to be private…well, I guess I don't have a choice…

I pressed the green button and brought the phone to my ear,

"Hello?"

"Can I speak to Syaoran Li?"

"Uh, um…" I looked at him and saw that his eyes were closed. Better not disturb him," he's in the bathroom. Could you call sometime later?"

"No."

Okay…that was snappy and rude.

"Well, then what do you want me to do?"

"I want you to take down a message for him."

I face palmed,

"And what is it?"

"Please tell him that he need not report to work from tomorrow. He has been relived of his duties."

My eyes went wide.

"You mean he's fired?"

There was a brief silence.

"Are you his girlfriend?"

"W-What? N-No, of course not?"

"Well then, yes. He's fired."

The guy on the other side is seriously dim. I mean, first he asks me whether I'm his girlfriend straight on. And if suppose it was his girlfriend, she would have lied anyway to know the truth!

"Oh and…" he continued," he's been asked to vacate his official lodgings. Please inform him. Thank you and have a nice day." *beep*

I flipped the phone close.

The poor guy…today is definitely not his day

I wondered how I was going to break this news to him and right at that time he opened his eyes.

"Umm…there was a call from your office and they told that…that…you're fired."

~Syaoran's POV~

"…you're fired"

My jaw fell open.

This can't be…they can't fire me just like that…

And then I stopped. I had just realized who I was 'talking' to. My breath stopped as I saw my 'special' girl sitting in front of me.

She must have noticed me staring at her and…smiling,

"Oh, I didn't introduce myself. My name is Sakura Kinomoto and you're in my house after I…accidentally…kicked a ball…at your face.

Thank you, ball!

"And…" she continued," I have another piece of bad news for you…you've been asked to vacate your house."

That's when I remembered,

Holy Shit! I'm fired! And now they kick me out of my house! Great…

"I understand…you're dumbstruck. Everything bad happening at the same time. No wonder you're unable to speak anything. But anyways, you must have a family. Where do you live?"

I looked at her.

Didn't she realize…? Well, looks like I'll have to reveal this myself. It's better if I tell her before than to be sorry later.

I pointed at my mouth and shook my head.

She had a quizzical look on her face,

"You need something? Oh, you're hungry?" she asked.

I shook my head and repeated my gesture.

"You're thirsty?"

I shook my head once again and this time I repeatedly poked my finger inside my mouth, hoping she would understand now.

She saw this and her eyes went wide, looks like I got to her but...

"You...how could you...?"

I blinked.

What does she mean?

"Pervert!" she shouted," I help you, treat you and then you ask me to...do that to you. You think I'm that kind of a girl? Disgusting..."

I smacked my head.

Seriously…you can't be so dense?

I grabbed my mobile from her hand, punched a few keys and then handed it back to her.

She took it and read my message and her expression changed from disgusted to a shocked one.

"You…you…you can't speak…you're dumb…mute …"


DUN…DUN…DUN…Syaoran is dumb! He can't speak and the one he loves finally comes to know. Will Sakura reject him?

So how was it? I just saw the news for the dumb and deaf while scanning through the channels (Pathetic, I know) when this idea struck me. I had thought of making Sakura mute but then I decided otherwise (dunno why?). But anyways this was just one of the many stories zooming in my head these days, so if you like it and want me to continue then review and tell me otherwise maybe I'd scrap it.

msé~