Disclaimer: I don't own CCS… I just own the plot…

Author's Note: I was making the slides for my final project presentation when this came up in my mind… it was distracting me that I need to let it out before I finish my slides… kinda crazy when you got all of that in your mind and a lot of things to do but still write when there's no time to waste before the presentation… might have lots of grammatical mistakes but I don't have time to recheck it… hope you like it and wish me luck for my presentation.. k??? and my examiner is the strictest lecturer I had all thru my degree… really need all the luck I can get… TT_TT

Best Friends Till Death Do Us Part…

By: faRHaNa eMEraLdz

The breeze was soothing and nice as it caressed the red cheeks of the girl sitting so peacefully on the swing at the park near the university. It was cold but nice nevertheless. The weather was bright and looked so calm. She knew she needed to be at the class but the breeze was so nice that the time slipped her mind. She moved her legs back and forth slowly with her eyes closed tightly. The bell in her mind rang, calling her to go but her body won't listen. She opened her eyes slowly and looked at the blue sky.

"God is cruel," she whispered to herself. She would have preferred a rainy day than that bright day with the birds chirping so happily. She sighed inwardly and finally stood and walked to the university. She was having the worst day of her life and it was not getting better.

She slipped into her class as silent as a cat trying to catch a mouse. The lecturer was enthusing on and on about why they should take the class more seriously rather than fooling around outside the class. The least favourite class for most students but she liked it anyway. She loved the class. The lecturer may be a train of non-stop blabber but she was a good person. She wanted the students to have motivation but with that kind of mouth, no one listens to her despite her good intention.

"Sakura, you're late," the lecturer looked at her as she finally sat at the back of the class. Good and there she thought the lecturer did not notice her at all. Everyone looked at her as she smiled sheepishly and apologized.

"Sorry ma'am. I overslept," she lied as amber caught her attention. She looked at the guy with amber eyes who had a smirk plastered on his face. He was saying 'You take all the attention from us. Sweet,' with that handsome face of his. He was evil, an evil best friend nonetheless. Thickheaded but evil nonetheless. After getting some more lectures on behaving with the right manners and all, she was finally released to practice the manners she had just learned from her lovable lecturer. The tension being lectured that early in the morning made her hungry. She was walking to the café with her mind thinking about what she should get there when she bumped into something. Something hard but it was not hurting her. It wasn't that hard that she would break her nose.

"Oof," she was startled and looked up to see what was getting in her way. Well, it was not a what, it's a who. There, standing in front of her, the same guy who had a smirk plastered on his face when she calmly lied to the lecturer and still had that smirk on his face. She scowled at him but he just chuckled at her.

"What's so funny, Syaoran?" she asked, annoyance on queue.

"You are," he said as he leaned on the wall with her looking dangerously at him. She might just kill him with her look.

She put out her right hand in front of him and arched her brow, "Pay then. It's not free, you know." He shook his head and put his arm around her neck, "Nah, I'll just pay for your food. With all that tension, I know you'll be so hungry, you could eat an elephant."

"That's more like it. I can eat everything, right?" she asked with a smile on her face. She could be bribed with food and he knew it, "Of course, honey. I'll pay with the golden card. I don't that much cash, you know." He said with a cocky look on his face.

"Jerk!" she stuck her tongue at him as he ruffled her hair playfully, "But you love me nonetheless, right?" he asked with a knowing look. He let go of her and walked ahead, knowing she would follow him. She walked slowly and whispered inwardly with a sad look on her face, "Yeah, I love you so much that it hurts."

She clutched her aching heart when suddenly a girl came running to her. She was gasping for air when she reached her. Sakura quickly put her hands down and looked at the girl with a smile.

"Are you okay, Sakura? You're not hurt anywhere, right? I saw you clutchi…" the girl was cut off by Sakura who quickly said she was fine. Syaoran turned back and looked at the girls. He was checking up the girl that just came running towards Sakura. He stayed silent as the girl looked so flushed up over Sakura. Sakura was getting restless but the girl was very concerned of her.

"I'm okay, Tomoyo. Stop fussing already. It was nothing," Sakura said with a forced smile. Tomoyo hugged her and said to call her if anything happened. She was about to get going when she saw Syaoran looking at her. She scowled at him and tugged at his collar before she whispered in his ear, "If you EVER hurt her, I'll KILL you slowly that you would be begging for death." With that final word spoken and a death glare in tow, she left after hugging Sakura again.

"Who's that? She's feisty and HOT," he said with a smile on his face. Sakura looked at him with disbelief but replied nonetheless, "She's my cousin, Tomoyo Daidaoji. She's not in your league. She's Eriol's fiancée." He was a playboy. She knew what he was thinking of doing. She had known him for so long that she knew what he was going to do and stop him before he get in too deep.

"What? Eriol? She's with Eriol? And I thought I could play with her," he said with a frustrated grunt. Sakura hugged him tightly and said, "You could play with me. I love you."

Syaoran chuckled and hugged her back, "Yeah, yeah. I love you too. Let's go eat. You're hungry, right?" Syaoran said and dragged her into the café. He was always like that. Every time she said I love you, he would always shake it off as if it was nothing. Was she so insignificant that he would never consider her as a lover material, just a best friend at best? He's cruel but he did not know that.

She was angry, very angry at him. She was so mad that she would make him pay for everything she wanted to eat that day. It was childish of her but she never had the courage to hurt him. She was too nice for her own good, Tomoyo would say that. She took all kinds of foods and stuffed them on the tray. She even took the most expensive cake just to relief her anger. Let him do the paying and she will do eating. Syaoran's eyes went wide at the mounting tray and then looked at Sakura with disbelief, "Are you sure you're going to eat all of these?" Sakura nodded and sat on the chair unceremoniously. She just got manners lecture and she was rebelling against them just a few minutes after that. Just because of a certain person who got her angry.

"Yeah, I'm eating all of these and you're not going to get any," Sakura said grumpily and started eating without looking at Syaoran who went to pay for the foods. Sakura was angry and he did not know why. Every time he said he loves Sakura, she would always get mad at him. Was there anything wrong with him saying he loves his best friend? She was one weird girl and that was what attracted him to her in the first place. So, mustn't grumble. She was not all sunshine to begin with.

He sat in front of her with a cup of black coffee as he looked at her who ate with enthusiasm. She was not even looking at him. Yup, she was mad all right.

"Hey, what was wrong with you last week? We should have been to the concert but you didn't show up. I tried calling you like a hundredth times but you never answered. And what's wrong with that cousin of yours? She was threatening me," Syaoran asked as Sakura choked on her food. She took a drink before taking a long breath. Syaoran patted her back with a concern look on his face.

"I'm sorry. Family matters. It was urgent and I forgot to tell you. I was panicking that I left my phone at home," Sakura smiled sheepishly and scratched her head.

"Emergency? What kind of emergency?" he asked suspiciously.

"You know, the emergency like an ambulance coming to our house. My… my father… yeah… my father, he had a heart... no... a heat stroke and Touya called and said to meet him at the hospital," Sakura explained eagerly as Syaoran became more suspicious with all that stuttering Sakura had been making.

"Are you sure? You sound really unsure to me," Syaoran thought she was making an excuse for herself for not showing up at the concert but Sakura nodded her head eagerly to tell him she was definitely not lying.

"Yeah, I'm really sorry. So, who you went with last week? I know how freak out when you had to go to the concert alone," Sakura asked, suddenly had the urge to change the subject at hand.

"Oh, I went with Hikari, she was really mad when I said I want to go to the concert with you but she looked quite happy when I called her to come after you ditched me. But she wasn't really interested with the band, that's for sure," Syaoran said with a playful hurt look on his face.

"Oh, you went with your girlfriend," Sakura said with a genuine hurt on her face but she quickly smiled to hide her sadness. She was supposed to be with him that day but he went with his 3-weeks-old girlfriend, Hikari who really despised Sakura for always clinging to Syaoran. Well, that was what she said to her anyway. Without Syaoran in the picture. She even brought her to the back of the gym to threaten her. Just like a high school bully. She was the little angel with the bright halo in front of Syaoran and behind his back, she was like Medusa, trying to kill every girl that tried to even catch a glimpse of Syaoran's hair. She never turn the guys to stones, she attacked the girls instead. Quite the stalker girlfriend for all Sakura knows. But she never said anything to Syaoran. It was not her place to sully her perfect angel act. Syaoran never listen to her anyway.

"Serve you right for ditching me," Syaoran said as Sakura put a bun into her mouth to hide her unhappiness.

"Hey, I didn't ditch you. I'm really sorry, okay? It's not like I intended it to be that way. I was really panicking and didn't know what to do," she told the truth this time but Syaoran wouldn't know even if she lied. Syaoran has always been thickheaded and Sakura hated him for that. Direct confrontation was always the right way for him. If you go beating about the bushes, he won't understand and just take you for a joke. She was jealous of Hikari's forwardness and just told him what she felt and got what she wanted, Syaoran.

"Yeah, yeah. You said that already. Apologies accepted. I know you didn't mean it. Stop making that face. It looks like you want to throw up or something," Syaoran patted her head and Sakura gave him a smile.

"Really a jerk at heart," Sakura said and Syaoran was about to say 'but you love me nonetheless' when Sakura beat him at it, "But I love you nonetheless."

"That's my girl," Syaoran grinned at her as Sakura just shook her head at his silliness.

"If I'm your girl, then what's Hikari to you?" Sakura asked jokingly.

"You're my 'girl friend' with a pause, she's my girlfriend. It's two different entities," Syaoran explained as Sakura smiled, trying to hide the hurt in her eyes.

"Then, you're my boyfriend, right?" Sakura asked but said inwardly, "With or without pause."

"Yup, that's right. The best of all," Syaoran puffed up his chest and looked all cocky to Sakura.

"Okay, okay. Enough with all this best friend's thing. I really need to go. I just got one class today but the lecture got too long and you knew why. Touya needs me at home right away. Thanks for the food," Sakura said and was about to leave when Syaoran took her wrist in his larger hand.

"Hey, can I meet you tonight? I need to tell you something important," Syaoran said, suddenly all serious. Her heart skipped a beat when she looked at his intense stare and had her hopes high, not too high to actually let her feelings show.

"Yeah, sure. I'm at home all night. Be careful climbing," Sakura said with a big grin on her face. He never come to her room the normal way, you know, the knock on the front door and inspection from her protective brother. He always climbs the tree that located near her room and knocks her window three times before she opens it. It was like Romeo and Juliet; she had hoped it was like that, minus the tragedy and the drama in it. But dream was dream after all. They were nothing like Romeo and Juliet, they were just two normal teenagers. The girl had unrequited love for the guy and the guy was oblivious to the love she bore for him. They stayed friend for the rest of their lives and never said anything about her love for him. Wasn't that sounded too pitiful? Was that all in her love life? Pitiful as it would get.

That night, she waited for him quietly in her room. She was restless, her heartbeat was thumping in her chest. What would Syaoran tell her? Maybe he loves her. Nah, that's too over the top. She had her own problem at hand. She needed to tell him the truth too. It was not good to keep it from him. He would get angry if he had heard from someone else and not her. It could be a huge mess and she doesn't want to be the one cleaning it up.

She heard the rustle of the tree and the knock on her window. He was here. Sakura opened her window and let him in. He looked around before getting into her room, "I feel like a thief right now." He said as he sat on her bed.

"Then, what are you going to steal in here?" Sakura asked innocently with a smile on her beautiful smile. She was wearing her pajamas already as Syaoran eyed her clothes. She looked cute with the cherry blossoms pajamas.

"Your heart of course," he answered casually as Sakura gasped silently with a slight tint of blush.

"You don't have to steal it, it's already yours to begin with," Sakura answered after a long pause. Syaoran looked at her and stayed silent for a moment.

"That's a joke, right?" Syaoran laughed silently as to try not to alarm her protective brother. She turned her face away from him and looked up at the ceiling, trying to stop her tears from escaping her eyes. She laughed too with a pained look on her face but Syaoran never saw that, "Yeah, it's joke for you."

Sakura looked at Syaoran who already made himself at home as he laid on her bed as if he belonged there. He had his eyes closed as Sakura laid beside him and stayed silent for a moment until she could not bear the silence anymore.

"Hey, you said you need to tell me something. Come on, tell me already. I can't bear this silence anymore and I need to tell you something too," Sakura said as Syaoran opened his eyes and leaned on his elbow.

"You do? Then, you tell me first," Syaoran said as he looked into her eyes. Sakura shook her head and nudged his shoulder, "No, you tell me first. I can wait. You look like you want to tell me already."

"Your command is my wish, ma'am," Syaoran said with a grin plastered on his face.

"It's supposed to be the other way round, right?" Sakura asked with a frown on her face.

"No, it's the right one actually. You command me to tell you and I'm already wishing you let me tell you first," Syaoran explained as Sakura smiled at his foolishness.

"Well then, tell me already," Sakura nudged him again and Syaoran put his mouth on her ears and smiled while doing it. Sakura's breathe hitched at the contact but stayed silent, "I'm going back to Hong Kong. I'm going to take over the business and the elders won't take no for an answer. If I decline, my rights to be the heir of the clan will be taken away and given to one of the snobbish sons of the elders. I'll be going there for a year for training and all. After one year and if I pass all the obstacles that the elders has prepared for me, I'll be the next heir of the Li clan."

Sakura was too speechless to say anything. Her mind was a mess, "Did he just tell me that he would go to Hong Kong? He would leave me? For a year? I must have misheard him."

"You're… you're going to Hong Kong? For a year?" Sakura asked as Syaoran shook his head and sighed deeply. Sakura was in total relief when he shook his head.

"Didn't I just tell you that? I'm going to Hong Kong for a year and I can't say no to the elders. Did you get it this time?" Syaoran asked playfully as Sakura just stayed silent for the longest time ever. Syaoran closed his eyes again to let Sakura registered what he had said to her. He opened his eyes again and looked at Sakura who still had that shocked look on her face.

"Sakura, are you okay?" he waved his hands in front of her eyes that stayed blank for the moment. He shook her shoulders and she finally came to her senses.

"Huh? Oh, yeah. I'm fine," Sakura said but her heart couldn't believe it.

"So, what do you need to tell me?" Syaoran asked and looked at her who looked like she was going to cry but the night was dark and he must be seeing things. Sakura was a strong girl in his mind. She was not going to cry over such little things like parting with him for a year.

"I… I kinda forget what I want to say," Sakura said as Syaoran chuckled at her antics. She must be so shocked that she forgot all the things she wanted to say.

"How did Hikari take it? She must be really mad, right?" Sakura asked about his so-called girlfriend. Sakura was supposed to be mad at him. He was leaving her behind. He was going to miss all the festivals and memories they should be making for a year. She might never meet him again and he was happy to leave her behind. He said it so nonchalantly that he might never care about her in the first place. He was cruel to do this to her and she had to ask about his girlfriend. What the irony in it?

"I broke up with her. She can't do long-distance relationship and I was okay with it. There's lots more fishes in the sea, right?" Syaoran said with a smile. Sakura looked hurt but he ignored it. Hikari was never nice to Sakura and he was sick of it. Sakura was his best friend and Hikari took her for granted. Little did he know, he was doing the same thing except Hikari was doing it on purpose but Syaoran did it without his conscious.

Sakura did nothing to stop him. She was just like any other girl to him. She was just a little fish in the vast sea. He would never look at her. He was the pride of his family. She was just a normal girl in a normal family. She had got no elders to worry about. She had no reign to take control of. She had nothing on him.

"When are you leaving?" she asked the dreaded question. Syaoran sighed deeply and said the inevitable answer, "In a week. You're going to send me, right?"

Sakura nodded and smiled. What else can she do in a time like that? Make a tantrum? Rolling around and begging him not to go? That was so not her and Syaoran was just her best friend. She could not do that to him. She needed to support him, not making his life miserable with her antics, "Of course, I'll send you there. You're going to keep in touch, right?"

Syaoran smiled back at her and hugged her tightly, "Of course I'm going to keep in touch with you. You're my best friend. You're my life, you're the air that I breathe and what else? Oh yeah, the apple of my eyes."

"That's too extravagant. Best friends don't do that kind of till death do us part, okay?" Syaoran laughed at her remark as Sakura was shivering. She finally realized the window was left unclosed and the cold as getting to her. Syaoran saw that and closed it for her. He laid back on the bed and pulled the blanket up to her neck. She was his best friend and he was going to miss her. She was always there for him for either good times or bad times.

"Hey, Syaoran. What if I only have less than a year to live? What would you do? Would you still choose to go back to Hong Kong or would you stay with me?" Sakura asked him as Syaoran laughed at her, "Is this a joke for me too? You're going to live a long life and you're going to find a fine husband that will take good care of you with lots of children and can keep up with your childish and overprotective brother."

"Ha ha! Yeah, it's a joke," Sakura laughed and pulled the blanket over her head. She was shaking under the blanket and Syaoran thought she was laughing so hard that she was shaking like that. Little did he know, she was crying her heart out. She was trying to stifle her sobs and when Syaoran tried to pull her blanket to tease her, Sakura held the blanket firmly, "Syaoran, I'm sleepy. I'll meet you tomorrow, okay?" she said with normal voice as much as she could. Syaoran tried to tug the blanket again but Sakura wouldn't budge. He sighed and said his goodnight to her. He slid to the tree and closed the window before he left her house. She started to sob when she was confirmed that Syaoran had left her compound. Her heart felt so painful and wretched all over.

"God, you're so cruel," she said silently and cried her heart out. Touya heard her cry and quickly came into her room. He was panicking when he heard her sobbing, "Sakura, are you okay? Do your heart feels any pain? You need to tell me, Sakura or else, I can't help you." Touya pulled the blanket away from her and looked at Sakura, all curled up in a ball on her bed.

"I hate him! I really hate him!!" Sakura yelled as Touya tried to sooth her pain. He pulled her up and cuddled her into his warm arms. His beloved sister was in pain and he couldn't do anything. She was sleeping in his arms with tears-stricken face. She was exhausted that night. A lot had happened and nothing seemed to favor her.

A week passed and the day that Syaoran was going to Hong Kong came by. She was to send him at the airport. She went there with Touya but Touya just stayed in the car though he was aching to be with his sister in the airport. No one from their school came as they had already had a parting party for him yesterday. It was so messy but fortunately, Tomoyo and Eriol offered to help her clean up as she sent him to the airport. Touya and Syaoran was bickering like mad in the car but finally slowed down when Sakura scowled at both of them.

"So, this is goodbye," Sakura put her hands into the pockets of her coat.

"Yeah, see you in a year and be a good girl," Syaoran teased her and ruffled her hair just as he did every day. But what he didn't expect was Sakura to tug his collar and gave him a kiss. His eyes were as big as a saucer, startled to be kissed by his best friend. He gasped when the kiss finally registered into his mind and Sakura deepened the kiss to another notch.

The people around them were watching them as they finally parted from their intense kiss. They were panting for their breath. His eyes were glazed and Sakura had a tint of blush on her face. Syaoran finally come to his senses and looked at Sakura in disbelief, "What was that for?"

"That's, my friend, is my parting gift and I'm not going to be a good girl before saying what I want to say. I want you to remember me. Always," Sakura said with eyes glistening with tears. She could not bear to let him leave her but being the heir of the Li clan had always been the destiny of Li Syaoran and she could never take that away from him.

"That's one hot parting gift, Sakura. I never thought you could kiss like that," Syaoran smirked and gave her a bear hug while whispered to her, "I never could forget you. You're my best friend."

Even with a hot kiss like that, he still thought her as a friend. What a thickheaded guy he was. Could he never tell that best friends don't kiss each other? Best friends don't do such things like kissing in public. Sakura knew she could never get what was on that mind of his. He was brilliant as a leader but thickheaded as a guy. She hated him for that but that's what made her fall for him too.

"Have a safe trip, Syaoran. I love you. Always," she said without trying to convince him that she was in love with him. It was futile anyway. He would take it as a joke no matter how many times she said the three words to him.

"I love you too, Sakura," he said, smiling all the way into the departure lounge. Sakura was trying her best to stand on her feet. She was trembling when Syaoran looked back at her but she stayed strong. When he disappeared from her sight, Sakura leaned on a wall, clutching her heart with all her might. Her trembling hands searched frantically for her phone. When she finally found the phone, she quickly dialed Touya's number.

"Sakura," Touya's voice was heard from the phone while Sakura gasped for air, "Onii-chan, help." Touya quickly got out from his car and searched for Sakura. When he found her, she was sitting by a wall, clutching her heart, "Where's your pills?" Sakura just shook her head, telling him she didn't bring it with her. He frowned at her but said nothing. He put her in his arms and frantically carried her into the car. People were looking at her as she was sweating all over. He quickly drove to the nearby hospital and she was sent into an emergency room. He gave the nurse a small book with all the details about her disease. The nurse gave it to the doctor in charge and the doctor's eyes went wide and looked back at Touya. He smiled with force and went into the emergency room.

When Syaoran arrived at Hong Kong, he tried to call Sakura but no one answered her phone. He was worried. Her face was a bit pale when he left her but he said nothing, just waving at her. Maybe she didn't get enough sleep the night before. They were partying like mad for all he knows. She was not the type who went to parties to enjoy herself. She was more like the forced friend who was dragged to a party. She was the best at being a best friend but not quite enough to be a lover to him. She was his support. She just knew what he needed and gave it to him without him asking for it. And he was starting to miss her. Like never before.

"For God's sake, I just set foot out of the plane and I'm already missing her," Syaoran hissed and walked out of the airport where a car was waiting for him, "Li-sama, welcome back."

Syaoran just nodded his head and went into the car while the driver put his luggage in the back of the car. He was restless as he tried again and again to reach Sakura but in vain. She was not picking up. Why didn't she pick up her phone? Three days had he tried to call her but still in vain. The dial tone and the service operator's voice were the only things that reached his ears. Never Sakura's. His cousin, Mei Ling was eating an apple on his bed when she said something to him, "Why are you so frantic? Maybe your girlfriend is busy. Just chill out. She'll call you sooner or later."

Syaoran looked at her with disbelief with gaped mouth, "She's not my girlfriend. She my best friend." He said with a frown on his face. Mei Ling smirked with the infamous Li's smirk and tsked at him. He looked like he would throw the phone at the wall and she just loved looking at his miserable face for the last three days. It was fun to look at the usual stoic guy to show some emotions on his face. He was always emotionless when meeting with the elders but in the confine of his room, he was always showing different kinds of emotion to her. His so-called best friend must had been the one who made him like this and she just love to meet her and congratulate her for making him human.

"Best friends don't look like that when his best friend doesn't call in three days. Best friends don't worry about other guys when his best friend doesn't call in three days. Best friends don't grumble and look so pissed thinking that his best friend might be too busy to actually call him," Mei Ling said and got up from his bed and put the apple into Syaoran's mouth before he could say anything, "Think about it. You're not being a best friend right now, you're being a jealous guy who is so thickheaded, you don't see that you're in love with her and miss her so much that you look so helpless and I'm helping you to realize it sooner than later." She left Syaoran with an apple still stuck in his mouth as he pondered what she had said to him. He came back to reality when he felt his jaw was aching with that apple still stuck in his mouth. He pulled the apple from his mouth and threw it into the bin beside his bed. He rubbed his sore jaw and sighed deeply, "I'm in love with her? That can't be. She's my best friend, right? I miss her so much. Man, I thought I know what love is. Now, I don't know anymore." He sighed again and looked back at the phone in his hand, "Where the hell are you, Sakura?"

Sakura was hospitalized for three days and was finally released after she refused to stay in the hospital for another day. She refused to eat and the nurses were having trouble to persuade her. Touya asked her doctor-in-charge to let her go home and he would take care of her. She could be as stubborn as a mule when she wanted too.

Tomoyo was the first person she saw in front of her house with a red face to match with her red tank top. She was mad, she could tell. She was beyond mad actually and being the target of the fury of a fashion designer was not on Sakura's list. It could get ugly but Tomoyo was her best friend and her cousin. She won't get fired, she would be sitting on the floor, listening to all her angry babbling until she was cooled or finally had no words to say to her. And that day, she won't be cooling down any time soon, she would be babbling until there were no other things to say to her.

"Listen, Sakura. This isn't supposed to happen. You should stay in the hospital when the doctor says so. You should listen to them but noo… you threw a tantrum and refuse to eat. Are you insane? They are trying to save your life and you're not doing anything to cooperate with them. Is that what you supposed to do, Sakura Kinomoto?" Tomoyo asked with a frown still evident on her face. Touya stayed silent and sat on the sofa the farthest from Tomoyo. He did not want to be at the end of her fury anytime or anywhere. She was like a giant tarantula, devouring her prey viciously.

"There's no hope, Tomoyo. I don't want to be confined in that white room. I'll go crazy," Sakura was calm as ever. She knew that Tomoyo would be mad at her like that. But she had lost hope. There were no other ways to save her life. The doctors also had said there was still no cure for her disease. If it was cancer, she would be undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy but her disease was not that simple. Her heart was deteriorating and she was not supposed to be under stresses or doing anything heavy that would require her heart to pump harder than usual. Her heart was weakening and there was no cure at hand that could help her. Less than a year, her heart would stop functioning and death would take her away from her family, friends and love just like what had happened to her mother. It was genetic heredity. Artificial heart was no answer to her too. It was too risky in her condition. Her mother did undergo the operation for artificial heart implant but her body rejected it and she died on the spot. The cause was still unknown and she would not take that risk. If less than year was all that she got, she would have that less than year to live her life the way she wanted. At least, that was what she thought before Syaoran left her.

Tomoyo sighed harshly and closed her face with her hands. She was trying her best to stop herself from crying herself out. Sakura was her cousin and her best friend. Why would a cheerful and kind person like her had to undergo that kind of life? She was supposed to have a happy and long life with lots of children to cherish. And she could not help but to say some 'brilliant' words to that jerk that just left her best friend to spend her last few months alone. Sakura loved him with all her heart but he would always take it as a joke. She saw it a few times when he would just take her words lightly and left her to be hurt and licked her own wound. She had told Sakura she would tell that playboy jerk what he was missing but Sakura would stop her from doing so every time. Eriol was doing the same. He was very protective to Sakura. He was there when Sakura had her first heart attack. He was comforting her when they went to the hospital and Sakura was in the emergency room. He even punched a guy who had tried to flirt with Sakura at the parting party for the jerk. That insolent jerk was not even aware that the guy was displeasing Sakura so much that she was about to cry. He was happily having the time of his life without considering his so-called best friend.

Sakura knew Tomoyo was sad and angry. But she would not stay to see that pitiful look on her face. She hated the look that people gave her. They made her sad. She wanted to live just like any other but it was not going to be that way if the look they give her were just that looks. It was disturbing. She went into her room and laid on her bed. She looked up at the window and look at the calm clouds going by. She sighed and closed her eyes when she heard her phone ringing. She got up and looked for her phone. It was in her bag that she brought the last time she met Syaoran. She looked at the number and smiled.

"Hey, what's up?" she said as she laid back on her bed.

Author's Note: This fic was supposed to be a oneshot but the story keep dragging and I actually hate the ending I was supposed to give this story… I have two choice in my hands right now… and I would love if you would help me to choose. It is either a happy ending or a sad ending… I want to make it so it would have a very sad ending but the story keeps dragging… it's as if my mind unconsciously give a hint to give it a happy ending… I really don't know what to do right now… really… am I bad person??? TT_TT

HELPP!!!!