A/N: This is a Tsubasa fic based on the 13th chapter of the second volume. It includes some spoilers to that volume. By the way, I don't own Tsubasa, CLAMP does. But I have brought all the issues that are out in the US so far!
Faking Smiles
I couldn't believe it, I had found her second feather. I could just tell that things were starting to go my way. Soon, I'd be able to see her smiling at me again. I could still see it so fresh in my mind, she was like a goddess, yet she still wants to be friends with me.
I ignore the strange looks as I walk back to the apartment, the burns aren't really as bad as they look, either that or I just don't care how much they hurt, because she is the only thing that matters to me now.
I sat on my knees and placed the feather into Sakura as I prayed that it would wake her up. I needed to see her smile to remember that she was still okay. That I hadn't really lost her. I grabbed her hand, then she could heal faster. Her eyes slowly opened.
"Sakura?" I said, smiling like anything, she was okay, she was really okay.
"Who..." It finally hit me, I really did give her up for her to live, "...are you?"
My eyes grew wide as I let her hand go. I had stopped smiling. It was all I could do to keep from crying.
She was still looking at me, like I was a stranger, she had never looked at me like that.
I forced my best smile, "I'm called Syaoran. And you... you are her highness, Princess Sakura." I continued to explain her past to her. But all I wanted to do was cry. Why did it hurt so much that she called me a stranger. Why didn't I just feel happy that she was still alive?
Fai walked into the room and introduced himself to Sakura. I kept smiling, thankful that he gave me an excuse to leave.
I stood up quietly and walked out of the room, the tears came as soon as I got out of the door.
It was raining, like the sky was mocking me. My kudan and the kudan and the kudans of my companions gathered around me. I could tell that I was going to be forcing a lot of smiles in the future.