Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura would never be mine. It would always be CLAMP's precious artwork.
-- The Probability is Zero --
Prelude
Sakura Kinomoto was a smart girl. In fact she was way smart that she was able to finish her basic degree in psychology before she even reached her 18th birthday. A prodigy, some might say.
However, sometimes being smart was not enough. She was one living proof for that statement. For so long she could barely remember, she has always wanted to pursue a career as a psychologist. She likes studying people and their odd behaviors. It never stopped to amaze her how people might behave in different kinds of situations. Therefore, learning psychology was the best option to be one step closer to her dream.
Yet if she wanted to be a psychologist, she would need at least a master degree. However, much to her annoyance, her professors in the university all have concluded that she was always lack of real human relationships and her people skills was almost zero. According to them so far her nearest 'real' relationships were always between her and her textbooks about people and their behaviors. Her pride has reminded her that there was no point for her continuing her master anyway without her professors' supports. Thus, to continue to a master degree was definitely a no-no for her. At least for now.
At the moment, she needed a real proof to show to those lecturers that they were wrong. She was definitely capable of having relationships and her people skills were definitely not zero. The main problem was; where to find any relationships to begin with?
It was not like she never tried to have any relationships with others. She has definitely tried it; very hard in fact that she could memorize different kinds of definitions about relationships. However, she noticed that reality was always being in a different realm than what she has learned so far from the manuals, guidebooks or other kind of textbooks that she has ever read. She always failed to grasp the essence of a relationship in the first place.
She was always too young for her classmates that nobody eager to be involved with her; afraid of being thought as her nannies. She was always too smart that even her seniors did not dare to ask her any questions; afraid of being embarrassed by her knowledge. She was always appeared too serious with her thick glasses and tight buns that people would mistakenly think that she was a very stern librarian instead of a young woman in her late teenage.
In the end, she never has any other friends beside Tomoyo (her one and only best friend since kindergarten who happened to be neighbors) and to have a boyfriend would definitely be a mere laughable concept for her.
So many other reasons made her who she was right now: smart yet friendless. Yet sadly no matter how hard the hurdle that she had to face, she still could not let go her ambition to be a psychologist someday.
And for now, it would only mean one thing: she will find the real human connections, relationships or whatever named that the books gave nowadays to increase her people skills. Beside, desperate times always called for desperate measures.
With that resolution, she strongly believed that she would find a relationship in no time; at least that was what she hoped; no more and no less.
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Li Syaoran was a very handsome young guy; a model, a singer, and an actor. He was the latest and most famous superstar in Hong Kong. His reputation was a breakthrough for the entertainment world in Hong Kong. Furthermore with his habit of enjoying life to its fullest has also made him to be widely known as a heartbreaker.
No girl has ever got away from his charm. His smile could melt even the coldest heart. His voice could make any women tremble. And his flawless face could send fever to the healthiest woman on earth.
Those were some of the reasons why girls always go crazy about him. They were willing to do anything for him just to make him happy. Who cares whether he likes those girls or not. Who cares whether he could remember their names or not. To all those girls, he was certainly worth it.
His main goal now was to conquer Japan's market. He inherited Japanese blood from his late father's side. Ever since he was a child, he always wanted to visit his father's homeland. And now, with his career in its peak, he finally got a chance to do it.
He has been known there for the past years although not as famous as in Hong Kong. And it would not satisfy him before he could make all the girls shouting his name there.
The main problem now was his mother. Being the most wanted bachelor for 3 years in a row and the fact that he was already 23 years old did not make his mom changed her attitude to him. To his mother; Li Yelan, he was always a child that would need all her protections and precautions that would avoid him from any harms. She was completely ignoring all the bad reputations her son got with girls. As long as he was safe and sound that was the most important thing for her.
His plan to have a career in Japan was opposed by his mother ever since the day he mentioned it. However, today was a different story. His mother finally agreed with his plan with only a single condition; he had to live with his father's best friend in there. This was the only way for her to be certain that at least her son had some people to turn to when things got tough during his stay in overseas.
At this point, Syaoran could agree with whatever condition that his mother set for him. To him there would be no difference anyway whether to stay in his father's best friend's house or to stay in an unknown hotel. He never knew that fate always had a peculiar way to make someone's life changed forever. And when he finally agreed with his mother's decision, his life would never be the same again.
He left his country early in the morning to avoid all the press and fans. He did not want such a big exposure on his trip to Japan. He knew that all the exposures would only create scandals and unnecessary publicities.
There was nothing much to do while he was sitting in the quiet JAL's business class. He flipped over the name card that had been inside his pocket for all this while. For the umpteenth time that morning, he glanced over the name card that his mother has given him this morning at the airport.
In that name card once again he read: Fujitaka Kinomoto.
-- to be continued --
A/N: This is my first AU fanfic using the characters in Card Captor Sakura. I hope you will like it. Please leave your reviews and comments; it would definitely improve my works (winking).
