Hello all! Here is another CCS fic. I know I haven't finished my other one, Princess Hunting, but I promise I will. Right now I just wanted to freshen my mind with a new story. I know that sounds weird, but it helps me to think about the other story.
Well I hope you enjoy this, and please review!
Two Chances of a Lifetime
Chapter One
Tomoyo always told me that one day I'd find my soul mate. She said that it takes a girl a long time to go from kissing frogs to kissing Prince Charming. Even though I love her and she is my best friend, I don't take what she says to heart. I mean, this is a girl whose dated more guys than I have ever seen. This is why I do not take relationship advice from her. It would not be a smart thing to do, however I am the one who broke up with Li Syaoran, the most popular drama actor in Japan.
I know, what you're thinking. I am going to regret it the rest of my life…
Anyway I never thought much of love. Sure I always loved to be kissed and cuddled, however I rarely felt anything for most of the guys I dated. Syaoran was an exception. A big exception. We met before he was famous in high school. Even then he was very popular, especially with the girls. He was everything in school: top pitcher for the baseball team, senior class president, lead in all of the school's plays, homecoming and prom king, and top of the class. I had the biggest crush on him. He had the looks and the charm. He was the perfect package, however for the longest time he was taken by Meling Li. I hated her very much, because she was dating the guy I wanted. Even though I really didn't have a chance with him, I was still upset for her being with him.
This may seem like the typical jaded one-sided love story, but it's not. I honestly began to think he liked me too. He'd always smile and attempt to talk to me. I knew he wasn't asking for help in trigonometry either, since he had the highest grades in the class. So this triggered something inside of me to take action. I couldn't sit down and let him slip past me before we graduated. So Tomoyo, who is the film editor for the drama club, got me the lead female role in our school's Romeo and Juliet. Now I am not very good at acting, but I managed to get the role anyway.
Syaoran must have been impressed, since he asked me out to eat after opening night. I of course agreed and we went to a tiny diner a few blocks away. We had so much fun just talking and telling random jokes. It was surely the greatest night of my life. I never wanted it to end, nor did I want to forget all the words he spoke. They play over and over in my head as a constant reminder.
"Sakura-san, can I ask you something?" Syaoran asked, nervously playing with a packet of sugar.
I swallowed hard, wondering what he wanted to ask me. "Sure, Syaoran-san," I replied.
He looked down at his fingers and then back up at me. He was about to speak many times, but quickly stopped, hesitating. Whatever he wanted to say to me must be of some importance, since he was acting very coy, unlike his usual coolness at school.
"What is it?" I asked, eager to know.
"Ummm… Would you---" he suddenly stopped, and shook his head. "I mean---"
Is he going to ask me if I want to go out with him? If so then the rumors of him and Meling breaking up must be true! Oh my God! I feel as if my heart will explode in excitement!
He took a sip of his water and wiped off his mouth. "Would you g-," he paused, and pulled out a piece of paper, "go---give me your autograph?"
"My autograph?" I asked. "Autograph…what?"
I felt horrible. There I was picturing him and I together and all he wants is a stupid autograph. Instead of exploding, I felt my heart slowly crumble.
He nodded. "Yeah. We can exchange autographs, just in case one of us gets famous." He eyed me over and smiled a fake smile. "You know, it would be cool."
I narrowed my brows at him. He hardly made any sense, however I felt something different with the way he was acting. He may be a good actor on stage, but in real life circumstances he wasn't very good.
"You want my autograph?" I repeated, just making sure. He nodded, and I signed my name: Kinomoto Sakura. "There you go."
He looked at it and smiled. "Thank you, Sakura-san." He then took out a piece of paper and placed it on the table. He slid it across the wooden planks, his fingers pressed against it. "Here's mine. But don't look at it until I leave."
"When are you leaving?" I asked, and looked down at the paper. "You didn't even sign it, though."
He quickly stood up, and placed money on the table. "I have to go, but hopefully we can do this another time." He smiled one last time, with a wink. "See ya!"
After that he left the diner. I sat, speechless and unable to comprehend what had just happened. He left me alone, with a folded piece of paper with nothing written on it. How nice. I thought he was a sweetheart and smooth talker, but he ended up being everything but.
I sighed and crumbled up the paper in sadness. I just needed to get out of there. As I stood up and paid the rest of the bill, I noticed ink on the paper he had given me. I picked it up and opened it. It was blank, so I turned it over. Then as I seen what was written on it, I fell back onto the booth seat. My body went weak.
It read: "Dear Sakura-Chan ( I hope it is okay to call you that), I gave you this note, because I probably couldn't tell you in person. I want you to know that I really like you. Ever since you sat behind me in ninth grade cultures class, I felt something for you. I couldn't tell you that, because for some reason I felt a long distance between us. It isn't your fault, so please don't think that. It was mine. All mine. Now that Meling and I are over, I want to know if you'll consider being with me. You do not have to give your answer right away. I can wait. As long as you want me to wait, for the ocean between us to become a stream."
At the bottom of the note his name was signed, the way a professional does. I felt like the most important person in the world. All because of Syaoran.
Even though what happened between us is like a deep scar across my heart, reading that letter still gives me the same feeling it did when I first read it. It was the feeling of free-falling through the clouds, surfing the highest wave, riding the tallest fastest rollercoaster, and weightlessness. I wanted to wrap that feeling around me so it could always be at my side. Yet I couldn't. My heart wouldn't let me. All because of Syaoran.
To Be Continued…
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