I Bet You Love Me
Chapter 1
This is the second of my own little 'marathon' of fanfictions I'm doing! XD I have way too many ideas for CCS and I want to just write them all right now! XD Please check out my other fanfictions, (mostly CCS) and please review! (That means review! :D Not just favourite! Mwahaha!) Anyways, enjoy! XD
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN CCS OR ANY OF THE ORIGINAL CCS CHARACTERS! Just my ideas...
"Subject of interest-Kinomoto Sakura." Azusa threw down some papers with notes about Sakura on the desk.
I rolled my eyes. "Here we go again, Mister Stalker." The other three guys around the table chuckled.
Azusa pointed at me. "This time, my father sent me on a mission. I'm not joking around." His father was a reporter, and he wanted to be just like daddy when he grew up…
I cocked an eyebrow. "Go on."
"I think one of her parents could be a famous politician going through a rough time," he whispered.
I sighed. "Well, I guess I really don't have any proof that they aren't, so…"
"I mean, just look at her. She never hangs out with anyone, she barely makes a peep during class, always has a poker face, and whenever the conversation turns to family, she makes an excuse to leave the room. Plus, in all the parent-teacher interviews we've ever had, I've never once seen her come, and especially not her parents," Azusa explained, flipping through the sheets.
I glanced out the window to see Sakura sitting under a tree by herself, eating slowly while staring into space. A couple other kids were pointing subtly at her and making quiet jokes and snickers. It made me feel sorry for her, but I didn't really want to go over and hang out with her.
"Well, I guess you're right, actually…" Shota admitted, looking at the notes over Azusa's shoulder. "She never even makes an attempt to talk to anybody."
"But does anyone make any efforts to talk to her?" I asked.
"It's a useless effort," Kageki sighed, leaning back in his chair. "I tried to offer her help with some work one time in math, and she looked at me like she really, really wanted to say yes, but shook her head. And my sister told me that she asked Sakura to hang out with them one time, but she just thanked them before walking away."
"Maybe she's playing hard to get!" Shota laughed.
Ikkaku rested his arm on Azusa's shoulder. "Well, I think we should do some further investigating on her. This could really be our big break, if we could reveal that her parents are politicians."
"Which politicians do we think they are, exactly?" Kageki asked.
"Amamiya Nadeshiko," Azusa announced proudly.
"You mean like, the one that was caught cheating with some young male model guy?" Shota asked. Azusa nodded. "And her husband's a real prick, too…"
"So anyways, how do we do this? How can we get Kinomoto to tell us directly?"
"I know," Ikkaku said, holding up his hand. He had that sly look in his eyes and I knew this wasn't going to be good. Ikkaku definitely wasn't one of the nicest guys in town, I'll tell you that. "We lure her in by forcing friendship on her until she accepts us and trusts us, and comes out with all her secrets."
My eyes narrowed. I knew it would be something horrible.
An uneasy silence went through our little group in the empty classroom.
"A…all right." Azusa looked around intensely. "Who will be her little boyfriend, then?"
"I think…" Ikkaku popped in again, "…that Syaoran should do it."
My eyes widened. "Huh? Why me?"
Ikkaku smirked at me; it made me want to hit him really hard.
"Let's make it a bet." He pulled his wallet out of his back pocket. "Place your bets on whether Syaoran will pull through with it or not."
The other guys looked at each other and shrugged.
"2000 yen says he doesn't," Kageki said, laughing.
"2500 yen says he doesn't!" Azusa announced, putting his arm around my shoulder.
"3000 yen says he doesn't," Shota declared, grinning at me.
"Thanks, guys," I muttered, crossing my arms. They knew me too well…
"10 000 yen says he doesn't."
Everyone turned slowly to Ikkaku. I glared at him, and he smirked back. I knew that that was a direct challenge to me.
I clenched my fists; the guy made my blood boil! The only reason I put up with him was because I really did like the other guys, and he was good buds with Azusa, so he tagged along. I bet he had purple eyes behind those shades he always wore.
"Fine." I stood up, glaring at Ikkaku. "I'll do it. I'll be Kinomoto's boyfriend by the end of next week."
"Remember-she's going to try and get away from you, but make sure you keep pestering her until she finally accepts!" Azusa told me again.
"I know, I know!" I sighed.
"And you should also remember that now, it's not only us four guys betting on you," Shota said. "Some other people joined in too, guys and girls."
Well. That was news to me.
"What? How many are betting on me not failing?" I asked.
"Twenty-five," he grinned. I started to smile. "Out of seventy," he added like a smack in the face.
I blushed. Everyone thought (cough, knew, cough) that I was a softie and wouldn't be able to do it!
"I'll show them! I'll make everyone that bet on me bailing eat their words and make me rich!" I professed, burning with a new passion for the cruel deed.
Shota and Kageki laughed and high-fived me.
"All right, all right, now go!" Azusa urged, pushing me towards the bench Sakura was sitting on.
I started walking down the park path to her, but glanced behind me to Ikkaku, who was watching me with a smug smile. I cursed at him silently.
"Hi! Kinomoto!" I greeted her, smiling. She looked up, dumbfounded. "Wanna hang out? You look kinda lonely, sitting here all by yourself." Like always.
"Uhm…no," she squeaked softly, grabbing her book and attempting to run away.
I followed her. "Well, why not?" I quipped, walking in stride with her. I looked at her sideways, and she wouldn't meet my eyes.
"Because, I…like to be alone…" she told me quietly, looking down.
"I think your lying," I stated boldly.
She looked at me incredulously.
I smiled at her. "I'm right, aren't I?"
Her eyes got a little shiny, and a tear suddenly rolled down her cheek.
I freaked out. "Wh-wh-wh-what? Why are you-?"
She made a small smile. "You're the only person who hasn't walked away the first time I said no, and then…you saw right through me."
My eyes widened. She rubbed her tears away gently.
"So…does that mean you'll hang out with me, then?" I asked, not sure what to say.
She looked at me, and suddenly smiled. It felt like a light had been turned on around us or something, and her whole persona looked happier and lighter. It made me feel lighter, too.
"Yes!" she exclaimed.
We walked along the path together, and I couldn't help staring at her. She never made so much as a twitch to change her expression at school, and here she was, beaming like she'd just gotten a really great gift. She was like a totally different person now.
"Well, I'm Li Syaoran," I introduced.
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura," she replied, giggling.
I hesitated before speaking again. "…So, why are you always alone at school?" I asked.
"…My parents like me to concentrate on my studies instead of people and things going on around me," she said slowly.
Hmm. Your politician mother and overly strict father, perhaps?
"What are your parents like?" I inquired, trying to keep sight of my goal.
She suddenly looked stricken, and got kind of pale. "Uhh…they're…t-tough…"
Ugh! No! Her beams of sadness-they're invoking my large senses of sympathy and pity-! Must-change-subject-!
"Hey, look! A hot dog stand!" I exclaimed, pointing to it. "Let's go get one-I'll pay!" I grabbed her hand and dragged to the little cart.
"What'll it be?" the guy asked.
"What would you like, Sakura?" I looked at her, smiling my most innocent smile. I was thinking about how it was kind of suspicious that she got so upset when I asked about her parents...
"Oh…a-a…" Her eyes flitted over the menu, confused.
I laughed. "She'll take a chili cheese dog, and so will I!"
The man grinned. "Comin' right up!"
"I-I'm sorry, I've never done this before…" Sakura mumbled.
"What, never eaten a hot dog?" I asked, bewildered.
She nodded, embarrassed. "My, um, father prepares, um, gourmet meals for us…"
I blinked, then laughed. "Well, girl, you're about to taste something entirely new!"
I paid for the hot dogs and we sat on a bench. I took a bite of mine, and waited for Sakura to start eating hers. But she didn't.
"Go on, it's not poisoned, just greasy," I urged her.
"O…okay…" She nibbled a little bit off the end. Her eyes widened, and she took a bigger bite. "This is…really, really good…!" She took another bite, amazement clear in her eyes.
I smiled. "So, if your not supposed to have any friends, then why did you choose to hang out with me?" I thought it would have taken a lot longer than it did, too. But she caved pretty easily, huh?
She smiled back at me. "Well…you didn't just leave when I tried to, plus you looked like such a nice guy," she explained.
Oh. Ouch. Stab! And here I am, trying to lure you in with a friendship that is not real and reveal a big secret for the sake of a bet and a grudge. It made me feel bad.
But I got fired up again when I thought of Ikkaku's smug face. I would pound it to the ground and make him beg for mercy!
"So…are we friends?" I asked. "Or am I a one-time thing?"
She grinned. "We're friends, for real."
Stab! Ouch.
I smiled at her, the best I could get after being splashed with guilt 'cause of her last sentence. And she smiled back, totally buying it. Hell, I was even buying it.
But little did I know that I would only be buying pain-for her and me.
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