Imperfect
By: Kiso
Summary: Syaoran Li has the perfect football life, including the perfect cheerleader girlfriend. So why is Syaoran suddenly drawn to enigmatic yearbook photographer Sakura Kinomoto? What happens when he no longer wants perfection?
I haven't written a manga fic in forever! So here's to everybody who loves a simple high school love story! Enjoy!
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One: Nameless
As usual, we win the game against Lincoln High. They're good, but definitely not good enough to beat us. Nobody can beat us. The cheers erupt from the fans as I score the final, winning touchdown. The cheerleaders twirl and shout out their cheers.
I take off my helmet and cries of "Syaoran!" explode from the crowd. I smirk; this is my favorite part. Well, and making out with Nina after the game.
Nina, my steady girlfriend, head cheerleader, and absolutely perfect girl wraps her arms around me and kisses me on the lips. "Good job, babe."
"Thanks," I smirk. This was all I ever wanted: a hot girl, popularity, and the chance to do something I love everyday. Life was absolutely perfect.
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Sakura Kinomoto sits in the bleachers, waiting for the perfect chance to get a shot for the yearbook. She snaps a picture just as the quarterback scores the final touchdown, earning another win for Misu High School.
She cheers along with everybody else, but she's not really cheering for the players. She's cheering for her best friend, cheerleader Tomoyo Daidouji. Tomoyo turns around and smiles at Sakura when the cheerleaders stop chanting.
Sakura climbs down the steps cautiously; she was always scared of falling down the too-far-apart bleachers. She gives Tomoyo a big hug and snaps a picture of her.
"You were so good! I would be scared of them dropping me!" Sakura squealed, referring to the time when the cheerleaders threw Tomoyo up into the air.
"No way! It was so much fun!" Tomoyo beamed. Another cheerleader came up to Tomoyo and said, "Hey, Coach wants us! Come on!" Tomoyo waved goodbye to Sakura and walked away.
Sakura stood there, looking for a picture to take. She spotted the quarterback and tried to remember his name. She rarely ever came to the football game; she was usually assigned to pictures of the students. "Umm...Li! Li Syaoran!"
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I turned around as someone called out my name. There was the yearbook girl, her camera in her hands, as usual. As I walked over to her, she put her camera in front of her face. "Can I get some pictures for the yearbook?"
I smiled. "Sure." I did some football poses and she just snapped away on her school camera. "That good?"
"Yeah! Thanks so much!" she finally moved the camera from her face.
I gasped and stepped back. It occurred to me that she had taken a few pictures of me before, but I had never seen her face. Her high cheekbones shimmered in the dim light, her full pinks lips pulled up into a huge smile. But what captured me the most was her eyes. Her huge emerald eyes lit up her whole face, causing a pixie effect against her short light brown hair.
"No...no problem," I said, shaking my head and smiling. She smiled back just as Tomoyo, one of the other cheerleaders, walked over to her and said, "Hey! You wanna go out to dinner?"
"Sure!" the girl replied, her huge smile getting even bigger. I realized I didn't even know her name and I was about to ask her until Nina pulled on my arm and kissed me again. When I looked back up again, she was gone.
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I hope you guys like this idea from a hopeless fanfic author who really needs to update her other stories instead of just adding another one!
Kiso