A/N: Hey guys, this is actually my very First PUBLISHED fanfic. Please let me know what you think or any criticism, I basically live for it. Enjoy :3

-DarkAngel

"Bad Boys Don't Fall In Love ."

Chapter 1

I sighed as I got out my car and slung my bag across my chest. It was Friday and Tomoeda High seemed to buzz with energy as the Seniors parked their cars and made their way to the building. My best friend Tomoyo climbed out the passenger seat and grabbed her cute shoulder bag from the backseat.

"I'm sorry to have you pick me up in the morning Sakura." Tomoyo said with a little sadness in her voice " I just hope my car gets fixed soon." She looked gorgeous as always, her grey/purple hair was in a French braid with a few strands loose and wore a violet sundress, white cardigan and tan ballet flats.

"It's no problem 'Moyo." I said "My car may not be as fancy as yours but it'll do." I laughed as I said this and took a look at my beat up jeep. Sure it was old and a little beat up but I had bought it that summer with all my savings and I took a little pride in that. She laughed and tried to convince me my car wasn't crappy at all as we made our way through the courtyard into the school.

We stopped at Tomoyo's locker and I leaned next to her.

"Want to come over today once the wicked witches leave?" I asked referring to my mom and sister.

"Sure, I have the most beautiful designs for our Halloween gowns and I have to show them to you." Tomoyo said excitedly and I tried to feign enthusiasm as she mentioned the gowns. With that Tomoyo left to her first class and I dragged myself to mine.

Walking into creative writing and taking my usual seat by the window, I couldn't help but wonder how even though I was a Senior was still a loner with only one friend to count on. I looked around and everyone seemed to have someone to speak to or joke with and here I was in the corner by the window, not that I minded either way. Mrs. Minami shushed the class and began to speak:

"Well class, today we're going to start a new project. It's to be done in pairs and we'll be going to the library every day this week so you can work on it. And I'll be picking your partners for you."

Groans were heard throughout the room. To me it was just easier than having to go through the pain of being left out. I usually paired up with Jimmy Walters A.K.A Jimmy Neutron as many made fun of because of his ridiculously high IQ and hair cut. He was nice and for the most part he did the project and I presented since he hated speaking in public.

"Minamoto " Mrs. Minami called me back from my daydreams. Since the first day she decided my name was not Kinomoto but Minamoto no matter how many times I corrected her. Somewhere along the line I stopped trying.

"Yes?" I answered quickly.

"You'll be working with Mr. Li" she said and I looked to my side just to catch him wink at me. I ignored him,looked down at my notebook and began to doodle. Great way to start off the day, I thought, getting paired off with the school's infamous bad boy.

Syaoran Li was on the tall side with broad shoulders and a muscular build to match from all the martial arts he practiced, he was also one of the top students academically but was known for his cold demeanor and death glares. His chocolate hair was long and always pulled back in a low ponytail, and his eyes were like two pools of pure amber. Girls always seen to swoon over him but I really didn't know what the fuss was about, then again I'm not the average girl.

We left for the library and got our assignments. We had to write an essay and a presentation on the theme: appearances. I sat at a table to the far right near the fiction section and began to write down any ideas. Ten minutes later Syaoran plopped down in the chair next to me.

"Sorry I took so long, got kind of sidetracked." He said. I took a good look at him and couldn't deny how gorgeous he was. He wore an olive green v-neck, dark jeans and a pair of black boots and despite how simple the outfit was he looked sent from heaven.

"It's ok." I replied absentmindedly.

"So what is this thing anyway?" He asked moving closer to me to take a peek at what I was writing.

"Listen I know that the last thing you want to do is be paired up with me and do this stupid thing, so I'll make it easy. I work best alone so I'll do the entire thing and just put your name on it, when presentation comes I'll give u notecards to read off of, cool?"

"Cool" he smirked and I went back to work. We stayed in silence for around 10 minutes, me writing down ideas and him listening to music drumming along with his fingers.

"So are you one of those chicks that like to play hard to get because they think they are better than everyone?" He said in a joking manner. I looked up and raised an eyebrow.

"Why would you think that? Because I'm not swooned away by the popular Syaoran Li?" I tested.

"So she speaks." He smirked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" I closed my notebook and crossed my arms.

"Let's just say I notice things."

"Like?"

"How you come into class, sit in the corner and spend the class lost in thought, looking out the window and doodling and somehow you still get straight A's and answer the teacher's questions spot on,For one." He finished and looked at me. I met his gaze full on and looked into his amber eyes.

"Well then,isn't that..."

"Observative?" He smirked.

"Creepy." I said and now it was my turn smirk. The cockiness in his eyes faded and so did the small smirk. He just stared at me and for some reason my stomach did a somersault. I looked down and reached for my headphones.

"I, um, gotta go." I said and grabbed my stuff as the bell rang to indicate the end of the period. He shook his head and looked up at me and stood as if to say something but it was too late I was already walking through the door. Me and my stupid mouth, I just had to go and get sarcastic with Mr. Badboy.

The rest of my classes went by quickly and in The blink of an eye it was lunch time.Tomoyo joined me in line and gave me the play by play of her newest musical masterpiece for the fall festival. She was going to be playing an original piece on the piano and singing in the festival's concert section. There was also going to be a student art show and at night there was going to be a Halloween ball which was why Tomoyo was designing the gowns for us.

"It's going to be awesome." She said happily and reached for a sandwich as I grabbed a fruit salad and yogurt to go.

"You're going to submit one of your drawings right?" She asked.

"I've already told you no Tomoyo. My drawings aren't good enough" I replied taking an Apple juice.

"You don't know what you're talking about, but think about it. Well I gotta go back to the practice room, see you after school." She paid and left.

Lunch was always spent the same way for me, hidden away in the fiction section of the library. Our school's library had two floors but only teachers were allowed into the second floor.Then there was me, who had unlimited access to every nook and cranny the library had to offer. All the librarians knew me after having come here every day before first period and for lunch and also being able to read a book in just three hours. Checking out books had become unnecessary for me since they all knew they'd have it back by the end of the day or first thing the next morning.

I sat in my favorite corner, tucked away from the world and began to eat my salad while reading a chemistry chapter. Time ticked away slowly and my mind kept floating back to this morning and Syaoran. What if he was mad? Yes at first it had sounded creepy but it was also sweet how he'd noticed all the little details.

I stopped myself. Sweet? Had I really just thought that? Two minutes I spent talking to the guy and he's sweet? Like hell I'd let him play with me and my emotions. Getting friendly with him was the last thing I needed and/or wanted. By the time the bell rang I was done with my work and I went to class.

"Hi coach" I greeted my art teacher Mr.Yang who was on his desk on the other side of the classroom. It was seventh period now and the day was almost done.

"Hey Sakura, ready to get painting?" He asked and I nodded eagerly.

Mr. Yang was also the coach to a couple of sports so everyone knew him as just 'Coach'. I usually had him 8th period but he said he had a special project for me and since I had study hall 7th, they allowed me to come in earlier giving me two periods to work on the project.

He was moving to the art classroom next door at the start of the spring semester, which was a little bit over a couple months away. He was going to get an office inside the classroom since he handled the art and some of the sports department, but he wanted to make it a true art room; and what better way than to paint murals on the walls?

He knew it was a lot of work but he trusted me to get job done since I was one of his favorite students. I had already drew the outlines to everything on all four walls all that was missing now was to paint them. Coach told me he was going to get two of his best students to help me even though, I kept refusing.

I went to the paint cabinet and got what I needed before heading to the empty classroom next door. Coach had made it simple, on the bottom wall with the smart board he wanted Nemo and his friends from 'finding Nemo' with an ocean blue background.

On the wall to the left there were many windows so he wanted all four of the seasons to be portrayed. On the one across he wanted to do something "cultural" as he had said, so I drew couples from different cultures all dancing around; all laughing and smiling and looking into their partner's eyes.

He left front wall up to me, saying I could do whatever I wanted as long as it was appropriate. I had yet to draw anything on it, no inspiration had hit me yet.I set to work and by the time the eighth period bell rang I had Nemo and his dad all done.

"Sakura" coach called for me from the other room. I wiped my hands on my apron and went over. I walked into the class and saw everyone settling down and coach motioned me for his desk.

"Now I know you don't need the help but you'll be having two helpers coming in, in a couple minutes." Coach smiled. As if on cue both Eriol Hiragizawa and Syaoran walked in. The entire class shut up, and I stood there awestruck.

Today out of all days I just kept bumping into Li.

"Hey, you two, this is Miss Kinomoto; she'll be in charge of the project AND you two, so play nice." Coach said with an evil glint in his eyes.

Eriol was a tall, lean-muscled art prodigy with hair so black it looked blue and bright blue eyes. He was known around the school for his artistic abilities as well as his musical ones and for being your all around nice guy. He currently fashioned a navy blue long sleeve, khakis and navy converse. So I stood there thinking to myself how two of the most popular guys in school had managed to get stuck with me everyday eighth period to finish the murals.

Eriol needed a recommendation letter for an early program at some art school and Syaoran needed the extra credit to keep his grades up for a Sports scholarship, coach explained. I didn't even know Syaoran could draw let alone paint.

"Alright then, off you go. She's already done with the curriculum so she has the period off." He added pointing to door. I blushed pink having been put on the spot and rushed past them to the next classroom. I heard them shuffle in and I got them a smock each.

"Well if it's ok with you guys, I'd like to work on one wall at the time so, ummm, Hiragizawa you can work on the Sharks if you don't mind and Li you can start with the blue background, it goes from a darker blue at the bottom to a lighter tone on the top." They nodded and each set off to their own side.

I noticed they didn't really talk to each other, so I assumed the rumors were true: Eriol and Syaoran hated each other's guts. It was rumored that they didn't like each other because Syaoran once stole Eriol's girlfriend, just to dump her for Kari his current girlfriend. Eriol was crushed and Syaoran was indifferent as always.

I got back to work and started working on Dory. I finished up with Dory and went to get my headphones so I could listen to some music while I painted. I took my hoodie off since it was warm from the heaters in the room and got the staircase so I could actually reach the next characters. I pressed play on my phone and placed the stairs near the turtles since Eriol was working on the Sharks on the other side. Syaoran was right next to me testing the different blues for the ocean. I kept on painting while quietly humming along to my music.

I noticed Syaoran from the corner of my eye, who kept glancing up at me. I think it was the fact I didn't have my hoodie on, which I always wore even in the summer. I still didn't see the big deal since I was wearing Jeans, converse and a plain black v-neck. His girlfriend wore outfits everyday that were 20x more revealing than me. Eriol pretty much stayed to himself, focused on painting and not even casting a glance our way.

The bell rang and I was glad school was over.

Eriol started to put his stuff away and I put the finishing touch and began to climb down. Halfway down the stairs began to shake and I squeaked. Syaoran looked up and held the stairs so I could climb down. I slipped from the last step and stumbled back a little before standing straight. Syaoran saw this and started chuckling.

I ignored him, put my hoodie back on and put my supplies away. I said bye to coach and ran to my locker. Taking my books, I left to my car where Tomoyo was already waiting for me. I got home after dropping Tomoyo off and frowned when I saw my mom's car outside. I didn't know what mood she was in today.

I went straight to my room and closed my door. My room was basically my sanctuary; it was the one place where my personality was truly exposed. 3 out 4 of my walls were painted a light pink and the bottom wall was black. There were two windows on it and in the middle my queen bed rested. An easel was on the opposite side and two bean beats littered on the corner. There were stacks of books everywhere, asides from the ones that overflowed her bookshelf. Candles were on every surface possible and glow in the dark stars could been seen against the also black ceiling. Drawings hung on the wall as well as poems, song lyrics and famous quotes. After changing into sweats and putting up my hair into a messy bun, I put my headphones on and did my homework. My mom walked in half an hour later.

"I need you to make dinner, I'm going out." She stated

"Again?" I asked and regretted it a second later.

"Listen here you little whore, you have no right to question me. I am your mother, we aren't equals ok? So just get your lazy ass downstairs and make dinner." My mom responded. I just nodded and went back to my homework. Bad mood, I thought to myself.

My mom never seemed to change. I am actually adopted, having no clue who my real parents are. Her and her husband were actually not able to have children so they adopted me. 3 years later they were actually able to conceive by a miracle and my younger sister was born.

Everything changed after then. They spoiled my younger sister rotten but barely gave me a second look since I was a "rebellious" child. Then my mother found out her husband was actually cheating on her and he left her. She was angry and usually took it out on me, never physically but verbally. I can honestly say, that it hurts worse than physical abuse. Scrapes and bruises heal, but our memories remain the same.

So I became very to myself, and learned to hold my tongue. I usually did the house chores while she jumped from boyfriend to boyfriend and my sister was little miss popular. My sister and I get along ok just not enough to be friends, especially since I'm adopted. I went downstairs and cooked dinner listening to music. I grabbed a plate and ran back upstairs to finish my homework.

Finally done with both my food and my work, I plucked a book from one of the many stacks around my room and lost myself in the pages. I heard my mom's vague goodbye to my sister and my sister sneak out 10 minutes after. I turned on my beats Pill and blasted my music through my room. I texted Tomoyo to come over and soon we were both in my room listening to music and relaxing. We were lucky enough to live two blocks away from each other.

"Did I tell you who my partner for my English project is?" I complained dramatically.

Tomoyo merely rolled her eyes playfully

"No, who is it?"

"Syaoran Li" I said flopping on to the bed.

"The Syaoran Li?" Tomoyo asked moving from her chair to sit on the bed next to me.

"Yup, the very one." And I went on explaining our little conversation at the library.

"Wow, Saks, You have guts." Tomoyo said with wide eyes. I wanted to just let the earth swallow me whole. " But I think it'll be fine, I mean he didn't try anything else throughout the day and you guys have almost the same schedule."

"That reminds me, guess who are my assistants for my senior project?"

"Who?"

"Eriol and Syaoran" I said and waited to see her reaction as I mention her crush's name. She blushed visibly and Sakura smiled. "You know he's actually really quiet, or at least he was while painting the mural with us."

"Stop teasing me Sakura!" Tomoyo pouted "But I think that he's going to be in the Fall Festival and at the Halloween ball"

"That's your chance 'Moyo." I smiled and I saw her eyes twinkle and her face blush. We spent the rest of the night talking about the ball and she showed me some beautiful designs for our gowns. Around midnight I walked her home and thought about the day again. It had been a strange one for certain, it wasn't everyday I paired up for two projects with someone as irritating as Syaoran let alone hold a conversation with him.

I just hope this doesn't mean things are changing.

"SAKURA GET UP!" Tomoyo yelled over the phone as I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. It was Saturday and my sleep had been disturbed by the constant sound of my ringtone.

" 'Moyo are you ok? It's like 9:00am?" I asked sleepily.

"Kari's having a masquerade party tonight and Eriol is going to be there!" Tomoyo rush-whispered.

"You know we are going to need invites, as in solid fancy invitations." I murmured as I went to the bathroom and started brushing my teeth.

"Ok, so you remember Chiharu from the A.V club? She got a hold of an invitation and with the help of Naoko from the newspaper club and her printer she was able to print some out." Tomoyo explained.

"How'd Chiharu get it?"

"She friends with Rika, who's friends with Meiling Li who Got invited because Kari wants to be in her good side since she's going out with Syaoran." I rolled my eyes as I listened to her, girls were so dumb how was being on a cousin's good side going to help your relationship? But I kept my mouth shut and grunted in response. I finished brushing and finally answered her.

"So we really have to go to this damn thing tonight?" I grumbled.

"Yes! I can meet Eriol and have him meet me again at the Halloween ball. I'll reveal my identity to him them. Please Saku! I need you there for emotional support." She said in a soft tone and I could just imagine her blushing on the other side of the phone.

"Fine" I agreed "But I have nothing to wear."

"Don't worry I got it covered." She answered and we said our goodbyes. My mom or Sister wouldn't be around on a Saturday night so that wasn't going to be an issue. Tomoyo needed me for support and I wasn't going to disappoint.

After a day of cleaning, reading and cooking my sister left around 4 to her friends house and my mom simply walked out the house around 6 for a date I presumed from the amount of makeup and perfume she wore. Tomoyo showed up an hour later and we got ready together.

She wore a pale blue knee length dress that shimmered every time she moved and white open-toe stilettos. I was clad in an Emerald green high-low dress and black close-toed Mary Janes . Her mask was white with feathers sprouting from the left side and her hair was in a soft bun. My mask was black with green lace over it and my hair was made into curls and swept to the side. I barely recognized myself as I saw my reflection in the mirror of my room. Tomoyo smiled behind me and made a smart comment about me barely dressing up like a girl.

Tomoyo drove her car to Kari's house and we were amazed by the sight in front of us. Kari was super rich, so her mansion of a house looked like something pulled out straight out of Beverly Hills. You could see pink and purple flashing lights coming from inside and the hear the bass of the thumping music inside. There was even a line outside the house to get in. Tomoyo went straight up to the bouncer and handed him two gold invitations to which he just nodded and let us in.

She winked and pulled me along into the Mc Mansion. There were people everywhere, either standing or sitting at one of the many couches or making out in a corner. The bass was thumping some pop song while the DJ shouted something over it and flashing lights danced across the entire house. Everyone was wearing masks, dresses and button ups to my surprise since not everyone follows dress code when it came to masquerades.

"How do we find Eriol" I shouted over the music.

"Chiharu said he's wearing a blue mask he made." She explained.

Tomoyo was really into the music department at school, but she hanged around with the art and computer girls as well. She met Eriol in Art class two years ago and had a crush ever since.It's not like Tomoyo didn't have half the male population at the palm of her hand because she did, she was a total babe, with long grey/purple hair, bright amethyst eyes, and a small delicate frame that made her look almost like a porcelain doll. She was really just on the super shy side when it came to Eriol or anything related to him.

"Let's get drinks and check out the place." She suggested and pulled me along with her.

We made our way to the kitchen squishing through all the crowd of people and finally got to the drinks. I got myself a coke and gave Tomoyo a vodka and Sprite for liquid courage. We sipped on our drinks and walked around some more until we decided to split to try and find Eriol. Tomoyo headed up the stairs and I went outside for some fresh air, the air inside was intoxicating.

I gasped once I made it outside, the garden was covered in flowers and there was even a fountain and a hedge maze. Of course people were loitering around so I decided to lose myself in the maze since I really just wanted to get away from it all. I walked in and was amazed at how tall the hedges actually were, the were at least two feet taller than me. It wasn't long until I found myself completely lost in the giant maze. My phone buzzed and showed Tomoyo's picture.

"Hey, where are you?" Tomoyo yelled over the music in the background.

"The garden, how about you?" I asked.

"I'm on the second floor with Eriol, he just went to get us drinks so the plan is working." She yelled.

"Awesome have fun, byeeeee." I answered and hung up.I made one turn after the other and eventually found myself in a gazebo.

"Well at least I know I'm in the middle." I sighed and sat on the bench inside.

"Who's there?" A deep voice asked from the other side and I jumped in my seat. A guy emerged from the shadows that covered the other side and I stood up.

"I'm sorry I got kind of lost." I replied lamely thanking Tomoyo or making me wear the mask.

"It's ok, is just no one knows how to get here." He replied leaning against one of the pillars.

"But you do?" I questioned.

"Yeah, my girlfriend lives here so I learned my way here without her knowing. Well ex-girlfriend now." He answered and sighed deeply.

I took a good look at him and saw that it really was Syaoran just with a mask and his hair gelled back; everything else looked the same, amber eyes, toned arms and tanned skin.

"You and Kari broke up?" I asked timidly after a couple of minutes in silence.

"Yeah, it's really none of your business though." He replied harshly.

"I-I'm sorry I asked, you just seemed upset about it." I stammered and it was true, he looked tense and kept clenching and unclenching his hand plus his eyes looked darker than usual.

"No, it's fine" he sighed letting his hands fall "I'm just a little on edge, sorry."

"It's ok, I know you barely know me but I can listen to you rant if you want." I said.

"Yeah, so you can go tell the whole school." He answered angrily.

"The school doesn't even know I exist." I said rolling my eyes "only reason I'm even here is because my best friend dragged me, otherwise I'd be at home reading a book like always."

"Really? Reading? On a Saturday night?" He asked with curiosity.

"Yes reading" I laughed "it's like my own escape from reality, I literally get lost in the words and pages." I saw him looking at me strangely "I'm sorry, I'm probably boring you with all this book talk."

"No, it's ok you seemed happy when you talked about it." He smirked.

"I guess, so what's on your mind?" I asked

"You have to promise me you will not tell a soul! Not even your best friend." He said.

"I wasn't planning to." I jokingly rolled my eyes.

"Ok, well I was the one that broke things off with Kari." He said and my mouth went slack. He shook his head "I was just tired of her. She's empty, doesn't think of anyone but herself and her looks and I just don't think I can be with someone for appearances."

"Well, duh." I said with a smirk. "She's made my life a living hell since kindergarten, I could have told you that."

"Really? She's that bad?" He asked.

"Yes" I said bluntly and he stared at me suspiciously.

"Who are you by the way?"

"Isn't this the part I run away so you can never find my identity like Cinderella?" I said jokingly while taking off my mask.

"I'd Probably catch you before you-" he stopped mid-sentence as he saw my face.

"Kinomoto?"

"Umm, hi?" I waved awkwardly. "Sorry about yesterday too by the way, I'm just super blunt."

"What are you talking about?"

"Oh, when I called you a creep." I cringed mentally.

"Oh, yeah" he laughed. "It's fine, I mean it did sound kind of creepy. Is just I notice things."

"It's okay, I'm just not used to being noticed unless Is by someone like Kari, who only notice me to bully me." I explained.

"I can understand, before yesterday I don't think we have ever even spoken." He said bluntly. "Did you draw all the murals in Coach's new classroom?"

"I did, it's kind of my off-the-charts senior year project. Coach was the one that really put me up to it." I said slipping my mask back on and tying it back into place.

"Not bad." He said as he watched me get up from the bench. "Where are you going?"

"Someone's coming and I don't think it's a good idea for them to find us together on the same night you broke up with your super-popular obnoxious girlfriend." I answered. I noticed a second path to the hedge maze and took my exit without waiting for a reply. After a good 10 minutes I was finally back at the garden.

The party was in full swing once I got back inside and I noticed Tomoyo pressed up against Eriol dancing and laughing. I texted her to have fun and that I was grabbing a cab back home to not worry about me. I pushed my way outside and was waiting for my Uber when some jerk decided it was ok to try and hit one me.

"Heyyy there pretty thing" he slurred as he tried to walk up to me. I was literally standing on Kari's front lawn so I didn't see him as much of a threat. I ignored him and kept my head down looking at my phone, watching him with just my peripheral vision.

"Hey bitch, you deaf or something?" He yelled and I ignored him again praying for my uber to hurry and show up. He was suddenly next to me and yanked my arm harshly.

"What the fuck is your issue bitch? You think you better than me?" He yelled and I snapped.

"Leave me the hell alone, if I'm not interested, I ain't interested you douche." I snapped yanking my arm free.

"You little skan-" he started to say but someone had punched him mid-sentence.

I turned around to find Ruby eyes staring back at me and a mischievous smile form on her face.

So what did you guys think? Too long? Too short? Please let me know all your comments/questions and I'll try and answer them. Also I know high schools in Japan wear uniforms but I have a purpose for this so please bare with me.

Second chapter will be more eventful than this one I promise and should be up soon. Until then :3

-DarkAngel