Honey Roasted!
Chapter One: To be or not to be?
By: mad NUTZ
AN: This story is a bit long and may scare readers away, but please give it a chance!!
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Hi, my name is Kinomoto Sakura! Today is my first day of high school and my official debut! Back in junior high I was a real big fat nobody! I wasn't a nerd, but I wouldn't say I was very popular, with the boys anyway.
My best friend is Daidouji Tomoyo, she's really pretty! One of the prettiest girls in the whole city and can have her pick with almost any guy. However, the only guy she has eyes for is Hiiragizawa Eriol. Although, she has not confessed her feelings it's pretty darn obvious she likes him because he's the only guy she gets flustered around.
Last summer, with Tomoyo's help, I have decided to work on my body and make sure I was almost as pretty as Tomoyo, if not the same level. I was tired of the life of doing nothing and sitting on the sidelines admiring girls with the lives I wish I had. It was on the day of graduation that I vowed to have a high school romance, like the ones you read in the mangas! So, this is where my life begins as I walk onto campus with my new look!
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"Okay, take a deep breath Kinomoto! You've come too far to make yourself look pretty to turn back now. You are definitely going to be one of the prettiest girls here!" Sakura told herself in a whisper. As she had finally gathered the courage to set one foot onto school ground a glowing presence breezed past her.
What's that? She's so beautiful I'm about to go blind from her radiance! Sakura thought to herself as she stood there, her eyes wide with amazement. She had shoulder length black hair, the perfect almond shaped eyes, a small cute nose, and lips with the perfect shade of pink. Her jaw dropped cracking the concrete sidewalk as tears flooded from her eyes. I am nowhere near that pretty and it took me two hours this morning to put on makeup!! She continue to gaze at the teenage beauty, practically commanding the attention of the whole school yard. There goes my high school debut!!
After she snapped out of her stupor she went to go look for her friends. With all her hard work over the summer break she definitely need support and comfort from her friends.
"Hi Sakura. I have to confess my love for you." He said in a whisper, watching her leave as he has always gone unnoticed by her. Baka! Why can't you speak up? He scolded at himself. He had always been by her, although in reality they were a couple of a feet away he had always felt the distance between them grow. His middle and index finger pushed up his glasses as he entered another school year, alone.
"Calm down Sakura-chan! It's not the end of the world!!" Chiharu patted her on the back.
"That's right," Rika began in her always sweet voice, "your looks have improved! Although, I still feel you were just as pretty as before!"
"Un!" Naoko agreed with Rika as she put down the novel she was reading. "Besides, girls should concentrate on school! Not on boys!"
"Oh nonsense!" Tomoyo spoke as she draped an arm over her shoulder while a devilish grin appeared. "You can say 'No boys! Study! Study!' because you already have a boyfriend!"
"Tomoyo!!" Naoko squealed as her face turned tomato red. Noticing how nervous she had suddenly begun to act it only confirmed what Tomoyo had said.
"Naoko you have a boyfriend?" Sakura said in a bubbly manner.
"What does he look like?" Chiharu asked.
"I bet he's as smart as you, right??" Rika also began to gang up against Naoko.
"What? How did this turn into about me? We're suppose to be comforting Sakura!"
"Oh, I'm young! I'll get over it!" Sakura giggled along with the rest of her friends.
"Here it is!!" Tomoyo, in her stealth mode, was able to take the note hidden in her novel when Naoko was distracted from the other girls. The small piece of paper hung loosely between her index finger and thumb. Naoko jumped out of her seat.
"How did you--?"
"Don't think I never notice that receive letters in your locker! I see AND know all!" Tomoyo giggled as a digital video camera appeared out of thin air. "I am Super Tomoyo! The Great Detective!!"
"Yay! Super Tomoyo! The Great Detective!!" Chiharu, Rika, and Sakura said in unison.
"Give that back!" Naoko demanded.
"Guess what girls? Instead of the standard love letters boys usually write, he gives her sonnets!" Tomoyo teased as Naoko ran after her.
"Uwa!!" The three girls, once again squealed in unison.
"How very romantic!" Chiharu sighed with her eyes being replaced by big red hearts.
"Something a very intelligent person would do! Just like I suspected!" Rika gleamed with happiness for her friend. While Sakura giggled in the comical display her friends demonstrated. Although, she didn't get the high school debut she had wanted at least she still had her friends with her. That meant more to her than being popular with boys. Like Naoko has always said, there will always be a time for boys but for now she'll just stick to her current life.
A pair of brown eyes stared from the corner of his eyes at Sakura. He sighed once more, thinking back to his pathetic attempt earlier that morning. A piece of paper suddenly flew at his face at such a speed that it almost knocked his glasses off. He readjusted it again as he opened up with piece of paper. It read....
Like what you see? Don't worry! I'll help for free, no need to ask! D
Eh? Someone noticed me staring at Sakura? That must mean.... Who could it be? He turned his head and began to scan the classroom for anyone who looked suspicious. His eyes continued to look around until he thought he saw something familiar. A group of boys huddled around a desk of a girl. That's right! He finally realized that she was the same girl that was next to Sakura earlier that morning. But, there was something more than that that seemed familiar. Suddenly, she stared back straight into his eyes and gave him the most mischievous grin.
He quickly turned his back to face the front of the classroom once more. No! He screamed in his head. This cannot be happening! His jaw dropped and fell through the desk as he realizes that he knows who that girl is. She is.... she is... that is.... she is his worst nightmare!
"All right! All right, settle down class! My name is Terada, and I will be your sensei this year. It is time for roll call. Ano Mizuki?"
"Hai!"
"Anota Sano?"
"Haaaiiii!"
The roll call continued as Sakura stared at the girl who sat two rows ahead of her. The short, raven colored hair that stole the attention, and maybe even hearts, of many students today. Even how she sat was very delicate and proper, while Sakura was hunched over her desk. What a waste of time! Thinking about all the fun things she could have been doing instead of exercising, going on crazy diets, wasting her allowance on beauty products. She could have been on the beach having a blast with her friends.
"Kinomoto? Kinomoto?!"
Sakura felt a jolt as Tomoyo kicked the back of her seat.
"Tomoyo?!" She whined.
"Kinomoto Sakura is ab--"
"H-Hai!" Sakura jumped out of her seat. Terada-sensei shook his head.
"Kinomoto, it's only the first day and already you're falling asleep!" The students in her class giggled as she began to feel embarrassed.
"G-Gomen!" She said apologizing and bowing at the same time.
"I understand, you're already use to your summer break schedule. Try to get more sleep, okay?" Terada-sensei smiled as she nodded enthusiastically.
"Terada-sensei is very understanding and nice, don't you think?" Rika whispered to Sakura.
"Un!" She nodded in agreement. Rika also smiled as she went back to staring at Terada. Sakura tilted her head as she looked at Rika for another moment. It was unusual for her to be so interested in roll call. Maybe she has a crush on the teacher! Sakura laughed to herself as she realized how ridiculous that is. A teacher-student affair in a small town such as Tomeoda? Unheard of.
"Li Meiling?"
"Hai!" The whole class fell to silence as the class idol took center stage. Even the back of her head is very blinding! Sakura sighed that a person who is as perfect as her really existed. All those times she looked at magazine covers of models and told herself it was all airbrush, she felt lame as she realized how much in self denial she was in. Beauty is skin deep, my ass!
"Li Syoaran?"
The class once again fell silent. This boy had the same last name as that beautiful girl, surely he had to be just as gorgeous. It felt as time had slowed down as everyone eagerly waited and tried to find out just who this boy was, and if they were really related.
"H-Hai..." he said in a low voice. Sakura eyes were wide open as she looked at this awkward looking boy. True, he is tall, but that is about the only flattering feature of his. As he stood he was slouching over a bit, hair combed into what resembled a mushroom, and glasses that could have been carved out from the bottom of bottles. They could NOT be related!! The whole class was thinking the same as Sakura as they all had the same perplexed expression.
"Ah," Terada-sensei began, "you two have the same last name! Could it be that you two are related?"
The boy said nothing. He stood there quietly secretly hoping that people would just stop staring at him. You could hear Meiling snicker as she lowered her head in disappointment.
"Hai sensei! Syoaran is my cousin!"
"Uwa!!" The class said in amazement. However, Sakura stared at him trying to figure out where she had seen him.
"Li-kun is HER cousin?! How exciting!!" Tomoyo smiled from ear to ear as she whipped out her camera.
"Li-kun? You know him?"
"Nani? We have always had classes on and off during junior high school with him!"
"Really?" Sakura asked, squinting at him trying to see if there was some resemblance to someone she knew, but she just could not find anything. "I don't really remember!"
"You're so heartless Sakura-chan! He gave us his umbrella one day after school when it was raining really hard. Remember when we bought movie tickets to the early show?"
"Hoe?"
"I even heard from one of the janitors that he stood there waiting for the rain to stop but it never did. Two hours later he just left and walked home in the rain. Then the following day he was too sick to show up for school."
Sakura felt a bit guilty as he sat there, nervously looking down at his desk. Everyone was staring at him. Even she didn't notice him at one point! To have people to stare at you all of a sudden must be very difficult.
"Terada-sensei!" Sakura suddenly stood up and slapping her hands on his desk, getting attention from the whole entire class. Meiling had a devious grin as she realized what Sakura was REALLY doing. How thoughtful! She thought to herself sarcastically. This may be easier than I thought!
"Yes, Kinomoto?"
"We should continue homeroom before we lose valuable time for our other uncompleted objectives."
"Yes, you are right! Okay, Mihara Chiharu?"
"Hai!"
Sakura leaned in on her desk as she stared at Li. Tomoyo is familiar with him, enough to call him Li-kun. However, how come I don't remember that rainy day? Oh well, at least I will remember his name from now on.
Tomoyo looked through the lens of her camera as she noticed the look in Sakura's eyes. Ahh! Tomoyo thought as a plan began to develop in her mind. This year will definitely be interesting! "Heh heh heh....."
"Stop laughing like that! You are very scary when you do...." Chiharu had started to say something but immediately stopped when she noticed how evil Tomoyo's face looked. Oh, no.... She shook her head knowing what that look meant.
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"I love P.E. class!" Sakura cheered as she walked onto the gymnasium floor. Her other friends on the other hand groaned.
"Ahh! It's so hot!" Chiharu complained.
"I don't like sweating! My clothes get all sticky!!" Tomoyo tried fanning herself.
"I rather be reading!" Naoko added in.
"And these shorts are TOO short!" Rika blushed trying to cover herself.
"Aww, c'mon guys! Liven up! This is the only class where we could play sports!" Sakura said with that stupid happy-go-lucky grin that her friends hated.
"Whatever," the each of them muttered as they tried to look for an empty spot by the wall. Since, it was the first day of school the P.E. teacher let them do whatever they wanted.
Li watched Sakura from a distance. She's always so happy. he thought. He shook his head, getting himself out of the trance she had always put him under without any effort. Li was holding a pile of towels as he always did in Junior High. Sighing once more, realizing the fact even more that a girl like Sakura would never be interested in him.
"What are you doing?!" Li looked up as he suddenly felt this familiar pain in his chest and tension all over his body. And that feeling is what describes fear.
"Eh?" He took a step back as Meiling went up into his face. She stood with her arms akimbo and a fierce look in her eyes. They were as red as fire, but even more dangerous.
"Look at you!" She seemed to be really upset with him. "Why do you look like such a loser?!" She fumed. Meiling extended her arm as her index finger pointed at the pile of towels he was carrying. "Why are you so timid and, and, you are so irritating!" Li stood there unaffected by her words as he was already use to it from being bullied in Junior High. He remembered that month as if it happened yesterday. Oddly enough, one day they just stopped bothering him.
"Then don't talk to me!" It was Li who was now getting irritated by her presence but still feared her.
"What?!" She was taken aback for a moment as it seemed unlike him to stand up to her.
"I mean.... that is....." Meiling got upset once again as he went back to that "soft" type of a guy. As she walked passed him she knocked over the neatly folded towels he was holding to the ground.
"You're a Li! Start acting like one!" She snapped as she walked over to play with the other students.
Baka! He yelled at himself. Bending down to pick up all the towels he felt so much anger building up in him. Why can't you stand up to her? Why are you afraid of her so much?? But she's so scary...!!
"Let me help you!" Li looked up to see an angel standing before him. He held his breath as he looked into her glowing green eyes, and if it were possible his heart had stopped completely.
"Ah... umm...." Li fumbled with his words, or should I say lack of words? Sakura picked up the rest of the towels and handed it to him.
"You're cousin seemed very upset with you." Li didn't say anything, but continued to look at the ground. Sakura thought it was odd that he wouldn't say anything in reply. Maybe he's just shy. "Ah, we never really talked in Junior High so I thought maybe it would be nice if we could reintroduce ourselves!" Sakura extended her hand. "Hi! My name is Kinomoto Sakura, but everyone in class calls me Sakura-chan or Saku-chan!"
Li just stood there, averting her eyes. He knew if he stared at her the fact that he liked her would become very obvious. His heart regained a pulse but was now beating uncontrollably as if it were in an olympic race. Sakura felt awkward leaving her hand out for so long. To her it looked as if he were a statue.
"Li?"
"Don't talk to me!" He turned and walked away as he went into the boy's locker room.
"Hoe?!" Was all Sakura could manage. This guy is nothing like his cousin!! Sure, he wasn't the best looking guy but she thought he would be a little more friendly if she was the one to approach him. Sakura turned back around and saw Meiling. Although she was mean to him and has a bit of an attitude with everyone, she's still very friendly with everyone. She was the type of person that even though she's hard on the surface she's soft on the inside.
"Hey! Sakura come back over here!!" Tomoyo yelled from across the gym.
"Hai!" She ran over towards her friends, forgetting what had happened between her and Li.
"Baka!" He yelled at himself. (He does that quite often doesn't he?) Don't talk to me! His words echoed throughout his mind and felt a pain in his chest as if each echo stabbed him there. I am so hopeless! She must hate me now!
Amidst his thoughts a figure began to emerge from the shadows. Li stopped in his tracks as he could only notice the bat in his hands.
"Hey there Li," his voice was low and sadistic. "I've been waiting for you..."
"F-for me??" Without really noticing himself, Li dropped the towels on the locker room floor and began to back away. Oh no! He thought to himself as his short period of beatings in Junior High reappeared in his mind. This is just like before!
"Where do you think you're going?!" The figure's hand quickly grabbed Li's wrist in a firm grip. "You ain't going nowhere!!"
No! Li thought about all the beatings and the anger from his cousin all began to build up within him. No... not again! With no thought in his mind Li merely acted as his right hand swung at the shadowed figure.
SMACK!
"Ouch!" Suddenly the lights in the room turned on and Li seemed confused more than ever. The once shadowy figure was now rubbing his cheek as three other boys emerged from behind the lockers laughing and chuckling.
"Hey, don't worry!" one of the guys said.
"We weren't really going to hurt you! It was Takashi-kun's idea here to play a bit of a joke on you!" Li looked mortified as he looked at Takashi who had a goofy smile on his face.
"G-Gomen Li! I just thought it would be funny!"
"And it was!" Another guy said as he laughed.
"That was a good hit though!" This boy in particular got really friendly and draped his arm over his shoulder. "Ah, let's introduce ourselves! My name is Anota Sano! I'm also in your class 1-A"
"And I am Siniichi Hikari from class 1-B!"
"Yo, Manozuki Tendou also from 1-B." He said while picking up the injured party off the floor. "And you know this guy already!"
"Yamazaki Takashi, also from 1-A!"
"I-I don't understand." Li was majorly confused as to their motives for being friendly with him. "Why are all of you... why did all of you do this?"
"Because," Sano began, letting his arm fall from his shoulders. "You are Meiling's cousin!"
"It's not what you think, though!" Takashi spoke up. "We all once shared a class together, do you remember?" Li nodded hesitantly as their motives became clear. They just want to get close to Meiling, that's all. Of course nobody wanted to be his friend.
"Back in Junior High you would sometimes stay after school and practice basket ball," Hikari began, "I saw you one day after detention. You were amazing!"
"Eh?" Li became embarrassed not realizing he was always being watched. The majority of his life he has been trying to disappear, not to be noticed by everyone. For some reason, he would always become self conscious when he knew people were looking, afraid of being laughed at. And now this revelation made him realize that all his efforts have gone to waste. That even though he tried so hard to become invisible he stuck out like a sore thumb.
"But," Tendou began, "you were always so quiet. That made it impossible to approach you. But after finding out Meiling's your cousin, who is very friendly, and seeing how you interacted with each other just now.... Well, we figured that you were just shy."
"Did you have to scare me?" Li was so serious but that only made the guys laugh even more. His seriousness contrasted with their carefree attitude.
"G-Gomen Li!!" Takashi said once more. "But we would like for you to join the Tomeoda High School Basketball team!"
"Hai!" Sano also added. "This school has never won anything for a very long time! But with Takashi, Hikari, Tendou, Me, and you; we'll be unstoppable!"
"I don't know..." Li readjusted his glasses with his index finger. "I'm not exactly fit for that type of sport."
"Oh c'mon Li! Don't be so modest! I also saw you and you're not even human they way you play!" Takashi cheered. "Besides, this is high school! It should be the best time of a young guy's life, you know? Besides, being part of the team will also mean being part of our family!"
"That's right!" The fours boys stood next to each other as Li could really sense the unity shared between them. Sano smiled and stepped forward putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Even if you decide not to join our team you could still be part of our family!" The four boys said their good byes as they went back out to play sports with their other classmates.
Li stood there contemplating what had happened just now. Being part of a family? he asked himself if that was what he really wanted. After all he already has a family but spending his high school years with friends would probably make it all the more enjoyable. And what about the team? Joining it, what would that mean? Thinking more into it he concluded he would be more confident in himself if he were to be part of the basketball team. But the real question is, would he have enough time for it? He barely had enough time for studying, to add basketball to it would be too much.
Gaining enough confidence... maybe then I will have enough courage to confess to her...
The whistle blew as it signified the end of P.E.
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The bell rang.
"Thank God!!" Chiharu sighed. She leaned against her locker obviously worn out from the first day of school. "Although, we didn't do much it was all still very tiring."
"I enjoyed it very much!" Rika was even more happy than usual. Sakura also noticed how she had also been smiling all throughout the class. Could it...? What are you thinking? That's impossible! Sakura shook her head as Tomoyo started to talk to her.
"But wasn't it interesting to find out the Syoaran and Meiling are related?" Tomoyo still had that "evil plot brewing in mind" expression. Which made the girls all the more suspicious of her. With that in mind they individually decided not to hang out with her today.
"Well, I gotta go home and finish reading this book!" Naoko quickly ran off. "Ja ne!!"
"But--" Tomoyo started but Naoko surprisingly ran off at an incredible speed. "What about you guys?"
"I have to babysit my brother!" Chiharu stated.
"What brother?" Tomoyo asked.
"And I have too many chores!" Rika quickly said as she and Chiharu ran off leaving a poor and defenseless Sakura with Tomoyo. Tomoyo was very pretty and sweet but there are times when she can also be very scary.
"Just you and me today then!"
"Uh..." Think of something quick Sakura!! She was beginning to panic. Whenever Tomoyo has that look something bad always come from it. "Look! Hiiragizawa-sempai!"
"W-Where?!" Tomoyo looked with her eyes full of love. "Sempai!! Oro? Sempai is not---" By the time she realized Sakura had lied she had already ran off and disappeared into the distance. "Ai-ya!! There's nothing to do now! Oh well!!" she quickly recovered as her digital video camera once again reappeared out of nowhere.
"Phew! That was close!" Sakura huffed and puffed, trying to regain her breath. She looked back at the high school and smiled. She felt that today was very fun and exciting like Tomoyo had said. Sakura wished the rest of the school year would be just as fun and exciting every single day. Then, for some reason, Li came into her mind. Don't talk to me! Remembering that she felt maybe today wasn't as good as she thought it was. As she started to walk home Li appeared in front of her.
"Speak of the devil." she said to herself. Maybe this was her chance to get better acquainted like she had originally planned. And this time she won't let him run off like that again. Sakura raised her hand as she was about to wave and call him over, but he looked like he was in a rush as she glanced at his watch and began to run.
"Eh? Where is he off to?" Tomoyo's evil grin appeared in her face. Somehow, it was encouraging her to run after him and see where he is running off to. Isn't spying bad? she thought to herself. Baka!! The image Tomoyo had hit her on her head. Thinking how her best friend's bad habits were rubbing off on her Sakura decided to run after him after all.
Ten minutes later....
"Ai-ya!!" Sakura stopped as she tried to catch her breath from running so long and fast. "Who knew he had such good endurance?" After regaining some energy she looked up and found that he had completely disappeared. "Darn!" All that running had been in vain. Sakura looked around her surroundings trying to figure out what part of town she was in.
Her eyes were the stopped at this huge place that was two stories high and took up half the block. Oh yeah! She thought realizing what this place was. It was the Sunset Bath House and Restaurant. One side was the bathing area and the other half was the dining area. This place has always had good reviews and also rumored to have very handsome male employees. Sakura had always wanted to go here but never had any money.
Just then her eyes lit up as the sign "Now Hiring! Inquire inside!" hung behind one of the windows. This is great! I really do need a job anyway!" Sakura crossed the street and felt overjoyed that she would finally be able to enter this famous establishment. Her eyes grew even wider as she noticed how cozy the inside felt but it was also very busy at the same time. Customers from the right side wearing the robes were escorted to the other side for dinner and what not.
"Uwa!" Sakura said in amazement still amazed and very excited all at once.
"Sakura-chan?" A deep voice called from behind the counter.
"Eh?" That voice sounds so familiar! Sakura turned and saw a familiar pleasant smile. He leaned in over the counter as he motioned for her to come over. She happily ran over towards him.
"Hiiragizawa-sempai! I had no idea you worked here!!"
"Hai! But please stop calling me by last name and sempai! I feel older than I really am, please just call me Eriol!"
"Hai! Eriol-sempai!" He sweat-dropped thinking that was close enough.
"Oh, so how was the first day of high school? Was it everything you expected?"
"Hai!" Sakura nodded enthusiastically. "It was very fun and exciting!" Eriol smiled as he thought how adorable she was. "But Eriol-sempai, how do you work and play sports in school? Isn't that too much for a student?"
"Mmm-hmm. I work with my cousin so it isn't so hard. But since I am a senior I have to concentrate on studying and college entrance exams. So this year my Auntie finally decided to hire people outside the family. Oh, is that why you're here Sakura-chan?" Sakura nodded thinking how very smart Eriol-sempai was very concluding that.
"Hey, Eriol! Quit being lazy and help me!" A angry voice emerged from the back.
"Ah, is that voice from your cousin that mentioned earlier?"
"Mmm-hmm. He's cranky and serious all the time! But very shy and quiet other times!"
"That's a very strange mix!" Sakura giggled trying to imagine what kind of person he was.
"Didn't you hear me?!" He growled as appeared from the back. He was wearing an apron and holding a bucket full of dirty dishes. "I said I need---" He stopped in the middle of his sentence when he saw Sakura. "help. I need help." He finished his voice now calmer than before.
And Sakura was staring at him as well. He had unruly dark brown hair and dark chocolate brown eyes. Was he one of the handsome employees that she heard of from so many other girls? He was also very tall, maybe even taller then Eriol-sempai!
"Yeah yeah!" Eriol said, annoyed from his cousin's nagging nature. "Ah Sakura-chan this is my cousin Shao-Lang, and this is Sakura-chan!"
"Nice to meet you!" Sakura greeted. He however stood there in shock. He opened his mouth but could not speak.
CRASH
"Shao-Lang! What's wrong with you?" Eriol asked helping him pick up the now broken dishes. His face was burning with embarrassment and kept dropping everything in sight.
"Shao-Lang!" Eriol yelled. He looked at him in a confused manner. I have never seen him so flustered at work before. Sure I always knew how antisocial he was at school, but at work he is always very serious and focused. Could it be? Eriol's gaze feel onto Sakura who was now trying to help pick up the broken dishes.
"Let me help!"
"No! I don't need your help!" Shao-Lang growled at her. She was shocked at what force he said that in, so mean! Don't talk to me! For some reason what Li said to her in P.E. class popped up into her head. It couldn't be?? Their reaction, their voice, that same force, it was almost identical. Sakura looked down at him as he tried to clean up the mess he had made.
"G-Gomen!" He finally spoke. "I didn't mean to..." He looked up into her eyes and found that he could not stop staring. This feeling, this feeling he had was so overwhelming. It frightened him more than Meiling.
"What's going on here?" A woman with long black hair appeared from the back.
Uwa!! So beautiful!! Sakura thought amazed by her radiance.
"Auntie Yelan, something's wrong with Shao-Lang! He keeps breaking everything and was even very rude to my friend, Sakura-chan!" Eriol grinned devilishly at his cousin who was now glaring back at him.
"Shao-Lang!" He stood up very quickly.
"Yes mother?"
"Apologize to this young lady this instance!"
"G-Gomen Kinomoto-san."
"It's okay." Kinomoto-san? She thought and asked herself if Eriol-sempai had ever mentioned her last name. Sakura looked up to see if they somehow knew each other. He, however, didn't look into her eyes. Just like Li in P.E. when she spoke to him he would not look at her in the eyes.
"Now, hurry and clean up this mess!"
"Hai!" Shao-Lang bent over and picked up all the broken pieces.
"Auntie, Sakura-chan is here to apply for my spot."
"Ah? Really?" She quickly changed from being stern to eternally sweet. Sakura found it quite strange. "Do you have any experience?"
"N-No. I have never worked before." Sakura became embarrassed as she realized how foolish it was for her to think she could work here. After all, it has a very high reputation.
"That does present a problem! Eriol, do you highly recommend this friend of yours?"
"Hai!" Eriol replied without hesitation.
"Then it's settled! Starting today you're hired. Since Eriol will be very busy this year we need someone to take his place! Me being such a picky woman I didn't like any other applicants. So, today Eriol and my son will show you around and how to do everything! Bye bye, have fun!" And just like that Sakura was hired and the woman disappeared back into the other room.
"Eriol-sempai, was that right of you? What if I am bad?"
"Don't worry, you'll be fine! Besides my cousin will take VERY good care of you when I am gone!" Sakura look at Shao-Lang, and he stared at her as they both blushed from Eriol's implications.
AN: Holy cow Batman! That was so long!!! Too long so I just ended it right there. Tell me how it is! R & R
And please read my other story Look Smart.