Disclaimer: I do not own anything in this chapter except for the plot.

Summary:

(AU)
Sakura had always been one of the boys.
She's not a lesbian, but the guys seem to treat her like she was.
It's all high-fives and punches in the air. And she knew all their secrets and love interests.

So, there's nothing wrong with the new guy falling for her unique personality. Right?

FALLING LIKE A GIRL

"Where do I belong forever?
In whose arms? The time? And place?"
- My World by Avril Lavigne

Chapter One

Her hips moved rhythmically as she walked down the noisy hallway of the university's Engineering building. Her long auburn hair swayed gracefully, a few strands flying over her porcelain skin.

A loud whistle echoed from the set of tables and chairs in front of the stairs at the end of the hall. Sakura Kinomoto turned her head with gleaming, emerald-green eyes. "Hey, jackasses," she greeted the group of noisy people at the table.

The men laughed loudly. One of them stood up and approached her.

"It's not nice to call your senpai jackasses you know." A man with dark-brown hair placed an arm around her neck and started ruffling Sakura's glamorous hair.

"Ya-ma-za-ki-senpai!" Sakura exclaimed with a grin on her face. "Don't you know that girls hate it when you ruin their nicely groomed hair-do's?!" She tried to stop the hand that continued to mess up what she was trying to fix.

"Thing is, I'm not even sure if you're a girl," remarked another guy with raven hair. Eriol Hiiragizawa had these wise-looking glasses that brought out his sapphire-blue eyes. Anyone who knew him would say that it was just one of his props to fool the naive, female population.

Loud taunts echoed from the tables.

"Of course I am!" she replied with a wider grin as she and Takashi Yamazaki walked towards the noisy group. "Otherwise I wouldn't be this sexy and adorable now would I?" She was obviously being playful.

They all laughed at Sakura's own comment about herself, some of them even clapping a few times.

"That's our girl!" Eriol exclaimed as he held out a fist to the auburn-haired beauty, who punched it slightly with her own.

"So," the one with pitch-black hair started. Rai Mikage's the most gorgeous of all the men hanging out at the place – according to more than half of the female population. His eyes were hazel-brown in color and his hair was falling freely on his face, which he usually pushes back making him look, if possible, even sexier. "Shifting next year?" he asked after they'd all settled down from the usual morning greeting to their "only girl".

Sakura shook her head. "Not a chance!" She laid her back on the long bench's back rest and let out a sigh. "I barely passed Calculus 1 you know. And besides, I'm already attached to you ME (Mechanical Engineering) guys." She grinned again.

Takashi had his teasing face on. "'Attached' you say. It's just because you don't get along with the other girls isn't it?" His eyebrows were moving in all possible directions. He was pretty sure he'd hit a nerve or two.

"You look like a maniac, senpai," Sakura told him boldly as she stared at him with apathetic eyes. She sounded a little cold, but the guys knew she was just returning the favor.

"Oh you mean when I do this?" he replied and exaggerated the movement of his eyebrows even more.

Sakura and the others laughed.

"Uh… Excuse me?" a voice interrupted the little commotion.

All heads turned to whoever was the owner of the new voice, some, even raising their eyebrows.

"What can we do for you?" Eriol was the one who asked. He flashed the guy a friendly smile.

The guy smiled in return. His messy, chestnut-brown hair covered a part of his fierce, amber eyes. "I was told to go here to get an excuse letter for the freshmen orientation tomorrow," he replied.

Sakura stood up with an "Oh," and walked towards her personal locker near the long bench she was sitting on a few seconds ago. "Do you know other people who need them?" she asked as she continued on searching her not-so-clean locker.

The guy shook his head. "No. My sister just asked me to get one for her."

"Sister?" Seichi Okina, a half-American, half-Japanese guy with blonde hair and raven eyes echoed. "You mean you're not a freshman?" Anyone could see that he was obviously taking an interest on the new guy.

Again, he shook his head. "I'm actually in my second year here."

"Oh, same as Sakura then," Rai inserted a useless remark. It seemed kind obvious that the "Sakura" he referred to was the only girl present.

"What course?" Seichi questioned him.

"Mechanical Engi-" the guy replied until he was cut off by Sakura's voice.

"Found it!" she exclaimed as she handed him a piece of paper. "Bummer, I thought I could get off handing them all out if you knew who needed them," she told him. "Oh, and careful, I think Okina-senpai likes you," she added in a lower voice, her head pointing who Seichi was.

The guy was slightly taken aback. "Eh? Is he gay or something?" he asked in the same low tone.

Sakura shook her head. "Nah. He just has this weird hobby of obsessing over anything and anyone that's cute," she explained. "Hey, you should take it as a compliment. It means you're cute."

"What are you two whispering about?" Seichi interrogated mischievously.

"Nothing," Sakura replied with an innocent smile. "Oh by the way, I'm Kinomoto Sakura. And you are?" She stuck her hand out for a friendly shake.

"Li Syaoran," the guy replied, taking her hand.

"He's in second year too, Sakura. Mech. Engg.," Rai informed her.

"Really?" Sakura exclaimed. "That's great! Now, I can ask you for help. Since senpai-tachi are all kinda useless."

Eriol's eyebrow quirked. "What do you mean useless?!" he replied acting as if offended by Sakura's words.

"That one's Hiiragizawa Eriol," Sakura introduced him instead. "Don't be fooled by his glasses, he's way opposite that wise-look he's desperately trying to establish." She received a playful glare from the latter.

"The tall one's Mikage Rai. He's…" For a minute, she looked thoughtful. "Okay, I don't have anything to insult him with." She flashed Rai a mischievous grin. "Yet."

"Well, you know Okina Seichi." Sakura sent Syaoran a meaningful look. "And then there's Yamazaki Takashi." She gestured over the only remaining member present at the table. "He's… Well, he's the weirdest."

Takashi grinned when Syaoran gave him a wondering look.

"Don't ask. I wouldn't even know where to start."

Syaoran nodded at Sakura's plain answer. "Well, I better get going. It's nice meeting you guys. You're all M.E. students, right?"

They all affirmed it one way or the other.

"You can hang out here whenever you want," Rai told him. "And you can bring your sister too."

"Hey, Rai's interested. Don't bring her here, you hear me?" Eriol remarked as he dodges a pencil thrown his way. "But you're always welcome here."

"Thanks." Syaoran waved a hand as he walked away.

A few seconds after Syaoran left, Sakura turned to Rai and grinned again. "Hey Mikage-senpai, you've got some competition there." She placed her head on one hand. "That guy was one of the so-called 'hotties' around campus."

"Ooh… That's interesting," Seichi remarked with his mischievous face on.

The others gave a crept-out stare. "Gross man! Quit it!" It had always been their expression whenever the "weirdo" was in his obsessed mode.

"Sometimes I wonder if you're really a straight guy. Or are you bi-sexual?" Takashi dodged the notebook thrown at him. "I don't know why we even put up with you!" He laughed as he dodged another notebook.

Sakura laughed her head off at the little exhibition. She sighed and stretched out her arms before resting them on the backrest again. "I really couldn't blame him." She glanced at Seichi. "That Syaoran's cute."

A/N: I know I know, what a boring chapter, it's so plain and ordinary... Hope you still like it though.

I don't think this one's gonna be serious. I just thought of my sister and poof! I hope the plot's gonna make sense though. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed it.

Oh, and NO FLAMES please. Of course, constructive criticisms are always welcome.