Author's Note: Happy Chinese New Year to all who celebrate it! Gong Hei Fat Choy to the Cantonese people, and Gong Xi Fa Cai to the Mandarin! I would ask my other friends for sayings in Vietnamese, Japanese, and Korean, but unfortunately, I didn't get the chance. -.-;;
I plan on this being a short fic, perhaps three or four chapters at most.
Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura.
Switched Valentines
By: Wings of Jade
Chapter 1: The Valentine Planners
"Good morning, students and teachers of Takashi Collegiate Institute! First off, remember to come to the annual Valentine's dance, happening this Friday, in the cafeteria! You wouldn't want to miss that! Tickets are only 500 yen each, so remember to buy yours today! Also, remember that today is Lunar New Year, so happy new year to all celebrating it! The photography club will be meeting today at lunch in room 205, that's room 2-0-5, please do not forget that! The fund-raiser councilfor the school are selling tickets to the school play, happening next Thursday! I hear that their production of the play Twelfth Night is amazing! And lastly, before I go, the athletic council is raising money for team jerseys for the basketball players! And since Valentine's day is approaching, what better way to raise cash than to sell Secret Valentines! Yup,you can buy one valentine for 50 yen - and that's only 50 yen - and the athletic council will include a rose, a card which you can personalize, and a delectable chocolate bar! Sounds incredibly sweet for a secret crush, doesn't it? Well, if you're tempted, come down during lunch break to get yours! Only 50 yen! Well, that's all for your announcements today, Takashi, have a great day!"
The P.A. system line went dead. The students heard a faint click as the switch was flicked to shut it off. Terada-sensei coughed, trying to get the students' attention. Obviously, they were extremely excited at the prospect of so many things to try out- a dance, a play, and Secret Valentines - the class was usually a-buzz right after announcements.
"Class! Can I have your attention now please? Even though there is obvious interest in, ah, the events mentioned in the announcement, please remember that you are still in school, and you must still follow the teacher. QUIET!" The class fell silent. "Arigatou," growled Terada-sensei. "Now we shall begin our lesson."
Li Syaoran smirked. It was always like this, every single morning - Terada-sensei could teach, but he couldn't control the amount of excitement at a mere school event. He hadn't exactly paid attention to any of the events the announcer had announced, except for the last one - the Secret Valentines. He did play soccer and some other sports occasionally, so of course he would do something to support the athletic council. Also, it would be a perfect time to give a valentine to the girl he admired - Kinomoto Hana.
Hana was a cool, quiet, and extremely pretty girl in his class, and with her long, curly blonde hair, amazing brown eyes and irresistible character, she was hard not to like. Syaoran had had his amber eyes on her forever. Now would probably be the best time to...express his feelings.
Of course, she said 'Hi' from time to time, but never really got to know him. Now, you will get to know me better. With that in mind, he paid less attention to Terada-sensei than ever, and his thoughts - and eyes - were on his blonde-haired beauty.
Secret Valentines, huh? Sakura's eyes wandered over to him - the incredibly gorgeous hunk she had liked ever since grade 9, Li Kanaye. (A.N.: mwahahahaha! Notice something...similar yet?) Jock, 78 average student, incredibly nice towards girls - girls practically dreamt about him. Not excluding Sakura. Ah yes, there were people like that. Seemingly...perfect. Should I give him one...? She was the type of person that gave valentines to her friends for fun every year, but never gave it to a guy before, unless he was her friend. Friend. But she was absolutely sure that Kanaye was the one, and she mused over the prospect of sending him a valentine.
Should I? ...well, he might get scared that it's me...so I'll just make it anonymous! Yeah!Just this once. And who knows, maybe he might feel the same way and not know it.
"Secret Valentines over here!" a girl with many pimples and a jean outfit called out. "Secret Valentines over here! Get your valentines today for an admired one!"
Syaoran fought his way up front, pushing and shoving various people out of the way in order to do so. "How much?" he said gruffly. It wasn't often that he bought anything so...girly. The pimple-y girl's mouth dropped open. "Oh my god, Li Syaoran's buying a Secret Valentine?" she teased. "Oh my god, is it for me?"
"Dream on, ugly cow," muttered Syaoran under his breath, but plastered a smile onto his face. "How much is one valentine?"
"50 yen," replied the girl. "But of course, if you send it to me, I can give you a discount." She winked at him. Syaoran's lip curled up in disgust.
"I'd rather buy it," said Syaoran coldly. He tossed her a bill, and embarrassed, the girl handed him a card taped to a rose and chocolate bar. Syaoran grabbed a pen and wrote, in neat characters (which is strange for him):
Kinomoto-san,
I don't know if you know me, but I certainly know you. NO, I AM NOT A STALKER! I happen to really admire you, and I think you are a really nice girl, and you deserve a guy who likes you. However, I really don't know how you would react to this, so I was just thinking - would you meet me under the peach tree on Valentine's Day at lunch, and get to see who I am? I really don't want to draw attention to myself, but if you are intrigued, and if you are looking for a guy who would seriously care for you, then remember to come.
Sincerely,
Anonymous
Syaoran put the pen down. This has got to be the corniest thing I have ever written, he thought grimly. However, he felt satisfied, though it sounded like something an incredibly stupid amateur would write. But, he really thought Hana was worthy of it, and he sealed the card and presented it to the girl with the pimples.
"You're finished?"
"Hai."
"Can you please write the locker number of the girl you wish to deliver this to?"
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Oh, fine." He took out his pen again, but paused for a moment - What was her locker number again? 169...or was it 691? 169...or 691...
"Uh...hello?"
"Nani!" snapped Syaoran.
"Can you write down the locker number?" Ugh, which one is it? Quickly, he scribbled down 169 as the locker number and thrust the valentine into the girl's hands, shoved his own hands into his pockets, and walked away. The girl glanced at the locker number.
"Nani! It's not mine!" (A.N.: Sorry for the pointless notes, but as you can clearly see here, this pimple girl is one of Syaoran's fans. Well, fans would be an understatement.)
For some reason, Sakura felt nervous as she wrote down a note for Kanaye. What was she going to say? Dear Li-san...she wrote a couple of characters, erased them, wrote some more characters, erased them too - what the hell should I say?
Pimple Girl eyed her. "Aren't you going to write anything, Sakura?"
"Hai, Noriko, just a second," replied Sakura. Noriko knew literally everyone in the school, and her already overly large nose just couldn't be kept out of other people's business.
"Well, hurry it up, because lunch is almost over."
"Hai," repeated Sakura. She quickly scrawled a message onto Kanaye's card, wrote 108 on the front and threw it at Noriko. She almost caught it - key word is almost! Unfortunately, it sailed right through her hands and hit her in her big greasy nose.
"Ouch!"
Sakura threw her head back and laughed.
"Gomen nasai, Noriko-san. Ja!" Sakura paid for her valentines, includingthe ones she was sending to her friends, and turned to leave.
Crash!
"Ow!"
"Gomen nasai," Sakura heard a rough voice say. "My fault. I wasn't watching where I was going."
"It's - " Sakura's eyes looked up towards her - er, crasher.Her own vivid green eyes met onto a pair of hazel ones (A.N.: Finally, something OTHER than amber!), and the two's eyes locked onto the other's briefly before parting.
"Locker 691..." muttered Rika, sorting through the valentines. "Ugh, locker 691...isn't that Hana's locker? Oh wait a minute - " She turned thecard upside down. Syaoran, in his hurry, didn't know that he had written the locker number when the card was the wrong side up! "This is locker 169..." she frowned. "That's Sakura's locker." Suddenly, everything became ten times more interesting as she looked through her half of the valentines.
Takashi regarded the note thoughtfully. Is it 108 or 801? Ugh, I can tell it's Sakura's writing, but is it 108 or 801? The locker number was written upside down in haste, and he couldn't tell if it was 108 or 801; he didn't know who 801's locker was, but he did know that 108's occupant happened to be Li Syaoran, a friend in his math class. "Syaoran or other guy? Syaoran or other guy?" Well, Sakura and Syaoran didn't know each other well, but he knew Syaoran, and he automatically assumed: That's what counts! In kanji, he wrote 108, and put it in the locker 100-200 bag. He grinned. Syaoran and Sakura, it's time for you two to meet!
OMIGOD! The main idea has been introduced. More chapters will be following this, so stay tuned for more! Read and review, people, pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase!