Summary: They were together, sharing everything as one. Until one event occurred, breaking their relationship. Things were getting more and more complicated as time pass by and soon they realized there were a lot to sacrifice for love. How they wish they could just go back to those innocent and carefree days...
Disclaimer: Right...Like you think I own CCS, no way!
In this chapter:
Sakura and Shaoran are on 9th grade
Thoughts
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The Cost of Love
Chapter I
Something New
The girl ran towards the soda vendor. Her footsteps echoed throughout the park, reaching closer and closer towards her destination. Getting blown by the cool breezy wind, her short auburn hair brushed the tips of her shoulder blades, tickling her face gently. Her face and body soothed a bit, feeling how soft the wind touched her skin. Meanwhile her gleaming emerald eyes were looking at the green trees and the bright blue sky with tinted clouds on it. She was panting heavily caused by her cheer leading practice and by all the running she had gone through. Her eyes shone brighter and her smile widened looking at the big container full of assorted drinks. Sodas, teas, coffees, beers with all the brand names and flavors labeled on each cans.
Among all, Royal milk tea was her utmost favorite. She held her coin firmly in her clutched hand, desperate to gulp the one drink she loved the best and started leaning over towards the coin slot. She was surprised when another hand tried to slide a coin towards the slot as well. Her hand looked petite and weak compared to the hand right in front of her.
Her eyes trailed upwards until she met a pair of icy amber eyes.
Emerald met amber...
Her eyes kept looking onto his as if they were glued to them. She indeed has never seen a pair of eyes that can show no emotion, no warmth, and no heart yet still looked attractive. They were a strong color of amber, a source of burning fire was locked deep within, keeping the blazing flame inside. Yet the coldness from his heart covered it wholly, making the warmness of his eyes covered by a thick haze. But somehow she was able to see it, his burning, warm eyes clearly. She knew instantly he was full of courage and passion hidden deep inside him. She bet a lot of girls in her class would do anything to be in her position right now. They were indeed very close, close enough to hear each other's ragged breathing. They both inched away slowly from the vending machine. From there she could see how tall he was, she was only as tall as where his chin was.
"You go", he said suddenly, not showing any expression on his face whatsoever.
She replied a soft thanks and slid a coin to the slot and pushed the button. The can instantly dropped down, causing a 'cling' sound, breaking the silence between them then she grabbed it, feeling the coldness of the can with moist penetrating her soft hand.
Afterwards, she stepped away allowing him to take his turn.
She opened the can, about to drink it all up when a loud bang came from the machine. Then she saw it, the boy hit the machine hard with his clenched fist and sighed loudly. Then she saw the reason why, below all of the cans were written 'sold out', including her favorite Royal milk tea. She just took the last drink! She heard him curse under his breath then took a deep breath, trying to regain his composure.
With that he turned and started walking away. She noticed he was wearing a pair of black training pants and a green fitted sleeveless top. He has messy brown hair which made him look cool and a black headband around his forehead.
He looks like a warrior...She blushed at the thought and shook it away.
"W-wait! You can have it"
He turned slightly facing her and raised a brow, a bit surprised by her reaction but just looked away afterwards.
"Y-You can have it. You look much more exhausted than I do"
In fact he looked beaten up. His green top was drenched by his sweat and there was a little blood on his right upper arm. His messy hair was wet caused by his sweat and drops of it drenched his shirt even more.
She looked at him worriedly. He wouldn't want this guy to be dehydrated or anything.
He rolled his eyes after seeing her worried face towards him.
"I'm not weak", he started running off.
"B-but..." too late, he was already far away from her. Man, he can run fast...
On the next day she woke up early surprisingly and got ready for school. She took a quick shower and put on her uniform.
"Good morning, Kero-chan!" she greeted her small lion and bear alike doll on the side of her bed.
"Good morning, okaa-san" she said softly with a sad smile placed on her angelic face, facing a photo of a very pretty young lady with the same glow of emerald in her eyes, her long brown locks framing her face that was smiling brightly. Her photo was next to her favorite doll.
Right after, she went downstairs to have breakfast. She cooked pancakes for her father, her brother, and herself. She was used to do house works since she was very young. She needed to be able to do these things being the only girl in the house, not that her brother and her father couldn't do it. They took turns to do house works and that morning was her turn to cook breakfast.
Not long, she finished cooking and was setting the table. She sat quietly, enjoying her breakfast early alone. Her father was a teacher at her new school. He taught Geography to the high school students. Her brother went to a school right next to her school. He was already on the last year of high school, 12th grade and was busy with all his works, preparations to go to college, and part-time jobs.
After having her breakfast, she was ready to head her school after washing her dishes when a familiar voice was heard.
"Oi kaiju! How come you're early?" a voice came from behind her.
"Onii-chan, stop calling me that!! I'm not in elementary school anymore!" she growled
"Whatever you say, kaiju..You're still a kaiju to me"
"Watashi wa kaiju janai (I am not a kaiju)!!!!!"
"Hey, hey...Touya, Sakura stop. You'll wake up the neighbors if you kept shouting like that"
"Ohayo, otou-san" they chorused.
"Got to go, bye dad", she reached up and kissed him on the cheek.
"Bye onii-chan", she stuck her tongue out then giggled.
Then she walked out of the house, closing the door gently.
"She's growing up, isn't she?" Fujitaka said suddenly.
"Not really"
"Better than when she used to stomp your foot", Fujitaka then chuckled, looking at how his children show their care towards each other. It certainly is a unique way.
Touya shivered at the thought. She used to stomp his foot really hard, like a real kaiju!
Funny how a 17-year-old boy like him shivering over a mere thought about his own little sister's foot crashing down on his own!
She arrived at school early and hasn't even seen anyone there. She put her bag on her desk and took off. It has been a habit to her, whenever she arrives early, she would take a walk by her own around her school, enjoying the serenity and the peaceful morning. As so, she did the same that day, until she heard something.
It came from the back garden. She walked slowly towards it and saw a figure. Whoever it was, she couldn't take her eyes off those swift moves. She walked towards the figure, trying to see who it was. As she was nearing the figure, she could hear the figure's pants and shouts while moving as if fighting.
I know that voice...
As she walked closer and closer, she noticed that figure was a boy. He was wearing a white sleeved top and a pair of grey pants down to his knees. She walked slowly, step by step then suddenly gasped.
It's that boy from yesterday! What is he doing training this early?
He then kicked high, jabbed to his side, jumped high with a twirling high kick, and landed on both of his hands then somersaulted to the front.
"Sugoi..." she breathed out.
He turned his head towards where the sound was coming from then met a familiar pair of emerald eyes. That pink aura surrounds her. "You..."
"Sorry, didn't mean to bother your training..."
He ignored her and kept on training, his low kicks, high kicks, punches, jabs, and combination moves he collaborated. Meanwhile, she kept watching intently and gasped as he did his moves rather fast. Then he suddenly stopped.
"Would you stop doing that? If you keep on gasping, then just leave. You're starting to annoy me"
"But I have nothing to do"
"Now you do"
"What?" she asked rather cheerfully, her eyes becoming shiny. Will he teach me that somersault he just did?
"Leave"
Her jaw dropped instantly," fine but don't blame me if you get lonely out here". She turned and walked away, satisfied after looking at his disturbed features.
Who does he think he is? I was just watching...
"That girl's gonna get it one of this days!!!" Shaoran roared, continuing his training, putting more powerful kicks and jabs.
"Hey my dear descendant"
That annoying voice!
"Stop calling me that, dammit!! And how'd you get here??" he roared.
"Ouch, that hurts Shaoran..."
"What do you want, Eriol?!" he roared louder.
He's the only one that can pass Shaoran's senses. Shaoran was never able to sense his well-hid aura. His blue bright eyes that hid mysteries annoyed Shaoran a lot, causing him to never fully understand him inside and out. He wore glasses and had well combed jet black hair, unlike Shaoran's. His was messy even if he did comb it. He was slightly taller than Syaoran and that bothered him even more.
"Hey I didn't come here to fight with you okay..."
"Then, what are you doing here?!"
"Ooh...Nothing important. Just wondering about something..."
"Spit it out"
"You just talked to Sakura Kinomoto..."
"Who's that??"
"The girl, dear descendant. The emerald-eyed one"
"So?" he started jabbing again to both of his sides
"Dude, that's the girl"
"What are you talking about?"
"Cute. Poise. Sweet. A cheer leader. And pretty. That's the girl everybody was talking about. She's on the same grade as us right? God, we're so lucky to go to this school!" he started jumping up and down, like a small boy getting a candy.
Shaoran sweat dropped and rolled his eyes, "Why the hell should I care?! You're wasting my time!!"
"Man, she's perfect!"
"Whatever, I'm not interested", he turned and left.
""Aaw...You're no fun"
Her class was quite full by the time she got back. She smiled hearing all the noises her class mates made as usual, a crowd is much better than being alone meeting the coldest person alive. She made her way towards her desk, smiling at her very few new friends who greeted her. She has been a student in Shirokin Junior High for 2 years now and was starting her 9th year. She loved her school dearly, the school, the huge gardens, the teachers, and her class mates.
The classroom was well-lit and rays of light from the sun pierced through the windows. There were some students already, putting their bags on their individual desks or on their chairs.
"Ohayo, Sakura-chan" a girl greeted her warmly.
"Ohayo" she replied with a bright smile.
After more greetings from her new friends, she went straight to her desk which was located right next to the window. Sunlight poured forth onto her desk. She sighed noticing the cold, brown-haired boy was no longer there. I guess he would be finished...I just wish he would teach me that perfect somersault!
As she was repeating the flash of him doing the somersault inside her head over and over, she didn't notice the stares that most of the guys in her class were giving her, including the one beside her.
"Hey" the boy next to her greeted, smirking
"Oh, hi" she just smiled.
"I'm Kai Koichi. Nice to meet you" he offered a hand towards her
"Hi, I'm..." she was about to answer when he cut her off
"Sakura Kinomoto, right? I know that"
"Sorry, do I know you?"
"No, no. This is the first time we are in the same class"
She just smiled and took his hand gently, with him shaking it softly.
He seemed kind.
"Hey, have you seen Li Shaoran?" a girl suddenly asked to her friends, not far from where Sakura was sitting.
"No...I heard he's really hot. He just transferred here right? From Hong Kong? I'm like so lucky to be in this school", another girl replied, twisting her long, curly blonde hair aside.
"Oh my gosh! Li Shaoran?! The boy who's going to be head of Li clan right?" this time a girl with thick glasses asked
"Yes, yes, that's him!" another answered, smiling widely.
"He's perfect! He's hot and filthy rich!" a girl with really short black hair added.
"I heard he has a lot of mansions!"
Soon, the class was buzzing with that person's name. "Li Shaoran...", "Li Shaoran...", "Li Shaoran..."
Sakura was dumbfounded. "Who is this person people kept talking about?" she asked Koichi.
He sure is popular.
"You haven't heard about him?"
She just shook her head.
"RRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIINNGGGG!!!!!!!!!!" the bell rang violently.
Everybody instantly stopped talking and went to their seats.
Mm...Shaoran Li, wonder who that is.
A sneeze was heard on the roof where two figures are standing behind the railings, looking at the sight of the whole school ground.
"Did you catch a cold, Sha-o-ran?" Eriol asked playfully
"No way"
"Maybe someone's constantly thinking about you"
"What ever, I don't believe such incompetent believe! It'll make me go stupid."
"You're right. If that's the case, you would've been sneezing everyday in your life", he laughed
"Shut the hell up!"
"Hey, aren't we supposed to be in class? I thought I heard the bell rang just now"
"Nah, I don't feel like studying boring subjects for today"
"You sure Uncle Ji Yan won't mind?"
"I wasn't the one who got into trouble with him last time"
"Shit!" Eriol cursed, remembering exactly what he did last time clearly. He quickly ran towards the door and went to his class. "Why does he have to be a principal in this particular school?"
The door of the class opened, revealing a tall boy entering with his jet black hair and a pair of round glasses, making him looked sophisticated. Loud gasps were heard throughout the classroom.
"Now class, I want to introduce you to a new student, Hiragizawa Eriol" the teacher announced.
In another classroom
The teacher, Mr. Takeda peeked through his thick glasses, scanned the busy students until one in particular caught his eyes. The girl, Kinomoto. As usual, she was a bit behind than the others. She would start by looking towards the paper filled with mathematics problems for a long time then start moving around for friends that wouldn't mind to teach her. Often, nobody wanted to teach her because she was just going to slow them down. But that day, the teacher himself was a bit surprised when Kai, one of the smartest students in the school, offered her some help.
"Do you need help?"
"A lot, actually"
"Ok, then. So that equation goes like this. You use this formula to find the answer then you apply it to this formula here. By doing that you'll find the x and the y"
Sakura kept on asking him and he explained it full heartedly, repeating every time she has her confused mimic on her face.
"Do you understand now?" he asked after explaining another answer of the equation.
"I guess so" she answered, lying. She still didn't get it.
"If you understand, then how'd you do this one then?" he asked, pointing his finger to the next problem.
"Emm..." Okay...Not good. I did not expect him to ask me another problem...
"Well?" he asked smiling
"Move that to there, then...ermm... times this to that..." she was mumbling, unsure with her answer
"Sorry, I can't hear you" he shifted closer to hear her answer.
"I GIVE UP!!! I don't understand it at all!!" she started shouting which made all the attention fell on her.
Koichi chuckled, followed by the roaring laughs from the other students. She immediately blushed and looked down at her own two feet.
I shouldn't have shouted!
The laughter was getting louder and louder, making her blood rose up.
"It's not funny! I CAN do it! I-I just need more time"
"Like your whole life?" a voice said loudly.
Hearing that, the other students laughed even more. She could see the faces of the students around clearly, the girl on the corner laughed so much that she almost fell from her chair, the girl with glasses right next to her simply looked at her with a strange look.
The boy with blonde hair with his friend right next to him were looking at her, trying so hard not to laugh but failed and ended up laughing so loud.
Even Mr. Takeda, his shoulders were shaking but looked at his papers on his desk, trying to hide it.
She was left there standing up blushed with crimson. She has never been that embarrassed, ever!
Running footsteps was heard all around the staircase towards the roof top of the school. The door opened suddenly, showing a panting Sakura with her frustrated look on her face and a lunchbox carried by her right arm. She went straight towards the railings after putting her lunchbox right next to where she was standing and grabbed the railings hard.
"MATH IS SO FREAKIN' HARD!!!!!!!!!!" she fumed on the top of her lungs, ragged by her panting and by her disappointment. She tried to break the hard railings if possible, clenching her fists, and gritting her teeth alltogether.
She furrowed her eyebrows, letting everything in her mind out from the past few hours. She was so disappointed of herself, causing tears to weld up in her beautiful emerald eyes, covering them. All she could think of was her failure not only as a student, but also as the daughter of her proud father who she loves very much.
"Why does it have to be so hard for me? Life is so unfair! No matter how many times I've tried, I would always fail in the end on this subject!! And yeah, I know I'm a bit slow on that annoying subject, but it doesn't mean everyone had to laugh at me!! It's not funny at all!! Ican't ta-" her shaking yet firm voice was cut off by a voice coming from behind her.
"OI!!! Could you stop shouting??!! You're hurting my ear!!!" Shaoran moved his towel from his face, revealing his messy chestnut hair and his disturbed face. He was lying down on the shaded area, close to the exit door to not get the burning sun on his face.
She gasped then quickly turned her head towards the direction of where the voice was coming from, shock written all over her face. Her face suddenly paler than usual, noticing the boy who had just heard her bursting words.
Not him again... Please tell me he didn't just heard that...
"H-How long have you been , you know, there?" she asked after gathering up her courage.
"Longer than you", he started hoisting his body up to stand.
"So, y-y-you h-heard i-it?" she looked away, too embarassed to face him.
"You were loud", he walked towards the exit door.
"Where are you going?"
"Away from you", he walked through the door, slamming it hard.
This was supposed to be my sanctuary. No one ever come to the roof...Now I have to share it with him? Great...This is something new.
Emerald-winged
A/N: Okay...Hi, this is my first story in Fanfiction. I hope you guys like it! This story is actually inspired by a manga I read years ago but the story is completely different from the original story. Comments, critics, and reviews PLEASEEE...R&R&R&R&R&R&R and please keep reading...
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