Chapter 1

Sakura woke up at 6:30 this morning, as usual. She started her daily morning routine and strapped on the infamous roller blades. Once again, she was going to be late for school.

Sakura got to school at 8:04, a little earlier than usual. As she started her usual morning greetings, she started to space. She didn't know why or what about, but it was a wonderful feeling.

Just when she was back to her usual self, the reason of why she was so spacey walked right through the door, just in time for the bell. His name was Syaoran Li.

"Good morning, Syaoran-kun," Sakura said, not even bothering to look at him.

"Sup," Syaoran replied, not his usual joking self. Sakura sensed something was wrong with him, and decided to find out what it was, coming across as a little on the pushy side.

"What's wrong? You aren't as happy as you normally are! Did something happen? Can I help at all?" Sakura continued this for quite some time, not even noticing that he was BLUSHING.

"I'M FINE! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE FOR A MINUTE!" Syaoran screamed, who was now beet red. Now the whole 6th grade class was staring at them, some laughing, some unable to move. Sakura was starled at his sudden irritation. "I...I just need some time alone, okay?" he looked very embarrassed.

"Okay... If there's anything that I can do for you, let me know," Sakura said, this time much more calm. She was shocked at how he had acted. Of course, she didn't know why he did that. Sakura was very dense sometimes.

Right about now Tomoyo, Sakura's best friend, walked in. Sakura didn't really say anything to her because she didn't look to joyous at the moment. Apparently, Chiharu filled her in on what happened between them.

The day for Sakura seemed to go by extremely slowly, but she barely remembered anything. She also found herself looking at Syaoran an awful lot. When school was finally out, Sakura was still very quiet. She told no one about what happened at the beginning of the day. She ate dinner in her room by herself and spent the rest of the night alone. It was 12:30 AM when she actually came back to her mind. For some reason, Syaoran kept popping up in her head.

Trying to walk into the classroom the next morning was extremely hard. She couldn't make herself do it. What if Syaoran was in there? She couldn't. She couldn't face him. She started to run the other direction. She could not face him. She started to cry tears of pain. Just then she bumped into something. She looked up, and it was the door. She let out a breath of relief. She thought it was going to be-

Just then the door opened, and emerging from it was none other than Syaoran. He hit Sakura with the door and knocked her unconscious. He was so surprised that he passed out as well. They lay there unconscious for at least 30 minutes, the teacher having thought that they were sick that day. It was only when Rika went to use the bathroom that they were discovered. They were immediately sent to the office, and their parents were called. Sakura's parents were both on a cruise in the Mediterranean, a good distance from Tomoeda Town, Japan. It was decided that Sakura would just go home with Syaoran so they could be treated together with less hassle.

Sakura woke up around 12:00. The last thing she remembered was running away from the classroom and being hit by the door by someone. She opened her eyes and looked around. She was in a room painted green with a few pieces of stained wood furniture and a bed. It looked like a basic boy's room. But she didn't have a brother, and Tomoyo didn't either. Yukito was an only child and his room ddin't look like this. Where was she? Then she saw someone on the bed. It was Syaoran, staring out the window. He looked at her and realized she was awake, and quickly looked away.

"Oh, you're finally awake. I hit you with the door and you passed out. Since your parents aren't here now, my mom took you here," Syaoran explained.

"Oh wow. That makes sense. But why aren't you at school? Is it out now or something?"

"Well, um- you see- uh, I kinda- passed out, too."

"Why? Are you ok? Do you need anything?"

"No, no, no, I was just surprised that you passed out so I passed out too. I'm fine, you had a worse fall. I was holding onto the door, and I had support. But you fell backwards into the water fountain. You got a cuncussion, so don't move much. My mom changed your clothes, not me."

Sakura finally noticed that she was wearing a cute little night dress instead of her school uniform. She started to blush.

"Oh, right..." Sakura was now so embarrassed she couldn't even feel the pain in her head.

"When can I go back to my house?" she asked shyly.

"You can't go home until your brother gets home. So you're staying here. We're going to have to do schoolwork anyway, we might as well do it together. At least, that's what my mom said." Syaoran was now blushing so much his head looked like a beet.

"Oh, um, Ok. But why can't you go back to school? You didn't get hurt, right?"

"Uh, about that... well, I broke my leg." he now pushed down the covers on his bed and revealed his left leg in a splint. "I'm going to the doctor tomorrow to get a cast put on. You're going to have to come to, the doctor needs to look at your head."

"Right. But couldn't you just get crutches and go back to school?" Sakura just HAD to find out why he was really staying home.

"I could, but my mom doesn't want me to hurt it anymore, so I have to stay home." He didn't sound too happy about staying home, but maybe that was just because she was there.

"Ok, that makes sense. By the way, where's your mom?"

"In the kitchen, making us lunch."

"Oh."

They sat there for a few minutes, not talking, taking quick looks at each other every so often.

"So... is this your room?" Sakura asked, trying to break the silence.

"Y-Yeah. My mom says that you can sleep in one of my sister's rooms, since they're all on vacation."

"Ok, that's cool. Where are they?"

"The U.S.. With your brother and Yukito, right?"

"Oh yeah, that's right. And they're there for how long?"

"They're staying for 2 more semesters. Until the end of the year."

"Oh, yeah, that's right. How long am I going to have to stay here?"

"Until your parents get back, February 27th. Tomoyo's stopping by here after school with your stuff. She's bringing our schoolwork, too. I think she's staying for a long time. She's really worried about you. Tomoyo really is a good friend."

"Y-Yeah. She's probably worried about you, too."

"No, no way. When I talked to her on the phone she didn't even ask if I was ok. She wanted to talk to you, but you were still unconscious. So she made me promise to take good care of you. And she told me to tell you that she's really worried about you and she's going to come over here as soon as school's out and she's going to take care of you. And she told me to do this too."

Syaoran suddenly got up out of bed, limped over to Sakura and knelt down. He leaned forward, wrapped his arms around her and hugged her. Sakura was shocked, but she felt wonderful with Syaoran so close to her. She wrapped her arms around him too, and they sat like that for at least 10 minutes. Then Syaoran started to say something.

"I-I want to tell you something."

"What is it?" Sakura asked, letting go of Syaoran.

"Well, you might not have noticed but-"

"LUNCH IS READY, EVERYONE!" Mrs. Li came running into the room, carrying a huge platter with all different kinds of sandwiches. "Come and get it!"

Syaoran suddenly let go of Sakura and stood up so quickly he forgot his leg was broken and fell over, right into his mom. The platter of sandwiches was sent flying into the air and landed on the floor with a SPLAT. Most of the sandwiches were fine, but one landed right on Mrs. Li's head. Some had landed on the ground, and their insides were scattered all over the floor.

"Sorry, mother," Syaoran said, starting to pick up sandwiches.

"I don't care about the sandwiches, but what about YOU? Your leg must be extremely painful! Stop picking those up, I'll get it. And what about you, Sakura? All this noise must have hurt your head!"

"Don't worry, I'm fine," said Sakura, although it was true that her head hurt.

"I'm fine," Syaoran replied.

"I sure hope you're both right. Now, let's go into the kitchen to eat. There are more sandwiches out there!"

"Sure!" said Sakura. She was starving.

"Right." Syaoran seemed shaken and upset.

The day went pretty smoothly, until 3:21.

"SAKURA-CHAAAAAANNN! OH MY GOSH ARE YOU HURT I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU PASSED OUT ARE YOU OK I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY WOULDN'T LET ME COME SEE YOU I'M SOOOOOOO WORRIED!"

"Tomoyo-chan, I'm fine. You're squeezing me-"

"Oh my gosh I'm sooo sooorrryyy! I am soooo sooorrryyy I was all mad at you at school yesterday but now I'm not oh my gosh you must be exhausted have you gotten enough to eat? I brought a huuuuge picnic basket full of food for you if you get hungry! I have your books too, but you're probably too tired to do it all it's so pointless oh my gosh ARE YOU OK?"

"I told you, I'm fine. Aren't you going to say hi to Syaoran? Wait, where is he?

"I told him to go away for a bit. You need to change your clothes."

"Oh, right. Thanks, that would've been embarrassing."

Tomoyo started to help Sakura change her clothes. Sakura looked in the bag that Tomoyo had brought her, and all the clothes in there were new. Apparently, Tomoyo went shopping during lunch break.

"Hey, do you wanna stay at my house instead? I won't be there, but my mom can take care of you."

"Um, sure, but I kinda wanted some company. I don't know how much longer I'm gonna have to stay home from school. And my head hurts."

"Well let me call my mom and tell her." Tomoyo pulled out a cell phone.

She dialed a number on her phone and started talking to her mother. She seemed very excited. They continued talking for about 5 minutes. Finally she hung up.

"My mom said that I can stay home Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Tuesdays and Thursdays you have to come back over here. We can play video games all day and I get to be with you all day long!"

"That's really cool." Sakura was somewhat happy that she got to go over to Tomoyo's house, but at the same time she wanted to stay at Syoaoran's house. Why? Because she liked him.