Hanging by a Moment

by shiroi nami

Chapter 4 is up! Sakura, Syaoran, and the rest of the gang are on a trip to the Bahamas. Both teens struggle with their feelings...and the ultimate decision to confess them. Please review!

1. Default Chapter

Hanging by a Moment

Chapter 1

Disclaimer:

Nope don't own CCS, if I did I would have had Syaoran long ago! *Little Sakura goes into Syao-chan mode* I also don't own "Hanging by a Moment" the song, that credit goes to Lifehouse.

Author's Notes:

This is mostly just a normal CCS S+S romance. S+S a trip to the Bahamas, rated R you get the drift. It possesses no interesting plot, just S+S mush and uhhh…more S+S mush. I got the title idea from the song "Hanging by a Moment" by Lifehouse.

Chapter 1

Meilin woke up a broad smile on her face. She had just woken up from the most wonderful dream. It was about Syaoran of course, but she lowered her head, that was all over. He had already broken off the engagement, much to her dismay and told her that he was in love with someone else. She had known, known all along that he loved Sakura but she still couldn't exactly embrace the idea. She loved Syaoran with her whole heart and she would have done anything to have him all to herself. "Useless," she thought her eyes welling up with tears. "It's useless; I will never find someone I love as much as Syaoran." Meilin was jealous, she was jealous of what Sakura had, Syaoran's heart. They both loved each other; Sakura loved her Syaoran as much as he loved her. "No, he's not my Syaoran anymore; he's...Sakura's." Meilin threw back the covers and slowly creaked open her bedroom door. Tiptoeing into the hallway and through the living room she walked up to the refrigerator and smiled as her eyes fell on a picture of Syaoran. Her smile slowly faded as she looked at the other person in the photo with him. This wasn't taken too long ago, she decided. It must have been around last year because Sakura was wearing the necklace Syaoran got her for her 16th birthday last year. Sakura had her arms thrown about Syaoran's neck and the only way to describe the look on their faces was the look of pure elation and happiness. They hadn't however told each other how they felt. "They're so perfect for each other."
Creak!
Meilin spun around searching the darkness. "Syaoran...is that you?"
A half-awake Syaoran stumbled into the kitchen and rubbed his eyes. "Huh?" He asked groggily.
Meilin sighed, good he hadn't heard. She looked at him trying to wake up and thought even at seventeen he still looked so cute. "No wait, I have to stop thinking like this, it's over!" She dropped her head and sat down at the small table. Syaoran got himself a drink and sat across from her; he took a sip of his water and looked at Meilin. Ever since he had gotten together with Sakura, things between him and his former fiancée weren't exactly 'peachy'. "Meilin?"
Meilin lifted her head from the table and rested her chin on her hands. "Yes Syaoran?"
He paused for a moment, deciding his words carefully. "Daijobu desu ka? You...haven't been yourself lately."
Meiling shook her head. "Iie nademonai."
"It can't be nothing."
"It just is okay! Just drop it Syaoran!"
Syaoran frowned and put his glass in the sink. "Fine, if that's the way you want it."
"Matte Syaoran!"
"Nani?"
"Gomen nasai."
"For what?"
"Snapping at you."
"So..."
Meiling let her elbows slide down on the table. "It's just that...everything around me is changing, nothing is how it used to be."
Syaoran knew what she meant; he had loved Sakura for seven years, and as the years passed by more and more of life's obstacle were thrown in their paths. He still hadn't told her how he felt about her and after he did, more years would pass and so life altering decisions would then be brought before them. He looked back at Meilin and smiled warmly. "Life changes, Meilin, it's inevitable, you can't stop it, stall it or alter it. It's what time and fate guides ultimately. It's just life. But no matter how hard it may seem, there's always Hope to keep you strong."
Meilin looked touched by Syaoran's small monologue and nodded. "Arigatou Syaoran." She walked to the doorway of the kitchen and smiled back at him. "You really should tell her, that girl you love. She'd be lucky to know such a great guy loved her as much as you do."

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"Ohayo!"
Everyone turned to look at the cheerful girl who just entered the junior classroom, slight amusement on their faces.
"Kinomoto-san you are just in time."
"Hoe?" Sakura looked around the room, everyone else was seated and a split second later the ear piercing bell sounded right next to Sakura's face. "Hoooooooooeeeeeeeee!"
Kaho Mizuki turned to her former student of past years. "Please have a seat Kinomoto-san," she instructed with a smile.
Sakura trudged over to her seat, sweat-dropping anime style all the way. Syaoran blushed lightly as his crush of seven years sat in front of him as usual. "Ohayo Sakura."
Sakura turned and blushed pink. "Syaoran-kun, ohayo." Both just sat staring at each other for a blissful moment, Syaoran smiling warmly, only something he did for Sakura.
"Kinomoto-san, Li-san, if you are quite finished, I'd like to begin with class now."
Sakura and Syaoran blinked eyes wide and flushed deeper than the crimson ribbon on their uniform. "Hai, Mizuki-sensei." They both mumbled in unison.
Kaho brushed back her long golden orange hair and stood up to the podium at the front of the classroom. "Ja minna, as you all know, the fundraisers we've held this year have led us to a very profitable outcome."
Everyone in the class looked to their mysterious teacher with looks of bewilderment on their faces. "Nani?" They eagerly inquired.
"With our money, I've decided to establish a junior field trip!"
The class erupted into cheers and shouts. Among them was "Where?"
Kaho closed her eyes and smiled. "Minna, we're going to the Bahamas!"
"Yokatta!" Sakura and Syaoran cried out in unison. The class got quiet and looked at them oddly but amusedly. The two former CardCaptors had a thing for saying everything at the same time, unintentionally of course.
"KAWAII!" Daidouji Tomoyo squealed happily as she recorded another one of her friends 'moments'. Meilin only smiled happily and sadly at the same time, shaking her head in being used to it.

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Sakura skipped happily ahead of her friends, short honey hair bouncing lightly in the warm breeze. "Wai! The Bahamas I still can't believe it!"
Tomoyo skipped happily beside her best friend. "Do you think Touya will let you go?"
Sakura stopped dead in her tracks and froze, a sweat bead rolling down her head. "Mou, I forgot about onii-chan." Then she turned back around to face her friends. "Oi minna, would you like to eat dinner over today?"
Syaoran blushed and Tomoyo smiled evilly. "Ano...I have to help okaa-san with something today and Meilin-chan offered to help me, ne?" she emphasized nudging Meilin. Surprisingly, the ebony haired teenager nodded in agreement.
"Hai, demo Syaoran isn't busy, are you Syaoran?" Meilin nudged him and winked.
"Ano...iie." Then he looked to Sakura looking for her reaction. She was blushing more than he was but his own blush prevented him from realizing it. "Syaoran-kun, do you mind?"
He shook his head and stuttered as Meilin and Tomoyo practically pushed him on top of Sakura and ran away giggling. "Those two..."

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"Tadaima." Sakura called opening the front door. She turned back around to Syaoran who was lingering on the doorstep. "Come on in Syaoran-kun, it's not like you've never been inside my house before, ne?"
Syaoran blushed and allowed Sakura to pull him by the hand. "You just wait here, I'll make dinner."
"Matte!"
Sakura turned and smiled sweetly. "Yes, Syaoran-kun?"
"Can I...help?"
Sakura shook her head. "Iie onegai make yourself comfortable."
Syaoran reluctantly agreed and slumped lazily down on the couch, running a hand through his unruly chestnut brown hair.
"Itai!"
Syaoran heard Sakura's cry and stumbled into the kitchen. "Daijobu desu ka?"
Sakura nodded and put her burned finger behind her back. "Hai, daijobu."
"Iie, you're not." Syaoran reached behind Sakura's back to look at her hand but she evaded him. "Sakura let me see..."
The emerald eyed teen nodded reluctantly and showed her friend the finger she had touched the frying pan with. "I was trying to make you croquettes..."
Syaoran shook his head. "Silly girl..." He gingerly took her delicate hand in his and turned on the faucet, holding her hand under the cool tap. She smiled, the water didn't help, only the man she loved Li Syaoran holding her and allaying her pain. His head was resting on top of hers and she could feel his warm breath tickling her neck, sending goosebumps up and down her arms. She leaned into his neck, breathing in his autumn scent. "Syaoran-kun..." She whispered softly.
Syaoran was totally absorbed in the sight, feel and smell of the alluring cherry blossom near him, her melodic voice coming to him like the serenade of an angel. "Yes...Sakura?"
He looked down to her, the tips of their noses touched and their lips became precariously close, both pairs of eyes sliding shut...
"Oi, oi what the hell are you burning Sakura?" A winged toy floated into the kitchen and stopped dead at the sight in front of him. The kozou, one of the few people he despised was holding Sakura very close to him, and she was holding him close as well. "Kozou..."
Syaoran sweat dropped and turned his attention to the yellow toy in the doorway. "Negumi…"

A glaring contest ensued and Sakura broke up the death glowers with her hands. "Come on you two."

"Gomen Sakura." They both muttered.

"Stupid brat."

"Kero-chan if you say one more derogatory term about Syaoran-kun you aren't getting any croquettes!"

Kero's left eye twitched and a look of complete horror crossed over his tiny yellow face. "Gomen koz-I mean…oh whatever."

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"Delicious Sakura!" Kero smiled warmly, pink cheeks tinted with content. He rubbed his full stomach and sighed as he fluttered out of the room. "Well I'm tired, so oyasumi Sakura."

"And?" Sakura gestured to Syaoran."

"And…oyasumi KOZOU!" An evil giggle escaped from Kero's throat and he zoomed from the room before Syaoran's hands found their way around his throat.

Syaoran stood in the doorway and smacked his fist into his palm. "The next time that negumi…"

"Syaoran-kun…"

"Nani?" Syaoran nodded to Sakura and sat back down in his seat.

A light pink tint came to Sakura's cheeks and she looked back down to her plate. "Did you…did you like dinner?"

"Hai, because it was made by you…Sakura."

Sakura blushed and blinked eyes wide. "Hontou?"

Syaoran almost fainted when he realized what he had just said and nodded shyly. "H-Hai."

"I'm…I'm glad…that you could still come for dinner."

The amber-eyed sorcerer reached his hand across the table and placed it precariously near Sakura's. "Me too."

"Tadaima!" A masculine voice called from the hallway.

Amber and emerald locked and widened as a dark haired young man appeared in the doorway of the kitchen. "Konbawa kaijuu..." Kinomoto Touya trailed off as he realized the brat was dining with his sister. "What are you doing with my imouto gaki?"

"Nademonai." Syaoran stated blatantly, matching Touya's menacing glare with one of his own.

Touya advanced and gripped the Chinese warrior by the front of his shirt, finding it harder to pick him up now that he was grown. "Stupid gaki." He released the teenager and grumbled as he exited the room. "Sakura…I think it's time you kicked the gaki out."

Syaoran glared and Sakura chided her older brother. "Onii-chan stop calling Syaoran-kun a brat! He's seventeen for heaven's sake."

"No matter how old he gets he'll never…matte! When did you start calling him that?!!"

Syaoran smiled smugly and nodded to Sakura. "Since we felt like it, ne Sakura?"

A vein popped on Touya's head and he pointed a finger accusingly toward the couple. "You better escort that GAKI out before I kick his ass out."

"Onii-chan!"

Sakura flung a towel at the dark eyed young man and he fled to the stairs, a door slamming shut on the second level.

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"Gomen nasai, Syaoran­-kun, onii-chan's just overprotective."

Syaoran looked to Sakura curiously. "Doushite?"

"Ummm…"

"Does he think that I'll hurt you?"

"H-Hai."

Syaoran stepped out onto the front porch and Sakura followed him outside into the warm evening. A few stars twinkled above and a warm breeze tousled their hair back and forth, making the pair even more irresistible to each other. Syaoran turned to face Sakura and gently took one of her hands in his. "Then your brother has absolutely nothing to worry about."

"Doushite?" Sakura asked innocently.

Syaoran closed his eyes. "Because I would never ever, ever do anything to hurt you Sakura."

Sakura raised her hand to Syaoran's face and press her lips to his cheek. "I know Syaoran…I know."

"I…I…" He blushed crimson and turned on his heels. "Oyasumi Sakura, sweet dreams."

"Sweet dreams Syaoran-kun."

Sakura smiled to her friend one last time before turning to go inside and up to her room. Once inside, she slid down the door and hugged her knees to her chest, sighing deeply as she thought of the one she cared so deeply for. A certain amber-eyed chestnut haired teenage sorcerer the only one she allowed to occupy her mind and heart. Syaoran nimbly leapt back over the gate and into the tree in front of Sakura's window as he sighed, watching his angel sleep peacefully. She was the only thing on his mind, the only one in his heart. His deep gentle voice gently floated on the breeze and carried under her open window as the amber-eyed warrior reached his angel in her dreams.

Desperate for changing

Starving for truth

I'm closer to where I started

I'm chasing after you

I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held on to

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

Forgetting all I'm lacking

Completely incomplete

I'll take your invitation

You take all of me now

I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held on to

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing I know

I'm running and I question where to go

And I don't know what I'm tapping into

Just hanging by a moment here with you

There's nothing else to lose

There's nothing else to find

There's nothing in the world

That can change my mind

There is nothing else

There is nothing else

There is nothing else

Desperate for changing

Starving for truth

I'm closer to where I started

I'm chasing after you

I'm falling even more in love with you

Letting go of all I've held on to

I'm standing here until you make me move

I'm hanging by a moment here with you

I'm living for the only thing I know

I'm running and I question where to go

And I don't know what I'm tapping into

Just hanging by a moment here with you

Just hanging by a moment

Hanging by a moment

Hanging by a moment

Hanging by a moment here with you

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*Sigh* I just love S+S! This is a very boring ordinary ficcy demo onegai review anyway, ne? Just like to thank Lifehouse for making this song, which you will see more throughout this ficcy. And of course arigatou to CLAMP for making CardCaptor Sakura and ummm making the most totally kawaii bishounen out there! Who else? Syao-chan! Onegai, onegai, onegai review! Oh yea! I'm not sure but I think 'itai' means 'ouch' and 'tadaima' means 'I'm home' please GENTLY correct me if I'm wrong, ne?