SxS and ExT pairings
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'Great. "A new school, a new year and a new you" she says. She's not the one attending this place anyway. How would she know?' Kinomoto Sakura grumbled repeatedly to herself. Due to her parents hectic and busy work schedule, her family had been moving across different countries to manage their time with their daughter. Sakura was happy enough to remain behind in Japan, but her mother insisted on her coming along to China with them, so eventually she got dragged along to a foreign country.
Standing along a bustling street, she kicked at a stray pebble as the bus screeched to a standstill before her. She heaved a heavy sigh as she paused for a moment before lifting a reluctant leg to step on to the bus.
"Would you hurry up already? Either you're lame or blind that you can't see there's a queue behind you." She whipped around to glare at the person that crass mouth belonged to, and stared at a well-muscled man that stood behind her. Her jade eyes widened at the sight of his unshaved stubble and yellowing teeth as he puffed on a cigarette in his right hand, still impatiently waiting for her to move.
Sakura mumbled an inaudible "Dui bu qi" and scurried up the bus. With a whoosh she let out the breath she was holding in and plopped herself onto a vacant seat near the window. The first day of school and she got chastised by some Chinese gangster for being slow. She tried to peer through the dirty glass panes and wished she was back home. Japan was always so neat and clean, so much so that these panes would have been sparkling clean, and people don't yell at you for stoning awhile.
"Wow, you really stone a lot." That voice, though somewhat sudden, was somehow gentle to her. She turned towards the speaker and saw a girl in the same uniform as hers, with dark hair and eyes, giving her an enigmatic look. "Sorry," Sakura said again, her head bowed in apology. She wasn't usually like this. She was always known for being headstrong and fearless in her old school, but the new atmosphere was a little daunting, and she still wasn't used to it all.
The girl let out a loud laugh, but her merriment was soft compared to the roar of the engine. "My name's Tomoyo," she beamed. "I hope we can be friends."
Friends. That seemed like the best word Sakura had heard this morning. Her cheeks flamed pink as she nodded in reply. Tomoyo sat next to her, and carried on the conversation, asking about her personality and favourites. Time seemed to stop for them, and by the time Sakura stepped off the bus and smiled awkwardly at a grinning Tomoyo sprinting towards the school gate, she knew that Tomoyo would be the best thing that ever happened to her.
"Tomoyo! Wait for me!" Sakura panted with her tongue lolling out. She wasn't good at sports, and even worse at running. Tomoyo glanced back and slowed for her.
Patting her new-found friend on the back, Tomoyo slowed down even more into a walk. Sakura apparently wasn't good at sports like she was, but she had a sense of connection between them that made her feel that Sakura would stand up for her anytime. Never mind if they were late; Sakura was her friend. Anyway, she could just say that Sakura got lost and she had found her and brought her to their class.
After a few quick sips from the water cooler, they rounded a bend and reached their classroom. "Play along," she whispered to Sakura as she opened the door.
"Lao shi, sorry we're late," Tomoyo announced to the class. "Sakura's new, and she got lost in the hallways." She gave Sakura a quick wink. Sakura caught on and gave a slightly hesitant nod, before hiding her face behind her long auburn hair. Just then, guffaws emitted from the back of the classroom.
"Hahaha! Tomoyo helping someone? I thought you could do better than that! Ahahahahahaha!"
Sakura peeked from between her strands of hair and spied the class clown, Eriol, still laughing like a madman. "Shut it you! Sakura's ... Stop laughing!" Tomoyo fumed.
"See, you're grabbing the hem of your skirt. You only do that when you're lying." Eriol grinned. Tomoyo's eyes were hate mad, but she turned away from the staring class, tears burning in her eyes, threatening to spill out. Sakura grabbed her friend's arm and gave Eriol her signature heart-stopping glare.
At that very moment Eriol ceased his laughter and became silent. "Sorry, that was a joke," he said, addressing Tomoyo. By this time Tomoyo had managed to calm down and was striding towards her seat, with Sakura in tow. Along the way, she gave Eriol a hard thump on the head. "I guess this can compensate. For the moment."
"Wow, first time anyone can actually stop you from laughing like that." Li Syaoran snickered. Pin pon pin pon "There's the bell. I suggest you take the opportunity to apologize to Tomoyo. And on the way, her friend as well. She seems mad too."
Eriol rose from his seat and shuffled up to the front of the room where Tomoyo was cleaning the blackboard. Picking up a piece of chalk from the box at the end, he scratched out, "Sorry. Really didn't mean it."on the board. As he stood to one side, Tomoyo came over and read his message. In one clean sweep she dusted it off, grabbed the chalk from his hand and drew a smile on the black surface. With that, she dropped the chalk back into his hand with a soft smile and rubbed out her message.
Sakura watched the sweet scene unfold before her eyes and gave a faint smile as Tomoyo left the room ahead of her. She didn't really care if her friend left without her, as long as Tomoyo was happy, she was happy. Rising from her chair and stretching with a loud yawn, she strolled out of the room, completely unaware that a pair of golden eyes were watching her from the back of the classroom.
"Kinomoto Sakura. I'll have to remember that name."
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