Dreams Do Exist
By Zilver Wings
Prologue
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Summary: revised He was cold ever since tragedy struck him at a young age. In order to prepare to take over the Li clan, he went to Tokyo University to study Economics. On his way, he met a strong girl who was diagnosed with the very same disease that had caused his father's death. As time pasts by, his feelings change towards his roommate. However, what would happen when Sakura's secret is slowly revealed to him? S+S
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"Xiao Lang, you are going to Japan this summer."
The boy, hearing his name being addressed, turned to look at his mother at the door in bewilderment, temporarily abandoning his martial arts practice in the garden.
"What?"
"Since you are to take over the Li clan as soon you finish university, I've enrolled you to Tokyo University, which is one of the best schools for Economics, which of course you are studying. They are nice enough to have accepted you on such short notice."
The boy looked down, his face steaming with anger. Ever since the day he had been admitted into this world, everything had already been planned out for him. He never had any say to anything. Especially after his father's sudden death thirteen years ago, his mother had started to be very strict to him and trained him very hard in order to make the Li clan strong when he grew up.
He never did anything normal children did. He was taught to be cold and control his emotions because it was a human weakness. When others were in school learning their alphabets, he was already starting to learn Spanish and Japanese at home. When others were playing happily in the playground, he was mastering his martial arts.
But what he could not possibly stand was the coldness he felt. He had never tasted family love or any love that mattered, for the only people he was surrounded by was his mother and the elders.
His mother avoided him and rarely spoke to him unless it was necessary, and he knew it was because of his resemblance to his father. His sisters had all moved away after they got married when he was merely a toddler, and almost never came back to visit them. The elders taught him everything he needed to become a powerful leader and treated him with respect, but nothing more.
He knew better than to question his mother any further, he was nothing but a puppet.
"Fine."
"I'm glad you're accepting this."
With this, Yelan walked away with her red robes trailing behind her, her face void of any emotion.
Like he had any choice, the boy thought sarcastically.
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The orientation had already ended, and he was lying on his bed in the room of his dorm, staring at the ceiling.
He was supposed to have a girl roommate by the name of Kinomoto Sakura, but it was noon already now, and she still hadn't appeared. His hopes were rising, since he was a loner, but just then, he heard a click of the doorknob and he quickly got up and walked out to be greeted by a foreign sight.
A petite girl with shoulder length auburn hair was standing next to the opened door with her back turned from him, a luggage standing next to her, and was kissing her father's cheek, a kind looking middle-aged man who was glancing worriedly at her daughter.
"Sakura, be careful."
"Hai, otou-san."
Then, a young man came into the picture and ruffled the girl's hair.
"Kaijuu, it's ridiculous how they would place you here with a boy cause there's simply no other spare room, I don't see what's so great about this university if they can't even afford another room for you."
"Onii-chan, it's okay, he's not going to gobble me up."
The man's eyes softened.
"Fine, but call me if anything happens, and don't overwork yourself too much, it's bad for your health."
"I know. I'm already late, I've got a lot of unpacking to do, Sayonara otou-san, onii-chan."
The girl waved a goodbye and closed the door softly before turning around to see a boy in a black T-shirt and white shorts leaning against the wall, his eyes never leaving her wide emerald ones.
She felt her heart skip a beat. He was drop dead gorgeous with his untamed chestnut hair and intense amber eyes that seem to draw her soul in.
He was tall and lean, with a fairly dark complexion, which she concluded was due to the hours of exercise outdoors under the sun. For once, she was loss for words.
Then, she remembered her manners and walked up to him and stuck out her hand awkwardly.
"Uhh, hi, I'm Kinomoto Sakura, and I'm your roommate. I am guessing that you are Li Syaoran, right?"
He nodded his head and grasped her hand to give it a firm shake. He was taught to be polite and never to give dead fish shakes.
He waited for a moment, when he saw that she had nothing more to say, he went back to his room and shut the door. The breath Sakura had been holding in ever since her encountering with him was let out and she sighed in relief.
He was so rude, and so intimidating. That icy expression he had on practically freaked her out when she first saw him.
'Oh my gosh, how am I to ever live with him for a year?'
She gave out another sigh, one of frustration, and dragged her feet to her room and began to unpack her belongings. It was simple but nice, she concluded. The wallpapers and carpet was pink, her favorite color, and even with the closet, bed and desk, it was still quite spacious.
Meanwhile, in the room next to hers, Syaoran was in his original posture, but he was in deep thought.
That Kinomoto girl seemed to be those happy and carefree ones. He admitted to himself that if he hadn't seen her depart with her family, he would have been nicer to her. She portrait the perfect family, a thing that he never and would never have, he thought bitterly. He was jealous, why was life so unfair? If only he wasn't born in one of the most powerful families in Hong Kong and even the whole of Asia, if only his father wasn't diagnosed with leukemia and leave him with such a heavy burden on his shoulders, if only, if only…
It was useless to dream, it was simply a waste of time and energy thinking about things that would never exist.
He took out an Economics textbook and began studying for tomorrow. His pains and sufferings left him as he engaged himself in the different theories and facts.
After hours of hard work, Sakura finally finished unpacking, she had a cup noodle and grinned as she thought of the reaction of Touya, her onii-chan, if he saw what she was having for dinner.
However, her happy mood diminished and was replaced by sadness.
Life was unfair. How could it be that some perfectly healthy people would commit suicide because they were sick of life and she, who loved life, would have so limited time?
Tears threatened to fall but she kept it in, she must be strong. Even if she didn't have as much time as others did, she would still make the best out of it.
To be continued…
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What do you think? This is a revised version, I deleted the cardcapting because it didn't fit, hope you liked it. This chapter is short and not really interesting because it's just like an introduction. Please R&R. By the way, I'm just in my first year of Economics, and I'm still in high school, so I don't really know how it works, don't kill me if it's all wrong, I'll try my best.