Hey! This is my first ever fanfic, and I hope you enjoy it! Please read this prologue carefully! I always think prologues are important, and this one is! Read it, or you won't really get the idea of the upcoming stuff, ok? Thank you!

Here's my first-shot:

Summary: Sakura is the future head leader of her family's business. She is famous, rich and beautiful. When her father becomes deathly ill, she can't get to her family's fortune to pay for her dad's life or death operation. Playboy Li Syaoran offers her a deal of living with him until his next birthday to recieve fast cash! Her life, reputation, and father's life lies in her every decision.

Living a Life

written by xlscribblerlx


PROLOGUE

It was a rainy day and it was pouring hard. Just outside of a crystal-lined window were the wet horrors of nature. Sakura Kinomoto stared at the blustering trees outside, beyond the inner driveway, past the gates, and near the limousines parked in the outer driveway. Yes, these were a lot of drive ways, but it would be no surprise to anyone if it all belonged to the Kinomoto Family. They were rich, clever, and a business family. They held a lot of fame and it was almost a crime. One wrong move and it can cause weeks of gossip on the news for the Kinomotos, but Sakura was very used to it. She was born into this family, of course, and was the future head leader of her family's businesses.

Sakura was 23 years old. She was on the track to fame and fortune, though she had all of it now, since she was born. Her hair was light auburn and her eyes were emerald green. She was possessed with soft pink cheeks and full lips to match. Lashes fall gently onto her skin when she blinked and slept. Her body was perfect; not overweight, but not skinny like a stick. She grew curves over the years, as any woman would, but perfect curves? Only Sakura Kinomoto had them. She was perfect, with a perfect life and a perfect history. There was one thing that Sakura displeased of, however, and that was the business. She did not want to run a business. She did not want to be a future head leader and worry all the time! She just wanted to have fun and live her life the way she wants. That's what she wanted to keep at, but her father became very, very ill….

"Father….Please don't leave m-me…ok-k?" pleaded Sakura. "I lost mom. I can't lose you too! I don't—I don't want you to go! You'll be ok! I know it!"

Sakura was not talking to her father, Fujitaka Kinomoto. He was two rooms away. Normally, he'd be on the other side of their mansion, but Sakura decided to move to a temporary spare room near her father, just in case.

Alone in the spare room, Sakura whimpered softly and pleaded again.

"Don't go….you're not going to leave….it's alright…."

This is her story.