Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura or any of it's components. All characters used in this fanfic are used without the owners permission.
Authors notes: This is my first CCS fic, the story takes place when Sakura is about 15 or 16.
Walk Me Home
It was a beautiful night, fresh snow had fallen all the day before and the ground complimented the blinking colored lights that adorned the houses that Christmas. It was a night where young lovers take long walks on the paths in the park holding cups of hot cocoa and keep each other warm. The sky, which had been a depressing gray all day had cleared up, and a full moon gave the people walking some extra light, even the stars came out and did there part, despite the nose-numbing cold.
Li Syoaron watched the people from his bedroom window, and let out a sigh. Tomorrow he would return to Hong Kong, and he wasn't sure when he would return. Since Sakura had gotten the hang of this card capturing stuff she didn't need his help anymore. But as days drew closer to when he would have to leave he began to feel something tugging at his heart something he never noticed. In these last ten days he realized he needed something or rather someone. He turned away and admired the framed photograph, it lay flat on an open carton, a picture of him and Sakura. She was smiling brightly and he was frowning, as usual. That day was crystal clear in his mind. They were at an amusement park and had rode a huge roller coaster, to which they were both petrified of and so she held his hand for the whole time. When they got off Madison wanted a picture of the "little couple" as she thought they were. Sakura put her arm around his shoulder which was good or else he probably wouldn't have been able to stand. Madison got the shot so quickly he hadn't even noticed. Or maybe the sensation of Sakura's friendly gesture was making him miss things, she sure had that effect on people..
As Li carefully placed the photo down a few tears dropped on the clear glass. He quickly rubbed them away, and turned to go to bed. He turned down the sheets, climbed in, and laid on his back. His eyes stayed wide open. After what Li thought must have been two hours (actually it was 53 seconds, buts who's counting) he jumped out off the mattress and changed out of his pajamas and into the clothes he laid out for the next day. He ran out of his bedroom and grabbed his coat on his way out. "Where am I going? he asked himself. But where wasn't the real question, "why" was. His mind gave him a thousand reasons not to go, but his heart continued to lead him to her house.
Not so far away a house lay nestled comfortably amongst all the others just like it. This was the only house where a light was still on indicating at least one creature stirred this Christmas Eve. This was the only house where a girl with emerald eyes wore a red apron and studied a recipe for gingerbread cookies. Despite the tangles in her hair and the little smudge of flour across her face, she was the most delicate, beautiful creature, dear reader had you only seen her you would fall instantly in love.
"Hoe!" Sakura Kinomoto exclaimed, blowing her outgrowing bangs. "We don't have enough nutmeg." She contemplated giving up, heading to the warm bed that lay a floor above, then she looked at the picture that sat on her countertop. "Tomorrow he'll smile." she thought as she put on her jacket, laced up her boots, and headed for the grocery store. She breathed the night air as a few stragglers bought last minute gifts and tired salesgirls pulled heavy cages over shop doors. She rounded the corner, and entered the store. The market was empty except for the one or two people that forgot the eggnog, and the guy that rushed in right in front of her and headed straight for the health and beauty aisle. She giggled as he rushed to purchase a box of condoms, as his impatient girlfriend waited eagerly in the car. With a last roll of her eyes the little sorceress headed toward the aisle marked SPICES and quickly found the nutmeg. She made her way to the only open cashier and paid for the item, in turn the crater faced teen placed it in a bag, while taking peeks at the hentai manga that lay beside the register. Sakura took one look at him and headed out quickly.
Li continued his trek to Sakura's home. He knew he had to tell her tonight or all would be lost, he'd never have a second chance. He rounded the corner and walked down her street, knowing exactly where to stop. After all it was the only one with the light-up reindeer on the front lawn. But that night all the lights were off, the house was completely dark. Not even the small lamp in Torrie's bedroom that indicated he had a term paper due tomorrow was on. Heartbroken he turned to leave. His head lay low against the cold and to keep whatever people around him from seeing the look of absolute misery on his face. He sniffled from the cold, not looking where he was going he bumped right into somebody.
"Itai!" Shouted Sakura as she fell on her bottom. "Hey why don't you watch where your - Li-chan!" Li, who came out of his trance, looked at the lovely creature sprawled out on the floor in front of him.
"Sakura...oh gomen...I mean...well you see.. uh...Here! Let me help you." A mad blush swept across his face as he retrieved her fallen parcel, and helped her to her feet.
"Arigatou Li-kun, anno what are you doing out so late?"
"I couldn't sleep, more importantly what are you doing out so late? Don't you know the streets are dangerous at this hour?" He replied.
"Well I just had to buy this, gomen I didn't want to worry you Li-kun, but if I didn't get this nutmeg the cookies would've been ruined." She said showing him the little container of spice. "But since you're so worried about my well being, why don't you walk me home, it's right on your way anyway."
"Me?!!" He asked in disbelief, was she openly inviting him to be her guardian as they walked in this beautiful winter night? To walk her home and protect her from anything that they may encounter? Was this what she had asked him?
"Yeah! Come on my house is this way." She said motioning him to follow.
As they crossed the street in silence , Sakura shivered from the cold, oh how poor Li wanted to warm her up, to hold her in his strong embrace, they could be so much better off together. But the fear of rejection was something Li couldn't handle, better safe than sorry he thought.
"So Li, are you excited about going home?" Sakura asked breaking the uneasy silence.
"Not really." He responded.
"Don't you miss your family?" She questioned.
"Of course, but I'm going to miss this place too."
Suddenly Sakura's voice became hush, she knew she had to tell him the truth, that she had been in love with him since they first met, all she wanted to do was get it off her chest, after all these years. But she feared his response. "What if he doesn't love me back?" she worried. Could her heart take that? Could she go on?
"I'm...I'm going to miss you Li-kun." her voice a whisper, she winced as she waited for his answer.
"I'll miss you too Sakura." His voice sounded warmer, as it always did when he talked to her. It was no wonder the only thing Meilin had wanted for Christmas since they met was a death wish for Sakura. Li and she shared a friendship no one could really touch.
Feeling brave again Sakura began to walk closer to Li, their shoulders rubbed against one another as they came closer to their destination, every step changed their faces to another shade of crimson.
"Well here we are." Sakura stated.
"Yeah." Li said. This was his chance, to declare his feelings, to tell her that he wanted to be more than just friends, you know reader it's funny you can practice and practice what you're going to say, and just then at that special moment, no matter how perfect it sounds in your mind, you have to remember your mind is blank, you have to remember to speak from the heart. But I'm trailing off, you want to know what he said right? Of course you do.
You see Sakura hadn't turned to open her door yet, she just stood there contemplating wanting to tell her love the way she felt, but she wouldn't since he would be leaving in only a few short hours. Now poor Li was never very good at telling people how he feels, but this was his last chance, if he didn't say something now, he'd forever have to wonder what should have been.
But what was he going to say? He didn't know, she was starting to turn to go inside. He took her hand and pulled her towards him,
"Li?"
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her letting all his emotions be expelled into her. She kissed back with equal passion. If all the clow cards had lined up at the front door in single file, the couple wouldn't even have noticed.
~Fin~
A/N: I'm debating whether or not I should right a sequel to this, you see I have about three different ideas right now. I think I might just leave it as is though.
Authors notes: This is my first CCS fic, the story takes place when Sakura is about 15 or 16.
Walk Me Home
It was a beautiful night, fresh snow had fallen all the day before and the ground complimented the blinking colored lights that adorned the houses that Christmas. It was a night where young lovers take long walks on the paths in the park holding cups of hot cocoa and keep each other warm. The sky, which had been a depressing gray all day had cleared up, and a full moon gave the people walking some extra light, even the stars came out and did there part, despite the nose-numbing cold.
Li Syoaron watched the people from his bedroom window, and let out a sigh. Tomorrow he would return to Hong Kong, and he wasn't sure when he would return. Since Sakura had gotten the hang of this card capturing stuff she didn't need his help anymore. But as days drew closer to when he would have to leave he began to feel something tugging at his heart something he never noticed. In these last ten days he realized he needed something or rather someone. He turned away and admired the framed photograph, it lay flat on an open carton, a picture of him and Sakura. She was smiling brightly and he was frowning, as usual. That day was crystal clear in his mind. They were at an amusement park and had rode a huge roller coaster, to which they were both petrified of and so she held his hand for the whole time. When they got off Madison wanted a picture of the "little couple" as she thought they were. Sakura put her arm around his shoulder which was good or else he probably wouldn't have been able to stand. Madison got the shot so quickly he hadn't even noticed. Or maybe the sensation of Sakura's friendly gesture was making him miss things, she sure had that effect on people..
As Li carefully placed the photo down a few tears dropped on the clear glass. He quickly rubbed them away, and turned to go to bed. He turned down the sheets, climbed in, and laid on his back. His eyes stayed wide open. After what Li thought must have been two hours (actually it was 53 seconds, buts who's counting) he jumped out off the mattress and changed out of his pajamas and into the clothes he laid out for the next day. He ran out of his bedroom and grabbed his coat on his way out. "Where am I going? he asked himself. But where wasn't the real question, "why" was. His mind gave him a thousand reasons not to go, but his heart continued to lead him to her house.
Not so far away a house lay nestled comfortably amongst all the others just like it. This was the only house where a light was still on indicating at least one creature stirred this Christmas Eve. This was the only house where a girl with emerald eyes wore a red apron and studied a recipe for gingerbread cookies. Despite the tangles in her hair and the little smudge of flour across her face, she was the most delicate, beautiful creature, dear reader had you only seen her you would fall instantly in love.
"Hoe!" Sakura Kinomoto exclaimed, blowing her outgrowing bangs. "We don't have enough nutmeg." She contemplated giving up, heading to the warm bed that lay a floor above, then she looked at the picture that sat on her countertop. "Tomorrow he'll smile." she thought as she put on her jacket, laced up her boots, and headed for the grocery store. She breathed the night air as a few stragglers bought last minute gifts and tired salesgirls pulled heavy cages over shop doors. She rounded the corner, and entered the store. The market was empty except for the one or two people that forgot the eggnog, and the guy that rushed in right in front of her and headed straight for the health and beauty aisle. She giggled as he rushed to purchase a box of condoms, as his impatient girlfriend waited eagerly in the car. With a last roll of her eyes the little sorceress headed toward the aisle marked SPICES and quickly found the nutmeg. She made her way to the only open cashier and paid for the item, in turn the crater faced teen placed it in a bag, while taking peeks at the hentai manga that lay beside the register. Sakura took one look at him and headed out quickly.
Li continued his trek to Sakura's home. He knew he had to tell her tonight or all would be lost, he'd never have a second chance. He rounded the corner and walked down her street, knowing exactly where to stop. After all it was the only one with the light-up reindeer on the front lawn. But that night all the lights were off, the house was completely dark. Not even the small lamp in Torrie's bedroom that indicated he had a term paper due tomorrow was on. Heartbroken he turned to leave. His head lay low against the cold and to keep whatever people around him from seeing the look of absolute misery on his face. He sniffled from the cold, not looking where he was going he bumped right into somebody.
"Itai!" Shouted Sakura as she fell on her bottom. "Hey why don't you watch where your - Li-chan!" Li, who came out of his trance, looked at the lovely creature sprawled out on the floor in front of him.
"Sakura...oh gomen...I mean...well you see.. uh...Here! Let me help you." A mad blush swept across his face as he retrieved her fallen parcel, and helped her to her feet.
"Arigatou Li-kun, anno what are you doing out so late?"
"I couldn't sleep, more importantly what are you doing out so late? Don't you know the streets are dangerous at this hour?" He replied.
"Well I just had to buy this, gomen I didn't want to worry you Li-kun, but if I didn't get this nutmeg the cookies would've been ruined." She said showing him the little container of spice. "But since you're so worried about my well being, why don't you walk me home, it's right on your way anyway."
"Me?!!" He asked in disbelief, was she openly inviting him to be her guardian as they walked in this beautiful winter night? To walk her home and protect her from anything that they may encounter? Was this what she had asked him?
"Yeah! Come on my house is this way." She said motioning him to follow.
As they crossed the street in silence , Sakura shivered from the cold, oh how poor Li wanted to warm her up, to hold her in his strong embrace, they could be so much better off together. But the fear of rejection was something Li couldn't handle, better safe than sorry he thought.
"So Li, are you excited about going home?" Sakura asked breaking the uneasy silence.
"Not really." He responded.
"Don't you miss your family?" She questioned.
"Of course, but I'm going to miss this place too."
Suddenly Sakura's voice became hush, she knew she had to tell him the truth, that she had been in love with him since they first met, all she wanted to do was get it off her chest, after all these years. But she feared his response. "What if he doesn't love me back?" she worried. Could her heart take that? Could she go on?
"I'm...I'm going to miss you Li-kun." her voice a whisper, she winced as she waited for his answer.
"I'll miss you too Sakura." His voice sounded warmer, as it always did when he talked to her. It was no wonder the only thing Meilin had wanted for Christmas since they met was a death wish for Sakura. Li and she shared a friendship no one could really touch.
Feeling brave again Sakura began to walk closer to Li, their shoulders rubbed against one another as they came closer to their destination, every step changed their faces to another shade of crimson.
"Well here we are." Sakura stated.
"Yeah." Li said. This was his chance, to declare his feelings, to tell her that he wanted to be more than just friends, you know reader it's funny you can practice and practice what you're going to say, and just then at that special moment, no matter how perfect it sounds in your mind, you have to remember your mind is blank, you have to remember to speak from the heart. But I'm trailing off, you want to know what he said right? Of course you do.
You see Sakura hadn't turned to open her door yet, she just stood there contemplating wanting to tell her love the way she felt, but she wouldn't since he would be leaving in only a few short hours. Now poor Li was never very good at telling people how he feels, but this was his last chance, if he didn't say something now, he'd forever have to wonder what should have been.
But what was he going to say? He didn't know, she was starting to turn to go inside. He took her hand and pulled her towards him,
"Li?"
He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her letting all his emotions be expelled into her. She kissed back with equal passion. If all the clow cards had lined up at the front door in single file, the couple wouldn't even have noticed.
~Fin~
A/N: I'm debating whether or not I should right a sequel to this, you see I have about three different ideas right now. I think I might just leave it as is though.