Hi! It's me again! Thanks a lot that some took time to read my story... anyway here's the second chapter of THANK YOU... Enjoy:)


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Chapter 2

by: rendezvous159


Classical music played throught the room as it was continuously being piled up by different socialites. The seven year old Xander sat on the edge of his bed ogled the man kneeling in front of him. For some reason, he can't help but be nervous about this occasion but then, this was his nth time in attending parties like this so he must be used to it now however there's some reason why he can't help but stop fidgeting…

"Ready Xander?" the man with intense amber eyes stared right through him as he finished tying his shoe laces.

"Mm!" he replied with a nod.

The two exited little Xander's room and headed down the stairs with all eyes glued to them. "Gee! This is why I hate these kinds of entrances!" he screamed mentally. When they reached the last step of the stairs, her mother- Li Meiling – was waiting there with a huge smile on her face. Immediately she grabbed Xander's hand and dragged him to the crowd. This was always the same route, he gets dressed up, being dragged to the dance floor, introduce himself, then the last part is he's being left alone wondering to the crowd.

"Hi Xander! It's a pleasure to at last meet the son of Mr. and Mrs. Li!" a woman wearing a tube top cocktail dress and a very thick make-up greeted him as she smiled and showed off her perfect white teeth.

"The pleasure's all mine… Ms?"

"Oh! It's Mrs. Takeshi dear"

"Pardon my mistake Mrs. Takeshi" he answered back and bowed his head as a sign of acknowledgement.

"Oh you perfect little thing!" Mrs. Takeshi almost squealed as she pinched Xander's right cheek.

"Thank you Xander… Now go to daddy, mommy's gonna talk a little to your aunt Takeshi, ne?" she managed to say in a high voice accompanied with her smiling face.

"Ooh! I swear that clown will get it!!" the little boy hissed as he searched for those familiar messy chestnut hair that he grew to love.

"Xander!" a familiar voice called.

"Uncle Eriol!" the boy shouted as he ran to his uncle's arms and laugh along with him.

"I see, you've found Eriol then" Syaoran spoke at the back.

Xander giggled as he stretched his arms and was picked by Syaoran "I was searching for you daddy when someone called my name and that someone was Uncle Erie!" he said.

The three talked together in a small room just beside the dance floor and was shortly accompanied by a stunningly beautiful woman with black curly hair and amazing amethyst eyes. Xander recognized the girl and then was immediately introduced to his auntie Daidouji Tomoyo.

"Auntie! How are you?" he asked in the politest way possible.

"My, my… I'm okay Xander, how about you?"

The boy lifted his head and smiled at the woman in front of him.

"Well I guess you're okay then?" she giggled and after a few seconds Xander began pulling her arms and pointing at the dance floor. Tomoyo smiled at him and together they laughed and danced with each other.

"So Syaoran? How are you doing with Meiling?" Eriol asked as he handed Syaoran a glass of wine.

"Same, same… Argh! I'm getting tired of this!" he said frustrated as he slouched back on the wall and began drinking his wine. Eriol just laughed at his childish antics, imagining that the world's famous cardiologist can sometimes be a normal person… Not the type of person they knew as Doctor Li Syaoran but just… Syaoran. It has indeed been a very long time since Syaoran acted like this ever since she went away.


The next day…

"Dad! Can I ask you something?" Little Xander inquired as he looked at his father concentrated on the road ahead of them.

"Hmm? What is it?"

"Well, you see…" Xander started while fiddling with his fingers and looked down; he took a huge breath and closed his eyes… "Who exactly is this Kinomoto Sakrua-san?" he asked while his eyes remained shut. A second passed then a minute… He slowly opened his eyes and stared at his father who just remained silent...

"Uhm, dad?" he said as he broke the ice but then was met with a very annoying laugh coming from his father. "What's so funny?" he pouted as he crossed his arms and started outside.

Syaoran's laughing subsided when he saw Xander sitting silent with a pout on his face. He reached him with his right hand and patted his head. "I'm sorry Xander, I just can't help myself… Let me ask you this before I answer your question… Why did you close your eyes?"

Xander's face lit up when he heard. He lightly bit his lower lip and stared back at his father.

"Because I thought you will get mad at me"

"Why would I get mad?"

"I dunno. Hey! I answered your question so you answer mine!"

Syaoran's smile immediately turned into a frown. He tightened his grip on the steering wheel and remained silent. Xander on the other hand, saw all this… It must be a very serious thing he thought as he continued to stare at Syaoran.

"If you don't want to then it's okay"

"It's not that I don't want to Xander… It's just… complicated" he said. His voice filled with pain and regret.

Xander remained at his position… Staring through his father's amber eyes… Examining them, reading them… but as a child it was all too complex for him to analyze everything that he saw and heard but one thing's for sure… Syaoran was suffering.


"Hey Xander, you just go and look for something you like. I'll just buy us some food okay? I'll pick you up after five mintues" a smiling Syaoran said to the boy in front of him as he bent down and patted Xander's cheeks.

"Hai!"

After Syaoran got out the bookstore Xander immediately grabbed the book entitled Angels and Demons by Dan Brown and began reading the summary. A minute passed and Xander was beginning to get bored. He searched the entire bookstore and sad to say that he can't find anything… anything at all that suited his taste. He climbed up the stairs to the second floor of the store and was astonished at what he saw. The lights shimmered nicely, the room smelt like fresh pine, fresh air come in and out the room as the curtains danced with the breeze. The room was filled with different musical instruments. He saw various types of guitars, flutes, violins and the like but what attracted him the most was the grand piano that was sitting on the center of the room. He slowly approached the object and sat on the chair. Immediately he pressed one key at a time. Little did he know that a silhouette was watching over him.

"How may I help you?" a cheery voice asked behind Xander's back. He immediately turned and saw a very fair creature… No, fair is not the right word and so is the word creature. He saw a beautiful angel fallen from the sky. Her complexion was perfect, pink soft lips and she was surrounded by a nice aura… he could feel it. He gaped at her for a long time and felt like his voice disappeared.

"Hmm… So do you know how to play it?" she asked while she sat beside him.

"N-n-no Madame" he replied back stuttering.

"Oh goodness! Don't call me Madame, we're not in a social party and it's just the two of us here so just call me Sakura ne? May I ask your name?" she then tilted her head to the left and stared at the boy beside him.

For the second time his breath was again caught when he saw her amazing emerald eyes. It looked so real… Like a real emerald stone and he just wants to grab it. He was engulfed by the beauty in front of him that he forgot everything.

"X-x-x-xan-d-er" he again stuttered "and… No. I don't know how to play the piano but I'm willing to try"

Sakura's eyes lit up when she heard this… She immediately sat upright and soon taught him how to sit properly and the basic notes and keys. Pretty soon, Xander was playing some nursery rhymes and he liked it.

"See… It's not that hard ne?"

"Mm!" he nodded.

"If you would like to learn more then give this to your parents" she handed him a flier and smiled for the millionth time.

"Hai! I will definitely give this to my parents! Thanks again Sakura-chan!" and with that he zoomed off.

Sakura was again left alone in the music room, she slouched back and started kicking her legs. "It's easy to be someone you're not… The hardest part is to be yourself" she thought as her emerald orbs was starting to be clouded by water. She bit her cheek just to stop it to the point where she can taste the copper flavor of blood. She blew her bangs and smiled to herself "Who am I kidding?!" she thought as she sat up and started playing a very solemn song. She glanced at the paper beside her and read the messy handwriting.

"Xander… Li" she whispered to the air as she let her tears roll down her face.


AN: I've changed Syaoran's job :) he's now a cardiologist okay:) and if ever there is some spelling or grammar errors i'm sorry about it cause i just wrote this chapter within 30 minutes and i've been itching to post it:) but i'll replace this one later with the edited chapter. :)

Thanks to:

KawaiiAmy13 - thanks for reading this fic! I really want to finish this one unlike my first story... I've been bored writing it.

brightestoflights - thanks!

y-chan - yeah! i decided to first write the present situation then something something (haha! it's a secret ne? you have to read and find it out :)

ffgirl-07 - yeah i know. That's my mistake. Thanks for the correction and thanks for reading my fic!