Summary: Ever since moving away from Tomoeda, life had been all about trying to survive in a pool full of hungry sharks, those hungry sharks being the teenagers that I deal with every day, and the pool being my High school. Every force in the universe seemed to be plotting my downfall. But I hadn't realized how cruel it really could be, until my life seemed perfect, and I got cut deeper then I ever had before.
Disclaimer: I dont own CCS or any characters in it.
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"Kiyoshi, if I told you that I liked you, what would you say?" Sakura asked.
"I would tell you that I don't like you." The boy sitting beside Sakura said.
"If I told you that I was never going to see you again, would you be sad?"
"No."
"If someone broke my heart, would you hold me me when I came to you crying?"
"Of corse not."
"Do you want me to be your girlfriend?"
"Never."
Sakura looked at him confused for a moment, before asking, "then why did you ask me out?"
He smiled for a moment. "I wouldn't say that I like you, because I love you. I wouldn't be sad, because I would die. I wouldn't hold you, becuase I would be too busy punching the bitch that dare hurt you. I don't want you to be my girlfriend, because I want you to be my wife." He said, reaching into his pocket to pull something out.
I was woken up by the sound of my alarm beeping and the feeling of being shoken. I shot my hand up to where my alarm clock was but my hand stopped when it hit something hard. I looked up to see that it had hit my brother, who was standing next to my bed trying to get me awake.
"Glad to see you're finally up, Kaiju. School started ten minutes ago." I rolled my eyes and looked at the clock distrustingly, only to find that he was right.
"HOE!!" I yelled, rushing back and forth across my room and into my bathroom. I got dressed and ready in three minutes, and was out the door in five, after eating breakfast of course. I had to pull my hair back into a ponytail because I didn't have time to take a shower.
I rushed into the classroom, trying to be as quiet as possible, but unfortunately the teacher noticed me.
"Ah, Kinomoto, glad you could join us. Please take your seat," he said and for a minute I thought I was off the hook, before he added, "oh, and I'll be seeing you in detention after school today."
I silently groaned and slouched into my seat next to Chiharu. I glanced over at her grumpily then got back to what the teacher was saying.
"So class, today we have a new transfer student. He just moved here from Tokyo, so I hope you all will try to make him feel welcome. You can come in now," he said, and the doors slid open before the new boy came in. I sat up straight in my seat as soon as he walked in. He looks alot like... No, it couldn't be him! It was just a dream.
"Hajimemashite, my name's Hatoyama Kiyoshi." He said and oh my wow I almost screamed. Chiharu noticed me acting weird and just looked at me like 'wtf, Sakura?' Then she got one of those 'oh I get it' looks and just looked back to the front of the class. Uh oh, I hope she doesn't think I have a crush on Hatoyama! With me thinking about all this stuff I didn't even notice that the teacher asked him to sit down behind Chiharu. He stopped in front of my desk and smiled sweetly at me. Wow, he had the most breath taking smile. He was pretty cute too. He had golden brown hair with light highlights of darker shades of brown, and he had the most gorgeus aqua eyes. I wanted to melt just looking at them.
Suddenly Chiharu passed me a note and I mentally slapped myself for thinking that about someone I don't even know. He could be a rapist! Or even worse, a tax collector! Cue the dramatic music. Okay, yeah, I'm done now. Remembering Chiharu's note I opened it before the teacher could see it.
Hey Kura! Do you like Hatoyama?
I knew it. I quickly scribbled something down on a piece of paper and passed it to her.
No, of course not! Why would you ask that chi-chi?
Well, becuase you started acting really funny when he came in.
We passed notes through almost the whole class. I really need to start paying better attention, but oh well. This is pretty much how the conversation went after that:
Sakura- He just looks kind of familiar. No big though.
Chiharu- Oh. Okay then. And don't forget we've got Meilin's fashion show after school to go to.
Sakura- How could I? I've been looking forward to it for months! Oh my gosh, Li's staring at me.
Chiharu- Really? Wonder if he likes you?
Sakura- Doubt it. He's been so hostile torwards me ever since we stopped hanging out. He's probably plotting my downfall.
Chiharu was about to pass me another note when the bell rang. I said goodbye to Chiharu, and left the classroom, only to find Kiyoshi waiting for me out there.
"Hey!" He said, once he caught sight of me. "I'm Kiyoshi," he gave me that gorgeus smile again. I stared at him for a moment and almost forgot to reply.
"Hi, I'm Kinomoto Sakura. Nice to meet you," I replied, smiling at him myself. "You can call me Sakura."
"Oh, okay then nice to meet you Sakura. Um I was hoping you could maybe show me around? I don't know where any of my classes are." I nodded and asked him for his schedule, when he showed it to me I saw that we had all but two classes together.
"Oh, you've got every class with me except for History and Japanese. That's cool!" I said, probably sounding over excited. Oh well.
He just smiled and we started talking. We got to PE class(yuck) and of course we had to leave each other because he couldn't come into the girls changing room... Oh and I couldn't go into the boys changing rooms, either! Heh yeah. I was already in the gym and stretching when he came out of the changing rooms talking to Li. I just smiled before realization hit me. HE'S TALKING TO LI?!
I looked back over at them to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, and sure enough I wasn't. And was Li actually laughing? Wow, I haven't seem him do that in a while... They both started walking over to where I was and, realizing that I was staring, I quickly looked away and got back to stretching hoping they didn't notice. "Sakura!" Kiyoshi called once he got closer to me.
"Oh hey, Kiyoshi," I said, and stopped stretching. We sat there in silence not exactly knowing what to say. I couldn't help but think there was something about him and that dream that I had last night. I mean, he looked exactly the same, he had the same name... It was just weird.
"So have you met the coach yet?" I asked, hoping it would spark a conversation.
"Yeah actually I met him on the way to the changing rooms," he said, then leaned in closer like someone was listening, "he scares me." He whispered and I giggled.
"Don't worry, he scares everyone." I said and we both laughed. Li just stood there looking annoyed.
The rest of the day was just a typical boring school day. Having Kiyoshi there made it a bit more interesting though. At lunch I introduced him to Rika, Meilin, Naoka, and Arata. They all thought he was awesome, so it's pretty cool.
During home ec--my last class for the week!--Kiyoshi passed me a note. He sat pretty near to me in every class we had together. The teacher was only rambling on about the parts of a sewing machine, so I didn't think I would miss anything too important by reading the note.
Hey Sakura, just wondering if you wanted to get something to eat after school? You know, as kind of a thank you for showing me around today.
I smiled, and looked over at Kiyoshi who smiled back.
Sure, that sounds grea-
Oh wait! I've got that fashion show to go to... Oh well. I erased what I had just wrote and started writing again.
I'm sorry, I'd love to, but I've got a fashion show that my friend's going to be modeling in.
He looked kind of disappointed when he read the note, so I felt pretty bad. I decided to write something else.
Wanna come?
I passed it over to him and he looked at me confused before opening it. After he did, he looked like he was wondering if he should go before nodding to me. I smiled and got back to paying attention to the lesson.
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About an hour after school I went to Meilin's suite to get ready. Yep, she lived alone in a suite. How lucky is she to have parents that would let her do that?
I put on a cascade tube dress with a green, pink, white and black floral pattern. It came just above my knee, and not to sound vain but I looked pretty hot in it. I had a black metallic clutch with it, and wore some strappy high-heeled pumps. My make-up was only mascara, lip-gloss, and some light blush. The dress really made my emerald green eyes stand out, and the pumps made me a good 3 1/2 inches taller. My hair was wavy and came just an inch below my shoulders.
I banged on the door once again for Meilin to get out of the bathroom. "Come on, Meilin! You're gonna be late!" I yelled and she finally came out. She was breath-taking. She were a black double v-neck dress with red and white scribbled dots and cutting off pretty high on her calfs. She wore it with an Enamel hinge cuff, knee-high metallic black boots with three inch heels, and a red crocodile shine clutch. Her make-up was done as perfectly as ever, and it looked completely natural. The dress hugged all the right places on her, and it made her red eyes really pop.
"Wow Meilin, you look stunning!" I said as I inwardly pouted, wishing I could be that pretty.
She giggled. "Thanks Saki! Now stop staring, you're acting like a lesbian!" She said playfully and I sent her a playful glare. "We'd better get going before we're late," she said grabbing my hand and pulling me out the door of her suite.
"Oh and I forgot to tell you, we have to pick up Kiyoshi on the way." I said, and she stopped and looked at me in that way that little kids do before they're about to say 'ooooh sakura has a boyfriend!' "Don't even say it, I invited him as a friend he's not my date." I said and walked past her as she scrambled to follow me.
"Well, maybe, but you like him don't you? I know for a fact that he likes you!" She said as we got into the limo that the people hosting the fashion show sent for her.
"Yeah? And how would you know that?" I asked distrustingly.
"Well see," she said, scooting closer to me and talking quieter as if someone was listening, "I was visiting Syaoran's house right after school, you know he's my cousin, because I had to talk to his sister about something and I was passing by his room and I heard these voices, and his door just happened to be open and I wasn't eavesdropping or anything it's just-"
"Meilin!" I snapped, signalling her to stop blabbering and tell me what she knew.
"Right, sorry," she looked at me apoligetically and then kept going, "well anyway he had his phone on speaker and he was talking to Hatoyama-san on the phone because appearantly they're like best friends or something now and," she started but then stopped when I looked at her like 'don't you dare start rambling on again.' "And anyways Syaoran asked him if there was anyone in the school that he liked, and guess what he said? YOU!"
My eyes got wide as she finished. "Me? He likes me?After just one day?" She just nodded, a big stupid grin on her face. Wow. We stopped at Chiharu's house next and she couldn't have came out faster. She almost tripped on her 4 1/2 inch heels.
Chiharu was wearing a racerback bubble dress that was the same color green as was in my dress(me and Chi always matched when we went to places like this), with a deep V neckline and the dress cutting off mid-thigh, and some platforms that got smaller near the front. Her hair was in a half ponytail, she had curled it and she had to pencil-sized strands of hair out of the ponytail laying on her face along with her thin bangs. Her hair was shining beautifully in the light as she put on her usual make-up. White eyeshadow on the lid and crease with light eyeliner and mascara, blush, and dark pink lip-gloss. She looked gorgeus.
She opened the door to the limo and got in quickly, and then we were moving.
"Wow Mei Mei you look hot, with two t's!" She said as soon as she sat down.
"Haha thanks Chi Chi. You look gorgeus," Meilin said with a sweet smile.
"Thanks! Wow Kura, you look great too! If Hatoyama-san were coming, he would be all over you." She said teasingly and I pretended to try and strangle her while Meilin laughed at the whole thing.
"Actually Chi, Hatoyama-san is coming," Meilin said smirking, and Chiharu just raised her eyebrows ready to listen. "Sakurainvited him," she said and Chiharu looked at me with a childish smile. Oh no, please don't.
"Sakura and Kiyomi sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G." She sang and her and Meilin started laughing. I sank in my seat, my face red as a tomato. For the next ten minutes before we got to Kiyomi's house, Meilin and Chiharu were making jokes about me and Kiyomi, until we finally got there.
He got into the car, said hi to Meilin and Chiharu, then sat down by me and put his arm on the seat behind me. Mei and Chi both looked at me and I could tell they were trying as hard as they could not to laugh. Thankfully Kiyomi was staying unaware of the whole thing. The next little while was spent in silence until finally Kiyomi asked what the fashion show was for.
"Oh, it's more of a contest thing I guess. See, they're giving away three scholarships for a designers degree at this really high-class college where alot of hot designers went and they had this thing where thousands of people sent in their design, and now they've chosen twenty winners," Chiharu explained, "all twenty of the winners will have a model walk two of their designs on the catwalk and the judges will pick which ones get scholarships. It's really cool." He nodded showing his understanding.
"Yeah, and Mei was one of the people picked," I said and smiled at Meilin.
"Oh, congratulations! It must be a big honor." He said as he smiled at her two.
"Oh it is, thank you." Meilin said, smiling sweetly. "Oh my, I must be blushing right now. How embarrassing is that?" She said slightly giggling. Her phone started ringing and she looked at the screen before answering it, "Hey Syaoran, what's up?" She said, smiling. "Yeah Hatoyama-san is right here," she sighed before handing the phone to Kiyomi.
"Moshi moshi." He said as he brought the phone up to his ear. "No, my cell's not off. Well, sorry I guess I didn't hear it ringing." I looked around the limo and at Chiharu and Meilin, then up at Kiyomi to find that he was strawberry red. I looked at him confused before he said, "yeah, Sakura-chan's here." He tried to say it quietly but everyone could hear him anyway. I could hear Chiharu trying to hold in her giggles. I shot her a glare and her face instantly went serious.
"Okay, see ya dude." He said as he flipped Meilin's phone shut and handed it back to her.
We sat in silence for the rest of the way until we finally got there. There were paparazzi everywhere, making me feel like a celebrity. I guess there were going to be famous fashion designers here or something.
We went up to the person with the guest list, and he let Meilin in after she told him her name. If I had known what was about to happen, I never would have gone in with her.
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A/N: Okay that was a pretty quick update so sorry if it's too quick. But this chapter was pretty easy to write so... anyway hope you like. Sorry there's not my SxS action, but there will be soon :)) And thanks to all that put it on fave/alert. But please review if you do because I love getting them lol. Oh, and thanks crazyandproud344 for my first review!
-Lexi