My Lips Are Sealed
Standard Disclaimer Applied
Author's Notes: I sincerely thank those of you who took a minute of your precious time to review as well as those who put my story on alert/favorite. If I missed responding to anyone, I apologize.
Mini Recap
Syaoran's lips pursed into a thin line, then suddenly turned into a small smile. "Fine…it's a deal. So it's between you and me right?"
"Yes…this secret will and can never-" but Sakura didn't get to finish her sentence as warm lips came crashing down onto her own.
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02. A c t i n g
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Emerald eyes widened.
Sakura's first reflex was to shove him away and to slap Syaoran hard. Normally, she wouldn't snap or think about using violence on anyone at all, but this was a different situation. One, this is not acting! Sakura would not tolerate kisses that are coming from reality, let alone a "forced" one. Two, he interrupted her sentence; talk about rude! But Syaoran was saved from her violent thoughts for now as a voice he had expected came interrupting.
"So this the "secret" huh? You two being an item and wanting to keep it away from us all?" A mature female voice interrupted.
Syaoran parted his lips from Sakura, only to receive a momentarily, angry glare before Sakura turned around to see whose voice saved Syaoran.
(A/N: I don't remember the order of their birth so mind you let's just keep it from oldest to youngest in order of their appearance.)
Four elegantly dressed women stood in front of Syaoran and Sakura.
"So little brother, aren't you going to introduce us to your kawaii girlfriend here?" The same female voice was heard.
"They are my four older sisters; from left to right and oldest to youngest, they are Fanran, Fuutie, Feimei and Sheifa. And this is my…girlfriend, Kinomoto Sakura."
"Nice to meet you all." Sakura politely replied.
"Kawaii!" They squealed and proceeded to pinch Sakura's cheeks. Due to all the sudden commotion, nobody noticed the two pairs of eyes that emerged behind the large tree on the other sidewalk. One pair was amethyst gem stone eyes that belonged to a young lady who was holding a camera…video taping them? It seemed that she looked very annoyed at the actions of the older women to Sakura. The other pair of eyes was sapphire blue behind glasses that belonged to a certain blue-hair young man who apparently, was observing the scene without any particular emotion.
"A-ah! L-S-syaoran!! H-help me!"
Syaoran sighed and pried his sisters off of Sakura.
"So why are you all here all of a sudden? Weren't all of you and mother in Hong Kong?" Syaoran asked as Sakura touched her cheeks gently and winced.
"Well, mother apparently wanted us to check up on you and apparently we found something that she had been yearning for…"
He groaned as Sakura looked confused.
"A girlfriend-to-be-fiancé." Needless to say, if Sakura hadn't been an actress all these years, she would've dropped-down-dead.
She turned around to face Syaoran and gave him a very pretty smile, but he knew better than that…
'Li Syaoran, I'm going to murder you.'
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Penguin Park
Syaoran POV
"Explain. Why the hell did you kiss me!? Of all the things you could've done to stop me, you chose to make us an item? Let alone your future –her face scrunched up in disgust–"fiancé."
I hesitated; I saw my dearest sisters coming when she was starting her last sentence so I had to silence her somehow, right? But out of all the things I could've possibly thought of, could've done…I chose to kiss her. I really don't know where the hell that idea came from. 'Must be the damn upcoming drama title…great…just great'
"I felt like it. It was the first thing that came to my mind to prevent the secret from leaking out anyways." The words just came pouring out like pouring water into a glass. 'Nice one Syao. "I felt like it." This would just turn from bad to worse…I was expecting a slap before. Might as well give me it now…'
"You felt like it? To kiss me? Are you joking with me or what?" Her supposedly beautiful shining, bright eyes turned into a murderous glare. 'Never thought I'd see Ms. Perfect turn this malicious…I really did it this time.'
'But really…it doesn't really matter that much right? I mean, you did check me out considering you noticed my physique. And besides we kissed a lot of times when we were acting. What difference does one more make?'
Sakura fumed.
It was then he realized that he said that last thought out loud. It was then he realized that his cheek stung. It was then that he noticed her eyes. They were lifelessly cold as if she and I were acting again, but only this time, it's reality.
I saw them when watching back the dramas we made. I saw them in the last part of our previous drama from a distance since I wasn't needed for the very end. But I never thought she looked this scary up close. No wonder Rain messed up so many times…
"For your information, here's a reality check. We're not being filmed right now! And have you ever thought I wanted you to kiss me in the first place, you inconsiderate bastard?!"
With an angry face and misty emerald green eyes, Sakura walked away. He had never heard Sakura bad-mouth anything or anyone unless it was needed in a drama.
On screen, they worked together perfectly; some would even say soul mates. Off screen, Mr. Inconsiderate Bastard had just ruined their friendly relationship.
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The Next Day…
"KAIJUU!" Touya yelled for his sister.
"Sakura, no kaijuu!" Sakura yelled as she was sprinting down the stairs and at the same time, tying her hair into a ponytail. As usual, she overslept and is rushing to get prepared for school. She came down the stairs, into the kitchen and stuffed a toast into her mouth as she was fixing her ribbon around her collar.
"What the hell is going on with you and Li Syaoran?" Touya gritted through his teeth.
The toast in her mouth fell onto the table.
"W-what?"
Touya handed her the newspaper. "Read it."
HEADLINE NEWS: Prince of China finally dating?
Prince of China, Li Syaoran and Miss popular of Tomoeda High, Kinomoto Sakura are officially an item. Resources said that they were planning to keep it a secret, but then they got busted when Li Syaoran's four older sisters caught them kissing! With their good looks and popularity, what a envious couple… Now keep your paws off of Li-sama and Kinomoto-san!
"Might as well go see who's at the door while you're at it." Touya said sarcastically.
Sakura peeked through the door hole. A lot of reporters were outside their house.
Four words were going through the Kinomoto siblings' heads.
'He. Is. So. Dead.'
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With Touya
Touya's best friend, Yukito Tsukishiro was trying to calm Touya down from going to hunt down Syaoran.
"Touya, think of the pro's and con's of this relationship first. Calm down. Fighting will not do any good." Yukito said as he stuffed cookies into his mouth.
"Fine."
Pro: Boys will stop hanging around Sakura.
Con: He touched Sakura. Not just any simple handshake or anything, but mouth-to-mouth contact.
Cookie gets crumbled.
Pro: Boys will stop asking her out on dates.
Con: He touched his precious imouto.
Cookie bag rips violently.
Pro: Sakura will be future Queen of China.
Con: Li Syaoran would take away his imouto.
That, my dear, did it.
A can on the sidewalk lay in Touya's path and let's just say, it got crushed very badly. Yukito stopped eating and turned to Touya.
'Oh boy…' Yukito thought.
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With Sakura
Sakura was waiting for Syaoran by her locker, the one right next to Syaoran's and was suddenly bombarded with questions.
"Oh my god! Is it true, Kinomoto-san? You're dating Li-sama?
"Is it?"
"Tell us!"
"How long have you been dating him?"
"Is he a good kisser?"
"Well…umm…"
"Sakura." Syaoran's voice popped up. Everybody moved to let the couple stand together, but when as soon as Syaoran got into a close distance to Sakura, Syaoran simply pulled Sakura out the building and into his limo.
"Don't tell me your sisters were the ones who spread the "good" news." Sakura said sarcastically.
"They're like microphones… Mother was so happy when she found out I was finally dating someone." Syaoran replied.
"Great…tell me how I'm supposed to enter my house with reporters blocking the entrance? I had to have Touya distract them this morning to climb down the tree next to my house to get to school!" Sakura complained.
"They probably gave up by now."
"…"
"Yeah right."
"Stop staring at me Li." Sakura said.
"Look, I'm…I-I'm…s-sorry. I didn't really mean to "force kiss" you yesterday, but I really couldn't think of anything else to stop my sisters from knowing our actor identities." Sakura knew he never said "sorry" much; she had always noticed that they had to do retakes whenever Syaoran had to say apologetic lines.
Receiving no reply from her, he continued. "Look at this mess we got into; it would've been worse if they found out about us being Cherry and Rang."
"Fine. I'll let that pass. But what about now?"
"What about now?" Then Sakura glared at him.
"Well…how long do we have to stay being an item?"
Syaoran shrugged, then answered, "I don't know, but they'd know something is up if we break it off fast."
"…"
"So I guess we're going to have to pull it off by…doing what we usually do."
"Acting?"
"Yeah."
"Fine…but…"
"But what?"
"You have to promise me something."
"What is it?"
She looked into his eyes seriously as she said quietly, "No matter what, don't fall in love with me."
He didn't understand. If he was to fall in love with her, he would've fell in love ages ago, considering he did so many dramas with her. He didn't know why she decided to make him make such a promise now.
He laughed. "If I was going to fall in love with you, I would've done it a long time ago."
She smiled faintly. "True."
Because she let it slide like that, he never did actually promise her.
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In Front of the Kinomoto's House
"KAIJUU!" Touya yelled as he headed towards her. A vein popped into Sakura's head.
"Onii-chan! How many times have I said "Sakura, no kaijuu!" She stomped on the ground as if it was Touya's foot. Syaoran emerged from the limo for a brief moment and gave Sakura a good-bye kiss on the cheek, knowing it'll hit a nerve of the infamous over-protective brother. "Bye Sakura." He whispered and then went back into his limo. 'Leave it to Li-kun. Revenge is so sweet.' Sakura thought as Touya fumed.
"Stay away from my sister you Gaki, or you'll get it from me!" Touya yelled as the limo drove off.
"You know Onii-chan," Sakura said as she started walking into their house, quite quickly may I add, "maybe dating Syaoran isn't that bad after all…" Sakura remarked as she ran into their house for her dear life.
'First name basis already?!'
If looks could kill, you really wouldn't want to be anywhere near Touya right now. "…Kaijuu!"
"So now because of his older sisters, he and I are now stuck as an item." Sakura said into the phone.
Sniffles came from the other end of the phone.
"What's wrong Tomoyo?"
"I can't believe I wasn't there to get Sakura-chan's first reality kiss! –sobs-" Tomoyo said. Sakura sweat dropped.
"Do you think you can lip-lock again and let me video tape it this time?" Tomoyo suddenly "changed her mood" and asked.
"NO! There is no way we're lip-locking again unless it's required in the upcoming drama, which considering the title, yea, we will need to."
"Fine…anyways, I have to go now Sakura-chan. See you tomorrow."
"Alright. Night Moyo."
She looked into the mirror and looked at her own reflection. Her eyes were rheumy.
A lone tear started to slide down her cheek.
"She's not even falling in love with him yet, then why am I feeling so sad?"
In her heart, she already knew the answer.
-Drip-
The week slowly passed. Reporters stopped "stalking" Sakura and the students in Tomoeda High calmed down. Sakura and Syaoran occasionally showed simple affection like hugging or a peck on the cheek to make them seem like a couple. Soon the week passed and it was Saturday.
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Sealed With a Kiss
"She was surrounded by fictions. He was shielded with money. She lived in fantasies and he lived in lies. They both were not truly happy with their lives, but they were content for the time being and didn't wish to change. Yet fate had other plans for them..."
A waist-length auburn hair woman with red eyes as red as apples was sitting in her 3 floor house at her room. Her eyes were focusing on the computer screen in front of her and her fingers were typing at the keyboard furiously. She was working on her latest fanfiction: Reality & Deception. Suddenly a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist.
She smiled gently.
"You're working on that again? Seriously, do you love writing more than you love me?" Her beloved husband's deep voice came like music to her ears. He had just came home from work and was resting his chin on top of her head, inhaling her cherry blossom scent.
"But Rang, this story is about us. You should know better than anyone that nothing can come between you and me again. Remember? You promised me that. Have you forgotten?" She looked up at him to see his messy chocolate hair and deep blue eyes and pouted playfully.
He chuckled. "No my darling Cherry, I haven't. I would never forget any of the promises I make you."
"Uh-huh. What about Kero-chan that you "fried" last time? You promised me a new goldfish!"
"Well, you wanted an exact match and Kero was a bit…fat, so it takes a long while to get a new one."
"Excuses…excuses…and Kero-chan was not fat! He was just… a bit chubby."
"A bit too chubby…" He muttered inaudibly.
"Pardon?"
"I was asking you where are you up to?" Rang said, obviously trying to change the subject.
"I've only started this yesterday night, but then someone interrupted me..."
"But you have to admit that you can't resist me!" He let go of her and put a masculine pose.
She giggled. "So now, I'm editing the beginning."
"Where it all started…"
"Yes, where it all started."
She was reading and wasn't paying attention to where she was walking or going, for she was more intrigued in the ending of the book than her unknown destination.
He was driving in his black Mercedes, on his way to pick up his girlfriend to go out for lunch.
She walked onto the street without noticing the speeding car.
He saw her and stopped in time as she dropped her book in response to the sudden loud noise from the stopping car. No one could tell whether she was shocked or had any emotion for her eyes were covered with her bangs.
"Hey!" Rang called out to her. "Watch where you're going Miss! Do you want to suicide?!" He yelled angrily.
She bended to pick up her book and then stood back up. She locked eyes with him, smiled and said, "Wouldn't dying be great?"
Rang couldn't believe his eyes and ears…this girl smiled at him and admitted that she wanted to suicide. This girl's eyes had such pain and sorrow that wanted to be relieved. She wished for death.
She walked over to him, pulled out a piece of paper from her coat pocket and a pen, wrote down her number and gave it to him. "If you can ever help me grant that wish, give me a call. My name is Cherry. Have a nice day."
'That girl is insane…but… what would it be like to die?' He thought as he watched her walk away.
"Hey! I didn't think you were insane at that time!" Rang exclaimed.
"Uh…yea…sure…."
"Change it! Change it!"
"But the story makes it interesting like that! And it's going to take a lot of time to re-word things if I change it and all. Besides…who knows…maybe you did think I was insane and weird!"
"N-no…I didn't. I just thought you were…umm…unique. Yea, unique." Rang flashed his wife a nervous smile as Cherry returned the favor with an "I'm-not-buying-that" smile.
"Anyhow, let me continue. I'm almost done with the chapter."
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'Nonsense…why would I want to die? I'm rich. I have a company to run, a loving family, and a gorgeous, loyal girlfriend. I have everything a man could ever want. Why I am thinking about death?' True that he owns a company; he's a CEO of a company, but the rest? In reality, he lied…big time.
A melodic noise snapped him out of his thoughts. He shook his head to stable himself from thinking of such insane thoughts, dismissing it with the approved "lie".
He took out his cell and read the text message.
"I'm busy; can't go to lunch with you. Maybe next time." –Miya
'Busy? Yea right.' He stepped on the pedal and drove away.
His family wasn't "loving"; some would even say cold. His parents let him do as he pleased. They could care less about him as long as he lives up to their strict standards, run the company, produce an heir, and don't ruin their reputation.
His girlfriend? He knew she cheated on him with… who knows how many men. He knew she just wanted him for his money, like every other woman did…He just needed one to put up an act with to please his parents in order to show that he's at least dating someone.
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With Cherry
Cherry was at the end of the book, "And they lived happily ever after."
She closed the book and smiled as she sat on the bench in a park. Cherry watched as the wind blew the leaves of the trees. Cherry watched as little kids laughed when they were being pushed into the air on the swings by their parents. Their parents were playing with them affectionately. The children's eyes glowed in happiness and amusement as they enjoyed the "ride". Other kids were running around the sprinklers, dancing to the spread of the water as the adults sat down on the benches and socialized with one another.
How she envied them because she never got the same happiness that they are getting.
She was an orphan.
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"You're so good at acting Cherry. In the two scenes we did today, you adjusted the attitude so fast, so professional." Syaoran says.
Sakura laughs. "Stop flattering me Rang."
"I'm serious. You seem to be able to pull off any role with ease."
Then Sakura's face turned a bit sad. "Because… acting is what I do best." Sakura whispered as she walked to the changing room, leaving Syaoran standing there speechless. He narrowed his eyes.
Little did they know, they were both thinking of the same thing:
'Because acting lets me escape reality.'
Author's Note: It's like writing two stories. (Drama & Reality) I made Kero-chan into a goldfish and fried him. –sobs- Don't worry! I'll "revive" Kero-chan soon, just this time not as a goldfish. Note that Tomoyo wasn't perfect like she was in Card Captor Sakura.
If you are wondering, Tomoyo and Eriol had appeared when Syaoran's sisters were starting to pinch Sakura so…Tomoyo did not get to tape the kiss.
Reviews would be appreciated. Flames would be accepted as long as you give me (a) proper reason/criticism. (And frying Kero-chan does not count…)
Miscellaneous: Imouto – younger sister; Onii-chan – older brother; Gaki -- brat
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