Love on the Streets

Summary: Sakura is a poor, job-seeking girl who has to take care of her deaf, blind, and speechless brother while living in the streets. Then she meets Syaoran, the most generous and rich man she would ever know. And though he tries to make her life smoother, he unintentionally just makes her life more complicated and troublesome.

He really was going to die.

Sakura took off her jacket and placed it on Touya, hoping it would make him warmer. She stood up in the rain, wet and shivering from skin to bone.

Strange, she felt strange inside. Sakura turned back to return into her shelter where her brother was sleeping. That was when she saw it:a stranger standing in the middle of the street and gaping at a car driving straight at him. Sakura needed to do something.

"Move!" She screamed, running past the cardboard box and across the street, there was a blinding light that blocked her sight, but she knew he was right there in front of her. She pushed the body and then heaved herself away from the path of the car.

Someone screamed something, but he didn't hear it in his dazed state.

Then there was someone pushing him, and he was thrown to the sidewalk.

Lacking quick reflexes, he lay on the cement with his face flat a puddle, listening to his rapid heartbeat.

It was fear that had overcome him and caused him to turn into a statue, and he somewhat regretted going after his dumb umbrella. He had almost been killed! What would Meiling think of that? She would die, definitely.

Sakura, however, recovered immediately, trying to help the young gentleman up.

"Are you okay? You're not… hurt, are you?"

Syaoran looked up, blushing a bit, "I'm fine, thank you." Thank you… for saving my life! He wanted to shout, but he was too embarrassed to.

Sakura beamed, obviously relieved, "Sorry I had to push you like that, I just didn't want you to get hurt."

"Sorry? You kept me from being killed!" He had the urge to give her something, something for gratitude, "What would you like, clothes? Money? Discount to a restaurant? Anything?"

Sakura stared at him with surprise and amazement, "You're offering me… money?"

Syaoran quickly reached into his pocket for his wallet, he handed it to her. Baffled, Sakura only stared at it. "You're offering me your wallet?"

"You don't want it?" He didn't withdraw his hand.

Sakura thought it was silly, and crazy almost, how could she take a stranger's money, his expensive wallet, and all the other unknown things inside there? She would be like a thief! She couldn't get money off of saving people's lives, she needed to earn it with hard work, what she needed was a job.

"I don't want it." She answered firmly. She knew what she wanted now, "All I need is a job, and maybe some shelter."

Syaoran placed the wallet back into his pocket, "That's too easy, are you sure that's all you need? No money?"

Sakura nodded, "But, thank you very much. I really appreciate your generosity."

He grinned, "You're unusual, not taking offered money like what most people do. Oh well, if you want a job that much, and if it means that much to you just as much as my life does to me…"

He's the unusual one, if his life meant as much as my searching for a job, he wouldn't have walked so stupidly into the middle of the street like that. Sakura chuckled to herself.

"… then I'll find you a job, by tomorrow. And you can stay at my house for shelter, how about that?" Syaoran was already flipping open his cell phone.

Sakura looked over her shoulder to see the cardboard box, standing there, worn down by persistent rain.

"I don't want to cause you any trouble or anything, I really don't think I should stay at your house." She hugged herself, her bare arms already numbed by the cold.

Syaoran noticed this and closed his cell phone. He took off his jacket and placed it over her shoulders, "Where do you live?"

Sakura looked down at her worn shoes, "Across the street."

"That house?"

"No. On the sidewalk."

Syaoran cried, "That cardboard box over there!"

Sakura nodded. Syaoran screamed, "Then of course you have to stay at my house! You can't go anywhere else, you can't afford anywhere to live but a cardboard box!"

She knew he was right, maybe she should stay at his house, but only for a little bit, for her brother. "Fine. But only until I get enough money to get an apartment or something."

"I'll get a cab." He walked toward the street.

"Wait!" She pulled at his sleeve, "My brother… I have to bring him."

"Sure. Is he in that cardboard box? Crap." He groaned, "We've gotta cross the street again, now isn't that a pain? Save me if I'm about to be killed again." He winked at Sakura.

Sakura attempted to smile, but she sneezed instead. "Don't catch a cold. Come on, you should know how to wear a jacket." He pulled it over her more, helping her put it on.

They stood at the edge of the sidewalk about ready to go, when he grabbed her hand firmly. She was so startled that she didn't move her legs and he had to pull her across. With her hand in his, she felt warm inside, even if the jacket was soaking a bit wet inside with the rain pelting hard on them.

Touya was still sleeping, but his face appearing so uncomfortable and afraid. Without thought, she broke their joined hands and immediately threw her arms around her brotherand hugged him close.

"I'm sorry I was away… forgive me." He felt cold and limp, but slowly relaxed with the sound of her voice again. "We're going somewhere, we're going to somewhere better than here. You'll be warm, for sure."

Syaoran was touched by the two siblings being reunited again, realizing how they couldn't be a second apart from each other. He carried Sakura's brother and Sakura called for a taxi.

As the car drove away from the sidewalk, Sakura gazed sadly at the cardboard box.

It had helped her and her brother through many hardships, lasted through winters and summers, and had been a reminder of the past.

She closed her eyes. But that was the past, and the cardboard box was broken now, and everything she had once cherished would now disappear.

She didn't want to be reminded anymore, she was going to have a new life now. She would get a job. She would protect her brother. She would be able to save him and herself. The past would only destroy her, would only break her and cause her to be left behind in this present time.

She was finally going to move on, onto a much more better life.

Or so she thought.

Syaoran's not evil by the way, just making sure. Yes, Syaoran's weak, no quick reflexes, no martial arts... I apologize. Thank you for the reviews andfor enjoying. I really appreciate it when people review.