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Author's Note: "Hi." This is normal dialogue while the ones in italics "Hi." are thoughts.
Chapter two:
The moment Sakura and Tomoyo reached the Kinomoto mansion, Tomoyo rushed Sakura inside her room and forced her to be seated in front of the dressing table and started helping her do her hair and makeup. Tomoyo took off Sakura's wig off, releasing her long flowing auburn hair and brushed it straight with a comb. When her hair finally got straight, Tomoyo began pinning some of Sakura's hair in a small bun while leaving some behind. After doing Sakura's hair, Tomoyo used a cotton wool to clean her face and put on light makeup on Sakura. She put on blue eye shadow to emphasize Sakura's emerald eyes. After the makeup was done, Tomoyo pushed an evening gown into Sakura's hands and called her to go inside the dressing room to change into it. Did I mention that Sakura's dressing room is a walk-in one?
When Tomoyo made sure Sakura went to change, she began doing her hair and makeup for herself as well. She put on fake eyelashes and peach coloured eye shadow to show off her large beautiful amethyst eyes. She put up her hair in a messy bun, but it still looked fashionable and chic enough for the dinner function. When she did the final touch ups on her makeup and hair, she picked up her own dress and went to the dressing room to check up on how Sakura was doing before changing into her own gown.
When she knocked on the dressing room door, Sakura unlocked it and came out looking fantastic. Her gown was the same colour as her eyes, a bright emerald green, and it is a strapless gown with some Swarovski crystals embroidered on the bust area. Her dress is only knee length, so it shows off her slender legs. She also matched the dress with matching emerald earrings, bracelet and necklace to showcase her porcelain skin. She matched her outfit today with violet heels and made her look even more stunning.
"Sakura channnnnnnnnnnn~~~~~~~" Squealed Tomoyo with stars in her eyes as she searched her bag frantically for her camera to capture her beloved Sakura in such a lovely moment.
Sakura sweat dropped and sighed, "Errrr Tomoyo chan, is this really necessary? You see me like this every time I had to go for such events!"
"And I'm still very proud of how wonderful I can make you look despite how you dress yourself at school!" beamed Tomoyo as she continued snapping pictures with her camera.
After taking pictures of poor Sakura who had to stand there for quite a long time for Tomoyo to finish fantasizing about Sakura, she went inside the dressing room as well to change into her dress. Minutes later, she pushed open the doors and came out looking fabulous as well. Her dress was a violet open back halter dress that also stopped around her knees with a ribbon at the back. She too, wore matching jewelry and wore dark grey velvet heels.
The moment Tomoyo came out of the dressing room, Sakura gave her a smile, saying, "You look pretty fine too, Tomoyo chan."
"Thanks dear, now let's look at the mirror one last time before we set off, shall we?"
After making last minute touch ups and being satisfied with their looks today, the girls walked down the mansion and into Sakura's limousine to set off to the Li mansion. When they finally arrived at the Li Mansion, they found a lot of familiar faces, because they all belonged to huge corporations from all sorts of businesses, and of course, they saw Meiling too, because she is the cousin to the main person being introduced today, Syaoran Li.
"Hey girlfriends!" Meiling smiled as she saw her best friends come out of the limousine and enter the mansion.
"Hey there gorgeous!" Both Sakura and Tomoyo dragged Meiling in for a group hug.
"Thank God for coming, you have no idea how boring this thing is with all the people from the other companies coming up to me and talk about how great my cousin will be. They have no idea how much of a jerk he can be sometimes!" Meiling whined to the other two girls.
Tomoyo then laughed, "Come on, how bad can he be? Can he be worse than Touya?" and Sakura smiled at that comment her best friend just made of her own brother. "At least he doesn't call his relatives a kaijuu or monster…"
"Oh you have no idea. His attitude is really stuck up some times, thinking that he's the best person on the surface on Earth. More like the biggest idiot instead to me!" snickered Meiling.
The girls continued chatting happily amongst themselves as more guests continue to arrive and some rich kids trying to strike up a conversation with the 3 ladies. After about an hour later when most of the guests arrived, the lights dimmed, leaving only the front stage lights at its full blast. The president of Li corp., Yelan Li, stepped onto the stage and took over the mic, introducing her son.
"My son, Syaoran Li, has finally returned to Japan after years of foreign training in China and Hong Kong for 10 years to help me in my business. I hope that all of you will take care of him in future as he will be the successor for the Li Corps after I retire. Introducing… Syaoran Li!"
Right after she finished her speech, a lean figure walked up the stage in a black suit and a bow tie and stopped right beside Yelan Li. He had chestnut coloured hair that was messy, yet still made him look very fine, and his amber eyes really shone under the spotlights. All the girls except for Meiling, Sakura and Tomoyo immediately swooned over him and talked between themselves how sexy he looked on stage. Even the older guests were speaking about how promising he looked as the heir of Li Corps and how he looked like a great leader.
"Hey Meiling, that's your cousin right? I'll have to say he doesn't look too bad, does he?" Tomoyo whispered to Meiling.
"Don't let him hear that, that'll only boost his ego even more than it already is." Meiling told Tomoyo in a soft whisper. "Sakura, what do you think?"
"I think he's an asshole."
"Huh?" Both Tomoyo and Meiling were shocked at what just came out of Sakura's mouth a second ago. "Say that again?"
"I said I think he's an asshole!" hissed Sakura to the two girls.
"….But why? We haven't even met him before yet, Sakura chan!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Don't you recognize him? He's the idiot that poured coffee over me this afternoon at school without apologizing! Can't believe I have to see him every time I go to Li Corp from now on!" Sakura said exasperatedly with a really displeased look.
This wasn't good. Sakura was cold to everyone, but she was seldom angry at someone. And everyone knows how scary how Sakura can be when she's mad. She's go all out to making that person regret ever messing around with her. The last person that made her mad had to quit school because Sakura threatened to beat her up if she didn't. Of course, she didn't do it by letting her know she's a Kinomoto. That'll be bad for both her and the reputation of the company. But she has means to do that which even Tomoyo doesn't know.
"He did what?" Meiling almost shouted but since there were a lot of important guests around, she just whispered loudly.
"He's the guy? But Sakura, how can you be sure?" Tomoyo asked.
"I can recognize that messy hair and amber eyes anywhere. Not everyone has those strong eyes like he does." Sakura pointed out while glaring at Syaoran who is giving his speech on stage.
After the future heir of Li Corp, Syaoran Li, finished giving his speech about his future, there was a huge welcoming applause while he walked down the stage to socialize with his future business partners. The girls continued to talk between themselves for a while more before Syaoran approached them himself because he wanted to talk to Meiling. Beside him was Eriol Hiiragizawa, his best friend, who returned to Japan along with Syaoran.
"Hi, bastard." Meiling glared at Syaoran.
"Stop that, we're in public. You want to be rude, do it when this is over. Anyway, you know I'll be attending the same school as you starting tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah, it's a pain knowing that I'll be stuck at the same school as you. Don't really have to remind me that. Let me introduce to you my best friends. This here is Sakura Kinomoto, and this is Tomoyo Daidouji from Daidouji Fashions. "
"Nice to meet you, ladies. As you have known from just now, my name is Syaoran Li. We'll be schoolmates from now on, so please take care of me. Let me also introduce my friend as well. This is Eriol Hiiragizawa. He's both Meiling's and my cousin. He'll also be attending the same school as all of us."
"Nice to meet you, Kinomoto san, Daidouji san." Eriol shook hands politely with the 2 girls.
"Please, call us Sakura and Tomoyo, Hiiragizawa san. Nice to meet you too, Li-san, Hiiragizawa-san." And Tomoyo flashed them one of her sweet smiles that could make guys swoon over her at once.
"Then please call us by our first names too, Tomoyo chan." Smiled Eriol.
Eriol and Tomoyo continued to chat and Meiling went off to search for her Aunt Yelan to talk about other things such as Syaoran's enrollment. This left Sakura and Syaoran alone to speak with each other.
"Good evening, Kinomoto-san. How are your father and brother doing recently?"
"They're fine, Li-san. But they are very busy with their work, hence I was sent to attend this function on their behalf tonight. They have sent their deepest apologies for not coming here personally to welcome you." Sakura bowed politely while trying to control herself from lashing at Syaoran.
"Please tell them I understand their situation. Thank you for coming instead. Please don't stand on the formalities with me, we're going to be schoolmates starting from tomorrow anyway. Call me Syaoran." He said politely. "I still find those emerald eyes very familiar… Where have I seen them before?"
"Then please call me Sakura too. Since we'll be schoolmates soon, I guess I shall not be so formal with you too as well. Speaking of which, don't you owe me an apology, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura smiled sweetly at Syaoran, but it was pretty obvious to Tomoyo and Meiling who were nearby that she was pissed. The smile that Sakura is showing Syaoran now is one of those smiles she showed before turning evil on someone.
Now it's Syaoran's turn to ask Sakura, "Pardon me, but I'm sure this is the first time we've met. I assure you that I have done nothing to offend such a lady like you."
"Oh dear. Have you forgotten that you spilled coffee on me this afternoon and left without saying sorry, Syaoran-kun?" The sweet smile has turned into a cold glare and each word sounded like cold knifes cutting through the cold air.
"Sorry but since when did I-" and suddenly, what happened that afternoon flashed through Syaoran's head all over again. "Oh, so you're that girl. But how come the way you looked back at school…" He was shocked at what he was seeing, because the person he knocked at school looked like she was from a poor family and this girl in front of him now is the youngest daughter from the Kinomoto Group. There was too much difference between the two images that even he could not understand how that was possible. However, he still covered up his shock with an arrogant smirk and said, "Hmph, like I said, I should be the one receiving an apology instead. You're the one that ran in the corridors and knocked me over."
Now Sakura was really pissed. "You could have at least apologized for breaking my spectacles in the process of standing up, right?" There was a visible frown on Sakura's flawless face as she continued to pursue for Syaoran's apology.
But Syaoran retorted with a snort, "Hmph, not my fault for bringing such a flimsy pair of glasses."
That sentence rendered Sakura speechless as her face started turning red from anger. "You…!" but she still controlled her temper well because people are starting to look in their direction. She could hear some people whispering things along the lines of how good the both of them looked together and whatnot. "These people must be delusional to be thinking that way." Sakura thought when she closed her eyes to try and calm herself down. "Chill, Sakura. No use offending the heir of Li Corp… Chill… You can do this!"
However, she still could not help but glare at Syaoran's amber eyes and Syaoran retaliated with a glare as well. "How dare he/she…! No one has dared to look at me like this before!" Thought the both of them at the same time. Tomoyo, Eriol and Meiling could swear upon their lives they could see fire around the both of them that moment and swore that they had never seen their friends act this way before in front of others.
Deciding that this should end right now, Tomoyo dismissed herself politely from Eriol, saying, "I'm sorry but I guess I'll have to leave with Sakura already. We still have things to do. So nice meeting you, Eriol-kun." And gave him a smile before leaving to stop Sakura from glaring at Syaoran any longer.
"There, there, dear, I think that's enough for today. We shall get going soon, don't you think? I suppose Touya wouldn't be too pleased that his sister is out here until too late. Now excuse us, Syaoran-kun. Nice meeting you tonight!" and bowed to Syaoran before dragging Sakura away from him.
Both Syaoran and Sakura gave each other one last death glare before turning in different directions towards their friends.
Sakura was fuming with anger and Tomoyo could only look on with amusement as her friend was practically glaring at anything that was in her way.
When they found Meiling with her Aunt Yelan, they introduced themselves briefly to Yelan Li before she left to attend to other matters regarding the function. When Meiling saw Sakura's face, she raised a brow at Tomoyo, "What's gotten into her?"
"She-" Tomoyo was about to explain what just happened before getting cut off by Sakura herself.
"You're right, Meiling, he IS a jerk after all. No, I should say that he's far worse than a jerk. He's an asshole!" Sakura seethed through her clenched teeth.
Meiling almost burst out in laughter if not for the guests in the room. This was the first time she ever heard anyone describe her cousin as an asshole! The furthest Eriol and she went was calling Syaoran an idiot, but never an asshole. "Oh things are going to be interesting from now on… hee hee!" She thought mischieviously.
"Sorry but, Meiling, I guess we'll go home right now. It's late already, Touya would kill both me and Sakura if we're back at the Kinomoto's too late!" Tomoyo explained.
"OK, go ahead, I think the event's ending soon anyway. See you girls at school tomorrow!" and Meiling waved the two girls goodbye after giving them a hug.
"Bye Meiling~!" both of them said in unison before leaving for the entrance of the Li Mansion.
As they left for the entrance, Eriol and Syaoran were looking on and Eriol thought, "Tomoyo Daidouji… What an amazing lady she is…" and continued looking at her until she disappeared behind the door. Syaoran on the other hand, smirked and thought, "What an interesting girl that Kinomoto girl is. I'm sure school won't be as boring as I thought after all, I guess." And saw the limousine outside the mansion leave.
Author's Note:
Is this considered too long? I took quite a while to finish this chapter… like about 5 hours? I don't know, it still seems like it's too longwinded :/
I didn't really mean for Syaoran to discover Sakura was the "rude girl" so soon but oh well, it just came out. The original plan was that they go to school together first, letting Syaoran quarrel with Sakura then have the dinner function. But I guess both way works, ne? :D
I hope this chapter is better than the previous one. I think chapter one's too short but longwinded for its own good *low self confidence*
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