Author's notes: First of all, I want to express my deepest apologies for not submitting the second chapter sooner. My computer broke down and we had to get the whole mother board fixed! I'm so sorry! This chapter was never meant to be long too, but I promise the next chapter will be so long that your eyes will bleed!

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Chapter two- A day together

The next morning was a rush for Sakura, the girl was absolutely thrilled that Li was coming in the afternoon and she wanted to make everything totally perfect. Sakura dove into cleaning the living room—making sure that everything was spotless and everything was in peach order. Then she made sure that the kitchen tables were so clean that you could see your reflection through them.

Sakura seemed to be marching around endlessly and this made her Father Fujitaka smile with amusement. He helped her out of course and even offered to clean the upstairs. Fujitaka was wise enough to know that Sakura's efforts were for the boy coming over. She fancies him? Fujitaka would think to himself.

When they were done cleaning it was almost noon and Sakura was resting on the couch when there was a knock on the door and it flew open. Touya, her older brother walked in wearing his coat and tie for work. "Hello Monster." He grinned.

Oh no! Bad timing! Was Sakura's first screaming thought.

Li was sure to be a dead man if Touya was able to lay his killer hands on him. "Touya, h-hello." Sakura greeted back.

Touya looked around curiously, "Hey the place is real clean…" He smirked, "If you need me, I will be in my room." With that he left her to be at his room. Sakura's older brother no longer lived with them as he was already married , but he still took time to visit home every one in a while since he lived nearby. As long as Touya's here there is no way things will go well with Li!

Sakura couldn't help but think of the horrific turn of events and she was desperate to have it solved but she could think of nothing!

After an hour or so of worrying the doorbell rang and Sakura sprang out of the couch and dashed to get the door. She was not surprised to see Li standing there but never the less she was feeling nervous and excited. "L-Li, co-come in." Sakura said half-smiling.

Li entered quietly and nodded to her as he approached.

"Kinomoto." He greeted. Without another word Sakura led him inside and had him sit on the couch as she served tea. Her mind was going totally bonkers and she could hardly surpress her joy at Li being in her house! Her heart was pounding furiously at the thought and she had to do her best to try and keep calm. When Sakura came back to him with the tea, she quietly poured it and smiled. "Please enjoy, have you eaten lunch yet :

Li just nodded his head and thanked her for the tea. When they were done drinking, Li stood up and sighed. "We'll have to go grocery for the ingredients that we will need."
Sakura's heart jumped at the thought of being out alone with him and she sprang up from her seat. "Y-Yes, right." She shuffled on her feet, "Let me just get some money and a cook book."
"What's the cook book for?" Li asked, raising a brow.

"Well…So we'll know what ingredients to get."

"Forget it. We don't need it, just leave it to me."

Sakura just stared at him for a long while but then she nodded obediently and went to fetch some money. When she came back Li was already standing outside the door, waiting for her. Sakura's heart did another leap, she still couldn't believe that this was all really happening! She was going to spend the day with Li!

She had almost forgotten about Touya when the thought suddenly popped into her head and quickly she headed for the door in fear of Touya coming down any minute from his room.

Syaoran thought that Kinomoto was being unusually quiet. At school she was always so cheerful and now she was so silent, looking down at the ground as if it were the most interesting thing in the entire world. She barely looked at him but this did not bother him much and as they entered the grocery store Kinomoto nearly tripped over as she stumbled on her left foot, she instinctively grabbed on to Syaoran's sleeve and they both crashed to the ground, Syaoran on his bum and Kinomoto on her hip with her side touching his back. "O-Ow…" Kinomoto groaned.

Syaoran glared at her, "What did you think you were doing?" He snapped, wincing at the pain and the embarrassment as the people around stared at them weirdly. Kinomoto just let out another groan, "S-Sorry." She apologized sheepishly. Then Syaoran shoved her hands off his sleeve and stood up angrily. Kinomoto looked at him and quietly stood up. There was something with the look in her eyes that made him feel a bit discomforted. He couldn't explain it really; she just looked at him solemnly. They proceeded inside after a while of going around and not talking, Syaoran finally looked at her and asked. "Let's just make Vanilla Ice cream…To be basic."

Kinomoto smiled a little, "Its funny isn't it? We're studying chemistry yet we are cooking."
"It's fine." Syaoran replied, feeling comfortable. "I'm sure you think that it is fun."

"Yes! I am very happy about this project." She said, giving him a genuine smile. "I really think that our chemistry teacher rocks, don't you?"
"Yeah…" He said, and afterwards he stayed quiet and just listened to her as she talked. Syaoran glanced at her every now and then, realizing more and more that she was different from other girls and that he liked her best when she was cheerful. Kinomoto seemed content and he actually felt comfortable. She would smile at him, he would stare back at her blankly, not coldly.

He was kind of feeling glad that he had her as a partner. At least she was not all over him like other girls, honestly, it got irritating at times.

When they were done gathering their supplies they were about to head home when they bumped into Eriol and Tomoyo. "Tomoyo!" Kinomoto exclaimed joyously.

Syaoran took notice of how sudden her tone of voice had changed, and how truly joyful her voice sounded. He stared at her from the side of his eyes and saw such gentle happiness in them. Suddenly, he did not know why but he felt a bit annoyed. She would rather of had Tomoyo for company than him?

Of course she would. You are being irrelevant. He snapped at himself. Then a sudden thought crossed his mind, has he, Syaoran ever made someone smile like that?

No, he never has.

Eriol and Tomoyo approached them, hand in hand. They smiled at the two,

"How adorable!" Squealed Tomoyo, bringing out her video camera. "Is this a date?"

Kinomoto's cheeks produced a light pink color, "T-T-Tomoyo. Of course not, we were just…We just came from the grocery, we are doing the project."

"Which is exactly what you two should be doing." Syaoran said coldly.

Both Tomoyo and Eriol ignored him, "So, how are things going?"

"Great!" Kinomoto replied, "It's lots of fun and things are going well, isn't it Li?"

"As far as shopping could go, I guess things are good." He replied.

"How about you two? Are you on a date?" Kinomoto smiled.

"Yes we are, although, Eriol is supposed to meet up with Takashi in an hour and I'm worried that Eriol will end up cheating on me." Tomoyo laughed.

Eriol just chuckled, "I wouldn't cheat on you for the world my dear."

Syaoran was relieved when they finally got away from the couple and reached Kinomoto's house. Kinomoto didn't seem half as please though and when they entered she let out a small, "Hoe…" At the sight of her older brother—he seemed to be—sitting on the sofa. He turned to stare at them; his eyes lingered on Kinomoto and then traveled towards Syaoran's direction. Slowly, the man's eyes narrowed dangerously and Syaoran replied with the same deadly stare.

"T-Touya." Kinomoto mumbled worriedly. She pulled Syaoran into the kitchen, ignoring her brother's treacherous gaze.

She seemed relieved for a while but her relief was short lived when Touya marched into the kitchen himself. "So…" He said, talking to Kinomoto but staring directly at Syaoran.

"Who's this little punk?" Touya asked, raising a brow.

"T-Touya!" Kinomoto snapped, "He isn't a punk. This is Li, he's my chemistry partner."

"Whatever, he looks like a brat to me."

Syaoran scowled, "What did you say?" His voice was icy.

"Brat." Touya repeated with even more venom in his voice. Kinomoto stepped in front of the two glaring voice and gave Touya a glare of her own, "Touya, don't treat Li like that! He's my partner, now will you please leave us in peace?"
"Yes Touya, please leave Sakura and her friend alone." Said Fujitaka, standing behind Touya.

Her brother's eyes narrowed more, but then slowly he sighed and shoved his hands into his pockets. "Whatever." He grumbled, marching out of the kitchen.

When her father was gone, Kinomoto stared at Syaoran apologetically. "Sorry Li." She apologized.

"It's fine." He replied agitatedly.

Author's notes: Thank you for reading! Please review, I will post the third chappy when I get at least two reviews! Thank you all!!!