What I Like About You

Author: Blossomed X


Summary: "So what if I, Syaoran Li, am in love? Why is it such a big deal?!" My friends stared at me as if I was on drugs. "Oh, I don't know. Maybe it's because you're in love with YOUR BEST FRIEND!"
Chapter 2

I grunted and threw Tomoyo down with the rest of the girls. Mei Lin and Chiharu were still twitching for a bit, but Tomoyo was a whole new, different story:

She just stopped acting like a cat a few minutes ago, but she was still squirming like crazy. She was babbling, with green drool coming out of her mouth. The most logical explanation was that Tomoyo ate some of the stink bomb, mistaking it for candy.

But…Tomoyo isn't that stupid…is she? However, Tomoyo's actions these days leave me mortified, so perhaps she is stupid.

Hey, I'm leaving my options out in the open.

"Is that the last of them?" Ryu asked, throwing in some soap for good measures. We all nodded.

The guys stared at the gibberish girls in the, you guessed it, bathtub. We smiled to one another wickedly and turned on the shower, harsh, cold beads of water dropping down on the girls. They screamed at the harsh quality, soap seeping their clothes.

"Is it just me? Or do these screams just turn me on?" Yamazaki inquired. My eyes widened as well as the others, and we took a large step away from him. A horny Yamazaki was the last thing we wanted on our list.

The guys decided to clean the kitchen up (excused by me, since this is my house) and ah, the joys of labor. I smirked at the guys who mumbled incoherent verbal abuses at me. Their masks didn't really help on the odor, but it did give me a good chuckle. Truly, this was a day I shall never forget. Hm…maybe I should take a picture while I'm at it.

I took a walk away from the odor-smelling room and went outside. And for good measures, I opened up the window as well. I'm a good friend, huh?

I frowned at the fact that Sakura was still missing. I knew that she was smart enough to know that there was another door that leads to the outside. Too bad the girls were too stupid to realize that.

I'm glad that Sakura got away just in time, but I was really worried. It was already nearing dawn, and I needed to go to the store to buy some more stink bombs for Yamazaki. Really, who hides a stink bomb stash in the CANDY drawer?! I shook my head in disapproval, and then turned it when I heard some crashes from inside. I shrugged.

That's their problem, not mine. I mused.

I don't know how long I've been standing outside, but before I knew it, the sun was rising, and my body was still uphold and solid. I looked back, uses of verbal profanity still thrown about at my house. I strode to the back of my house, remembering that my mother would be coming home soon from her meeting. I can blame this on the dog, right?

I stopped when I saw a wondrous beauty sitting near the pool's shimmering water. Aquamarine fits her so perfectly. I breathed out forcefully to let the air in my lungs again. It's strange on the toll Sakura does to me. But I couldn't help it. She was beautiful.

She looked at the side when she heard my shallow breathing, and smiled at me. I smiled back, dumbstruck. Man, I am such a buffoon around her.

"Hey," I breathed.

"Tomoyo wouldn't want us to talk to each other." She whispered, standing up and walking away from the pool until she reached me. After a moment of silence, she added, "Tomoyo's an idiot, huh?"

I chuckled and nodded at the way she breaks the ice. "Yeah, she should've known that there was another way to the back."

She smiled, the wind pushing her bangs to the side of her face. "I-I should go now. Gotta help the guys."

I ogled her. I didn't want her to go yet. "H-how did you know the guys were cleaning up?"

"Because I know you would never let the girls touch the kitchen after the stink bomb accident. Trust me, they've done that in my house too, you know." I laughed. Then, getting my cue," So…you enjoying the hours of labor your friends are acting upon at your kitchen?"

"You know it." I grinned. I smacked myself mentally. 'You know it'?! Oh my God, Eriol's gayness is rubbing off on me.

"Mm." She tuned. After hearing another crash, she whipped her head up. "I should go now." I frowned at her form and grabbed her arm before she can get walk away from me.

"Look, Sakura…I was wondering…if, you know…" I stuttered, the words unable to come out of my mouth. I couldn't help it. I'm speechless around her. Completely awestruck. She continued to stare at me, my eyes adverting to one place to another. I can't look her straight in the eye or I know I would just kiss her senseless. The guys were right (for once). I really am in love with her. "I was wondering…if you'd like to just hang out with me today. Just the two of us. No one else."

Her eyes gave a distant look, a flash of pain flickering at her emerald eyes. "Syaoran, you know we can't." My eyes bore into hers. My heart tugged at the emotions swirling and stinging our bodies.

Her hand went out to reach me, but instead she held my hand, shocking me and making me let go of her arm. She stared at me at the most utmost hurt but shook it off. After turning her heel and giving me a side-glance, she walked away. I frowned at this. Pain etched my heart, and my head screamed to go after her. Should I? I shook my head.

Like she said, it's not good for either of us.

o0o0o-With the guys-o0o0o

"Man, I can't believe Li ditched cleaning just because it's his house!" Yamazaki growled, scrubbing hard on the floor with a toothbrush. He grunted, his hands having the imprints of the toothbrush's handle; his hand searing in hot pain.

"Yeah, he's probably off with Sakura right now, acting all lovey-dovey." Ryu grumbled, washing the green goo out of the dishes.

Eriol sighed. "Poor, poor, Tomoyo. My dear love has no clue what trouble is amiss of her and Li's relationship." He cuddled his brush tightly as if it were her, his eyes sparkling. "To think, Tomoyo will be in my arms in need of comfort and thou shall fall in love. Her amethyst eyes will gleam with such happiness and satisfaction when she comes forth to me."

"Shut up, Shakespeare." Ryu rolled his eyes in disgust, throwing the white rag (now green) at his navy blue curls. Eriol grunted at the impact and fell towards the bucket, which made Yamazaki trip, which got the whole kitchen to become a wetland. They sweatdropped, staring at the mess and then grinned at the idea. They all took their buckets, then threw all the water to every green spot.

"Wow! This is much better!" Ryu exclaimed.

"Tell me about it." Yamazaki laughed maniacally. The others chorused soon after, their buckets of empty water being refreshed with the hose connected to the faucet. "So much fun, too!" They all laughed in agreement and continued to splash about.

"What the heck is going on?!" A voice screeched. The boys looked up to see a flabbergasted Sakura standing by the doorway of the kitchen, her eyes wide open. Everyone gulped, fearing for their lives when they noticed her soaked shirt.

At the sight of her wet shirt, it was now, apparently, see-through. Everyone gulped at the sight of her bra.

Oh, there will be wet dreams tonight.

"Who the hell splashed her?" Ryu whispered out of his reverie.

"Hell, if I'd known, I would've stopped already." Eriol murmured, shivering at the intense gaze given by the emerald-eyed beauty.

"What's going on?!" Another voice popped up. Eriol's head whipped to Sakura's side. He gulped when he saw his princess-Tomoyo. And apparently, the two other girls were right behind her. Their voices echoed throughout the house, which left everyone tone deaf for a moment or two.

o0o0o-With Syaoran-o0o0o

To tell you the truth, I honestly thought that Sakura would like to take a day off from the bumbling buffoons and come with me. But I guess I was wrong. She really does care about Tomoyo's feelings. Pretty pathetic, huh? I care about Sakura, she cares about Tomoyo, Eriol loves Tomoyo, and then there's an endless cycle that leaves Sakura alone and afraid.

If it was really better this way, then how come Sakura isn't smiling? I miss her care-free smiles. Now, her smiles are all forced and restricted. I just want to set her heart free. And I want to set mines too.

My head whipped to the direction of the back door when I heard the girls scream. I heard Sakura scream too, so I rushed inside to find a soaking wet Sakura, the kitchen still odorized, green, and now a swamp, and the three other girls wet from their free shower upstairs. I immediately rushed over to Sakura, careful not to trip over the buckets and slip from the watery slope.

"Sakura, are you all right?!" I asked, looking at her from head to toe. I ignored the girls' screams of protest at their explanation so I won't give anyone the beating of their life. Who cares? I frowned at the state my cherry blossom was in. She was shivering cold, her teeth were clattering, and her eyes were dazed. I took my coat off myself and put it around Sakura who seemed to get warmer. Taking a step back to rub her arms from the goose bumps, my mouth gaped open at the sight of the…er…revealingsight of her bra. Her breasts were perked, which now left me understanding why the guys were so wide-eyed.

I glared at them for this. Especially at Eriol-here he is staring at a girl who he despises for letting me take his Tomoyo away. He is so pathetic. And the boys weren't so 'cool' themselves.

I tucked Sakura's stringy, wet hair behind her ear and led her to my room so she change and told the girls to follow her, then I turned around, facing the others. They were still abashed, their eyes glued to the spot where Sakura was. "Now," my voice firm and eerie, "Who wet Sakura?"

Eriol and Ryu stepped away to the side, leaving Yamazaki there alone. I smirked and cracked my knuckles. This is good. Yamazaki has sensitive face.

o0o0o-With the girls-o0o0o

The quadruplets flinched at each scream that Yamazaki let out of his lungs. It was truly amazing at how loud he can scream. His voices reverberated through the house and the halls, echoing back to their ears and it sounded as if he was in the Chorus class all his life. Chiharu, who was supposed to worry for her boyfriend, sighed at the music that was coming out of her lover's mouth.

She sighed dreamily, her eyes starry and wide-eyed. "Isn't he great?"

Everyone blinked, pushing her aside for the time being until she'll return back to normal. Tomoyo advert her attention to Sakura, who stared back at her. It seemed as if she was going to claw that jacket out of her, but she seemed to calm down at Sakura's scared form of Syaoran's loud roar. He was frantic, shouting at Ryu and Eriol to SOD off and to go fuck themselves.

She looked down at the coat that had Li's scent on it. It seemingly calmed her senses down until the loud crashes abide to total silence. Well, except for the victim's whimpering of course. Yamazaki was still in the state of brink of death. That's what's what the guys fear of. Syaoran has a flare to kill, and a temperamental problem. Well, not to Sakura of course.

And this is what Tomoyo seemed to notice.

Maybe it was wrong that Tomoyo didn't trust her boyfriend and her very, very close friend that was like a sister to her. But still, whenever she and her boyfriend are together, they seem to be fighting 24/7. But with Sakura, he was so charismatic and a sweetheart. And that's what the guys say, not only her. Everyone says that.

"His soul purpose on Earth is to make his cherry blossom happy." Eriol comforted her after she saw Sakura hug her Syaoran the day of his Christmas bash. Syaoran even did the mistletoe with Sakura rather than her. It hurt her whenever Syaoran would smile with someone else besides with her.

After Eriol's explanation of Syaoran's actions, Tomoyo tried to understand, but she couldn't. Best friends don't kiss under the mistletoe and hug each other every time they see each other. Do they?

'Perhaps they are just friends with benefits,' Tomoyo used as an excuse. But it didn't appear so. They were much closer than that. Much closer.

"I'm bored guys." Mei Lin said.

"So what do you want us to do about it?" Tomoyo drawled, her fingertips rubbing her chin in despair.

"Ooh! I know! Let's play Truth or Dare!" Chiharu suggested, sitting down in the circle.

"NO!!!" The girls shrieked at the familiarity of the game that started this whole thing in the first place. How horrendous. Simply, horrendous.

Sakura stared at the girls chirp happily about their respective boyfriends. She sighed at the amidst queen of the show-Tomoyo Daidouji.

'I can never compete with her.' Sakura sorrowed, her eyes set down. Tomoyo Daidouji, a straight A-student on the honor roll, a perfectionist, a good girl at heart, the lead on the choir group, and what every guy wants in a girl. She was beautiful and can be a little bit of a bugger at times, but still, she was what Syaoran looked for in a girl. And now, he has her.

And then, there was Sakura who was left behind their shadows and dust. She had known Syaoran since they were little, always hanging out and she just knew that he can get what he always wanted by just simply asking for it. Yes, she was happy for him the day that he said he had a girlfriend, but she knew that they wouldn't be happy together. Well, maybe one would be happier than the other, and in this case, Tomoyo was the happy-ior.

Instead of fighting for a guy she has loved ever since, she decided to just reminisce at the memories of her and him together. No Tomoyo, no Eriol, nobody but she and him. She sighed. 'It's better this way anyway.'

o0o0o-Horrifically with the guys-o0o0o

Hopefully, the guys are still alive. Back when we left Syaoran and the guys to join our fellow females, the dominant males have now been dominated by their pack leader-Xiao Lang Li. They find it simply barbaric that they are being violated by a guy with a serving pan. But then again, what can they do? They have splashed the love of his life (his secret love) with a bucket of freezing water and stared at her hour-glass form like a couple of buffoons. Clearly, they needed to be punished.

They just…didn't expect it to go THIS far.

"L-Li, come on." Ryu whimpered, cowering with the other two. "We-we're sorry! We didn't mean to…"

"We didn't realize we have wet Sakura until AFTER she screamed and wet your kitchen." Yamazaki explained.

"Shut up," Eriol nudged. "That isn't helping." Then, using his ingenious mind, "Maybe you don't realize our power and position of this situation, Xiao Lang." He snarled. Eriol yapped. "We know something that you don't want Tomoyo to know. And as of now, we hold the information that will hold your future reputation. And-" he waggled his finger, "You wouldn't want to hurt your precious Sakura's feelings, now would you?"

Amber eyes bore into navy blue. "But," he bore his fangs, "You know what'll happen if you tell them."

The midnight blue 'savior's eyes shifted. 'Crap. He's slick.'

"Now, where were we?" Syaoran said. Then, clutching the pan's handle tightly, he lifted it up, the boys ready for the pain. They were saved, however, by the opening of the front door, freezing everyone.

'Fuck!' Amber, emerald, amethyst, ruby, and navy blue eyes widened. The girls ran down the stairs to greet the intruder, and the boys have stopped any actions due to the ringing of their ears.

"WHAT IN THE WORLD IS GOING ON IN HERE?!" Yelan Li, Syaoran's mother, entered the kitchen. Her stiletto high-heeled shows squashed the green goop that ran down from the kitchen to the living room, its color a forest green now. Yelan's purple business suit was ruffled and her eyes had dark bags under them, indicating a late night's business meeting. She looked stressed, and it seems that there is going to be another late night at the 'office'.

They all gulped, wide-eyed and speechless.

Syaoran stepped up, hiding the sauce pan with Yamazaki's face molded onto it behind his back. "Um…" He probed his mind, searching for an answer. "The dog did it?"

Everyone stared at him as if he was on drugs. 'Maybe I am…OH, right!'

They don't have a dog.

'Well, I can always count the boys as the dogs.' Syaoran smirked to himself.

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Me: Yup, that's technically it. More drama, less laughter, but more words. Like this better? Tee hee. Anyway, I'm trying to come up with a sequel with one (if not, ALL of my one-shots). Tell me which one that you would like a sequel for.

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