Summary: Preppy Sakura and rocker Syaoran had been together since the seventh grade. But now, in senior year, Sakura has finally had enough, and ends their almost six year relationship. But Syaoran? No, he just won't give up that easily.
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or anything like it. I just own this plot line.
© August 31, 2006
Harder To Breathe
Chapter 1: Control
Written By: SweetBabyGurl
"You actually did it?" A teen of seventeen with long wavy raven tresses and shocked amethyst eyes gazed at her best friend. Her face drained of colour if that were possible, considering her complexion was ashen as it was. "I didn't think you were serious about it this time, Sakura-chan!"
The two best friends were sitting on the bleachers of the soccer field. The soccer team was warming up while waiting for their coach to arrive to direct that day's morning practice and the cheer squad were running through some of their drills. When Sakura had called her cousin approximately fifteen minutes ago sounding as broken as she did, Tomoyo was thankful she had gotten up early that morning and was quickly driven to school. So, as the cheer team continued on without their captain, the two girls sat and talked about the most current predicament plaguing the emerald eyed teen.
"Oh, Tomoyo! I love him! I really do. He knows that, I know that, you know that – everyone knows that. We're been together for almost six years, how can I not?" Sakura began, placing her head in her hands. "But he wasn't treating me right. He was lying to me, cheating on me. He's not the guy I fell in love with," she whispered.
"People change Sakura; especially in high school. He's been through a lot, so the circumstances have changed him," Tomoyo told her, placing a soothing hand on her back.
"Yeah, but he's completely different. He used to be such a sweet and caring guy. He used to be smart enough not to play with drugs and alcohol. He would never even look at another girl. But now look at him? He smokes weed everyday and every Friday he's off getting drunk. He's cheated on me twice, and those are things he just isn't sorry for," Sakura explained to her friend, voice beginning to break.
"Sakura, you know that he's sorry. He's apologized to you and done his best to make it up to you," Tomoyo tried to reason.
"No, that's the thing. He hasn't. If he really did try to make it up to me and if he really was sorry, he would have stopped, and not repeatedly lied and cheated. I love him, but unless he changes, I refuse to be with him," Sakura choked those last words out before wiping her eyes furiously and running up to the cheer team to join in with the practice. Tomoyo forlornly watched her friend pretend to be happy from the sidelines before taking out her cell phone to call her boyfriend and get this situation fixed as soon as possible.
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There were five minutes until the first bell of the day rang signalling it was time for home room. Sakura just finished taking her shower after morning practice and was dressed in the school uniform. Seeing how she was a cheerleader, she was allowed to go all day in her cheerleading outfit, but preferred not to since her midriff and most of her legs were exposed in the skimpy little outfit. Now dressed in a white blouse, baby blue and white pleated skirt, as well as a black tie, she stood at her locker to get her things for the day.
People all around her were whispering and giving her pointed looks. She had broken up with Syaoran a couple of hours ago, but it looked like the whole school knew about it already. Sighing, she finally got the combination open and swung her locker open. Grabbing her books, she shut her locker and walked into homeroom. There, she was not happy to the sight she saw.
In the back corner was Syaoran where he usually sat. But on his lap was Makiko, a girl their age and who had homeroom with them. She was pretty; a little bit taller than Sakura, baby blue eyes and jet black hair. She had also always given Sakura a hard time because of the fact she wanted Syaoran since the day they started high school. She was also that same girl Syaoran had cheated on her with… both times. Drawing in a deep breath shakily, Sakura blinked back the tears when Makiko smirked over in Sakura direction before planting a kiss on Syaoran lips. Refusing to give the satisfaction of allowing the girl to see her cry, Sakura forced herself to look away and made it to her seat in the middle row.
Who was she kidding? Syaoran was drop dead gorgeous and every girl in school wanted him. He could have any girl he wanted. Now that she was out of the way, who was stopping him?
"Li Xiao Lang, what the hell are you doing!" A shrill voice shrieked in Chinese. Whipping her head up, Sakura's eyes focused on the enraged Chinese girl, ruby eyes full of anger and lithe form shaking with fury. Waving a hand over to the girl, Sakura got Meiling over before she beat the living out of Sakura's ex boyfriend and the girl's cousin.
"Meiling, I broke up with Syaoran today. He's free to do as he pleases," she told her friend since the fourth grade in what she hoped to be a dismissive manner. But that failed miserably, since a single tear had found its way down her cheek.
"What?" The girl asked her friend in shock, taking the seat next to her. Pushing a strand of ebony coloured hair behind her ear, she leaned in for an explanation as to why her cousin a good friend had broken up.
"We all knew this was coming," Sakura told her, her voice beginning to break as more tears fell. Sending the auburn haired girl a look of mixed emotions, she grabbed the girl and hugged her gently, allowing her to cry silently on her shoulder.
Neither one of them noticed Syaoran's eyes begin to water at the thought of making the one girl he loved cry.
It was finally the end of class. Meiling regretfully couldn't wait for her and hang out a bit before class since she had to be in her next period as soon as possible to ask the teacher some questions about a test. Sakura took her time putting all of her things away; she had a spare this period and just planned on going home since the next period was lunch. She'd probably eat something and then blast some music while crying her eyes out. Liking the sound of her plan, she nodded to herself before throwing her bag over her shoulder.
"I'm glad you're hurting," he said it so quietly she almost didn't hear him. Noticing for the first time she wasn't alone in the room, she regarded her ex-boyfriend with emotionless eyes. "Now you have a fraction of an idea of what I'm going through."
"Hooray for me," she replied bitterly in a sarcastic tone, tugging the bag closer to her and attempting to brush past him. Having no intention of allowing her to just walk away this time around, he grabbed her by the shoulders and pushed against the wall before crushing his lips against hers while bringing her legs to encircle his waist. Relishing in the familiarity and warmth in his touch, she allowed him to do as he pleased, kissing him back with as much force as he delivered.
"I love you, and if you think I'll give up on you, you're got another thing coming," he whispered in her ear, sending shivers down her spine, when they pulled away panting. Kissing her fully on the lips briefly, he pushed her away and walked off, leaving her alone in the classroom.
Letting out a sound of strangled sorrow and frustration, Sakura pushed the bangs from her face and let the tears freely fall.
Why did he have such a control over her?
TBC
Notes: Hey there everyone! Thank you so much for all of the support, and only in a matter of a couple of days. You guys are amazing :) Well how did you all like that chapter? Please leave me a review and let me know what you thought of it. I'm not sure where this fiction is going since I have nothing planned out at all. Like I said, this is going to be one of my mini projects, since Exiguous is my major thing. This is just to get my creative muses going. Don't forget to drop a review. Thanks for reading and ja ne!
--- SweetBabyGurl
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