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So so so so so so sorry for the extremely late update… busy busy… anyway… this chapter is short but I still hope you like it… It has songs by the way
Chapter Three
Better Off
After a few more minutes, homeroom was over. Their first class was Geometry. Mr. Yonemura stepped inside the classroom with a puzzled look on his face.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, minna-san. It's the start of a new term and I heard we have a transfer student from China."
"Gomen for interrupting sensei, but Syao-kun is from Hong Kong." said the same girl who greeted him with that nick name. She looked at Syaoran seductively and received a burning glare from him. She didn't faze him, she pissed him off. Yonemura-sensei just started a new lesson. It was about triangles and quadrilaterals. There was a grunt from Sakura. Syaoran looked at her yet couldn't see her face clearly. He wanted to know what she looked like. He felt like he needed to know yet didn't know why. Tomoyo saw Syaoran staring at Sakura. She smiled. 'I guess Sakura-chan will have someone to help her move on .I'll just have to help her.'
"Sakura-chan, have you met the new student?" asked Tomoyo. Startling Sakura, who looked at her puzzled.
"Hoe? There's a new student?" asked Sakura. She looked around and fixed her eyes on the figure behind her. Syaoran looked at her emerald orbs; it reflected hurt, betrayal and confusion but was soon replaced with excitement. "Hi! Nice to meet you! My name is Sakura Kinomoto!" she said.
"Hi, I'm Syaoran Li. Nice to meet you." He replied. 'She's pret—hell, what am I thinking?'
(A.N. Uhmm I'll skip the subjects coz it'll be boring to type them one by one right?)
Some time later, it was lunch break. Students rushed out the doors and headed for the jam packed cafeteria. As Sakura almost reached the door, a hand suddenly grabbed her wrist and swirled her around to face the person.
"Murakami-san, how may I help you?" asked Sakura.
"Sakura-chan. I'm so sorry. I didn't know what got over me that day. I was drugged by a girl, Sakura-chan. You have to believe me. I didn't mean those words I said. I'm so sorry. I'm so stupid. Please forgive me. I hope we could pick up from where we left off."
"I'm sorry Murakami-san, but I'm not interested anymore." Sakura said as she walked towards the cafeteria. Takumi planned on following her but was cut off by Syaoran who smirked at him.
"I see… you got busted…" said Syaoran as he followed Sakura.
"Fuckin' bastard. We shall see who gets the last laugh…" mumbled an angry Takumi.
Sakura fell in line at the cafeteria. Some flashy smiles and winks were thrown by random guys and it just made her feel much worse. Takumi wanted to get back on track; he was sorry. Why did it feel like he was sincerely apologizing and that it was really a mistake? Why did she want to forgive him and start from where they left off? These thoughts swirled around her head until she realized that the lunch lady already staring at her.
"Sakura-chan, what do you want for lunch?" asked the old woman.
"Anou, I'll just have some of the beef casserole and some mashed potatoes. Arigatou." replied Sakura, putting on a smile she didn't really feel. She received her food and went outside the cafeteria to sit under the large cherry blossom tree on the grounds where she and her group of friends normally ate. Tomoyo and the others eventually arrived.
Syaoran wandered the school ground somewhere near the cherry blossom trees. He had finished his lunch and couldn't find anything to do. The last thing he wanted to do was run around the school being chased by the crazy fan girls. It was just too much for him to handle. 'Hell, why did I have to come here?' he asked himself. Too many thoughts invaded his mind, it was starting to drive him nuts… until he heard a sweet voice singing not too far from him. He decided to listen.
So I'm a little left of center Hey, you are on my side You get me So what if I see the sunshine
I'm a little out of tune
Some say I'm paranormal
So I just bend their spoon
Who wants to be ordinary
In a crazy, mixed-up world
I don't care what they're sayin'
As long as I'm your girl
And they, they just roll their eyes
When nobody understands
You come and take the chance, baby
You get me
You look inside my wild mind
Never knowing what you'll find
And still you want me all the time
Yeah, you do
Yeah, you get me
In the pouring rain
Some people think I'm crazy
But you say it's okay
You've seen my secret garden
Where all of my flowers grow
In my imagination
Anything goes
The voice soon faded and a sound of cheers erupted.
"That's so cool Tomoyo-chan!"
"Yeah! Are you going to sing that in our next singing competition?"
"Hai. That's what I chose. I dedicated it to someone very special to me…"
A fit of giggles ensued.
"To-mo-yo –chan! I know who it is for!"
"It is for Eriol-kun, neh?"
"Hey! What made you think that!" asked a manly voice.
"Awww… Eriol-kun is flustered… Tomoyo and Eriol!"
"Stop it, guys! Sakura-chan, it's your turn to sing…"
"Hoe? Me? I don't have anything to sing." stuttered a small voice.
"Sa-ku-ra! Sa-ku-ra!" cheers were being thrown at the poor girl which made her give in. Syaoran was able to determine whose voice belonged to whom. He continued to listen until Sakura started to sing.
You couldn't say
Needed someone new
You actually thought
Deep inside I knew
Syaoran was tempted to see if it was really Sakura who was singing and so he peeked from behind a tree. Her friends were looking at her clinging onto her every word. 'This song…' Syaoran thought 'It's too… sad.'
Can you tell me?
How can you say?
Why this should suffice
'She doesn't deserve to feel like this. The first time I saw her, I thougt she was depressed… but I know deep inside that she is a naturally cheerful person.' Syaoran again thought. The more he listened to her song, the more he was drowned in the depth of the words.
You passed me by
And yours heart is
As cold as ice
Did you see me cry?
(Did you ask you yourself why?)
Did you see my cry?
(Did you ask yourself why?)
Can you hear me cry?
(Did you ask yourself?)
Will we ever grow apart?
Syaoran sat behind the cherry tree still listening.
You couldn't say
Needed someone new
And you actually thought
Deep inside I knew
'Did she ever get hurt? Was it because of that Murakami punk? What could've happened that out of all the songs existing this is what she chose?' Syaoran still wanted to hear more of the song but it suddenly stopped.
"Li-san is listening!" said a surprised Tomoyo at the opposite side of the tree. Startled by the girl's exclamations, he turned to face a blushing Sakura who was beet red from all the embarrassment. Tomoyo and the others were grinning like idiots.
"Uh... anou… Li-san, did… uhmm… have you been here too long?" stuttered Sakura.
"Yes, I'll go now." replied Syaoran, his eyes cold and unfeeling.
"H-hai. Ja ne Li-san." Sakura said with her eyes cast down. 'Why is he so cold?'
Syaoran briskly left the grounds leaving the group. Sakura looked at her friends and smiled. "Anyway, it's almost time for class! Let's go!" and she helped fix the stuff on the floor, after which, they headed for their classrooms.
Sakura entered the room trailing behind other students. Tomoyo and Eriol were with her. They got over the little teasing from lunch break but were a bit shy around each other. Sakura often wondered why they wouldn't just get over their feelings and confess. Love is really complicated. She proceeded to her seat but before she got to sit down, her eyes focused on the chocolate-haired man seated on the seat behind her. 'So cold.' she thought. She decided to sit down and just get on with the subject.
Their Social Studies teacher, Mr. Asahina entered the class with tons of papers and his glasses almost falling off his nose. He hurriedly approached his desk and placed the papers on top of it. He breathed in deeply and stared at the class. He readjusted his uniform and fixed his glasses. Staring at each student for about two seconds, he started to speak. "Class, we are going to have a project this term. I will pair you up with classmates and you have to work together on this. I have a box here where you will pick a topic from."
"Yamazaki and Mihara" loud teasing erupted.
"Asada and Sasaki" Tenichi Asada smiled at Rika but she looked away.
"Deshima and Fukuda" more loudly cheers.
"Hyuga and Okimoto." Giggles were heard from most of the girls in the room.
"Ishida and Okazaki"
"Yanagisawa and Hanawa" Naoko Yanagisawa smiled for she was paired up with another guy who shared her interests.
"Saito and Inoue"
"Yamino and Ohshima" Reiya Ohshima blushed a little when Ryuusuke Yamino looked her way. (AN: These characters are not mine. I just wanted to use them. They are from the anime Matantei Loki Raganarok haha)
"Yanagisawa and Sanuki" Chiaka Sanuki stood up and screamed. Every one could see how happy this girl was. Kato Yanagisawa received a thousand smirks from his friends. He did know that this girl fancied him but this was going too far.
"Hamasaki and Sugihara" some people were just so mean when these names were announced. Some students yelled 'LOSERS' at the top of their voices. Ahh… school labeling.
"Ohno and Akamatsu" These two 'rebels' high-fived each other and grinned. Students rolled their eyes. These two trouble makers are just too much too handle when they're together. Deep inside, some students are laughing at their togetherness because they can't even determine that they like each other!
"Li and Ueshiba." Syaoran looked around. He didn't know who this Ueshiba person was.
"Kinomoto and Murakami." All chatter in the room died
"Hiiragizawa and Daidouji" Stares were still being passed around the class.
"Alright class, I'll give you the remaining time to meet your partner and after that, you'll draw your topics." The teacher said. The class was still silent and whispers started to fly around.
"Kinomoto and Murakami? Oh my, I pity her."
"Who wouldn't? Being stuck with your ex after him cheating on you?"
"I heard she's going to have breast induction. She thinks Murakami wants bigger breasts."
"Yeah! I heard that too, and she's planning to do it in time for the winter dance!"
"Another thing, she's going to play hard to get and seduce him! Then she thinks they'll live happily ever after!"
Some students started to move chairs and switch seats to talk to their partners. Syaoran looked around and faced the girl who nicknamed him, 'Syao-kun'. He glared at her but she kept on batting her eyelash extensions at him.
"Yes, may I help you?" asked Syaoran reluctantly.
"Awww… Syao-kun, don't you know that I'm your partner? Isn't that great? We'll be spending more time with each other!" squeaked the girl.
"So you're Ueshiba." verified Syaoran.
She looked hurt and pouted. "Syao-kun! Quit kidding pretending that you don't know my name! But even so, you still look cute even when you joke dryly."
'I wasn't joking.' Syaoran thought. 'This is going to be the worst year of my life.' He rolled his eyes.
Ayu continued to stare at him. She was scrutinizing his every feature and picturing how great they would be together. Syaoran noticed this and glared at her, again.
"What? Haven't seen a face before?" he snapped.
"Not as handsome as yours, Syao-kun. You even look way better than Murakami-san." She replied not noticing the sarcasm in his words.
"Ueshiba-san, I wo-" Syaoran started but he was cut off.
"Call me Ayu, Syao-kun! We're close right? Right?" again, she batted her faux eyelashes at him.
'Who does she think she is? She is even worse than the girls in Hong Kong.' He thought. His mood was changing from bad to worse.
"As I was saying, UESHIBA-SAN, before YOU cut me off with your NONSENSE, I would much appreciate if WE would be on a LAST NAME basis." Syaoran as many words as he could. "I also would want to make something clear. We are NOT, I repeat NOT close or whatsoever." And with that he stood up at asked the teacher if he could draw his topic at that moment. The teacher agreed and called on the other students to draw their topics too. Syaoran noticed that someone poked him hard on his back. He turned to face a glaring Takumi.
"Watch your back, Li. You're no king here. Mind your own business." He whispered.
Syaoran smirked at him and replied, "Watch your words." He drew his topic and resumed his seat. Sakura was back in her seat and no sign of Ayu. 'Thank God she's gone.' He sat down and read a book.
Sakura stared out the window; apparently she was in deep thought. Her mind was chaotic. Her previous conversation with Takumi bothered her…a lot.
Flashback
"Kinomoto and Murakami." It still echoes in her mind.
"Kinomoto and Murakami."
Sakura stands up and walks toward Takumi's desk. She has to be dignified. She has to prove that she have indeed moved on. Though no matter how much it hurts, she sits down on the seat opposite him. Takumi stares at her and smiles.
"Sakura-chan, how nice for us to be paired up, neh?" he asks. Sakura nods. "It would be cool that we could catch up with our summer vacation." he continues.
'Why does he act as if nothing happened?' Sakura thinks. They stay silent for a few minutes.
"I know that you think that I act as if nothing happened. It's not like that. I do love you and I wish we could get back together. We had something, Sakura-chan. I wish you wouldn't just let it go." says Takumi.
"I'm sorry Murakami-san. We are here for a class activity. I wish we could just get this over and done with." She replies after a few minutes.
"Oh. Okay, so I'll just draw the topic ok? Then, we'll talk about it." He stands up. Sakura goes back to her seat.
End of flashback
The bell rang to announce the end of the school day. Tomoyo and Eriol noticed Sakura's sadness and decided to leave it be so they just asked her to hang out.
"Hey Sakura-chan, do you want to come with us to the newly opened club? They say it's cool!" asked Tomoyo.
"Yeah, my friend actually owns it so I guess we could just drop in today. You up for it?" adds Eriol.
"Really? I want to go! Yay! I'll just change at home then we could leave." Replied an excited Sakura.
"Okay then, let's meet up at Penguin Park on 6pm." Said Eriol.
"Ja Ne!"
(AN: okay… fast forward to 6pm… too lazy to write… lol)
Sakura arrived in a black mini skirt and a black tank top. She had no make-up on but nevertheless, she was drop dead gorgeous. Tomoyo wore a purple off-shoulder blouse where of sheer was longer than the sleeve of silk. She paired it with a lavender skirt over black tights and silver strappy stilettos. Eriol wore a mauve blue shirt and some acid washed jeans. They made their way to the club and by the time they arrived, it was full. Some students from their school were also there together with most kids from other schools. They made their way to a table and ordered. Music was blaring from the speakers. Sakura and Tomoyo stood up and danced crazily. They had also dragged Eriol to the dance floor for some time but eventually gave up. After a while, they stopped dancing and ate, suddenly, the music stopped.
"Hey, what happened? How come the music stopped?" asked Sakura.
"I don't know." replied Eriol.
The DJ began to talk. "I'm sorry for the interruption but someone had requested this song. He said he wrote this song for a special girl in the crowd. Whoever this girl is, she sure is lucky." Some up-beat music started to play.
I'm only human
Sometimes I make mistakes
If you forgive me
I'm gonna' do what it takes
'Nice song.'
But now I know better
To hurt you was wrong
Girl it's with you I belong
"Sakura-chan! Let's dance!" said Tomoyo
Somebody needs you like never before
Somebody wants your love
Baby so open the door
Don't you leave me alone
Don't you turn out the light
Somebody wants you
Somebody needs you tonight
"Okay!" replied Sakura and they started dancing.
I've been thinking
We should be talking it through
You must believe me
I'll make it up to you
'He must love her very much. I envy her.'
Cause I now know better
To hurt you was wrong
Girl it's with you I belong
'Will she forgive him?'
Somebody needs you like never before
Somebody wants your love
Baby so open the door
Don't you leave me alone
Don't you turn out the light
Somebody wants you
Somebody needs you tonight
"Sakura-chan! You seem to be worried about something. Are you alright?" asked Eriol as he joined the two dancing ladies.
In the dark,
When there's no one else around
I still pray
That our love can be found
"I'm fine. I just thought of somethings." She replied.
Somebody needs you like never before
Somebody wants you
Baby open the door
Don't you leave me alone
Don't you turn out the light
Somebody wants you
Somebody needs you
'I feel like something's going to happen.'
Somebody needs you like never before
Somebody wants your love
Baby open the door
Don't you leave me alone
Don't you turn out the light
Somebody wants you
Somebody needs you tonight
The song stopped and the DJ began to speak over another song. "Hey! Everyone must be wondering who asked for that song. His name is Takumi Murakami and he dedicated that song to a lovely lady named Sakura Kinomoto!" Most people in the club knew Sakura so they gathered around her. "He wants to know if you could get back together!" continued the DJ.
A voice erupted from the crowd. "What!"
Sakura turned around wondering who shouted. She saw a tall man glaring at everyone in the room. 'Oh no.' she thought.
I'm so sorry if this is too short. I've been doing a lot of things lately and just received my evaluation letter. Heck, I failed a lot of stuff and I need to pull them up, especially Chinese. My mom also wanted me to spend some time off the computer. She claims that I am monopolizing it. Mothers really. Oh, and stupid bratty siblings too. Lol. Anyway, expect me to update late. Haha I've got things to sort out. Sorry again. Don't forget to review!
