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Chapter III: Unattainable Trust
He must have heard him wrong. His brother wouldn't fall in love that easy. The girl must have used some kind of black magic on his little brother. It was too absurd to even imagine his brother falling in love with a snotty little fan girl. Touya paced anxiously around the house. He worked his brain out to break them off. Little did he know, he wasn't even required to do that when the girl had never shown any interest on Syaoran.
Syaoran had already left for campus when he was still pacing around the house. He had a day-off for recuperating purpose as his director had said. He could not rest when Syaoran had just come to the revelation of his new found love. He was not being overbearingly overprotective. He was just a little bit concerned with Syaoran's love life. At least, that was what he thought. Anyone could tell how overprotective he could get when it comes to his brother. The people in the neighborhood could still remember the legendary rescue he did to save his brother from a dog that went ballistic after another kid threw a rock at it. Unfortunately, Syaoran was walking back from getting his favorite ice-cream and after the kids ran away, Syaoran with his little feet of a five year old got chased by the angry dog. Having a bigger build compared to his little brother, Touya shielded him and the dog let its anger out on him. Syaoran was crying his eyes out when he saw his bleeding older brother.
He was thinking hard about the girl that had caught Syaoran's heart. What was she like? Did she trick his brother? What had she done to his brother to make him head over heels with her? She must have done something illegal to get his brother. Every little question had come to his mind but no answer came to him. He grunted and ruffled his hair in frustration. He looked at the key holder and then turned his eyes at the coat holder, looking at his black coat that was still hung there. He stood abruptly and grabbed his car key and coat. He had to do something or he would go insane, trying to figure what the dreaded girl had done to his brother. Syaoran did not tell him her name and that made him suspicious enough to go look for her. If Syaoran didn't want to tell him, he might as well try figuring it out himself. That wouldn't hurt anyone, right? Yeah, right. Sarcastically speaking.
Sakura was in shock apparently when a man, at least 6 foot tall blocked her way and looked at her with a scowl plastered on his face. He was overshadowing her small figure as she scowled back at him. He seemed a little taken aback with her expression but quickly regained his composure.
"What do you want?" Sakura was kind of pissed off with his attitude. If he came with more manner, she might consider being polite to him.
Touya raised his brow and thought, "This girl has guts. Quite tough for a petite girl. She doesn't seem like someone who would be his fan girl. Maybe she could help me."
"You're Syaoran's classmate, aren't you?" Touya asked and this time, Sakura raised her brow at him in suspicion.
"What made you think you could associate me with him?" Sakura knew Syaoran had fan girls but fan boys? That was the first one. He looked normal to her but who was her to judge a man's preference. It's a free world after all. But still, it bothered her that he was looking for that insufferable guy. Syaoran was still Eriol's cousin and if anything were to happen to him, she wasn't going to be the one on the blame list.
"Well, you just came out of a class that Syaoran took. I think that's good enough to tell that you're his classmate," Touya immediately came to a conclusion that she was an annoying girl.
"You're his stalker," Sakura stated as Touya's eyes went wide at her revelation. People were looking at him awkwardly and quickly walked away.
"NO! Are you crazy?" Touya could not believe his ears. She had just said that he was a stalker. To his own little brother. Utterly ridiculous.
"I don't want to judge you but I think he's a straight guy. He doesn't have the same wavelength as you do. Better give up but if you still want to pursue him, go ahead. It's none of my business anyway," Sakura wanted to go home but the man was kind of pissed off with her. At least, she managed to avoid answering him. She wasn't trying to save Syaoran or anything. She was just good at dodging troublesome questions.
"For God's sake! You're annoying!" Touya hated her guts. Usually people succumb to his every command but this girl kept on jabbering useless things. He wasn't there to be listed as his brother's stalker or a gay. He dragged her to a table in the garden and sat her down. He couldn't ask anyone else when she had announced him as Syaoran's stalker.
Sakura hated it when people drag her around especially when it comes to Syaoran. His fan girls had done that countless times and now, his stalker did the same. For God's sake! She didn't even have his phone numbers. What's the point dragging her out as if she was the closest thing to that guy? He was the one who filled his past time harassing her. Not the other way round.
She glowered at him and was about to walk away when he pulled her hand, making her madder than she already was.
"What the hell do you want, pervert?" Sakura was angry, very angry. It was his fault. It was all Syaoran's fault. Why did she always get drag into his problems?
"Calm down, would you?" Touya yelled back at her but her anger did not subdue.
"I don't know you. Why the hell do you think I won't calm down?" Sakura asked, anger still sipping through her every word. Touya sighed deeply and let her hand go. Now that he thought back, he would probably react just like she did if the situation was reversed. This was harder than he expected. When he saw the last person came out from the class, he thought he could confront her about the girl that Syaoran was infatuated with. Yes, he was infatuated, not in love. Apparently still in denial. Unfortunately, he took the wrong choice on picking Sakura. She was rude and very good at evading his questions. He looked at her seat but there was no one there. Sakura fled as fast as she could right after he let go of her hand. She was surprised that he did not chase after her. He looked like a determined man but maybe she was wrong.
"Shit! She's fast," Touya grumbled. He only took his eyes away for a moment and she fled like she was caught on fire. He saw her took a turn at a corner and quickly ran after the girl. People were amused by the sight of them. They all had known Sakura as a stoic, calm, ice princess type but to see her looking so frantic and sweating while being chased by someone, it was priceless and quite amusing, really.
"Damn! I'm right. I hate persistent men! Kinomoto, you're going to pay for this!" she yelled when she saw the man chased after her. She was right. He was determined to get her. She was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. How wrong could her day be? While she ran for her life, she thought, "Wouldn't it be easier for me to answer him and we both could go back to our peaceful life."
She wasn't thinking before and looking back at the man chasing after her; it would be wise to keep running until she loses him. But he had longer legs compared to her and when she looked back for the third time, he was gaining on her. Sakura sped up as much as her legs could allow. She ignored the screaming and the aching of her legs for rest. The lactic acid was accumulating fast. She needed rest soon. Very soon. She took another turn at a corner when someone pulled and dragged her into an alley. He covered her mouth and hid themselves behind the boxes left there. Sakura didn't even have time to scream bloody murder and she was panting hard for well-needed air. Sakura stretched her aching legs but they both stiffened when they heard the man's voice, "Where the heck did she go?"
"Man, he's persistent," she knew that voice. She knew it too well to be wrong. He was the cause of her running for her life. He was the cause of the fan girls' bullying. He was the cause of her irritation to obnoxious guys. He was the cause of all her adversities from her school days to her college days.
Sakura was really angry; he was the cause of this. She jabbed him in the ribs with her elbow to make him let her go. Maybe she should just give him to that man. Serve him right for making her go through hell when she just wanted to appreciate a clear day like this. She thought the day had finally come for her to live her college's life peacefully. He did not even attempt to look at her that day but suddenly, she had to go around, trying to escape from his stalker. God must hate her.
He grunted and rubbed his aching ribs. Sakura must have recognized his voice. She looked very satisfied with the hard jab she gave him. He was suddenly very aware of her presence and did not dare to look at her in class. He was afraid that he would start blushing like a little boy having his first crush and that won't do any good to his reputation. He was still grasping for attention, apparently. Ignorance was bliss but when he saw his brother giving her a hard time, he knew he had to do something whether she liked it or not. He had to do something before his brother blabbered at her about his crush. He was not taking a risk and he did the unexpected when he grabbed her into the alley.
"What the heck was that for?" Syaoran glared at her but Sakura just got up, standing on her shaking legs.
"Shut up! It's all your fault! If I just tell him what he wanted, nothing would have happened," she leaned her back on the wall, trying to steady herself.
"What did he say?" Syaoran's eyes went wide. Surely, his brother did not tell her anything, right? They weren't even conversing when she ran away from him.
"So, you know him? Your stalker asked me whether I'm your classmate or not. I should have answered and left but stupid me, trying to save yo-," Sakura had realized she was having a conversation with him like she normally did at home. Syaoran never thought he caught her off guard. She was usually very cold with him but right then; she just let loose her inhibition. Maybe it was caused by her tiredness or the lactic acid had finally mess her system.
She wiped the sweat off her face and was about to leave when someone yelled at her, "There you are!"
"Not again. You know what! Why don't you solve your problem with the person itself? Here! You can have him!" Sakura shoved Syaoran to the man while glaring at the guys. They had officially made her day better, NOT!
"Kinomoto, deal with your stalker. I don't appreciate cleaning after your mess," Sakura just had it. Just let him handle his own problem.
"What are you two doing in this alley?" the man asked suspiciously. Touya did not like the way she treated his brother. Certainly, they didn't do anything there, right? Sakura glared at him, challenging him to say another word. As if she would do something with the insufferable jerk in an alley.
They loosed the glaring contest when Syaoran burst into laughter. Sakura turned and looked at them, obviously irritated. He just made her ran around the campus for his safety and now, he laughed at her. The guy was evil. She promised herself not to be nice to him, ever.
"Oh, God. You're hilarious! He's not my stalker. He's my brother, Touya Kinomoto," Syaoran clutched his belly when Sakura looked at his brother. They had the same amber coloured eyes and the same chiseled jawline. Why didn't she notice before?
While Syaoran was still chuckling at her, Sakura was fuming. He had the nerves to laugh at her when she was trying to sav-. Okay! She did try to save him from his stalker who was actually his brother and he laughed at her as if it was a joke. He really knew how to make her mad. Was this some kind of a sick joke he played on her?
Sakura gritted her teeth and looked at him in disbelief. Touya was still stunned, looking at his little brother having the time of his life. He never saw he laughed that much since after their mother's death. Her anger was festering and he kept laughing at her. That was it.
Sakura took her bag and hung it on her shoulder before glaring at the Kinomoto's brothers.
"You think it's funny to play a joke like that on me, don't you?" Sakura was tired and furious. Be gone with her calm guard. She had it! They had to pay. They would get to know the real Sakura. No one mess with her and leaves unscathed. Sakura grabbed Syaoran's shirt and slapped him as hard as she could. She turned to Touya and kicked his shin before he could dodge it. She never gets violent with people but the Kinomoto just ticked her off the wrong way that day.
"You have officially listed number one in my hate list, Kinomoto," she glared at them with disgust and left with anger still in check. She walked out of the alley and left the campus ground.
Syaoran was stunned and his cheek reddened a bit, contrasting his usually bronzed skin. Touya rubbed his shin and cursed the girl with every profanity he could think of.
"What an aggressive girl," Touya finally calmed down as the ache in his shin subdued. The girl was really mad. He could tell just by how hard she had kicked him. Touya had never met a girl like that. So violent. She needed to take some anger management classes, obviously.
As he grumbled about Sakura, he looked at his brother who was sitting on the ground, rubbing his aching and reddening cheek. Touya checked on his cheek and made a list of what he would do if he met the girl again.
"Damn it!" Touya frowned at him as Syaoran pushed his hand away and sighed irritably. He wasn't supposed to laugh at her. He was supposed to get in her good book. He did get in her book but unfortunately, it wasn't the good one.
"What's wrong with that girl?" Touya asked Syaoran but he just kept silent.
"What are you doing here, Touya-ni?" he asked, stopping Touya from badmouthing the girl he loved.
"Obviously to look for the girl you infatuated with. I need to evaluate whether she's good enough for you," Touya blurted out. He was not going to lie to his little brother when Syaoran already knew what he was doing there.
"I'm in love with her. It's not just infatuation, Touya-ni," Syaoran was tired. He was tired of getting Sakura mad at him. He was tired of trying to please everyone. He was tired of his brother getting in his way. No offense though, he loved his brother but it was getting out of hand.
"Where's the girl? You can't hide her forever, you know?" Touya asked. He wanted to see the girl and get it over with. He was not trying to get in Syaoran's way. He was just trying to look out for him. If the girl was suitable, he would let her go out with Syaoran. Any girl would be better than the girl who had kicked him without mercy.
"She just left," Syaoran took his bag and walked to the parking lot with Touya.
"What? You're lying, right?" Touya was suspicious. Syaoran must want to keep her away from him. He just knew it.
"No, let me just come clean. You know, the girl that just slapped me and kicked you," Syaoran paused as Touya took his key out of his pocket and unlocked the door.
"What's with her?" Touya's face scrunched up, remembering the aggressive girl.
"She's the one. I love her," Syaoran said as he got into the car as Touya dropped his key on the ground.
"Huh?" Touya looked at him in disbelief. His little brother loved that girl. She just slapped Syaoran and kicked him, hard. This was a joke, right? Someone was playing some sick joke on him, right? Where's the camera? Please, just let it be a joke.
"Touya-ni, get in the car. I'm not joking," Syaoran sighed again as Touya sat on the driver's seat.
"Are you sure we're seeing the same girl? You're not mistaken, right?" Touya asked, still did not want to believe.
"Nope, she's the one and only. But I'd messed up big time. I'm in love with her but I don't think she feels the same. I'm in an unrequited love. So, don't suddenly go meet her and harass her," Syaoran tried to explain to Touya before he planned anything to get to Sakura.
"Good then," Touya started the engine and drove away from the campus as Syaoran glared at him. He was supposed to sympathize with his loss. Sometimes, he felt like strangling his older brother just to get some sense into his brain. Little did he know, Touya was contemplating on what he would do to get some sense into the girl's head. Syaoran was handsome and had nice built, what was she unsatisfied with?
He knew he was contradicting his own plan. He did not want them to be together but he wanted her to see Syaoran as his true self, not from what Syaoran had represented himself to the people surrounding him. Touya knew Syaoran had a personality conflict but not that obvious. He knew what had caused it and it took years for Syaoran to open up to him.
Sakura
She stomped her feet angrily as she walked upstairs into her room. Rika and Naoko were not in the mansion for a week. They were training the new maids at the main mansion, so she was left alone with anger still sipping through every fiber of her being.
She took a pillow and threw it again and again on the bed, imagining she was pummeling Syaoran's face as hard as she could. Her anger did not dissipate at all.
She was not going to give out her heart anymore after this. He was being nice with her that day but it did not last long. He was only playing a cruel joke on her and with his brother! His freaking brother! She would never trust him. He would never attain her trust, never in her whole life.
She never thought she lost her guard when she was with that plastic guy. She was cold, well, intended to be that way. Now that he had seen her true personality, well, maybe just a little bit, she was angrier with herself compared to him.
She muffled her screams into her pillow and panted with anger. She wanted to scream her lungs out but knew if she were to do that, her bodyguards would come running. She hated to cause commotions in the house. Screaming into her pillow would do for now.
Her phone rang after her attempt to release her anger. She took the phone and looked at the screen with a frown. It was an unknown number. She never gave out her number to people she did not know. Who could this be?
She let the phone rang but the ringing kept on and she was getting annoyed. She answered her phone with annoyance evident in her voice, "Hello."
"Sakura, it's me," the voice said. It's a he apparently.
"I don't know anyone named Me and your number is not in my contact list. Sorry, maybe you got the wrong number," Sakura said, even though the person had called her name.
"Wait! Wait! It's me, Syaoran. Don't hang up," okay, she was definitely hanging up. Her mind told her to hang up but her body refused to do so. Bad, bad motor system.
"What do you want now?" Sakura plopped herself onto the bed.
"I think you need an explanation," Syaoran sighed with relief as Sakura did not hang up on him.
"I don't think I do. How did you get my number?" Sakura asked suspiciously but he did not answer, "That's not the point now. I just want to say I'm sorry I laughed at you. But I'm not playing a joke on you. My brother was somehow there to get some information and you happened to be there. I'm really sorry."
Sakura paused and tried to contemplate what the right to do but her anger was still controlling her, "Why bother? You never did, why now? I don't trust you, Kinomoto. Never would and never will."
She hung up and threw the phone on the bed. She did not know why she was so angry with him. She never had anger this much when the fan girls played jokes on her. She never had anger this much when the elders provoked her to her limits. Why did she feel fury when he played a simple joke on her? Was it her last straw? Was it true? Was it really her last straw?
She grunted and turned her body to lay on her stomach. She took the pillow that she had thrown so many times before and put it under her head. Maybe she should sleep it off. She would be back to normal tomorrow. Surely.
Author's note: Usually I wrote my story until it reaches the 10th page... but I started realizing that it kinda decreasing in this story... Sorry guys.. Thanks to AyameRose, Suikahime, meatbunluver, deadflo, DeadlySilentAnimeLover, DN Angel and Cardcaptor Sakura, James Birdsong, Ice-Kitsune-317, neurogal09, GrossGirl18, Eclipse du Coeur, broken emerald and Birdie for reviewing for chapter 2... I LOVE YOU GUYS! YOU'RE AWESOME...
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Ice-Kitsune-317: Yeah.. I was in an ecology class and the lecturer was talking about a fish that could change its gender when the male or female population is removed and a light bulb came... What if Sakura and Syaoran were put into different families.. seriously need to thank my lecturer for the idea but I don't dare... I'll be caught redhanded for not paying attention in his class... hahaha... and there you got the unique story.. and thanks for your reviews...
make me laugh: Thank you.. I'll try making it interesting to read.. hope you like this story till the end.. =D
agate. ilie: Thanks for reviewing... I'll try making the brotherly love the best I can... even I shiver imagining them showing their love to each other.. hehhee
meatbunluver: Thanks for making me feel good for my grammar.. I'll continue this story and try to update as fast as could.. though it would really take time to update no.. too much work to do.. anyway.. hope you love this story till the end.. =D
GrossGirl18: I didn't realize I keep on using the word Yup.. Thanks for pointing it out to me.. =D
DN Angel and Cardcaptor Sakura: Yeah.. he has to know the consequence of picking on people... even if he likes the girl... =)
vanillaprincess: sorry for the long wait.. here's chapter 3 for now.. I'll to improve myself... Thanks for reviewing... =D
the-writing-vampire: I love it when someone said they love my story... I'll try making it interesting... for now let's stop on how Sakura interacted with Touya.. let's hope I come up with more interesting plot for Syaoran and the sisters... Thanks for reviewing... =)
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AyameRose: Totally.. right... I turned the story 360.. well maybe 180 only... hehehe.. I thought it was kinda fast but like you said, it works! I love it when it works.. =D
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Ice-Kitsune- 317: It's priceless! I was grinning from ear to ear writing that one...
neurogal09: Haha! It's true.. It was funny and weird when we usually see Touya and Syaoran glaring at each other... =)
Eclipse du Coeur: Yeah.. I kinda got the idea in a unique way too... hehehe.. I would love too if you have the time.. though I might not have the time to update soon... No offense!too much work to concentrate on fanfics... and since I'm taking a coursework... the assignments are tripled... too lazy to take research course... Thanks for your offer! I'll PM you later... =D
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