Anything but Me
By lianneharmony
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Disclaimer:
I do not own any characters presently linked with CCS at the moment. Everything else you see here is a figment of my imagination.
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Summary:
Sakura tries to keep up with her picture-perfect cousin, Tomoyo, but with her klutziness, her now disappearing social life, and the arrival of a new and unfriendly classmate Syaoran Li is making this all the more difficult for her.
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Chapter 2: The Beginning of a Twist
Flashing Eyes.
She was a little thrown off balance by the closeness of their faces, that she nearly fell over backwards, all whilst he looked on amusedly.
She was infuriated, humiliated – how dare he laugh at her like that!
She turned around and walked off. Woohoo! Grand exit!
Except that Tomoyo's house was on the other side.
Shoot! She turned around, and, to her immense annoyance, he was still standing looking after her with quizzical eyebrows.
"Wrong turn?"
"Just a little disoriented," Sakura said uncomfortably.
"I wonder why," he remarked and fell into step with her.
She walked faster to leave him behind, but with easy strides he caught up with her.
She turned to the side. "I thought you were going in the opposite direction," she spoke.
"I'm new here. I'm just walking around to wherever it amuses me."
"Oh, you're new," Sakura exclaimed. "That explains why I've never seen you here before."
They continued walking side by side until they reached Tomoyo's house.
"You live here?" He asked with a curious tone as they reached the house.
She laughed outright, the idea of her living in such a huge mansion being downright ridiculous to her. "No, it's my cousin who lives here!"
"So you're a relative of the Daidoujis."
"Yeah," she said, before, anxious to get rid of him, she quickly entered the gates of the house. Only when she had entered, did she wonder –
How did he know that it was the Daidoujis who were living next door?
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Relating the strange incident to Tomoyo – and getting scolded by Touya.
"And there you have it," Sakura ended.
Tomoyo seemed pensive. "How does he look like, anyway?"
Sakura thought for a minute. "I can't really remember. I suppose, he had brown eyes, brown hair, didn't look Japanese, but then again, he said he was new in Tomoeda."
Tomoyo raised her eyebrows. "Well, that's one thing good about living in a town like Tomoeda."
"What is it?" Sakura questioned.
"Sooner or later, we'll find out who he is."
"You seem so confident about this Tomoyo. I don't understand how you can be so confident."
"I'm not that confident."
Before Sakura could reply, there came a knock at the door. "Sakura, child! How lovely to see you again. Are you going to stay for dinner?"
"If it's not inconvenient," Sakura smiled.
"Oh, no, dear child. Having you around is never an inconvenience!" Sonomi Daidouji paused, and her face frowned a little. "Well, that's good and everything, but I have a visitor coming over for dinner. One of my business associates from Hong Kong is coming over, and –"
"Would you like us to dress up for dinner, mother?" Tomoyo interjected.
Sonomi gave a radiant smile, and hugged her daughter. "Oh Tomoyo, you are such a good daughter. I don't know what I'd do without you."
Sakura could not help smiling at this exchange between mother and daughter.
"Well, then, I'll see you later!"
"One thing I like about –" Tomoyo began, but she was unable to finish her sentence as a phone in the house rang.
"Ms. Kinomoto, the phone is for you. The caller identifies himself as you brother Touya –"
Sakura, not a little surprised, reached out for the phone. "Touya, what is it?"
"Get home immediately!"
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Author's Note:
You guys are so great! I know this may seem as a filler chapter, but this is actually important to the next!
Gladly and joyfully,
lianneharmony
Shoutouts:
KamichamaKarinLover25– She doesn't know who Syaoran is yet, though. Wait and find out in the next chapter!
AkitoxXxSana46– Thanks. I'll be updating a little sooner since it's Raya holidays!
amey27– Thanks!
kaYeYe– Glad you like it!