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Author's Note: Hmm… I'm a bit confused at readers. I have over 250 hits and only 8 reviews… Wow, how many people actually review? Well, um… thanks for reading…I guess… and reviewers, may your rooms explode with love from me. : ) Also, how many people READ the author's note? When I read other people's they're actually quite interesting, and mine aren't even that long. Okay, I'll stop complaining now.

Sorry about the last couple of chapters, fellow readers, but fanfiction won't cooperate with my spacing so time changes in paragraphs don't work properly, but I've done something new! So don't worry! This chapter will be Christmasy (It's so late, I know), so bear with me.

Chapter 3 – Careless Actions on Christmas Eve

As Sakura exited the store holding a small box in her hand, hoping her Secret Santa victim would like her gift. She sighed, beginning to walk down the street to her workplace. She'd taken the day off, but she was still going to the Christmas Eve party that was taking place tonight. Of course, everyone would be exchanging gifts that night and so Sakura had to do some last minute shopping.

She slid through the thick and noisy crowds of people, tucking the beautifully wrapped present into her pocket safely. Sakura thought back to yesterday, and what happened to Meilin as she dodged the many adults and children coming her way.

Flashback

THUD!

"Meilin!" Sakura cried out in concern, quickly kneeling down to her fallen comrade.

Releasing a breath of relief, as she knew that Meilin was only unconscious, she sat down beside the woman that lay face-up on the floor. Sakura shook Meilin gently, careful not to stun her easily shocked friend more than she already was.

"S-Sakura?" she asked blurrily, opening her eyes slowly and moving to a sitting position. "Ouch, what happened?"

"Date," she explained in one word, worried that the girl would faint again. "Syaoran."

"Date… Syaoran… Oh my gosh! Right! I've got a date with Syaoran!" Meilin exclaimed, widening her eyes with happiness.

Sakura just nodded.

"Sakura! You're awesome! You rock! You're the best ever! You-"

"Don't worry about it Meilin!" Sakura told her, shrugging off the navy-haired woman's horde of compliments. "I promised you I would."

"Ooh! THANK YOU SO MUCH!"

End Flashback

Sakura felt sick to her stomach thinking about it. She felt so guilty, but didn't know why. She continued to deny the things in her mind that kept telling her that she enjoyed being around Syaoran herself. Sakura Kinomoto would not lose to some kind of weird things that Meilin had planted in her mind during their last party! Besides, she'd already lost to Syaoran twice.

She trudged through the mass of people and headed for the hotel. Apparently, the party would be starting at 4 o'clock, and it was currently quarter to four.

-

Bursting through the door to escape the furious cold, Sakura set herself down on the two-person couch, pulling off her jacket and scarf. As she did this, she took out the cute box that contained the Christmas present she had bought for Syaoran. Sakura briefly considered mailing it to him, then quitting her job and fleeing to Australia to live in the jungles, but her imagination had gone just a bit too wild there. The only thing good about that plan was that she would ever have to see the moronic boy she despised to deeply.

Sakura gazed at the content in the box, would he like it or would he say thanks and toss it along like nothing. She really hoped he would like it.

And that's when she realized it.

What in the name of the moon was she doing? Sakura…she hated the amber-eyed boy, didn't she? So why was she worrying about if he would like the gift or not? She'd want him to hate it. In fact, now that she really thought about it, why the heck did she even get him that? Sakura should have just bought some crappy two-dollar toy from a machine and not ever have to think about it again. She put the box away.

Truce! That's right! We called a truce and that's why I bought this for him.

However, no matter how much the brunette attempted to convince herself that she was only doing this for the truce that she had sort of made with her principles toward Syaoran, Sakura still felt differently. Her mind was saying 'truce' and her conscience was saying…well… Sakura didn't exactly know. Lately her head had been playing tricks on her and leaving her with endless unsolvable questions.

What is wrong with me?

Am I going crazy…?

Or… what?

Maybe I'm just a bad person…

Maybe I don't want Meilin to be happy…

Is that it?

Am I just a horrible person?

No, Sakura! You're not a bad person. You know yourself and you don't do these kinds of things.

Sakura blinked, knowing her last thoughts were right. She wasn't a bad person; she just didn't want Meilin to get her heart broken over a jerk like Syaoran.

Yeah… That's right! Meilin's going to get her heart broken, and I don't want that to happen!

"Yo! Sakura! Sakura! Sakura! SAKURA! SAKURA-CHAAAAN!"

"What do you want damn it!" Sakura shouted in irritation at the stupid voice repeatedly shouting her name. The person even used those idiotic formalities.

"Finally got your attention!" Syaoran—the annoying person—stated in exasperation. "Just wanted to say Merry Christmas! Okay! Bye now!"

Sakura mentally thanked whatever higher power there was that the over self-confident man was leaving, until she realized she still needed to give him her present.

"Ahh! Syaoran, wait!" she called in desperation, wanting to get this over with as soon as possible, as she'd done yesterday.

"What? Want to slap me again?" he asked, turning around and winking. "Go ahead, but this time you should aim at my pretty ass!"

Sakura rolled her eyes at his comment, and then motioned for him to come back over since she needed to save her strength if he were to start up one of those pointless conversations again. He understood and plopped down on the couch beside her.

"I've got something for you," Sakura told him uneasily, still, for whatever reason, nervous about his thoughts on her gift.

"Uh… Okay… You mean like a Christmas present?" he questioned her, gazing into her eyes.

"Yeah…" she answered, trailing off as her eyes were caught in his. It felt like she couldn't look away, like she was trapped in those amber orbs.

"TOMOYO!"

Sakura snapped her head around to see what was making that noise. She was so glad that had happened or she thought she would've stared at him forever.

"ERIOL!"

Such a touching reunion of Tomoyo and Eriol, who probably hadn't seen each other for ten minutes. They, unsurprising, embraced and immediately locked lips for what would be an absurd amount of time.

"Will they ever stop?" she asked nobody in particular.

"No, but we can do that too so that we can pass time!" Syaoran inquired cheerfully.

"I prefer the sport of you lying down and me jumping on your crotch," Sakura retorted, her quick mind zapping into action.

"If you want me to suffer, you could always strip for me," he shot back, still looking at the couple making-out.

"Only in your dirty dreams."

"Are you saying I'll have to clean them?"

"Like you're pure enough for that,"

"And you're the most innocent cherry blossom alive!"

Sakura snorted.

"At least more than you."

"Are you saying you've got a naughty mind? Ah, every dream must be about me."

"Yeah, they're about me torturing you."

"Using the method of stripping? Ooh! Bad, bad Sakura!"

She groaned and slammed her face into her hands. Did the guy ever give up? Another battle lost to him! This was so not working out the way she wanted things to. Ha! What a truce!

"So… What did you want to give me again?" he asked plainly.

"Give you…? What would I ever give you?" Sakura asked back in disbelief.

"You said you had a Christmas gift of some sort," Syaoran replied calmly.

Gift… Christmas… RIGHT! The Secret Santa present!

"Oh yeah! I'm your um… Secret Santa…" she mumbled, pulling out the box that held his gift. She became nervous again.

"Aww! Sakura's so adorable! Worried that I won't like her gift?" he cooed, softly taking the box from her.

He opened it and raised an eyebrow.

"A necklace? Not exactly a guy thing, just so you know," he informed her, holding up the cute little star necklace in front of him.

"Idiot!" she snapped angrily. "It's for you to give to a special 'someone!'"

He might've not known, but she was hinting for him to give it Meilin. Surely he'd like a gift his girlfriend would like.

"Uh… Okay, thanks I guess…" he thanked her in uncertainty. "It's… nice?"

"God damn it! Give it to your girlfriend! She likes jewelry!" she yelled in frustration.

"Woah, there Sakura! I don't have a girlfriend," he replied, backing up a little.

"What about Meilin?" Sakura question him in fury, standing up.

"I went on a date with her! That doesn't mean she's my girlfriend!" Syaoran shouted in a matter-of-factly tone of voice that was now rising. He mimicked her movement.

"So you're telling me that all my efforts were for nothing?" she almost screamed, but didn't for the sake of people in the room. She didn't want to be stared at.

"What the hell kind of efforts?" the brown-haired man roared, his eyes filled with rage.

In that one second, Sakura thought about many things. Why was he getting angry? He was a smooth guy and could easily ignore a small assumption from anyone. Why was she feeling like she wanted to cry? So what if the guy was angry and practically yelling at her? At least nobody was staring because the room was so noisy. Was Meilin in here? That question could be answered, as the girl whom rarely washed her laundry was in Hokkaido for the rest of Christmas. That second then ended.

"Every kind of effort you ass! I've tried to be nice to you even though I cannot stand your very presence! I've tried to talk to you, and I have talked to you more than I ever have in years! I've tried to tolerate your pathetic attempts to flirt with girls all the time! I'm putting in so much damn effort, and this is what I get!" she shrieked, barely caring if people were looking anymore.

"You call that effort? Do you recall slapping me? Oho! That's great effort!" Syaoran threw back sarcastically.

"Yeah, well I was just trying to keep a promise I made! Too bad I made it or I could punch your ass to hell!" Sakura cried in pure resentment.

"What kind of promise? One where you slap me?"

"No! A promise that includes people's feelings!"

"Like trying to hurt mine? I'm human too!"

"Well I'm talking about romantic feelings! Don't you know how Meilin feels?!"

"No, tell me how she feels!"

"She's got a huge crush on you, for whatever stupid reason why!"

"Well I don't have the same feelings for her, and you can tell her that!"

"How?! How do I tell her tell her something like that?!"

"You can tell her I have those feelings for someone else!"

"LIKE WHO?" Sakura screamed, anger burning in her body.

"YOU!" Syaoran screamed back as he pulled her forward and pressed his lips against hers.

Sakura felt her body go numb. She could barely think. What was happening? She had no idea what was happening, but…it just…felt so good, so right! There were a million sensations buzzing through her body right now.

What about Meilin?

No, Meilin. What was she doing? Sakura was kissing Syaoran. Syaoran was kissing Sakura. It was so wrong, but it felt so right. But, what about Meilin? She'd promised her that she would stand out of the navy-haired woman's way. Look at her now. Sakura was another roadblock when she'd promised she wouldn't be one.

This is so wrong…

I have to… I have to stop this!

With all the strength her will power could summon, Sakura pushed Syaoran away from her, breaking the kiss. She stepped back.

"Sakura?" he asked gently, coming to her and caringly putting a hand on her arm.

"Stop!" Sakura commanded, smacking Syaoran's hand away from her. "Just…just stop…"

"Wha… Sakura, what's wrong?" Syaoran question her quietly, this time not laying a hand on her.

"Please…" she sobbed, tears now streaming down her cheeks. "Don't… Just…don't…"

He gazed at her quietly as she grabbed scarf and jacket. Still crying, Sakura ran out the door and didn't look back.

Author's Note: Well, how did you like it? Strange drama much? Anyway if you review enough, I'll put you as a character in my story since I'll need some later. I've already got chapters 4 & 5 done, so if you guys review more, I'll update sooner! Please review!

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