"Oh shit, oh shit."
"Will you stop pacing about, you're making me giddy." Eriol said irritably, staring at Syaoran as he walked about the living room of his apartment.
Syaoran stopped abruptly in the middle of the room. Eriol raised his eyebrow, anticipating something to happen. But nothing did. After 5 long minutes, Eriol sighed. Li Syaoran needed serious help. "Okay... so what is going to happen exactly?"
Finally, Syaoran blurted out, "I need to get Sakura to marry me."
Eriol sighed again, massaging his temples, "Oh yes, it does seem that we're moving in the right direction. But how exactly is that going to happen?"
Syaoran plopped into the armchair, "That's what making me so nervous! I don't know!"
"Actually, why don't you just walk over to her place and tell her, hey, let's just get married. I mean, you guys have been together ever since forever. She's bound to say yes." Eriol said lazily, with a wave of his hand.
"I can't do that!" Syaoran said looking very insulted, "It wouldn't be fair to Sakura! And admittedly, I haven't been the most romantic boyfriend. This has to be something special!"
"Well in that case, you got to make it romantic, extravagant, grand, diabolical!!" Eriol said with a glint in his eye.
Syaoran blinked, "I think you're getting slightly carried away Eriol," as he looked up at Eriol who was now standing up on the sofa, with his fist raised in the air, lost in his own daydream. Syaoran cleared his throat again and eventually brought Eriol back to his senses. Looking a little disappointed, Eriol sat back down on the sofa.
"I was thinking of something simple, yet heartwarming, you know what I mean? Something that would remind Sakura of all the good times we had together." Syaoran looked over at Eriol who had a sort of glazed look in his eye, seemingly still visualising his own ideal proposal to Tomoyo, which Syaoran was sure would involve some diabolical plot to take over the world. Yes, Eriol never had a problem incoporating said plot into any of his daily activities. Finally, when Eriol still gave no reaction, Syaoran gave up and realised that this time, he was very much on his own.
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"Sakura-chan, will you please stop pacing about? You're making me giddy."
"Oh I'm so sorry Tomoyo-chan but I'm really nervous."
Tomoyo beamed in that usual way of hers, "For what Sakura-chan? It's just another date with Syaoran-kun."
"Oh no," Sakura shook her head, her two plaits swinging around her, "Oh no Tomoyo-chan, today's date is going to be special, I just know it."
Tomoyo laughed. Her childhood friend had always been a bundle of nerves around Syaoran after that fateful day when both met at Penguin Park. Even when she tried many times to convince Sakura that Syaoran was very much obviously infatuated with her, Sakura didn't believe it and became increasingly nervous whenever Syaoran appeared as much as a 10 metre radius around her. Sakura's condition got so bad that even the mention of Syaoran's name would send her turning a hundred different brilliant shades of red. It was only when Syaoran finally plucked up the courage to ask Sakura out (with a lot of nudging and coaxing and threatening from Eriol and Tomoyo), that her nervous condition around Syaoran faded. But Tomoyo could see that the phantom of her past condition was resurfacing now.
"Ah well, after 5 long years, you've finally had a relapse." Tomoyo said, a smile on her face.
Sakura cocked her head to one side, "Hoe? What are you talking about?" Confused, she thought for awhile but she quickly abandoned it when she spied the time, "HOE?? It's 5 already! I got to meet Syaoran in half an hour!! I got to start thinking of what to wear! NOW NOW NOW!!" Tomoyo watched Sakura as she ran about the room doing nothing constructive in particular. Tomoyo calmly stood up, pulled some clothes from the wardrobe and pushed them into Sakura's arms. They seemed to have an effect on the frantic Sakura as she smiled at Tomoyo and proceeded to the bathroom to change.
"Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo called out from outside the bathroom door, "What do you think Syaoran-kun is going to be doing today?"
"Mmm, I don't know actually," Sakura said after a few moments, "But I just have the feeling that he has undergone a guilt trip and would plan something extra romantic tonight, don't you think so Tomoyo-chan? When he called just now, he seemed a bit nervous, and I just know he's thinking of something different from the usual routine of catching a movie and a stroll by the park."
"Oh right right, you're very perceptive Sakura-chan, trust you to glean so much from Syaoran-kun's call." Tomoyo smiled as if she knew something Sakura didn't.
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Why is Syaoran late?
Sakura started kicking the sand as she sat on the Penguin Park swing. They were suppose to meet at half past 5 weren't they? Or had she got the time wrong? Syaoran was never late. The lack of punctuality was more in Sakura's area of expertise. Suddenly, this little boy walked up to her and stared for the longest time. Sakura smiled and asked kindly, "Are you lost?"
The little boy shook his head. Instead, he passed her the pink balloon he was holding in his hand, "Here, someone told me to give this to the girl with the pretty green eyes. I think that's you."
Sakura took the balloon, feeling a bit puzzled, "Oh erm, thank you. Who told you?"
He shook his head again, "All he said was to ask you to walk that way," The little boy pointed towards the direction of the biggest and oldest tree in the park.
"Oh alright, thank you." Sakura smiled at the little boy as he scurried away.
Sakura was quite sure that Syaoran had planned this and forgave him for making her wait. He was finally being more romantic, this was going to be quite exciting. As she walked towards the old cherryblossom tree, she noted that it was April. The tree was going to be in full bloom and she silently applauded Syaoran for his good timing. As she came to the clearing, she gasped. The tree seemed to be blossoming much more than in previous years! Upon closer inspection, she realised that in addition to the cherryblossom flowers, there were numerous pink balloons tied to the tree branches. As her line of vision went further down the tree, her breath caught in her throat, there was Syaoran standing at the bottom, shifting his feet. He smiled nervously at her and she beamed right back.
"Syaoran!" Sakura ran towards him, laughing. "You're so sweet! This is such a pleasant surprise!"
"Oh I'm glad you like it so far." Syaoran said, swallowing hard, "I'm hoping you'll like what's next."
"Oh there's part two?" Sakura said excitedly, clapping her hands.
"Yea Sakura. Well, here goes." Syaoran took a deep breath, "I've been thinking about this for a long time, and you have no idea how many rounds of brainstorming and pacing around the house I had to go through before I finally decided. I realised that what was most important of all was my sincerity and really Sakura, that's all I can offer you right now besides my love. You were the very first person who I talked to after my father passed away, the very first person and only person I dreamt about for 11 years and now the only person that I would ever dream of saying this to," Syaoran paused for awhile, "Would you marry me Sakura?"
At this point, Sakura already had tears brimming in her eyes. Wordlessly, she flung herself into Syaoran's arms.
"So is that a yes?" Syaoran asked jokingly, knowing full well her answer.
Sakura managed a laugh, "No you pig, there isn't even a ring."
Syaoran smiled, "Oh yea? I knew you would never notice it." Gently he took the balloon that Sakura was still holding and he pointed towards the knot at the end of the balloon. Tied there was a glittering diamond ring.
"Oh well, I guess that's a yes then." Sakura answered, smiling radiantly.
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"Ouch Tomoyo! Why are you hitting me?!" "This is just too sweet Eriol! And you didn't allow me to bring my DV"
"Oh don't worry hon, I just didn't want you to carry that heavy thing around. Besides, you wouldn't get a very good view from over here anyway." Eriol said pointedly, gesturing at the bushes both he and Tomoyo were presently crouching. "I got a much better position!" Eriol said brightly, pointing at the cherryblossom tree. Sure enough, hidden among the branches was a small DV. "A much better view of our favourite couple if you ask me"
Tomoyo rewarded him with a peck on the cheek, "Learning fast Eriol! We can surprise them with this at their wedding!"
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I just thought Sakura deserved a proposal. (: This is to our favourite couple, cheers!