"Where did you go Syaoran? I thought you were going to be in class." Tomoyo nudged Syaoran's arm as they walked out of the school to go sit at their usual picnic table again.
"Sorry, I just really wasn't feeling going to the rest of my classes today." Syaoran answered with a sigh. Takashi and Eriol hadn't come out of the school yet, so Syaoran and Tomoyo waited awkwardly for them. It was awkward because they barely ever talked alone. There was always either Takashi or Eriol with them. Not that Syaoran and Tomoyo didn't like each other. They just never had a real talk.
So Syaoran thought of something to say. "Hey you know that girl that we saw walking into the school?" Tomoyo nodded. "I met her."
Tomoyo's eyes perked up a little. "Yeah? What did she say?" She asked a little too eagerly.
"She asked if I was going to pick up the paper that I was throwing in the hall." Syaoran pulled out his sunglasses and put them on.
Tomoyo waited for Syaoran to say something else, but when he didn't she nudged and asked "So? Did she say anything else? Did she tell you her name?"
Syaoran nodded, "She told me her name is Sakura. You know, she looks like she needs to be in a hospital. She looks even worse up close." Syaoran stopped to think about her again. She was very odd. No one really cared about garbage or pieces of paper like her. It was just the way the kids in Tomoeda were brought up.
"I wanna meet her." Tomoyo pouted. Tomoyo loves to meet new people. That was just her thing. She was always so open and kind to others that it was almost disgusting. Well…in Syaoran's mind it was.
"You want to meet who?" Eriol asked sitting beside Tomoyo and kissing her on the cheek. Takashi sat on the other side of her leaving Syaoran to sit on the other side by himself.
Tomoyo giggled and replied, "The girl that we saw walking into the school today. Syaoran met her. Her name is Sakura. Don't you think that's a pretty name?" Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Oh my god there she is!" Tomoyo almost screamed. "I'll be right back."
Tomoyo shot up and practically ran towards the girl named Sakura. Syaoran could already see it coming. Tomoyo had a plan. And it was not going to be any good for Syaoran if he got involved. But he watched anyways as Tomoyo went up to Sakura, talked to her for a second and then started walking back with her.
"Hey guys, I want to meet Sakura." Eriol and Takashi both said hi and told her their names. Tomoyo went on, "And of course you and Syaoran have already met."
Sakura looked at him and said, "Oh yeah, the paper throwing guy. Hey." She said and sat down beside him.
"Is that how I'm going to be known as? The paper throwing guy?" Syaoran asked.
"It can be." Sakura said, a small smile on her face. She looked pretty when she smiled. At least Syaoran thought so. They stared at each other for a quick second before looking away.
"So where did you come from Sakura?" Tomoyo asked.
"Lot's of places actually." Sakura made a face that said she had to think about it. "Well I come from Japan originally, there was the States, a month or so in Canada, and I went to England which is my absolute favourite place, and Spain. I love Spain." She explained.
Tomoyo looked wow'ed. "Holy shit. Do your parents drag you around with them or something?"
Sakura went a little stiff when Tomoyo asked that. Syaoran noticed right away. "No, I just travel on my own. My parent's are in China somewhere." She replied, seeming uncomfortable now.
But Tomoyo wasn't about to stop her assault of questions. "You travel by yourself? That's so cool! Why did you decide to come here?"
"Hey, Tomoyo, maybe you could cut back on the questions. Besides she doesn't know anything about us." Syaoran interrupted.
A look of realization fell upon Tomoyo. "Oh god, you're right! I'm so sorry Sakura. I get a bit excited meeting new people." She laughed.
Sakura shook her head and smiled. "It's okay. I've never actually had much of anybody to talk to so I don't mind." She looked at Syaoran as if to say, 'shut up'. "But I really should be going. I have to get home; I'm not feeling too great."
"No kidding! You look pretty sick. Let us walk you home." Takashi offered politely.
Sakura looked shocked. "Oh no, I couldn't. It's probably out of your way."
"Don't even worry about that." Tomoyo replied. "Besides, we couldn't just let you walk around by yourself since you're new here. Let's go!"
Even if Sakura had wanted to argue she would not have won against Tomoyo. Her personality was too great to argue with. "Um…okay." She agreed.
Syaoran waited until the girls were a little bit ahead before he got up and started walking. He felt almost uneasy around Sakura and even more uneasy at how fast the others were taking her into their care. Even Eriol seemed like he already liked her, and Eriol was just about the same as Syaoran. He just didn't get it.
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As soon as I closed the door to my apartment I slid down to my knees and cried because of the pain I was in. My whole body felt as though I was being stabbed by rusty spikes. I can't do this anymore. I want to give up. I want this to just end. What have these fucking people done to me? I can feel the pollution, the hot air as well as the cold, and my head feels as though it's so clouded that I can't even think.
I slowly get the courage to get up and walk over to the kitchen and open the freezer which I only used for ice packs that I only rarely take out. To use them every day would be a disaster. I pick them all up and make my way into the bathroom where I relieve myself on my clothes, turn on the cold water and lay the ice pack into the tub. I get in so fast that my body constricts immediately.
I'm so cold but I need this for the pain. I can almost hear the wind outside of the window that's starting to pick up. It had been so hot out that day. The humidity and smog were almost too much to bare. But the cold water helped so much.
Over the past few years I had been growing sicker. The machines, factories and people were growing at such a fast rate. It's been getting to be too much.
After my body temperature goes down I numbly pull myself out of the tub. I couldn't even feel the towel that I wrapped around myself. I couldn't even feel my legs moving into the bedroom where I collapsed onto the bed. I could already feel the heat slowly starting to come back. It wouldn't be long until I was feeling the hot and cold again.
I had made friends that day. That was a first. In every town I had moved to and from, they had all ignored me. Either that or they didn't even realize I was there. To them, I was just another body floating around with all the others. Their ignorance is going to kill them, and they don't even know it. What had I done to them? What did I do to deserve this? I just couldn't understand.
If only these humans knew what they were doing to me.
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Syaoran shivered as the cold wind blew past him.
"That's weird. It got cold so fast." Takashi commented as he looked up into the sky.
"You can never tell what the weather is going to be like now-a-days." Tomoyo said as she pulled a sweater out from her bag and pulled it on.
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I had major writers block for a few days. So if this chapter sucks I'm sorry but I tried my best. It's kinda hard to work in the my whole idea into the story.
But anyways.
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