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I'm sorry about the late update, since I'm graduating college in a month I had to work with my team on our final project. I couldn't get any time to work on this chapter and luckily we didn't have to work on it today so I finished writing the chapter. I hope everyone will continue to read this story and I apologize again for the delay.

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Chapter 4

Syaoran took off his mask in the bathroom upstairs and started to splash cold water on his face. A knock came at the door and opened, "Go away." "What's going on Syaoran?" Eriol asked, closing the door behind him. "Nothing, just leave." Eriol sat down on the chair near the door. "I've noticed that during this past week you've been rather distant." "I'm always distant from you Eriol, haven't you noticed by now?" Eriol's face showed a bit of hurt, but he continued. "I'm talking about Sakura." Syaoran turned off the tap, "What about her? There's nothing to say." "I know your plan all too well Syaoran," Eriol said standing up while walking to the door. "Keep this up and you'll have no one left in this world."

Sakura watched as Eriol walked down the stairs and toward her near the main entrance. "So, I don't think Syaoran's feeling too well." He lied, watching Sakura's expression. "What's wrong with him?" She asked, earning a curious glance from Eriol. "Are you worried about him?" "N-not at all, I'm just asking since he's been acting stranger than usual." Sakura defended, earning a smile from Eriol. "The question is when doesn't he act strange?" He asked, remembering when he met her in the basement with Syaoran and when he was peeping through the office door crack when he saw how he pulled her onto his lap. "It's like he's got two different personalities. He's worse than Tomoyo's mood swings." Eriol chuckled at the comment, walking with Sakura near the stairs.

Syaoran stared at his reflection in the mirror, snarling at his reflection. "I can't change, it's who I am." He splashed some more cold water on his face. His memory flashed to when he was dancing with her in the ballroom, the feel of her body against his and her intoxicating scent. She was the second woman he'd met who was susceptible to his charms, his memory flashing to a woman with long dark brown curly hair and hazel eyes. He looked at his reflection again as the door opened, revealing Sakura. "Eriol said that you're not feeling good. Is that true?" Syaoran dried his hands on a towel, "I'm fine. I just needed some quiet." His hair was slightly wet around his face, making him look more attractive in Sakura's eyes. She quickly looked away toward the door. "I guess I'll be leaving now, I need to-." Syaoran reached out stopping her, his emotions battling within his body. He breathed in her scent once again, clutching her body close to his.

The door then suddenly opened, causing Syaoran to let go of Sakura and back away, it was an employee. "Oh, I'm sorry. The other bathroom is occupied." "We were just leaving, it's alright." Syaoran said, leading Sakura out of the bathroom and closing the door behind him. Sakura walked down the stairs with Syaoran following close behind her until he saw Eriol. "I need to call a cab home; it was nice seeing you again Eriol." Sakura said, taking out her cell phone. "It's safer than taking the subway home this late." He nodded in agreement, watching Syaoran's gaze on her. "Too bad neither of us can drive you home, we've drank too much." Eriol said while innocently smiling. "You don't need to take a cab; you can spend the night here. There are plenty of rooms." Eriol smirked at Syaoran's suggestion. Sakura needed to go home and get some rest, it was already 1AM and she needed to get up early while also remembering what happened last time. "I'm sorry; I have plans in the morning." The other employees had also started to leave slowly, saying their goodbyes to everyone. Shortly after Sakura's cab arrived and she said goodnight to both Eriol and Syaoran, much to his dismay. Eriol walked up the stairs past Syaoran, "I guess you're starting to lose your touch."

Sakura walked past a series of tombstones down on the far end of the cemetery. She finally stopped at two which were closer together than the others. Sakura knelt down onto the cold yet soft grass in front of them. "Good morning mother and father." She placed two cherry blossom bouquets in front of the tombstones, "I'm sorry I couldn't come to visit you in September like I promised." A tear escaped from her eye, but she quickly wiped it away. "I'm sure Touya will come back to visit you soon." Sakura stood up and smiled "I'll be back to visit you again near Christmas." She turned around and started to walk toward the cemetery entrance.

"Where is she?" Syaoran yelled at the security guard over the phone. "I'm sorry Mr. Li; I've called Human Resources and found out that she has taken the day off for personal reasons." Syaoran growled, "Why would she take the day off? It's November 1st, it's not like it's an important holiday." The security guard gulped, "I'm not sure-" Syaoran hung up, slamming the phone down onto the cradle.

A tall dark-haired man stopped in front of a grave and noticed the two bouquets of cherry blossoms in front of them. He smiled and placed his own orange blossom bouquets near them, and then walked toward the taxi cab waiting for him, pulling a suitcase behind him. He got in and said "Shiinamachi Station."

Sakura plopped onto her couch and started searching the channels for something good to watch. Since she started working for Syaoran, Sakura barely had any time for herself; she would also need to go grocery shopping today too. "I'll start by taking a day or two off a month to recuperate from him," Sakura happily said to herself, and laid down on the couch. "It's too bad that Tomoyo couldn't take the day off today, even after her trip." Suddenly the door bell rang, making Sakura sit up and look towards the door.

"Where are you going Mr. Li?" An employee hectically asked, nearly dropping her files on Syaoran's office floor. "You need to look over these requirements for our spring collection for 2011." Syaoran put on his jacket, not even looking at her, "You can handle a few hours without me, right?" She bewilderedly looked at him, "Vogue's deadline is in three hours, and you still haven't selected the models, let alone give the green light for the clothes!" Syaoran's eyebrow twitched, "Who do you think you're raising your voice to?" She quickly shut her mouth and stepped back two steps. "Now, I know that you were just hired recently but I can and will fire you if you infuriate me again." Syaoran walked toward the door with the employee following close behind. He sensed that she was about to talk and turned around to face her. "I will get everything done for Vogue by the deadline, understand?" She nodded and quickly walked off toward her own office.

"Hey monster," the man smirked as he hugged Sakura tightly. "I've missed you." Sakura returned the hug, surprised by the visitor. "I've missed you too Touya. Come on in." He placed his suitcase in the living room and started to look around, "this place hasn't changed since the last time I was here." Sakura smiled, "Yeah, it's been a while. Two years, right?" Touya nodded, picking up his suitcase. "I assume my room is still the same, or did you change it into something else?" Sakura walked with him toward Touya's old room and opened the door, revealing just a bed and a few soccer posters on the walls. "I know you asked me to change it but I just couldn't. I knew that you would come back for a visit someday." Touya smirked, "Thanks, I wanted to come back too." Touya unpacked his stuff in his room and walked over to the living room, where Sakura was putting on her jacket. "I need to go grocery shopping since there's not enough food in the house for both of us." She said, picking up her purse. "I'll be back in an hour Touya."

Syaoran drove toward the apartment where Sakura lived. He would get her to come to work today, even if he had to drag or carry her out of it. Syaoran walked in and was stopped by a woman's voice. "Excuse me who are you here to see?" It was an older woman, around in her fifties and she was a little over four feet tall. "Sakura Kinomoto." He replied, earning a smile from the woman. "Such a nice young woman isn't she?" The woman asked, walking toward Syaoran. "I'm glad that she's found a man like you after all that she's been through." He stared with confusion at the woman, and decided to play along. "Yes, so may I be excused and see her?" The woman beamed and nodded, watching Syaoran go into the elevator.

Syaoran took the elevator to the fifth floor and walk to the left, stopping in front of apartment 505. He knocked a few times and waited, but there was no answer. "Damn it Sakura open this door!" Syaoran started getting agitated and decided to call her cell phone instead when the door suddenly opened, revealing Touya with a towel around his waist. "I said I'm coming, you don't have to yell." Syaoran looked at him, a pang of jealousy hitting him, thinking it was Sakura's boyfriend. "Who are you?" He asked, earning a piercing stare from Touya. "The question is who are you?" Syaoran growled, "Where's Sakura?" Touya looked at him for a second and asked, "What's it to you where she is?" Syaoran realized that this man wouldn't give up any information and decided to play along yet again. "I'm Sakura's boyfriend; actually fiancée and I need to see her." Touya's gaze suddenly sank, 'Sakura's going to marry an asshole like him? I can't believe it.' He thought, looking at Syaoran.

'He thinks that he's not the only one in her life.' Syaoran thought, smirking at Touya. He looked at Syaoran, with a sense of disappointment in his eyes, "Sakura went to get groceries, she left almost an hour ago. She should be back any minute now." Syaoran smirked, "I'll wait for her then." He turned around and walked toward the elevator, with Touya watching him from the hallway.

Sakura was carrying three bags of groceries through the doorway of the apartment building and saw the superintendent. "Good afternoon Mrs. Tanaka." The older woman smiled, "Good morning Ms. Kinomoto." Sakura started walking toward the elevator when Mrs. Tanaka stopped her. "Please hold on, there's someone waiting in the guest room for you." Sakura was surprised and asked, "Who is it?" The woman beamed, "Your boyfriend, of course."

The guest room was to the left of the lobby and slightly small in size. Syaoran was sitting on the couch there, reading a Forbes magazine from a few years ago. Sakura walked over to him and placed the groceries on the table close to where Syaoran was sitting. "Syaoran what are you doing here and why did Mrs. Tanaka think you are my boyfriend?" He placed the magazine back onto the coffee table and stood up, facing Sakura. "I didn't say anything to her about that, she just made an assumption and I came to bring you to the office, there's business to attend to." Sakura sighed, picking up her groceries. "I'm not coming to work today, I took the day off."

"You can't just take the day off because you feel like it." Syaoran retorted, earning a glace from Sakura. "Especially if you're working for me." Sakura turned around and started walking toward the lobby, and Syaoran quickly took the grocery bags from her hands when he saw Mrs. Tanaka. "Mrs. Kinomoto, you are so lucky to have a guy like him." Sakura whipped her head around at Syaoran, who was smiling innocently. She glared at him and turned toward Mrs. Tanaka. "I'm afraid–" Syaoran cut her off, "Don't be, I won't." Mrs. Tanaka giggled, "I expect Mrs. Kinomoto will be wearing a ring the next time I see you." Sakura stared at Syaoran and got into the elevator, with him walking in behind her as the superintendent waved at them.

"What is wrong with you Syaoran?" Sakura asked, walking toward her door. "Nothing Sakura, I just let an old lady have some entertainment." He said, stopping in front of her door, earning a glare from Sakura. "You are so–" Just then the door opened, revealing Touya, fully clothed. "Good, you're back I need to talk with you." He looked at Sakura and then saw Syaoran, giving him an intense glare. She saw this and sighed, walking inside with Syaoran following behind. "Take the groceries into the kitchen." Sakura ordered Syaoran, who hesitated hearing the tone in her voice, but looked at Touya and did as he was told.

Sakura sat down on the couch and Syaoran followed, sitting closely beside her. Touya stood in front of them with his arms folded across his chest. "Sakura, we need to talk about this. I need to know what's been going on between you two." Syaoran glared at Touya, and then turned toward Sakura. "Touya, I'm not sure what you know but this isn't what it looks like." She said, earning a look from him. "I heard some strange things from him."

Sakura whipped her head to look at Syaoran, "What is wrong with you?" "Me, what's the matter with you, dating some other guy behind my back? Am I not good enough for you?" Syaoran answered, smirking at Touya in the process. Sakura then burst out laughing, much to Syaoran and Touya's surprise. "I need to talk to her in private, please excuse us." Syaoran said, dragging the hysterical Sakura into the bathroom.

He locked the door behind them and turned on the lights and ventilation so Touya wouldn't hear their conversation. Sakura was slowly starting to stop laughing, whipping the tears from her eyes. "Was that really so funny?" Syaoran asked her, as she looked in the mirror to check her makeup. "Yes, how could you say that we're dating and that I'm cheating on you on top of that?" Syaoran shook his head. "Alright, I came to get you and that guy opened the door wearing nothing but a towel so I assumed otherwise." Sakura laughed again, "That's Touya, my older brother." Syaoran's face looked relieved, and he hid his embarrassment. "Now that that's cleared up, why does he think that we're dating?"

Syaoran cleared his throat, and saw that Sakura raised her eyebrow. "He wouldn't tell me where you were so I had to lie." Sakura asked, "What exactly did you tell him?" "That I was your boyfriend and–" Syaoran said, hesitating, not knowing what her reaction would be. "And what, Syaoran?" Sakura pushed, meeting his eyes with hers. "That you're my fiancée."

Chapter 5 is coming soon, much sooner than this chapter!