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Chapter Four
New Recruit
It was a lovely day for a walk in King Penguin Park, the sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. As the duo walked slowly down the path, Sakura stopped for a moment to really appreciate her surroundings. At the same time neither of them were aware that they were being watched from afar.
"It's such a beautiful day" Sakura exclaimed happily, Syaoran smiled as he watched Sakura run towards a full bloom Sakura tree.
"Sakura" Syaoran called over, blushing ever so slightly. Sakura spun around to see Syaoran standing not to far from her.
"What is it?" Sakura asked holding some cherry blossoms that she had gathered up.
"I…" Syaoran started to speak but hesitated. "I love you Sakura" he managed to say, with a deep blush across his face. This was music to her ears. Syaoran had already confessed his love months ago and had wrote them down in e-mails and letters. Nevertheless, hearing him say those words in person made Sakura feel butterflies in her stomach all over again.
"I love you too Syaoran." Sakura replied not able to keep the words from leaving her mouth, she was so happy to be able to tell him without any interruptions. As Syaoran walked up to her to embrace his beloved, they both heard a loud squeal coming from the bushes. This made Sakura and Syaoran stop what they were doing and look towards where the weird sound came from. They both walked over to the rose bushes to take a closer look, only to hear whispering. "Quiet, they might see us."
Syaoran sighed realizing who the voice belonged too and walked towards them. Sakura followed Syaoran's gaze, still feeling confused about how a rose bush could 'talk'.
"Well you might as well come on out, we know you're there!" Syaoran spoke up, arms folded, Still looking at the bushes. Sakura was surprised to see two girls appear suddenly from behind them.
One girl had her hair up in buns looking rather annoyed to have been caught, while the other wore her hair down holding a camcorder looking like the cat that got the cream.
"TOMOYO, MEILIN!" Sakura yelled at both of them, realizing that Tomoyo had captured the whole scene on her camcorder. This kind behaviour from Tomoyo was nothing new to Sakura and Syaoran, in fact if Tomoyo didn't do it then something clearly was very wrong. Now that Tomoyo had recruited Meilin has her 'wingwoman', getting a moment alone would be impossible for sure.
"That was so cute, I got a second confession from Li and now I finally have Sakura's as well" Tomoyo said still all dreamy eyed.
"If you had kept quiet back there, then you have gotten a bonus hug to go with it" Meilin told her friend. Tomoyo squealed again at that thought of Sakura and Syaoran hugging.
"That's okay, there is always next time" Tomoyo said staring off into space. Meiling shook her head at Tomoyo before looking at Sakura and Syaoran, who just stood there watching them both.
"So have you two kissed yet?" Meilin asked catching Syaoran and Sakura completely off guard.
"KISSED?" Sakura and Syaoran yelled together, turning bright red from the thought of it. Surely that would be too far right? after all they were only kids, plus they weren't even in Junior high school yet.
"You haven't, have you? You two have been in love for ages and the two of you haven't shared that special first kiss yet?" the young girl complained. Meilin understood why Sakura would not have done so yet but Syaoran? that confused her, after all Sakura would be scared of her own shadow, if she was told it was a ghost out to get her. While Syaoran on the other hand, if he really wanted to do something then he would try his very hardest to accomplish it. All the couple could do was to look down at the ground in embarrassment, avoiding eye contact with both Meilin and Tomoyo that were giggling. Tomoyo found all the shyness very adorable while Meilin soon found out winding them them up was very entertaining to say the least.
As the day wore on, the group had gone to town for a few hours, browsing around and even did some window shopping before settling down at a nearby cafe.
"So I take it you and Li will be returning back to Hong Kong in a few days" Tomoyo said with a hint of sadness in her voice.
"That is the plan, we would stay longer but we can't" Meilin replied frowning. Sakura and Syaoran just looked down into their drinks knowing that their time together was coming to an end and neither one of them wanted to leave the other.
"It's not like we won't be gone for too long, after all we both know that keeping Syaoran and kinomoto apart isn't going to work" Meilin mentioned as she looked at the sad couple opposite her. Syaoran tilted his head slightly to look at Sakura and smiled at her lovingly, while at the same time taking her hand in his under the table so hopefully Meilin and Tomoyo wouldn't notice. Sakura tightened her grip and returned a secret smile back but she knew that Tomoyo saw it and quickly looked away shyly. Tomoyo just chuckled to herself in response of her best friend's timidness.
"You two really need to get a room" Meilin jokily said at both Sakura and Syaoran as they just kept blushing at one another.
"MEILIN" Syaoran snapped at his cousin, who just flashed him a sweet but sly smile back at him. Tomoyo just laughed as Sakura turned as red as a tomato from the idea of her alone in a room with a guy.
"Syaoran and kinomoto sitting in a tree, K.I.S.S.I.N.G…."Meilin started to sing but was interrupted by a very annoyed Syaoran lunging for her from across the table. "First comes love, then comes marriage…" Meiling continued singing as she got up from her chair, avoiding Syaoran's attempts to shut her up. "Then... comes baby... in a... baby carriage" Meilin finished struggling to breath through fits of laughter. Syaoran's face was bright red again but he didn't know if it was from sher embarrassed because he did want to kiss Sakura baddy or angry at Meilin for really winding him up.
Tomoyo had already got her camcorder out by this point and was recording the whole show in front of her, she loved this kind of stuff. it was like gold to her watching the reactions on both of her friend's faces, It was priceless. Sakura had sank in her chair as low as she could by this point, embarrassed by the whole thing, she just wanted to disappear from sight and be safe and sound in her own room.
A/N;
Looks like poor Sakura and Syaoran won't have a minute to themselves any time soon, thanks to Tomoyo and her new recruit.
