Only Two Weeks

» Chapter 4: The Cooking

» Disclaimer: The only thing that belongs to me is the plot and fanfiction.

» I'm so sorry if this next chapter is a little bit boring and I took so long to update but I hope you still like it. I'm not sure if I should continue and finish this story. If you think I should and I get enough reviews, tell me what you think and I might change my mind. I have been busy with a lot of others stuff but I hope you understand. I also reupdated since I heard that this chapter was all in one big paragraph, I don't know why it happened but I took the time to fix it.

-Candypuffs

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Sakura picked herself up quickly and straightened herself. She realized that Syaoran had also prevent her from falling because she felt his hand hold her arm firmly but not hard enough to hurt her.

'Ahh...what do I say to him!!'

'I wish I hadn't tripped, otherwise I wouldn't be in this situation!'

"Umm...sorry and thank you." Sakura said. Her head went back down to stare at the floor again because she felt her cheeks began to warm up.

'I hope he didn't see me blushing.'

"Watch where you are going next time or you can seriously get hurt." Syaoran said in a calm tone.

What surprised Sakura was that when she looked up at him to hear what he had to say, he didn't have that cold glare to would always make Sakura feel uncomfortable. His voice actually sounded like he was concerned about her but Sakura was too naive to know that.

"Thanks..." Sakura replied again and quickly went up the stairs and into her bedroom before Syaoran could see her red face.

'I really need to learn how to stop blushing.'

Sakura shut the door of her room and locked it securely. She then leaned against the back of her door. Her face was still a bit red. She stayed and leaned on the door for a couple of minutes to calm herself down and then landed on her bed.

'What's wrong with me?'

She stared at the ceiling as if looking for an answer. After a while of looking at the ceiling, she stopped and tried to concentrate on something else. She would never find the answer of her question by looking at the ceiling. She didn't even know why she even had this question with her.

'Okay. I have to stop fretting over small things because thinking about them only makes it worse.'

She had only been in the Li's residence for less then a day and Sakura is already confused with tons of things in her mind. She tried to push them away for she did not want to think of them but nothing really worked. Sakura got off of her bed and decided to take a shower again to refresh herself. She went to bed and finally got to sleep.

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The next morning, Sakura woke up as she squinted from the light that seeped in from the window. The room was quiet and it was then she remembered that she was not in her own room. She had forgotten that her parents were not there and they were probably miles away.

Sakura picked herself up and out of bed. Wondering what the time is, she slowly walked toward a small clock on a table for she was still a bit sleepy and not fully awake. Looking at the clock closely, she widened her eyes. It was only eight in the morning! Usually Sakura would wake up near lunch time during weekends or day off from school. That's when Touya would always come to annoy Sakura and wake her up.

She rummaged around her room, looking for something to do since she was bored to death and knowing that she wouldn't be able to go to sleep after she has already been wide awake. Then she decided on having breakfast since that was the only thing to do.

Sakura quickly walked down the stairs and walked into the kitchen. She checked through some of the cabinets and the closet to see what she would choose to eat and decided on eating some cereals. That was really the only thing that didn't contain using any electric machines or stoves in the huge kitchen and Sakura didn't want to create a mess if she began to try and cook.

She ate quietly but only the crunching of her food could be heard. She looked around the kitchen, while studying the place, that gave her an idea. She would explore inside the mansion. She thought to herself and said that it isn't really a new idea because she was sort of exploring outside yesterday but it was better than doing nothing. When she was done eating, she cleaned after herself. She then went into her room to look for more suitable close to where, other than her pajamas.

Sakura walked out of her room and began looking around. She passed through doors and more doors. While doing this, she peeked into the rooms and each one she saw was big and furnished. As she passed each room, it got a bit boring and she didn't dare go into Syaoran's room for he was probably in there right now. She went back to her own room and sat on her bed with silence that surrounded her, it was quite annoying.

'Oh my gosh! I forgot about Tomoyo!'

She headed toward a phone near her bed and began dialing Tomoyo's phone number. She heard the phone ring and waited for someone to pick up on the other line. Suddenly, Sakura heard someone pick the phone up.

"Hello? Tomoyo Daidouji speaking."

"Hi Tomoyo! It's me, Sakura!"

"Hey, Sakura! I haven't talked to you for a while. So how are you?"

"I'm fine I guess...but Syaoran is a "

"Who's Syaoran?"

"Oh, I forgot that you don't know him. Well, he is the son of the Li family."

"Well, whoever he is, I'm sure you will be fine. Just don't let him get to you and I think you will be able to deal with it. I know you can."

"Okay. So what about you? You're probably busy seeing that I tried calling you last time and no one answered."

"Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't answer the phone to talk to you. I have been a bit busy lately because I have been at work creating new clothes designs."

"Tomoyo, your telling me that you're a fashion designer?! I can't believe it!"

"Yeah. Sorry I didn't tell you earlier Sakura. I just started the job recently and I didn't get the time to tell you."

"No, its okay. I understand and that must be a lot of work for you but congratulations!"

"Thanks. Well, I have to leave but I'll talk to you next time."

"Okay and maybe you can even come over and visit. Looking at it on this view though, I'm not sure if anyone will allow me to have friends over."

"We'll talk about it next time but for now, I really have to leave because I have to send out a couple of these paper works I have with me right now."

"Oh, okay. Bye." Sakura hung up the phone after that.

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Sakura was busy in the kitchen looking for something to cook for dinner. She decided to skip lunch and knowing that it was already around four in the late afternoon. She finally found something to cook that was hidden in a cabinet and she read the back of the box carefully for directions. While going this, she went through a couple of other cabinets for a couple of ingredients.

She made her way to the stove and put a pot over it and turned the stove on as well. Turning the knob to the right temperature, she checked the box again to make sure she had everything and started to add some of the ingredients. She mixed it up and then went into the family room in the house to see if there was anything to watch on the television while she waited for the food to cook.

When she came back a couple of minutes later, she came to see her cooking being burned and she screamed. Sakura quickly tried to think of something to do but nothing came up.

While she was fretting over what to do, Syaoran was calmly walking down the stairs to see what all the comotion was about until he saw Sakura in the kitchen with a burning pot on the stove. He quickly went over to stop the burning and tried to cool it down.

"Wow...I didn't know you knew how to cook..." Sakura said with a spark in her eyes but Syaoran began lecturing her before she could say anything else.

"Why did you even decide on cooking something! You might have put the kitchen on fire!" Syaoran said, with his eyes full anger.

"I'm sorry..." Sakura blurted. Tears edging to spill from her eyes but she held them in. She did not want to cry right in front of Syaoran. "I was just trying to cook something for dinner." Sakura explained.

They both stayed in silence for a while until Syaoran gave in.

"Fine. I'll help you but only this once." He said but his voice a bit agitated but he was kind enough to help out.

"Thanks..." Sakura smiled and they began the lesson of cooking. Sakura was a bit surprised that Syaoran was actually helping her. He had never done that before and she especially didn't know that he was able to cook. She wanted to know more about him but another said of her also didn't want to have anything to do with him.

"When did you ever learn how to cook?" Sakura asked while trying to make up a conversation before the silence began again.

"Don't know, really. I don't usually cook but I sort of learned by myself since everyone in the house was usually away and I would be the only one here." He shrugged. "Okay, after you have put all of the ingredients needed, you need to add some salt and then stir it a few times." Syaoran directed.

Sakura did as she was told and put the salt in. Then she began to stir the pot of ingredients.

"Like this?" Sakura asked.

"No! If you mix it like that, you will burn yourself." He exclaimed. "Like this." Syaoran took the spoon mixer from her hand and showed her the proper way to mix but as he took it from her, he touched her hand.

His hand made Sakura receive a tingly feeling go through her. She also became uncomfortable as well because he was just a couple inches away from her.

"Oh okay." Sakura tried to mix it again, still feeling a bit uncomfortable.

Syaoran noticed this a bit so he backed up a little but still kept a close distance to help her out.

They took up their time cooking and when they were finished, they ate together but were quiet the whole time. Sakura didn't dare talk for she didn't want to make Syaoran mad since he had his cold exterior again.

Then again, she was also happy since she got to know Syaoran a little bit and he isn't really as bad as you might think he is but she didn't let her guard down since she never knew if he was really just bluffing or not.

When they were done, they cleaned up after themselves and Syaoran went back up to his own room. Sakura did the same this as well but headed toward her room slowly and into her bed. She had become very sleepy and as she lay down, a blush slipped upon her cheeks because an image of Syaoran came into her mind but she tried to remove.

"No. I can not falter. I do not like him..." Sakura mumbled and sleep had drawn over her.