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PREVIOUSLY ON OUR OWN FAIRYTALE:
"Stay away from Prince Syaoran/Sir Eriol…and no one gets hurt" They threw me against the wall and left.
Seriously, I could have easily kicked their asses. I coughed more from the impact to my stomach. I felt dizzy and coughed more until blood was thrown up. My vision went blurry and the last thing I saw was someone walking over. Then total black out.
Chapter 4: Misunderstanding
Sakura's POV
I woke up feeling warm. I opened my eyes slowly and saw myself in a bed and the nurse sitting down at her desk. I groaned feeling my stomach aching.
The nurse turned to me, "Oh you're awake…here take this medicine…"
She gave me a glass filled with some kind of liquid.
I obeyed her and drank the whole glass. Of course, it tasted awful; I mean it is medicine…
"What happened?" I clutched my head from the dizziness.
"Well…a student saw you fainted on the floor and saw a small blob of blood around you…he brought you here…"
"Oh who was it?"
"He's a first year, I sent him back to class, but he might come and visit during lunch" the nurse gave a smile, "Why don't you get some more sleep?"
I nodded slowly and fell back onto the bed as sleep took over me.
.:Lunch:.
Normal POV
"Nana-sensei…I'm back" A boy came inside the infirmary. He had messy, dark golden hair, dark bronze eyes, a strong chin, broad shoulders, but not too buff arms, and had such a sexy voice. (KYAAAA! XD Jenn-chan wants him!)
"Oh Hiro, you just missed her…she woke up but went back to sleep" The nurse looked up from her paperwork.
"Oh, that's too bad…I brought her some lunch…" He held up 2 brown bags.
"Maybe you should wake her up…she needs some food in her stomach…"
He walked over to her, grabbed a chair and swung it over next to her. He playfully poked her cheek. She stirred in her sleep. Hiro smiled, she looks kinda cute when she's sleeping…
He poked her again and her eyes squeezed tight, "S-Syaoran…"
Hmmm…the only Syaoran I know is the prince…he smirked, so she's got a crush on the prince too, eh? Why am I not surprised?
He poked her once more and called out, "Wake up now…"
Her eyes fluttered open, Hiro almost blushed at the sight of them. (Key word – almost)
She sat up groaning and came face to face with Hiro.
She blushed at the sudden closeness and he smiled sweetly to her, "Morning, sunshine"
She fell back to separate their closeness. "Umm…who are you?" Sakura tilted her head to the side.
"Hiro Otaka, what's yours, beautiful?"
Sakura blushed at the compliment, "Sakura…Avalon…"
"Well Sakura, I think you owe me some gratitude"
Sakura looked at him weird for being so rude, "Excuse me?"
The nurse lightly slapped him on the head, "Sorry, Ms. Avalon, for this boy's behavior…he's the boy that brought you here to the infirmary…"
Sakura realized what he meant by gratitude now, "Ah, thank you Otaka-kun…"
"Is that all? How boring, normally someone would have offered food, or money,…or even a date" He winked, making her blush. The nurse slapped his head again.
Sakura shook her head to rid the blush, "Sorry…I don't have food…or money…or that last one…"
"Awww…too bad, did you just say you didn't have food?" He tossed her the brown sac.
She opened it to find a sandwich, an apple, and water bottle.
"You bought me lunch?" She said surprised.
"Well…you haven't eaten have you?"
The nurse just smiled and went back to her paperwork.
"T-Thanks Otaka-kun, you're such a nice person"
"Awww…aren't you sweet" He opened his lunch sac and got out the sandwich.
"I didn't know what you liked so I got you ham and cheese…if you want you can have my turkey…"
"No thanks…this is fine…" She took a small petite bite of her ham and cheese.
He smirked, "That's exactly why you're so skinny…you should eat more…"
"Excuse me?" Sakura said a little bit annoyed with his attitude.
"Oh nothing…I'm just saying, no offense…but seriously you should gain a few…you were pretty light back there…" He referred to the time he carried her here to the infirmary.
"Oh…you really think so…"
"Sorry if you find it offensive…"
She shook her head 'no'.
It got silent and they went back to eating.
She ate only half of her sandwich and offered the rest the Hiro.
"No thanks, I'm full…"
"Otaka-kun?"
"Hmm?"
"Well…do I have you in any of my classes?"
"Just some, why?"
"Well…I was wondering if the teachers wondered where I was…"
"Ummm…not really, I told them you went to the infirmary…"
"Really? Thanks again, Otaka-kun…I really am thanking you a lot today…"
"Well…this is your first day isn't it?"
The nurse got up holding her paperwork, "Hiro, do you mind watching the room for me? I have to hand this paperwork into the headmaster."
"Sure, no problem…"
"Thanks…you better not do anything funny, while I'm gone…" She left the infirmary.
"Jeez Nana-sensei, always thinks I'll actually hit on people all the time…Anyways, what happened?"
"What are you talking about?"
"When I found you…you had a pool of blood near you and well…"
"Oh…uhhh, I don't know" Sakura tried to pull off a lie.
He gave an innocent 'I know you're lying look'.
She pouted. He was taken back and thought she looked pretty cute, "You won't tell anyone right?"
He shook his head slowly still blushing of how cute she is.
"Well…Sya-…I mean Prince Li and Eri- …Sir Hiragizawa, has a lot of admirers…"
"Awww…the prince and his cousin's so called devotee posse. So they ganged up on you, and threatened you to stay away from them?"
"How did you-" He rose a hand up before she could finish.
"I heard that excuse 7 times now…"
"Oh…well then why did they gang up on me? I didn't do anything…"
"Hmm…did you kiss them?"
Sakura blushed, "How rude? What kind of question is that?"
He ignored her comment and kept thinking, "How about hugged them?"
"Of course not! They're…"
"Well then, you must have done something…"
"Otaka-kun, thank you for helping me out today…but I think I should go…" Sakura started getting out of bed.
"Hmmm…what happened? Did I hurt your feelings?"
Sakura, out of reflex, tried to slap him.
Hiro caught her wrist before she could hit him, "I'm sorry to provoke you, but understand…I'm trying to help you out."
Sakura blushed at the closeness. The sliding door suddenly opened.
The two looked at the interrupter and Sakura's eyes widened, "Syaoran-kun…"
Hiro was surprised she had the boldness to say his name and turned to look at her curiously.
Syaoran took the scene all in. Sakura sitting on the bed with her face red as a tomato, the other boy close to her (very close to lips) and his hand gripping her wrist.
Oh yeah, anyone could assume this was all a misunderstanding…NOT!
He took in the scene and felt some kind of burning and resentful sensation.
Before he could do anything, Sakura finally pulled away, "Syaoran-kun, this is all a misunderstanding!"
Coming back to Earth and realizing he was feeling something, he looked away to the other beds, "Tch, you make it sound like I care" He hid his burning sensation as well as he could, though he felt somewhat better with the slight reassurance that she's trying to explain herself to him.
Something hurt a lot in Sakura's chest, but she didn't quite understand, "Oh I'm…sorry…" Sakura took several deep breaths that Hiro noticed.
"S-So what are you doing here?" She asked looking away.
Syaoran started walking towards one of the beds, running his hand through his sexy, messy hair, "I was having a migraine…"
Sakura moved her legs off the bed and stood up.
Hiro looked at her worried, "Sakura…"
"Well…I shouldn't disturb you then…"
The next thing they knew Sakura was already outside the infirmary.
"What is this weird feeling?" Sakura and Syaoran wondered to themselves. Both different feelings, yet connected together.
Sakura shook her head, ridding the confusion with it. Sakura walked back to class, trying to forget whatever that feeling was.
.:After School:.
Sakura put away all her supplies, bid farewell to Tomoyo, and headed out of class. She had a sudden urge to see the soccer club/team. She passed by the field and saw the team having a practice match. And then…she saw him.
"Syaoran-kun" She said to herself.
She looked around and sighed a relief. She wasn't the only one around to watch them. Syaoran and Eriol's fan clubs were there. But at least, they were on the benches closest as possible to the field to get a good view of their idols.
.:Soccer Practice:.
"HA" Syaoran kicked it into the goal, using his irritation of what happened in the infirmary for more force.
"Kyaa!" His fan girls squealed.
He just sighed with annoyance and called to everyone, "Let's take a break for now"
"Prince Syaoran! Over here!" They screamed. "Prince Syaoran is so cool!"
Eriol stood next to him, "They love you so much"
"Shut up, Eriol"
Hiro came over next to them. Yes, Hiro Otaka, 1st year on the soccer team. "You sure do have such adoring fans, Syaoran-senpai."
"Oh Hiro" Eriol looked at him surprised, "Great practice today"
"Thanks Eriol-senpai" Hiro looked up to the audience, "Hey, isn't that Sakura-senpai?"
Eriol looked up to them too, "Ah it is…say 'hi' Syaoran"
Hiro waved. The fan girls 'kyaa-ed' thinking Hiro waved at them. Hiro is an adorable looking guy after all. Sakura gave a small smile and a small wave back.
Then Sakura left. Syaoran only watched somewhat miserable that she turned away at him.
.:Li Manor:.
Sakura wandered down the halls. Syaoran and Eriol were still at practice, so Sakura was stuck at home with nothing to do. She already did all her homework and there was nothing else to do. She grew bored and looked at the clock, 4:28 (or 16:28)…
Sakura closed the magazine she was currently reading and talked to herself, "Syaoran-kun and Eriol-kun must be coming back soon…what should I do till then?"
Sakura stood up and walked around more and unconsciously headed for the garden in the back. In the garden she sat down on a small white bench near the rosebush. She took a relaxing breather and suddenly her mouth was covered, preventing her from screaming.
She couldn't see behind her but the voice came, "Scream, and you'll be sorry!" He threatened. Sakura got the message when she felt a sharp pointy object poke her arm. She obeyed and took forceful steps back. When he was in the right position, Sakura pulled his arm off and slipped through to the back and held him in a position where his arms were caught. Luckily, the sharp object was just a pen. She took a good look at her "kidnapper". It was a man about half a head taller than her.
She yelled, "Who sent you?"
"Let go of me, you wench!"
Suddenly Sakura was head-locked from behind. Knowing best, she screamed loud enough to break glass. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHH!"
The guy who was previously just caught backfired, covered her mouth, "SHUT UP!"
The man holding her from behind held her in a good open position and the other man took a swing at her, "Sorry princess"
Sakura blacked out after the plunge to her stomach.
One of the men gave the other a hard look, "I thought you said we-"
Then out of no where, the man who hit her just earlier was punched across the face.
The man holding her looked up at the person who just hit his partner and was blown away with a sucker punch as well, making him lose his grip on Sakura.
"How dare you hit a girl!"
They looked back up and found Prince Syaoran. Syaoran noticed on their shoulders, the same symbol as the man that tried to get her when he first met Sakura. The symbol with devil wings.
"Grr…I didn't want to do this, but you leave me no choice." The first man took out a knife out of his shoe compartment.
He tried stabbing Syaoran, but Syaoran pushed with all his might with his left arm and punched him in the face with his free hand, knocking the guy out. Before the second guy could run, Syaoran grabbed the guy's knife and held it in a throwing position, threatening the guy if he ran, "Who sent you?"
The guy fell on his knees, "Please! Please don't kill me!"
"I won't kill you, now tell me who sent you!"
"The master…"
"Who is your master?"
"T-The master has great power…he wishes to find the princess to become more powerful…"
"Tell me! Who is your master? And what princess?"
"Princess, here in China… Master is master…that is all I know…"
Syaoran picked up the unconscious guy and threw him as he rolled over to the second man, "Now take your leave and don't ever come back here!"
The man ran away in fear holding his partner up with everything he's got.
Princess…in China…are they after one of my sisters? And seeing Sakura on royal grounds, they must have mistaken her to be one of my sisters. He came to this conclusion.
Syaoran threw the knife aside and calmly walked over to the unconscious Sakura on the soft grass, "What to do with you…"
His mother was currently in a predicament with other countries…and Syaoran just got back from practice. Thank goodness Syaoran heard her scream.
He picked her up and carried her inside the castle, up the flight of stairs, towards the hall with their rooms. He glided down the halls all the way to his room. He kicked the door open, luckily not breaking it, and placed her down on her bed. Syaoran entered the bathroom and looked for a towel and bucket or bowl.
~Sakura's Dream~
King Fujitaka stood before me, "Sakura…you must understand…this must be done"
"Father…I don't want this"
Mother, Queen Nadeshiko, hugged me with all her might, "My dear child, please, if we keep this contract, then Japan will become well again"
They don't understand. It's all his fault.
A man with dark spiky red hair and peridot green eyes came in, "Sakura-hime, please reconsider"
"Yoru Akuma" I said bitterly. He's the one that has brainwashed my parents. They don't understand. He's the problem!
.:Time Gap:.
My brother helped me to the airport, "Sakura, listen to me, fly to China and stay there. Stay out of danger. I love you"
"I love you too, Onii-chan"
My family, I can never see them again!
~end of dream~
Sakura's POV
I sat up quickly. Why did I have to remember that night? I felt my cheeks wet. I wiped my face with my sleeve, now is not the time to cry. I had to leave them. While I'm gone, Onii-chan will fix everything.
Wait, where am I? This isn't my room.
Syaoran noticed that I got up and held a towel and bowl of water, "Oy, I got a tow- why are you crying?"
He set the bowl and towel on the night stand, "You don't have to cry anymore…those bandits were probably just trying to grab a hostage…you're safe now…"
I had stopped crying. This is really sweet of him and I smiled, "Arigato, Syaoran-kun…"
He smiled back. His smile gave me a butterfly in my stomach and I could feel my cheeks warming up.
His smile disappeared in an instant, "What's wrong?"
I shook my head trying to rid of the redness, but didn't work too well…
"Sakura…what's the matter? Do you have a fever?" He said bringing his head towards mine.
He placed his head on my forehead and my mind went blank for a moment. His eyes…were so entrancing. Those pools of amber are so deep and beautiful. The beauty made me think of when we first met and how he was so cold. Now, he's warmed up a little. He's much kinder than before, not including that slight coldness he had when he saw me and Otaka-kun. It made me realize that I'm deceiving him and that made my own eyes tear up. I turned away, getting his forehead off mine.
"That's good. No fever…what's wrong? Why are you crying again?"
It was true, I was crying a little, nothing too serious.
He placed a finger under my chin and lifted it slowly, "Please stop crying…"
He brought his face closer and closer, "Syaoran-kun…you have to stop…"
He didn't pay attention and kept getting inches closer and closer (getting lost in her emerald eyes), "You…(closer) have to (closer) stop…before…we…" I couldn't help it either, my eyes were filling with want every inch he got closer.
Our lips barely touched as I whispered his name, "Syaoran…"
Suddenly the doors opened and Syaoran's head spun so quickly it gave me whiplash.
Eriol stood at the door surprised at first then gave off a smirk, "Was I interrupting something?"
I blushed deeply and got up to leave. I bowed and avoided eye contact with Syaoran, "…I'll just go back to my room…"
"Wait, you don't have to leave because of this idiot!" Syaoran got up as well.
But, I had already left.
Syaoran's POV
I groaned, "Thanks a lot you asshole!"
"Syaoran, Syaoran, Syaoran…you should've just locked the door…"
"Damn it Eriol! What am I gonna do?!" I said frantically.
"Well sorry, if you're horny now…it's not my fault you didn't lock the door…"
"Fuck you, I'm not talking about that…I'm talking about Sakura…I almost kissed a commoner…AND I'M NOT HORNY! YOU BASTARD!"
Eriol put his hands up in defense, "Okay, okay…so what's that in your pants?" He smirked as I looked down at my pants and he ran out of the room.
Well I threw the closest thing near me which was a pillow, damn how come it couldn't be a wrecking ball or something…
And it wasn't erect thank you very much! Jeez, damn Eriol, why'd he come in here anyway!
As if on cue, a knock came back at the door and it was slightly opened for protection, "Oh yeah…and her majesty wants to see you…"
I sighed thinking it's probably another engagement I'd have to break off, before he made another comment, "Funny, how you didn't lock your door…"
I threw another pillow but the door closed beforehand.
.:Queen Yelan's Room:.
I walked in and found her on her chair sipping tea, "You called, mother?"
"I've heard of the news today."
"Excuse me?"
"Ms. Avalon was almost kidnapped today, was she not?"
"…yes, she was"
"Syaoran, you realize what could have happened to her"
"I'm aware…"
"…I want you to keep an eye on her!"
"Like spy? You don't trust her or something?"
"No…I mean make sure she's out of harm's way!"
"You mean like protect her?"
Her eyes glinted, "But of course, and if anything were to happen to her Syaoran…"
I never liked that glint in her eyes, it creeps me out, "I'll keep her safe and sound, mother. Don't worry!"
.:Time Gap:.
I coincidentally bumped into her in the hall as she was coming out of her room.
"Ah…sorry about that S-Syao…Prince Li" She averted my gaze.
What's up with calling me Li again? Is it because of earlier? Oh man…damn. Just cause we almost… ARGH!
"Look…about earlier…we were just caught up in the moment…we didn't know what we were doing…and nothing happened anyway, right?"
She looked at me a little disappointed and nodded, "Mm…nothing happened"
AUTHOR'S CORNER! OOC-ness
Jenn-chan: It's time for AUTHORRRRR'S CORNERRRR! Concluding the 4th chapter, I'm your host, Jenn-chan!
(audience claps)
Jenn-chan: Today's guest speaker will be…Hiro Otaka!
(audience claps)
Hiro: Yo!
Jenn-chan: So Hiro what brings you to Our Own Fairytale?
Hiro (smiles): You did.
Jenn-chan (giggles): Yeah, I know. So, what do you think is your major role in the story?
Hiro: Well, basically just to help Sakura-senpai when Syaoran-senpai can't. OH, and to annoy Syaoran-senpai, because it's super obvious he likes Sakura-senpai. Sakura-senpai is really nice so we will be great friends.
Jenn-chan: You say friends, but do you have any special feelings for her?
Hiro: Oh no, no. I already have someone I like…
Jenn-chan (shocked): Really? Who is the lucky girl?
Hiro (smirked): Would you believe me if I said…it was you?
Jenn-chan (blushes): Ah…I…I-
Syaoran (comes out of nowhere and yells in Jenn-chan's ears): Stop flirting! You went over your word count already! SO GET THIS OVER WITH!
Jenn-chan (¬_¬): Why must you ruin my fantasies? Here's the preview of the next chapter…
NEXT TIME ON OUR OWN FAIRYTALE:
"…Sakura-senpai was pretty flushed when she asked me." Hiro said aloud.
Syaoran came to a complete stop.
"I was completely surprised! She's so bold. To think she'd come on to me. She practically pushed me down to the floor herself." Hiro smirked.
Syaoran grew wide-eyed No no! Sakura's not like that.
"But it was fine afterwards…you should have seen her Syaoran-senpai…she was soaking wet"
He turned completely around with a murderous glare.
"And when we touched, she was so hot"
"What did you do?" He hissed.
Hiro shrugged, "Nothing…much, I mean it's over now. She's still putting her clothes on right now"
Syaoran pushed the boy aside and slammed the sliding door open.
"Ah, Otaka-kun, is that you? I didn't get to say it yet, but thank you. I'm glad I came to you," came Sakura's sweet voice.
Syaoran: …WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?
Jenn-chan (ignoring him): 0o0o0o0o DRAMA? Something interesting is happening in the next chapter.
Hiro: I don't remember reading that in the script. Jenn-chan I thought I-
Jenn-chan (covers Hiro's mouth): Please REVIEW heehee and I may not update soon again. Still have writer's block. Stay tuned for the next chapter of Our Own Fairytale. Bye-bee