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Chapter 3

Sakura waited three days for something to be said about her e-mail. Nothing. He texted her, but not about her application to him. She sighed as she set her cell phone down next to her after replying to a text that he had sent and stretched across her bed. It was seven at night, and she was bored. Suddenly, Tomoyo and Eriol burst through her door with smiles plastered on their faces.

"Hi Sakura..." Tomoyo said gleefully, hopping onto the comfortable bed. "...Whatchya dooooin?"

"Texting Syaoran."

"Ah, and what did your boyfriend have to say?" Eriol smirked, sitting next to Tomoyo.

"Oh, you know, we were just talking..." Then Sakura paused.

"About what?" Sakura gave no reply. "...Sakura?"

Sakura stared at them, then exclaimed "Hey! He's not my boyfriend!"

Eriol and Tomoyo fell off the bed anime style. Sakura could be so slow sometimes.

Tomoyo was the first to stand up, at first unsuccessfully due to Eriol's attempt at keeping her on the floor for some fun. "Well, we were thinking about going Cosmic Bowling... Do you want to go?"

"Sure! Who else is going?"

"Well, we invited Takashi, Chiharu, Rika, and Naoko. Meiling said she might go, depends on when Jet gets there."

"Hey, maybe you should invite your BOYFRIEND?" Eriol teased again.

All that was met with Eriol was a book to the head.

They all entered the bowling alley which was crowded with other cosmic-bowlers.

Sakura blinked. "Wow... It's really busy today..."

Tomoyo grabbed Sakura's hand and began dragging her. "Come on Sakura-chan! Let's get lanes!"

Chiharu began walking until she noticed that her cell phone had fallen from her back pocket. She turned quickly to look for it but ran straight into Takashi... With her cell phone. His hands immediately clutched her arms to lessen the strength of the impact. "Oh... Thank you." Chiharu smiled up at him.

"No problem." He handed her the cell phone as she blushed. "You might not want to lose this."

"Y-Yeah... That'd be bad..."

"Yo Romeo!" Syaoran exclaimed to Takashi. "Bring Juliet over here, we got our lanes."

"Asshole..." Takashi mumbled, a slight blush on his cheeks. He then reached his hand out and clutched the one not holding the cell phone. "Come on, they're waiting for us.

Chiharu's face was then a full on apple-red.

Sakura continued to find herself looking at Syaoran... She didn't know how he felt, and it was driving her crazy. He was looking at something that she couldn't see due to the fact that him and Eriol were blocking the area. It was probably some other girl... Syaoran probably just didn't like her... She was putting her hopes up for nothing.

"Sakura!" Rika got her attention. "Do you want to go first?"

"Sure, why not...?" Sakura laughed in embarrassment. Syaoran was now looking at her, and she assumed that he had caught her staring (possibly dreamily) at him. What she failed to notice was the worried expression on his face.

"Sakura..."

She bit her lower lip and looked away, blushing. How was she suppose to get out of this?

"Umm, I'm going to go get a soda, anyone want any?" Sakura stood up and began leaving.

"Do you want any help?" Tomoyo asked, with that same worried expression.

"No I'm fine." Sakura smiled. "Nothing? Alright..." With that she turned and began walking towards the snack bar.

"Do you think she noticed?" Eriol asked worriedly.

"I think so, didn't you notice how she acted funny?" Syaoran asked, looking over in the area again.

"I don't know..." Tomoyo admitted. She wasn't sure if Sakura had acted that way because of Syaoran or because of what they were talking about.

"I'm going to go catch up with her." Syaoran said, begining his dash towards her.

"Shit..." Eriol sighed. "This is not good."

"Sakura!"

Sakura turned quickly to find Syaoran running towards her. She bit her lip. Moment of truth. "Hey Syaoran..."

"Sakura..." He panted. "Are you okay?"

"Am I okay? Of course I'm okay!" She began laughing nervously.

"No, I mean about..."

"About what I told you the other night? It's alright Syaoran, I understand that you don't like me back. It's fine, I wasn't expecting anything, I just... Thought I should tell you."

Syaoran looked at her confused. "What?"

Sakura reflected his expression. "...Isn't that what you're talking about?"

"No, Sakura..." Syaoran clutched her shoulders. "Didn't you see that In-"

"Sakura?" Sakura turned her head to the source of the sound to find Inu standing with one of his arms around that bitch, Kikyo.

"Inu?" Sakura asked in shock, not noticing Syaoran slipped his hand into hers until she felt him squeezing it, silently letting her know that he was there for her. She was surprised though to find that she felt nothing about seeing Inu with Kikyo, (So intimately, by the way.) or anything for Inu at all for that matter. She assumed it was because she would much rather be where she was than in Kikyo's place. It was because, even if he didn't feel the same, Syaoran was the one she was suppose to love. She put a smile on her face and gave him a hug, recieving a jealous glare from Kikyo. "Hi! How have you been?"

Inu smiled at her returning her hug. "I'm fine, going cosmic bowling?"

"Yeah, I'm just getting some drinks."

"Oh, well, have fun."

"Yeah... You too." Sakura smiled. "And Inu...?" Inu turned to her, giving her his attention. "Have a nice life."

Inu smiled in response. "Can I message you?"

Sakura nodded. "Sure. Go ahead."

After they walked away, Syaoran looked at her, concerned. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah..." Sakura nodded, smiling. "I'm great!"

"I'm glad." Syaoran smiled, giving her a hug.

For the next two games, the conversation that they had had before Inu popping up was forgotten... At least by Sakura.

The only people left in the car by the end of the night were Tomoyo (the driver), Eriol (the passenger seat), Sakura (the backseat behind Tomoyo), and Syaoran (the backseat behind Eriol). The night had been very eventful, what with Sakura and Inu's peace treaty, Chiharu and Takashi getting together (with a little help from their friends, of course.), and Tomoyo winning every game... AGAIN... But nothing had really been resolved with Sakura and Syaoran.

It was a quarter after eleven and they were driving to Syaoran's house, dropping him off before dropping off Eriol. Syaoran had been a bit silent the rest of the night, as if in deep thought. But I guess when the love of your life tells you she still has feelings for you, you would be deep in thought.

Sakura stared at him worriedly the whole ride there. She hadn't thought about their conversation again until they got back into the car that night and she realized that that was the reason for his behavior... She had to apoligize to him right away. He was probably angry at her for bringing it up again and kind of making a scene about it in public... She couldn't stand it if he were angry at her.

They finally arrived at Syaoran's house and they abruptly stopped.

"Ahh!" Sakura screamed. "Damnit Tomoyo!"

Tomoyo laughed evilly. "I'm sorry... I couldn't resist. You both were SO out of it."

Sakura sighed. She was about to look up at Syaoran and apoligize to him, but he beat her to it.

"Sakura, can I talk to you for a few minutes?" Sakura nodded silently and watched as he got out of the car and closed it behind him.

"What's going on?" Tomoyo asked.

"I... I think he's going to talk to me about the message..." Sakura frowned. "We kind of... Talked about it."

"Finally! What did he say?"

"Nothing."

"Oh poo."

Sakura's phone chirped as she recieved a text from Syaoran. Where r u?

She sighed. "Well... Wish me luck..."

She got out of the car and shut it, not before catching Eriol's "thumbs up". She walked towards the house where she found Syaoran stood at the foot of the stairs that helped get to the front door. He was leaning against the wall, looking at her as she walked up the walkway. She nervously began playing with the loose piece of yarn at the edge of her sleeve, not giving him eye-contact. She was finally a foot away from him when she stopped.

"So... I..."

She wasn't able to finish her sentence, because as soon as she stopped Syaoran grabbed her by her arms, dragged her (delicately) to the wall in the shadows and pressed her against it. She gasped in surprise, but it was muffled by Syaoran's lips pressing against hers. He let go of her arms and wrapped his around her waist, pulling her closer to him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and happily kissed him back, getting over the second shock that night. After a few minutes had passed, they finally separated, deciding they needed air.

"I...I thought you didn't feel the same..."

Syaoran shook his head and kissed her again. "Of course I like you... Who couldn't?"

"I've been rejected before."

"Yeah, but..." Syaoran laced his fingers with hers. "Sakura, it's you."