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Here's chapter 4, guys. Hmm, the answer to your questions won't be in this chapter yet. So,pls. be patient. And oh, by the way. I based Yinlan's character on Mutsuki of Love Hina. Mutsuki's kind of.....dumb, clumsy and light-headed but on top of being dumb, she's kind and sweet. Yinlan is kind of like that. But she's much smarter than Mutsuki, okay! Anyway, enjoy!

And there's an S+S scene here.

Chapter 4: Reality

"They found her?" Sakura repeated. "Where?"

"She came home."

~*~*~*~

Yinlan blinked. Her mind seemed to have been three seconds slow. "Excuse me, did you say she came home? As in came back to Japan?" She said, looking from Sakura to Eriol.

Sakura and Syaoran facefaulted. While Eriol just smiled.

"Hoe!"

Syaoran glared at the black-haired lady. He puffed and shouted "NO, SHE DIDN'T! SHE WENT BACK TO THE HOUSE..." He bit his lip from adding the words "dimwit!" Hmph. Stupid Hiragizawa. How can he marry such a dumb girl like her?!

Syaoran stomped off and headed for the car, fuming. Sakura mumbled an apology to Yinlan then followed Syaoran.

Yinlan just stood there, heartbroken (I'm so mean!!!). Her eyes welled up. She dropped to her knees, legs limp. "I-I......." Her voice trembled.

Eriol pulled her up gently. "C'mon, let's go home." He whispered as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder and walked the dismayed Chinese woman to his car.

~*~*~*~

"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura cried happily as soon as she got out of the car. She ran up to Tomoyo and hugged her tightly like a friend she hasn't seen in years. "I got so worried! Why did you run off like that? How long have you been here? Why didn't you tell me that you were going away?" She asked two at a time.

Tomoyo chuckled. "Sakura-chan...."

Syaoran walked past them, a black cloud over his head. Meilin popped outside. She was about to greet Syaoran when she saw his expression. "Syaoran? Why the grave look?" She asked. "Did you fight with Sakura? Did she upset you or something? What? What?"

Syaoran's scowl worsened. He ignored Meilin and went in. He made long strides. Syaoran was in arrogant mode.

Meilin pouted. She crossed her arms. "Who does he think he is? King of the Island?!......" Then she added "No, watch out for the....." Syaoran bumped into a wall. "....wall....."

~*~*~*~

Eriol brought Yinlan to her hotel room (note: They haven't visited her family yet and I'm not putting them together in one room!). Yinlan wearily sat down on the couch. She didn't say a word ever since they left the park.

Eriol remained standing. His face, impassive but calm-looking.

Yinlan sighed. She looked up at Eriol. "Eriol-kun........." She said, struggling to get the words out. ".....am I that.....dumb?"

An expression of concern spread across Eriol's face. He walked towards Yinlan. Leaning forward, he placed an assuring hand on top of hers. "No, you're not dumb. You're just a very curious person, that's all. I actually find you a funny and sweet person."

Yinlan smiled. Her eyes weren't sad anymore. "Thank you Eriol-kun. Tomorrow, we'll visit my parents. I'm sure they'll be glad to meet....." She yawned, raising a hand to her mouth. "....you." Yinlan stretched herself on the couch, she mounted her head on the couch's arm. "I love you, Eriol-kun." She mumbled before she completely fell asleep.

Eriol chuckled. He pat her head and bent lower to give her a peck on her forehead. Eriol took out a warm blanket from the closet and draped it on Yinlan's body. "Love you too." He quietly said before exiting the room.

~*~*~*~

Syaoran stirred. He was slowly coming back to his conscious. He opened his eyes to see dozens of faces grinning at him.

"Yo! You're finally awake!" Said one of the faces.

"Syaoran's finally back and in the house!" Chorused four ladies who all looked alike.

Another lady, one with auburn hair, bent over and hugged him so tightly he felt his bones crack. "Syaoran!" She called out his name.

Syaoran's face twisted into a look of confusion. "Wha~? Who's Syaoran?!"

The group laughed like crazy people. They thought for a second Syaoran came back to his own self. But when he reacted and asked who Syaoran was, they started laughing.

Syaoran cocked an eyebrow. He had no idea what just happened.

~*~*~*~

The phone rang. Eriol answered it.

"Hello?" He said.

"Eriol? It's me, Kaho." The caller answered. The voice was of a (excuse the term) young woman.

Eriol didn't seemed surprised. "Kaho. Haven't heard from you in a while."

"I know. I got your hotel room number from Ruby Moon. How come he's with you?"

"She's staying at the Li residence. How did you know he's not here?"

"I just know because it's Ruby Moon's nature to be answering phone calls like this one."

Eriol laughed for a while. Then he was back to serious.

Kaho began to talk again. "Eriol. I might be flying in on time for your....." Kaho paused. "....wedding."

"That's good. I'll be glad to have you here."

"How's Sakura-chan and the others?"

"They're fine. Li-kun and Sakura-chan are enjoying each other's company very well."

"I see......Eriol.....are you sure of this?"

"Sure of what?" Eriol asked.

"I know Yinlan's nice and sweet...but you've only met her for a short time."

"Yes I am. Yinlan's..." Eriol was cut off.

"She's a stranger, Eriol!" Kaho raised her tone of voice.

Eriol didn't say anything. He waited for Kaho to regain herself.

"I'm sorry." Kaho said. (it seems like Kaho's been dumped by Eriol!)

"That's okay."

"By the way, did you meet Daidouji?"

"..yes. Why do you ask?"

"Nothing in particular." Kaho said teasingly for no reason.

"Well, goodbye then."

"Goodbye, Eriol."

Eriol hang up. Remembering Tomoyo, he picked up the phone again and dialed the Li's number.

~*~*~*~

Sakura was in the veranda. She was deep in thought as she stared up at the night sky.

"Need company?" Syaoran asked from behind her. Sakura faced him and smiled. Then she went back to her thoughts.

Syaoran stood beside her. "What are you thinking? "He asked, pushing back a strand of her long hair with his left hand.

"I'm counting the stars......" Sakura said. She closed her eyes. "......and thinking of my past memories. I've always thought I was so lucky. First, I've been born into this world and have grown up in a happy family...." Sakura stopped.

Syaoran inched closer to Sakura. "Go on..." He whispered, putting an arm around her waist and pulling her closer to him.

"Well, I met lots of friends; Tomoyo-chan and minna. Some of them were my enemies at first...and one of them is you. You tried to take the Clow Cards by force!"

Syaoran laughed. "Is that so?"

"Uh-huh. But little by little, you began to help me. You helped me when Eriol-kun came. You comforted me when Yukito-san told me he couldn't return his feelings to me.....You told me that you love me." Sakura leaned her head on Syaoran's chest.

"Know what?" Syaoran said.

Abruptly, she opened her emerald eyes and looked at her husband. "What?" Sakura asked.

"I heard mother talking to your father. They seemed to be enjoying. I don't know what is it with your family that gives you the ability to talk directly to my mother without faltering."

Sakura gave him a 'look'. Syaoran laughed uneasily. He continued. "Anyway, mother was talking to your father. She said that he was glad that I married such beautiful, lovely and smart lady who happens to be the card mistress too. Fujitaka-san smiled. He said the same thing about me."

"Oh. Did he say that you were beautiful, lovely and smart too?" Sakura said teasingly. Then, dramatically she said "Oh, my dear Syaoran is so bishounen! All the girls would surely fall head over heels for him. He's so beautiful that every move he makes is so feminine too!"

Syaoran glared. He dropped his embrace on Sakura and frowned at her. Sakura smiled. Her eyes gleamed like a green gemstone, an emerald. She turned her back away from him. "Ne, Syaoran. It's been a year since that day. Tomorrow's our wedding anniversary." She said, denoting eagerness in her words.

"We can go out to have dinner if you like." Syaoran suggested.

"No. I like to do something different."

"And what would that be?"

"Let's go to the amusement park!"

"The two of us?"

"No. With the rest of the gang!"

"What?! How can we have privacy then?"

"Well, we'll go to the amusement park first then go out to dinner."

"Sounds good. But you're not bringing the others with us anymore, right?"

Sakura stuck out her tongue. "I'm not saying anything."

"C'mon, tell me!" Syaoran forced. He was on the verge of kneeling down in front of Sakura.

Sakura pretended to think. "Um, let me see. If you want it to be only the two of us, you'll have to win me every stuffed toy I see in the shooting gallery in the amusement park. Then, every ride I choose, you'll have to come with me. And.... mphhfhfh"

Syaoran closed in on Sakura and kissed her on the lips. "Whatever you say, my princess." He said.

~*~*~*~

Tomoyo was resting on the bed when the phone began to rang. Tomoyo picked up the receiver and brought it to her ear. She quickly thought of what to say. "Li residence." She came up with it after organizing her thoughts.

A male voice spoke on the other line. "Daidouji-san? Is that you?"

Tomoyo recognized the voice. It was Eriol. "Hai."

"I didn't expect you to answer the phone. Sakura-chan gave me one of their phone numbers and I didn't know she gave me the number to the phone in your room."

"Really?" Tomoyo said, surprised. True, she too, wasn't expecting him to call or was it?

"How are you? I'm glad you got there safe."

He was worried about me? Tomoyo thought. "I'm fine. How's Yinlan-san?"

"She's asleep in her room."

Silence. None of them talked.

Tomoyo was about to say something. She hesitated.

"Yes?" Eriol asked.

"Huh?"

"You were about to say something, right?"

"Yes. How did you know?"

"I'm Clow Reed remember?"

That's right. "Um....what will happen of Suppi and Ruby Moon when you get married?" She blurted out.

"They'll probably..." Eriol paused. "..I don't know."

"That's so strange of you to act like that, Eriol, I mean Hiragizawa-san."

"Yes, I know."

"I give back what I just said before. You did change."

"It's because of Yinlan." He answered.

Tomoyo almost choked. She was going to say "Take care of her, okay?" when instead, she said "What makes Yinlan so different anyway?"

"She......" Eriol was speechless. It was seldom that anyone could make him so speechless in just one conversation.

"You're out of practice Hiragizawa-san" Tomoyo noted, her voice was cracking. "Pls. take care of her, okay? Good night. I hope you can sleep well tonight, Hiragizawa-san." With those last words, Tomoyo put down the phone receiver back to its place. She turned off the lamp on her bedside table and went to sleep. Her heart was heavy cause she didn't mean to say those words to Eriol. She regretted ever picking up the phone when she fully knew it was the person she was avoiding.

Tomoyo went to sleep thinking about Sakura and Syaoran. Nothing could ever tore those two apart. They were meant to be for each other.

To be continued~~~~

Okay, so this turned out short. I'm really sorry. Next chapter will be shorter! Just kidding. Thank you again for those who reviewed. Ack! I'm giving the good parts to Yinlan. I'm so bad! I'll make up for it. As I've said before, I'm not good with descriptions and sap. I'm just trying to do my best. And about chapter 2, I should have written Sakura Cards instead of Clow Cards.