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Chapter 6: Tidal Wave

"Really?" Sakura laughed.

Seiji nodded. "He just sat on it."

Daiki blushed next to him and shrugged his gym bag over his shoulder. A double beep came from Seiji who quickly fished his cell phone from his pocket. Sakura glanced over and smiled teasingly. "Ooh, it's the girlfriend."

Now Daiki laughed as Seiji pushed his glasses back up his nose. He wrote something back before looking at them. "I'm gonna have to let you two go, I have to meet her right now."

Sakura and Daiki waved as Seiji stumbled away. Sakura smiled as they continued walking through the park in the other direction. Daiki shook a few long strides before jumping and taking hold of the tallest playground bar. He hung there for a bit before hoisting himself up.

Sakura raised an eyebrow at him before getting herself up to a shorter bar before working her way over to him.

"So, does it seem like you're gonna like our school?" Sakura asked as she heard some of the girls who tried out for cheerleading approach. They giggled and waved at Daiki before smiling at Sakura. Daiki nodded politely back at them.

"It seems a bit fake." He finally replied.

Sakura nodded. "You have no idea."

"But you seem pretty cool, from what I've heard." Daiki said, swinging his bag on his foot.

"Thanks." Sakura stared off into the trees across the pathway. "Sorry, but can't really say the same about you since I haven't really heard about you."

Daiki laughed. "I realize that, I didn't take you to be the kind of girl to fall for my irresistible boyish charms right away." Sakura laughed but tilted her head, confused. Daiki saw this and continued. "You look shallow enough at first glance but from what I've heard and seen you're not like the girls who giggled and flirt with anything cute that moves."

"I guess not."

"Besides, if you look a little closer, you can see how you don't wear much make up and what you do wear you seem to not really care. Your confidence isn't faked, but it does hide a bit of insecurity of I don't know what. If anything you do seem to be faking some niceness but not in exchange for bitchiness but for some other feeling, sadness maybe?" Daiki had stopped moving to see her reaction.

Sakura's eyes widened. How did he…? "You can tell al of that by looking at me? Let me remind you that I've only known you for about two hours. I'm scared to think about what you can learn about me in a week."

Daiki smiled. "So you don't deny it?"

Sakura stammered, something that rarely happened. "W-well I mean no, uh yes?"

"Sorry I don't mean to probe." Daiki smiled at her again before leaning back and hanging upside down.

Sakura shook her head. "It's okay. I have best friends you haven't figured out what you did in an hour."

The blue eyed boy made a movement as if to shrug but the hanging force made it look like a shudder. "I'm a good listener. I'm the only person in the family who had the patience to listen to Seiji whenever he had a problem. He didn't talk much you see and when he did, he would stutter and talk really lowly so you couldn't understand much."

Sakura nodded, remembering how shy Seiji had been at the beginning of last year.

Daiki sat back up, his face red from the blood that had rushed to his head. "Then some girl came along and changed that. Now I can't get the boy to shut up or stop dancing around the house." Sakura laughed which made Daiki smile. "But I guess it's better than before. This makes me believe that maybe you're not a totally lost cause."

"Hey!" Sakura protested but saw he was just kidding. "What about you pretty boy?"

"Pretty boy?" Daiki inquired and shook his head before smiling again. "I'm like you; my unbelievable good looks are natural."

"Oh wow." Sakura rolled her eyes. "Don't love yourself too much."

"Pretty, nice, and sarcastic, I like it." Sakura smiled and shook her head at his comment.

"Someone who listens and can kick Syaoran's butt at something, I like it too."

"You forgot handsome." Daiki added, dramatically flipping his head.

Sakura smiled. "Did I?"

Daiki faked a hurt look. "Hey now."

"So why did you move and from where?" The sun had started setting, casting an orange glow on the park.

Daiki breathed out of his mouth. "I moved from Tokyo, I came here because I wanted to be in a smaller town and Seiji is my only family I Japan so I came here. Besides, when I decided to move, he was still a bit shy so I thought I could help him a bit."

"I see. So you're staying with his family?"

Daiki nodded and squinted his eyes against the sunset. "My parents have awesome jobs in Tokyo and didn't want to move so they send money to my aunt and uncle every month. Not that they fully take the money anyways, they always find some way to give it back to me."

"Yeah, they seem like nice people." Sakura remembered all the time she had been to Seiji's house to study and how his mom was always there, ready with a snack.

"What about you?" Daiki looked down as his bag fell from his foot with a light thud on the sand.

"I live with my dad, my brother is away at college in Hong Kong and comes back to visit every now and then."

"Older brother, huh? Scary."

Sakura almost fell off the bar laughing. "You have no idea how bad he gets."

"I know how it feels." Daiki nodded. "I have a little sister, a couple years younger, and she is the biggest slut-"

"Daiki!"

"I mean it in a good way. Besides I would always call her that and she would call me a man whore." Daiki glanced at Sakura. "I know, wonderful relationship right? No, I love her and even if she royally screwed up I would still be there for her. That's how I know how your brother must feel."

Sakura looked at a lamp post near her that was flickering to life. "Yeah, that sounds like my brother."

"He must really hate Syaoran then. Seeing as you like him and all."

Sakura would have really fallen off the back of the bar if Daiki's hand hadn't reached out and caught her before she did. "W-what? I don't like…"

Daiki watched with curiosity as she drifted off. "Of course you don't."

Sakura sighed. "It's complicated."

"Like I said, I won't probe but if you want to talk, I'll be here." Daiki said jumping down. Sakura jumped down next to him as they walked towards the nearest street where Sakura was going to go meet Syaoran.

"Thanks. If I ever need someone to talk to, I'll let you know." Sakura said turning down the street.

"Hey Sakura?"

Sakura turned. Why do they always say something after I start walking away? "Yeah?"

"I'm not trying to hit on you or anything but you seem like a really amazing person, don't let anyone make you think otherwise."

Sakura smiled. "Daiki, you know too much for your own damn good."

Daiki laughed and waved before continuing down the main street. Sakura turned up to the Li driveway where her car was parked and threw her bag in the jeep before going inside. Feimei ran to her and hugged her. "Hi Sakura!"

"Hi Feimei, wow you look really good today. How are you feeling?" Sakura asked as the girl jumped down form her hug.

Feimei smiled. "Really good! The doctor told my mommy I'm getting much better and I feel so cool. Today, I went swimming for the first time in a long time."

Sakura ruffled the girl's hair. "You must be really tired, then."

Feimei nodded happily. "Yeah but I'm happy that I don't feel so sick anymore."

"Where your brother?" Sakura asked as sweetly as she could. Feimei shrugged.

"He came home with that girl today and they went upstairs but he told me not to tell any-oh. Oops." Feimei put her hand over her mouth and Sakura smiled before hugging her again.

"It's okay I won't tell." Feimei uncovered her mouth to hug Sakura back. "Oh! Fuutie was looking for you. I'll go get her!"

And before Sakura realized it, Feimei had bounded up the stairs.

"Little Tasmanian devil, that one." Meiling muttered as Sakura walked into the game room and plopped down on the couch next to her.

"It's good to see her with so much energy." Sakura said, taking Meiling's spoon and eating a spoonful of ice cream.

"Yeah, almost knocked me down when I got home." Meiling smiled. "But you're right."

"No I wanted to talk to her!" Fuutie screamed before Syaoran slammed the door, locked, behind him. Then there was a muffled yell as the pounding stopped. "Jerk!"

Syaoran maid no attention as he came strolling in with a happy looking Maiya. Sakura noticed the arrogance in his walk and how much he had really changed. She looked at Maiya and noticed the same thing. The girl had gone from shy, secluded Maiya to this cliché popular bitch, minus the actual bitchiness Sakura noted. It had happened, no doubt, from the attention that was put on her by being Syaoran Li's girlfriend. Sakura turned back to the screen. I guess that much attention makes you change a bit.

Sakura's sudden lack of interest enraged Syaoran as he sat right next to her with Maiya in between. Sakura got up discreetly to put a video game in. Meiling smiled and jumped on one of the moon chairs near the TV. Sakura sat in another, controller in hand, before tossing a different wireless controller at Syaoran and turning back to the screen.

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It felt weird. Sakura had never not talked to me for longer than twelve hours. It had been a day and yet no word from her lips came in my direction. I waited; he knew she would come after talking to him.

It had been the same for the three tryout days. They would run or participate in the tryouts and then go to god knows where to do god knows what and it made me feel like finding her and ripping him to shreds.

A flash of headlights shone through the gate and I stared at the cup in my hand. She hadn't forgotten then. She had promised Feimei and Fuutie she would come today but they left with Mother to go to a doctor's appointment that the girls had forgotten about. Wei had gone to visit relatives and the maids were done for today.

Meiling knew what day it was and knew I would want some time with Sakura. But something tells me Sakura doesn't remember.

"Hello?"

So she used her key. I forgot she had one.

I turned as the door opened. "Hey Sakura."

She didn't say anything but her gaze glanced to the cup for the seat next to me. "Oh."

I turned back to face the bar, a line of drinks already lined up. "I thought I would be the one to forget."

"I thought you'd be the one too."She muttered sitting down.

Ignoring her comment I downed another shot, enjoying the burning sensation it left in my throat. I saw her practically chug down three of the drink I made before sighing. "I'm sorry. Things have been different this week. I guess I did kinda forget."

"I never thought it would take on guy to make you forget our 'friend-iversary'." I took another shot and I saw her take two of the strong ones. She had always been very tolerant to alcohol, I never understood why. She was small but her body could take more than mine could.

I took another sip and she took another two shots before speaking again.

"Me? Everything that's happened these past months and you're calling me a bad friend?" Her voice was quivering with negative emotion, something Sakura didn't like to show and I realized she was at least heavily buzzed. She took another shot before I could stop her. "I've been your freaking play toy Syaoran!"

She got up quickly, knocking the stool over. I turned to her confused as my own vision started getting slightly blurry. How long had I been waiting for her, drinking? Wait. My what? "Sakura?"

I reached out to her and she flinched back, stumbling a bit. "No! I'm sick of it Syaoran. You forget our traditions, you almost forget my birthday, and when I planned your birthday I took credit for the faults and none of what I really did. I mean really? You know that I know you hate themes so why the hell would I 'green theme' your party?"

What?

"But no, all I've been is a good friend. I've bit back everything I felt and have been happy for you. I even spent a four month allowance and hours of planning for your present only to be upstaged by some girl wearing a cheap paper bow. But no, I realized this week that I don't have to take this shit anymore."

I saw red and the words spilled out of my mouth before I could stop them. "This is about that bastard isn't it? That Daiki guy? You're going to ruin our friendship over that bastard?"

Sakura laughed but it wasn't her normally peppy, joyous laugh. "I'm ruining our friendship? You have me around as your whore and you think that me talking to Daiki for a couple days is what's made me so pissed? But I would know about change in such a short time. You changed so much after knowing Maiya for a couple days as well, you hypocrite!"

"What do have against Maiya?" I had stood up by this point, unable to stay seated.

Sakura shut her eyes as she yelled out, being a cheerleader her shout made my ears ring. "She has you, dumbass!"

I stopped.

What?

My head pounded as she lowered her voice. "Everyone noticed, except you."

I didn't say anything but took a step closer. She didn't notice.

"But it's okay I'll just do what I always do. Suck it up and smile."

Sakura POV

I looked up surprised to see him so close. He was one step away form me and I felt myself back up another step to hit the couch.

There was a mix of emotions in his eyes, confusion, sadness, anger, and something else that my vision didn't let me see. I really had too much to drink and was only thinking slightly rationally.

I had to end this, now. I opened my mouth to yell at him again but stopped when I saw he had taken another step so that we were less than an inch apart. I turned my head but he supped my face and made me look at him. He eyes were searching into mine, looking for something and my mind flashed back to my dream where at this point he would tell me he loved me.

If that was his plan, I didn't let him because I closed the distance and kissed him. My small fragment of rational thought drifted away, yelling at me as he kissed back. My alcohol-happy side was cheering me on but the rational voice was still there but it wasn't strong enough.

I melted into him as we topple over the back of the couch and onto it. I smiled into the kiss and shuddered. Something was different.

Either he had gotten really good or…

No, that couldn't be it.

He kissed me like a dying man who would never see his lover again and I returned the gesture equally as feverish.

The rational voice got stronger but still not strong enough. I don't know if it was my imagination or if I really heard it.

"I'm sorry."

Sorry for what? But the thought drifted as he moved to my neck.

I felt the cool of his hand below the hem of my shirt.

I could stop him.

I should stop him.

But it didn't.

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I woke up feeling sore but oddly warm. I looked around and felt like I had gone back in time to when Syaoran and I would tire ourselves playing in the playground in the backyard and would collapse together on his bed after talking for long periods of time.

But those moments were gone.

Any innocence left in our relationship had shattered.

I hoped, prayed that it had been a dream, a twisted and wicked dream.

He stirred a bit and the arm that was wrapped around me move along the bare skin of my stomach. The sheets, his arm, his leg, everything was touching my bare skin and I suddenly felt like I was going to be sick.

It wasn't a dream. It was reality. I had sex my best friend, my taken best friend. I vaguely remember getting here at seven at night. It was one in the morning now and I didn't want to be here when he woke up and realized what he did. Carefully, taking in consideration what a light sleeper Syaoran was, I wiggled free from him and threw on one of his shirts and soccer shorts before making a break for me room.

After spending a couple nights here I hardly had any clothes in the drawers but I pulled on what I could and rushed to my car, driving home. It wasn't until I stopped at a red light that the tears started falling and my stomach started aching again.

I barely made it to my bathroom when I threw up. I didn't know if it had been the alcohol or the harsh hit of reality but I sat there until my stomach had emptied itself out. I rinsed out my mouth with mouthwash before sitting in a corner, crying.

A couple minutes alter I heard a muffled knock. It was Touya, I knew it was because he had come down for the summer and dad was away on a trip.

He didn't say anything but merely stood there and then he sat down and pulled me onto his lap as I rolled up into a little ball.

They last time he held me like this was when I was six and my mom had died. We would spend days like this, crying.

He didn't ask what was wrong and I was glad because my mind was a huge jumble. He rocked me for a bit until I felt the sleepiness over power my emotions.

I woke up again at four. I wasn't crying anymore and had no intention to start again but I felt like a tidal wave had crashed on me and I was underwater, and slowly running out of breath. I needed to talk to someone.

Touya? No, he would probably murder Sya-him and then never talk to me again.

Tomoyo? Eriol? No, I couldn't tell them that I'd been hiding this. At least, not now.

Meiling would be worse than Touya.

Then I knew. There was one person who would be unbiased and would listen. Climbing out my window, I knew Touya would be on high alert for any noises in the house right now in case I got up again, I ran a good four miles before arriving at the right house.

It took me a while to catch my breath before I realized it was four thirty in the morning, I couldn't just run in there like a crazy woman and wake everyone up.

I had turned when I saw him.

He was wearing a black track suit, his dark hair slightly frizzled and out of place. He looked up and nodded understanding. He stopped and I walked towards him and we walked in silence towards the park.

I didn't ask why he was walking round the neighborhood at four in the morning and he didn't ask what was wrong but I told him about everything.

He listened.

For the first time in nearly a year I felt like I could breathe.

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