Chapter 7 Easter fun
The next morning, Sakura came to school more cheerful than usual. She picked one of the cherry flowers from her tree and placed it in her hair.
"I like the flower, Sakura Chan", said Tomoyo.
"Thanks, Tomoyo Chan",
"Where did you get a cherry flower? There aren't many of them around yet",
"Shaoran gave it to me",
"He did?"
"Yeah. He planted one in my backyard and had Kero hide it so I wouldn't know about it",
Tomoyo smiled.
"You're a lucky girl, Sakura Chan. He seems to really care about you",
"Yeah. I feel like I should do something for him in return", she said and trailed off into her thoughts.
"Why don't you make something for him?"
"But what?" asked Sakura while chewing on the eraser of her pencil.
"I'm sure you'll think of something", she said and the girl nodded and got lost in her thoughts.
"Shaoran has been so nice to me. I feel like I should do something in return for him… I know!" she perked up.
Sakura had the perfect idea of how to repay him for his kindness. After returning home, she opened her piggy bank, in it was several years' worth of allowance. She counted the money and did the math and started making the preparations…
Several weeks later Sakura approached Shaoran at school.
"Hey Shaoran",
"Hey",
"Listen. Tomorrow is Easter day. You want to go to Tomeoda amusement park at six o'clock in the evening?"
Shaoran was a little taken aback by her offer.
"Sure, but don't you have plans?"
"I do but they're for tonight and tomorrow morning",
"Oh well okay then. I'll pick you up at your house tomorrow at six. Does that sound good?"
"Okey dokey", she beamed and skipped out of view. The boy sweat dropped as he looked at her.
"She's cheerful today…" he thought but shortly afterwards shook it off.
The next evening…
Shaoran knocked on Sakura's door and was greeted by herself when she opened it. They kissed briefly.
"Hey Shaoran come on in", she said and he followed.
"I'm almost ready. Just give me a second okay?"
"Take your time", he said as the girl brushed her hair and placed ribbons in them. She then put on some nice shoes and picked up her keys.
"Ready?" she asked.
"Ready when you are", he said and they left the house.
Sakura was wearing a white dress with pink lines on it and white shoes while Shaoran was wearing a green traditional Chinese outfit. They walked towards the bus stop holding hands and awaited their transportation. Once it arrived, they got on board and within twenty minutes they were there. Unlike the last time they were there when they were twelve, their activities were a little more subtle. They didn't go on all the crazy rides but they ate some cotton candy, tried to through rings on those 'what you might call them' and other things like that. Sakura offered to buy juice for the both of them. Shaoran seemed a little reluctant but she insisted so he accepted. Shortly before eight they climbed onto the ferries wheel. They titled slowly upward as it tilted around itself. While near the top, Sakura looked at her watch.
"7.59 PM"
"It's almost time", she thought and approached Shaoran.
"Listen, Shaoran, I wanted to thank you for the tree you planted for me. That was the nicest thing someone has ever done for me", she smiled and held his hand and looked into his eyes.
"You're welcome", he smiled at her.
"I've been looking for a way to thank you properly for it. After thinking about it for a while I found the proper way to thank you",
"And what's that Sakura?"
"Look over there", she said and looked towards the glass wall of their cabin.
"Okay…" he trailed off. Sakura looked at her watch again.
"8:00 o'clock"
"Show time…" she thought and sure enough they all heard a sharp whistle and the sky was illuminated with fireworks popping all over the night sky. Her boyfriend was astounded.
"Sakura, you arranged all this for me?"
She smiled at him warmly.
"Yes",
"But how? Fireworks are very expensive",
"I spent most of my allowance on it. I called in a favor from the park ranger. I asked him to hide them and light them tonight precisely at eight o'clock. He gladly complied after he heard it was for my lovely Shaoran…" she teased him and caressed his cheek with her finger.
"You didn't tell him that, did you?"
"What if I did? Would you be embarrassed?" she teased and he blushed.
"N… no…" he admitted and looked at her and smiled softly.
"Thank you Sakura",
"You're welcome Shaoran. It was my pleasure. I wanted to thank you for planting that tree for me and I know fireworks are very loved in China so I thought you'd like them.
"I… I did…" he said. She smiled.
"Good",
"Shaoran?" she said
"Yeah?"
She turned his face gently to face her as they kissed tenderly as the fireworks continued to explode outside…
To be continued…
Well there's another cute fluffy one. Hope you like it. I have a surprise for everyone in store, coming in one of the next chapters so stay tuned.
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