Spring Matrimony Part 3

Syaoran breathed a sigh of relief as Sakura held his hand and got him out of the shop.

"Thank you, Kinomoto-san! If you hadn't saved me, I would've... um… never mind," he said, grateful for what Sakura had done.

"It's okay Li-san. Besides, we're friends, so it's okay. And please call me Sakura!" she responded, smiling at him. Syaoran beamed and nodded.

"Kinomoto- I mean, Sakura," he pronounced hesitantly, "Please call me by my first name as well; call me Syaoran."

Sakura and Syaoran smiled at each other for a while, but they both turned red when they noticed that they were still holding hands.

"Well, I'll see you later!" he suddenly said, turning around to leave. Sakura stopped him and gave him a weird look.

"Syao…ran…," she said, not familiar with calling him by his first name, "The parking is the other way. Aren't you getting your car?"

"I don't really have a car right now since Eriol left me," Syaoran replied, sighing.

"Oh… well, I'll give you a ride; I'm using Tomoyo-chan's car right now, though…" she resolved cheerfully, dragging him to the parking lot; he grinned adoringly at her while she wasn't looking.

When the two got to Tomoyo's car, Syaoran gently took the keys from Sakura and volunteered to drive.

"Um… Syaoran, it's okay… I'll drive…"

"Please, let me drive… I want to thank you for offering to let me ride with you…."

Syaoran led her to the passenger side and opened the door for her. Sakura agreed and got inside the car.

XOXO



During the drive, Sakura had an idea. She looked outside and then at Syaoran.

"Syaoran… let's go somewhere!"

"Where would you like to go then?" he replied, looking at her strangely. Sakura became lost in her thoughts; Syaoran parked the car at the side of the road and watched her.

'She's so different from all the other girls I've met. She doesn't worry about fashion and stuff like that. Sakura… I really,' he stopped. Sakura faced him, her eyes glinting with liveliness.

"Syaoran, let's go to the beach!!" she squealed excitedly. Immediately, Sakura started giving out directions and an hour later, they arrived at the beach.

"I'm going to get some food, okay? Wait here," Syaoran directed, and Sakura nodded.

'Syaoran… it's weird saying his name…. he's really… I wonder why I felt like that at the store?'

XOXO

Syaoran came back, holding some plastic bags and a blanket. He set up the blanket near the water and took some food from the plastic bags, offering some to Sakura.

"I heard that there's a great sunset here," she explained, stuffing her mouth with food, "so that's why I chose this place."

"Sakura, be careful. You shouldn't eat too much at one time." He warned, and he was correct. Sakura started choking a little and Syaoran gave her some water to gulp it down. He then gave her a look saying, 'I told you so.'

Sakura and Syaoran watched the sunset together, eating some snacks and telling jokes. When the sun had gone down all the way, Sakura yawned.

"Let's go home, Sakura. You're really tired."

"Okay."

XOXO



It was the day before the wedding, and everyone was rushing to do some last-minute preparations, except Sakura. She already prepared what she was supposed to and was just sitting down on the couch. Eriol came into the house and pulled Syaoran in after him.

"Hello, Sakura-san!" he greeted, still trying to haul Syaoran fully into the house.

"Eriol, let me go! Why do I have to go with you… stupid…" he stopped when he saw Sakura staring at him, holding back a laugh.

"Oh… good morning, Sakura!" he said happily.

"Hi, Syaoran! Why are you here?"

Eriol looked at them both strangely and said to himself (but he said it loud enough to let them hear), "Wow… They're calling each other by their first names… I guess they've made great progress in their relation-phfff." His words were stopped by a pillow thrown at his mouth (from Syaoran, of course).

"Eriol, shut up!" Syaoran turned to Sakura and replied.

"He forced me to come with him to help prepare some things. Would you like to come with us?"

Eriol started walking around nervously and said, "It's okay, Sakura-san. I don't want to trouble you." He laughed nervously and faced Syaoran, "Syaoran, why don't you go and help Sakura-san today?"

Then, talking to Sakura, he said, "You can keep Syaoran for today, Sakura-san. You can order him to do anything!"

"Eriol, I DO NOT BELONG TO YOU! Stop treating me like an object!" Syaoran yelled; Eriol laughed and moved a few feet away.

"You DID belong to me, dear cousin, but now you belong to Sakura-san. Sayonara!" he responded, skipping outside cheerfully after winking at Sakura and Syaoran.

"Syaoran, can you help me carry some things to Tomoyo-chan's room? But it's okay if you don't want to."

"No, it's fine with me."

So, Syaoran carried a bunch of clothes to Tomoyo's room, which was already full of clothes. Tomoyo enthusiasm about her wedding reached its peak, and Sakura was trying to help her calm down.

"Sakura-chan, what clothes should I bring? Eriol and I are leaving the day after tomorrow for our honeymoon, but I didn't get to pack my clothes yet," she said happily. Sakura gave her a few clothes to pack.



A few hours later, Tomoyo needed to leave, so Sakura and Syaoran were also able to depart. Tomoyo thanked them and so the only two people in the house were Sakura and Syaoran. The helpers and family members all left following Tomoyo's sudden disappearance (she left secretly).

"Thank you for helping me today, Syaoran. I owe you."

"You don't really owe me anything… I'll see you at the wedding then," Syaoran said, smiling at Sakura. As he turned to leave, she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek and then bid him farewell. He turned scarlet and grinned.

XOXO

Um… I didn't expect this part of the story to be so long… there's going to be a fourth part…

Well, I hope you liked this chapter… please wait for the next chapter!

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