Pretending
Chapter 7
It was 6:30pm, and the sun had already set. Children and their guardians were already making their ways to their homes to rest from the exhausting day at the Amusement Park.
Eriol had begun to yawn. "Guys, I think we should head back or something. It's pretty dark, and most of the people are leaving."
Tomoyo nodded in understanding while Sakura and Syaoran groaned. They were having fun.
"You want me to escort you home, my dearest Tomoyo?" Eriol asked in his usual I'm-such-a-gentleman, posh manner. Tomoyo had a red tinge to her cheeks before saying a 'yes, please.'
Sakura and Syaoran pretended to gag, and then they exchanged the same sly grin.
"Oh, Sakura, my cutie pie, honey bunny, peachy pie, candy pop, fluffy bear— would you like me to bring you home on this very enchanting Sunday evening?" Syaoran asked in a sweet-but-mocking voice as he bowed slightly in front of Sakura and held out a hand, making Sakura laugh.
"Why yes, my ever-so-dashing Prince Charming," she playfully answered back as she took hold of his offered hand and also bowed like any princess would do. Then they laughed at Eriol and Tomoyo's reddened and flushed faces.
"I get to be laughed at because I'm trying to be a gentleman, now then?" Eriol mumbled.
"Don't look at it that way. We were merely just illustratinghow annoying and ridiculous you look when you do it," Syaoran said, still using his sugar-coated tone.
"I'll get you back; I swear."
"Oh, don't you worry, Eriol... it's free to dream."
Eriol glared fiercely at Syaoran, who, in return, just had a smug grin plastered on his face. As for the two girls, Tomoyo (somehow along the way) was also cracking up heaps of laughter, which mixed with Sakura's own giggles.
As Eriol saw this, he said to Tomoyo, "Uh, Tomoyo, you— as far as I know— should be on my side," and then shot a glare in Sakura and Syaoran's directions. "Not with these devils."
Tomoyo giggled. "Awww, sowwe hunny bop," she remarked cutely, and then the three burst into another pile of laughter.
Eriol gaped at them and pointed accusingly at the two 'devils.' "You totally brain-washed her! Oh, the horror!" he exclaimed with his arms raised, adding to the dramatic effect of his words.
Then they all stared at each other. After fifteen seconds, they all laughed.
"You look— Hahaha!— so stupid! Gosh, I'm going to die," Syaoran said between laughs.
"I would be honored to claim the life of the mighty Syaoran Li" Eriol said, ending with a snicker.
With a glare at Eriol, Syaoran said, "But seriously, you all want to go home?" He then looked around at everyone's faces and waited for their answers.
"I guess so…" said Sakura as she sighed sadly.
"Aww… Don't worry, Sakura lollipop candy," he said, wrapping an arm around her shoulders and making Sakura narrow her eyes at him. "We'll go again another time."
Sakura gritted her teeth and removed his arm. "Don't you even dare go there, Syaoran," she remarked threateningly. Eriol and Tomoyo laughed at Syaoran's almost frightened face.
Eriol guided Tomoyo into the passenger seat of his car. With one last wave at Sakura and Syaoran, he got in his car and drove off.
Sakura turned to her left and found that Syaoran was not beside her anymore. She looked around and saw he now inside his car, turning on the engine. Sakura fumed. He could have at least waited for me. Disrespectful pig,she thought angrily.
She got inside his car and glared at him before sitting. Syaoran raised an eyebrow at her and then shrugged. Drama queen, he thought while driving along the road.
Sakura counted from one to ten to release some of the anger building from Syaoran ignoring her before she asked, "You think Tomoyo and Eriol really bought it, huh?"
Syaoran snorted. "Of course they did! With my mad acting skills, anyone could have believed it!"
Sakura rolled her eyes and sighed. And I thought for a second that he had changed. He's still a conceited jerk,her mind thought sadly.
After a moment of unbearable silence, he finally noticed that Sakura was suddenly quiet. "Oi, Sakura, you alright?"
Sakura snapped her gaze to him and then back out the window. "Yeah," she said simply.
He looked at her confusedly. Did I say something?
Once they reached Sakura's house, she immediately unbuckled her seatbelt, said, "I'm off," opened the door, and slammed it shut. Syaoran winced at the impact of the car's door. He opened his window and shouted at her, "Why are you mad now?"
Sakura was about to open her front door, but she froze in place when she heard him. "No reason!" she screeched before going back inside and slamming the door of her house as well. Hard.
He sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "She is mad." He groaned and drove away.
Eriol opened his door. Someone had been banging on it for six minutes now.
"Syaoran?" he asked in disbelief. "What'cha doing here?"
"I-I-I need your help…"
"BAKA, BAKA, BAKA! He is so full of himself!" Sakura shouted in her room, punching her pink punching bag (Yes, she had one) in the process. Her father and brother were still out, making it okay that she had been screaming at the top of her lungs in her house ever since Syaoran had left.
I can't believe I even felt something for him.She sat down on her bed and felt a tear slide down her cheek. She wiped at it furiously. No. We won't work… Besides, it's not even real.She sobbed. After this, everything will go back to normal. He don't feel anything for me, and I know he won't— I better stop having feelings for him then.
"You're so stupid," Eriol commented, chuckling lightly.
Syaoran was offended. "What— why?"
"Do you know why Sakura is so mad at you?" Eriol asked in amusement.
Syaoran gritted his teeth. "Stop with the stupid riddles, Eriol, just fucking tell me!" he demanded, full of desperation.
"Because you're stupid."
Okay, that earned Eriol a glare.
"Look, you always think of yourself. I, for one, don't disagree with that," Eriol said, making Syaoran's glare intensify. Damn, his eyes could kill,Eriol found himself thinking for a moment. "Never in your life have you put someone before yourself, have you?" he continued.
Syaoran's glare turned into a sad frown. "I—" He sighed. "Never," he mumbled, looking down.
Eriol nodded. "So you wanna change? For Sakura? Is that what you are saying?"
Syaoran thought for a moment. Changing? …For a girl?
"Sure."
Eriol grinned like a Cheshire cat. "Great… Let's begin."
Syaoran knocked on Sakura's door the next morning. She opened it and was about to close it immediately upon seeing who it was, but Syaoran blocked the door with his foot.
"Good morning!"
"What do you want?" she snapped.
Syaoran sighed. "Look, I'm sorry."
Sakura was stunned but quickly recovered with a glare. "I do not need your apology, Li," she spat. He automatically winced at how she said his last name instead of his first.
"Sakura, please?"
"No," she said out of sheer stubbornness, kicking his foot and closing (slamming) the door in his face.
Syaoran banged his head on the wooden door and called out, "You can't stay mad at me forever, you know!"
"I can, and I will," came her reply from the other side of the door.
"Oh?" His tone was as if he was challenging her.
"Oh, yes."
Syaoran sighed. This is harder than I thought.
(A/N:) I am soo soo Sorry for not updating for so long x( . I feel so guilty .with School , social life , Family , you can get very busy too . But I'm now on my Christmas break so ... WHIIIIIIIIIPEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D
But anyways , This DECEMBER 23 , I am going to post a Christmas special (Inuyasha) oneshot . So I hope you will read that too :)
Again , I would like to read your review in this chapter . Even if it is flames :D
BETA-EDITED BY : L.M. AVALON
