A/N: ok, yeah… pls read Lost

**

Chapter 7: Feelings

            "Are you alright?" Sakura asked as she laid Syaoran on the straw bed.

          "Yeah, yeah, I'm fine," Syaoran moaned. His shoulder was bleeding crazy and his hand was ripped with scars. His fever is getting worse, but he didn't want to admit it.

          "I'm so sorry, Little Wolf, I really am." Sakura admitted, she tried to hold her tears back but tears fell down like rain.

          "Please… it's not your fault! I took you in after all," Syaoran said humorously.

          "Don't tease me. Now take off your shirt." Sakura changed the subject suddenly.

          "Why should I?" Syaoran asked, confused.

          "So I can wrap your shirt around your shoulder." Sakura said as she inched closer to Syaoran's chest.

          "NO WAY!!! GO AWAY!" Syaoran shouted. No way is she going to see me bare-chested.

          "You need it!" Sakura said impatiently. She wasn't kidding about tending the wounds.

          "You wouldn't know anything about healing, snob!" Syaoran yelled, and backed away from Sakura.

          "In case you forgot, I am a princess. I get lessons on how to heal. DUH!" Sakura said impatiently. "Now just take off your shirt, the water's ready!!"

          "I DON'T CARE!!" Syaoran barked. "Just 'heal' my hands and my fever first."

          "Um, no can do about the fever, but I'll 'heal' the hands first. Then, it'll be the shoulder." Sakura said secretly.

          Syaoran chuckled nervously. Sakura approached closer to him, so close that he can hear her breath. It was warm and gentle, and it was hard not to be attracted to her beauty. She stripped some cloth from her dark blue dress and dripped it in water, soaking it wet. Then she washed off the bleeding, and stripped a new piece of cloth around Syaoran's hands.

          She breathed on it, and kissed it softly. "There," she said proudly. Syaoran smiled… for the first time in his life he felt truly thankful.

          "Are you smiling??" Sakura asked amusedly.

          Syaoran stopped smiling. "No. Shut up and treat my fever."

          "Sorry, I'll have to wait for the temperature to drop. But your shoulder is bleeding all over your shirt, dying it red." Sakura said simply.

          "Oh, I suppose you'll be disgusted by my blood." Syaoran rolled his eyes.

          "No, I won't! I would never be disgusted by your blood." Sakura said gently. (A/N: Inu-Yasha!! WAHA! These "quotes" are from Inu-Yasha!!!!) Syaoran turned away, his face red.

          "Now, take off your shirt and I will wrap this cloth around your chest." Sakura said plainly.

          Syaoran made no sign of movement. "TAKE OFF THAT STUPID SHIRT!!" Sakura yelled.

          Silence.

          "Alright. You've pushed me to the extreme." Sakura said angrily. She inched closer and closer to him, and placed her hand on his shirt's buttons. Slowly one by one, she began to unbutton it.

          Syaoran flushed more as Sakura took it off slowly and gently.

          "Wow, it's really bad… I've never noticed that!" (A/N: *sneeze* DENSE!) Sakura observed the shoulder closely, then, her eyes distracted onto that muscular arm… slowly, her eyes inched toward that muscular body, and—

          "Are you checking me out??" Syaoran laughed. Sakura snorted. "I know, isn't it muscular?? Everyone admires my body. Especially the girls." Syaoran said proudly.

          "WHO ARE YOU??!" Sakura looked at Syaoran strangely. Syaoran shuddered, but it worsened the bleeding.

          Sakura dripped some clothing strips in the water bowl, and slowly washed off the blood. Then she took some dry clothing strips and wrapped it around Syaoran's chest. Her hands brushed on his chest sometimes, making them both flush.

          "There!" Sakura said impressively. She stared at Syaoran's chest as it is wrapped with whitish cloth diagonally across the center.

          Syaoran looked down at himself, and sighed. "Great. Now I look like I'm a Gladiator or something."

          "No… not a Gladiator. Definitely not. A warrior. A warrior who's injured and risked his life to save an innocent maiden." Sakura said dreamily.

          "Um, are you imagining stuff?" Syaoran asked, raising his eyebrow.

          "Yeah." Sakura nodded shortly. "It would look so cool!!" she exclaimed. "Hey, have you ever saved anyone before?"

          "Not physically." Syaoran said mindlessly. "So you mean this is your first time?" Sakura asked.

          "I didn't save you. I was saving myself!" Syaoran said, annoyed.

          "How?" Sakura asked curiously.

          "Well, if I had lost you, I wouldn't have…"

          "YES?" Sakura asked slowly.

          "Well, I wouldn't have, have someone to take me to the Li Castle with!" Syaoran said convincingly. "Yeah, I wouldn't have someone to take me to the Li Castle with…"

          "Uh-huh." Sakura said mindlessly, not looking convinced. "So, are you planning to go back to the Li Castle anytime soon?"

          "Yeah," Syaoran nodded. "It's just a wound, isn't it?"

          "I doubt it." Sakura shook her head. "I know I have said this many time before, but, I really want to go home." She said sadly.

          Syaoran sighed. He looked up at Sakura's gentle emerald eyes, and found them, well, rather empty and alone. He turned away, and spoke softly. "Go then, no one's stopping you. Especially when I'm wounded and cannot fight with you."

          Sakura looked at him concernedly, and his piercing amber eyes showed sadness. "Well, I hope there's something else I can do before I leave." She said truthfully.

          "There is." Syaoran admitted.

          Sakura raised her eyebrow in confusion.

          Syaoran stood up from his straw bed, and inched toward Sakura. He lowered his gaze on her eyes, placed his hand on her cheeks and touched it gently. Then he leaned forward to taste her lips…

A/N: yeah, yeah, I'm getting grosser by the minute right now cuz there's like so many "scenes" in this chap and my other fics. I never thought I'd start w/ a kissing scene on the Cherished in My Heart fic. That was like, totally unexpected. Don't worry I'll change it to PG-13. :p

TO ANNELEE:

THANK YOU! YOU KNOW THAT YOU ARE MY 100TH REVIEWER? AND THANK YOU ALL OF Y'ALL WHO REVIEWED! I WILL DO A COUNT ON MY 150TH REVIEWER :)