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Remember Me – Chapter 8
"So… I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" Syaoran said as he walked Sakura to her front door.
"My dad isn't home again tonight… do you want stay?" Sakura asked him.
"Um… Alright."
They walked upstairs to Sakura's room. "So…" Sakura said as she sat down on her bed.
"So…" Syaoran sat on top of her desk and drummed his fingers on it. "I can't believe that you kept that bear all this time."
"Yeah… I did." She blushed lightly & smiled.
"I saw that." He laughed.
"You can sit over here, you know. You don't need to be scared of me, Syaoran!" Sakura laughed. "You're on the other side of the room!"
Syaoran sat down with her. "It's been quite a day, hasn't it?"
"Yeah. Tell me about it." She sighed. "But all in all I think that it turned out pretty well, don't you?"
"Yeah." He smiled at her.
"Yeah." She smiled back as they kissed again.
"What is going on here?!" Sakura's desk drawer slid open.
"What?!" Syaoran & Sakura hopped back to the opposite sides of the bed when they heard someone else speak. "I thought no one else was home!" Sakura said. "KERO!"
"What is this? I go & hang out with Suppi for a Friday night of eating sugar & driving Eriol nuts & I come back to THIS!"
"Yes." Sakura said to him. "You couldn't tell us earlier that you were home?!"
"I didn't know that I would need to!" Kero shot back. "I didn't even know that you remembered him! Heck, I didn't even know Syaoran was in town!"
"Well he is! And I remember him!" Sakura said happily. "AND… I love him!" Syaoran blushed.
"You haven't seen him since you were 10." Kero said in disbelief.
"So! Look!" Sakura grabbed Syaoran by the collar of his shirt & pulled him in for another kiss, much to Kero's, & HIS shock. "Um… Kero… there's some birthday cake in the fridge, you know."
"I'm so there!" Kero flew out of the room & Sakura locked her bedroom door behind him.
"There. Now we're alone." Sakura said, turning to face a (yet again) red Syaoran.
"Yeah." He shifted uncomfortably in his spot. "Um… Sakura?"
"Yes?" Sakura said anxiously as she sat down with him. 'Finally!'
"I still never gave you your birthday present…" He said.
"Oh? I didn't know that you had a present for me."
"I did. I had it all planned out, you know, when to give it to you, & where… but…" He sighed. "When you didn't remember me, I have to admit, it sort of screwed up my plan. And I don't know if it's a good idea for right now."
"Why not?"
"Because, I don't know if you'll say 'yes'."
Sakura's heart sped up 3X faster than it had been going 5 seconds earlier. She cleared her throat. "'Yes' to what?"
He took a deep breath. "Well… Here goes nothing! Sakura…will you marry me?" He asked as he pulled out a little diamond ring from his pocket.
"…"
"Sakura?" He asked as she fell backwards onto her bed. "Great." He sighed. "She's out cold."
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"Remember me?" Syaoran asked Sakura as she woke up the next morning.
"No!" Sakura said in fear & hopped out of her bed. "Who are you?!"
"What?!" Syaoran gasped. "This CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
"Syaoran?" Sakura grinned. "I'm kidding."
"Why you!" He leapt off her bed & began chasing her around the room. "Oh no! Where's the ring?!" He panicked as he felt for it in his pockets. "I can't believe that I lost it!"
"What did it look like?" Sakura asked as she walked up beside him. "Did it look like this?" She held out her left hand to him & there was the ring… on her finger.
"How did you? -" He began to ask but she kissed him again, he didn't mind.
"Yes." She laughed. "My answer is yes!"
"It's hard to believe that this all turned out so well." Syaoran said as he hugged her. "After Friday night I was expecting the worst case scenario."
"Well, believe it. This is real." Sakura said. "Um… do you care if I go tell everyone?"
"No." He smiled down at her.
"Then let's go!" She grabbed his hand & they ran downstairs. "Kero!" She ran up to him & hugged her favourite little guardian beast. "Look!" She showed him the ring before leaving the house with Syaoran. Kero just went back to finishing off the cake.
"Where are we going?" He asked as Sakura half-skipped, half-ran with him down the street.
"Everywhere!" Sakura said. "I want to tell EVERYONE! Let's go shout it from the rooftops! I've NEVER been so happy!" She giggled.
Syaoran simply laughed at his ecstatic fiancée. "You're crazy, you know that?"
"But you love me anyways, right?" She winked at him. Sakura stopped running & walked with him.
"Of course." He said as he wrapped his arm around her.
"So… when's the wedding?" Eriol popped up… seemingly out of nowhere with Tomoyo at his side.
"Oh! I guess we need to decide on that, don't we?" Sakura smiled sweetly & looked up at Syaoran.
"What? I was just kidding!" Eriol laughed.
"Did we… miss something?" Tomoyo giggled suspiciously.
"I think we did."Eriol grinned.
"Look!" Sakura cried. She couldn't resist it any longer & showed Tomoyo her beautiful diamond ring.
"No way!" Tomoyo squealed. "This is so cool! Syaoran… you surprise me!" She giggled. Syaoran blushed.
After they talked for a while with Tomoyo & Eriol, the next stop was to hunt down Takashi & Chiharu, Naoko, & Rika. Surprisingly, it didn't take long & soon Sakura had 3 more girls to go crazy over her ring. "Now… I guess we need to find Meiling." Sakura said.
"Well, she DOES sort of already know." Syaoran began. "It WAS her idea for me to come back here for your birthday."
"Yeah, you told me that. But how does she know about this?" She asked him as she admired the ring herself.
"She helped me pick it out… I needed a female perspective, & my sisters would have gone crazy in the jewellery store."
"Really? So she knew about this the whole time? That must've been why she was asking me about boyfriends & why she mentioned that you weren't engaged anymore."
"Yep. That would be why." Syaoran said as he unlocked the hotel room door. "Meiling?"
He called. "Are you home? Sorry that I didn't call to tell you where I was… I hope you weren't worried."
"Of course not." Meiling walked out of the bathroom as she finished doing her hair.
"Ouch." He laughed.
"I knew where you were… Kero called me."
"Kero?" Sakura asked.
"Yep. So… what's new?" Meiling smiled.
"Look!" Sakura squealed.
"Syaoran, I'm proud… I didn't think that you would actually go through with it." She laughed. "Congratulations!" Meiling hugged them both.
"Thanks."
"Yeah, & thank you for helping me with everything." Syaoran smiled. "We'll be back later. We still need to deal with her family."
"Ooh. Good luck with Touya!"
"Oh, I'm sure he'll need it!" Sakura joked.
"Thanks. You've REALLY boosted my confidence." Syaoran joked back as they left.
*~*~*~15-20 Minutes later, At Sakura's House~*~*~*
"Dad? Are you home yet?" Sakura called as she walked inside with Syaoran. "Hm… I guess not."
"We can wait." He said. "Just as long as Touya isn't hiding SOMEWHERE in this house I'll be fine." He scanned the room, which made Sakura giggle.
"Don't worry. Touya's just protective of me because I'm his only little sister. He won't hurt you… most likely." Sakura didn't like how that came out… Syaoran looked like he was going to be sick. "I'll protect you!" She smiled & hugged him.
"I'm going to hold you to that."
"Hello." Fujitaka said casually as he walked into their living room. He said to Syaoran, "I guess you can call me Fujitaka or Dad, now."
"What?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"It's a beautiful ring." Her dad smiled as he pointed to it on Sakura's hand.
"How did you know?" Sakura asked.
"I had an interesting conversation with Meiling & this young man before I called Touya that day that you were having dinner at his place." Fujitaka smiled. "I had been the one who suggested that it be THAT day that you ate over there to Touya & Yukito for a reason."
"What?" She looked from Syaoran to her dad & then back & forth a few more times while it sank in. "You knew this whole time?"
"Of course. Syaoran was a gentleman & came to ask for my permission."
"Did Touya know?"
"Oh no." Fujitaka shook his head dramatically. "I'm leaving the hard part up to you two. It's your lives, after all."
"Thank you Dad." Sakura ran up & hugged him. "You're the best."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Breathe in. breathe out. Breathe in. breathe out. See? It's not so hard!" Sakura said as they stood in the elevator, waiting for it to reach the 7th floor where Touya & Yukito's apartment was.
"He's NOT going to handle this well… I know he's not." Syaoran said.
"Don't be such a child… be a MAN!" Sakura patted him on the back. "Here goes nothing! This is the end of the line, the last people we have to tell." She knocked on the door. "Maybe I should do the talking." Syaoran nodded his head 'yes' repeatedly.
Yukito opened the door & smiled. "Sakura, Syaoran, come on in. This is a surprise. Do you want some tea?"
"Um… sure." Sakura smiled nervously & hid her left hand in her pocket. "Is Touya here?"
"No. He went shopping about an hour ago. He should be back any minute now."
"Joy." Syaoran mumbled.
"Yuki, I'm home!" Touya called as he walked in the door.
"I was just saying that you would be back any minute, good timing!"
"To who? Your shadow?" Touya asked concerned.
"No. We have visitors." Yukito laughed. "Sakura & Syaoran are here." Touya immediately tensed up when he heard Syaoran's name mentioned. "Face it, you knew it was going to happen sooner of later. They couldn't stay apart forever."
"I know. I just prefer 'later' to 'sooner'." Touya sighed. "Hi." He sat down on the chair across from Sakura & Syaoran, who were sitting on the couch. "What brings you two here?"
Yukito brought in the tea & sat down as well. Sakura sipped on it nervously before speaking. "Well… we did something shocking last night that you probably won't be too happy about."
"WHAT!" Syaoran could've SWORN that steam had shot out of Touya's ears.
"Ooh! That came out wrong! It's NOT that!" Sakura quickly corrected herself. "We got engaged."
"Engaged?" Yukito asked. "Congratulations!" Touya gave him a dirty look.
"WHAT are you two thinking?" Touya asked them. "You're only 18, do you even know what getting married MEANS? There's so much more to it than rings & a big party. Are you ready?"
"We know. And we're ready." Sakura said.
"Did you tell dad yet?"
"He knew before me, actually." She laughed.
"What?"
"I… asked for his permission the day I came." Syaoran finally spoke.
"Well… then I guess that's that. There's only one thing left for me to do." Touya got up off his seat.
Syaoran REALLY felt like a hug from Sakura right about then… but he didn't dare because Touya would kill him probably ½ as fast so that he would suffer for longer.
Touya walked right up to Syaoran & looked him in the eye. "Congratulations." He held out his hand. "And welcome to the family."
Syaoran shook his hand as a relieved smile broke across his (along with Sakura & Yukito) face. Sakura gave her brother a big hug. "Thank you." She said before holding onto Syaoran's arm. "See. Everything worked out after all." She whispered to him. "Syaoran? Syaoran?!" She shouted as he fell over sideways on the couch. 'He actually passed out from being relieved? I thought that only happened on TV.'
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Ahh! I'm a sucker for happy endings! How many people had me pegged for Syaoran asking Sakura to marry him? It was pretty predictable. I'm debating on whether or not I should do another story that takes place after this. I guess I'll decide after I read the reviews from this story. I hope that you enjoyed my story! Please review!
***I'VE STARTED THE SEQUEL! GO READ! IT'S CALLED: "SO MUCH TO DO!" RUN! GO! NOW!***
Remember Me – Chapter 8
"So… I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" Syaoran said as he walked Sakura to her front door.
"My dad isn't home again tonight… do you want stay?" Sakura asked him.
"Um… Alright."
They walked upstairs to Sakura's room. "So…" Sakura said as she sat down on her bed.
"So…" Syaoran sat on top of her desk and drummed his fingers on it. "I can't believe that you kept that bear all this time."
"Yeah… I did." She blushed lightly & smiled.
"I saw that." He laughed.
"You can sit over here, you know. You don't need to be scared of me, Syaoran!" Sakura laughed. "You're on the other side of the room!"
Syaoran sat down with her. "It's been quite a day, hasn't it?"
"Yeah. Tell me about it." She sighed. "But all in all I think that it turned out pretty well, don't you?"
"Yeah." He smiled at her.
"Yeah." She smiled back as they kissed again.
"What is going on here?!" Sakura's desk drawer slid open.
"What?!" Syaoran & Sakura hopped back to the opposite sides of the bed when they heard someone else speak. "I thought no one else was home!" Sakura said. "KERO!"
"What is this? I go & hang out with Suppi for a Friday night of eating sugar & driving Eriol nuts & I come back to THIS!"
"Yes." Sakura said to him. "You couldn't tell us earlier that you were home?!"
"I didn't know that I would need to!" Kero shot back. "I didn't even know that you remembered him! Heck, I didn't even know Syaoran was in town!"
"Well he is! And I remember him!" Sakura said happily. "AND… I love him!" Syaoran blushed.
"You haven't seen him since you were 10." Kero said in disbelief.
"So! Look!" Sakura grabbed Syaoran by the collar of his shirt & pulled him in for another kiss, much to Kero's, & HIS shock. "Um… Kero… there's some birthday cake in the fridge, you know."
"I'm so there!" Kero flew out of the room & Sakura locked her bedroom door behind him.
"There. Now we're alone." Sakura said, turning to face a (yet again) red Syaoran.
"Yeah." He shifted uncomfortably in his spot. "Um… Sakura?"
"Yes?" Sakura said anxiously as she sat down with him. 'Finally!'
"I still never gave you your birthday present…" He said.
"Oh? I didn't know that you had a present for me."
"I did. I had it all planned out, you know, when to give it to you, & where… but…" He sighed. "When you didn't remember me, I have to admit, it sort of screwed up my plan. And I don't know if it's a good idea for right now."
"Why not?"
"Because, I don't know if you'll say 'yes'."
Sakura's heart sped up 3X faster than it had been going 5 seconds earlier. She cleared her throat. "'Yes' to what?"
He took a deep breath. "Well… Here goes nothing! Sakura…will you marry me?" He asked as he pulled out a little diamond ring from his pocket.
"…"
"Sakura?" He asked as she fell backwards onto her bed. "Great." He sighed. "She's out cold."
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"Remember me?" Syaoran asked Sakura as she woke up the next morning.
"No!" Sakura said in fear & hopped out of her bed. "Who are you?!"
"What?!" Syaoran gasped. "This CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"
"Syaoran?" Sakura grinned. "I'm kidding."
"Why you!" He leapt off her bed & began chasing her around the room. "Oh no! Where's the ring?!" He panicked as he felt for it in his pockets. "I can't believe that I lost it!"
"What did it look like?" Sakura asked as she walked up beside him. "Did it look like this?" She held out her left hand to him & there was the ring… on her finger.
"How did you? -" He began to ask but she kissed him again, he didn't mind.
"Yes." She laughed. "My answer is yes!"
"It's hard to believe that this all turned out so well." Syaoran said as he hugged her. "After Friday night I was expecting the worst case scenario."
"Well, believe it. This is real." Sakura said. "Um… do you care if I go tell everyone?"
"No." He smiled down at her.
"Then let's go!" She grabbed his hand & they ran downstairs. "Kero!" She ran up to him & hugged her favourite little guardian beast. "Look!" She showed him the ring before leaving the house with Syaoran. Kero just went back to finishing off the cake.
"Where are we going?" He asked as Sakura half-skipped, half-ran with him down the street.
"Everywhere!" Sakura said. "I want to tell EVERYONE! Let's go shout it from the rooftops! I've NEVER been so happy!" She giggled.
Syaoran simply laughed at his ecstatic fiancée. "You're crazy, you know that?"
"But you love me anyways, right?" She winked at him. Sakura stopped running & walked with him.
"Of course." He said as he wrapped his arm around her.
"So… when's the wedding?" Eriol popped up… seemingly out of nowhere with Tomoyo at his side.
"Oh! I guess we need to decide on that, don't we?" Sakura smiled sweetly & looked up at Syaoran.
"What? I was just kidding!" Eriol laughed.
"Did we… miss something?" Tomoyo giggled suspiciously.
"I think we did."Eriol grinned.
"Look!" Sakura cried. She couldn't resist it any longer & showed Tomoyo her beautiful diamond ring.
"No way!" Tomoyo squealed. "This is so cool! Syaoran… you surprise me!" She giggled. Syaoran blushed.
After they talked for a while with Tomoyo & Eriol, the next stop was to hunt down Takashi & Chiharu, Naoko, & Rika. Surprisingly, it didn't take long & soon Sakura had 3 more girls to go crazy over her ring. "Now… I guess we need to find Meiling." Sakura said.
"Well, she DOES sort of already know." Syaoran began. "It WAS her idea for me to come back here for your birthday."
"Yeah, you told me that. But how does she know about this?" She asked him as she admired the ring herself.
"She helped me pick it out… I needed a female perspective, & my sisters would have gone crazy in the jewellery store."
"Really? So she knew about this the whole time? That must've been why she was asking me about boyfriends & why she mentioned that you weren't engaged anymore."
"Yep. That would be why." Syaoran said as he unlocked the hotel room door. "Meiling?"
He called. "Are you home? Sorry that I didn't call to tell you where I was… I hope you weren't worried."
"Of course not." Meiling walked out of the bathroom as she finished doing her hair.
"Ouch." He laughed.
"I knew where you were… Kero called me."
"Kero?" Sakura asked.
"Yep. So… what's new?" Meiling smiled.
"Look!" Sakura squealed.
"Syaoran, I'm proud… I didn't think that you would actually go through with it." She laughed. "Congratulations!" Meiling hugged them both.
"Thanks."
"Yeah, & thank you for helping me with everything." Syaoran smiled. "We'll be back later. We still need to deal with her family."
"Ooh. Good luck with Touya!"
"Oh, I'm sure he'll need it!" Sakura joked.
"Thanks. You've REALLY boosted my confidence." Syaoran joked back as they left.
*~*~*~15-20 Minutes later, At Sakura's House~*~*~*
"Dad? Are you home yet?" Sakura called as she walked inside with Syaoran. "Hm… I guess not."
"We can wait." He said. "Just as long as Touya isn't hiding SOMEWHERE in this house I'll be fine." He scanned the room, which made Sakura giggle.
"Don't worry. Touya's just protective of me because I'm his only little sister. He won't hurt you… most likely." Sakura didn't like how that came out… Syaoran looked like he was going to be sick. "I'll protect you!" She smiled & hugged him.
"I'm going to hold you to that."
"Hello." Fujitaka said casually as he walked into their living room. He said to Syaoran, "I guess you can call me Fujitaka or Dad, now."
"What?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"It's a beautiful ring." Her dad smiled as he pointed to it on Sakura's hand.
"How did you know?" Sakura asked.
"I had an interesting conversation with Meiling & this young man before I called Touya that day that you were having dinner at his place." Fujitaka smiled. "I had been the one who suggested that it be THAT day that you ate over there to Touya & Yukito for a reason."
"What?" She looked from Syaoran to her dad & then back & forth a few more times while it sank in. "You knew this whole time?"
"Of course. Syaoran was a gentleman & came to ask for my permission."
"Did Touya know?"
"Oh no." Fujitaka shook his head dramatically. "I'm leaving the hard part up to you two. It's your lives, after all."
"Thank you Dad." Sakura ran up & hugged him. "You're the best."
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"Breathe in. breathe out. Breathe in. breathe out. See? It's not so hard!" Sakura said as they stood in the elevator, waiting for it to reach the 7th floor where Touya & Yukito's apartment was.
"He's NOT going to handle this well… I know he's not." Syaoran said.
"Don't be such a child… be a MAN!" Sakura patted him on the back. "Here goes nothing! This is the end of the line, the last people we have to tell." She knocked on the door. "Maybe I should do the talking." Syaoran nodded his head 'yes' repeatedly.
Yukito opened the door & smiled. "Sakura, Syaoran, come on in. This is a surprise. Do you want some tea?"
"Um… sure." Sakura smiled nervously & hid her left hand in her pocket. "Is Touya here?"
"No. He went shopping about an hour ago. He should be back any minute now."
"Joy." Syaoran mumbled.
"Yuki, I'm home!" Touya called as he walked in the door.
"I was just saying that you would be back any minute, good timing!"
"To who? Your shadow?" Touya asked concerned.
"No. We have visitors." Yukito laughed. "Sakura & Syaoran are here." Touya immediately tensed up when he heard Syaoran's name mentioned. "Face it, you knew it was going to happen sooner of later. They couldn't stay apart forever."
"I know. I just prefer 'later' to 'sooner'." Touya sighed. "Hi." He sat down on the chair across from Sakura & Syaoran, who were sitting on the couch. "What brings you two here?"
Yukito brought in the tea & sat down as well. Sakura sipped on it nervously before speaking. "Well… we did something shocking last night that you probably won't be too happy about."
"WHAT!" Syaoran could've SWORN that steam had shot out of Touya's ears.
"Ooh! That came out wrong! It's NOT that!" Sakura quickly corrected herself. "We got engaged."
"Engaged?" Yukito asked. "Congratulations!" Touya gave him a dirty look.
"WHAT are you two thinking?" Touya asked them. "You're only 18, do you even know what getting married MEANS? There's so much more to it than rings & a big party. Are you ready?"
"We know. And we're ready." Sakura said.
"Did you tell dad yet?"
"He knew before me, actually." She laughed.
"What?"
"I… asked for his permission the day I came." Syaoran finally spoke.
"Well… then I guess that's that. There's only one thing left for me to do." Touya got up off his seat.
Syaoran REALLY felt like a hug from Sakura right about then… but he didn't dare because Touya would kill him probably ½ as fast so that he would suffer for longer.
Touya walked right up to Syaoran & looked him in the eye. "Congratulations." He held out his hand. "And welcome to the family."
Syaoran shook his hand as a relieved smile broke across his (along with Sakura & Yukito) face. Sakura gave her brother a big hug. "Thank you." She said before holding onto Syaoran's arm. "See. Everything worked out after all." She whispered to him. "Syaoran? Syaoran?!" She shouted as he fell over sideways on the couch. 'He actually passed out from being relieved? I thought that only happened on TV.'
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Ahh! I'm a sucker for happy endings! How many people had me pegged for Syaoran asking Sakura to marry him? It was pretty predictable. I'm debating on whether or not I should do another story that takes place after this. I guess I'll decide after I read the reviews from this story. I hope that you enjoyed my story! Please review!
***I'VE STARTED THE SEQUEL! GO READ! IT'S CALLED: "SO MUCH TO DO!" RUN! GO! NOW!***
