Disclaimer: I don't own CCS or its characters. This story is mine and a few other characters such as Jeff Conrad, Sam Conrad, Miyu, Miho and Yumi are all mine.
Summary:
What happens when you try to set your best friend up with the girl you are going to fall in love with? Well, what happens is this…(Lemon juice is provided later for refreshment! He he ) wink! There are some serious lemons in this fiction. You've been warned.
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CHAPTER 9
Fool's Paradise
" Syaoran!" She gasped, as he crushed her against the bathroom wall... Groaning, he slammed his lips to hers, causing her to squeak. She bucked violently against his muscular body as he engulfed her breast with his hands… his fingers tweaking her nipples. Her bottom instantly slammed into his extremely hard member causing him to groan. He pulled away from the fiery kiss panting with a craving that was too fiery to control. Grinding his jaw, he squeezed her butt before crushing her bottom on to his member with a roughness that caused both of them to yelp in overwhelming pleasure, throwing their heads back in the process. "God!" Syaoran growled, before flicking his warm tongue hungrily over her exposed neck. She cried out in pleasure writhing beneath him, as he continued to grind his hips against hers, one hand still clutching her butt firmly; while running the other hand through her beautiful hair, which ended mid back.
Somehow through the fog his desire, Syaoran found himself frowning in confusion. Wasn't Tomoyo's hair longer? Opening his eyes, he stared at the girl clinging on to him, panting fiercely…her green eyes darkened with desire. "Syaoran…" she moaned. Her lips quivered, as he rested his forehead on hers. "Sakura…" He whispered back, his voice thick. Like some stranger's, very unlike his own. He could hear the faint ringing of the school bell. Groaning, he closed his eyes in annoyance. Why couldn't it just stop and let them be? The ringing continued. It was getting louder and louder, like an approaching express train towards a railway station, warning its entrance to the awaiting people. It was getting too loud to bear… he needed to shut that sound! Growling in protest he opened his eyes, his hands clamping over his ears involuntarily.
Damn…damn... damn! Looking around in confusion, he caught sight of a texture of cream and green walls. His eyes shifted to the source of the disturbance and found the infamous alarm clock, which in its own way of frustrating him indicated clearly that it was two minutes past six. His hand shot out immediately and shut it off with swiftness. Silence engulfed the room, apart from the constant sound of the rotating fan. He breathed in deeply, realizing that everything had been a dream. Syaoran groaned, closing his eyes with the palm of his hands…still recovering from the sleep. His voice sounded thick, as it pierced through the silence. A couple of minutes later he opened his eyes slowly, feeling weary due to his aroused state.
His eyes dropped to the sheets and he nearly cursed aloud at the mess. Hell! His sheets were all sticky and wet! His boxer shorts were in worse condition, totally drenched. Syaoran crinkled his nose in disgust and was about utter another curse when a sudden knock interrupted him. He jumped up startled. Who the hell would be knocking on his door at six in the morning! His confusion was cleared immediately, when he heard the thick matured voice of his cousin calling out for him, carrying a hint of clear annoyance; which irritated him greatly in present conditions. Cursing silently, he realized that the alarm must have woken her up too.
He decided not to answer and instead busied himself with the thick green fabrics, covering his bottom with as many dry sheets as possible (guess he had some near by :P), just incase his not too helpful cousin decided to walk in suddenly.
The pounding continued. Syaoran grimaced before checking himself once again just to make sure everything looked normal. " Syaoran!" He heard her voice louder this time, carrying a hit of frustration.
"Yeah…come in!" He called out and grimaced again. His voice was still thick and hoarse. Hope she mistakes it for sleepiness! He prayed quietly, as the door opened. Meilin walked in, frowning as she run a hand through her jet black hair which was in disarray and looked hopeless, as it stuck out in odd angles.
"What's going on Syaoran? It's freaking Saturday for god's sake. Why the hell did you set an alarm for today?" She shot out, folding her hands, as she frowned down at him.
Syaoran eyed the sheets nervously before looking up. He felt as though he was sitting on a puddle and it was getting hot due to all the blankets as well. Soon he would be getting roasted down there. Syaoran prayed inwardly for Meilin to leave soon.
"I have to train and later Sakura and I are going horse riding today…" He mumbled, looking down. Meilin regarded him frowning in thought.
"Oh yeah, you guys had plans today right…" she muttered before looking up at him. " Well, looks like you both are getting closer now…but I must warn you Syaoran, you don't know about her…punctuality is not in that girl's vocabulary I tell you…" Meilin said shaking her head, as she chuckled.
"I know…" Syaoran cut in, grinning at the fact. Meilin raised her eyebrows at him in acknowledgement, still shaking her head but her expression turned serious a moment later.
"Every one thinks you two fancy each other." She said frowning slightly. That got Syaoran's attention. He regarded her with a baffled expression. "Why?"
"Because all of a sudden you two started talking to each other and hanging out together."
"Well, you should correct them" Syaoran said frowning angrily. Did Tomoyo think that too?
"Yeah I told them that, but they still insist that it's bound to happen sooner or later. They recon you two will start dating soon."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Whatever, I know the truth, you know the truth and so does all the people close to you and me. Sakura knows that we are close friend and she surely won't mistake my relationship with her. That is enough." Meilin nodded in agreement.
"Anyway, if you still insist on waking up this early then suit your self…I am going to go and get some sleep." She said, as she turned around walking wearily towards the door before coming to a halt abruptly.
"Syaoran…" He looked at her inquiringly, taking note of the frown on her harp features nervously. "Aren't you and Eriol going? Is he coming too…"
"No… he has a job to do himself. I think it is about taking care of his part of the deal. He is probably going to approach Tomoyo today."
"But…Tomoyo has her tennis practices on the weekends…" Meilin said, frowning uncertainly.
Syaoran shrugged distractedly. "Anyway…" Melin said, opening the door noiselessly. "Update me on everything that's happening ok?"
"Sure…" He muttered, urging her inwardly to go out and shut the door. Meilin smiled before closing the door soundlessly.
Syaoran let out his breath in a whoosh, before scrambling out of the confusion of sheets. Cursing, he slowly started to bundle them up. He'd have to wash them all himself and make sure that no one got their hands on these. He refused to think about the prospect and pushed away the scary and embarrassing thoughts. Letting his thoughts wander, he pushed himself to get ready for the upcoming day, refusing his, mind to get to the disquieting dream.
It had been three weeks since the outrageous incident in the corridors of his school. Three weeks since he and Sakura started to talk t each other. Much to his surprise and the others, they got along quiet well. No, they got along extremely well. Soon, Syaoran realized that he was comfortable in her presence. He found himself coming out of the shell he had once created around himself. He was friendlier towards everyone and much to the delight of all the girls; he was less shy and even made an attempt to talk to a few of them. Was it because of his new found friendship? No he didn't think so.
Maybe he had been going under the phase most teenage guys went through which most of the guys came out of before the age of fourteen. Maybe he had been slow in getting out of that phase. Maybe Sakura had been the catalyst in bringing him out of it. Talking to her was like talking to any other friend of his. She had been equally talkative or probably even more. They fought a lot, argued a lot, rivaled a lot but found that all of it had been as normal as it would be between two close friends.
Syaoran's mind reverted back to the day when they first spoke to each other in an actual conversation. It had bee in the chemistry lab, which had been empty save for the lab assistant. The students were yet to arrive and they found themselves speaking about the incident back in the corridor. Sakura had laughed so hard when he told her about the predicament he had found himself in. That was the first time he had really seen her laugh so hard at something. Of course she had probably laughed like that before. But never had he witnessed it, and that moment encouraged him to tell her more of what had happened. He found himself sharing things with her he had never shared with anyone other than Eriol and Meilin before.
The up coming weeks had been brighter and funnier. He found himself looking forward to school more than ever. Yet, when he mentioned Eriol one day, her outburst was enough to put Syaoran on the edge.
"Syaoran, if you are going to talk about that oaf then I am leaving. I have better job than to listen about some creep." She had shouted, in the ice cream parlor.
Syaoran almost dropped his cone at the out burst. Irritated he had shouted back at her, asking her what her problem was. He was his best friend after all and did he need permission to talk about his best friend? She had just hissed back that he might be his best friend but as long as she was concerned he was nothing but a sick asshole. Syaoran had stormed out of the parlor in anger, tossing the ice cream in the garbage bin as he walked past it. They didn't talk the next day and completely avoided each other. Syaoran didn't tell Eriol about the conversation. He didn't want his friend to loose hope and feel miserable.
That night Sakura called him up to apologize and they made up instantly and were back to being friends again.
Eriol looked ecstatic and more cheery than usual, even though Syaoran spent more time with Sakura. He had been encouraging it even, taking it as a good sign. Even though Syaoran and Eriol were less in each other's company than before, they felt their bond tighter than ever. They felt closer to each other than before, knowing that neither would let each other down.
More ever, Sakura and Tomoyo didn't seem to mind the change. That would probably be because Tomoyo had been busier than usual, what with coir practices and tennis practices and all, much to Syaoran's disappointment. It would have been a great chance to get to know her too had it not been for these practices. But Syaoran knew he was asking for too much. Eriol hadn't approached her yet, due to his and her busy schedule. But their practices fell in them same timings.
This had confused Syaoran before. Why hadn't Eriol approached Tomoyo yet? When asked, Eriol confessed that it would be better to befriend her after few weeks to avoid raising any suspicions among the girls' minds. But he knew that once Eriol and Tomoyo became friends, he would end up in the same situation. He would be busy with Sakura and Eriol would be busy with Tomoyo.
Syaoran shut the bathroom door, before leaving his clothes and sheets on the chairs, next to the heater praying that they would dry up soon. He had switched on the movable fan as well, for the cause.
He clicked his tongue in annoyance as he recovered the memory of the evening he and Sakura had spoken first, before returning home. He had gone to the famous ice cream parlor with a very excited Eriol.
Syaoran had told him about the lunch break incident during the afternoon interval back in the school. That was when Eriol had admitted that he had already known what had happened and insisted on telling the details that evening in the ice cream parlor when Syaoran would relax and 'cool down'. Instantly Syaoran had realized that his infamous friend had got something to do with the chain of events. Nevertheless, Syaoran had agreed to the idea knowing that he needed to calm down as much as possible or he'd break his ingenious friend's very cleaver skull.
When Eriol confessed about his plan and the action, it was all Syaoran could do from leaping up and strangling the "enemy" opposite him. Eriol had enjoyed his look of frustration enthusiastically before offering more ice cream on behalf of him. Maybe that would "cool" Syaoran down and serve as a "treat" for the success of a part of their deal. The insolent asshole, as Syaoran had referred to him amused him to no end.
Syaoran looked around and realized that he was in the garden of the Li Mansion. He had been so immersed in his thoughts that he hadn't realized he was ready for his training. He took a deep breath trying to clear his thoughts before starting his moves.
Half an hour later he was back in his room tried and sweaty as hell, as he collected fresh clothes and walked into the bathroom. The clothes and sheets he'd previously left near the heater and the movable fan were drying in a frustratingly slow pace. Syaoran knew he had exactly an hour before reaching the ranch over the knoll. Syaoran closed his eyes smiling in contentment, as the warm stream hit his back creating a relaxing pressure on his aching tight shoulders.
He could still remember the fresh air and the relaxing smell of the pine trees around the knoll. Syaoran sighed in satisfaction. He couldn't wait to get back to that place, though the previous memory of the events that happened back there wasn't as refreshing as the atmosphere(Guess he didn't enjoy the experience as much as Eriol did hehe).
His mind reverted back to the dream and he forced himself to push it away before getting a head ace. His mind settled on Meilin and the conversation they had that morning. Update me on everything that's happening ok? Her voice echoed in his head. Within fifteen minutes, he was out of the bathroom, fully dressed in comfortable cotton shirt and cargos. Walking into the dining hall he was greeted by Wei.
Quickly grabbing the cereal and milk on the table he mixed the contents into a bowl and started gobbling them at top speed, occasionally grabbing a piece of apple cut out and neatly arranged on a plate by Wei.
"Wei, where is Meilin?" Syaoran got out through a mouth full.
"She is out training.", came the answer in the usual annoyed tone, as Wei surveyed Syaoran's eating. "Master Syaoran, you shouldn't eat like this, without any respect for the food that you are taking in."
Syaoran ignored the older man and continued gobbling down the food at top speed.
"If your mother was here, just think about what her reaction would be!" he continued, giving out an irritated grunt.
"Well Wei, when you don't listen to me, I won't listen to you either!" Syaoran said after finishing up the glass of water as fast as he could. "I have been telling you for a long time now not to call me master Syaoran. It's annoying Wei!" He retorted, hurrying out of the room.
"Master Syaoran!" He called after him. "Come back here young man!"
"Call me Syaoran!", came the reply, before Wei heard the door closing. He sighed in exasperation. The boy could be so stubborn sometimes! Well he wasn't any less. He was stubborn as well! Wei shook his head, before getting to his work.
Syaoran backed his car out of the parking lot, smiling smugly. He caught sight of Meilin training in the garden, as he drove out. It was very rare for Syaoran to train alone and without Meilin. They had trained their martial art skills together right form the good old days of his childhood. Both knew each other's moves like the back of their hands. Even Eriol couldn't defeat them when they were paired, him being one of the best martial artists Syaoran had ever come across.
Syaoran had defeated every martial artist he had come across, including Meilin. Eriol was the only one whom he had never come close enough to defeating before, apart from Wei, their teacher of course. And that got to him good. The clever big headed pig was proving to be impossible. It got to Syaoran even more, when Eriol made an even bigger deal of rubbing it in his face.
His mind reverted back to the day when Meilin found out about the plan. It had been the same day Sakura saved him from the two girls.
He had just entered the mansion after his 'talk' with Eriol which involved more 'shouting' and very less talks. Syaoran had done all the shouting, while Eriol had tried his hardest to reason. Tired as hell, Syaoran had settled down on the couch with a bottle of cold water on his eyes, when Meilin rushed into the house looking demented.
"Syaoran!" Meilin bellowed, as she stormed into the house with a concerned looking Jeff on her wake. "Syaoran! Where are you brat?"
Syaoran wrenched the cold bottle off his eyes in frustration. Couldn't a person be in peace for some time? Why was he being bothered again? Syaoran cursed his cousin under his breath and glared at her when she entered the living room.
"Why are you always screaming like a retard woman? Shut up and leave me at peace ok."
"Not till you tell me what you and Eriol are up to." She retorted, settling on the couch.
"What are you talking about?" Syaoran breathed out in annoyance, glaring at the pair. Jeff sighed heavily, as he regarded the cousins wearily but didn't make an attempt to answer.
"Syaoran, I had an outing with my friends and Sakura told about the little chase down the corridor you were involved in today." Syaoran gaped at her in bewilderment knowing that she was catching up to Eriol's stupid plan. Eriol hadn't even thought about the possibility of Sakura blabbing away!
"Well, you see the funny thing is that I know Miyu likes a guy and that guy is certainly not you. I confronted her before coming here. She confessed to me that Eriol had asked her to do it as a favor. I already knew that Eriol would let you know if he had planned something even if it involved you. He can never keep any secrets from you. So I am fairly sure that you have some explaining to do right now."
Syaoran gulped nervously, a dreadful qualm sinking in. What if everybody at school came to know? It looked like Eriol's foolproof plan was not foolproof after all. All he had proved was that he was a real fool.
Sensing his distress, Jeff piped up. "Hey don't worry she made the girls promise not to open their mouths about this to anybody. She told them that you didn't like gossips spreading about yourself."
Meilin nodded in affirmation. This caused Syaoran to relax but only slightly. Meilin's look was causing even more nervousness in his stomach.
"So now you owe me an explanation. I have just saved your skin, so spill out the beans without leaving anything, or I'll go and make sure ever person in the damn school knows about what happened today afternoon." The look in her eyes confirmed her statement and Syaoran had no doubt that she would do it.
And so he told her everything. Right from his crush on Tomoyo, the deal of friendship, the outrageous horse riding plan till the fool proof plan that Eriol had put into action using the three popular girls; with lot of outrageous interruptions and an occasional look of disbelief. By the time he finished, Jeff was gaping at him dumbfounded and Meilin was shaking her head looking abashed.
"Crazy…" she muttered. "Absolutely nuts…you guys don't know what you are playing with. What if something goes wrong? If the girls come to know about this neither of you two are going to be fine!"
"Meilin, What can go wrong? Everything will go fine! I have started talking to Sakura and she doesn't seem so bad. Eriol can easily befriend Tomoyo! That's all!"
"It's not that simple!" Meilin cut through shaking her head. "You think you can just go out there, tell them stuff about your friend and they'll immediately start dating? No! You can't manipulate a girls mind like that! And think about it, Sakura hates Eriol. If you go and talk to her about it, how do you think she'll react? She'll throw it in your face and go away! And Tomoyo for heaven's sake is already betrothed to some one. Have you even thought about the possibility of her mom refusing her decision, if at all she falls for you?" Meilin was pacing up and down, her eyes frantic and her face pale.
"Oh god what were you guys playing at? This is not some game! Its life and it doesn't happen like this!"
Syaoran glared at her furiously. "Meilin! Why are you so pessimistic! Even if you can't help us, you can at least encourage us instead of putting me down. What do you suggest we do then? Leave everything after we have come this far? That can't happen. You know that. It's far too later. We've already put everything to action and now it's working out. If you can't stand it then just keep it with you and don't spoil it for us! Okay?"
The room was plunged into silence. Not a single sound was heard other than the occasional sound of the birds out side the window. Jeff stared at the two in dread. The situation looked even more serious now. There was no sarcasm in the conversation this time. It was serious and could probably affect what was going to happen in the future.
Syaoran looked at Meilin, who had her back to him. Her silence was killing him. Why was she not responding? Had he uttered something wrong?
"Syaoran…" Meilin whispered her vice hoarse. "You are the one who should make your own decisions. None else has the right to. But I can tell you this much, please be careful." She turned around to him, her eyes filled with apprehension. "Be careful about what you are doing. I don't want you to get hurt. Don't rush into anything without thinking twice."
Syaoran sighed wearily. "I know Meilin. I won't do anything stupid ok? If you want, I'll tell you everything that's going on… I'll keep you updated on whatever is happening and how far we are along… is that fine…?
Meilin had accepted the deal and had even supported him by providing a few tips on how to grow the friendship, though it was not necessary. But Syaoran accepted it nevertheless.
Syaoran sighed happily, as he rode down the hill road on Cygnus. The beautiful black horse was in good mood too. It was delighted to see its master. Syaoran sighed, glancing at his watch for the tenth time since he reached the ranch. Sakura was late by twenty minutes. If there was something that Syaoran hated most, it would be waiting for some one. And he always ended up waiting for Sakura half the time they had some work to do together. Honestly, that girl was the limit, Syaoran concluded beyond irritated. When would she ever be on time?
But the frown soon turned into a smirk when he remembered what was going to happen that day. He and Sakura had a bet going on who would win the race today. Syaoran had come up with the bet when Sakura had so imperiously stated that he was a lousy rider, remembering the time when she had attempted to save him and he had ended with a sprained neck. He knew he would show her who the best was today, but where the hell was she? She hadn't chickened out had she?
Taking a deep breath he closed his eyes enjoying the fresh breeze, blowing against his face and into his eyes, refreshing. A spurt of his dream came back to him…green eyes… Gritting his teeth he groaned in frustration, opening his eyes instantly. Why the hell were those green eyes always haunting him? So what if she had beautiful green eyes? It didn't mean any damn thing. She is my friend…Eriol's girlfriend to be. Scowling angrily he trained his hawk like eyes ahead and started to ride faster. The horse galloped with more speed.
"Hey Syaoran! Stop speeding down like that!"
Syaoran instantly slowed down, recognizing the voice, allowing the girl to catch up.
"What happened? Couldn't catch up?" he growled out, smirking arrogantly. Sakura laughed out loud. "Don't be silly. I was just trying to be nice in the beginning that's all. More over, the competition hasn't started yet and I don't show my real potential till the race.", came the arrogant answer.
Syaoran rolled his eyes. "You wish girl. Now don't cry when I win the bet ok? We are going to start from the foot of this knoll and ride up till the ranch, got that?"
Sakura giggled again. "No problem. By the way Syaoran, you better call up Meilin and ask her to be ready because you might need a lot of massage after you sprain your neck the second time."
Syaoran stared into at her gleeful eyes in annoyance, before taking off. Those eyes were affecting him too much he concluded in irritation.
"Hey Syaoran! Wait up the race hasn't started yet!" Sakura shouted after him, as she tried to keep up.
"Let's see who will be laughing after it is over." Syaoran retorted. That's it; laugh all you want now, because you won't be after I win…
Syaoran rode faster, refusing to let her catch up with him, Sakura's amused laughter ringing in his ears. He gave an irritated growl. The dream came back to him, causing him freeze, abashed. Damn the stupid dream, why the hell was it affecting him so much? Asshole…asshole…asshole…Three weeks into the friendship and he was having a stupid dream to ruin everything. He cursed when he felt himself harden again. Picking up more speed, he grumbled silently.
Asshole…asshole…asshole …
Why was he always embarrassing himself? Asshole…asshole…asshole …
AN
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