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Title: My Room Mate
Disclaimer: nope don't own ne thing
Chapter 9: The CHEESECAKE Murder
I chuckled happily as I returned to my desk and thought of how my promotion day was going to arrive pretty soon. This Syaoran and Miss Meng date was perfect! He might be mad at me at first but he'll be grateful once he starts chatting properly to Miss Meng. As I said before, they are a match-made in heaven and I played Cupid!
Tomoyo, who had been at her desk gossiping on the phone, quickly sneaked over next to me and glanced at me worriedly. "Saku, are you alright?" she asked as I continued to smile goofily.
I nodded happily. "Sure, I'm fine. I thought of the best plan ever and it's going ever so smoothly!" I whispered to her.
"Really?" she asked, surprised. "Tell me! Tell me!"
"Okay, but promise to keep it a secret?" I warned her.
She nodded and I leaned over to her ear, whispering to her every detail that had happened earlier. When I had finished, Tomoyo looked at me in horror. "You dragged Miss Meng into your plan?" she shrieked. "Saku, are you sure this is going to work out?"
I shrugged. "I hope so, I mean they are both keen on the dinner," I said.
"Yeah, but that's because Syaoran thinks he's having dinner with you and Miss Meng thinks she's having dinner with Syaoran," Tomoyo pointed out.
"True but you never know it could be love at first sight!" I replied dramatically.
"Love at first sight?" Tomoyo asked. "But they aren't meeting for the first time!"
I rolled my eyes at her and sighed. "Do you always have to be so realistic? Fine, it could be love at….tenth sight or whatever," I corrected myself. "Happy now?"
"I suppose so," she said.
Now all I had to do now was wait for our working hours to be over and I could speed back home and set up everything before the party starts! WHOOHOOH!
: That evening 6:30pm :
Unlocking the door to my apartment, I practically sped into the kitchen and opened the fridge to see what meals I could stir up for my wonderful colleagues. I mean I only had less than half an hour before the whole party would turn up so I had to act fast! I picked up a half-eaten cheesecake and raised an eyebrow. Would they like to help me finish my half-eaten treat perhaps? Nah, don't think so. I searched the freezer for pizza boxes, oven chips of the sort but found nothing! Geez, what happened to all the food! Sigh, it looks like we'll have to call for fast food after all and I was so determined to show off my cooking skills as well! Come to think of it, I don't think I would really want to take on the responsibility of successfully food poisoning all my colleagues in one night. Maybe ordering fast food would be the safest idea after all.
Taking a can of cola from the top shelf, I placed it on the work surface and was just about to open it when the sound of raindrops could be heard splattering on the windows. OH NO! My laundry! Leaving my drink untouched, I rushed to the balcony to collect the dry clothes hanging on the washing line and thankfully the rain hadn't soaked them completely. Roughly ten minutes later, I returned to the kitchen with a basket of laundry and nearly fainted when I realized the can I had brought out earlier was opened. I walked over to it and picked it up, realizing that at least half of its content had been drunk. Okay Sakura, are you hallucinating again? Did you drink half of the can and didn't even notice? I scratched my head as I tried to think properly and for a minute there I feared I might have contracted short-term memory loss from my Grandmother. NO, I am absolutely POSITIVELY sure that I did not open the can nor did I even take a sip out of it! Then my gaze averted to the half open fridge door and I am also sure that I had closed it firmly shut after taking out a drink. Slowly letting it open, I gave a shocked gasp as I found my half eaten cheesecake finished and the carton still in the fridge. EWWW, how unhygienic! What dimwit didn't bin it after finishing off? Hey, that's a good question: WHO ATE THE REST OF MY CHEESECAKE? If I didn't eat it and there's nobody else in the apartment (because Syaoran is on his date) then who ate it and also drank from my can? This sounds like something from one of those cheesy detective dramas doesn't it?
Panicking, I checked that my apartment door was locked and indeed it was, so I knew for a fact that nobody had entered or broken in. Does that mean this 'someone' or even worse, this 'something' was already in the apartment when I came home? I shuddered at the thought and was going to take further action by checking the rooms when I heard a door close with a thud. Gulp, I'm beginning to feel scared and I wished Syaoran wasn't on his date. I don't want to die here alone! Thousands of horror movie scenarios skimmed through my mind as I imagined myself in their situation. ARGHHH, I've even thought of a name for my so-called horror flick, THE CHEESECAKE MURDER! After a while, there was no other sound and I began to relax. Maybe it was just the wind, I mean I did leave the balcony door open. Strangely enough, just as I thought this the sound of gushing water rang through my mind and my face paled. OH MY GOODNESS, THE SHOWER TURNED ON BY ITSELF! Whimpering, I grabbed two cushions from the couch and started to edge slowly towards the bathroom. I've just made one important decision in my life and that is to die a heroine! Cough, easier said than done…..
Passing the kitchen, I made a quick grab for the mop and used it to silently prop open the door. Sure enough, the sounds of the shower could be heard more clearly and I took one deep breath before screaming and leaping into the dangerous battlefield. "Alright, come out you ignorant little food thief thingy!" I ordered, with one hand firmly on the mop and the other hand holding the cushions as a protective shield. Right enough, I found a silhouette lurking behind the shower screen and worst of all it looked like it was NAKED. AHHHHHH! I screamed and closed my eyes tightly as the silhouette's head tilted to the edge of the shower screen and looked at me. Not surprisingly, it too screamed.
Hold on a second, that scream sounds familiar. Niki? No. Tomoyo? No, she squeaks. Jamie? Course not, he doesn't scream. Neither does Eriol. So that leaves….SYAORAN! My eyes fluttered open and indeed to my horror I came face to face with Syaoran who was smiling smugly at me. It looked like he had gotten over the shock that I had once again absentmindedly appeared to be peeking at him when he was nude.
"Hello, nice of you to join me," he teased.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded embarrassingly as I turned to look away. I couldn't bear to see anymore of his flesh and his damp hair. I don't want to be attracted to playboys again!
"What do you mean what am I doing here? I want to ask you the same thing!" he exclaimed. "Aren't you supposed to be at the restaurant waiting for me?"
"Hey, I should be asking you the exact same thing," I said. "I told you not to be late and its already 7:00pm!"
"I wanted to freshen up first!" he answered defensively. "So what's your excuse Miss Kinomoto?"
"I…..er….." I stuttered. Great, now I need to think up another extraordinary lie. I won't have any teeth left at the end of today if I keep this up. You know what the old folks say, telling lies results in the loss of teeth. "Well, I decided to freshen up too!"
"Oh good!" he grinned. "That means you can join me!"
I gasped. "You wish you sick-minded beast!"
"Alright, then I'll come out and join you," he suggested as he started to clamber out from behind the shower screen.
Of course I immediately shut my eyes and backed away, not forgetting to release piercing screams that scared the hell out of him. "EWWWW, get away you perverted man! I don't want to see you naked!" And indeed I didn't, I'd probably lose ten years of my life span if I sneaked a glance at him.
Syaoran let out a cough. "Excuse me Miss Kinomoyo, but if you would at least take a look…" he started to say.
"Hell no!" I shrieked as I tried to open the door behind me with one hand. Of course I failed.
"I'm not naked for goodness sake!" he finally said. "I've still got my boxers on!"
I still wasn't convinced and dared not to open my eyes. "Why should I believe you?" I questioned him.
"Because….." he just replied.
Slowly I opened my right eye open and indeed he wasn't naked. I breathed a sigh of relief that he had a white towel wrapped tightly around his waist. "Well, sorry to interrupt, I'll leave you to it. Oh! And don't forget to hurry we don't want to miss the dinner (Miss Meng's still waiting!)," I quickly said, trying to make a quick getaway. Well, that was not before Syaoran took one step forward and the towel loosened and it ahem…well fell onto the ground. Within a split second, there was an awkward silence when I looked at him with my eyes widened and him looking at me obviously horrified.
"Oops," he squeaked.
ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I ran out of the bathroom and closed the door firmly behind me. Holy Schmoly, I can't believe I witnessed such a horrendous event! I'm sure to lose more than ten years of my life span now! Sob! I don't even know who was more embarrassed!
Slowly, the bathroom door creaked open and Syaoran sneaked out, his face beetroot red. "Ehehehe," he laughed nervously. "Sorry about that."
I just looked at him blankly, not even knowing what to say. I was still in total, utter shock. I watched as he made his way to his room, with one hand grasping firmly onto the white towel wrapped once again around his waist. We sure didn't want a repeat of that incident again.
"Oh darn it!" he cursed as he pushed the door to his room harshly.
"What's the matter?" I asked as I edged over towards him but still keeping a slight distance between the both of us.
"I think I'm locked out of my room," he replied sheepishly.
"You must be kidding me," I said as I walked over and attempted to turn the doorknob. Damn, he's right! The door was locked! I knew I had to change it sooner or later since Niki complained about it zillion of times when she stayed here. Another reminder to myself never to buy locks from cheap places.
"So what am I going to do?" he asked as a cool breeze from the balcony caused him to shiver.
"Erm, do you have any other clothes?" I asked him.
He shook his head. "It's all in there." He pointed to his room.
I sighed. "Hold on a second, I'll try and find the spare key to the room," I said as I rushed into my own bedroom and pulled open one of my cabinet drawers. Aha! I pulled out a string of more than a dozen keys and handed them to Syaoran. "The key to your room should be there somewhere," I told him. "I hope."
"I can be here all day," he said, staring at the number of keys he had to try.
"Well, you can freeze out here for the rest of your life," I told him. "If that's what you want?"
Syaoran sighed and started to stick one of the keys into the keyhole. Nope, that wasn't the one. We had gotten through five keys when the doorbell suddenly rang. I hopped over towards the door and peeped through the spy-hole. OH MY GOD! I TOTALLY FORGOT! THE PARTY!
"Yoo hoo!" familiar voices called out from outside. "Sakura! We're here!"
I ran over to a dazed Syaoran and dragged him back to the bathroom. "For both our sake, PUH-LEASE stay in here until I say it's alright to come out, okay?" I pleaded.
Syaoran didn't know what I was up to but finally agreed. Taking a deep breath I walked back towards the door where the doorbell was ringing continuously. "Coming, coming!" I called out as I flung open the door to reveal a party of very impatient people.
"What kept you so long?" they all said as they helped themselves into my apartment.
"Uh, I was taking a shower," I lied, letting out a nervous laugh. "Just freshening up."
They all seemed to be convinced and I slouched onto the couch, relieved as I watched them setting unpacking the food, drinks and the movies they had brought. That was until Chiharu, started to head over to the bathroom.
"Hey Saku, can I use your bathroom?" she asked as she walked over.
I sat right up and shrieked for her to wait but it was too late, she had already attempted to turn the doorknob….
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