Chapter 9 - The Notes
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'Note: Sakura hates when I tickle her, especially in her tummy!' and below, written in sloppy characters were Hime's reply:
'Note number 2: When Syaoran starts getting too romantic stay away from him, or you'll suffer.'
As we both read it, we blushed and laughed at the same time.
Sakura's P.O.V
"Ne, ne, Syaoran-kun, what is that note?" I questioned, curious.
"These notes are part of the memories. As I remembered you some of these events, you decided to comment about it, like saying 'that's cheesy!' or 'that didn't happened!', and I would write it on the back of the book." he explained to me.
"I see. How did that happened?"
"It was funny writing the notes, because we would always end up laughing, like that time…"
(Flashback)
3rd October, 2007
"I can't believe we did that!" Sakura squealed. Syaoran laughed.
"Hai, we did. And that day, at the water park, I found out how sexy you look in a bikini." she blushed. "And that you have tickles in your tummy!" he finished, and launched at her, tickling her sides. The room was filled with laughter from the couple. Syaoran stopped tickling her and kissed her. Sakura immediately stopped laughing and kissed back.
"Wo ai ni (1), Sakura." he said, after the kiss.
"Aishiteru (1), Syaoran." she answered, and they kissed one more time.
(End Flashback)
I smiled at him.
"You must miss those moments, right?" I asked quietly, still smiling at him. Surprisingly, he shrugged.
"I'm not sure." he sighed. "On one hand, I missed sharing those moments, yes, but on the other hand, I have you here with me, right?" he looked at me, a sad smile on his lips, before turning his attention to the book.
"Syaoran-kun, did you use to call me Princess all the time? Now you call me Hime, but it's the same thing, so I just wanted to know if-"I started rambling, but was cut off by Syaoran's response
"No, I didn't." he turned the book page. "Now, to the last page!" he smiled and I blushed.
I knew I made the right choice when I asked him to read the notebook with me. I got to know a lot more about him, and I realized how sweet he was to me. Even though I'm falling for memories, I still think that he's the same Syaoran he talks about in them. I carefully read the last set of stickers, before one of them caught my attention, and made me laugh.
'Note: Syaoran loves chocolate ice cream more than me!'
'Note 2: Sakura looks even sexier with strawberry ice cream in her face! And no, I still love her more than chocolate.'
It was referring to one of the last memories in the book, and they - we - were already making the little notes, so I suspected that we made this one the same day we made the memory.
"Syaoran-kun, tell me more about this one!" I asked. I was now treating Syaoran like a close friend, even though I (possibly) felt something more than friendship. Not that he would care. He would probably love it, since he still loves me.
I think.
"Alright, alright." he said, pulling me away from my thoughts.
(Flashback)
9th October, 2007
"Syaoran, I swear you love chocolate more than me!" Sakura said as she eyed Syaoran's three-ball chocolate ice cream, with chocolate sprinkles and hot fudge. Then she looked at her strawberry cone and finally at Syaoran.
"Syao, don't blame me if you get tummy aches!"
"Hey! I'm a gang leader, I need my ice cream!" he whined.
"Oh yeah, sometimes I forget you are the leader of one of the most deadly gangs in Asia. Silly me!" Before she could say anything else, Syaoran kissed her, and she kissed back innocently. When he pulled back, she noticed something cold in her cheek, and gasped when she felt ice cream in her cheek!
"SYAORAN! Give me a tissue!" she yelled. Syaoran winced, but came closer to her.
"Why is that? You look sexier like that." she blushed bit red.
"S-Stop messing w-with me!" she stuttered. Syaoran came even closer and licked the ice cream off her face.
"There, see?" he said, as he wiped her cheek.
"I love you, Syaoran." she said, as she grabbed a notebook from her purse, opened on the last page and wrote something. Then she handed it to Syaoran. He laughed, and said.
"I love you too,-"
(End Flashback)
Syaoran mumbled something I couldn't comprehend.
"What?" I said, getting closer and trying to hear him.
"Nothing." he whispered. Then he turned to me, and I realized how close we were.
"Syaoran," I whispered. "Do you still love me?" I saw him stiffen a bit.
"Yes." he breathed. "Do you?" he whispered back.
"I-" I was cut off by Syaoran kissing me. Wait. Syaoran kissing me. He pulled off before he disappeared. I fell to the bed, sighing.
The guy must have beaten a record or something, because I was falling in love with him in two days.
Only that they weren't just two days.
They were a year of memories. And worse than that.
After that day, the bastard disappeared on me for two weeks.
A/N: Hi guys! I know, cheesy chapter. I wanted to make this chapter bigger, but I think that an average of two pages and a half is good enough, so I'm keeping the rest of the surprise for the next chapter!
(1) - Both 'Wo ai ni' and 'Aishiteru' mean I love you.
Please tell me what you think by reviewing!
Yours truly,
StereoTimeBomb