Disclaimer: I do not own CCS…
Author's note:
By the way…I changed a part in chapter 9…small change really but it's for the good of the story…
So the part I'm talking about is when Syaoran told his family the name of his friend.
Instead of his answer…
"Sakura…Kinomoto Sakura." I've changed it to….
"Sakura…her name is Sakura." That's all.
I would just have to say with regards to the reviews I got…(Thank you so much!)
Touya will be Touya, always an overprotective brother and Syaoran-hating (maybe jealous is more appropriate ) as Syaoran will be Syaoran, always blown-away by Sakura and bullied by his family. (XD Ok…so maybe not really bullied!)
Chapter 10: Ah, the memories
"Ohayou Tomoyo!" Sakura happily greeted her friend after seating down.
"Ohayou Sakura!" Tomoyo answered just as cheerfully. "I'm sorry that I wasn't able to talk or even chat with you yesterday. Mother decided to prolong her stay by just one day so I just couldn't let the chance pass."
"You don't have to explain at all. I absolutely understand." Sakura said with an even bigger smile.
"Thanks. By the way, your brother called me that day, saying that you weren't still home and asking if I was sure that my friend didn't make it." She said in a matter-of-factly tone.
"Yeah? What did you tell him?" Sakura asked quietly as the teacher entered their room already.
Tomoyo took out her notebook first before answering, "I just told him that I was a hundred percent sure that my friend wouldn't be there and that maybe you just met someone you knew there."
Sakura nodded, signaling that she had heard her.
Tomoyo whispered again for the last time as she was into listening to the teacher, "You better tell me what kept you because I happen to know that Chiharu, Naoko and Rika were someplace else that time and I chose not to tell your brother."
She just nodded again in response as she wrote at a scrap paper that she passed to Tomoyo the words, 'Really? Then it looks like I'm the one who owes you a thank you, although I accidentally told onii-chan some details that he wasn't supposed to know. Still, I'm glad to say, that he actually acted friendly, and didn't really cared that much. Anyway, I'll tell you the things you want to know later, okay? I promise. '
Tomoyo agreed as she chose to just wait for their break time.
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"Li….Li Syaoran!"
"S-sensei…?" a flustered teen answered, quickly standing up.
"I asked you to read the next part." the teacher simply said with a stern look.
"S-sorry, sensei." Syaoran apologized. He began turning the page of his book to look for the said part that he was supposed to read.
It took him such a long time before he found the part. The teacher sighed and started to sermon the whole class, "The tests are coming soon, now is not the time on contemplating on such things that are not at all related to your subjects. Especially you, Li, you must keep your grades as it is if you want to keep playing, that was the deal you made with your mother in this school, though I must say, you have high grades."
"But I wasn't thinking about anything like that," Syaoran couldn't help but defend himself. "I wasn't paying attention because my classmates kept winking at me!"
"And why were you winking at Li?" he asked in no one in particular, as everyone except for Syaoran started to laugh.
"Sir," Eriol began to speak in a dignified manner, "We were simply reminding Syaoran of his friendly behavior towards a girl in school."
"Oh, really?" the teacher asked seemingly interested. "I see our ace soccer player has finally picked a girl from the hundreds of women trying to catch his attention. And who might this lucky girl be?"
"Kinomoto Sakura, sir!" the class shouted in unison, all of them laughing, making Syaoran's whole face turn beetroot red.
"Ah, yes, Kinomoto, not a bad choice at all." The teacher commented amusedly. "Still, and this is for everyone, you must not let your romantic fantasies or whatever be a hindrance to your studies. Understood?"
"Yes, sensei." Everyone answered politely.
"Okay class, that would be all for the day." the teacher said as the bell rang for their break. "And, give Li some space to court Kinomoto." was their teacher's final remark before leaving their class which earned half-yell half-laughs from Syaoran's classmates.
"This is just dumb." Syaoran said to himself slamming a hand to his forehead while trying his best to finally be rid of the blush that was still very clearly present on his face. What has he gotten himself into? But, there was one thing to rejoice about, at least only Eriol knew about his secret meeting with Sakura. Well, he didn't know that Tomoyo would learn about the information soon.
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"What?!"
"Now, now Tomoyo, calm down. I'm sorry for the noise everyone but there's nothing important here so just let's just go about our lives shall we? Ahehe…" Sakura quickly stopped her friend's outburst by putting her hand on her mouth. She exhaled a big breath.
"Goodness Tomoyo! Will you control yourself? I'm not telling you this so that you can shout it out to the whole world!"
Tomoyo giggled lightly, "I'm so sorry Sakura, but I didn't think that you'd hook up with Li-san that easily."
"Hook up?! HOOK UP?!" Sakura snapped suddenly at her friend. "We didn't hook up!" she said with emphasis on the last two words. "For crying out loud, we just had…I dunno…coffee together?"
"Fine, you didn't hook up. Don't get so pent up easily Sakura." Tomoyo answered calmly. "Still, whatever you say, I can clearly see where this will lead to." Tomoyo suddenly rummaged through her school bag and pulled out her video camera. "But whatever happens…I'll be sure to capture it!" she continued to speak, her eyes blindingly sparking as if little stars were put in them.
"Look, Tomoyo," Sakura started in a calm tone, "I really don't think it would end up as you think, Syaoran and I are just friends, and we will remain to be."
"Sure, friends." She finished drinking her juice first before shrewdly remarking, "So, he's Syaoran for you now, huh?"
Sakura's cheeks turned to pink lightly as she answered, "Well, that's what he told me to call him."
Her slight blush didn't go unnoticed as Tomoyo now carried her evil grin, "And how does he address you?"
"By my name," Sakura chose to answer simply, her face turning a deeper shade of pink that was now almost red.
"By your name…meaning?" she continued to ask but Sakura returned a confused look so she added, "What part of your name exactly?"
Sakura choked on her drink. "Oh, that…well, my first name…Sakura."
"Oh hohohohoho," Tomoyo laughed accordingly. "Yes, friends…whatever you shall say Sakura," she added mockingly.
The rest of the day was quite quiet and peaceful except for the occasional light teasing and mocking from almost everyone directed to both Sakura and Syaoran. Neither could do anything about it than blush and appear irritated. But of course, deep inside the both of them, were smirks, grins, smiles and laughter. Both of them refreshed with the small thoughts and idea for the other.
The week went fast like a blur without Sakura and Syaoran having another intimate moment with each other. They sent messages to each other's phone regularly, but Syaoran was now terribly missing Sakura's light voice as Sakura too was now dreadfully longing for Syaoran's deep warm tone.
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"Hmmm…Sakura," a woman with black long hair and fair skin sitting on a velvet chair comfortably said while deep in thought, "She has the same name as my friend's daughter. She who was supposed to be Syaoran's blind date the day he arrived home wet."
She shifted a little in her seat as she heard the sound of footsteps coming, "Mei Ling, what is it?"
"Oh, nothing Auntie. Sorry to bother you, I was just getting a glass of water." her niece gently answered.
Yelan just smiled then said in a motherly tone, "Rest after drinking so that you'll be fine soon."
"Yes, Auntie," Mei Ling replied obediently.
As her niece began to disappear upstairs, Yelan was in deep thought again. "Perhaps I should invite young Sakura here to see if she's the same Sakura that Xiao Lang is talking about."
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"Master Syaoran and Master Eriol," sounded the voice of the Li's trusted butler, Wei.
"What is it, Wei?" Syaoran answered, opening the door to his room where he and Eriol were currently playing with the computer.
"Your Mother has asked for you two to get dressed as you will be eating out for dinner today."
"Did Auntie tell you why?" came Eriol's voice as he turned the computer off.
"I'm sorry Master Eriol, but Madame Yelan has not told me the reason." He answered politely.
"Thank you, Wei. You may go now." Syaoran then turned to his cousin, "What do you think this is all about?"
"I don't know, I think it is better we ask."
The two young men began to look for the woman in question.
"What are you two doing? Why aren't you still dressed? Did Wei not inform you?" Yelan asked as she saw the two teens not yet fixed for going out.
"Don't worry Mother, Wei has informed us." Syaoran answered. "We came here first to ask why it is that we'll be going out?"
"Yes, well I've invited a certain friend to dinner and he is bringing along his son and daughter and a niece," was Yelan's plain reply.
Syaoran thought otherwise about his mother's agenda so quickly looked for a loop-hole and asked, "What about Mei Ling?"
"She will have to stay here to get better sooner so she is not coming. Now hurry up and get dressed or we'll be late. You don't have to worry about your cousin as the maids will surely take care of her." Yelan said.
"Uhm…Auntie, I don't think I'm in the mood to go out right now, I'll just stay here with Mei Ling and keep her company," Eriol spoke out.
"Yes, Mother, I too am not in the mood to go out right now. We'll just stay here and take care of Mei Ling." Syaoran said agreeing with Eriol.
Yelan evaluated the two of them for a minute, she knew they really weren't into keeping Mei Ling company, they just really didn't want to go. She sighed inwardly; perhaps it would be a good idea to let them be, maybe Mei Ling would feel better if she was with the two of them. "Fine, you two could stay here, but if I find out that two of you haven't done what you said you'd be doing…well, you should be ready for the consequences. Do we understand each other?"
"Yes," Syaoran and Eriol answered in unison.
The two of them started to walk in the direction of Syaoran's bedroom. When they were sure that they were out of earshot, Syaoran said, "It was just another of Mother's reasons to introduce us to girls." Eriol just nodded silently.
The two were walking quietly when Syaoran finally broke the silence, "Remember the last time we went out to dinner with another one of Mother's friends?"
Eriol snorted, "Yeah, and there were like five girls who each had fake eyelashes."
Syaoran snickered, "They almost looked like clowns to me! They keep batting their eyes hopefully and one of them, the one seated next to you, purposely dropped a droplet of soup on her dress."
"Yeah, I remember that one. She thought I'd wipe away the stain," Eriol said evilly.
"Haha, as if you would…well you just ignored pretending you didn't saw what happen when it was very clear that you noticed it!" Syaoran was now roaring with laughter.
"Well, at least she got her attention off me!" Eriol answered happily. "And turned to you!"
"It was very sickening, I wanted to throw up!" came Syaoran's answer.
The two were now clutching each other's stomach at the story of their past experiences when going out with the Li clan head's friends.
"Ah, the memories…" they both said contently after finally regaining control of themselves.
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End of Chapter 10…
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By the way, about the umbrella issue…I'll try to put some more hints for Sakura, but I do have something else in mind for it…so just wait and see….
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