The Bet: Deflowering of the Flower

Chapter: 10

By: Saori

Current Date: January 20th, Day 7

Days Left: 25

Sakura woke up a few hours later, and looked groggily around her. She was tucked into the green silk sheets of a king-size bed, which was in a room with green painted walls, which had had a wooden dresser and nightstand. Where am I? Sakura asked herself as she looked around. Wasn't I at a party with Tomoyo?

Sakura tried to get up, but notice that her muscles were incredibly sore, and very hard to move. And before she knew what was happening, she was crying. Hard.

Syaoran, who was sitting on the couch, thinking, heard the whimpers coming from his room, and rushed in, thinking something was wrong. "Sakura, are you okay?"

"Sy...Syaoran?" Sakura asked, her teary eyes looking into his. He sat down on the edge of the bed, and looked at her. "What am I doing at your house? Where is Tomoyo?"

"Tomoyo brought you here because you weren't feeling well," Syaoran said, not wanting to get into full detail until he felt Sakura was ready for it. It was only 2:00 in the morning, only three hours since the incident. "I'll tell you the whole story when you're feeling better. Now, is there anything I can do? You need your sleep, though."

"I can't move..." Sakura trembled, tears filling her eyes.

"It's expected; everything will feel normal after you sleep some more, I promise." Syaoran comforted. Sakura still looked like she was an abandoned puppy, and you could read the fright written on her face. "I promise..."

Syaoran repeated as he pulled the blanket enough for him to crawl in. Sakura stiffened, but couldn't move her muscles, so she was helpless. "What are you-?"

"I promise I won't try anything; I won't do anything. But this is my bed, and I'm lending you it, so please be generous and just give me half." Syaoran replied yawning. He wrapped an arm around her slender shoulder, and she settled her head on to his chest.

Sakura's breathing had become even, and Syaoran realized she had fallen asleep. He looked down at her innocent face, seeing all the fine details. How her eyelashes laid on her pink cheeks, how slight curls of golden auburn hair fell gently around her head, almost as if a halo. Syaoran shut his eyes, but still saw her face in his mind's eye. I was so worried...

.x.X.x. 2:00 p.m. .x.X.x.

Sakura awakened to find herself alone. She looked around his room, worried, until a soft knock was on the door. "Come in," Her dry voice cracked.

"You want to talk about it now?" Syaoran asked, appearing in the doorway with a plate with a sandwich. "You want something to eat?"

"Um, not right now, I just need some water." Sakura said, rubbing her head. Syaoran nodded towards the nightstand, where there was a glass of water already. Sakura gulped it down, as if she hadn't had water in a week, and looked embarrassed as she saw Syaoran still looking at her. "I'm ready now."

She swung her feet to the edge of the bed, and stood up slowly, glad to have the feeling back in her muscles. She stretched, bringing her arms above her head, and felt a breeze against her stomach; she looked down and realized she was in pajamas. Wasn't I wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt before...? She immediately blushed and glared at Syaoran accusingly. "Y-you... You changed my clothes?!"

"Huh? What... No! No, I swear. Tomoyo came here around 11, and changed them herself." Syaoran said, holding his hands up in innocence.

"Oh, okay," Sakura sighed in relief, then followed Syaoran into his living room. They took a seat on one of the green sofas, and Syaoran seemed to be deep in thought, with his brows furrowed. Sakura decided to start. "All... All I remember is Tomoyo and I were dancing. And then, I decided to get a drink because I was thirsty, so I went to the room where the drink stand was. There... There was this guy on the bed, and he came over and got himself a drink. And he distracted me, and then I drank some of my coke, and I was really tired. That's... That's all I remember."

"He tried to rape you!" Syaoran suddenly burst out, the rage inside of him, building to an extreme.

"W-what?" Sakura started crying, with this new piece of information.

"You went into that stupid room, alone, might I add, and then got a drink but weren't smart enough to watch your drink the entire time!" Syaoran yelled. He was not really mad at Sakura, just aggravated with her.

"I-I... How was I supposed to know he was going to put something in my drink?! I only looked away for a second; I didn't think anything would happen!" Sakura yelled back, in her defense.

"Well, obviously a second was long enough!" Syaoran said glaring coldly at her. "Didn't think anything would happen? You must be stupid; you were in a college party, what else do you think our on guy's mind?!"

"I'm not stupid!" Was all Sakura could say. She was trying desperately not to cry, but the tears kept coming.

"Don't be such a crybaby, Kinomoto." Syaoran said, colder than she had ever heard him speak to her. Not only was she embarrassed and mad, but now she felt ashamed. Ashamed for letting Syaoran get so close. How could she think he had a kind side? It was all an act to get into her pants.

"Take me home now." She said, as coldly as her voice would go. She stood up, and opened his front door. "Right now." Sakura said again, making her point. Syaoran stood up, and passed her without a word. They climbed into their seats, buckling their seatbelts, and Syaoran started the car.

Sakura glanced at him, through the corner of her eye, and saw that a glare and frown were on his face. His knuckles were white from clenching the steering wheel, and his jaw line was stiff, meaning that he was also clenching his jaw.

Sakura crossed her arms, feeling the cold of their distance, and then mentally kicked herself. She let out a small sigh of relief, when she saw her red and white brick house in view.

"Go straight in, and get some more sleep. Get a good dinner, so you don't feel empty. If you need a ride tomorrow to school, if it's back on, call me; don't walk. You can even call Tomoyo if you want, just don't put to much strain on your muscles by walking, and driving yourself isn't safe either." Syaoran said, stiffly, still not looking at her.

"Yes, Dad." Sakura grumbled sarcastically, reaching for the door handle.

In a move so fast, she didn't see it; Syaoran was across the seat, his arm around her back, holding her against him, hard. As Sakura gasped in surprise, he slanted his mouth across her's and kissed her with a hunger and urgency that rocked her to the core. Yes, yes, yes. Just as suddenly he pulled back, leaving Sakura wide-eyed and breathing fast, and awash in a desire so strong, she didn't know what to do with it.

"I'm not your Dad." Syaoran said, looking at Sakura intensely, then turned back to the front, and returned his hands to the steering wheel.

She shakily opened the door, and climbed out. Her lips feeling swollen and aching, begging for more. Stupid bastard...

Author's Note- This chapter is short, I know. But it is a Sunday (for them) and they have to have at least one normal day. ... If you would call it normal. Anyways, Since it's been ten chapters, I've decided to thank every reviewer by putting their name down. Thanks!

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--Notice—A couple people told me that scene in the last chapter was from One Tree Hill. My friend described that episode to me, and I thought since I had never seen it, it wouldn't be that close to the episode. But, I guess it was, sorry. So I'll put a disclaimer:

I based the almost rape scene, from a One Tree Hill episode. I do not own One Tree Hill.

Lildaedweamer- EW! Pizza in ur drink? Lol. I've had worse. One time I was sitting at a lunch table with my friends, and they paid me seven bucks to drink this; fruit juice with gravy, mashed potatoes, ketchup, chocolate milk, and a cheeto. YUK! It ruined my appetite for about a week. But I bought a CD with the seven dollars, so... LOL.

SweetStrawberries- I can't believe you reviewed all the chapters at once! That was really sweet! Thanks!

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