A/N: rarr... school started again! now i don't have as much time to just sit around at the computer waiting for inspiration to come... ;(
but anyways...
obviously this chapter has people chatting online and stuff, and i tried to use correct spelling and (sometimes) punctuation so that it is easier to read, but i did not capitalized stuff just because then it would feel kinda weird... to me at least ;P
Disclaimer: still no... sadly :P
EDIT: I changed it so that "sexy-chocolate-eyes" doesn't actually reveal his identity... I didn't like the idea of him lying to Sakura, that's all.
Things You Should Never Do Concerning Your Crush
10. tell some random person you met through a chat room about him.
Chatroom
cherrysaku401: hey tomoyo! :D
Sakura had finally finished all her homework, so now she was on her computer, and saw that her best friend, Tomoyo, was online… hopefully.
xxPurplePlumxx: sakuraaa! :)
Yay! She was!
cherrysaku401: so…whatcha' doin
xxPurplePlumxx: not much, just talking to some people
Sakura was confused. No one else was on… and everyone on Tomoyo's buddy list was on Sakura's as well.
cherrysaku401: who else?
xxPurplePlumxx: oh, i didn't tell you
xxPurplePlumxx: there's this other guy that i talked to in a chatroom with mei
xxPurplePlumxx: here, i'll make a chatroom
xxPurplePlumxx: i think you'll like him
cherrysaku401: mmmk
Who was this person? By the way Tomoyo said it, he sounded pretty cool. At that time, a message popped up on Sakura's screen.
"xxPurplePlumxx has invited you to join chat room 117652"
Sakura clicked "Accept" on the screen, and a chat room appeared, with Tomoyo and this other mystery guy.
xxPurplePlumxx: heyy saku
cherrysaku401: hiiiiii
sexy-chocolate-eyes: sup.
cherrysaku401: nm… umm… who are you?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: stalker.
cherrysaku401: …
Stalker? She was just asking for his name, jeez! And what kind of screename was sexy-chocolate-eyes anyways?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: jk
Ooooo…kay?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: but i'm not gonna tell you right now
sexy-chocolate-eyes: maybe later when i know you better
Um, yeah, sure.
xPurplePlumx: don't worry he's just weird like that
Sakura rolled her eyes.
cherrysaku401: umm… yeah… i can tell…
"Sakura! Dinner!" Touya's voice boomed from downstairs, making the girl let out a sigh.
cherrysaku401: anyways, i have to go eat now
cherrysaku401: bye
Sakura turned off her computer and headed downstairs.
The second day…
Sakura sighed. She was bored. No one was online to talk to… well, except that freaky person with "sexy chocolate eyes"…
She sighed again. She might as well go talk to him… maybe he'll actually give her his name today. But just as she was about to type something to him, a message came up on her screen.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: saku!
Sakura raised an eyebrow.
cherrysaku401: …and who said you could call me that?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: well, thats what your sn says… and that purple girl called you that too
True…
cherrysaku401: ok fine, whatever
cherrysaku401: so can you tell me your name now?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: nope.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: but i have to go now.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: bye saku!
cherrysaku401: bye
Sakura sighed once more.
The third day…
sexy-chocolate-eyes: SAKU!
Sakura was almost surprised at the window popping up so suddenly accompanied by the little "ding!" it made. This time, the person had managed to send her a message as soon as Sakura logged on.
cherrysaku401: PERSON WHO I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF!
sexy-chocolate-eyes: xP
cherrysaku401: sigh
cherrysaku401: you're not going to tell me, are you?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: nope :D
sexy-chocolate-eyes: but… I can tell you one thing
Sakura frowned in curiosity at what he would tell her.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: I have sexy chocolate eyes xD
Sakura turned off her computer.
The nth day… (Sakura lost count)
Sakura plopped down on her chair, and turned on her computer, and, just like always, "sexy chocolate eyes" person was on. They had actually become good friends, and Sakura really enjoyed talking to him. She still didn't know his name, but apparently Tomoyo and Meiling both trusted him, so Sakura did too.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: hey saku
cherrysaku401: hey um… sexy oO
Sakura still didn't really know what to call him.
And their conversation went on for a while, with all the "wassup"s and "lol"s and all that usual stuff.
But then…
sexy-chocolate-eyes: who do you like?
What? Where the heck did this come from?
cherrysaku401: umm… and can I ask why you want to know?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: because I said so
cherrysaku401: but why would I tell you?
cherrysaku401: for all I know you might be some creepy guy who lives on the other side of the world!
sexy-chocolate-eyes: but if I was some creepy guy who lives on the other side of the world, why would it matter if I knew or not?
Hmm… true… It probably wouldn't hurt to tell him, would it?
cherrysaku401: ok, fine…
cherrysaku401: it's this guy called Syaoran that goes to my school, ok?
No reply came for a while. Sakura hoped she didn't make the wrong descision.
cherrysaku401: um… are you there?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: oh, yeah, I am, sorry.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: I was just thinking that I maybe could tell you my name now.
Sakura unconsciously leaned closer to her computer screen.
cherrysaku401: so will you?
sexy-chocolate-eyes: yes
Sakura didn't know why she felt so nervous. But she did.
sexy-chocolate-eyes: my name...
And then, suddenly, everything clicked.
Sexy.
Chocolate.
Eyes.
And that could only mean one person...
Syaoran.
Li.
And with that, Sakura freaked and disconnected her internet.
The (n+1)th day…
Sakura felt super-uneasy at school today. The whole thing from yesterday never left her mind.
Sexy-chocolate-eyes... Why had I never seen it before?
Sakura buried her head in her hands, mentally screaming at herself. How could she have been so stupid? Now he that knew her secret, her life would undoubtedly be utter hell.
Her mind was still lost in these thoughts as she sat in class, failing to notice a folded piece of paper that had landed on her desk. Tomoyo had to poke her and point to it before Sakura finally came back into reality and realized what was going on.
She carefully opened the paper, making sure in the corner of her eye that the teacher wasn't watching. Spreading it out, Sakura saw that the handwriting in it was unmistakably Li Syaoran's.
Her mind spun with fear and a suffocating feeling developed in her chest.
Meet me at the big sakura tree after school – Sy.
Not good. Definitely not good.
After school…
Sakura stood (more like standing while fidgeting a whole bunch) next to the giant sakura tree in the Tomoeda Park just like she was instructed to. The feeling in her chest hadn't exactly disappeared, but instead grew larger each passing second.
"Hey," a voice she could've recognized anywhere called out to her.
Sakura turned her head as slowly as possible, not wanting to meet her fate just yet. "Hey…" Her voice sounded pathetic and feeble compared to his.
"I… uh…" Syaoran stammered, but Sakura cut him off.
"… you tricked me didn't you?" Sakura whispered. Syaoran opened his mouth to respond, but she kept going. "You planned this from the very beginning, didn't you? To gain my trust, to make me think that you were some guy out there that really cared… only to let me realized that I've been tricked, and so that you could laugh at me or something?" Sakura felt a tear slide down her check; her voice had started to waver, and she didn't trust herself to say anything more.
"No, it's not like that!" Sakura only responded with a weak laugh. "Sakura Kinomoto, listen to me!" Syaoran realized he had almost shouted at her, and lowered his voice a bit.
"Listen – I didn't know about any of this until today, okay?" He ran his hand through his auburn hair in frustration. "Meiling and Tomoyo set this up… and Eriol agreed to play along with all this! Eriol was the one pretending to be this "sexy-chocolate-eyes' person, and he only told me about this today!"
Sakura stifled a laugh behind her tears. Yeah, as if she would believe that... would she?
"Look, I'm sorry that they caused this whole trouble for you and all…"
"Did he tell you?" Sakura managed to say in a relatively controlled voice.
"…Yeah."
Sakura didn't need to know anything more. She bit her bottom lips to keep from saying things that she knew she'd regret later, and turned around and ran.
"Wait, no, Sakura!" Syaoran caught up to her and seized her arm, forcing her to a stop. "Wait!"
"I… no…" Sakura freed herself from his grasp, only to have him grab her again. She turned around to face him with cold, unwelcoming eyes. "What… do you want?"
"Sakura… I… I just…" But instead of finishing his sentence, Syaoran put his other arm around her waist and pulled her in for a kiss. It was sweet and soft… and it tasted like tears.
When they broke away, Sakura was, to say the least, very stunned. But when she looked up into Syaoran eyes, Sakura knew that everything would be alright…
She'd just have to remember to thank Eriol later.
A/N: hah... I totally did not plan this ending when I first started typing this...
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