Did I mention I hate him?

Chapter 10

Summary: He is my big brother's best friend. He's hot. Everybody just loves him. He's like 3 years older than me. He's always in our house since my parents and my brother practically treats him like family. He's also my greatest enemy. Not that I have many… actually he is my only enemy. Gosh, everything sounds cliché-ish.

Disclaimer; I always forget to put this one up. Maybe the reason is that ya'll probably know already that I do not own CCS, that it isn't necessary.

Author's Notes: Cheers for WiND G0dd3ss xD, for a job well done in editing this! :D

SOME CHARACTER'S WILL BE OOC! AND MIGHT BE CLICHÉ-ISH. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

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Syaoran's POV:

I just want to brag. Seriously, I do. I just want to scream, "Hello world! Yes, it is true – I kissed Sakura in the rain!"

Then there would be this group of people in front of me and the guys would pump their fists into the air and say, "He did it!"

And the girls would squeal, "In the rain? That is so romantic!"

I would be showered with glory and pride, and fireworks would suddenly light the sky. Then, to end the night, Sakura would come towards me with the most beautiful smile and shyly whisper the words I've been waiting for her to say…

"Syaoran, I really li –"

"Yo, Syaoran! Stop daydreaming! We have to go!"

I am seriously going to kill Touya for snapping me out of my reverie. I glared at him. "Dude. What are you so excited about anyways? You're only going to stay there for two weeks anyway."

He grinned at me, "This is New York were talking about, Syaoran. Can't you be a little more excited for me?"

I rolled my eyes, brushing him off by flicking my hand. He won this trip to go to New York last week. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for him, really I am, but the dude just won't shut up about it!

"I was, for the first 50 time you mentioned it, now it's just annoying every time you mention 'New York'."

He was still grinning like an idiot. It is a mystery how he became my best friend. The guy is a lunatic.

"Anyway, how did your family react about this?" I asked him. What I really meant was, "How did Sakura react about this?"

It is pretty obvious that Sakura and her brother are pretty close, even though the guy is annoying as fuck; and having a Touya-less life for two weeks is pretty depressing, if not slightly relieving.

He looked thoughtful for a moment as he hauled up his suitcase into the back of his car. I would've helped, but that requires effort; and I'm too damn lazy to exert any energy.

"They took it pretty well, mom and dad were obviously excited for me."

"What about Sakura?" I blurted before I could even register that my mouth already formed those words.

Touya froze and turned his head to where I was standing. His eyes narrowed, looking at me suspiciously. I gulped slightly, shifting my feet uncomfortably.

I knew I said the wrong thing. I know Touya, he doesn't appreciate guys liking his younger sister. He may not have been suspicious of me before, since I was always mean to Sakura, but I don't think he is thinking that way now.

I never told him that I like Sakura. Not only because that it would be disturbing for him to know, but it also makes me seem like a pedophile –which I certainly am not. That's just nasty, man.

He shook his head, returning to what he was doing earlier. His expression was unreadable. "She… uh, was surprised. I guess." He finally said, slamming the back door shut. I cringed a little at the loud slam of the impact.

He tapped his finger on his car, deep in thought. He was frowning, does he know? Did he figure it out?

"Syaoran," he faced me. "I'm going to leave her for two weeks. Do you think you can look after her for me?"

I blinked at him blankly. To say that I was surprised would be an understatement. I expected him to put the pieces together, be suspicious and yell at me… not this.

"Uh… sure?" I was uncertain of what to say. He, even after seeing my bewildered look, grinned at me and patted my shoulder.

"I mean it. That means: no parties, no boys, and no going out after six," he listed, more like warned. The superiority of his tone only made me nod.

After that, we shared our goodbyes. He didn't want me to go with him to the airport, even though I insisted, because he said that I need to look after his sister immediately. And so, he got in his car and sped off.

As I was walking to the Kinomoto household, I couldn't help but think how Touya was so oblivious to all of this. Now that I think about it, when Sakura appears there's always something that makes him leave. Thus, leaving me and Sakura alone. In fact, the day she and I kissed – yes, I'm emphasizing the word completely – we arrived at her house damp from the rain, but Touya merely waved us off.

I mean, once Sakura was with some guy, and Touya was sporting this look of outrage and anger – the very same expression I'm trying to evade, so it was really weird how easily he let us go.

Does that mean that he trusts me so much that he assumes that whatever "bond" Sakura and I share is nothing but a good-natured sister-brother kind of thing? Or does he know everything and was only trying to hide it because he doesn't want to talk about it just yet?

I think the latter makes more sense.

Shaking the thoughts out of my head, I saw the familiar auburn-haired girl. I grinned, my mood already lifted.

"Hey Saku –" My greeting was cut short when I realized something.

She was with a guy. My mood drastically changes and turns sour.

I tried to make myself look nonchalant when she turned to face me. Her eyes widen a bit and were sending me some sort of signals. I'm assuming that she was slightly surprised to see me. Or is she silently telling me to leave?

Whatever the case, I'm staying.

Smiling at her innocently, I continued walking toward her. She must've realized that I wasn't going to leave.

"Why are you here? I thought you were going to see Touya off?" she asked.

"He told me that he doesn't need me," I told her, shrugging. It was the truth well, part of it. What she doesn't know is that I'm going to be her little babysitter while her brother is away.

She rolled her eyes, shaking her head.

Just as she did that, I took a careful look at the guy next to her. He has red hair. My brown beast of locks could never lose to that. He wore geeky glasses; as if that could compare to my alluring amber eyes. To top it all off, he has a frail, thin, non-muscular body.

Need I say more?

Even though I was mentally comparing us, I couldn't help but feel a small squeeze in my chest at how Sakura smiles at him. She never smiles at me like that!

Does that mean she likes the whole nerdy getup?

Interesting…

"So, who's he?" I asked her, masking my true feelings. Thankfully, not a hint of jealousy was apparent.

Sakura didn't answer me until she gestured us inside her house. Once she did, and we are already inside, she said, "He's Steven."

Steven?! What kind of name is that?

All right. Now I have a name for my future dog.

The guy gave me a meek smile. I noticed how he was slightly hiding behind Sakura's back. He was probably intimidated by me.

Good.

I grinned maliciously, for him and only him to see. I've done this to Sakura multiple times, so I'm used to it. He shrank behind her some more.

"What's wrong, Steven?" Sakura asked worriedly.

He gulped, looking torn from me to her. I raised a brow, daring him to tattle. He gulped again. "N-no no. Nothing at all," he stuttered helplessly.

I'm such a sadist. I'm grinning from ear to ear right now.

That is, of course, until Sakura looked even more concerned. She never looked at me with that kind of sympathy! That's too unfair. Now I realized, that even though this kid is lanky in every possible way, is possibly an outcast, and extremely nerdy…

I may have some actual competition here.

"So why is Steven," I couldn't help but say his name with distaste. "Here?"

Steven – there I go again – didn't noticed my tone but judging by how Sakura's eye twitched, I'm guessing she did.

"Steven –" Ugh. Just the way she said his name pisses me off. " –is my science partner. Any problems with that?" She forced out, smiling politely.

Ohh now I understand. She doesn't want to look bad in front of him. Her smiling politely? That's not Sakura! That's her trying-to-impress-persona!

I forced up my own smile. "Well I hope you two kids, have fun."

"We will."

Giving her a stiff nod, I turned to leave. Well not really, I just went to their kitchen. I opened their fridge and saw a can of soda. I greedily took it. I know not any of them (well, except Sakura) would mind since I do this all the time.

I heard laughter, just as I was closing the fridge's door. I surreptitiously peeked at the two of them in the living room as they laughed and giggled. My hand clenched on the drink and the liquid squeezed out because of the pressure.

"Oh shit," I hissed under my breath, quickly grabbing one of the kitchen cloths before wiping the mess I made.

Stupid Sakura. Stupid Steven. They were talking about school for pete's sake! What could be humorous about science?!

Then again, maybe they're not talking about their project at all. The thought made my blood boil.

And I took another peek at them. Now, they were just staring at each other, smiling shyly. Are they having a moment?!

Another pang reached my chest. My nose flared, and I didn't even realize my entire drink had spilled from its can and was making its way from my arm to the floor.

I was just thinking one thing: There is no way am I losing to that kid.

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...Did anyone noticed how I mistakenly wrote "chapter 5" in the last chapter?

You didn't?

Well, never mind then.

...Did anyone noticed how I changed my pen name?

You did?

Well, at least you achieved something today.