Umm...how should I put this...I been realli..out of my mind recently.. And a friend of mine just passed away recently. Ern...what else? I been going kinda insane lately too! So yea..but here's the newest chapter! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANYTHING!
Title:My Room Mate
Summary:Living with Syaoran Li as her new roommate was not the best thing. 1, He sleepwalk in the middle of the night, 2, He's messy, and 3, He's a playboy. How will Sakura cope with her new roommate? Pairing: SS
Chapter 10 : DOOMED!
NOOOOOOOOOOOO! I shrieked hysterically as I sprang up, clambered over the couch before tripping up and falling flat-faced onto the ground. However, I wasn't quick enough to stop Chiharu from swinging the bathroom door open and quickly scooting inside. SHOOT! Syaoran and I are going to be so busted! I had no other choice but to squeeze my eyes shut and wait patiently for her to scream: OH MY GOD IT'S SYAORAN IN THE NUDE!
Meanwhile inside the bathroom, Chiharu pulled out her compact foundation and started to re-apply some to her face. Syaoran, one hand clutching the wrapped towel, had snooped behind the shower screen and drawn the shower curtain as well so that Chiharu or anyone in fact couldn't see him. Feeling the drought from the open window, he shuddered and accidentally knocked over the soap and it slid down to the base of the bathtub with a thud.
"Who's there?" Chiharu asked as she heard the noise. She glanced suspiciously at the shower curtain and silently walked over. Syaoran prayed with all his heart as he heard Chiharu approaching closer and closer until he could catch a glimpse of her feet. "I'm going to be so dead," he breathed.
Just as Chiharu was about to make a grab for the shower curtain, thunderous banging on the door, followed by my screeching voice interrupted her. "Chi, are you done yet? I need to pee really bad!" I whined, sounding like a total kid. I hopped around loudly outside to prove my point.
"Coming!" she replied as she turned away from the shower curtain and unlocked the bathroom door.
"Thank you, thank you!" I exclaimed as I brushed past her and quickly shut the door. I let out a huge sigh of relief and then looked around the room for Syaoran. My gaze landed on the drawn shower curtain and with one tug, I pulled it back to reveal a very embarrassed Syaoran.
"That was close," he breathed in relief as he clambered slowly out of the bathtub.
"Tell me about it," I said, "I nearly fainted with horror when she decided to use the bathroom! I mean if Chiharu finds out then we'd be so doomed!" And I wasn't joking about that since Chiharu is the Queen of Gossip in our department and no gossip can escape through her clutches.
"So what are we going to do now?" Syaoran asked as he hopped around trying to keep warm. Upon seeing this, I reached over to the window and closed it.
"I don't know," I said, pacing back and forth. "Aha! Maybe we can sneak you into my bedroom!" I slowly opened the bathroom door and glanced around for the others. I waved for Syaoran to come over and then without anyone noticing, I hurried him into my bedroom and locked the door.
"Alright, you stay here and DON'T touch anything, you hear!" I warned him.
Syaoran nodded as he plopped onto my bed and wrapped my bedcovers over his bare shoulders. I made a face as I thought of how I was going to have to sleep tonight with his scent smothered all over my bed-sheets. YUCK!
"Hey, what do I do if I need to call for you?" he suddenly asked as I made my way out of the room.
"Hmm, good question," I said, thinking for a second. "Make a noise or whatever, I don't know. As long as it's not something stupid!" I told him and then headed back into the lounge, where all my colleagues were singing tunelessly to the karaoke songs.
"Hey Saku!" they called out as they pulled me down onto the couch. "Where'd you go? It's your turn to sing!" They forced the microphone into my hand and I chose a nice slow song to show off my extravagant voice. HAHA!
"Hey, imagine what would happen if we invited Miss Meng," Theresa suddenly suggested and that's when it struck me. Syaoran's date with Miss Meng! DAMN! We totally forgot about it or I forgot rather. After finishing the song, I handed the microphone to Alex and Stephanie who were going to sing a duet and then rushed into the kitchen where it was pretty much quiet. Flipping open my cell-phone, I dialed Miss Meng's number and fortunately enough she answered.
"Hello, Miss Meng?" I greeted.
"Sakura?" she replied in shock.
"Uh yeah," I replied. "Erm…I just wanted to let you know that Sya…I mean Mr. Li won't be able to make it to the dinner tonight."
"How do you know?" she questioned, obviously not convinced at all.
"He told me to let you know and he did seem a little unwell when I bumped into him after work today," I quickly explained. "Anyway, that's all I have to say from Mr. Li so BYE!" I immediately hung up and switched off my phone so that Miss Meng couldn't phone back.
Taking a deep breath, I returned to the party and joined in the fun once again. After singing at least a dozen songs, I had totally lost track of the time and of course even the fact that Syaoran was sitting bored in my room when Stephanie, another of my colleagues nudged me in the shoulder as I got ready to sing a duet with my best buddy Alex.
"Hey Saku," she shouted amongst the music and chatter. "Do you hear something?"
"WHAT?" I shouted back, trying to pick out one word she had said.
"There's a strange noise coming from your room!" she said again.
I looked at her confused, "There is?" I motioned for Kelly to turn down the music for a second and we all listened intently to the so-called strange noise that was coming from my room. For a few minutes we didn't hear anything and Stephanie was beginning to doubt her hearing, but true enough the strange sounds started up again and my colleagues looked at me curiously.
"I think it's the wind."
"Nah, I bet you it's the air conditioning."
We listened some more.
"It sounds like a cat!" Stephanie exclaimed in excitement.
"And it sounds really desperate and stressed," Alex piped up.
Just then the thought of Syaoran making strange noises reappeared in my mind and I laughed nervously. "Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you I had a cat," I lied.
"Oh! You do?" Theresa squealed. "I love cats!" Oh darn! I forgot Theresa (another of my colleagues) has a huge liking towards cats! She has like five cats in her apartment and her entire home is like a luxury hotel for cats. SIGH.
"Can I see it?" she pleaded with innocent (cat-like?) eyes. "I bet you it's wanting to come out and play."
"No, you can't!" I blurted out and everyone looked at me suspiciously. "Er…..er…...well it has a serious case of fleas and I don't think it's a good idea." I smiled nervously and ruffled my hair in frustration.
Everyone's eyes widened and they sprang off the couch.
"Oh er….well why didn't you say so."
"I'm allergic to cats…"
"Speaking of which, I'm starting to feel a little itchy."
"Hmm, it's getting late, maybe we should head back now."
"Yeah, good idea."
"I need to check on my cats."
"Thanks for the party Saku."
"Yeah thanks very much!"
"Oh, and hope your cat gets better!"
And with that they all scooted out of the apartment leaving me standing there gawping in shock. Was it just myself or did ALL my colleagues just leave my apartment? OH MY GOODNESS! I should've thought of this idea earlier so that I didn't have to go through all that trouble to hide Syaoran. Chuckling, I was about to lock the front door when Alex's head popped through again.
"Hey, one more thing, since when did your block allow you to keep pets in your apartment?" he asked confused.
"Err…...see you Alex!" I said as I closed the door leaving him standing there with the others in confusion. PHEW, that was a close call.
I snooped over to my room and knocked on the door and as expected the door unlocked and a very depressed looking Syaoran appeared.
"Whoah, you don't look too good," I commented as I took a look at his face.
"Well, try being cold, hungry and tired at the same time," he replied. "Then let's see who's looking good." He stuck his head out of the room and glanced briefly over to the lounge. "Hey, where is everybody?"
"They all fled when I told them you had fleas," I told him.
"I have what?" he looked at me horrified.
"Nothing, nothing," I answered as I headed back into the lounge to clean up the trash left around.
"Anything leftovers?" Syaoran asked as he rummaged around through the food packets scattered around the table.
"There's still two slices of pizza left over there," I informed him as I pointed to the kitchen work top. "I thought I'd leave you some."
"You're a life-savior!" he exclaimed happily as he pranced over and breathed in the sweet smell of cheese.
Gathering the remaining trash into a huge black bin-bag, I headed for the front door, dragging the bulging bag along with me. As I flung open the door I came face to face with the least person I had expected to turn up at my front door. With one hand on the doorbell, Miss Meng's eyes widened with shock when she saw me.
"Sakura?" she exclaimed.
"Miss Meng?" I replied horrified.
At that exact moment, Syaoran's voice could be heard from inside. "Hey, Sakura! This pizza is delicious, where'd you order it from?" he shouted happily. Miss Meng and I looked at each other in horror. UH OH, Syaoran! You and your big mouth! Now we're doomed!
To be continued...
okay..done! I kno the chapter ish short..but yea..the next chapter will be up realli fast! So ya! And thanks everyone for reading! And also thanks those who reviews too! Luv ya all!