Chapter 10
Anticipating every moment
Syaoran was trying to control himself from jumping and knocking things down. He managed to answer her in his most normal voice, trying to hide that traces of triumph in it.
"Sure.. uh.. what time?" he asked, grinning from ear to ear.
"Maybe about four", Sakura said. "Okay, then I have to go, have a good night". She said then hastily ended her call. She threw the phone on her bed and hit herself in the head. She should've told him! She should've revealed the fact that she's going to marry his stepbrother soon.; But there was something that stopped her… A feeling deep within her heart that she never wants to stop seeing Syaoran…
That somehow,
Syaoran is only for her and her alone.
Syaoran still wears the grin on his face when he lay on the bed, arms under his head and starting at the high ceiling. A strange feeling was surging through him. It's like he just won a billion dollars in a game. Never in his life had he dated a girl. It's not that he's been an outcast or something. He's been a normal guy in school except that he built a wall between him and the worlds and there's a feeling that when he starts breaking the wall, the world will eat him alive. That wall hadn't been broken until that night..
until he felt that feeling, something that he will remember for the rest of his life.
The sun was shining on the big windows on Sakura's room when she woke up the next morning. She lay on the bed for a few more second s until she looked at the clock and realized it was half past seven in the morning! Her classes at 7:30 and she's late! She bolted out of bed, went to the shower room and emerged in a pink whole dress that ended an inch below her knee. Breakfast was already on the table and her okaa-san was sitt9ing there, sipping a cup of tea. Fujitaka had already gone to work.
"Okaa-san, why didn't you wake me up?" Sakura asked, grabbing a piece of toast on her way out.
"I thought your classes don't start until eight", Nadeshiko said, standing up and walking her daughter to the door.
"I'm gonna be late!", Sakura said, kissing her mom on the cheeks and running in towards a street in time to catch a passing taxi. She had been kept awake by the thoughts of Syaoran all night, Her mind tells her that it is wrong to give him false hope, knowing that someday, they would not be together. But it seems that she's also giving herself false hope, trying to believe that if she could fall in love with him, then she could break the marriage arrangement. It was almost 7:45 when she arrived at the university. She was running so fast she never noticed a girl walking right in front of her. Sakura bumped straight into the girl, sending their things flying up in the air.
"Gomen nesai", Sakura said, bending down to help her pick her things up.
"It's okay", the girl said in an accented voice that sounds vaguely familiar. She looked up and she saw the girl from the river last night.
"It's you", Sakura whispered and the girl looked up.
Emerald met ruby.
She probably recognized Sakura, too because she smiled.
"I'm Meiling. I think I saw you last night", Meiling said, in a little friendly smile. Her long ebony hair held in buns and pigtails swayed slightly in the soft breeze.
"Yeah, it's me. Well, I gotta go, I'm late for class", Sakura said, picking up her assorted stuff and ran as fast as she can towards her room. The lecture has already started. She opened the door and a few curious faces looked at her. She sat beside Tomoyo, who, for some surprising reason, was staring blankly at thin air, daydreaming.
"Tomoyo", Sakura tapped her on the shoulder. Tomoyo gave a little jerk and looked at her.
"Nani?" she asked, hurriedly jolting down the notes written on the board. It was strange because Tomoyo never daydreams in class. More over, her notebook which was lying flat in front of her, was always full of writings, either the full details of what the professor was saying or random dress designs she plans to make her 'kawaii little Sakura' model for her was blank.
"You seem a a bit out of it.. Daijoubu desu ka?" Sakura asked, opening her own notebook. Tomoyo smiled vaguely and before she could answer, the door opened once again and Meiling walked in. The professor smiled at her.
"Class, Meiling will be joining us this semester. She's from Maryland originally but she's going to continue her studies here in Hong Kong, so I suggest you get used to her.. And treat her well, okay?" the professor said.
"Hai", chorused the students.
Sakura looked at Meiling and pointed at the vacant seat in front of her. Meiling mouthed a simple 'thank you' and sat down, keeping quiet all throughout the session.
Syaoran parked on the university's parking lot, when a familiar scene caught his attention. About five girls were hovering over a familiar figure with animated flying hearts floating right above their heads. They were giggling like little girls to the corny jokes of the guy sitting in their center.
"Whatever.." Syaoran muttered, hearing a joke about a stupid monkey. For all he know, that guy named Akira is the stupid monkey in his story. Akira Ying had been Syaoran's friend from kindergarten until a few years of their high school. But when Akira was discovered in a talent search, he seemed to be floating on the ground already and never really talked to a Syaoran since then. Now, they're in the same university, taking up the same classes but acted like they never knew each other.
Tomoyo was still in a daydream state when they walked out of class.
"Would you care to tell me what's been keeping you looking like a hypnotized chicken?" Sakura asked, shifting her books on the other hand. She finally noticed there was an unfamiliar one, with pink butterflies on its cover. It was actually the size of a notebook.
"Is this yours?" she asked Tomoyo but the latter just shook her head. She opened the notebook but there was no name on it. There were just loopy handwritings that she could barely understand so she placed it inside her bag and continued walking with Tomoyo.
"I'm gonna look for him today", Tomoyo said, out of the blue.
"Who?" Sakura asked, trying to stop herself from laughing out loud at the sound of her friend's voice.
"Eriol", Tomoyo said, taking in a deep breath and hugging her books tightly to herself.
"And who's Eriol?" Sakura asked, smiling a bit. Tomoyo looked at her and refused to answer. She just smiled knowingly and continued humming something. Sakura just shook her head and laugh at how stupid her friend looks like. After all, her mind was preoccupied by the fact that she's going but with Syaoran today. She had a few dates like this before, hanged out with a few guys but never really had any romantic relationships yet. But this date is a bit different. She never wanted to admit it but she was anticipating every hour that will lead to four o'clock, wishing that the clock would move twice fast.
Syaoran was tapping impatiently at his book, waiting for the small hand of the clock to reach the number 12. When at last it did, he bolted out of the door and almost flew towards the parking lot.
He was driving a little faster than he used to, trying to get to Sakura's school in time. When he finally parked in the parking lot, he saw hr, sitting alone in one corner and reading something. Her feature illuminated by the late afternoon sunlight. Her hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail and she looked like a princess sitting on a bench. Syaoran felt like he's the luckiest man in the world just knowing her. He was smiling softly as he walked towards Sakura in brisk little steps, anticipating the time when they would be together..
Only the two of them on a date..
Watching every motion in my foolish lover's game
On this endless ocean finally lovers know no shame
Turning and returning to some secret place inside
Watching in slow motion as you turn around and say
My love,
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Watching I keep waiting still anticipating love
Never hesitating to become the fated ones
Turning and returning to some secret place to hide
Watching In slow motion as you turn to me and say,
My love,
Take my breath away