Preview of last chapter:
"But before I turn you away, know this: I fell in love with you because I thought you were different, different from all the other guys who tried to get me; they were all conceited. But you weren't; you differed from them and I saw something underneath the playboy everybody thought you were." She sighed sadly with her head hung, and didn't go on.
Without another word, she turned her back on him and strode off. Before she could take a step, however, Syaoran grabbed her wrist, pulled her back and turned her around gently. And kissed her.
It lasted barely fifteen seconds, but when they pulled back, Sakura had a small smile on her lips.
Chapter 10: Together Again…
Syaoran put on a playful smirk. "You see? I told you so," he said, grinning. Sakura smiled at him, but her smile showed uncertainty.
Syaoran saw this and hugged her tightly. He put his chin on her head and said softly, "Don't worry, Sakura; I'm here…and now I can make a promise to you – that I'll keep – that I always will be."
Sakura pulled herself away from his embrace and smiled. "You sure?" she asked. "The last time you said that…."
Syaoran laughed. "I never said that, Sakura! But I did say forever and always…and now I'm gonna keep that promise too."
Sakura curled in her lips, and hugged him tight, tears running freely down her cheeks. Syaoran smiled as tears fell too, but this was because of happiness. He was back with Sakura, the love of his life. And this time he wasn't going to break her heart again. Ever.
Sakura felt the same way as well. She was back with him, and he was forgiven everything that he'd done from the lies to his empty promises. She saw a distraught Mei Lin in the crowd with red eyes. That only made her happier, because she really hated her.
She was happy again.
Many decades later, Sakura and Syaoran went on a cruise. Their ship never returned to the harbor, but when it was finally found on the shore of an unknown island, the two were found there in each other's arms. Next to them a sign drawn into the sand said: "Sakura & Syaoran. Two lovers who underwent painful troubles…here they now lay in eternal embrace." Around them, skeletal remains of the other passengers lay, picked dry by whatever lived on that island, but the two remained, untouched.
The founders were so touched they left them there, in eternal embrace.
Disclaimer: The End. :D I do not own CCS or any of the characters in it.