Chapter: Shinjitsu
A/N: This chapter is not as short as the last one. But we have the ending coming up real soon.
Wolf:I'm mesmerized by your beauty.
Lie.
Wolf: I think you're pretty, Cherry. It's a pity that you do this.
Lie.
Wolf:Really. You mean more than any women I know.
Lie.
Wolf: I know this may not mean much, but I think you're beautiful.
Lie.
Wolf: Because I think. I think you're the prettiest when you're honest. When you're vulnerable.
Lie.
Wolf: I get jealous.
Lie.
"I love you!"
Lies! Lies!
"My name is Li Syaoran! I am with the Tokyo police force in the Kanto district. I have been assigned to you. My job is to collect hard evidence and arrest you!"
Why? Why?
"I have been able to find out your name! I have been able to protect you! However, tomorrow, they have another officer working on your case! He will convict you!"
WHY! WHY!
Sakura sat on her bed for days. Without sleep, without eating, just sitting down. Her computer was off, and her cell phone rang so many times. It rang and reminded her to breathe a bit. It rang and reminded her a life existed outside still.
Maybe. Just maybe.
48 Missed Calls.
48 Madame .
23 New Voicemails.
"Cherry! What are you doing! Do you realize you have a job!"
"Are you there! Where the hell are you!"
"I don't care how popular you are! You get your bony ass back online this instant!"
"Cherry! I'm tired of calling!"
"Do you realize what you're doing!"
Delete Messages?
Yes.
Delete Madame From Contacts?
Yes.
It hurt. A lot. God, she was stupid. He was so handsome. Even if it was for a little tiny fraction of a minute, she saw that handsome face. That face she dreamed of seeing. He was three dimensional, flesh and blood, even for that tiny fraction of a minute. Her heart elevated and made it impossible to speak. She wanted to tell him so much and do so much for Wolf. She knew Wolf and loved him.
That Li. That Syaoran. She knew nothing of him.
He was a stranger. Which made no sense. Wolf was a lie, wasn't he? Wolf was not real, was he? He was a lie, made up by Syaoran. Syaoran made him up. Wolf liked her. She loved him. He loved her. That was how it was, wasn't it?
She was confused. She was dissapointed. She was tired. She was broken into pieces and was not sure how to cope.
She loved him more than anything. She loved him so much that it complicated her existence. She was so in love with him, that she was shattered.
"Where do I go from here?"
She was like a stray cat now. She had nothing to go by, nothing to survive with. She was thrown out of her safety net and forced back into a realizty she had been scared of. Where does she go from here?
Sakura stood up and went into the shower. She ate. She got dressed. Each felt like a chore. She� felt as if another being was moving her arms, her legs, her mouth. Who was she?
She was Sakura Kinomoto, wasn't she?
Cherry was a lie, wasn't she?
Or was Cherry really alive.
Outside, it was a bit chilly. She didn't know where she was going, or why she was even outside. She rarely went out. Suddenly, she was breathing more fresh air thatn before. Air that was dirty and pure at the same time.
"Hello, welcome, do you need a table?"
Sakura looked up. There was a girl, smiling warmly. Why was she smiling at her?
"No. I have no money. Sorry."
Her voice was not as perky as it used to be. Or was that a voice of someone else? Cherry's?
"What's your name?"
"Ch-Sa...Sakura."
"Hello. I'm Tomoyo. Nice to meet you."
She nodded. Sakura looked up. This was� family restaurant. People were smiling.
"You know, we are understaffed. If you have money problems, you can work here. I know the boss!"
This girl was so happy.
"I've never really...held down a job."
"I can help!"
Was she so pathetic? Did she seem pitiful.
That Tomoyo girl reached out her hand to her. Sakura was nearly blinded by such a bright and sincere smile.
"O...Okay."
Living in this world...was suffocating. What life was this?
Was she real?