New character : Kirane (Eriol's friend, who was the person who pretended to be jii-Yuu/Syaoran's brother in the earlier chapter.)
Chapter 11:Syaoran drives home but he sees Meiling's car on the way. They both got out of their cars and sat on a bench in a nearby park.
"This reminds me of the time we were in college, remember?" Meiling said.
Syaoran kept quiet.
"You were always there for me that time.. It has been ten years now." Meiling continued.
"I'm really sorry, Meiling. My intention was to give you good memories, really."
"Don't apologise to me. After all, we'll have a future together, right, Syaoran?"
"Here, take this back. You should really be with someone who doesn't hurt you and make you wait unlike me." Syaoran said, giving her back the necklace she gave him, "I've tried and I thought this relationship would last but I guess I was wrong."
"Is it just because of some stupid girl you've met recently? A girl who has nothing and knows nothing about you? You know what, you've gone temporarily insane and crazy. It's just your infatuation, Syaoran," Meiling cried.
"I reallly love Sakura. It's okay if you want to curse me. I wont and I don't want you to forgive me, Meiling."
"One day, Syaoran.. One day, you'll regret and you'll come to me kneeling on your knees, begging me to forgive you, Syaoran. Remember that!", Meiling shouted at Syaoran as he walked away.
The next day at work, Sakura shows up at work and asks Ms. Akarisan to give her another chance to work. Ms. Akarisan reluctantly yet smilingly gives her another chance although Sakura has already handed in her resignation letter.
Tomoyo gets jealous when Mr. Rainage praises Ms. Akarisan for giving Sakura a second chance.
Meanwhile, Syaoran runs into Eriol and asks if they can chat.
"Do you believe in destiny, Eriol?"
Eriol remained silent.
"I thought Meiling was my destiny, but I was wrong, so wrong.When your destiny comes to you, you'll know it for sure." Syaoran continued.
"Maybe we should get back to work." Eriol suggests.
"Were you interested in Sakura that's why you handed her the job?" Syaoran asked.
"That's nonsense", Eriol replied, giving Syaoran a pat on his back but later on, he gives Syaoran the "evil eye".
Meiling, on the other hand, was at home, devastated.
"Meiling… are you okay? You're having a fever. Come, let me take you to the hospital" Meiling's mom asked her, feeling worried.
"No.. just LEAVE ME ALONE!" Meiling replied.
Syaoran and Sakura plan to have dinner together but it was put off since Meiling ask for Sakura to see her in her art studio. Syaoran tries contacting Sakura but her phone was off.
Sakura enters the art studio and saw the sculpture that Meiling made of Syaoran during the year when everyone thought he was dead.
"Why don't you all go for a break?" Meiling told her art students.
She then sat down with Sakura alone.
"Is there something you want to tell me, Miss Sakura?"
Sakura remain quiet.
"Were you with Syaoran yesterday? What did you do with him?" Meiling said, raising her voice.
Sakura looked hesitant.
"Nobody knows Syaoran better than me, okay! I was with Syaoran for ten years. Don't think you can just butt in as a third party and destroy our relationship!"
"Then, why would you want to meet me if you're so confident of your relationship with Syaoran?"
"You know, Syaoran has an outstanding curiosity for new stuff and you're like his new stuff. New infatuation."
"I don't think I need to hear all this." Sakura replied as she got up from her seat.
"Fine. If you don't want to listen, it'll only be a matter of time until Syaoran loses what he owns one by one because of you and that will be the end of you and him."
"What I share with Syaoran is love. Love that you couldn't get from him for ten years", Sakura said as she left Meiling's studio.
After Sakura left, Meiling wanted to meet Eriol. When they met, Meiling asked him to do something but he doesn't oblige. She then ridicule him as someone who is always going to be at Syaoran's tail. Eriol leaves the place feeling upset.
Sakura strolls around and she finally arrives home and was surprised by Mr. Rainage, Syaoran and Tomoyo who decided to throw a party to celebrate Sakura becoming a regular employee for Syaoran's company.
Tomoyo and Mr. Rainage was in the living room when Sakura decided to give Syaoran a tour of the house.
"I didn't know you were into stuffed animals", Syaoran said as he saw the talking stuffed animals that Sakura gave to Jii-Yuu.
"I actually had it for someone," Sakura replied.
Syaoran accidentally hits the tummy of the stuffed animal and heard "I love you"
"That must be for Jii-Yuu right?" Syaoran asked.
"You know what, lets go to the living room for a while," Sakura said as she got uncomfortable and she dragged him out of her room.
Meanwhile, Eriol is drinking with his friend and he gets pretty drunk after that.
"I thought I finally found hope in life, Kirane"
"Well, you still do"
"NOPE, NOT UNTIL I HAVE Sakura Kinomoto"
Eriol then gets into a cab and tells the driver to take him to where Sakura lives.
On the other hand, Tomoyo tries to give Sakura and Syaoran some privacy but Mr. Rainage who was pretty drunk did not get the hint and insists on sharing a cab with Syaoran. Fnally, Tomoyo drags him away.
"What didn't you do with Jii-Yuu when he was around?" Syaoran asked.
"Going to the ocean"
"But, that's nothing special."
"I want to love like a deep ocean where there is no boundaries"
"I think maybe you should meet my parents this weekend . What do you think? They're pretty nice."
"I think you better go home now."
"Oh okay"
Sakura watch as Syaoran leaves in a cab and she walks back to her house but she ws surprised to find Eriol there.
"You shouldn't have waited in the cold, Eriol. You might get ill"
"Why are you so caring towards me? You're just making me more and more confused" Eriol said as he got more emotional.
"What do you mean?"
"Did you use this same tactic to win Syaoran's heart too?"
"You taught me that miracles do happen and I am sincere towards you as a friend."
The next morning…
Syaoran tried to tell his parents about him breaking up with Meiling but he doesn't get a chance so he told his mom that he'll tell her something that night.
At work, Sakura realizes that Syaoran is her new boss for the team with Ms. Akarisan, Mr. Rainage and Tomoyo.
Later in the morning, Meiling visited Syaoran's mother.
"Aunty…" Meiling said as she broke into tears.
"My dear Meiling, what happened?"
"It's Syaoran. He wants a break up"
"But.. why? I thought both of you had a great relationship"
"It's because of this new girl who works at his company… "
"Well.. who is this bitch?"
"Her name is Sakura. Sakura Kinomoto."
"Don't worry, Meiling. No one can steal away your happiness with Syaoran. I'll fixx this problem."
"Thank you, Aunty" Meiling said as she wiped away her tears.
Later that day, Mrs. Li arranged a meeting with Sakura.
"Sakura, whee are you going?" Tomoyo asked.
"I'm going out"
"Where? Tell me, Kura."
"To see Syaoran's mom"
"What?"
"Yes. Don't tell Syaoran please. I don't want him to get all worried and upset kay?"
"Ermm. Okay."
Tomoyo who feels that something bad is going to happen immediately told Syaoran about Sakura meeting his mom.
On her way out, Sakura entered a lift where Mr. Kirane was in. He remembered seeing her somewhere but he forgot. Later, he remembered her as the girl with Syaoran/Jii-Yuu in the engagement picture he saw at her resort inn.
"You know… I know how you feel, Sakura Kinomoto, being poor and all.. I was like you too," Mrs. Li said.
Sakura kept quiet.
"I managed to seduce a rich guy, who you would guess is Syaoran's dad. Now, I WON'T LET SYAORAN FALL INTO YOUR TRAP! Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do to my son"
Syaoran, however, worried as he was unable to reach his mom, called the driver to know where they were meeting.
Without hesitation, Syaoran rushes to the place.
Meanwhile, Mrs.Li hands an envelope to Sakura.
"Here, take this cash and leave my son alone. He has a better future with Meiling"
"This amount is not enough, Mrs. Li."
Ok so sorry this was another late update but yeah.. school holidays have started so yeah! I hope to update the next chap sooner and THANK YOU FOR YOUR REVIEWS! KEEP ON REVIEWING! YOU PEOPLE RAWCK:)
Xoxo,
Princess.