Hiii! Okay I'm sorry for the crappy ending last time, but I had it written for a while and when I went to finish it, I just couldn't get into it properly T_T Sorry. But thanks for the reviews! ^-^ And also, I read some of my other chapters, so for the schedule of practices, Tuesday, Wednesday mornings and Friday afternoons are practice days ^-^
Sakura groaned as her alarm started beeping; she reached over, grabbing the alarm, and whipped it at the floor. The beeping didn't stop.
"Ugggh…damn stupid alarm…" she rolled off the bed, hitting the right button to turn the alarm off, and stood up. She scratched her head as she walked over to her closet. She sighed as she looked at her clothes, mostly miniskirts and tanks; "My wardrobe is so…monotone…" she walked over to the small dresser where she kept the clothes she never wore. She pulled out a pair of black skinny jeans and a white almost old-fashioned blouse; she had tried to have some different clothes a while back but didn't really like them. She brushed her hair and made her way down the stairs.
"Morning, Sakura," Touya greeted her as she sat in front of her breakfast,
"Morning. Thanks for making breakfast again," Sakura replied as she stuffed the toast into her mouth.
"No problem, you look like you needed some rest," Touya looked at her and sighed, "you better tell me what's going on, or else I'll have to take action," he said. Sakura sighed and set her toast down,
""Well you already now that Tristan cheated on me, but at the time Raine had tried to turn it on me by saying that I was cheating too…but I wasn't, exactly," she looked away, not wanting Touya to hate her. "I was only friends with Syaoran, although I was attracted to him anyway, I think, but…if I start going out with Syaoran so soon after Tristan, then everyone will believe Raine…" she once again stuffed the toast in her mouth, distracting herself.
"I think you should just tell everyone the truth," Touya said and Sakura coughed, "It'd be the easiest thing to do. Sure they might be mad for being lied to, but if they're real friends they'll understand, right?" he finished and Sakura shrugged.
"What about Syaoran? I told him I didn't have a boyfriend," Touya stared at her, then groaned,
"Seriously, what's with all the lying? Well you could just say you were so interested and attracted to him you couldn't help it," he groaned, not liking his own idea. Sakura blushed, looking away, "Oh God, that's spot on, isn't it?" he asked and she nodded.
"Well, I better get going to school," Sakura said as she stood, grabbed her bag and ran out the front door. She walked around the corner just as Syaoran was walking down his front steps. He looked up to see her and ran over to her,
"Sakura, I'm sorry about yesterday! I don't really know what I did wrong, but you were obviously uncomfortable, so-"
"Shut up, you didn't do anything," Sakura laughed, brushing his apology off. "Anyway, can I bring Tomoyo over today?" she asked and Syaoran nodded, "Thanks, but I gotta go now, I'll see you later," she said and walked off. I shouldn't get too close to him until I figure out what I'm going to do…
*****
When she got to school, Sakura was greeted by the squad,
"Hey Sakura, what's up?" Tomoyo asked when Sakura pulled her aside.
"Um, are you doing anything after school today?" Sakura asked and Tomoyo shook her head, her eyes sparkling, "Okay, well…I asked Syaoran if I could bring you over today and he said it was okay," Sakura sighed as Tomoyo squealed and jumped up and down.
"Yes! Finally! Thank you, Sakura! Thank you!" Tomoyo went off into her own world and Sakura sighed, opening her locker to get her books.
"Just…don't be like this when we're there, okay?" Sakura asked and Tomoyo nodded enthusiastically,
"Of course! I will be normal as normal can be! I won't let you down!" she saluted and skipped off to her class.
*****
At Syaoran's school, he opened his locker to see that there wasn't anything above the door. Surprised, he walked to his class and searched his desk everywhere, making sure he didn't miss anything. As he sat down, Darius walked in and came straight to his side. Syaoran sighed, standing up,
"Relax, Li, I'm not here to pick a fight," Darius said and Syaoran rolled his eyes. "Anyway, that chick you were with Kinomoto. What's up with her? Why was she with you?" he demanded, glaring down at Syaoran, who sat back down;
"We're friends, that's all. I help her with her studies," he said and Darius laughed, patting Syaoran's shoulder hard.
"Good, good, that's what I want to hear. It's not like you could actually get yourself a girlfriend, much less Sakura Kinomoto," Darius chuckled and walked away to his own seat. Syaoran sighed, looking at his hands; I know that very well…Sakura wouldn't want to be with me anyways.
*****
After school Sakura and Tomoyo took their time getting ready to leave, although Tomoyo wasn't happy about it.
"Why are we going so slowly? You usually meet him at school, don't you?" she asked, fidgeting as Sakura packed her things;
"Yeah, but that's me. I don't know if he has anything he wants to get ready for you to come over. It'll be easier to give him some time and introduce you at the door," Sakura explained and Tomoyo sighed, slumping against the lockers.
"Fiinne, you win," she said and waited patiently as Sakura finished packing up. As they walked- slowly- to Syaoran's house, Sakura explained about his family,
"He lives with his mom, Yolan, and one of his sisters, Feimei. He has three other sisters, but I don't know where they are, I never really thought to ask," Sakura looked at the sidewalk, realizing how much she sucked.
"Well we can ask him that today!" Tomoyo said happily as they rounded the corner and Sakura took in a big breath.
"There it is, Syaoran's house," she said and Tomoyo gasped,
"Wow, it really is around the corner from you, isn't it?" she asked and Sakura nodded as they ascended the front steps. Sakura knocked on the door and Feimei opened it, her eyes sparkling as she set them on Sakura and Tomoyo.
"Hi Sakura, who's your friend?" Fei asked she walked around the two of them, inspecting them from up and down;
"Fei, this is my friend Tomoyo from school. She wanted to meet Syaoran," Sakura explained, gulping as Feimei glanced her way.
"Didn't she see the pictures? She knows what he looks like, right?" Tomoyo nodded,
"Yeah, I saw them, but that doesn't mean I know what kind of person he is," she said and Feimei shrugged,
"I suppose. Come on in," she moved aside and Sakura and Tomoyo entered, slid their shoes off and Sakura led the way upstairs to Syaoran's room. The door was open so they entered to see Syaoran throwing clothes into his closet; Sakura cleared her throat and Syaoran turned around, his cheeks pink.
"Oh, uh…hey Sakura…Tomoyo, right?" he stuck his hand out, shaking Tomoyo's hand;
"Yeah, I'm Tomoyo. Nice to meet you, Syaoran, I've heard lots about you," she said as she looked around his room, noting the soccer posters. "He really does like soccer, doesn't he?" she whispered to Sakura and Sakura nodded,
"You should see him play! He's awesome!" Sakura enthused and Syaoran blushed,
"Nah, I'm not that great," he said with a chuckle and the girls laughed.
"So, what do you have to do around here for fun?" Tomoyo asked and Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other, their cheeks going red.
"Um, we've only ever either done homework or played video games," Sakura said with a laugh and Tomoyo sighed,
"Fine, homework it is. You know I'm terrible at games anyway," she said and Sakura smiled. "Although, I've had a great idea. Why don't we all go to Sakura's house for dinner tonight?" Tomoyo suggested and Sakura paled;
"Um…I'll…have to call first and ask," she said, looking at Syaoran.
"Well it's fine with me," he said and Sakura gulped, pulling out her cell phone and walking into the hallway, she dialled her number and wait from someone to answer.
"Hi, Dad? It's Sakura…uh huh, I'm at Syaoran's with Tomoyo…I was wondering if they could come over for dinner tonight. Will both you and Touya be home? You will? Great, thank you," she closed her phone and sighed in relief, only to hear Syaoran and Tomoyo talking about something totally embarrassing.
"I saw those pictures, you know Sakura guarded them with her life, I wonder what she does with them at home-"
"Tomoyo!" Sakura screamed as she barged in, covering her friend's mouth and laughing nervously, "She's so weird, isn't she?" she laughed and glared at Tomoyo. Syaoran's cheeks were red as he coughed, looking at the floor,
"So what did your family say?" he asked, changing the subject; Sakura let go of Tomoyo,
"Both my brother and Dad will be home, so it's okay for you guys to come over," she said with a smile and Syaoran looked at her.
"What about your mom?" he asked and Sakura froze as Tomoyo stared at him,
"Oh right, I never told you, did I?" Sakura scratched her head; "My mom died giving birth to me, so…" she trailed off and Syaoran went bright red.
"Oh God, I'm sorry, I didn't..." Sakura shook her head with a smile,
"It's fine, I never knew her of course, so it wasn't very hard," she said and Tomoyo held her hand.
"Right, well let's get to work on our homework. I'm just like Sakura and suck at math, so could you help me with it too?" Tomoyo asked, lightening the mood.
"Yeah, sure let's get started."
*****
When they finished their homework they made their way to Sakura's house. Sakura couldn't tell who was more nervous, Syaoran or herself. As she opened the door Touya appeared in the hallway, wearing his most intimidating look as he searched Syaoran's nervous face.
"I'm Touya, the brother. Nice to meet ya," he said without shaking Syaoran's hand and walked back into the kitchen; he took over the cooking while Fujitaka came over to introduce himself.
"Hello, I'm Fujitaka, Sakura's father," he shook Syaoran's hand; "I understand you've been helping my daughter with her homework. Thank you very much," he said with a smile.
"Yeah, God knows how much she needs it," Touya called and Sakura fumed,
"Shut up, Touya! Not all of us can be geniuses!" she growled as she grabbed both Tomoyo and Syaoran's hands and dragged them upstairs. "Call us down when it's ready, please," she said and they disappeared into her room. Syaoran froze as he stared around the room,
"I know you said your room was pink, but wow…it's really pink," he laughed and Sakura blushed, sitting on her bed.
"Well, yeah…I don't really have to do in here, other than my video games," she said and Tomoyo rolled her eyes;
"Oh please, we can just talk," she said. "So, Syaoran, you go to Tsu Shan?" she confirmed, "Well do you have any nerd friends? Because I'm telling you, I saw those pictures, and you're not much of a-"
"Tomoyo!" Sakura had once again covered her friend's mouth as she laughed, "Sorry, those pictures, well…she forced me to…um…" Syaoran smiled,
"It's fine, those pictures were all Fei's idea anyway," he said and Sakura calmed down.
"Well has Sakura ever given you pictures of her in return?" Tomoyo asked and Sakura and Syaoran both turned red,
"No!" Sakura yelled, and then looked down, "I mean, I'm not going to take nude pictures of myself…" she trailed off, covering her face for even saying it.
"They don't have to be nude! My, Sakura, you've gotten crude," Tomoyo giggled as Sakura glared at her; "I'm just saying, they could just be of you in your cheerleading uniform, or something," she went on and Sakura shook her head, standing up.
"I'm sure dinner is ready by-"
"Sakura! Dinner's ready!" right on cue Touya called from downstairs;
"See? Let's get going now," Sakura said and they trooped downstairs. Sakura sat at head of the table, across from her father, with Syaoran to her right and Tomoyo to her left, with Touya beside Tomoyo. "Thanks for the dinner," she said as she dug into her food ((I'm too lazy and unknowledgeable to think of something delicious.)). It was silent except for their forks scraping across their plates until dessert came- Lemon Meringue pie.
"So Syaoran, I understand you're very smart?" Fujitaka attempted at conversation and Syaoran pinkened;
"Um, I suppose you could say that…" he mumbled and Sakura giggled,
"Please, he's brilliant! He gets 90's in everything! And he's also really good at soccer," she enthused, making Syaoran go redder.
"So does that mean you're on the soccer team?" Touya asked and Sakura and Syaoran stared at him, then Syaoran looked down.
"Um, he's not," Sakura said awkwardly,
"Why not? If he's so good…" Touya dug, half wanting to be annoying and half curious.
"Well, the soccer captain, Darius, is a big jerk and Syaoran has never gotten along with him, so…" Sakura stopped as she looked at Syaoran's red face.
"So why don't you go higher up? Talk to the teacher in charge of the team, show them your stuff and at the same time beat this Darius guy at his own game," Touya shrugged, not even seeing Darius as a problem. By this time they had all finished and were just sitting around the table.
"Well, it's getting kind of late, I should get going. How about you, Syaoran?" Tomoyo stood and looked at her watch,
"Ah, yes, my mother will be worried," Syaoran said, going red again; "Thank you very much for the meal," he bowed to Fujitaka and Touya.
"Oh, no problem. Come over any time, Syaoran," Fujitaka smiled as they walked their guests to the door. Sakura hugged Tomoyo and looked at Syaoran, her cheeks reddening,
"Um, okay…I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" she said as she shuffled the two out the door; "Oh wait! Tomoyo you can't!" Sakura suddenly realised how late it was, looking at the darkness. "Touya will you drive her home?" Sakura asked and Touya sighed, sliding his shoes on,
"Fine, let's go Tomoyo," he said and Tomoyo smiled,
"Thank you, bye Sakura!" she called and Sakura waved as they drove off. She turned back to Syaoran and leaned up to kiss him on the cheek. He wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her, kissing her lips gently; Sakura nuzzled her face into his neck and kissed it,
"I'll call you tomorrow," she whispered again and backed away, her cheeks red and her eyes glittering. "Bye, Syaoran," she said and closed the door.
Theeerrrre! Was that long enough? Was the ending better? I know there wasn't much fluff, but it's coming! I wonder what I rated this, I might have to change it….teehee . R&R please!
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