Unwanted Love
Konnichiwa minna- san!
And so on with the story!
Recall:
Chapter one: Sakura and Syaoran met for the first time however his rudely and air of arrogance puts them on different pages.
Chapter two: Sakura learns that Li Xiao Lang is the son of Li Yelan a family friend. He is as handsome and he is rude. To make things worst they both find out that they are engaged thanks to a deathbed promise made by his mother, Yelan.
Chapter three: It turns out that Touya knew about the promise. He shows clear signs of hating Xiao Lang and the promise. Daidouji Tomoyo and Hiiragizawa Eriol meet and learn a little about each other. Their conversation is cut short as they catch sight of Sakura with tears in her eyes.
Chapter four: "Out of the counsel of many, comes understanding" Tomoyo meets up with Sakura and they discuss what next step to take. Eriol also meets up with his buddy and help calm a troubled mind with simple words: "it wasn't said that you even had to get married…"
Chapter five: Sakura was relived when school continued. That reassurance was quickly burned up when she spots Xiao Lang in the school's colors
Chapter six: Xiao Lang vents about the unfairness of the situation while Sakura remembers a little something from her memories… her mom's real reason for the engagement set-up.
Chapter seven: After an incident in class Sakura feels it's necessary to thank Li for not laughing at her but he makes it very difficult to do so. They end up walking home together in the rain, with some small fights of course!
Chapter eight: After the 'nice' walk in the rain it was inevitable that the pair would get sick. And by some sick twist of faith they were left home alone. A recipe for disaster. They fight through out, but ending up sharing a sweet moment resulting in Sakura calling Xiao Lang ….Syaoran.
Chapter nine: Syaoran and Sakura share quick thoughts on each other, telling how their relationship improved and the little troubles they faced along the way.
Chapter ten: Eriol and Tomoyo share thoughts on their friends' growing relationship from an outsider's point of view.
Chapter eleven: After one of their usual fight Sakura and Syaoran get into big trouble and their punishment was to clean up the main kitchen together. A feat the proved too great. Soon the little messy they were assigned to turned into a major mess. In the end Syaoran does something unexpected and calls Sakura "cute"
Chapter twelve: Sakura's class is having a festival and Syaoran is in charge. However Tomoyo's wacky costume design makes life harder for Sakura. Syaoran discovers something else… "I think I'm falling for Sakura. The pigheaded emerald cherry blossom."
Chapter thirteen: Sakura goes to visit her old house, and reminisces about her mother. Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran show up later however only Syaoran and Sakura are left.
Chapter 14- (continuation of chapter 13)- Small talk…
But something about the smile he had on…
Wait he had on a smile? It wasn't his usual playful smirk, no not even a small smile… Sakura couldn't help but be… puzzled with it.
Why, was there something funny? Or amusing? He was presently talking to Eriol so maybe Eriol had said something funny? Whatever the
case his smile was not only something new to her, at least, but it made him look so darn cute! If only he smiled more often…
"Morning Sakura!" Piped up Eriol's voice, pushing Sakura from her reverie.
"Oh! 'morning Hiiragizawa-kun! Syaoran!" And as if it had never happened Syao's smile was gone, replace by the normal pursed lips,
and it had Sakura wondering once again if she was hallucinating. She dusted her hands on her blue jeans and folded them across her
chest, the whole house was silent, everyone had already said something except …Syaoran. He was just standing there staring at anything
except Sakura, it was only until Eriol, who, by the way, had been standing behind him, pushed him forward before he realized where they
were, though he couldn't help but be mad at Eriol. "What was that for?" he bit back angrily at Eriol who just ignored him and smile once
again at Sakura.
The room bit back into the quiet place it was, with Syaoran still glaring angrily at the blue haired boy. I'm sure crickets could be heard.
"Anyways!" boomed Tomoyo's voice through the thick fog of silence. It was so unexpected that it caused everyone else to nearly jump
out of his or her skins.
"You know… on second thought …um… I just remembered Mikage mentioning something about going grocery shopping," continue
Tomoyo. Not catching her meaning Eriol asked her out loud, "She did?" Sakura and Syaoran heard. But they decided to go along with it.
"Yes she did…um… and Eriol and I promised to help her … um… so we can't stay and help. Sorry, 'bye!" And in a quarter of the time
Tomoyo took to explain her 'predicament' she grabbed Eriol's hand, waved bye-bye and bolted. So you can guess how fast she was
talking. Sakura and Syaoran blinked twice processing as fast as they could what had just taken place. When they did they rolled their
eyes with a sigh. The secret behind Tomoyo's just-thought-up-master-plan-to-get-Syaoran-and-Sakura-alone-again plan was exposed.
That wasn't too hard to figure out.
"So, aren't you gonna follow 'em?" Sakura spoke as she leaned on the windowsill next to her. Looking out the window she saw Tomoyo
dragging a confused Eriol back to the house.
"Why? So the Looney bin twins can initiate me? 'don't think so!" he himself leaned also on the door sill. (A/N: if you don't get what he
meant well this is it,: What Syaoran is saying is he thinks Tomoyo and Eriol are messed up in their noggin and he's saying that if he goes
with them they'll drive him crazy just like 'em.) The compressed smile on Sakura's face made it obvious that she found his remark, if not
funny, amusing.
"Well then why don't you find someone else to bother or something else to do? I'm busy right now."
"Well, tough luck! Everyone else that I 'bother' is busy." He replied with a smirk.
"Well, so am I!"
"Well there's no place I have to be, so unfortunately I'm staying." He said in a firm yet soft tone.
"I think you where born and placed on this earth to disturb my peaceful existence."
"I'm going a pretty good job, wouldn't you say?"
"You're a natural!"
"Hey. What can I say?"
"You're a pig, you know that?"
"Can't help it!"
A true and mutual smile was shared.
…
"So what exactly are you doing here in this dump anyway?"
"This dump, as you ignorantly call it, was my home and safe haven six years ago."
"Sorry…" he murmured if he had known earlier he wouldn't have called it a dump he would have called it something worst but in a nicer
way.
"Either way, I'm looking for something. Yelan-sama told me that Okaa-san left something for me, most likely and hopefully concerning
this cursed arrangement."
"A letter?"
"Maybe, maybe not." Sakura reply with a shrug.
"Kinomoto-sama may have it." Syaoran reasoned
Sakura shook her head,"No, your mom said only she and my mom knows about it."
"So this is the reason you were overturning every rock and whatnot back at the estate?"
"Yep… … So, you gonna help or just stand there and blabber like the idiot you are?"
"You want me to stay now?" Syaoran couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Well, two pairs of eyes are better than one. Ne?"
Syaoran just sighed and thought to himself with a chuckle, 'Girls are really one of the most complex creatures in the whole universe.'
-X-X-X-
It's a remarkable feeling. Just talking like this, making fun of the other, or just trying to be annoying just to get that attention… deliberately
or by the slight twist of fate… It's a weird yet comfortable feeling… would it be wrong if I want it to last?
-X-X-X-
As soon as the creaky wooden door swung open,
"Achoo!"
The two teens couldn't help but sneezing as the bank of dust that had been gathering and floating 'round the attic, undisturbed over the
years, 'attacked' like snow in an avalanche. Or…so to speak.
"This place is even more dusty than the living room," remarked Syaoran as he covered his nose with the collar of his shirt
"Well, genius, that's because by the time you and the Looney bin twins, as you call them, I had already dusted and aired out the place."
Sakura climbed up the stairs of the attic with Syaoran following a second after. Her hands reached and pulled the ever so familiar chord
that was meant to turn on the light, but the bulb was blown. Sakura sat at the top of the stairs while Syaoran, from where he was standing
– a few steps from Sakura, glance around the small attic.
"Um… how are we supposed to find your stuff if we can't see well, or let alone stand?"
"Shut up I'm thinking!"
"Um… while you're doing that you might want to think about that spider over your shoulder."
"Yea, Yea"
"Suit yourself." said Syaoran as he shuffled back down the steps. Now Sakura, just like half of the population of girls in the world, hates
spiders. And since Syaoran was back down stairs she could cut the tough girl act of not caring about spiders. Peeking over her shoulder
she saw a yellowish brown spotted spider with a big black back side gently and ever so slowly lowering it self over her. She would have
shrieked or 'eep'ed but she remember that Syaoran was at the bottom of the attic stairs and he would most likely hear her. So she shifted
as far away as she possibly could and climbed back down the steps.
-Sakura POV-
When I came down the stairs I noticed Syaoran wasn't he was supposed to be or anywhere to be seen. That's when I noticed one of the
bedroom doors open. (As you know most two story homes tend to have the bedrooms upstairs—or at least the ones I've seen.)
"Syaoran?" Just where could that idiot have gone? I proceeded to the room with the thought, 'Maybe he's in there', in my head.
Ironic, he wasn't there! Opening the door wider, I felt a wave of memories hit me. This was my old room; and compare to the one back
at the estate, it looked and felt quite small. Even though, that feeling of security was there- never failing. As I heard the faint 'thud' of the
door hitting and bouncing off the doorstopper I thought 'Wow, it doesn't look as different as I thought it wo-'
"BOO!!!"
With that I practically leapt out of my skin. Recollecting myself I spun angrily on my sneakers heels turning to the now highly amused
Syaoran. He looked like he was ready any second to burst out laughing like a mad man, but knowing him he won't, and he didn't.
"Hardee ha-ha, very funny mister…"
I murmured through clenched teeth, why must he always be so childish! (A/N: Um… Sakura… look who's talking!)
"Didn't know you scare so easily," he said with a smile "maybe you should consider dropping your tough girl act."
Finding nothing to say back, I murmured 'idiot' and stuck out my tongue.
A/N:
-The procrastinator signing off!
Luv Lavanderrose
- And life goes on!