Chapter 21.
Beep! Beep! Eriol reached out his hand and tried to find his alarm clock, 'Stupid alarm clock!' He thought as he finally gave up and sat up in his bed. He stretched out his arms and let out a yawn, he took a glance at his alarm clock, '10:30... I wonder if Syao's awake...' Eriol thought as he slowly walked to Syaoran's room, Eriol gently knocked on the door and waited for Syaoran to answer, 'Hm, no answer.' Eriol shrugged and went iside Syaoran's room, "OH MY GOSH!" Eriol exclaimed as he jumped on Syaoran.
Syaoran quickly woke up to find Eriol, in a muscle top and blue boxers, on top of him. Even worse, Eriol was hugging him! "WHAT THE HELL! GET OFF ME!" Syaoran exclaimed loudly as he pushed Eriol off of him and sat up, "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?" Syaoran asked with disgust as he pulled his blanket up, covering himself.
Eriol sweat-dropped, "No offence Syaoran, but not even the gay guys would want to rape you."
Syaoran glared at him, "Then what the hell were you doing, on top of me? AND, hugging me? IN YOUR BOXERS!"
Eriol smiled, "To thank you for buying me this!" Eriol held up a pink teddy bear, Syaoran's eyes grew big, "How did you know i needed a Pink Bear to complete my teddy bear collection?" A maid who was passig by stopped in front of Syaoran's room and stared at Eriol, 'Teddy Bear collection?' The maid thought as she continued to stare at the blue haired boy with a pink teddy bear in his hands. Eriol nervously laughed, "Ehehe.. My Teddy Bear Collection that i was collecting so that uhh... when it's Meiling's 19th birthday i would give it to her?" Eriol nervously smiled at the maid.
The maid simply nodded and left, 'What a wierd boy...' She thought. Syaoran quickly grabbed the pink teddy bear, "Thats not for you!"
Eriol put a hand on his heart, "Ow. I'm hurt!" He said saracastically, "If it's not for me, your best, most coolest, favoritest, always been on your side cousin, then who's it for?" Eriol asked, raising an eye-brow.
Syaoran stood up and put the teddy bear on his bed, "None of your buisness."
"Since when have you kept secrets from me?" Eriol asked blocking the door from Syaoran.
"Since i met you." Syaoran said trying to get past Eriol.
"Oh great, so i've been telling you all my secrets for the past 19 years and you haven't been honest with me? What other secrets have you kept from me huh Syao?" Eriol asked crossing his arms.
"Fine, I'll be honest with you," Syaoran said rolling his eyes, "Remember that one time, like last Christmas? When my mom said you looked handsome? And i was like nodding?" Eriol slowly shook his head, "Well, i lied, you looked horrible!" Syaoran said with a grin.
Eriol rolled his eyes, "I hate you." He said looking at Syaoran, "Your such a mean little decendent." Syaoran smiled innocently at him, and watched Eriol leave and go downstairs.
'The feeling's mutual Eriol.' Syaoran thought as he put the pink teddy bear on his desk, he quickly made his bed and went downstairs, once he got downstairs he went into the kitchen to find Eriol cooking, Syaoran grinned 'Time for revenge, no one calls me 'little decendent'!' "Yo! Chef Boy-are-you-short! What's cooking?" Syaoran said with a grin as he sat down.
Eriol slowly turned away from his cooking and looked at Syaoran, "What does it look like I'm cooking?"
Syaoran made a motion with his hands, telling Eriol to calm down, "Woah! Dude! I dont get you sometimes!" Eriol looked at him with confusion, "Sometimes you act like a girl," Eriol opened his mouth to protest but Syaoran stopped him, "Example one: What happened this morning." Syaoran shuddered, "I'm scarred for life!" Eriol rolled his eyes, "And sometimes i think your a guy, example 2: you have a girlfriend, and then sometimes i think your old," Eriol's eyes widened 'Old?', "Example 3: I am your cousin! COUSIN. Who says decendent now? I'll tell you who, OLLLLD people." Syaoran said with a grin, "I mean what are you? A girl? A guy? An old woman? An old man?"
Eriol pointed his spatula at Syaoran, "I'm your worst nightmare, thats what i am." He said as he flipped a pancake.
Syaoran snorted, "With a face like that your probably everyone's worst nightmare."
Eriol rolled his eyes and brought two plates of pancakes to the table, one for him and one for Syaoran, "How do you do that?"
Syaoran picked up his fork, "Do what? Pick up my fork?"
"No! Gaki! How do you like always 'turn the tables' on someone?" Eriol asked.
"Uh what?" Syaoran asked scratching his head
"Nevermind, so who was that teddy bear for?" Eriol asked eating his pancake.
"If you muuust know, it's for 'Kura." Syaoran said, 'It was either i tell him now, or be bugged by him forever.' He thought to himself.
"'Kura?" Eriol asked with a grin, "Ahh, i see, so you finally gave her a new nickname, i think 'Kura is way better than her other nickname, Froggy." Eriol said with a grin.
Syaoran mentally slapped himself, "I met Sa-Kura, but i choked on my pancake when i said the Sa part." Syaoran said defending himself, 'Good one Syao! Good cover!' He thought praising himself.
Eriol looked down at Syaoran's plate, "You didnt even take a bite of your pancake."
Syaoran nervously looked down, he nervously laughed and quickly cut a piece of his pancake and stuff it into his mouth, "Yes i did, look!" He said pointing to his plate.
Eriol sweat-dropped, "Whatever, you have any plans today?"
Syaoran let out a sigh, "No, but i dont want to go on a date with you, after what happened this morning who knows what you'll do out there. In public. Where people can see us." Syaoran said with a joking smile.
Eriol glared at him, "Gaki! I'm not asking you on a date! I was wondering if you could help me a find a Secret Santa gift for Tomoyo!"
Syaoran let out a sigh and stood up, he placed his plate in the sink, "No. I'm tired."
Eriol stood up and palced his plate in the sink, "Please? I'd ask Sakura to help but i heard she's going to the mall with Tomoyo and Meiling. It would look REALLY bad if Tomoyo saw me and the mall, with her best friend."
Syaoran couldn't help but smile, 'So Sakura's gonna be there huh?' "Fine. But only if you swear NEVER to go in my room and hug me while im in bed."
Eriol rolled his eyes, "Your never going to stop teasing me about that are you?"
Syaoran tapped his chin thoughtfully, "Nope." He said with a small smile as he went upstairs to change.
"SA-KU-RA!" Meiling shook Sakura's sleeping body violently, "SA-KU-RA!" She yelled again, she looked at the clock on the wall, it was 11:00, "SAKURAAAA!" Meiling let go of Sakura's sides and let her fall off the couch.
Tomoyo soon came in from the kitchen, "She's still sleeping!" Meiling nodded her head angrily, "Wait, i have an idea!" Tomoyo said picking up Sakura by the arms, "Sakuuurrraa! Hurry up! Wake up! The house is on FIREEE!" Tomoyo yelled as she pretended to scream, "Run Mei! We'll have to leave her!" Meiling grinned and started to run in place.
"NO! DON'T LEAVE ME!" Sakura quickly woke up and grabbed her backpack and ran for the door.
Meiling grabbed Sakura by the shirt before she had a chance to open the door, "FINALLY!"
Sakura stopped running and looked around, "Bakas! There's no fire!"
Tomoyo shrugged her shoulders, "Duh."
"Hurry up and get dressed. We're going shopping!" Meiling said pushing Sakura into a bathroom.
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AT THE MALL
"Hey Syao. You think Tomoyo would like this?" Eriol held up a box of chocolate.
Syaoran rolled his eyes, "Yeah Eriol. She'd just LOVE a box of chocolate," Eriol smiled, "For Valentines day! It's Christmas! You should get her something special."
Eriol frowned, "Since when did you become an expert on: What to get Girls on Christmas?"
Syaoran smiled at two girls that were passing by, "Hurry up."
Eriol rolled his eyes, "Stop flirting with girls and help me!"
Syaoran looked through the Christmas items, "Since when was smiling at two random girls fliritng?"
"You know how to flirt?" A voice said behind them.
Syaoran and Eriol turned around, "I'm an expert, need lessons 'Kura?" Syaoran said giving Sakura a cocky grin.
Sakura rolled her eyes, "If i were to get advice from you, i'd probably be on a date with a donkey right now."
Syaoran smiled, "I heard from my dear farmer friend that he had 2 donkeys available."
Sakura twirled her finger in the air, "Oh joy! I get to go on a date with 2 donkeys!"
Syaoran walked near her, "I heard one of their name's was Syaoran." He whispered in her ear.
Sakura's cheeks started to burn, Meiling and Tomoyo were grinning at her, she quickly tried to erase the redness and looked at Syaoran, she gave him a cheeky smile, "I heard one of them looked like Syaoran."
"Are you comparing me to a donkey?" Syaoran asked, the two girls he had waved to earlier was satrting to stare at them.
"Maybe. Maybe not." Sakura said sweetly.
Meiling rolled her eyes and whispered something to Tomoyo. "Genius." Tomoyo said with a smile as she grabbed Eriol and walked away. Eriol looked at Tomoyo and then at Meiling, 'What the heck?'
"Care to explain why you are kidnapping me?" Eriol said with a grin.
Tomoyo returned the smile, "What i can't hang out with my boyfriend?"
"No. Not when Syaoran and Sakura are around, so whats the "Genius" plan?" Eriol asked.
"Well, we all leave, Saku and Syaoran are all alone and bada bing bada boom." Tomoyo snapped her fingers, "Syaoran asks her out and they live happily ever after."
Eriol frowned, "We have a teeny tiny problem."
Tomoyo frowned, "What?"
Eriol saw Meiling heading their way and waited for her to come over to the table, "Sorry i took so long..." Meiling looked at Eriol and Tomoyo, "Did you guys break up?" Meiling quickly hugged Tomoyo, "I'm so sorry Tomo! I should have warned you to never go out with that cream puff lover!"
Eriol sweat-dropped, "No we did not! And i don't plan on it." He gave Tomoyo a wink, "But uh... i think i should have waited for Syaoran but," Meiling and Tomoyo looked at him, "Aunt Yelan called yesterday."
Meiling looked at him with horror in her eyes, "She did? Oh my gosh! If she asked about who flushed Syaoran's favorite green slippers down the toilet during the summer, it was not me!"
Eriol stood up and pointed an accusing finger at Meiling, "IT WAS YOU!"
Meiling shrugged her shoulders, "Well it wasn't you, or Syaoran's four sisters was it? And i doubt it was Aunt Yelan." Meiling snorted, "Gee, smart people are dumb."
Eriol glared at Meiling, "Syaoran blaimed me for that! I had to... clean each and every single toilet in the house as punishment! 10 toilets Mei! T-E-N! And one of them had a surpri---"
"No need for details." Tomoyo quickly cut him off, "Anwyays the teeny problem?"
"Well, it's not actually teeny..." Eriol looked at Meiling and Tomoyo, "Um, Aunt Yelan called saying she would be home early, which means..." He paused, "Me and Syaoran are leaving early to."
Tomoyo and Meiling gasped, "No... when?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol let out a sigh, "The 24th, right before Christmas."
Meiling sat in the chair, "No way! But what about Sakura?"
"Sakura?" Eriol asked, "What about Syaoran?"
"Syaoran?" Tomoyo asked.
Eriol nodded, "Yeah, he even bought her a teddy bear for Secret Santa." Eriol froze, he slapped himself physically, "Oops..."
Tomoyo and Meiling looked at each other with stars in their eyes, "KAWAII! Just like what Saku-chan wanted!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Wait. Wanted?" Eriol asked.
Tomoyo and Meiling nodded as they started to explain about what happened during the movie.
"Gaki!" Sakura yelled pointing a finger at Syaoran.
"Whatever happened to Bonehead? Syao?" Syaoran asked with a wink.
Sakura rolled her eyes, "Your bugging me, Tomoyo, Mei, lets go?" Sakura did a double-take. "Tomoyo? Meiling?"
Syaoran turned his head, "Eriol?"
"THEY LEFT US!" Sakura exclaimed angrily.
"He did this on purpose!" Syaoran mumbled to himself.
"They did this on purpose!" Sakura mumbled.
Syaoran looked at Sakura, good thing he had better hearing than Sakura, "They did what on purpose?"
Sakura froze, and tried to find a good excuse, "They left us on purpose! Isn't it obvious?"
Syaoran sweat-dropped, "Yeah, kinda."
Sakura quickly took out her cellphone and dialed Tomoyo's number, Riiing! Riiiing! "Oh no! It's Sakura!" Tomoyo said dropping her phone on the table. "What do we do?" Tomoyo asked Meiling.
Meiling laughed nerovusly, "Ehehe... I didn't think Sakura would call us..."
Eriol sweat-dropped, "You dont know do you?"
Meiling nodded stupidly, and stared at the phone, "Uhg! She wont answer!"
Syaoran took out his phone and dialed Eriol's number, "Oh crap! It's Syao!"
"Uhg, he wont answer either." Syaoran put his phone back in his pocket.
"Um excuse me," A girl about the same age as Sakura and Syaoran, with black hair and blue eyes, tapped Syaoran on the shoulder, Syaoran raised an eyebrow at her, "Ok this is a dare ok?" The girl said, pointing to her friends on the side, "I seemed to have lost my number... can i have yours?" The girl asked, Syaoran opened his mouth to say something when the girl ran off giggling.
Sakura held her stomach, "I can't hold it!" She said as she began to laugh.
Syaoran glared at her, "What are you laughing about?"
"Aha! SHE had to be dared to flirt with you!" Sakura paused, "Seem's like the bonehead has lost its mojo."
"I don't see anyone even trying to flirt with you. So the scores 1-0 'Kura." Syaoran said grinning.
"Is that a challenge?" Sakura said sticking out her hand, "Whoever get's flirted with the most wins, loser has to buy ice cream."
Syaoran smiled and shook Sakura's hand, "I prefer chocolate ice cream, double scoop."
Sakura grinned, "The scores about to be even." She said as she walked over to a table. Syaoran scratched his head in confusion, 'What does she mean by that?' He thought as he sat in a table next to her's.
Sakura smiled sweetly at him, and mouthed the words: Strawberry ice cream to him. Syaoran snorted, he opened his mouth to say something when a boy about their age came up to Sakura, "Have i seen you before?" Sakura nodded her head in the no-direction sweetly. "Mind if i sit down?" Sakura smiled and nodded her head, Syaoran opend his mouth into an o-shape, "So why is sucha pretty girl like yourself sitting all alone?" The guy asked.
Sakura giggled, and stood up, "I'm sorry, but i think i see my friends, nice talking to you!" She said as she waved cutely at the guy and headed towards the ice cream store. The guy just dumbly nodded and watched her leave, Syaoran quickly stood up and followed Sakura. "3-1 Syao." Sakura said sweetly as she walked inside the ice cream store.
"3? That counts as 1!" Syaoran argued.
"Nu uh. He tried to flirt with me 3 times, so i win." Sakura argued as she stood in line.
"No fair! You didnt even say anything to him." Syaoran said, trying to pull Sakura out of line.
"You didn't say anything to that one girl either!" Sakura said.
"But it's no fair! You had an advantage!" Syaoran argued.
"And what advantage would that be?" Sakura asked with a snort, "All i did was sit, giggle, smile, and nod."
"And all i want to do is take your order." The clerk said rudley.
Sakura laughed nervously and flashed the boy a sweet smile, "I'm so sorry!" She said looking at the clerk.
The clerk chuckled, "It's ok! So what can i do for you?"
Syaoran glared at the clerk, he put an arm around Sakura's shoulders and smiled sweetly at the clerk, "No fair! Your acting all cute-ish!" Syaoran whispered into Sakura's ear.
Sakura laughed, and smiled at the clerk, "No i'm not, now stop being a sore loser and buy my ice cream!"
"Wait, the game's not over." Syaoran smiled at the clerk, "You can help the other customer, we aren't ready yet."
The clerk simply nodded, Sakura glared at him, and watched Syaoran carefully, "Syaoran pretended to look at the many ice creams and bumped into a girl, he gave her a sweet smile, "Sorry about that." He said with a light chuckle.
The girl blushed a deep red, "No it's my fault." Syaoran smiled back, "So, are you here alone?" The girl asked.
Syaoran opened his mouth to answer when Sakura grabbed his left ear and pulled him into the line, "Hurry up and buy my ice cream!" She ordered, stomping her foot like a 5 year old.
Syaoran gave the girl he had bumped into an apologetic smile, "Sorry 'Kura, Games over and we tied."
Sakura glared at him, "You cheated."
Syaoran rolled his eyes, "No i didn't."
Sakura waved her hand, "I'm leaving."
"Great, should i report CNN?" Syaoran asked sarcastically.
Sakura rolled her eyes and left, Syaoran watched her as she sat down on a bench with her cell phone out, 'Probably trying to call Tomoyo...' "Um, can i have 1 chocolate ice cream, double scoop and a strawberry ice cream... triple scoop." Syaoran asked as he paid the clerk.
"Gosh Tomoyo! Curse them!" Sakura mumbled to herself, "Why did you leave me with an incosiderate, cheating, bone--" Sakura looked up when she saw two feet approaching her.
Syaoran smiled sweetly at her and held out an ice cream cone towards Sakura, "You win."
Sakura blushed a light pink and took the cone, "You didn't have to..."
Syaoran smiled, "Eh, i felt like it."
'Tell her now Syaoran! Tell her!' A voice said in his head.
Syaoran could feel his heart thumping, 'Tell her...'
Sakura looked up at Syaoran and giggled, "Hey Syao. You got a little something on your cheek." Sakura grabbed a napkin from a food stand and wiped it off his face.
Syaoran blushed, "Thanks..."
Sakura was so close to him, she could smell his scent, 'Smells kinda like Peonies? Or ... EW! Sakura! You are not a dog! Stop smelling him!' She scolded herself mentally. "Uh..." Sakura dumbly said as she removed her hand from Syaoran's cheek, "Yeah, you wanna look around?"
Syaoran nodded as they walked side by side, eating their ice cream.
'Tell him...' Sakura thought to herself.
'Tell her...' Syaoran thought to himself.
"Why don't they just tell each other already!" Meiling asked pulling her hair in anger, "Do i have to go up to them and spell out: TELL ?"
Tomoyo and Eriol sweat-dropped, "Calm down!" Eriol said fanning Meiling.
Tomoyo nodded in agreement, "Just watch, they'll tell each other soon."
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