Summary:
Gossip. Lies. Drama. Everyone watches every move you make. Syaoran Li is probably the most arrogant person I've ever met in my lifetime. And I swear by Kami, that he's out to get me. And I, unseeingly ... fell in love with the game.
Disclaimer:
I do not own Card Captor Sakura.
I love the responses I've been getting for the previous chapter, they all made me smile, even the ones where people were calling me a bitch!
I TOLD YOU GUYS THAT THERE WOULD BE A SURPRISE. So... before you all get your panties in a knot... just read mkay? ;)
And I updated really quick because I felt bad, ):
Just read!
Hopefully the surprise shocks the life out of you!
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Chapter 25:
A look into the future
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RECAP:
Syaoran Li walked away from the alter, from his friends and family who stood gaping after him and from everything he knew.
He was walking towards the light.
Where she was
3 years later...
"Syaoran Li, head of Li Enterprises father passed away from Colon cancer, his family has no comment to the public – they just want to grieve in private"
The TV flickered to a group picture of Syaoran, his mother, four sisters and Eriol holding Tomoyo's hand. They pushed through paparazzi and Syaoran glared hard at the cameras and mics that were being thrushed into his face.
"Syaoran Li! Have you talked to your ex fiancé about the death of ex girlfriend Sakura Kinomoto?"
"How are you coping?!"
"Are they're any new love interests in your life at the current moment?"
"No comment to the three above questions, I have no contact with Yuri and it will continue to stay that way! And I'm coping just fucking fine" With that, Syaoran Li snapped and pushed the reporter down to the grown and headed across the street, not caring if he got hit.
It's been 3 years since he'd lost the love of his life, Sakura Kinomoto. The hospital wouldn't let them take her body so he just set aside a grave, and he visits it regularly.
When he called her family the day after the wedding, her brother had never been so broken down, and the only thing her father said was "let me grieve in peace, you've done enough".
His father held their own personal memorial for his daughter; clips were on the news of her mother and father crying during the funeral. Friends from high school were present and their old high school even had a memorial.
There were interviews on TV from fellow friends; some said "Sakura, she was the sweetest thing. She didn't deserve to die but I guess heaven needed a new angel" and others said they expected her and Li Syaoran to end up together, with thirty kids and obese not wanting to move off the couch for fear that the floor boards would break.
He hasn't had contact with anyone since her death but he visits the grave in Hong Kong regularly. He tells her he's so very sorry for everything and loves her and always will.
It's been two and a half years since Tomoyo and Eriol got married, they had their first child, Amaya, a beautiful baby girl with dark hair and amethyst eyes in January, the year after Syaoran's disaster wedding. Syaoran's proud to be an uncle of such a beautiful baby.
Tomoyo wanted to name her after Sakura but Eriol said it would be to hard to look at his daughter, in fear of all of the bad memories that'll come flooding back. So they settled on Amaya Sakura Hiiragizawa. Tomoyo was sure that Sakura would appreciate that.
Mei Lin got engaged and is expecting a baby boy next year, October of 2013 and Syaoran ... well he's still single and definitely not looking to get his heart involved in any more psychotic mind games.
He's become CEO of the company after his father retired and opened a branch in England, where he's currently moving to. Breaking the news to his parents last year was hard, they didn't want to see him leave and he planned to leave that summer but because his father got sick – he stayed till the bitter end.
He bought a penthouse sweet, and decided its time to leave his home behind and head off for a fresh start.
The rain tickled his skin as he placed the rose down on the cold cement, "I love you Sakura, I always will. You and our unborn child..."
Syaoran Li took the last glance at her grave before he turned around and headed for the black limo parked on the gloomy streets of Hong Kong. How come is it ever time you're visiting a grave, god decides its time to dump a shitload of water on you just to make everything worse, and with the rain comes dark skies so it's darker, therefore its scarier...?
"Thanks" Syaoran said to no one as he got into the limo and leaned against the seat, feeling the cool material against his back.
Flipping open his cell, he glanced at a missed call from Tomoyo, and they've grown to be extra close since the loss of Sakura. Mei Lin on the other hand, moved to Canada and hasn't really been in touch with the family.
She writes and emails but because of the closeness between all of them, the proximity of them all and Sakura's death took a harder toll on her than she expected. So she met her wonderful boyfriend, Cody and they moved to Canada where he proposed and she's expecting a baby boy.
Yelan grew to be an old bitter woman since the capture of Yuri and her brother. Sometimes she goes to visit just to see if they're enjoying their time in hell and they reply bitterly, "Syaoran's love was worth everything and that stupid bitch didn't deserve any of it".
Too bad she's locked away for life, and her parents? They paid the Li's everything they had to keep it quiet except camera flashes were apparent in every picture of the newspaper for the next three months. They had lost everything for the sake of their children. They eventually moved to a small town in Indonesia to get away from all the drama, Yuri's mother had gone crazy and tried to kill herself a few times. It made the news a few times.
Then her father decided it was best to move her out of there, they became farmers and headed to a small town where nobody knew of them and their past.
Sakura Kinomoto was finally in the newspaper two months after her death.
A young tragic girl at the age of 20 died by a hit and run that went bad – she was reported in hospital for nearly four weeks before she passed away.
Rumor had it, she was pregnant with Multimillionaire Li Syaoran's baby but comments were never made about the allegations.
Rumor also has it that she was in the middle of an engagement with another woman, friends of Syaoran Li said that they've never seen him more in love with Kinomoto.
Too bad someone good had to die so young, you will be missed.
Rest in Peace
Syaoran kept the newspaper clipping, the picture of her vibrant face smiling at him – the one from the bar. He willingly gave that picture to cops after making copies, for them of course because it was the only one he had of her.
The only picture they managed to get together was at a bar after he ripped a guy off of her.
He smiled to himself as he stared out of the limo's windows at Hong Kong's busy nightlife for the very last time. He was heading out to London in 50 minutes and he didn't have time to say anything.
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10:30 am, London England
A girl with short black hair headed down the rainy London streets heading towards her home. She was currently expecting Syaoran to arrive anytime, in fact – he's probably already home. She wore an expensive Chanel trenchcoat that ended near her ankles, black boots adorned her feet and a pair of expensive Roc-a-wear jeans adorned her legs. For a top, she wore a low cut tank top that was hidden under the trench coat.
Amaya wore a pretty blue dress, with a sparkly dark blue headband that adorned her dark head. Her hair was curled and put up in pig tails and she was currently clinging onto her mama for dear life. She played with her moms short hair and slobbered into her ear, giving her wet kisses that made her erupt into laughs in the middle of the sidewalk.
People sending her awfully strange glances.
Syaoran decided it was time for him to experience a new life and leave all the dreadful hatings behind, with Sakura's death and Yuri's arrest. He wanted to start over clean.
Oh and his fathers' death.
"The poor guys' been through so much, baby" she whispered to her daughter as her daughter stared at her with large amethyst eyes and gaga'd at her mama.
"Mama" She squealed and Tomoyo sighed as she rested the girl on her baby bump, "You should be able to walk baby, you're nearing 5 now!"
Yes that's right, Tomoyo and Eriol have been busy lately and they're expecting another baby, but they decided to keep the sex a surprise, and just get ready for both, a boy and a girl!
"I know but mama" she squealed and played with her short hair, sending her mom a toothy grin.
The only thing Tomoyo could do was melt at her beautiful daughter. "Uncle Syao is coming to see you today!"
Watching her daughters' eyes light up, she climbed the stairs and headed into their beautiful expensive London home. "Baby, I'm home!"
Setting her daughter down, she watched as she toddled off into the living room in search for her daddy. Seeing him sitting on the couch in the living room, she tried to climb the couch but obviously her grubby hands were out of reach from her father.
He set the laptop aside and picked her up before proceeding to kiss her a million times and tickle her, her laughter ringing throughout the house.
"Is our lovely guest here yet darling?"
Eriol looked up, and adjusted his reading glasses before nodding his head. "His things are here, he's just in the washroom."
Tomoyo squealed and patted her hands together before walking into the kitchen to get started on a wonderful lunch.
Ever since Syaoran invested in a branch in England, Eriol decided it was time for him and the famjam to pack up and head on out. Two years later, Syaoran decided it was a wise idea after observing the happiness that Eriol and Tomoyo were experiencing.
Sometimes, at night... he often found himself hoping that he could be that happy eventually...
Syaoran flipped off the switch and headed out into the living room but a picture of bright green eyes staring at him, caught his attention. Glancing down the hall, he made sure the coast was clear before heading into Tomoyo and Eriol's master bedroom and picking up the metal picture frame.
A pretty 17 year old Sakura Kinomoto stared up at him, she had her arms wrapped around a younger Syaoran and Tomoyo was taking the picture.
They looked like pure bliss, except Syaoran looked annoyed as Sakura fussed over him in the multiple pictures.
That was the night of their accidental first kiss, and then Syaoran said it was an accident and until he left for Hong Kong, he decided to hide his feelings by being a jerk.
Rubbing his hands around her soft features in the picture, he smiled and set the picture down before heading down the hall, her bright green eyes illuminating in the room, beckoning in its next victim.
"Syaoran! Hi there, how was your flight?" Tomoyo fussed over Syaoran as he sat down and cracked open a beer, happy to be home.
"Good" he sent her a toothy grin and hit beer bottles with Eriol, "hey man"
Eriol nodded as he took a sip of his beer and went back to typing up his report for work on his brand new laptop.
Tomoyo glanced out through the kitchen that overlooked the living room and smiled at Syaoran. He seemed relaxed and energized.
"Meet any hotties on the plane?"
Syaoran scoffed and rubbed his head shyly, "Hah, they're all old women"
Tomoyo and Eriol shared a laugh and Syaoran rubbed the back of his head as he watched the TV above the fireplace.
"How's the construction of your place going?" Tomoyo said as she stuffed lobster tails for them to eat in an hour.
Syaoran shrugged, "It should be ready in a day or so – they just need to paint. I'll be out of your way in a day or so. Thanks for letting me crash here"
Tomoyo smiled, "What are friends for?"
Syaoran just nodded as he took another sip of his beer.
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England, 8:30 AM, Wednesday June 1st 2012
Syaoran reached over and hit the alarm button – he was finally adjusted into his penthouse sweet and things seemed to be running along smoothly. A girl in the office finds him cute and flirts with him everyday, Tomoyo comes for lunch often with baby Amaya and tells him to go for it.
He just shrugs and buries himself in more work, the nagging guilty thought of Sakura eating away at the back of his mind.
Would she want him happy, or would she want him to grieve over him constantly?
Syaoran decided that since it was Sakura, she'd want him happy and taking a glance out the window he decided to play up his luck. Grabbing his jacket, he headed down the emergency stairs figuring that the elevator would take too long to reach her flight.
Reaching the 36th floor out of 47, he pushed the door open and came face to face with bright hazel eyes and blonde hair. "Becca, what do you say about lunch?"
Becca, a 24 year old English tempo, flying from job to job nodded as she swooned up towards her boss and they left the office, unaware of Tomoyo's watchful eye, she really hoped this would be good for Syaoran.
To get back into the dating scene.
When they returned from lunch, both of them were laughing and Tomoyo dragged Syaoran into her office demanding all the details. He told her he really liked her and he wanted it to work out.
Tomoyo smiled and cheered for him, hoping this would be good for him too. She advised him not to get hooked up in another marriage, for it was time for him to take things slow and get to know Becca first before jumping into a second marriage.
He agreed, for once in his life Syaoran Li believed his life was beginning to look up after the death of Sakura Kinomoto.
He was hoping things would work out definitely; he wanted things to work out perfectly. He really liked Becca and believed they could be a great couple.
She was the only person other than Sakura who could fully understand him, and he appreciated her for that.
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2 years later...
It had been 2 years since Becca and Syaoran started going out steadily, and Syaoran was enjoying it – she was a lot of fun and made him laugh all the time. She was a good lover and because he's been celibate for the past 5 years, she's made up for everything.
He even told her about Sakura, something he's never done to anyone but the people who were immediately involved. She didn't say anything but gave him a big hug and tell him that she's there now and things will be alright.
Currently, he was sitting in Tomoyo's living room holding a small black box and it kept spinning around in his fingers. She eyed it, "I would wait a bit longer Syaoran, you know my gut feelings ... well I've got a big one"
The baby started crying and Tomoyo excused herself quickly and ran to her son, Yuki where she gave him her breast and began feeding. She could hear Syaoran pacing in the living room, wondering what to do.
Should he let her jump into the marriage that quickly? Only after knowing the girl for two years, perhaps he needed to take things slower...
That was the death of Yuri and Sakura, he took things too far and fast.
Eventually, Tomoyo came back into the room and apologized, as a 5 and a half year old Amaya ran throughout the house with their dog. Tomoyo apologized and told him to wait a bit longer, she wanted to make this feeling go away.
Her best friend, Syaoran Li didn't need anymore heartache.
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It had been a month since the talk Syaoran had with Tomoyo in her living room and one day, Tomoyo decided to drop her daughter and son off at the babysitters and pick up some groceries.
She was heading through the isle when she saw a little girl running around, around the age of 6 with stunning emerald eyes and a bundle of amber chocolate hair that matched Syaoran's hair to the last pigment.
The little girl seemed lost and confused as she headed throughout the isle, calling after her mom, and Tomoyo offered her a hand.
"Hi there darling, you're a cutie did you know that?"
The little girl stared up at the stranger with wide emerald eyes and Tomoyo felt a pain in her chest. She nodded. "I wost my mommy!" She cried as she glanced around the huge store and started crying.
Tomoyo picked her up and put her in the cart, "Let's look for her, ne?"
"My name is Tomoyo and you look very familiar, what's your mommy look like?"
The little 6 year old giggled and thrashed her head around before asking to be set down. Tomoyo obliged scared that if she started screaming, she'd be called a babynapper.
The little girl took off and Tomoyo found herself calling out after the little girl and running after her. She abandoned the cart, feeling a sense of hope rushing over her and when the little girl was hugging her moms leg, Tomoyo found herself staring into a pair of emerald eyes that blinked back at her.
"Why were you chasing my daughter?" She called out to the foreign woman and stepped back to lift her up.
"Sakura?"
The woman looked confused, "Sorry, do I know you?"
Tomoyo nearly hurled herself at Sakura but she kept her distance, "Is your name Sakura Kinomoto?"
"Do I know you?"
That confirmed Tomoyo's hunches and she let out a squeal before latching herself onto the woman who pulled away, looking disorientated. "You...you don't remember me? You're cousin Tomoyo? Look, can we go for coffee, I can explain everything..."
Sakura, the said woman, nodded her head after some hesitation – feeling like if she turned this down – it would be the worst mistake ever of her life.
The last five years for Sakura have been the most confusing ones of her life, she was in a coma for 6 months and woke up to give birth to her precious one, Lily Kinomoto.
Then because she was so weak, she slipped back into a coma and when she woke up, 3 months later, she couldn't remember anything but her baby daughter.
The hospital released her three weeks later and she was transferred to London. She wasn't in contact with family because she couldn't remember having family. The only way she knew of her name was because the wrist band on her arm.
The hospital refused to give her numbers of people she supposedly knew, and so she just went on living her life in England to raise her baby.
Tomoyo noticed the things in her cart and told her she would meet her at the exit doors, she needed to make a phone call.
Dialing both Eriol and Syaoran's number, she reached both men at work and was nearly shaking from the run in with Sakura.
"E-Eriol?! Sy-Syaoran?"
Both men gave her their full attention as she seemed to be in a panic and Eriol was the first to speak, "Tomoyo, are you okay? Where are the kids?"
Tomoyo sucked in a shaky breath and sighed. "Syaoran, I need you to hang up please, I'm sorry. I just need to talk to Eriol myself personally..."
Syaoran obliged and hung up the phone and went back to signing papers – every once in a while eyeing the box sitting on his desk. He couldn't make up his mind if he wanted to propose to Becca or not, something was telling him not to but he had moved on from so many things.
Course, he still loved Sakura with almost ever fiber in his body but Becca was good, she was fine. She wasn't a filler, she was her own person and Syaoran was beginning to love her for her.
He just needed a little longer; therefore he threw the box into his drawer and went back to signing, his mind completely wandering.
"Eriol?"
Eriol sighed and set the pen back down, he could hear Tomoyo drawing in a shaky breath. "What's wrong?"
"G-Guess who I'm going out for coffee with?"
Eriol rolled his eyes and sighed, "Can't be me or Syaoran, so who is it? Becca? You're mom? My mom? Syaoran's mom? A ghost?"
Tomoyo laughed shakily and glanced around the grocery story, coming into eyesight of Sakura who was standing in line to pay for her things. She had gotten taller and more beautiful, her long auburn hair was tied back in a high pony tail, and her emerald eyes still a trait of hers. She looked a lot like her old self, but she seemed lost and confused.
Like she was looking for answers.
"N-No, Sakura"
Eriol dropped his pen and his heart stopped, was his wife becoming delusional? "W-what? She died Tomoyo, you need to accept that!"
Tomoyo growled, "I'm not crazy. I saw her at the grocery store; she's alive with a daughter, with Syaoran's daughter. Is he proposing to Becca tonight?"
Eriol scratched his head and sighed, "Dunno, maybe why?"
Tomoyo nearly screeched, but kept her cool as Sakura locked eyes with her. She smiled and Sakura looked away, watching her daughter play with her face and giggle.
People admired her from far away but Tomoyo knew the sadness that lie in her face. She wanted answers.
"I think she suffers from amnesia, she couldn't remember me and when I said my name she just agreed but Syaoran needs to come home tonight, convince him to drink beers at the house. I'll take her home and it'll be like a reunion!"
Eriol agreed and hang up the phone in a daze, shortly after Syaoran entered the room eyeing him weirdly, "Hey man, I'm going to leave now – I'm taking Becca out to dinner she just doesn't know it yet!"
Eriol reached his hand out, "Tomoyo would really like you to come back to the house for drinks, she said please"
Syaoran sighed and nodded, "Becca can wait I suppose, if it's for Tomoyo then sure" He sent a smile and both men were on their way home to Eriol's.
For a surprise of Syaoran's life.
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"Here, lets go back to my place and I'll make you tea" Tomoyo offered to the girl sitting next to her, her cousin who was supposed to be dead.
Sakura just nodded as she glanced in the back seat and watched her baby, "I wish I knew who the father is. I don't remember anything from before my coma, and you say you know me?"
Tomoyo took her eyes off the road for a millisecond to nod, "I'm your cousin – you're family lives in Tokyo, I have pictures. Do you usually head off with strangers?"
Sakura let out a small quiet laugh, and shook her head. "Not usually, but you seem to know me and the hospital refused to give me any information on before my coma. They said they lost records in a fire." I had to learn to cope.
Tomoyo scratched her head and nodded, "Yeah – they had a fire 5 months after they told us you died. I'm just not sure why they wouldn't tell us you were alive..."
Sakura shrugged as they rolled up to the nice expensive house. She reached into the back and pulled her sleeping daughter out and followed Tomoyo up the stairs.
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Syaoran shook awake when the door opened and he hit Eriol on the thigh. He jumped awake and rushed towards the door, staring at Sakura in person. His eyes widened, as he enveloped her in a hug. "I thought you died"
Sakura sent Tomoyo a weirded out look and Tomoyo pulled him away, "She doesn't remember anyone, us ... Syaoran... anything. It's really complicated"
Sakura sighed as she glanced around and looked for Lily, "Lily?" She called out as she took her shoes off and was about to step by Eriol and Tomoyo when Syaoran rounded the corner.
"Tomoyo who's child is thi-" His eyes glanced over at Sakura and she stared at him, her emerald eyes staring at him. She tilted her head as memories flooded her brain, the time they kissed flashed before her eyes and the passionate night they shared.
"What the hell?"
They all glanced over at Sakura as she crumpled to the floor and Lily hid her face in Syaoran's chest.
"Shit"
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The next day when Sakura opened her eyes she was in a pink room and she felt something warm grasping her hand. Glancing down, she came in contact with Syaoran holding her hand and Lily sleeping with her head up against his chest. She was drooling slightly.
Sakura quietly got up and headed out of the door, into the living room where she saw Tomoyo and Eriol quietly talking. "Okay, please – tell me what the hell is going on? I'm very confused"
Tomoyo patted the spot down and started through their life history – how she met Syaoarn and everytime Tomoyo said Syaoran, Sakura's face would light up 20 million shades of red. She must of have some memory of him, for her to blush that much around him.
"I loved him?"
Tomoyo nodded and Eriol interrupted her, "You wanted to break up him and his weird fiancé but then she hired her brother to come after you. Then-"
Syaoran stood in the doorway and cleared his throat, "Then...then you slipped into a coma for four weeks and one day, I was visiting you and you flat lined-"
Sakura cut him off, realization dawning on her, "-Y-you were that guy? I remember someone sitting with me almost everyday saying things would be alright, and how much you loved me..."
Syaoran nodded, all the feelings coming back for her. Suddenly, Becca didn't matter so much. He crossed the living room and sat his sleeping daughter on the couch and pulled Sakura up into a tight hug.
"Oh Syaoran, everythings some what coming back to me... I've missed you so much..."
Syaoran kissed the top of her forehead and sighed. "Thank you god"
Sakura sent him a small smile and stared at his amber eyes, he gave her a kiss and she responded.
She knew in her heart, deep in her heart that this was the man she was supposed to spend the rest of her life with.
"What happened after you woke up?"
Sakura sat back down, her head cloudy but she tried to make it out, "Well ... they told me that my ex boyfriend was getting married and it wasn't fair to interrupt him because he's happy. I couldn't remember anyone anyways, so it really didn't matter to me... as cold as that sounds, I didn't know what else to do. Being a brand new mom only knowing my name and I tried looking up my family but do you know how many Kinomoto's there are in Hong Kong? I didn't know they lived in Tokyo.
And they also told me that I flatlined and my organs filled up with blood and they pronounced me dead, and the during an otopsy, a few days later I came back to life and I guess as a cover up, they kept me in the hospital but because of extreme head damage I slipped into a coma. Don't forget my heart was heavily damaged.
Then I woke up, and I had to start all over, they sent me to London with Lily and we began a new life after I got out of physio, and things were definitely hard. I was praying to god, that I'd be handed a break and meet the father of my baby..."
Syaoran stared down at her, his love in his eyes. "I wanted to kill myself Sakura, I've missed you so much. I have a girlfriend at the moment and I was going to propose because I needed a distraction to get over you, but ... you're here and we ... we have a daughter together. I need to focus on getting to know you all over, do you think you can do that?"
Sakura nodded as the four of them all exchanged hugs with Sakura.
She felt good to be home, but now she has to work on everything from her past. Like her family, Syaoran's family, Tomoyo's family.
Everything needed to be recreated pretty much.
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A year later...
Syaoran and Sakura spent the night in Hawaii, watching the sunset.
It had been 5 months since Syaoran broke up with Becca, she wasn't heartbroken she said she had somewhat of a feeling that the day would come soon. Just didn't realize that Sakura would come back "from the dead" as sort to speak.
It was weird, Lily is nearly 7 and she loves having her father around. Sakura's pregnant with another baby with Syaoran; they got married two months ago after falling for one another again.
It was good that Sakura couldn't remember the type of past the two shared because this allowed her to get to know the real Syaoran, the one who had emmense feelings.
A month after Sakura re-entered their lives, Syaoran arranged a reunion for his family, Tomoyo's mother and her own family.
Sakura told him it was the best thing he could have done for her, because everything seemed pretty evident that she knew who they were.
Syaoran also sued the hospital for lying to a patient about contacts and not helping with amnesia. They never even contacted Tomoyo or Syaoran stating she was awake, they went through years of hell...
But now, everything was great. Sakura and Syaoran got married, Mei Lin moved to England and everyone was happy.
There was no more harm to be done, she came back for him.
After all, what's meant to be will always find it's way.
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Alright, there you have it. The last chapter for this story. Did you guys like the surprise? So she actually did not die. Did you also like how I updated in the same night? Because I felt, so so so sooo bad.
Well , I hope some of you come and read my new story, I quite like it and I'm hoping some of you will.
Till my next update on Undeniable.
Cie La Vie , to this story.
It's been great , thanks to everyone and sorry if there are any mistakes, it's 2 am and I'm currently dying, so just take the update and be happy )
Luvia signing out..
for the last time on this story...
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