They sat together on the plane in silence. He reached for her hand in a gesture of comfort and received a black glare that made him flinch. He scooted over a bit, just in case she tried anything. She hadn't spoken one word to him since she had met him at the airport. She had only come with a small suitcase. He had been expecting a whole lot of things to be coming with her, but this embarrassed him because it looked like she thought she wasn't making a permanent move. The aura of unhappiness and anger that looked to be his approaching death made him silent as well.
At this moment he knew better than to even bother her. He sat back and contemplated his schedule. He spoke because it regarded her, "Err, I know you are angry at me right now but um there is a few things we are supposed to be doing this week, like my mother has arranged this ball which I guess is supposed to be an engagement ball…"
She hadn't said anything until now, "If you think for one second I am going to let you parade me around as your latest triumph you can guess again. I agreed to marry you and that is all I intend to do, besides you didn't say whether I could get an annulment in our contract. I plan on signing one right after the ceremony, I hope you don't mind." She grinned evilly while he sputtered and it became quiet again as he tried to gather his thoughts.
"We don't do that kind of thing in my family."
"It's a good thing I'm not your family, or this whole thing would be truly messed up."
Syaoran knew he was treading thin ice and tried not to say or do anything that would make her even madder. "We'll see." Her eyes flared at his annoying statement.
"There isn't any 'we'll see' about Li Syaoran, I don't want to be married to you for any period of time in this lifetime, and if I have to be, you won't like your life very much."
He was mad and of course said something really dumb. "What are you going to do oversex me?"
She whipped her head around so fast from the window. She looked murderous. "If you think that there will be anything happening past 'I do' and a signature you are wrong." She glared waiting for him to say something and turned her head back to look out into the clouds.
He made a face towards the back of her head. He mentally thought that she couldn't hold out on him. She was naturally passionate and she had told him on a previous occasion that she had never been more satisfied with a lover. He smirked mentally. Everything was working out in his favor.
"So…." He tried to start on a better subject but did not anticipate her reaction. "How have the check-ups for the baby been going?"
"They are none of your business."
"How do you figure that one?" He was getting miffed. He was trying to take an interest in the life they created.
"Any man who says to me 'how could you do this to me' is not worried about their child's welfare." She said this waspishly.
"I apologized for that." He supposed he wasn't going to get anything out of her today.
"And that makes it better how?"
"Listen if you think I wanted any of this dumped into my lap, you are wrong. I am trying to make the best of it; you could try and do the same."
"Anybody who resorts to blackmail to get me into a marriage we both don't want does not get sympathy from me."
"How do you know I don't want it?"
"Hmmn, probably from the way your family has been hounding you to make a commitment of some sort to me since we started dating." His eyes widened. "I am not as dumb as you take me for Li Syaoran!"
The rest of the trip was quiet and her assertion was confirmed. Mama must have intervened and Li Syaoran was forced to ask me to marry him. He has gone to ridiculous lengths to ensure I will get to the alter with him.
"Article 21: the party Kinomoto Sakura will have no contact with reporters or family members without Li Syaoran's consent before the wedding takes place.
Article 22: Kinomoto Sakura will not leave the address 2350 jaded leaves apartment complex, 315 Jing-Mao circle, Hong Kong unless accompanied by Li Syaoran.
Article 23: Kinomoto Sakura will be living at the above address until other arrangements are made for a house.
The number of clauses went on and on. She almost wondered on the legality of the document and how it prevents free movement and autonomy. However, it is probably legal in china because she is an alien and not male.
She sighed. They rode in the car silently and also in the elevator to the 23rd floor. "Come on Sakura you can't give me the silent treatment forever."
She didn't say anything and he was becoming irritated. She marched through the apartment and was heading into her old bedroom before he caught her arm.
"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME BLOOD. WE ARE HAVING A KID TOGETHER GET OVER IT, I'M SORRY I SAID STUPID THINGS. THIS IS WHO I AM AND YOU BETTER LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU ARE STUCK WITH ME UNTIL ONE OF US DIES."
She was completed unfazed by him and slammed her old bedroom door in his face. He quickly opened it less than a minute later with a key in hand. "Don't ever walk away from me when I am talking to you." She stuck her tongue out childishly. He was visibly trying to calm himself but he was ignoring her training. She was lying on the bed when he picked her up. She weighed more now but he hauled her through his own bedroom door with ease. He was incensed she was trying to sleep in the other room.
"What exactly are you doing?" She sounded sleepy.
"If you want to sleep this is your room, not the guest room. My wife sleeps with me always."
"I am not your wife and I won't share a bed with you."
"You will and you'll like it."
"I don't know why you think now that I came back everything back to normal because it's not. You are in the negative as far as the points category goes and you aren't doing any better every time you bully me into something. So, if you honestly think that I am going to be happy and play the happy couple with you. You are deluded."
"I don't care what you think, this is your room. I am not asking more than this. I knew how you would act that is why you aren't allowed to go anywhere without me. I didn't ask for sex, but I bet now that you have had a taste of me you won't last long." He smirked at her and she actually laughed.
"You are the biggest idiot I have ever met Syaoran."
He glared at her and threw the covers over her head so he didn't have to look at her. "Just go to sleep Kinomoto!"
She waited until she heard him fall asleep and went out into the living room. She knew he had a guard stationed outside the door 'for security purposes'. She played with the wall for a second before she found the release. The secret door swung open and she got into the elevator. She reset the wall and went downwards in his elevator. She laughed when she thoughts about his words, "The point of keeping it private is to not use it regularly…the idea of a secret entrance is to keep it a secret. My way of keeping a secret is to have no power running to my secret entrance; I built a type of dumbwaiter system that runs on battery. So in the blueprints this is not recorded." Why yes Syaoran you are so smart. This is perfect for not letting anyone in, but also perfect for escaping!
She walked along the street outside after she spent about 10 minutes trying to open the damn door. I HATE THE DARK! Sakura walked along and picked up some baked goods she wanted to snack on before returning to the building. She bought a tub of ice cream as well so she and Tomoyo could indulge in their pregnant cravings. She knocked on Tomoyo's door and almost was tackled by Tomoyo if Eriol hadn't caught her in time.
"Honey you cant do that it's not good for either one of you!"
"Oh but sweet-ums it's Sakura-chan!" she whined and got an answering smile from him. He ushered her inside. She had told Tomoyo about her pact with the devil (a.k.a. Li Syaoran) before leaving Tokyo. They both had a 'large' bowl of ice cream while Eriol listened to them chatter. Sakura had relayed her escape from the devil and Eriol laughed. "Sakura I like you so much better when you are against Syaoran!" He helped her with future meetings, but she knew Syaoran could wake up anytime so she rode the elevator back downstairs, and went around the building back up the creepy shaft. This was the best plan to avoid the guard and not let Syaoran know she did what she wanted, when she wanted. After all it couldn't hurt him if he didn't know about it especially when her brother's world was at stake. She wanted to laugh as she crawled back in bed with him, he didn't know a thing. She however became annoyed with him when in his sleep he snuggled her against his body.
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So this is sorry in advance if it sucked. I am having troubles trying to wrap up the complicated situation between them, any thoughts would be appreciated. Ja!