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Chapter 26 – Endless Misunderstandings
"She just…ran off?" Tomoyo asked once again when she heard Sayuri's story.
"Yeah, and I don't know why," she replied confusedly, tapping her chin in thought.
Keiko sighed and shook her head. "Great, more drama. Let's go find her."
-
At that moment, there was no going back. The desire was too much for either of them to handle. Syaoran pulled Sakura closer to him, his arms on her waist, and she didn't object at all.
The world slipped away, and nothing else seemed to matter except the only other person there. Syaoran lost all common sense and Sakura's defensive wall crumbled within a second. Though so many people were watching, in their heads, nobody else was surrounding them. To them, the universe only had two people.
Don't let go…
That was both of their thoughts.
Syaoran didn't even know half of what was happening because time had moved so fast that all he could register was the fact that the girl he was in love with was kissing him, and he was content with that. He couldn't even recall why she was kissing him, but he ignored the annoying question nipping at the back of his head.
Sakura didn't remember why she was kissing the man either, but she knew she liked it, wanted it, and so desperately needed it. This was what she'd been craving, and she never wanted it to end. Closer, and her arms automatically moved to reinforce this.
Nothing could break them from this world…
"Ooh, nice one, Sakura!"
The two lovers shot apart from each other like the other was on fire, bother short of breath and blushing furiously.
…Except maybe that.
"Sayuri, you ruined their moment," Keiko deadpanned from nearby, crossing her arms and smirking.
Tomoyo just laughed. "It's okay, they need to get a room!"
"Huh?" said the blushing male dumbly, looking around confusedly while blinking in stupidity.
Fairly disappointed that the moment had ended, Sakura managed to regain her air and will her face back to regular colour. She glanced quickly at Lei and Meilin to see their reactions to what she had done completely on impulse, and then pushed them out of her mind. Sayuri, Keiko, and Tomoyo… How did they find her, and so quickly as well?
"Ugh, no fight? Jeez, what a disgusting waste of time," moaned an adjacent man.
"Yeah, I know! All we got was a gross lip-lock," complained another observing human.
Eriol was fuming. "What the hell?! We didn't ask you to come watch us, so why don't you all just hurry up and leave?!"
"We just thought that—"
"DID YOU NOT HEAR ME? I TOLD YOU TO GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"
Terrified at the raging man whom had missed his lunch, the crowd scattered hastily, fearing for their lives.
"Um, Eriol, could you calm down just a teensy bit?" Tomoyo asked nervously with a weak smile.
He instantly complied. "Okay, honey."
Syaoran began a coughing fit, smirking at the couple. "Whipped," he mumbled between feigned coughs.
"Sh-shut up!"
"We're still here you know," Lei hissed angrily, causing Sakura to force herself to stifle a giggle as she remembered his face filled with horror.
"Then go somewhere that's not here, you brainless ass," the amber-eyed male retorted coolly as he rolled his eyes at his own obvious answer.
Both members of the couple looked thoroughly pissed at the opposing people standing in front of them. The two sides glared hard at each other—except Sakura was only glaring at Lei—never letting the look waver. Meilin let out a frustrated breath, giving up, and tugged her boyfriend's arm, dragging him forcefully away from the scene.
Before they had left, however, Lei had shot Sakura a meaningful message.
'You will hurt for this,'She'd simply sent a message back, though she was slightly afraid of the threat.
'And you'll be begging for your balls back in the end.'
"Uh, we have to head back to the office now," Syaoran told them, scratching his head in silliness after the thick tension had finally been broken. He grabbed a handful of Eriol's haired and pulled his best friend with him. "Later,"
"Ow! Dude! Let me go! I can walk by myself!" were the last of Eriol's protesting cries they heard.
"Hmm, and what will we do now?" the Daidouji asked thoughtfully.
"Shall we go back to my house? We can figure out what to do from there," Sakura suggested, happy to have a break from all this chaos.
"Hn," Keiko agreed.
"Keikii, 'hn' isn't a word!" Sayuri argued, yellow eyes shining in determination. The cherry blossom knew that she wanted to win this fight.
"I know it's not," replied the ice queen. "It's more of a grunt,"
The brunette suddenly lost the look of fortitude and put on the face of bewilderment. "Um… Okay…"
"…"
"…"
"Wanna go?"
"Yes,"
-
Sakura was insanely glad that Sakaki and Kamiya had unanimously agreed to let the girls have another day off. Suddenly, it felt just like before, where she was completely cornered and whichever direction she decided to go, the outcome would always be negative. Mixed thoughts clouded her mind like a haze she'd never see through. There was no way out, no escape, and in the end, someone would get hurt. She knew they would, and because of her as well. Bad fortune in life was inevitable—especially in her life.
But good fortune exists too…
The brunette sighed loudly, oblivious to the worried glances her friends sent her as her thoughts drifted to him. Now that Sakura thought about it, it was him who was actually the cause of everythingthat shouldn't have happened, just because he refused to go out with Meilin. She was more of the…third wheel except she hadn't been attracted to him at all. At present, she conceded rather stubbornly to herself, the cherry blossom did feel something for him. However, that feeling would be ignored forever if anything would fall into place properly.
…Or possibly not. Sakura felt seriously embarrassed for impulsively grabbing the object of several females' desires and kissing him like that. Nevertheless, it was one of the most magical moments in her life, along with the time they'd kissed in the hall of Tokyo Agency. Sure, the following event was mildly disturbing, but she could always block things out. If embarrassment was all she received, then her non-thought out decision had been worth it.
The first time their lips met had been on Christmas Eve. It was the strangest feeling ever, like bittersweet chocolate and better. The situation had been so bad, yet that time had been pure bliss. Anyway, she hated thinking about it.
"Sakura, watch out!"
"Wha—Ow!" the emerald-eyed female shouted in astonishment as she smashed into a hard, solid object, then proceeded to fall on her butt. Her head snapped up, ready to snap at her attacker, which she found, much to her humiliation, was actually the front door of her own house. "Um…"
"You okay?" Tomoyo questioned slowly.
"Heh, heh, yeah…" she answered timidly, mentally wondering how they'd gotten here so fast. How long had she been thinking…?
"What were you thinking about?" asked Keiko in a tone Sakura didn't quite fully comprehend.
"Huh? Think?"
"Sakura, don't play dumb with us! We all know you were thinking about him!" Sayuri teased in a matter-of-factly type of voice.
Instantly, she flushed red and turned on defence mode. "I-I…! Look, can we just go in and watch a movie or something? Please?"
"OOH! I WANNA WATCH A MOVIE!"
"Fine, jeez, just shut up already,"
"Aw, Keikii's such a meanie-head!"
"Whatever, stupid,"
"Hey, no! You're stupider than me!"
"Obviously not. You're much stupider than me,"
"Yeah? Well, you're the stupidestest!"
The brunette giggled as the door clicked open.
"Sayuri, sometimes I wish you had better brain cells."
"Huh? But I like my brain cells!"
"…"
-
Meilin was storming defiantly through the agency, dragging her good-looking boyfriend along with her. She was so frustrated with everything; Lei being Sakura's ex, Syaoran kissing Sakura (or vice-versa), and even that disappearing act that the objects in her wallet were playing on her!
The Chinese female stomped her foot and stopped abruptly, causing Lei to nearly crash into her. She jerked her hand away from his and let out an irritated groan.
"Why can't that slut just leave us alone?" she screamed in fury, slamming her fist against the wall, leaving a minor dent from utilizing such force. "You know, she really is jealous because she keeps saying bad things about you!"
"What kind of bad things?" Lei demanded sharply, although his odd behaviour appeared to go unnoticed to the angry female.
"Who cares? All that's important is that you and I love each other, and that that witch doesn't ruin our relationship!"
"That's right, but why are you so mad, darling?"
"I just—I just can't believe she actually kissed him!"
"Why does it matter?"
"I used to have feeling for him, for Syaoran Li, but Sakura destroyed itall and stole him from me! She kissed Syaoran just to rub it in!" Meilin spat, spite laced through every word.
Sakura gets everything!
It's never fair for me!
Rage-filled tears filled her eyes as she hit the wall again, her fist clenched even tighter than before.
"Hey… You've got me, remember?" consoled the soothing, melodic voice behind her. Meilin closed her eyes and let the water rush while her favourite pair of strong arms wrapped around her from behind.
"Lei… I love you," she whispered sincerely, grabbing one of his hands to hold.
"And I you, forever,"
-
Finally Syaoran roused from his sleep. He rubbed his eyes wearily and realized he'd fallen asleep on the job, not that it really mattered. The dream he'd had was of more concern to him.
When Sakura had kissed him earlier, it was all he could think about. The delightful feeling he had when her soft, pink lips were upon his own was overwhelming and one of the things he most desired, but now, during sleep, reality hit him. In this dream, the beautiful woman he was so infatuated with stood within a field of flowers, a tree of sakura behind her. She'd glanced at her watch, then looked around as if expecting someone to come. Syaoran had approached her in his dreams, but as soon as he'd greeted her, he found that in this world, he was invisible, as no reaction had come.
In his own world of unconsciousness, he had wondered whom Sakura was waiting for. Her face, as he remembered, had been one of worry. Maybe she was waiting for him? Hopefully she was, but how could he get to her in this state of invisibility?
Suddenly, the mood completely changed. She'd jumped optimistically in her white, silk dress, waving at a mysterious figure in the distance. Instinctively, Syaoran turned. Who could this person be?
He had put a hand through his brown hair, squinting to try and find who it was, but failed. Nearer the figure came, and the shadows had begun to clear away. Who was this person Sakura was so desperately waiting for?Who was this person who was making her so happy by just coming? He had to know.
…Syaoran had seen him clearly.
HIM.
He hated himself for even getting his hopes up. He'd even let her kiss him when he was around.
It was her boyfriend—Sakura's boyfriend.
You idiot…
And he was. She was with… that Haku dude. The only reason for that kiss was to prove to her ex that she was over him.
So he was the replacement because thatguy wasn't around.
Syaoran now felt very used and hurt. He'd really thought that they had a chance together, but was only deluding the truth. He knew Sakura wasn't a bad person—in fact, she was the nicest person he knew—and that she probably hadn't meant to hurt him.
It's not her fault…
She only needed help, and I provided it.
He sighed in pure misery. Bad things so did happen to good people.
-
"No! You can't leave me, Ayame!"
"I'm… I'm sorry, Tackey, I just don't love you!"
Despite Sakura's kind personality and innocent exterior, she was just not this type of girl. Verbal sparring she could do all day, shopping she could do in her sleep, but watching chick flicks was just not her thing.
"Look me in the eye and tell me that,"
SO BORING. It was such a cliché story. Girl hates boy, boy likes girl, boy charms girl, but girl promises friend that she'll help friend confess love to boy although girl has feelings for boy.
"This is such an original story!" Sayuri squealed in excitement, apparently thinking the exact opposite of Sakura.
Tomoyo snickered. "Oh really? I think I've seen something like this before," she commented aloud, directing it indirectly at Sakura.
The cherry blossom said nothing, and only sank deeper into her sofa, scowling. Great, now she was being teased.
"Can you do it? Can you actually say that to me and honestly mean it?"
"T-Tackey, please, just let me go!"
"Not until I hear the truth,"
Sakura mentally rolled her eyes. This girl was so stupid. Why didn't she just admit it and get it over with? She was just hurting herself more.
"I don't… I don't… I-I can't! I can't say it!" wailed Ayame, the female from the movie. Tears poured from her eyes as she fell to her knees overdramatically.
Tackey, the male, knelt in front of her and gathered the sobbing girl in his arms. "It's okay, you don't have to run anymore. You don't have to run…from us anymore."
Ayame looked up, tears sparking in her eyes. Their lips were about to touch when…
DING! DONG!
Lucky!
Sakura grinned in delight and darted to the front door. Saved by the bell! That cheesy scene was slowly murdering her, and if she'd seen anymore, she was certain she would've hurled.
However, when she opened the door, she felt she'd rather have watched the movie instead of facing this problem.
There was Haku, standing in the doorway, with a look of indifference on his face. It was then, a terrible feeling built up within her.
Am I… Am I… scared?
"H-Haku—"
"I know," he cut her off curtly, "about that kiss you shared with him,"
Author's Note: HOLY COW! It's Haku! What's going to happen next chapter? Well, find out next chapter, which has an unknown update date! Hehe, sorry. XD Anyway, hope you enjoyed it! By the way, there is now a poll in my profile that connects with this story. It'd be nice if you voted! ;D Haha, but you don't have to if you don't want to!
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