Chapter Thirteen

You don't lose anything by trying

Months passed, it was now November and Syaoran had a new girlfriend.

Her name was Natsumi. She was a blonde girl from the other class and they had been together for two months.

Just when they started dating, Syaoran introduced Natsumi and Sakura, and the two girls started to get along very well. In fact, Sakura already considered her one of her friends and had told her some of her secrets but, though Natsumi sometimes asked her, Sakura never told her anything about Syaoran. Everything her best friend told her was sacred and stayed between the two of them.

One Wednesday afternoon, Sakura was in Syaoran's room studying with him. They had an English exam the following Monday.

She snorted, stretching her arms.

"A break?" Syaoran asked.

Sakura nodded and they both plopped down on the bed, sighing.

"They're making us study more this year," she protested.

"I know," Syaoran growled under his breath.

The doorbell rang and he got up, going downstairs to open the door. He immediately walked back into his room, followed by Eriol. Seeing them, Sakura sat up, sitting on the bed.

"Hello, Eriol!" she exclaimed, stifling a yawn.

"Hi! I've come for a film that Syaoran recently downloaded."

"Close the door," Syaoran whispered.

His friend obeyed and he opened a drawer, pulling out several folders.

Sakura stood up and walked over to them. If her best friend had asked Eriol to close the door, it was because there was something Syaoran was hiding from Yelan, and she wanted to know what it was.

Syaoran rummaged through the bottom of the drawer and pulled out a box, he opened it and it was full of DVDs. He spread them out on the desk and started looking for the film.

"It's called 'The Incident', let's see who can find it first," he said, reading the titles.

His two friends approached him and searched through the names on the DVDs, each of which was stored in a clear plastic sleeve, until they heard a gasp from Eriol.

"Dude... here's the porn, too. You're going to scare Sakura."

Syaoran waved his hand.

"Sakura knows I watch porn from time to time."

"Yeah, don't worry Eriol. I know my friend is a lecherous boy," she said, laughing softly.

Syaoran turned and elbowed her in the ribs.

"Not lecherous at all, all guys do it."

"I don't think they're all like you," Sakura said, rolling her eyes.

"That's true, I'm unique," Syaoran replied, raising both eyebrows.

The three of them laughed and continued looking for the DVD that Eriol wanted. Sakura picked one up and looked at Syaoran.

"Can I borrow this one?"

Syaoran frowned and looked at the name written on the disc sleeve.

"Frozen? Really?" he asked mockingly.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders.

"And why not? Everyone has seen it but me, including you."

Syaoran held up a DVD and handed it to Eriol.

"Okay, you can take them, but I want them back," he said to both of them.

He put the discs back into a box, putting the ones with porn videos at the bottom. In total there were about 200 DVDs, and almost half of them were adult films.

"If your mother finds that, she'll kill you," Sakura whispered, holding back her laughter.

"It's been several years since I started downloading them, and she's never found them," Syaoran answered, putting the folders back in the drawer and closing it.

"Well, I'm off back to Tomoeda. See you another day, Syaoran," Eriol said, opening the door to the room.

"Wait, can I come with you? So I don't wait for the bus," Sakura asked.

Eriol smiled.

"Sure, let's go."

Sakura gathered her things and Syaoran accompanied his two friends to the main door. Eriol gave one of the helmets to her and the two of them got on their motorbike.

"See you tomorrow! Study, Syaoran," she said, looking at him.

He rolled his eyes and nodded. Sakura grabbed onto Eriol's waist and the boy started the scooter.

Two weeks later, the two friends were leaning against the school wall, devouring their snacks as they chatted about things.

"I have to talk to you about something, I've been wanting to for a few days," Syaoran suddenly muttered.

Sakura looked at him strangely.

"Well, tell me. Since when don't you dare to tell me something?"

"Someone likes you, you know."

Sakura held her breath.

"Please tell me it's not Hiro," she whispered, thinking of the boy in their class who was always staring at her and making her feel uncomfortable.

Syaoran let out a mocking chuckle.

"It's so obvious that Hiro likes you, but I wasn't talking about him... I'm talking about Eriol."

"What?" she said too loudly, blinking several times.

She got along well with Syaoran's best friend. They saw each other almost every week and she liked talking to him, in fact she already considered him her friend, but she had never thought about something more, he hadn't caught her attention.

"Shush, calm down," Syaoran murmured, keeping an eye out for curious onlookers nearby.

"Did he tell you?" Sakura asked.

He nodded.

"He's had a crush on you for a long time, and he likes you more and more every day."

Sakura blushed.

"But... I don't know if I like him, I don't think I do. I've never looked at him in that way," she answered quietly.

"You could try. He's a nice guy, I know he'd treat you well and he's a virgin like you, so he'll go slow and you won't get overwhelmed... I think it's a good idea," Syaoran said, smiling and raising his eyebrows.

"Are you sure I'm a virgin?" Sakura asked to tease him.

He pursed his lips.

"I'd bet you are... even if you don't want to tell me."

Sakura made a face and her friend sighed.

"At least, think about it. I'm sure you might like Eriol if you give him a chance... maybe you could even fall in love with him. And if you fall in love, you'll have to tell me about Geovani."

"I don't think so, he's very nice and I'm fond of him but I don't think there's anything else."

"Just try, he's crazy about you... He talks to me about you all the time," Syaoran answered, pulling a little of the braid Sakura had on her head.

She covered her face with her hands.

"I'm gonna die of embarrassment the next time I see him."

"You have to pretend, he can't find out that I told you or he'll get mad at me," he warned her.

Sakura spread her fingers apart, revealing her green eyes and looked at him.

"Why tell me, then?" she asked in an annoyed voice.

"Because you and I tell each other everything. Besides... now you'll notice him, and maybe something will happen between you two," he whispered close to her ear.

Sakura shivered and dropped her hands as she sighed, and Syaoran couldn't help but laugh.

"I'd love for my two best friends to be together."

"I don't think that's a good idea. If it goes wrong, it'll be awkward and the three of us won't be able to spend time together," she replied, snorting.

Syaoran frowned.

"Don't worry about that. If something happens, we'll figure out what to do," he said, tapping her shoulder affectionately.

Sakura bit the last piece of her cheese sandwich as she thought about Eriol. If he hadn't caught her attention so far, it was for a reason... but she would look at him from that day on, to find out if she could be interested in being more than just his friend.

"Another thing I wanted to tell you... last night I snuck into the park downtown with Natsumi, and fucked her. I came right there, on the grass," Syaoran breathed with a mischievous grin.

"You're such a romantic," Sakura said, rolling her eyes.

They both laughed.

"I am when I want to, but with you I can talk like this. Or does it bother you?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

She shook her head.

"No, I like that we have so much confidence and that we can talk about everything."

"You know more things about me than any of my friends," Syaoran murmured, tilting his head and pulling away from the wall.

"Are you in love with her?" Sakura asked curiously.

Syaoran thought about it for a few seconds.

"I think so, but don't tell her."

"You know I don't tell her anything you say to me."

He put his arm around her shoulders and pulled her close to him, placing a kiss on her forehead.

"I know, Sakura. I trust you."

They started walking down to the school, the bell had just rang announcing the end of recess. Natsumi appeared at the door and rushed into Syaoran's arms, forcing Sakura to separate from him.

"Where were you two?" the blonde girl asked, looking at Sakura and smiling at her.

"Around there, chatting," she said, smiling back.

"Let's go, we'll be late," Natsumi mumbled, grabbing Syaoran's arm and tugging on Sakura's shirt.

The three of them walked up the stairs to the first floor, in the hallway were still many of the students. Sakura approached Tomoyo and Chiharu, while Syaoran stood by the wall kissing Natsumi.

The teachers appeared and the students entered their respective classes. Sakura sat down at her desk and heard the chair behind her move, her friend had already sat down as well.

The three remaining lessons passed a little slowly, but they were finally finished and everyone gathered their things and left the school.

At the door, Sakura's heart skipped a beat. On the street was Eriol, sitting on his motorbike and waiting.

He waved to Sakura and she had no choice but to approach him, even though she felt very uncomfortable.

"Hey, do you have plans for Friday afternoon?" Eriol asked when she was at his side.

"Why? Have you thought of anything?"

"You could come to my place and we can watch a film, my mum won't be there."

"Okay, I'll tell Syaoran," she said, turning to see where her friend was.

Eriol's hand grabbed her wrist and Sakura looked at him again, startled.

"Don't tell him, this time I want us to be alone. I need to talk to you," Eriol said, staring at her.

A tremendously uncomfortable feeling spread through her body.

"Hmm... Okay," she muttered under her breath.

"Eriol! What are you doing here?" Syaoran asked, fist bumping his friend.

"Visiting you," Eriol said, shrugging.

Then he looked back at Sakura.

"Do you want a ride home?"

"Don't bother, I like walking," she replied, looking away and feeling uncomfortable again.

"I don't mind, we live quite close."

"Yes, go with him. You'll get there sooner," Syaoran said, nudging Sakura.

She glared at him and snorted.

"Okay, but I don't like motorbikes and you both know it."

She accepted the helmet Eriol was offering her and got on the bike behind him. Sakura looked at Syaoran as Eriol started the bike, and her friend winked mischievously at her.

Sakura rolled her eyes and grabbed onto Eriol's waist as he accelerated the scooter.