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Disclaimer: See chapter one
The sound of the dial continued to ring in Li's ear, even though he'd hung up the phone several minutes ago. He sat down composedly in a nearby chair, letting his body sink into the soft material. He picked up a cushion from the floor, and clasped his arms around it gently. This was all so new to him, he'd never felt this way about anyone before, not even his early feelings for Meilin had made him soften up like jelly inside.
"What am i thinking?", he said ruefully, a smile staining his featured face."I can't believe i just thought about that, i sound like such a wimp!"
But it was true, he reasoned with himself inside, he did love Sakura, sometimes more than life itself. He shook his head as he remembered how it had all started, thinking back to his very first day in Sakura Avalon's 4th grade class. He'd known there was something special about Sakura since the moment he had first set eyes on her.
Li brushed his floppy brown fringe back from his eyes, smiling shyly into his mirror. He still did not understand why Sakura had chosen him. There had been so many other young men vying for her attention...but out of them all, she acknowledged that Li should be the one to keep her heart.
He wasn't surprised that she had had an army of ever present suitors, her beauty far surpassed any of the other girls in the school.
"Why?", he had said, raising his eyebrows at her decision,"Look at me Sakura....i'm so...so...ugly."
Sakura burst into fits of happy laughter, her tone ringing through Li's ear like a sweet, tingling bell. "You're not ugly Li", she touched him playfully on the nose,"You are beautiful...inside, and out."
Li flushed red as Sakura continued to giggle.
"Yeah", Li relaxed his hold on the fluffy cusion,"That's my Sakura."
His eyes filled with joy as he remembered their first date. "We just clicked, straight away", he thought, removing himself from the chair, and reaching lovingly into the top drawer of his desk."She's the only girl for me...she always will be..."
Li withdrew his slender hand, which was wrapped tightly around a pale blue small, square box. "It's the perfect present", he said joyfully, opening his bedroom door, and closing it quietly behind him.
Silently, he slipped down the corridor, digging his feet into the deep burgandy carpet, tiptoeing past the open kitchen doorway. He breathed freely once more as he stepped into the crisp night air, it's cool, calming breeze refreshing on his hot skin.
"Tonight's the night", he said ruefully, sucking in his cheeks, the thought of waiting for an answer becoming almost too much for him.
All he could think about was Sakura. Her soft, creamy cheeks, the way his lips burned after each and every one of her kisses, the fire in her eyes when they talked about their future together.
"Oh Sakura", he whispered gently, as the cafe came into full view. "What are you going to say.......?"
"Oh Li", Sakura whispered sadly, as she saw the cafe at the end of the street, it's romantic picture half hidden by the blistering trees on the other side. "I love you so much, it hurts. That's why i can't keep seeing you. I have to tell you something Li...i."
She paused immediatly, a familiar sight blocking her thoughts.
"He's here already!", she said frantically, checking her watch,"Damn, why did he have to be early!"
She brushed away a tear with the sleeve of her coat."It's for the best", she told herself as she walked slowly toward her partner. Although she tried to convince herself the desicion was right, she couldn't stop shaking, her heart quivering everytime she thought of Li.
"But if it's for the best...", she sighed,"Why can't i stop crying?"
Li sat solidly at the table, tapping his fingernails lightly on the wood. "Hmm, mahogany", he thought distractedly, willing for Sakura to hurry.
His eyes darted from tree to tree, drinking in the soft evergreen leaves as he searched for any sign of the auburn haired girl. "There she is!", his heart cried, and immediatly, Li's face flushed, embarrassed to have his heart do any sort of thinking.
"Keep calm Li", his mind retaliated, forcing his burning skin to grow cold once more."You can do it..."
Sakura kept a beaming smile on her face as she slid into the table beside Li. Inside though, she felt as fragile as a simple nutshell, like she was going to crack open, and all her true feelings were going to come pouring out. She felt so bad, betraying Li after everything he had done for her....but it couldn't be helped.
"Besides", Sakura hissed, defending her actions,"He'll lose his self respect if i betray him...and i can't destroy that...."
"Hi Li", she purred, kissing him gently on the lips. Instantly, she found herself comparing his kiss to Yue's, even though she'd had no intention of doing so when she'd arrived at the cafe.
"Sakura", Li nodded, returning her kiss, embracing the soft, sweet taste of her lipgloss. "Mint", he decided after closer inspection.
"Excuse me", a cold, nasal voice interrupted,"But are you children ready to order?"
"No, not quite", Li said, narrowing his eyes at the waiter, excepting the menu,"Please, don't address us like that, we're perfectly old enough to know what we're doing."
"Li?", Sakura said, shocked at his attitude. Never before had she seen Li so uptight about lax comments from cheeky waitors.
"Hn", the waiter mumbled as he strode away. "Lousy kids", he thought, as he extracted his pen and pad to take an order from the next table.
As soon as the waitor was gone, Li dropped the menu onto the table, and turned to Sakura, lust burning in his warm coffee brown eyes."I think we should talk", he said quietly, absentmindedly munching a bread roll from the wicker basket that was perched on the table.
Sakura nodded, sipping from her complimetary cup of chilled water."I agree."
Silence set in as the two pondered over who would speak first. Finally, Li decided to take the plunge. "Sakura", he started, kissing her once more on the cheek,"You know how much i love you. I'd follow you to the ends of the earth and back. If you died, i'd kill myself just to be with you. No sacrafice is too great for your beautiful persona."
Sakura fiddled with her hair, trying to keep her embarrassment down to a minimum."If Li keeps this up, i'm not going to be able to break things off with him", she thought, flattered, yet puzzled about where her boyfriends compliments were going.
"Everything about you is perfect", Li continued, completely amazing both Sakura and himself,"And i have something i want to give you."
He reached into his pocket, and pulled out the small square box, praying that she would like it.
Sakura stretched out her fingers, and pried open the lid. She gasped loudly, causing half of the restaurant to turn in wonder. Inside, a small diamond ring sat motionlessly, perched on a bed of soft cherry blossoms.
"Li..........", her voice drifted off,"I can't accept this...it's wonderful....far too nice for me..."
Li pushed the ring firmly into her hands."That's why you should accept it", he told her joyfully,"You're wonderful."
Without warning, Li gulpped, sliding out of the seat. He bent down next to Sakura, a grin on his tanned, slender face.
"Sakura", he whispered, almost feinting with anxiety"Will you marry me?"
Sakura almost fainted with shock."You want me to m..m..ma..marry you", she stammered, glancing at the beautiful ring she held in her hands.
"Please", Li clasped her fingers, lacing his own firmly along with them."Say yes.."
"Oh Li......", she muttered,"If only i'd told you the truth before now...it would never have come to this......."
Sakura burst into sobs as she dropped the ring onto the table with a loud clatter. "I can't!", she wailed, fleeing from the restaurant in blind panic.
Li stood once more, and at once collpased into his chair. There, on the table, was the ring he'd bought for Sakura, lying solitary along with the wood.
Li laid his head on the table, and burst into tears - he couldn't help it.
Perched on the roof of a nearby building, a winged man had watched the scene in silent wonder.
"She refused.......", Yue whispered, his silver hair fluttering wildly as he took off into the silent night,"Why............"
Well, that was chapter 3, i'm sorry this was so short,and i'm sorry if you thought it was boring, next chapter will be better! Feel free to review, and thanks for reading!
Disclaimer: See chapter one
The sound of the dial continued to ring in Li's ear, even though he'd hung up the phone several minutes ago. He sat down composedly in a nearby chair, letting his body sink into the soft material. He picked up a cushion from the floor, and clasped his arms around it gently. This was all so new to him, he'd never felt this way about anyone before, not even his early feelings for Meilin had made him soften up like jelly inside.
"What am i thinking?", he said ruefully, a smile staining his featured face."I can't believe i just thought about that, i sound like such a wimp!"
But it was true, he reasoned with himself inside, he did love Sakura, sometimes more than life itself. He shook his head as he remembered how it had all started, thinking back to his very first day in Sakura Avalon's 4th grade class. He'd known there was something special about Sakura since the moment he had first set eyes on her.
Li brushed his floppy brown fringe back from his eyes, smiling shyly into his mirror. He still did not understand why Sakura had chosen him. There had been so many other young men vying for her attention...but out of them all, she acknowledged that Li should be the one to keep her heart.
He wasn't surprised that she had had an army of ever present suitors, her beauty far surpassed any of the other girls in the school.
"Why?", he had said, raising his eyebrows at her decision,"Look at me Sakura....i'm so...so...ugly."
Sakura burst into fits of happy laughter, her tone ringing through Li's ear like a sweet, tingling bell. "You're not ugly Li", she touched him playfully on the nose,"You are beautiful...inside, and out."
Li flushed red as Sakura continued to giggle.
"Yeah", Li relaxed his hold on the fluffy cusion,"That's my Sakura."
His eyes filled with joy as he remembered their first date. "We just clicked, straight away", he thought, removing himself from the chair, and reaching lovingly into the top drawer of his desk."She's the only girl for me...she always will be..."
Li withdrew his slender hand, which was wrapped tightly around a pale blue small, square box. "It's the perfect present", he said joyfully, opening his bedroom door, and closing it quietly behind him.
Silently, he slipped down the corridor, digging his feet into the deep burgandy carpet, tiptoeing past the open kitchen doorway. He breathed freely once more as he stepped into the crisp night air, it's cool, calming breeze refreshing on his hot skin.
"Tonight's the night", he said ruefully, sucking in his cheeks, the thought of waiting for an answer becoming almost too much for him.
All he could think about was Sakura. Her soft, creamy cheeks, the way his lips burned after each and every one of her kisses, the fire in her eyes when they talked about their future together.
"Oh Sakura", he whispered gently, as the cafe came into full view. "What are you going to say.......?"
"Oh Li", Sakura whispered sadly, as she saw the cafe at the end of the street, it's romantic picture half hidden by the blistering trees on the other side. "I love you so much, it hurts. That's why i can't keep seeing you. I have to tell you something Li...i."
She paused immediatly, a familiar sight blocking her thoughts.
"He's here already!", she said frantically, checking her watch,"Damn, why did he have to be early!"
She brushed away a tear with the sleeve of her coat."It's for the best", she told herself as she walked slowly toward her partner. Although she tried to convince herself the desicion was right, she couldn't stop shaking, her heart quivering everytime she thought of Li.
"But if it's for the best...", she sighed,"Why can't i stop crying?"
Li sat solidly at the table, tapping his fingernails lightly on the wood. "Hmm, mahogany", he thought distractedly, willing for Sakura to hurry.
His eyes darted from tree to tree, drinking in the soft evergreen leaves as he searched for any sign of the auburn haired girl. "There she is!", his heart cried, and immediatly, Li's face flushed, embarrassed to have his heart do any sort of thinking.
"Keep calm Li", his mind retaliated, forcing his burning skin to grow cold once more."You can do it..."
Sakura kept a beaming smile on her face as she slid into the table beside Li. Inside though, she felt as fragile as a simple nutshell, like she was going to crack open, and all her true feelings were going to come pouring out. She felt so bad, betraying Li after everything he had done for her....but it couldn't be helped.
"Besides", Sakura hissed, defending her actions,"He'll lose his self respect if i betray him...and i can't destroy that...."
"Hi Li", she purred, kissing him gently on the lips. Instantly, she found herself comparing his kiss to Yue's, even though she'd had no intention of doing so when she'd arrived at the cafe.
"Sakura", Li nodded, returning her kiss, embracing the soft, sweet taste of her lipgloss. "Mint", he decided after closer inspection.
"Excuse me", a cold, nasal voice interrupted,"But are you children ready to order?"
"No, not quite", Li said, narrowing his eyes at the waiter, excepting the menu,"Please, don't address us like that, we're perfectly old enough to know what we're doing."
"Li?", Sakura said, shocked at his attitude. Never before had she seen Li so uptight about lax comments from cheeky waitors.
"Hn", the waiter mumbled as he strode away. "Lousy kids", he thought, as he extracted his pen and pad to take an order from the next table.
As soon as the waitor was gone, Li dropped the menu onto the table, and turned to Sakura, lust burning in his warm coffee brown eyes."I think we should talk", he said quietly, absentmindedly munching a bread roll from the wicker basket that was perched on the table.
Sakura nodded, sipping from her complimetary cup of chilled water."I agree."
Silence set in as the two pondered over who would speak first. Finally, Li decided to take the plunge. "Sakura", he started, kissing her once more on the cheek,"You know how much i love you. I'd follow you to the ends of the earth and back. If you died, i'd kill myself just to be with you. No sacrafice is too great for your beautiful persona."
Sakura fiddled with her hair, trying to keep her embarrassment down to a minimum."If Li keeps this up, i'm not going to be able to break things off with him", she thought, flattered, yet puzzled about where her boyfriends compliments were going.
"Everything about you is perfect", Li continued, completely amazing both Sakura and himself,"And i have something i want to give you."
He reached into his pocket, and pulled out the small square box, praying that she would like it.
Sakura stretched out her fingers, and pried open the lid. She gasped loudly, causing half of the restaurant to turn in wonder. Inside, a small diamond ring sat motionlessly, perched on a bed of soft cherry blossoms.
"Li..........", her voice drifted off,"I can't accept this...it's wonderful....far too nice for me..."
Li pushed the ring firmly into her hands."That's why you should accept it", he told her joyfully,"You're wonderful."
Without warning, Li gulpped, sliding out of the seat. He bent down next to Sakura, a grin on his tanned, slender face.
"Sakura", he whispered, almost feinting with anxiety"Will you marry me?"
Sakura almost fainted with shock."You want me to m..m..ma..marry you", she stammered, glancing at the beautiful ring she held in her hands.
"Please", Li clasped her fingers, lacing his own firmly along with them."Say yes.."
"Oh Li......", she muttered,"If only i'd told you the truth before now...it would never have come to this......."
Sakura burst into sobs as she dropped the ring onto the table with a loud clatter. "I can't!", she wailed, fleeing from the restaurant in blind panic.
Li stood once more, and at once collpased into his chair. There, on the table, was the ring he'd bought for Sakura, lying solitary along with the wood.
Li laid his head on the table, and burst into tears - he couldn't help it.
Perched on the roof of a nearby building, a winged man had watched the scene in silent wonder.
"She refused.......", Yue whispered, his silver hair fluttering wildly as he took off into the silent night,"Why............"
Well, that was chapter 3, i'm sorry this was so short,and i'm sorry if you thought it was boring, next chapter will be better! Feel free to review, and thanks for reading!