Author's note: Hey! I'm finally back with chapter two! Thanks a lot to those who reviewed the first chapter. I am so glad that you liked it. Anyway, a lot of you guys have been telling me to upload the next chapter asap and well, since you asked for it, I'm now giving it to you! Honestly though, this chapter was a bit "hurried", if you know what I mean. Since I have some time to spare, I decided to write now this chapter before I get another ton of schoolwork! I don't want you to wait for so long, don't I?
This chapter will be sort of like the first one, wherein I introduced Sakura's character in the story. This time around, it will be Tomoyo and Syaoran. Don't you worry guys if nothing is still happening that much; I'm going to add the actions in the upcoming chapters. But still, I hope you'll gonna like chapter two as much, if not as greater, like chapter one.
Finally, please, please, please, please, please, PLEASE REVIEW my story! There! Now you can read the story before somebody bonked me in the head ^_^!
DISCLAIMER: Okay, fine. I don't own CCS or CC! All characters belong to CLAMP. Now, are you guys happy???
Guide:
"-----" Conversations
=-----= Thoughts
(-----) Author's notes
CHAPTER TWO
JUST HANGING OUT
**SYAORAN**
I took a long, deep sigh. I never did understand why we have to go at Sakura's house and celebrate after school. I mean, we just won the basketball game for our gym class...it's not really like we've won the championship or anything!
= If only she's not my close friend, I wouldn't think twice about saying `no' to her, = I thought. = But since she is, I can't help but agree. = Well, you could say I'm bias. (You sure are Syaoran! =P)
"You know what, Tomoyo? I'm planning to join the varsity next year," Sakura said.
Tomoyo nodded in encouragement. "You should. I'm awfully sure you'll going to make the team."
As the two girls chatted and continue to walk ahead of me, I watched amusingly at Sakura whose eyes seems to twinkle at the excitement of talking about something such as sports. I've always thought how funny it is that a girl as boyish as she is would get all bubbly and amazed over such little things. I thought she would be tougher than that. But after all, she's still a girl and not a guy so I guess, she still has this soft and sweet side of hers that I sometimes see.
"Syaoran," Sakura's voice interrupted my thoughts. She stopped to whirl around and take a look at me. "You're being quiet back there."
I noticed Tomoyo giggled at what Sakura had just said.
"Sakura, Syaoran IS always like that. Seems like you're still not used at him being quiet all of a sudden, eh?"
= Precisely, = I couldn't help but agree at Tomoyo.
"I guess so. I think it's scary how he would become suddenly quiet. It's like, he's plotting something against me." Sakura said in that familiar teasing voice of hers.
"You bet, I would." I smirked. Sakura returned my gesture with a big grin.
"You wish! But seriously though, are you still ok back there?"
"Yeah. I'm perfectly fine." I answered. "Come on, let's continue our walk so we could get into your house as soon as possible."
= And get this thing over and done with, = I added silently.
Maybe you're wondering why I am acting like this. Actually, I'm not really against having dinner at Sakura's place. In fact, hanging out with my friends is a BIT better than training...notice how I emphasized the word bit. I guess you knew by now that I'm not really Mr. Congeniality. Oh, don't get the wrong ideas, it's just that I'm really shy and everything so that's why I don't make friends that easily. In fact, back in Hongkong, the only friends that I have are my family and relatives. If you would even consider that as friends! Anyway, I'm still glad that I managed to make a few friends here in Tomoeda because it seems to me that people here are, I dunno...nicer and friendlier, I guess. So you can see how glad I am when my mother agreed to let me stay in Tomoeda until I finish my studies, with Wei around to take care of me. But of course, I must still go back to Hongkong to take care of a few matters regarding my obligations being the future Li clan leader.
Anyway, I'm getting way ahead of what I was supposed to tell you (Finally! He noticed it! 0_o). Let's go back to why I never quite like hanging out at Sakura's house. You see, there's only one reason...correction, two reasons. First reason is Kero, which is the guardian of the Clow Cards (now Sakura Cards), who I personally think looks like a reject stuff animal (Aaaaw...you're mean, Syaoran! I like him! ^_^). The other one is of course, none other than Sakura's older brother, Touya.
"Finally, we're already here!" Sakura announced. "Come in, guys!" She gestured for us to walk inside. I let Tomoyo go ahead of me since I am in no hurry to enter.
"Hmmm...seem's like nobody's home." Sakura mumbled. I thought so too, until his brother walked out from the kitchen.
"You're just about in time, squirt! I just finished cooking our dinner!" Touya greeted her, accompanied with a `brotherly' ruffling of her hair. I saw how Sakura's face contorted in annoyance for being called squirt and for messing her already messy hair. But really, there's nothing new to this scene; those two siblings are always like that.
"Hey, we have visitors!" Touya said, finally noticing me and Tomoyo. "Hi, Tomoyo! Good evening."
Tomoyo bowed slightly and said, "Good evening too, Touya."
Guess what Sakura's brother did after seeing me? He greeted me with his usual glare. As for me, I just glared back at him. I was determined to do the same thing until I get something better to do.
"Brother!" Sakura sweatdropped. "Show some manners, please! They're my visitors!" she hissed. At that, Touya mumbled something which sounds like "Good evening, Li Syaoran," then continued to glare back at me.
"Come on, you two," Sakura interrupted again. I was forced to break our little glaring contest to look at her. "Why don't we have dinner now?" she continued.
"Oh, well" Touya sighed. "You guys just go ahead. I'm going to wait for Yukito first. I'll eat dinner with him later."
"How about Dad?"
"Dad called to say he's going to be late today. He said we just go ahead and eat without him; he's just going to eat at the university." Touya answered.
At the motion of Sakura inviting us at the kitchen, both Tomoyo and I turned around to follow her inside. As soon as we reached the table, we settled down and took our seats.
= I just hope that dinner tastes good = I thought, suddenly feeling hungry.
**TOMOYO**
"Here, help yourselves," Sakura said, offering the spaghetti to me (Spaghetti for dinner? Hmmm...Anyways I've been thinking about spag so I guess that's the first food I can think of ^_^).
I took a small portion of it and passed the bowl to Syaoran who willingly accepted it.
"The food sure tastes good." I commented. "Your brother is also a good cook."
"Yeah. It almost makes up for him being such a jerk. I guess we learned a lot about cooking from dad." Sakura replied.
"Hey guys, have you heard the news?" I asked suddenly remembering something.
"What news?" Syaoran asked.
"The school is going to hold a Valentine's party this coming February. Can you believe it? There's even going to be a dance!" I told them excitedly.
It would be an understatement to say that both Sakura and Syaoran looked bored at the news. In fact, I think it would be better if I said nothing at all. I think doing that will have the same effect on their faces.
"So?" Syaoran finally said after about a few seconds or so. "What's the big deal?"
"Don't you get it?" I said exasperatedly. "This is the first formal party that the school's going to have! I mean, only high school kids have dances you know,"
"Oh well, I'm not going." Sakura said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Me too," Syaoran piped in.
I looked at them in awe. Sometimes I wonder if these two were normal at all. Okay, I must admit, Sakura is tomboyish and Syaoran's a bit cynical about things but geez...I mean, I'm not really expecting that they would jump up and down happily at the news but can they at least be a little bit happy about it? Just a bit? Especially after I've heard that the school's really going to prepare for it.
"That's too bad, though. I heard that we are all oblige to come."
The looks on their faces were the exact opposite of what they are when I first told them about the dance. The two looked as if a bomb has exploded right in front of them.
"Wha-what!" Sakura sputtered. "Why would they require that?"
"I don't know. Maybe they want us to feel for once how it felt to be all formal and everything." I answered.
"But I don't even have a dress to wear!" Sakura continued to complain.
"No need to worry! I'm gonna do your dress for free!" I said excitedly.
I mean, this is finally going to be my chance to design a dress for her. I looked at Sakura as I already imagine her wearing this beautiful dress that I already had in my mind. I know she'll look absolutely pretty in it. If only she'll learned to wear skirts more often and try to do her hair more nicely, Sakura will definitely have a lot of guys trailing behind her, asking her for a date. You see, Sakura likes to wear only loose t-shirts and jeans which absolutely do not do her any good except to hide her nice body. There's really no problem with it actually, it's just that, if you're gonna wear the same thing over and over again, it's kind of tiring to the eyes. And Sakura always sports t-shirts and jeans for a casual wear. And about he hair...well, it's really beautiful but she's not combing her hair that often. Oh, it doesn't look like dirty it's just that, it looks kind of messy. I think her hair will help emphasize the beautiful frame of her face if only she'll add some
beautiful clips in it.
"What? No way!" she replied hastily. "Don't get me wrong Tomoyo, I know you make great dresses, it's just that I don't want to wear one! Don't you think I could just volunteer to be on the organizing committee and well, maybe I'm not gonna be required to attend the party if I helped out?" Sakura asked hopefully.
"I don't know. But I'm sure they'll gonna discuss the party to the students sometime soon."
Sakura sighed. "I certainly hope soon. I have to ask a lot of questions to them."
"Yeah, they better be." Syaoran nodded in agreement. "I mean, Sakura in a dress? For god's sake!" He laughed at the idea.
I couldn't help but laugh at what he just said. I'm not really laughing at the idea of Sakura wearing a dress but at the way Syaoran said it. He makes it sound like Sakura acquired a disease just by wearing a dress.
"You're sooooo mean, Syaoran!" I said between laughs. I saw Sakura scowling at Syaoran.
"No really, I mean it! It will just be the same if you imagined me wearing a dress!" He laughed even harder at that. Sakura who can't take it anymore shoved Syaoran at his chair, making him fall off (I personally think he fall off his chair because of laughing =P). However, Syaoran was not bothered; he just sat back again and continued to laugh while Sakura swatted him playfully in his arm.
You know, I think those two looks so kawaii together, don't you think so? (Yeah, I do!!!) If only those two will notice how cute the other one is, they would make a great couple. I mean, look at them! They may be opposite in some ways, but they're compatible in more ways than one! It also doesn't hurt that both are really good looking. However, both of them don't seem to be interested in guys and girls.
I grinned at the idea. = Who knows, maybe this upcoming Valentines day, cupid will finally get them together. = I couldn't help but sighed dreamily. I guess I'm pretty much a romantic person myself.
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Author's note: Uh-oh! A dance? Seems like our lovable Sakura is going to have a bit of dilemma, don't you think? Will she finally learned how to actually dress and behaved like a girl? How will Syaoran take it? Hmmm...I wonder? Well, hope you like this chapter guys! Again, as usual, for my parting words: PLS. REVIEW! Pls. help me decide if this story is worth continuing or not. Arigatou!
This chapter will be sort of like the first one, wherein I introduced Sakura's character in the story. This time around, it will be Tomoyo and Syaoran. Don't you worry guys if nothing is still happening that much; I'm going to add the actions in the upcoming chapters. But still, I hope you'll gonna like chapter two as much, if not as greater, like chapter one.
Finally, please, please, please, please, please, PLEASE REVIEW my story! There! Now you can read the story before somebody bonked me in the head ^_^!
DISCLAIMER: Okay, fine. I don't own CCS or CC! All characters belong to CLAMP. Now, are you guys happy???
Guide:
"-----" Conversations
=-----= Thoughts
(-----) Author's notes
CHAPTER TWO
JUST HANGING OUT
**SYAORAN**
I took a long, deep sigh. I never did understand why we have to go at Sakura's house and celebrate after school. I mean, we just won the basketball game for our gym class...it's not really like we've won the championship or anything!
= If only she's not my close friend, I wouldn't think twice about saying `no' to her, = I thought. = But since she is, I can't help but agree. = Well, you could say I'm bias. (You sure are Syaoran! =P)
"You know what, Tomoyo? I'm planning to join the varsity next year," Sakura said.
Tomoyo nodded in encouragement. "You should. I'm awfully sure you'll going to make the team."
As the two girls chatted and continue to walk ahead of me, I watched amusingly at Sakura whose eyes seems to twinkle at the excitement of talking about something such as sports. I've always thought how funny it is that a girl as boyish as she is would get all bubbly and amazed over such little things. I thought she would be tougher than that. But after all, she's still a girl and not a guy so I guess, she still has this soft and sweet side of hers that I sometimes see.
"Syaoran," Sakura's voice interrupted my thoughts. She stopped to whirl around and take a look at me. "You're being quiet back there."
I noticed Tomoyo giggled at what Sakura had just said.
"Sakura, Syaoran IS always like that. Seems like you're still not used at him being quiet all of a sudden, eh?"
= Precisely, = I couldn't help but agree at Tomoyo.
"I guess so. I think it's scary how he would become suddenly quiet. It's like, he's plotting something against me." Sakura said in that familiar teasing voice of hers.
"You bet, I would." I smirked. Sakura returned my gesture with a big grin.
"You wish! But seriously though, are you still ok back there?"
"Yeah. I'm perfectly fine." I answered. "Come on, let's continue our walk so we could get into your house as soon as possible."
= And get this thing over and done with, = I added silently.
Maybe you're wondering why I am acting like this. Actually, I'm not really against having dinner at Sakura's place. In fact, hanging out with my friends is a BIT better than training...notice how I emphasized the word bit. I guess you knew by now that I'm not really Mr. Congeniality. Oh, don't get the wrong ideas, it's just that I'm really shy and everything so that's why I don't make friends that easily. In fact, back in Hongkong, the only friends that I have are my family and relatives. If you would even consider that as friends! Anyway, I'm still glad that I managed to make a few friends here in Tomoeda because it seems to me that people here are, I dunno...nicer and friendlier, I guess. So you can see how glad I am when my mother agreed to let me stay in Tomoeda until I finish my studies, with Wei around to take care of me. But of course, I must still go back to Hongkong to take care of a few matters regarding my obligations being the future Li clan leader.
Anyway, I'm getting way ahead of what I was supposed to tell you (Finally! He noticed it! 0_o). Let's go back to why I never quite like hanging out at Sakura's house. You see, there's only one reason...correction, two reasons. First reason is Kero, which is the guardian of the Clow Cards (now Sakura Cards), who I personally think looks like a reject stuff animal (Aaaaw...you're mean, Syaoran! I like him! ^_^). The other one is of course, none other than Sakura's older brother, Touya.
"Finally, we're already here!" Sakura announced. "Come in, guys!" She gestured for us to walk inside. I let Tomoyo go ahead of me since I am in no hurry to enter.
"Hmmm...seem's like nobody's home." Sakura mumbled. I thought so too, until his brother walked out from the kitchen.
"You're just about in time, squirt! I just finished cooking our dinner!" Touya greeted her, accompanied with a `brotherly' ruffling of her hair. I saw how Sakura's face contorted in annoyance for being called squirt and for messing her already messy hair. But really, there's nothing new to this scene; those two siblings are always like that.
"Hey, we have visitors!" Touya said, finally noticing me and Tomoyo. "Hi, Tomoyo! Good evening."
Tomoyo bowed slightly and said, "Good evening too, Touya."
Guess what Sakura's brother did after seeing me? He greeted me with his usual glare. As for me, I just glared back at him. I was determined to do the same thing until I get something better to do.
"Brother!" Sakura sweatdropped. "Show some manners, please! They're my visitors!" she hissed. At that, Touya mumbled something which sounds like "Good evening, Li Syaoran," then continued to glare back at me.
"Come on, you two," Sakura interrupted again. I was forced to break our little glaring contest to look at her. "Why don't we have dinner now?" she continued.
"Oh, well" Touya sighed. "You guys just go ahead. I'm going to wait for Yukito first. I'll eat dinner with him later."
"How about Dad?"
"Dad called to say he's going to be late today. He said we just go ahead and eat without him; he's just going to eat at the university." Touya answered.
At the motion of Sakura inviting us at the kitchen, both Tomoyo and I turned around to follow her inside. As soon as we reached the table, we settled down and took our seats.
= I just hope that dinner tastes good = I thought, suddenly feeling hungry.
**TOMOYO**
"Here, help yourselves," Sakura said, offering the spaghetti to me (Spaghetti for dinner? Hmmm...Anyways I've been thinking about spag so I guess that's the first food I can think of ^_^).
I took a small portion of it and passed the bowl to Syaoran who willingly accepted it.
"The food sure tastes good." I commented. "Your brother is also a good cook."
"Yeah. It almost makes up for him being such a jerk. I guess we learned a lot about cooking from dad." Sakura replied.
"Hey guys, have you heard the news?" I asked suddenly remembering something.
"What news?" Syaoran asked.
"The school is going to hold a Valentine's party this coming February. Can you believe it? There's even going to be a dance!" I told them excitedly.
It would be an understatement to say that both Sakura and Syaoran looked bored at the news. In fact, I think it would be better if I said nothing at all. I think doing that will have the same effect on their faces.
"So?" Syaoran finally said after about a few seconds or so. "What's the big deal?"
"Don't you get it?" I said exasperatedly. "This is the first formal party that the school's going to have! I mean, only high school kids have dances you know,"
"Oh well, I'm not going." Sakura said, shrugging her shoulders.
"Me too," Syaoran piped in.
I looked at them in awe. Sometimes I wonder if these two were normal at all. Okay, I must admit, Sakura is tomboyish and Syaoran's a bit cynical about things but geez...I mean, I'm not really expecting that they would jump up and down happily at the news but can they at least be a little bit happy about it? Just a bit? Especially after I've heard that the school's really going to prepare for it.
"That's too bad, though. I heard that we are all oblige to come."
The looks on their faces were the exact opposite of what they are when I first told them about the dance. The two looked as if a bomb has exploded right in front of them.
"Wha-what!" Sakura sputtered. "Why would they require that?"
"I don't know. Maybe they want us to feel for once how it felt to be all formal and everything." I answered.
"But I don't even have a dress to wear!" Sakura continued to complain.
"No need to worry! I'm gonna do your dress for free!" I said excitedly.
I mean, this is finally going to be my chance to design a dress for her. I looked at Sakura as I already imagine her wearing this beautiful dress that I already had in my mind. I know she'll look absolutely pretty in it. If only she'll learned to wear skirts more often and try to do her hair more nicely, Sakura will definitely have a lot of guys trailing behind her, asking her for a date. You see, Sakura likes to wear only loose t-shirts and jeans which absolutely do not do her any good except to hide her nice body. There's really no problem with it actually, it's just that, if you're gonna wear the same thing over and over again, it's kind of tiring to the eyes. And Sakura always sports t-shirts and jeans for a casual wear. And about he hair...well, it's really beautiful but she's not combing her hair that often. Oh, it doesn't look like dirty it's just that, it looks kind of messy. I think her hair will help emphasize the beautiful frame of her face if only she'll add some
beautiful clips in it.
"What? No way!" she replied hastily. "Don't get me wrong Tomoyo, I know you make great dresses, it's just that I don't want to wear one! Don't you think I could just volunteer to be on the organizing committee and well, maybe I'm not gonna be required to attend the party if I helped out?" Sakura asked hopefully.
"I don't know. But I'm sure they'll gonna discuss the party to the students sometime soon."
Sakura sighed. "I certainly hope soon. I have to ask a lot of questions to them."
"Yeah, they better be." Syaoran nodded in agreement. "I mean, Sakura in a dress? For god's sake!" He laughed at the idea.
I couldn't help but laugh at what he just said. I'm not really laughing at the idea of Sakura wearing a dress but at the way Syaoran said it. He makes it sound like Sakura acquired a disease just by wearing a dress.
"You're sooooo mean, Syaoran!" I said between laughs. I saw Sakura scowling at Syaoran.
"No really, I mean it! It will just be the same if you imagined me wearing a dress!" He laughed even harder at that. Sakura who can't take it anymore shoved Syaoran at his chair, making him fall off (I personally think he fall off his chair because of laughing =P). However, Syaoran was not bothered; he just sat back again and continued to laugh while Sakura swatted him playfully in his arm.
You know, I think those two looks so kawaii together, don't you think so? (Yeah, I do!!!) If only those two will notice how cute the other one is, they would make a great couple. I mean, look at them! They may be opposite in some ways, but they're compatible in more ways than one! It also doesn't hurt that both are really good looking. However, both of them don't seem to be interested in guys and girls.
I grinned at the idea. = Who knows, maybe this upcoming Valentines day, cupid will finally get them together. = I couldn't help but sighed dreamily. I guess I'm pretty much a romantic person myself.
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Author's note: Uh-oh! A dance? Seems like our lovable Sakura is going to have a bit of dilemma, don't you think? Will she finally learned how to actually dress and behaved like a girl? How will Syaoran take it? Hmmm...I wonder? Well, hope you like this chapter guys! Again, as usual, for my parting words: PLS. REVIEW! Pls. help me decide if this story is worth continuing or not. Arigatou!