by: Mattel
ai_no_hime@mail.com
~~Standard DISCLAIMERS apply~~
Author's notes: Here we go again.. *more* new characters, added to Lian.
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Hongkong Shi ni
by: Mattel
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Chapter Three - Coincidence?
"Mom.. I'm home!," Rian yelled after opening the door and taking Sakura with him.
His mother replied something in cantonese and reappeared on the living room, "Who's your companion?," she asked, changing her language to be understood by the visitor Rian brought home, she was certain that the girl he brought was a foreigner because of something in her aura. She also felt something different from her, though, she couldn't distinguish what it was.
Rian stepped aside to fully show Sakura, "She's Sakura Kinomoto, mom, she's from Japan, and she was lost at the Ocean Park so I decided to bring her home for the night,"
"Good evening uh..," she trailed off, not knowing his mother's name was.
Rian's mother smiled warmly at her, "Mian Lin," she supplied.
Sakura's smile grew, she suddenly felt very comfortable, like being on her own home again, "Good evening Mian Rin-san," she greeted politely.
Out of nowhere six heads pop out of nowhere, two were boys, obviously much older than her and Rian, about 18. And the rest where girls, three of them seemed older than the two boys that were older than her and Rian, one of the girls seems 19 and the two other older girls seems 20 or so, and the fourth girl was younger than them, obviously she's the youngest.
almost 7 years old..>, Sakura conluded.
"Who are you?," "What's your name?," "Are you Rian's girlfriend?," "Where did you came from?,"
Questions like these came streaming out of the six new people around them. Mian Lin clapped her hands loudly.
"Enough with those questions, our visitor, is tired...," their mother explained.
Sakura shook her head, "No that's okay, I'm glad I'm able to meet them," she turned towards the six new people, and bowed her head politely, "I'm Sakura Kinomoto, from Japan." she told them.
The 3 older women came to her and fussed about how cute she was, about how fine her hair was and everything. Until one of the women asked her, "Are you Rian's current girlfriend?,"
Sakura blushed. Same with Rian.
"It ain't like that!," Rian said, "...I just hope she would be someday.." he added murmuring.
The three older sister came fussing about her blush this time, "Aw! you're so cute when you blush.." one of them complimented. Then all of a sudden one of the women who was currently fussing with her gasped, "Oh, we aren't properly introduced yet.."
Sakura sweat-dropped.
"I'm Yulin,.. I'm the oldest one around here..," one of the women said, she has fine and silky black hair that falls till her hips and a deep gray eyes.
The second one snorted and smiled sheepishly, "I'm LingLing, I'm the second one that's in-charge here, after Yulin-oneesan, ofcourse..," she said.
She's the prettiest one here..> Sakura thought, with her long wavy brown hair that falls just below her shoulders and deep blue eyes. She turned to the third one of the oldest women.
"and I'm Yuan Lin.. I'm really pleased to meet you,," She said shyly.
She's pretty too..,> Sakura thought, Maybe if Tomoyo was here she would videotape all of them..>
Suddenly someone grabbed her arm, it was Rian.
"Come I will introduce you to my brothers," he said nearly dragging her out of the living room.
It's a surprise, that I feel so warm and comfortable here..> she thought happily as she let herself be dragged.
After a minute she was under the scrutiny of two eyes, the first set of eyes were deep black, and the second set were deep brown.
"Brother!," Rian said, impatiently tapping his foot on the floor, crossing his arms on front of his chest, the gesture Sakura thought of him as the cutest and the most endearing.
After a few more minutes his two brothers nodded in approval at Sakura.
"hmmm.. you have a good taste on women..is she your girlfriend?," they both asked in unison.
Speaking of unison, Sakura and Rian blushed in unison.
"No! it ain't nothing like that!," Rian protested while trying to keep the color of his face on check, why is everyone asking me that!..> he thought.
"Oh?," one of his brothers said raising one of his brows, "Then you wouldn't mind taking her for myself.. she certainly is a handful," he said glancing at the still fire-engine red Sakura. He chuckled at Sakura's expense, "She certainly is cute, I could really take her for me..," he told his younger brother.
"No way!," the other brother complained, "No fair! why do you always hog the girls with quality?.. I'll take her myself, she's too beautiful for you!," he smirked at his brother.
"Why you little.. irk!," they began brawling. Except for Rian, who just stood there watching his brothers brawl.
Sakura sweat-dropped. She really thought their brawling was cute.
After a moment they stopped brawling, it was Rian's turn to talk, "Hey, introduce yourselves first..,"
The first one, who seemed older than the other one and the one with the deep black eyes bowed before her politely and *exaggeratedly*, "Allow me to introduce myself ojousan," he started taking Sakura's hand to his lips, but before his lips touched Sakura's hand...
BONK!
Rian punched his older brother on the head, "I said introduce, and no touching allowed,"
His other brother who was presently watching the whole exchange smirked.
"Fine..," his older brother said rubbing his sore head, "I'm Fei Long," he said as he turned to his chair to seat, "And that guy over there," he said pointing on the direction Rian's other brother was, "Is our helper.. no, actually, we've adopted him," he joked.
The guy on the other end of the room snorted, "Actually, I'm Jian Shui," he told her.
Sakura nodded, "Pleased to meet you two.. ," she smiled at them.
The two brothers then turned towards Rian, "You sure she's not your girlfriend?," Fei asked speculatively.
Rian sweat-dropped, "Ofcourse!, I mean, we just met.. right Sakura-san?,"
"Hai, hai..," Sakura then agreed.
At that a complete silence filled the room, but it wasn't an unpleasant silence, it's the kind of silence when all the people around you wanted to say something but couldn't get words to express it.
"Dinner's ready!," Someone called from the kitchen, it was Rian's mom, Mian Lin.
Rian took Sakura's hands, much to his older brother's disgust.
"Oi~i! Rian!," shouted Fei Long, "No touching!!!,"
Jian just chuckled.
Rian paid them no attention he just turned towards Sakura, "Come on, dinner's ready..,"
"Okay.., are you sure it's okay if I join your family?.. wouldn't I be a little out of the picture?..," she asked him worriedly.
"Come on, I'm sure it's okay," he assured her as he dragged her (again) this time into the dining room.
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"I hope that Sakura's okay..," Syaoran mumbled as he eat his dinner.
All three of them, Sakura, her father and him, has all different and separate rooms, presently Fujitaka-san was downstairs cancelling the room where Sakura should have been now.
"Should have been..," he murmured as he trailed off, "But not she's not there...,"
Then after some time a thought came knocking at the side of his brain.
"Cerberus!," he remembered, 'He should be able to locate Sakura's power!," he said, mostly to himself as he rummaged through Sakura's baggage. He brought her baggage into his room as her father told him to do, Finally he found a small pouch that is very different from the others, since it looks like it breathing.
"Aha!," he exclaimed as he opened the pouch. There curled in front of him is a sleeping Kero. He pulled him roughly out of the pouch, shaking him forcefully until we wakes up.
"Nani?.. Sakura-chan.. I'm still sleeping..," he mumbled sleepily. Syaoran couldn't take this anymore, he couldn't believe that a beast like Kero could sleep almost all day. He sighed exasperatedly. Then took a deep breath,
"Cerberus!!," he yelled at one of Kero-chan's teddy bear ears.
Kero-chan immediately woke up and almost jumped out of Syaoran's lap, "Nani?!... the brat's the one who's waking me up?.. what do you want? where's Sakura?," he demanded. Leave it to Kero, he's the most oblivious beast that ever lived.
Syaoran placed him beside him and snorted, "That's what I'm going to ask you.. Sakura's missing," he told him as he lay over his neatly made bed.
Kero-chan flew on front of his face, "What are you saying?.. how can I know where's Sakura-chan?,"
Syaoran sighed, "Can't you feel her powers?.. can't you track her down by using your inhuman power tracking talent?," he sat up and rubbed the back of his neck, indicating a nervous and tired gesture.
"Track her down huh?," Kero-chan muttered as he flew up to the open window, a cold night air rushed to greet him as he sat on the windowsill, "Maybe tomorrow would be a better time to find her, since I'm pretty sure tomorrow morning she'll be out in the open trying to find you guys too..," he told Syaoran, "And I'm pretty sure she's safe.. after all she's the card mistress..,"
"You told me the same thing as Fujitaka-sensei but that's why I'm afraid of! she's the card mistress and some people here might sense that and treat her as the enemy!," he informed him.
"Geezz.. ofcourse I know that fact Li boy, but do you expect them to attack a cute smiling girl like Sakura? maybe they'll fall head over heels over her before they even do her some harm!," Kero reasoned.
Syaoran's brows creased, "Don't call me Li-boy, stuffed toy..,". He know that *he* was the one Kero-chan was referring to even though his statement about 'falling head over heels before they can harm her' was a cloaked reference of him. Partly, it was true, he had fell head over heels before he can actually do her some harm.
"Whatever, at least a stuff toy's cute.. anyway, as I was saying, you're from here aren't you?..," he asked.
Syaoran stood up and walked towards the window as well, looking at the dark horizon with faint stars, "Yeah..," he said.
"Then why don't you visit your family while you're here?..,"
Syaoran got worried on how to answer that question, Yeah.. I should visit them,> he thought using his logic, but then another part of his brain argued with his logical thinking, If you visit them, you'll never return back to Japan and see her again!..>
"Well?," Kero-chan asked, impatiently waiting for his answer.
"I.. I want to.. b-but.. if th-they see.. me.. I would.. uh..," he stammered unable to continue.
"You wouldn't be able to go back with us.. right?," Kero-chan supplied, "I know you more than you think, you know..,"
Syaoran couldn't help but agree with the stuff toy. Then there was a loud knock on the door, "Syaoran-san," someone's voice came muffled by the door.
Syaoran walked towards the door and opened it, It was Fujitaka-sensei.
"Syaoran-san.. I think you ought to sleep now.. we still need to wake up early tomorrow to find Sakura-san..," he informed him.
Syaoran smiled warmly at Sakura's father, he always seemed so concerned, family relative or not, such a warm person, "Okay.. I would be after a couple of more minutes..,"
"Don't stay up late..," Fujitaka-san told him before he left.
After he left, Syaoran closed the door and turned again to the still pretending teddy bear in the window sill, "Okay, he's gone..,"
It was still hard for Kero to act normal around everybody except Syaoran and Sakura, even though Fujitaka-san is actually the reincarnation of the clow.
"I should sleep now.. I still have a lot more things to do tomorrow," he mumbled to Kero-chan as he crawled up to his bed and turned of the lights. Kero-chan just flew over the cabinet and opened a drawer where he could sleep.
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"Tell us more about your family, Sakura-chan," Rian's oldest sister, Yulin asked.
Sakura chewed carefully on her food this time, afraid that she would make a glutton out of herself, she was still grateful that all of them was ecstatic to have her on their house that they invited her to join them on their dining table while eating dinner.
"Well actually I have only one older brother," she told them, as she put down her eating utensils after finishing her delicious dinner, well, compared to her last meal.. the snake, she remembered, "Anyway, he's such a pain sometimes.. he always tease me for being a monster.. though,"
Yuan Ling's eyes began to sparkle, "Sakura-chan, what does he looks like? is he handsome?..," she asked her. Sakura chuckled half-heartedly, "For me he looks okay, but I don't know.. all I know is his bestfriend is more good-looking than him.. ," she smiled at her thoughts of Yukito.
"Oh yeah?," Lingling asked, "What his name?,"
"Yukito..,"
The three older women's eyes began to sparkle, "Actually I have a picture of them..," Sakura's voice cut in.
"Really?!," the three girls asked in unison, the 3 younger boys groaned, they hate this girly stuff.
Sakura took out her wallet, and took out a picture of Yukito and Touya and handed it to the three women.
After seeing the three girls gasped, "they're soo cute!!," Lingling squealed.
"I'll have this black haired one... I think it's your brother right?," Yulin asked her, Sakura just nodded.
"Oh! that silver haired guy is soo cute too!," Yuan Lin said, "I'll hog him for me..,"
Rian groaned audibly.
His sister's eyes turned to him, he just ignored them.
He turned to Sakura, "Uh.. I've been meaning to ask you earlier.. uh..," he stammered.
What could he possibly ask me that he lost his cool and stammered?> Sakura thought, "What is it?.. come on..," she asked.
"Do you have a boyfriend?," he asked abruptly, so abruptly that Sakura was taken off-guard. All the people's eyes on the table including Rian's mother turned towards her, everything was silent, they were obviously waiting for her answer. Rian already regretted what he'd asked, he hadn't thought that the question would bring her an unexpected undivided attention.
Almost immediately Syaoran's image appeared in Sakura's mind, she shook it off, We couldn't even talk for five minutes.. how can I consider him my boyfriend?.. well.. It would be nice if he was..> she thought.
"None..," she answered him.
All three girls gasped, "You don't have a boyfriend? for someone as cute as you must definitely have a boyfriend!," Yulin said, "Are all the guys on your place's blind or what?," she added.
Sakura blushed, "Well, I couldn't consider him as a boyfriend..," she said silently.
"Are you saying something?," Rian asked.
Sakura shook her head, "No.. nothing....,"
Rian sighed inaudibly, he felt relieved, somehow.. because..he couldn't admit even to himself, that he fell in love at first sight with Sakura, he just didn't believe on those things before this day, the day he met her.
The day he met Sakura.
Surely all of his sisters and brothers would endlessly tease him for that, he doesn't like to be teased about things like that. And he just couldn't afford to drive her away from him.
"Okay.. that's enough.. we should let Sakura-san sleep," Mian Lin, her host's mother, clapped her hands as a sign that she need their attention.
"you could sleep in my room," Rian blurted out, suddenly.
Yulin gasped, "Rian!, what do you mean she could sleep in your room? remember you only have one bed... where do you expect her to sleep?.. beside you?," she asked sternfully.
Rian blushed, he didn't mean to *share* a room with her, besides she's a girl, and he's a guy.. totally opposite, and not meant to share a room, specially, sleep *together*, side by side, he turned to a deeper shade of red.
Fei Long whistled, "Way to go, brother!,"
Their mother shot Fei the *look*. He immediately shut his mouth.
Jian snickered.
Rian tried to explain, "It ain't like that! what I meant to say was.. she could take my room.. while I can sleep in the living room..,"
Yuan snorted, "Then sneak back into your room at midnight, and try to scare Sakura-chan out of her wits.. is that what you want?,"
Rian shook his head so hard that his hair was sticking up when he stopped, "No! ofcourse she could lock the door!,"
"But *you* have the _key_ to your own room," Lingling interjected.
"Then you take it!," Rian said. He felt helpless that everyone around him were suspecting that he could do such a thing.
Now it was Jian's turn to snort, "But you have a spare!," he reminded Rian.
"Fine!,.. so do someone here have an idea where she would sleep then?," Rian almost shouted out of desperation.
"Have you already forgotten that we have a *guest room*? certainly she could sleep there..," their mother reminded stonily.
Sakura sweat dropped, so are the others.
Rian blushed deep crimson, he hated to admit it, but he really did forgot about the whole thing, "eheheheheh..," he forced out a laugh.
"Okay.. first me must clean the table," Yulin told everybody.
"I'll do the dishes if you don't mind..," Sakura offered.
Yulin turned to her, "No, Sakura-chan you're a visitor not a newly hired maid..," she reasoned.
Sakura pouted, "I just wanted to help..," she said, still pouting.
"Aw.. you're so cute when you do that...," Yulin said defeatedly.
Sakura's face glowed, "Then can I do the dishes?," she asked hopefully, she really wanted to do something for them in return even if it means just doing the dishes.
Yulin shook her head, "No..isn't I right mother?," she said turning to her mom.
Mian Lin agreed with her oldest daughter, "Right, now, Lian, kindly show her to her room..," she requested using Rian's cantonese name, at the still blushing Rian.
"Okay mother..," he took Sakura's arm and led her upstairs.
"Are you sure she would be safe with him mother?," Rian heard LingLing asked their mother.
Their mother just nodded.
The two boys just snickered, "That's what you think..," Fei said, snickering.
Rian could feel his face turning to a deeper shade of red, if that was still possible, he already think that the house was already suffocating him.
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"Here's your room..," Rian said as he stopped in front of a room, he opened the door slowly expecting to see dust, because the guestroom hadn't been used for like.. ages, but here's a shocker, when he opened the door, it was clean and organized.
"Anyway, here's you room..," he told her again, mind wandering off for some explanations why the room was clean since they haven't had any visitors since Rian was five.
Sakura thanked him and hopped inside the door, "Thank you Rian-san..," she said as she stood in front of him.
Rian allowed himself to smile an impish grin, "No problem..," he stopped then stared at her, she really is beautiful..> his heart raced just the sight of her in front of him.
Sakura smiled at him warmly, warmly enough to make Rian feel he's melting, just as she was about to close the door, she muttered, "Oyasumi..,"
Now Rian was confused, "Oyasumi?,"
Opening back the door, Sakura popped her head out again, "Ooops, sorry, it just means good night..,"
"Goodnight too," Rian replied before going downstairs.
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Morning slowly crept in.
Even though it was only 6:00 in the morning, both Fujitaka-san and Syaoran was fully awake and dressed already, but there was only a little problem for Syaoran,
"Kero-chan!," Syaoran almost yelled exasperatedly, it was *so* hard to wake Kero-chan.
Grr.. if this animal isn't the great beast Clow-san created.. I wouldn't know what happened to him right now.. anyway, how's this stuffed toy became great anyway?..> he thought as he continued shaking Kero.
"Wake up you sleepy head little teddy..," Syaoran muttered.
At last, after 15 minutes he finally and successfully woke him up, "Get up!," Syaoran told him.
"What is it now Li-boy? can't you see I'm sleeping peacefully?..," he muttered as he *rubbed* his eyes. [AN:I don't know if he can *actually* rub his eyes with his.. uh.. hands?]
Syaoran groaned inwardly,couldn't he see that Sakura's still missing?, did he fail to see that *their* master is already missing?.. how can he be so calm about this?..> he thought.
"Sakura's missing!, stuff toy!," Syaoran seethed through clenched teeth.
At that Kero-chan flew up, "Oh yeah.. I totally forgot about it.., are we leaving now?," he inqiured.
Syaoran just rolled his eyes, "Why'd you think I was waking you up for?..," he said as a matter-of-factly.
"Then how would you bring me?.. surely I can't fly and let myself be publicized..," Kero told Syaoran,
"I would bring a backpack..," Syaoran informed him while pointing on a bag that's presently lying on the floor.
"Okay.. Okay..,' Kero-chan said defeatedly as he opened the zipper of the bag and stuffed himself inside, "be sure to bring food," Kero-chan reminded.
Then there was a loud knock on the door, "Syaoran-san..," the voice called, it was obviously Fujitaka-san, Syaoran already knew it even though the voice came in muffled by the doors.
"I'm ready," he called as he opened the door.
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Sakura opened the door of her room quietly, determined not to disturb anyone in the house, it was still 6:15 AM, and obviously, she was the first one to be up. She walked outside the balcony, and stretched a little, inhaling the fresh scent of the trees that were present in the backyard. She looked up the sky, her favorite gesture, and stared at the pinkish tint of the fading dawn. She felt refreshed and determined. Determined to find her companions. She leaned over the balcony, and closed her eyes, letting the morning air caress her face.
"Where are you?.. Otousan.. ," she murmured then trailed off, eyes still closed. She tilted her head a little, letting the cool morning air rush freely to her face, she sighed from pleasure.
"You're early today..," said a deep, throaty and raspy voice, obviously the owner of the voice seemed to have just awaken.
Sakura *nearly* jumped from the balcony because of pure surprise, "Hoeee..," she exclaimed as she turned around. It was Rian, obviously fresh from sleep, with messy and *disheveled* hair, half-asleep eyes and practically all the creases of his blanket etched lightly on his face, he really look hilarious. Sakura refrained from laughing, afraid that she would hurt his feelings, but even though totally disheveled, he looked more cuter than usual, the thought made Sakura blush.
Geeh.. Get a grip, I'm lost here in this foreign place and all I could think about is the cute guy who just rescued me from sleeping somewhere?.. geeh.. how could I even think about *that*?..I have far more important things to think about than that..> she thought, mentally scolding herself.
"Sorry.. I didn't mean to surprise you like that..," he said seriously as he walked towards her, "You wanna leave early today?," he asked without even looking at her, he stopped beside her and leaned on the balcony watching the rising sun on the horizon, sending its rays to every directions, the morning looked beautiful.
Sakura just nodded as she looked at him, to her surprise he looked back at her and she almost caught a glimpse of sadness on his tantalizing bluish-black eyes.
"Is something wrong?," she asked worriedly, afraid that she had done something wrong.
He looked down at their backyard, "After you return to Japan.. just promise me you'll write a letter once in a while..," he said in a voice filled with sadness.
Sakura nodded vigorously, "That I won't forget..," she told him sincerely as she looked at him again.
He looked back at her beautiful green orbs, he felt like it was pulling him, drowning him, until he couldn't resist the temptation.
He took her shoulders and leaned his head towards her. Kissing her.
She was shocked when she felt Rian's lips on hers, but due to his insistent kiss, she couldn't held back. Pictures of Syaoran in her mind being thrown to the very back part of her brain. She kissed him back.
"Whoo-hoo!," Fei whistled at the doorway of the balcony, "I didn't know you had it with you brother..," he said.
The two just broke and turned away from each other, from pure surprise. Each one was blushing tremenduously.
"heheheh..," Fei laughed wickedly, "I'll just leave you two morning love birds there.. hope you didn't mind that I've interrupted," he teased before completely disappearing, leaving Sakura with Rian.
There was a very looong silence.
"Uh.. so-sorry.. I didn't mean.. to.. uh.. yo-you.. kn-know..," Rian stammered, failing to face her. Face still burning red from embarrassment.
Hearing his nervous apology, she gathered all the courage and self-control that was left with her and turned to face Rian, well not exactly face, because Rian's back was still turned towards her.
"Uh.. it's okay.. I know you didn't mean it..," she said almost above whisper.
At that Rian faced her, face still pinkish, "Uh.. sorry, again.. it wouldn't happen again.. ," he promised failing to have eye contact with her.
"So," Sakura started, forcing her voice to be a little cheery, to ease the thick tension between them, "let's go.. I still need to be early..," she held out her hand waiting for Rian to take it.
Rian took her hand gratefully, "Thanks." he said, .. and I like you,> he thought, biting back his tongue before everything go wrong again, that kiss was a mistake, good thing that he hadn't drove Sakura away by that. But he still have a problem.
It added another reason to his long list to like her more.
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"She *must* be here today," Syaoran gritted through his teeth as he, Fujitaka-san and Kero-chan searched for her through the thickening crown at the Ocean Park. The place where they all have been separated to each other, "Are you getting anything?,"
Sneaking a look from Syaoran's backpack, Kero-chan shook his head, "No.. I can't get anything from her.. maybe she's not here though..,"
"Even a faint trace?," Syaoran asked hopefully.
"Nuh-uh..,"
At that moment Fujitaka-san came up to them, "Syaoran-san, have any news?..," he asked.
Syaoran shook his head, sadly. Then he looked up the sky and whispered longingly, "Where are you Sakura?,"
After a moment Kero-chan almost screamed inside Syaoran's bag, "Hey!,"
Cutting the emotional scene Syaoran's been pulling, he glared at Kero-chan, "what's your problem anyway?," he hissed.
Fujitaka's *almost* surprised by the thing that's moving inside the bag, but he paid no attention to it, maybe he was just seeing things from worry, because of Sakura's sudden disappearance.
Kero-chan glared back, "I'm only telling that I'm already sensing her powers, but if you don't want to then I might as well go to sleep," he dared.
"No!, don't do that, now tell me where is it coming from?," he asked pleasantly enough.
Kero-chan smirked, "I know you would see it my way, Li boy,.. that way!," he said pointiong straight ahead.
"Just be sure you're right, stuff toy," Syaoran muttered as he ushured Fujitaka-san to follow him.
"Of course I'm right because I'm not a brat like you," Kero-chan assured, crossing his *fingers* behind him.
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"Are you okay with this place?.. I mean are you sure they'll find you here?," Rian asked Sakura anxiously, fidgeting with his fingers on his lap as they sat on a bench under the shade of a big tree they didn't recognize.
Sakura nodded. She was quite sure they would find her here. She knew they would find her here. She's sure.
"You know..," Rian started, unable to formulate a coherent sentence, "I've been meaning to ask you.. uh..," he continued but was cut off by the sight of two men running towards their place. One was almost their age, and the other was almost double of their age. He looked at Sakura, who's just stood up from their seat, yelling, "Otousan!,"
Rian casually stood up to his feet, hoping he wouldn't appear very nervous.
As the two men neared them, Sakura immediately rushed to the older one and hugged him, "I missed you so..," he heard her whisper. Then Rian turned his attention to the other boy who looked like their age.
I just hope she's not her boyfriend..,> he thought, But he told you she has none!,>
After a minute Sakura regained her composure and turned to introduce his companion to her father on Syaoran. Sakura cleared her throat and gestured towards Rian, "Otousan, this is Lian Xian, he was the one--hoe?," she stopped looking differently at Syaoran and Rian, "Is something the matter, Rian?," she asked.
"Xiaolang Li..," she heard him say, So they knew each other> Sakura thought, confused by the whole situation. She turned to look at Syaoran who was also busy staring at Rian.
What's going on here?,> Sakura almost asked but kept it to herself, if she'd want to know, they would have tell her sooner or later.
Syaoran was gazing stonily at the boy who's in front of him, he couldn't be mistaken, he has to be..
"Cousin...," Syaoran whispered in acknowledgement, he was his cousin from the side of his father.
--TO BE CONTINUED--
Next Chapter: Chapter Four: Thoughts and Questions
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AUTHOR'S P.S.
At last I've finished this chapter, Okay, le'me clear things up, Lian Xian is only from my imagination, since Meiling is the only cousin that was mention both in the movie and the series, why not make another cousin? surely, Syaoran have lots of cousins and relatives since he was from a 'clan'. Oh well... I *know* that this is the chapter that sucks most, but don't blame me, blame the starting of school here. I would start going to school on June 5. Geeh.. I hate school. So maybe due to the opening of school, Chapter Four would be delayed, maybe.. I'm not sure, I still have a week left from my vacation. oh! before you go C&C are deeply appreciated!.. I hope most of them would be *constructive*. Now, blame me for being vain. ^_^