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When The Last Teardrop Falls
Part: One
Chapter: Seven
"Hey squirt, wake up!" Tori said shaking her.
"Uh...what?" Sakura asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"You must've had so much fun yesterday," Tori shrugged as he sat on her bed.
"Yeah I did, why?" Sakura yawned as she began to sit up.
"Well, you missed breakfast, and lunch this morning," Tori laughed as he left the room.
"Tori!!" Sakura yelled as she threw a pillow at him, but he already shut the door so the pillow slammed right into the door.
"What happened?" Kero asked as he slowly opened the drawer.
"We missed breakfast and lunch," Sakura sighed as she lay back down on the bed.
"What?!" Kero flew over to Sakura. "I didn't eat!?" he whined as he grabbed her shirt.
"Hey! Neither did I!" Sakura yelled pushing him down. "Plus, you didn't seem to notice until I said so," she crossed her arms.
"Yeah, well, now I know," Kero pouted and flew to the window.
"Fine, I'll go down and get some food," Sakura sighed as she put on her slippers.
"Yeah!" Kero cheered putting his hands in the air.
"Morning," Sakura smiled as she entered the dining room.
"You mean good afternoon," Tori teased.
"Really?" Sakura asked in shock as she looked at the clock.
"Yeah, it's 1:30pm," Tori smiled.
"Ugh!" Sakura grumbled. "You should've woke me up Tori!" she continued to complain.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Tori sulked. "But you looked like such an angel in your sleep," he continued sarcastically. "I just couldn't get myself to wake you," he concluded still being sarcastic.
"Ugh!!" Sakura yelled. "Always first thing in the morning!!" she lost her cool.
"Really you two," Mr. Kinomoto shook his head sadly. "Do you both have to bother eachother so?"
"He started it," Sakura pouted as she looked in the opposite direction.
"Whatever," Tori sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"I'll just take my food up to my room," Sakura rolled her eyes and grabbed her plate.
"Have fun," Tori smiled.
"Believe me, I will," Sakura smiled back and headed to her room.
"What do ya got there Sakura?" Kero licked his lips as he flew over.
"Umm...eggs, pancakes, and small sausages," Sakura said observing her plate.
"Mmm...sounds good," Kero sniffed the air. Sakura just put the plate on her desk beside Kero and lay back down on her bed.
"Hey Sakura, what's wrong?" Kero asked as he picked up a small sausage.
"Hmm...nothing," Sakura sighed as she stared blankly at the ceiling.
"You really look like your confused, what's wrong?" Kero asked again as he chewed on his food.
"I guess confused is one way of putting it," Sakura sighed still staring at the ceiling.
"Is it the chinese brat?" Kero asked as he ripped off a peice of the pancake.
"Well, why...when...i mean..." Sakura stuttered as she tried to choose her words.
"Huh?" Kero asked in confusion.
"Well, why is it that when Madison says or asks Li certain things, he gets all nervous?" Sakura asked as she sat up. "And the things that Madison says or asks, I don't seem to get what she means," she continued still confused.
"Look girlfriend," Kero began with an odd look on his face. "Now you got us both confused," he concluded as he ate the last sausage.
"I'll never understand why Madison teases Li so much," Sakura sighed cluelessly.
"Are you going to eat at all?" Kero asked as he chewed on some pancake.
"Umm...I'll just eat the egg since you can't," Sakura smiled at the cute animal.
"Okay," Kero smiled happily.
"Oh my gosh!" Sakura quickly sat up.
"What!?" Kero asked as he hugged the pancake.
"The unit test is tomorrow!" Sakura flipped through her notebooks.
"Oh, right, study session," Kero sighed in relief. Then he looked at the smushed pancake he was hugging and frowned.
"I better call Madison, maybe she can help me study," Sakura began as headed to her phone. "Then I'll call Li, and ask him if he wants help from us," she concluded as she dialed the number. While she dialed the number she was thinking of Li, and what happened last night.
"Hello?" A familiar voice answered. Sakura was silent.
"Hello?" the voice repeated.
"Uh...hello?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"Hello?" the voice asked again.
"Who is this?" Sakura asked still confused and worried at the same time.
"It's Li," he replied just as confused as Sakura.
"Oh Li!!" Sakura yelled in shock as she fell off her bed. "I meant to call Madison," she continued as she crawled back onto her bed.
"How'd you end up calling me?" Li asked still confused.
"Well I was going to call you afterwards," Sakura began to explain herself.
"But how'd you end up calling me?" Li repeated.
"I guess it was because I was thinking of you and," Sakura continued. Li just blushed at the comment. "I was also thinking about what happened yesterday and stuff," Sakura concluded casually.
"Oh I see," Li replied trying to understand what happened.
"Yeah well I guess when you're thinking of something, you mind just takes over," Sakura smiled.
"I guess so," Li shrugged. "Well since you have me on the line, what did you want to ask me?" he asked changing the subject.
"Oh it's about the unit test tomorrow," Sakura began.
"Oh yeah the test!!" Li remembered.
"Yeah, and I was wondering if you needed help or something," Sakura concluded.
"Oh, no, I'm okay," Li smiled.
"Are you sure, I'm going to ask Madison if she wanted to study with me anyway," Sakura pointed out trying to make him feel better about it.
'Huh, but you refused my help before,' Li thought. "Uh...no I'm fine, really," Li sighed sadly.
"Are you sure, it won't be any trouble," Sakura insisted.
"No thanks," Li tried to sound cheery.
"Alright," Sakura sighed. "Suit yourself," she continued a little disappointed.
"But thanks anyway," Li said trying to comfort her.
"See you tomorrow," Sakura said trying to cheer herself up.
"Yep," Li replied.
"Bye," They said at the same time and hung up.
"Hmm...that conversation didn't seem too happy," Kero teased.
"Uh, it was nothing," Sakura lied and began to dial Madison's number.
"Sure," Kero rolled his eyes.
"Hello?" Madison asked answering the phone.
"Hey Madison," Sakura greeted.
"Hey there Sakura," Madison greeted back. "So, what's up?"
"Uh, nothing, just the test tomorrow," Sakura sighed.
"Is something wrong Sakura?" Madison asked a little concerned.
"Huh?" Sakura asked in shock. "What makes you think that?"
"I've known you forever, and I know when something is wrong with you," Madison pointed out.
"Oh," Sakura laughed. "No, no nothing is wrong," Sakura smiled.
"You see, I also know when you're lying," Madison pointed out.
"Madison," Sakura tried not to laugh.
"Don't you Madison me, I know when you're lying Sakura," Madison reinforced.
"No really it's nothing," Sakura said almost yelling.
"Fine, it's not like you're going to tell me what is REALLY wrong anyway," Madison replied in defeat.
"Huh?" Sakura stared at the phone in confusion.
"Don't worry about it," Madison sighed. "One day, you'll see," she took in a deep breath. "I promise," and with that she hung up. Sakura stared at the phone in confusion.
"Uh...that conversation didn't seem too happy either," Kero said also staring blankly at the phone.
Sakura sat on the bed silently and thought about Madison's last words. 'One day you'll see, I promise...'
"Sakura, are you okay?" Kero flew over and patted her back.
"I'm fine, really," Sakura smiled weakly.
"Hmm..." Kero closed his eyes worriedly.
"I think I'm going to study, then take a nap, okay Kero?" Sakura concluded looking at Kero for approval. Kero nodded and sat by the window.
Sakura studied for hours, but nothing she reviewed seemed to sink into her head. She was too distracted by other problems in her life. She was too tired and frustrated to study, and shoving the problems out of her mind didn't seem to work anymore. Soon Sakura became too annoyed by her thoughts, so she decided to go to sleep.
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Sakura couldn't concentrate on her test. Nothing she saw made any sense to her. Language was one of the easiest subjects for her, and yet nothing on the test seemed to be in a language she understood. She stared blankly at most of the qustions and scratched her pencil to her head more often than the pencil scratched the test paper. 'What is this?' Sakura looked at one of the questions. 'I don't even remember learning any of this in class!' she yelled in her mind.
Li saw the frustration from his seat behind her. He felt a little sorry for her. 'I wish I knew what was wrong with her yesterday,' Li thought sadly. 'May be if I did, I could've helped and perhaps she wouldn't be a as frustrated as she is now,' he was mad at himself. 'It's all my fault!'
Madison could see Sakura biting her pencil in irritation. At first she was confused, I mean Language was one of Sakura's best subjects. Then she realized that whatever was bothering her yesterday was still on her mind. When she was annoying Sakura with questions about Li it probably made it worse. 'Poor Sakura,' Madison looked worriedly at her best friend. 'What have I done?' she sighed as she continued her test. 'I just have to be so stubborn don't I,'
"Come on Sakura, you know the answer to this question," Sakura tried to convince herself. The took another look at the test. "Don't you?" she slopped down in her seat.
"Fifteen more minuted class," Mr. Terada warned as he looked at his watch.
"Darn it!" Sakura groaned. "I'm still on the first page!" she complained as she scanned the whole test. "I'll never finish in time,"
Li glanced over at Sakura test paper. "What?!" Li gasped in shock as he leaned back in his seat. "Sakura's still on the first page!?" he thought to himself. "Impossible!" he concluded. Then he leaned forward to take another look. He gulped as he sat back in his seat.
Madison glanced over at Sakura to see if she was doing any better. Then she noticed that she was still on the first page. 'Huh?' Madison shook her head in disbelief. 'But then she still has two more pages to go!' she gulped. "Uh-oh,"
Meilin was scribbling away at the paper. She was determined to beat Sakura at the second unit test. She wanted to prove to her that whatever Sakura could do, she could do better. 'Hmm...ten more minutes,' Meilin thought as she leaned back in her seat taking a break. 'I wonder how Sakura's doing,' she thought as she peeked over at the other side of the room. When she looked she saw Sakura scratching her head in confusion. 'Ha! She looks frustrated,' Meilin cheered. 'I'll beat you for sure Sakura,' Meilin smiled as she went back to work. 'Li is mine!'
'Great, I only have a few more minutes left, and I'm still on my first page,' Sakura tapped her pencil on the desk impatiently. Sakura continued to stare a the various questions. 'I'll just rush through the questions on the other page, and guess the rest,' she concluded reluctantly.
"Class you have a little less than ten minutes left," Mr. Terada warned without taking his eyes off the newpaper he was reading.
'Oh, so the teacher reads happily,' Li hissed at the thought. Li was almost done his test, it was easy, but still harder than the first one. He thought it was because he had help for the first test, but this time he didn't want help. He knew that Sakura refused his help when he offered to help her study. But this was Language, she didn't need his help for this subject, so why does she look so frustrated?
'Boy does that sorry girl have a lot on her mind,' Madison rolled her eyes. Madison was about done her test as well. This test was a sinch for her, every subject was a sinch for her! She was confused, she knew that something was bothering her friend, but she didn't think it was bad enough to distract her from doing the WHOLE test. She thought she would just bother her for awhile, but even until now Sakura was struggling to answer the questions. She peeked over to see what question Sakura was stuck on. 'What?!' Madison thought in shock. 'That question is so easy for a person like Sakura!'
Meilin leaned back comfortably in her seat, because she had finished the test early. She took in a deep breath and looked around the room to see who else was finished. 'Hmph...nobody is as smart as I am I guess,' Meilin thought happily. She was thrilled that nobody else had finished before her, she wanted to be able to show that off to Sakura later. She took a closer look at Sakura's side of the room. 'Hmm, I guess there is no need to show off to that girl,' she smiled. 'She isn't even close to finished,'
"Alright class finish up the question you're working on, you have five minutes left," Mr. Terada yawned in his seat.
'Wow, you're getting a little too comfortable up there Sir,' Li rolled his eyes. Li finished his test shortly after Mr. Terada's announcement. He sat in his seat quietly waiting for the next few minutes to pass by. He could hear the frustrating scribbles of Sakura's pencil. She was breathing heavily. Li grew worried with each breath she took. 'It's going to be my fault if she fails this test,' Li concluded. 'I'm sorry Sakura,'
Madison flipped over her test and slowly slid it to the top right hand corner of her desk, and placed her pencil parallel to the sheet of paper. She took in a deep sigh of relief. Soon her sigh of relief turned into a sigh of frustration when she heard Sakura hard scribbles. She gazed at Sakura's efforts to finish and pass the test a the same time. Although she was quite sure the only thing on Sakura's mind right now was passing the test. 'You can do it Sakura,' Madison prayed. Then she looked at the clock and gulped. 'But can you do it in thirty seconds?'
'Yes! Soon you shall feel the wrath of Meilin!' Meilin snickered in her empty mind. She was incredibly happy there was only a few seconds left and Sakura didn't look that close to finishing the test yet.
"Alright class," Mr. Terada spoke as he stood up. "Put down your pencils and flip over your test papers," he continued as he stretched his arms. "The last person in each row will collect the tests," he concluded and stood infront of the class.
Li stood up and began to collect the tests. Sakura was rushing to finish the last question. Li saw her and took his time to pick up his own test. He yawned and stratched his arms in the air to buy her time to finish the question that she tried so hard to answer correctly. Soon he realized that Mr. Terada was staring at him, so he took a step forward and looked at Sakura.
"Sorry Sakura, but I need your test paper," Li said reluctantly.
"Oh, alright," Sakura replied in defeat and handed the paper to him. Li weakly smiled and moved on to the next person. Sakura collapsed on her desk and moaned.
"Don't worry Sakura," Madison said trying to comfort her. "I'm sure you didn't do too bad,"
Sakura slowly turned her head to look at her. The she gave her this "Nice try" look. Then Madison backed off.
When all the test papers were collected the class was dismissed. Everyone rushed to get to the next period class, but Sakura slowly made her way through. She was trying to review along the way. She hoped that if she went slow, it would buy her more study time. Li wasn't too far ahead of her. He didn't want to make it obvious that he was waiting for her, so he just walked slowly infront of her. He could hear the shuffling of study notes behind him, obviously Sakura's. He closed his eyes sadly, and made his way to class.
Sakura was the last one to enter the room. As soon as she did Ms. Mckenzie began to hand out the sheets of paper and give instructions at the same time. Nothing that she was saying went into Sakura's mind. She was still reviewing in her head. Repeating the same old lines, over and over again. She tapped her fingers on her desk nervously as she awaited the paper of doom. When she received the test she smiled weakly at the teacher and reluctantly scribbled her name on the top left hand corner. She rolled her hands up into a fist as she stared at the multiple questions in frustration. Again, nothing made any sense to her. Sakura was incredibly annoyed. She had just reviewed her notes in the hallway. It was insane that she couldn't remember anything she had reviewed! It was like she studied the wrong material. Or perhaps she was studying with her eyes closed. She looked around to she how the rest of the class was progressing. She gulped at the sight of her fellow peers. Everyone seemed to comprehend every single question that was on the sheet. Meilin was working away like it was the end of the world. Madison seemed to flip through each question with ease, her pencil glided onto the paper like skates on ice. She didn't turn around to see how Li was doing. Instead she listened for sounds of irritation. Nothing. Was Li having problems with Math? Impossible.
Li wasn't having problems with Math at all. In fact, he was finished. He was just thinking about how Sakura was doing. If she was having problems with Language, how was she doing in Math? He stared down at his eraser. It was clean, he never touched it once during this test. His eyes slowly scanned the class. His eyes were attracted at how fast Meilin's eraser dust was flying into the air. She was burning up her sheet with mistakes. Li rolled his eyes at the sight, and forced himself to look elsewhere. He caught sight of Madison who seemed to be having no problems with the test. She almost looked like she was smiling. Smiling? That's so odd, Li was good at Math, but you wouldn't catch him smiling while he was working on it. Perhaps she was thinking of something else. He thought for a moment then quivered at his conclusion.
Madison in fact was smiling. She was a little happy that the test was so easy. When she looked over at how Sakura was progressing, her smile turned into a worried look. What was bothering her!? The thought of Sakura being blue without her knowing why mad her veins pump fast. She could feel the tension in her arms, hands and face. This whole thought made Madison upset, and now she couldn't concentrate on her test. 'I can't let this get to me,' she thought. She knew that Sakura was going through a rough time, but she couldn't let that get to her, not yet anyway.
Meilin once again was thrilled at the fact that Sakura was suffering enough to enable her from completing the unit tests. She knew that whatever was bothering her should, MUST continue until all the tests had passed. No matter what, she must beat Sakura. She must prove to Li that she was better than Sakura. Maybe then, he would pick her over that Japanese cheerleader. Meilin grinned evily and continued the test confidently.
'Honestly Sakura,' Sakura thought as she shook her head side to side, hoping that some sort of memory would come out if it. Nothing again. She wanted to bang her fists as hard as possible on the desk, but she couldn't get herself to do it. She gritted her teeth in anger, and frustration. She just wanted to cry right then and there. She stared at the paper below her, she analyzed the first question carefully, and then closed her eyes slowly. She took a deep breath and began to think harder. Finally she pulled herself together and REALLY worked on the test.
Li could hear the scribbling of led to a paper, but the sound was coming from Sakura. He thought for a moment in confusion, and then decided to check if it really was Sakura. He slowly leaned forward and peeked at Sakura. 'Well well well, she's finally collecting her thoughts,' Li grinned as he leaned back in relief. Suddenly the chill that has over come him during the first period faded. He didn't notice that chill in the first place, because it has been with him for so long. He only noticed it when it went away. He felt kind of weird, he had no clue what that emotion was. He just shook the thought out of his head like usual.
Madison also noticed that Sakura was beginning to work on the test, and a smile of relief came over her. She glanced at Li and frowned in jealousy at the fact that he was finished the test already. 'That boy catches on things so quickly,' Madison thought as she eyed Li. Then she looked at Sakura, and back at Li. 'Well, most things,' she giggled and put her attention back to the paper below her.
Meilin was working really hard on her paper. She scribbled furiously, but she erased her work a whole lot more than she did writing it. She was glowing with confidence as she erased each and every wrong answer. She stopped erasing when she noticed that the whole class was staring at her with wide-eyes. Li was scratching his head as he sweat-dropped at the sight. Madison was frowning in annoyance, and everyone else was just staring in shock and confusion. She glared at everyone and gave them the evil eye. Everyone quickly turned back at their papers. After everyone turned around she caught sight of Sakura who was working like her life depended on it. She was a little upset by this. 'Ugh!! That Sakura, I'll show her!' Meilin thought as more eraser dust flew around her.
Ms. Mckenzie stood up from her desk and began to eye the students. "Okay class, I can see that you're all..." she paused as she caught sight of Meilin who was basically throwing rubber confetti around. "...working really hard..." she said slowly as she stared at Meilin in confusion, then she went back to her normal voice. "But we'll have to stop the test in..." she stopped as she began to read her watch. "...seven minutes," she concluded and sat back down. The class nodded their heads in agreement and went back to work.
Sakura was still working frantically the test. She was finally getting the hang of the questions on the test. She was starting to ease down a bit as she answered each question. 'I can't believe I didn't get this in the first place,' Sakura thought happily. Soon that feeling that was keeping her from writing her tests in the first place faded.
Li could still hear Sakura writing her test. 'She doesn't sound like she's frustrated anymore,' Li thought in relief, but for some reason he was disappointed. He leaned back in his seat and glanced out the window. He took in a deep breath and thought about what could've possibly made Sakura upset in the first place. At first he thought that it was his fault, and that perhaps it was something he had said or done. Then he thought about Madison. Maybe Madison was tormenting Sakura with questions and comments about him. He grew quite upset at his own thoughts. 'Why must Madison bother us so much?' Li asked himself inraged. He then caught a glance of Meilin. 'Maybe Meilin said something to about our past!' Li concluded worriedly. 'I hope not,' he sighed as he bit his lip and turned back to the window.
Madison was almost finished her test and was stretching before she finished her last question. As she extended her arms as far as possible above her head, she caught sight of Li. 'Great, now something is wrong with Li,' Madison rolled her eyes at the thought. First something is wrong with Juliet, and now that she seems to be getting better, Romeo starts to become upset about something. The whole world seemed to have gone gloomy. Instead of cupid shooting his arrows like mad, the God of death has seemed to be running around casting a spell on everyone like some raving total lunatic. She was able to draw her eyes away from the two. But instead she saw Meilin. 'There's the God of death,' Madison concluded. '...raving total lunatic,' she rolled her eyes. 'I just hope I'm not next,' Madison gulped as she stared at Zachary.
Meilin was almost finished her test as well. She had two questions left to go. Although, two questions left is pretty good, considering how many questions she erased ratio to how many questions she didn't erase. The score would be 60:0. She didn't seem to notice though, instead she just beamed with confidence. In fact you could almost see an evil ora surround her as every question erased by. She couldn't stop smiling.
Sakura peeked at the clock which was at the very front of the room. 'I don't have that much time left,' Sakura gulped nervously. She was doing quite well actually, again considering the fact that she was struggling at the beginning. Sakura only had five questions left to complete on the test. She quickly went back to work. 'Come on Sakura, five left, only five,' she chanted in her mind. She only had a minute to complete each question, any more than that, she would have no choice but to guess. Sakura peeked to her right, and looked across the room where Meilin was working. Sakura frowned and worked harder.
Li was tapping his fingers on his desk trying to keep calm. But he kept on looking at the clock nervously. 'Five minutes Sakura,' Li thought in suspence. He was incredibly nervous, he was almost sweating. 'Why am I so nervous?!' Li asked himself in confusion. He couldn't understand why he was feeling this way. He couldn't understand what was wrong, or what had come over him. Then he thought of Sakura and began to calm down. 'Could it be Sakura?' Li thought seriously. 'No, it can't be,' he concluded shaking the thought out of his mind.
Madison leaned back and took in a deep breath. She finally finished the test. She flipped over the test paper, and once again slowly slid it to the top right hand corner of her desk. She simply closed her eyes and let the last five minutes of class pass by.
Meilin was also finished. She smiled at her work and turned it over, as she looked around at her classmates. She frowned when she saw that most of the class was already finished, but smiled again when she caught sight of Sakura. 'Well, if I beat her, that's good enough for me,' Meilin sat up proudly. She glanced at Li who was leaning against the window. 'Aw, my Li-kun is upset about something,' Meilin thought as she supported her head with her hand. 'I'll cheer him up after class,' she concluded happily. Meilin stared at Li daydreaming for awhile. Then finally looked at the clock. 'Ha, two minutes left Sakura!'
"Alright class, finish up the question you're working on," Ms. Mckenzie warned.
Sakura was almost finished her test, surprisingly enough. When she heard Ms. Mckenzie's warning she rushed through the question she was working on. 'Not bad Sakura,' Sakura encouraged herself. 'Only two more questions left,' she smiled. She took in a deep breath, hoping it would enhance her concentration. It did. Sakura finished her questions on time.
"Put down your pencils ladies and gentlemen," Ms. Mckenzie ordered as she walked to the center of the room. "Please pass your tests to the front of the room," she concluded. The class did what she said, and then they were dismissed. Everyone yawned as they made their way out the door.
Sakura quickly picked up her bag and headed out the door. Li ran after her, but was stopped by Meilin.
"Why were you so down during class today Li?" Meilin asked as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Down?" Li asked in confusion. "I was just fine," he lied as he tried to shake out off Meilin grasp.
"Are you sure?" Meilin smiled as she held him tighter.
"Yes!" Li replied in annoyance as he tried to look over Meilin's head to see if Sakura was still in sight.
"Fine, if you say so," Meilin pouted and began to walk away.
"But, Meilin, I," Li paused after each word as he looked at Sakura and then Meilin.
"Yes?" Meilin asked anxiously as she quickly turned around to look at Li. Li took one last look at Sakura before she went out of sight.
"Hello?" Meilin stomped her feet impatiently. Li sighed and slowly put his head down as Sakura turned the corner.
"Ugh! Nothing..." Li sighed and ran after Sakura.
"Li!!!" Meilin whined. Soon her cry for Li faded behind him as she ran after Sakura. He quickly ran in the hall of the school, burst out the door, and ran across the track and stopped. He looked around panting out of breath.
'She must have been running,' Li thought worriedly. He looked around frantically. Soon he caught sight of Sakura not too far ahead. He began to run again. Finally he caught up to her.
"Sakura," Li panted as he ran up beside her.
"Oh hi Li," Sakura greeted with a smile, but he smiled faded when she saw Li out of breath. "Oh my goodness Li!" she yelled as Li began to fall a little. "Come one, let's go under that tree before you faint," she concluded as she put his arm around her neck for support. She slowly guided him to a tree near by, and sat him down.
"What's wrong Li?" Sakura asked as soon as he was on the ground.
"I was going to ask you the same question," Li replied trying to smile.
"I don't understand," Sakura shook her head in confusion.
"During class today, especially during language, you were so down," Li said looking at her straight in the eye. He looked like he was going to cry, and yet there was something strong about his eyes. They were so steady, and in complete control.
Sakura fell back a step and was silent. Something about his eyes made her weak. She hadn't realized that she was so sad during class.
"I don't know," Sakura said softly, looking down at the ground.
"What?" Li asked in confusion. He sat up against the trunk of the tree.
"I don't know," Sakura replied a little louder.
"You don't know why you were so sad?" Li asked trying to understand what Sakura was saying.
"Yes," Sakura replied softly, and slowly began to look at Li.
She stared at him, as if she was trying to find something. Her eyes looked like they were going to flood up with tears. When Li looked at her, it was as if he were staring at a little girl looking for a meaning to something. Li fell into a trance.
"I don't know what came over me," Sakura tried to explain herself as she took a spot beside him. "It's as if this feeling, a feeling I couldn't control, just came over me," she continued. "And this feeling, I don't know exactly what it was but it was as if something was missing, I can't explain it," she concluded in embarrassment. Li was silent, and just gazed at her.
"You probably think I'm crazy," She turned her head away.
"No, I don't," Li replied as put his hand on her shoulder. A tingly feeling came over her. It started where Li's hand was, and began to spread rapidly from there. It started from her shoulder, down her spine, and through her arms. Sakura slowly turned around to look at Li.
"You don't?" Sakura asked worriedly.
"No," Li smiled as he shook his head. "Because, I've been having the same feelings," he concluded nervously as he began to understand them more.
Sakura was silent for a second and thought about what Li had said. Li slowly moved closer to Sakura, but Sakura shook her head and stood up.
"I better go," She said softly and grabbed her bag. "I'll see you tomorrow," she concluded and walked away.
Li was still was sitting down, he waited for her to be out of sight, then slowly put his head down.
Sakura quickly turned the corner. As soon as she was out of Li's sight, she leaned against a wall and slowly slid down until she was sitting on the ground. A small tear glided down her rosy cheek.
"I'm sorry Li, I'm sorry," Sakura cried softly. "I just have to wait until I figure out what these feelings mean,"
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Most of you readers were requesting for more kawaii stuff so I hope I was able to do that in this
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In the next chapter a lot of planning is being done between Madison and Sakura about...Li!
Sakura also finds out a little secret about Meilin and Li. What is it?
Finally the Winter break is coming, anything can happen! *KAWAII ALERT*
When The Last Teardrop Falls
Part: One
Chapter: Seven
"Hey squirt, wake up!" Tori said shaking her.
"Uh...what?" Sakura asked as she rubbed her eyes.
"You must've had so much fun yesterday," Tori shrugged as he sat on her bed.
"Yeah I did, why?" Sakura yawned as she began to sit up.
"Well, you missed breakfast, and lunch this morning," Tori laughed as he left the room.
"Tori!!" Sakura yelled as she threw a pillow at him, but he already shut the door so the pillow slammed right into the door.
"What happened?" Kero asked as he slowly opened the drawer.
"We missed breakfast and lunch," Sakura sighed as she lay back down on the bed.
"What?!" Kero flew over to Sakura. "I didn't eat!?" he whined as he grabbed her shirt.
"Hey! Neither did I!" Sakura yelled pushing him down. "Plus, you didn't seem to notice until I said so," she crossed her arms.
"Yeah, well, now I know," Kero pouted and flew to the window.
"Fine, I'll go down and get some food," Sakura sighed as she put on her slippers.
"Yeah!" Kero cheered putting his hands in the air.
"Morning," Sakura smiled as she entered the dining room.
"You mean good afternoon," Tori teased.
"Really?" Sakura asked in shock as she looked at the clock.
"Yeah, it's 1:30pm," Tori smiled.
"Ugh!" Sakura grumbled. "You should've woke me up Tori!" she continued to complain.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Tori sulked. "But you looked like such an angel in your sleep," he continued sarcastically. "I just couldn't get myself to wake you," he concluded still being sarcastic.
"Ugh!!" Sakura yelled. "Always first thing in the morning!!" she lost her cool.
"Really you two," Mr. Kinomoto shook his head sadly. "Do you both have to bother eachother so?"
"He started it," Sakura pouted as she looked in the opposite direction.
"Whatever," Tori sighed and leaned back in his chair.
"I'll just take my food up to my room," Sakura rolled her eyes and grabbed her plate.
"Have fun," Tori smiled.
"Believe me, I will," Sakura smiled back and headed to her room.
"What do ya got there Sakura?" Kero licked his lips as he flew over.
"Umm...eggs, pancakes, and small sausages," Sakura said observing her plate.
"Mmm...sounds good," Kero sniffed the air. Sakura just put the plate on her desk beside Kero and lay back down on her bed.
"Hey Sakura, what's wrong?" Kero asked as he picked up a small sausage.
"Hmm...nothing," Sakura sighed as she stared blankly at the ceiling.
"You really look like your confused, what's wrong?" Kero asked again as he chewed on his food.
"I guess confused is one way of putting it," Sakura sighed still staring at the ceiling.
"Is it the chinese brat?" Kero asked as he ripped off a peice of the pancake.
"Well, why...when...i mean..." Sakura stuttered as she tried to choose her words.
"Huh?" Kero asked in confusion.
"Well, why is it that when Madison says or asks Li certain things, he gets all nervous?" Sakura asked as she sat up. "And the things that Madison says or asks, I don't seem to get what she means," she continued still confused.
"Look girlfriend," Kero began with an odd look on his face. "Now you got us both confused," he concluded as he ate the last sausage.
"I'll never understand why Madison teases Li so much," Sakura sighed cluelessly.
"Are you going to eat at all?" Kero asked as he chewed on some pancake.
"Umm...I'll just eat the egg since you can't," Sakura smiled at the cute animal.
"Okay," Kero smiled happily.
"Oh my gosh!" Sakura quickly sat up.
"What!?" Kero asked as he hugged the pancake.
"The unit test is tomorrow!" Sakura flipped through her notebooks.
"Oh, right, study session," Kero sighed in relief. Then he looked at the smushed pancake he was hugging and frowned.
"I better call Madison, maybe she can help me study," Sakura began as headed to her phone. "Then I'll call Li, and ask him if he wants help from us," she concluded as she dialed the number. While she dialed the number she was thinking of Li, and what happened last night.
"Hello?" A familiar voice answered. Sakura was silent.
"Hello?" the voice repeated.
"Uh...hello?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"Hello?" the voice asked again.
"Who is this?" Sakura asked still confused and worried at the same time.
"It's Li," he replied just as confused as Sakura.
"Oh Li!!" Sakura yelled in shock as she fell off her bed. "I meant to call Madison," she continued as she crawled back onto her bed.
"How'd you end up calling me?" Li asked still confused.
"Well I was going to call you afterwards," Sakura began to explain herself.
"But how'd you end up calling me?" Li repeated.
"I guess it was because I was thinking of you and," Sakura continued. Li just blushed at the comment. "I was also thinking about what happened yesterday and stuff," Sakura concluded casually.
"Oh I see," Li replied trying to understand what happened.
"Yeah well I guess when you're thinking of something, you mind just takes over," Sakura smiled.
"I guess so," Li shrugged. "Well since you have me on the line, what did you want to ask me?" he asked changing the subject.
"Oh it's about the unit test tomorrow," Sakura began.
"Oh yeah the test!!" Li remembered.
"Yeah, and I was wondering if you needed help or something," Sakura concluded.
"Oh, no, I'm okay," Li smiled.
"Are you sure, I'm going to ask Madison if she wanted to study with me anyway," Sakura pointed out trying to make him feel better about it.
'Huh, but you refused my help before,' Li thought. "Uh...no I'm fine, really," Li sighed sadly.
"Are you sure, it won't be any trouble," Sakura insisted.
"No thanks," Li tried to sound cheery.
"Alright," Sakura sighed. "Suit yourself," she continued a little disappointed.
"But thanks anyway," Li said trying to comfort her.
"See you tomorrow," Sakura said trying to cheer herself up.
"Yep," Li replied.
"Bye," They said at the same time and hung up.
"Hmm...that conversation didn't seem too happy," Kero teased.
"Uh, it was nothing," Sakura lied and began to dial Madison's number.
"Sure," Kero rolled his eyes.
"Hello?" Madison asked answering the phone.
"Hey Madison," Sakura greeted.
"Hey there Sakura," Madison greeted back. "So, what's up?"
"Uh, nothing, just the test tomorrow," Sakura sighed.
"Is something wrong Sakura?" Madison asked a little concerned.
"Huh?" Sakura asked in shock. "What makes you think that?"
"I've known you forever, and I know when something is wrong with you," Madison pointed out.
"Oh," Sakura laughed. "No, no nothing is wrong," Sakura smiled.
"You see, I also know when you're lying," Madison pointed out.
"Madison," Sakura tried not to laugh.
"Don't you Madison me, I know when you're lying Sakura," Madison reinforced.
"No really it's nothing," Sakura said almost yelling.
"Fine, it's not like you're going to tell me what is REALLY wrong anyway," Madison replied in defeat.
"Huh?" Sakura stared at the phone in confusion.
"Don't worry about it," Madison sighed. "One day, you'll see," she took in a deep breath. "I promise," and with that she hung up. Sakura stared at the phone in confusion.
"Uh...that conversation didn't seem too happy either," Kero said also staring blankly at the phone.
Sakura sat on the bed silently and thought about Madison's last words. 'One day you'll see, I promise...'
"Sakura, are you okay?" Kero flew over and patted her back.
"I'm fine, really," Sakura smiled weakly.
"Hmm..." Kero closed his eyes worriedly.
"I think I'm going to study, then take a nap, okay Kero?" Sakura concluded looking at Kero for approval. Kero nodded and sat by the window.
Sakura studied for hours, but nothing she reviewed seemed to sink into her head. She was too distracted by other problems in her life. She was too tired and frustrated to study, and shoving the problems out of her mind didn't seem to work anymore. Soon Sakura became too annoyed by her thoughts, so she decided to go to sleep.
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Sakura couldn't concentrate on her test. Nothing she saw made any sense to her. Language was one of the easiest subjects for her, and yet nothing on the test seemed to be in a language she understood. She stared blankly at most of the qustions and scratched her pencil to her head more often than the pencil scratched the test paper. 'What is this?' Sakura looked at one of the questions. 'I don't even remember learning any of this in class!' she yelled in her mind.
Li saw the frustration from his seat behind her. He felt a little sorry for her. 'I wish I knew what was wrong with her yesterday,' Li thought sadly. 'May be if I did, I could've helped and perhaps she wouldn't be a as frustrated as she is now,' he was mad at himself. 'It's all my fault!'
Madison could see Sakura biting her pencil in irritation. At first she was confused, I mean Language was one of Sakura's best subjects. Then she realized that whatever was bothering her yesterday was still on her mind. When she was annoying Sakura with questions about Li it probably made it worse. 'Poor Sakura,' Madison looked worriedly at her best friend. 'What have I done?' she sighed as she continued her test. 'I just have to be so stubborn don't I,'
"Come on Sakura, you know the answer to this question," Sakura tried to convince herself. The took another look at the test. "Don't you?" she slopped down in her seat.
"Fifteen more minuted class," Mr. Terada warned as he looked at his watch.
"Darn it!" Sakura groaned. "I'm still on the first page!" she complained as she scanned the whole test. "I'll never finish in time,"
Li glanced over at Sakura test paper. "What?!" Li gasped in shock as he leaned back in his seat. "Sakura's still on the first page!?" he thought to himself. "Impossible!" he concluded. Then he leaned forward to take another look. He gulped as he sat back in his seat.
Madison glanced over at Sakura to see if she was doing any better. Then she noticed that she was still on the first page. 'Huh?' Madison shook her head in disbelief. 'But then she still has two more pages to go!' she gulped. "Uh-oh,"
Meilin was scribbling away at the paper. She was determined to beat Sakura at the second unit test. She wanted to prove to her that whatever Sakura could do, she could do better. 'Hmm...ten more minutes,' Meilin thought as she leaned back in her seat taking a break. 'I wonder how Sakura's doing,' she thought as she peeked over at the other side of the room. When she looked she saw Sakura scratching her head in confusion. 'Ha! She looks frustrated,' Meilin cheered. 'I'll beat you for sure Sakura,' Meilin smiled as she went back to work. 'Li is mine!'
'Great, I only have a few more minutes left, and I'm still on my first page,' Sakura tapped her pencil on the desk impatiently. Sakura continued to stare a the various questions. 'I'll just rush through the questions on the other page, and guess the rest,' she concluded reluctantly.
"Class you have a little less than ten minutes left," Mr. Terada warned without taking his eyes off the newpaper he was reading.
'Oh, so the teacher reads happily,' Li hissed at the thought. Li was almost done his test, it was easy, but still harder than the first one. He thought it was because he had help for the first test, but this time he didn't want help. He knew that Sakura refused his help when he offered to help her study. But this was Language, she didn't need his help for this subject, so why does she look so frustrated?
'Boy does that sorry girl have a lot on her mind,' Madison rolled her eyes. Madison was about done her test as well. This test was a sinch for her, every subject was a sinch for her! She was confused, she knew that something was bothering her friend, but she didn't think it was bad enough to distract her from doing the WHOLE test. She thought she would just bother her for awhile, but even until now Sakura was struggling to answer the questions. She peeked over to see what question Sakura was stuck on. 'What?!' Madison thought in shock. 'That question is so easy for a person like Sakura!'
Meilin leaned back comfortably in her seat, because she had finished the test early. She took in a deep breath and looked around the room to see who else was finished. 'Hmph...nobody is as smart as I am I guess,' Meilin thought happily. She was thrilled that nobody else had finished before her, she wanted to be able to show that off to Sakura later. She took a closer look at Sakura's side of the room. 'Hmm, I guess there is no need to show off to that girl,' she smiled. 'She isn't even close to finished,'
"Alright class finish up the question you're working on, you have five minutes left," Mr. Terada yawned in his seat.
'Wow, you're getting a little too comfortable up there Sir,' Li rolled his eyes. Li finished his test shortly after Mr. Terada's announcement. He sat in his seat quietly waiting for the next few minutes to pass by. He could hear the frustrating scribbles of Sakura's pencil. She was breathing heavily. Li grew worried with each breath she took. 'It's going to be my fault if she fails this test,' Li concluded. 'I'm sorry Sakura,'
Madison flipped over her test and slowly slid it to the top right hand corner of her desk, and placed her pencil parallel to the sheet of paper. She took in a deep sigh of relief. Soon her sigh of relief turned into a sigh of frustration when she heard Sakura hard scribbles. She gazed at Sakura's efforts to finish and pass the test a the same time. Although she was quite sure the only thing on Sakura's mind right now was passing the test. 'You can do it Sakura,' Madison prayed. Then she looked at the clock and gulped. 'But can you do it in thirty seconds?'
'Yes! Soon you shall feel the wrath of Meilin!' Meilin snickered in her empty mind. She was incredibly happy there was only a few seconds left and Sakura didn't look that close to finishing the test yet.
"Alright class," Mr. Terada spoke as he stood up. "Put down your pencils and flip over your test papers," he continued as he stretched his arms. "The last person in each row will collect the tests," he concluded and stood infront of the class.
Li stood up and began to collect the tests. Sakura was rushing to finish the last question. Li saw her and took his time to pick up his own test. He yawned and stratched his arms in the air to buy her time to finish the question that she tried so hard to answer correctly. Soon he realized that Mr. Terada was staring at him, so he took a step forward and looked at Sakura.
"Sorry Sakura, but I need your test paper," Li said reluctantly.
"Oh, alright," Sakura replied in defeat and handed the paper to him. Li weakly smiled and moved on to the next person. Sakura collapsed on her desk and moaned.
"Don't worry Sakura," Madison said trying to comfort her. "I'm sure you didn't do too bad,"
Sakura slowly turned her head to look at her. The she gave her this "Nice try" look. Then Madison backed off.
When all the test papers were collected the class was dismissed. Everyone rushed to get to the next period class, but Sakura slowly made her way through. She was trying to review along the way. She hoped that if she went slow, it would buy her more study time. Li wasn't too far ahead of her. He didn't want to make it obvious that he was waiting for her, so he just walked slowly infront of her. He could hear the shuffling of study notes behind him, obviously Sakura's. He closed his eyes sadly, and made his way to class.
Sakura was the last one to enter the room. As soon as she did Ms. Mckenzie began to hand out the sheets of paper and give instructions at the same time. Nothing that she was saying went into Sakura's mind. She was still reviewing in her head. Repeating the same old lines, over and over again. She tapped her fingers on her desk nervously as she awaited the paper of doom. When she received the test she smiled weakly at the teacher and reluctantly scribbled her name on the top left hand corner. She rolled her hands up into a fist as she stared at the multiple questions in frustration. Again, nothing made any sense to her. Sakura was incredibly annoyed. She had just reviewed her notes in the hallway. It was insane that she couldn't remember anything she had reviewed! It was like she studied the wrong material. Or perhaps she was studying with her eyes closed. She looked around to she how the rest of the class was progressing. She gulped at the sight of her fellow peers. Everyone seemed to comprehend every single question that was on the sheet. Meilin was working away like it was the end of the world. Madison seemed to flip through each question with ease, her pencil glided onto the paper like skates on ice. She didn't turn around to see how Li was doing. Instead she listened for sounds of irritation. Nothing. Was Li having problems with Math? Impossible.
Li wasn't having problems with Math at all. In fact, he was finished. He was just thinking about how Sakura was doing. If she was having problems with Language, how was she doing in Math? He stared down at his eraser. It was clean, he never touched it once during this test. His eyes slowly scanned the class. His eyes were attracted at how fast Meilin's eraser dust was flying into the air. She was burning up her sheet with mistakes. Li rolled his eyes at the sight, and forced himself to look elsewhere. He caught sight of Madison who seemed to be having no problems with the test. She almost looked like she was smiling. Smiling? That's so odd, Li was good at Math, but you wouldn't catch him smiling while he was working on it. Perhaps she was thinking of something else. He thought for a moment then quivered at his conclusion.
Madison in fact was smiling. She was a little happy that the test was so easy. When she looked over at how Sakura was progressing, her smile turned into a worried look. What was bothering her!? The thought of Sakura being blue without her knowing why mad her veins pump fast. She could feel the tension in her arms, hands and face. This whole thought made Madison upset, and now she couldn't concentrate on her test. 'I can't let this get to me,' she thought. She knew that Sakura was going through a rough time, but she couldn't let that get to her, not yet anyway.
Meilin once again was thrilled at the fact that Sakura was suffering enough to enable her from completing the unit tests. She knew that whatever was bothering her should, MUST continue until all the tests had passed. No matter what, she must beat Sakura. She must prove to Li that she was better than Sakura. Maybe then, he would pick her over that Japanese cheerleader. Meilin grinned evily and continued the test confidently.
'Honestly Sakura,' Sakura thought as she shook her head side to side, hoping that some sort of memory would come out if it. Nothing again. She wanted to bang her fists as hard as possible on the desk, but she couldn't get herself to do it. She gritted her teeth in anger, and frustration. She just wanted to cry right then and there. She stared at the paper below her, she analyzed the first question carefully, and then closed her eyes slowly. She took a deep breath and began to think harder. Finally she pulled herself together and REALLY worked on the test.
Li could hear the scribbling of led to a paper, but the sound was coming from Sakura. He thought for a moment in confusion, and then decided to check if it really was Sakura. He slowly leaned forward and peeked at Sakura. 'Well well well, she's finally collecting her thoughts,' Li grinned as he leaned back in relief. Suddenly the chill that has over come him during the first period faded. He didn't notice that chill in the first place, because it has been with him for so long. He only noticed it when it went away. He felt kind of weird, he had no clue what that emotion was. He just shook the thought out of his head like usual.
Madison also noticed that Sakura was beginning to work on the test, and a smile of relief came over her. She glanced at Li and frowned in jealousy at the fact that he was finished the test already. 'That boy catches on things so quickly,' Madison thought as she eyed Li. Then she looked at Sakura, and back at Li. 'Well, most things,' she giggled and put her attention back to the paper below her.
Meilin was working really hard on her paper. She scribbled furiously, but she erased her work a whole lot more than she did writing it. She was glowing with confidence as she erased each and every wrong answer. She stopped erasing when she noticed that the whole class was staring at her with wide-eyes. Li was scratching his head as he sweat-dropped at the sight. Madison was frowning in annoyance, and everyone else was just staring in shock and confusion. She glared at everyone and gave them the evil eye. Everyone quickly turned back at their papers. After everyone turned around she caught sight of Sakura who was working like her life depended on it. She was a little upset by this. 'Ugh!! That Sakura, I'll show her!' Meilin thought as more eraser dust flew around her.
Ms. Mckenzie stood up from her desk and began to eye the students. "Okay class, I can see that you're all..." she paused as she caught sight of Meilin who was basically throwing rubber confetti around. "...working really hard..." she said slowly as she stared at Meilin in confusion, then she went back to her normal voice. "But we'll have to stop the test in..." she stopped as she began to read her watch. "...seven minutes," she concluded and sat back down. The class nodded their heads in agreement and went back to work.
Sakura was still working frantically the test. She was finally getting the hang of the questions on the test. She was starting to ease down a bit as she answered each question. 'I can't believe I didn't get this in the first place,' Sakura thought happily. Soon that feeling that was keeping her from writing her tests in the first place faded.
Li could still hear Sakura writing her test. 'She doesn't sound like she's frustrated anymore,' Li thought in relief, but for some reason he was disappointed. He leaned back in his seat and glanced out the window. He took in a deep breath and thought about what could've possibly made Sakura upset in the first place. At first he thought that it was his fault, and that perhaps it was something he had said or done. Then he thought about Madison. Maybe Madison was tormenting Sakura with questions and comments about him. He grew quite upset at his own thoughts. 'Why must Madison bother us so much?' Li asked himself inraged. He then caught a glance of Meilin. 'Maybe Meilin said something to about our past!' Li concluded worriedly. 'I hope not,' he sighed as he bit his lip and turned back to the window.
Madison was almost finished her test and was stretching before she finished her last question. As she extended her arms as far as possible above her head, she caught sight of Li. 'Great, now something is wrong with Li,' Madison rolled her eyes at the thought. First something is wrong with Juliet, and now that she seems to be getting better, Romeo starts to become upset about something. The whole world seemed to have gone gloomy. Instead of cupid shooting his arrows like mad, the God of death has seemed to be running around casting a spell on everyone like some raving total lunatic. She was able to draw her eyes away from the two. But instead she saw Meilin. 'There's the God of death,' Madison concluded. '...raving total lunatic,' she rolled her eyes. 'I just hope I'm not next,' Madison gulped as she stared at Zachary.
Meilin was almost finished her test as well. She had two questions left to go. Although, two questions left is pretty good, considering how many questions she erased ratio to how many questions she didn't erase. The score would be 60:0. She didn't seem to notice though, instead she just beamed with confidence. In fact you could almost see an evil ora surround her as every question erased by. She couldn't stop smiling.
Sakura peeked at the clock which was at the very front of the room. 'I don't have that much time left,' Sakura gulped nervously. She was doing quite well actually, again considering the fact that she was struggling at the beginning. Sakura only had five questions left to complete on the test. She quickly went back to work. 'Come on Sakura, five left, only five,' she chanted in her mind. She only had a minute to complete each question, any more than that, she would have no choice but to guess. Sakura peeked to her right, and looked across the room where Meilin was working. Sakura frowned and worked harder.
Li was tapping his fingers on his desk trying to keep calm. But he kept on looking at the clock nervously. 'Five minutes Sakura,' Li thought in suspence. He was incredibly nervous, he was almost sweating. 'Why am I so nervous?!' Li asked himself in confusion. He couldn't understand why he was feeling this way. He couldn't understand what was wrong, or what had come over him. Then he thought of Sakura and began to calm down. 'Could it be Sakura?' Li thought seriously. 'No, it can't be,' he concluded shaking the thought out of his mind.
Madison leaned back and took in a deep breath. She finally finished the test. She flipped over the test paper, and once again slowly slid it to the top right hand corner of her desk. She simply closed her eyes and let the last five minutes of class pass by.
Meilin was also finished. She smiled at her work and turned it over, as she looked around at her classmates. She frowned when she saw that most of the class was already finished, but smiled again when she caught sight of Sakura. 'Well, if I beat her, that's good enough for me,' Meilin sat up proudly. She glanced at Li who was leaning against the window. 'Aw, my Li-kun is upset about something,' Meilin thought as she supported her head with her hand. 'I'll cheer him up after class,' she concluded happily. Meilin stared at Li daydreaming for awhile. Then finally looked at the clock. 'Ha, two minutes left Sakura!'
"Alright class, finish up the question you're working on," Ms. Mckenzie warned.
Sakura was almost finished her test, surprisingly enough. When she heard Ms. Mckenzie's warning she rushed through the question she was working on. 'Not bad Sakura,' Sakura encouraged herself. 'Only two more questions left,' she smiled. She took in a deep breath, hoping it would enhance her concentration. It did. Sakura finished her questions on time.
"Put down your pencils ladies and gentlemen," Ms. Mckenzie ordered as she walked to the center of the room. "Please pass your tests to the front of the room," she concluded. The class did what she said, and then they were dismissed. Everyone yawned as they made their way out the door.
Sakura quickly picked up her bag and headed out the door. Li ran after her, but was stopped by Meilin.
"Why were you so down during class today Li?" Meilin asked as she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Down?" Li asked in confusion. "I was just fine," he lied as he tried to shake out off Meilin grasp.
"Are you sure?" Meilin smiled as she held him tighter.
"Yes!" Li replied in annoyance as he tried to look over Meilin's head to see if Sakura was still in sight.
"Fine, if you say so," Meilin pouted and began to walk away.
"But, Meilin, I," Li paused after each word as he looked at Sakura and then Meilin.
"Yes?" Meilin asked anxiously as she quickly turned around to look at Li. Li took one last look at Sakura before she went out of sight.
"Hello?" Meilin stomped her feet impatiently. Li sighed and slowly put his head down as Sakura turned the corner.
"Ugh! Nothing..." Li sighed and ran after Sakura.
"Li!!!" Meilin whined. Soon her cry for Li faded behind him as she ran after Sakura. He quickly ran in the hall of the school, burst out the door, and ran across the track and stopped. He looked around panting out of breath.
'She must have been running,' Li thought worriedly. He looked around frantically. Soon he caught sight of Sakura not too far ahead. He began to run again. Finally he caught up to her.
"Sakura," Li panted as he ran up beside her.
"Oh hi Li," Sakura greeted with a smile, but he smiled faded when she saw Li out of breath. "Oh my goodness Li!" she yelled as Li began to fall a little. "Come one, let's go under that tree before you faint," she concluded as she put his arm around her neck for support. She slowly guided him to a tree near by, and sat him down.
"What's wrong Li?" Sakura asked as soon as he was on the ground.
"I was going to ask you the same question," Li replied trying to smile.
"I don't understand," Sakura shook her head in confusion.
"During class today, especially during language, you were so down," Li said looking at her straight in the eye. He looked like he was going to cry, and yet there was something strong about his eyes. They were so steady, and in complete control.
Sakura fell back a step and was silent. Something about his eyes made her weak. She hadn't realized that she was so sad during class.
"I don't know," Sakura said softly, looking down at the ground.
"What?" Li asked in confusion. He sat up against the trunk of the tree.
"I don't know," Sakura replied a little louder.
"You don't know why you were so sad?" Li asked trying to understand what Sakura was saying.
"Yes," Sakura replied softly, and slowly began to look at Li.
She stared at him, as if she was trying to find something. Her eyes looked like they were going to flood up with tears. When Li looked at her, it was as if he were staring at a little girl looking for a meaning to something. Li fell into a trance.
"I don't know what came over me," Sakura tried to explain herself as she took a spot beside him. "It's as if this feeling, a feeling I couldn't control, just came over me," she continued. "And this feeling, I don't know exactly what it was but it was as if something was missing, I can't explain it," she concluded in embarrassment. Li was silent, and just gazed at her.
"You probably think I'm crazy," She turned her head away.
"No, I don't," Li replied as put his hand on her shoulder. A tingly feeling came over her. It started where Li's hand was, and began to spread rapidly from there. It started from her shoulder, down her spine, and through her arms. Sakura slowly turned around to look at Li.
"You don't?" Sakura asked worriedly.
"No," Li smiled as he shook his head. "Because, I've been having the same feelings," he concluded nervously as he began to understand them more.
Sakura was silent for a second and thought about what Li had said. Li slowly moved closer to Sakura, but Sakura shook her head and stood up.
"I better go," She said softly and grabbed her bag. "I'll see you tomorrow," she concluded and walked away.
Li was still was sitting down, he waited for her to be out of sight, then slowly put his head down.
Sakura quickly turned the corner. As soon as she was out of Li's sight, she leaned against a wall and slowly slid down until she was sitting on the ground. A small tear glided down her rosy cheek.
"I'm sorry Li, I'm sorry," Sakura cried softly. "I just have to wait until I figure out what these feelings mean,"
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Most of you readers were requesting for more kawaii stuff so I hope I was able to do that in this
chapter. PLease review it and tell me if you think it was okay, or if you want more. Oh, and yes
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In the next chapter a lot of planning is being done between Madison and Sakura about...Li!
Sakura also finds out a little secret about Meilin and Li. What is it?
Finally the Winter break is coming, anything can happen! *KAWAII ALERT*