EPISODE THREE: Will it be okay?
Saturday, 3:30
"Hmmmm.......Spring Break at last." Sakura smiled while inhaling the beautiful scent of the Cherry Blossums.
"Sakura-chan, you havent been yourself since last Monday when Yamazaki-kun was absent. Is something bothering you?" Tomoyo-chan asked.
Sakura and Tomoyo were walking home through the park, which was the long way home.
"No, I just wanted to come this way, you know, for a change." she smiled.
"Oh, is that so?" Tomoyo said eyeing her closely.
"Yeah." she giggled.
"Hey isn't that Li-kun's apartment?" Tomoyo pointed. She was actually testing her friend, Tomoyo had a hunch that Sakura might just have a thing for Li.
"Yeah, it is. Wanna see if he's home?" she gently smiled.
"Okay."
Ding Dong, Ding Dong.
I hope he's home, I really wanna talk to him. Sakura thought.
"Hello?" A man answered the door.
"Uh.....Hi, we're here......" Sakura stuttered.
"...To see Li-kun." Tomoyo finished for her.
"Oh, please come in. I will get him for you." the man walked away to Li's room.
The two sat down on the couch.
"Is that Wei-san? Who Li-kun was talking about." Sakura asked.
"I dunno." Tomoyo answered.
Li walked out of his room, almost arguing with Wei.
"Wei, I am busy, couldn't you just tell these people that I'm busy?" Li looked annoyed.
"Hey Li-kun!" Sakura called.
"Huh? Oh, Sakura-chan, hi." he walked over confused and sat down on the oppisite couch.
"Tomoyo-chan and I were walking by and we thought we would stop by and say hi or something."
"Oh My God!!!" Tomoyo yelled.
"Nani?" Sakura looked over, trying to hide her worrieness from Li.
"I must be off, I completely forgot about Chorus practice." She got up, bowed to them, and quickly left.
Li and Sakura sweat-dropped. "What was that all about?" Sakura sat there, still confused.
"I have no idea."
"Uh...Um...errr....Li-kun, Um.....I was thinking maybe do you want to....er....maybe go for.....i dunno....a walk, or something?" she stuttered.
"Ummm, okay, why not?" he looked almost relieved.
"Thanks, I was really getting bored of doing my homework. Not to mention, Wei was getting really annoying after a while." he sighed.
"Oh...."
"Listen Sakura-chan, I really don't want you to act like this."
"Huh?.......oh, but Li-kun....."
"Do you even know why your doing this?"
"No...."
"Then, if you say you trust me, then please don't do this. Don't ruin your life, please." He stopped and grabbed Sakura's arm. "Please...."
Sakura looked into Li's eyes, she noticed something different. She could see the worry in his eyes.
"Please...."
Something is terribly wrong with Li-kun. He has never acted like this.....ever.
"Okay, Li-kun....if it means so much to you." she, for once in a week, smiled a REAL smile, not a forced smile.
He looked very happy, but did not show it. "You won't regret this." he let go of her arm.
"But Li-kun....can you do something for me?" she said still looking into his eyes.
"I guess...."
"Okay, Whenever your with me, and we're alone, will you please stop acting like that too? And be a happy 10 year old." she smiled.
"Ummm...........o-o-okay. I sopose." he was kinda unsure. "It might be hard for me at first, though."
"Oh, that's okay." she smiled.
They kept walking.
"You know, Tomoyo-chan was telling me about this special person who can tell you what your future holds, AND what your future would have been like if a certain someone or something exisisted. It sounds really cool! I thought maybe we could all go sometime." Sakura said, watching the sky turn from bright blue to a light orange.
"Really? So this person can tell you what your life WOULD have been? AND what is does already hold?" he asked.
"Hai. Isn't that intresting?"
"Yeah. Actually that would be really cool to go to."
"Yeah.....Oh I know!!! How about tomarrow????" she asked.
"Sure, it sounds great."
"YAY!!!!!" Sakura jumped up and down.
Li smiled sweetly at her.
"Li-kun?" she looked at him funny.
"Errr...." he blushed a VERY deep crimson.
"hehehe. You are great!" she smiled.
"Well, so are you." he replied.
"Hey let's go to Ledo's!!! I havent had dinner, so I'm starving." she ran up ahead to Ledo's. "Come on!!"
"Why is this so familer?" he whispered while sighing.
"Aren't you going to have any Li-kun?" she asked.
"No, I'm fine." he looked at her across the same booth from last week.
"Oh, are you sure?"
"Sakura-chan, you still trust me, right?"
"What? Oh, gomen-ne Li-kun. Yes, I do."
"Okay." he smiled, as he watched her eat.
"I like this side of you much more, you should be like this more often." she said after taking a sip from her Sprite.
"And I'm glad you are acting like your old self again."
Sakura just smiled.
After a long, uncomfortable silence Sakura brought up a subject none of them had given much thought to.
"Li-kun, er......you...dont, well...consider this as......"
"No, don't worry Sakura-chan. Were just friends, right?" he asked.
"Hai! Of course!"
"hehe, okay. You know Ledo's is going to be closing soon." he suggested.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Okay." she pulled out her wallet, with the exact amount, but when she went to give it to the waiter.
"Thank you." the waiter bowed, and Li got up.
"Shall we go?" he asked.
"Uhhh.....Li-kun, I haven't paid yet."
"Just come on." he began walking away.
"Li-kun! We can't just leave without paying!"
"Who said we never paid?" he smiled, with out Sakura noticing.
"Oh MY....Li-kun, you didn't have to! I...here!" she jerked $8.97 infront of his face.
"No, I got it. It's alright, I don't mind." he began walking on.
"You are very sweet, but are very serious around the others. How come?" she asked.
"Sakura-chan, didn't we already talk about this?"
"Yes, but you never told me. Li-kun I trust you, but you don't trust me. That doesn't seem right." she stopped.
When he noticed Sakura had stopped walking he turned around. "Sakura-chan, you aren't mad at me, are you?"
"Li-kun, I will never understand you. Maybe I was wrong, you are what you first appeared to be." she snapped.
"Sakura-chan...." he whispered loudly.
"No! Li-kun, don't think you can just have friends. If you gain trust from someone, you have to trust them back!" she yelled.
Li slowly walked closer to her, but Sakura only walked further away.
"NO! Don't come any closer. How could I have ever seen anything in you? I thought you understand me, and how I felt?" During the week, Sakura would talk to Li often, and tell him things she never dreamt of telling Tomoyo.
"Please Sakura...I'm so sorry..."
"I don't know if I can believe you....I'm sorry Li-kun." she knelt down and put the money on the ground. "Here." and then turned and ran away.
"Sakura-chan...." he held his hand out, but she had already dissapeared. "...gomen-ne, your right. I cannot be changed."
Saturday, 3:30
"Hmmmm.......Spring Break at last." Sakura smiled while inhaling the beautiful scent of the Cherry Blossums.
"Sakura-chan, you havent been yourself since last Monday when Yamazaki-kun was absent. Is something bothering you?" Tomoyo-chan asked.
Sakura and Tomoyo were walking home through the park, which was the long way home.
"No, I just wanted to come this way, you know, for a change." she smiled.
"Oh, is that so?" Tomoyo said eyeing her closely.
"Yeah." she giggled.
"Hey isn't that Li-kun's apartment?" Tomoyo pointed. She was actually testing her friend, Tomoyo had a hunch that Sakura might just have a thing for Li.
"Yeah, it is. Wanna see if he's home?" she gently smiled.
"Okay."
Ding Dong, Ding Dong.
I hope he's home, I really wanna talk to him. Sakura thought.
"Hello?" A man answered the door.
"Uh.....Hi, we're here......" Sakura stuttered.
"...To see Li-kun." Tomoyo finished for her.
"Oh, please come in. I will get him for you." the man walked away to Li's room.
The two sat down on the couch.
"Is that Wei-san? Who Li-kun was talking about." Sakura asked.
"I dunno." Tomoyo answered.
Li walked out of his room, almost arguing with Wei.
"Wei, I am busy, couldn't you just tell these people that I'm busy?" Li looked annoyed.
"Hey Li-kun!" Sakura called.
"Huh? Oh, Sakura-chan, hi." he walked over confused and sat down on the oppisite couch.
"Tomoyo-chan and I were walking by and we thought we would stop by and say hi or something."
"Oh My God!!!" Tomoyo yelled.
"Nani?" Sakura looked over, trying to hide her worrieness from Li.
"I must be off, I completely forgot about Chorus practice." She got up, bowed to them, and quickly left.
Li and Sakura sweat-dropped. "What was that all about?" Sakura sat there, still confused.
"I have no idea."
"Uh...Um...errr....Li-kun, Um.....I was thinking maybe do you want to....er....maybe go for.....i dunno....a walk, or something?" she stuttered.
"Ummm, okay, why not?" he looked almost relieved.
"Thanks, I was really getting bored of doing my homework. Not to mention, Wei was getting really annoying after a while." he sighed.
"Oh...."
"Listen Sakura-chan, I really don't want you to act like this."
"Huh?.......oh, but Li-kun....."
"Do you even know why your doing this?"
"No...."
"Then, if you say you trust me, then please don't do this. Don't ruin your life, please." He stopped and grabbed Sakura's arm. "Please...."
Sakura looked into Li's eyes, she noticed something different. She could see the worry in his eyes.
"Please...."
Something is terribly wrong with Li-kun. He has never acted like this.....ever.
"Okay, Li-kun....if it means so much to you." she, for once in a week, smiled a REAL smile, not a forced smile.
He looked very happy, but did not show it. "You won't regret this." he let go of her arm.
"But Li-kun....can you do something for me?" she said still looking into his eyes.
"I guess...."
"Okay, Whenever your with me, and we're alone, will you please stop acting like that too? And be a happy 10 year old." she smiled.
"Ummm...........o-o-okay. I sopose." he was kinda unsure. "It might be hard for me at first, though."
"Oh, that's okay." she smiled.
They kept walking.
"You know, Tomoyo-chan was telling me about this special person who can tell you what your future holds, AND what your future would have been like if a certain someone or something exisisted. It sounds really cool! I thought maybe we could all go sometime." Sakura said, watching the sky turn from bright blue to a light orange.
"Really? So this person can tell you what your life WOULD have been? AND what is does already hold?" he asked.
"Hai. Isn't that intresting?"
"Yeah. Actually that would be really cool to go to."
"Yeah.....Oh I know!!! How about tomarrow????" she asked.
"Sure, it sounds great."
"YAY!!!!!" Sakura jumped up and down.
Li smiled sweetly at her.
"Li-kun?" she looked at him funny.
"Errr...." he blushed a VERY deep crimson.
"hehehe. You are great!" she smiled.
"Well, so are you." he replied.
"Hey let's go to Ledo's!!! I havent had dinner, so I'm starving." she ran up ahead to Ledo's. "Come on!!"
"Why is this so familer?" he whispered while sighing.
"Aren't you going to have any Li-kun?" she asked.
"No, I'm fine." he looked at her across the same booth from last week.
"Oh, are you sure?"
"Sakura-chan, you still trust me, right?"
"What? Oh, gomen-ne Li-kun. Yes, I do."
"Okay." he smiled, as he watched her eat.
"I like this side of you much more, you should be like this more often." she said after taking a sip from her Sprite.
"And I'm glad you are acting like your old self again."
Sakura just smiled.
After a long, uncomfortable silence Sakura brought up a subject none of them had given much thought to.
"Li-kun, er......you...dont, well...consider this as......"
"No, don't worry Sakura-chan. Were just friends, right?" he asked.
"Hai! Of course!"
"hehe, okay. You know Ledo's is going to be closing soon." he suggested.
"Oh, I'm sorry. Okay." she pulled out her wallet, with the exact amount, but when she went to give it to the waiter.
"Thank you." the waiter bowed, and Li got up.
"Shall we go?" he asked.
"Uhhh.....Li-kun, I haven't paid yet."
"Just come on." he began walking away.
"Li-kun! We can't just leave without paying!"
"Who said we never paid?" he smiled, with out Sakura noticing.
"Oh MY....Li-kun, you didn't have to! I...here!" she jerked $8.97 infront of his face.
"No, I got it. It's alright, I don't mind." he began walking on.
"You are very sweet, but are very serious around the others. How come?" she asked.
"Sakura-chan, didn't we already talk about this?"
"Yes, but you never told me. Li-kun I trust you, but you don't trust me. That doesn't seem right." she stopped.
When he noticed Sakura had stopped walking he turned around. "Sakura-chan, you aren't mad at me, are you?"
"Li-kun, I will never understand you. Maybe I was wrong, you are what you first appeared to be." she snapped.
"Sakura-chan...." he whispered loudly.
"No! Li-kun, don't think you can just have friends. If you gain trust from someone, you have to trust them back!" she yelled.
Li slowly walked closer to her, but Sakura only walked further away.
"NO! Don't come any closer. How could I have ever seen anything in you? I thought you understand me, and how I felt?" During the week, Sakura would talk to Li often, and tell him things she never dreamt of telling Tomoyo.
"Please Sakura...I'm so sorry..."
"I don't know if I can believe you....I'm sorry Li-kun." she knelt down and put the money on the ground. "Here." and then turned and ran away.
"Sakura-chan...." he held his hand out, but she had already dissapeared. "...gomen-ne, your right. I cannot be changed."
