Hey guys, I'm not gonna say much, 'cause... I dont have that much to say. Here we go-o-o.
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VII. Discoveries


Sakura's eyes widened as she recognized Shaoran's lips, his taste. It was uniquely... Him. As was his smell, his touch, they were all his and his alone. Sakura relaxed, and enjoyed. That is until she started wondering why he was there. She pulled away and turned around to face him, but he wouldn't let her leave his embrace. She looked into his eyes, and was surprised to see anger in them. "Shaoran, what's wrong?"
'I can hear your thoughts' she heard in her head. She looked at him with shock written on her face.
"What...?"
"I can hear your thoughts, Sakura." he said angrily. "I heard you thinking that you had to do this alone. I heard you thinking I would be mad at you, that Kero would be mad at you" he moved his hands up to grip her shoulder, "Don't you know that we're always there? We are a team now, and you can't hide things from us." he was looking sternly, but lovingly at her now.
"I'm sorry Shaoran." she said ashamedly. "I wasn't thinking. I probably would have ended up calling you anyway" She smiled tentatively at him, and was relieved when he smiled back. "What's this about you being able to hear my thoughts?"]
"I don't know, I guess they were so strong, I had to hear them. I had to concentrate really hard to hear the rest. You try it"
"Tell me how"
"You have to clear your mind, and concentrate hard, very hard. Think of me"
She heard the echo of his voice in her mind. "Sakura?" she heard, but his lips didn't move as he looked intently into her eyes.
"Shaoran?" she mentally said.
"Yes?"
"We're talking!" her eyes widened.
"Yes" he smiled a bit.
"Can I relax now?"
"I think the link is strong enough now"
Sakura eased out of her intense concentration, but the feeling remained. "Can you still hear me?"
"Yeah, loud and clear"
"Can we talk regularly now?" she asked aloud.
"I guess" he imitated her.
"Now we can talk to each other in class, and no one will know."
"Uh-huh. I've been wondering... where's Kero?"
Sakura laughed. "Tomoyo's. She has a better video game selection than me so...."
"I get it. Furry little ingrate." he said beneath his breath, but smiled. "Your father?"
"At the museum" she was talking in a semi-singsong voice now.
"And your brother doesn't live here anymore. That makes us..." he grinned. So did Sakura.
"All alone" she took the last few steps separating them, and suddenly threw her arms around him in a bone crushing hug. "I've missed you so much." Li could feel her tears soaking through his shirt. He was baffled by the sudden mood swing.
"Sakura... I missed you too. We'll never be apart ever again. I swear it."
"When you were gone, people asked why I missed you so much. When I told them it was because I loved you, they would laugh and tell me how cute it was, or say I was too young to be in love. No one understood that it was REAL, what I felt. Feel. I suppose it's odd to feel the way I-"
"WE"
"Yes we" she smiled, "feel. But it's just so RIGHT, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it is. And I thank the heavens daily for it. I looked at your picture every day, and counted the minutes until I could come back. Grandfather often got annoyed with me for drifting off, thinking of you"
"Oh! I didn't mean to get you into trouble."
"It wasn't your fault, Cherry Blossom. Besides, I WAS the best student, so I didn't get into much trouble."
On a burst of impulse, Li tilted Sakura's chin up to kiss her. She breathed his name once before they both went under, in a deep, long, soul-searing kiss.
He slid his fingers along the side of her face into her hair, where they snagged. He deepened the kiss and began to coax her lips open. He ran his tongue just around the inside of them then foraged a bit deeper to dance with hers. She gasped slightly, then shivered, sliding her arms up around his neck, and mimicking his movements.
Downstairs the door slammed, making the two teenagers jump apart. "Dad's home" Sakura sighed.
"I better go"
"I suppose" Sakura said dejectedly. After one more kiss, Li climbed out the window.
"See you at school tomorrow" then he was gone. Sakura realized that she still held the filmy nightgown in her hand. What if he had discovered her wearing THAT? She blushed neon just thinking about it. She hurriedly changed, and got into bed. Her father would check on her in a few moments. She was surprised when she only heard his door close quietly.
She was just settling down, when an eerily disembodied voice came from the darkness in front of her bed. "Hello, Cardcaptor, or shouild I call you Card Mistress?"
Sakura instinctively knew who it was to which she spoke.
"Khan"

Did'ja like it? It was one witch to write, let me tell ya. I had to start this chapter from scratch. Well I am DEAD tired so I'll leave now.
Over and out.