Time Frame: One day before Tomoyo and Eriol head back to Japan. This is the first day of Syaoron's spring term calculus class.

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Syaoron walked into his calculus class with a scowl on his face. He had definitely been sensing some magical auras lately. But he wasn't sure if it was Sakura or for that matter if he wanted to believe he actually felt it. He seemed to sense an aura that was as pink as Sakura's but he wasn't sure if it was for real or just his mind playing tricks on him.

These thoughts seemed to engrave themselves into his mind. He couldn't think about anything else. Sakura was all he could think of ever since he came back from the break, and it bothered him how much time was spent on daydreams of his unattainable angel.

As he entered the class he saw Professor Wong was getting ready to start and that most of the students had already gotten seated. He saw the same group of jocks and popular people gathered in one corner of the room. The leader of the group was as usual, Ran Xin. Next to Xin sat his twin sister Liz.

Xin was a basketball star and the first freshman co-captain of the team. Liz was one of the school's cheerleaders. They were both very popular on campus and they used that popularity to get what they wanted.

Xin would date girls, then once he was finished having his fun, he would dump them. The same applied for Liz and the guys she dated.

Often students would compare Syaoron and Xin. They were both star athletes in on their own teams, Xin on basketball and Syaoron on soccer. They were both able to make co-captain in their freshman year and both were considered the most eligible underclassmen bachelor. But that was where their similarities stopped. Xin was the kind of guy who would use the girls, who threw themselves at his feet, for his own enjoyment. While Syaoron would try to be nice to them even if he were trying to get away from him, and as such Syaoron had earned himself the title of one of the nicest guys on campus.

Liz was always able to get any guy on campus to make fools of themselves for her, all except one. Syaoron couldn't care less if she liked him. That was probably the reason why she was always trying to get his attention. She had become so much of an annoyance that it felt like Meiling had never left.

As soon as Liz saw Syaoron she waved to him.

'Damn. What will it take to get it through that thick head of hers that I'm not interested?' thought Syaoron as he sat down on the seat farthest from their group.

Liz seemed to be a bit disappointed by the result of her effort, but before she could do anything Professor Wong started the class.

"Class today I am very pleased to announce that a foreign exchange student has transferred to our school, from Tokyo University. Please join me in welcoming Kinomoto Sakura." Professor Wong announced to the class.

As soon as Syaoron heard that the student was from Tokyo University his head snapped up and he began hoping that it would be his cherry blossom. Yet, there was still that little voice of negativity in the back of his mind that told him it couldn't be possible.

Then, when he heard her name he thought that he'd dreamt the entire thing. But as she entered the lecture hall he knew that it was not a dream but a realization of his fondest dream, to be with Sakura again.

As she entered the room he heard the entire class go silent. When he looked at the faces of the guys in the class he could see the lust in their eyes for the newest beauty to appear on campus. As soon as he saw this he gave them all death glares.

As he turned around to look at Sakura once again, he caught her eyes and saw his joy reflected in them.

Sakura introduced herself and was told that she could take any seat she wished. At the mention of this almost every guy in class made room for her. However, she chose to sit next to the man she secretly loved.

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'She's Hot!' Xin thought as the new student entered the room. 'She'll make for an excellent prize.'

'Great, now she's choosing a seat.' Thought Xin. 'Come on, just look at me and I'll have you… Damn! She's sitting next to that Li guy.

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'How dare she sit next to Syaoron. He's mine and no one can take him from me. That bitch!' Liz thought. 'I'll make her sorry she ever laid eyes on Syaoron.'

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'Wow, I can't believe I'm in the same class as Syaoron.' Sakura thought as she sat down next to him. 'So I was right when I thought I felt him in here just before I came in.'

"Hi Li." Sakura whispered.

"Hi Sakura." Syaoron answered with one of his rare smiles. "I didn't know you had transferred here. You should have told me. Then I would have found you earlier."

"Sorry, it was Tomoyo-chan's and Eriol-kun's idea that it be a surprise." replied Sakura.

"Eriol and Tomoyo? I should have known that they would be behind this. " said Syaoron. "And stop calling me by my last name. It's so… formal."

"Then what should I call you?" asked Sakura.

"Syaoron." replied Syaoron simply.

"Okay, Syaoron." Sakura whispered, beaming with a smile so sweet it could give you a cavity. 'He wants me to use his first name! Could this be it? Could he actually feel something for me?'

'She used my first name! Could she care for me as more than as just a friend? Please let it be so. Please!' thought Syaoron as he mentally pleaded with any deity that would listen.

They fell into the lesson Professor Wong had been teaching with a serene smile on each of their faces and clear minds. Unconsciously they moved closer to each other as the lesson progressed. Until at the end of class they realized that their hands were touching.

They both blushed a dozen shades of embarrassment ranging from a pink hue to a dark crimson.

The two of them quickly left the lecture hall and rushed to get back to their dorms.

In their wake they left two very angry freshmen.

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The two very flushed teens headed for their respective dorms. What they didn't realize was that they lived in the same building separated by only a foot and a half of building materials.

Sakura was able to get home first and rushed into the waiting elevator. She was so thoroughly embarrassed that she couldn't bear to see Syaoron.

'I've made such a fool of myself in front of the one person I love more than life itself.' thought Sakura as the elevator took her to her floor.

At the same time a brown haired, red faced, Li Syaoron came rushing into the first floor lobby of his coed dorm. He stood there waiting for the elevator to come down but just didn't seem to have the patience so instead he bound up the stairs to his room on the forth floor.

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As soon as his door was closed, his knees gave out. He remembered Sakura's reaction to their hands touching in class as he slowly slid to the floor.

"What emotion was she showing? Surprise? Anger? Embarrassment? I just don't know!" yelled Syaoron to no one in particular.

'I should get a woman's view of it… I know I'll talk to Ming Yi.' thought Syaoron as he tried to figure out the answers to the millions of questions flying around in his head.

He acted on the idea as fast as it came to him. So within three minutes he was in front of her door poised to knock.

At the last minute he hesitated, unsure if it was a good idea. But finally after debating it with himself for a couple of minutes he brought his hands down on the door hoping that his Xiao Ming Yi would be able to help him.

The doors opened to reveal two girls in the room. A short Chinese girl that was his Xiao Ming Yi and a still slightly flushed Sakura sitting on her bed.

Ming had a happy grin on her face and greeted her uncle with an enthusiastic "HI."

However, her grin was met by a wide-eyed look of surprise painted on Syaoron's face.

When no sound came from the door Sakura turned to look at the people standing there.

Again the look on Sakura's face was an exact copy of Syaoron's. Upon seeing this Ming became confused.

"Do you two know each other?" she asked.

All the other two could do was mutter something that sounded like an affirmative.

After Syaoron had regained enough of his composure to form words again. He asked, "How come Sakura is here?" Still with a bewildered look on his face.

"She's my new roommate." replied Ming.

"How come Syaoron is at your door Ming-chan?" asked Sakura never taking her eyes off of Syaoron.

"He's my uncle." Ming simply said.

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