Disclaimer: I do not own CardCaptors or any characters relating to it. Clamp owns
everything dealing with it. :'(
Authors Note: Thanks to all who reviewed. If anyone has any helpful ideas, my e-mail is saxophonist@hotmail.com. Just make the subject understandable.
Setting: Christmas Day
Syaoran understands
*Syaoran's apartment and POV* *12:30 PM*
As usual, Meiling still won't let me out of her sight for two minutes so I can catch a breath. It would just be so much easier if she could get a few friends so that I could catch a break from her every now and then. Until then, I guess I just have to deal with her. For the past hour, we have been watching silly Christmas movies. I don't know how much more of this I can take. With these movies making everything so luvy duvy and Meiling hanging off of me every second, I'm not sure if I'll live through the day. I should call Tomoyo, but I can't do that with only one arm and a nosy brat on the other. I still don't see why she won't try to find someone else who loves her. I know the elders want us to be married, but she knows I will never do it. Although with Sakura feeling this way about me, I guess I should rethink the concept of marrying her. It would make the elders happy and it would make her happy. I'll put more thought into it later. I really shouldn't think about that if I want a clear mind when I talk to Sakura tonight. I just hope she read the note I put in with the clow medal I gave her. Scratch that, I just hope she kept the medal and didn't throw it out immediately when she saw my name on it. If I can, I'll call Tomoyo to get Sakura's mind off of things and lead her there if she doesn't want to go by herself. Although, if I call her, she'll ask me about the video so I should watch it before I call. But that means I have to get rid of this leech on my arm. What would she be able to do by herself which she would enjoy. She doesn't have many friends. She doesn't read much so the library's out of the question. Hmm... What do I need? I know. I could get her to go out to buy some party things for a party that I'm going to throw. While she's out, I can call some people to come over and make it a sleep over so that I can still meet with Sakura and get back in time to finish. "Hey Meiling, will you go out and get some party favors and food for a Christmas party I'm going to throw tonight?"
"Pary?! Yotta. Of course I'll go. But why didn't you get them earlier. I know how you like to do things immediately so that they're not being done at the last minute."
"I wanted to keep it a surprise, but I couldn't figure out what to buy. Then I thought that you would know what to get better than I would. So I'm asking you as to not alert anyone else about it. I put the invitations in the presents."
"Oh. Sure, I'll be back in about an hour if it goes as it normally does."
Finally she's leaving. Of course she needs to grab her coat. Yes, the door's closed. She's finally gone. But just as I'm heading to my room to get my present from Tomoyo, the door opens and Meiling comes back in. Oh no. I can't do it now. Fortunately for me however, she only came in to get the hair ornament that I gave her. As she leaves, she asks me what I'm doing and I simply say that I'm going to tidy up in my room to see if I could find Tomoyo's gift. She accepts it and goes off. I love how much the truth can be stretched so that I don't have to lie to her. When I'm sure she's gone this time, I go in and grab the tape and stick it in the VCR to see what was so secret on that video tape.
*Kinomoto residence* *Sakura's POV* *1:00 PM*
I'm having an ordinary day today. At least I can think about Syao...L...him without getting upset and crying all over everything. Speaking of him, I wonder how surprised he was that there was nothing under his tree for me. The real devastating thing will be that I got a present for Meiling and I don't even like her that much. That reminds me, I never opened his present. Oh well, I'll get to it a little later. Right now, I just want to sit in the park and reminisce about the previous card captures. And how hard this new card will be, especially since I haven't sensed it since that slight touch that night with him. I still can't believe he said that, but I have put it behind me and I believe I will soon be ready to move on and accept the offer of one of the other men who desire me to be their girlfriend. It's not like I have a reason to reject them all anymore. I wonder what Kero's doing now. Knowing him, he's probably playing Xylon Warriors 2 by now or some other game that involves destroying absolutely everything in sight. You would think he'd get enough action watching me and Li capture the clow cards. He never misses a capture and he is usually in front of Madison's camera so I don't see why he needs to play those silly games so much. What's that noise? Oh, it's only my phone ringing. I forgot I put it on softly so I wouldn't' hear it. Guess that didn't work. "Moshi Moshi?"
"Ohayo Sakura"
"Ohayo Tomoyo. What's up?"
"Nothing much. I was just wondering if you opened up Li's present yet. Actually he was wondering but he was too scared to call you. He said there was something important inside and he wanted to make sure that you recieved it."
"No I haven't yet but I will after I get off the phone. Thanks for the info Tomoyo. And why does school have to start up again, it's just more opportunities for me to be late. I don't like that we have to go back so soon. Well, Ja ne."
"Ja"
*Back at Syaoran's apartment* *Syaoran's POV* *1:15*
Bakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabaka. How come that had to happen right then. I had just finished watching Tomoyo's video tape, and I am so stupid. The one time I am not hanging on every word that she's saying she has to go and say that. Well, before I go and get out my frustration, I should call the people for the party, and hide the video tape. First, I think I'll hide the video tape just in case Meiling comes in while I'm on the phone. After I put the tape out of sight, I head to the phone to start calling everyone to the party. I would call everyone except Sakura for I would invite her personally tonight. But just as I'm reaching the phone, it rings and startles me for a brief moment. Either way I pick it up and am greeted by a very unexpected voice. "Syaoran, is that you?"
"M..m..mom?!?"
"Yes Syaoran darling. It's me. I'm sorry I didn't have a gift for you under the tree, but I have an even better present for you. I dare you to guess what it is, but you only get one guess because time is pressing."
"Hmm.. let's see. I know! You're not gonna make me get married to Meiling."
"Um.. no. I have arranged for you to fly home and spend the rest of today and most tomorrow with us here in Hong Kong. Isn't that wonderful."
"B..b..but mom. I've made plans for tonight. I can't come home."
"I'm not asking you to come home. I'm telling you to. I'm sure that you can cancel your other plans. Your plane will be leaving at 2:00 your time. You don't need to worry about packing anything because we have enough here for you, and dont' forget to bring Meiling. It will be nice to have her around again."
"But it takes about 30 minutes to get to the airport and Meiling isn't even home yet so I don't think she'll be a.."
"Ohayo Syaoran. I'm home."
"Oh what do you know. Meiling returned, now I guess you don't have an excuse for not coming now do you."
"But my other.."
"No buts. Cancel everything else because I want my son home for the holidays."
"OK mother I'll be on the plane. Ja ne."
"Ja"
I can't believe she's making me come home and not even giving me time to call anybody. In the rush to leave the house, I forget to bring my cell phone that Tomoyo gave me so now I won't be able to be contacted either. Oh, this can't bode well for my relationship with Sakura. I can't believe the timing that my mother has. I guess I'll just have to make it up to her later. I just hope she'll be able to forgive me.
*King Penguin Park* *630* *Normal POV*
Sakura arrives at the park early tonight so that she'll be able to see Syaoran's face when he arrives to see me here before him. She follows the direction she found in the note when she opened up Syaoran's present of the clow symbol pendant he had had made for her. When she arrives at the place designated by the note, she thought it looked absolutely beautiful in the setting sun. While she waited she decided to wait for him on the grass. To pass the time she had brought her clow book so that she could go over how she captured each card. Of course, she didn't bring a watch so she didn't know what time it was or how late it was getting, but after she went through the stories of her cards twice, which took about 65 minutes, she figured he wasn't coming and that she would just leave without seeing him and feeling embarrassed that she fell for his ploy. He probably just put the note in there because he thought that it would rain and he wanted to humiliate her in a public place which he thought would be beautiful in the sunset. Just to lull her into a false sense of security. I can't believe that he wouldn't show up or leave some sort of message with Tomoyo that he wouldn't make it or call me to let me know personally that he wouldn't be coming if he had cared for me. I guess that my dreams with him in them were all that they were. Just dreams with no hope for them to come to reality. I guess it's time for me to try and start a new life. A life without love, a life without Syaoran.
A/N: Hahahaha. You thought I was going to make them get back together didn't you. Well so did I until yesterday when this idea popped into my head. So please R+R and tell me what you liked and what you would like for me to try to incorporate into upcoming chapters.
everything dealing with it. :'(
Authors Note: Thanks to all who reviewed. If anyone has any helpful ideas, my e-mail is saxophonist@hotmail.com. Just make the subject understandable.
Setting: Christmas Day
Syaoran understands
*Syaoran's apartment and POV* *12:30 PM*
As usual, Meiling still won't let me out of her sight for two minutes so I can catch a breath. It would just be so much easier if she could get a few friends so that I could catch a break from her every now and then. Until then, I guess I just have to deal with her. For the past hour, we have been watching silly Christmas movies. I don't know how much more of this I can take. With these movies making everything so luvy duvy and Meiling hanging off of me every second, I'm not sure if I'll live through the day. I should call Tomoyo, but I can't do that with only one arm and a nosy brat on the other. I still don't see why she won't try to find someone else who loves her. I know the elders want us to be married, but she knows I will never do it. Although with Sakura feeling this way about me, I guess I should rethink the concept of marrying her. It would make the elders happy and it would make her happy. I'll put more thought into it later. I really shouldn't think about that if I want a clear mind when I talk to Sakura tonight. I just hope she read the note I put in with the clow medal I gave her. Scratch that, I just hope she kept the medal and didn't throw it out immediately when she saw my name on it. If I can, I'll call Tomoyo to get Sakura's mind off of things and lead her there if she doesn't want to go by herself. Although, if I call her, she'll ask me about the video so I should watch it before I call. But that means I have to get rid of this leech on my arm. What would she be able to do by herself which she would enjoy. She doesn't have many friends. She doesn't read much so the library's out of the question. Hmm... What do I need? I know. I could get her to go out to buy some party things for a party that I'm going to throw. While she's out, I can call some people to come over and make it a sleep over so that I can still meet with Sakura and get back in time to finish. "Hey Meiling, will you go out and get some party favors and food for a Christmas party I'm going to throw tonight?"
"Pary?! Yotta. Of course I'll go. But why didn't you get them earlier. I know how you like to do things immediately so that they're not being done at the last minute."
"I wanted to keep it a surprise, but I couldn't figure out what to buy. Then I thought that you would know what to get better than I would. So I'm asking you as to not alert anyone else about it. I put the invitations in the presents."
"Oh. Sure, I'll be back in about an hour if it goes as it normally does."
Finally she's leaving. Of course she needs to grab her coat. Yes, the door's closed. She's finally gone. But just as I'm heading to my room to get my present from Tomoyo, the door opens and Meiling comes back in. Oh no. I can't do it now. Fortunately for me however, she only came in to get the hair ornament that I gave her. As she leaves, she asks me what I'm doing and I simply say that I'm going to tidy up in my room to see if I could find Tomoyo's gift. She accepts it and goes off. I love how much the truth can be stretched so that I don't have to lie to her. When I'm sure she's gone this time, I go in and grab the tape and stick it in the VCR to see what was so secret on that video tape.
*Kinomoto residence* *Sakura's POV* *1:00 PM*
I'm having an ordinary day today. At least I can think about Syao...L...him without getting upset and crying all over everything. Speaking of him, I wonder how surprised he was that there was nothing under his tree for me. The real devastating thing will be that I got a present for Meiling and I don't even like her that much. That reminds me, I never opened his present. Oh well, I'll get to it a little later. Right now, I just want to sit in the park and reminisce about the previous card captures. And how hard this new card will be, especially since I haven't sensed it since that slight touch that night with him. I still can't believe he said that, but I have put it behind me and I believe I will soon be ready to move on and accept the offer of one of the other men who desire me to be their girlfriend. It's not like I have a reason to reject them all anymore. I wonder what Kero's doing now. Knowing him, he's probably playing Xylon Warriors 2 by now or some other game that involves destroying absolutely everything in sight. You would think he'd get enough action watching me and Li capture the clow cards. He never misses a capture and he is usually in front of Madison's camera so I don't see why he needs to play those silly games so much. What's that noise? Oh, it's only my phone ringing. I forgot I put it on softly so I wouldn't' hear it. Guess that didn't work. "Moshi Moshi?"
"Ohayo Sakura"
"Ohayo Tomoyo. What's up?"
"Nothing much. I was just wondering if you opened up Li's present yet. Actually he was wondering but he was too scared to call you. He said there was something important inside and he wanted to make sure that you recieved it."
"No I haven't yet but I will after I get off the phone. Thanks for the info Tomoyo. And why does school have to start up again, it's just more opportunities for me to be late. I don't like that we have to go back so soon. Well, Ja ne."
"Ja"
*Back at Syaoran's apartment* *Syaoran's POV* *1:15*
Bakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabaka. How come that had to happen right then. I had just finished watching Tomoyo's video tape, and I am so stupid. The one time I am not hanging on every word that she's saying she has to go and say that. Well, before I go and get out my frustration, I should call the people for the party, and hide the video tape. First, I think I'll hide the video tape just in case Meiling comes in while I'm on the phone. After I put the tape out of sight, I head to the phone to start calling everyone to the party. I would call everyone except Sakura for I would invite her personally tonight. But just as I'm reaching the phone, it rings and startles me for a brief moment. Either way I pick it up and am greeted by a very unexpected voice. "Syaoran, is that you?"
"M..m..mom?!?"
"Yes Syaoran darling. It's me. I'm sorry I didn't have a gift for you under the tree, but I have an even better present for you. I dare you to guess what it is, but you only get one guess because time is pressing."
"Hmm.. let's see. I know! You're not gonna make me get married to Meiling."
"Um.. no. I have arranged for you to fly home and spend the rest of today and most tomorrow with us here in Hong Kong. Isn't that wonderful."
"B..b..but mom. I've made plans for tonight. I can't come home."
"I'm not asking you to come home. I'm telling you to. I'm sure that you can cancel your other plans. Your plane will be leaving at 2:00 your time. You don't need to worry about packing anything because we have enough here for you, and dont' forget to bring Meiling. It will be nice to have her around again."
"But it takes about 30 minutes to get to the airport and Meiling isn't even home yet so I don't think she'll be a.."
"Ohayo Syaoran. I'm home."
"Oh what do you know. Meiling returned, now I guess you don't have an excuse for not coming now do you."
"But my other.."
"No buts. Cancel everything else because I want my son home for the holidays."
"OK mother I'll be on the plane. Ja ne."
"Ja"
I can't believe she's making me come home and not even giving me time to call anybody. In the rush to leave the house, I forget to bring my cell phone that Tomoyo gave me so now I won't be able to be contacted either. Oh, this can't bode well for my relationship with Sakura. I can't believe the timing that my mother has. I guess I'll just have to make it up to her later. I just hope she'll be able to forgive me.
*King Penguin Park* *630* *Normal POV*
Sakura arrives at the park early tonight so that she'll be able to see Syaoran's face when he arrives to see me here before him. She follows the direction she found in the note when she opened up Syaoran's present of the clow symbol pendant he had had made for her. When she arrives at the place designated by the note, she thought it looked absolutely beautiful in the setting sun. While she waited she decided to wait for him on the grass. To pass the time she had brought her clow book so that she could go over how she captured each card. Of course, she didn't bring a watch so she didn't know what time it was or how late it was getting, but after she went through the stories of her cards twice, which took about 65 minutes, she figured he wasn't coming and that she would just leave without seeing him and feeling embarrassed that she fell for his ploy. He probably just put the note in there because he thought that it would rain and he wanted to humiliate her in a public place which he thought would be beautiful in the sunset. Just to lull her into a false sense of security. I can't believe that he wouldn't show up or leave some sort of message with Tomoyo that he wouldn't make it or call me to let me know personally that he wouldn't be coming if he had cared for me. I guess that my dreams with him in them were all that they were. Just dreams with no hope for them to come to reality. I guess it's time for me to try and start a new life. A life without love, a life without Syaoran.
A/N: Hahahaha. You thought I was going to make them get back together didn't you. Well so did I until yesterday when this idea popped into my head. So please R+R and tell me what you liked and what you would like for me to try to incorporate into upcoming chapters.