Hi people, it's Lovie-chan again. I know some people think they've read this story before. That's because I've put it up before on a different name. But I decided to take it off because I wanted to make some major plot line change so it's kinda along the same thing with changes. I hope you guys enjoy the third part (which is going to be some what different form the other story's). Enjoy!
Disclaimer: don't' own anything….
To Love Again -- Chapter 3
"Does anybody have any idea where the wolf went?" Kevin said, using Syaoron's nickname.
"Where's Sakura??" Greg said in an urgent voice. He's face paled.
"I'm sure, they're with Eriol and Tomoyo, who also seemed to be missing….." Alex said as she looked around. People started to leave the club because it was already 3 in the mourning.
"How about we all go back to the booth, pick up our stuff, and then try to find them?" Hel suggested. As the foursome went back to the VIP booth, they heard a soft moan coming from a corner.
"What's that?" Greg asked suspiciously as he walked over the corner.
"No, it's probably a couple…" "AH!" Alex's warning was cut off by a girl's scream. Kevin and Hel immediately walked over to see what happened.
"What are you guys doing?" A bare-chest Eriol asked in an annoyed voice. He was on top Tomoyo, whose dress was pulled down to her thighs.
"You bad, Eriol," Kevin laughed as he give Eriol a dab (fist to fist things). Eriol quickly stood up well Tomoyo put on her dress.
"You guys seen Syaoron or Sakura?" Hel asked as if nothing happened.
"What?" Tomoyo was surprised. "Do you mean they are missing?"
"Don't worry about. Syaoron never liked clubbing and I don't think Sakura does either. They probably left early," Alex said without much concern.
"Why wouldn't they notify us then?" Greg said in an accusing voice. Everyone knows he's mad at the thought of those two together.
"Look at this place," Alex pointed around. "Is it likely to find something here?" Everyone shook his or her heads. The club was popular, dark, and loud. It's almost impossible to find someone here. "Why don't we go back to my house? I'm sure they're already back."
* * *
After about a 30 minute ride, Alex, Tomoyo, Eriol, and Greg arrived at Alex's house.
"Is Ms. Kinomoto or Mr. Li back yet?" Alex asked one of the servants in the guest room.
"No ma'am."
"What! I'm going to find them!" Tomoyo screamed at this news.
"Where would you go?" Eriol said as he tried to calm her down. "Hong Kong is a huge city, it's impossible to find anyone unless you knew where to look."
"If he touches Sakura, I swear I will…"
"Greg, Xiao Lang would never do that." That was Alex.
"How would you know?" Greg said with venom in his voice.
"Because he's my best friend and I know him like I know myself."
"Obviously, you didn't know what he was flirting with my girlfriend."
"And he kinda did had sort of a history with Sakura." Eriol added. Tomoyo glared at him.
"I knew all of that," Alex said. "Are you going to tell me that Sakura's the Clow Mistress, too?" She asked. (Greg knows about the cards)
"How did you….?" Tomoyo said. Everyone was really surprised.
"I told you I knew Xiao Lang as well as he knew himself," Alex answered. "Something that big can never be hidden from good friends. Especially when they are nosy as Kevin…."
"Why would Syaoron open up like that? The last time I saw him he was quite shy," Tomoyo asked.
"He still is. But he happens to have 3 very extrovert friends who are great detectives."
"If you know him so well, where would he be?" Greg asked.
"I have an idea, but really, I wouldn't really go there," Alex said.
"Why not? Afraid to catch him in the act?" Greg, of course.
"Not a place where I usually go. He mentioned once about seeing the stars, but I've only been there once and have no idea where the place is," Alex said. "I'll go call Kev or Hel to find out. But they're probably not home until like 4 or 5 AM, so like why don't ya'll just go have some rest and we'll go look for them first thing in the mourning."
* * *
"Sakura, Sakura, wake up." A sweet voice woke the cherry blossom up from her slumber.
"Syaoron, what time is it?"
"It's around 7 in the mourning. We better start going back to Alex's house or the others would be suspicious if they are not already."
"Oh MY GOD! We stayed out all night! The others bound to think we did stuff and….."
"Don't worry about. I'm sure either Hel or Alex would think of a perfect excuse for us." Sakura looked at him with a puzzled expression. "They use to stay out all night and get in trouble in school and stuff. They know exactly how to do these kinds of thing. The girls use to always bail me and Kev out of trouble."
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked.
"Definitely, now come on An… Sakura, we need to get moving," Syaoron said as he helped Sakura stand up. He almost called her Angel, which is what he thinks she is.
* * *
"Where have you guys been? You got me so worried!" Tomoyo said as she hugged Sakura tightly. Eriol looked at them with an amused glance and Greg went red again, with anger.
"Where did you take Sakura?" Greg said in a dangerous voice. Syaoron looked at Alex, who winked. She got the perfect story set up already.
"I am so, so, so sorry Xiao Lang!" She said as she went over and hugged him and pretended to be sad. "I forgot that we were suppose to go visit Aunt Lidiya, I thought it was next week!"
"You expect us to believe that?" Greg asked in a impatient voice. Suddenly the door busted open. Hel and Kevin stepped in.
"Sorry, man, forgot we were suppose to visit Aunt Lidiya. I guess the ladies in the club were to good to resist," Kevin said, getting a laugh from the four friends. Greg and Tomoyo looked at them in shock.
"Who's Lidiya, Sakura?" Greg questioned. ::Uh oh:: Syaoron thought. ::Does Sakura know how to lie?::
"Oh, it's okay sweetie," Hel said as she immediately took Sakura in her arms. "I know Aunt Lidiya doesn't talk a lot to strangers. I'm sure it's nothing personal. It took us a while to get her to talk too. I swear, she's an older version of Wolf here." She said. The group laughed a little.
"Why don't you guys just visit her during the day, instead of in the middle of the night?" Greg asked suspiciously.
"She got that disease, what does it called again, that prevents someone from sleeping during the night." Hel answered.
"Totally, she's more energized at night and since both Wolf and Cat here are too busy during the day, we visit her during the night," Kevin said using nicknames.
"The wolf and the cat?" Tomoyo asked.
"Well, my name has the chinese character Tiger in it, so they call me the cat. Since Xiao Lang means little wolf, we call him wolf," Alex explained. Greg and Tomoyo were almost buying into their web of lies.
::They're good.:: Eriol thought. ::Such complicated lies in such short amount of time.:: But he certainly wasn't going to let Syaoron off so easily. "I don't know. It still sound pretty fake to me…" Eriol pretended to be serious. "How do we know Lidiya really exists?"
"Ren," Alex called her over. "Get the brown box from the attic." Hel took out her cell phone and punched in some numbers. Then she putted it onto a speaker set.
"Hello, this is the Tans, who would you like to talk to?" A young voice said.
"Yo, it's Hel. Is Aunt Lidiya there?"
"Hold on." "Hello, this is Lidiya Tan." An old cracked voice said.
"Hey Aunt, how are you?"
"I'm fine, why are you calling me?"
"Just to say hi," Hel said sweetly. Ren brought a dusty chest out. "I got to go Aunt. Talk to you later." She said as she ended the conversation. Kevin took out a black and white picture of a young girl from the chest.
"This is Aunt Lidiya. See here on the back?" Kevin said as he turned the picture over to show the 3 Japanese. It said "To LouTain, with love and kisses, Lidiya."
"LouTain's Lidiya's ex-husband. He's died a few years ago." Alex said in a solemn voice. The Tomoyo and Greg believed in Lidiya. But Eriol still had his doubts.
* * *
"Good lord, who was that Lidiya on the phone. I didn't even recognize it," Syaoron said as he was in Alex's room with Hel, Kevin, and Alex.
"That was my grandma. I told her to cover for you on this. She always liked you a lot, Xiao Lang, because you were the good boy of the group," Hel answered lightly.
"Even though I wouldn't say that after last night," Kevin laughed. "Was your first time good?"
"For your information, we didn't do anything." Syaoron said, as he blushed a little.
"Then why are you blushing, Mr. Li?" Alex teased. Syaoron blushed in more. The group fell over laughing. "You know we're just playing with ya." Alex said. "But really, where were you guys last night?"
"We went Hong Kong Park to observe the stars."
"The whole night? Why would anyone wanna do that?" Hel asked in disbelief.
"Unlike you all, some people prefer quietness."
"But for 5 hours?" Kevin asked.
"We sorta fell asleep…" Syaoron said sheepishly. The group of friends laughed again.
"But really, isn't that Greg character Sakura's bf?" Hel asked.
"Yeah, it's not like we're making out or anything. We were just observing stars and sharing old memories."
"Sounds pretty romantic to me. I swear, Sakura doesn't look nearly as strong as you described. I didn't even believe it was she when I first meet her. She looks like she can break her bones walking," Alex said seriously.
"I know, totally surprised. I thought when grabbed her she would at least fight back," Kevin said.
"She's not what you say a trained fighter." Syaoron said.
"But you still like her none the less?" Hel raised her eyebrow.
"Like? I think it's love," Alex said. "But I still can't believe you guys would have such strong feelings after so long. That girl was trembling under your seducing stare." Alex teased.
"It was not seducing!" Syaoron exploded. "Besides, true love never dies."
"But it's painful," Alex said. "That's why I never believed in love. I mean look at yourself." Syaoron didn't answer or look at Alex.
"Are you going to fight for the chick?" Kevin asked. "I mean she's pretty hot."
"I don't like her just because she's hot!" Syaoron screamed. His friends can be quite agitating sometimes.
"But you agree right?" Kevin asked. Syaoron didn't bother to answer that.
"She'll choose whatever she want. As long as she's happy, then I'll be fine."
"But you should at least give it a fight," Alex returned.
* * *
"Have you thought about where you're going to live yet?" Syaoron asked Sakura and Eriol.
"I already got this apartment in downtown Hong Kong," Eriol said. "The movers are coming on Monday."
"I don't know yet," Sakura admitted. To tell the truth, she was too busy thinking about Syaoron than anything else.
"Oh, there's this condo at downtown Hong Kong that's pretty close to here. You can have that if you want," Alex said.
"Oh no, I can't take that. That'll be too expensive to give," Sakura said.
"I have no problem with it. What about you Xiao Lang?" Alex asked, already knowing the answer. The condo is really close to the Li family mansion.
"Absolutely not. Sakura, you can go see it on Monday and decide if you wanted it or not," Syaoron said. Sakura was about to refuse when he said "No buts."
* * *
"WOW!" Sakura said as she, Tomoyo, and Greg visited the condo.
"This is totally awesome!" Tomoyo said. The living room's was completely pastel green with dark oak wood furniture and black leather couches. There was also a glass coffee table and a 40" TV home entertainment system. The one bedroom was completely decorated in pink, from pink wallpaper to pink bed sheets to pink curtains. The furniture was white with pink edges. A envelope lying on the bed caught Sakura's attention as Greg went to examine the kitchen and Tomoyo further examining the room.
The letter, which had 2 different handwritings, said:
Dear Sakura,
Sup, girl? Hope you liked the condo because you're not going anywhere else. I think she meant to say that we hope you'll choose to stay here because it's close to the office, has a very nice view from this room, and very convenient to elsewhere in Hong Kong. I hope you liked the condo. We took the liberty on hiring workers and interior designers to decorate over the weekend. If you would like to change anything, just give me a call and we'll change it. Since Syaoron told me your fav color was pink and I thought green would bring out your eyes, Hel took the liberty on getting you some clothes. You can throw them right out if you don't like them. But I thought maybe you would like some stuff to wear tomorrow when you go to work. If you don't feel all too well, you can take a few days off. Don't worry about it, everything's covered. Hope you enjoy,
Love always,
Syaoron, Alex
Sakura carefully folded the letter when she finished reading it. ::What did the love always mean? It was definitely Syaoron's handwriting, but did he just did it because Alex told him to? What does this mean? It's so confusing! Over the weekend you didn't even mention the night where we spent in the park. Did that meant nothing….:: While Sakura was thinking, Tomoyo screamed. "Sakura! LOOK HERE!" Sakura went to the closet and found out that it was huge! With enough clothes to dress for a month, all of the best materials, brands, and latest fashion. "Look here! From causal to clubbing to formal to professional. I need to take some sketches." Tomoyo said as she took out her sketch pad.
:: Was a gift of friendship? Or something else? He seemed like he knew exactly what I liked:: Sakura looked around the room. ::Am I kidding myself or there really is something happening between us?:: She could feel her own hands shaking.
That's it for now. Hope you guys liked it. I know it's kinda boring but I need to set up for the next chapter which is going to be S&S filled. R&R.
Lovie-chan