Catseye: Disclaimer is : Stated before, so I ain'ts statin it again.
Syaoran: You ran out of disclaimer ideas didn't you?
Catseye: Grrrrrr...
Sakura ran around the corner for the third time that week. She had to tell Touya where she was going, tell Tomoyo that she was going to study but she forgot her books. Two out of three wasn't too bad. In another 15 minutes, after running back home to get her books, Sakura arrived in the park and spotted Syaoran sitting on the bench near the penguin slide. So many memories in that park alone, it was almost hard to beleive how normal life was now. Not much excitement other than acing an occasional test or two. Sakura snuck around Syaoran and looked over his shoulder at what he was writing and started to read it. A smile ran across her lips at the possibility of what might be written in Syaoran's diary.
"Things have been going well" The paper said in neat script. "At school there is a girl I really like. It's Naoko. People think I like Sakura but she's too stupid for my taste. She got a -A in English class and it is such an easy language. I think Sakura is jealous since she is currently reading over my shoulder.
"Did I make a good guess?" he said while erasing what he wrote a moment ago. "Pretty convincing until the end isn't it?"
Sakura stared at him sorrowfully a moment and ran into the shade of the trees. Syaoran's eyes opened wide at this and he smiled sheepishly at the people staring at him. He hoisted his backpack onto one shoulder and retreated carefully into the trees where Sakura ran. He walked slowly through the shade of the trees, thinking and looking out for her. What happened? Sakura's never burst out crying at one of my little jokes before. She invented part of the reading over the shoulder joke. The three girls I know best are all nuts. Sakura teases me one moment and then runs off the next, Tomoyo is obsessed with videotaping and Meilin is...nuts. Syaoran sighed heavily and looked up to see Sakura crying. He ran over to her and hugged her close to him. She was shaking while he held her tightly and he was starting to regret what he did. Whatever that was.
Syaoran rested his face in Sakura's hair and whispered to her. "What has caused the pretty little blossom's petals to go limp with sadness?"
Sakura pulled herself back just enough for her to look into Syaoran's eyes. She whispered softly while the tears streamed down her face."You pay too much attention in poetry class, did you know that? But then again, I pay too much attention in theatre." She winked slightly.
"Why?"
"I can sense Tomoyo around the same way I sense magic. I think she can sense when I'm lying. I told here I was going back to school, she should have beleived me."
"And the tears?"
"The water card is usefull other than an attack card."
Syaoran's tone grew stern but his eyes didn't reflect them. "Sakura..."
"I know, I know. Don't use the cards for useless purposes but I don't want them to get bored and I haven't used water the longest. Besides, don't you think right now is a perfect time to end the whole thing? Tomoyo's watching and she saw me "cry" so why not?
Syaoran stared at her a moment. He didn't really want to end things so soon. He liked being around Sakura these past few days. Usually he didn't see her much except when dealing the the cards. They didn't even have the same classes. He felt like he was leaving her forever almost. Nevertheless Syaoran nodded slowly. In all the years he'd known her she never seemed to consider him more than a close friend. He watched the smile spread carefully on her face and realized that in all four years, he never had a chance like this and he may never get another one. When Sakura opened her mouth to explain something, he leaned down and kissed her in the shade of trees. At that moment, he didn't care who was watching and he didn't notice Tomoyo and the others gigling softly in the background or even his own thoughts of Kero's low growls. All he noticed was that Sakura hadn't pulled away from him and that alone dominated his mind's world.
Sakura couldn't even think. Only one thing echo throughout her, Is Syaoran kissing me or I am imagining this all in math class? She knew she could have pinched herself or knocked herself awake. She knew she could have pulled back to ask Syaoran if all of this was real or if the illusion card had loosed itself. She knew that if she pushed her mind away from there and concentrated, she could tell whether things were being imagined. She could push her mind away to come up with an explanation to tell Touya and Dad for why she was late coming home, why her face showed streaks of fake tears, why she wouldn't be able to keep her mind on track because she was thinking of him. In the midst of all these thoughts, she realized that she could have done all of these things but didn't want to. She just wanted to stay there, wrapped in his arms forever.
Syaoran broke away from Sakura gently. "I think it's getting late. I don't want your brother coming after me again. Now he'll have an excuse."
"My question is, how do we end this now? I see we have an audience."
Tomoyo leaned against a tree, Eriol was smirking nearby, Yamazaki was grinning and Chiharu was trying to cover hers. Tomoyo stepped up and clapped a little.
"I congratulate you two on your performance. Very beleivable. I almost thought you two were kissing that long for real."
Sakura and Syaoran glanced lightly at each other and tried to hide their smiles. "How did you figure this all out?"
"Well, for one, I'm a very smart girl. Though, I have to admit you got me for a while until I went over to your house to ask if you got your notebook and if you needed to borrow mine. Touya told me that you went to the park again to talk something over with, and I quote "that gaki." After that I kinda figured that you came up with something. And after that all four of us figured it out. I have to say, I really beleived that something was going on between you two but now I guess my idea was proved wrong."
Eriol smirked and looked over at Chiharu and Yamazaki. "Looks like we shall have to get a new speciman, Tomoyo. Right, Yamazaki?"
"What?" Yamazaki stopped tugging on Chiharu's braid in mid tug and she nudged him in the stomach. "You know, there were these two people once who were carefully observed and they..."
Chiharu grabbed her usually spot on his ear "Don't even think about it."
Tomoyo sighed and then winked at Sakura and Syaoran. "If you don't see me around for a while then it's because I'm getting at those two first but don't worry, I'll be back. You two catch up when you're ready." She waved and ran to join Eriol.
Sakura raised herself to kiss Syaoran's cheek. " I guess it worked, not how I planned, but it worked anyhow. Just when we finally get together she gives up. There's a lot of...um..."
"Irony"
Sakura faked a forgetful expression for a moment. "Which reminds me, I know a way to allow you to be around without Touya preparing your grave. All you have to do is tutor me. I also suggest once Tomyo's done we can turn the tables on her and Eriol."
"Alright to both ideas, but answer me this, do we tell Tomoyo or not?"
"Oh, we musn't forget my dear Syaoran bear, she's a very smart girl. She'll figure it out. Sooner or later."
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Soooo that's the end of the fic I thought I never could end. I'm still getting used to continueing what I started and that's why it took so long not to mention that fact that I get severe cases of mid-fic writer's block. Anyhoo, tell me if this chapter sucked or not, reviews are helpful. Ex: Someone mailed me askng for the new chapter so I got started see? And the fic offer still stands from chapter 1. If you write book fics too, check my profile for all the ones I read.