Annie: Coming out a
little faster, huh?
Kyralea: Yep. We were
bluffing.
Annie: No one is that
cruel.
Kyralea: Wellm
technicly, we DID make them wait for the last chapter-
Annie: Shush!
Kyralea: Need
sugar....
Annie: Oh-ho-ho-ho no!
Kyralea: Enjoy this
chapter!
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Near And/Or Far
Chapter Six.
Sakura awoke in the
middle of the night. She looked at her Indiglow watch, flinching as
her eyes met the bright blue light. Three AM. She could hear Zachary
snoring slightly at the far end of the room, and Madison rolling over
on the other side. She could hear Li's rhythmic breathing just a
few feet away from her, close to the floor. She sighed and rubbed her
eyes. Those stupid kids in the room beside theirs must still have
been awake, because she heard giggling, then someone saying, Shhhhh,
Mrs. Carswell said we'd be sent home if that bitch in the next
room complains again!
Sakura smiled. They
were referring to Madison. Every day she was growing more and more to
believe that her friend was going to end up one of those old ladies
that owns 50 cats and throws things at kids whenever they step on the
lawn.
Li shifted on
the cot at her right. If only he were a few feet closer,'
she thought.
Sakura, are you
awake? came Li's voice inside her head.
No. I'm
sleeping.
Okay then, I
guess I should get back to sleep too then.
NO! I mean, I
was just kidding! What's up?
Just can't
get back to sleep. Those girls are really annoying.
Tell me about
it. Are you sure they're girls?
What kind of
question is that?
Well, I mean,
you kind of sounded like a girl when you were younger, before you
hitnever mind.
We've
been friends a long time, haven't we?
Ummhmm. Not
always, though.
I know what
you're talking about. Sakura, I just want to tell you-
she
thought expectantly.
Well, I'm
sorry for when we were younger. I wasn't very nice to you.
I know. It kind
of hurt me a lot, coming from you.
Why's
that?
You were
sodifferent. When you said those things, it sounded like you
really meant it. Did you?
Then why did you
say them?
I guess it was
because I was jealous that you got to capture the cards and I
was just the backup support most of the time.
And you don't
feel like that now?
Feelings change,
Sakura.
I know what you
mean. She looked up at the ceiling in the dark.
No, I don't
think you do.
Nothing. Never
mind.
Oh. Syaoran?
Li felt a tingle at
the back of his neck. Why was she using his real name?
Why do you do
it?
Do what?
Protect me. Ever
since we started working together as a team, you've always kept
me from killing myself in one way or another. Don't you ever get
sick of it?
I have to do
it.
But why?
This
would have to be quick thinking, If you died, I'd blame
myself.
Sakura
couldn't hide the disappointment in her thought no matter how
hard she tried.
Li made a mental note
to let himself get hit by a bus. He was really sounding like a jerk.
She
reverted to call him that again.
He
was disappointed himself. He liked the way his name sounded coming
from her, even if it was only in his head, and not really spoken out
loud.
Have you ever
loved someone? Like, more than a friend, or a relative?
Li thought for a
moment. Was it really love if the other person didn't love you
back? Or if you didn't know if the other person loved you back
or not?
I don't
know. I think I am-er, I mean-have been. Have you?
I think so. I
don't know if he loves me back though.
I have the same
problem. Who is it?
you
tell me first.
Nooooo, I asked
you first.
Fine then. I
guess you'll never know.
Oh, come on,
Sakura! Pleeeeease?
Nope. I'm
going to sleep now. Goodnight.
Li was silent. Sakura
chuckled to herself. She had narrowly averted catastrophe yet again.
Out of nowhere came a
whisper.
Let's go
out.
This time it wasn't
in her head.
What? Li? Where
are you?
Right here.
She turned her head to find he was barely two inches away from her
face. Come on. Let's go.
Where? What do
you mean?
I don't
know. Wherever there's something good to do.
Sakura smirked in the
darkness. She could think of a few good things to do right there.
I have an idea,
too. We still have our costumes. Let's go out and freak some
people out.
You just want to
see me dressed up like that again, she said.
He tried his best to
deny it. That's got nothing to do with it. Besides, maybe
you can make a few extra bucks, he quipped. Sakura's
response was to playfully smack him in the side of the head.
What about
Madison and Zachary?
As long as we're
back in a couple hours they'll never know we were gone. Come on,
what do you say?
I sayLet's
go for it.
Great. Get
dressed. I won't look.
Yeah right.
You're just dying to sneak a peak.
Hey, I could say
the same about you.
Sakura could feel her
cheeks growing warm in the dark.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
she
said as she zipped up her boot, It wouldn't really matter
if you looked. After all, I'm barely wearing more than I was
five minutes ago. It really doesn't make that big of a
difference.
Li decided to ignore
the prickling sensation at the back of his neck. Bring the
make-up out to the car. You can do it out there. Are you ready to
go?
In response, he heard
another zipper being zipped. Yup. Let's go.
They closed the door
softly, then turned and looked down the hall. There was a woman
sitting in a chair way down the hall. She had blond hair that was
very obviously dyed, and she was wearing a t-shirt that had a school
crest on it. It was probably the Mrs. Carswell that the girls next
door kept whispering about. Suddenly an idea popped into Li's
head. He took Sakura's hand and led her to the room where all
the noise had been coming from. He rattled the knob a couple of
times, then banged on the door just loud enough so that the girls
inside could hear. He and Sakura both pressed their ears to the door.
Shhhh, it's
probably a teacher! I told you guys to be quiet.
We'd better
answer it before she starts screaming at us again.
The door opened
slowly. Sakura was starting to catch on to his plan, but the next
thing he did totally caught her by surprise. He grabbed her around
the waist and started to kiss her like a hungry animal. Was this just
part of the plan? She didn't care, and joined in, hearing the
young teenaged girls gasp at the sight before them. Li stopped
kissing her, but he still held her around the waist.
Oh, uh, sorry
ladies. I could have sworn that this was my sister's room. I
thought she said it was this one, but I guess I was wrong. She's
going to be really sorry she missed this one, let me tell you.
Sakura licked the side
of his face and put on her best whore grin. Li let out a small
whimper. All four of the girls that now stood at the door gasped. The
tallest one spoke to him.
Uhhh, sorry, but
you've got the wrong place.
Oh, okay then. I
thought you were the one my sister brought, but I guess I must have
been wrong about that too.
The door closed in his face. Sakura was choking back a laugh. Li held
up a finger as if to tell her to wait, then listened attentively.
From the room came a huge burst of laughter, followed by, Guys,
shut up! It's not my fault he thought I was a hooker! and,
What I don't get is why a guy that hot would have to buy a
date! I'd screw him in a minute.
Li raised his eyebrows
in surprise, and Sakura snorted, trying to hold back the laughter
that threatened to conquer her. Down the hallway, Mrs. Carswell
stirred. Li grabbed Sakura's hand and started dragging her
towards the elevator before the teacher could wake up and see them.
Once the elevator started moving, they could finally let out the
howls of laughter. They laughed the whole time they were trying to
figure out where the car was parked. They finally stopped when they
were in the car and the heater was on full blast to thaw out Sakura's
frozen everything. Li shook his head.
Wasn't that
fun?
You have no
idea. That was the coolest! Did you see the looks on their faces?!
Li did an imitation of
the tall girl's expression at being insulted in such a way,
which made Sakura laugh even more.
He
smiled while still keeping his eyes on the road.
You should have
seen the expression on your face when I licked you.
What
was up with that?
Are you saying
I'm a bad licker?
It's just
that it's not every day that Sakura Avalon turns around and
licks someone. Now that was a surprise.
So was that
noise you made. You sounded like you were about to pass out.
Like I said, it
was a surprise!
What the
surprise was was the way you kiss. Was it your goal to eat my
face?
Not what you
imagined it would be like? he raised one eyebrow.
Definitely not.
What did you
imagine?
Well for one
thing, there wasn't as much saliva involved.
Well as for you,
I guess I could ask why you imagined kissing me in the first
place, he said, which finally made Sakura realize that she had
just admitted to imagining kissing him to his face, But
that would be just too cruel, because I know that you'd be
totally embarrassed, and you'd probably turn redhey!
You're turning red right now! He grinned. But I also
have to tell you, I don't usually kiss like that. I hope to god
you don't usually kiss like that, because if you do I'd be
afraid for all men everywhere.
Hey, you were
the one doing all the work.
I noticed.
What was that
supposed to mean?!
Just that, I
think you need to perfect your technique.
Back to you,
sloppy Joe.
At least I don't
play dead.
Ha! That's for
sure! How did my stomach taste?"
"Not too bad, but
I think the sauce on the noodles we had earlier was bad."
"Yeah right! Are
you sure it was the food and not the kissing?"
"So! Now I'm a
bad kisser?"
"Do I have to
answer that?"
"Yes."
Sakura looked deep in
thought for a minute.
"Truthfully?"
"Oh, very funny!
I'm not that bad."
"You keep telling
yourself that."
"Oh? Come here,
girl...." Li reached a hand out to Sakura, who backed away
giggling.
"Not on your
life!"
Li parked the car in a
parking lot outside something that looked suspiciously like a bar. He
reached over to Sakura, who shrieked, and squirmed.
"So? I'm a bad
kisser, huh?" He said, pulling her closer, Sakura still
squirming, and gasping for air as she laughed.
"Ye-Yes!"
She gasped, slipping out of his grip, though making it worse since
his hands slid down to right above her knee.
"Hey, gimme a
chance? I'm a good kisser!"
Sakura squirmed even
more, blushing a bright red from the position of Li's hands. He
pulled himself closer, tickling her. She laughed more, and squirmed,
and gasped.
"How do you know,
mister virgin?"
"Oh, now you are
SO getting it!"
Sakura screamed as Li
grabbed her and started to tickle her like crazy. She tried again to
escape from his grasp, but was too weak from laughing, and from his
making a type of physical contact with her. Li laughed, and pulled
her up to face him. Her face was completely clean, her having
forgotten to apply the make up. Her giggles slowed, but her heart did
the opposite. She started to tremble at the realization of their
closeness.
"And I haven't
even had one drink yet." Li muttered.
"I still think
you totally suck at kissing" Sakura gasped.
"Well, lets try
to change your mind." Li breathed, and kissed her softly. Her
eyes widened, but slowly fluttered close. She wrapped her arms around
his neck, and kissed back as hard as she could. Li's breath started
to come in short gasps. Sakura's already was.
"mmmm..."
She sighed, slipping her tongue in. He answered with is, pulling her
closer. She kissed him harder, holding on to him for dear life. Li's
hands made their way up Sakura's back. They finally parted after
about two minutes.
"So, am I as bad
as you said?" Li gasped.
"I'm not sure,
let me try again" Sakura gasped right back, and immediately
pulled him back. Her hands started to play with his hair, and his
were trying their best not to play with her bra, which was easy to
feel through her slut top, which REALLY didn't help with the
situation they were in. Suddenly there was a tap at the window.
Sakura pulled away, eyes as wide a saucers. She looked at the window.
Three girl stood there, in outfits almost as slutty as Sakura's,
giggling at them. Sakura gasped, and looked back at Li, who had no
idea what to say. Sakura rolled down the window.
"Um, hi."
Said one of the girls, who was wearing a tube top, and an almost
non-existent skirt.
"Hi." Sakura
said sweetly. "You know, we're kind of busy here, that is..."
She turned to Li "Unless you want to do a groupie, but that
would cost extra."
One of the girls
gasped. Tube top turned red.
"We are NOT
sluts!" She practically screamed.
"Could have
fooled me." Li said.
"Well, whatever.
If you aren't here for business, then leave! I caught this one, fair
and square." Sakura hugged Li protectively. All of the girls
gasped again. One of them, in a shirt almost as small as a bikini
top, with a black sweater over it, and VERY tight pants, let out a
quiet scream.
"We are NOT
SLUTS!" Bikini actually screamed.
"As long as you
don't want to be called sluts, I'll lay of. If you aren't here for
business, as prostitutes,
then leave."
The girls all
screeched, and ran off. Sakura poked her head out the window.
"Get your own
employer!" She ducked back into the car, and rolled up the
window. Li looked at her for exactly a second, and burst out
laughing.
"Well, no one can
accuse you of being out of character." He said in-between
laughs. Sakura smiled, her entire body trembling.
"We should
probably get out, the windows are steaming up." She nearly
whispered, not really wanting to even move. But she had to, or she
would collapse, or even more embarrassing, confess something. She
slowly climbed out of his lap, not seeing his disappointment. She
opened the door, climbing out, trying to keep her balance. She was
still trembling from that
'All-too-short-make-out-session-that-wasn't-really-a-make-out-session,-she-just-wishes-it-were',
and that mixed with the cold air blowing through her entire body, she
could barely stand up. Li quickly got out, and grabbed her
right as she was about to fall, his hands ending up in a very
unfortunate lace. He quickly moved them, and pulled her upright.
Sakura's face was now a bright red.
"You know, I
could sue you for that." She said impishly.
'It would be worth
it.' He thought to himself. Sakura's eyes widened.
"Wha-?"
"Huh?" Li
asked, looking at her confused face.
"Uh, nothing."
She said meekly. She started to walk to the club-ish looking
building. Li followed her, making sure she didn't fall. They walked
into the bar. It was completley full of complete drunks. And a whole
lot of girls were dancing on the bar. With even worse outfits than
Sakura. (Have you ever Seen 'Coyote Ugly'? Then you know what we
mean.) Li looked away, and Sakura pushed him playfully.
"What's wrong,
Li? Oh, wait, I forgot, your not ANYTHING like anyone your age."
She screamed over the music.
"Yeah, well, you
aren't exactly normal, either!" He screamed back. Sakura
laughed.
"Lets go get a
drink! After that drive I'm ready to do anything to relax!" She
shouted, and pulled him to the bar. One of the girls jumped down.
"Whadaya'll
have?" She shouted.
"A double shot of
Tequilua!" Sakura shouted back. She turned to Li. "You want
any?" He looked really surprised.
"I think I'll
have the same, only a single." He shouted.
"Gotcha."
Said the girl, and she did some cool tricks with the bottles, and
handed them their drinks. Sakura payed(Money bummed off of Madison,
who had plenty of it.) her. Sakura downed her's in one gulp, and Li
did the same. Sakura giggled at his face, and she started to dance.
Li watched, her completley amazed. He had never seen her like this.
She looked kind of silly, and like a complete slut in the process. Li
pulled her back to him.
"What's gotten
into you?" He shouted. She smiled.
"It's your fault!
I'm all excited, and now I want to dance! And get drunk!" She
laughed. Li shook his head. He was determaned to stay sober. He
watched her down another double. One of the girls pulled her up on
the bar, and she started dancing to 'Unbelievible'. Li's eyes
widened, but he wasn't going to let her out of his sight. This bar
was way too full of horney drunks for her to be left alone, no matter
how drunk she was. She did three flips on the bar, and landed in a
split. The men all whisled. She got up, and did a back flip, and
started to dance again.
'I need to get her
down from there before she completley qualifies herself to her
disguise.' Li though to himself. Unforunatly, four guys had the same
idea, only for diferant reasons. They grabbed her off the bar, and
everyone carried her across the crowd. The four guys ran after her,
and after she was upright, started to hit on her. Li hurried throught
the crowd, trying to get to her. He saw one of the guys drawling on
her arm. She backed away, disgusted, but one guy grabbed her. Then
the others started to grab her, but not her arm. She struggled, but
they held her. Li finally got to her.
"What. Exactly.
Do. You. Think. Your. Doing?" He asked furiously. One of the
guys squinted at him.
"You..you go
awa-ay! *Hiccup* We...got to her..firrrssshht!" He slured. Li
narrowed his eyes.
"Let go of her."
He growled, his voice dripping with fury. The Oh so very drunk team
ignored him, and started drawling on Sakura again. She started to
cry. Li gave up talking, and spun one of the guys around, and punched
him square in the nose. He let him drop slowly, so no one tried to
start a fight in the bar, and turned to the others.
"Anyone else want
to mess with her some more?" He asked.
Thew guys backed away,
whimpering. He slowly went over to Sakura, holding her up, and pulled
her outside. She held onto him.
"I am never going
to drink again" Sakura moaned. Li picked her up, and carried her
to the car.
"It's not your
fault, Sakura, those guys were horney and drunk." He said
soothingly. Well, and soothing as something like that could get,
anyway. Sakura wasn't listening.
"Next time I even
think of setting foot in a bar, slap me." She cried. Li sighed.
"It's not
your fault, Sakura. And the time frame between your first drink and
them trying to rape you was way too short. Who allows this? They
should fire the mayor, whatever kind of used car salesman he has to
be."
"I
couldn't get them off of me!" Sakura cried, not listening. Li
set her in the car, and buckled her seat belt. He got in, and drove
away. Woried about the crying girl next to him. There was no way they
could go back to the hotel. He thought quick, and took a sharp right.
Sakura jumped.
"Li?
What are you doing?" Sakura asked quietly. Li
smiled.
"I'm getting you
out of here. We're going to calm you down, get you to sleep, and then
we'll go back to the hotel. You can't even see straight right now."
He said.
"Yeah?
And how-how exactly to yo-you sugest we do that....?" Sakura
asked weakly. Li smiled.
"You'll
see in a minute." He whispered, and held her hand comfortingly.
She closed her eyes, letting her heart beat double. She loved him so
much. The tingles started, and the car stopped. Sakura was too caught
up in the feelings gushing through her body to notice, and sighed a
little. Her head slid down to make contact with Li's shoulder. He
smiled, and pushed her upright. She mummbled something, not wanting
to let him go anywhere.
"I'll
be right back." He said. He gt out of the car, and went to the
trunk. He took out two suitcases they had decided not to take in. The
only thing in them were comforters, and with all the bags they had,
and knowing the hotel already HAD blankets on the bed, they had
decided to leave them. Now Li got them out, and carried them to the
front of the car. He took them out, and set them on the car. One
unfolded, covering the cold metal, and one folded, waiting for use.
He walked over to The passenger door, and got Sakura out. She started
to shiver. Li brought her to the hood, and covered her with the
remaining blanket. She looked at him in confusion. He just smiled and
got on next to her.
"What's
going on?" She asked quietly. He smiled, and pointed ahead of
them. She sat up, and looked ahead. She gasped. They wer on some type
of cliff, that looked over the entire city. All the glittering
lights, and everything was right in front of them. She could hear
running water, but wasn't sure from were. But the entire city, the
lights, and under the moonlight, looked beautiful. Well, it looked
better than her latest experience up close to it. She liked far way
veiwing better. She looked back at Li, who had kept is gaze on her
the entire time. She noticed his lack of blanket.
"Aren't
you cold?" She asked. Li smiled.
'She
probably won't remember." He said to himself.
"No
so long as I'm around you." He whispered lovingly. Sakura
blushed.
"Thank
you." She whispered.
"For
what?" Li asked, still watching her intently.
"For
always being there for me. For being so forgiving. For helping me
when I can't defend myself. For being born....."
He
laughed.
"You
hardly need to thank me for that. I've always been glad to do it."
He said, still watching her. She closed her eyes, Letting his aura
wrap around her. He watched her. His eyes overflowing with love,
something he had never let show before. He scooted closer, and held
her in his arms. She gasped, but didn't resist. She couldn't resist.
She buried her face in his chest, while he buried his in her hair.
She sighed happily.
"Thank
you." She whispered as she fell to sleep. Li looked down at her.
He started to stroke her hair. The feeling of having her in his arms
was too good to cease, and her held her tighter. He wanted to stay
like this forever.
"I
love you." He whispered ino her ear.
She
sighed, and cuddled closer to him.
"I
love you, too, Li." She murmered. Li looked down at her,
surprised. She was smiling in her sleep. And she kept trying to push
closer to him, even though it would be impossibal to get any closer
than she was now. Li smiled. She really did love him. Then he started
to shake. He was soo happy. He was about ready to hold her, squeaze
her, until she popped, but thanks to an AMAZING amount of
self-restraint, he managed to keep it at kissing her all over the
face. She giggled in her sleep, and kissed him. On the lips. (Shut
up! I don't care if it's possible, it's a fic!) He kissed back
furiously. His hand made it's way up her back, and by now he knew she
was awake again. He slipped his tounge in her mouth, and she answered
doing the same. He pulled her as close as he posibly could, and
kissed her harder. His tounge was all around her mouth and he
couldn't pull away. All he could do was breath hard between kisses,
and kiss some more. He stopped, and held her close, but didn't let
her kiss him. He shouldn't be doing this. She was drunk. Even if he
knew she was telling the truth, she was still drunk. She held onto
him, and kissed his neck. She just layed like that, lips on his neck,
and fell to a VERY happy sleep. Li trembled, but didn't push her
away. He let his lips make their way to her forehead, and fell to
sleep, too.
How
Li made it through the night without waking up and tearing off every
single piece of clothing she was wearing(Even if it wasn't that much)
and kissing her everything, he didn't know. But all he wanted now was
to hold her forever.
He
didn't know how he made it through he night. All he really remembered
was kissing Sakura one last time, and falling asleep in her arms.
To
Be Contiued.
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Kyralea:
And you said we weren't evil!
Annie:
*Raspberry*
Kyralea:
Hope you liked this chapter, and the next one will be out soon.
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Preveiw
of the next chapter:
That's
what you said last night.
Madison,
they're gone.
You
know one thing I do remember was the bad kissing.
"What
were you two DOING last night?"
"Um,
Sakura, doesn't this belong to you?" Zachary asked, holding up a
bra.