98.6 Part 2
She followed his request. "Why? What is it?"
"I...uh..."he sat down beside her. "Here, Sakura, um...I need to tell you something important."
"Yah?"
He felt as if he was about to pass out from the nervousness. His cheeks were getting warmer. He took off his jean jacket, hoping that will help him cool down. "I...I...uh, Sakura, I..."
She was staring at him with her emerald eyes. So beautiful...
Syaoran broke. "I...want to watch some TV!" He hopped off the couch, turned off the radio and turned on the TV.
"Oh...sure..." Sakura sighed, a tad disappointed.
Syaoran sat back on the couch. Oh, smart one there. I wimped out. Try something else. An animated cartoon movie came on screen. Syaoran got an idea.
Sakura watched and seemed oblivious of Syaoran. During half of the movie, he slowly crept next to her. Now, Syaoran thought, move your hand slowly around her shoulder... And ever so slowly, he gingerly inched his arm around her. Then, right before he held her shoulder-
----BZZZZZZZZZZZZZ----
Sakura stood up. "That's the timer! I'll go get the buns."
Syaoran collapsed on the couch. Agh! No good! This isn't going the way I planned! He sighed.
Within a few minutes, Sakura came back with 2 small plates with 2 steamed buns on each. "They're ready!"
Syaoran smiled and took one of the plates. He ate them slowly, constantly peeking over to watch her eat. She ate happily watching the lilac and yellow ponies and unicorns fly across the sky on the television. He didn't find it very amusing.
"I'll be right back. Gotta take some medicine," Syaoran said. He walked over to the kitchen and grabbed the medicine near his microwave. He called from the kitchen, "Do you want anything to drink?"
"No, I'm ok," she responded.
He poured 2 pills in his hand, drank a glass of water and set it in the sink. He let out a sigh. He wanted to show Sakura how he felt but so far, nothing was going his way. He sat back down on the couch next to her.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"Yah..." he answered. "It's just that I get drowsy after I take this medicine. I'll be ok."
They finished their food and watched the remainder of the movie. Sakura looked over at Syaoran. His elbow was propped on the couch's armrest and his chin sat in the palm of his hand; his eyes shut. She smiled. She turned off the TV. Sakura pulled Syaoran's arm over her shoulder, wrapped her arm around his waist and pulled him upright. She walked into his bedroom and set him down on the bed.
He began to stir slowly, then faster. "No...never..."
Sakura gasped. "Sy...Syaoran? Syaoran wake up!"
His eyes shot open. He took a few deep breaths before he spoke. "S...Sakura?"
"Are you ok? Were you having a bad dream?"
"Uh...yah..."
"Anything I can do?" she asked, as she pulled the covers over him.
He looked away for awhile. Then he responded hesitantly, "Could you...hold my hand 'til I fall asleep?"
She was surprised by his request, but then smiled. "Sure." She sat beside him and held on to his hand. After a while, he fell asleep and eventually she did too.
-Scene 8-
Sakura's eyes fluttered open. She looked outside at the balcony door. She lay on the bed, by herself. She got up and picked up the phone in her room.
-Scene 9-
Ring...ring...
"Hello?" Touya answered.
"Hey Touya?"
"Sakura? Dad's getting worried! Do you know what time it is?!"
"I know it's really late but I'm ready to leave. Can you please pick me up from his house?"
Touya sighed. My sister...so stupid. "Alright, alright. I'll be there in a few. Gimme the directions first."
-Scene 10-
Sakura headed to the kitchen after hanging up the phone. She found Syaoran putting a stepstool in front of a large double cupboard. "Good evening."
He looked up. "Hey. Did you have a good sleep?"
"Uh-huh. Syaoran, what are you doing?"
"I'm...uh...just getting a box at the top here."
"No!" Sakura jumped between him and the stool. "You should sit down and relax."
"But I-."
She climbed on the very top step of the stool. She could barely see and reached up at the cupboard ledge. "Hmm...is it this long pink box?"
"Uh...yah. Be careful," Syaoran said.
"There are all these things on top of it. Hold on to this," Sakura said. She awkwardly pulled out the box along with some canisters and tupperware. She began to falter. "Woah!" She lost her footing.
Sakura fell to the floor, bringing Syaoran with her; tupperware was showering on them. Syaoran banged his head on the floor. "Ow...that headache is gonna be there for awhile." His eyes were shut from the pain.
He sat up and heard something. "Sya--." His lips came in contact with something. When he opened his eyes, he saw that his lips were kissing hers. His heart beat faster in his chest. His body remained stiff under Sakura's, who was on top of him. He was surprised and could only respond by closing his eyes. Sakura...
Slowly, they mutually released their kiss. Sakura and Syaoran were blushing an intense red. Sakura was so worried that she would never be able to tell how she felt. She cradled his head in her hands and leaned over to kiss him again. She kissed him longer and harder on the lips. After a while, they released again and gasped for breath.
"S...Sakura?" Syaoran barely whispered.
"Yes?" Sakura's heart was racing faster.
"G...get off my...you're squashing me!" he squeaked.
Sakura's eyes widened. "Oh sorry!" She lifted her knee away and rolled off. Syaoran bent his knees up to his chest and rolled himself to a ball, let out a groan, then stretched out. "Um...Syaoran, what just happened?"
"You fell over, you knee squashed my--."
"I mean, how did we end up kissing?" Sakura asked.
"Oh...I dunno. It just happened." Great, my first kiss with her was an accident! What happened to moonlight and candles? I can't believe this! "I'm sorry Sakura," Syaoran apologized.
"Huh? What for?" she asked.
"For kissing you. It was a mistake."
"A mist..." she was stunned. "Oh...ok, it's alright." Sakura got up and collected her stuff. "I called my brother earlier so he's gonna pick me up really soon. I better go out to the front and wait for him."
Syaoran got up. "Are you sure? Can I—."
"I'll see you tomorrow, Li," she said and exited the apartment very quickly.
" 'Li?' 'LI?!' Why did she call me 'Li' all of a sudden?" Syaoran asked himself.
Sakura sped down the corridor. A few tears were running down her face. She looked through the clear glass doors and saw Touya's motorcycle pulling up. She wiped her tears away, she didn't want to hear any of Touya's remarks. She faked a smile. "Hi Touya!" she said, exiting through the doors.
He handed her a helmet. "C'mon, hurry up. I got an exam to study for." She put it on and climbed on his bike, right behind him. They sped off.
-Scene 11-
Sakura ran up the stairs to her room. After a quick shower, she headed straight for bed. 9:00. I hope Tomoyo is still up. She dialed her number.
Ring...ring...
"Hello?" Tomoyo's voice answered.
"To-." Sakura broke into a fit of sobs.
"Oh Sakura..." Tomoyo responded with the utmost concern. She waited until Sakura's weeping lessened. "Are you ready now?"
"Syaoran and I kissed."
"That's great! Why are you crying?"
"He thinks it's a mistake!" Sakura explained the whole afternoon and evening to her best friend.
When she finished, Tomoyo was silent for a moment, and then spoke. "Well...think of it at a different angle."
"How?" Sakura grabbed a tissue box.
"Li-kun always does things the way he wants to. When it comes to martial arts, training, sorcery...stuff like that, he's a natural. When he is new to something, he analyzes and plans so things will go right for him. For that whole music thing, usually people would play love songs as mood music, right? That's a clue! I think he just wanted to have a special night but it took some unexpected turns. So maybe he didn't envision his first kiss with you by falling on him and squishing his nuts."
Sakura let out a small giggle. "You're right Tomoyo. How'd you get so good at this?"
"Well, you and Li-kun always had problem in the past year. Call it a 6th sense, if you will."
"Thanks Tomoyo."
"Good night, Sakura." Tomoyo hung up the phone. She picked it back up and dialed another number. "Hi, it's me, Tomoyo. Don't worry, she'll be fine."
-Scene 12-
It was lunchtime at Tomoeda Elementary School. Sakura had a note on her desk earlier.
I need to talk to you. –Syaoran
She knew where he was. She went to the back of the building where he always hung out. He sat on a tree branch, looking over the fence, where the rest of the world was hustling. His world was tense and calm.
"Syaoran?" Sakura called.
He looked around and found Sakura looking up at him. He held the pink box behind him. "Hi there."
"You wanted to talk?"
"Yah." He hopped off the branch down to ground floor. "I...uh...wanted to talk about last night. You seemed like you really wanted to leave."
"Oh...it's not that I didn't want to stay. Uh..." Sakura said. "But to be perfectly honest, when you said that kissing me was a mistake, I was hurt."
Syaoran's eyes widened. "Oh...no, I didn't mean it like that..." He looked towards the ground, slightly blushing. "It's just that...I didn't expect my first kiss to be an accident."
Sakura smiled at him. It was just like Tomoyo's theory. "Sometimes, things don't go the way we plan."
"I just wanted it to be special."
Sakura saw at this point the sincerity of Syaoran. She walked closer to him and said, almost in a whisper, "It was my first kiss too."
Syaoran smiled. He pulled out the pink box. "Here, I wasn't able to give this to you last night."
Sakura took the box and opened it. Inside it captured the sunlight and sparkled. The glass sculpture of a cherry blossom branch took her breath away.
"I got it a long time ago. I kept thinking whether I should give it to you or not."
"It's so beautiful. Thank you," Sakura thanked happily. She looked up at him but he looked a little troubled. "What's wrong?"
"I want to try again," he abruptly said.
"Hoe?"
He leaned in and kissed her lips. Sakura froze, absolutely shocked. He wrapped his arms around her body and hugged her. Sakura came closer to him, deepening their kiss. All of a sudden, they heard a crack. They immediately pulled away. Sakura looked at her present. "HHHHHOOOOOEEEEEE?!?!?!"
Syaoran's shoulders sunk. "Maybe I should have given it to you later..."
"I'm so sorry!"
Syaoran smiled. "It's ok, don't worry. I'll buy you another one."
Sakura quickly put her gift down, wrapped her arms around Syaoran's neck and kissed him.
"Move your big pigtails."
"I can't move any lower. Move your camera."
"They are so cute together."
"You know he bought that for her about 6 months ago."
"Really, Yamazaki?"
"Move!"
Sakura and Syaoran slowly released each other and looked over to the talking bushes nearby.
"We're gonna fall if you don't scoot back—."
"AGH!" came 5 voices.
Four bodies fell out from the bushes. Takashi was on the bottom, with Chiharu, Naoko, and Rika dog-piled on top of each other. Tomoyo came walking out from behind the pile, pointing and shooting her camera.
"You guys!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Wait, wait... I gotta capture this shot." Tomoyo pointed her camera straight at Syaoran. His face was scarlet by now.
...the end
*Note: This is my legal stuff. The original creators of Card Captor Sakura is CLAMP, so I only wrote this for pure entertainment. I hope you enjoyed!
