Disclaimer: I don't own CCS/CC or
its characters, they belong to CLAMP.
By ~Xiaoling~
Chapter 2: Tea Time
Sakura groaned, a week had gone by so quickly that it was the day that her father was going to tell her the engagement plans. She dreaded going to her father's room and sitting down and listening to her father say who she was going to be engaged to.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan! Maybe it'll be your prince charming!" Kero encouraged while eating some of the desserts that Sakura had brought up to him from a week ago. He still hadn't finished them because Sakura practically brought all of it up.
"What if it isn't? What if I get engaged to an idiot?!" Sakura groaned again.
Kero heard some noises from outside the door and he quickly dropped onto the bed like a stuffed animal. Lyra, one of Sakura's servants, came into the room.
"Your majesty wants to see you now princess," Lyra said.
Sakura groaned yet again and stood
up to go visit her father.
Syaoran hid under his blankets, he didn't want morning to come. He didn't want to see the first rays of sunlight which meant that day had come for him.
"Rise and shine prince!" Syaoran groaned from under his blankets. His servant, Takashi, had been with him since he was a little boy so they basically treated each other like brothers.
"I am not getting up," Syaoran mumbled. "Tell mother I'm sick."
Takashi drew the blankets off him, "You are not sick so get up before you majesty has to wait."
"Fine," Syaoran grunted, he knew
how his mother hated to wait. He tried to comb his messy brown hair but
failed, so he gave up and left to his mother's room to hear the 'great'
news.
"What?!" Sakura screamed.
"What?!" Syaoran screamed.
Sakura fell back onto her chair in disbelief. "You're marrying me off to that prince in the Li Kingdom?! Those mean fierce people?! You've got to be kidding!" Sakura cried.
Fujitaka shook his head, "I am not joking Sakura. I've already discussed the matter with the Queen of the Li Kingdom and her son was just looking for someone to engage to, just like us. So we've decided that you two would make a perfect couple since you both are around the same age, and our kingdoms aren't that far apart."
"NO!!!" Sakura shrieked.
"It's already plan, so you have to live with it," Fujitaka stated and handed her a piece of paper and a quill.
Sakura stared at it. "What is this for?"
"I want you to write a letter to Prince Syaoran inviting him over for tea," Fujitaka explained.
"Why me?!"
"Because you are going to be his wife soon," Fujitaka stood up and left.
Sakura sighed, "Great."
Syaoran fell back onto the couch he had been sitting on in utter shock. "No way mother! I am not marrying a princess from the weaklings!"
"Weaklings?" Yelan raisd an eyebrow.
"All the people from the Kinomoto Kingdom are weaklings! I do not wish to marry some Princess Saruka or something!" Syaoran shouted.
Yelan laughed a bit, "It's Princess Sakura, not Saruka. It's all been planned Xiaolang, weather you like it or not."
"I've never even seen her before and I'm marrying her?!" Syaoran exclaimed.
"You will meet her soon," Yelan said
calmly.
Dear Prince Syaoran,
As much as I hate to, I have to write to you. I really hate you, and I don't want to write to you, but I have to. My father wants me to invite you over for tea this afternoon. If you can't get here, that's great! If you can, that's bad. I really don't want to be married, but I have to. Ok, so that's all I have to say.
Sincerely Princess Sakura
Syaoran frowned at the letter. This
princess didn't sound very nice, and since the whole letter seemed to have
a billion words that read 'hate' in it. He didn't want to go over there
just to have tea, but he knew his mother wouldn't give him a choice. He
took out a piece of clean parchment and starting writing back to this girl.
Dear Princess Sakura,
I hate you to, and I don't want to marry you, or anyone. My mother has forced me to, and so I have no choice. I also don't want to go over to your place for tea, but I have to because my mother says so. I guess I'll have to see you soon, but I'm warning you, I don't like you.
Sincerely Prince Syaoran
Sakura read the letter with a frown.
But then, this Prince Syaoran seemed to be in the exact same situation
as her. Sakura sighed, this was going to be a long day for her. For some
reason, she had a feeling that Prince Syaoran wasn't only going to stay
for tea, but for the whole day.
"You must look fabolous your highness! It is your first day meeting the prince and you must look superb!" Lyra exclaimed and twisted Sakura's hair into a twirling bun with some strands of loose hair cascading down her neck in delicate curls.
She had to change into a spring green dress with rose patterns on the fabric and matching white silk gloves and white higheels.
"You look like a doll!" Lyra commented.
Sakura frowned, "I don't want to meet this prince."
"You must though! And you must hurry because I think the prince if already here!" Lyra pointed to the green carriage outside the castle through the window.
"What's with the green?" Sakura asked.
"Oh! Prince Syaoran's favorite color
is green! So you must wear green!" Lyra clipped on a emerald necklace on
Sakura's neck and bustled her out of the room.
Syaoran followed the Kinomoto guard to the gardens and to a little place where there was a table and plates of tea all set up already. There were different desserts on the table and fancy flowers in the middle of the table.
"Please take a seat Prince Syaoran," The guard pulled a chair out for him and he took his seat.
His body guards stood behind him including Takashi. "Where is she?" He muttered. "I want to get this over with."
"Your highness is usually late," The guard explained just as a girl came gliding down the pathway towards them.
"Gomen! I'm late!" Sakura apologized, and eyed the prince. She was...quite impressed actually. She had visualized the prince as some ugly, fat, guy that was just plain ugly. But this prince had messy brown hair and deep amber eyes that made Sakura sink into them.
Syaoran stared at the princess, shocked, but he made sure he didn't show it. He never imagined that Princess Sakura looked so...beautiful? Her eyes were a dazzling emerald green, and her auburn hair reflected the sunlight in an angelic way. But wasn't he suppose to hate her?
"Er, so you're Prince Syaoarn I suppose?" Sakura broke the silence between the two.
Syaoran waved to his body guards to go away. "Yes, and I assume you are Princess Sakura."
"Correct, you're not so dumb afterall," Sakura just let it slip and she noticed the angry look on Syaoran all of a sudden. He glared at her with his amber eyes which sent shivers up Sakura's spine.
"You thought I was dumb? Well, I thought you were pathetic," Syaoran shot back.
Sakura frowned, "But, you 'thought'." She said with satisfaction.
"Well, now I'm sure you're pathetic and just another one of those spoiled princesses," Syaoran muttered.
"I am not!" Sakura snapped. "You don't have any manners do you?"
Syaoran grunted, "Neither do you."
"You started it!" Sakura grumbled.
"Correction, you started it," Syaoran corrected.
Sakura crossed her arms. "You're annoying." She stated simply.
"So are you," Syaoran scowled. *Beauty isn't everything.* He thought.
After five more minutes they finally decided to actually start eating, and that was when Sakura noticed Syaoran's strong green aura. *He knows magic...well duh! He's part of the Li Kingdom...*
Syaoran also noticed a gentle warm pink aura, and finally noticed that it was Sakura's. How could such an annoying princess have such a gentle kind strong aura?
*Does..does she know magic..?* Syaoran wondered. "Do you believe in magic?" He decided to ask.
"...Er.." Sakura felt uneasy. No one knew that she was the card mistress except for Kero of course and Yue. She sighed, and decided to answer the question as best as she could. "Guess so."
They were silent for the rest of the time, except for occasionaly glaring at each other. Syaoran placed down his tea cup loudly. He still couldn't believe he was going to have to marry this girl.
*God, I have to marry Mr. Grumpy!!*
Sakura thought, frustrated. *I hate this.....*
AN: Thanks for reading! Please review
arigatou and stay tooned! The next chapter will basically be another day
together for S+S, will they begin to like each other? Possibly, but not
completely yet.
