*~*Next Day at School…*~*

A/N: Second ch.2 is now up! Hope u liked the last one!! Please r&r, but if u don't wanna, I dun care.

Disclaimer: I dun own anybody in this fic except for Scott. He's mine! I made him!! So, dun sue me, cuz I got nothin.

Fushy-Wushy!!!!

*~*Next Day at School…*~*

The next day in CAPP class, Ms. McKenzie told the class that there would be a second part added to the assignment. Each couple had to get together with two other couples and discuss their "relationships" and how they differ. This time she let them choose whom to discuss with. Naturally Tomoyo & Eriol and Meilin & Scott went with Syaoran & Sakura.

"I have an idea!" Tomoyo told them as the six of them got in a group after school where they usually met. Syaoran and Sakura groaned.

"No, not one to get you two together…Well, not this idea anyway. I'll have a party! Then we can talk about our 'relationships' and have a good time!" She exclaimed.

"Great idea Tomoyo-Chan!" Meilin said. They had become friends after spending time together, following Sakura and Syaoran around. Scott knew about Syaoran and Sakura after catching them duelling with their magic. They tried to make an excuse, but he knew better. Meilin and him spent a lot of time together after that.

"So we'll have it over the weekend. My mom won't be home, so the guys can stay over late." Tomoyo said. "The girls, of course, will be sleeping over." She added.

"Naturally." Eriol replied. "Wait. Why can't we sleep over too? You said yourself that no one would be home so, what do ya say?"

"I don't think that that's a good idea. My dad would never let me sleep over if he knew that the guys were sleeping over too." Sakura said.

"Then don't tell him. Don't worry and relax. Just tell him that we're doing a school assignment. He'll let you go, right?" Scott said.

"Li-Kun, you've been awfully quiet. Whatcha thinkin' about?" Tomoyo asked him.

"I'm not sure I trust you. Besides, I probably can't go. I have to talk to my mother about the we-"

"Li-Kun, you can do that any time! And why on the weekend when she's ri-"

"Meilin-Chan, I want to talk to her on the weekend, alright?"

"Fine, be that way. Even though she's here!"

"WHAT?!?!" Everybody was shocked. Syaoran hardly ever talked about his family.

"Why didn't you tell us Li-Kun?" Tomoyo asked.

"I don't have to tell you anything." Syaoran stormed off.

"Guys, look what you did! He's upset!" Sakura told them, running after him.

"They are so kawaii!!" Tomoyo and Meilin said together. Eriol and Scott just rolled their eyes.

"So Li's mom's here, huh?" Scott asked.

"Yah, and so are his sisters. They'll be in school tomorrow. I've already taken the liberty to tell them about Sakura." Meilin said with an evil grin. "Li's sisters are the best! They'll help us get them together." She told Tomoyo who also grinned evilly.

"Perfect! We'll need all the help we can get. Those two will never admit that they like each other on their own…Unless given a little push."

"Little?" Eriol asked with sarcasm.

"Ok, a gigantic push. I don't know why they won't! They both like each other! Are they blind?!" Tomoyo cried.

"Maybe they are. Maybe they don't know that the other likes them. Ever thought of that?" Scott asked.

"How can they not see it? It's there! When they look at each other, it's like sparks fly. They practically see into each other's soul!" Tomoyo said dramatically. Scott just shrugged.

"Well, then I don't know. OH! Maybe it's that they would admit they like each other if they knew that they wouldn't get hounded by you two." Scott suggested.
"HOUNDED?!" Meilin and Tomoyo yelled together.

"Hounded? If you want hounded I'll give you hounded!!" Meilin challenged with fire in her eyes. Scott backed away in fear.

"No no! That's all right. I didn't mean for it to sound like that. Honest." Scott said in his defence. Meilin gave him a glare, then turned back to Tomoyo.

"So, this party. Is it really for us to 'have fun' or is there a secret plot behind it all?"

"It's both. See, the way I see it, if we can get them to notice how similar they are, or how different, they might actually do something! And then we have front row seats of them being all kawaii!"

"I don't think so. Li's never been one to act on emotions. Before he met Sakura-Chan, I don't think he had any. But the party does sound like a great idea! And even better if the guys stay over! I've seen what Li sleeps in. And he looks good too. I mean, if Sakura-Chan saw him in what he wears, she'd be blushing all night!" Meilin said with a triumphant look on her face. The other three just stared at her.

"How do YOU know what Li wears to bed?!?!" Scott asked hotly.

"Well, I went over to his apartment late in the evening, and he was all set to go to sleep. I caught him just in time to talk to him. When he answered the door, he was wearing boxers. And only boxers." She explained.

"Hey! Meilin! Hey!" An unfamiliar voice shouted.

"Nadeshiko! Hey!" Meilin shouted back.

"Nadeshiko?" Tomoyo said bewildered.

"Have you seen Syaoran? I need to talk to him." The older girl asked.

"Well, I said that you guys were here and he left in a huff." Meilin told her. She looked over to see Tomoyo with a confused look on her face. Then she remembered.

"Sorry! Nadeshiko, this is Tomoyo-Chan and Scott-Kin. They're friends of Li, Eriol's and mine. Tomoyo-Chan, Scott-Kun, this is Nadeshiko, Li's oldest sister."

"Oh! Hi! We need your help and expertise." Tomoyo told her.

"Excuse me?" Nadeshiko asked.

"Oh, sorry. We need your help with the whole Li/Sakura thing." Tomoyo explained.

"Ah, that. Yes well, that may take some time, which we don't have a lot of." Nadeshiko said.

"What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked.

"You didn't tell them yet?!" Nadeshiko asked Meilin and Eriol sharply. Meilin and Eriol stared at the ground.

"Tell us what?" Scott asked.

"What are you doing here?" A voice interrupted. It was Syaoran walking with Sakura up to the group.

"Looking for you silly!" His sister said.

"Tell us what now?" Tomoyo asked again.

"What's going on? I leave you for, like five minutes and already I'm lost in the conversation." Sakura stated.

"Nadeshiko said something that I want to know more about." Tomoyo told her.

"Nadeshiko?" Sakura asked.

"What did you say Nadeshiko?" Syaoran demanded.

"I thought you already told them. I'm sorry Syaoran." His sister apologized.

"What did you say?" He demanded again.

"She said something like how there wasn't much time or something." Scott jumped in.

"You what? Why did you…How could you…Why?" He finally asked.

"I told you before, I thought you already told them!" She told him, sounding a little annoyed.

"Told us what Li?" Sakura asked.

"It's nothing. Forget it. Just forget everything." He said quietly.

"No. I want to know what you're keeping away from us." Tomoyo said to him.

"I'm going back home in a couple of months." He said.

"A month and a half." Eriol corrected.

Tomoyo and Sakura were shocked. Scott just blinked. 'He's leaving us? He's leaving me? How could he?' Sakura thought.

"How long were you three going to keep it away from us, huh? How long? A week before you left? A day?" Sakura asked coldly.

"We were going to tell you-" Meilin started.

"Were you?" Sakura said sharply.

"It wasn't like that Sakura!" He said. 'Oh God! She's pissed. Why didn't I tell her?'

"So then how was it Syaoran?" she asked.

"We were going to tell you. Just not today!"

"So when were you going to tell us?! "

"Later."

"Later when?" She said, tears threatening to pour out any second. She tried to blink them away, but some remained. Tomoyo had tears streaking down her face, but she was silent. Eriol put his arm around her. More tears fell. Scott just looked at Meilin, who looked at the ground. Nadeshiko was looking at her brother, who was desperately trying to explain his actions.

"I don't know. How am I suppose to bring up that I'm leaving to go back to Hong Kong to my best friend…s." He almost forgot that the others were there.

"How long have you known?" Sakura asked him. He was practically praying that she didn't ask that specific question.

"A few months." He said quietly and winced as he said it.

"A few months? You knew that you were leaving for a 'few months'? And you didn't tell us? You had all the time in the world to tell us that you were leaving and you didn't?" she asked sounding hurt. He felt horrible inside.

"I didn't know how to tell you." He said sadly. 'I hurt her. How could I do that to her. How could I do that to my Cherry Blossom? Well, she's not really mine. She never will be.'

"Are you two leaving too?" Sakura asked looking away from Syaoran. If she kept looking at him, she knew that she would burst into tears on the spot and would not stop crying until the day she died. 'He's leaving me. He's going to find someone in Hong Kong. He'll never love me the way I love him. He'll never love me period. He thinks of me as a friend. Only a friend. Why can't I just tell him that I love him? Because then I'd lose him forever. And I'd die if I lost him.'

"Yes." Meilin replied quietly.

"Oh." More tears were forming in Sakura's eyes.

"Hey guys! What's up?" Chiharu asked walking with Takashi, Rika and Naoko up to the seven of them. Sakura and her Card Capturing buddies had told the four of them all about the cards, so now all of her close friends knew.

"Who's this?" Rika asked, looking at Nadeshiko.

"Um, this is Nadeshiko. Li's sister." Tomoyo said, quickly wiping the tears from her eyes so they wouldn't know that she had been crying.

"You have a sister Li-Kun?" Takashi asked.

"Actually, he has three more." Nadeshiko informed the four of them.

"Sakura-Chan! What's wrong? Why do you look so sad?" Naoko asked her.

"Meilin-Chan, Li-Kun and Eriol-Kun are leaving for Hong Kong in two months." Scott told them.

"A month and a half." Eriol corrected again.

"You are?! Oh no! That's horrible!" Chiharu said.

"It's not that bad. It's only for a couple of months. Why are you acting like the world is gonna end?" Syaoran asked.

"Well…I thought that you and Sakura-Chan were- OW!" Naoko whacked Chiharu on the head. "What the hell was that for?" she asked angrily.

"You thought what about us?" Syaoran asked. 'Oh God! Does she know?'

"Well, since you guys like each other so much, I just thought…" She didn't finish.

"What exactly did you mean by 'since we like each other so much'?" Asked Sakura. 'Oh my God! She knows that I love him! This is not good!'

"Well, since practically everyone in school thinks you guys are a couple, I just thought that maybe you were and didn't tell us." Chiharu explained.

"WHAT!!??" Syaoran and Sakura exploded in unison.

"Really? That many people! This is great!" Tomoyo exclaimed. 'Now maybe they'll see that they like, no love, each other. Then maybe they'll confess their feelings for each other and get over it with already.'

"Who…why…how…where…Huh?" Sakura stammered.

"What I think she's trying to say is Who thinks we're a couple, Why do they think this, How did they get to that conclusion and Where are they so I can kill them?" Syaoran explained.

"Syaoran, there isn't any time! Mother needs to talk to you. And you too Meilin. It's about the we-"

"Alright, all right! We're going. We'll talk to you guys later, ok?" Syaoran asked. Everyone nodded except for Sakura. She just looked at him sadly.

"I'll call you later ok, Kinomoto?" Syaoran asked hopefully. 'God. Why does she have to look at me like that? Doesn't she know that this is killing me? No, of course not. She doesn't know how I feel about her. And she never will.' He thought to himself. Sakura nodded her head slowly. Tomoyo had a huge smile on her face as she was filming all of this. 'This is great stuff! When they're older and married, they're gonna love me so much for filming all this lovey, mushy stuff!' Tomoyo thought to herself.

"You guys are so ka-"

"DON'T SAY IT TOMOYO!!" Sakura and Syaoran shouted together.

"See?" Tomoyo asked. Eriol just shook his head then kissed Tomoyo on the cheek, which surprised everyone, especially Tomoyo. After noticing what he had done, he started walking towards Syaoran's house. Meilin, Nadeshiko and Syaoran followed him. Meilin turned around.

"Bye guys."

"Bye." The rest of the group replied. Tomoyo was still blushing. Then they started going their separate ways. The four who had just joined the group left their way and Sakura, Tomoyo and Scott left theirs. Scott lived just a few houses down from Tomoyo. With Sakura leading the way, Tomoyo and Scott followed behind talking.

"That's why everybody thinks they're a couple. Cuz they're so kawaii together." Tomoyo whispered to Scott. He just rolled his eyes.

"Hey Tomoyo-Chan?" He asked.

"Yeah?"

"Why did you and Sakura get all hyped up when you found out that Li's sister's name was Nadeshiko?" He inquired.

"Sakura's mom's name was Nadeshiko. That's why." She told him. He looked kind of embarrassed for asking the question. Tomoyo noticed this.

"But it's all right. I mean Sakura-Chan is ok talking about her mom." She said quickly.

"You don't miss a thing, do you?" He teased her.

"Nope. I catch everything. Like the way Li looks at Sakura!" Tomoyo said the last part louder than the rest. Sakura gave her an evil glare.

"Has Li been teaching you that?" Scott asked teasingly.

"Don't make me make the Fight Card kick your ass Scott! You know I'll do it!" She warned. He put up his hands in defeat. Tomoyo chortled.

"And what are you laughing at? I could get Watery to ruin that beloved camera of yours!" Sakura said sweetly in an evil tone. Tomoyo wiped the grin off her face and clutched her camcorder tightly.

"That's better." Sakura said.

"Have you've been taking lessons from Li about threatening people?" Scott asked. Sakura gave him the 'evil eye'. He just smirked. She gave him an evil grin, took off her necklace and started to chant

"O Key of Clow

Power of Mag-"

"Ok, ok! I take it back! Don't go all psycho on me!" Scott pleaded.

"I love it when you beg." Sakura teased. Scott gave a sarcastic grin.

"Hey Tomoyo. I've been meaning to ask you something. What was that whole kiss thing about?" Sakura asked her friend. Tomoyo just blushed.

"I honestly don't know. He was probably just trying to comfort me, that's all. Being a good friend." Tomoyo said.

"Uh huh. And Kero-Chan hates video games and sweets. I think you to liiiiiiiike each other." Sakura said to Tomoyo. She blushed even more. "You may think you see everything, but you don't. I see you two flirt with each other." Sakura continued.

"Oh and like you and Li don't?" Tomoyo shot back.

"We don't flirt." Sakura said seriously.

"Yah ok, and I'm the Queen of Pluto." Scott said sarcastically.

"Oh, like you should talk. You and Meilin haven't taken your eyes, and other body parts, off each other from the moment you guys met!" Sakura shot at him.

"Well, I do like her. At least I admit it! Unlike you two." He told them.

"I think Eriol-Kun is nice! He's a good friend!" Tomoyo tried to defend herself.

"Yah ok, 'Friend'. That's why you two are always together!" Sakura said.

"So what, you and Li are never together? You two are joined at the hip! That's why we spend so much time together. Because we follow you two!" Tomoyo exclaimed.

"We are Card Captors if you hadn't noticed!" Sakura told her.

"You caught the last card years ago! You haven't been a Card Captor in ages!" Tomoyo reminded her.

"Well, uh, that doesn't mean we don't have, uh, Card stuff to talk about!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Yah, ok, sure. What exactly do you two talk about if you're talking about the cards then?" Tomoyo asked.

"Certain stuff. Like, I dunno, stuff stuff. Look, he didn't kiss me! Eriol kissed you!" Sakura told her.

"He did it out of friendship! Not like you don't want Li to kiss you!" Tomoyo said back. Scott just stepped back to watch them banter back and forth on the sidewalk, grinning like a fool.

"I don't want him to kiss me! He's my best friend. Next to you of course. " Sakura said quickly. But it was too late. Tomoyo heard the pause.

"So he's your best friend now is he? So what's next? Boyfriend perhaps? Husband? Oh wait, you too are married already!" Tomoyo teased.

"That's for a class project! And besides, you're married to Eriol! And you know what I mean. He's my best…One of my best guy friends." Sakura replied. Both girls returned their attention to Scott, who was just looking at them.

"Oh, were you referring to me? I'm so honoured. Being on a scale with your beloved Li! I feel so important now! My life has meaning! I'm on the same scale as Li!" Scott said sarcastically in a teasing way. Sakura gave him a warning look and he backed away slowly.

"I don't have to take this from you. Either of you. I don't like him, all right?!" Sakura told them sternly.

"Yah, ok. What do you say your Highness?" Tomoyo asked Scott, doing a little curtsy as she turned to him.

"Well, darling, I think she's delusional. She seems to think that we can't see the signs. Either that or she doesn't know that they send signs back and forth because she is slow on picking up things like that." Scott said in a phoney English accent.

"I am not! I know signs when I see them!" Sakura said in her defence.

"So you admit it! Hahaha! MWA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YOU ADMIT IT!!" Tomoyo said in triumph.

"No I never! NO! I didn't say that! I didn't mean it like that!" Sakura said blushing a little. Both Tomoyo and Scott noticed this.

"So, if he doesn't mean anything to you, why do you always blush when you're with him?" Scott asked.

"I don't! But if I do, and I'm saying IF, it's because of you guys." She stated.

"Us?" Tomoyo asked skeptically.

"Yeah. You guys make a big deal out of nothing. If we stand beside each other, it means we like each other, if we hi to each other, we like each other. If he helps me with math, its cuz we like each other. We can't do anything together anymore cuz of you guys!" She said.

"What kind of things do you want to do with him Sakura?" Tomoyo asked innocently.

"SEE?! I can't say anything without you turning it into something about him or us!" She whined.

"Oh, so there's an 'us' now is there?" Scott asked smugly. Sakura looked like she was ready to pull out all her hair.

"NO! He's my friend! Nothing more! We don't like each other like that!" She almost screamed.

"But you used to like him, remember Sakura?" Tomoyo pointed out. Sakura blushed again.

"That was a long time ago Tomoyo. I've grown up. It was just a passing phase. That's all." She said quietly, looking at the ground.

"You used to like him and you didn't tell me? How could you?!" Scott asked, trying to sound hurt even though he had a huge grin on his face.

"It was before your time. It's in the past. You didn't need to know." Sakura told him.

"He liked her back too." Tomoyo said.

"WHAT!?!" Scott asked.

"Yup. They liked each other. And I think that they knew it too, but didn't do anything about it." Tomoyo stated. Scott just looked at Sakura, who was still staring at the ground.

"Did you know that he liked you?" He asked her seriously.

"I had a hunch." She replied.

"And you didn't do anything?!" He asked her sternly.

"I wasn't sure. I was pretty sure, but I wasn't positive. I didn't wanna look like a fool and go up to him and ask 'Li, do you like me? Cuz I like you a lot' and if said no, then I would've looked incredibly stupid. I also would have been hurt. I didn't want to lose him as my friend. So, I liked him, just for a little bit, from afar." She told him.

"Yah, little bit. Sakura, I bet you liked him the day you met him. Wasn't he in your dreams?" Tomoyo asked slyly. Sakura blushed a little more and Scott had his mouth agape, looking at her.

"He what?!" Scott asked.

"It's not what you think! Sometimes I get these dreams. Kinda like visions when I sleep. This was before I knew that Li ever existed. And its not like they were romantic dreams. He was just there." Sakura explained.

"Where?"

"On the Tokyo Tower. That's where all my card visions took place. The Tokyo Tower." She said. Tomoyo slapped her playfully on the back.

"Ow!" Sakura winced.

"I didn't hit you that hard." Tomoyo said.

"Yah, I know. My shoulder still hurts from when we fell off the bed." Sakura told her friend.

"We?" Scott asked.

"Me and Li." Sakura explained. Then she realised what she had said. She blushed a darker shade of pink then before. The other two just looked at her.

"Li! And you! Fell off a bed!?!" Tomoyo asked excitedly.

"No! It's not what you think! See Touya didn't want Li to sit on my bed, but I felt sorry for him so I let him but then we heard Touya coming up the stairs so I tried to push Li off but I fell too and I landed on my shoulder! That's all! Nothing happen!" She explained. She neglected to tell them that she landed on Syaoran as well.

"Why was he on your bed in the first place?" Scott asked slyly.

"We were doing the assignment." She said, sounding exhausted from explaining herself.

"On the bed?" Tomoyo asked.

"So?"

"Were you practising?"

"Tomoyo, what are you talking about? What would we be practis…Oh. You heard that." Sakura blushed a little. "You were listening to OUR conversation huh?" She asked her.

"Well, uh, ya see…uh…hehehe…uh, well, uh, see, um, cuz…" Tomoyo started to say but didn't finished.

"Uh huh. Why do you do this to me?" Sakura asked suddenly and seriously.

"Because I know how you two feel about each other and how you won't admit it. I want to help you." Tomoyo replied, also seriously.

"But I don't like him." Sakura told her. 'How can I lie to my best friend?'

"Maybe not on the outside. But in your heart of hearts, you know you do!" Tomoyo said. 'C'mon Sakura. Don't lie to me anymore. Don't lie to yourself.'

"Sakura, feelings don't just go away. Especially the feelings you had and have for Li." Scott interrupted. The two girls just looked at him because for a moment, they forgot he was there.

"I told you before, it was just a little crush." 'They're right. I'm lying to myself. But I have to. He'll never love me. I'm just a friend to him.' She thought sadly.

"Sakura, don't you know how much he cares for you?" Tomoyo asked.

"He cares for me like a friend. The same way I care for him." She told them.

"He cares for you so much! Why can't you see it?" Tomoyo asked.

"Why don't you admit that you like Eriol?" Sakura tried to change the subject.

"Maybe I will once you admit your feelings for Li-Kun." She said. Sakura looked at the two of them, then stared at the ground.

"Is it really that obvious?" She finally gave in.

"Only to Meilin, Eriol, Scott, Me and the rest of the world. The only person blind enough not to see it is Li!" Tomoyo said happily.

"Well, ok. That's good I guess. He doesn't know. And he never will, right?" Sakura said threateningly.

"Sakura, both of you are so utterly clueless! The only way he would find out that you liked him is if you went up to him and kissed him." Tomoyo said. Sakura blushed at the thought.

"That's not going to happen." Sakura told them firmly.

"One day it might. And when that day comes, I'll be there!" Tomoyo stated. Scott just rolled his eyes and Sakura blushed a little harder. She then looked at her watch.

"I better get going. My dad will probably be wondering where I am." She said.

"Yah, we've been here for about 15 minutes." Scott said. So they all left to their respected houses. When Sakura got home, only Touya was there.

"And where have you been?" He asked her.

"Down the street. Why?" She replied.

"Oh, ok. Whatever kaijuu." He said.