Hi everyone! This is the second chapter for Behind the Emerald green. Hope
you all liked the last chapter. I don't own any of the characters in this
story except for Sayau Lee and Bryan Kent. Enjoy the story.
"I'll help them, but you better explain this to Sakura. She's my friend and I don't want to lose her. Hey, why don't you ask Bryan to help? You and I both know that he likes Madison. We'll ask him to act as me. As long as he doesn't do any funny stuff." Suggested Sayau. "Great idea Sayau! I'll tell Madison and Sakura right now while you go talk to Li." Smiled Meilin as she went toward the room that Sakura and them were in.
Sayau followed her. "Hi Madison. Sakura, Madison? Can I talk to you guys for a second, alone?" asked Meilin with a wink. "Sure." Smiled Madison. "O.K." said Sakura as they left the room.
"So, did you just come here?" asked Sayau. "No." said Li glaring at Sayau. Sayau sweat dropped. "Well, uh. Sakura is really pretty don't you think? I mean, I haven't gotten the courage to ask her out yet but she and I are really close friends." Smiled Sayau. Li glared at him. "Really? Oh, well. yea I guess. I don't really care." Answered Li.
"So what's your favorite flavor of ice-cream?" asked Sayau. "Chocolate." Li answered. "Oh, mine is. uh strawberry. Same as Sakura's of course." Answered Sayau even though his favorite ice-cream flavor was really chocolate mint. "Oh." Said Li.
Sayau sweat dropped. He was running out of things to say about Sakura. He would have more stuff to talk about, if the subject was on Meilin. "So, uh. Sakura's really nice. She's got a heart of gold. She loves everyone, even some of the popular the girls at school who treat her so badly because they're jealous of her, but Sakura just smiles warmly at them. Man, lots of guys are crazy about her, but almost everyone at school votes us to be the number one couple at school. Sakura and me." Lied Sayau. "Really?" said Li getting more jealous every second.
"Yes, do you want to know more?" asked Sayau with a grin. "Not really, I've met her before." Answered Li. "Oh really. How much do you really know about her?" Sayau gave a tint of challenge in his voice. "Why don't you quiz me and find out?" dared Li with a sly smile.
"What's her favorite color?"
"Pink and white."
"What's her favorite flower?"
"Cherry blossoms."
"Who's her best friend?"
"Madison."
"What's the best way to get to her?"
"That's a hard question, hmmmm."
"I thought you knew a lot about her." Smirked Sayau.
"Talking to Madison to get to her." Answered Li. He was guessing.
"Did you get that in a book?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, lots of guys want to go out with her so they made a book about all the stuff she liked and disliked and stuff like that.
"Really?" asked Li surprised.
"Yea! What was the best present she ever got?"
"The stuffed bear I gave her?" Li blushed. Sakura had said to him, that it was the best present she ever got, before he had left.
"You gave that to her? O.K. What's her second favorite toy?"
"Kero, the stuffed animal by her bed."
"So you've been in her bedroom to huh? What did you do in there?" Sayau smirked.
Li blushed and yelled, "NOTHING!"
Just then Sakura came out. "What's going on?" she asked. "N.nothing." Stammered Li. Sayau smiled and went up to Sakura, "Hey Sakura." Li glared at Sayau and Sayau sweat dropped. 'Man! He's really into her. I mean I knew that Meilin said that Li was crazy about Sakura, but this is like life and death!' Sayau thought.
"Hey Sam. Meilin told me that you wanted everyone to call you Sam now, since it's shorter. Like a nick-name." Smiled Sakura as she hugged him. (A/N: She doesn't know about the plan, she only thinks that Sayau wanted a cute nickname.) "Kawaiiii!" Sakura screamed as she hugged him. Sayau hugged her back. "Yea, it was Mei. I mean my idea. I thought that it was. yea. You know what I mean. So where's Madison and Meilin?" asked Sayau as Sakura let go.
Li was steaming with jealousy now. "Oh, they're still inside talking. Meilin said they were planning a big surprise for someone." Smiled Sakura. Sayau smiled back. "Oh."
Just then the music turned on and the lights turned off. Meilin peeked out of the door and winked at Sayau then closed the door quietly. Sayau got the hint and then turned to Sakura with puppy eyes.
"Sakura? Do you want to dance with me?" he asked. Sakura looked at him and smiled, "Sure." She answered. They started dancing and then all of a sudden Sakura excused herself to go to the washroom.
When she had left, Sayau walked over to Li. "So you do know a lot about her. Do you have feelings for her?" he asked. "N.no." answered Li. "Good, it's easier for me then." He smiled. Li glared at him, but to his surprise, Sayau glared back to him too.
While that was all happening, Meilin had told Madison about her plan. "This is great!" clapped Madison while laughing. "Now all we have to do is call Bryan." Said Meilin. Madison picked up the phone and dialed his number.
"Hello, Bryan?"
*Madison? * (Blushing on the other line)
"Can you come over to my house for a while?"
*You mean. to your house? Me? *
"Yes."
*Sure*
"Great! Bye!"
*Bye*
Then Madison and Meilin headed out onto the dance floor. "Xiolang! Great news! Sayau's coming!" yelled Meilin as she ran up to Li. "That's great Meilin." Said Li grunting his teeth. Meilin smiled. 'I guess Sayau did a good job making Xiolang jealous.'
Just then the bell rung and Bryan came in. "Sayau!" Meilin yelled as she ran up to him and dragged him off. Bryan was shocked, "What the.?" he started, but Meilin dragged him into the kitchen.
Meilin told Bryan her plan, and he didn't agree at first, but when Meilin told Bryan that it was for Madison, he agreed.
Then they went back to the room and Bryan started dancing with Meilin. Sakura came in, "Bry." but Madison interrupted and dragged Sakura into the kitchen.
"Sakura. Bryan wants to be called Sayau now." Lied Madison. "But why?" Sakura asked. "I'm not sure." Answered Madison. "O.K." said Sakura as they went into the room. "Hey Sayau." Greeted Sakura and Madison with a smile. "Hey Sakura, Madison." He answered.
Madison winked at Meilin and walked over to Li. Sakura followed. Sayau (The real one.) then went up to Sakura and asked for a dance. Sakura accepted.
"Li, how come you didn't ask Sakura to dance with you?" asked Madison. "She wouldn't dance with me anyway. I hate dancing." Answered Li. "Li, you should try. Come on." Said Madison as she grabbed Li and started dancing with him.
"You're not a bad dancer." Complimented Madison. "I never said I was." Said Li. Then Madison and Meilin switched partners.
"Li, I never knew you could dance." Said Meilin. "I never said I couldn't." said Li. "Are you jealous?" asked Meilin slyly. "What could I possibly be jealous of?" asked Li. "Sam." Answered Meilin. Li glared at Sam.
Then they switched partners again. Bryan was a bit upset that he couldn't dance with Madison any longer but switched anyway. Sakura was now dancing with Li.
"Wow Li. I didn't know you could dance." Said Sakura. Li blushed. "Thanks. Dancing isn't a perfection that I thought I needed to perfect." He answered. Sakura smiled. "You're still really good at it Li. Do you do it a lot?" she asked. "N. no, barely ever." Answered Li. Sakura leaned closer to Li as the song took a slower rhythm. Li blushed.
Just then the music stopped and the lights turned on. Madison's chef, Michael, came in with the huge cake. Everyone looked at it in shock, except for Madison.
"Wow Madison. That's such a huge cake." Sakura said smiling. "I'll save some for Kero." Whispered Madison to Sakura.
"Nice cake Madison." Said Bryan as he wrapped his arm around her. Madison wanted to take his arm off, but she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Meilin saw her uncomfortable look and grabbed Bryan's arm. "Sayau, why don't you grab some cake for me and Madison." She said smiling at Bryan. Bryan looked at her and then went to cut out a piece of cake.
Sayau went over with him and quickly cut out two pieces of cake and gave a piece to Sakura. "Thanks." Said Sakura. "No problem Sakura. Anything for you." He said smiling. Sakura looked at him questioningly but then smiled back. Li glared at him as he walked by and wrapped his arm around Sakura.
"Li, why don't you get a piece of cake?" asked Meilin. "I'm not feeling very hungry at the moment." Answered Li. "But Li, it's your favorite." Said Meilin. Sakura looked at him worriedly. "I said I'm not hungry Meilin. I'm tired, let's go home." He answered. Meilin looked at her watch. It was already five p.m. "Oh how time flies." Said Madison sadly.
"Xiolang? Um. why don't you walk Sakura home? I'll drive your car. I'll help drop off Sayau and Sam." Said Meilin with a wink. Li blushed. "Yes, and walk slowly while you're at it." Smiled Madison. "Hoe?" asked Sakura, who didn't get what was going on.
Without letting Li answer her, she quickly grabbed Bryan and Sayau and ran out. As soon as she had left, Li looked at Sakura. "Sakura. can I walk you home?" he asked. "Sure." Answered Sakura with a smile.
When they had got to her doorstep, Tori opened the door. "Hey Squirt. You're home ear. What's he doing here?" asked Tori, glaring at Li. Li glared back at him. Sakura sweat dropped. "He just came back from Hong Kong Tori." Answered Sakura. "I thought you were going over to Madison's house." Said Tori. "I just came back, Li was walking me home. That's all Tori." Said Sakura, trying to stop the two. Li looked away. "Bye Sakura." He said quickly and walked away.
Meilin dropped Bryan off first. "Bye Bryan. Thanks for helping us out." Said Meilin. "No problem. Thanks for the ride. Bye." Said Bryan as he got out of the car and walked to his doorstep.
"So Sayau, do you want to do something first before going home?" asked Meilin. "With you? Why not?" answered Sayau. Meilin parked the car by Li's house and then took a stroll to the park with Sayau.
It was dark and the stars were just starting to come out. "Aren't the stars beautiful?" asked Meilin. "Yea. Hey Meilin. About Li, he's really into Sakura isn't he?" asked Sayau. "More than you'll ever know." Answered Meilin with a smile. "Too bad. We won't be becoming friends soon." Sighed Sayau. "Li's a great guy. A bit stubborn and rude, but never like that around Sakura." Meilin smiled. "Just like you?" joked Sayau. "Hey!" laughed Meilin. "Just joking." Laughed Sayau. "I know." Smiled Meilin.
They sat on the bench for a while, without moving or talking. Sayau wrapped his arm around Meilin. "Are you cold?" asked Sayau. Meilin was starting to shiver. "No, not really." Lied Meilin. Sayau took off his jacket and wrapped it around Meilin. "Come on, let's get you home before you catch a cold." Said Sayau getting up.
Just then, Li was passing by. "Meilin? What are you doing with Sam?" asked Li. "Well. you see, he's my friend and uh. he. I mean I was cold so he lent me his jacket. "Yea, that's what happened." Lied Sayau. Li glared at Sayau but then turned back to look at Meilin. "You two seemed pretty close for just friends." Stated Li. "Why would you say that? We're only friends." Smiled Meilin nervously. "Whatever. Where's my car?" asked Li. "I parked it in front of your house." Answered Meilin. "I'll talk to you when we get home Meilin." Said Li. He glared at Sayau one last time before turning around and heading home.
"Whoa. That was close. So, are you going to be O.K?" asked Sayau. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. I can handle myself." Smiled Meilin. "O.K. then. I'll leave you alone then. Walk home with Li, its safer." Said Sayau. "I'll be fine. Now you better get home. You know there's a dance coming in two weeks. We have to be able to make Li ask Sakura to go with him, before someone else does. And the only way to do that is if you pretend to ask Sakura. Then he'd have to hurry up and ask her. Don't blow your cover, O.K?" warned Meilin. "I won't. If I do, I'll have to deal with you." Joked Sayau. "I'm serious." Said Meilin. "I know. Bye." Waved Sayau. Meilin gave him an untrusting look. "Don't you trust me?" smiled Sayau. "Fine. Bye." Hesitated Meilin as she finally followed Li home.
'How am I suppose to make Li ask Sakura out? I could always give him hints that I'm going to ask her, but that won't work. He already knows something's going on. He doesn't seem to be the type that falls into traps easily, but Meilin does know him better than probably almost everyone. She just better know what she's doing.' Thought Sayau as he walked home.
Li was sitting on a couch by the front entrance waiting for Meilin to come in. Meilin finally came and opened the door. "Whew, that was close." She said quietly as she entered the mansion. "What was close?" asked Li putting down the book he was reading.
"Uh. Xiolang! I didn't know you were waiting for me. I wa. was, did you know there's a dance coming up in two weeks?" asked Meilin trying to change the subject. "No. What's going on here Meilin? Is there something going on that I don't know about?" asked Li. "N. no, of course not." Stammered Meilin. "Meilin, you know I don't like surprises." Said Li. "I know that Xiolang. Why in the world would be thinking that I'm going out with Sam?" asked Meilin nervously. "I never said you were going out with Sam. Meilin, what is going on?" asked Li. "Oh look, Wei. Uh Wei, can you please get some hot soup ready, I'm kind of cold." Asked Meilin.
"Meilin. you better tell me." Ordered Li. "Xiolang, you just got back here. Don't you miss me?" asked Meilin. "Not really. Now you better tell me what's." started Li. "Excuse me Xiolang. I need some rest, if you don't mind, I'll talk to you in the morning." Said Meilin as she quickly rushed upstairs. "Meilin! Come back here, I'm not finished." Yelled Li as Meilin ran up the stairs. "I am!" yelled Meilin.
"Wei, now I remember what really bugged me about her." Sighed Li. Wei smiled. "Yes Master. I am going to bring Meilin her soup now Master." Said Wei heading upstairs. "O.K. tell Meilin I'm going to have a lot of questions for her tomorrow." Added Li. "Yes Master." Answered Wei.
Wei got upstairs and gave Meilin her soup. "Thank you Wei." Said Meilin politely. "Master Syaoran wanted to tell you that he'd have lots of questions in the morning for you Mistress." Added Wei as he was leaving. "We'll see about that." Smiled Meilin.
Meilin quickly finished her soup and took a shower. (There's a bathroom connected to every bedroom and some separate.) When she was done, she quickly dialed Madison's cellular phone.
"Hello Madison?"
*Meilin? What is it? *
"Li is getting a bit suspicious. We have to be more careful now."
*O.K. don't worry. I called Bryan just a minute ago, and he agreed to pretend to be Sayau for a little longer. *
"That's great. I'll meet you at school tomorrow early O.K?"
*Sure, but why? *
"I'll explain tomorrow. Good-night."
*O.K. then, goodnight. *
Meilin quickly went to bed after the phone call. The next morning, Li got up early to do his training as usual. When he was done, he went downstairs for breakfast. "Wei, can you wake up Meilin?" asked Li. "Sorry sir, she has already left." Answered Wei. "WHAT! Why didn't you tell me earlier?" asked Li. "Sorry Master, but she said not to bother you. She left while you were doing your training. You told me that you didn't want anyone to bother you while you were training." Answered Wei. "O.K. then Wei. I'll have to talk to her at school." Said Li.
Li quickly finished up his breakfast and got into his car. When he got to the school gates, lots of girls were surrounding him.
"Wow! What a nice car. Isn't this the new car on the market? It's expensive." Gasped one girl. "Forget that! Look at the cute guy driving it." Said her friend dreamily.
Li couldn't stand it anymore, "Get out of the way!" he yelled. "Ooh, he's cute." Another girl flashed a smile at him. Meilin was standing only a few feet away from there. She was laughing with Madison.
"This is priceless Madison. Do you have it on tape?" asked Meilin. "Yes, and I'm still taping. Look! Here comes Sakura." Giggled Madison. "I'll get this one." smiled Meilin as she walked over to Sakura.
"What's going on?" asked Sakura. "Li is being surrounded by his admirers." Laughed Meilin. "Shouldn't we help?" asked Sakura. "No way!" laughed Meilin. "I feel sorry for him." Said Sakura. "Oh alright, let's go." Groaned Meilin.
"O.K. girls! This vehicle here, and the driver, belongs to the property of Miss Sakura Kinomoto." Yelled Meilin in a serious voice, but then broke down in laughter as Li looked at Sakura and blushed. Madison laughed as she saw and heard Meilin screaming her head off with laughter. "Go Meilin." She whispered silently.
Just then Sayau came along. "Hey Meilin!" yelled Sayau, but when he saw Meilin give a quick glance to Li he yelled, "Sakura! Great to see you! I've missed you." Then ran up to her and gave her a hug. Meilin was a bit jealous, but she knew it was an act and smiled.
Li glared at him in jealousy. "Hey Sayau. I missed you too." Sakura smiled. "It's Sayau!" some girls coming screamed. Sayau was the most popular guy at school right now. Just then almost all the girls started running toward Sayau. "Bye Sakura!" screamed Sayau as he ran for his life. And his life did depend on it. Meilin and Madison laughed. Li was finally able to park his car.
"Meilin. You better.what the? Sayau? Meilin, you better tell me now." Ordered Li as he stomped madly toward Meilin. "Those girls were." started Meilin.
"I'll help them, but you better explain this to Sakura. She's my friend and I don't want to lose her. Hey, why don't you ask Bryan to help? You and I both know that he likes Madison. We'll ask him to act as me. As long as he doesn't do any funny stuff." Suggested Sayau. "Great idea Sayau! I'll tell Madison and Sakura right now while you go talk to Li." Smiled Meilin as she went toward the room that Sakura and them were in.
Sayau followed her. "Hi Madison. Sakura, Madison? Can I talk to you guys for a second, alone?" asked Meilin with a wink. "Sure." Smiled Madison. "O.K." said Sakura as they left the room.
"So, did you just come here?" asked Sayau. "No." said Li glaring at Sayau. Sayau sweat dropped. "Well, uh. Sakura is really pretty don't you think? I mean, I haven't gotten the courage to ask her out yet but she and I are really close friends." Smiled Sayau. Li glared at him. "Really? Oh, well. yea I guess. I don't really care." Answered Li.
"So what's your favorite flavor of ice-cream?" asked Sayau. "Chocolate." Li answered. "Oh, mine is. uh strawberry. Same as Sakura's of course." Answered Sayau even though his favorite ice-cream flavor was really chocolate mint. "Oh." Said Li.
Sayau sweat dropped. He was running out of things to say about Sakura. He would have more stuff to talk about, if the subject was on Meilin. "So, uh. Sakura's really nice. She's got a heart of gold. She loves everyone, even some of the popular the girls at school who treat her so badly because they're jealous of her, but Sakura just smiles warmly at them. Man, lots of guys are crazy about her, but almost everyone at school votes us to be the number one couple at school. Sakura and me." Lied Sayau. "Really?" said Li getting more jealous every second.
"Yes, do you want to know more?" asked Sayau with a grin. "Not really, I've met her before." Answered Li. "Oh really. How much do you really know about her?" Sayau gave a tint of challenge in his voice. "Why don't you quiz me and find out?" dared Li with a sly smile.
"What's her favorite color?"
"Pink and white."
"What's her favorite flower?"
"Cherry blossoms."
"Who's her best friend?"
"Madison."
"What's the best way to get to her?"
"That's a hard question, hmmmm."
"I thought you knew a lot about her." Smirked Sayau.
"Talking to Madison to get to her." Answered Li. He was guessing.
"Did you get that in a book?"
"What do you mean by that?"
"Well, lots of guys want to go out with her so they made a book about all the stuff she liked and disliked and stuff like that.
"Really?" asked Li surprised.
"Yea! What was the best present she ever got?"
"The stuffed bear I gave her?" Li blushed. Sakura had said to him, that it was the best present she ever got, before he had left.
"You gave that to her? O.K. What's her second favorite toy?"
"Kero, the stuffed animal by her bed."
"So you've been in her bedroom to huh? What did you do in there?" Sayau smirked.
Li blushed and yelled, "NOTHING!"
Just then Sakura came out. "What's going on?" she asked. "N.nothing." Stammered Li. Sayau smiled and went up to Sakura, "Hey Sakura." Li glared at Sayau and Sayau sweat dropped. 'Man! He's really into her. I mean I knew that Meilin said that Li was crazy about Sakura, but this is like life and death!' Sayau thought.
"Hey Sam. Meilin told me that you wanted everyone to call you Sam now, since it's shorter. Like a nick-name." Smiled Sakura as she hugged him. (A/N: She doesn't know about the plan, she only thinks that Sayau wanted a cute nickname.) "Kawaiiii!" Sakura screamed as she hugged him. Sayau hugged her back. "Yea, it was Mei. I mean my idea. I thought that it was. yea. You know what I mean. So where's Madison and Meilin?" asked Sayau as Sakura let go.
Li was steaming with jealousy now. "Oh, they're still inside talking. Meilin said they were planning a big surprise for someone." Smiled Sakura. Sayau smiled back. "Oh."
Just then the music turned on and the lights turned off. Meilin peeked out of the door and winked at Sayau then closed the door quietly. Sayau got the hint and then turned to Sakura with puppy eyes.
"Sakura? Do you want to dance with me?" he asked. Sakura looked at him and smiled, "Sure." She answered. They started dancing and then all of a sudden Sakura excused herself to go to the washroom.
When she had left, Sayau walked over to Li. "So you do know a lot about her. Do you have feelings for her?" he asked. "N.no." answered Li. "Good, it's easier for me then." He smiled. Li glared at him, but to his surprise, Sayau glared back to him too.
While that was all happening, Meilin had told Madison about her plan. "This is great!" clapped Madison while laughing. "Now all we have to do is call Bryan." Said Meilin. Madison picked up the phone and dialed his number.
"Hello, Bryan?"
*Madison? * (Blushing on the other line)
"Can you come over to my house for a while?"
*You mean. to your house? Me? *
"Yes."
*Sure*
"Great! Bye!"
*Bye*
Then Madison and Meilin headed out onto the dance floor. "Xiolang! Great news! Sayau's coming!" yelled Meilin as she ran up to Li. "That's great Meilin." Said Li grunting his teeth. Meilin smiled. 'I guess Sayau did a good job making Xiolang jealous.'
Just then the bell rung and Bryan came in. "Sayau!" Meilin yelled as she ran up to him and dragged him off. Bryan was shocked, "What the.?" he started, but Meilin dragged him into the kitchen.
Meilin told Bryan her plan, and he didn't agree at first, but when Meilin told Bryan that it was for Madison, he agreed.
Then they went back to the room and Bryan started dancing with Meilin. Sakura came in, "Bry." but Madison interrupted and dragged Sakura into the kitchen.
"Sakura. Bryan wants to be called Sayau now." Lied Madison. "But why?" Sakura asked. "I'm not sure." Answered Madison. "O.K." said Sakura as they went into the room. "Hey Sayau." Greeted Sakura and Madison with a smile. "Hey Sakura, Madison." He answered.
Madison winked at Meilin and walked over to Li. Sakura followed. Sayau (The real one.) then went up to Sakura and asked for a dance. Sakura accepted.
"Li, how come you didn't ask Sakura to dance with you?" asked Madison. "She wouldn't dance with me anyway. I hate dancing." Answered Li. "Li, you should try. Come on." Said Madison as she grabbed Li and started dancing with him.
"You're not a bad dancer." Complimented Madison. "I never said I was." Said Li. Then Madison and Meilin switched partners.
"Li, I never knew you could dance." Said Meilin. "I never said I couldn't." said Li. "Are you jealous?" asked Meilin slyly. "What could I possibly be jealous of?" asked Li. "Sam." Answered Meilin. Li glared at Sam.
Then they switched partners again. Bryan was a bit upset that he couldn't dance with Madison any longer but switched anyway. Sakura was now dancing with Li.
"Wow Li. I didn't know you could dance." Said Sakura. Li blushed. "Thanks. Dancing isn't a perfection that I thought I needed to perfect." He answered. Sakura smiled. "You're still really good at it Li. Do you do it a lot?" she asked. "N. no, barely ever." Answered Li. Sakura leaned closer to Li as the song took a slower rhythm. Li blushed.
Just then the music stopped and the lights turned on. Madison's chef, Michael, came in with the huge cake. Everyone looked at it in shock, except for Madison.
"Wow Madison. That's such a huge cake." Sakura said smiling. "I'll save some for Kero." Whispered Madison to Sakura.
"Nice cake Madison." Said Bryan as he wrapped his arm around her. Madison wanted to take his arm off, but she didn't want to hurt his feelings. Meilin saw her uncomfortable look and grabbed Bryan's arm. "Sayau, why don't you grab some cake for me and Madison." She said smiling at Bryan. Bryan looked at her and then went to cut out a piece of cake.
Sayau went over with him and quickly cut out two pieces of cake and gave a piece to Sakura. "Thanks." Said Sakura. "No problem Sakura. Anything for you." He said smiling. Sakura looked at him questioningly but then smiled back. Li glared at him as he walked by and wrapped his arm around Sakura.
"Li, why don't you get a piece of cake?" asked Meilin. "I'm not feeling very hungry at the moment." Answered Li. "But Li, it's your favorite." Said Meilin. Sakura looked at him worriedly. "I said I'm not hungry Meilin. I'm tired, let's go home." He answered. Meilin looked at her watch. It was already five p.m. "Oh how time flies." Said Madison sadly.
"Xiolang? Um. why don't you walk Sakura home? I'll drive your car. I'll help drop off Sayau and Sam." Said Meilin with a wink. Li blushed. "Yes, and walk slowly while you're at it." Smiled Madison. "Hoe?" asked Sakura, who didn't get what was going on.
Without letting Li answer her, she quickly grabbed Bryan and Sayau and ran out. As soon as she had left, Li looked at Sakura. "Sakura. can I walk you home?" he asked. "Sure." Answered Sakura with a smile.
When they had got to her doorstep, Tori opened the door. "Hey Squirt. You're home ear. What's he doing here?" asked Tori, glaring at Li. Li glared back at him. Sakura sweat dropped. "He just came back from Hong Kong Tori." Answered Sakura. "I thought you were going over to Madison's house." Said Tori. "I just came back, Li was walking me home. That's all Tori." Said Sakura, trying to stop the two. Li looked away. "Bye Sakura." He said quickly and walked away.
Meilin dropped Bryan off first. "Bye Bryan. Thanks for helping us out." Said Meilin. "No problem. Thanks for the ride. Bye." Said Bryan as he got out of the car and walked to his doorstep.
"So Sayau, do you want to do something first before going home?" asked Meilin. "With you? Why not?" answered Sayau. Meilin parked the car by Li's house and then took a stroll to the park with Sayau.
It was dark and the stars were just starting to come out. "Aren't the stars beautiful?" asked Meilin. "Yea. Hey Meilin. About Li, he's really into Sakura isn't he?" asked Sayau. "More than you'll ever know." Answered Meilin with a smile. "Too bad. We won't be becoming friends soon." Sighed Sayau. "Li's a great guy. A bit stubborn and rude, but never like that around Sakura." Meilin smiled. "Just like you?" joked Sayau. "Hey!" laughed Meilin. "Just joking." Laughed Sayau. "I know." Smiled Meilin.
They sat on the bench for a while, without moving or talking. Sayau wrapped his arm around Meilin. "Are you cold?" asked Sayau. Meilin was starting to shiver. "No, not really." Lied Meilin. Sayau took off his jacket and wrapped it around Meilin. "Come on, let's get you home before you catch a cold." Said Sayau getting up.
Just then, Li was passing by. "Meilin? What are you doing with Sam?" asked Li. "Well. you see, he's my friend and uh. he. I mean I was cold so he lent me his jacket. "Yea, that's what happened." Lied Sayau. Li glared at Sayau but then turned back to look at Meilin. "You two seemed pretty close for just friends." Stated Li. "Why would you say that? We're only friends." Smiled Meilin nervously. "Whatever. Where's my car?" asked Li. "I parked it in front of your house." Answered Meilin. "I'll talk to you when we get home Meilin." Said Li. He glared at Sayau one last time before turning around and heading home.
"Whoa. That was close. So, are you going to be O.K?" asked Sayau. "Don't worry. I'll be fine. I can handle myself." Smiled Meilin. "O.K. then. I'll leave you alone then. Walk home with Li, its safer." Said Sayau. "I'll be fine. Now you better get home. You know there's a dance coming in two weeks. We have to be able to make Li ask Sakura to go with him, before someone else does. And the only way to do that is if you pretend to ask Sakura. Then he'd have to hurry up and ask her. Don't blow your cover, O.K?" warned Meilin. "I won't. If I do, I'll have to deal with you." Joked Sayau. "I'm serious." Said Meilin. "I know. Bye." Waved Sayau. Meilin gave him an untrusting look. "Don't you trust me?" smiled Sayau. "Fine. Bye." Hesitated Meilin as she finally followed Li home.
'How am I suppose to make Li ask Sakura out? I could always give him hints that I'm going to ask her, but that won't work. He already knows something's going on. He doesn't seem to be the type that falls into traps easily, but Meilin does know him better than probably almost everyone. She just better know what she's doing.' Thought Sayau as he walked home.
Li was sitting on a couch by the front entrance waiting for Meilin to come in. Meilin finally came and opened the door. "Whew, that was close." She said quietly as she entered the mansion. "What was close?" asked Li putting down the book he was reading.
"Uh. Xiolang! I didn't know you were waiting for me. I wa. was, did you know there's a dance coming up in two weeks?" asked Meilin trying to change the subject. "No. What's going on here Meilin? Is there something going on that I don't know about?" asked Li. "N. no, of course not." Stammered Meilin. "Meilin, you know I don't like surprises." Said Li. "I know that Xiolang. Why in the world would be thinking that I'm going out with Sam?" asked Meilin nervously. "I never said you were going out with Sam. Meilin, what is going on?" asked Li. "Oh look, Wei. Uh Wei, can you please get some hot soup ready, I'm kind of cold." Asked Meilin.
"Meilin. you better tell me." Ordered Li. "Xiolang, you just got back here. Don't you miss me?" asked Meilin. "Not really. Now you better tell me what's." started Li. "Excuse me Xiolang. I need some rest, if you don't mind, I'll talk to you in the morning." Said Meilin as she quickly rushed upstairs. "Meilin! Come back here, I'm not finished." Yelled Li as Meilin ran up the stairs. "I am!" yelled Meilin.
"Wei, now I remember what really bugged me about her." Sighed Li. Wei smiled. "Yes Master. I am going to bring Meilin her soup now Master." Said Wei heading upstairs. "O.K. tell Meilin I'm going to have a lot of questions for her tomorrow." Added Li. "Yes Master." Answered Wei.
Wei got upstairs and gave Meilin her soup. "Thank you Wei." Said Meilin politely. "Master Syaoran wanted to tell you that he'd have lots of questions in the morning for you Mistress." Added Wei as he was leaving. "We'll see about that." Smiled Meilin.
Meilin quickly finished her soup and took a shower. (There's a bathroom connected to every bedroom and some separate.) When she was done, she quickly dialed Madison's cellular phone.
"Hello Madison?"
*Meilin? What is it? *
"Li is getting a bit suspicious. We have to be more careful now."
*O.K. don't worry. I called Bryan just a minute ago, and he agreed to pretend to be Sayau for a little longer. *
"That's great. I'll meet you at school tomorrow early O.K?"
*Sure, but why? *
"I'll explain tomorrow. Good-night."
*O.K. then, goodnight. *
Meilin quickly went to bed after the phone call. The next morning, Li got up early to do his training as usual. When he was done, he went downstairs for breakfast. "Wei, can you wake up Meilin?" asked Li. "Sorry sir, she has already left." Answered Wei. "WHAT! Why didn't you tell me earlier?" asked Li. "Sorry Master, but she said not to bother you. She left while you were doing your training. You told me that you didn't want anyone to bother you while you were training." Answered Wei. "O.K. then Wei. I'll have to talk to her at school." Said Li.
Li quickly finished up his breakfast and got into his car. When he got to the school gates, lots of girls were surrounding him.
"Wow! What a nice car. Isn't this the new car on the market? It's expensive." Gasped one girl. "Forget that! Look at the cute guy driving it." Said her friend dreamily.
Li couldn't stand it anymore, "Get out of the way!" he yelled. "Ooh, he's cute." Another girl flashed a smile at him. Meilin was standing only a few feet away from there. She was laughing with Madison.
"This is priceless Madison. Do you have it on tape?" asked Meilin. "Yes, and I'm still taping. Look! Here comes Sakura." Giggled Madison. "I'll get this one." smiled Meilin as she walked over to Sakura.
"What's going on?" asked Sakura. "Li is being surrounded by his admirers." Laughed Meilin. "Shouldn't we help?" asked Sakura. "No way!" laughed Meilin. "I feel sorry for him." Said Sakura. "Oh alright, let's go." Groaned Meilin.
"O.K. girls! This vehicle here, and the driver, belongs to the property of Miss Sakura Kinomoto." Yelled Meilin in a serious voice, but then broke down in laughter as Li looked at Sakura and blushed. Madison laughed as she saw and heard Meilin screaming her head off with laughter. "Go Meilin." She whispered silently.
Just then Sayau came along. "Hey Meilin!" yelled Sayau, but when he saw Meilin give a quick glance to Li he yelled, "Sakura! Great to see you! I've missed you." Then ran up to her and gave her a hug. Meilin was a bit jealous, but she knew it was an act and smiled.
Li glared at him in jealousy. "Hey Sayau. I missed you too." Sakura smiled. "It's Sayau!" some girls coming screamed. Sayau was the most popular guy at school right now. Just then almost all the girls started running toward Sayau. "Bye Sakura!" screamed Sayau as he ran for his life. And his life did depend on it. Meilin and Madison laughed. Li was finally able to park his car.
"Meilin. You better.what the? Sayau? Meilin, you better tell me now." Ordered Li as he stomped madly toward Meilin. "Those girls were." started Meilin.