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On the Pages of a Magazine

Chapter 2

By: Suteki Sakura

Syaoran sat at the breakfast bar in his apartment, drinking a cold chocolate milkshake that he'd whipped up himself. He was wearing a white silk Chinese style sleeveless shirt and dark green pajama pants. The air conditioner was on full blast, so it was comfortably cool in the room. Syaoran had just inwardly thanked his mother for getting him an apartment with central cooling. He was working on his summer math worksheets when he heard the buzzer at his door. Syaoran put down the papers and walked to the door, unlatching and opening it.

"O…oro?" Syaoran stared at the figure at the door, Sakura, who was smiling brightly at him. 'Syaoran, stop staring! You're getting obvious! Shut up! Argh, I'm doing it again! Sane people don't have conversations with themselves like this! I'm NOT insane, is that what you're saying? AHHHHH.'

"Sakura. What…uh…brings you here?"

Syaoran moved aside to let Sakura in. She giggled and let herself plop onto one of the couches, closing her eyes. Suddenly, a muffled cry came from Sakura's bag.

"OUCH, SAKURA! You just smashed me!" It was Kero, who flew out of her bag.

"Ano…Gomen ne, Kero-chan! I forgot!" she turned to Syaoran and grinned. "Syaoran-kun! Your place is so nice and cool! I hope you don't mind me coming here…" she looked up at Syaoran with a questioning look.

"A…aa." He nodded, cheeks burning. "I don't mind."

'Why am I blushing? She's only in my apartment. She's been here before, right? Yeah, but not alone…ah! SHUT UP, SYAORAN!'

"Does the kid have a fever?" Kero said, noticing Syaoran's face.

Sakura got up and went over to Syaoran who at the moment had found something interesting about his carpet. "Are you okay? Your face is red." she held the back of her hand to his forehead, making him jerk back. Her eyes widened.

"Uh…ah…I'm ok." He said, moving to the kitchen. "Do you want a milkshake? I can make you one…"

"Sure! That'd be great!"

"I want one tooooooo!" Kero yelled enthusiastically.

"Vanilla or chocolate?"

"Chocolate, please!" Sakura went around into the kitchen with Syaoran, eager to watch him make the shake. She started opening the refrigerator and cupboards for no reason. "Hmm...did you know that Tomoyo-chan has a summer house? She's over there now…but she's coming back tomorrow and…Mou! You have no food, Syaoran-kun!"

"N…Nanda?" Syaoran twisted his head back to look at what Sakura was pointing at. His refrigerator was empty, except for a bottle of milk, some water, and butter. The cupboards were in the same condition. "A…ano…I have…no time to go grocery shopping?" He finished making Sakura's shake and handed it to her.

"Arigato." She tasted the shake. "Oishiiiiiiiii! You're so good at making milkshakes!" she grinned.

"…Thanks, Sakura."

"HEY! What about mine??"

Syaoran glared at Kero. "Share with Sakura."

Kero growled, but flew to Sakura's shake anyway.

"Anyways, how do you survive here, with your refrigerator looking like that?" she pointed. "How about we go to the supermarket, huh? I'll come with you. And besides, you don't seem to be too busy today."

"O…okay."

"Perfect! You can buy me that pudding I wanted, Sakura." Kero said, grinning from ear to ear.

"Alright, but now let's go!" Sakura grabbed her backpack and swung it on, taking her shake with her. "C'mon, Syaoran-kun. We've got work to do!" she grinned.

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They were at the supermarket, in the baking aisle. Sakura had just put a box of hotcake mix in their cart, explaining to Syaoran that she was going to make him hotcakes one day. To this, he just blushed as usual. From inside Sakura's backpack, Kero vaguely whispered something about pudding. Sakura made sure to get some, so as not to make Kero mad at her. (A/N: she's so nice. Hahahah)

Syaoran suddenly noticed a lady who had been following them through the last few aisles. "Sakura, do you see that lady behind us? No wait, don't make it too obvious…yeah…her…" He gave the lady a sidelong glance. "She's been following us for a while now…"

Sakura was looking at the lady, who was picking out bouquets of flowers. "Do you want me to ask her what she wants?" She put the can of chicken noodle soup she was holding into the cart and started walking towards the lady.

"Wait, no…" Syaoran started to say, but it was too late. Sakura had already made her way to the lady and they were now talking. 'Well, she doesn't look like she wants to do Sakura harm…and Sakura doesn't seem bothered by her…' He decided to join Sakura and see what this lady was all about.

"Really? You mean it?" Sakura gushed.

The woman had offered Sakura her business card and was smiling and looking at her face. She suddenly saw Syaoran walking over to them and smiled even more. "Hello! I was just talking to your friend here…"

"SYAORAN-KUUUUUUN!"

"O-oi?!" Syaoran almost fell backwards from the way Sakura pounced on him. "Nani…?" He could feel his ears burning.

"Kazeshi-san…" Sakura motioned to the woman, who was still smiling. "She asked if we'd be interested in trying out to be commercial print models!" this got Sakura squealing. "Imagine that, Syaoran-kun! I'm gonna be just like Okaa-san!"

Syaoran lifted an eyebrow. "We? As in, me too?" he asked the lady, pointing to himself.

"That's right! I hope you didn't mind me following you two…I just had to get a closer look before I asked…By the way, my name is Kazeshi Natsuko." she said, smiling kindly at Syaoran.

"It's okay!" Sakura couldn't seem to wipe the silly grin off her face.

"So, what do you say? How about this, just give me a call when you decide if you want to do it, and we'll set up a preliminary shoot, that okay?" Natsuko said.

Syaoran began to let go of all suspicion about her. Sakura looked like she had no problem with her. And Natsuko seemed like a nice lady. 'But really…me…a model?' He just couldn't picture himself doing that. 'But the look on Sakura's face…she looks…is, so happy. I guess I could do it…if she wants me to…'

"Arigato, Kazeshi-san! We'll give you a call! Bye!" Sakura waved as Natsuko made her way into another aisle. "Wow, Syaoran-kun…that was…sugoi!"

"Un…"

"Syaoran-kun...let's do it!" She looked up at Syaoran. "You are going to be in this with me, right?"

"If you want…"

"ALRIGHT!!" She nearly jumped two feet in the air. "I can't wait to tell Tomoyo-chan!"

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