Author's Note:
So glad you decided to stay tooned into "A Promise Never Broken", and you'll be glad you did,
because this chapter, I think, is the very best out of the four so far! The chapter is pure MeiLi, so
S+S shouldn't read unless you have an open mind and you won't send me flame mail!
The first part will look just like a conversation but, please, don't let that stop you from reading
on, this will be one of the best chapters I've ever wrote, and you need to know the beginning to
understand the rest of the fanfiction!
This chapter is dedicated to one of my favourite writers on fanfictions.net, cardcaptor girl! She's
such a great writer, I suggest you check her work out, personally, I think the best one she has is
'Fate's Play'. So, thanks card captor girl, you inspired me for this one!
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Chapter Four.
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"Mother, would it be all right if I made a call to Tomoeda?" Syaoran waited for a
response form inside his mother's bedroom.
"Why do you need to make a call to Japan, Xiaolang?"
"It's.. kind of important."
"Well, how long will this important call be?"
"Not very long," he said then lowered his voice to say 'hopefully.'
"All right. If you must call then go ahead."
"Thank you, mother!" Syaoran rushed into his bedroom and shut the door. He took a long
look at his calendar before he picked up his phone and quickly dialed Sakura's phone number.
"Moshi moshi, Sakura speaking!" Sakura's voice rang cheerfully into the phone. Syaoran
took a deep breathe.
"Sakura," Syaoran said lightly so no one would hear but her. "This is Syaoran Li."
"SYAORAN!" Sakura screamed in delight.
"I-- I mean, how are you today?" He asked a bit nervous of how he was going to ask here
his question later on.
"I'm fine! What about you?"
"I'm," Syaoran fiddled with the best word choice but then quickly sputtered out the first
one that came to his mind. "just peachy." This caused Sakura to giggle slightly.
"How are you, Tomoyo, and," he paused. "Eriol?"
"We're fine," Sakura thought about teling him about Tomoyo and herself, and she
decided it would be better if he knew.. "I 'hooked up' with Tomoyo, Syaoran." Syaoran went
silent but continued.
"That's nice," Syaoran said slowly. "Well, since you've found someone, I want to know
if.. you could help me."
"With what, Syaoran?"
"Meiling."
"What about her?" Syaoran had to admit, that even when Sakura was sixteen she really
could so clueless, and naive.
"I want to tell her," he paused as he shifted in his seat unseasily, he was getting more
nervous by every second that went by. "that.. I want to tell Meiling, that I sort of, um, well, I
want to tell her that I," Sakura listened patientlu as Syaoran continued to put his sentence into
words that would accually make sense, finally he burst out a bit louder and faster then he intened
"IwanttotellMeilingthatIlovehermorethenacousinandfriend,butIdon'tknowhowtoexplaieverythingt
oher!" Sakura blinked.
"..What? Slow down, Syaoran, I didn't understand a word you just said!"
"I. Want. To. Tell. Meiling. That. I. Love. Her. More. Then. A. Cousin. And. Friend. But.
I. Don't. Know. How. To. Explain. Everything. To. Her!" Syaoran didn't want to say that over
again, so he made sure each word that he had spoken was clear and that Sakura could easily
understand him. Sakura just simple giggled.
"Kawaii, Syaoran, you love Meiling?!" Sakura couldn't help but say a bit louder then
Syaoran had wanted her to.
"..Yeah," he said softly and he could feel his cheeks go warm from embarrasment. He, of
all people, the the well known serious sixteen year old Syaoran Li, was blushing.
"Well, Syaoran," Sakura stopped giggling after moments and began to act serious again.
"I don't know how you could tell her, but if you want I can get Tomoyo on the phone, three way.
You won't mind if I do that, right Syaoran?" Syaoran nodded his head, but soon realized that
Sakura couldn't hear him when he was nodding his head.
"I don't mind," he said seriously.
"Alright!" Sakura said cheerfully. "Hold on one minute!" Syaoran heard the phone hang
up but a minute later he heard Tomoyo and Sakura both on the phone.
"Ohohohoho!" Tomoyo giggled. "I wish I could have video taped this." She sighed.
"T-tomoyo, do you know my situation already?" She giggled once again as a answer of
saying 'yes'. "Well, how do you think I should.. tell her?"
"Write her a note," this caused Sakura to slightly chuckle, but Tomoyo ignored her and
continued onto her suggestions. "Or, you could wait until Meiling is really upset, then you go and
sit next to her, and say you have something to tell her that was very important, put both of your
hands on her shoulders and look at her dreamily in the eyes." Tomoyo explanation seemed like it
could go on forever but, Syaoran waited silently thinking of what exactly he would do to tell her.
Tomoyo, on the other hand, continued with her explanation of what Syaoran could, and maybe
should do. "Then you say something very creative and romantic, then you finish off with saying
'I love you, Meiling.' She'll be so happy, Syaoran, I just hope you tell her soon!" Syaoran could
imagine himself doing exactly what Tomoyo said to Meiling, and it just seemed so.. unlike his
usual self.
"You know, I think that," Tomoyo and Sakura's giggling instantly stopped. "I have a
better plan."
"Hoeeeee?!"
"Oh! What is it?!"
"You'll just have to wait and find that out, Tomoyo, Sakura, I'll keep you updated. What
day is it, Sakura?" Sakura paused as she looked down at her calendar.
"March," Sakura paused realizing just a little of Syaoran's plan. "Wait. Syaoran, are you
going to tell her on her birthday?"
"Even better then what you're thinking, Sakura."
"By the way," Tomoyo said. "It's the twenty fourth of March."
"Thank you, Tomoyo, and now, you two must excuse me for I have something I need to
take care of." Syaoran said happily, and he hung up, setting the phone on his bed and grabbing
his coat from his closet, then running out of his bedroom.
"I'll be back before dinner!" He shouted into his mother's room once again. He began to
walk down the hallway when Meiling opened the door to her bedroom.
"May I come as well, Xiao?" Meiling asked with a smile. Syaoran felt his cheeks go
warm again and quickly forced an answer.
"No, sorry Meiling, I really have to hurry! I'll be back though, very soon, I promise!" He
exclaimed and he ran off and out the door, leaving Meiling standing at her door, clueless about
what was going on with him.
"What's the sudden rush, Syaoran?" Meiling said slowly, subtrating her pet name for
him. She shut the door slowly and went and laid back down on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
Slowly she began to talk to herself.
"Well, atleast I know he isn't going to Kinomoto's house."
"Yeah, but the question is, where is her going?"
"Well, I don't know, so I'll just ask him when he get's home from wherever he is going
right now."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, he wouldn't lie to me."
"Or would he?"
"I doubt he would, why would he lie to me?"
"But there is so much I don't know about him, maybe he'll say something stupid or he'll
just say he'll tell me later and never tell me."
"No, he wouldn't do that."
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"She's sleeping, that's good." Syaoran opened the door gently which led to Meiling's
bedroom. He set down the bag he had brought at the door of her room, and walked over to the
bed where Meiling's figure slept slightly. He smiled down at her, and ran a finger through her
long raven black hair, which felt like silk to Syaoran's touch. In Syaoran's eyes Meiling was a
doll, perfect in every way, when she was asleep. He let his hands rest in the spot which was next
to her, considering that Meiling was sleeping so she was facing Syaoran, and he slowly bent over
her figure and let his lips gently touch Meiling's cheek.
He slowly then tiptoed back to the door, where he picked up his bag, and left, shutting the
door extremely softly to not to wake sleeping Meiling.
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Meiling moaned slightly as her eyes focused on her bedroom, it was morning that was for
sure, but she couldn't help but want to fall back into sleep so she could finish her dream about
her and Syaoran. The dream took place in Hong Kong, and it was Syaoran and Meiling's
wedding day. She had been wearing one of ym most beautiful wedding dresses ever made and it
was a one of a kind type of dress, while Syaoran had dressed in the usual black tuxedo making
him look more then extremely handsom, it was something she couldn't quite put into words.
They had just said 'I do' and were about to share their first kiss, but to Meiling's displeasure she
had awoken back into real life, something she just didn't want to do.
She slowly closed her eyes and tried to remember every detail of her dream, but slowly it
seemed like every bit was slowly fading into a place where she could never pull it back out.
Meiling sighed, and rolled onto her other side so she would be facing her plain white, boring,
wall.
Meiling inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, then deciding it would be good to get up out
of bed. She yawned and tossed back over, looking at her alarm clock which read the date and
time: 8:49 AM. March 25th. She stared at it. It was her birthday and she had forgoten about it for
the passed five minutes! She tossed the covers off herself and sat up, stretching, then standing up
and walking over to her closet where she picked out something that would suit her, something
red because red was her favourite colour, then she decided on a red shirt, which had no sleeves,
and a white short skirt. Although, she didn't realize that outside, the sky was gloomy and the
clouds were gray.
Meiling then decided to do something new, something she never ever really did, she was
going to leave her hair down, down to where her hair ended at her waist, and just brush it till it
was smooth and silky. She ran her brush through the raven black strands for only a few minutes,
then ran her fingers through her hair. Her hair was soft, and smooth, just how she wanted it.
She walked out of her bedroom, to find that Syaoran was sitting at the table in the
kitchen, writing something. She walked over to him, and let her hands cover his eyes. She
giggled lightly. "Guess who?" Syaoran paused and smiled slightly.
"Meiling, what are you doing?" Meiling sighed, Syaoran always seemed to ruin that
'guess-who' game by always knowing that it was Meiling. Always. She let her hands drop at her
side, and she took a seat next to him, deciding that she'd let him tell her that today was her
birthday.
Syaoran didn't say anything, he just went back on to writing, occasionally talking to
Meiling. She stared at him in disbelief, did he forget that today was her birthday? Then she
thought that maybe he was just playing another game with her, and surely Syaoran would wish
her a happy birthday and give her a present and a hug in time.
Hours went by and nothing seemed to reasure her that today was her birthday, it made her
feel like she just unwanted, and unloved, like no one seemed to care that today was her birthday,
either that or her stupid alarm clock was off and it was really some day in April. The one that
conquered her thoughts was that no one really cared that today was her birthday and no one loved
her, and to her, it felt like someone stabbed her in the heart. This was reality, no one remembered
it was her birthday and she was being stabbed in the heart, because Syaoran, of all people, just
didn't seem to remember, and to her, she was being stabbed, and her heart was broken.
Life just didn't seem to get any better as the seconds, minutes, and hours went by, and
soon it was noon, and still, there wasn't even one small little hint that someone remembered that
on this glorious day, March twenty fifth, Meiling was turning another year older.
This was torture. Pure torture.
And it didn't seem like anything would make her feel better. She wanted to hate Syaoran
for forgetting her birthday, but something deep down inside of her told her that, 'Hey, he's your
fiancee and your best friend you shouldn't hate him at all, not even one bit, wake up Meiling,
people make mistakes sometimes, no one, I repeat, no one, is perfect!' That voice, was what
stopped her from screaming at Syaoran.
She was tempted so many times to ask Syaoran if he knew what day it was, but she
stopped herself, because she didn't want Syaoran to feel bad because he had made the mistake of
forgetting what today was, and what it ment to Meiling.
And even, at times Meiling even wanted to walk up to him and slap him so hard that it
would leave a handprint, but part of her didn't want to. She should of hated him, but she didn't.
Why? Because she loved him with all her heart and even if he had forgoten her birthday, she
would still love him, he was his world to her, and her everything, and he held the key to her
heart, even if he didn't know it.
But not even her thoughts telling her that people will make mistakes could stop her from
wanting to cry her heart out.
She sat in the front room, staring out at the gloomy skies, then slowly it began to rain, soft
gentle rain. Meiling then decided, that, if everyone was to forget, she would go somewhere else
were no one even knew her, so they couldn't forget it was her birthday, because they didn't even
know it was her birthday in the first place! She grabbed a small sheet of paper and scribbled a
note, then ran into her room, and grabbed her red rain coat, but didn't bother to put on her rain
boots, then she grabbed her umbrella, which was a bigger then the average size, and red as well.
She then walked out of the room, and outside, to a place where she loved.
She walked for atleast fifteen minutes, when finally she came to where she was headed, a
small lake filled with trees along the sides of it, and soft grass. She took a seat under a tree,
somewhere where no one else was, where she could cry to her heart's content, then she set her
umbrella down and laid herself down on the damp ground, letting leaves of the tree next to her
block out most of the rain, but yet it didn't stop her from getting herself wet by her tears and the
reaming droplets of water that fell off the leaves above her.
She cried and talked to herself for two hours, saying the most comforting things she could
think of to help herself cheer up slowly.
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Syaoran looked at the note taped to his door, it was from Meiling.
"I'll come home when someone realizes what day it is," he read aloud. Oh man, he really
shouldn't of waited to wish her a happy birthday, now she was off somewhere and he didn't
exactly know where!
He didn't wait, he knew he needed to find her and apologize and explain everything to
her. He, grabbed his rain coat as well, and that bag he had had last night, and put it deep into his
pocket, and ran out the door before he could even tell his mom that he was leaving to find
Meiling.
He ran what seemd to be like fifteen miles, and he was slowly beginning to feel the pain
in his legs from running so much, but he knew he had to go on and he simply had to find
Meiling, where ever she might be, so he continued, but in a walk this time.
He had searched so many places that it seemed like it was possible that Meiling had flew
back to Tomoeda, but he didn't want to think she did, it seemed impossible for her to leave in
such short notice, but he couldn't help but let that thought dance around his mind for the rst of
the time that he was searching for her.
Slowly he entered where the location of the small lake had been, and he looked around
for any sight of anyone, but he didn't seem to find anyone, but that wasn't good enough, he
would need to walk completely around the lake to make himself sure that Meiling wasn't going
to be here.
Finally, he came across someone laying underneath a tree, crying softly. He came to a
complete stop and examed the girl slowly, trying to make out if it was Meiling or not. The
features seemed to be almost exact to Meiling's. He watched her for about ten minutes trying to
make sure that it was Meiling, and after that amount of time, he was sure, that this girl crying and
laying on the damp grass underneath a tree, was his own Meiling Li.
He began to get nervous, and began to run his whole plan over in his mind. Syaoran
finally took in one last deep breath and walked quietly behind Meiling, he was going to be
completely loving and understanding towards her now. He was only a few feet away from her
when he realized that she was still crying and talking quietly to herself. He sat down right behind
her, silently so she wouldn't hear him, then he began to talk in a caring tone of voice.
"My Mei is crying on her birthday, may I ask why?" He said, setting a hand on her
shoulder. This startled Meiling, but she quickly recovered because she knew that it was Syaoran.
She quickly tried to hide her tears but she didn't seem to succeed with that.
"I.. just got something in my eye, thats all, Syaoran," she said sniffling. Syaoran frowned,
if Meiling didn't want to be truthful he'd have to tell her that he knew exactly why she was
crying.
"You don't have to cover up, Mei," that pet name for Meiling made her a bit happier. "I
know your upset because you thought that I forgot your birthday. I didn't, I wanted to wait until
tonight to give you your present. I'm sorry, Mei, I didn't think that that would upset you."
Meiling still wanted to hit him for it, but she stopped herself again, it wouldn't help her in this
situation if she hit Syaoran. She stayed silent, and sat up, looking forward instead of looking
straight at him.
"Mei, I'm sorry," Syaoran started to feel terrible about what he had done, and he started
to act determined to cheer her up. He put his arms around her, and rested his head on her
shoulder. "Mei, I did remember your birthday," he said, he was feeling worse by each minute.
"Please, just look at me and smile for me, Mei," Meiling looked down at Syaoran's hands which
were gripped gently around her waiste. She wanted to cry again because he was trying to help
her, but it was upsetting him. Then slowly, his arms disapeared from around her waiste, and the
warmth of his chin resting on her shoulder went away, and he walked infront of her.
"Stand up for me, Mei, please." Syaoran saoid, extending his hand toward her, and she
stood up, looking at him.
He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out something which he held tightly in his hand,
and slowly he began to get down on one knee, and ge took his other hand and held it in his,a nd
warmth again spread through Meiling's body, she knew something was going to happen, but
what, she didn't know.
"Close your eyes for me, Mei." Meiling did as she was told, and she could hear the sound
of something opening. Syaoran's other hand then placed something around Meiling's left hand,
on her ring finger, then kissing her hand softly.
"Meiling," Syaoran said softly, his eyes closing, and he let go of her hand, and stood up,
opening his eyes and looking at Meiling, and slowly he put his arms around her waiste, and ever
so slowly, their lips touched, sending another jolt of warmth though both of their bodies.
Meiling counted slowly and the kiss seemed to last for about three seconds, then their
eyes opened and Syaoran looked at her.
"I love you, Mei," he then embraced her, and she felt like she could melt in his embrace,
or like she could cry at any moment.
"I love you, too!" Meiling said finally, holding back tears.
"And," Syaoran looked down at her left hand and began to get nervous again, taking one
deep breath, then looking back into her ruby eyes, which were full of pure happiness. "I want to
ask you, that if y-you," he paused. "will marry me, Meiling," Syaoran looked at her. Meiling felt
like she could faint at any moment, but she only smiled, and hugged him tightly, and began to
sob quietly, nodding, then after moments, she looked up at him.
"Of course, Syaoran," Meiling said through her tears, and hugged him again, this time
Syaoran hugged her back.
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After Note:
Well! I hope you enjoyed! I thought that the end seemed to be the best thing I've written in so
long! Cardcaptor girl, I hope you enjoyed this one, because it was dedicated to you! Everyone, I'd
love it if you would please review it now! Chapter five will be coming up soon, so keep in touch
with "A Promise Never Broken."
So glad you decided to stay tooned into "A Promise Never Broken", and you'll be glad you did,
because this chapter, I think, is the very best out of the four so far! The chapter is pure MeiLi, so
S+S shouldn't read unless you have an open mind and you won't send me flame mail!
The first part will look just like a conversation but, please, don't let that stop you from reading
on, this will be one of the best chapters I've ever wrote, and you need to know the beginning to
understand the rest of the fanfiction!
This chapter is dedicated to one of my favourite writers on fanfictions.net, cardcaptor girl! She's
such a great writer, I suggest you check her work out, personally, I think the best one she has is
'Fate's Play'. So, thanks card captor girl, you inspired me for this one!
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Chapter Four.
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"Mother, would it be all right if I made a call to Tomoeda?" Syaoran waited for a
response form inside his mother's bedroom.
"Why do you need to make a call to Japan, Xiaolang?"
"It's.. kind of important."
"Well, how long will this important call be?"
"Not very long," he said then lowered his voice to say 'hopefully.'
"All right. If you must call then go ahead."
"Thank you, mother!" Syaoran rushed into his bedroom and shut the door. He took a long
look at his calendar before he picked up his phone and quickly dialed Sakura's phone number.
"Moshi moshi, Sakura speaking!" Sakura's voice rang cheerfully into the phone. Syaoran
took a deep breathe.
"Sakura," Syaoran said lightly so no one would hear but her. "This is Syaoran Li."
"SYAORAN!" Sakura screamed in delight.
"I-- I mean, how are you today?" He asked a bit nervous of how he was going to ask here
his question later on.
"I'm fine! What about you?"
"I'm," Syaoran fiddled with the best word choice but then quickly sputtered out the first
one that came to his mind. "just peachy." This caused Sakura to giggle slightly.
"How are you, Tomoyo, and," he paused. "Eriol?"
"We're fine," Sakura thought about teling him about Tomoyo and herself, and she
decided it would be better if he knew.. "I 'hooked up' with Tomoyo, Syaoran." Syaoran went
silent but continued.
"That's nice," Syaoran said slowly. "Well, since you've found someone, I want to know
if.. you could help me."
"With what, Syaoran?"
"Meiling."
"What about her?" Syaoran had to admit, that even when Sakura was sixteen she really
could so clueless, and naive.
"I want to tell her," he paused as he shifted in his seat unseasily, he was getting more
nervous by every second that went by. "that.. I want to tell Meiling, that I sort of, um, well, I
want to tell her that I," Sakura listened patientlu as Syaoran continued to put his sentence into
words that would accually make sense, finally he burst out a bit louder and faster then he intened
"IwanttotellMeilingthatIlovehermorethenacousinandfriend,butIdon'tknowhowtoexplaieverythingt
oher!" Sakura blinked.
"..What? Slow down, Syaoran, I didn't understand a word you just said!"
"I. Want. To. Tell. Meiling. That. I. Love. Her. More. Then. A. Cousin. And. Friend. But.
I. Don't. Know. How. To. Explain. Everything. To. Her!" Syaoran didn't want to say that over
again, so he made sure each word that he had spoken was clear and that Sakura could easily
understand him. Sakura just simple giggled.
"Kawaii, Syaoran, you love Meiling?!" Sakura couldn't help but say a bit louder then
Syaoran had wanted her to.
"..Yeah," he said softly and he could feel his cheeks go warm from embarrasment. He, of
all people, the the well known serious sixteen year old Syaoran Li, was blushing.
"Well, Syaoran," Sakura stopped giggling after moments and began to act serious again.
"I don't know how you could tell her, but if you want I can get Tomoyo on the phone, three way.
You won't mind if I do that, right Syaoran?" Syaoran nodded his head, but soon realized that
Sakura couldn't hear him when he was nodding his head.
"I don't mind," he said seriously.
"Alright!" Sakura said cheerfully. "Hold on one minute!" Syaoran heard the phone hang
up but a minute later he heard Tomoyo and Sakura both on the phone.
"Ohohohoho!" Tomoyo giggled. "I wish I could have video taped this." She sighed.
"T-tomoyo, do you know my situation already?" She giggled once again as a answer of
saying 'yes'. "Well, how do you think I should.. tell her?"
"Write her a note," this caused Sakura to slightly chuckle, but Tomoyo ignored her and
continued onto her suggestions. "Or, you could wait until Meiling is really upset, then you go and
sit next to her, and say you have something to tell her that was very important, put both of your
hands on her shoulders and look at her dreamily in the eyes." Tomoyo explanation seemed like it
could go on forever but, Syaoran waited silently thinking of what exactly he would do to tell her.
Tomoyo, on the other hand, continued with her explanation of what Syaoran could, and maybe
should do. "Then you say something very creative and romantic, then you finish off with saying
'I love you, Meiling.' She'll be so happy, Syaoran, I just hope you tell her soon!" Syaoran could
imagine himself doing exactly what Tomoyo said to Meiling, and it just seemed so.. unlike his
usual self.
"You know, I think that," Tomoyo and Sakura's giggling instantly stopped. "I have a
better plan."
"Hoeeeee?!"
"Oh! What is it?!"
"You'll just have to wait and find that out, Tomoyo, Sakura, I'll keep you updated. What
day is it, Sakura?" Sakura paused as she looked down at her calendar.
"March," Sakura paused realizing just a little of Syaoran's plan. "Wait. Syaoran, are you
going to tell her on her birthday?"
"Even better then what you're thinking, Sakura."
"By the way," Tomoyo said. "It's the twenty fourth of March."
"Thank you, Tomoyo, and now, you two must excuse me for I have something I need to
take care of." Syaoran said happily, and he hung up, setting the phone on his bed and grabbing
his coat from his closet, then running out of his bedroom.
"I'll be back before dinner!" He shouted into his mother's room once again. He began to
walk down the hallway when Meiling opened the door to her bedroom.
"May I come as well, Xiao?" Meiling asked with a smile. Syaoran felt his cheeks go
warm again and quickly forced an answer.
"No, sorry Meiling, I really have to hurry! I'll be back though, very soon, I promise!" He
exclaimed and he ran off and out the door, leaving Meiling standing at her door, clueless about
what was going on with him.
"What's the sudden rush, Syaoran?" Meiling said slowly, subtrating her pet name for
him. She shut the door slowly and went and laid back down on her bed, staring at the ceiling.
Slowly she began to talk to herself.
"Well, atleast I know he isn't going to Kinomoto's house."
"Yeah, but the question is, where is her going?"
"Well, I don't know, so I'll just ask him when he get's home from wherever he is going
right now."
"Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, he wouldn't lie to me."
"Or would he?"
"I doubt he would, why would he lie to me?"
"But there is so much I don't know about him, maybe he'll say something stupid or he'll
just say he'll tell me later and never tell me."
"No, he wouldn't do that."
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"She's sleeping, that's good." Syaoran opened the door gently which led to Meiling's
bedroom. He set down the bag he had brought at the door of her room, and walked over to the
bed where Meiling's figure slept slightly. He smiled down at her, and ran a finger through her
long raven black hair, which felt like silk to Syaoran's touch. In Syaoran's eyes Meiling was a
doll, perfect in every way, when she was asleep. He let his hands rest in the spot which was next
to her, considering that Meiling was sleeping so she was facing Syaoran, and he slowly bent over
her figure and let his lips gently touch Meiling's cheek.
He slowly then tiptoed back to the door, where he picked up his bag, and left, shutting the
door extremely softly to not to wake sleeping Meiling.
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Meiling moaned slightly as her eyes focused on her bedroom, it was morning that was for
sure, but she couldn't help but want to fall back into sleep so she could finish her dream about
her and Syaoran. The dream took place in Hong Kong, and it was Syaoran and Meiling's
wedding day. She had been wearing one of ym most beautiful wedding dresses ever made and it
was a one of a kind type of dress, while Syaoran had dressed in the usual black tuxedo making
him look more then extremely handsom, it was something she couldn't quite put into words.
They had just said 'I do' and were about to share their first kiss, but to Meiling's displeasure she
had awoken back into real life, something she just didn't want to do.
She slowly closed her eyes and tried to remember every detail of her dream, but slowly it
seemed like every bit was slowly fading into a place where she could never pull it back out.
Meiling sighed, and rolled onto her other side so she would be facing her plain white, boring,
wall.
Meiling inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, then deciding it would be good to get up out
of bed. She yawned and tossed back over, looking at her alarm clock which read the date and
time: 8:49 AM. March 25th. She stared at it. It was her birthday and she had forgoten about it for
the passed five minutes! She tossed the covers off herself and sat up, stretching, then standing up
and walking over to her closet where she picked out something that would suit her, something
red because red was her favourite colour, then she decided on a red shirt, which had no sleeves,
and a white short skirt. Although, she didn't realize that outside, the sky was gloomy and the
clouds were gray.
Meiling then decided to do something new, something she never ever really did, she was
going to leave her hair down, down to where her hair ended at her waist, and just brush it till it
was smooth and silky. She ran her brush through the raven black strands for only a few minutes,
then ran her fingers through her hair. Her hair was soft, and smooth, just how she wanted it.
She walked out of her bedroom, to find that Syaoran was sitting at the table in the
kitchen, writing something. She walked over to him, and let her hands cover his eyes. She
giggled lightly. "Guess who?" Syaoran paused and smiled slightly.
"Meiling, what are you doing?" Meiling sighed, Syaoran always seemed to ruin that
'guess-who' game by always knowing that it was Meiling. Always. She let her hands drop at her
side, and she took a seat next to him, deciding that she'd let him tell her that today was her
birthday.
Syaoran didn't say anything, he just went back on to writing, occasionally talking to
Meiling. She stared at him in disbelief, did he forget that today was her birthday? Then she
thought that maybe he was just playing another game with her, and surely Syaoran would wish
her a happy birthday and give her a present and a hug in time.
Hours went by and nothing seemed to reasure her that today was her birthday, it made her
feel like she just unwanted, and unloved, like no one seemed to care that today was her birthday,
either that or her stupid alarm clock was off and it was really some day in April. The one that
conquered her thoughts was that no one really cared that today was her birthday and no one loved
her, and to her, it felt like someone stabbed her in the heart. This was reality, no one remembered
it was her birthday and she was being stabbed in the heart, because Syaoran, of all people, just
didn't seem to remember, and to her, she was being stabbed, and her heart was broken.
Life just didn't seem to get any better as the seconds, minutes, and hours went by, and
soon it was noon, and still, there wasn't even one small little hint that someone remembered that
on this glorious day, March twenty fifth, Meiling was turning another year older.
This was torture. Pure torture.
And it didn't seem like anything would make her feel better. She wanted to hate Syaoran
for forgetting her birthday, but something deep down inside of her told her that, 'Hey, he's your
fiancee and your best friend you shouldn't hate him at all, not even one bit, wake up Meiling,
people make mistakes sometimes, no one, I repeat, no one, is perfect!' That voice, was what
stopped her from screaming at Syaoran.
She was tempted so many times to ask Syaoran if he knew what day it was, but she
stopped herself, because she didn't want Syaoran to feel bad because he had made the mistake of
forgetting what today was, and what it ment to Meiling.
And even, at times Meiling even wanted to walk up to him and slap him so hard that it
would leave a handprint, but part of her didn't want to. She should of hated him, but she didn't.
Why? Because she loved him with all her heart and even if he had forgoten her birthday, she
would still love him, he was his world to her, and her everything, and he held the key to her
heart, even if he didn't know it.
But not even her thoughts telling her that people will make mistakes could stop her from
wanting to cry her heart out.
She sat in the front room, staring out at the gloomy skies, then slowly it began to rain, soft
gentle rain. Meiling then decided, that, if everyone was to forget, she would go somewhere else
were no one even knew her, so they couldn't forget it was her birthday, because they didn't even
know it was her birthday in the first place! She grabbed a small sheet of paper and scribbled a
note, then ran into her room, and grabbed her red rain coat, but didn't bother to put on her rain
boots, then she grabbed her umbrella, which was a bigger then the average size, and red as well.
She then walked out of the room, and outside, to a place where she loved.
She walked for atleast fifteen minutes, when finally she came to where she was headed, a
small lake filled with trees along the sides of it, and soft grass. She took a seat under a tree,
somewhere where no one else was, where she could cry to her heart's content, then she set her
umbrella down and laid herself down on the damp ground, letting leaves of the tree next to her
block out most of the rain, but yet it didn't stop her from getting herself wet by her tears and the
reaming droplets of water that fell off the leaves above her.
She cried and talked to herself for two hours, saying the most comforting things she could
think of to help herself cheer up slowly.
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Syaoran looked at the note taped to his door, it was from Meiling.
"I'll come home when someone realizes what day it is," he read aloud. Oh man, he really
shouldn't of waited to wish her a happy birthday, now she was off somewhere and he didn't
exactly know where!
He didn't wait, he knew he needed to find her and apologize and explain everything to
her. He, grabbed his rain coat as well, and that bag he had had last night, and put it deep into his
pocket, and ran out the door before he could even tell his mom that he was leaving to find
Meiling.
He ran what seemd to be like fifteen miles, and he was slowly beginning to feel the pain
in his legs from running so much, but he knew he had to go on and he simply had to find
Meiling, where ever she might be, so he continued, but in a walk this time.
He had searched so many places that it seemed like it was possible that Meiling had flew
back to Tomoeda, but he didn't want to think she did, it seemed impossible for her to leave in
such short notice, but he couldn't help but let that thought dance around his mind for the rst of
the time that he was searching for her.
Slowly he entered where the location of the small lake had been, and he looked around
for any sight of anyone, but he didn't seem to find anyone, but that wasn't good enough, he
would need to walk completely around the lake to make himself sure that Meiling wasn't going
to be here.
Finally, he came across someone laying underneath a tree, crying softly. He came to a
complete stop and examed the girl slowly, trying to make out if it was Meiling or not. The
features seemed to be almost exact to Meiling's. He watched her for about ten minutes trying to
make sure that it was Meiling, and after that amount of time, he was sure, that this girl crying and
laying on the damp grass underneath a tree, was his own Meiling Li.
He began to get nervous, and began to run his whole plan over in his mind. Syaoran
finally took in one last deep breath and walked quietly behind Meiling, he was going to be
completely loving and understanding towards her now. He was only a few feet away from her
when he realized that she was still crying and talking quietly to herself. He sat down right behind
her, silently so she wouldn't hear him, then he began to talk in a caring tone of voice.
"My Mei is crying on her birthday, may I ask why?" He said, setting a hand on her
shoulder. This startled Meiling, but she quickly recovered because she knew that it was Syaoran.
She quickly tried to hide her tears but she didn't seem to succeed with that.
"I.. just got something in my eye, thats all, Syaoran," she said sniffling. Syaoran frowned,
if Meiling didn't want to be truthful he'd have to tell her that he knew exactly why she was
crying.
"You don't have to cover up, Mei," that pet name for Meiling made her a bit happier. "I
know your upset because you thought that I forgot your birthday. I didn't, I wanted to wait until
tonight to give you your present. I'm sorry, Mei, I didn't think that that would upset you."
Meiling still wanted to hit him for it, but she stopped herself again, it wouldn't help her in this
situation if she hit Syaoran. She stayed silent, and sat up, looking forward instead of looking
straight at him.
"Mei, I'm sorry," Syaoran started to feel terrible about what he had done, and he started
to act determined to cheer her up. He put his arms around her, and rested his head on her
shoulder. "Mei, I did remember your birthday," he said, he was feeling worse by each minute.
"Please, just look at me and smile for me, Mei," Meiling looked down at Syaoran's hands which
were gripped gently around her waiste. She wanted to cry again because he was trying to help
her, but it was upsetting him. Then slowly, his arms disapeared from around her waiste, and the
warmth of his chin resting on her shoulder went away, and he walked infront of her.
"Stand up for me, Mei, please." Syaoran saoid, extending his hand toward her, and she
stood up, looking at him.
He put his hand in his pocket and pulled out something which he held tightly in his hand,
and slowly he began to get down on one knee, and ge took his other hand and held it in his,a nd
warmth again spread through Meiling's body, she knew something was going to happen, but
what, she didn't know.
"Close your eyes for me, Mei." Meiling did as she was told, and she could hear the sound
of something opening. Syaoran's other hand then placed something around Meiling's left hand,
on her ring finger, then kissing her hand softly.
"Meiling," Syaoran said softly, his eyes closing, and he let go of her hand, and stood up,
opening his eyes and looking at Meiling, and slowly he put his arms around her waiste, and ever
so slowly, their lips touched, sending another jolt of warmth though both of their bodies.
Meiling counted slowly and the kiss seemed to last for about three seconds, then their
eyes opened and Syaoran looked at her.
"I love you, Mei," he then embraced her, and she felt like she could melt in his embrace,
or like she could cry at any moment.
"I love you, too!" Meiling said finally, holding back tears.
"And," Syaoran looked down at her left hand and began to get nervous again, taking one
deep breath, then looking back into her ruby eyes, which were full of pure happiness. "I want to
ask you, that if y-you," he paused. "will marry me, Meiling," Syaoran looked at her. Meiling felt
like she could faint at any moment, but she only smiled, and hugged him tightly, and began to
sob quietly, nodding, then after moments, she looked up at him.
"Of course, Syaoran," Meiling said through her tears, and hugged him again, this time
Syaoran hugged her back.
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After Note:
Well! I hope you enjoyed! I thought that the end seemed to be the best thing I've written in so
long! Cardcaptor girl, I hope you enjoyed this one, because it was dedicated to you! Everyone, I'd
love it if you would please review it now! Chapter five will be coming up soon, so keep in touch
with "A Promise Never Broken."