Author's Note:
I'm starting to get really annoyed with all the flame I'm getting. Look, if you are a
Sakura + Syaoran type of person, don't read my fics because I'm not about to put up with
sorry crap like flame in my reviews.
To all my MeiLi fans, hope you enjoy chapter seven.
I don't know CCS or CC don't sue.
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"Everyone wake up!" Tomoyo said as she walked between their sleeping bags tapping
them each with her right foot. "We have four hours to get ready and go off to the dance that we
planned!" Syaoran moaned and looked at the clock on Tomoyo's desk. Everything seemed to
blurry and he couldn't make out what time it was.
"What time is it, Tomoyo?" Sakura said rubbing her eyes.
"IT'S FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON! WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE IF YOU DON'T
HURRY!" Everyone stared at Tomoyo. She shook her head and walked to her bedroom's door,
then outside into the hallway.
"It's going to take four hours to get ready for a dance?" Meiling groaned and soaked back
into the warmth and comfort of her sleeping bag. She sighed quietly and tried to fall asleep,
slowly closing her eyes.
"Mei, we might as well get up and get ready. Four o'clock in the afternoon is kind of
late." Syaoran reminded her. He gently pushed her and then stood up, following Tomoyo down
the hallway. Sakura and Eriol got up, and followed as well leaving Meiling alone in the bedroom.
"Fine." She mumbled and stood up, rubbing her eyes and followed everyone else.
Tomoyo led the other teenagers down to her bathroom where the five maids sat, holding a pile of
clothes in her hand.
"Morning Ms. Daidouji and company." Each maid walked over to one of the teens and
handed them a bathing suit and pointed to the changing rooms. Everyone did as they were told
and after only five minutes, everyone appeared back were they were at. One of the maids pointed
at the giant pool which was filled with white soft soap bubbles.
"We have to all take a bath together?" Syaoran exclaimed blushing deep red.
"Think of it as a swimming pool, Mr. Li," said one of the maids. "if it was a bath you all
would be naked." Syaoran blushed darker red at the though. Everyone was already soaking in the
water, except for Syaoran who was sitting at the edge, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh come on, Xiao!" Meiling exclaimed grabbing his hand. Before he could do anything
Meiling was pulled him into the warm water with a splash. Everyone smiled and Syaoran quickly
came up to the surface as glared at Meiling. She smiled as well.
"You are going to get it, Mei--"
"Oh, I love you, too." Meiling smiled in return and swam off to the other end. Syaoran
blushed again.
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"Yes, it's a casual dance." Tomoyo said handing everyone a set of clothes. "My mother
chose out these outfits out when I told here that Sakura, Eriol and I planned on going to a dance
when you two informed us that you were coming here." She smiled. They took them and went to
different rooms to change into their outfits.
Everyone then met back in Tomoyo's bedroom.
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"I made it so it was only open for us five." Tomoyo exclaimed as the five teens entered
the dance. "So, we are all lone except for the DJ and the man that serves the drinks." Everyone
nodded.
The five made their way to a table. "I want to suggest dance partners for the song." Eriol
said. Syaoran glared at him while he continued. "I want Syaoran and Sakura to dance this one
song."
"Hoe?!"
"WHAT?!"
"Yes, now don't be shy!" Eriol grabbed Syaoran and Sakura and dragged them onto the
dance floor before Meiling or Tomoyo could object. He walked back and found that Tomoyo was
talking to the driver who took them here.
"Care to dance, Meiling?" Eriol asked extending his hand to Meiling. She nodded, and he
took his hand in hers. Meiling looked at Syaoran and Sakura dancing as Eriol slowly led her to
the dance floor where the lights slowly began to dim and a slow song came on. Eriol placed his
hands on her hips while Meiling set her arms around his neck, and the two began to dance slowly
to the beat.
"So, Meiling," Eriol's voice said calmly once he noticed that Meiling had focused all her
attention on Sakura and Syaoran, dancing slowly, and whispering as well. "What do you think of
Sakura?" Meiling didn't respond to Eriol's question, she simply continued to look at the two, so
he continued on with another question. "What do you think about Syaoran?" She looked at him
and blinked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean exactly what I asked, Meiling, what do you think of Sakura, and what do you
think of Syaoran?" They both then avoided contact. Meiling sighed deeply.
"Do I have to answer that, Eriol?" Eriol nodded. She sighed deeply once again, and went
silent for a few moments.
"I love Syaoran, you know that."
"I know that, but what do you think of him?"
"I really don't get what you are asking me, Eriol."
"What do you really think of Syaoran and Sakura? Not as a couple, if I might add."
Meiling looked at him and stopped dancing the same time that Eriol stopped.
"I think he needs to be less serious, and should act more his age. Most of all, I wish he'd
open up his heart and express his feelings, and thoughts, too." She thought back to the night he
had woke her up at four o'clock in the morning and blushed to a shade of pink. Eriol nodded in
agreement.
"Sakura." She paused.
"I want to sit down, Eriol, sorry." Eriol nodded and led her to the table where Tomoyo
was sitting, smiling at both Meiling and Eriol and Sakura and Syaoran. Syaoran had stopped
dancing, though and was looking at Meiling with deep concern, while Sakura was looking at him
in deep confusion.
"About Sakura," Meiling didn't even care that Tomoyo was sitting next to Eriol and
herself. "I thought I hated her." Tomoyo and Eriol were both listening to her talk. "I guess, I
don't." Meiling suddenly felt a rush of jealously and wanted to scream and run away. "She has so
much that I don't, and she could easily steal away his heart, it makes me wonder why he stayed
with me and not her." She was looking at Sakura while she said all of this. The two were now
whispering to each other while dance even slower then before, so off beat to the song. "I," she
sighed. "I don't want to talk about it."
The song then ended and Sakura and Syaoran parted and walked over to the same table,
taking seats. "I want to play dance partners again, if no one minds." Syaoran glared at Eriol, but
he ignored and continued. "Meiling, Syaoran you two dance together. Tomoyo, if you would care
to dance with me. Sakura, I hope you don't mind, but I think it'd be best if you sat this one out
for a few minutes." Sakura shook her head, and Tomoyo nodded. Meiling looked at Syaoran and
smiled slightly. Syaoran extended his hand and she took it in hers, him leading her back to the
dance floor. Again a slow song came on and Meiling locked into Syaoran's arms, while he
locked into her embrace and they slowly began to dance. After minutes Eriol had done the same
with Tomoyo.
Meiling was suddenly began to take deep breathes while holding back tears. Syaoran was
silent letting Meiling start their conversation. She didn't.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Syaoran let his embrace loosen around her so he could look at her straight into her
glistening ruby pools of warmth and what seemed like love. "I'm serious, Mei, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Meiling, on the other hand, avoided his amber eyes. "I'm fine, I just got
something in my eye." Syaoran let one of his hands free from around her waist and lift Meiling's
chin gently to their eyes would meet.
"Mei, please." Syaoran wasn't smiling, he was frowning, nor did his face's expression
hold any serious in it at all, it was full of concern. Meiling opened her mouth but quietly closed
it. Syaoran starred.
"Are you homesick?" He asked. She didn't want to tell him what she had told Eriol, so
this seemed to be like the perfect excuse, plus she was just a little homesick. She nodded to him,
and to pleasure and displeasure he let go of her chin, and his hand went back to the position of
around her waist.
"I'm a little homesick, too, I guess." He whispered to her. "No need to be so depressed
over leaving Hong Kong for a week, though." Meiling didn't say anything.
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"So, what did she say?"
"About Syaoran?"
"Yes, about Syaoran. I heard what she said about Sakura." Tomoyo paused and waited for
a response from Eriol.
"She said she hated him and that she wished that he would burn in h--" Tomoyo slapped
him before he could say anything more.
"I'm serious, Eriol!"
"I know you are, Tomoyo."
"What did she really say?"
"She said that she wished he would act his age and that he would express himself more."
Tomoyo in agreement.
"She has a point though." Eriol nodded at this. Tomoyo was then looking at Syaoran and
Meiling dancing. "They make such a cute couple, though, even if Meiling is a bit depressed."
Eriol nodded again.
"You know, I feel like I'm playing, 'Lets find out what's wrong with this relationship so
we an fix it as fast as we can!' I think I like that name, you know." Tomoyo smiled. "Now here is
our handsome host Eriol Hiiragizawa and the other host person, Tomoyo
whatever-the-chick's-name-is." Tomoyo glared at him in a kidding sort of way, and then let a
slight chuckle escape from between her carnation pink lips. "Today's topic is MeiLi! What
exactly is wrong with the couple? Well, Whatever-this-chick's-name is and I are going to find
out today on 'Let's find out what's the problem with this relationship so we can fix it as fast as
we can!'"
"Tomoyo Daidouji." She sighed. The song slowly began to fade and they made their way
back to the table just as Syaoran and Meiling did the same.
Eriol smiled, again, and in return everyone game him a suspicious look. "Well, that's all
of my dance partnering for today." Everyone sighed in relief.
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After an hour of dancing, Syaoran and Eriol were now sitting together at a different table,
stuck in deep conversation, while Sakura, Tomoyo, and Meiling was giggling away while
drinking up glasses of tea.
"What are you supposed to mean by that, Hiiragizawa?" He was back on the last names
again.
"I talked to Meiling when we were dancing." Syaoran got a sudden jolt of jealously and
wanted to throw his glass at him. He mumbled slightly. It was the first time he was actually
jealous of Eriol Hiiragizawa dancing with his Mei Li.
"What did you force her to say to you?"
"I didn't force her," Eriol chuckled. "I asked her two questions, and she seemed very
hesitant to tell me the answer to either one of them. A, maybe because you were near here, or B,
she didn't seem to trust me with those answer. Although, she didn't eventually give me a
response."
"Is blackmail, Hiiragizawa?" Eriol shook his head.
"Now, my kawaii descendant, would I ever blackmail you?" Syaoran mumbled 'Of
course you would.'
"Why do you still call me by that name, Hiiragizawa?!"
"Why do you call me 'Hiiragizawa'?" Syaoran shook his head, no way of getting through
this guy. Anyway, he probably shouldn't of been doing that to the half reincarnation of Clow
Reed himself, but then again he was more then annoyed.
He groaned and sat his head on the table, and into his arm avoiding eye contact with
Eriol. "Well, what did you ask her and what did she say?"
"You know, Syaoran," he paused. Syaoran sounded like he was growling at him. "You
seem to have made a change for the best for Meiling." Syaoran stared at him.
"Can we stick on the subject, please?"
"Fine. Fine." He took in a long deep breath. "I asked what she really thought of you and
Sakura, I mean, not as a couple, what she thought about you two individually." Syaoran raised his
eye brows and looked at Eriol.
"Continue."
"She answered first about you, Syaoran, she said she loved you but she wishes you were
less serious, and that you would act your age," he looked at him again. "But she didn't mean that
in a offensive way, mind you. She also said that you should open up your heart and express your
thoughts and feelings." Secretly Syaoran had to agree with what Eriol had said that Meiling had
said about him.
"About Sakura?"
"She said she thought he hated her and that she had so much that she didn't, that Sakura
could easily steal your heart away from her, and she was wondering why you chose Meiling over
Sakura." He paused. "What do you think of all this, Syaoran?"
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"Meiling, dear, I really am interesting on how you do your hair into those two buns on
your head and how you still have the pigtail sort of design! It-is-so-kawaii!" Squealed Tomoyo.
Sakura and Meiling both stared at her.
"What did they put in the tea, Tomoyo?"
"A little bit of I don't know, but isn't it delicious?" Sakura and Meiling again stared at
Tomoyo. She seemed to have had a little too much to drink.
"And Sakura, dear, did I ever tell you that you look just oh-so-kawaii when you captured
those Sakura cards?"
"Hoeeee?"
"Tomoyo, dear, I'm starting to wonder why this tea is having such an affect on you!?"
Meiling got up, and walked to the man who was giving drinks.
"Sakura!"
"What?"
"You should of kept your hair purple!"
"Hoe..?"
"Purple hair, it fits you so well!" Tomoyo giggled softly. "Oh hohoho!" Meiling walked
back and tapped Sakura on the shoulder softly.
"He said that it's just normal tea."
"Maybe she's on a sugar high."
"I think we should leave now, Tomoyo. Hoe..? Tomoyo how much of that tea can you
drink down in fifteen minutes?!" Sakura starred at Tomoyo, while Meiling walked over to the
table where Syaoran and Eriol had been sitting.
"I think we should leave now." They stared at her blankly and she quietly pointed at
Tomoyo, who was now gulping down another glass of tea. "They did something to the tea." They
both stared at her.
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"She's all right, Mrs. Daidouji, Mr. Hiiragizawa informed me that they had put something
inside her tea." One of the maids informed Tomoyo's mother.
"I knew I shouldn't of let them go down to the dance!" She sighed in annoyance.
"Please don't take this offensive, Mrs. Daidouji, but Ms. Tomoyo and her friends are
sixteen years old now."
"I know, I know."
"Are you going to be all right, Mrs. Daidouji?"
"Yes, I will be fine. But, would you be so kind as to make me a glass of te-- I mean
water?" The maid nodded and she was off down to the kitchen. Meanwhile Sonomi made her
way down to Tomoyo's bedroom where the five teens sat chatting happily. She opened the door
without knocking and stood at the entrance.
"Good evening, mother." Tomoyo smiled.
"Hello everyone. I was just informed about what had happened at the dance." She had her
eyes fixed on Tomoyo's blushing figure. "I hope this doesn't upset you all too much, but I'd
rather you all wouldn't go to your dinner tomorrow night, you would still be able to go to the
amusement park and the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, though, I just wouldn't like anything
like that to happen to anyone else." Everyone sighed in disappointment, but all of them knew
better then to disagree with Tomoyo's mother.
"All right, mother, if you say so." Sonomi smiled.
"Now get some sleep, no later then two in the morning, okay?" Everyone nodded. "I'll
have one of the maids come in and check on you later on."
"Mrs. Daidouji your water is ready!" Sonomi smiled and waved to the teens and walked
out of the bedroom. After a few moments of silence everyone began to speak once again.
"May I suggest another game for tonight?"
"You are just the life of this party, aren't you Eriol?" Tomoyo asked with a chuckle,
while Eriol nodded.
"I say," he coughed slightly. "We play spin the bottle." Everyone stared at him in
confusion, apparently they had never heard of what he was talking. "Mixed with a dash of seven
minutes of heaven? I think we could lower that down to lower then one minute of heaven?" They
still stared.
"What's that, Eriol?" Sakura finally asked.
"It," he got up and went to Tomoyo's desk where he magically made a clear glass bottle
appear in his hands, then walking back to his seat and sitting. "Is where you spin this bottle and
whoever or whatever it lands on you," he randomly pointed at Syaoran. "Have to kiss it."
"HOE?!" Everyone stared at each other, while they all seem to be blushing. Eriol seemed
to be the only one smiling, again.
"Is anyone up to it?" Everyone sighed and nodded, anyway, what else could they do for
entertainment tonight? Eriol smiled, again, and set the bottle in the center of them while everyone
else formed a circle around it. He smiled, again, and spinned it and watched it spin around and
around and around and around and around and finally it came to a slow stop on-- Tomoyo's
doorknob? Everyone began to break out with hysterical laughter.
"You've got to be kidding me." He starred straight at the doorknob avoided all eye
contact with the other teens.
"Were you expecting to kiss one of us, Eriol?" Sakura asked. Eriol rubbed his eyes, and
stood up and walked over to the doorknob. 'It really couldn't be that bad, atleast I don't have to
kiss Syaoran', he thought as he lowered himself to it and quickly placed a kiss onto the gold
doorknob. He then turned around and looked at them, smiling, again.
"There. Now, Syaoran you spin." Syaoran shrugged and placed his hand on the clear
bottle and gave it a hard spin. Eriol took his seat and watched it spin around a few times and it
finally landed on Tomoyo. The two blushed from embarrassment while another jolting wave of
jealous overcame Meiling. She looked down at her crossed feet and mumbled to herself quietly,
as Syaoran got up, crawled over to Tomoyo and kissed her for less then a second on Tomoyo's
carnation pink lips. He turned scarlet red and crawled back over to his seat, and set his face into
his hands, and he elbows onto his knees.
Tomoyo looked at them all, then down to the glass bottle. "I take it is my turn to spin this
thing?" Eriol nodded in return. She delicately spun the bottle and it only spun two times landing
on Meiling.
"HOE?!" Sakura said through hysterical giggles. Meiling's eyes widened as she saw who
was supposed to kiss her. She shook her head and squealed in displeasure.
"You have got to be kidding me," she moanded. Tomoyo looked at Eriol with a pleasing
expression on her face.
"Do I really have to kiss Meiling?" Eriol nodded. "Can I just kiss her on the hand?" Eriol
nodded. Meiling looked at Syaoran for help, but he still had his face buried in his hands, not
paying any attention to the situation placed infront of Meiling and Tomoyo.
Tomoyo crawled over to Meiling and gently grabbed her hand, taking a deep breath and
taking a glance at Meiling, who didn't seem to be happy with Tomoyo's spin of the bottle at all.
Tomoyo sighed just once and then placed her lips to Meiling's hand then quickly pulling away
and dropped it.
"I'm sorry!" She exclaimed as Meiling jumped to her feet and ran out of the room, being
extremely careful not to touch the spot on the doorknob that Eriol had kissed, then down the
hallway to the bathroom where she piled her hand in soap and scrubbed hard on that one place.
Atleast ten minutes passed and Meiling was finally back in Tomoyo's bedroom, sitting
back in her spot between Sakura and Syaoran. She sighed and glared at the glass bottle as she
placed her hand on it and spinned it, hard. She covered her eyes as it spun for a few moments and
it landed on Syaoran. Everyone went silent, and Syaoran was unaware of what had just happen
for his face was still buried in his hands from embarrassment.
She looked down at the bottle and who it was pointing to and sighed with deep relief,
crawling infront of him.
"Syaoran?" She whispered and waited for Syaoran to let his hands drop and to look at
her. He finally did do that and Meiling quickly forced her lips onto his in a kiss, which lasted for
only two slow seconds. They both turned bright brick red and Syaoran's eyes were still open
staring at her when she finished.
"Kawaii!" Tomoyo and Sakura said at the same time. Everyone could tell that Tomoyo
wished that she had her video camera so she could of filmed this whole game of 'spin the bottle'.
She sighed.
He stared at her while he spun the bottle and watched it while it spin around in a circle.
His eyes widened and he screamed loudly, instantly jumping to his feet and running backwards
against the wall, still starring in pure amazement at the bottle and who it was pointing to.
"I AM NOT KISSING ERIOL! NO WAY AM I GOING TO KISS HIM! NO, NOWAY
NO HOW THERE IS NOTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO AND IF I HAVE TO KISS HIM I
SWEAR I'M GOING BACK TO HONG KONG RIGHT THAT MOMENT." They didn't need
telling twice. Eriol shrugged and spun the bottle again slowly and it landed on Sakura.
"H-hoe?" Before Sakura could protest Eriol's lips were pressed against hers in a short
kiss. He then pulled away, smiling and taking his seat leaving Sakura sitting there and looking
around at everyone else.
"Can someone else spin it for me?" Meiling instantly took the offer and spun it as hard as
she could while Syaoran made his way back to his seat. Everyone's eyes followed the bottle's
movements and it finally, slowly came to a stop, pointing at Tomoyo. The two girls blushed, but
Sakura just pecked her gently on the cheek.
Everyone then went silent for long minutes, and finally everyone said in unison. "Lets' go
to sleep." Everyone nodded and began to open their sleeping bags and curled under the top
blanket into the warmth of their 'beds.' Tomoyo stood up and walked over to the lightswitch and
looked at all of the teens.
"Ready?" Each boy and girl nodded and Tomoyo slowly let her finger flick off the switch,
and the lights in the bedroom fell into darkness, the only light that she could use to find her way
back to her own sleeping bag was the bright shinning colours of yellow and white from the stars
and the crescent moon.
She dug herself under the covers and laid her head onto of the pillow, letting her tresses
spill everywhere around her. She sighed softly just at the moment that everyone else had sighed
and closed her eyes.
"Good night everyone." Tomoyo said softly, and everyone replied back with a good night.
The room was soon filled with the soft tone of gentle breathing, and it was only eleven forty
three.
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After Note:
Did everyone enjoy my twisted humor for 'spin the bottle' and Meiling's depression
when Syaoran and Sakura were dancing? I hope you all did, and I that each and every one of my
readers will take the time to review chapter seven and tell me what they think.
I've got news, either chapter eight or chapter nine will be the last chapter of "A Promise
Never Broken" no worries, though, it will have a sequel hopefully just as good as this one, and
it'll be called "Red Silk". Heehee. Here is something for all my fans to think about.
"Yes, mother, we will be leaving to the airport in exactly two hours." Syaoran paused and
listened carefully to what his mother said.
"That's not the reason why you called Meiling and I?" He looked at Meiling as he talked.
Her face was full of just as much confusion as Syaoran's and she seemed to be eager to talk to
who was on the phone.
"Meiling mother is there, too? What? All right. I love you, too. Okay, I know mother.
Yes. Don't worry we'll be back in Hong Kong soon. All right, yes I understand! Bye, and here is
Meiling." He gave the phone to Meiling.
"Hello? MOTHER!" She screamed in delight. "What? You're serious? Really? No way?
Okay! Thanks! Yes, I love you, too, mother. Yes, I'll tell Xiaolang. Thanks! Bye, I love you!"
She giggled as she hung up the phone and looked at Syaoran.
"You'll never guess at what she just told me, Xiaolang." She giggled and came close
enough to him so she could whisper exactly what her mother had told her.
I'm starting to get really annoyed with all the flame I'm getting. Look, if you are a
Sakura + Syaoran type of person, don't read my fics because I'm not about to put up with
sorry crap like flame in my reviews.
To all my MeiLi fans, hope you enjoy chapter seven.
I don't know CCS or CC don't sue.
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"Everyone wake up!" Tomoyo said as she walked between their sleeping bags tapping
them each with her right foot. "We have four hours to get ready and go off to the dance that we
planned!" Syaoran moaned and looked at the clock on Tomoyo's desk. Everything seemed to
blurry and he couldn't make out what time it was.
"What time is it, Tomoyo?" Sakura said rubbing her eyes.
"IT'S FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON! WE'RE GOING TO BE LATE IF YOU DON'T
HURRY!" Everyone stared at Tomoyo. She shook her head and walked to her bedroom's door,
then outside into the hallway.
"It's going to take four hours to get ready for a dance?" Meiling groaned and soaked back
into the warmth and comfort of her sleeping bag. She sighed quietly and tried to fall asleep,
slowly closing her eyes.
"Mei, we might as well get up and get ready. Four o'clock in the afternoon is kind of
late." Syaoran reminded her. He gently pushed her and then stood up, following Tomoyo down
the hallway. Sakura and Eriol got up, and followed as well leaving Meiling alone in the bedroom.
"Fine." She mumbled and stood up, rubbing her eyes and followed everyone else.
Tomoyo led the other teenagers down to her bathroom where the five maids sat, holding a pile of
clothes in her hand.
"Morning Ms. Daidouji and company." Each maid walked over to one of the teens and
handed them a bathing suit and pointed to the changing rooms. Everyone did as they were told
and after only five minutes, everyone appeared back were they were at. One of the maids pointed
at the giant pool which was filled with white soft soap bubbles.
"We have to all take a bath together?" Syaoran exclaimed blushing deep red.
"Think of it as a swimming pool, Mr. Li," said one of the maids. "if it was a bath you all
would be naked." Syaoran blushed darker red at the though. Everyone was already soaking in the
water, except for Syaoran who was sitting at the edge, crossing his arms over his chest.
"Oh come on, Xiao!" Meiling exclaimed grabbing his hand. Before he could do anything
Meiling was pulled him into the warm water with a splash. Everyone smiled and Syaoran quickly
came up to the surface as glared at Meiling. She smiled as well.
"You are going to get it, Mei--"
"Oh, I love you, too." Meiling smiled in return and swam off to the other end. Syaoran
blushed again.
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"Yes, it's a casual dance." Tomoyo said handing everyone a set of clothes. "My mother
chose out these outfits out when I told here that Sakura, Eriol and I planned on going to a dance
when you two informed us that you were coming here." She smiled. They took them and went to
different rooms to change into their outfits.
Everyone then met back in Tomoyo's bedroom.
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"I made it so it was only open for us five." Tomoyo exclaimed as the five teens entered
the dance. "So, we are all lone except for the DJ and the man that serves the drinks." Everyone
nodded.
The five made their way to a table. "I want to suggest dance partners for the song." Eriol
said. Syaoran glared at him while he continued. "I want Syaoran and Sakura to dance this one
song."
"Hoe?!"
"WHAT?!"
"Yes, now don't be shy!" Eriol grabbed Syaoran and Sakura and dragged them onto the
dance floor before Meiling or Tomoyo could object. He walked back and found that Tomoyo was
talking to the driver who took them here.
"Care to dance, Meiling?" Eriol asked extending his hand to Meiling. She nodded, and he
took his hand in hers. Meiling looked at Syaoran and Sakura dancing as Eriol slowly led her to
the dance floor where the lights slowly began to dim and a slow song came on. Eriol placed his
hands on her hips while Meiling set her arms around his neck, and the two began to dance slowly
to the beat.
"So, Meiling," Eriol's voice said calmly once he noticed that Meiling had focused all her
attention on Sakura and Syaoran, dancing slowly, and whispering as well. "What do you think of
Sakura?" Meiling didn't respond to Eriol's question, she simply continued to look at the two, so
he continued on with another question. "What do you think about Syaoran?" She looked at him
and blinked.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean exactly what I asked, Meiling, what do you think of Sakura, and what do you
think of Syaoran?" They both then avoided contact. Meiling sighed deeply.
"Do I have to answer that, Eriol?" Eriol nodded. She sighed deeply once again, and went
silent for a few moments.
"I love Syaoran, you know that."
"I know that, but what do you think of him?"
"I really don't get what you are asking me, Eriol."
"What do you really think of Syaoran and Sakura? Not as a couple, if I might add."
Meiling looked at him and stopped dancing the same time that Eriol stopped.
"I think he needs to be less serious, and should act more his age. Most of all, I wish he'd
open up his heart and express his feelings, and thoughts, too." She thought back to the night he
had woke her up at four o'clock in the morning and blushed to a shade of pink. Eriol nodded in
agreement.
"Sakura." She paused.
"I want to sit down, Eriol, sorry." Eriol nodded and led her to the table where Tomoyo
was sitting, smiling at both Meiling and Eriol and Sakura and Syaoran. Syaoran had stopped
dancing, though and was looking at Meiling with deep concern, while Sakura was looking at him
in deep confusion.
"About Sakura," Meiling didn't even care that Tomoyo was sitting next to Eriol and
herself. "I thought I hated her." Tomoyo and Eriol were both listening to her talk. "I guess, I
don't." Meiling suddenly felt a rush of jealously and wanted to scream and run away. "She has so
much that I don't, and she could easily steal away his heart, it makes me wonder why he stayed
with me and not her." She was looking at Sakura while she said all of this. The two were now
whispering to each other while dance even slower then before, so off beat to the song. "I," she
sighed. "I don't want to talk about it."
The song then ended and Sakura and Syaoran parted and walked over to the same table,
taking seats. "I want to play dance partners again, if no one minds." Syaoran glared at Eriol, but
he ignored and continued. "Meiling, Syaoran you two dance together. Tomoyo, if you would care
to dance with me. Sakura, I hope you don't mind, but I think it'd be best if you sat this one out
for a few minutes." Sakura shook her head, and Tomoyo nodded. Meiling looked at Syaoran and
smiled slightly. Syaoran extended his hand and she took it in hers, him leading her back to the
dance floor. Again a slow song came on and Meiling locked into Syaoran's arms, while he
locked into her embrace and they slowly began to dance. After minutes Eriol had done the same
with Tomoyo.
Meiling was suddenly began to take deep breathes while holding back tears. Syaoran was
silent letting Meiling start their conversation. She didn't.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
Syaoran let his embrace loosen around her so he could look at her straight into her
glistening ruby pools of warmth and what seemed like love. "I'm serious, Mei, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Meiling, on the other hand, avoided his amber eyes. "I'm fine, I just got
something in my eye." Syaoran let one of his hands free from around her waist and lift Meiling's
chin gently to their eyes would meet.
"Mei, please." Syaoran wasn't smiling, he was frowning, nor did his face's expression
hold any serious in it at all, it was full of concern. Meiling opened her mouth but quietly closed
it. Syaoran starred.
"Are you homesick?" He asked. She didn't want to tell him what she had told Eriol, so
this seemed to be like the perfect excuse, plus she was just a little homesick. She nodded to him,
and to pleasure and displeasure he let go of her chin, and his hand went back to the position of
around her waist.
"I'm a little homesick, too, I guess." He whispered to her. "No need to be so depressed
over leaving Hong Kong for a week, though." Meiling didn't say anything.
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"So, what did she say?"
"About Syaoran?"
"Yes, about Syaoran. I heard what she said about Sakura." Tomoyo paused and waited for
a response from Eriol.
"She said she hated him and that she wished that he would burn in h--" Tomoyo slapped
him before he could say anything more.
"I'm serious, Eriol!"
"I know you are, Tomoyo."
"What did she really say?"
"She said that she wished he would act his age and that he would express himself more."
Tomoyo in agreement.
"She has a point though." Eriol nodded at this. Tomoyo was then looking at Syaoran and
Meiling dancing. "They make such a cute couple, though, even if Meiling is a bit depressed."
Eriol nodded again.
"You know, I feel like I'm playing, 'Lets find out what's wrong with this relationship so
we an fix it as fast as we can!' I think I like that name, you know." Tomoyo smiled. "Now here is
our handsome host Eriol Hiiragizawa and the other host person, Tomoyo
whatever-the-chick's-name-is." Tomoyo glared at him in a kidding sort of way, and then let a
slight chuckle escape from between her carnation pink lips. "Today's topic is MeiLi! What
exactly is wrong with the couple? Well, Whatever-this-chick's-name is and I are going to find
out today on 'Let's find out what's the problem with this relationship so we can fix it as fast as
we can!'"
"Tomoyo Daidouji." She sighed. The song slowly began to fade and they made their way
back to the table just as Syaoran and Meiling did the same.
Eriol smiled, again, and in return everyone game him a suspicious look. "Well, that's all
of my dance partnering for today." Everyone sighed in relief.
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After an hour of dancing, Syaoran and Eriol were now sitting together at a different table,
stuck in deep conversation, while Sakura, Tomoyo, and Meiling was giggling away while
drinking up glasses of tea.
"What are you supposed to mean by that, Hiiragizawa?" He was back on the last names
again.
"I talked to Meiling when we were dancing." Syaoran got a sudden jolt of jealously and
wanted to throw his glass at him. He mumbled slightly. It was the first time he was actually
jealous of Eriol Hiiragizawa dancing with his Mei Li.
"What did you force her to say to you?"
"I didn't force her," Eriol chuckled. "I asked her two questions, and she seemed very
hesitant to tell me the answer to either one of them. A, maybe because you were near here, or B,
she didn't seem to trust me with those answer. Although, she didn't eventually give me a
response."
"Is blackmail, Hiiragizawa?" Eriol shook his head.
"Now, my kawaii descendant, would I ever blackmail you?" Syaoran mumbled 'Of
course you would.'
"Why do you still call me by that name, Hiiragizawa?!"
"Why do you call me 'Hiiragizawa'?" Syaoran shook his head, no way of getting through
this guy. Anyway, he probably shouldn't of been doing that to the half reincarnation of Clow
Reed himself, but then again he was more then annoyed.
He groaned and sat his head on the table, and into his arm avoiding eye contact with
Eriol. "Well, what did you ask her and what did she say?"
"You know, Syaoran," he paused. Syaoran sounded like he was growling at him. "You
seem to have made a change for the best for Meiling." Syaoran stared at him.
"Can we stick on the subject, please?"
"Fine. Fine." He took in a long deep breath. "I asked what she really thought of you and
Sakura, I mean, not as a couple, what she thought about you two individually." Syaoran raised his
eye brows and looked at Eriol.
"Continue."
"She answered first about you, Syaoran, she said she loved you but she wishes you were
less serious, and that you would act your age," he looked at him again. "But she didn't mean that
in a offensive way, mind you. She also said that you should open up your heart and express your
thoughts and feelings." Secretly Syaoran had to agree with what Eriol had said that Meiling had
said about him.
"About Sakura?"
"She said she thought he hated her and that she had so much that she didn't, that Sakura
could easily steal your heart away from her, and she was wondering why you chose Meiling over
Sakura." He paused. "What do you think of all this, Syaoran?"
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"Meiling, dear, I really am interesting on how you do your hair into those two buns on
your head and how you still have the pigtail sort of design! It-is-so-kawaii!" Squealed Tomoyo.
Sakura and Meiling both stared at her.
"What did they put in the tea, Tomoyo?"
"A little bit of I don't know, but isn't it delicious?" Sakura and Meiling again stared at
Tomoyo. She seemed to have had a little too much to drink.
"And Sakura, dear, did I ever tell you that you look just oh-so-kawaii when you captured
those Sakura cards?"
"Hoeeee?"
"Tomoyo, dear, I'm starting to wonder why this tea is having such an affect on you!?"
Meiling got up, and walked to the man who was giving drinks.
"Sakura!"
"What?"
"You should of kept your hair purple!"
"Hoe..?"
"Purple hair, it fits you so well!" Tomoyo giggled softly. "Oh hohoho!" Meiling walked
back and tapped Sakura on the shoulder softly.
"He said that it's just normal tea."
"Maybe she's on a sugar high."
"I think we should leave now, Tomoyo. Hoe..? Tomoyo how much of that tea can you
drink down in fifteen minutes?!" Sakura starred at Tomoyo, while Meiling walked over to the
table where Syaoran and Eriol had been sitting.
"I think we should leave now." They stared at her blankly and she quietly pointed at
Tomoyo, who was now gulping down another glass of tea. "They did something to the tea." They
both stared at her.
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"She's all right, Mrs. Daidouji, Mr. Hiiragizawa informed me that they had put something
inside her tea." One of the maids informed Tomoyo's mother.
"I knew I shouldn't of let them go down to the dance!" She sighed in annoyance.
"Please don't take this offensive, Mrs. Daidouji, but Ms. Tomoyo and her friends are
sixteen years old now."
"I know, I know."
"Are you going to be all right, Mrs. Daidouji?"
"Yes, I will be fine. But, would you be so kind as to make me a glass of te-- I mean
water?" The maid nodded and she was off down to the kitchen. Meanwhile Sonomi made her
way down to Tomoyo's bedroom where the five teens sat chatting happily. She opened the door
without knocking and stood at the entrance.
"Good evening, mother." Tomoyo smiled.
"Hello everyone. I was just informed about what had happened at the dance." She had her
eyes fixed on Tomoyo's blushing figure. "I hope this doesn't upset you all too much, but I'd
rather you all wouldn't go to your dinner tomorrow night, you would still be able to go to the
amusement park and the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, though, I just wouldn't like anything
like that to happen to anyone else." Everyone sighed in disappointment, but all of them knew
better then to disagree with Tomoyo's mother.
"All right, mother, if you say so." Sonomi smiled.
"Now get some sleep, no later then two in the morning, okay?" Everyone nodded. "I'll
have one of the maids come in and check on you later on."
"Mrs. Daidouji your water is ready!" Sonomi smiled and waved to the teens and walked
out of the bedroom. After a few moments of silence everyone began to speak once again.
"May I suggest another game for tonight?"
"You are just the life of this party, aren't you Eriol?" Tomoyo asked with a chuckle,
while Eriol nodded.
"I say," he coughed slightly. "We play spin the bottle." Everyone stared at him in
confusion, apparently they had never heard of what he was talking. "Mixed with a dash of seven
minutes of heaven? I think we could lower that down to lower then one minute of heaven?" They
still stared.
"What's that, Eriol?" Sakura finally asked.
"It," he got up and went to Tomoyo's desk where he magically made a clear glass bottle
appear in his hands, then walking back to his seat and sitting. "Is where you spin this bottle and
whoever or whatever it lands on you," he randomly pointed at Syaoran. "Have to kiss it."
"HOE?!" Everyone stared at each other, while they all seem to be blushing. Eriol seemed
to be the only one smiling, again.
"Is anyone up to it?" Everyone sighed and nodded, anyway, what else could they do for
entertainment tonight? Eriol smiled, again, and set the bottle in the center of them while everyone
else formed a circle around it. He smiled, again, and spinned it and watched it spin around and
around and around and around and around and finally it came to a slow stop on-- Tomoyo's
doorknob? Everyone began to break out with hysterical laughter.
"You've got to be kidding me." He starred straight at the doorknob avoided all eye
contact with the other teens.
"Were you expecting to kiss one of us, Eriol?" Sakura asked. Eriol rubbed his eyes, and
stood up and walked over to the doorknob. 'It really couldn't be that bad, atleast I don't have to
kiss Syaoran', he thought as he lowered himself to it and quickly placed a kiss onto the gold
doorknob. He then turned around and looked at them, smiling, again.
"There. Now, Syaoran you spin." Syaoran shrugged and placed his hand on the clear
bottle and gave it a hard spin. Eriol took his seat and watched it spin around a few times and it
finally landed on Tomoyo. The two blushed from embarrassment while another jolting wave of
jealous overcame Meiling. She looked down at her crossed feet and mumbled to herself quietly,
as Syaoran got up, crawled over to Tomoyo and kissed her for less then a second on Tomoyo's
carnation pink lips. He turned scarlet red and crawled back over to his seat, and set his face into
his hands, and he elbows onto his knees.
Tomoyo looked at them all, then down to the glass bottle. "I take it is my turn to spin this
thing?" Eriol nodded in return. She delicately spun the bottle and it only spun two times landing
on Meiling.
"HOE?!" Sakura said through hysterical giggles. Meiling's eyes widened as she saw who
was supposed to kiss her. She shook her head and squealed in displeasure.
"You have got to be kidding me," she moanded. Tomoyo looked at Eriol with a pleasing
expression on her face.
"Do I really have to kiss Meiling?" Eriol nodded. "Can I just kiss her on the hand?" Eriol
nodded. Meiling looked at Syaoran for help, but he still had his face buried in his hands, not
paying any attention to the situation placed infront of Meiling and Tomoyo.
Tomoyo crawled over to Meiling and gently grabbed her hand, taking a deep breath and
taking a glance at Meiling, who didn't seem to be happy with Tomoyo's spin of the bottle at all.
Tomoyo sighed just once and then placed her lips to Meiling's hand then quickly pulling away
and dropped it.
"I'm sorry!" She exclaimed as Meiling jumped to her feet and ran out of the room, being
extremely careful not to touch the spot on the doorknob that Eriol had kissed, then down the
hallway to the bathroom where she piled her hand in soap and scrubbed hard on that one place.
Atleast ten minutes passed and Meiling was finally back in Tomoyo's bedroom, sitting
back in her spot between Sakura and Syaoran. She sighed and glared at the glass bottle as she
placed her hand on it and spinned it, hard. She covered her eyes as it spun for a few moments and
it landed on Syaoran. Everyone went silent, and Syaoran was unaware of what had just happen
for his face was still buried in his hands from embarrassment.
She looked down at the bottle and who it was pointing to and sighed with deep relief,
crawling infront of him.
"Syaoran?" She whispered and waited for Syaoran to let his hands drop and to look at
her. He finally did do that and Meiling quickly forced her lips onto his in a kiss, which lasted for
only two slow seconds. They both turned bright brick red and Syaoran's eyes were still open
staring at her when she finished.
"Kawaii!" Tomoyo and Sakura said at the same time. Everyone could tell that Tomoyo
wished that she had her video camera so she could of filmed this whole game of 'spin the bottle'.
She sighed.
He stared at her while he spun the bottle and watched it while it spin around in a circle.
His eyes widened and he screamed loudly, instantly jumping to his feet and running backwards
against the wall, still starring in pure amazement at the bottle and who it was pointing to.
"I AM NOT KISSING ERIOL! NO WAY AM I GOING TO KISS HIM! NO, NOWAY
NO HOW THERE IS NOTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO AND IF I HAVE TO KISS HIM I
SWEAR I'M GOING BACK TO HONG KONG RIGHT THAT MOMENT." They didn't need
telling twice. Eriol shrugged and spun the bottle again slowly and it landed on Sakura.
"H-hoe?" Before Sakura could protest Eriol's lips were pressed against hers in a short
kiss. He then pulled away, smiling and taking his seat leaving Sakura sitting there and looking
around at everyone else.
"Can someone else spin it for me?" Meiling instantly took the offer and spun it as hard as
she could while Syaoran made his way back to his seat. Everyone's eyes followed the bottle's
movements and it finally, slowly came to a stop, pointing at Tomoyo. The two girls blushed, but
Sakura just pecked her gently on the cheek.
Everyone then went silent for long minutes, and finally everyone said in unison. "Lets' go
to sleep." Everyone nodded and began to open their sleeping bags and curled under the top
blanket into the warmth of their 'beds.' Tomoyo stood up and walked over to the lightswitch and
looked at all of the teens.
"Ready?" Each boy and girl nodded and Tomoyo slowly let her finger flick off the switch,
and the lights in the bedroom fell into darkness, the only light that she could use to find her way
back to her own sleeping bag was the bright shinning colours of yellow and white from the stars
and the crescent moon.
She dug herself under the covers and laid her head onto of the pillow, letting her tresses
spill everywhere around her. She sighed softly just at the moment that everyone else had sighed
and closed her eyes.
"Good night everyone." Tomoyo said softly, and everyone replied back with a good night.
The room was soon filled with the soft tone of gentle breathing, and it was only eleven forty
three.
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After Note:
Did everyone enjoy my twisted humor for 'spin the bottle' and Meiling's depression
when Syaoran and Sakura were dancing? I hope you all did, and I that each and every one of my
readers will take the time to review chapter seven and tell me what they think.
I've got news, either chapter eight or chapter nine will be the last chapter of "A Promise
Never Broken" no worries, though, it will have a sequel hopefully just as good as this one, and
it'll be called "Red Silk". Heehee. Here is something for all my fans to think about.
"Yes, mother, we will be leaving to the airport in exactly two hours." Syaoran paused and
listened carefully to what his mother said.
"That's not the reason why you called Meiling and I?" He looked at Meiling as he talked.
Her face was full of just as much confusion as Syaoran's and she seemed to be eager to talk to
who was on the phone.
"Meiling mother is there, too? What? All right. I love you, too. Okay, I know mother.
Yes. Don't worry we'll be back in Hong Kong soon. All right, yes I understand! Bye, and here is
Meiling." He gave the phone to Meiling.
"Hello? MOTHER!" She screamed in delight. "What? You're serious? Really? No way?
Okay! Thanks! Yes, I love you, too, mother. Yes, I'll tell Xiaolang. Thanks! Bye, I love you!"
She giggled as she hung up the phone and looked at Syaoran.
"You'll never guess at what she just told me, Xiaolang." She giggled and came close
enough to him so she could whisper exactly what her mother had told her.