Hey minna-san! I'm back again and it's finally SPRING BREAK!! Yay!!!!!!!!!!
You know what that means… MORE UPDATES! Someone requested that shouldn't
make my paragraphs stacked up. I try double spacing on my chapters, but
they never come up. I'll try to make it less hard to read. Someone also
requested that I add more S+S. Isn't there enough so far? I'm trying to add
as much S+S mush as possible. By the way, for the one's that want to know
when the wedding is coming, I won't tell you yet. That would just give away
the story. Dang it! Why did Spring Break have to be only ONE FREAKIN' WEEK
long?! Oh well, I should be happy that they let us even have Spring Break.
Remember to R+R. Onegai? You know, more reviews can lead to faster updates.
*hint, hint* ^_~
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS or any of its characters. I only own the one that you don't usually see. In other words, THERE IS NO POINT IN SUEING A FREAKIN' TWELVE YEAR OLD WHEN SHE'S NOT EVEN FREAKIN' PROFITING FROM THE STORY!!
~~~~~~Brief Summary of the Last Chapter~~~~~~
It was Sakura and Syaoran's last day/night in Okayama. They got stuck in the rain and had to stay at some guesthouse. There was lots of S+S mush. I don't really know why I need to give yall summaries of the last chapters. If yall love my story enough, yall should remember it.
Hum Ho Gaye Aapke [I've Become Yours]
By: Kawaii-Libra-Waziha-chan
Chapter Eight: Work havoc and Syaoran's feelings
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
* Sounds *
Song
(A/N: Author Notes)
~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~
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~~~~~~The Next Morning~~~~~~
Sakura woke up finding herself in a very large bed. She got up and got some of her personal stuff from her suitcase. She dragged herself into the bathroom and went through the usual morning routine, brush, shower and change.
She came out wearing a khaki skirt that went down to her shins and a pink turtle neck shirt. Over the shirt she wore a jean jacket. On her feet were some pink sandals. She tied her honey colored hair into a half- pony tail with a silver clip. (A/N: Dang, Syaoran knows clothes very well since he bought the stuff for her.)
She walked into the living room finding a sleeping Syaoran on the couch. She sighed dreamily at the sleeping Syaoran.
'How kawaii! Uh-oh, Tomoyo's starting to rub off on me,' Sakura thought. Syaoran looked absolutely innocent with his chestnut strands of hair over his eyes. He looked like he was in a state of bliss.
Sakura absent-mindedly brushed the stands away. Syaoran started showing some signs that he was waking up. He slowly opened his eyes to find smiling Sakura.
"Good morning, Syao-kun," Sakura greeted. "Good morning," he replied back. Syaoran sat up and looked at his watch. He went wide-eyed at the time. "Oh crap! It's already 9:30!" Syaoran said jumping out of his seat. He quickly got his toothbrush and clothes and ran into the bathroom. Sakura went in to the kitchen and started to make breakfast, her famous pancakes.
Syaoran came out wearing some khaki pants and a baby blue turtle neck shirt. Over that he wore a jean jacket and he wore some brown leather shoes on his feet. (A/N: Wow, what a coincidence! They're almost wearing the same thing! O my gawd!)
(A/N: It just occurred to me about their hair. Even though they take showers, it comes out dry. Just pretend that they blow dried it with a super powerful blow dryer.) "You made it just in time Syao-kun! The pancakes are ready," Sakura said. "Good, I'm hungry!" Syaoran replied.
They both sat down on the table and had their breakfast. The guesthouse provided everything that was needed. They had a light conversation about how they were going to miss Okayama.
"Phew, I'm stuffed! I probably had four pancakes!" Syaoran said rubbing his stuffed tummy. "Yeah, me too. Since were done, why don't we head off?" Sakura suggested. "That sounds good to me," Sakura replied taking the plates into the kitchen. Syaoran followed her and insisted that he wash the plates.
Sakura made sure that everything was clean and that they didn't leave anything there. Sakura and Syaoran got into the car and were started going. At the gate, Syaoran thanked the guard that had let them in and they were off.
~~~~~~Back to Tokyo~~~~~~
"Back to Tokyo again," Sakura said sighing. "Yep," Syaoran replied. The drive was beautiful and they had stopped a couple of times for bathroom breaks. They drove for hours already and they had stopped at tiny little restaurant for lunch. They restaurant was called Terada's Soups and Rice. Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and nodded. They thought it would be a nice place to stop and eat.
Sakura and Syaoran sat down and got menus. They stared at the menus for a minute and called the waiter. "Yes sir, what would you like to have?" the waiter asked. "I'll have the egg drop soup and I'll have a Dr. Pepper with that," Syaoran replied. "And you, miss?" the waiter asked Sakura. "I'll have the same," Sakura replied. They waiter took their orders and headed for the kitchen.
Sakura and Syaoran waited for the orders to come. They watched the news on the TV while they waited. Soon they waiter arrived with the steaming hot food. He served the food and left. Sakura and Syaoran tasted the food and looked up at each other. "
"Hey, this is really good," Syaoran said complimenting the soup. "Hai, it is," Sakura replied. The rest of their meal had barely any conversation because Sakura and Syaoran were watching the news. When they were done eating, Syaoran paid the bill and Sakura and Syaoran left.
They stopped by a gas station to fill up their tank with gas and to pick up some snacks. They both shared a big bag of Andy Capp's Hot Fries®. (A/N: I don't own the Hot Fries Co. even though they're delicious!)
~~~~~~Arrival at Tokyo~~~~~~
They finally got to Tokyo at 8:00 PM. Syaoran got out their entire luggage and carried over to the door. Fijo opened the door. "Why, hello Syaoran-kun, nice to see you again," Fijo said. "Yes it is. Sakura and I have missed you all very much. It's very nice to be back home. Isn't it Sakura?" Syaoran asked. "Hai, it is," Sakura replied.
Sakura and Syaoran entered through the door and Syaoran immediately dropped the luggage. "Ah, home sweet home," Syaoran said. "I agree," Sakura replied. "Otou-san, we're home!" Syaoran yelled.
Hyskito came down stairs and greeted his son with a hug. "Nice to have you back son," Hyskito said to Syaoran. "I know, with out me how would you get dates?" Syaoran replied. Sakura giggled at his comment. "No actually I got plenty. Girls seem to like mature men these days," Hyskito acted along. "Sakura, it's nice to have you back to," Hyskito said. He gave her a small hug that a father would give to his daughter of son. (A/N: It's probably because he knows that she'll become his daughter-in-law soon.) "Say Sakura, why don't we go unpack and get some sleep, I'm really tired," Syaoran suggested. "I'd like that," Sakura replied.
"Monty, will you go take our bags to our rooms?" Syaoran called. Monty came into the room and took the bags two by two into the rooms. Sakura and Syaoran both went in to their own rooms and instantly fell asleep.
~~~~~~A few days later~~~~~~
A couple of days had passed and things were going well. Sakura was getting tired of staying around the house all day, so she decided that she'd get a job.
~~~~~~The day after that~~~~~~
Syaoran, Hyskito and some other guy were at a meeting and they were interviewing applicants that wanted a job there. This would be a long day since most of them didn't have the right requirements that were need. Most of them were too lazy.
Hyskito, Syaoran, and the other guy, Teshino, were getting bored and they were ready to give up. Teshino stuck his head out the door and yelled "Next!" Syaoran and Hyskito just sighed. To their surprise a lady with honey colored hair and green eyes had walked in. Sakura. Sakura handed Teshino her certificates and diplomas.
"Hmm… lets see. Ms. Sakura Kinimoto. Well I see that you didn't complete all of your courses at college. May I ask why?" Teshino asked. "Family problems," Sakura replied. Syaoran looked at Sakura and she looked back. They all acted casual and didn't they didn't treat her specially because they knew her. They kept this strictly professional. "Well I see that since your education is incomplete-" Teshino said before he got cut off by Hyskito. "Umm… Sakura-chan, why I think we'll talk on it. Why don't you go wait outside," Hyskito said. "Hai," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~While waiting out side~~~~~~
Sakura sat down in a chair and picked up a magazine off of the table. She started reading an article called 'Is He Marriage Material?'. Sakura found it quite interesting. She tried Yamasaki on it and he got only a fourth of them right because most of the questions were 'Is he truthful?' 'Is his trustworthy?' 'Did he ever let you down?' 'Are you comfortable with him?' or something of that like. She started comparing it to Syaoran. Syaoran got more right. He got about three fourths of them. He would've gotten more if only he'd met Sakura sooner.
Sakura skimmed through some more articles. Suddenly, Yamasaki entered the hall with folders in his hands. Sakura and Yamasaki both froze. "Uh… Sakura… umm… I mean…K-k-kinimoto-san…uh" Yamasaki stuttered. To Sakura's luck Syaoran had entered the room to tell Sakura the news. Syaoran eyed the situation and decided to get Sakura out of it. "Takeshi-san, is there a problem?" Syaoran asked. "Uhh… no sir. I just came in to give you the documents for our next shipment," Yamasaki replied. "Thank you for the documents. You may leave now," Syaoran said. Yamasaki left the room not turning back.
"Saku-chan, your points were a little low, but Otou-san said that we needed more ambitious and diligent people like you on our staff. So congratulations, you got the job!" Syaoran said. "Yes! Thank you so much! I'm very grateful. Thank you!" Sakura said joyously. "You don't need to thank us, Saku-chan, you made it happen," Syaoran replied. "You start tomorrow. I hope you'll like it," Syaoran said. "I'm sure I will," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~2 days later~~~~~~
Sakura was sitting at her desk preparing a speech that Syaoran would be saying next week at a presentation. When she started proof reading it and checking it for errors, her phone rang.
"Hello, Syaoran Technologies, Kinimoto Sakura speaking, how may I help you?" Sakura said. "Uhh… umm… Kinimoto-san, this is Yamasaki," Yamasaki replied. "Oh… it you," Sakura simply said. "Listen Sakura-san, please, I know what I did to you was totally unforgivable, but I REALLY hope you can forgive me. I know we can't be husband and wife, but can we still be friends right?" Yamasaki pleaded.
"I'm not sure, Takeshi-san," Sakura replied sternly. "Sakura-san, today's my birthday, I hope you can give me present by forgiving me," Yamasaki said. "Yamasaki-san, I forgive you," Sakura said more gently this time. "Okay, so can I come over and give you a piece of my birthday cake?" Yamasaki asked. "Yeah, you can," Sakura responded.
About fifteen seconds later, there was knock at Sakura's door. "Come in, the door's open!" Sakura yelled. Yamasaki opened the door and came in. He walked over to Sakura. "Do you forgive me? Can we still be friends?" Yamasaki asked. "Hai, we can," Sakura replied. Yamasaki gave Sakura the piece of cake and smiled. "Thank you," Sakura said. "Your welcome," Yamasaki replied. Sakura and Yamasaki shook on their friendship. "I will never forget you Sakura-san," Yamasaki said. "I'll never forget you either," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~3 days later at a meeting~~~~~~
Sakura, Syaoran, Yamasaki and other employers were at meeting discussing the current situation of their company due to a major deficiency of one of their suppliers. "Sir, the products have been very bad and the customer satisfaction had gone down very much. I think we should quit our partnership with the company and get a new supplier," Yamasaki explained to Syaoran. "So you're saying that my dad made a wrong decision in choosing them for our business?" Syaoran asked. "No sir, I didn't mean it that way. Their services were great at first but now they starting to slack off," Yamasaki replied. "So what do you think Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked. Syaoran didn't call her by the nickname he usually did because they were now talking business. "Syaoran-kun, I agree with Yamasaki. If the customer satisfaction has just gotten down that low, we should quit immediately," Sakura replied. "Okay, I guess it's settled. You are all dismissed for lunch," Syaoran said. Everyone got up and started leaving.
"Saku-chan, could you please stay for a minute?" Syaoran asked. "Sure," Sakura replied. "I'm not enforcing anything or mean anything in a bad way but, I've noticed that you and Yamasaki-san have been having very friendly towards each other, have you forgiven him?" Syaoran asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice. "Yes, I decided to give him a break," Sakura replied. "But we won't be being anything more than just friends," Sakura continued. "Okay," Syaoran replied. "Syao-kun, aren't you going to eat?" Sakura asked. "No, I'm not really hungry," Syaoran replied. "Alright," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~Lunchtime in the Co. Café~~~~~~
"Hey, did you see the way Li-san acted with Kinimoto-san today?" asked one of the employees to another. "Forget it dude, it's just a nice friendship that's all," replied the other employer. "No, I mean it, Kinimoto-san, lives with him, they call each other by pet-names, and he told her to stay after the meeting," the first employer suggested. Unfortunately, Yamasaki over heard and got PISSED.
"What did you just say about Sakura-san right now?" Yamasaki asked with full rage and jealousy in his voice. "Nothing, I just thought that Li-san and Kinimoto-san have something going on," the employer replied. "Don't ever say it AGAIN!" Yamasaki warned. "Why? You got a problem with it or somethin'?" the employer asked. This time Yamasaki got really mad (A/N: Yamasaki mad and pissed?) and grabbed the guy's collar. By now, everyone was standing around watching. The men were yelling, "FIGHT! FIGHT!" while the women just stood there.
Yamasaki was just about to beat the crap out of the guy when Sakura and Syaoran walked into the room. "Hey, hey, what's going on?!" Syaoran asked coming between the two. Yamasaki calmed down and let go of the man. "What's going on?" Sakura asked. "Why are you two fighting?" Sakura continued. "Sakura-san, this guy was spreading rumors about you and Syaoran-san," Yamasaki replied. "So what?! Yamasaki-san, if he spreads rumors about us, how does it affect you?" Sakura asked.
"It does affect me. I was the first man in your life. You even admit it buy forgiving me," Yamasaki said. "Takeshi-san, when I said that I forgave, I forgave your mistake not you. When I said that I would never forget you, I meant I would never forget what you did to me, and last of all, when I said 'thank you' I thanked you because of you, I met a great man like Syaoran. Takeshi-san, you have no right to protect me," Sakura said to Yamasaki. "You know, most of yall think that me and Syaoran are more than platonic. Instead of keeping your thoughts to you self, you tell everyone and convince them it's true. Yall just do that because yall are jealous of him. Most of yall see him as the M.D., Managing Director, but I see him as a man of discipline, a man of dedication, a man of devotion. In other words, he is a man of distinction," Sakura said. At those words, Syaoran's heart leaped up. No one had ever said so much about him. No one had ever complimented him like this before. "Shall we leave Syao-kun?" Sakura asked. Syaoran nodded and they left feeling like the happiest man alive.
~~~~~~In the car~~~~~~
Sakura and Syaoran were sitting silently as Syaoran drove. Both of them were smiling and indulging in the comfortable silence. Syaoran watched Sakura from the corner of his eye. Out of nowhere, his hand slowly crept over to Sakura's hand and it came over it. He gently tightened the grasp on her hand. Sakura responded by doing the same. The both absent- mindedly did this. Their hand stayed like that the whole way home.
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Okay, that's it for the eighth chapter. I know it's pretty short, but it was eventful right? It's 11:25 PM right now and I'm tired. I woke up at 6 AM. I really need the sleep. Hopefully I can get the next chapter up soon. I hope you liked this chapter. Remember to review! You know the rules, no review, no story. Ja!
~*~*~Kawaii-Libra-Waziha-chan~*~*~
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS or any of its characters. I only own the one that you don't usually see. In other words, THERE IS NO POINT IN SUEING A FREAKIN' TWELVE YEAR OLD WHEN SHE'S NOT EVEN FREAKIN' PROFITING FROM THE STORY!!
~~~~~~Brief Summary of the Last Chapter~~~~~~
It was Sakura and Syaoran's last day/night in Okayama. They got stuck in the rain and had to stay at some guesthouse. There was lots of S+S mush. I don't really know why I need to give yall summaries of the last chapters. If yall love my story enough, yall should remember it.
Hum Ho Gaye Aapke [I've Become Yours]
By: Kawaii-Libra-Waziha-chan
Chapter Eight: Work havoc and Syaoran's feelings
"Talking"
'Thoughts'
* Sounds *
Song
(A/N: Author Notes)
~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~
____________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________
~~~~~~The Next Morning~~~~~~
Sakura woke up finding herself in a very large bed. She got up and got some of her personal stuff from her suitcase. She dragged herself into the bathroom and went through the usual morning routine, brush, shower and change.
She came out wearing a khaki skirt that went down to her shins and a pink turtle neck shirt. Over the shirt she wore a jean jacket. On her feet were some pink sandals. She tied her honey colored hair into a half- pony tail with a silver clip. (A/N: Dang, Syaoran knows clothes very well since he bought the stuff for her.)
She walked into the living room finding a sleeping Syaoran on the couch. She sighed dreamily at the sleeping Syaoran.
'How kawaii! Uh-oh, Tomoyo's starting to rub off on me,' Sakura thought. Syaoran looked absolutely innocent with his chestnut strands of hair over his eyes. He looked like he was in a state of bliss.
Sakura absent-mindedly brushed the stands away. Syaoran started showing some signs that he was waking up. He slowly opened his eyes to find smiling Sakura.
"Good morning, Syao-kun," Sakura greeted. "Good morning," he replied back. Syaoran sat up and looked at his watch. He went wide-eyed at the time. "Oh crap! It's already 9:30!" Syaoran said jumping out of his seat. He quickly got his toothbrush and clothes and ran into the bathroom. Sakura went in to the kitchen and started to make breakfast, her famous pancakes.
Syaoran came out wearing some khaki pants and a baby blue turtle neck shirt. Over that he wore a jean jacket and he wore some brown leather shoes on his feet. (A/N: Wow, what a coincidence! They're almost wearing the same thing! O my gawd!)
(A/N: It just occurred to me about their hair. Even though they take showers, it comes out dry. Just pretend that they blow dried it with a super powerful blow dryer.) "You made it just in time Syao-kun! The pancakes are ready," Sakura said. "Good, I'm hungry!" Syaoran replied.
They both sat down on the table and had their breakfast. The guesthouse provided everything that was needed. They had a light conversation about how they were going to miss Okayama.
"Phew, I'm stuffed! I probably had four pancakes!" Syaoran said rubbing his stuffed tummy. "Yeah, me too. Since were done, why don't we head off?" Sakura suggested. "That sounds good to me," Sakura replied taking the plates into the kitchen. Syaoran followed her and insisted that he wash the plates.
Sakura made sure that everything was clean and that they didn't leave anything there. Sakura and Syaoran got into the car and were started going. At the gate, Syaoran thanked the guard that had let them in and they were off.
~~~~~~Back to Tokyo~~~~~~
"Back to Tokyo again," Sakura said sighing. "Yep," Syaoran replied. The drive was beautiful and they had stopped a couple of times for bathroom breaks. They drove for hours already and they had stopped at tiny little restaurant for lunch. They restaurant was called Terada's Soups and Rice. Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other and nodded. They thought it would be a nice place to stop and eat.
Sakura and Syaoran sat down and got menus. They stared at the menus for a minute and called the waiter. "Yes sir, what would you like to have?" the waiter asked. "I'll have the egg drop soup and I'll have a Dr. Pepper with that," Syaoran replied. "And you, miss?" the waiter asked Sakura. "I'll have the same," Sakura replied. They waiter took their orders and headed for the kitchen.
Sakura and Syaoran waited for the orders to come. They watched the news on the TV while they waited. Soon they waiter arrived with the steaming hot food. He served the food and left. Sakura and Syaoran tasted the food and looked up at each other. "
"Hey, this is really good," Syaoran said complimenting the soup. "Hai, it is," Sakura replied. The rest of their meal had barely any conversation because Sakura and Syaoran were watching the news. When they were done eating, Syaoran paid the bill and Sakura and Syaoran left.
They stopped by a gas station to fill up their tank with gas and to pick up some snacks. They both shared a big bag of Andy Capp's Hot Fries®. (A/N: I don't own the Hot Fries Co. even though they're delicious!)
~~~~~~Arrival at Tokyo~~~~~~
They finally got to Tokyo at 8:00 PM. Syaoran got out their entire luggage and carried over to the door. Fijo opened the door. "Why, hello Syaoran-kun, nice to see you again," Fijo said. "Yes it is. Sakura and I have missed you all very much. It's very nice to be back home. Isn't it Sakura?" Syaoran asked. "Hai, it is," Sakura replied.
Sakura and Syaoran entered through the door and Syaoran immediately dropped the luggage. "Ah, home sweet home," Syaoran said. "I agree," Sakura replied. "Otou-san, we're home!" Syaoran yelled.
Hyskito came down stairs and greeted his son with a hug. "Nice to have you back son," Hyskito said to Syaoran. "I know, with out me how would you get dates?" Syaoran replied. Sakura giggled at his comment. "No actually I got plenty. Girls seem to like mature men these days," Hyskito acted along. "Sakura, it's nice to have you back to," Hyskito said. He gave her a small hug that a father would give to his daughter of son. (A/N: It's probably because he knows that she'll become his daughter-in-law soon.) "Say Sakura, why don't we go unpack and get some sleep, I'm really tired," Syaoran suggested. "I'd like that," Sakura replied.
"Monty, will you go take our bags to our rooms?" Syaoran called. Monty came into the room and took the bags two by two into the rooms. Sakura and Syaoran both went in to their own rooms and instantly fell asleep.
~~~~~~A few days later~~~~~~
A couple of days had passed and things were going well. Sakura was getting tired of staying around the house all day, so she decided that she'd get a job.
~~~~~~The day after that~~~~~~
Syaoran, Hyskito and some other guy were at a meeting and they were interviewing applicants that wanted a job there. This would be a long day since most of them didn't have the right requirements that were need. Most of them were too lazy.
Hyskito, Syaoran, and the other guy, Teshino, were getting bored and they were ready to give up. Teshino stuck his head out the door and yelled "Next!" Syaoran and Hyskito just sighed. To their surprise a lady with honey colored hair and green eyes had walked in. Sakura. Sakura handed Teshino her certificates and diplomas.
"Hmm… lets see. Ms. Sakura Kinimoto. Well I see that you didn't complete all of your courses at college. May I ask why?" Teshino asked. "Family problems," Sakura replied. Syaoran looked at Sakura and she looked back. They all acted casual and didn't they didn't treat her specially because they knew her. They kept this strictly professional. "Well I see that since your education is incomplete-" Teshino said before he got cut off by Hyskito. "Umm… Sakura-chan, why I think we'll talk on it. Why don't you go wait outside," Hyskito said. "Hai," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~While waiting out side~~~~~~
Sakura sat down in a chair and picked up a magazine off of the table. She started reading an article called 'Is He Marriage Material?'. Sakura found it quite interesting. She tried Yamasaki on it and he got only a fourth of them right because most of the questions were 'Is he truthful?' 'Is his trustworthy?' 'Did he ever let you down?' 'Are you comfortable with him?' or something of that like. She started comparing it to Syaoran. Syaoran got more right. He got about three fourths of them. He would've gotten more if only he'd met Sakura sooner.
Sakura skimmed through some more articles. Suddenly, Yamasaki entered the hall with folders in his hands. Sakura and Yamasaki both froze. "Uh… Sakura… umm… I mean…K-k-kinimoto-san…uh" Yamasaki stuttered. To Sakura's luck Syaoran had entered the room to tell Sakura the news. Syaoran eyed the situation and decided to get Sakura out of it. "Takeshi-san, is there a problem?" Syaoran asked. "Uhh… no sir. I just came in to give you the documents for our next shipment," Yamasaki replied. "Thank you for the documents. You may leave now," Syaoran said. Yamasaki left the room not turning back.
"Saku-chan, your points were a little low, but Otou-san said that we needed more ambitious and diligent people like you on our staff. So congratulations, you got the job!" Syaoran said. "Yes! Thank you so much! I'm very grateful. Thank you!" Sakura said joyously. "You don't need to thank us, Saku-chan, you made it happen," Syaoran replied. "You start tomorrow. I hope you'll like it," Syaoran said. "I'm sure I will," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~2 days later~~~~~~
Sakura was sitting at her desk preparing a speech that Syaoran would be saying next week at a presentation. When she started proof reading it and checking it for errors, her phone rang.
"Hello, Syaoran Technologies, Kinimoto Sakura speaking, how may I help you?" Sakura said. "Uhh… umm… Kinimoto-san, this is Yamasaki," Yamasaki replied. "Oh… it you," Sakura simply said. "Listen Sakura-san, please, I know what I did to you was totally unforgivable, but I REALLY hope you can forgive me. I know we can't be husband and wife, but can we still be friends right?" Yamasaki pleaded.
"I'm not sure, Takeshi-san," Sakura replied sternly. "Sakura-san, today's my birthday, I hope you can give me present by forgiving me," Yamasaki said. "Yamasaki-san, I forgive you," Sakura said more gently this time. "Okay, so can I come over and give you a piece of my birthday cake?" Yamasaki asked. "Yeah, you can," Sakura responded.
About fifteen seconds later, there was knock at Sakura's door. "Come in, the door's open!" Sakura yelled. Yamasaki opened the door and came in. He walked over to Sakura. "Do you forgive me? Can we still be friends?" Yamasaki asked. "Hai, we can," Sakura replied. Yamasaki gave Sakura the piece of cake and smiled. "Thank you," Sakura said. "Your welcome," Yamasaki replied. Sakura and Yamasaki shook on their friendship. "I will never forget you Sakura-san," Yamasaki said. "I'll never forget you either," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~3 days later at a meeting~~~~~~
Sakura, Syaoran, Yamasaki and other employers were at meeting discussing the current situation of their company due to a major deficiency of one of their suppliers. "Sir, the products have been very bad and the customer satisfaction had gone down very much. I think we should quit our partnership with the company and get a new supplier," Yamasaki explained to Syaoran. "So you're saying that my dad made a wrong decision in choosing them for our business?" Syaoran asked. "No sir, I didn't mean it that way. Their services were great at first but now they starting to slack off," Yamasaki replied. "So what do you think Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked. Syaoran didn't call her by the nickname he usually did because they were now talking business. "Syaoran-kun, I agree with Yamasaki. If the customer satisfaction has just gotten down that low, we should quit immediately," Sakura replied. "Okay, I guess it's settled. You are all dismissed for lunch," Syaoran said. Everyone got up and started leaving.
"Saku-chan, could you please stay for a minute?" Syaoran asked. "Sure," Sakura replied. "I'm not enforcing anything or mean anything in a bad way but, I've noticed that you and Yamasaki-san have been having very friendly towards each other, have you forgiven him?" Syaoran asked with a hint of jealousy in his voice. "Yes, I decided to give him a break," Sakura replied. "But we won't be being anything more than just friends," Sakura continued. "Okay," Syaoran replied. "Syao-kun, aren't you going to eat?" Sakura asked. "No, I'm not really hungry," Syaoran replied. "Alright," Sakura replied.
~~~~~~Lunchtime in the Co. Café~~~~~~
"Hey, did you see the way Li-san acted with Kinimoto-san today?" asked one of the employees to another. "Forget it dude, it's just a nice friendship that's all," replied the other employer. "No, I mean it, Kinimoto-san, lives with him, they call each other by pet-names, and he told her to stay after the meeting," the first employer suggested. Unfortunately, Yamasaki over heard and got PISSED.
"What did you just say about Sakura-san right now?" Yamasaki asked with full rage and jealousy in his voice. "Nothing, I just thought that Li-san and Kinimoto-san have something going on," the employer replied. "Don't ever say it AGAIN!" Yamasaki warned. "Why? You got a problem with it or somethin'?" the employer asked. This time Yamasaki got really mad (A/N: Yamasaki mad and pissed?) and grabbed the guy's collar. By now, everyone was standing around watching. The men were yelling, "FIGHT! FIGHT!" while the women just stood there.
Yamasaki was just about to beat the crap out of the guy when Sakura and Syaoran walked into the room. "Hey, hey, what's going on?!" Syaoran asked coming between the two. Yamasaki calmed down and let go of the man. "What's going on?" Sakura asked. "Why are you two fighting?" Sakura continued. "Sakura-san, this guy was spreading rumors about you and Syaoran-san," Yamasaki replied. "So what?! Yamasaki-san, if he spreads rumors about us, how does it affect you?" Sakura asked.
"It does affect me. I was the first man in your life. You even admit it buy forgiving me," Yamasaki said. "Takeshi-san, when I said that I forgave, I forgave your mistake not you. When I said that I would never forget you, I meant I would never forget what you did to me, and last of all, when I said 'thank you' I thanked you because of you, I met a great man like Syaoran. Takeshi-san, you have no right to protect me," Sakura said to Yamasaki. "You know, most of yall think that me and Syaoran are more than platonic. Instead of keeping your thoughts to you self, you tell everyone and convince them it's true. Yall just do that because yall are jealous of him. Most of yall see him as the M.D., Managing Director, but I see him as a man of discipline, a man of dedication, a man of devotion. In other words, he is a man of distinction," Sakura said. At those words, Syaoran's heart leaped up. No one had ever said so much about him. No one had ever complimented him like this before. "Shall we leave Syao-kun?" Sakura asked. Syaoran nodded and they left feeling like the happiest man alive.
~~~~~~In the car~~~~~~
Sakura and Syaoran were sitting silently as Syaoran drove. Both of them were smiling and indulging in the comfortable silence. Syaoran watched Sakura from the corner of his eye. Out of nowhere, his hand slowly crept over to Sakura's hand and it came over it. He gently tightened the grasp on her hand. Sakura responded by doing the same. The both absent- mindedly did this. Their hand stayed like that the whole way home.
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Okay, that's it for the eighth chapter. I know it's pretty short, but it was eventful right? It's 11:25 PM right now and I'm tired. I woke up at 6 AM. I really need the sleep. Hopefully I can get the next chapter up soon. I hope you liked this chapter. Remember to review! You know the rules, no review, no story. Ja!
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