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Chapter Seven ~ A Snow Rabbit In the Valley
by, azngurL
The following Sunday, the whole gang was over again, just to hang out. While watching television in Syaoran's room, Wei came in to serve them tea and cake and left quickly. The sapphire that Syaoran had given her in the beach was turned into a necklace that dangled on her neck, it was such a pretty jewel.
Seeing that, made Syaoran quite happy that Sakura made it so she would never forget Syaoran at any costs. But after a while, they heard the doorbell.
Wei answered the door and it appeared to be a tall man in his late 20s with greyish-white hair. He had glasses, and a slim figure. "Yes, may I help you?" Wei asked.
"I'm here to see my friend, Kinomoto Sakura, does she live here?" The tall man asked.
"Ah! Are you a friend of Miss Kinomoto?" Wei asked.
"Yeah..." The tall man replied.
"Do come in, sir, I'll call Miss Kinomoto down," Wei opened the door so the tall man could get in and walked by the stairway.
"You have a big house..." The tall man said while staring at everything in awe.
"Yes, well...M'lady is very persistent in her work, and they have an extraordinary background of wealthy ancestors...," Wei coughed for a bit and turned his head towards the east wing. "Miss Kinomoto!! Miss Kinomoto, you have a visitor! Do come down, child!"
Sakura and the rest heard the Miss Kinomoto' yelling from the entrance of the mansion and stood up. "Coming!" She yelled back as she started to walk out. As she walked down the long stairs, her eyes immediately lit up at the sight of the tall man. "YUKITO-SAN!!" She yelled as she ran down and threw her arms over him.
Syaoran and the rest heard the loud, Yukito-san', and all of them stood up at her sudden outbursts. They all stood by the rail of the stairway and spotted Sakura with the grey-colored man, happily talking.
"Who's he?" Meiling asked while leaning against the rail.
"He looks oddly familiar..." Tomoyo said.
Syaoran started to walk down the stairs, and the rest of them followed after him. Sakura noticed Syaoran, and she broke away from Yukito. "Hey, Syaoran, this is my friend, Yukito! Yukito-san, please meet my friend, Li Syaoran..." Sakura said.
Syaoran and Yukito both shook hands. "Pleased to meet you." Yukito said.
"So this is the guy that Sakura was all excited about when we were watching TV that one night, huh...? The one that she's in love with...?" Syaoran thought. "Pleased to meet you too." He said.
"Yukito-san was my older brother's best friend, and everyday when we used to go to school in Japan, we would all walk together." Sakura said with a smile.
"Yukito...? Ah!! You're the founder of ST2, aren't you?" Tomoyo asked. "I'm Daidouji Tomoyo, you come from Tomoeda too, right? That's how Sakura-chan knows you?"
"Daidouji...Ah, yes! I've heard of you. Sakura's father was friends with your mother or something, he always talked about your mother...She's the president of a toy company, right?" Yukito asked.
Tomoyo nodded. "Yeah!" She said.
And for the rest of the afternoon, they bantered like there was no end.
When it got to be late afternoon, Sakura, Syaoran, and Yukito were all having tea in the terrace. Meiling, Eriol, and Tomoyo already left, leaving just those three.
"So, Yukito-san, how long are you planning to stay in Hong Kong?" Sakura asked.
"Just for a day. I'm here on a business trip and so decided to come visit you." Yukito replied.
Sakura smiled. "That's so nice of you.." She whispered.
Suddenly Yukito's cell phone rang. "Moshi moshi? ( Hello?) Uh-huh..," Yukito stood. "Excuse me for a second." He left the terrace, leaving just Sakura and Syaoran.
"Sakura..." Syaoran whispered.
Sakura turned her gaze to him. "What, Syaoran?"
"You said that you were in love with Yukito...but, you also said that you didn't believe in Love...So what is your real answer?" Syaoran asked.
She got silent. "...I knew you would ask that sort of question sooner or later," She said while turning her head away from him. "Love is complicated...Even for me."
"But I don't get it..." Syaoran said.
"...Yukito-san's like my brother, but...He's also more than that. He has no idea how I feel towards him, but at the same time, I don't want to have feelings for Yukito-san..,"
"...Why not?"
"...I can't tell you...I don't want it to come true."
"...I see. You don't have to tell me.."
She remained silent, but she had this urge to say something to him. "But... my Love for Yukito-san is different...Different from my experience with Masami. You see, whenever I'm with him, my heart is always jumping and there is this unbearable pain in my chest. I can't seem to act like myself, and I always wonder...could this be real Love? But, what I told you that night was true. I don't really believe in Love, I don't wanna fall in love with Yukito-san...I haven't, but...I'm falling deeper and deeper into that thought where I don't know what to do anymore, you see...? Haven't you ever felt that way about someone?"
"...Yeah..."
"I dunno if Yukito-san can share my dream...I don't think he has feelings for me either, but I don't mind. I have a special person whom I'm holding close right now, Syaoran, but I don't know if that person has feelings for me either, you see?" She sighed, "There's a hole in my heart, Syaoran, and I don't know how to heal it...I don't know where it came from, but that void...My heart feels so empty..."
".....That special person...Who is he?"
She smiled. "I can't tell...I'm afraid of what you may think. I think he loves someone else, anyway...That's the funny thing about Love...You're always in a puzzle, always wondering who likes who and if he loves me or not. It's not like I really don't believe in Love and all that...I'm just saying that because—"
"Alright, I'm back!" Yukito said while coming into scene, interrupting Sakura.
"Hi, Yukito-san..." Sakura said softly.
Yukito jumped back in surprise. "Oh I'm sorry, did I interrupt something? I'll leave if you want.." He turned away.
Sakura stood up. "N-no, Yukito-san, please stay! Um...You'd probably want more cake, huh? I'll get some!" She ran out of the terrace and into the house.
"Okay...," Yukito sat down, and a silence started between him and Syaoran. "Sakura-chan...Is really something, huh, Syaoran?"
Syaoran's eyes lit up at her name. "Yeah I guess so.."
"She was always like that when we were all young, when we'd always walk to school. She on her rollerblades, and me and her brother on our bikes. Touya and Sakura-chan would used to argue all the time...I wished those days would never end." Yukito said, still staring at the setting sun.
Syaoran started turning red, and Yukito turned to look at him. "Syaoran, do you love Sakura?" Yukito asked.
Syaoran's face flushed even harder. "I-I...I don't know..."
"She's such a nice girl, very cute and pretty...So full of energy, I wouldn't understand why anybody wouldn't feel comfortable around her. Don't you feel that way, Syaoran?"
"...Yeah."
"Yeah, me too. But I'm hoping that she would find someone she loves the most soon, it's her dream."
"That's Sakura's dream...?" Syaoran thought. "I see..."
"But, she has one other that she told me about. I can't say though, it's a very special dream that she's hoping will come true someday..."
"I'm ba-ack!" Sakura yelled while bring in cake. She laid it down on the table. "So, what'd you guys talk about?"
"Nothing." They both chimed.
"Ohoho, keeping secrets from me, huh? Well, anyway...how is it now in Tomoeda in Japan, Yukito-san?" Sakura asked.
"Still the same after you left, such a pity...I don't go there that often anymore though." Yukito said.
"I see...So how's your company doing?"
"It's doing well. I'm just really proud I named it after you and Touya," Yukito chuckled after his sentence. "They always ask me what ST2 stands for, but I don't wanna tell them cause the won't get it," He grabbed a huge piece of cake and placed it on his plate. "What's-his-face says hi'...I forgot...Uh...Oh yeah, Yamazaki, I think. His girlfriend is Chiharu, right?"
Sakura's face lit up. "Yamazaki-kun and Chiharu-chan are doing well, right? How bout Rika-chan and Naoko-chan? Are they doing okay too?"
"Yeah, I met up with all of them a few days ago. They're all doing fine." Yukito replied.
They resumed eating for abit, then Yukito noticed the sapphire hanging around Sakura's neck. "That's a pretty sapphire, where'd you get it?" He asked, looking at her necklace.
"Oh this?" Sakura asked as she looked down at her necklace. She turned her head to Syaoran who smiled, "Syaoran gave it to me when we went to beach yesterday...It's pretty, right?"
"Have you heard of the stories behind the sapphires that come from the beach?" Yukito asked.
"No, tell us." Sakura said.
"Well, it is said that if you find a sapphire on the beach and give it to someone, then that obviously means that the person who gave it to you thinks you're really something special. Once that person receives it, the person who gave it to her has a sense of knowing whether that person is in some sort of danger, it's like a good-luck charm, but different. These are special, so consider yourself lucky, Sakura-chan, to have someone watching over you when I can't be watching over you anymore..."
Sakura smiled. "That's so cool, Yukito-san...!!"
School had rolled in, and it was Monday. It hadn't been any different, but the fact that Ai-Yung and Syaoran had been really distant, and Sakura was trying to find out what was wrong with both of them, especially when Ai-Yung and Syaoran were together. It was lunch hour, and Sakura sat by herself under the tree because the rest had things to do.
As she slowly ate her lunch, a girl with dark blue hair (AN: It's anime, what do you expect?) appeared before her. She had black eyes, but she was very beautiful indeed. "Hi, Sakura," The dark-blue haired beauty said as she sat down beside her. "Do you mind...If I stay here with you?" She asked.
Sakura looked at her. "I don't mind, Kori-chan." She said.
Kori...She was Japanese and she came from Shibuya in Japan. One of Ai-Yung's posse members.
They slowly ate their lunches in silence, but Kori didn't usually sit with people that she didn't really know very well, and Sakura figured out that she was here for a reason.
"Hey, Sakura...You know that Ai-Yung...You know that she likes—" Kori started.
"Yeah, I know..." Sakura interrupted.
"But then, you and her...You—"
"Yes, I do."
Kori looked away. "What are you going to do?" She asked.
Sakura sighed and started to stare at the ground. "I ...I don't know. I knew that she liked him for so long now, but now...I don't know what to do. The thought of it just stresses me out."
"If you were a true friend, you'd let her." Kori said.
"You're saying that I should just let her?" Sakura asked.
"...Yeah. You know it's only right, I bet you'd give her your full support if it did happen." Kori said.
"If it happens...Then..." Sakura started as her eyes narrowed.
"Then what...?" Kori asked.
"Then I'll—"
"Sakura!!!" Meiling shouted as she came with Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Eriol. "So this is where you are!" Meiling turned her gaze towards Kori, and it became full of disgust.
Sakura turned her head to a group of other students happily eating. "Yup..." She said softly.
"...Am I interrupting something?" Meiling asked.
"No, you're not," Kori replied as she stood up. "I'll talk to you later, Sakura." And she left.
"'Bye, Kori-chan...." Sakura whispered, while beginning to stare at the ground.
"Sakura, what's wrong?" Syaoran asked.
Sakura shook her head. "Nothing...Nothing's wrong," She stood up. "I gotta help Miss Fei with some errands, I'll see you all later." And she left also.
They watched her leave, and were all filled with confusion.
"I wonder what happened." Eriol said.
Tomoyo's eyes narrowed as she watched her friend leave them. "Sakura-chan..."
Sakura's POV
Should I give Ai-Yung and Syaoran all my support if it does happen? ...Does Syaoran even love Ai-Yung...? I bet he does, I bet he does. I just know he does. And now as I feel the soft tears trickling down my face, I'm wondering why I'm crying...But that answer is obvious.
I don't want it to happen, I don't want it. I never knew Ai-Yung loved Syaoran until recently...Should that be a good enough excuse for me to keep loving him? What am I saying, I love him no matter who is in my way. I just hope that my Love for him is real...
My days with Masami were like a dream...Until he got really abusive. I don't know what got to him, but after that, it became a nightmare. I don't want that nightmare ever again and I know Syaoran can never give me nightmares like Masami did. I want to share my dream with him, I want him to know how I feel about him....But then....
...But then Ai-Yung will hate me if anything goes on between Syaoran and I...I don't want her to hate me, she's my best friend, but...Ai-Yung doesn't really know how I feel about Syaoran. She doesn't know about my past or my suffering.
I don't want Ai-Yung and Syaoran to get together, I don't want it to, but I cannot stop what she longs for...And if it happened, I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I just know that...Syaoran can fill up that dark void in my heart.
azngurL: Well, chapter seven's done! Here's the preview for chapter eight, An Unexpected Love
preview from next chapter:
"Xiaolang..." Ai-Yung
whispered as she got neared and nearer to him. Syaoran turned
his gaze to her, and Ai-Yung grabbed his arm. "I ask you
one last time...Please...Please be my boyfriend..."
Syaoran's eyes narrowed. "Ai-Yung..."
Ai-Yung put her fingers to his lips and bent over to kiss him.
Unexpectedly for them, Sakura saw the whole thing.
azngurL: All right, I've decided to try something new! I'm gonna ask you guys some questions and whoever gets the question right...Well...You'll see what happens, ^.^
Today's trivia question is: What does Kero-chan adore? (foodwise, this is too easy)
Kero: Oh, that's TOO easy, c'mon!!
azngurL: I know it's easy, this is just a trial run!!
Kero: Tck, fine, everyone's gonna get it right though *folds arms*
azngurL: So?
Kiyone: Answer the question in the review, and you'll receive a special something' in the next chapter!!
