Disclaimer: The usual

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Road Trip – Chapter 3

Sequel to Light in the Darkness

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Sakura twisted over under him so that she was facing him and smiled which made him blush and he quickly got off her and turned around so she couldn't see him blush, when he was sure that the blush had gone he turned back around to Sakura who was looking at him.

"Well I did catch you" he said and gave her one of his best smiles.

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Sakura and Syaoran sat by the lake watching the sun setting in the mountains.

"It's beautiful ne?" Syaoran said

"Yeah" Sakura said and shivered a bit "It's getting cold though" she pulled her towel around her a bit tighter.

Syaoran hesitated a bit "Come here" he said

Sakura shuffled towards him a bit and he put his arm around her, she instantly felt warmer. She turned to look at him and smiled her trademark smile.

*I think she likes it* Syaoran thought as he felt a blush creep up his cheeks *Maybe we have a chance after all*

After another ten minutes Syaoran said, "Maybe we should go back now, it's getting late"

They disentangled and got to their feet and slowly walked back to their campsite.

When they got to their tent, Syaoran realised a problem.

"Sakura, there's only one tent" he said

"Yeah, so?"

"Well, it would be weird, well, you know" he said kind of awkwardly

"No, I don't know, what's wrong?" Sakura said, "It's not like anything's gonna happen"

Syaoran shrugged

"Now, wait out here while I get changed" Sakura said and disappeared into the tent and closed the flaps.

Syaoran stood outside and tapped the ground with his foot while Sakura was getting changed.

*She doesn't seem to mind, so it should be okay* he thought fighting the blush that was threatening to creep up his face.

The sound of a zip being opened shook Syaoran out of his thoughts and he saw Sakura emerge from the tent wearing her pyjamas.

Syaoran tried not to blush when he saw her.

"Your turn" Sakura said and Syaoran went into the tent to get changed

*He's so cute* Sakura thought *I wonder if he likes me, it seemed like it before, but maybe it's my imagination*

Syaoran opened the tent up and said "Finished"

Sakura climbed into the tent and climbed into her sleeping bag and pulled it tightly around her and sat looking at Syaoran who was climbing into his.

"Goodnight Sakura" Syaoran said and turned to face the side of the tent

Sakura lay down and faced her side of the tent and they both drifted into a deep sleep.

~~~The Next Morning~~~

Syaoran woke up and turned over without opening his eyes and he rolled onto something.

*Huh, that's not supposed to be there, where am I?* he wondered

Then the thing moved and it groaned

The voice brought Syaoran back to reality and he remembered that he was camping in the woods with…Sakura.

He realised that it must Sakura that he was half lying on and quickly rolled back over and apologised.

She lifted her head and stared at him and said "Wha…?" very sleepily

"I rolled over onto you, I forgot you were there" Syaoran said to her

"Oh, okay" she said sleepily and turned over and went back to sleep.

Syaoran couldn't get back to sleep so he grabbed his clothes and got changed outside and went back down to the lake.

He sat there for a while, just looking at the sun rise over the mountains.

He heard a crunch of a footstep behind him, he turned around and saw Sakura behind him.

"Here" she said and handed him a plate with toast and a cup of hot Milo (chocolate drink for those who don't know)

"Thanks" Syaoran said and took a bite of toast

Sakura came and sat down beside him and started eating her breakfast.

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"Last Card" Sakura said smugly as she placed a card on top of the growing pile in-between them.

Syaoran cursed under his breath and placed a card on top of the pile.

"Yay!" Sakura exclaimed and put her last card on the pile

"Damn, how do you always win?" Syaoran asked

"Luck, my dear friend, luck" Sakura said "Hey, I'm going for a swim, wanna come?"

"Why not?" Syaoran said and Sakura ran off to the tent to get changed, she emerged with a towel wrapped around her and Syaoran went in to get changed.

A minute later, they were walking down the trail to the lake.

They reached the edge of the lake and Sakura ran into the water and stopped suddenly around knee-depth.

Syaoran, who was running behind her, stopped and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's cold!!!" she exclaimed

Syaoran smiled evilly and started splashing Sakura so she was soaking wet.

She didn't move to stop him and when he was finished, she threw herself at him and tacked him down to the ground, she landed right on top of him and as they fell, their lips brushed.

Both of them blushed hard out and Sakura quickly got up off Syaoran and sat down in the water and laughed, after a moment, Syaoran started laughing as well.

For the rest of the day, they played around in the water and stuff.

Nighttime came and they had their dinner.

Halfway through the meal, it started pouring with rain.

By the time they got everything back into the tent, they were soaking wet.

Sakura sat on her sleeping bag in the tent, soaking wet, Syaoran sat opposite her, in the same state.

All of a sudden, she started giggling.

"What's so funny" he asked

"You look so funny" she stated

"Yeah, well so do you" he said

Suddenly, a lightning bolt flashed and thunder roared.

"Eep!" she squealed and before she knew it, she had found her way over to Syaoran's side of the tent and was sitting as close as she could to him, without actually sitting on him.

"Are you scared of thunderstorms?" he asked

"I never used to be, but the night my dad was fighting, there was lightning and thunder, it's just bad memories I guess" Sakura admitted

"Oh" Syaoran said and put his arm around her to comfort her

"Well, since there's nothing else to do, I'm going to bed" Sakura said "Now turn around so I can get changed"

Syaoran turned to face the side of the tent.

Sakura got changed and she turned around so Syaoran could get changed.

She slipped into her sleeping bag and propped herself up onto her elbow so they could talk.

Syaoran got into his sleeping bag and did the same thing.

They talked for a bit, then another lightning bolt lit up the area.

Syaoran noticed, as it lit up the tent that Sakura had a really scared look on her face.

"Come here" he said

Sakura shuffled along the tent in her sleeping bag so she was next to Syaoran.

Syaoran put his arm around her and they drifted off to sleep like that.

Author's Notes:

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