Sakura and Syaoran's Love
Chapter 2: Settling In…
3 hours later after, the group began checking in to their hotel in Sapporo. "Mitsuki sensei and I will have single rooms. The guys must share one room. If it's okay with you, Daidoji-san and Kinomoto-san will share a room. The rest of you girls will share another."
"I will help you to your rooms."
"Touya!!!" Sakura exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm working."
"But what about your classes?"
"I'm up here doing research for one of my classes, and I
needed a job," he explained. "Yuki is
also up here."
"He's working?" Syaoran asked.
"I didn't know the gaki was going to be here," Touya said glaring at him. Syaoran just glared right back.
"It's good to see you again, Touya," Kaho-sensei said breaking him out of his glaring ritual with Syaoran. "Where is Yukito?"
"Kaho…Yuki's eating in the café in the hotel. He's not working like me. And it's nice to see you again too."
"Well, I hope we can have a nice talk while I'm here, Touya." Kaho said, smiling at him.
"Sure. Well, anyway, I guess I should help all of you to your rooms now."
"Everyone try to meet back down here at noon for lunch," Terada-sensei said.
"Hai!"
*****
"Wow, look at this room. It's really nice isn't it Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo commented.
"Yeah, it's better than I expected," Sakura replied. "I guess I should let Kero-chan out of the bag now." Kero immediately flew out of the bag right up to Sakura's face saying "I could barely breathe in there! Where's my special snack?"
"I haven't had a chance to buy it yet. We just got here you know."
"I have to wait more?" Kero asked
sadly. "Ummm…I
feel Yue's presence.
Did Yukito come too?"
"Yup. He came with Touya."
"Touya? He's here too?"
"Kind of crazy isn't it. He said he had to do research up here for one of his classes, and he needed a job. He's a bellhop here. What a coincidence, huh?" Sakura explained.
"Yeah right," Kero replied.
*knock* *knock*
"I'm coming!" Tomoyo called out opening the door.
"We thought we could walk back down to the lobby with you since it's almost noon already," Eriol said. Syaoran was standing next to him looking down.
"That would be great.
Are you ready to go Sakura?"
"Yeah, let's go. Stay
here Kero-chan."
"Yeah, yeah. Just don't forget my snack, okay?"
"So, how do you like your room?" Eriol asked.
"It's really nice." Tomoyo replied. "Your room is right next to ours right?"
"Yeah. And I bet Li here is happy to be next to Sakura, right Li?"
"Shut up Hiiragizawa!" Syaoran said starting to blush again.
"It seems you are right Eriol-kun," Tomoyo agreed. Syaoran blushed even more. "Look, he's blushing. How cute." Sakura sweatdropped.
"Um…where do you think we'll eat for lunch?" Sakura asked.
"Probably in the small restaurant downstairs," Syaoran replied quickly.
"Hey Tomoyo-san," Eriol started. "Do you think they're trying to change the subject?"
"Of course."
"Tomoyo!" Sakura squealed looking at her best friend. Tomoyo just smiled.
"Well, it looks like everyone is here now," Terada sensei said as Sakura and the others approached the lobby. "We'll be eating in the small café in the hotel. After we eat, we'll discuss our schedule, okay?"
"Konnichiwa Sakura-chan!" Someone called out from across the café.
"Yukito! Hello!"
"You and your friends should come join me," Yukito said.
"Okay," Sakura replied making her way over to his table covered with a crazy amount of food.
"You all can just eat whatever you want," Yukito offered. "I'll order more later."
Everyone sweatdropped. They still weren't used to the amount of food he ate.
"How was your trip up here. I hope it was nice." Yukito asked.
"It was okay," Sakura replied. "I didn't know you and Touya would be here though. I was really surprised."
"I hope you don't mind," Yukito said.
"I don't mind that you're here. But Touya…that's completely different," Sakura confessed. Touya and Syaoran seemed to hate each other. They always make things so difficult. I wish they could get along.
"It's been awhile since I've seen you Li-kun. How are you?" Yukito asked.
"I'm fine," Syaoran replied quietly.
"So what are your plans while you're here?" Yukito continued.
"We'll be discussing that after lunch," Eriol replied. "But I do think we'll take a day to ski and of course we will be visiting the ice festival here."
"I was planning on going there too. Maybe Yukito and I will go along with you." Touya suddenly said from behind Sakura, reaching over her to steal some of her food.
"Hey! That's mine!" With that she turned around and stepped on his foot.
"Kaijuu," he muttered and sat. "Why does that gaki have to eat with us?" Touya asked beginning his glaring ritual with Syaoran who glared right back.
"He is not a gaki," Sakura said frustrated. They just continued to stare at each other.
"I'm going to wait out in the lobby. Gochisosama," said Syaoran as he left.
"This is your fault onii-chan," Sakura angrily said. "Why can't you be nice to him?"
"Why should I be?"
"Thank you for the lunch Yukito-san." Sakura then stomped angrily out of the cafe. Tomoyo and Eriol smiled at each other as Sakura defended Syaoran. There was absolutely no doubt in their minds to how she felt. It was great.
Sakura quickly spotted Syaoran outside the café and walked over to him.
"I'm sorry about my brother Syaoran-kun." Sakura mumbled. "I don't know why he acts that way around you."
"Don't worry about it. It's not a big deal," he said looking up at her upset face. He blushed, of course. "Anyway, I guess I treat him the same."
*syaoran* Well, this isn't good. I guess it's my fault that she's so upset. I don't like seeing her like this. Maybe I should actually be civil to the guy for her. I just might do anything for her. I could at least give it a try.
"I'm sorry Sakura," Syaoran said. Sakura looked at him surprised.
"No…it's okay I guess," she said as she sat next to him. Syaoran blushed as her arm brushed against his. She looked up at him. "I'm glad you're back." He blushed even more and looked away.
Meanwhile, Touya was watching them from the entrance to the café. He sighed in defeat.
He realized how much the brat meant to Sakura. Maybe I should be nicer to him for Sakura. Even though I don't want to admit it, he seems to care about her too. That's probably why he came back. She seemed a little different while he was gone – just a little less cheerful sometimes. She's been a lot happier since he came back. I wish she could have picked someone else. I still don't want to trust him.
The rest of the group and the two teachers soon came out of the café and crowded around the bench where Sakura and Syaoran were sitting.
"As you know, our plans are to stay here for one week," Terada-sensei began. "Today we'll just begin a tour of the city and do a little shopping if you want. Tomorrow we'll travel about 30 minutes north of here to some mountains to do a little skiing."
"The next day, we'll go visit some famous hot springs in a nearby town and go see the snow monkeys," Mitsuki sensei continued. "After that, we'll visit some famous sites in and around Sapporo that you will need to write descriptions about to get your school credit for this trip. We'll do more touring of the city and shopping before the last day of our trip when we go to the Snow Festival."
"If you can think of anything else you'd like to do, we'll try and fit it into our schedule," Terada-sensei said. "We don't want you to miss anything that you're interested in."
"For touring of the city and shopping today, we'll split into two groups. The guys will go with Terada-sensei and the girls will come with me. We'll meet for dinner at 6 o'clock at a restaurant downtown that Terada-sensei recommends." Mitsuki sensei explained.
"Well then, let's go," Terada-sensei said.
"Hai!"
End of chapter 2
Sorry, another boring chapter. I needed it to just set up some things.
Anyway, here's some new translations for some of the Japanese.
Gaki: brat
Konnichi-wa: Good afternoon; hello
Gochisosama: Literally means it was a feast. Polite to say after meals.
Onii-chan: Familiar term for older brother
