Hi readers! Thank you so much to the people who reviewed. It really means a lot to us. Here we are with a much delayed chapter. Sorry, it won't happen again. We were working on our other story called "Of all Places", which is a humor fic. So if you get a chance, read it!! Thank you!
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Disclaimer:
*People protesting* We want CCS!!! We want CCS!!! Give us CardCaptor Sakura and we give you....*pause*....nothing!!!! *sweatdop* Hehehehe.....We want CCS!!!
*CLAMP appears with all 52 cards* You dare try stealing CCS, we will attack you!!
Everybody looks at CLAMP, then at the cards slowly...and runs away.
*sigh* We regret to say, *sigh*, we don't own CCS...
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"Oh...no, oh no, oh, no...."
Syaoran sprinted toward the apartment room running as if his life depended on it. Lowering his head, he doubled his speed. How could he lose track of the time? Out of all days, too! And why did their flat have to be so far into the hall? Finally, Syaoran reached the apartment door. He took a deep breath, and turned the knob. The door opened silently at first. With every crack, he froze, waited and opened it more. Finally, Syaoran tip-toed quietly into the apartment. It was 5 in the morning...much, much, much later than Sakura had expected him to arrive. What excuse was he going to give her now? Syaoran had a sudden vision of an enraged Sakura beating him unmercifully to death with an oversized club.
'That doesn't matter anyway...she'll believe anything...but please be in bed...'
Syaoran took a quick glance around the room and froze. And a lamp turned on to show Sakura sitting right there on the couch, hand on lamp chain.....and wasn't looking too happy.....
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Hurrying around the room, Meiling packed her things into her suitcase. HE had invited her to stay with him at his flat while SHE spent time with her family. It was so sweet of him! No wonder he would rather chose her than HER.
' Ugh...stupid girl, one would think that she's Miss World, the way the she acts..Humpf!' she thought bitterly.
She paused as she quickly traveled into La-la Land with a lovesick expression. HE had come over last night to spend time with her....gosh, he was such a good kisser! He had also given her a nice massage, laid in the jacuzzi, and then after that.....well, that was for her mind only...
*Flashback*
"So you're all done? With Kinomoto? As in she's history?"
Meiling didn't notice Syaoran avoid her eyes as he answered.
"Yes. I'm with you now."
Meiling smiled. Before long, it turned into an excited, mischievous smile.
"Let's do it again."
"...I think we've done enough, Meiling."
"No, let's do it again," she replied stubbornly and invitingly as she flung her arms around him once more.
Then for some reason, Syaoran's eyes widened in mid-kiss. He pulled away and looked at the clock.
"Oh...no..."
"What?"
"I have to go now."
"What? But it's only been eight hours, Syaoran!"
"I have to go."
"What is it?"
"Oh...no..."
"What is it??"
Syaoran grabbed his coat, and didn't answer. "I'll see you tomorrow," he said as he went out the door.
*End Flashback*
What was it that made him leave so quickly?
' Oh well, he's coming over tomorrow night...' Meiling glanced at the clock. 'TO-night again anyway...I can't wait to move in with him!'
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Syaoran winced as he prepared for a confrontation.
"Where the hell were you?" Sakura whispered dangerously.
"Sakura...." Syaoran started.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?!?!?!" she screamed, cutting him off.
"Yes, but....."
"DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I WAS?!?!?!"
"Yes, a lot , I know..."
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!?!?! FOR ALL I KNEW, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN LYING DEAD IN A
DITCH!!"
"But I'm not..."
"HEY, IN A LITTLE WHILE, YOU ARE GOING TO WISH THAT YOU WERE!!!"
"I can explain...." 'Not really...'
"YOU BETTER EXPLAIN NOW, BUDDY, OR YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF ON THE COUCH
TONIGHT!!! OR BETTER YET, OUTS- "
She didn't get to finish because Syaoran had suddenly seized her, and started kissing her passionately. 'Hey, it's one way to get her to shut up...'
'No! Don't let him do this to you! Whenever he does something like this, he kisses you and you forget about the entire arguement! No, no, no! You have to get the answer out of him!' Sakura told herself furiously.
Sakura pushed him away. "Syaoran, be serious! Where. Were. You. Last. Night?"
'Think, think, think! What are you going to say?'
"Well, uh...you know......oh! You see, traffic had gotten so bad and besides, you heard of the storm last night..."
"What storm? The weather report mentioned nothing about a storm," Sakura interrupted.
"Um....uh....so anyway, that big, scary, dangerous storm and so forth...nevermind. Well, I ended up taking refuge in a nearby motel. That's where I was the entire night. You know I would never intentionally hurt you, " Syaoran finished.
"Do you really expect me to believe you?! That is such a lame excuse!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Really, Sakura, I was. Where else do you think I would have gone? The only person I love in this world is you, you know that," Syaoran said softly.
"Right, " Sakura sighed and hugged him. "It's okay, I believe you. I'm sorry, I really am. I didn't mean to over-react. It's just that, I was so worried and scared..."
"Ssshhhh, it's okay," Syaoran soothed, stroking her hair. "There was a fault on my side, too. I should have contacted you and told you where I was."
"No, really, I shouldn't have..." Sakura paused and frowned. She pulled away from Syaoran. Brushing her hand across his left breast pocket, she reached inside. Out came a beautiful, diamond studded watch with the initials, M.L. , carved on the back...
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Meiling frowned and stopped packing for a minute. She quickly glanced at her left hand and then around the room. Where was her unique watch that Syaoran had given her? She flipped her pockets, searched her clothes, and ran around her apartment looking for the near $100, 000 watch.
'I know I had it with me last night, I'm postive. Oh, let me guess, he probably has it. It most likely fell. That stupid clasp has got to get fixed. It keeps falling off. I can bet you that he went to get it repaired.'
Meiling sighed and fell back into her couch. ' How sweet of him...'
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'Holy shit!' Syaoran thought fuming. 'Now what am I going to say about the watch?'
"Syaoran, where did this come from...?" Sakura asked slowy getting mad all over again.
"Ummm....well, I...uh...you see, I knew you wouldn't be happy about me being so late, so...so... I got you a little gift."
'Believe it, please, please,please...'
"Then what about the initials?" Sakura asked suspicously, her eyes narrowing. "What do they stand for?"
"Sakura, I....well.." 'My god...what am I going to say? Wait! My...'
"My Love! I wanted to make this present extra special for you, so I had the designer put in the initials of My Love," Syaoran said quickly.
Sakura looked at him carefully, suddenly, tears started brimming in her eyes.
"What?" Syaoran asked nervously, wondering if she had gone hysterical on him.
"All, this time, you were stuck in the storm, and even bought me a wonderful present so I wouldn't be mad at you, and all I've done is yell at you. I thought you were guilty of lying! I'm such a horrible person!" Sakura said sobbing.
"Sakura, no, no, you're a wonderful person," Syaoran said, guilt stabbing his insides. "You are my shining light, my
guiding star, the one for whom I live for and die for. You are the way out of the fog, my cherry blossom, my love. You could never be a horrible person. Never."
A.N. : FloralMoon: *choke* I'm drowning in all the mush and gush I just put into there.
"Do you really think so?" Sakura asked, her cheeks glistening with tears.
"I know so," Syaoran replied lovingly, wiping away her sadness.
"I love you," Sakura said, her eyes sparkling.
"I love you too," he replied sofly. And for a moment, he really thought he did.
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~Next day~
"Hmmmm.....do we enough milk at home?" Sakura thought to herself as she looked at the refrigerated part of the supermarket she was in. / I might as well buy three gallons for Syaoran to stock up on while I'm gone./ She made a face. /And hope it doesn't turn to curds before he finishes it again. He certainly doesn't know how to shop for groceries. But he does know how to pick out jewlery..../ Sakura glanced at the watch again. It was hard for her to stop looking at it. Whenever she saw it, she got a fluttering feeling in her heart. She felt as though Syaoran was there with his arms around her, protecting her.
"Hey! Kinomoto! KINOMOTO!!!!" Meiling shouted angrily at Sakura. "Snap out of it!" She waved her hand furiously in front of Sakura's glazed eyes, waking her out of her daydream.
"What do you want Meiling?" Sakura asked coldly, quite upset that Meiling had disturbed her thoughts.
"Look, I always knew you were no good, but God knows how you got THIS far!! Is this your stupid attempt in trying to hurt me? HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY WATCH?!"
Sakura was taken aback. "I have no idea what you are talking about," she said baffled. "This is MY watch! Syaoran gave me this to me just last night!"
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Floralmoon: I know you are quite upset at us leaving a cliffhanger for you, but what can we say? It's our job to keep you hanging *heeheeheehee*.
Chunsa1004: And if you could please do your job as a reader, please review. We would really appreciate it.
Thank you to all our readers!
* * * * *
Disclaimer:
*People protesting* We want CCS!!! We want CCS!!! Give us CardCaptor Sakura and we give you....*pause*....nothing!!!! *sweatdop* Hehehehe.....We want CCS!!!
*CLAMP appears with all 52 cards* You dare try stealing CCS, we will attack you!!
Everybody looks at CLAMP, then at the cards slowly...and runs away.
*sigh* We regret to say, *sigh*, we don't own CCS...
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"Oh...no, oh no, oh, no...."
Syaoran sprinted toward the apartment room running as if his life depended on it. Lowering his head, he doubled his speed. How could he lose track of the time? Out of all days, too! And why did their flat have to be so far into the hall? Finally, Syaoran reached the apartment door. He took a deep breath, and turned the knob. The door opened silently at first. With every crack, he froze, waited and opened it more. Finally, Syaoran tip-toed quietly into the apartment. It was 5 in the morning...much, much, much later than Sakura had expected him to arrive. What excuse was he going to give her now? Syaoran had a sudden vision of an enraged Sakura beating him unmercifully to death with an oversized club.
'That doesn't matter anyway...she'll believe anything...but please be in bed...'
Syaoran took a quick glance around the room and froze. And a lamp turned on to show Sakura sitting right there on the couch, hand on lamp chain.....and wasn't looking too happy.....
* * * * *
Hurrying around the room, Meiling packed her things into her suitcase. HE had invited her to stay with him at his flat while SHE spent time with her family. It was so sweet of him! No wonder he would rather chose her than HER.
' Ugh...stupid girl, one would think that she's Miss World, the way the she acts..Humpf!' she thought bitterly.
She paused as she quickly traveled into La-la Land with a lovesick expression. HE had come over last night to spend time with her....gosh, he was such a good kisser! He had also given her a nice massage, laid in the jacuzzi, and then after that.....well, that was for her mind only...
*Flashback*
"So you're all done? With Kinomoto? As in she's history?"
Meiling didn't notice Syaoran avoid her eyes as he answered.
"Yes. I'm with you now."
Meiling smiled. Before long, it turned into an excited, mischievous smile.
"Let's do it again."
"...I think we've done enough, Meiling."
"No, let's do it again," she replied stubbornly and invitingly as she flung her arms around him once more.
Then for some reason, Syaoran's eyes widened in mid-kiss. He pulled away and looked at the clock.
"Oh...no..."
"What?"
"I have to go now."
"What? But it's only been eight hours, Syaoran!"
"I have to go."
"What is it?"
"Oh...no..."
"What is it??"
Syaoran grabbed his coat, and didn't answer. "I'll see you tomorrow," he said as he went out the door.
*End Flashback*
What was it that made him leave so quickly?
' Oh well, he's coming over tomorrow night...' Meiling glanced at the clock. 'TO-night again anyway...I can't wait to move in with him!'
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Syaoran winced as he prepared for a confrontation.
"Where the hell were you?" Sakura whispered dangerously.
"Sakura...." Syaoran started.
"DO YOU KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?!?!?!" she screamed, cutting him off.
"Yes, but....."
"DO YOU KNOW HOW WORRIED I WAS?!?!?!"
"Yes, a lot , I know..."
"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?!?!?! FOR ALL I KNEW, YOU COULD HAVE BEEN LYING DEAD IN A
DITCH!!"
"But I'm not..."
"HEY, IN A LITTLE WHILE, YOU ARE GOING TO WISH THAT YOU WERE!!!"
"I can explain...." 'Not really...'
"YOU BETTER EXPLAIN NOW, BUDDY, OR YOU'RE GOING TO FIND YOURSELF ON THE COUCH
TONIGHT!!! OR BETTER YET, OUTS- "
She didn't get to finish because Syaoran had suddenly seized her, and started kissing her passionately. 'Hey, it's one way to get her to shut up...'
'No! Don't let him do this to you! Whenever he does something like this, he kisses you and you forget about the entire arguement! No, no, no! You have to get the answer out of him!' Sakura told herself furiously.
Sakura pushed him away. "Syaoran, be serious! Where. Were. You. Last. Night?"
'Think, think, think! What are you going to say?'
"Well, uh...you know......oh! You see, traffic had gotten so bad and besides, you heard of the storm last night..."
"What storm? The weather report mentioned nothing about a storm," Sakura interrupted.
"Um....uh....so anyway, that big, scary, dangerous storm and so forth...nevermind. Well, I ended up taking refuge in a nearby motel. That's where I was the entire night. You know I would never intentionally hurt you, " Syaoran finished.
"Do you really expect me to believe you?! That is such a lame excuse!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Really, Sakura, I was. Where else do you think I would have gone? The only person I love in this world is you, you know that," Syaoran said softly.
"Right, " Sakura sighed and hugged him. "It's okay, I believe you. I'm sorry, I really am. I didn't mean to over-react. It's just that, I was so worried and scared..."
"Ssshhhh, it's okay," Syaoran soothed, stroking her hair. "There was a fault on my side, too. I should have contacted you and told you where I was."
"No, really, I shouldn't have..." Sakura paused and frowned. She pulled away from Syaoran. Brushing her hand across his left breast pocket, she reached inside. Out came a beautiful, diamond studded watch with the initials, M.L. , carved on the back...
* * * * *
Meiling frowned and stopped packing for a minute. She quickly glanced at her left hand and then around the room. Where was her unique watch that Syaoran had given her? She flipped her pockets, searched her clothes, and ran around her apartment looking for the near $100, 000 watch.
'I know I had it with me last night, I'm postive. Oh, let me guess, he probably has it. It most likely fell. That stupid clasp has got to get fixed. It keeps falling off. I can bet you that he went to get it repaired.'
Meiling sighed and fell back into her couch. ' How sweet of him...'
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'Holy shit!' Syaoran thought fuming. 'Now what am I going to say about the watch?'
"Syaoran, where did this come from...?" Sakura asked slowy getting mad all over again.
"Ummm....well, I...uh...you see, I knew you wouldn't be happy about me being so late, so...so... I got you a little gift."
'Believe it, please, please,please...'
"Then what about the initials?" Sakura asked suspicously, her eyes narrowing. "What do they stand for?"
"Sakura, I....well.." 'My god...what am I going to say? Wait! My...'
"My Love! I wanted to make this present extra special for you, so I had the designer put in the initials of My Love," Syaoran said quickly.
Sakura looked at him carefully, suddenly, tears started brimming in her eyes.
"What?" Syaoran asked nervously, wondering if she had gone hysterical on him.
"All, this time, you were stuck in the storm, and even bought me a wonderful present so I wouldn't be mad at you, and all I've done is yell at you. I thought you were guilty of lying! I'm such a horrible person!" Sakura said sobbing.
"Sakura, no, no, you're a wonderful person," Syaoran said, guilt stabbing his insides. "You are my shining light, my
guiding star, the one for whom I live for and die for. You are the way out of the fog, my cherry blossom, my love. You could never be a horrible person. Never."
A.N. : FloralMoon: *choke* I'm drowning in all the mush and gush I just put into there.
"Do you really think so?" Sakura asked, her cheeks glistening with tears.
"I know so," Syaoran replied lovingly, wiping away her sadness.
"I love you," Sakura said, her eyes sparkling.
"I love you too," he replied sofly. And for a moment, he really thought he did.
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~Next day~
"Hmmmm.....do we enough milk at home?" Sakura thought to herself as she looked at the refrigerated part of the supermarket she was in. / I might as well buy three gallons for Syaoran to stock up on while I'm gone./ She made a face. /And hope it doesn't turn to curds before he finishes it again. He certainly doesn't know how to shop for groceries. But he does know how to pick out jewlery..../ Sakura glanced at the watch again. It was hard for her to stop looking at it. Whenever she saw it, she got a fluttering feeling in her heart. She felt as though Syaoran was there with his arms around her, protecting her.
"Hey! Kinomoto! KINOMOTO!!!!" Meiling shouted angrily at Sakura. "Snap out of it!" She waved her hand furiously in front of Sakura's glazed eyes, waking her out of her daydream.
"What do you want Meiling?" Sakura asked coldly, quite upset that Meiling had disturbed her thoughts.
"Look, I always knew you were no good, but God knows how you got THIS far!! Is this your stupid attempt in trying to hurt me? HOW DARE YOU STEAL MY WATCH?!"
Sakura was taken aback. "I have no idea what you are talking about," she said baffled. "This is MY watch! Syaoran gave me this to me just last night!"
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Floralmoon: I know you are quite upset at us leaving a cliffhanger for you, but what can we say? It's our job to keep you hanging *heeheeheehee*.
Chunsa1004: And if you could please do your job as a reader, please review. We would really appreciate it.
Thank you to all our readers!