A Love for Meilin
Chapter 5: The Movies
Sakura was woken up late the next morning by the ringing of her phone. She rolled over and picked it up. "Hello?" she said sleepily, yawning.
"Oh I'm sorry. Did I wake you up Sakura-chan?"
Sakura smiled hearing the cheerful voice of her best friend. "It's okay, Tomoyo."
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to the movies today. A lot of the others are wanting to go."
"That sounds like fun," Sakura said. "But this guy that I met after the crash is visiting."
"Invite him then," Tomoyo suggested. "I'm sure no one would mind if he came along with us."
"I guess if he wants to go, then okay," Sakura told her.
"Call Syaoran and invite him too. We'll all meet at Penguin Park at noon, okay?"
"Okay," Sakura said. "Oh and guess what. Meilin is here too."
"Really? That's great. It'll be nice to see her again," Tomoyo said excitedly. "Well, I guess I'll see you later then?"
"Yup. Ja ne." With that, Sakura hung up the phone. She looked at the clock to see that there was only about an hour till noon. She hurriedly called Syaoran and invited him and Meilin to go with them, then got dressed.
Kero suddenly popped up in front of her. "I'm so hungry," he complained, looking at her with pleading eyes. "I've been stuck in here all morning because that guy is here."
Sakura smiled at the little yellow guardian. "I'm sorry Kero. I'll bring you something in a minute. And you can go down later when Masato and I leave. We're going to go to the movies with everyone."
She quickly walked down the stairs to find her brother and Masato watching TV together in the living room.
"So, the kaijuu finally woke up," Touya muttered.
Sakura glared at him. "Ohayou, Masato-san." Masato smiled at her. "Ohayou, pretty cherry blossom." Sakura blushed.
"Do you want to go to the movies? You can meet a lot of my friends."
"Sure, that sounds like fun," Masato said. "Is Li-kun and his cousin Meilin-san going to go too?"
"Yup," Sakura replied.
"Well then, that's even more reason to go."
Touya looked up at her and sighed. At least she won't be alone with that gaki of hers.
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"It looks like most everyone else is already there," Syaoran said, looking at the group gathered at the entrance of the park.
"Hey everyone," Meilin said as they reached the others.
"Meilin!" Tomoyo rushed over to her and hugged her. "It's been such a long time since you've visited."
"Ah…did you miss me Daidouji?" Meilin asked playfully, looking around. "Is Sakura and that Masato guy not here yet?"
"Masato?" Tomoyo
questioned. "Oh you must mean that
friend that's visiting Sakura. Have you
already met him?
"Yeah, he ate dinner with us last night," Meilin explained. Meilin's eyes suddenly brightened a little as she saw Sakura and Masato slowly approaching them.
"Hey everyone," Sakura said as she finally reached them. "This is Masato-san. He was one of the other survivors that we met."
"It's nice to meet all of you," he said. One by one the others he hadn't met before (Rika, Chiharu, Yamazaki, Naoko, and Tomoyo) introduced themselves.
Rika then turned to Sakura, noticing with worry the bandage on her arm and the other few cuts visible on her face and other arm. "Are you okay? We were all so worried about you and Li-kun."
"I'm fine," Sakura said.
As they talked, Tomoyo suddenly brought out her video camera and began taping. Masato looked at her amused. Sakura sweatdropped as she noticed the camera. She turned to Masato. "You might want to watch out for her. She's always taping. She's been attached to a video camera ever since I can remember."
Masato grinned. "You sure do have some interesting friends." Sakura smiled.
"Well, are we going to go to the movies or not?" Meilin asked impatiently. "I don't have all day you know. I have to go home and cook dinner for this crazy guy," she said looking at Masato.
He laughed. "And I'm looking forward to it too if you can cook as well as you say you can."
She looked at him indignantly. "You'll see. And then you'll be begging me to cook for you for the rest of your life."
"That might not be so bad…" he muttered. She looked at him surprised.
"I agree with Meilin," Chiharu said. "Let's go."
As they began walking toward the theater in town, Tomoyo dropped back and whispered in Sakura's ear. "This guy seems to be somewhat interested in Meilin."
Sakura smiled at her. "I hope so." Tomoyo winked. "Well, it looks like things might get a little interesting. I'm really happy I decided to bring my camera. Now I have something more to tape then you and Syaoran."
"That's wonderful to hear," Sakura said, looking ahead of her to see Meilin walking happily beside Masato.
The group finally reached the theater a little while later, and made their way in.
"I get to sit between the cherry blossom and Meilin," Masato said. They found a row in the middle of the theater. Yamazaki led the way in followed by Chiharu, Naoko, Rika, Tomoyo, Meilin, Masato, Sakura, and finally Syaoran. They quickly settled into their seats as the movie was just about to begin.
"It's been a while since I've seen a movie," Meilin mentioned.
"Really?" Masato asked. "Well, then today is your lucky day. You get to see a movie for once in a long
time, and you get to see it with me. How
lucky can a girl get?"
Meilin looked at him surprised. "You are crazy."
"Don't you like crazy guys?" he asked her, grinning. A slight red tint began to appear on her cheeks. "Be quiet," she said. "The movie's starting." His grin only grew wider as he slowly turned his head toward the screen in front of him. He quickly grabbed her hand. Her eyes widened, and she immediately tried to pull her hand away. But he refused to release her hand. "Let go," she demanded. He turned and smiled at her, putting one finger of his free hand up to her lips. "Be quiet. The movie has started."
She stared at him shocked, but decided to give up on trying to free her hand from his firm grip. She turned away from him, blushing. This guy…I'm suddenly nervous around him for some reason. And I think my hand is getting sweaty…that's not good. His hand is so warm…
Sakura and Syaoran smiled at each other. Syaoran gently took her hand in his, lifting it slowly to his lips. He kissed it. Sakura blushed.
Meanwhile, Tomoyo's face lit up as she watched Meilin and Masato as well as Sakura and Syaoran. Tomoyo had somehow managed to tape the whole scene, completely ignoring the movie playing before her. She smiled. This is so much more interesting than any movie could ever be…
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End of chapter 5