A Love for Meilin
Chapter 6: A Day Out
After the movie, they all decided to roam around town together, stopping in and out of various stores, until they finally came to a small café where they could sit outside in the warm sunshine.
They quickly put two of the larger tables together and sat down to relax from the walking they had done.
"May I take your order?"
They all looked up to see Touya standing there with a bored look on his face. Sakura jumped up, surprised at seeing her brother there. "What are you doing here, Oniichan?"
He looked dully at her. "What does it look like kaijuu?" She glared at him. "I am not a kaijuu!" The others all sweatdropped. Touya suddenly noticed Syaoran's close proximity to his sister, and the two suddenly began glaring at each other, each forgetting the presence of the others.
Sakura groaned. "Would you two stop that?"
Touya sighed and turned back to the others and after quickly taking their orders, disappeared. Sakura sighed in relief.
"Did you know that it takes 2000 berries to make one pound of coffee?" Yamazaki asked.
"Berries?" Masato asked.
"Oh, didn't you know? Coffee beans are actually a bean-looking pit of a certain type of berry."
Masato looked at him. "Well, that's interesting."
Chiharu lightly smacked Yamazaki on the back of the head. "Don't listen to him. He never tells the truth."
"But that was the truth," Yamazaki insisted. The others sweatdropped.
"Hello everyone." They all looked up to see Yukito standing by them.
"Hi Yukito-san. Do you want to join us?" Sakura offered.
"Sure." He quickly pulled up a chair and sat. "How is your arm, Sakura-chan?"
"It's fine," Sakura replied, smiling warmly at him. "By the way," she began motioning toward Masato, "this is Masato-san."
Yukito bowed slightly to the young man. "Hi, it's nice to meet you. I am Tsukishiro Yukito."
Just then Touya returned, pushing a small cart with their orders. "Hey Yuki." Yukito smiled at him as he distributed the orders to all of them.
"Do you want anything?" Touya asked him.
"Isn't your shift over soon?"
Touya nodded. "In about ten minutes."
"Then I'll wait, so we can eat together," Yukito said.
Naoko suddenly gasped as she looked at her watch. She quickly drank the tea she had ordered then stood up. "I'm sorry, but I forgot all about the opening of a new book store. I wanted to be there right when it opens and it's supposed to open at five. They're having a huge opening sale."
"Do you mind if I go with you?" Rika asked. Naoko shook her head. "Of course not. I'd love for you to come."
"What time is it?" Chiharu asked.
"It's about five minutes till five o'clock," Naoko answered. Chiharu gasped. "It's already that late? Yamazaki-kun and I were supposed to meet my mom and his mom for dinner at five. We've got to go," she said. She quickly put some money on the table to pay for her and Yamazaki's drinks, and then she hurriedly dragged him away. Rika and Naoko left as well.
"So, when do your classes start at the university?" Syaoran asked Masato.
"In about a week," he replied.
"That soon?" Meilin asked. Masato smiled at her. "Yeah, and I'm not really looking forward to it either."
"Our school starts next week," Tomoyo told him.
"I'm glad it's our last year of high school," Sakura said. "How long are you going to be able to stay, Meilin-chan?"
Meilin looked at her. "I really don't know. School in Hong Kong doesn't start for about another month or so."
"Well, I hope you can stay at least till then," Syaoran said. Meilin glanced at him. "Maybe…" she muttered quietly. But there's not really any reason for me to stay…
"Well, maybe I should get going too so that I can start making dinner."
"Would you mind if I watched you cook?" Masato asked her. "I want to see the pro in action."
She looked at him and smiled. "Of course you can watch."
"I'd better be going too," Tomoyo said. She quickly got up and waved goodbye to the others as she left.
Just then, Touya suddenly reappeared. "I'm off now," he said.
Yukito smiled at him. "That's great. I'm hungry."
Touya smiled slightly back at him. "Well I certainly don't want to eat here, so let's go."
He turned toward Sakura. "Don't come home too late." With that, he left. Yukito waved bye to them and quickly followed after him.
"You're going to eat with us again tonight, right Kinomoto-san?" Meilin asked. "I want to eat my better cooking."
Sakura smiled. "Sure, but I'll have to call home once we get to Syaoran-kun's apartment."
"That's fine," Syaoran told her. He looked at Meilin and Masato. "You two can go ahead though. I want to stay here a little longer if that's okay with Sakura."
Meilin looked at him for a moment. "That's fine. Let's go, Masato-san."
"We'll see you later," Sakura called after them as they left. She turned to Syaoran after they had walked out of sight. He stood up, offering her his hand. They slowly began walking toward the park.
"It's nice to actually be alone with you," he told her shyly. She looked up at him and smiled. "It is nice…" He gently squeezed her hand.
"What do you think about Meilin and Masato-san?" he asked slowly. "They seem to get along really well, don't they?"
"Yes, they do. They seem to really enjoy being with each other."
"Masato-san said once that he was going to be a sophomore at Tokyo University right?" Syaoran asked.
"I think so," Sakura replied.
"So he's not really that much older than us."
Sakura looked up at him. "Maybe just two or three years older I guess." She smiled. "Do you think he might be the one for Meilin?"
Syaoran looked at her surprised. He sighed. "Yeah…maybe."
"I've thought the same thing," Sakura admitted. "They always seem to be having fun around each other. And today in the movie theater when he wouldn't let go of her hand…it was kind of sweet."
Syaoran nodded. "I just really wish something would happen so she could be happy."
Sakura smiled. "You're so kind, Syaoran."
He turned to her and cupped her face in his hands. "You've had too much of an influence on me I think." She blushed. He slowly leaned forward and kissed her softly. "I'm a really lucky guy," he whispered.
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End of Chapter 6