Shotgun Marriage
Chapter 2 – Commitment…
By anime-freak
A Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction
E-mail: anime_freaksg@yahoo.com
Author's notes: My exams are finally over…for now…Thanks to all who reviewed the story! I was amazed to see such an enthusiastic response to the story. After some deliberation, I've decided to bring in Sakura's brother, Touya rather than the father, Fujitaka. This is to prevent certain characters like Fujitaka to become too OOC. I'll also be delaying Syaoran's meeting with Sakura's brother until the next chapter.
Previously on Shotgun Marriage…
"You're treating it like a one night stand, are you?" Sakura said with a frown on her face.
"Look…I was serious then, I am serious now…I like you…" Syaoran said with a smile on his face. On hearing this, she smiled to herself and decided to tell him.
"I…uh…"
"Yes?"
Sakura looked nervously at the people around them as if having second thoughts about telling Syaoran about it. Plucking up her courage, she decided to say it.
"I…I am pregnant…"
Li Syaoran looked at her in surprise when he heard this.
"You mean…the time at the beach…" Syaoran said in shock as Sakura nodded her head slowly, his carefree life flashing past his eyes.
Soon, Syaoran calmed down. "I see…so…what did the doctor say?"
"Um…'Congratulations'"
"I see…"
Sakura soon became very annoyed. "Other than the words 'I see", can you say something else?"
"Ok…um…thank you…" Syaoran finally said after some thought.
Sakura widened her eyes in surprise. "Thank you? For what?"
"For…telling me about the baby…" Syaoran answered.
On hearing this, Sakura became disgusted and began to walk away. However, Syaoran stopped her.
"Look babe, thank you for telling me…" Syaoran said when he stopped, realizing what he just said.
Then, Sakura turned to him; now with an even more disgusted look on her face.
"Is…is that all you can say?" Sakura said as she ran back into the store, tears forming in her eyes. As she started running, he tried to chase her but stopped as the truth started to sink in.
'I think I blew it…' he thought woefully to himself.
At Eriol's apartment…
"You idiot! All you could say was 'thank you'!" Eriol said incredulously as he gave Syaoran a cup of tea, who was sitting down on the floor of the apartment.
"Well, I was in shock and I really couldn't find anything else to say…" Syaoran replied as he received his tea and started drinking it.
Eriol sighed in disappointment as he heard this. He then poured himself a cup of tea, took a pack of potato chips from the table, and opened it. "Well…what's done is done. You can't change anything…anyway, the most important thing is what are your plans for the future…and you should stop asking me for advice…"
"Huh? Why?" Syaoran said, not understanding what he just said.
"What I mean is…this is not your problem…its both yours and Sakura's…remember that." Eriol answered as he started eating the chips, leaving Syaoran to do some thinking by himself.
Meanwhile, at the three girls' apartment…
Sakura angrily stormed into the apartment and went straight for the fridge in the kitchen. Tomoyo, who was waiting for Sakura, excitedly approached Sakura, who was taking out some ice cream from the freezer.
"So, what did Syaoran say?" she asked excitedly.
Sakura turned to her best friend and looked at her with a frown on her face. "That guy's an idiot!"
"You mean he didn't ask you to abort…" Tomoyo said before she caught herself.
Sakura sighed. "No, of course not. Look, you maybe my best friend, but we all have different outlooks on life…and all I can say is that he is a real idiot…" she said before stuffing herself with ice cream.
"Sakura-chan…you should calm down…"
"Why should I? Besides, after getting pregnant, I feel a lot hungrier…" answered Sakura as she turned on the television and continued stuffing her mouth with ice cream.
Tomoyo shook her head sadly as she sat down next to Sakura on the sofa.
That night, Syaoran was tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep. He sat up in bed as he thought about the events that had happened earlier in the day.
1 "I…I am pregnant…"
"What I mean is…this is not your problem…its both yours and Sakura's…remember that."
'What should I do?' Syaoran thought as he fell back onto his bed, before falling into a restless sleep.
In an apartment a few kilometers away, Sakura was also up in her bed, thinking about the very same events that happened in the day.
"Look babe, thank you for telling me…"
"Can I trust him?"
The next morning, Li Syaoran stood outside the three girls' apartment nervously as he contemplated whether to see her or not. He soon made his decision as he ran up the stairs to the apartment. Standing outside the front door, he rang the doorbell twice and waited for somebody to answer. When nobody answered, he started knocking on the door. "Hey, its Syaoran here! Anybody there?"
Suddenly, the door opened, revealing a half asleep Tomoyo in her pajamas.
"Oh, hi Syaoran…" she said, yawning loudly.
"Look…um…I spent an entire night thinking about what happened yesterday and I need to speak to Sakura now."
"Oh, Sakura? She went to the clinic…" she replied before yawning again.
"Clinic?"
"Yes, yes…she went to the clinic. Now if you would please leave, I need to catch up on the sleep I missed last night…" she said before closing the front door, leaving Syaoran standing there.
"Clinic? Does it mean she's going to abort the…" Syaoran said to himself as the worst-case situation came to his mind. He then started running out of the apartment block.
As he ran through the streets of Tomeda, thoughts started going through his mind.
'No, Sakura…I won't allow you to do this…'
Suddenly he stopped when he realized that he did not know what clinic Sakura went to. He fished out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed the apartment's number as he started running again. Soon, Tomoyo picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Its me Syaoran. You know which clinic does Sakura go to…"
A few moments later, we zoom in on the Angel Women's Clinic, where Sakura was just about to enter when she heard a voice calling her from behind.
"Sakura!"
Sakura turned back and was quite surprised to find Syaoran running up to her.
"Syaoran-kun? Is something wrong?"
Syaoran paused as he rested for a little while before answering. "You…you can't do this…"
"Huh?"
"I…I spent an entire night thinking and well…I apologize for yesterday. I was a little bit surprised and I didn't know what I was saying…" said Syaoran as Sakura nodded silently, "As I was running here, I finally realized something…maybe it was fate…so um…go for it! I mean give birth…I'll take responsibility for everything…"
Sakura felt a little surprised when she heard Syaoran say that. However, a smile formed on her face soon after. Syaoran smiled with her as he said, "So everything's settled…"
"No! Maybe not…" Sakura said suddenly, surprising Syaoran.
"Eh…why?" Syaoran said, with a look of shock on his face.
Sakura turned to him with a scowl on her face. "Well, for one thing, you must have made this decision on impulse and you think that once the baby's born, everything will be alright…"
"B…but…"
"You're also sweating on the nose…my brother says I can't trust anyone who sweats on the nose when he talks…"
"Come on…I ran all the way here and aren't you sweating on the nose too…"
"That's different. Anyway, if you want me to believe you, I need a proof."
"What kind of proof?" Syaoran asked.
"Well…um…" Sakura stood there thinking for a while. Then, a brilliant idea came to her head. "I know…you tell my brother about it." She announced.
"About what?"
"You know, that I am pregnant with your baby. Do you dare tell him that?"
"Of course, I will. For the sake of our beautiful baby…" Syaoran said as he heard a clapping sound coming from behind him. Both Sakura and Syaoran turn to the direction of the applause.
"Oh, Doctor Takuya…" Sakura said as the doctor went up to shake Syaoran's hand.
"Wow…it is always very touching to hear stories like this…all couples have their own individual love stories…anyway I think its time for our check- up…" Doctor Takuya said as he guided Sakura to the entrance of the clinic.
Syaoran was surprised when he heard this. "Check-up…what check-up?"
Sakura eyed Syaoran suspiciously. "Well, what do you think I was here for?"
"Oh…um…I thought that you were going to…never mind…" Syaoran said as he followed Sakura into the clinic.
Later in the day…
"We've got to find someway to tell your father and brother about this…"
"But how…"
Trying to find a way to tell Sakura's brother that she was now pregnant with Syaoran's child, was the gang, now gathered at Eriol's apartment. Tomoyo was massaging Eriol's sore back while the others were discussing about the current situation.
"Well, just tell him! Wouldn't that solve all our problems?" Takashi suggested.
"I would have done that if my brother wasn't the Kendo and Judo champion for the past four years…" Sakura said as she started eating a bag of potato chips.
"Y-you mean that your brother is…" Syaoran suddenly had a look of fear in his eyes.
"Yes-yes…my brother is the great Touya Kinomoto, National champion for Judo and Kendo for the past four years running and will be in the national squad for the upcoming International Judo competition…and he hasn't lost to anyone yet…"
Hearing this, everyone sweat dropped while Syaoran's face turned ashen. Noticing the look on Syaoran's face, Sakura became concerned.
"Syaoran, are you ok?"
"Um…yeah, I think I am ok…"
Suddenly, Chiharu stood up, causing everyone in the room to turn to her direction.
"Chiharu, anything wrong?" Tomoyo asked.
Chiharu shook her head. "No no, I just got an idea to help Sakura and Syaoran…"
"Well, then…tell us!" Syaoran said loudly.
"Ok, why not just not mention the fact that you're pregnant…"
"And how's that going to help?" Syaoran asked sarcastically.
"You see…just don't tell him that first. Say you're getting married first. Then if he agrees to the marriage, then the problem is solved. Pregnancy after marriage is a common occurrence, isn't it?"
For a few seconds, there was silence in the room. Then, the room suddenly burst into commotion.
"Wow, that's a great idea! Thanks Chiharu!"
"That solution will solve all the problems! Great idea, Chiharu!"
"Yeah, you're quite smart you know…"
"HOLD IT!" shouted Sakura, surprising everyone.
"Um…is there anything wrong Sakura?" Tomoyo asked concernedly.
"Everybody is talking about marriage but does that mean I want to marry him?"
"If you don't marry him, then what do you intend to do?" Chiharu asked.
"Aren't you pregnant?"
"You don't want to marry him?"
With everybody's eyes on her, she starts feeling uncomfortable. "Well, with the pregnancy and stuff, I didn't really have time to think about the marrying him…" Sakura answered then turning to Syaoran, "So, alright?"
Now it was Syaoran's turn to feel nervous as everyone in the room turned in his direction and stared him in the eye, waiting for a response.
As he looked into the eyes of Sakura, he sighed. Then, suddenly he smiled. "Yeah! Let's go for it!"
TBC…
Next Chapter: Syaoran finally meets with Sakura's brother! What will happen? What about the rest of the gang? Look out for the next chapter of Shotgun Marriage…
Chapter 2 – Commitment…
By anime-freak
A Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction
E-mail: anime_freaksg@yahoo.com
Author's notes: My exams are finally over…for now…Thanks to all who reviewed the story! I was amazed to see such an enthusiastic response to the story. After some deliberation, I've decided to bring in Sakura's brother, Touya rather than the father, Fujitaka. This is to prevent certain characters like Fujitaka to become too OOC. I'll also be delaying Syaoran's meeting with Sakura's brother until the next chapter.
Previously on Shotgun Marriage…
"You're treating it like a one night stand, are you?" Sakura said with a frown on her face.
"Look…I was serious then, I am serious now…I like you…" Syaoran said with a smile on his face. On hearing this, she smiled to herself and decided to tell him.
"I…uh…"
"Yes?"
Sakura looked nervously at the people around them as if having second thoughts about telling Syaoran about it. Plucking up her courage, she decided to say it.
"I…I am pregnant…"
Li Syaoran looked at her in surprise when he heard this.
"You mean…the time at the beach…" Syaoran said in shock as Sakura nodded her head slowly, his carefree life flashing past his eyes.
Soon, Syaoran calmed down. "I see…so…what did the doctor say?"
"Um…'Congratulations'"
"I see…"
Sakura soon became very annoyed. "Other than the words 'I see", can you say something else?"
"Ok…um…thank you…" Syaoran finally said after some thought.
Sakura widened her eyes in surprise. "Thank you? For what?"
"For…telling me about the baby…" Syaoran answered.
On hearing this, Sakura became disgusted and began to walk away. However, Syaoran stopped her.
"Look babe, thank you for telling me…" Syaoran said when he stopped, realizing what he just said.
Then, Sakura turned to him; now with an even more disgusted look on her face.
"Is…is that all you can say?" Sakura said as she ran back into the store, tears forming in her eyes. As she started running, he tried to chase her but stopped as the truth started to sink in.
'I think I blew it…' he thought woefully to himself.
At Eriol's apartment…
"You idiot! All you could say was 'thank you'!" Eriol said incredulously as he gave Syaoran a cup of tea, who was sitting down on the floor of the apartment.
"Well, I was in shock and I really couldn't find anything else to say…" Syaoran replied as he received his tea and started drinking it.
Eriol sighed in disappointment as he heard this. He then poured himself a cup of tea, took a pack of potato chips from the table, and opened it. "Well…what's done is done. You can't change anything…anyway, the most important thing is what are your plans for the future…and you should stop asking me for advice…"
"Huh? Why?" Syaoran said, not understanding what he just said.
"What I mean is…this is not your problem…its both yours and Sakura's…remember that." Eriol answered as he started eating the chips, leaving Syaoran to do some thinking by himself.
Meanwhile, at the three girls' apartment…
Sakura angrily stormed into the apartment and went straight for the fridge in the kitchen. Tomoyo, who was waiting for Sakura, excitedly approached Sakura, who was taking out some ice cream from the freezer.
"So, what did Syaoran say?" she asked excitedly.
Sakura turned to her best friend and looked at her with a frown on her face. "That guy's an idiot!"
"You mean he didn't ask you to abort…" Tomoyo said before she caught herself.
Sakura sighed. "No, of course not. Look, you maybe my best friend, but we all have different outlooks on life…and all I can say is that he is a real idiot…" she said before stuffing herself with ice cream.
"Sakura-chan…you should calm down…"
"Why should I? Besides, after getting pregnant, I feel a lot hungrier…" answered Sakura as she turned on the television and continued stuffing her mouth with ice cream.
Tomoyo shook her head sadly as she sat down next to Sakura on the sofa.
That night, Syaoran was tossing and turning in bed, unable to fall asleep. He sat up in bed as he thought about the events that had happened earlier in the day.
1 "I…I am pregnant…"
"What I mean is…this is not your problem…its both yours and Sakura's…remember that."
'What should I do?' Syaoran thought as he fell back onto his bed, before falling into a restless sleep.
In an apartment a few kilometers away, Sakura was also up in her bed, thinking about the very same events that happened in the day.
"Look babe, thank you for telling me…"
"Can I trust him?"
The next morning, Li Syaoran stood outside the three girls' apartment nervously as he contemplated whether to see her or not. He soon made his decision as he ran up the stairs to the apartment. Standing outside the front door, he rang the doorbell twice and waited for somebody to answer. When nobody answered, he started knocking on the door. "Hey, its Syaoran here! Anybody there?"
Suddenly, the door opened, revealing a half asleep Tomoyo in her pajamas.
"Oh, hi Syaoran…" she said, yawning loudly.
"Look…um…I spent an entire night thinking about what happened yesterday and I need to speak to Sakura now."
"Oh, Sakura? She went to the clinic…" she replied before yawning again.
"Clinic?"
"Yes, yes…she went to the clinic. Now if you would please leave, I need to catch up on the sleep I missed last night…" she said before closing the front door, leaving Syaoran standing there.
"Clinic? Does it mean she's going to abort the…" Syaoran said to himself as the worst-case situation came to his mind. He then started running out of the apartment block.
As he ran through the streets of Tomeda, thoughts started going through his mind.
'No, Sakura…I won't allow you to do this…'
Suddenly he stopped when he realized that he did not know what clinic Sakura went to. He fished out his mobile phone from his pocket and dialed the apartment's number as he started running again. Soon, Tomoyo picked up the phone. "Hello?"
"Its me Syaoran. You know which clinic does Sakura go to…"
A few moments later, we zoom in on the Angel Women's Clinic, where Sakura was just about to enter when she heard a voice calling her from behind.
"Sakura!"
Sakura turned back and was quite surprised to find Syaoran running up to her.
"Syaoran-kun? Is something wrong?"
Syaoran paused as he rested for a little while before answering. "You…you can't do this…"
"Huh?"
"I…I spent an entire night thinking and well…I apologize for yesterday. I was a little bit surprised and I didn't know what I was saying…" said Syaoran as Sakura nodded silently, "As I was running here, I finally realized something…maybe it was fate…so um…go for it! I mean give birth…I'll take responsibility for everything…"
Sakura felt a little surprised when she heard Syaoran say that. However, a smile formed on her face soon after. Syaoran smiled with her as he said, "So everything's settled…"
"No! Maybe not…" Sakura said suddenly, surprising Syaoran.
"Eh…why?" Syaoran said, with a look of shock on his face.
Sakura turned to him with a scowl on her face. "Well, for one thing, you must have made this decision on impulse and you think that once the baby's born, everything will be alright…"
"B…but…"
"You're also sweating on the nose…my brother says I can't trust anyone who sweats on the nose when he talks…"
"Come on…I ran all the way here and aren't you sweating on the nose too…"
"That's different. Anyway, if you want me to believe you, I need a proof."
"What kind of proof?" Syaoran asked.
"Well…um…" Sakura stood there thinking for a while. Then, a brilliant idea came to her head. "I know…you tell my brother about it." She announced.
"About what?"
"You know, that I am pregnant with your baby. Do you dare tell him that?"
"Of course, I will. For the sake of our beautiful baby…" Syaoran said as he heard a clapping sound coming from behind him. Both Sakura and Syaoran turn to the direction of the applause.
"Oh, Doctor Takuya…" Sakura said as the doctor went up to shake Syaoran's hand.
"Wow…it is always very touching to hear stories like this…all couples have their own individual love stories…anyway I think its time for our check- up…" Doctor Takuya said as he guided Sakura to the entrance of the clinic.
Syaoran was surprised when he heard this. "Check-up…what check-up?"
Sakura eyed Syaoran suspiciously. "Well, what do you think I was here for?"
"Oh…um…I thought that you were going to…never mind…" Syaoran said as he followed Sakura into the clinic.
Later in the day…
"We've got to find someway to tell your father and brother about this…"
"But how…"
Trying to find a way to tell Sakura's brother that she was now pregnant with Syaoran's child, was the gang, now gathered at Eriol's apartment. Tomoyo was massaging Eriol's sore back while the others were discussing about the current situation.
"Well, just tell him! Wouldn't that solve all our problems?" Takashi suggested.
"I would have done that if my brother wasn't the Kendo and Judo champion for the past four years…" Sakura said as she started eating a bag of potato chips.
"Y-you mean that your brother is…" Syaoran suddenly had a look of fear in his eyes.
"Yes-yes…my brother is the great Touya Kinomoto, National champion for Judo and Kendo for the past four years running and will be in the national squad for the upcoming International Judo competition…and he hasn't lost to anyone yet…"
Hearing this, everyone sweat dropped while Syaoran's face turned ashen. Noticing the look on Syaoran's face, Sakura became concerned.
"Syaoran, are you ok?"
"Um…yeah, I think I am ok…"
Suddenly, Chiharu stood up, causing everyone in the room to turn to her direction.
"Chiharu, anything wrong?" Tomoyo asked.
Chiharu shook her head. "No no, I just got an idea to help Sakura and Syaoran…"
"Well, then…tell us!" Syaoran said loudly.
"Ok, why not just not mention the fact that you're pregnant…"
"And how's that going to help?" Syaoran asked sarcastically.
"You see…just don't tell him that first. Say you're getting married first. Then if he agrees to the marriage, then the problem is solved. Pregnancy after marriage is a common occurrence, isn't it?"
For a few seconds, there was silence in the room. Then, the room suddenly burst into commotion.
"Wow, that's a great idea! Thanks Chiharu!"
"That solution will solve all the problems! Great idea, Chiharu!"
"Yeah, you're quite smart you know…"
"HOLD IT!" shouted Sakura, surprising everyone.
"Um…is there anything wrong Sakura?" Tomoyo asked concernedly.
"Everybody is talking about marriage but does that mean I want to marry him?"
"If you don't marry him, then what do you intend to do?" Chiharu asked.
"Aren't you pregnant?"
"You don't want to marry him?"
With everybody's eyes on her, she starts feeling uncomfortable. "Well, with the pregnancy and stuff, I didn't really have time to think about the marrying him…" Sakura answered then turning to Syaoran, "So, alright?"
Now it was Syaoran's turn to feel nervous as everyone in the room turned in his direction and stared him in the eye, waiting for a response.
As he looked into the eyes of Sakura, he sighed. Then, suddenly he smiled. "Yeah! Let's go for it!"
TBC…
Next Chapter: Syaoran finally meets with Sakura's brother! What will happen? What about the rest of the gang? Look out for the next chapter of Shotgun Marriage…