Summary: Sakura and Syaoran are in a singing contest, which, if they win, get a recording contract plus a lot of fame. They're rivals, of course, but once they get closer, they start to fall in love. They work their way up to the top two, but who will win?
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A/N: Yay! Chapter 6! In this one, Sakura and Syaoran are going to KISS!! And there's a LABYRINTH. It's like a maze made out of hedge. Like the one in Harry Potter? The fourth book? And the contest. I was going to put the slapfight in here, but I pushed it to the next chapter. READ and REVIEW!!!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own CCS, plus I don't own the songs that are in here. Let me say that again, I DO NOT OWN THE SONGS THAT ARE IN HERE.
Road to Stardom
By SwEeT AnGeL 1004
Chapter 6: The Labyrinth
It was already Saturday again; the night of the second concert.
Sakura couldn't believe it had been two weeks since the start of the contest.
Sakura sighed in nervousness, watching Syaoran in the corner of her eye while Tomoyo applied makeup on her.
Meiling was also freaking out, but looking pretty in a slinky red chinese dress with embroidered black flowers.
Syaoran was just wearing a long sleeved white t-shirt which he rolled up the sleeves to make it a short sleeve t-shirt, and he wore black pants and a silver chain necklace.
I know, I know, they don't match and they're supposed to be singing together.
Sakura was wearing an outfit similar to what she had worn last time, but instead of a yellow collared shirt and vest, she wore a tight cotton tank top that was dyed red, with a matching wrist band.
"I'm done," Tomoyo announced and dusted off herself as Sakura examined herself in the mirror.
"Thanks, Tomoyo," Sakura said, and Tomoyo waved the gratitude off saying, "It was nothing."
"Syaroan's up with Meiling. GOOD LUCK!" Sakura yelled at them, and Syaoran nodded while Meiling waved back.
They went through the curtain into the auditorium, where the audience started screaming.
Sakura focused her attention on the TV, where Syaroan was nodding at the audience (I think he really like nodding), while Meiling was loving all of the attention from the guys who were whistling.
The music intro started up, which was a piano playing the same note over and over until Syaoran said, "All right," and the piano added another note, making a chord, playing over and over until the real music started.
Syaroan held his mike closer and said, "Hey ma," while Meiling replied, "What up."
Syaoran said, "Let's slide."
"All right."
And Meiling and Syaoran sang, "And we gon' get it on tonight."
Syaroan continued, "You smoke-"
"I smoke," Meiling said cockily, grinning at the audience.
"I drink," Syaroan on beat, and Meiling said, "Me too."
Syaoran continued, "Well good--" and Meiling joined him as they said, "'Cause we gon' get high tonight."
Syaroan started the rap piece, while Sakura and Tomoyo were howling in laughter backstage.
"I--hee hee--never knew--hee hee--that Syaroan could RAP!!!!!!!!!" Sakura cried, and Tomoyo dissolved in laughter.
A woman backstage gave them an evil look and they quickly shut up.
The song ended, and Syaoran finished up, "Yo L, what up, I hit, what else, plus dome, say word, and we got it on tonight…"
The audience screamed in approval, mixing in with raucous applaud, and Meiling and Syaroan came back in.
Tomoyo and Sakura immediately jumped onto them, congratulating them and saying how wonderful they were.
"You guys were SOOOOo good~!!!!" Tomoyo squealed, and Sakura said, "Great song. I never knew you had it in you!"
"Sh!! Look, Maeko's on next! There she is….oh my god, what IS she wearing?" Meiling said suddenly.
The others looked at the TV and made faces when they saw Maeko looking exactly like a cross between a prostitute and a slut--or both.
She was wearing a tight blood red dress that was cut low enough to show that she wasn't wearing a bra, and the end of the dress was cut an inch below her butt.
Maeko was wearing her long hair down with huge silver hoop earrings, with blood red nails that were two inches long and a pair of 5 inch red heels.
"Oh my god," Sakura said, "That girl's got problems."
Her song started, where she started cooing,
"Ooh, I'm overdue
Give me some room
I'm comin' through
Paid my dues
I'm in the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room
DJ's spinnin' (show your hands)
Let's get dirty (that's my chant)
I need that (uh) to get me off
Sweat until my clothes come off…"
The audience was silent except for the guys who were catcalling and whistling at her revealing body, where the girls were looking at Maeko with disgust.
"She's SO not going to make it," Syaoran commented, and Sakura agreed.
Her song finished, and Sakura barely had a moment to get read until she heard her name being called over the speakers, "SAKURA KINOMOTO!!!!!!"
"Break a leg!" Tomoyo called behind her as Sakura walked onto the stage.
Sakura wasn't as nervous as she had been the first time, and she was confident in her song.
The intro started, the guitar strumming, and Sakura started singing, looking directly into the camera.
Syaroan, who was inside was watching the TV, could sense that the words that she was singing was meant for her.
"Chill out, what 'cha yelling for?
Lay back, its all been done before.
And if, you could only, let it be, you will see."
Syaoran continued staring at the TV screen, mesmerized in the song.
"Tell me--!
Why'd you have to go and make things complicated?
I see the way you're acting like someone else gets me frustrated………"
Sakura kept on singing in time with the background, and when the song was over, she smiled and bowed and walked back inside.
"Syaoran? The songs over," Meiling snapped her fingers in front of Syaoran's face.
"Huh? Oh. Yeah. Where's Sakura?" Syaoran asked.
"Over there. Everyone loves her. Don't you like her song? She said it was dedicated to someone who needs to 'be real'. Wonder who it is," Meiling said.
"Oh."
"Come on, let's go congratulate her," Meiling said, and dragged Syaoran over to Sakura where he gave her an awkward hug.
"What are you doing?" Maeko's icy voice broke through the air.
Syaoran sighed impatiently and said, "Congratulating her. You should try it, you know. Her song was good," he said and gave a half-smile to Sakura, who beamed.
"Aren't you going to congratulate me? The audience loved me. Don't you like my skirt? I had to hem it, though," Maeko said.
Syaoran sighed again and said, "You guys want to go eat dinner to have a mini-celebration?"
"Sure!" Maeko cried, and Syaoran said sharply, "I wasn't inviting you."
Maeko looked hurt, but she recovered quickly and said, "Fine. Play that way. Some day you'll realize that I'm the one for you."
She flipped her hair and walked away, with the three girls and guy shaking their heads in disapproval.
"Let's go to a pizza parlor for dinner or something," Sakura suggested, "Since we went to a fancy dinner last time. Come on!"
She lead the way out backstage and back through the busy foyer, with Syaoran trailing along behind her.
He grabbed a brochure which looked interesting, and made his way out.
"I'll take the red car," Syaoran said, and the other girls shrugged and decided to ride Tomoyo's car (she has connections), which was a silver Lexus compact car.
In the car, while waiting for the stoplight to turn green, Syaroan flipped through the brochure and saw something that caught his attention.
It was a picture of a labyrinth, made out of green hedges with roses sticking out.
On the top was in an elegant script reading, "The Yukimoto Labyrinth. A place for peace, tranquility and thoughts. Come visit us now, on the Yukimoto Center's roof!"
"Interesting…….." Syaroan thought, and put the brochures away.
He drove up to the pizza parlor right after Tomoyo, Meiling and Sakura, and they walked in and sat in a booth together, being handed menus.
"Let's order an extra large pizza. Um…does half Hawaiian and half supreme sound good to you guys?" Meiling asked.
They nodded, and the waitress nodded and wrote it down.
"So, Sakura when are you going to put your plan into action?" Meiling asked without thinking, and Tomoyo immediately smacker her on the leg.
"What plan?" Syaroan asked suspiciously.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. It's just some silly thing I'm doing that gets rid of an 'inconvenience'," Sakura replied innocently.
"Ah…" Syaoran said, and watched as Sakura gave Meiling a look.
Their steaming pizza quickly came (A/N: Ah…now I'm hungry), where everyone dug in (even Tomoyo seemed to have forgotten Sakura's diet).
"That was good," Sakura said smiling, wiping her mouth with a red cloth napkin.
"Mmm," Tomoyo agreed and patted her stomach contently.
"You missed a spot," Syaoran suddenly said, and before he knew what he was doing, reached over across the table and with his finger gently wiped off a spot of tomato sauce.
"Thanks," Sakura said blushing slightly.
"Ooh……I think someone's got a crush!" Meiling sang, and Sakura blushed even harder, saying, "Shut up."
But she didn't deny it……….
After paying the bill, they walked out of the pizza parlor. It was around 11 pm, and the night was cool and breezy.
Tomoyo winked at Meiling, and they immediately said, "We're going to stop by a store to refund something we bought. Bye!" they ran off before Sakura could join them, and Sakura narrowed her eyes at their backs.
"Can I get a ride back?" Sakura asked shyly, and Syaoran said, "Of course."
Sakura got in the car and sat down on the brochure, and she retrieved it from under her butt.
"Ooh, this looks interesting. A labyrinth? It's like a maze, right?" Sakura asked, examining the brochure.
"Yeah. It's on the roof of the Yukitmoto center. Must be a nice view at night," Syaroan commented, and Sakura thoughtfully nodded.
"Wanna go?" Sakura suddenly asked, and blushed when Syaoran looked at her.
"Sure," Syaoran replied, to Sakura's amazement, and quickly u-turned back to the Yukitmoto center.
They parked their car in valet and walked down the hallway to the elevators.
The rode in silence to the roof, where they got out in a-maze-ment (hee. Get my joke? Ya know, a MAZE?)
"Wow," Sakura said, looking at the huge hedge maze with blood red roses on the walls.
"It's dark," Syaoran said, and felt his way to the entrance.
"Thanks for taking me here," Sakura said, and smiled at Syaoran.
Even if Syaoran couldn't see her, he knew what she was doing and felt a blush rise on his cheeks.
"Wanna race?" Syaoran offered, and Sakura giggled childishly, "Sure!"
"Ready…"
"Set…."
"Go!!"
They both yelled and like five-year-olds, ran through the hallways of the labyrinth, screaming in laughter.
The hedges rose about two feet above Sakura's head, and she soon got lost, separated from Syaoran.
Sakura came to a fork, and quickly went to the right.
"Syaoran?" Sakura yelled, her heart thumping.
It was exactly like it had been 16 years ago---dark, cold and lost.
Sakura kept on running.
Sakura said softly aloud to herself, "Relax. I'm not lost. Syaoran's probably hiding from me."
"Sakura?" Syaoran's deep voice rang out through the silence, and Sakura quickly yelled back, "Yeah! Where are you?"
She started panicking when he didn't quickly reply, but said, "Are you lost? I'm in the middle."
"Yeah! Help me, Syaoran!" Sakura yelled back, and Syaoran grunted loudly in agreement. (Syaoran likes to grunt, too)
"Follow my voice!" Syaoran shouted, and Sakura carefully listened.
She started running again, and came back to the fork she had came to before.
"Sakura!" Syaoran yelled, and Sakura, this time, ran to the left.
After two more lefts and another right, she came into the small clearing in the middle which had a simple bench and a rose lying on the bench.
Sakura ran into Syaoran's open arms, where she started crying softly.
"I thought I was lost," Sakura whispered.
"No. I'll always be here for you," Syaoran said, and for once didn't blush.
Clouds that had been there before suddenly lifted, revealing the moonlight which beamed onto the small clearing.
"Thank you," Sakura said even quieter, and she turned her head to Syaoran's face.
He bent forward and gave her a kiss, and quickly retreated, looking embarrassed.
"No," Sakura whispered, and returned the kiss with an even longer, more passionate one.
Syaoran instantly replied, kissing Sakura again.
Their kiss turned from tender to passionate to hungry.
Soon Syaoran's hands were running up and down Sakura's back and Sakura was moaning in reply, but Sakura suddenly pushed away.
"What's wrong?" Syaoran asked, concerned.
"Nothing. It's just that……it's my first time kissing a guy, and I don't want it to go father than that," Sakura said quietly, ashamed.
"No, no, that's fine. I'm totally agreeing with that. Come on, let's go home," Syaoran said, and gently put his arm around Sakura.
They walked in comfortable silence to the elevator.
Sakura thought, 'Oh my gosh. I can't believe we just kissed. I don't know if I even like him! Of course I do. But how do I know? I've never had a boyfriend. What if Syaoran thinks this is just a one time fling? Should I ask? Yeah, I should.'
Sakura mustered up all of the courage she had, turned and looked at Syaoran.
"So……are we like, together now?" Sakura asked hopefully.
Syaoran took a moment, which felt more like an hour, to answer.
"Only if you want to," he said.
"I do," Sakura said, and smiled shyly.
"Here," Syaoran said, and from his pinky finger on his right hand, got a plain silver band which he presented to Sakura.
"Thanks," Sakura said, and slipped it on her middle finger, which fit perfectly.
"It was my father's. He gave it to me. And I want you to have it," Syaoran spoke, and Sakura smiled with gratitude, examining the pretty ring on her finger.
She, for the first time, noticed the many rings on Syaoran's fingers.
"What are those for?" Sakura asked.
"This spot is saved for my future spouse," Syaoran said, pointing at the ring on his fourth finger on his left hand.
"The one on the thumb is a symbol of the Li clan," Syaoran said, and again pointed to his thumb on his left hand.
"And this one was a gift from Meiling a long time ago. I just wear it," Syaoran said.
Sakura smiled again at Syaoran and they got off the elevator (boy, Sakura sure likes smiling).
Syaoran casually put his arm around Sakura's shoulder, and Sakura snuggled closer.
They walked to the valet parking and got their keys to go home.
From a distance, Maeko stood watching in anger, hands balled up into furious fists.
A/N: Whoo! Done with chapter 6! Okie! Well, look for oncoming chapters! Well, this fanfic I kinda going super fast. I might finish it around eleven chapters, maybe. REVIEW!!
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A/N: Yay! Chapter 6! In this one, Sakura and Syaoran are going to KISS!! And there's a LABYRINTH. It's like a maze made out of hedge. Like the one in Harry Potter? The fourth book? And the contest. I was going to put the slapfight in here, but I pushed it to the next chapter. READ and REVIEW!!!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own CCS, plus I don't own the songs that are in here. Let me say that again, I DO NOT OWN THE SONGS THAT ARE IN HERE.
Road to Stardom
By SwEeT AnGeL 1004
Chapter 6: The Labyrinth
It was already Saturday again; the night of the second concert.
Sakura couldn't believe it had been two weeks since the start of the contest.
Sakura sighed in nervousness, watching Syaoran in the corner of her eye while Tomoyo applied makeup on her.
Meiling was also freaking out, but looking pretty in a slinky red chinese dress with embroidered black flowers.
Syaoran was just wearing a long sleeved white t-shirt which he rolled up the sleeves to make it a short sleeve t-shirt, and he wore black pants and a silver chain necklace.
I know, I know, they don't match and they're supposed to be singing together.
Sakura was wearing an outfit similar to what she had worn last time, but instead of a yellow collared shirt and vest, she wore a tight cotton tank top that was dyed red, with a matching wrist band.
"I'm done," Tomoyo announced and dusted off herself as Sakura examined herself in the mirror.
"Thanks, Tomoyo," Sakura said, and Tomoyo waved the gratitude off saying, "It was nothing."
"Syaroan's up with Meiling. GOOD LUCK!" Sakura yelled at them, and Syaoran nodded while Meiling waved back.
They went through the curtain into the auditorium, where the audience started screaming.
Sakura focused her attention on the TV, where Syaroan was nodding at the audience (I think he really like nodding), while Meiling was loving all of the attention from the guys who were whistling.
The music intro started up, which was a piano playing the same note over and over until Syaoran said, "All right," and the piano added another note, making a chord, playing over and over until the real music started.
Syaroan held his mike closer and said, "Hey ma," while Meiling replied, "What up."
Syaoran said, "Let's slide."
"All right."
And Meiling and Syaoran sang, "And we gon' get it on tonight."
Syaroan continued, "You smoke-"
"I smoke," Meiling said cockily, grinning at the audience.
"I drink," Syaroan on beat, and Meiling said, "Me too."
Syaoran continued, "Well good--" and Meiling joined him as they said, "'Cause we gon' get high tonight."
Syaroan started the rap piece, while Sakura and Tomoyo were howling in laughter backstage.
"I--hee hee--never knew--hee hee--that Syaroan could RAP!!!!!!!!!" Sakura cried, and Tomoyo dissolved in laughter.
A woman backstage gave them an evil look and they quickly shut up.
The song ended, and Syaoran finished up, "Yo L, what up, I hit, what else, plus dome, say word, and we got it on tonight…"
The audience screamed in approval, mixing in with raucous applaud, and Meiling and Syaroan came back in.
Tomoyo and Sakura immediately jumped onto them, congratulating them and saying how wonderful they were.
"You guys were SOOOOo good~!!!!" Tomoyo squealed, and Sakura said, "Great song. I never knew you had it in you!"
"Sh!! Look, Maeko's on next! There she is….oh my god, what IS she wearing?" Meiling said suddenly.
The others looked at the TV and made faces when they saw Maeko looking exactly like a cross between a prostitute and a slut--or both.
She was wearing a tight blood red dress that was cut low enough to show that she wasn't wearing a bra, and the end of the dress was cut an inch below her butt.
Maeko was wearing her long hair down with huge silver hoop earrings, with blood red nails that were two inches long and a pair of 5 inch red heels.
"Oh my god," Sakura said, "That girl's got problems."
Her song started, where she started cooing,
"Ooh, I'm overdue
Give me some room
I'm comin' through
Paid my dues
I'm in the mood
Me and my girls gonna shake the room
DJ's spinnin' (show your hands)
Let's get dirty (that's my chant)
I need that (uh) to get me off
Sweat until my clothes come off…"
The audience was silent except for the guys who were catcalling and whistling at her revealing body, where the girls were looking at Maeko with disgust.
"She's SO not going to make it," Syaoran commented, and Sakura agreed.
Her song finished, and Sakura barely had a moment to get read until she heard her name being called over the speakers, "SAKURA KINOMOTO!!!!!!"
"Break a leg!" Tomoyo called behind her as Sakura walked onto the stage.
Sakura wasn't as nervous as she had been the first time, and she was confident in her song.
The intro started, the guitar strumming, and Sakura started singing, looking directly into the camera.
Syaroan, who was inside was watching the TV, could sense that the words that she was singing was meant for her.
"Chill out, what 'cha yelling for?
Lay back, its all been done before.
And if, you could only, let it be, you will see."
Syaoran continued staring at the TV screen, mesmerized in the song.
"Tell me--!
Why'd you have to go and make things complicated?
I see the way you're acting like someone else gets me frustrated………"
Sakura kept on singing in time with the background, and when the song was over, she smiled and bowed and walked back inside.
"Syaoran? The songs over," Meiling snapped her fingers in front of Syaoran's face.
"Huh? Oh. Yeah. Where's Sakura?" Syaoran asked.
"Over there. Everyone loves her. Don't you like her song? She said it was dedicated to someone who needs to 'be real'. Wonder who it is," Meiling said.
"Oh."
"Come on, let's go congratulate her," Meiling said, and dragged Syaoran over to Sakura where he gave her an awkward hug.
"What are you doing?" Maeko's icy voice broke through the air.
Syaoran sighed impatiently and said, "Congratulating her. You should try it, you know. Her song was good," he said and gave a half-smile to Sakura, who beamed.
"Aren't you going to congratulate me? The audience loved me. Don't you like my skirt? I had to hem it, though," Maeko said.
Syaoran sighed again and said, "You guys want to go eat dinner to have a mini-celebration?"
"Sure!" Maeko cried, and Syaoran said sharply, "I wasn't inviting you."
Maeko looked hurt, but she recovered quickly and said, "Fine. Play that way. Some day you'll realize that I'm the one for you."
She flipped her hair and walked away, with the three girls and guy shaking their heads in disapproval.
"Let's go to a pizza parlor for dinner or something," Sakura suggested, "Since we went to a fancy dinner last time. Come on!"
She lead the way out backstage and back through the busy foyer, with Syaoran trailing along behind her.
He grabbed a brochure which looked interesting, and made his way out.
"I'll take the red car," Syaoran said, and the other girls shrugged and decided to ride Tomoyo's car (she has connections), which was a silver Lexus compact car.
In the car, while waiting for the stoplight to turn green, Syaroan flipped through the brochure and saw something that caught his attention.
It was a picture of a labyrinth, made out of green hedges with roses sticking out.
On the top was in an elegant script reading, "The Yukimoto Labyrinth. A place for peace, tranquility and thoughts. Come visit us now, on the Yukimoto Center's roof!"
"Interesting…….." Syaroan thought, and put the brochures away.
He drove up to the pizza parlor right after Tomoyo, Meiling and Sakura, and they walked in and sat in a booth together, being handed menus.
"Let's order an extra large pizza. Um…does half Hawaiian and half supreme sound good to you guys?" Meiling asked.
They nodded, and the waitress nodded and wrote it down.
"So, Sakura when are you going to put your plan into action?" Meiling asked without thinking, and Tomoyo immediately smacker her on the leg.
"What plan?" Syaroan asked suspiciously.
"Oh, nothing. Nothing at all. It's just some silly thing I'm doing that gets rid of an 'inconvenience'," Sakura replied innocently.
"Ah…" Syaoran said, and watched as Sakura gave Meiling a look.
Their steaming pizza quickly came (A/N: Ah…now I'm hungry), where everyone dug in (even Tomoyo seemed to have forgotten Sakura's diet).
"That was good," Sakura said smiling, wiping her mouth with a red cloth napkin.
"Mmm," Tomoyo agreed and patted her stomach contently.
"You missed a spot," Syaoran suddenly said, and before he knew what he was doing, reached over across the table and with his finger gently wiped off a spot of tomato sauce.
"Thanks," Sakura said blushing slightly.
"Ooh……I think someone's got a crush!" Meiling sang, and Sakura blushed even harder, saying, "Shut up."
But she didn't deny it……….
After paying the bill, they walked out of the pizza parlor. It was around 11 pm, and the night was cool and breezy.
Tomoyo winked at Meiling, and they immediately said, "We're going to stop by a store to refund something we bought. Bye!" they ran off before Sakura could join them, and Sakura narrowed her eyes at their backs.
"Can I get a ride back?" Sakura asked shyly, and Syaoran said, "Of course."
Sakura got in the car and sat down on the brochure, and she retrieved it from under her butt.
"Ooh, this looks interesting. A labyrinth? It's like a maze, right?" Sakura asked, examining the brochure.
"Yeah. It's on the roof of the Yukitmoto center. Must be a nice view at night," Syaroan commented, and Sakura thoughtfully nodded.
"Wanna go?" Sakura suddenly asked, and blushed when Syaoran looked at her.
"Sure," Syaoran replied, to Sakura's amazement, and quickly u-turned back to the Yukitmoto center.
They parked their car in valet and walked down the hallway to the elevators.
The rode in silence to the roof, where they got out in a-maze-ment (hee. Get my joke? Ya know, a MAZE?)
"Wow," Sakura said, looking at the huge hedge maze with blood red roses on the walls.
"It's dark," Syaoran said, and felt his way to the entrance.
"Thanks for taking me here," Sakura said, and smiled at Syaoran.
Even if Syaoran couldn't see her, he knew what she was doing and felt a blush rise on his cheeks.
"Wanna race?" Syaoran offered, and Sakura giggled childishly, "Sure!"
"Ready…"
"Set…."
"Go!!"
They both yelled and like five-year-olds, ran through the hallways of the labyrinth, screaming in laughter.
The hedges rose about two feet above Sakura's head, and she soon got lost, separated from Syaoran.
Sakura came to a fork, and quickly went to the right.
"Syaoran?" Sakura yelled, her heart thumping.
It was exactly like it had been 16 years ago---dark, cold and lost.
Sakura kept on running.
Sakura said softly aloud to herself, "Relax. I'm not lost. Syaoran's probably hiding from me."
"Sakura?" Syaoran's deep voice rang out through the silence, and Sakura quickly yelled back, "Yeah! Where are you?"
She started panicking when he didn't quickly reply, but said, "Are you lost? I'm in the middle."
"Yeah! Help me, Syaoran!" Sakura yelled back, and Syaoran grunted loudly in agreement. (Syaoran likes to grunt, too)
"Follow my voice!" Syaoran shouted, and Sakura carefully listened.
She started running again, and came back to the fork she had came to before.
"Sakura!" Syaoran yelled, and Sakura, this time, ran to the left.
After two more lefts and another right, she came into the small clearing in the middle which had a simple bench and a rose lying on the bench.
Sakura ran into Syaoran's open arms, where she started crying softly.
"I thought I was lost," Sakura whispered.
"No. I'll always be here for you," Syaoran said, and for once didn't blush.
Clouds that had been there before suddenly lifted, revealing the moonlight which beamed onto the small clearing.
"Thank you," Sakura said even quieter, and she turned her head to Syaoran's face.
He bent forward and gave her a kiss, and quickly retreated, looking embarrassed.
"No," Sakura whispered, and returned the kiss with an even longer, more passionate one.
Syaoran instantly replied, kissing Sakura again.
Their kiss turned from tender to passionate to hungry.
Soon Syaoran's hands were running up and down Sakura's back and Sakura was moaning in reply, but Sakura suddenly pushed away.
"What's wrong?" Syaoran asked, concerned.
"Nothing. It's just that……it's my first time kissing a guy, and I don't want it to go father than that," Sakura said quietly, ashamed.
"No, no, that's fine. I'm totally agreeing with that. Come on, let's go home," Syaoran said, and gently put his arm around Sakura.
They walked in comfortable silence to the elevator.
Sakura thought, 'Oh my gosh. I can't believe we just kissed. I don't know if I even like him! Of course I do. But how do I know? I've never had a boyfriend. What if Syaoran thinks this is just a one time fling? Should I ask? Yeah, I should.'
Sakura mustered up all of the courage she had, turned and looked at Syaoran.
"So……are we like, together now?" Sakura asked hopefully.
Syaoran took a moment, which felt more like an hour, to answer.
"Only if you want to," he said.
"I do," Sakura said, and smiled shyly.
"Here," Syaoran said, and from his pinky finger on his right hand, got a plain silver band which he presented to Sakura.
"Thanks," Sakura said, and slipped it on her middle finger, which fit perfectly.
"It was my father's. He gave it to me. And I want you to have it," Syaoran spoke, and Sakura smiled with gratitude, examining the pretty ring on her finger.
She, for the first time, noticed the many rings on Syaoran's fingers.
"What are those for?" Sakura asked.
"This spot is saved for my future spouse," Syaoran said, pointing at the ring on his fourth finger on his left hand.
"The one on the thumb is a symbol of the Li clan," Syaoran said, and again pointed to his thumb on his left hand.
"And this one was a gift from Meiling a long time ago. I just wear it," Syaoran said.
Sakura smiled again at Syaoran and they got off the elevator (boy, Sakura sure likes smiling).
Syaoran casually put his arm around Sakura's shoulder, and Sakura snuggled closer.
They walked to the valet parking and got their keys to go home.
From a distance, Maeko stood watching in anger, hands balled up into furious fists.
A/N: Whoo! Done with chapter 6! Okie! Well, look for oncoming chapters! Well, this fanfic I kinda going super fast. I might finish it around eleven chapters, maybe. REVIEW!!
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