Queen Of Hearts
A few days had passed and Syaoran and Sakura had got closer together. They were becoming great friends again and he had finally managed to get five minutes alone with her. They were having a picnic in the park. Everything was perfect.
"Your going back in two weeks aren't you?" Sakura asked him
"Yes I am" Syaoran replied sounding upset. "Look Kinomoto-"
"Call me Sakura" She told him with a smile, "we've been friends for so long you should."
"Sakura-San" Syaoran corrected himself on Sakuras wish, "I have wanted to say this all week and I feel I really must now before its too late."
"What is it?" she asked her short hair whisking in the gentle breeze. The smile on her face melted Syaorans soul.
"I'm sorry." He said
"What?" Sakura replied looking confused.
"Before I left, before I came back, we had an argument and I wanted to say I was sorry. I should have said the things I did. I was lying to you and myself."
"Continue" Sakura said clearly a little intrigued at what he was going to say.
"When I told you you were always in my way, you weren't. And you've made up lots of great ideas about how to capture the Clow cards and stuff, you deserved to be the Clow mistress, but most importantly the biggest lie was when I said I didn't care about you. I Do. You mean the world to me. I can't survive without you. You're all I've thought about for the last year and a half. Ever since the day I left and before even since the day we became true friends when we were ten. What I guess I'm trying to say is. I love you Kinomoto Sakura." He told her and she hung on to his every word. Syaoran became worried when he got no response out of her for a minute and then she said;
"Say that again"
"I'm Sorry"
"No The other bit the last bit"
"I love you Kinomoto Sakura?" he questioned. And Sakuras face broke into a huge smile.
She lent forward and kissed his cheek, making Syaoran flush bright red. Then he leaned closer too and they kissed lips to lips. He had waited a long time to kiss her, even to be kissed. And it was worth the wait.
* * * * *
"Chloe-Chan, it was brilliant, we kissed," he said pacing up and down in front of her. " And I told her I was sorry and that I loved her and she said she loved me too and . aren't you happy for me?" he said looking at the expression on her face.
She looked up at him. Her eyes were red as if she'd been crying.
"What's wrong?" he asked her sitting down finally.
"I'm going back to England." She told him
"England?! For how long? You'll still live in Hong Kong right. You're just going to England for a visit."
"What I had hoped for in Hong Kong I couldn't ever have. Its clear to me now."
"What was it you had wanted? Maybe I can help you!"
"You cant I'm going to England to stay. What I had hoped for is gone, and I can never get it. I have played my part. There's nothing more I can do."
"Played your part? What do you mean?" Syaoran asked. A single diamond tear ran down the side of Chloes cheek.
"I tricked you into coming Syaoran-Kun. Sakura never really had a boyfriend. I just knew you loved her so much so I wrote to Eriol and we decided to do some thing about it. I can't even fortune tell with my deck."
"What?" Syaoran said standing up again "you cant fortune tell?"
"If you haven't noticed I have never had a full deck Theres always one card missing. I won't have it in my deck"
"You lied to me?" Syaoran said anger starting to rise within him "All this time you tell me its wrong to lie to Sakura and you are lying to me."
Tears began to flood down the sides of Chloes face dropping off of her face and landing on the floor with a silent splash.
"How could you do that. You're a hypocrite. You tell me not to lie to Sakura and you lie to me."
"I never lied to you Li Syaoran!" Chloe shouted at him "I lied to myself. All that time in Hong Kong and I couldn't stop hoping. "
Syaoran stood in shock momentarily before asking, "Hoping for what?"
"I have to go, my plane flies out in a few hours, so I have to go."
"Don't" Syaoran managed. How could he have been so blind. He had known Chloe for so long yet he had been so blind and couldn't see something was wrong.
"Sorry. My mind is set. It's better for me, for you. I'm Glad your happy. But I need to find myself again. I'll visit. I promise." Chloe told him. Tears still streaming down her face. She walked up to him kissed him gently on the cheek placed and package wrapped in brown paper in his had and walked out of the room with out a second glance.
Stopping only at the door to say "Never forget me okay" and then leaving his life for good.
* * * * *
Outside Chloe stopped and broke into sobs. But didn't look up when a gentle hand was placed on her shoulder. A hand came in front of her face holding a handkerchief, which she gratefully took.
"I'm not staying." She told him.
"I Know" A soft voice came back." I see you finally told him"
"I Couldn't. I wanted to tell him how I smiled on the outside but each day was being torn up on the inside. I wanted to say I love you Syaoran. More than you could possible imagine, but you never noticed. But after hearing how happy he was I just couldn't. I think I ruined his perfect day" Chloe told him.
"Egao Misete, setsunasa ga afuredashite mo."
"I can't"
"Of course you can"
"I'm going to be late Eriol-Kun." Chloe said trying to put on a brave face but no-one would have been fooled because of her red eyes and crystal tears, "See Syaoran gets this as well please" She said passing him an envelope. "Come visit me soon okay?"
"Of course I will" He told her hugging her. "I hope you find yourself again"
"So do I" She replied kissing him on the cheek. She bowed toward him and then turned and got into the taxi that was waiting.
* * * * *
Syaoran slowly opened the parcel in front of him. He was so sure that his life had taken a turn for the better. But now Chloe, his best friend, had left him, all because he had been too blind to realise something had been wrong . Even after all she had ever done for him, He had never given her any thought.
Baka, he told himself, why am I such a Baka? The package came open and inside was Chloes favourite set of Fortune cards. Her first set of cards. He shuffled through the deck and noticed names were written on the back of each one. 'Hiiragizawa, Eriol' was written on the back of the Ace of Spades. 'Li, Meiling' on the back of Three of Diamonds. 'Li Syaoran' On the back of King of Clubs. 'Me' Written on the back of the Ace of Hearts. In fact there was a card for everyone. Even Daidouji, Tomoyo, Mitsuki, Kaho, Suppi- Chan, Kero-Chan, Kinomoto, Fujitaka, Akizuki, Naruku. She knew all these people, he thought, and never told me.
He shuffled through the deck again and notice what she had said was right. There was one card missing. A hand came in front of his face holding an envelope.
"She wanted you to have this" Eriols voice came
"Arigatou" Syaoran replied still quite shocked that he had gained so much, but had seamed to have lost so much more all in one day. He turned the envelope over and read what was written on the front opening the back simultaneously. It read;
This Belongs with you.
Syaoran took out the think piece of card that was inside and looked at it. The missing card! Queen of Hearts. Syaoran turned over the card and read the back and it said;
Kinomoto, Sakura.
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Authors Note; Did you like it? My first completed Fan fic. There is continued fic coming up carrying on from this story called Crimson Blades. Mainly based around Chloe. So if you want to know what happened to her and some of the other characters you may want to read that. (Its not completely only Chloe some very well known and loved CCS characters will be popping up **Syaoran cough cough**)
And for all those who don't understand Japanese what Eriol said ("Egao Misete, setsunasa ga afuredashite mo.") means "Show me a smile, even though you're overflowing with sorrow," And "Arigatou" means "thank you" only informally.
A few days had passed and Syaoran and Sakura had got closer together. They were becoming great friends again and he had finally managed to get five minutes alone with her. They were having a picnic in the park. Everything was perfect.
"Your going back in two weeks aren't you?" Sakura asked him
"Yes I am" Syaoran replied sounding upset. "Look Kinomoto-"
"Call me Sakura" She told him with a smile, "we've been friends for so long you should."
"Sakura-San" Syaoran corrected himself on Sakuras wish, "I have wanted to say this all week and I feel I really must now before its too late."
"What is it?" she asked her short hair whisking in the gentle breeze. The smile on her face melted Syaorans soul.
"I'm sorry." He said
"What?" Sakura replied looking confused.
"Before I left, before I came back, we had an argument and I wanted to say I was sorry. I should have said the things I did. I was lying to you and myself."
"Continue" Sakura said clearly a little intrigued at what he was going to say.
"When I told you you were always in my way, you weren't. And you've made up lots of great ideas about how to capture the Clow cards and stuff, you deserved to be the Clow mistress, but most importantly the biggest lie was when I said I didn't care about you. I Do. You mean the world to me. I can't survive without you. You're all I've thought about for the last year and a half. Ever since the day I left and before even since the day we became true friends when we were ten. What I guess I'm trying to say is. I love you Kinomoto Sakura." He told her and she hung on to his every word. Syaoran became worried when he got no response out of her for a minute and then she said;
"Say that again"
"I'm Sorry"
"No The other bit the last bit"
"I love you Kinomoto Sakura?" he questioned. And Sakuras face broke into a huge smile.
She lent forward and kissed his cheek, making Syaoran flush bright red. Then he leaned closer too and they kissed lips to lips. He had waited a long time to kiss her, even to be kissed. And it was worth the wait.
* * * * *
"Chloe-Chan, it was brilliant, we kissed," he said pacing up and down in front of her. " And I told her I was sorry and that I loved her and she said she loved me too and . aren't you happy for me?" he said looking at the expression on her face.
She looked up at him. Her eyes were red as if she'd been crying.
"What's wrong?" he asked her sitting down finally.
"I'm going back to England." She told him
"England?! For how long? You'll still live in Hong Kong right. You're just going to England for a visit."
"What I had hoped for in Hong Kong I couldn't ever have. Its clear to me now."
"What was it you had wanted? Maybe I can help you!"
"You cant I'm going to England to stay. What I had hoped for is gone, and I can never get it. I have played my part. There's nothing more I can do."
"Played your part? What do you mean?" Syaoran asked. A single diamond tear ran down the side of Chloes cheek.
"I tricked you into coming Syaoran-Kun. Sakura never really had a boyfriend. I just knew you loved her so much so I wrote to Eriol and we decided to do some thing about it. I can't even fortune tell with my deck."
"What?" Syaoran said standing up again "you cant fortune tell?"
"If you haven't noticed I have never had a full deck Theres always one card missing. I won't have it in my deck"
"You lied to me?" Syaoran said anger starting to rise within him "All this time you tell me its wrong to lie to Sakura and you are lying to me."
Tears began to flood down the sides of Chloes face dropping off of her face and landing on the floor with a silent splash.
"How could you do that. You're a hypocrite. You tell me not to lie to Sakura and you lie to me."
"I never lied to you Li Syaoran!" Chloe shouted at him "I lied to myself. All that time in Hong Kong and I couldn't stop hoping. "
Syaoran stood in shock momentarily before asking, "Hoping for what?"
"I have to go, my plane flies out in a few hours, so I have to go."
"Don't" Syaoran managed. How could he have been so blind. He had known Chloe for so long yet he had been so blind and couldn't see something was wrong.
"Sorry. My mind is set. It's better for me, for you. I'm Glad your happy. But I need to find myself again. I'll visit. I promise." Chloe told him. Tears still streaming down her face. She walked up to him kissed him gently on the cheek placed and package wrapped in brown paper in his had and walked out of the room with out a second glance.
Stopping only at the door to say "Never forget me okay" and then leaving his life for good.
* * * * *
Outside Chloe stopped and broke into sobs. But didn't look up when a gentle hand was placed on her shoulder. A hand came in front of her face holding a handkerchief, which she gratefully took.
"I'm not staying." She told him.
"I Know" A soft voice came back." I see you finally told him"
"I Couldn't. I wanted to tell him how I smiled on the outside but each day was being torn up on the inside. I wanted to say I love you Syaoran. More than you could possible imagine, but you never noticed. But after hearing how happy he was I just couldn't. I think I ruined his perfect day" Chloe told him.
"Egao Misete, setsunasa ga afuredashite mo."
"I can't"
"Of course you can"
"I'm going to be late Eriol-Kun." Chloe said trying to put on a brave face but no-one would have been fooled because of her red eyes and crystal tears, "See Syaoran gets this as well please" She said passing him an envelope. "Come visit me soon okay?"
"Of course I will" He told her hugging her. "I hope you find yourself again"
"So do I" She replied kissing him on the cheek. She bowed toward him and then turned and got into the taxi that was waiting.
* * * * *
Syaoran slowly opened the parcel in front of him. He was so sure that his life had taken a turn for the better. But now Chloe, his best friend, had left him, all because he had been too blind to realise something had been wrong . Even after all she had ever done for him, He had never given her any thought.
Baka, he told himself, why am I such a Baka? The package came open and inside was Chloes favourite set of Fortune cards. Her first set of cards. He shuffled through the deck and noticed names were written on the back of each one. 'Hiiragizawa, Eriol' was written on the back of the Ace of Spades. 'Li, Meiling' on the back of Three of Diamonds. 'Li Syaoran' On the back of King of Clubs. 'Me' Written on the back of the Ace of Hearts. In fact there was a card for everyone. Even Daidouji, Tomoyo, Mitsuki, Kaho, Suppi- Chan, Kero-Chan, Kinomoto, Fujitaka, Akizuki, Naruku. She knew all these people, he thought, and never told me.
He shuffled through the deck again and notice what she had said was right. There was one card missing. A hand came in front of his face holding an envelope.
"She wanted you to have this" Eriols voice came
"Arigatou" Syaoran replied still quite shocked that he had gained so much, but had seamed to have lost so much more all in one day. He turned the envelope over and read what was written on the front opening the back simultaneously. It read;
This Belongs with you.
Syaoran took out the think piece of card that was inside and looked at it. The missing card! Queen of Hearts. Syaoran turned over the card and read the back and it said;
Kinomoto, Sakura.
* * * * *
Authors Note; Did you like it? My first completed Fan fic. There is continued fic coming up carrying on from this story called Crimson Blades. Mainly based around Chloe. So if you want to know what happened to her and some of the other characters you may want to read that. (Its not completely only Chloe some very well known and loved CCS characters will be popping up **Syaoran cough cough**)
And for all those who don't understand Japanese what Eriol said ("Egao Misete, setsunasa ga afuredashite mo.") means "Show me a smile, even though you're overflowing with sorrow," And "Arigatou" means "thank you" only informally.