A/N: I know it's been nearly a month since I update anything. I've been
busy, with the mid-year exams coming… Anyway, Xiao Lang likes to call Touya
'that guy', they don't like each other you see….
Chapter 6
Tomoyo hummed to the song that was playing on the radio as she selected yet another outfit from her closet to her rapidly filling suitcase. There was not much sense in packing actually, since the place she was going was her hometown. It was kind of funny that Sakura and her brother had came from the same part of Japan as she did. When Touya announced that they were going back for a visit, Tomoyo had naturally asked to come along too, she hasn't been at Tomoeda for ages. She kind of missed that place.
Xiao Lang, Eriol and the guardians wanted to come along too. Xiao Lang and Touya seemed to have troubles getting along, Tomoyo thought. It was clear that both of them cared for Sakura very much and either of them trusted the other to take good care of Sakura. Having Xiao Lang and Touya together in the trip to Tomoeda might proved itself to be interesting.
Very interesting indeed.
~ ~ ~
Xiao Lang growled as he put his books in his luggage. He thinks that the whole trip idea was just plain annoying. Ying Fang seem to trust that guy too much, he thought. For starters, he didn't feel comfortable around Touya. He wouldn't trust that guy alone with Ying Fang. They grew up together. They were close, to the point of telling each other everything when they were kids. However, once, Xiao Lang could not do anything to comfort Ying Fang…
~ ~ ~
It was on the night when Ying Fang was told the truth about herself. That she really wasn't a part of the happy and warm family that she had grew up in as a child. That she was living in a lie. That she was abandoned; her real family didn't want her so much that they left her to die. She was so upset that she locked herself in her room and wouldn't come out for days. Xiao Lang tried to persuade her to leave the room, but nothing helped. Ying Fang had thought that he wouldn't care, seeing that she wasn't his real sister after all.
It was exactly the reason he did not like that guy. Who did he think he is? Giving his sister away like that. And to a family of strangers no less! Xiao Lang thanked God that it was his family who took in Ying Fang. Other families might not have done the same thing. They could have left her to starve to death, or even worse, make her as their slave. That part bugged Xiao Lang the most. How could someone to something so inhumane to their own blood kin?
Just when he finished packing, someone knocked on his door. "Xiao Lang? It's me. Can I come in?"
It was Sakura.
Of course he would let her in, he reached the door within seconds and opened the door. "Ying Fang!" He said cheerfully.
"Xiao Lang, when are you going to start calling me by my own name?" Sakura asked as she walked into the room. She had no idea what was going on between her brother and her boyfriend. "It has already been a week, you know."
Xiao Lang frowned. Great. This is just great. First, this Touya character had to pop out of somewhere and claim that he was Ying Fang's brother, disturbing their peaceful lives. It was hard enough these days to try to talk to her, she was always with her brother now. And now? He had to call her Sakura. What was wrong with her old name? They were just names. "I like the name Ying Fang better." He decided.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Anyway, I just met Eriol. He knew some Japanese, you know. He said that Ying Fa is the chinese name for cherry blossom, and my name happens to be Ying Fang! Is this weird or what? I just have to cancel out the N and the G from my name and we have my real name! "
"So," Sakura continued. "Have you finish packing? I'm so excited about the trip! Just imagine it! I'm finally going to see the place where I was born!"
Her enthusiasm is really catching, Xiao Lang thought dryly. "Yeah, I just finished packing when you came it. So, what did you came to talk to me about?"
Sakura's face became serious. "I wanted to talk to you about Touya. What do you think of him?"
"Why don't you just go talk to him? He's your brother after all, besides, he's the one you spend most of the time with now."
"Xiao Lang," Sakura sighed. "I'm being serious! I'm sorry that I didn't spend much time with you recently but I need to know my brother better. We just met and there is a lot of things we don't know about each other."
"Moreover, I found what who I really was! I am happy to know that at least one person in the earth, besides your family, cares about me. He spent years trying to find me, Xiao Lang. Me! Please," She took his hands in hers, "don't make things difficult for us."
Xiao Lang sighed. "Okay, I promise to try and get along with him. The key word being 'try'." He glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's getting late. We still have a flight to catch tomorrow morning. You should be in bed, Ying Fang."
She kissed his forehead quickly. "Good night." And went out of the room.
Xiao Lang sighed for the second time in the night. He checked the things he had in his luggage, just to make sure he did not left anything out. He didn't. He switched off the light and went to sleep.
Chapter 6
Tomoyo hummed to the song that was playing on the radio as she selected yet another outfit from her closet to her rapidly filling suitcase. There was not much sense in packing actually, since the place she was going was her hometown. It was kind of funny that Sakura and her brother had came from the same part of Japan as she did. When Touya announced that they were going back for a visit, Tomoyo had naturally asked to come along too, she hasn't been at Tomoeda for ages. She kind of missed that place.
Xiao Lang, Eriol and the guardians wanted to come along too. Xiao Lang and Touya seemed to have troubles getting along, Tomoyo thought. It was clear that both of them cared for Sakura very much and either of them trusted the other to take good care of Sakura. Having Xiao Lang and Touya together in the trip to Tomoeda might proved itself to be interesting.
Very interesting indeed.
~ ~ ~
Xiao Lang growled as he put his books in his luggage. He thinks that the whole trip idea was just plain annoying. Ying Fang seem to trust that guy too much, he thought. For starters, he didn't feel comfortable around Touya. He wouldn't trust that guy alone with Ying Fang. They grew up together. They were close, to the point of telling each other everything when they were kids. However, once, Xiao Lang could not do anything to comfort Ying Fang…
~ ~ ~
It was on the night when Ying Fang was told the truth about herself. That she really wasn't a part of the happy and warm family that she had grew up in as a child. That she was living in a lie. That she was abandoned; her real family didn't want her so much that they left her to die. She was so upset that she locked herself in her room and wouldn't come out for days. Xiao Lang tried to persuade her to leave the room, but nothing helped. Ying Fang had thought that he wouldn't care, seeing that she wasn't his real sister after all.
It was exactly the reason he did not like that guy. Who did he think he is? Giving his sister away like that. And to a family of strangers no less! Xiao Lang thanked God that it was his family who took in Ying Fang. Other families might not have done the same thing. They could have left her to starve to death, or even worse, make her as their slave. That part bugged Xiao Lang the most. How could someone to something so inhumane to their own blood kin?
Just when he finished packing, someone knocked on his door. "Xiao Lang? It's me. Can I come in?"
It was Sakura.
Of course he would let her in, he reached the door within seconds and opened the door. "Ying Fang!" He said cheerfully.
"Xiao Lang, when are you going to start calling me by my own name?" Sakura asked as she walked into the room. She had no idea what was going on between her brother and her boyfriend. "It has already been a week, you know."
Xiao Lang frowned. Great. This is just great. First, this Touya character had to pop out of somewhere and claim that he was Ying Fang's brother, disturbing their peaceful lives. It was hard enough these days to try to talk to her, she was always with her brother now. And now? He had to call her Sakura. What was wrong with her old name? They were just names. "I like the name Ying Fang better." He decided.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Anyway, I just met Eriol. He knew some Japanese, you know. He said that Ying Fa is the chinese name for cherry blossom, and my name happens to be Ying Fang! Is this weird or what? I just have to cancel out the N and the G from my name and we have my real name! "
"So," Sakura continued. "Have you finish packing? I'm so excited about the trip! Just imagine it! I'm finally going to see the place where I was born!"
Her enthusiasm is really catching, Xiao Lang thought dryly. "Yeah, I just finished packing when you came it. So, what did you came to talk to me about?"
Sakura's face became serious. "I wanted to talk to you about Touya. What do you think of him?"
"Why don't you just go talk to him? He's your brother after all, besides, he's the one you spend most of the time with now."
"Xiao Lang," Sakura sighed. "I'm being serious! I'm sorry that I didn't spend much time with you recently but I need to know my brother better. We just met and there is a lot of things we don't know about each other."
"Moreover, I found what who I really was! I am happy to know that at least one person in the earth, besides your family, cares about me. He spent years trying to find me, Xiao Lang. Me! Please," She took his hands in hers, "don't make things difficult for us."
Xiao Lang sighed. "Okay, I promise to try and get along with him. The key word being 'try'." He glanced at the clock on the wall. "It's getting late. We still have a flight to catch tomorrow morning. You should be in bed, Ying Fang."
She kissed his forehead quickly. "Good night." And went out of the room.
Xiao Lang sighed for the second time in the night. He checked the things he had in his luggage, just to make sure he did not left anything out. He didn't. He switched off the light and went to sleep.