THANK YOU, THANK YOU. To everyone who read and reviewed my old story. As you can see, I got inspired very soon and I'm back with a new story. Here's the plot: Syaoran and Sakura are cousins and they care a lot about eachother. Sakura lives only with her father and when he dies, Syaoran comes back... with his fiancée! And then they find out they are not relatives. And Eriol and Tomoyo have a plan and is not good. That's the thing. There are two new characters: the first one is Josh, he's a good friend of Sakura and he has a big crush on her. He has been helpful during the time her father got sick and she was alone. The other character is Kathy, she's Syaoran's fiancée (I don't know how to spell that word, can anybody tell me, pleeeasee?). She's Tomoyo's sister. And, by the way, Eriol is Sakura's brother, he lives in another town and he comes back too. Ok, I have spoken for too long. This is chapter 1!
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 1)
Sakura walked in a hurry to her car. Her dad was sick and she had to be home early to take care of him. She put her thing on the seat next to her, and when she turned the car on, someone hit her window.
"I thought I'd never catch you!" said a boy with black hair and amber eyes.
"I was leaving already" said Sakura, laughing. "What's wrong, Josh?"
"I forgot to tell you that we need to do that project and soon. We must have it for next week. And you know that I'll fail if I don't have it, and I need your help" said Josh, still breathing hard. Looked like if he had a long run.
"Ok. Let me see... can we meet tomorrow at noon in the library?" said Sakura. He nodded. "Where were you, anyways? You look tired"
"I was at the lab" said Josh, finally recovering.
"That's on the other side of the campus! How could you do it?" said Sakura, surprised. "You are not exactly the running kind of guy"
"Well, I had to talk to you and I hadn't seen your beautiful face in the entire morning" Sakura blushed when she heard this. He smiled. "That was enough reason to come here running"
"That's cute. I gotta go now, my dad must be waiting" said Sakura, turning on the car again.
"Ok, see you tomorrow" said Josh, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye" said Sakura, and then she left at all speed.
When she got home, the first thing she did was to look in the mail to see if there was a letter from him. She had been waiting for it for so long. Since her bigger brother died. She had been very depressed, specially because her other brother had moved to another city, near to his college and his dad had cancer. She had the entire weight of carrying the family on her shoulders since she had 16. Now she was 19 and she was still waiting for that support letter. But there was no trace.
Sakura sighed and went into the house. She went to see her dad. He was sleeping. He was sleeping a lot in the past few days. The doctors had said lately that he was getting into the final stage of the cancer, and that was gonna be the best for him. She agreed somehow with that.
She cleaned up the house, ate her lunch and then went to give lunch to his dad. Lately he couldn't move so much, so she had to feed him. In the afternoon, after making her homework, she use to read to her dad.
"Hi, daddy" said Sakura. Her dad smiled a bit, even though he was asleep. She sat next to him and started to read to herself, because she knew he couldn't hear her. Suddenly she felt that he wasn't breathing anymore.
"Dad?" said Sakura, shaking him. "Daddy? Are you there?" She already knew the answer, but still, that couldn't be possible. "Dad, answer to me, please" said again, and then she bursted in tears. "Dad?" said for the last time. She started to cry. She cried so much until her eyes were wet. Then she took the phone. It ringed once.
"Hello?"
"Eriol?" said Sakura.
"Sakura? You hear bad, what's wrong?" said Eriol, with worried voice. Sakura took a long time before answering.
"Are you there, Sakura?" said again.
"Dad's gone" said, before starting to cry again.
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TWO HOURS LATER.
Two people left Fujitaka's bedroom, before talking to Sakura.
"He wasn't suffering. He just stopped breathing. There's no fail from the medicins or something" said the first doctor.
"Who's taking care of the preparing the funeral and everything?" said the second doctor.
"I am" said a male voice.
Sakura turned around and stood up. She saw a man with blue hair and blue eyes. His eyes were red behind his glasses.
"Eriol" was the only thing she said before go into her brother's arms. He hugged her tightly.
"It's ok, little sister, it's ok" whispered in her ear. "Everything's ok now. I'm here, you have nothing to worry about anymore"
"I'm so happy you came here" said Sakura between sobs.
"Of course I was coming, I had to be with you. And don't worry, 'cause I'm not leaving again" said Eriol, taking her away from him and looking into her eyes that were red because she had been crying for a long time. "Now you have to be strong. You have been very strong since you were little, and I know you'll get through this. That's what daddy would have wanted for you"
The doctors talked with Eriol for a moment, meanwhile Sakura was writing a letter. It went like this:
"Syaoran:
It's me again. I know I maybe annoying you, because I write every month, and you never answer. I guess you are too busy to take care of writing letters to your cousin, the one who used to play with you and that helped you to get a date with Amanda when she was my friend and you liked her. But anyways, this isn't the right time to talk about this. I need you, Syaoran. You have been a great friend for me, and since you left I have felt so lonely. My father pasted away. And you can't refuse to come here or at least to write me a letter. Is that too much that I'm asking for? Please, help me.
Your dear cousin, Sakura"
When she finished the letter, someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned around. It was Josh.
"I was coming to see you and I saw everything. That guy with glasses told me what happened" said.
"He's my brother. He came to check that everything was ok." said Sakura, before standing up and hug him. "Thanks for coming" said. She was about to cry again.
"You are welcome. And don't thank me" said, breaking the embrace. He placed his hand in her neck. "I'm your friend, and this is what friends does"
"It's just that... you have helped me since I met you and I knew my dad was sick. And I have never done anything to show you how thankful I am for all your help and support" said Sakura. She was crying, and tears were running down her face like a river.
"That's because I love you, you are a great friend and you deserve to be happy. And you don't need you to thank me in someway. Just to be your friend is enough for me" said Josh. But his feelings were different. 'I've never felt this way before. What's wrong with me?' said. He looked at her in a different way now. She was beautiful. Her hair was running until her shoulders with lots of waves on it. Her eyes were shining. She always had a smile on her face.
"Sakura?" they heard someone calling. It was Eriol.
Sakura let go from Josh's hands and went to talk to Eriol.
"What's the matter?" said Sakura.
"Look, I know you may not want to, but you need to rest. Tomorrow we are going to..."
"Don't say it" interrupted Sakura. "I don't wanna hear you say it. I don't wanna hear nobody saying it"
"Ok" said Eriol. "Tomorrow we are doing everything that has to be done. And you need to rest. I already called our relatives, and they are coming tomorrow. There's some friends from dad's work that will be here too."
"Fine" said Sakura. She turned around to talk to Josh. "Look, I'll see you here tomorrow morning. We'll go together"
"I'll see you then" said Josh and hugged her. "Take care" said before leaving.
Eriol looked at him while he was walking away.
"Did you just invited him?" said Eriol.
"He has been supporting me a lot, and he's my best friend" said Sakura. 'But not like Syaoran has been' thought.
"Ok, then" said Eriol. They got in the house.
Sakura made some tea for both of them. Then she sitted down.
"Eriol?"
"What?" he answered.
"Everybody's coming, right?" asked.
"Yeah, I guess so. I told everybody, they should come" said Eriol.
"Oh" was her quick answer.
A moment later, Sakura went to her bed. She changed into her PJ's, and went into her bed. There she cried all what she had to cry, so at the next day she would be fine.
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A lot of people came the next day. Josh was one of the first to get in the house. Then a lot of cousins, uncles and other relatives came, hugging each other and to the most affected: Sakura and Eriol. Then three different people went there. Sakura was talking to Josh in that moment, and then she wne to the balcony. She needed some fresh air. She heard someone entering.
"Sakura?"
She turned around and she saw someone that she didn't knew, but then looking at him better, she realized it was him. He was taller, but he still had those same deep amber eyes and that messy chestnut hair.
He couldn't believe what he was seeing either. His little cousin had grown up to become a wonderful young woman.
She didn't spoke a word. All she did was to go there and hug him. He did the same. They stayed like that for a long time, until someone else went in.
"Syaoran, honey?" said the girl.
Sakura looked at her. She had long straight black hair, and dark eyes as well. Syaoran broke the embrace with Sakura and hugged her by her shoulders.
"Kathy, this is my cousin Sakura. Sakura, this is Kathy" said Syaoran.
She didn't wanted to hear the next words.
"My fiancée"
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Ok, what do you think? Things are getting better, don't worry. As usual, please REVIEW. Is not that hard. You just click at the little button down there and write what you think. It's very important to me.
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 1)
Sakura walked in a hurry to her car. Her dad was sick and she had to be home early to take care of him. She put her thing on the seat next to her, and when she turned the car on, someone hit her window.
"I thought I'd never catch you!" said a boy with black hair and amber eyes.
"I was leaving already" said Sakura, laughing. "What's wrong, Josh?"
"I forgot to tell you that we need to do that project and soon. We must have it for next week. And you know that I'll fail if I don't have it, and I need your help" said Josh, still breathing hard. Looked like if he had a long run.
"Ok. Let me see... can we meet tomorrow at noon in the library?" said Sakura. He nodded. "Where were you, anyways? You look tired"
"I was at the lab" said Josh, finally recovering.
"That's on the other side of the campus! How could you do it?" said Sakura, surprised. "You are not exactly the running kind of guy"
"Well, I had to talk to you and I hadn't seen your beautiful face in the entire morning" Sakura blushed when she heard this. He smiled. "That was enough reason to come here running"
"That's cute. I gotta go now, my dad must be waiting" said Sakura, turning on the car again.
"Ok, see you tomorrow" said Josh, giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye" said Sakura, and then she left at all speed.
When she got home, the first thing she did was to look in the mail to see if there was a letter from him. She had been waiting for it for so long. Since her bigger brother died. She had been very depressed, specially because her other brother had moved to another city, near to his college and his dad had cancer. She had the entire weight of carrying the family on her shoulders since she had 16. Now she was 19 and she was still waiting for that support letter. But there was no trace.
Sakura sighed and went into the house. She went to see her dad. He was sleeping. He was sleeping a lot in the past few days. The doctors had said lately that he was getting into the final stage of the cancer, and that was gonna be the best for him. She agreed somehow with that.
She cleaned up the house, ate her lunch and then went to give lunch to his dad. Lately he couldn't move so much, so she had to feed him. In the afternoon, after making her homework, she use to read to her dad.
"Hi, daddy" said Sakura. Her dad smiled a bit, even though he was asleep. She sat next to him and started to read to herself, because she knew he couldn't hear her. Suddenly she felt that he wasn't breathing anymore.
"Dad?" said Sakura, shaking him. "Daddy? Are you there?" She already knew the answer, but still, that couldn't be possible. "Dad, answer to me, please" said again, and then she bursted in tears. "Dad?" said for the last time. She started to cry. She cried so much until her eyes were wet. Then she took the phone. It ringed once.
"Hello?"
"Eriol?" said Sakura.
"Sakura? You hear bad, what's wrong?" said Eriol, with worried voice. Sakura took a long time before answering.
"Are you there, Sakura?" said again.
"Dad's gone" said, before starting to cry again.
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TWO HOURS LATER.
Two people left Fujitaka's bedroom, before talking to Sakura.
"He wasn't suffering. He just stopped breathing. There's no fail from the medicins or something" said the first doctor.
"Who's taking care of the preparing the funeral and everything?" said the second doctor.
"I am" said a male voice.
Sakura turned around and stood up. She saw a man with blue hair and blue eyes. His eyes were red behind his glasses.
"Eriol" was the only thing she said before go into her brother's arms. He hugged her tightly.
"It's ok, little sister, it's ok" whispered in her ear. "Everything's ok now. I'm here, you have nothing to worry about anymore"
"I'm so happy you came here" said Sakura between sobs.
"Of course I was coming, I had to be with you. And don't worry, 'cause I'm not leaving again" said Eriol, taking her away from him and looking into her eyes that were red because she had been crying for a long time. "Now you have to be strong. You have been very strong since you were little, and I know you'll get through this. That's what daddy would have wanted for you"
The doctors talked with Eriol for a moment, meanwhile Sakura was writing a letter. It went like this:
"Syaoran:
It's me again. I know I maybe annoying you, because I write every month, and you never answer. I guess you are too busy to take care of writing letters to your cousin, the one who used to play with you and that helped you to get a date with Amanda when she was my friend and you liked her. But anyways, this isn't the right time to talk about this. I need you, Syaoran. You have been a great friend for me, and since you left I have felt so lonely. My father pasted away. And you can't refuse to come here or at least to write me a letter. Is that too much that I'm asking for? Please, help me.
Your dear cousin, Sakura"
When she finished the letter, someone placed a hand on her shoulder. She turned around. It was Josh.
"I was coming to see you and I saw everything. That guy with glasses told me what happened" said.
"He's my brother. He came to check that everything was ok." said Sakura, before standing up and hug him. "Thanks for coming" said. She was about to cry again.
"You are welcome. And don't thank me" said, breaking the embrace. He placed his hand in her neck. "I'm your friend, and this is what friends does"
"It's just that... you have helped me since I met you and I knew my dad was sick. And I have never done anything to show you how thankful I am for all your help and support" said Sakura. She was crying, and tears were running down her face like a river.
"That's because I love you, you are a great friend and you deserve to be happy. And you don't need you to thank me in someway. Just to be your friend is enough for me" said Josh. But his feelings were different. 'I've never felt this way before. What's wrong with me?' said. He looked at her in a different way now. She was beautiful. Her hair was running until her shoulders with lots of waves on it. Her eyes were shining. She always had a smile on her face.
"Sakura?" they heard someone calling. It was Eriol.
Sakura let go from Josh's hands and went to talk to Eriol.
"What's the matter?" said Sakura.
"Look, I know you may not want to, but you need to rest. Tomorrow we are going to..."
"Don't say it" interrupted Sakura. "I don't wanna hear you say it. I don't wanna hear nobody saying it"
"Ok" said Eriol. "Tomorrow we are doing everything that has to be done. And you need to rest. I already called our relatives, and they are coming tomorrow. There's some friends from dad's work that will be here too."
"Fine" said Sakura. She turned around to talk to Josh. "Look, I'll see you here tomorrow morning. We'll go together"
"I'll see you then" said Josh and hugged her. "Take care" said before leaving.
Eriol looked at him while he was walking away.
"Did you just invited him?" said Eriol.
"He has been supporting me a lot, and he's my best friend" said Sakura. 'But not like Syaoran has been' thought.
"Ok, then" said Eriol. They got in the house.
Sakura made some tea for both of them. Then she sitted down.
"Eriol?"
"What?" he answered.
"Everybody's coming, right?" asked.
"Yeah, I guess so. I told everybody, they should come" said Eriol.
"Oh" was her quick answer.
A moment later, Sakura went to her bed. She changed into her PJ's, and went into her bed. There she cried all what she had to cry, so at the next day she would be fine.
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A lot of people came the next day. Josh was one of the first to get in the house. Then a lot of cousins, uncles and other relatives came, hugging each other and to the most affected: Sakura and Eriol. Then three different people went there. Sakura was talking to Josh in that moment, and then she wne to the balcony. She needed some fresh air. She heard someone entering.
"Sakura?"
She turned around and she saw someone that she didn't knew, but then looking at him better, she realized it was him. He was taller, but he still had those same deep amber eyes and that messy chestnut hair.
He couldn't believe what he was seeing either. His little cousin had grown up to become a wonderful young woman.
She didn't spoke a word. All she did was to go there and hug him. He did the same. They stayed like that for a long time, until someone else went in.
"Syaoran, honey?" said the girl.
Sakura looked at her. She had long straight black hair, and dark eyes as well. Syaoran broke the embrace with Sakura and hugged her by her shoulders.
"Kathy, this is my cousin Sakura. Sakura, this is Kathy" said Syaoran.
She didn't wanted to hear the next words.
"My fiancée"
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Ok, what do you think? Things are getting better, don't worry. As usual, please REVIEW. Is not that hard. You just click at the little button down there and write what you think. It's very important to me.