After school, Syaoran began walking home, remembering his promise to meet Naoko and the rest at 5:30 around her house.
"Syao-chan!"
He stopped and turned around, surprised to see a girl he didn't know. She ran up to him and threw her arms around him.
"I missed you," she told him. "I thought...I'd never see you again!"
"Who are you?" Syaoran asked, completely confused.
The girl backed a way, a hurt look on her face. For the first time, Syaoran got a good look at her. She had two braided pigtails, both pink in color, and dazed, crystal blue eyes.
"You....you...forgot?" she stuttered. She turned away, trying her best to hide the tears in her eyes. "You said you loved me, Sya..." She bursts into sobs.
This confused Syaoran even more. "Who...who...?" Then he knew. "Chakku?"
She turned around, no longer crying. "So you do remember?"
"You...you were....what the hell?" He backed away.
She sighed. "I was worried you'd act like this," she whispered. She grabbed his hand. "I fought to be with you, though. I love you, like I always told you!"
"You weren't real though," Syaoran told her. "You were just in my dreams..."
"But you made me real! No one else has to know. Please?" she begged. She leaned forward and passionatly kissed him on the lips. He returned the kiss, and put his arms around her. "I love you, Li Syaoran..."
He pulled away. "This is just...weird," he said. "You were real once...but you died..."
"Syao-chan," she whispered, "no one has to know."
"I'm sorry, Chakku," he said. "I just can't. I'm...in love with another girl."
Chakku's eyes grew a cloudy, dark gray, revealing her anger. "Sakura did this to you, didn't she? She took you away from me! She took everything!" She turned off, and ran away.
Naoko and Tomoyo stood waiting for the rest to show up.
"Do you think Sakura will show up?" Tomoyo asked.
"Why wouldn't she?" came Naoko's response.
"Her fear of ghost...maybe she's going to back out?" Tomoyo replied. "I hope not."
"She won't," came Syaoran's voice. "She promised me."
"That doesn't mean anything," Naoko said, rather rudely.
"Yes, it does," he shot back, "so keep your damn mouth out of this!"
Naoko blinked, shocked at Syaoran's response.
Then, just as Naoko was about to open her mouth to respond, Sakura showed up.
"Sorry, I'm late," she apologized.
"No problem," Syaoran said, smiling at her. "You weren't the only one."
"Thanks," Sakura replied, blushing. To conceal her feelings, she said, "Ready to go?"
"Yes, definitely," Syaoran agreed.
Naoko rolled her eyes. "Let's go," she said.
"Syao-chan!"
He stopped and turned around, surprised to see a girl he didn't know. She ran up to him and threw her arms around him.
"I missed you," she told him. "I thought...I'd never see you again!"
"Who are you?" Syaoran asked, completely confused.
The girl backed a way, a hurt look on her face. For the first time, Syaoran got a good look at her. She had two braided pigtails, both pink in color, and dazed, crystal blue eyes.
"You....you...forgot?" she stuttered. She turned away, trying her best to hide the tears in her eyes. "You said you loved me, Sya..." She bursts into sobs.
This confused Syaoran even more. "Who...who...?" Then he knew. "Chakku?"
She turned around, no longer crying. "So you do remember?"
"You...you were....what the hell?" He backed away.
She sighed. "I was worried you'd act like this," she whispered. She grabbed his hand. "I fought to be with you, though. I love you, like I always told you!"
"You weren't real though," Syaoran told her. "You were just in my dreams..."
"But you made me real! No one else has to know. Please?" she begged. She leaned forward and passionatly kissed him on the lips. He returned the kiss, and put his arms around her. "I love you, Li Syaoran..."
He pulled away. "This is just...weird," he said. "You were real once...but you died..."
"Syao-chan," she whispered, "no one has to know."
"I'm sorry, Chakku," he said. "I just can't. I'm...in love with another girl."
Chakku's eyes grew a cloudy, dark gray, revealing her anger. "Sakura did this to you, didn't she? She took you away from me! She took everything!" She turned off, and ran away.
Naoko and Tomoyo stood waiting for the rest to show up.
"Do you think Sakura will show up?" Tomoyo asked.
"Why wouldn't she?" came Naoko's response.
"Her fear of ghost...maybe she's going to back out?" Tomoyo replied. "I hope not."
"She won't," came Syaoran's voice. "She promised me."
"That doesn't mean anything," Naoko said, rather rudely.
"Yes, it does," he shot back, "so keep your damn mouth out of this!"
Naoko blinked, shocked at Syaoran's response.
Then, just as Naoko was about to open her mouth to respond, Sakura showed up.
"Sorry, I'm late," she apologized.
"No problem," Syaoran said, smiling at her. "You weren't the only one."
"Thanks," Sakura replied, blushing. To conceal her feelings, she said, "Ready to go?"
"Yes, definitely," Syaoran agreed.
Naoko rolled her eyes. "Let's go," she said.