An Honest Rumor
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I deserve to be shot for writing this story. shoot me. now.
DEDICATED to my friends Cody + Kayla.. I did not write this because I ENJOY writing S+S.. I wrote it because you people are S+S.. and.. because.. I just did.
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Chapter One: Paired Enemies.
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Sakura Kinomoto was your loved-by-everyone girl. Literally. She was the whole thing put in one package, with 'perfection' written across the wrapping paper. This girl had the looks, the smarts, the friends, the life. What else could a person ask for? Perphaps nothing, but when you looked deep enough, you'd see. Boy, would you see. The only way to make this life considered 'perfectly perfect' was for that random brown haired boy and herself to stop fighting.
Yes, she had an enemy. Not your oh-so-average enemy, of course. This boy, named Syaoran Li, was loved by everyone else, as well. He wasn't considered a prep, infact, he wasn't even labeled (Sakura was considered a prep). So, how could this boy even pose a threat? How on earth could they be enemies? Rivals?!
Who knows why. Sakura probably didn't even know why she hated him, and so she would use the excuse; "I'm friends with everyone, I just need someone to hate!". And who knew why Syaoran would hate her? Out of every boy in the school, he seemed to be the only one that did not have a "severe" crush on her. Likewise on Sakura. Ever girl had a crush on Syaoran, except her. That's what set them apart.
But who knew, that underneath it all -- it was all a lie. Syaoran Li secretly liked her. Sakura Kinomoto secretly liked him. And all the time and effort they had spent to form this so-called "rivalry" would easily be crashing down by a rumor. An honest little rumor.
It was supposed to be started out as a joke. Seriously. A random rumor made by some random person, just for the heck of it. Just to get some laughs. Nothing serious, of course not! They never knew that deep down it was .. true?!
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Sakura whinned. "No! Sensei, please, let's re-think this. Placing me a-and him together?! We can't work together! No! We can't! Please?!" The teacher merely passed the two without so much as a side glance at Sakura and Syaoran.
"Shut up, I don't like it anymore than you do."
"Don't talk to me like that," she hissed back. Sighing, she sat her head in her arms and stared the opposite side of Syaoran. The teacher then walked back infront of the classroom after he had paired each student with a partner, and began to explain the project and exactly what they would be doing. 'You and your partners will be working together on a science experiment. You will be using the scientific method, as always. Oh, and might I add that this project will be exactly 50% of your grade in all of your core classes. This is because you will be working on your project in most of the class time in each of your classes. So, let's go over what would be considered a good experiment--'
The class groaned. How terrible. And even wore, how terrible for Syaoran and Sakura to be paired up, and expected to work together.
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"It's really not fair, Tomoyo!" Sakura said, her voice annoyed, while she began to take her food and place them in front of her. "He expects him and I to work together? This thing is 50% of the overall grade in each class! What exactly does he expect of me?! I'm going to get an F with the way he works! God, it's not fair. Since when is it okay to place a girl with her mortal enemy?"
"Aw, Sakura, I'm sure you guys can work fine together. I, actually, think you have a good partner." Tomoyo chuckled (when I said every girl had a crush on him, I was serious) lightly. "You know, I think it's quite amazing how you two and hate each other! Everyone loves him except you! Oh, not that I mind, more the luck for me, my dear." Sakura gagged in response and took a bite out of her rice ball.
"She's right, you know, Sakura. It truly is amazing how you can hate each other," another girl who sat across from Sakura commented.
"Gag. I think I'm going to be sick at the thought of it," she stared at her food, and pushed part of it away from her. "I really think I'm going to be sick now. Food doesn't look that great right now." She stood, brought her stuff with her and tossed it in the trashcan near where Syaoran was sitting with his friends.
He grabbed her wrist before she could leave. "Listen, I don't like this either, but what the hell, we're going to have to make it work, okay? Not that I LIKE it either. I'll meet you at the library after school to start on it." He let go, and she walked off, swatting at her wrist.
"Great," she mumbled. "Now I need Syaoran disinfectant."
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Syaoran looked up at Sakura as she dropped her things on the floor next to the table. He smirked lightly. "Great job being late."
"Shut up."
"That's alright," he said. "Anyway, what should the experiment be on?"
"I know. Let's do an experiment to see if it is possible for either of us to survive this annoying project together," Sakura said, setting her head down. Syaoran forced a laugh and randomly began to give off topics until he decided that Sakura agreed with it.
For three more hours, the two worked in silence, gathering books to help on the topic, taking notes, and copying pictures out of the book with the copy machine. At the end of the time, the two had a nice stack of papers that would help later in the project. Without a word, Sakura took the papers and left once their research was finished for the day.
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"She's a nightmare!" Syaoran said, taking off his headphones when he had opened the door and found his cousin cooking dinner, making no progress what so ever. He chuckled lightly, finding that it reminded him of one of the monologues that his friends had done for a play audition once.
"Kinomoto? Yeah, of course she is. Took you long enough to realize that, Syaoran. Stupid."
"Hey, you want to know the best part of it, Meiling?" He said, setting his things down next to the table and walking over to the girl and beginning to help her fix dinner, so that they would not end up eating only burnt things.
"There's a GOOD part to her? What the hell?" She said, stopping what she was doing and looking at him.
"I'm being sarcastic, you idiot."
"I'm going to beat you over the head with one of these pans if you call me an idiot again." She said, without looking at him. He laughed and continued to help, while explaining the situation that he was now going through. Meiling couldn't help but laugh at him, finding it amusing that he had to work with someone he hated so much. (Meiling was in different classes at the school and never really got to see him all that often, unless passing in the hallway)
"Ha ha. That sucks. I really pity you, stuck with her and all, out of all people. How sad of the teacher to pair you guys together, I'm sure that since you guys hate each other so much you'll probably get an F on the project. Don't worry though, I'll be laughing when you guys fail all your classes."
"Shut up," Syaoran growled. "I've never failed any class before, you know that. I'm surprised you haven't, though, look at your grades. Did you pay them to pass you?" Meiling smacked him. He laughed.
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'Goddamn, I can't even think straight because of all this!' Sakura thought as she realized she had, once again, for the fourth time tonight, burnt the food. She sighed, mentally slapping herself for it. 'Keep your mind off him!' She paused. Hey, why exactly was she thinking about him so much? Mental slap.
"You burnt it again?" Touya said, staring at his sister in disbelief. Sakura sighed and attempted to cook the meal properly yet again.
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After Note:
HAHA. DID YOU NOT EXPECT MEILING TO BE GONE?! SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY FICTIONS. Okay, sorry. This is weird, I expected this to be a one chapter fiction. I guess it isn't, is it? Oh well.
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I deserve to be shot for writing this story. shoot me. now.
DEDICATED to my friends Cody + Kayla.. I did not write this because I ENJOY writing S+S.. I wrote it because you people are S+S.. and.. because.. I just did.
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Chapter One: Paired Enemies.
----------
Sakura Kinomoto was your loved-by-everyone girl. Literally. She was the whole thing put in one package, with 'perfection' written across the wrapping paper. This girl had the looks, the smarts, the friends, the life. What else could a person ask for? Perphaps nothing, but when you looked deep enough, you'd see. Boy, would you see. The only way to make this life considered 'perfectly perfect' was for that random brown haired boy and herself to stop fighting.
Yes, she had an enemy. Not your oh-so-average enemy, of course. This boy, named Syaoran Li, was loved by everyone else, as well. He wasn't considered a prep, infact, he wasn't even labeled (Sakura was considered a prep). So, how could this boy even pose a threat? How on earth could they be enemies? Rivals?!
Who knows why. Sakura probably didn't even know why she hated him, and so she would use the excuse; "I'm friends with everyone, I just need someone to hate!". And who knew why Syaoran would hate her? Out of every boy in the school, he seemed to be the only one that did not have a "severe" crush on her. Likewise on Sakura. Ever girl had a crush on Syaoran, except her. That's what set them apart.
But who knew, that underneath it all -- it was all a lie. Syaoran Li secretly liked her. Sakura Kinomoto secretly liked him. And all the time and effort they had spent to form this so-called "rivalry" would easily be crashing down by a rumor. An honest little rumor.
It was supposed to be started out as a joke. Seriously. A random rumor made by some random person, just for the heck of it. Just to get some laughs. Nothing serious, of course not! They never knew that deep down it was .. true?!
----------
Sakura whinned. "No! Sensei, please, let's re-think this. Placing me a-and him together?! We can't work together! No! We can't! Please?!" The teacher merely passed the two without so much as a side glance at Sakura and Syaoran.
"Shut up, I don't like it anymore than you do."
"Don't talk to me like that," she hissed back. Sighing, she sat her head in her arms and stared the opposite side of Syaoran. The teacher then walked back infront of the classroom after he had paired each student with a partner, and began to explain the project and exactly what they would be doing. 'You and your partners will be working together on a science experiment. You will be using the scientific method, as always. Oh, and might I add that this project will be exactly 50% of your grade in all of your core classes. This is because you will be working on your project in most of the class time in each of your classes. So, let's go over what would be considered a good experiment--'
The class groaned. How terrible. And even wore, how terrible for Syaoran and Sakura to be paired up, and expected to work together.
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"It's really not fair, Tomoyo!" Sakura said, her voice annoyed, while she began to take her food and place them in front of her. "He expects him and I to work together? This thing is 50% of the overall grade in each class! What exactly does he expect of me?! I'm going to get an F with the way he works! God, it's not fair. Since when is it okay to place a girl with her mortal enemy?"
"Aw, Sakura, I'm sure you guys can work fine together. I, actually, think you have a good partner." Tomoyo chuckled (when I said every girl had a crush on him, I was serious) lightly. "You know, I think it's quite amazing how you two and hate each other! Everyone loves him except you! Oh, not that I mind, more the luck for me, my dear." Sakura gagged in response and took a bite out of her rice ball.
"She's right, you know, Sakura. It truly is amazing how you can hate each other," another girl who sat across from Sakura commented.
"Gag. I think I'm going to be sick at the thought of it," she stared at her food, and pushed part of it away from her. "I really think I'm going to be sick now. Food doesn't look that great right now." She stood, brought her stuff with her and tossed it in the trashcan near where Syaoran was sitting with his friends.
He grabbed her wrist before she could leave. "Listen, I don't like this either, but what the hell, we're going to have to make it work, okay? Not that I LIKE it either. I'll meet you at the library after school to start on it." He let go, and she walked off, swatting at her wrist.
"Great," she mumbled. "Now I need Syaoran disinfectant."
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Syaoran looked up at Sakura as she dropped her things on the floor next to the table. He smirked lightly. "Great job being late."
"Shut up."
"That's alright," he said. "Anyway, what should the experiment be on?"
"I know. Let's do an experiment to see if it is possible for either of us to survive this annoying project together," Sakura said, setting her head down. Syaoran forced a laugh and randomly began to give off topics until he decided that Sakura agreed with it.
For three more hours, the two worked in silence, gathering books to help on the topic, taking notes, and copying pictures out of the book with the copy machine. At the end of the time, the two had a nice stack of papers that would help later in the project. Without a word, Sakura took the papers and left once their research was finished for the day.
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"She's a nightmare!" Syaoran said, taking off his headphones when he had opened the door and found his cousin cooking dinner, making no progress what so ever. He chuckled lightly, finding that it reminded him of one of the monologues that his friends had done for a play audition once.
"Kinomoto? Yeah, of course she is. Took you long enough to realize that, Syaoran. Stupid."
"Hey, you want to know the best part of it, Meiling?" He said, setting his things down next to the table and walking over to the girl and beginning to help her fix dinner, so that they would not end up eating only burnt things.
"There's a GOOD part to her? What the hell?" She said, stopping what she was doing and looking at him.
"I'm being sarcastic, you idiot."
"I'm going to beat you over the head with one of these pans if you call me an idiot again." She said, without looking at him. He laughed and continued to help, while explaining the situation that he was now going through. Meiling couldn't help but laugh at him, finding it amusing that he had to work with someone he hated so much. (Meiling was in different classes at the school and never really got to see him all that often, unless passing in the hallway)
"Ha ha. That sucks. I really pity you, stuck with her and all, out of all people. How sad of the teacher to pair you guys together, I'm sure that since you guys hate each other so much you'll probably get an F on the project. Don't worry though, I'll be laughing when you guys fail all your classes."
"Shut up," Syaoran growled. "I've never failed any class before, you know that. I'm surprised you haven't, though, look at your grades. Did you pay them to pass you?" Meiling smacked him. He laughed.
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'Goddamn, I can't even think straight because of all this!' Sakura thought as she realized she had, once again, for the fourth time tonight, burnt the food. She sighed, mentally slapping herself for it. 'Keep your mind off him!' She paused. Hey, why exactly was she thinking about him so much? Mental slap.
"You burnt it again?" Touya said, staring at his sister in disbelief. Sakura sighed and attempted to cook the meal properly yet again.
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After Note:
HAHA. DID YOU NOT EXPECT MEILING TO BE GONE?! SHE WILL ALWAYS BE IN MY FICTIONS. Okay, sorry. This is weird, I expected this to be a one chapter fiction. I guess it isn't, is it? Oh well.