A Honest Rumor
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I am very unsure when this story is going to end. Although, I'd like to announce I do know the final plot and HOW it is going to end. How many chapters it takes, though, is unknown in my mind.
I don't like S+S. People, please do not tell me I have perfected it, or am very good at it for a MeiLi author. It does not help. But thank you anyway.
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Chapter Ten: Perfected Un-relationship
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The girl took a glance inside her cousin's room as she made her way to the door. He was still sitting on his bed, not even dressed in his uniform. "Are you going to go into school early today?" She waited for his response, and he quietly looked up at her and shook his head. Meiling nodded, without taking a second glance behind her and then left the house, to meet with no one. Quietly, she pulled her headphones from her backpack and placed them against her ears and turned on the radio, her pace matching the tempo.
Syaoran stared out the window as he watched the girl walk down the sidewalk and then ran over to his bedroom, before grabbing his cell phone and dialing in Sakura's phone number. There was only one ring before she had picked it up. "Meet me over at my house in ten minutes, okay?" He waited until she responded and then hung up, and went and took a quick shower and changed into his uniform before Sakura had rang the doorbell.
"Okay!" She said she quickly drug herself inside before Syaoran could even invite her, or even step aside for that matter. She smiled, and turned to look at him as he shut the door. "You know our plan? I'm not really into demonstrating what we need to do until we get to school. And even then it's not considered a demonstration, more like a perfected un-relationship. Did that make any sense?" Syaoran nodded, and went to the next room to check the clock. It was already getting nearer to when school started. Uneasily, he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the door and outside.
"And you're willing to let this happen?" He asked. She bit her bottom lip for a moment as she was thinking over the whole situation, and the pros and cons to it. A moment later she let her eyes meet with his and nodded, symbolizing a yes.
"And you?"
"Rumors are rumors. I suppose this is the only way to make them stop, right? Even if worse comes to worse, we let it end, correct? Give the crowd what they want, and in return we can prove that we were never to actually happen.. Thus they leave us alone, correct?"
"God, you sound so stupid." She said, shaking her head as she began to walk down the sidewalk, her pace quickening as she realized that school was soon to start, and that if they took too long they would miss the crowd.
"Shut up." He said as he took a glance at the girl beside him, and then back at the school, where people were already chatting outside, exchanging the latest gossip and whatever else seemed to be on their minds at the moment. He sighed, squeezed Sakura's hand gently and moved forward into the crowd and into the hallway. "And welcome to hell." He said, through gritted teeth.
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"Hell?" Sakura said as she giggled, taking glances behind her and Syaoran at the random people who were giving them weird stares and now whispering. "I think you were wrong there, Syaoran, I'm enjoying the funny remarks we're getting from the confused peers. The confused looks. Oh, it is so worth it. Being a "couple" as everyone is saying, and without even giving them a hint. It was like--"
"Enemies, completely switched in a matter of days." He said, blushing heavily as Sakura leaned her head against his shoulder, and looked up at him.
"What do you think?"
"What do you mean by that, exactly?" He said, as he realized there was now a few more people staring, and decided to make the scene look better, kissed her on the forehead. She blushed, sat up and took a glance around, before leaning in and whispering a sentence to him. He paused. "Worth it? Yeah, I suppose."
As the lunch bell rang the so-called couple stood and laced their fingers together, once again receiving some of those stares from crossing peers. Sakura couldn't help but chuckle, wondering what everyone would say if anyone actually found out that these displays of affection were, actually, one hundred percent fake.
As Sakura and Syaoran began to part for their next classes, which were separate, Syaoran hugged Sakura. "We're making a free show for everyone, aren't we?" Sakura whispered as she loosened her grip on the boy and then tiptoed up and kissed him. There was a sudden stopping from certain people, but they continued on, with a smile. Syaoran nodded and let go of her, and went his separate ways for the class.
He took a glance behind him a moment later and then back forward, and saw that standing right in front of him was his raven haired cousin. She placed one of her hands on her hips and stared at him. "What the hell was that about?" She said, as some students passed, making their way to their next class. He shoved his way past the girl, and continued his walk, obviously not wanting to deal with her at the moment. The last thing he needed was for her to ruin their plan. She sighed and shook her head, without even a second glance continued her way back to her own classroom.
Sighing, he took his seat and pulled out a pencil and some paper as he began to wait for his class to begin. He leaned back and began to look around as the students began to pile in, slowly. He didn't really know any of them, considering this was one of his newer classes, which had not been taking very long.. Thus he didn't know anyone, but everyone knew him.
The teacher walked to the blackboard and began to talk about the day's class period and what they would be discussing. Syaoran took a glance around and then set his pencil down and stared out the window. This was one of the things he liked about the class -- the fact that he didn't have to actually participate in anything, since it was basically lecture and occasionally it was a class discussion.
Usually he paid attention and took notes, but for the moment he couldn't help but think about a certain someone, and a certain situation that was going on in his life. 'So, what can are you going to do? The idea was to do a, as Sakura put it, a perfected un-relationship, and then break up. Well, how can I tell her that I actually don't.. want to break up this fake one?' He asked himself.
"Syaoran?" The teacher repeated at his student, who was still staring outside the window, pondering what was going on at the moment. The teacher walked up to his desk, which was in the back of the room, and slapped a ruler against the wood, startling Syaoran, who hopped out of his seat, instantly.
"THE ANSWER IS 116, SENSEI!" Everyone in the class began to irrupt in a wave of laughter, causing Syaoran to blush and began to sit back in his seat, but not to realize that he had pushed his chair back when he stood up and fell backwards, falling backwards, hitting his head. He squinted his eyes in pain, and looked up at the teacher as the class began to laugh harder.
"I'm sure by now that you have realized that this is not a mathematics class, Mr. Li, but an AP History class." He stated, without even bothering to check if the student was okay, and walked back to the front of the classroom and began to continue his lesson.
Syaoran cursed in Chinese and then took his seat, rubbing his back for a moment, and then sighed slightly, leaning back. Wow, what a day it had been.
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Author's Note:
AP is an abbreviation for "advanced placement". Anyway, I'm sorry that this chapter wasn't as long as the previous one was, but I hope that that's okay. It'll be getting "better" (worse in my eyes!), because this story is almost finished! Please review, okay? Thanks!
Ebony -- Don't threaten me or I'm not going to write anymore, dear. O_o;;
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I am very unsure when this story is going to end. Although, I'd like to announce I do know the final plot and HOW it is going to end. How many chapters it takes, though, is unknown in my mind.
I don't like S+S. People, please do not tell me I have perfected it, or am very good at it for a MeiLi author. It does not help. But thank you anyway.
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Chapter Ten: Perfected Un-relationship
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The girl took a glance inside her cousin's room as she made her way to the door. He was still sitting on his bed, not even dressed in his uniform. "Are you going to go into school early today?" She waited for his response, and he quietly looked up at her and shook his head. Meiling nodded, without taking a second glance behind her and then left the house, to meet with no one. Quietly, she pulled her headphones from her backpack and placed them against her ears and turned on the radio, her pace matching the tempo.
Syaoran stared out the window as he watched the girl walk down the sidewalk and then ran over to his bedroom, before grabbing his cell phone and dialing in Sakura's phone number. There was only one ring before she had picked it up. "Meet me over at my house in ten minutes, okay?" He waited until she responded and then hung up, and went and took a quick shower and changed into his uniform before Sakura had rang the doorbell.
"Okay!" She said she quickly drug herself inside before Syaoran could even invite her, or even step aside for that matter. She smiled, and turned to look at him as he shut the door. "You know our plan? I'm not really into demonstrating what we need to do until we get to school. And even then it's not considered a demonstration, more like a perfected un-relationship. Did that make any sense?" Syaoran nodded, and went to the next room to check the clock. It was already getting nearer to when school started. Uneasily, he grabbed her hand and pulled her to the door and outside.
"And you're willing to let this happen?" He asked. She bit her bottom lip for a moment as she was thinking over the whole situation, and the pros and cons to it. A moment later she let her eyes meet with his and nodded, symbolizing a yes.
"And you?"
"Rumors are rumors. I suppose this is the only way to make them stop, right? Even if worse comes to worse, we let it end, correct? Give the crowd what they want, and in return we can prove that we were never to actually happen.. Thus they leave us alone, correct?"
"God, you sound so stupid." She said, shaking her head as she began to walk down the sidewalk, her pace quickening as she realized that school was soon to start, and that if they took too long they would miss the crowd.
"Shut up." He said as he took a glance at the girl beside him, and then back at the school, where people were already chatting outside, exchanging the latest gossip and whatever else seemed to be on their minds at the moment. He sighed, squeezed Sakura's hand gently and moved forward into the crowd and into the hallway. "And welcome to hell." He said, through gritted teeth.
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"Hell?" Sakura said as she giggled, taking glances behind her and Syaoran at the random people who were giving them weird stares and now whispering. "I think you were wrong there, Syaoran, I'm enjoying the funny remarks we're getting from the confused peers. The confused looks. Oh, it is so worth it. Being a "couple" as everyone is saying, and without even giving them a hint. It was like--"
"Enemies, completely switched in a matter of days." He said, blushing heavily as Sakura leaned her head against his shoulder, and looked up at him.
"What do you think?"
"What do you mean by that, exactly?" He said, as he realized there was now a few more people staring, and decided to make the scene look better, kissed her on the forehead. She blushed, sat up and took a glance around, before leaning in and whispering a sentence to him. He paused. "Worth it? Yeah, I suppose."
As the lunch bell rang the so-called couple stood and laced their fingers together, once again receiving some of those stares from crossing peers. Sakura couldn't help but chuckle, wondering what everyone would say if anyone actually found out that these displays of affection were, actually, one hundred percent fake.
As Sakura and Syaoran began to part for their next classes, which were separate, Syaoran hugged Sakura. "We're making a free show for everyone, aren't we?" Sakura whispered as she loosened her grip on the boy and then tiptoed up and kissed him. There was a sudden stopping from certain people, but they continued on, with a smile. Syaoran nodded and let go of her, and went his separate ways for the class.
He took a glance behind him a moment later and then back forward, and saw that standing right in front of him was his raven haired cousin. She placed one of her hands on her hips and stared at him. "What the hell was that about?" She said, as some students passed, making their way to their next class. He shoved his way past the girl, and continued his walk, obviously not wanting to deal with her at the moment. The last thing he needed was for her to ruin their plan. She sighed and shook her head, without even a second glance continued her way back to her own classroom.
Sighing, he took his seat and pulled out a pencil and some paper as he began to wait for his class to begin. He leaned back and began to look around as the students began to pile in, slowly. He didn't really know any of them, considering this was one of his newer classes, which had not been taking very long.. Thus he didn't know anyone, but everyone knew him.
The teacher walked to the blackboard and began to talk about the day's class period and what they would be discussing. Syaoran took a glance around and then set his pencil down and stared out the window. This was one of the things he liked about the class -- the fact that he didn't have to actually participate in anything, since it was basically lecture and occasionally it was a class discussion.
Usually he paid attention and took notes, but for the moment he couldn't help but think about a certain someone, and a certain situation that was going on in his life. 'So, what can are you going to do? The idea was to do a, as Sakura put it, a perfected un-relationship, and then break up. Well, how can I tell her that I actually don't.. want to break up this fake one?' He asked himself.
"Syaoran?" The teacher repeated at his student, who was still staring outside the window, pondering what was going on at the moment. The teacher walked up to his desk, which was in the back of the room, and slapped a ruler against the wood, startling Syaoran, who hopped out of his seat, instantly.
"THE ANSWER IS 116, SENSEI!" Everyone in the class began to irrupt in a wave of laughter, causing Syaoran to blush and began to sit back in his seat, but not to realize that he had pushed his chair back when he stood up and fell backwards, falling backwards, hitting his head. He squinted his eyes in pain, and looked up at the teacher as the class began to laugh harder.
"I'm sure by now that you have realized that this is not a mathematics class, Mr. Li, but an AP History class." He stated, without even bothering to check if the student was okay, and walked back to the front of the classroom and began to continue his lesson.
Syaoran cursed in Chinese and then took his seat, rubbing his back for a moment, and then sighed slightly, leaning back. Wow, what a day it had been.
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Author's Note:
AP is an abbreviation for "advanced placement". Anyway, I'm sorry that this chapter wasn't as long as the previous one was, but I hope that that's okay. It'll be getting "better" (worse in my eyes!), because this story is almost finished! Please review, okay? Thanks!
Ebony -- Don't threaten me or I'm not going to write anymore, dear. O_o;;