A Honest Rumor
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I have received a complaint that this is rated improperly for language. Personally, I don't think so. These stories are basically rated like movies, and I don't think many movies are R just for language. I suppose that if it bugs anyone else, more than 5-10 people I will rate it R. For now I'll just put a warning on the summary.
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Chapter Eleven: Ice Cream
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"Aha! See, I knew it, Syaoran. You cannot FOOL me.. I knew something was up, you acting like you two were dating. Okay, so the plan was to make a perfected un-relationship, as Kinomoto puts it, and then to break up to prove that you and her were never meant to be, BUT you actually LIKE her!" She said, smiling, mischievously, as Syaoran sat, blushing with his cheeks in his palms and his elbows against his knees. Meiling hopped from her seat. "And yes, I can help you!" She ran off. "WHERE IS MY CELL PHONE?!" Syaoran looked at the raven haired girl who had ran off, and sighed lightly. What had he just got himself in to?
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"No, I am NOT obsessing!" She said, as she held the phone to her ear. She had been laying on top of her bed, her phone held between her shoulder and cheek and her ruby eyes staring at the ceiling. "It's just that I think it's amusing that Syaoran is in love that that thing." She heard a laugh from the other side of the phone and smiled lightly. There was a few moments of silence.
"I'm sorry…" She said quietly. There was another long moment of silence as neither her or other boy on the line didn't say a thing to each other. "Yeah. Listen if you're annoyed about it then I'll stop." She said, finally. "Okay, in fifteen minutes. Love you, too. Bye." She hung up and walked out of her bedroom, grabbing her coat and walking over to the kitchen where Syaoran had just finished his homework and was looking it over.
"Kinomoto wants to know if you will meet her at the ice cream place." She said, lying. She had actually been talking to her own boyfriend, but found that this would be a good way for Syaoran to admit things to Sakura.
"Yeah, sure. Call her and tell her I'll meet her there in thirty minutes."
"Sure. I'm going to go hang out with Lei." She pulled out her cell phone and dialed Kinomoto's phone number as she left the house and walked down the sidewalk. She grinned, evilly, as she realized what a plan this would be. In no time what so ever, Syaoran would admit what he thought of Sakura, and then she wouldn't have to help their.. Err.. Relationship.. Anymore and could tend to her own.
She put on her best cheerful tone, and decided to act quite friendly as Sakura picked up. "Syaoran wanted to know if you'd meet him at the ice cream place. Yeah, he said in thirty minutes. You can? Okay, great! I'll tell him!" She paused. "No, I'm not going. You two have fun, okay?" She chuckled slightly as she hung up the phone and ran over to the ice cream place. To her best wishes, Touya was working there.
"Konban'wa!" She rang, cheerfully, and ran over to Touya, who gave her a look as if the girl was crazy. She grinned and slipped him 5000 (A/N: I think that it 50 dollars in American money. ^^;) yen and leaned over and whispered to him her plan.
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Meiling pressed her feet forward and leaned backwards as her hands gripped the chain of the swing set. She so far back that her raven hair gently scraped against the sand and the toes of her shoes could hit some of the leafs from a nearby tree. The girl had been swinging on a swing set at the park (which, to her fortune, was near the ice cream parlor), and had been waiting for Lei to meet up with her. He had began to get annoyed with her new obsessions with her cousin and her cousins, err, "girlfriend", and had asked to talk to her at the park. So, here she sat. But at the moment her eyes were transfixed on the windows of the ice cream parlor, where Sakura and Syaoran sat.
"Hey Mei." Lei said, as he walked over to her. Startled, she jammed the heals of her shoes into the ground, which nearly knocked her off her swing set. He chuckled lightly at her.
"Hey Lei."
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"My ice cream tastes a bit funny." Syaoran said as he stirred his spoon around in it again, mixing the chocolate together and making it even softer than it already was. She stared at him, and took a bite of her own strawberry ice cream. Normally, she would of told him he was being stupid, but considering they were doing their fake relationship still, she had to be nice to him He took another bite, and swiveled the food around in his mouth, as if trying to detect the difference from that and normal ice cream. Sakura chuckled.
"Is it really that bad?" She asked, and didn't bother to ask him if she could take a bite and just used her spoon to help herself to his. He nodded, and took another bite. It seemed so familiar, and yet he still couldn't remember the name of it. Sakura did the same, and swallowed a few seconds later, noting that it did taste funny. "What is it?"
"Slipped my mind," he said, already frustrated. All that training and he couldn't even figure out the different flavor in his ice cream besides chocolate. Sakura shrugged her shoulders and took another bite of her own ice cream, and acted as if nothing had ever happened, while Syaoran, still in thought, continued to roam his mind for the name of it. "I know I know what it is.."
He sighed, and almost decided he didn't know. For a moment he just glanced around the parlor, which was empty except for him, her, and then the employee, which happened to be Touya. A small spark set off in his mind as he started to realize that Touya probably had his part in this. The flavor wasn't an every day mix up. The flavor he was tasting wasn't anywhere close to what they would of originally put in ice cream. With a sigh, he took a glance out the window at the drawing sunset, and his eyes fell upon Meiling and her boyfriend, talking.
"If it bothers you then just go get a different flavor or something. I seriously think that they just messed up on chocolate." He shook his head, as if to tell her that she didn't understand anything. She grunted and shook her head, and muttered a 'fine, do whatever you want, stupid.' He shot her a glare, and she just went back to her strawberry ice cream.
"You don't get it, Sakura.. Being trained for so long and not being able to name a damn taste in a bit of chocolate ice cream! It's pathetic! And it's so simple, I know what it is.. I know I know, it's on the tip of my tongue, but I just can't NAME--" Sparks flew at that very moment and Syaoran stopped dead in his movement. Everything drowned for a moment as the word ran across his mind in blood red letters. Alcohol. It was alcohol. Someone was trying to get him drunk…
A split second later Syaoran shoved himself out of his seat and walked to the ice cream parlor's door, pulling it open and slamming it shut before walking off into the setting sun and watching Meiling and Lei from a distance. Meiling had just uttered something to him and then she kissed him. 'Now or never,' he told himself and walked over to them, and lifted his voice up. "GODDAMNIT MEILING, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?!" The two pulled apart and stared at him. Meiling already knowing what he was talking about, but Lei completely lost. He took a side glance at Meiling and then back at Syaoran.
"I've just been sitting here. What's your problem?" She said, calmly.
"What's my problem, Meiling? My fucking ass, you know what the hell I'm talking about! Just out with it, I know it was you, okay? You can't deny it, I'll know you're lying." He said as he walked up to the two, already annoyed. He understood completely what Meiling had wanted to accomplish (even if she was trying to do it for his own good), to get him drunk and admit he liked Sakura.
Of course, Lei stepped forward on Meiling's behalf. "Back off, Li." He stated, emotionlessly. Syaoran's eyes fixed on his.
"Shove it, Xiulang, this is between me and her."
Meiling stared at the two. Now what could she do? It was either to admit that she had paid Touya to put alcohol in his drink, and then wait for Lei's response to her still obsession with Syaoran and Sakura's relationship (even through she said she would stop), or lie and watch Syaoran and Lei bite each others head off. She mumbled and stood up from her place on the swing. As of the moment, the auburn haired Cherry Blossom had caught her eye -- She was exiting the ice cream parlor wand walking over to them as if wondering what the hell was going on. She couldn't help but smirk at the possibilities, and how she could probably now put Syaoran's and Sakura's fake relationship to a complete end, or should she say.. Beginning?
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After Note:
HAHA. Just what is up Meiling's sleeve? And what will Lei say if Meiling admits that she was still obsessing? What's Syaoran reaction to her admitting that she had planned the whole ice cream incident. And what about poor little Sakura? Everything in the next chapter, and probably the ending chapter (if not, the chapter after that will probably be the ending), and until then.. Be patient.. I'll be working on it! And what do you guys think, Kayla, Cody? Enjoying? Ha ha. Having fun, my friends? Hope so.
By: Xiao
Author's Note:
I have received a complaint that this is rated improperly for language. Personally, I don't think so. These stories are basically rated like movies, and I don't think many movies are R just for language. I suppose that if it bugs anyone else, more than 5-10 people I will rate it R. For now I'll just put a warning on the summary.
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Chapter Eleven: Ice Cream
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"Aha! See, I knew it, Syaoran. You cannot FOOL me.. I knew something was up, you acting like you two were dating. Okay, so the plan was to make a perfected un-relationship, as Kinomoto puts it, and then to break up to prove that you and her were never meant to be, BUT you actually LIKE her!" She said, smiling, mischievously, as Syaoran sat, blushing with his cheeks in his palms and his elbows against his knees. Meiling hopped from her seat. "And yes, I can help you!" She ran off. "WHERE IS MY CELL PHONE?!" Syaoran looked at the raven haired girl who had ran off, and sighed lightly. What had he just got himself in to?
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"No, I am NOT obsessing!" She said, as she held the phone to her ear. She had been laying on top of her bed, her phone held between her shoulder and cheek and her ruby eyes staring at the ceiling. "It's just that I think it's amusing that Syaoran is in love that that thing." She heard a laugh from the other side of the phone and smiled lightly. There was a few moments of silence.
"I'm sorry…" She said quietly. There was another long moment of silence as neither her or other boy on the line didn't say a thing to each other. "Yeah. Listen if you're annoyed about it then I'll stop." She said, finally. "Okay, in fifteen minutes. Love you, too. Bye." She hung up and walked out of her bedroom, grabbing her coat and walking over to the kitchen where Syaoran had just finished his homework and was looking it over.
"Kinomoto wants to know if you will meet her at the ice cream place." She said, lying. She had actually been talking to her own boyfriend, but found that this would be a good way for Syaoran to admit things to Sakura.
"Yeah, sure. Call her and tell her I'll meet her there in thirty minutes."
"Sure. I'm going to go hang out with Lei." She pulled out her cell phone and dialed Kinomoto's phone number as she left the house and walked down the sidewalk. She grinned, evilly, as she realized what a plan this would be. In no time what so ever, Syaoran would admit what he thought of Sakura, and then she wouldn't have to help their.. Err.. Relationship.. Anymore and could tend to her own.
She put on her best cheerful tone, and decided to act quite friendly as Sakura picked up. "Syaoran wanted to know if you'd meet him at the ice cream place. Yeah, he said in thirty minutes. You can? Okay, great! I'll tell him!" She paused. "No, I'm not going. You two have fun, okay?" She chuckled slightly as she hung up the phone and ran over to the ice cream place. To her best wishes, Touya was working there.
"Konban'wa!" She rang, cheerfully, and ran over to Touya, who gave her a look as if the girl was crazy. She grinned and slipped him 5000 (A/N: I think that it 50 dollars in American money. ^^;) yen and leaned over and whispered to him her plan.
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Meiling pressed her feet forward and leaned backwards as her hands gripped the chain of the swing set. She so far back that her raven hair gently scraped against the sand and the toes of her shoes could hit some of the leafs from a nearby tree. The girl had been swinging on a swing set at the park (which, to her fortune, was near the ice cream parlor), and had been waiting for Lei to meet up with her. He had began to get annoyed with her new obsessions with her cousin and her cousins, err, "girlfriend", and had asked to talk to her at the park. So, here she sat. But at the moment her eyes were transfixed on the windows of the ice cream parlor, where Sakura and Syaoran sat.
"Hey Mei." Lei said, as he walked over to her. Startled, she jammed the heals of her shoes into the ground, which nearly knocked her off her swing set. He chuckled lightly at her.
"Hey Lei."
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"My ice cream tastes a bit funny." Syaoran said as he stirred his spoon around in it again, mixing the chocolate together and making it even softer than it already was. She stared at him, and took a bite of her own strawberry ice cream. Normally, she would of told him he was being stupid, but considering they were doing their fake relationship still, she had to be nice to him He took another bite, and swiveled the food around in his mouth, as if trying to detect the difference from that and normal ice cream. Sakura chuckled.
"Is it really that bad?" She asked, and didn't bother to ask him if she could take a bite and just used her spoon to help herself to his. He nodded, and took another bite. It seemed so familiar, and yet he still couldn't remember the name of it. Sakura did the same, and swallowed a few seconds later, noting that it did taste funny. "What is it?"
"Slipped my mind," he said, already frustrated. All that training and he couldn't even figure out the different flavor in his ice cream besides chocolate. Sakura shrugged her shoulders and took another bite of her own ice cream, and acted as if nothing had ever happened, while Syaoran, still in thought, continued to roam his mind for the name of it. "I know I know what it is.."
He sighed, and almost decided he didn't know. For a moment he just glanced around the parlor, which was empty except for him, her, and then the employee, which happened to be Touya. A small spark set off in his mind as he started to realize that Touya probably had his part in this. The flavor wasn't an every day mix up. The flavor he was tasting wasn't anywhere close to what they would of originally put in ice cream. With a sigh, he took a glance out the window at the drawing sunset, and his eyes fell upon Meiling and her boyfriend, talking.
"If it bothers you then just go get a different flavor or something. I seriously think that they just messed up on chocolate." He shook his head, as if to tell her that she didn't understand anything. She grunted and shook her head, and muttered a 'fine, do whatever you want, stupid.' He shot her a glare, and she just went back to her strawberry ice cream.
"You don't get it, Sakura.. Being trained for so long and not being able to name a damn taste in a bit of chocolate ice cream! It's pathetic! And it's so simple, I know what it is.. I know I know, it's on the tip of my tongue, but I just can't NAME--" Sparks flew at that very moment and Syaoran stopped dead in his movement. Everything drowned for a moment as the word ran across his mind in blood red letters. Alcohol. It was alcohol. Someone was trying to get him drunk…
A split second later Syaoran shoved himself out of his seat and walked to the ice cream parlor's door, pulling it open and slamming it shut before walking off into the setting sun and watching Meiling and Lei from a distance. Meiling had just uttered something to him and then she kissed him. 'Now or never,' he told himself and walked over to them, and lifted his voice up. "GODDAMNIT MEILING, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TRYING TO DO TO ME?!" The two pulled apart and stared at him. Meiling already knowing what he was talking about, but Lei completely lost. He took a side glance at Meiling and then back at Syaoran.
"I've just been sitting here. What's your problem?" She said, calmly.
"What's my problem, Meiling? My fucking ass, you know what the hell I'm talking about! Just out with it, I know it was you, okay? You can't deny it, I'll know you're lying." He said as he walked up to the two, already annoyed. He understood completely what Meiling had wanted to accomplish (even if she was trying to do it for his own good), to get him drunk and admit he liked Sakura.
Of course, Lei stepped forward on Meiling's behalf. "Back off, Li." He stated, emotionlessly. Syaoran's eyes fixed on his.
"Shove it, Xiulang, this is between me and her."
Meiling stared at the two. Now what could she do? It was either to admit that she had paid Touya to put alcohol in his drink, and then wait for Lei's response to her still obsession with Syaoran and Sakura's relationship (even through she said she would stop), or lie and watch Syaoran and Lei bite each others head off. She mumbled and stood up from her place on the swing. As of the moment, the auburn haired Cherry Blossom had caught her eye -- She was exiting the ice cream parlor wand walking over to them as if wondering what the hell was going on. She couldn't help but smirk at the possibilities, and how she could probably now put Syaoran's and Sakura's fake relationship to a complete end, or should she say.. Beginning?
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After Note:
HAHA. Just what is up Meiling's sleeve? And what will Lei say if Meiling admits that she was still obsessing? What's Syaoran reaction to her admitting that she had planned the whole ice cream incident. And what about poor little Sakura? Everything in the next chapter, and probably the ending chapter (if not, the chapter after that will probably be the ending), and until then.. Be patient.. I'll be working on it! And what do you guys think, Kayla, Cody? Enjoying? Ha ha. Having fun, my friends? Hope so.