A Honest Rumor
By: Xiao
Author's Notes:
Ah.. The nice sense of relief you get when you realize you are writing the finale of a story. Ah. Such a nice little sensation.
Sweet~Sakura -- Why would I write a story that says it's an S+S in the summary and then make it a MeiLi? And I'm not crazy if I was going to. -.- Even if I was, I would of said so a long time ago before I finished this. And anyway, you cannot stop me even if I was going to make it a MeiLi. Sorry, my dear.
There will be no sequel to A Honest Rumor. Don't ask for one, either.
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Chapter Twelve: Just Admit It!
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Syaoran and Lei had already began to yell their heads off at each other, while Sakura made her way quietly over to the group. Without even being noticed, she stopped behind Syaoran and stared at Meiling, a look of confusion dug into her emerald eyes. Even Lei, who was in front of Syaoran didn't notice her standing there. Meiling smiled and took a glance at Syaoran, and then back at Sakura. She had decided to wait for Syaoran and Lei to finish their arguments and realize that Meiling and Sakura were both watching them and thinking they were being stupid. It was only a matter of seconds before Meiling realized their arguments would go on forever, and she sighed, already frustrated.
"Why don't you just admit it?!" She finally screamed at Syaoran, cause him and Lei to stop dead in their tracks and stare at the girl. Syaoran glared at her, and shook his head.
"You first." Her eyes darted to Sakura as she noticed that Sakura was about to tap Syaoran on the shoulder, and shook her head frantically causing Sakura to stop dead in her tracks. Syaoran blinked seeing Meiling's actions and took a glance at Lei, who was staring at his girlfriend.
"Oh, come on, Syaoran! You're so childish! Haven't you noticed the failing attempts I made for you to admit you like Sakura? Dense!" She began. Sakura blushed heavily. "And it's so obvious! The rumors I made were just a joke, but after seeing your reaction, I think it's quite obvious that you've fallen for her. All those times you came home and complained about Sakura, like she is the only thing on your mind! Okay, so what if you acted as if you hated her, but she was still the only thing on your mind!" Syaoran had opened his mouth to protest and Meiling quickly cut him off, while he glared. "And you kissed her! And then your sorry excuse about just doing that to make her shut up? I'm sorry, Syaoran, but that had to be the worst excuse in the whole world. You just did it because you like her! Hell! Then you did it again and Tomoyo and I saw, you remember Code Green? Public or not so public display of affection! You liked it!" She took in a deep breath, and took a side glance at Lei.
"Just go back to the ice cream place and admit it, goddamn it, you fucking wimp! Even I had the guts to admit that I liked Lei!" Syaoran was blushing deep red, while Sakura mirror his imagine behind him. Meiling couldn't help but laugh at this, and that Syaoran was so wrapped up in the fact that Meiling had just spilt everything to the world to even notice the figure standing behind him. Meiling smirked, and then repeated in her mind, 'And now you won't have to be so obsessive about them when they admit they like each other, and then me and Lei will be okay again.'
"Oh, hey Sakura." Meiling said, finally, calmly with a warm smile and waved at the girl. Syaoran had already froze dead in his tracks, and was trying his best not to sweat, since he was already nervous. "Well, I see you came just in time for my explanation. Sorry for not welcoming you any sooner." Syaoran loosened up when he realized that now he wouldn't have to explain anymore, and waited for a moment before Sakura walked up to him and stared at him, her cheeks flushed.
"Hey Syaoran…"
"H-hey Sakura…"
Meiling grinned. Yes, her job was now finished when it came to the Syaoran + Sakura mission, now all that was left was to see if Lei would forgive her for everything. She took one more glance at them, and then went over to Lei and linked her arms in his and began to walk off. "Let's leave them alone. You and I should talk, right?" He shook his head, no doubt a little annoyed by everything and just went off with Meiling, as the two went off to her own house leaving the other two to explain things over to each other.
Long minutes passed which felt like centuries as they each just stood there, thinking about what to tell each other. The sun fell silently, and soon the lamp lights flickered on and the two stood in a artificial lit park. Syaoran sighed and shook his head. "Well, Meiling explained and now it's your turn."
"Hoe?"
"You heard her. She said you came just in time for her explanation, about how the whole time I.. Err.. Kind of fell for you." He blushed heavily at this comment, as did Sakura. "I guess she just left out one comment about our current situation -- the fake relationship that we were going to break--"
"Let's just say it was real and that we're not going to break it anytime soon." She whispered, as she cut into his sentence. There was another long moment of silence as the two processed what they had just said to each other.
"This mean what I think it means?" She finally said, as she looked up at him and locked her eyes with his. He smiled, and nodded, and the two hugged happily and kissed. Sakura giggled lightly, and Syaoran was just smiled, relieved that the girl felt the same way about him.
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"So, what do you think?" She said, finally, as she took a glance over her shoulder and saw the two still hugging in the distance. Lei continued to look forward, as Meiling took a glance at him and sighed. He gave no response, as if he hadn't heard her question. "Aw, come on, Lei, I'm sorry." She leaned her head against his shoulder, and frowned lightly. "It's just their too stupid to admit things like that, and they needed a little push.. And obviously no one else was going to help them, so I had to.. I'm sorry, I was kind of ignoring our relationship, huh?"
"It's fine, Mei." He smiled, and took a glance at the girl before kissing her.
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"GODDAMNIT HOW MANY NOTES AM I GOING TO GET NOW?!" Syaoran growled under his breath as another girl passed him by and slipped a folded piece of paper onto the table near his food. Sakura giggled, and shook her head and continued to eat her own lunch. "Does someone just WANT me to stand up and admit everything?!" For a moment he tried to calm himself down and took a drink of his drink, and then realized another girl had just passed by and handed him another folded note.
"Okay, this is just going to never end.." He mumbled, as he picked up each note and numbered them off, until he had the final total. There had been a pile of 59 notes sitting by his tray, all neatly folded and his name written across the top. "I LIKE SAKURA KINOMOTO, OKAY!? WE'RE GOING OUT, EVERYONE!" Everyone that was eating their lunch outside stopped instantly and stared at the boy, before a random girl began to clap, and soon everyone had began a loud applause for Syaoran. He blushed, and sunk down while Sakura just stared at everyone, and just nodded her head.
Meanwhile, Meiling sat at the window seal of the school, just a few feet from the school's lunch yard. She laughed, and pulled out another piece of paper from her backpack and began to write another neat note, and then folded it and waited for another girl to pass her by.
"Here, please give this to Syaoran Li." She shoved the note into the girl's hand and she nodded lightly. A few minutes later, Meiling watched as the girl tossed the note onto Syaoran's pile and Syaoran erupted in another growl and screamed. She laughed.
It was supposed to be started out as a joke. Seriously. A random rumor made by some random person, just for the hell of it. Just to get some laughs. Nothing serious, of course not! They never knew that deep down it would actually be true.
The end.
By: Xiao
Author's Notes:
Ah.. The nice sense of relief you get when you realize you are writing the finale of a story. Ah. Such a nice little sensation.
Sweet~Sakura -- Why would I write a story that says it's an S+S in the summary and then make it a MeiLi? And I'm not crazy if I was going to. -.- Even if I was, I would of said so a long time ago before I finished this. And anyway, you cannot stop me even if I was going to make it a MeiLi. Sorry, my dear.
There will be no sequel to A Honest Rumor. Don't ask for one, either.
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Chapter Twelve: Just Admit It!
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Syaoran and Lei had already began to yell their heads off at each other, while Sakura made her way quietly over to the group. Without even being noticed, she stopped behind Syaoran and stared at Meiling, a look of confusion dug into her emerald eyes. Even Lei, who was in front of Syaoran didn't notice her standing there. Meiling smiled and took a glance at Syaoran, and then back at Sakura. She had decided to wait for Syaoran and Lei to finish their arguments and realize that Meiling and Sakura were both watching them and thinking they were being stupid. It was only a matter of seconds before Meiling realized their arguments would go on forever, and she sighed, already frustrated.
"Why don't you just admit it?!" She finally screamed at Syaoran, cause him and Lei to stop dead in their tracks and stare at the girl. Syaoran glared at her, and shook his head.
"You first." Her eyes darted to Sakura as she noticed that Sakura was about to tap Syaoran on the shoulder, and shook her head frantically causing Sakura to stop dead in her tracks. Syaoran blinked seeing Meiling's actions and took a glance at Lei, who was staring at his girlfriend.
"Oh, come on, Syaoran! You're so childish! Haven't you noticed the failing attempts I made for you to admit you like Sakura? Dense!" She began. Sakura blushed heavily. "And it's so obvious! The rumors I made were just a joke, but after seeing your reaction, I think it's quite obvious that you've fallen for her. All those times you came home and complained about Sakura, like she is the only thing on your mind! Okay, so what if you acted as if you hated her, but she was still the only thing on your mind!" Syaoran had opened his mouth to protest and Meiling quickly cut him off, while he glared. "And you kissed her! And then your sorry excuse about just doing that to make her shut up? I'm sorry, Syaoran, but that had to be the worst excuse in the whole world. You just did it because you like her! Hell! Then you did it again and Tomoyo and I saw, you remember Code Green? Public or not so public display of affection! You liked it!" She took in a deep breath, and took a side glance at Lei.
"Just go back to the ice cream place and admit it, goddamn it, you fucking wimp! Even I had the guts to admit that I liked Lei!" Syaoran was blushing deep red, while Sakura mirror his imagine behind him. Meiling couldn't help but laugh at this, and that Syaoran was so wrapped up in the fact that Meiling had just spilt everything to the world to even notice the figure standing behind him. Meiling smirked, and then repeated in her mind, 'And now you won't have to be so obsessive about them when they admit they like each other, and then me and Lei will be okay again.'
"Oh, hey Sakura." Meiling said, finally, calmly with a warm smile and waved at the girl. Syaoran had already froze dead in his tracks, and was trying his best not to sweat, since he was already nervous. "Well, I see you came just in time for my explanation. Sorry for not welcoming you any sooner." Syaoran loosened up when he realized that now he wouldn't have to explain anymore, and waited for a moment before Sakura walked up to him and stared at him, her cheeks flushed.
"Hey Syaoran…"
"H-hey Sakura…"
Meiling grinned. Yes, her job was now finished when it came to the Syaoran + Sakura mission, now all that was left was to see if Lei would forgive her for everything. She took one more glance at them, and then went over to Lei and linked her arms in his and began to walk off. "Let's leave them alone. You and I should talk, right?" He shook his head, no doubt a little annoyed by everything and just went off with Meiling, as the two went off to her own house leaving the other two to explain things over to each other.
Long minutes passed which felt like centuries as they each just stood there, thinking about what to tell each other. The sun fell silently, and soon the lamp lights flickered on and the two stood in a artificial lit park. Syaoran sighed and shook his head. "Well, Meiling explained and now it's your turn."
"Hoe?"
"You heard her. She said you came just in time for her explanation, about how the whole time I.. Err.. Kind of fell for you." He blushed heavily at this comment, as did Sakura. "I guess she just left out one comment about our current situation -- the fake relationship that we were going to break--"
"Let's just say it was real and that we're not going to break it anytime soon." She whispered, as she cut into his sentence. There was another long moment of silence as the two processed what they had just said to each other.
"This mean what I think it means?" She finally said, as she looked up at him and locked her eyes with his. He smiled, and nodded, and the two hugged happily and kissed. Sakura giggled lightly, and Syaoran was just smiled, relieved that the girl felt the same way about him.
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"So, what do you think?" She said, finally, as she took a glance over her shoulder and saw the two still hugging in the distance. Lei continued to look forward, as Meiling took a glance at him and sighed. He gave no response, as if he hadn't heard her question. "Aw, come on, Lei, I'm sorry." She leaned her head against his shoulder, and frowned lightly. "It's just their too stupid to admit things like that, and they needed a little push.. And obviously no one else was going to help them, so I had to.. I'm sorry, I was kind of ignoring our relationship, huh?"
"It's fine, Mei." He smiled, and took a glance at the girl before kissing her.
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"GODDAMNIT HOW MANY NOTES AM I GOING TO GET NOW?!" Syaoran growled under his breath as another girl passed him by and slipped a folded piece of paper onto the table near his food. Sakura giggled, and shook her head and continued to eat her own lunch. "Does someone just WANT me to stand up and admit everything?!" For a moment he tried to calm himself down and took a drink of his drink, and then realized another girl had just passed by and handed him another folded note.
"Okay, this is just going to never end.." He mumbled, as he picked up each note and numbered them off, until he had the final total. There had been a pile of 59 notes sitting by his tray, all neatly folded and his name written across the top. "I LIKE SAKURA KINOMOTO, OKAY!? WE'RE GOING OUT, EVERYONE!" Everyone that was eating their lunch outside stopped instantly and stared at the boy, before a random girl began to clap, and soon everyone had began a loud applause for Syaoran. He blushed, and sunk down while Sakura just stared at everyone, and just nodded her head.
Meanwhile, Meiling sat at the window seal of the school, just a few feet from the school's lunch yard. She laughed, and pulled out another piece of paper from her backpack and began to write another neat note, and then folded it and waited for another girl to pass her by.
"Here, please give this to Syaoran Li." She shoved the note into the girl's hand and she nodded lightly. A few minutes later, Meiling watched as the girl tossed the note onto Syaoran's pile and Syaoran erupted in another growl and screamed. She laughed.
It was supposed to be started out as a joke. Seriously. A random rumor made by some random person, just for the hell of it. Just to get some laughs. Nothing serious, of course not! They never knew that deep down it would actually be true.
The end.