Chapter five: Loves lost and confidence gained.
When Yukito woke, he was still holding Sakura in his arms. She was sleeping quite peacefully. He heard a noise in the room Yukito moved his head slightly and looked in the noise's direction. The cause of this noise was Touya was pulling up a chair, Shaolan was already sitting in the one next to him. They both looked travel-weary and worried. Touya looked at Yukito.
"How is she?"
"Better, I think."
Yukito bent over Sakura and whispered gently into her ear, much to both Touya's and Shaolan's surprise
"Touya is here, Sakura-chan."
Yukito released his grip on Sakura, her eyes flickered and opened.
"Give me a hug." Said Touya
Sakura sat up in bed: she smiled wanly and hugged Touya very tightly, "Onii- chan, you're here.it's nice to see you."
Shaolan then moved over to Sakura and gently took her into his arms: he squeezed her tightly.
"Sakuko, I'm glad to see you are alright."
Shaolan gently touched her face, smiling. Yukito, unbeknownst to Sakura, had quietly slipped out of the room, so as to leave the couple alone for a while.
Sakura looked at Shaolan.
"Shaolan-kun, I have to tell you something, my feelings for you are no longer what they were."
"You don't want to be with me any more."
"No I don't, I've grown out of my feelings for you, but I still see you as my best male friend ever."
He smiled and nodded.
"Yes I see, besides which I've found that I've fallen in love with Meiling now we are not engaged."
Sakura and Shaolan laughed at each other and hugged again.
"It's nice to see you again, Shaolan-kun."
"It's nice to see you again too, Sakura-chan."
Touya looked at the young pair, smiling. Quietly, Shaolan stood and left the room to go and greet the others. He walked out onto the landing, smiled at Ruby, confidently Shaolan walked up to Yukito and touched him gently on the shoulder.
"Yukito-san, I think Sakura-chan will be wanting you."
Yukito turned quickly to face him, Shaolan looked at Yukito's stunned expression, and smiled at Yukito knowingly.
"Sakura-chan and I have decided that we don't love each other any more. I've developed feelings for Meiling now we aren't together all the time, she has changed much over these past years. Sakura-chan has grown out of her feelings for me and has, I think, fallen in love with someone else, though I don't know who and I didn't feel I should press her on the matter at the moment."
Ruby looked at Yukito as Shaolan walked away, Yukito's eyes were wide. She approached him, but Yukito put his wings forward and turned into Yue. Yue took a deep breath stunned at what Shaolan had just said.
"Sakura-chan is no longer in love with Shaolan-kun and he thinks she is in love with some one... I did promise to come back later.I always keep my promises to Sakura-chan."
Ruby suddenly grasped him by the arms and forced him against the wall. She leant into him: Yue struggled against Ruby's grip but she only tightened it. Yue didn't want to use magic on a lady or hit her but he didn't see how else he was going to get out of this situation. Just as Ruby was about to kiss him, Sakura's bedroom door opened. Yue continued to struggle against Ruby, afraid it was Sakura in the doorway, he didn't want her to get hurt again. Suddenly Ruby's grip loosened, her eyes were wide with shock. Yue looked over: Touya was standing in the doorway.
"Let go of him, Ruby-chan. It's not him you love anyway, is it?"
Ruby suddenly let go of Yue, she covered her face with her hands, sobbed once and ran off into the house. Touya watched her go, then turned and looked at Yue.
"Go to Sakura, she's waiting for you."
Yue knew there was a double meaning to what Touya was saying too him. He swallowed hard.
"Please forgive me for kissing you that time, I didn't mean anything by it, only to show I respected you for how good you are to Sakura-chan and to Yukito-kun."
Touya smiled at Yue in a friendly manner.
"You don't have to explain anything to me. Just go and see Sakura, she might think you've deserted her otherwise."
Yue smiled at Touya, quietly he walked into Sakura's room. Sakura had been changed into her night-gown by Touya, the night-gown was white with pink raised flowers. Sakura's long chestnut hair was spilt over the pillow; she turned over in bed at the noise of the door opening.
Yue's eyes softened as he saw her. Sakura opened her eyes and smiled, then held out a hand to him.
"Come here, my moon warrior, come and hold me."
Yue paused for a moment then realised 'she thinks that this is a dream', then a second realisation hit him: 'She dreams about me.' Yue's face suddenly lit up.
"You dream about me?" he whispered awed.
Sakura smiled.
"Come here," she murmured, "come to me."
"Are you sure?"
"I want you."
Yue didn't need to be told twice. He lay down on the bed and pulled her into his arms. Sakura turned over into him, put her arms around his neck, pulled his head down and kissed him very lightly on the lips. Yue couldn't believe that had just happened. He stared at the perfect flushed face before him. "My queen?" he said in a very low voice. "My Sakura?"
Sakura smiled. "My Yue-chan," she whispered, and pulled his head down with greater insistence, pressing her lips firmly onto his this time.
Yue felt as if he was falling from a great height, hurtling downwards into her emerald green eyes. Yue smiled gently at Sakura, knowing what was happening to him: he didn't even try to fight it. Sakura had meanwhile snuggled against him and fallen back into total sleep.
Yue sighed and turned back into Yukito. He needed sleep: Sakura seemed to read his mind. She pulled back the covers.
"I . . I shouldn't," he protested weakly.
Sakura didn't move, except to start shivering. Yukito slipped under the covers, gathered her into his arms, and pulled the covers up over them. They lay there, Sakura nestled next to the man she loved most, Yukito holding the lady he loved most, and neither of them knew this.
Sakura sighed in her sleep. "Find the one whom you love the most and tell them," she muttered and gripped his shirt. Yukito knew that she was looking for Yue's braid, that this was her substitute. He stroked her hair and held her closer. 'I'll find a way to tell you, Sakura-chan. I promise,' he thought, whilst considering whether to take out the well-hidden bun at the nape of his neck.
He stared down at her perfect little face, the lips still, not forming their usual pretty smile, her eyelids closed over her sparkling eyes, in a foetal position against him. "I'll make you well again somehow, Sakura- chan," he whispered. Slowly, he reached up and picked the pins out of his bun, which made a small pile on the bedside table of about twenty. He held out a lock of his hair, and Sakura grabbed at it like a small child. She held it to her lips and smiled. "Yukito," she whispered. "Honey cakes."
Yukito tried not to laugh: she still remembered his favourite snack.
"Hair smell of honey cakes."
Yukito grinned, and closed his eyes. "Honey cakes," he whispered, and drifted off to sleep on that thought: the thought of his beloved Sakura feeding him honey cakes.
When Yukito woke, he was still holding Sakura in his arms. She was sleeping quite peacefully. He heard a noise in the room Yukito moved his head slightly and looked in the noise's direction. The cause of this noise was Touya was pulling up a chair, Shaolan was already sitting in the one next to him. They both looked travel-weary and worried. Touya looked at Yukito.
"How is she?"
"Better, I think."
Yukito bent over Sakura and whispered gently into her ear, much to both Touya's and Shaolan's surprise
"Touya is here, Sakura-chan."
Yukito released his grip on Sakura, her eyes flickered and opened.
"Give me a hug." Said Touya
Sakura sat up in bed: she smiled wanly and hugged Touya very tightly, "Onii- chan, you're here.it's nice to see you."
Shaolan then moved over to Sakura and gently took her into his arms: he squeezed her tightly.
"Sakuko, I'm glad to see you are alright."
Shaolan gently touched her face, smiling. Yukito, unbeknownst to Sakura, had quietly slipped out of the room, so as to leave the couple alone for a while.
Sakura looked at Shaolan.
"Shaolan-kun, I have to tell you something, my feelings for you are no longer what they were."
"You don't want to be with me any more."
"No I don't, I've grown out of my feelings for you, but I still see you as my best male friend ever."
He smiled and nodded.
"Yes I see, besides which I've found that I've fallen in love with Meiling now we are not engaged."
Sakura and Shaolan laughed at each other and hugged again.
"It's nice to see you again, Shaolan-kun."
"It's nice to see you again too, Sakura-chan."
Touya looked at the young pair, smiling. Quietly, Shaolan stood and left the room to go and greet the others. He walked out onto the landing, smiled at Ruby, confidently Shaolan walked up to Yukito and touched him gently on the shoulder.
"Yukito-san, I think Sakura-chan will be wanting you."
Yukito turned quickly to face him, Shaolan looked at Yukito's stunned expression, and smiled at Yukito knowingly.
"Sakura-chan and I have decided that we don't love each other any more. I've developed feelings for Meiling now we aren't together all the time, she has changed much over these past years. Sakura-chan has grown out of her feelings for me and has, I think, fallen in love with someone else, though I don't know who and I didn't feel I should press her on the matter at the moment."
Ruby looked at Yukito as Shaolan walked away, Yukito's eyes were wide. She approached him, but Yukito put his wings forward and turned into Yue. Yue took a deep breath stunned at what Shaolan had just said.
"Sakura-chan is no longer in love with Shaolan-kun and he thinks she is in love with some one... I did promise to come back later.I always keep my promises to Sakura-chan."
Ruby suddenly grasped him by the arms and forced him against the wall. She leant into him: Yue struggled against Ruby's grip but she only tightened it. Yue didn't want to use magic on a lady or hit her but he didn't see how else he was going to get out of this situation. Just as Ruby was about to kiss him, Sakura's bedroom door opened. Yue continued to struggle against Ruby, afraid it was Sakura in the doorway, he didn't want her to get hurt again. Suddenly Ruby's grip loosened, her eyes were wide with shock. Yue looked over: Touya was standing in the doorway.
"Let go of him, Ruby-chan. It's not him you love anyway, is it?"
Ruby suddenly let go of Yue, she covered her face with her hands, sobbed once and ran off into the house. Touya watched her go, then turned and looked at Yue.
"Go to Sakura, she's waiting for you."
Yue knew there was a double meaning to what Touya was saying too him. He swallowed hard.
"Please forgive me for kissing you that time, I didn't mean anything by it, only to show I respected you for how good you are to Sakura-chan and to Yukito-kun."
Touya smiled at Yue in a friendly manner.
"You don't have to explain anything to me. Just go and see Sakura, she might think you've deserted her otherwise."
Yue smiled at Touya, quietly he walked into Sakura's room. Sakura had been changed into her night-gown by Touya, the night-gown was white with pink raised flowers. Sakura's long chestnut hair was spilt over the pillow; she turned over in bed at the noise of the door opening.
Yue's eyes softened as he saw her. Sakura opened her eyes and smiled, then held out a hand to him.
"Come here, my moon warrior, come and hold me."
Yue paused for a moment then realised 'she thinks that this is a dream', then a second realisation hit him: 'She dreams about me.' Yue's face suddenly lit up.
"You dream about me?" he whispered awed.
Sakura smiled.
"Come here," she murmured, "come to me."
"Are you sure?"
"I want you."
Yue didn't need to be told twice. He lay down on the bed and pulled her into his arms. Sakura turned over into him, put her arms around his neck, pulled his head down and kissed him very lightly on the lips. Yue couldn't believe that had just happened. He stared at the perfect flushed face before him. "My queen?" he said in a very low voice. "My Sakura?"
Sakura smiled. "My Yue-chan," she whispered, and pulled his head down with greater insistence, pressing her lips firmly onto his this time.
Yue felt as if he was falling from a great height, hurtling downwards into her emerald green eyes. Yue smiled gently at Sakura, knowing what was happening to him: he didn't even try to fight it. Sakura had meanwhile snuggled against him and fallen back into total sleep.
Yue sighed and turned back into Yukito. He needed sleep: Sakura seemed to read his mind. She pulled back the covers.
"I . . I shouldn't," he protested weakly.
Sakura didn't move, except to start shivering. Yukito slipped under the covers, gathered her into his arms, and pulled the covers up over them. They lay there, Sakura nestled next to the man she loved most, Yukito holding the lady he loved most, and neither of them knew this.
Sakura sighed in her sleep. "Find the one whom you love the most and tell them," she muttered and gripped his shirt. Yukito knew that she was looking for Yue's braid, that this was her substitute. He stroked her hair and held her closer. 'I'll find a way to tell you, Sakura-chan. I promise,' he thought, whilst considering whether to take out the well-hidden bun at the nape of his neck.
He stared down at her perfect little face, the lips still, not forming their usual pretty smile, her eyelids closed over her sparkling eyes, in a foetal position against him. "I'll make you well again somehow, Sakura- chan," he whispered. Slowly, he reached up and picked the pins out of his bun, which made a small pile on the bedside table of about twenty. He held out a lock of his hair, and Sakura grabbed at it like a small child. She held it to her lips and smiled. "Yukito," she whispered. "Honey cakes."
Yukito tried not to laugh: she still remembered his favourite snack.
"Hair smell of honey cakes."
Yukito grinned, and closed his eyes. "Honey cakes," he whispered, and drifted off to sleep on that thought: the thought of his beloved Sakura feeding him honey cakes.