Chapter 6: Mei-lin's heart, and a painful truth
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Mei-lin yelled a piercing scream as she burst with tears. "I can't. I can't believe that...that Syaoran loves Sakura!!!!!!!!!" she yelled as she dug her head into Tomoyo's lap. Tomoyo was stroking her head gently, with a sad face.
"I loved him...I LOVED HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mei-lin said as she screamed again. "How.HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN, I.I CAN'T STOP CRYING!!!!!!!!" she yelled, as tears poured out from her eyes. "but..but I CAN'T be mad at Sakura, or Li!!!!" Mei-lin said with her head on Tomoyo's lap. "Sakura is..she's so nice..."
"I JUST CAN'T BE MEAN TO THEM NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN IF IT MEANS TO LOSE SYAORAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "AAAAAAAAHHHHH" Mei-lin said as she screamed and cried once more.
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Finally Syaoran, Sakura and Keroberos arrived at Li's place. "Well, we're finally here!" Keroberos said. Suddenly, Keroberos began to change back to his normal form. Li wasn't so surprised by this action.
"Well.let's go in, then." Li said with a serious face. Kero followed him. No one said anything more, in the elevator. Sakura was still on Li's back, breathing softly on his ears. Her arms were gently around Li's shoulders with her beautiful auburn hair over her creamy white skin. Syaoran just blushed as he tried not to look at Sakura. Finally, they arrived at Li's house.
"DING DONG!!!!!!" Li pressed the button of his apartment. Then, Tomoyo opened the door, with a puzzled face. "Hi Li, why did you bring Sakura here? I thought that you were going to take Sakura home." Li then replied "Well.I couldn't think of anything to explain to Sakura's dad..so. I thought that it was a better idea if she slept at my place for tonight.". He blushed as he said this because of Sakura. "I mean.how would I be able to explain the cuts and bruises that Sakura has?."he said again. "Well. come in then."She said as she opened the door more wider. Li gave her a friendly grin as he went inside. Kero just followed.
Mei-lin was no where to be seen. "so. where's Mei-lin? is her arm alright now?" Li asked Tomoyo. "Oh. well. you see, she's sleeping." Tomoyo replied. Tomoyo wasn't completely telling the truth. Mei-lin was in her room, crying herself to sleep because of Li and Sakura.
"Oh.I thought so." Li said, giving Tomoyo a grin. "Did you.?" Li asked, but Tomoyo knew exactly what he was about to ask her. "Yeah.I already called Sakura's house, and told them that Sakura's staying at my place for the night.I already called my house too, saying that I'm at Sakura's house." Tomoyo replied. Li was amazed because Tomoyo had figure out what he was just about to ask her.
They stood silently for a few minutes, when Li suddenly said "so....what about Sakura?" he asked as he blushed. Sakura was sleeping behind Li's back. Her arms fell naturally over Li's shoulders. He blushed even more as he glanced at Sakura.
"Well, just take her to your room Li.. I think that Sakura's too tired right now, so we should let her have a good sleep. Tomorrow, we can fix her wounds and yours too." Tomoyo said. Li blushed furiously because Tomoyo had just said he should take Sakura to "his room". Tomoyo was giggling by herself when she looked at Li's face. It was red as a tomato. Tomoyo then said "well.I'll be sleeping in Mei-lin's room ok?" and walked away. Her smile slowly disappeared from her face as she walked towards Mei-lin's room. Tomoyo knew what was wrong with Mei-lin, Li didn't.
"Um...ok.." Li said as he went to his room, with Sakura on his back. When he went in, he carefully laid down Sakura to his bed. The walls of Li's room were all green, with a few decorations. There was his ancient Chinese robe on one of the walls. Li then looked at Sakura for a little while, blushing. He then slowly walked out of his room to go to Mei-lin's room.
Mei-lin, are you in here?" he asked, as he knocked the door of her room. At that moment, Tomoyo was calming Mei-lin down because she was still crying. "Huh!!?" Tomoyo gasped, as Mei-lin slowly lift up her head. She got really shocked, and quickly wiped up her tears.
"C...can you get the door for me Tomoyo??.." she asked with a trembling voice. She looked like she was going to burst into tears again. "Sure..Mei- lin." Tomoyo replied and got the door.
"Um...I wanted to talk to Mei-lin for a little while.is that ok?" Li asked Tomoyo. Tomoyo just looked at him with a sad face, and finally replied "Uh.sure.." and walked out of the room.
Mei-lin tried not to cry, she knew what Li was going to tell her. Li looked at Mei-lin with a shocked face. "Mei-lin! were you just crying?!!" he asked her. Mei-lin just looked at him for a little while and jerked her head away. After awhile, she nodded slowly. Li then sat down beside Mei-lin and asked why.
Mei-lin didn't say anything for a moment, but soon finally replied with a husky voice. "Li, the reason is because.." she said as her lips trembled. Li just stared at her waiting for her to say something. "It's because.because.I know that..that.you love...Kinomoto-san." she said very quietly this time.
When Li heard this he got really shocked and blushed. "H..how did you." he said, as Mei-lin cut him off. "Li, it's obvious that you love her, the way you act around her, the way you blush.." she said seriously as she looked at Li. She tried not to have a depressed face in front of Li, because it would make him worry. When he heard this, Li blushed even more. "I.I didn't notice it at first...but then.when I saw how you..you protected her." she said sadly, as she urged her tears not to come out.
"But..Mei-lin." Li said, as Mei-lin cut him off again. "I know Li.I knew what you were going to tell me." she said, as tears slowly dropped from her bright ruby eyes.
"Mei...Mei-lin." Li said as he looked at Mei-lin sadly. "Li..it's alright..it's not your fault that you love her..it's no one's fault." she said, with a trembling voice. Li was just looking at her sadly.
"Well, our engagement is canceled then." she said, trying to sound serious. Mei-lin looked at the ground, as she quivered up her lips. Tears kept coming out from her eyes, but she just kept wiping them off. She then calmed herself and looked at Li.
She then sighed a big sigh and said "I hope you tell her your feelings soon." she said, forcing herself to smile. "And tell me what her answer is in return." she said again. Li just looked at her with a sad face for awhile, but gave her a friendly grin afterwards. He then stood up from her bed and headed towards the door. His grin slowly disappeared as he went to the door.
"Thanks..for understanding my feelings..Mei-lin." Li said, as he turned around to face Mei-lin. Mei-lin forced herself to smile once more at Li, and she did. Then, Li turned the doorknob and was out of her room. Tomoyo came out from the living room, and trotted towards Mei-lin's room.
"Did you tell her?" she asked Li with a sad grin. Li looked at Tomoyo and replied "yeah..I did." with a sad frown as he looked down at the ground. "Oh." Tomoyo said also with a sad frown. "She..she won't be taking this easily..and so." Li said as he faced Tomoyo. "Can you help her?." Li asked, still with a sad face.
"Sure, Li." Tomoyo replied with a small smile, as she went inside Mei-lin's room. Li gave her a slight grin, as he went in to his own room.
When he went in to his room, he noticed Sakura and blushed. He quietly sat beside Sakura on his bed. "She.she's so beautiful...like an angel.my angel.." Li thought. "Baka!!!! What on earth am I thinking? She doesn't love me..." he thought again, when he came to his senses. Every time Li looked at Sakura, he felt that he was in a different world, and that he wasn't himself. It was as if Sakura drew his mind only to her.
He kept staring at her face, and her hair. There were still scratch marks on it, but he didn't care. "She still looks beautiful to me..but poor Sakura." he thought, as he looked around at her scratch marks. He blushed as he met with her face again. He wanted so much to touch her skin, and her auburn hair. He wanted to smell the sweetness of cherry blossoms from her hair, hugging her tight.
"If only...if only.." He thought. Then, he wanted to kiss her. He wanted to kiss her soft lips. "Oh..Sakura, if only you knew how much I love you...I love you so much it hurts.." Li thought sadly. He jerked his head away and cursed himself silently in Chinese, because he hated himself for not telling Sakura how he truly feels.
Then, he turned his head back to Sakura, who's eyes were closed shut, breathing softly. Li slowly reached his hands to Sakura's face, blushing in deep crimson. Sakura wasn't aware of this at all. Finally, Syaoran's fingers softly traced through Sakura's creamy white skin. He stared at her with his deep ruby-brown eyes, blushing like crazy. Then, he noticed her hair, as he brushed away a strand of her hair from her face.
"That's it!!!!! I've had it! I can't take it anymore, I'm going to tell her tomorrow, no matter what happens!!!!!" he thought to himself.
"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!" Mei-lin yelled a piercing scream as she burst with tears. "I can't. I can't believe that...that Syaoran loves Sakura!!!!!!!!!" she yelled as she dug her head into Tomoyo's lap. Tomoyo was stroking her head gently, with a sad face.
"I loved him...I LOVED HIM SO MUCH!!!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!" Mei-lin said as she screamed again. "How.HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN, I.I CAN'T STOP CRYING!!!!!!!!" she yelled, as tears poured out from her eyes. "but..but I CAN'T be mad at Sakura, or Li!!!!" Mei-lin said with her head on Tomoyo's lap. "Sakura is..she's so nice..."
"I JUST CAN'T BE MEAN TO THEM NO MATTER WHAT, EVEN IF IT MEANS TO LOSE SYAORAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!" "AAAAAAAAHHHHH" Mei-lin said as she screamed and cried once more.
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Finally Syaoran, Sakura and Keroberos arrived at Li's place. "Well, we're finally here!" Keroberos said. Suddenly, Keroberos began to change back to his normal form. Li wasn't so surprised by this action.
"Well.let's go in, then." Li said with a serious face. Kero followed him. No one said anything more, in the elevator. Sakura was still on Li's back, breathing softly on his ears. Her arms were gently around Li's shoulders with her beautiful auburn hair over her creamy white skin. Syaoran just blushed as he tried not to look at Sakura. Finally, they arrived at Li's house.
"DING DONG!!!!!!" Li pressed the button of his apartment. Then, Tomoyo opened the door, with a puzzled face. "Hi Li, why did you bring Sakura here? I thought that you were going to take Sakura home." Li then replied "Well.I couldn't think of anything to explain to Sakura's dad..so. I thought that it was a better idea if she slept at my place for tonight.". He blushed as he said this because of Sakura. "I mean.how would I be able to explain the cuts and bruises that Sakura has?."he said again. "Well. come in then."She said as she opened the door more wider. Li gave her a friendly grin as he went inside. Kero just followed.
Mei-lin was no where to be seen. "so. where's Mei-lin? is her arm alright now?" Li asked Tomoyo. "Oh. well. you see, she's sleeping." Tomoyo replied. Tomoyo wasn't completely telling the truth. Mei-lin was in her room, crying herself to sleep because of Li and Sakura.
"Oh.I thought so." Li said, giving Tomoyo a grin. "Did you.?" Li asked, but Tomoyo knew exactly what he was about to ask her. "Yeah.I already called Sakura's house, and told them that Sakura's staying at my place for the night.I already called my house too, saying that I'm at Sakura's house." Tomoyo replied. Li was amazed because Tomoyo had figure out what he was just about to ask her.
They stood silently for a few minutes, when Li suddenly said "so....what about Sakura?" he asked as he blushed. Sakura was sleeping behind Li's back. Her arms fell naturally over Li's shoulders. He blushed even more as he glanced at Sakura.
"Well, just take her to your room Li.. I think that Sakura's too tired right now, so we should let her have a good sleep. Tomorrow, we can fix her wounds and yours too." Tomoyo said. Li blushed furiously because Tomoyo had just said he should take Sakura to "his room". Tomoyo was giggling by herself when she looked at Li's face. It was red as a tomato. Tomoyo then said "well.I'll be sleeping in Mei-lin's room ok?" and walked away. Her smile slowly disappeared from her face as she walked towards Mei-lin's room. Tomoyo knew what was wrong with Mei-lin, Li didn't.
"Um...ok.." Li said as he went to his room, with Sakura on his back. When he went in, he carefully laid down Sakura to his bed. The walls of Li's room were all green, with a few decorations. There was his ancient Chinese robe on one of the walls. Li then looked at Sakura for a little while, blushing. He then slowly walked out of his room to go to Mei-lin's room.
Mei-lin, are you in here?" he asked, as he knocked the door of her room. At that moment, Tomoyo was calming Mei-lin down because she was still crying. "Huh!!?" Tomoyo gasped, as Mei-lin slowly lift up her head. She got really shocked, and quickly wiped up her tears.
"C...can you get the door for me Tomoyo??.." she asked with a trembling voice. She looked like she was going to burst into tears again. "Sure..Mei- lin." Tomoyo replied and got the door.
"Um...I wanted to talk to Mei-lin for a little while.is that ok?" Li asked Tomoyo. Tomoyo just looked at him with a sad face, and finally replied "Uh.sure.." and walked out of the room.
Mei-lin tried not to cry, she knew what Li was going to tell her. Li looked at Mei-lin with a shocked face. "Mei-lin! were you just crying?!!" he asked her. Mei-lin just looked at him for a little while and jerked her head away. After awhile, she nodded slowly. Li then sat down beside Mei-lin and asked why.
Mei-lin didn't say anything for a moment, but soon finally replied with a husky voice. "Li, the reason is because.." she said as her lips trembled. Li just stared at her waiting for her to say something. "It's because.because.I know that..that.you love...Kinomoto-san." she said very quietly this time.
When Li heard this he got really shocked and blushed. "H..how did you." he said, as Mei-lin cut him off. "Li, it's obvious that you love her, the way you act around her, the way you blush.." she said seriously as she looked at Li. She tried not to have a depressed face in front of Li, because it would make him worry. When he heard this, Li blushed even more. "I.I didn't notice it at first...but then.when I saw how you..you protected her." she said sadly, as she urged her tears not to come out.
"But..Mei-lin." Li said, as Mei-lin cut him off again. "I know Li.I knew what you were going to tell me." she said, as tears slowly dropped from her bright ruby eyes.
"Mei...Mei-lin." Li said as he looked at Mei-lin sadly. "Li..it's alright..it's not your fault that you love her..it's no one's fault." she said, with a trembling voice. Li was just looking at her sadly.
"Well, our engagement is canceled then." she said, trying to sound serious. Mei-lin looked at the ground, as she quivered up her lips. Tears kept coming out from her eyes, but she just kept wiping them off. She then calmed herself and looked at Li.
She then sighed a big sigh and said "I hope you tell her your feelings soon." she said, forcing herself to smile. "And tell me what her answer is in return." she said again. Li just looked at her with a sad face for awhile, but gave her a friendly grin afterwards. He then stood up from her bed and headed towards the door. His grin slowly disappeared as he went to the door.
"Thanks..for understanding my feelings..Mei-lin." Li said, as he turned around to face Mei-lin. Mei-lin forced herself to smile once more at Li, and she did. Then, Li turned the doorknob and was out of her room. Tomoyo came out from the living room, and trotted towards Mei-lin's room.
"Did you tell her?" she asked Li with a sad grin. Li looked at Tomoyo and replied "yeah..I did." with a sad frown as he looked down at the ground. "Oh." Tomoyo said also with a sad frown. "She..she won't be taking this easily..and so." Li said as he faced Tomoyo. "Can you help her?." Li asked, still with a sad face.
"Sure, Li." Tomoyo replied with a small smile, as she went inside Mei-lin's room. Li gave her a slight grin, as he went in to his own room.
When he went in to his room, he noticed Sakura and blushed. He quietly sat beside Sakura on his bed. "She.she's so beautiful...like an angel.my angel.." Li thought. "Baka!!!! What on earth am I thinking? She doesn't love me..." he thought again, when he came to his senses. Every time Li looked at Sakura, he felt that he was in a different world, and that he wasn't himself. It was as if Sakura drew his mind only to her.
He kept staring at her face, and her hair. There were still scratch marks on it, but he didn't care. "She still looks beautiful to me..but poor Sakura." he thought, as he looked around at her scratch marks. He blushed as he met with her face again. He wanted so much to touch her skin, and her auburn hair. He wanted to smell the sweetness of cherry blossoms from her hair, hugging her tight.
"If only...if only.." He thought. Then, he wanted to kiss her. He wanted to kiss her soft lips. "Oh..Sakura, if only you knew how much I love you...I love you so much it hurts.." Li thought sadly. He jerked his head away and cursed himself silently in Chinese, because he hated himself for not telling Sakura how he truly feels.
Then, he turned his head back to Sakura, who's eyes were closed shut, breathing softly. Li slowly reached his hands to Sakura's face, blushing in deep crimson. Sakura wasn't aware of this at all. Finally, Syaoran's fingers softly traced through Sakura's creamy white skin. He stared at her with his deep ruby-brown eyes, blushing like crazy. Then, he noticed her hair, as he brushed away a strand of her hair from her face.
"That's it!!!!! I've had it! I can't take it anymore, I'm going to tell her tomorrow, no matter what happens!!!!!" he thought to himself.