Matters of the Heart
A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed.
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Later that day, when Naru and Mei Ling went back to the apartment for lunch, they walked in they found Syaoran sleeping on the sofa with the television on. When Naru saw this, she had to scream out with happiness that woke up Syaoran.
"KAWAII!" Naru shouted with cheerfulness. But
"Huh? Ahh!" Syaoran had the fallen off the sofa and onto the ground with a loud thud.
"Syaoran, are you okay?" Mei Ling asked.
"Yeah," Syaoran replied as he got up from the floor and turned off the television.
"Syaoran, Tomoyo said that she needs to see the tuxedo that you're going to wear at the wedding, so she'll know which kind of design to make," Naru said.
"Okay," Syaoran replied as he walked towards the bathroom.
"That means that you'll have come with us to the shop after we finish eating lunch!" Mei Ling called as she started to cook some food.
"Whatever." Came Syaoran's reply.
When Mei Ling, Naru, and Syaoran finished eating lunch, they walked to the shop. When they got there, they saw Tomoyo reorganizing the place. Naru looked at Tomoyo as if she was crazy or something, while Mei Ling went to help Tomoyo. Syaoran just stared at Sakura, who was behind the counter helping some customers out. When Sakura saw that Syaoran was starring at her she told Tomoyo that she was going to go for her break. Tomoyo looked at her best friend with concern, knowing that it was Syaoran's presence that made her want to leave for a while.
"Just go! I mean when I came here you were working over time! By the looks of it, you haven't rest, so just go!" Mei Ling said.
"Thanks," Sakura went around back to leave, not wanting to go out front.
"What's her problem?" Naru utter under her breath. Syaoran knew that Naru said something, but couldn't hear it, but Mei Ling did. Mei Ling had chosen to ignore it.
"Okay, Syaoran, let's see the tuxedo!" Tomoyo said with joy.
"Here," Syaoran gave a bag to Tomoyo.
After Tomoyo finished looking at the tuxedo, she went to the counter to get a few designs that she had made. She showed them to Naru and asked which one she wanted. While Naru and Tomoyo were discussing which ones would be best for her, Mei Ling pulled Syaoran around back to talk to him. Syaoran knew that she wanted to talk about Sakura.
"Syaoran, what did you said to Sakura today?" Mei Ling asked as she made some tea.
"Huh? How did you know I talked to Sakura?" Syaoran asked.
"Well, I know that Sakura had forgotten something back at the apartment and went to get them," Mei Ling replied as she played with the stove.
"Oh,"
"So, what did you say to her?"
"I just ask her a few questions, that's all," Syaoran didn't like it when Mei Ling kept on asking him questions that he didn't want to answer.
"Listen, I'm not going to let you go, until you answer my questions," Mei Ling stated, "So, what did you ask her?"
"Nothing much, just why she was calling me Li instead of Syaoran and why, that's all," Syaoran replied as he sip some tea that Mei Ling made.
"Oh," Mei Ling knew that he was also hiding something else, but knew that he wasn't going to tell her it.
"Hey, do you still love her?" Mei Ling all of a sudden asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Syaoran played dumb.
"Do you still love her? Not in a friend way, but in a more-than-friends way," Mei Ling asked.
"Uh..."
"I'll take that as a yes," Mei Ling said, "If you still love her, why don't you tell her?"
"I just can't. I already have Naru," Syaoran replied.
"Do you even love Naru?" Mei Ling asked.
Syaoran was going to reply when Tomoyo came in and asked Syaoran if he wanted a new tuxedo. Syaoran looked at her as if her business was going down and needed some money. Syaoran was about to tell Tomoyo 'no', when Mei Ling clasped a hand over his mouth and told Tomoyo 'yes'. Tomoyo squeal out with joy and ran back to the front o tell Naru that he wanted one.
"Mei Ling!" Syaoran exclaimed while eyeing her.
"What? This will keep Naru distracted while you go and find Sakura and tell her," Mei Ling said as she held her hands up.
"Fine," Syaoran sighed.
He knew that he could find Sakura as long she wasn't keeping in her aura, but Syaoran figured that she would. He decided to give it a try. While he was walking around, trying to feel Sakura's aura, he thought about what she had said to him. It hurt Syaoran to hear her call him Li, and seeing tears in her eyes. While Syaoran walked around, he felt it. A very faint pink aura, he ran towards the aura, hoping to find Sakura. When he found Sakura, he decided to stay hidden in a tree that was near Sakura to see and hear what she was doing. He felt like thousands of knives had stabbed him when he saw that Sakura was crying. He knew that he was the reason why Sakura was crying, he wanted to go down and tell her that everything was alright, but couldn't.
He had to wonder why Sakura had come to this place to cry. When Syaoran looked around, it hit him. This was the exact same place that he made that promise to her. As he continued to look around he also notice that this was where the both of them had spent most of their time here. The Sakura trees seemed to form a circler wall that no one could enter. A oval shaped lake in the middle of the clearing from the Sakura trees. The place was filled with the colors of green and pink, his and Sakura favorite colors.
Then Syaoran heard Sakura talking to herself. He was shocked to hear what Sakura was saying and asking. He had thought that she hated him now.
"Why? Why does it have to be this way? Why can't I be happy?" Sakura asked through her sobs.
"Why can't I be with the one I love? If I deserve this, then why do I have to suffer so much?" Syaoran had thought that she loved another until he heard the next sentence that she was saying.
"I know that Naru probably loves Syaoran more than I do, but I want to be happy as well. I know that she's happy with him and he is with her," Sakura continued to sob.
"He probably hates me now. Who wouldn't? I faked my death, I lied to him, and I keep on running away from him when he's near," Syaoran wanted to cry along with Sakura, but he couldn't.
"If he's happy with her and not me, then I'll let it be. But I know now that it's too late to tell him. He's getting married," Sakura had tears running down her face as she looked up. Syaoran saw that her eyes were red.
"Even if he doesn't want me in his life, I'll still remember him and wait. Maybe I should return the gift that he gave me years ago back to him," Sakura stopped crying and reached into her pocket and pulled out a fainted pink box with cherry blossoms on it. Syaoran recognized the box and was surprise that Sakura still had it. He had thought that she threw it away when she saw him with Naru for the first time.
Sakura opened the box and pulled out a locket in a shape of a flower. The flower was a shade of light pink and had a craving in green on it. Sakura read that craving that was on the locket and started to cry once more. She then opened the locket and silently listened to the music that was playing. She knew that the locket cost Syaoran a lot of money. Sakura read the craving once more only this out loud.
"I will always love you forever and ever; I'll always be there for you, hard and easy; waiting for the day that we'll be able to be together forever. From: Syaoran." Sakura started to cry harder.
Syaoran had had enough; he jumped down from the tree that he was sitting on. Sakura didn't see him, Syaoran to quietly walked up to Sakura and hugged her, telling her that everything will be alright. Sakura looked up and was surprised and shock that Syaoran was there. Did he heard?! Sakura wondered in her head. Syaoran just continued saying that everything will be alright and good. Sakura just then cried onto Syaoran's chest as he ran his hand through her hand, telling her that everything will be alright.
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A/N: Thanks to those who reviewed.
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Later that day, when Naru and Mei Ling went back to the apartment for lunch, they walked in they found Syaoran sleeping on the sofa with the television on. When Naru saw this, she had to scream out with happiness that woke up Syaoran.
"KAWAII!" Naru shouted with cheerfulness. But
"Huh? Ahh!" Syaoran had the fallen off the sofa and onto the ground with a loud thud.
"Syaoran, are you okay?" Mei Ling asked.
"Yeah," Syaoran replied as he got up from the floor and turned off the television.
"Syaoran, Tomoyo said that she needs to see the tuxedo that you're going to wear at the wedding, so she'll know which kind of design to make," Naru said.
"Okay," Syaoran replied as he walked towards the bathroom.
"That means that you'll have come with us to the shop after we finish eating lunch!" Mei Ling called as she started to cook some food.
"Whatever." Came Syaoran's reply.
When Mei Ling, Naru, and Syaoran finished eating lunch, they walked to the shop. When they got there, they saw Tomoyo reorganizing the place. Naru looked at Tomoyo as if she was crazy or something, while Mei Ling went to help Tomoyo. Syaoran just stared at Sakura, who was behind the counter helping some customers out. When Sakura saw that Syaoran was starring at her she told Tomoyo that she was going to go for her break. Tomoyo looked at her best friend with concern, knowing that it was Syaoran's presence that made her want to leave for a while.
"Just go! I mean when I came here you were working over time! By the looks of it, you haven't rest, so just go!" Mei Ling said.
"Thanks," Sakura went around back to leave, not wanting to go out front.
"What's her problem?" Naru utter under her breath. Syaoran knew that Naru said something, but couldn't hear it, but Mei Ling did. Mei Ling had chosen to ignore it.
"Okay, Syaoran, let's see the tuxedo!" Tomoyo said with joy.
"Here," Syaoran gave a bag to Tomoyo.
After Tomoyo finished looking at the tuxedo, she went to the counter to get a few designs that she had made. She showed them to Naru and asked which one she wanted. While Naru and Tomoyo were discussing which ones would be best for her, Mei Ling pulled Syaoran around back to talk to him. Syaoran knew that she wanted to talk about Sakura.
"Syaoran, what did you said to Sakura today?" Mei Ling asked as she made some tea.
"Huh? How did you know I talked to Sakura?" Syaoran asked.
"Well, I know that Sakura had forgotten something back at the apartment and went to get them," Mei Ling replied as she played with the stove.
"Oh,"
"So, what did you say to her?"
"I just ask her a few questions, that's all," Syaoran didn't like it when Mei Ling kept on asking him questions that he didn't want to answer.
"Listen, I'm not going to let you go, until you answer my questions," Mei Ling stated, "So, what did you ask her?"
"Nothing much, just why she was calling me Li instead of Syaoran and why, that's all," Syaoran replied as he sip some tea that Mei Ling made.
"Oh," Mei Ling knew that he was also hiding something else, but knew that he wasn't going to tell her it.
"Hey, do you still love her?" Mei Ling all of a sudden asked.
"Huh? What do you mean?" Syaoran played dumb.
"Do you still love her? Not in a friend way, but in a more-than-friends way," Mei Ling asked.
"Uh..."
"I'll take that as a yes," Mei Ling said, "If you still love her, why don't you tell her?"
"I just can't. I already have Naru," Syaoran replied.
"Do you even love Naru?" Mei Ling asked.
Syaoran was going to reply when Tomoyo came in and asked Syaoran if he wanted a new tuxedo. Syaoran looked at her as if her business was going down and needed some money. Syaoran was about to tell Tomoyo 'no', when Mei Ling clasped a hand over his mouth and told Tomoyo 'yes'. Tomoyo squeal out with joy and ran back to the front o tell Naru that he wanted one.
"Mei Ling!" Syaoran exclaimed while eyeing her.
"What? This will keep Naru distracted while you go and find Sakura and tell her," Mei Ling said as she held her hands up.
"Fine," Syaoran sighed.
He knew that he could find Sakura as long she wasn't keeping in her aura, but Syaoran figured that she would. He decided to give it a try. While he was walking around, trying to feel Sakura's aura, he thought about what she had said to him. It hurt Syaoran to hear her call him Li, and seeing tears in her eyes. While Syaoran walked around, he felt it. A very faint pink aura, he ran towards the aura, hoping to find Sakura. When he found Sakura, he decided to stay hidden in a tree that was near Sakura to see and hear what she was doing. He felt like thousands of knives had stabbed him when he saw that Sakura was crying. He knew that he was the reason why Sakura was crying, he wanted to go down and tell her that everything was alright, but couldn't.
He had to wonder why Sakura had come to this place to cry. When Syaoran looked around, it hit him. This was the exact same place that he made that promise to her. As he continued to look around he also notice that this was where the both of them had spent most of their time here. The Sakura trees seemed to form a circler wall that no one could enter. A oval shaped lake in the middle of the clearing from the Sakura trees. The place was filled with the colors of green and pink, his and Sakura favorite colors.
Then Syaoran heard Sakura talking to herself. He was shocked to hear what Sakura was saying and asking. He had thought that she hated him now.
"Why? Why does it have to be this way? Why can't I be happy?" Sakura asked through her sobs.
"Why can't I be with the one I love? If I deserve this, then why do I have to suffer so much?" Syaoran had thought that she loved another until he heard the next sentence that she was saying.
"I know that Naru probably loves Syaoran more than I do, but I want to be happy as well. I know that she's happy with him and he is with her," Sakura continued to sob.
"He probably hates me now. Who wouldn't? I faked my death, I lied to him, and I keep on running away from him when he's near," Syaoran wanted to cry along with Sakura, but he couldn't.
"If he's happy with her and not me, then I'll let it be. But I know now that it's too late to tell him. He's getting married," Sakura had tears running down her face as she looked up. Syaoran saw that her eyes were red.
"Even if he doesn't want me in his life, I'll still remember him and wait. Maybe I should return the gift that he gave me years ago back to him," Sakura stopped crying and reached into her pocket and pulled out a fainted pink box with cherry blossoms on it. Syaoran recognized the box and was surprise that Sakura still had it. He had thought that she threw it away when she saw him with Naru for the first time.
Sakura opened the box and pulled out a locket in a shape of a flower. The flower was a shade of light pink and had a craving in green on it. Sakura read that craving that was on the locket and started to cry once more. She then opened the locket and silently listened to the music that was playing. She knew that the locket cost Syaoran a lot of money. Sakura read the craving once more only this out loud.
"I will always love you forever and ever; I'll always be there for you, hard and easy; waiting for the day that we'll be able to be together forever. From: Syaoran." Sakura started to cry harder.
Syaoran had had enough; he jumped down from the tree that he was sitting on. Sakura didn't see him, Syaoran to quietly walked up to Sakura and hugged her, telling her that everything will be alright. Sakura looked up and was surprised and shock that Syaoran was there. Did he heard?! Sakura wondered in her head. Syaoran just continued saying that everything will be alright and good. Sakura just then cried onto Syaoran's chest as he ran his hand through her hand, telling her that everything will be alright.
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