Tainted Destiny

by:kawaiiteddybear

kawaiiteddybear: thanx for all those reviews and i do apologize for the shortness of the last chapter, i'll try to make this one a wee bit longer. this is the fastest that i ever posted up the next chap so i hope that i will get more reviews!! (i've learned a way to get on the internet muahahha... though it will stay unknown how...) heres chap thirteen!!!!

Chapter Thirteen: Sparks Fly

Sakura was sitting with her group of friends at lunch. It was the first day in years that she felt content and relaxed. Not only she had a lunch for that day, she didn't have to all lie to her friends, well most of them anyway.

"So, Sakura..." Tomoyo whispered, "What happened during science class?" Tomoyo had an evil expression plastered on her face, she was also in Sakura's science class. She was glad that she was there to witness the scene.

Sakura had a confused look on her face. "The project is due?" she groaned.

"I was sitting right across from you and Syaoran!" Tomoyo told her, trying to maintain herself from squealing loud.

"What happened though?" Sakura asked her.

"He was so staring at you! And then when you caught him, he was turning red!" Tomoyo squealed quietly, trying not to gain attention from the others.

Sakura raised an eyebrow, "Because...?" [a/n:yea i no, i'm making her really dense]

Tomoyo sweatdropped, "Nevermind." she sighed. 'Things will never change...' she smiled to herself.

"Sakura!" a male voice called. Suddenly Syaoran slid into the empty seat beside Sakura, startling both Sakura and Tomoyo. "Our science project..." Syaoran breathed.

"We didn't even work on it..." Sakura groaned.

"Why don't we meet each other at the library, we can work on it there." Syaoran suggested, trying to keep his voice from breaking. His admitted feelings have certainly made a huge impact on how he acted around Sakura. He had no self control when he was around this girl.

"I know!" Sakura lit up and smiled at him, "I'll get some books from the library and then we can meet at your apartment afterwards."

Too late. Syaoran couldn't resist it any longer. A blush slowly crept up his neck, when he witnessed her smile, his mind became jelly, it was no use trying to control himself. 'Why me?' he grumbled in his mind. "Fine. I'll meet you at my place." he told her, trying to keep the words limited. He stood up and just started to walk away. He didn't really plan to go anywhere, but he had to go quick before he did something he knew that he would regret later on.

Tomoyo and Eriol, who were both sitting beside each other, hand in hand, both with the hugest grins on their face. It was obvious that Syaoran was falling for Sakura, but they knew their best friend way to well. She probably didn't have the slightest clues and on what was going on. Tomoyo's amethyst eyes looked at Eriol, "They were right weren't they?"

"Of course!" Eriol smirked.

~*~

Sakura had went through the library like a hurricane, she was quite suprised that the librarian actually didn't kick her out for racing around the whole building. She was running late, as always, she was held back in math class. At last, she was on her way back to Syaoran's apartment, clutching a pile of textbooks and some documents that she was hoping would do some good. She reached the entrance to the apartment, and balanced the books on one hand and the other to knock the door.

The door swung open almost immediately. Syaoran's intense amber eyes stared intently at Sakura, who was still standing at the doorway. His hair was wet and he had a new set of clothes.

"Ermm... A little help?" Sakura asked helplessly, as she tried to keep the books from tumbling down. Each book fell off, crashing to the floor. "Whoops!"

"It's alright." Syaoran said quietly, bending down to retrieve the fallen books. Sakura also bent down, and helped pick the books up. Both noticed the last book lying on the ground. As if it was reflex, both hands dived for the remaining book. Not only had they both reached the book, they also had made contact with one another.

Sakura felt a brief surge of electricity which made her jerk her hand away. A blush was tinted on her cheeks. "I-I..."

"Let's start our project." Syaoran announced, trying to change the subject.

They both sat down at the coffee table, located in front of the forest green couch. Both Syaoran and Sakura, rumaged through all the textbooks, trying to find any information possible. They gathered their notes at suprisingly fast rate. The scene of what had just happened before were still raw in their minds. Sakura, who was still wondering what that shock of electricity was, her mind was spinning from all that had happened to her and what had just happened. For Syaoran, he had just realized that his feelings for Sakura were more than he ever expected. Who ever knew that his feelings of hate would race to love in just weeks.

But something bothered Syaoran. He found his feelings of hate and love quite suspicious. It was as if he was a switch, his emotions could be changed in a pull of lever. 'Could there be...?' Syaoran asked himself, but quickly shook off the thought. His suspicions were forgotten as he was once again pinning his nose back in a book.

"So where did the twins go?" Sakura asked cheerfully, trying to break the dead silence that filled the room.

"Wei took them out again." Syaoran told her, still staring down at the book.

Again they both went silent. Sakura started to feel quite warm and fuzzy. She was sitting right beside Syaoran, the scent of his shampoo was tickling her nose and she could feel the heat that was coming from Syaoran. In the corner of her eye she noticed his eyebrows furrow and his lips scowl. 'Stop staring!' Sakura kicked herself. She started to fidget as she became uncomfortable. The silence was killing her!

Fortunately, Sakura was finally able to breathe and calm down when three figures barged into the room. Hikaru and Xiao Long were both carrying ice cream cones.

"Mommy! Daddy!" Hikaru and Xiao Long cried in unison.

Hikaru looked up at them mischievously, her expression turning sour as the ice cream dropped on the floor. "Not again!" Hikaru wailed.

Xiao Long immediately gave up his chocolate flavoured ice cream, causing Hikaru to smile.

Kero let out a loud yawn, causing everyone to turn towards his direction, and he stretched his small yellow arms. Hikaru immediately ran over to Kero, snatching him out of the air, and clutching her ice cream cone in the other. Kero immediately started to gasp for air.

Xiao Long was smirking at this sight. Syaoran, Sakura and Wei, who was busily cleaning up the ice cream on the floor, all laughed at the scene.

~*~

Soon Wei had finished preparing dinner and started to call everyone together. Xiao Long and Hikaru, who was still squeezing Kero, all arrived at the dinner table with the hugest smiles. Sakura and Syaoran both piled up the textbooks and cleaned their workspace, but they still weren't quite done their project. Everyone seemed to have a wonderful time at dinner, Xiao Long and Hikaru were both eating their food as fast as possible, trying to get their dessert earlier, and Kero was pigging out of the delicious food, as usual. Wei was eating and trying to get Xiao Long and Hikaru to slow down and Sakura and Syaoran... They were both busily staring at each other, both missing each other's gaze.

At last, dinner was finally finished, and Kero, Hikaru and Xiao Long were busy in a video game. Sakura and Syaoran had both returned to their project.

Kero was on the verge of beating the game record, which was made by Xiao Long, when Xiao Long shouted that there was cake on the kitchen counter. Kero had immediately dropped the controller and raced towards the counter, finding absolutely nothing. He turned back to the television and noticed big red letters. GAME OVER.

"Nooooooo!!!!" Kero cried, flying over and biting Xiao Long's finger.

"Get off! You stuffed animal!" Xiao Long yelled, finally shaking off Kero and then whacking him on the head.

"Now, now, you too!" Sakura warned, her eyes looked at them seriously. They both stopped, turning their attention to the game. Sakura let out a cheerful laugh, her cheeks tinted with pink.

Syaoran gazed at Sakura, studying every detail of Sakura's fragile complexion. Little did he know, little Hikaru was watching.

Giggles escaped Hikaru's lips. "Kawaii!!! Daddy is so funny! Always staring at mommy!" she squealed, clapping her tiny hands together.

Syaoran blushed and immediately turned himself to the book.

Sakura raised an eyebrow and peered at Syaoran.

"She's just making things up." Syaoran muttered, his eyes trying to focus on the piece of paper.

~*~

It was around one o'clock in the morning, Syaoran and Sakura had finally finished their project. Syaoran had went into the kitchen and grabbed some chocolate ice cream. [a/n: i'm crazy for ice creammmm....] When he returned to the living room, the scene he saw caused a smile to touch his lips. All the books were stacked up in piles and their project was neatly placed in another pile. Sakura had rested her head on the table and had fallen asleep.

'Can't let her sleep like this all night.' he thought. He walked over and managed to pick Sakura up in his arms. Syaoran immediately blushed. He quickly headed towards her bedroom and laid her on the bed. He covered her with a baby pink blanket and stared at her. Hesitating for a moment, he leaned foward and kissed her on the forehead. The blush was still burning on his cheeks.

~*~

Standing at the doorway were two figures standing in the shadow. Glints of their large amber and emerald eyes were noticable through the moonlight that was cast in the room, trailing out to the doorway. Noticing Syaoran was heading out of the room, the two figures immediately ran off.

~*~

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