MINI SWEETY, THIS IS FOR YOU!
This story has no connection with the Clow Cards, etc. It's based on 'real' life and not fantasy and action. Also, I used most of the English names for the characters except for Syaoran and Eriol, because I like their Japanese names more than the English ones! ^-^ Also, the setting is in USA in Connecticut State, a university in Connecticut. I've always wanted to go there, but I've never been there, so I don't really know anything.
Sakura's hometown is Seattle (I picked it, cause of Ray Allen) and Syaoran's hometown is Philadelphia (Allen Iverson's cool too). I don't have anything against Rita, Chelsea, or Nikki; I just needed to put some known characters from the actual show. Um, Mr. Wei is just a regular teacher! I'm sorry I forgot the name of Sakura and her friends' homeroom teacher. Oh yeah, Meilin and Syaoran aren't related to each other and don't know each other. Syaoran and Sakura have all family members.
Um, this is my first time writing a fan fiction and actually putting it on Internet, so I hope you guys enjoy it. Anyway, I don't own Card Captors!! I don't own anything SPECIAL at ALL, except maybe my jersey, but no one cares about that!! Please REVIEW!! I accept flames too, but please don't complain too much, ok? I just need to know where I've made mistakes. Anyway here's the story!!
Sakura narrates most of the story, just so you don't get confused. Ok, well, here's the summary: Two best friends, Syaoran and Sakura, are in college, and they're faced with a lot of problems throughout their time there. This story focuses mostly on their 3rd college year and on. They're already in love with each other, but haven't really reached that point of falling in love where you're ready to love one another the rest of your life. Here goes…
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PART 1 – FRIENDS FOR ETERNITYI sighed deeply and smiled in my sleep. Suddenly I felt freezing water splash on my face. My eyes popped open and I yelled as loud as I could. "AAAHHH!!!!" My pillows and blanket were wet. I finally walked out of my room and saw an innocent-looking guy sitting on his bed reading a book.
"SYAORAN LI!!!! I HATE YOU!! Don't ever do that to me again or I will murder you!"
"Hahaha!"
"I swear I will!"
"Ok, ok, I'm sorry!! I won't do that again, but it was really a lot of fun seeing you all wet!" He cracked up and I just walked off angry.
I took a long bath and made him wait. I knew we were going to be late, but I didn't care at that moment. I was just too upset. He always did that every morning. Every single day, he would walk to my dorm room before dawn and wake me up in different ways. One time he yelled at my ear, another he turned on the TV so loud, and the other time he put me in the bathtub.
When I came out, I saw his face. I shrieked until he just glared for the longest time at me. "I'm so sorry!" I sarcastically said. "I didn't mean to make you wait or to make us late. It's terribly mean of me."
"Cut the crap."
"Don't swear." I noted.
"Just come on!!" He held my arm and pulled me out of the dorm room. All I could do was squeal.
He made me lock my dorm room, and we went to Mr. Wei's class. We had Algebra together and Mr. Wei was our teacher. He had the cruellest face, but he had the nicest heart. He never put anyone in detention unless they were in really big trouble. Syaoran and I were almost always late, but he never minded. His always excuse for letting us in when we were late was 'it's your problem'. He meant that if we were late, it was our problem that we missed some lessons.
I took a seat at the end where all seats were empty. Syaoran took a seat beside me. "Man I'm glad we got Mr. Wei for first class." He muttered.
"We're not in high school anymore, so we better start getting serious." I muttered back at him. "Now shush!"
"All right, calm down." He leaned back on his chair.
When class ended, Mr. Wei called us. "Ms. Avalon and Mr. Li, how many times do I have to tell you that if you're ever late more than 10 times in a month, you go to detention?"
"We're getting to the 1056th time." Syaoran said, thinking.
"You know what I mean." Mr. Wei gave an annoyed look at Syaoran. "I'm not giving you a detention, but you two better start shaping up. This is a university for God's sakes. You're not in high school anymore! This is where it starts to get serious!"
"It wasn't my fault today!! She-" He used hand gestures. "-Was the one who made sure we were late today."
"Why would you do that, Ms. Avalon?"
"Well, sir, he got me so mad today that I thought that I should pay him back." I said lamely.
"But don't you two understand that college is nowhere close to pranks and jokes?" He looked at us with a sigh.
"I hope you understand. I don't want to say anymore. I'm getting awfully tired."
"You ok?" I asked.
"I'm fine. Now go to your classes or you'll be late." He stressed the word 'late'. "Again." He added.
"Sorry, sorry." Syaoran and I mumbled and we left the room.
I went to my dorm room during my free block. Syaoran ended up having Biology. I went to the computer and read my emails. I got an unusual email from an old friend, Meilin. I opened it and read it out loud.
'Hey Sakura, how's everything? I've been so busy here! College is so hard, don't you think?? Anyway, our school's giving us a reunion, so I might as well spread the joy! I hope I see you there. Bring anybody you know from there, ok? I really hope you have a boyfriend! I've never seen you date ever! Not even in high school! So come on, do it for me! Must go, roommate calling, I'll email back with the time and date. Bye!!'
I laughed at that. Meilin always wanted to see me go out with someone, but I never really wanted to. Education was always first for me. I heard the door open and saw Syaoran coming in. "Hey." He said, sitting on my bed.
"Hello." I answered back. "Guess what?"
"What?" He asked.
"Well, a friend of mine emailed me about something going on in my old school! Her name's Meilin."
"Ah…so what's happening?" Syaoran asked.
"She said our school's giving a reunion for our year! She said to ask anybody I knew to come with me."
"Yeah, keep going…"
"She wants me to come with a guy. So…" I blushed. "Will you come with me?"
"It depends." He crossed his arms in front of his chest and gave me his evil smile. "You do something for me."
"Ah!!" I stood up and faced his amber eyes. "That is not fair!"
"Hey, if you want a boyfriend there, you've got a boyfriend! As long as you do something for me."
"So you mean you're going to come with me??" I looked at his eyes.
"Oh, what the hell. Might be fun." He grinned that rare grin of his.
"Oh thank you so much!!" I hugged him really hard. He hugged me back. I almost forgot to note his mouth. "No swearing."
He sighed, but said, "You're welcome."
I looked at him with pouting lips. "Heh…do I still have to do something for you?" I asked.
"Yes you do. Your pouting doesn't work with me, remember?" He waited.
"Oh yeah…" I whispered to myself. "Ok. What do you want me to do?"
"I need you to teach me how to dance." He said.
"You're kidding." I looked at him without blinking.
"Is that so hard to believe?" He frowned at me.
"Well, yeah! I mean you're from Philadelphia! There are lots of street dancing there, I know that for sure." I said to him.
"But that's street dancing meaning that's break dancing."
"Oh. Well I never really saw the difference." I mumbled to myself. "Well, what do you need help on?"
"Basic dancing." He folded his arms.
"Give me a kind of dance so I could teach you." I said, looking up at him.
He turned red. "I'm too shy to admit."
"You? Shy?? Are you kidding me?" I grinned up at him. "Slow dancing, huh?"
"Yes." He nodded, but was still blushing.
"Can I ask why you need to learn slow dancing?"
"Because…" He muttered.
"Uh…because?"
"Mom's been bugging me all high school to learn how to dance and I never took lessons. So now I've found a way to learn how to dance without embarrassing myself. Teach me, come on."
"You do need to know how to dance, but I still don't understand. Why does your mom keep bugging you about it?"
He sighed impatiently, crossing his arms. "It was only one time, all right? I went to a dance in high school and I…obviously had no idea how to dance. I freaking embarrassed myself in front of the whole gym dancing!! I actually thought I was dancing with a girl, but last time I saw, people were crowding all over me, laughing. It was horrible, so my mom thought that it would never happen if I got lessons."
"Oh…I understand now."
"All right…" He grinned. "So let's start."
"Wait a second. I remember you mentioning that you dated in high school."
"Yeah."
"How did you ever get to date if you had no clue on dancing??"
"I always made some lame excuses how I didn't want to dance and blah. Besides, we didn't always dance in every date." He shrugged. "They didn't really care anyway, cause I was a babe magnet." He showed off. "All girls wanted to date me, but I only dated a couple."
"A couple??"
He scratched his head. "Only 50 or something…" He mumbled silently.
"ONLY 50??"
"What? I couldn't resist. Besides, I can't help it if girls throw themselves on me. I'm just…hot, I guess." He joked.
"That's not funny. It's not something to show off." I retorted. I was feeling really upset about the conversation of high school sweethearts.
"I'm not showing off. I'm just saying that I'm a babe magnet." He laughed. "Come on, Sakura, ease up. You're too tense."
"I'm not tense." I said silently. "Let's just start dancing." I tried to shake off the bad feelings.
I put slow music on and stood in front of him. I made sure we were inches apart. "Don't you have to be a little close to me for us to dance?" He asked inquiringly.
"Yes, but I don't want to get close to you."
"Why?" He asked, motioning to come closer.
"Because." I answered back.
"Ah…because I've dated lots of girls?" He asked. "Oh, so now you think I'm a player?"
"Yes! That's really irritating me how I'm best friends with a player."
"Look, I'm not anymore, all right? Besides, I'm your best friend?"
"If you must know…" I crossed my arms. "Yes."
"Ohh…" He took my hands and pulled me to him. "That's sweet. Come on teach me, please."
I sighed in defeat. "You put your arms around the girl's waist like this." I took his hands and put them around my waist. "Now I put my arms around your neck like this." Then I did it. "Now, we just dance."
"This is easy…"
"I told you." I smiled. "So, can you prove to me that you're not a player anymore? I really don't feel comfortable knowing you had lots of girls."
"Why?"
"To think you're not…not a-" I blushed heavily. "Not a vi-"
"Virgin?"
I just nodded, looking at his shirt. He let go of my waist with one hand and pushed my chin up so I could face his eyes, then he put his hand back to my waist. "I still am."
"But-but you just said-"
"That doesn't mean I slept with them. I just dated them." He responded. "Was that what you thought??"
"Yes." I said shyly. "I thought that you already did it! That's why I felt so, um, uncomfortable."
"You feel at ease now that you know?"
I nodded and gave him a small smile. "Yes."
"Good." He smiled at me.
"Sorry Syaoran."
"No problem. This feels nice." He pulled me closer.
"Mm-hmm." I agreed. Suddenly, I closed my eyes and leaned my head on his chest. "Syaoran…"
"Hmm?"
"How come you don't have a girlfriend now?" I looked up at him. "If you're such a babe magnet, why aren't you dating someone now? I mean we're in college. Isn't this the best place to find the 'hottest' girls?" I asked sarcastically.
He smirked. "Sure is, but I gotta get serious with my work. I need to pass this and get a good job. Besides, why would I want a girlfriend when I got you by my side?" He flashed me his rare grin.
I felt weak in the knees. It was a good thing he held me snugly.
Later that night, someone knocked at my door. I was wearing my glasses because I studied too much. I had a final the next day. I opened the door and saw Syaoran. "Mind if I stay here?"
"No, go ahead." I let him in.
I closed the door. "What are you doing?"
"I've got a huge final tomorrow, so I'm studying now."
"Ah, ok. What subject?"
"Science Tech." I slumped down my chair and glanced at the 3 piles of books. "What'd you get last term for that?"
"A." He said proudly.
"Wow, you're lucky."
"I know."
"Instead of showing off, can't you give me advice? Or at least help me out?"
"You don't need my help. You're already smart." He jumped on my bed and found the remote.
He turned on the TV and kept it on mute so I could keep studying. He turned the TV around so I didn't face it and watched it from the other side of the room.
"You don't have to do that. You can just keep it faced to me. I won't look. I promise." I showed a lopsided smile.
"No. Just keep studying."
"Help me please!!"
"I can't I already told you."
"Why not??"
"I don't want to." His eyes were glued to the TV screen.
"Am I important to you, Li?" When we called each other by our last names, it was in an affectionate way, not in a cold way.
"No duh."
"So…don't you think…you should help me out when…I'm someone important to your life…who is BEGGING for HELP??"
"Hehe." He glanced at me. "Sakura, there's a reason why I don't want to help you."
"What is it?"
He looked at me again and stared back at the TV.
"What is it, Syaoran?? Tell me!!"
He scratched his head. "First semester means 3 months ago. Doesn't that tell you anything?"
"NO."
"Somehow…out of nowhere, my brain erased everything I learned."
"Are you kidding me??"
"It's true."
"That's just stupid!"
"It isn't really. Once you think about it-"
"I get it!!" I stopped him. "You're a lazy bum!!" I sat back down and stared at the written paperwork in front of me.
"So I am." His sarcastic answer.
After 2 hours of non-stop studying, I glanced at my bed and saw Syaoran sleeping silently. I smiled and went over to him. "Hey Li. Sorry I got upset at you." I whispered and leaned to kiss his cheek, but he pulled me to him. To my surprise, my face was two inches away from his.
"Baby…" He whispered in his dream.
'I wonder who he's dreaming about.' I thought. 'Wish it was me…'
I couldn't get out of his hold, so I just exhaled a long breath. He'd be so surprised that I just laughed to myself. I took my glasses off and just slept beside him. I turned off the TV and the light was already out. The next morning I shifted my position and woke up slowly. I saw Syaoran's eyes stare into mine.
I smiled. "What the hell?" He murmured silently.
"You know…if you were really surprised, you would have just let me go." I pointed out.
"Well, I felt someone beside me and I was going to pull away, but when I found out it was you, I changed my mind." He grinned. "Guess how long I've been staring at you."
"Ten seconds."
"Try harder."
"What??" I stared at him. "One minute."
"Try 30."
"Are you kidding me??" I sat up. "You didn't even wake me up!" I tried to get out of his hold.
"Nah. I enjoyed holding you." He grinned. I blushed.
"How did I feel?" I wanted to make him blush now.
He blushed. 'Yay!' "You felt great." 'Oh damn.'
Now I felt myself blush harder.
He laughed and let go of me. I stood up first and went to the bathroom. Before
I closed the door I wanted to talk to him first. "Syaoran, thanks for staying
with me. I needed it."
"No problem." He walked over to me and gave me a kiss on the cheek. I heard him mumble to himself. "So this is how it feels to be married."
"What is that supposed to mean?" I raised one eyebrow.
"Nothing, babe. Now go take a bath. I'll lock the door on the way out."
I quit talking, so I just sighed. "Thank you!" I closed the bathroom door, but before I could lock it, Syaoran opened it and leaned down on me.
"Let me just..." He kissed me slowly and softly then let go. "Now that just made my day."
"Syaoran!" I protested, following him out of the bathroom. Even though I loved it, I wasn't sure why he did it.
"Why'd you kiss me??"
"Married people kiss so I just wanted to try it out."
"We're not married!" I objected.
"No really?"
"You know, just by being sarcastic, you can kill hundreds of people."
He ignored that. "I already told you before I felt like we were married. I was just trying something out." He looked innocent and smiled.
I sighed defeated and turned around to go back to the bathroom. "Player." I said under my breath, not even meaning it.
"No, I'm being sweet."
"No, you're-" He kissed me again, now I didn't want to say anything. It was so wonderful!
"I'm not a player Sakura. I proved it to you and I will prove it again if I have to." He said seriously. "Sorry for kissing you, but I've been waiting to kiss you for so long…"
I raised an eyebrow questionable.
"Hormones." He blushed heavily.
I felt my heart speed up and my face turn hot pink. "What's done is done." I mumbled. "Ok go now. I need to take my shower."
"Fine. Bye babe."
"Bye!"
I went out of my room and locked the door. "Hey Sakura. Finally met up with you." A familiar deep voice lurked in my ears. I turned around to find Julian.
"Julian…what do you want?" I sighed.
"Just you Avalon." He grinned. Most of the time he'd call me by my last name 'tenderly' but I didn't really like it. "So how about it? Saturday night, you and me go down by the beach and hang out."
"Sorry Julian, but I've got plans."
He pulled me to him as his arm snaked around my waist. "Come on Sakura. Can't you break it for once? I'm only asking for one date." He pleaded. His eyes looked so lost. He had silver grey hair with matching grey eyes.
I closed my eyes and saw an image of Syaoran giving me a grin only for me. "I'm sorry Julian, but I can't do it." I pushed his arm off of me. "Now I have to get to class. I'll see you later, ok?"
"Fine…see ya Avalon." He walked the other way. I knew he never did have bad intentions. He was a nice guy.
Syaoran walked with me. "I saw you guys. Why didn't you say yes?"
"Because…" I started. "I've got plans."
"Plans on Saturday? No you don't." He said.
"All right, I don't, but it's just that I won't want to go out."
"Go out or go out with him?"
"Both. Julian's a great guy, but I don't…want to date. Besides, I've never really went out on a date, so why should I have my first date with him?" I said silently.
"You've never dated??" He looked at me and stopped us. "So that's why you were really upset when I told you I dated lots of girls."
"Yeah." I nodded while blushing. "Besides, if I said yes, you wouldn't let me go out with him anyway!"
"How are you sure about that?" He asked, looking down at me.
"You're very protective you know." I mentioned. "If you must know, I don't really need protection."
"Yes you do."
"No I don't." I replied.
"Yes, you do." He said impatiently.
"No I don't!"
"Fine. If you don't want me protecting you, then I won't do it." He gave up.
"Really?"
"No." I was wrong.
"Why do you have to protect me?"
"Because…because I just need to."
"No you don't. You don't need to protect me. I can take care of myself, you know."
"I know that. It's just that I have this feeling that I have to protect you from everything."
"Are you protecting me because you need to or because you want to?"
"Both." He replied.
"Good, cause I really don't mind you protecting me. I was just saying that I didn't need protection, but I'm glad to have a protector." I beamed at him.
"I would have said yes." He mumbled after.
"No you wouldn't. You don't even like Julian. You told me once he's always followed me around."
"Well, now, he's all right, but if I knew that if you'd say yes, it'd be your first date, I would have let you."
"Really?" I looked up at him.
"Yeah. If he means that much to you." He said silently.
"Well he doesn't. He's just a friend." I hooked my arm around his. "You mean much more."
"Oh really?" He looked down at me again. "Thanks."
"No problem."
The day passed and I was glad that I did well on the final. It was around 4pm when I finished the final, so as I was going up the dorm, I felt sore and tired. I found myself walking to the lounge. I sat on one of the couches and just kind of slept.
I don't know when, but a slight shake caused me to wake up. I looked around and saw Syaoran. "Hey babe."
"Ah…" I whispered. "Li, what time is it?"
"6:45." He answered. "What were you doing here anyway?"
"I think…I was too tired…and I fell asleep…I felt so sore…" I said silently as he helped me sit up.
"How was the final?" He asked curiously.
"I don't want to think about it anymore…" I muttered. "I guess I did ok."
"Are you kidding? I bet you did great." He smiled.
I hid a blush. "Thanks…but do you mind helping me to my room? I don't think I have the strength."
"Yeah sure." He suddenly just took me in his arms.
"Whoa!" My eyes widened. "What are you doing?"
"You said you needed help. I'm helping."
"Not this way!"
"You don't want me to carry
you?" He asked teasingly. "So you want…me to drop you??"
I immediately held onto him and wrapped my arms around his neck. "Don't even
think about it."
He laughed and held me tighter. "I won't. I'm helping you, so don't complain."
"Sigh…fine." I grinned. "Thanks Li."
"No problem babe." He grinned his rare one.
He opened the door and placed me down the bed. Then he lied beside me, putting his arms around me. He was smiling, and then he gently pulled me closer to him.
"Don't you have any homework to do tonight?"
"Did them." He answered, still smiling. "You?"
"I've had enough…" I sighed. "That final drained me."
"At least you're over it now, right?" He moved a hair out of my eyes.
"Yeah." I smiled back at him. "But it was horrible!! McKenzie killed us there on the spot. She gave us the tests and she didn't say anything. We had 2 hours to finish it, and that's why I finished at 4." I explained.
"Ah…I heard she's a hard teacher. Thank God I didn't have her last semester."
"I'm not so lucky…" I furrowed my brows. "Can you believe how she makes us do tests?? There are no directions at all! I mean, you actually have to read all the questions before you figure out what you're going to do!"
"Get real." He said, looking at me wide-eyed.
"I am." I answered.
"Whoa, that teacher's stupid." He replied. "Never knew a teacher who actually didn't put directions on. My entire life, it was always, read the directions before you do the test or you'll get everything wrong."
"Me too." I agreed. "That was weird, though. We kept looking at each other."
"Who?" He asked with one eyebrow raised.
"All my classmates. We were like, 'what do we do?' but every time Ms. M heard a sound, her head just suddenly goes up and she stares at us with a 'getting-on-your-nerves' kind of stare."
Syaoran just kept laughing when I told him the rest. That night, Syaoran left when it turned midnight.
I slept peacefully, but the next day I felt someone bouncing up and down my bed. I slowly opened my eyes and looked at the person in front of me groggily.
"Syaoran…?" I asked confusingly.
"Hi babe." He grinned.
My eyes widened when I saw what he was doing. I was literally shocked. He was jumping up and down on my bed and when he did jump up, his head was about 2 inches from hitting the ceiling.
"AAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" I yelled and kicked his ankles. "GO AWAY!!!!"
"Why should I??" He ignored the kicks and kept jumping. "This is a unique way of waking you up."
"Oh my god…" I muttered and tried to get back to sleep, but I ended up falling on the floor. I stood up angrily, clutching at my pillow. "Syaoran, get off NOW!!! GET OFF!! Get off, get off, get off, get off, get off, GET OFF!!"
"Sakura, no! NO! No, no, no, no, no, NO!" He answered back.
I stood up and left the room. I heard him say, 'Huh?' and I just closed the door behind me. I went to his room still in my pj's and looking as ugly as ever with hair everywhere. I didn't care if any of the college students saw me. That time I was just very sleepy. It was Saturday after all!! I opened the door to his room and climbed on his neat bed.
"NO!" I heard his protest and ignored it. I lied down his bed and went under the covers. "Get out, Sakura! I just made it up!" He protested again.
"You brought this on yourself." I lectured and stared up at his eyes. "You should never have jumped on my bed."
"Oh well." He shrugged and grinned. "Now come on. I'm serious, get off." He said.
"Ok, ok." I climbed out of it and helped him make it up again.
He started laughing when we were done. I crossed my arms and stared at him upsettingly. "What's so funny?"
"You." He laughed again. I looked at my reflection in the mirror and I was shocked. I completely forgot that I hadn't taken a bath or gotten ready.
"Oh my god!! This is all your fault, Xiao Lang!" I had a habit of saying his Chinese name whenever I was really angry. I ran back to my room and locked it, making sure that nobody could go in. I took out some clothes from my drawers and placed them on the counter in the bathroom. I adjusted the water and went in.
I took a quick bath, and then changed into jeans and a pink and blue long-sleeve shirt with a picture of cherry blossoms in the front. I unlocked the door and opened it. I saw Syaoran leaning on the wall and watching me…
I stuck out my tongue, but he just sighed. I then felt awkward, because he didn't say anything. I chose to ignore it. "Anyway, Meilin just emailed me and said that the Reunion thing is next Saturday after Valentine's." I explained to him.
"Yeah, so…?"
"The theme of the reunion is Valentine's I guess, and you're still coming with me, right?"
"I guess so." He sounded gloomy, but I didn't really give much thought into it.
"Yay!" I gave a little jump. "Isn't this great?? I can't wait to go back!!"
He just gave a slight smile, but I thought he was thinking of something else.
"Yay!!" I hugged him tightly. "Oh Syaoran, it'll be so much fun!"
"I'll take your word for it."
"You better." I grinned. "So today, we are…"
"What do you wanna do?"
I shrugged. "It's your call."
"Wanna go out?"
"Umm…" I hesitated.
"Let's go. There's nothing to do here anyway."
"I know." I sighed. "Well…ok." I finally answered. "You know a place to go?"
"I could show you the new place they built by the mall."
"They built a new place?"
"Yeah." He took my hand and we started to walk to the mall.
We stopped by the traffic light as we waited for the signal to walk. I felt very warm all over, because Syaoran never let go of my hand. I looked up and watched the cars go by. The traffic light turned green by our side, so the 'walking man' started to blink, which meant we could go ahead and cross the street. We got to the mall and walked up to the new building Syaoran talked about. "Here it is." He murmured.
I looked up and saw it was about 20 floors up. "Wow, that's huge. Is it a condo or something?"
"I don't know. Let's go in." He pulled me softly again and we went in the building.
I saw two big sofas and four couches with mirrors around the wall. The smell of the place was very welcoming and warm. He pulled me along with him to the desk close to the elevators.
"Hi, I was wondering what this place is." I asked.
"This is a hotel." The woman looked about 50 with grey hair and stubborn face. She noticed that Syaoran and I didn't move, so she asked. "What else do you want?"
He looked around the lobby. "What's it called?"
"Seventh Heaven Hotel." The woman said sternly.
"Geez, what's wrong with her?" Syaoran asked as we got out of the building.
I shrugged. "But the building looks awesome, don't you think? I mean it looks really pretty."
"Yeah I guess." He mumbled.
"What's wrong?" I asked, stopping us.
"Nothing. Don't worry about it." He looked as if he was having a conversation inside his mind, then he just looked at me. "Let's go."
I followed him for a little while, but I then noticed that we were heading back to where we came from. I stopped walking, while he kept going. About 5 seconds later, he turned around and faced me. "What?"
"Syaoran, where are we going?"
"Campus." He said bluntly.
"But why?? I thought you wanted to go out!"
"I changed my mind. I'm getting kind of tired."
I couldn't believe him. "Syaoran…"
"What?" He snapped. My eyes widened a little at the sudden outburst. I figured he noticed it, because he tried to mend his slip-up. "Listen Sakura, I don't feel like going out anymore. Can't we just go back?" I sensed something was wrong, so I approached him about it. I walked over and stood right in front of him, staring at his miserable eyes. "Syaoran, what's wrong??"
We stopped at the park and he sat down on the nearby bench. I kept standing and walked over to where he sat. He kept quiet the whole time. "What's wrong with you?"
"There's nothing wrong with me. I just don't feel like talking, that's all."
"But you always feel like talking!" I protested. "Don't blame me for suspecting something, but it's really unusual for you to not want to talk."
"Why is it so unusual?" He finally raised his head and met my gaze. "I have nothing to say, Sakura. Besides, what are we still doing here? Let's go already." He stood up and pulled on my arm.
"No! I'm not leaving this park." I answered him. "You better tell me what's wrong with you. If you think you can lie yourself out of this, think again!"
"Out of what?? Nothing is wrong with me!!"
I scoffed. "Am I supposed to believe that?? Do you think I'm that stupid??"
"Just forget about it, all right??" He said angrily.
"You want me to tell you everything, but you won't even tell me everything?" I snapped. "I didn't know you were such a hypocrite." I knew those were harsh words, but I had to get this 'problem' out of him.
"Sakura, just stop it already! I'm really getting annoyed with your attitude."
"I don't care! I just want to know what's wrong with you, Syaoran! Tell me!"
He yelled furiously. "STOP IT!!"
I glared at him. "I won't until you tell me." I said in a low voice.
"Oh my god, Sakura!!" He was frustrated, I could tell from his face.
"What, Syaoran?? What the hell is your problem??" Even though I sometimes noted him about swearing, I had to admit that I did swear a little too…just not the really bad ones.
He narrowed his eyes at me. "I'm not telling you anything, so just get over it!!" He shouted at me.
I was on the verge of tears until I shut my eyes. "What's wrong with you?? Huh??" I asked him, not opening my eyes. "One time, you're all sweet, the next, you're yelling at me." I was practically screaming. "Why are you being so mean??"
"I just don't want to talk about it, all right??"
Tears rolled down my cheeks. I opened my eyes and stared at him. His eyes looked into mine, and the amber spheres softened, but it was way too late. "Sakura…" He motioned his hands to hold me, but I stepped away.
"No. No." I said silently. "Don't talk to me." I turned my back on him and I walked away.
"Sakura, wait!" I heard him.
I heard his footsteps and I knew he was a fast runner, so I ran for it. He chased me 'cause when I looked back, he was right behind me. I slowly got tired, so I just stopped and wiped my tears away. Then I felt his arms wrap around me from behind. "I'm so sorry…"
I cried and didn't care if people heard me. "What happened, Li?"
He turned me around and crushed me into his arms. "I'm so sorry…I'm so sorry…"
Tears burned my eyes and it didn't stop. I never heard him yell at me and I made sure that he didn't, because I knew how his temper went…but he did yell at me for some unknown reason. After about 5 minutes, he let go of me slightly, meaning he still held on to me. I didn't dare look at his eyes. He wiped my tears away.
"Please look at me." He begged, but I didn't. I shook my head. "Please… or I'll start crying…"
I slowly looked up at his amber eyes. His eyes looked watery for a minute. I almost started crying again, but he lowered his lips onto mine and he kissed me.
It was so wonderful…I had a very hard time breathing feeling his soft lips on mine. When he slowly let go, he hugged me tightly. "I'm so sorry…for yelling…"
"Well, you did." I answered and I looked at him when he let me go. I wiped away all of the trailing tears.
"I know." He answered. "It's just that…"
"What is it?"
"I really…don't feel comfortable talking about it."
"I'm not going to say anything mean if that's what you're worried about."
"It's not that Sakura. I'm not a guy who can express my feelings freely or openly. Believe it or not, it is hard for me to talk about my personal feelings, especially when it's those really serious problems…" I nodded in understanding. "So I'm really sorry for yelling at you and just freaking out. That's my way of dealing with a problem; pushing people away just because I can't talk about it."
"You shouldn't do that Li…those people you're pushing away? They just want to help you out, like me. I care about you a lot, you know that?" He smiled a sincere smile. "You shouldn't keep your feelings and thoughts to yourself when you deal with a really serious problem, because you'll never be able to fix it. You might think you have, but you didn't really. You don't have another opinion but your own, so you really won't be able to see your errors."
"I guess so."
"But if you really don't want to talk about it right now, I'm not going to push you anymore. That was my mistake, so I'm really sorry."
He held me tighter. "It's ok, Avalon."
I smiled. "I just want you to know…whenever you're ready to talk about it, I'm right here."
He nodded and inhaled/exhaled deeply. After a few minutes, he finally spoke up. "I'll tell you."
"Are you sure? You don't have to right now, if you're not ready." I assured him.
He smiled at me. "You want to know or not?" He teased. I hugged him tightly and buried my face in his chest.
"I want to know!" I sounded muffled, but I assumed he heard it. "Let's go back to the dorms and I'll tell you there, all right, babe?" I nodded.
We got to the dorm and he opened my room with his own keys. "Why my room?" I asked him.
He just shrugged. "I like your room better." He smiled.
I was puzzled. "Why?"
"Smells like you." He winked.
"Well obviously, my room smells like me! But what does that mean?"
"I like the scent you bring with you whenever you're strutting around." He explained.
"Uh? Strutting around? Haha, uh no! I don't strut around!!" I whined.
"Sure you don't." He patted my head lovingly.
I decided to let it go. "Hee." I gave a small laugh and sat on the bed. I took off my shoes and so did he.
He sat in front of me on the bed and stared at me for the longest time. I gave him a confused look. "Syaoran?"
"Huh?" His eyes stared back at mine. "Oh sorry." He blushed. "So, on with my problem."
I nodded.
"Before we left to go out, I was checking my e-mails…and I got this email from my mom."
"Yeah, and?"
"She said…" He paused and looked at me. "Dad and her are splitting up."
That left me shocked, totally. "Oh my gosh…"
"Yeah, I know." He sighed deeply. "I can't believe this!! What the hell went wrong???"
I didn't note Syaoran. "But you do know that this isn't your fault, right?"
"I can't help thinking it is, Sakura. Oh my God, how could I have been so stupid? It was right there in front of me and I was too big a dumbass not to even notice it!!"
"Syaoran…" He ignored it. "What?? What do you mean??" I asked worriedly.
"When I left for college, my parents were so distant, like they just wanted to ignore each other. I just thought they had a fight or they were upset that I was leaving, but this…this is stupid!"
"I don't understand how this is your fault." I said to him.
"I left! If I stayed, maybe they would have got their problems resolved! I mean, come on, this is crazy!! You know my parents, Sakura." I nodded and looked down. "Mm-hmm…"
"They've been together for 25 years! How can they just split up after all of it?? Sure they've had fights, but whenever it was going to get worse, they'd stop and forget all about it. This can't happen, Sakura. It just can't…"
"Some couples have that problem, Syaoran." I tried to explain to him feeling misty-eyed. "They just…grow out of their love for each other, but…but it doesn't mean it's your fault. T-they still love you Li, and they won't stop. Y-you and your sisters represent their love for each other…" I tried to convince him.
"I know!! And that's why I hate this!! I don't even think my sisters even give a shit."
"Hey…" I warned softly.
"Sorry." He muttered.
"It'll be ok, I know it. You'll figure something out and fix this. I know you will. You always do. I'll always be here, helping you out, so no worries…"
He glanced at me with sorrowful amber-brown eyes. "How do you do that to people? Just make them feel better when they're feeling the lowest?"
I blushed and smiled slowly. "I don't know…when I was young, I was always the one who made people feel better with my words. My mom's like that. She's really sweet, Li, and she would always make my brother and I feel better whenever we were down."
"Well, I'm glad you're my best friend." He couldn't muster up a smile, but his eyes showed it all.
A few minutes of silence passed. He then covered his face with his hands and I could hear muffled sobs. I knew he was crying. Never in my whole life did I see him cry. I felt my heart break into pieces and tears threatening in my eyes. "Oh Li…" I whispered, and then went over to him. I hugged him tightly as he held on to me crying on my shoulder. "It'll be okay…"
"This sucks…big time." I heard him mutter. My voice caught in my throat and I couldn't say a thing, but he didn't mind.
Syaoran stopped crying after a few minutes and went to the bathroom. He didn't come out for 10 minutes, and then when he did, he looked fresher than before. He settled on the chair by the desk. His face was serious and he looked in deep thought. Suddenly, out of nowhere, his lips moved, but the words didn't register in my mind until a few seconds later. Then I felt my body turn numb. The words he said were, "I have to go back".
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I know it sucks, but I tried my best…and remember that this is my first fan fiction, so I'm not that experienced in these things. I hope you won't criticize my work too much…but um, this isn't the ending, ok? The part 2 is coming soon…or later! Depends on the reviews and your thoughts. Well, bye for now!