Do You Remember Me? I Remember You
By Rainbow Dreamer and co-author Cryst
*Dedicated to Cryst, who helped me with this chapter and upcoming chapters. If it weren't for you, none of this would of happened. Arigato.
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT, I repeat, do NOT own CCS. It belongs to Clamp!
AUTHOR'S NOTE! READ!! IMPORTANT!!! Oh. My. Gosh. You won't believe what's happening to fanfiction when I log on. For SOME reason, I can't read ANY updates for ANY story.. Including my OWN story, which is totally stupid. The most important thing is that I CANNOT read the stories that I want to know what happens!! If ANYONE knows how to fix this ANNOYING problem, either review and tell me or through email. My email address is rainbow_dreams@mail.com. PLEASE help. Thanks, thanks, and more thanks. Now for more pleasant things: here is the chapter you've all been waiting for! (
SPECIAL NOTE: To those who do not know, Cryst is a wonderful co-author. Without her ultimate support and wonderful ideas, none of this would be here today. And to others like Kawaii LittleWolf and Ying Fa, my deepest thanks and your support is well appreciated.
IF YOU REVIEWED FOR THE LAST CHAPTER. LOOK FOR YOUR NAME UNDER SPECIAL THANKS BELOW!
SPECIAL THANKS TO: All of you!!! Love you all! Thanks for you support and I highly appreciate all your wonderful reviews. The world is such a better place with you all. To Ilovesyaoran, thanks for your review and I'm fully confident in you that you can be the first reader next time! You go, girl! To Ying Fa: you're well up your way to be a co-author of this story! And your idea of the necklace was my thougths exactly and you will see what I mean in the chapter below. Thanks for your support! Love you! To Sweetcherry: It means a lot that you're looking forward to my next chapter! Please review after you read this chapter. Thanks! To Crystina: Congrats, you've been promoted to co-author as I said in my email to you! Please keep reviewing or at least keep emailing. Anyhow, arigato. You're the best, all of you!
REMEMBER the September 11th attack. That day is engraved into our memories and those who had unselfishly given up their lives for others are heroes forever in our hearts. Thank you all, to those who have opened their hearts and connected hands together to help America stand again. Please pay tribute to those who left us on the September 11th attack. You are all heroes. God bless us all, Rainbow dreamer.
CHAPTER NINE: Things I Used to Remember
*** From the previous last two paragraphs***
Syaoran woke up briefly and saw that the blue handkerchief was neatly folded and a note was on top of it. Focusing his eyes, it read "Xiao Lang, I'm visiting a friend for a few days. Try not to miss me too much and try your best in remembering Sakura. Meiling." Syaoran smiled weakly and fell back into deep slumber.
As Meiling got out from the taxi, she stared up at the hotel. How was she supposed to tell Sakura that Syaoran had blacked out somehow while trying to remember her?
*** Chapter nine begins***
Sakura almost flung herself onto Meiling when she saw her in her doorway. Instead, she stood there, tears running down her cheeks. Meiling smiled softly and pulled her friend into a tight embrace. Sakura held onto her friend for all that she was worth, her tears steadily flowing.
They sat on the bed, talking about things. Kero, for once, was quiet and patient with their talk. He waited and listened intently to what Meiling had to say while munching chips as quiet as he could manage in the quiet room.
"That's not him." Sakura defied. Meiling's ruby eyes filled with sorrow at he friend's words. "How can he even be him without his childhood?" Sakura said stubbornly. Kero flew over and patted his friend lightly. What she had meant was how could Syaoran live without her.
"Sakura, that's what I felt when I first saw Syaoran. I was full of pain and anger towards him because he forgot you for another. I almost hated him Sakura. I said words that I never said to him before. I even called him by his our first name for a while." Meiling spoke steadily, her voice calm and almost soothing.
"I learned after a few days that I was the one wrong. Syaoran did not mean to lose his memory or forget you. Honestly. We talked for hours after we mended our friendship. He knows he's supposed to know you. He knows that you're mine and Tomoyo's best friend and he knows that you should be his friend too." The Chinese girl continued. By then tears had found its way to the strong, brave Chinese girl.
"What?" Sakura whispered. She was afraid of what Meiling would say, but she needed to know what happened.
"Yesterday before you called, he tried to remember you. I could tell something was blocking him from remembering you because after ten minutes of thinking, he forgot about you. When I told him, his eyes had this surprised happy look that I haven't seen since he's been thinking about you. Then as he was about to say something, he black out, Sakura. He fainted."
Color drained from Sakura's face and tears coursed down her cheeks. Her body shook slightly and Kero placed a blanket around her shoulders.
"Meiling!" This time Sakura did fling herself on her best friend, crying loudly. "I love him, Meiling! I just can't stand being without him. I need his warm hugs. I need his soft kisses. I need his amber eyes that portray the love he has for me. I need him, Meiling. I just love him too much!" She bawled, holding onto Meiling like a life savor. Meiling patted her back and didn't even notice the tears trailing down her cheeks. Her eyes focused on a dark gray teddy bear with a blue ribbon on the bed.
"Sakura, didn't Syaoran give you that bear?" She asked. Sakura pulled out from her holds and turned, wiping her eyes with the back of her hands. Kero kindly gave her tissues.
Tears flowed all over again once she saw the teddy bear. Picking it up, she hugged it to herself. "It's the bear Syaoran gave me when he had to leave in fourth grade. It was the first gift he ever gave me."
Meiling just nodded and thought deeply. "Sakura, could I borrow the bear? I want to see how much Syaoran can remember. I won't tell him whose it from though. I want to see if he can remember you."
Sakura looked at Meiling then back at the bear. "For Syaoran, I guess. It's been with me since the beginning though."
"That's why, Sakura-Chan. It includes all these memories of you." Meiling said lightly, her lips into a smile. Sakura smiled back. Maybe things would turn out all right.
*** In the Li mansion, specifically Syaoran's room, from his POV***
I tried to sit up, but I felt weak, without any energy. My head felt so heavy. I could only turn my head. Immediately my eyes focused on the blue handkerchief and the note Meiling had given me.
Reaching over, I took the note in my head and read it all over again. Sakura. I read that name over and over again. It seemed so familiar on my tongue, like water rolling out. It seemed so.. Natural to say her name. by her first name. I could not get myself to say Kinomoto. Somehow, she seemed more than that.
*** Third POV, outside of Syaoran's room. ***
Kali was talking to Wei. Her blond wavy hair cascaded down her back and she wore a blue sundress that brought the color of her cornflower blue eyes even more. She wore simple jewelry but they matched her perfectly, adding to the blonde's beauty.
"Xiao Lang fainted? Is he okay?" Kali asked, worriedly, her eyebrows knitted together. Wei nodded curtly.
"Yes. It's just seems like that he is a little sick. You should visit tomorrow. I'm sure he will be much better by then." Wei spoke steadily. He didn't like this girl, but he didn't dislike her either. She was beautiful and charming but somehow he couldn't feel happy in a way. He sighed in his mind. Immediately his mind had thought of Sakura. That young girl who had this way of people, a way to open people up and make them smile. Yes, that was the feeling. This lady, Kali, lacked that somehow.
He directed Kali to the door with courtesy and bid her goodbye. Kali smiled and walked off. Wei sighed out loud and walked back inside.
Kali walked back to her apartment, a sly smile playing on her lips. She opened a drawer and pulled out a familiar sliver necklace. The pendant was a flower.. It glittered under the sun. The blond smiled and clasped it in her hands, and looked out the window. It wouldn't be long now..
*** Syaoran POV***
I was dreaming of nothing.. Darkness was filling my perspective. Wait. Something glittered in the distance. The me inside the dream squinted. It looked familiar. I took steps closer to it, but the object got farther. It was on a chain.. Some kind of metal chain. A metal chain? Things started swirling and things became unclear again. Before I fell into dreamless sleep, I saw what was hanging on the chain. A flower. Wait, a flower? Then it was a necklace. The pendant. it seemed familiar.
Ying Fa, a Sakura blossom.
*** Third POV***
Wei came in just in time to hear Syaoran mumble, "Ying Fa, a cherry blossom." The old friend sighed quietly and pulled a chair beside his friend's bed. He knew that his master was trying to think of Sakura. He placed a bowl of hot soup down before noticing that Syaoran's hand had a tight grip on a blue handkerchief. Wei smiled lightly, for he knew of the cloth's past.
Wei smiled and wrote a note for his dear friend. In perfect Japanese writing, he wrote, "Syaoran, Remember her, the one under the cherry blossom tree. The trees are in blossom and pink petals are singing in the air. Remember her. She is waiting for you. The red string of love has bounded you together. You just need to find that end of the string once again. Think of the Sakura blossoms, my dear friend."
He smiled and left the room, shutting it gently after him. Syaoran woke up when he heard the door click. When he noticed that no one was in the room, he first noticed that his hand still clutched the blue handkerchief tightly. Smiling wryly, he released it slowly and folded it neatly, smoothing the cloth lovingly. Placing it on the table, he then saw the bowl of soup and a note. Clearly, Wei left it. Syaoran opened up the soup and breathed in a familiar smell of chicken broth. Upon seeing the slip of paper, he picked it up and read it to himself.
The cherry blossom tree? Pink petals? The red string of love? She.. Wei meant Sakura? Sakura.. Japanese for cherry blossom, in Chinese Ying Fa. Things were slowly making sense. Why he saw the pink petal floating in his dream the other day. Why he saw the sakura pendant on the necklace. The necklace seemed so familiar. Why had he seen those objects? The red string of love? It was a Chinese belief.. That it was already decided whom you were to love. It was an old tale. was he and Sakura really bound by the red string of love?
Sakura. I wish I could see her.
***Sakura at hotel***
Sakura was lying on the couch lazily, her hand holding the remote control and switching channels without even seeing what was on. Her other hand had the teddy bear curled up next to her. Kero sat hear her, the two sharing a plate of cookies and drinks. Meiling was out buying food for the two and making a phone call to Wei.
Suddenly the channels stopped switching and Kero noticed that Sakura had landed on a MTV channel. Music slowly floated out and Sakura absently singing the lyrics with Mandy Moore. (I do NOT own Mandy's Moore's song Cry!)
I will always remember it was late afternoon
It lasted forever and ended so soon (yeah)
You were all by yourself
Staring up at the dark wary sky
I was changed
In places no one will find
all of those feelings to deep inside
It was then I realized
that forever was deep in your eyes
the moment I saw you cry It was late in September
And I have seen you before
You were always the cruel one
But I was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark wary sky
I was changed
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was than that I realized that forever was in your eyes
the moment I saw you cry I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make it your everything (all right) I will always remember
It was late afternoon
in places no one will find (in places no one will find)
(Baby) all your feelings deep inside (deep inside)
(Forever in your eyes)
It was there that I realized that forever was in your eyes
The moment that I saw you cry
(baby cry) moment that I saw you cry
(Oh no no no) I think I saw u cry
the moment I saw you cry (I wanted to know you) Immediately Sakura's tears started flowing. It reminded her of a time in the past of her and Syaoran. It hurt so much.
*** Flashback, from Sakura's POV***
I remember that it was during the beginning of seventh grade and I coming back from Tomoyo's house. She had insisted to send me back home, but it was a perfect September day and I wanted to walk and enjoy the changing color leaves. Beside when cherry blossoms were in bloom, when maple trees changed colors was the next best thing.
I was humming happily and I decided to go to the playground and swing on the swings and watch the leaves fall for a while. It was then I saw him, sitting alone on a swing, not swaying at all. His head was tilted at the sky, as if he was thinking deeply. I was about to call out happily to him when I saw tear tracks on his face. That changed me. I had never seen Syaoran cry; thinking that he usually hid his emotions.
I walked silently over to him, standing next to him. He turned and looked at him. It hurt my heart to see him so sad. His amber eyes were said and they portrayed such grief. Never in the three years we had known each other, I had ever seen him cry.
"Syaoran?" I remember whispering softly. He had suddenly hugged me from his sitting position. I had wrapped my arms lightly around his.
"Gomen." He had said a while later. We both were sitting in our own swings now. I swung lightly back and forth.
"What ever for?" I replied.
"Because I'm leaving to Hong Kong and I don't want to see you cry." He said quietly.
My eyes watered.
"Don't cry." He handed his blue handkerchief.
I cried harder. "I'm crying because."
"Because you love me as much as I love you." He completed my thought. I looked up surprised.
He smiled. "You stopped crying." He offered the handkerchief again. This time I had took the cloth from him and dried my tears.
"You knew all these years. I had always thought that it was just a little crush during fourth grade. We became better friends, close, but I never imagined you had the same feelings." I confessed, staring at the blue handkerchief in my hands. Syaoran stood up and pulled me up gently. I looked up into his amber eyes unexpectantly. He bent down and gave me a gentle kiss on my lips.
It was the first time we kissed.
*** End of flashback. ***
Meiling arrived back from buying things and found Sakura crying and Kero comforting her, drying her tears constantly.
"Sakura? Are you okay?" She said hurriedly, dropping the bags by the door.
"I just keep remembering moments of him and me together, Meiling. And when I think that he doesn't remember me, I feel my heart shatter all over again." Sakura bubbled through her tears. Meiling nodded and pulled her friend into a deep hug, saying words of comfort.
Slowly, she drifted off to sleep after crying her way there. Kero tucked her in lovingly. Then he flew over to Meiling and two watched the busy streets of Hong Kong silently. The two were lost in their deep thoughts, both worried.
***End of chapter nine!! How was it? Wasn't it so sweet? Hehe. Please review! Don't you want to know what happens? Cryst and I have been brewing up tons of ideas and they're so great and I just have to share them with you all, so please review! And all of you are MOST welcome to give advice or any ideas for my story, con or pro! And maybe you might be the second co- author! Tee hee. Please review and I'll try my best to get the next chapter up soon. Arigato! Rainbow dreamer.
By Rainbow Dreamer and co-author Cryst
*Dedicated to Cryst, who helped me with this chapter and upcoming chapters. If it weren't for you, none of this would of happened. Arigato.
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT, I repeat, do NOT own CCS. It belongs to Clamp!
AUTHOR'S NOTE! READ!! IMPORTANT!!! Oh. My. Gosh. You won't believe what's happening to fanfiction when I log on. For SOME reason, I can't read ANY updates for ANY story.. Including my OWN story, which is totally stupid. The most important thing is that I CANNOT read the stories that I want to know what happens!! If ANYONE knows how to fix this ANNOYING problem, either review and tell me or through email. My email address is rainbow_dreams@mail.com. PLEASE help. Thanks, thanks, and more thanks. Now for more pleasant things: here is the chapter you've all been waiting for! (
SPECIAL NOTE: To those who do not know, Cryst is a wonderful co-author. Without her ultimate support and wonderful ideas, none of this would be here today. And to others like Kawaii LittleWolf and Ying Fa, my deepest thanks and your support is well appreciated.
IF YOU REVIEWED FOR THE LAST CHAPTER. LOOK FOR YOUR NAME UNDER SPECIAL THANKS BELOW!
SPECIAL THANKS TO: All of you!!! Love you all! Thanks for you support and I highly appreciate all your wonderful reviews. The world is such a better place with you all. To Ilovesyaoran, thanks for your review and I'm fully confident in you that you can be the first reader next time! You go, girl! To Ying Fa: you're well up your way to be a co-author of this story! And your idea of the necklace was my thougths exactly and you will see what I mean in the chapter below. Thanks for your support! Love you! To Sweetcherry: It means a lot that you're looking forward to my next chapter! Please review after you read this chapter. Thanks! To Crystina: Congrats, you've been promoted to co-author as I said in my email to you! Please keep reviewing or at least keep emailing. Anyhow, arigato. You're the best, all of you!
REMEMBER the September 11th attack. That day is engraved into our memories and those who had unselfishly given up their lives for others are heroes forever in our hearts. Thank you all, to those who have opened their hearts and connected hands together to help America stand again. Please pay tribute to those who left us on the September 11th attack. You are all heroes. God bless us all, Rainbow dreamer.
CHAPTER NINE: Things I Used to Remember
*** From the previous last two paragraphs***
Syaoran woke up briefly and saw that the blue handkerchief was neatly folded and a note was on top of it. Focusing his eyes, it read "Xiao Lang, I'm visiting a friend for a few days. Try not to miss me too much and try your best in remembering Sakura. Meiling." Syaoran smiled weakly and fell back into deep slumber.
As Meiling got out from the taxi, she stared up at the hotel. How was she supposed to tell Sakura that Syaoran had blacked out somehow while trying to remember her?
*** Chapter nine begins***
Sakura almost flung herself onto Meiling when she saw her in her doorway. Instead, she stood there, tears running down her cheeks. Meiling smiled softly and pulled her friend into a tight embrace. Sakura held onto her friend for all that she was worth, her tears steadily flowing.
They sat on the bed, talking about things. Kero, for once, was quiet and patient with their talk. He waited and listened intently to what Meiling had to say while munching chips as quiet as he could manage in the quiet room.
"That's not him." Sakura defied. Meiling's ruby eyes filled with sorrow at he friend's words. "How can he even be him without his childhood?" Sakura said stubbornly. Kero flew over and patted his friend lightly. What she had meant was how could Syaoran live without her.
"Sakura, that's what I felt when I first saw Syaoran. I was full of pain and anger towards him because he forgot you for another. I almost hated him Sakura. I said words that I never said to him before. I even called him by his our first name for a while." Meiling spoke steadily, her voice calm and almost soothing.
"I learned after a few days that I was the one wrong. Syaoran did not mean to lose his memory or forget you. Honestly. We talked for hours after we mended our friendship. He knows he's supposed to know you. He knows that you're mine and Tomoyo's best friend and he knows that you should be his friend too." The Chinese girl continued. By then tears had found its way to the strong, brave Chinese girl.
"What?" Sakura whispered. She was afraid of what Meiling would say, but she needed to know what happened.
"Yesterday before you called, he tried to remember you. I could tell something was blocking him from remembering you because after ten minutes of thinking, he forgot about you. When I told him, his eyes had this surprised happy look that I haven't seen since he's been thinking about you. Then as he was about to say something, he black out, Sakura. He fainted."
Color drained from Sakura's face and tears coursed down her cheeks. Her body shook slightly and Kero placed a blanket around her shoulders.
"Meiling!" This time Sakura did fling herself on her best friend, crying loudly. "I love him, Meiling! I just can't stand being without him. I need his warm hugs. I need his soft kisses. I need his amber eyes that portray the love he has for me. I need him, Meiling. I just love him too much!" She bawled, holding onto Meiling like a life savor. Meiling patted her back and didn't even notice the tears trailing down her cheeks. Her eyes focused on a dark gray teddy bear with a blue ribbon on the bed.
"Sakura, didn't Syaoran give you that bear?" She asked. Sakura pulled out from her holds and turned, wiping her eyes with the back of her hands. Kero kindly gave her tissues.
Tears flowed all over again once she saw the teddy bear. Picking it up, she hugged it to herself. "It's the bear Syaoran gave me when he had to leave in fourth grade. It was the first gift he ever gave me."
Meiling just nodded and thought deeply. "Sakura, could I borrow the bear? I want to see how much Syaoran can remember. I won't tell him whose it from though. I want to see if he can remember you."
Sakura looked at Meiling then back at the bear. "For Syaoran, I guess. It's been with me since the beginning though."
"That's why, Sakura-Chan. It includes all these memories of you." Meiling said lightly, her lips into a smile. Sakura smiled back. Maybe things would turn out all right.
*** In the Li mansion, specifically Syaoran's room, from his POV***
I tried to sit up, but I felt weak, without any energy. My head felt so heavy. I could only turn my head. Immediately my eyes focused on the blue handkerchief and the note Meiling had given me.
Reaching over, I took the note in my head and read it all over again. Sakura. I read that name over and over again. It seemed so familiar on my tongue, like water rolling out. It seemed so.. Natural to say her name. by her first name. I could not get myself to say Kinomoto. Somehow, she seemed more than that.
*** Third POV, outside of Syaoran's room. ***
Kali was talking to Wei. Her blond wavy hair cascaded down her back and she wore a blue sundress that brought the color of her cornflower blue eyes even more. She wore simple jewelry but they matched her perfectly, adding to the blonde's beauty.
"Xiao Lang fainted? Is he okay?" Kali asked, worriedly, her eyebrows knitted together. Wei nodded curtly.
"Yes. It's just seems like that he is a little sick. You should visit tomorrow. I'm sure he will be much better by then." Wei spoke steadily. He didn't like this girl, but he didn't dislike her either. She was beautiful and charming but somehow he couldn't feel happy in a way. He sighed in his mind. Immediately his mind had thought of Sakura. That young girl who had this way of people, a way to open people up and make them smile. Yes, that was the feeling. This lady, Kali, lacked that somehow.
He directed Kali to the door with courtesy and bid her goodbye. Kali smiled and walked off. Wei sighed out loud and walked back inside.
Kali walked back to her apartment, a sly smile playing on her lips. She opened a drawer and pulled out a familiar sliver necklace. The pendant was a flower.. It glittered under the sun. The blond smiled and clasped it in her hands, and looked out the window. It wouldn't be long now..
*** Syaoran POV***
I was dreaming of nothing.. Darkness was filling my perspective. Wait. Something glittered in the distance. The me inside the dream squinted. It looked familiar. I took steps closer to it, but the object got farther. It was on a chain.. Some kind of metal chain. A metal chain? Things started swirling and things became unclear again. Before I fell into dreamless sleep, I saw what was hanging on the chain. A flower. Wait, a flower? Then it was a necklace. The pendant. it seemed familiar.
Ying Fa, a Sakura blossom.
*** Third POV***
Wei came in just in time to hear Syaoran mumble, "Ying Fa, a cherry blossom." The old friend sighed quietly and pulled a chair beside his friend's bed. He knew that his master was trying to think of Sakura. He placed a bowl of hot soup down before noticing that Syaoran's hand had a tight grip on a blue handkerchief. Wei smiled lightly, for he knew of the cloth's past.
Wei smiled and wrote a note for his dear friend. In perfect Japanese writing, he wrote, "Syaoran, Remember her, the one under the cherry blossom tree. The trees are in blossom and pink petals are singing in the air. Remember her. She is waiting for you. The red string of love has bounded you together. You just need to find that end of the string once again. Think of the Sakura blossoms, my dear friend."
He smiled and left the room, shutting it gently after him. Syaoran woke up when he heard the door click. When he noticed that no one was in the room, he first noticed that his hand still clutched the blue handkerchief tightly. Smiling wryly, he released it slowly and folded it neatly, smoothing the cloth lovingly. Placing it on the table, he then saw the bowl of soup and a note. Clearly, Wei left it. Syaoran opened up the soup and breathed in a familiar smell of chicken broth. Upon seeing the slip of paper, he picked it up and read it to himself.
The cherry blossom tree? Pink petals? The red string of love? She.. Wei meant Sakura? Sakura.. Japanese for cherry blossom, in Chinese Ying Fa. Things were slowly making sense. Why he saw the pink petal floating in his dream the other day. Why he saw the sakura pendant on the necklace. The necklace seemed so familiar. Why had he seen those objects? The red string of love? It was a Chinese belief.. That it was already decided whom you were to love. It was an old tale. was he and Sakura really bound by the red string of love?
Sakura. I wish I could see her.
***Sakura at hotel***
Sakura was lying on the couch lazily, her hand holding the remote control and switching channels without even seeing what was on. Her other hand had the teddy bear curled up next to her. Kero sat hear her, the two sharing a plate of cookies and drinks. Meiling was out buying food for the two and making a phone call to Wei.
Suddenly the channels stopped switching and Kero noticed that Sakura had landed on a MTV channel. Music slowly floated out and Sakura absently singing the lyrics with Mandy Moore. (I do NOT own Mandy's Moore's song Cry!)
I will always remember it was late afternoon
It lasted forever and ended so soon (yeah)
You were all by yourself
Staring up at the dark wary sky
I was changed
In places no one will find
all of those feelings to deep inside
It was then I realized
that forever was deep in your eyes
the moment I saw you cry It was late in September
And I have seen you before
You were always the cruel one
But I was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark wary sky
I was changed
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was than that I realized that forever was in your eyes
the moment I saw you cry I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make it your everything (all right) I will always remember
It was late afternoon
in places no one will find (in places no one will find)
(Baby) all your feelings deep inside (deep inside)
(Forever in your eyes)
It was there that I realized that forever was in your eyes
The moment that I saw you cry
(baby cry) moment that I saw you cry
(Oh no no no) I think I saw u cry
the moment I saw you cry (I wanted to know you) Immediately Sakura's tears started flowing. It reminded her of a time in the past of her and Syaoran. It hurt so much.
*** Flashback, from Sakura's POV***
I remember that it was during the beginning of seventh grade and I coming back from Tomoyo's house. She had insisted to send me back home, but it was a perfect September day and I wanted to walk and enjoy the changing color leaves. Beside when cherry blossoms were in bloom, when maple trees changed colors was the next best thing.
I was humming happily and I decided to go to the playground and swing on the swings and watch the leaves fall for a while. It was then I saw him, sitting alone on a swing, not swaying at all. His head was tilted at the sky, as if he was thinking deeply. I was about to call out happily to him when I saw tear tracks on his face. That changed me. I had never seen Syaoran cry; thinking that he usually hid his emotions.
I walked silently over to him, standing next to him. He turned and looked at him. It hurt my heart to see him so sad. His amber eyes were said and they portrayed such grief. Never in the three years we had known each other, I had ever seen him cry.
"Syaoran?" I remember whispering softly. He had suddenly hugged me from his sitting position. I had wrapped my arms lightly around his.
"Gomen." He had said a while later. We both were sitting in our own swings now. I swung lightly back and forth.
"What ever for?" I replied.
"Because I'm leaving to Hong Kong and I don't want to see you cry." He said quietly.
My eyes watered.
"Don't cry." He handed his blue handkerchief.
I cried harder. "I'm crying because."
"Because you love me as much as I love you." He completed my thought. I looked up surprised.
He smiled. "You stopped crying." He offered the handkerchief again. This time I had took the cloth from him and dried my tears.
"You knew all these years. I had always thought that it was just a little crush during fourth grade. We became better friends, close, but I never imagined you had the same feelings." I confessed, staring at the blue handkerchief in my hands. Syaoran stood up and pulled me up gently. I looked up into his amber eyes unexpectantly. He bent down and gave me a gentle kiss on my lips.
It was the first time we kissed.
*** End of flashback. ***
Meiling arrived back from buying things and found Sakura crying and Kero comforting her, drying her tears constantly.
"Sakura? Are you okay?" She said hurriedly, dropping the bags by the door.
"I just keep remembering moments of him and me together, Meiling. And when I think that he doesn't remember me, I feel my heart shatter all over again." Sakura bubbled through her tears. Meiling nodded and pulled her friend into a deep hug, saying words of comfort.
Slowly, she drifted off to sleep after crying her way there. Kero tucked her in lovingly. Then he flew over to Meiling and two watched the busy streets of Hong Kong silently. The two were lost in their deep thoughts, both worried.
***End of chapter nine!! How was it? Wasn't it so sweet? Hehe. Please review! Don't you want to know what happens? Cryst and I have been brewing up tons of ideas and they're so great and I just have to share them with you all, so please review! And all of you are MOST welcome to give advice or any ideas for my story, con or pro! And maybe you might be the second co- author! Tee hee. Please review and I'll try my best to get the next chapter up soon. Arigato! Rainbow dreamer.