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A/N: Congratulations to those who correctly guessed how Syaoran confessed his feelings! Tee hee...So did you guess correctly?
The Confession. Finally.
~Syaoran~
I am sitting under my favorite tree just enjoying the breeze. Ah.... It's good to be back in Japan and school. I closed my eyes and watched the images of Sakura floating all over.
Sakura smiling.
Sakura laughing.
Sakura paying attention to what the teacher is saying.
Sakura- "HELLO DESCENDANT!"
"Yearggh!"
"Yes, good to see you too. Have I startled you?"
I don't know what made him said that. Perhaps because I was clutching to my heart and my eyes popped out slightly from the sockets. I scowled at him and a few seconds later was shocked by a sudden tap on my shoulder. This time not only I felt my eyes popped out and my heartbeat escalated, I actually fell backward and knocked my head against the tree.
"My, my Syaoran. Someone is a little jittery today," tsked Tomoyo and settled down beside me placing her video camera on her lap. Eriol sat beside her.
"What do you guys want?" I growled, rubbing the developing bump on the back of my head. They just stared at me, bemused.
Oh yeah, it was me who arranged this meeting. I took a deep breath.
"Ok. Well guys, I need your help." They nodded and leaned forward anticipating.
"Well you see....Erm... It's like this...erm...well... you know..." I swear if Tomoyo was standing right now she would be taping her foot impatiently. Right now she just settled in taping her hands on her video cam.
Tap tap tap tap...
"I need your help."
Tap tap tap tap Impatient sigh....
"I need you guys to help me with this problem I have."
Tap tap TAP TAP TAP TAP.......More impatient sighs
"I want-" TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP TAP...................
"Tomoyo would you stop taping your hands on that damn thing! I'm trying to say something here!"
"Well so get on with it. We already know you want our help. So how about telling us what is the problem?!"
"Ok, ok.. I need your help in getting me to confess to Sakura my feelings for her."
Silent.
Tomoyo flung her right hand to her forehead, swinging her hair to her back. Stars floating around her.
"Oh could this be true? Could this be real? Syaoran is FINALLY going to go down on his knee and profess his love?"
"Hey nobody said about going down on his knee here," I started to protest.
Tomoyo grabbed Eriol's hands and looked deeply into his eyes. "My love, could this be possibly true? That we will be involve in getting together our star-crossed lovers?"
"That would be Romeo and Juliet.." I muttered under my breath. Eriol, the slime ball, nodded his head dramatically and cradled Tomoyo's face in his hand.
"Don't worry my love. I will make sure that every single moments of the long-awaited confession will be recorded in your beloved moment-catching device"
"Oh! My love!" Eriol grabbed Tomoyo, bring her down on his lap and was about to kiss her when I interrupted.
"Hey stop it you guys! This is a school compound?" Man, can't this two ever stop groping around each other?
"The problem here is me so focus you guys!"
"Ok fine fine," Tomoyo grumbled. You would thought she would be happy to have this opportunity to get me and Sakura together.
"Well, Eriol seems like you always claimed that you are a gentleman, perhaps you can enlighten me on how to go about wooing a girl?" I said, rather sarcastically.
Eriol gave me his smile. He then turn to Tomoyo and smiled. Tomoyo smiled back.
Then those two started cackling. Loudly.
Even the birds in the trees flew away in distress.
A lone distance wolf was howling. Or it could be me.
I started to regret coming to those two for help.
~~~~TIME INTERVAL~~~~
~Eriol~
I came up with lots of ideas for Syaoran, and nothing beats the classic rendezvous with roses, a bottle of wine and an extremely expensive ring.
Well, dear descendant after all is a rich guy. Let's try to ignore the fact that he already used up one month allowance to buy a new bike. The ring only cost 3 month of advance allowance. It will do him good to starve for the next 3 months. I believe he is growing fat as he is constantly tugging on the collar of his tuxedo.
Or it could also mean he is extremely nervous.
"Relax Syaoran! You are ruining the bow tie!" Tomoyo fumed yet another time. My fashion extremist had been grooming Syaoran to perfection, from a rented tuxedo right down to his highly polished shoes. Syaoran's hair was slick back with a few coat of gel. Remind me to tell him how ridiculous he look later on. Right now, it will do no good to anger the already agitated wolf.
"You sure this is going to work Eriol?" Syaoran asked worriedly and tugged at his collar which prompted an instantaneous sigh from Tomoyo.
"Of course it will work. Give her the roses. Show her the bottle and ask her whether she will do the honor of tasting this exquisite vintage wine. Sit down by the fire place and strike up a conversation. And when everything is all peaceful and mellow-"
"I will show her the ring and ask her to be my girlfriend. Yes, yes I got it." Syaoran continued.
"Good, now that you are all set ready. Break a leg Syaoran."
Syaoran just stood there, rooted to the ground.
"Syaoran? Syaoran?" Tomoyo called, waving her hands in front of his face.
"Huh? Oh yeah.. Right." He stammered, and walked to the door. He raised his finger to press the bell, but hesitated.
I frowned. "What's wrong?" I had to back up a little as Syaoran turn around and start bombarding me with his "what if"
"What if she doesn't like roses? What if she doesn't like me? What if-Hey!"
I cut of his "what if" by pressing the bell, grabbed Tomoyo and ran to hide in the bushes.
This is good. A air-tight, fool-proofed plan. Nothing will go wrong. Sakura will surely love the roses, wine and ring. Absolutely nothing will go wrong.
Except for the fact that Touya was the one opening the door.
I am not sure I want to look.
~~~~~TIME INTERVAL (Tomoyo's Manor)~~~~~
~Tomoyo~
"Ow...Ow...OUCH!!! Careful with that bruise!" whined Syaoran. I sighed, dipped the cloth in a bucket of ice cold water.
"Here." I threw the cloth at Syaoran which he heyed at. "You do your own cleaning up"
"It is all your fault. Both of you!" That got me a little mad.
"You came to us for help! We just didn't know that Touya would be home from the uni."
"Oh yeah? You and your stupid idea!"
"Why you-"
"Cut it out both of you." Eriol interrupted. "It is nobody's fault. The plan would have work perfectly. But nobody could guess that Touya will be the one to open the door."
The was an uncomfortable silence for a moment.
"Look Tomoyo, I am sorry. It is not your fault. I guess I was pretty angry for not being able to accomplish my mission. And hey, I am all bruised up AND lost the ring to Touya."
"How did he know about the ring?"
"Well, let's just say he saw the box in my pocket and grabbed it right after he smash my head with the wine. Let's also ignore the fact that you two did nothing to help me."
Eriol and I chucked guiltily at that.
"You know it's amazing that he didn't break my skull open with the wine."
"Dear descendant, you must know by now how hard-headed you are." Syaoran scowled at that.
"Well, we have to come up with plan B then" I said, interrupting the squabble that was about to happen.
"Plan B?" Eriol and Syaoran parroted.
~~~~TIME INTERVAL (THE NEXT DAY)~~~~~
~Sakura~
My friends are just plain weirdo.
They seems to be nudging at each other constantly. I even caught a word or two about 'a plan' and 'at the garden'. When I asked nonchalantly what they were up to, Syaoran started to stammer. Tomoyo fiddled with her camera and Eriol said that no nothing is up what makes you say that we are up to something? Oh and by the way great weather isn't it?
So in conclusion, which I am sure even Kero can figure out that they were up to something.
I felt a nudge behind me.
Syaoran passed me a piece of paper. I wanted to thank him but he was busy rearranging his pencil case.
I turn back to the front and took a peep at the note.
Meet me at the Cherry Blossom tree after your cheerleading practice.
HOEE!!!!!! I could feel myself going real red in the face. This is so romantic!
Oh wait a minute. This is Syaoran we are talking about.
Sigh... I guess it is just wistful thinking that this could be some kind of a date. He probably want to discuss on how to save the world from the next apocalypse or something. Sigh...
~~~~~TIME INTERVAL~~~~~
I was five minutes early for our meeting but was not surprised to see Syaoran already waiting there. I gave him a beguiling (I hope) smile.
"Hello Syaoran." He didn't exactly replied. In fact he kept still. Real still.
"Err...Syaoran?" I was getting a little worried. I was afraid this could be the after effect of the love potion and I am not very keen on dealing with Casanova right now. I stepped a little closer trying to check for any signs of eccentricity.
To my surprise, he took a step back, leaning backwards. Do I smell that bad? I just took a shower after cheerleading practice. I tried to discreetly smelled my armpits.
"Sakura.." I stopped in mid-swift.
"There is something I have been meaning to tell you."
"Yes..."
"Well you see...It happened a long time ago..You see.." I frowned, trying to make heads or tails of what he was trying to say. I think he seriously need a speech therapy.
"Well ermm....errr..." Trying to make him feel more at ease, I put my hand on his shoulder and gave it a little pat.
It seems to be a very wrong thing to do.
It got him all flustered and he started to back away. I am not surprised if he make a cross with his fingers at me.
"Syaoran?" I said tentatively. The dear boy looked like he saw a ghos-erm...something scary.
"I..I....I....Gotta go!" He rushed off faster than he saw Touya.
"Hoe????" What is going on here?
~~~~~~AT TOMOYO"S MANOR~~~~~~~
~Syaoran~
"MUWAHA HA HA HA HA HA MUAHA HA HA HA"
Count to 10 Syaoran. Just count that magic numbers and by the time you are through, you will not feel like killing the rich video-cam girl, the Lord of All Evils and the little soft toy.
1.....
"I can't believe you Syaoran. You did the same mistake over and over."
2....
"Man! You are such a loser. I don't even know what my mistress sees in you."
3....4...5....
"Ha ha! Did you see how he blushed, stammered and when he was almost there he chickened out and ran away faster than he ran away from Touya? That is just a scream!"
6...7...8...
"Yeah, and the best of all.. I got it all on tape!"
9...10.. That's it!
"OKAY! Fine! I'm such a loser! Eriol you tell her for me then!"
I got glares from all of them. I don't care. Things just don't seem to work out. I buried my head in my hands and welcomed the blackness.
"Shall I call you a chicken?" Kero smirked.
"Shall I cackle for you?" I shot back.
"He is hopeless now." Kero muttered audibly, shaking his head in mock despair. But I don't care.
I am so sick! SO sick of it! Why can I just do it? Just go up and tell her that you love her since we were in middle school. At worst she will just slap you right in the face and never speak to you again.
"Nah. She won't do that to you. She likes you." I glared at Eriol for listening to my thoughts.
Bah! She likes me indeed.
"No, really. She really does likes you."
"Really?" I could just felt stars forming in my eyes and a blush creeping up my cheeks.
"Are you clueless gaki? Why do you think she rejects all advances from any guys? She is hoping you feel the same way."
"Really so why didn't she say something in the first place?" If look can kill, I would be on the floor, not breathing. Tomoyo turned away muttering under her breathe something about chivalry and dead.
"Well, I guess we have no choice but to bow to the inevitable," Eriol began solemnly.
We leaned forward, eager to hear the inevitable.
"We will have to kidnap her."
We all came crashing on the floor leaving Eriol the only one left standing.
~~~~~~PENGUIN PARK~~~~~~
"La di da di da" I sang to the latest pop music while swinging my bag of sweets, flour and sugar in unison. Ahh.....Such a lovely night while the stars are twinkling ever so bright. Hey it rhymes! I'm a poet and I don't even know it!
I chuckled at my silliness. I took a small peep in my bag. Kero is going to love the sweets that I bought. I was about to bake a cake when I found out that we ran out of flour and sugar. So it's down to the grocery store.
"La di da di da di da la la." I heard a slight rustle behind me. I froze. I turned my head ever so slowly. Black figures were moving through the bushes. HOE!!! Ghosts!
I tried to run but my legs would not cooperate. I grabbed my star key and hold on tight.
The bushes moved again. The black figure was moving towards me.
I was about to shriek in terror when a little white bunny hopped out of the bushes.
I shrieked in delight. How cute! I kneeled down and beckoned the bunny to come closer. The bunny backed away. Oh the poor thing is scared.
I held out my hand. The bunny eyed my hand curiously. Finally giving in to curiosity, it came closer to sniff my hand. Such a pity I do not have a carrot in hand. It started to nibble my finger. I giggled at the tickling sensation.
So cute! I couldn't seem to take my eyes away from the bunny. Wait a minute!
I titled my head one side and scrutinized the bunny who was still sniffing around my hand.
"Since when a bunny wore glasses?!" I exclaimed out loud. It must have startled the bunny. It backed away from me and sit on it's hind leg. Then it did the most horrible thing a rabbit could ever done.
It smiled at me, with all its teeth showing.
"Arghh!" I backed away in horror and bumped into something solid. I was about to turn when blackness took over me.
But I manage to hear, "You made one heck of an ugly rabbit Eriol."
~~~~~~TIME INTERVAL~~~~~~
~Syaoran~
"You know Tomoyo... You don't have to hit her so hard".
"I just thumped lightly on the back of her head" Tomoyo protested.
"With a baseball bat," I pointed out dryly. Unable to defend herself, she resorted to glaring the life out of me.
"So are you ready to do that one thing that is so simple yet somehow you just can't for a few years now?"
I let that go for once as I was to preoccupied with looking at the apple of my eyes. Who was knocked out of cold for the moment.
I took a deep breath.
"Yes I am ready"
~Sakura~
"Yes I am ready." I never expect to hear that in heaven. I was more expecting an old man in white robe, large wings and bright golden halo to say, "Welcome" or at least "Congrats for not entering hell."
But no. No old man in white robe, large wings and bright golden halo. Just complete darkness which suddenly became to bright red each time I opened my eyes. Groans...Let me just close my eyes for a few moments and when I opened it, that old man better be there.
"Sakura..Sakura...Wake up." Huh? Syaoran is heaven too? Why is he asking me to wake up? Oh, this is all too confusing.
"SAKURA!" Now the world began to shake. I groaned and reluctantly opened my eyes. The redness started to disappeared. I could felt sudden movements of people around me but when my vision started to clear, I saw Syaoran standing there alone. He helped me up.
"Syaoran, why are you here? How did I get here?"
"Erm..Well..Never mind about that. I have something I have been meaning to tell you."
"I remember I was walking home when I saw a figure and out came a rabbit..."
"The thing is, I don't know how it really happen but it was back in the old card-capturing days. Sakura, are you listening to me?"
"Huh? Oh yeah I am. But anyway, the weird thing is the rabbit was wearing glasses..."
"I hope that you can understand how I really fee-"
"The rabbit looks exactly like Eriol! Very funny looking rabbit don't you think?"
"I LOVE YOU!"
"Oh yeah, that's nice. The rabbit-what?" I stopped. Heart pounding, Refusing to believe just what I have just heard.
"Yes Sakura. I have love you for a very long time ago. I...I..I hope you feel the same way too."
Silence....
Silence....
More silence..
I squealed and hugged Syaoran so hard that he almost fell on his knees.
"I guess that is a yes?"he laughed and hugged me back.
"Of course, you silly boy."
"When did you realised that you love me?"
"I'm not too sure. But it has definitely been a very long time."
"I love you, Sakura Kinomoto, for your gentleness and your wonderful kind heart"
"And I love you, Li Syoaran, for your courage and always there when I needed you."
"So ermm..may I kiss you?"he asked nervously, blushing so hard.
"If you don't I will set Firey on you," I smiled. He smiled and lowered his head. I met him halfway and we had our real first kiss.
It was the most wonderful feeling. It's seems like the air is singing. Soft whispering voice followed by a "KAWAII"
Huh? Tomoyo behind a bush, holding a camera to her right eye and was holding her face with her left hand in awe. Eriol and Kero was trying to restrain her.
They noticed that they were caught in action and started to talk all at the same time.
"Err...We will be on our way now."
"What was that Kero, your tummy is rumbling? Tsk tsk..We got to get some food in there."
"You need to polish up on your French Eriol? Sure, I will be glad to help you."
"Need new tape Tomoyo? Let's buy more tapes then at the nearest store."
And they all started to run, leaving us staring at their dust.
"We should make them suffer you know?"
"He hee.. Of course Syoaran. Shall we?" I extended my hand.
He smiled and kissed me lightly on the forehead.
"Don't forget to summon Firey." He took my hand. I laughed and we both ran after them.
I have never felt so happy in my entire life.
~~~~~~TIME INTERVAL (SCHOOL"S ASSEMBLY PERIOD)~~~~~~~
~Sakura~
*Screech!Screech!* After a few fumbling with the annoying mike, the equally annoying principal stated his announcment.
"As you all know, Tomoyo Daidouji had won the local "Best Videographer" award, we are proud to present you the award-winning footage." He stopped after some clapping and cheering.
"Let's roll the tape!"
"I can't wait to see what the video was all about," I whispered to Syaoran who was sitting beside me. He smiled and nodded in agreement.
The credit rolled in...
10...
9...
8...
7...
6...
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
I saw myself wearing a red bikini coming out of the room.
"Hi Syaoran. Are you ready? As soon as Tomoyo and Eriol decided to stop their argument we can leave. Syaoran? SyaORAN!!!!"
Syaoran's whole body turns red, almost matching his bandanna. His eyes started to roll to the back of his head and the next thing I know he collapsed on the floor.
"What the-?" Syaoran started, clenching my hand tightly. Almost painfully.
"Syaoran? Are you ok?" Syaoran barfed all over me.
Uh oh. That was at the ship in Hawaii where Syaoran couldn't stop barfing.
I was almost to afraid to look at Syaoran but I did. Veins were popping all over his head.
"TOOOOOMOOOOOOOOOYOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
~THE END~
A/n: OMG, I actually finished the fic! SO SORRYYYY!!!!! I know I took more than a year to come up with the last chapter and the romantic scene wasn't very good (me no good with romantic scene) but i did the best i could. Sigh...All the schoolworks, social life probs...But now everything is back on track so that is y i managed to finish the fic. So Sorry ppl. I prob lost all my readers..Sobs..Sobs... But at least, i finished it ^_^X So sorry for any grammatical and spelling mistakes. Thank you to all ppl who reviewed the last time. You guys rock!^o^
Till next time ppl. Ja' ne!