Time: summer vacation, nough said.
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Natsu Chapter 1 Plans
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"Moshi moshi?"
"Eriol?"
"Hai?"
"It's Syaoran."
"Oh!" exclaimed Eriol as he recognized the voice. "So, how has my descendant been?"
"Quite nice actually."
"That's good," said Eriol as they concluded the pleasantries. "So what can I do for you?"
"You can help me with my plan."
"Plan? What plan?"
"The plan is to give Sakura a surprise. Recently she's been thinking about our friends in Japan a lot. So I plan to surprise her with a group vacation."
"Simple plan, but a good one. I'm in."
"Good, now I'll need you to tell Takashi about it, but not Chiharu, Tomoyo, Rika or Naoko. The surprise will be for all of them."
"I don't think Rika will be able to come on the trip."
"Why not?"
"She went to a seminar with Terada-sensei."
"Where is the seminar?"
"In Paris."
"Hmm. Well can you get in touch with her?"
"Yeah, but I doubt it if she'll be able to come."
"Yeah, but it would be nice if she could at least send a message to Sakura."
"Okay, so what about Naoko boyfriend?"
"Hmm. I don't know too much about him so I'd like to keep him in the dark about the plan for now."
"I guess that would work. So how many people are coming on the trip?"
"Counting Naoko boyfriend would bring it to 14."
"Well, we should have a lot of fun with that many people."
"Yup. So I'll call you in about a week with the rest of the details."
"Cool. Ja ne."
"Ja."
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Sakura was in the dorm-room she shared with Ming. She was carefully packing her things as she started to prepare to leave for the summer.
The one down point was that she didn't know what to do for the break. She had been thinking about going home and spending some time with her friends, onii-chan and father, but that would mean telling onii-chan about her engagement and that would not make her visit very pleasant. He wasn't very pleased with her moving to Hong Kong to begin with.
Then on the other hand she did want to spend more time with Syaoran and her new friends in Hong Kong. They hadn't been able to spend too much time with all the work they've had and she wanted their summer to be a little more relaxing. So this certainly made for a hard choice.
As Sakura was considering her options a shadow appeared at her doorway and made its way slowly up behind her. The figure was slow and silent. He was careful and meticulous. He avoided all the spots on the floor where they might creak and he made sure that his shadow would not alert her to his presence.
He slowly raised his hands and readied them for their intended target. He edged closer still, careful to mask his breathing. His hands moved lightening fast as they encircled themselves around Sakura's waist and quickly picked her up off the ground and spun her around to the accompaniment of her shriek of surprise, quickly followed by squeals of laughter as he attacked her sensitive sides mercilessly.
"Haha… stop Syaoran… haha… stop," was all she could get out as she tried to push her boyfriend away.
"Can't help it, I can't seem to control my hands," said Syaoran as a wide grin broke out over his face. "They must have a mind of their own."
Sakura continued to writhe and giggle as she tried to get out from under Syaoran on the bed. They had landed there when Sakura had knocked herself off balance with her attempts at freedom, and naturally Syaoran followed her down, never once letting go.
Suddenly without warning, Sakura shot up from the bed and pulled Syaoran's face down to hers with both hands, and locked him in a kiss that took his breath away.
He slid his arms around her all the way; forgetting about his tickle attack and just reveled in the sensation of having his angel in his arms. They remained in their kiss until the threat of asphyxiation forced them to separate. They inhaled deeply of each other's scent as they simply lay next to each other on the bed. Sakura rested her head on Syaoran's chest as he held her close and breathed in the sweet aroma of her hair.
"Syaoran?"
"Hmm?"
"What are you going to do for the summer?"
"Well, I was thinking we could take a trip."
"Oh? Where to?"
"Well, aren't we the curious one."
"C'mon, tell me," pleaded Sakura.
"Are you coming on the trip?"
"Will you tell me if I do?"
"Mmm… no."
"That's not fair," pouted Sakura.
"So?"
"Mou!"
"Hehe, don't worry you'll love it," reassured Syaoran. "So are you coming?"
"I guess so."
"Good," said Syaoran with a grin on his face.
To be continued…
