Hey minna-san! So... how are ya? Well, I'm fine on account of SCHOOL IS FINALLY OVER!!!! Meaning that I can update more often and that you have the right to throw rotten fruits and vegetables at me if I don't! (Is that actually supposed to be a good thing?) I'll quit my rambling so you continue. REMEMBER TO REVIEW ALL YOU LOVELY PEOPLE!

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS.

THE NANNY

By Kawaii-chan

Chapter Nine: Stormy Night and the Splinter

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"Eh, who knew?"

"YOU KNEW!!!" Eriol shrieked making everyone wince. "You're forgetting to count to 10," Sakura whispered. Eriol rolled his eyes, and took a deep breath. "Why didn't you tell me??" Eriol asked impatiently glaring at both Sakura and Syaoran; trying to avoid Tomoyo's gaze. Tomoyo's brows furrowed together in anger.

"Why? You'd make fun of me anyways!" Tomoyo said hautily. Eriol gazed at his legs, she'd gotten him there. "No I wouldn't. I mean, look at you! You have to admit, you were never like this before!" he exclaimed. "So now you're shallow?" Tomoyo countered. "No, you were never so interesting and charming," Eriol explained.

~Flashback to when they were outside~

"And then Sakura goes 'hoeeeeeee!' like always," Eriol chuckled making Kaoru laugh. He smiled seeing how her eyes twinkled and how her laughter sounded so pleasant. "Our Sakura-chan can be so funny sometimes. Don't you think she and Li-san would be perfect together?" Kaoru commented. "Sure, but I don't think he's looking for a relationship right now. After Nishi broke up with him, he hasn't trusted any woman," Eriol replied. He looked into her eyes and gently took a hold of her hand.

"But I'm looking for a relationship," he charmed making Tomoyo blush. He grinned seeing her lovely cheeks turn pink and gave a gentle squeeze before he let go. "Anyway, let's talk about you Kaoru-chan. What do you do?" Eriol asked. "I'm a fashion designer and I have my own company, Hanyaan," Tomoyo answered. "Hey, that's what Sakura's says when she feels all warm inside. That's funny," he chuckled. (K/N: I don't know if that's what she said exactly since I have to watch the nelvana version so I just heard this from websites. Please excuse me if I got something wrong.)I know, I got the idea from her. I was starting my company when she was going out with her ex. She told me how 'hanyaan' she felt and I thought it would be the perfect name for my company."

"Any hobbies, Kaoru-chan?" "I like to design special dresses, obviously, and I also do some filming too," Kaoru smiled. "Wow, Tomoyo-chan used to do the same things!" Eriol exclaimed oblivious to the fact that his Tomoyo was right there in front of him. Kaoru shifted her weight and put on a fake smile. "You still haven't told me about yourself," Tomoyo changed the subject. "Well, I'm Syaoran and I are business partners in the technology industry. My favorite hobby is to tease Syaoran and I also like going on long drives," Eriol told. "That's really nice. I really like doing that too. It's so nice to get away once in a while," Tomoyo took a deep breath. "Well maybe we can take one together sometime," Eriol winked. She caught Eriol staring at her and blushed.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" Kaoru asked touching her cheek. "Your eyes, their so beautiful," Eriol said leaning in closer to her, "Your lips look so soft and pink." He put his hand up to her mouth and outlined her lips with his pointer finger and leaned in to close the gap between them. Eriol's lips danced on Tomoyo's and her arms encircled his neck. He left her breathless when they parted. Tomoyo's eyes fluttered open and saw Eriol smiling. "Wow, that's about the best kiss I've ever had," Eriol mumbled dreamily.

Tomoyo looked up at the moon as it lit her face. "It's such a beautiful night, ne?" she sighed. "Not as beautiful as you," Eriol replied. "Aren't we the sweet talker?" Tomoyo giggled. "Your lips only made mine sweeter."

Tomoyo's cheeks turned crimson... yup, he still had that charm. "Mind if I look at your palm?" Eriol asked. Tomoyo gave him her hand as he studied it. He stuck out his tongue and furrowed his brows together. Tomoyo giggled seeing that he still had that habbit of his. "What's so funny?" "Oh, nothing. I was just thinking," Tomoyo answered.

"Well, your palm says that you are very successful but you can be very lonely sometimes. You will live the average life span and you'll spend the rest of your days with a very handsome and charming man," Eriol explained. "Oh, and you'll make 4 beautiful children all with a last name that starts with H. Two of which are twins," he continued. Tomoyo gasped, "All that from reading my palms? My, you are very talented.

"It's just something I picked up. Come on, let's go inside. Your palms also said that a very handsome and charming man named Eriol awaits another dance with you. See how true my predictions are?" he took the giggling Tomoyo's arm as they headed back inside.

~End of Flashback~

Tomoyo crossed her arms. "Guys, come on! It's not that bad. Tomoyo just surprised you Eriol! Big deal!" Syaoran yelled getting the attention of some other guests. Everyone at the table raised their left brow in unison seeing Syaoran.

"Fine, Eriol, I'm sorry I lied to you," Tomoyo apologized grimly. "TOMOYO, I'm sorry I called you under developed and tubby," Eriol did the same. "Please! You could do better than that!" Sakura exclaimed frustrated. Eriol let out a sigh. "Tomoyo, I'm very sorry that I overreacted. Just tell me, why didn't you tell me in the first place that it was you all along? Isn't it a bit odd?" Eriol asked after genuinely apologizing.

"You're forgiven. I'm sorry too that I didn't tell you the truth before. Actually, I just didn't want you to be quick to judge when you met me," Tomoyo said in a quiet voice. "It's okay. Let's just not do that again," Eriol chuckled.

"My, my, we have the weirdest friends don't we?" Sakura mumbled to Syaoran. Syaoran nodded with a sweat drop. Dinner went on normally and when it was time for dessert, Tomoyo nudged Eriol in the stomach with a smirk on her face. "Best kiss you ever had, ay?" Tomoyo giggled seeing him turn scarlet. "Your's wasn't bad either," Tomoyo teased.

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Everyone went home after the dinner and settled in to bed. Little did they know that a storm was coming their way.

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BOOM BOOM!!!!!! Struck the thunder scaring Sakura out of her wits as she held on to her blanket for dear life. She watched as the lightening lit from the window and anticipated the crashing noised again. BOOM!!! It struck again. Sakura was sure it probably the storm had knocked over some of the small trees they had planted a couple of days ago in the back yard. Sakura whimpered and got out of the bed clutching the teddy bear she had. She jumped when she heard thunder crash again.

Sakura walked out of her room at a fast pace and headed for Ying-fa's room and remembered that Ying-fa wasn't there. "Oh, great. Ah!" she shrieked. "Kami-sama, I haven't seen a storm like this one in... forever!"

She saw the door to Syaoran's room closed. She walked up and put her hand on the knob but paused. She thought about whether it would be okay to go in or not knowing that it would feel very awkward. She softly knocked on the door hoping that he'd let her. When he didn't respond, she knocked a little louder, "Are you awake??" she asked rather loudly from the door. Syaoran got up and openned his door, "Now, I am."

Sakura blushed at her own stupidity. "I, um, was wondering, if, um... ah!!!" Sakura shrieked making Syaoran wince. The thunder had struck again. "Let me guess, you're scared of the dark," Syaoran implied sleepily. Sakura nodded her head gingerly. "And you want me to help?" "Yes."

"I guess you can come in. I'm too lazy right now to make a bed on the floor so I hope you don't mind if we share," he said running his hand through is bed head. Sakura giggled when she saw that it was more unruly than usual, but it was still cute. Syaoran crawled in and scooted over to the side to give her room.

"Umm, Li-san, do you mind if I sleep on this side?" Sakura pointed to his side. "But I always sleep on this side," he mumbled sleepily. "Please, you don't expect me to sleep on top of you now, do you?" she inquired. Syaoran raised his brow making her blush. "If you must.." he groaned rolling over to the other side. Sakura smiled and crawled into the extremely comfortable bed and let herself be enveloped into the sea of blanket. She inhaled the comfortable masculine scent that came from her surroundings. He smelled of Hugo Boss cologne. (K/N: I just love that scent. It so nice on a guy. Don't you think? ) She sighed and closed her eyes only to snap them back open when the thunder struck again.

(A/N: I know this is VERY cheesy, but hey, we all love sap/fluff once in a while, rite?) She threw her arm around Syaoran figure and held on for dear life. Syaoran's eyes snapped open and his cheeks started to burn. She squeezed around his neck. "Ki.ni.mo.to, you. are. strang.ling. me!" he managed to choke out. Sakura immediately released her death grip, "Sorry, I just got scared."

"It's okay, just don't aim for my wind pipe again," Syaoran took a deep breath. "Good night, Kinimoto," Syaoran mumbled closing his eyes. "Good night."

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(A/N: I bet you already know what's going to happen next. Am I right?)

Syaoran woke up the next morning breathing in the scent of cherry blossoms. He looked down and noticed that Sakura's head was resting on his chest. Not only that, but he had one arm cradling her. Apparentley, he had mistaken her for his body pillow which was carelessly thrown on the floor. A pink hue danced on his cheeks as he let go, gently to not wake her. Sakura's eyes fluttered open when she felt him let go. She, too, blushed knowing that he was holding her during the night.

"Good morning, apparently the storm's over so the whether is great outdoors. Listen, I have some garden work to do but since I'll be going to pick Ying-fa up, do you mind if I ask you to do some of it for me, or atleast help me with it?" Syaoran asked grabbing a towel and some dry clothes. "No, I'd be happy too," actually, we needed some groceries so maybe you could pick those up on your way. I have a list ready."

"Alright, but we are going to have breakfast first right?" Syaoran asked with his head sticking out of his bathroom. "Yeah, how does a bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats sound?" "Sound's great."

Syaoran and Sakura both paused. 'Oh my gosh, I feel like I'm married or something!' both of them thought in unison. They looked at eachother as their eyes locked and soon blushed looking away from eachother. "Uh..." "Umm..." "I guess I better get going," Sakura rushed off.

Later, both Sakura and Syaoran came downstairs with wet hair. Sakura atleast towel dried it enought to where it didn't drip, but Syaoran's dripped all over the place. He wore a a thin blue sweater that was loosely untucked and a pair of khaki pants. His green towel hung over his shoulders catching the drops of water. Sakura couldn't help but notice how extremely clean he smelled.

She came over and put her bowl of cereal on the table and then put his in front of him. "The least you could do dry your hair properly," Sakura took the and tossed it on his head to where it even covered his face. "Thanks," he mumled from underneath the towel. Sakura giggled watching him towel dry. "Is that better?" "Mmmhmm." Sakura held back a giggle. They ate their breakfast in silence both of them reading their own section of the newspaper.

They both finished and put up their bowls. Syaoran got his keys and headed out while Sakura got her hat and headed outside.

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'Their garden is very nice, it just needs a little work,' Sakura thought trimming the hedges. She whistled a merry tune as she headed for the flower beds and started to de-weed. The flower bed was a good size but it was a good thing that Syaoran had remembered to put weed killer or else their would be a lot more work to do. Sakura noticed the unplanted cherry tree that Syaoran probably had planned to plant. 'Okay, this is going to be hard but I guess I'll have to make it on my own. She noticed that Syaoran had already dug a hole in the ground. She picked up the heavy tree and when she was about to put it carefully into the dirt, she dropped it because felt an incredible pain in her right hand. The tree was alright but there was a big piece of wood sticking out of her hand.

"Oh, this hurts!!" Sakura growled as she headed upstairs to her room. Meanwhile, Syaoran and Ying-fa came in with grocery bags. Syaoran put up the grocery and her Sakura upstairs as she groaned in agony. "What's up with her?" Ying-fa asked heading up stairs. Syaoran followed her and saw that Sakura was sitting in her room staring at her hand.

"What's wrong?" Ying-fa chirped. "I have a splinter. Ow!!" Sakura whined. "I'll help you," Syaoran sat down and studied her hand. "Okay, then I'll get out of here," Ying-fa don't slam the *slam* door..." Syaoran trailed. The door was slammed shut and probably locked too.

Just then, Tomoyo and and Eriol both entered the house. "Hey Ying-fa, are your brother and Sakura home?" Tomoyo asked as Ying-fa played tea party with her stuffed animals. "Their upstairs in Sakura-chan's room. Hi Eriol!!" Ying-fa blushed. "Oh, hey, Ying-fa, it's so nice to see you again. My, you just look lovelier every time I see you," Eriol made her blush more. "Thanks. You look nice to," Ying-fa whispered unconsiously playing with the fur of her bear.

Tomoyo and Eriol climbed upstairs and just when Tomoyo was about to turn the knob, Eriol stopped her. "Wait, their in there TOGETHER. I hear them talking..." Eriol grinned evily. In an instant. Eriol and Tomoyo had their heads pressed up against the door. Little did they know that Syaoran was just pulling out Sakura's splinter.

Syaoran got out the tweezers from Sakura's make up bag and sat back down.

Sakura: It's pretty big and think, are you sure it'll fit in? I mean won't it hurt?

Syaoran: I know, it looks like it's going to hurt. But don't worry, I'm going to be gentle with you. I'll push it in gently and take it out, okay? It'll hurt though but just a little.

Eriol and Tomoyo quircked a brow in unison. "Oh my goodness, it's broad day light and Ying-fa's at home! Shouldn't they be doing it on their own time?" Tomoyo gasped. "Love has no sense of time, my dear. But didn't they say that they weren't at it?" Eriol asked. "I know, may it was a lie. Wait, is Syaoran experienced? I mean, he knows quite a lot about this stuff!" Tomoyo whispered. Eriol shrugged. FYI, the splinter was in the space between her index finger and her thumb.

Sakura: Okay, this is my first time, I've never had this before.

Syaoran: I can't do this in a chair, let's do it on the bed.

Tomoyo furrowed her brows together and Eriol put his hand on her mouth so she wouldn't start yelling. He let go. "I wish I had my camera for this!" Tomoyo whispered. Eriol looked at her weird. Tomoyo! That's perverted! I never expected this from you!" Eriol exclaimed. "Eww! No! I just wanted to see their faces when they come out of their. That is, if they ever do," Tomoyo silently giggled. Eriol just sweat dropped.

Syaoran: *takes her thumb and index finger* Kinimoto, you know I need room to do this. You can't keep 'em closed. Spread 'em so I can get in there!

Sakura: *giggles* Ay, ay, captain!

Syaoran: You ready?

Sakura: Hurry, I can't wait much longer!

Syaoran: *chuckles* Okay, calm down and relax. I'm about to go in. *put's tweezer in and tries to get out the splinter*

Sakura: Ow, it hurts!!

Syaoran: Shh, shh, you don't want Ying-fa to barge in here! She'll think I'm hurting you! Does it still hurt?

Sakura: I think I'm getting used to it. Okay, hurry! You're going to slow! Faster!

Syaoran: You look nice today by the way.

Sakura: That's because of what I'm wearing... *mumbles to where Eriol and Tomoyo can't hear them*

Syaoran: *raised eyebrow* huh?

Sakura: Nothing!!

"She's naked!!!" Tomoyo gasped. "Naw, Tomoyo! For this special occasion she's dressed in a friggin' clown suit!!" Eriol whispered dripping in sarcasm. Tomoyo blushed.

Sakura: Hurry, you're stalling!

Syaoran: I'm just saying those things so that maybe you'd feel happy and calm down!

Sakura: Okay.

Syaoran: Alright, on the count of three. One...

"Eriol, I can't have this happen to my best friend! She doesn't know him well enough! I have to stop them!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "If you must..." Eriol got out of her way.

Syaoran: Two... Thr-

Tomoyo barged in, "GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF OF HER LI!!!"

Just then, they spotted Syaoran with the tweezer's holding her hand and Sakura. Both fully clothed.

"Hoe???"

TBC (To be continued)

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So how was that? I had lots of fun writing that chapter and I hope you had as much fun reading this! Please review and tell me what you thought! Okie dokie? You probably think that I have a sick mind for typing this. ^_^' I got this idea from Look Who's Talking.. I forgot if it was the first one or the second one though. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!! Until next time, happy reading! Ja!

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