IN HIS EYES
By Sakura-dani
Disclaimer: Okay I shall say this right here and now-I do not own any of the CCS chara's CLAMP © are the wonderful people that do :D
A/N: In this particular chapter I'm going to have to change between Sakura and Syaoran's POV kay? Ja ^_^ And a big thank you to all whom reviewed! *hugs*
Chapter two-The arrangement
~Sakura's POV~
Sakura ran her hand through her auburn hair, fixing it up and making sure that it wasn't out of place. She still felt slightly terrified at the encounter with that boy that everyone knew of so well-Syaoran Li. She stood up and brushed off the dust that had collected on her pleated skirt, and evened out her skirts. She sighed and then bent over to pick up her own books. Today looked like another long one, and didn't have a very good starting to it. Just as Sakura was beginning to move down the crowded corridor she felt a hand placed on her shoulder.
'Hoe!' she screamed in alarm. She turned around to see a girl with ruby red eyes and long black hair that looked very neatly well in place.
'Hi,' Meiling said calmly, 'I'm Li Meiling -' she smiled at Sakura.
'Hello.what can I do for you?' Sakura replied courteously. It was very accustomed for Sakura to be very polite to others.
'Oh nothing much-but I must say, I saw what happened with you and Syaoran.'
Sakura gasped. No one at her school addressed him by his first name, only those really close to him. 'Wait a minute.Li's last name is familiar.' Sakura pondered.
Meiling sighed, not realizing that this girl could be a little on the dense side. 'Yes that is because Syaoran is my cousin.'
'Oh,' Sakura said finally understanding. She began to bow. 'Nice to meet you, so that is why you address him by his first name?'
Meiling nodded, her fringe dangling in front of her eyes. 'Yes.well anyway I saw how my cousin treated you.please do not instantly think that all of the Li clan is as arrogant and ruthless as he. He is putting a bad reputation on our family name! So I must apologize for his outrageous behavior,' Meiling bowed.
'Oh.it's okay. It is quite custom for him to be like that. I have heard many rumors.' Sakura wandered off. 'Oh! Sorry I'm not meaning of course that you are like him or anything.'
'No problems!' Meiling winked. 'I assume your name is Sakura?' she raised an eyebrow, moving slightly to her left as someone passed her by in the corridor.
'Oh sorry I'm so rude,' she bowed, 'my name is Kinomoto Sakura.' She smiled.
'Nice to meet you-hey how would you fancy spending lunch time with me so we can chat some more?' Meiling asked not trying to sound persistent.
'That would be wonderful.you can meet my best friend Tomoyo-chan too! I'm sure you'll like her,' Sakura glanced at her watch. 'Oh sorry but I best be going-class will begin soon.'
Meiling nodded understandingly. 'Sure thing I best be going to; well see you at lunch time kay?'
'Yeah.' Sakura smiled warmly, her emerald green eyes twinkling happily also.
'Ja ne!' Meiling waved as she watched the auburn haired girl make her way back down the corridor.
~
Sakura was waiting in the cafeteria area with Tomoyo Daidouji, a pretty young girl with long dark hair and blue eyes.
'Sakura-chan who is this girl again?' Tomoyo asked, leaning an elbow on the table.
'Tomoyo-chan I believe she is related to Li, Syaoran I think.'
'Him?! Really? Wow.' Tomoyo murmured.
'Ah but Meiling Li seems nice.' Sakura trailed off as she saw Meiling and Syaoran enter the room. Syaoran glared at everyone who stared at him and then made his way over to a table. Meiling spotted Sakura and gave her a smile.
'Ah there you are,' Meiling greeted, sliding onto the seat opposite of Sakura. 'And you are Sakura's friend?' she looked at Tomoyo.
'Yes-this is Daidouji, Tomoyo, Tomoyo this is Meiling.' Sakura giggled.
'Hello nice to meet you,' Tomoyo beamed.
'Likewise I am sure,' Meiling smiled. 'So how are you Sakura.once again I apologize for my cousins rude behavior,' she sighed.
'Oh-I am fine thanks.may I just ask though.what made you want to be my friend?' Sakura wondered, since no one had approached her like that before.
'Well you seem like a nice girl and all,' Meiling began unwrapping her sandwich. That wasn't entirely the truth, but Meiling thought it best not to say so in front of Tomoyo.
'I hope you don't mind me asking so, but were you born here in Tomoeda?' Tomoyo pondered on that.
Meiling swallowed what was in her mouth and then replied, 'Oh heavens no! Syaoran and I were originally from Hong-Kong. Aunt Yelan came here because of her business affairs.'
'Ah.I didn't think you two were from here?' Tomoyo giggled, 'so how long have you been here in Tomoeda?'
Meiling racked her brain and tried to remember. 'Ah-I think for about a year and a half.' She nodded to herself, 'yes it was a good year and a half ago.'
'Ah cool.' Tomoyo replied.
There was a loud "crash", and everyone in the cafeteria craned their necks around to see whom had started the ruckus. Meiling sighed as she saw whom it was, no other then Syaoran Li.
Syaoran had tipped his chair over, as he had gotten out of it so promptly. Why he had gotten out of his chair was the question. Sakura stood up on her tippy-toes to get a better look. There was a young boy with blonde hair and brown eyes lying sprawled on the ground in front of Syaoran's feet. The boy looked around 13 or 14 to Sakura, and he looked afraid.
'P-please.I-I didn't mean t-to.' he quivered in fear.
Syaoran leered down at the boy, feeling his sense of authority rising ever more faster. Syaoran was mad at this boy purely because he thought it quite comical to flick his peas at Syaoran. Now the reaction lay to this point.
'Sure you didn't! I saw you deliberately flick them at me! No one dares do that to me and gets away with it!' he scowled, picking the boy up from the ground by his collar.
Meiling was getting mad by this point and was just about to go make a complaint to her cousin, but before she could Sakura bet her too it.
'Li let him go!' she yelled shrilly, now in the middle of this all. She couldn't believe she had worked up enough courage to do this herself. Once again she felt those amber eyes piercing into hers, and how they were ever filled with such hatred for her.
'Oh? And who thinks that you can tell me what to do? You know you are becoming quite a pest, showing up in my life three times now.' he snarled callously.
Sakura took no heed to his crude comments, and stood her ground. 'I'll repeat myself once more. Let-him-go!' it's not that Sakura was glaring at him, but the way she said it to him that had some sort of effect on him. Or maybe it was her eyes? He stared into her emerald ones hardly. It was like her eyes had done all the talking to him.
Syaoran's grip loosened on the boy's collar and he slipped from Syaoran's firm hand. The boy scuttled away quickly before Syaoran would attempt to snatch him up again.
'One day..' He murmured to her, and then turned around and left the cafeteria in a bad mood.
Meiling came up to Sakura feeling bemused at how Sakura had gotten Syaoran to do what she had said.
'How the heck did you do that?' she asked immediately.
'Do what?' Sakura asked perplexedly.
'That! Make Syaoran listen to you!' Meiling said rapidly, she was feeling quite excited. Aunt Yelan did seem to be right about this girl. If she could do this to Syaoran, then there was no telling of what else she was capable of.
'I dunno.but I do wish he wouldn't be so harsh on people.'
'Hey Sakura-can I have a private word with you?' Meiling asked seriously.
'With me? Sure okay.just let me tell Tomoyo that I'll catch up with her later on 'kay?'
Meiling nodded and watched as the auburn haired girl made her way over to Tomoyo and explained what was happening. One minute later Sakura returned and Meiling and her made their way outside into the courtyard.
~
'Sakura.here's the thing. Aunt Yelan wants me to find someone-someone that is capable of helping out Syaoran.' Meiling paused to try her best to look serious.
Sakura nodded, so far taking in what the Chinese girl was saying.
'Well.Aunt Yelan believes that the only person that can help Syaoran become nice, is someone that has the qualities that he doesn't have. And she prefers someone of the opposite sex too. That person is you Sakura.' Meiling smiled hopefully.
'Me? Wait a minute.you're looking for someone to help him? That's.argh.that sounds hard! He looks so impossible to tame.'
'Ah-but you see the way you made Syaoran back off today was amazing. You seem to have some sort of affect on him to do that. Now will you please help my aunt and I, to turn him into a kind, caring "Chibi Okami"?' Meiling pleaded.
'Chibi Okami? That means little Wolf does it not?' Sakura asked.
'Yes-that's what his name means in Chinese. He doesn't like to be called that so you'd better watch out for that,' she giggled.
'Well I guess I could try my best to help out.but how does this work? I come over your place and attempt to "hang out" with him?'
Meiling laughed at the image that appeared in her head. 'Yeah pretty much-- but you mustn't tell him that you are coming over my place to "help" him. You have to make it look like you want to be his friend.'
Sakura sat down on a bench and sighed. This sounded like a lot of work. But if it would mean stopping Syaoran from being mean to everyone at school, then it might be worth something to everyone. 'Okay Meiling-I'll do it!'
'You sure?'
'Yes I am sure, I want to help out a friend!' she smiled.
'Sakura.thank you so much for agreeing,' Meiling hugged her. Sakura hugged her back and smiled as they parted from one another.
'So shall I come around school then?' she asked.
'Oh sure, if you want to,' Meiling answered beginning to make her way back inside the school building. Sakura followed quickly after her.
'So I'll meet you at the front after school finishes?'
Meiling stopped in her tracks and faced the girl named Sakura. 'Sure thing Kinomoto-san. I'll get Wei to drop you, Syaoran and me off home 'kay?'
Sakura nodded understandingly. 'Just one thing.how do you think he'll take it, seeing me coming home with you?'
'Oh Syaoran will live with it!' she chuckled. 'Well see you after school!' she waved.
Boy had it been a day for Sakura, so much information flies by in a matter of sections.
*
~Syaoran's POV~
Syaoran waited for Meiling at the front of the school. She was late for some apparent reason and he didn't like it one bit. But what was bothering him the most was that girl named Sakura. He knew her name, from hearing the gossip all over school. The way she had spoken to him with such defiance .what had made him listen to her? He was Syaoran Li for god's sake! And he was listening to some auburn haired girl with emerald green eyes.that's what it was! Her eyes! No that sounded stupid to him. It's just that her eyes had the affect of looking mysterious to him. Well whatever it was, he didn't like it one bit. He never listened to anyone. He did what he wanted to, and he always got his way.
'Syaoran sorry I'm late!' Meiling wailed running up to his lean stature. This didn't shock Syaoran at all to her being late, but the figure that was appearing behind Meiling. It was Sakura.
'You!' he hissed as if accusing her of murder.
'Syaoran, Sakura is coming home with us I hope you know.' She smiled, saying this in an insolent tone.
'Like hell she is! She is not to step foot in our car!' he glared at the Japanese girl.
Sakura stood there smiling though. Why was she smiling? He was insulting her.
'Syaoran! She is my friend and I am aloud to bring whom ever I wish with me, so there!' she pouted at her cousin.
He shot another angry glare at the two, and without another word opened the black limousine's door and threw his bag in, and then hopped in slamming the door behind him.
'When will he learn.Sakura I hope you'll teach him soon.' Meiling muttered and then opened the door and allowed Sakura to clamber in and then herself.
*
A/N: Sorry to leave it there. But I had to, as the next bit will go better with chapter three! R+R will be appreciated as much as ever! Thankies :D
Dani-chan :)
Disclaimer: Okay I shall say this right here and now-I do not own any of the CCS chara's CLAMP © are the wonderful people that do :D
A/N: In this particular chapter I'm going to have to change between Sakura and Syaoran's POV kay? Ja ^_^ And a big thank you to all whom reviewed! *hugs*
Chapter two-The arrangement
~Sakura's POV~
Sakura ran her hand through her auburn hair, fixing it up and making sure that it wasn't out of place. She still felt slightly terrified at the encounter with that boy that everyone knew of so well-Syaoran Li. She stood up and brushed off the dust that had collected on her pleated skirt, and evened out her skirts. She sighed and then bent over to pick up her own books. Today looked like another long one, and didn't have a very good starting to it. Just as Sakura was beginning to move down the crowded corridor she felt a hand placed on her shoulder.
'Hoe!' she screamed in alarm. She turned around to see a girl with ruby red eyes and long black hair that looked very neatly well in place.
'Hi,' Meiling said calmly, 'I'm Li Meiling -' she smiled at Sakura.
'Hello.what can I do for you?' Sakura replied courteously. It was very accustomed for Sakura to be very polite to others.
'Oh nothing much-but I must say, I saw what happened with you and Syaoran.'
Sakura gasped. No one at her school addressed him by his first name, only those really close to him. 'Wait a minute.Li's last name is familiar.' Sakura pondered.
Meiling sighed, not realizing that this girl could be a little on the dense side. 'Yes that is because Syaoran is my cousin.'
'Oh,' Sakura said finally understanding. She began to bow. 'Nice to meet you, so that is why you address him by his first name?'
Meiling nodded, her fringe dangling in front of her eyes. 'Yes.well anyway I saw how my cousin treated you.please do not instantly think that all of the Li clan is as arrogant and ruthless as he. He is putting a bad reputation on our family name! So I must apologize for his outrageous behavior,' Meiling bowed.
'Oh.it's okay. It is quite custom for him to be like that. I have heard many rumors.' Sakura wandered off. 'Oh! Sorry I'm not meaning of course that you are like him or anything.'
'No problems!' Meiling winked. 'I assume your name is Sakura?' she raised an eyebrow, moving slightly to her left as someone passed her by in the corridor.
'Oh sorry I'm so rude,' she bowed, 'my name is Kinomoto Sakura.' She smiled.
'Nice to meet you-hey how would you fancy spending lunch time with me so we can chat some more?' Meiling asked not trying to sound persistent.
'That would be wonderful.you can meet my best friend Tomoyo-chan too! I'm sure you'll like her,' Sakura glanced at her watch. 'Oh sorry but I best be going-class will begin soon.'
Meiling nodded understandingly. 'Sure thing I best be going to; well see you at lunch time kay?'
'Yeah.' Sakura smiled warmly, her emerald green eyes twinkling happily also.
'Ja ne!' Meiling waved as she watched the auburn haired girl make her way back down the corridor.
~
Sakura was waiting in the cafeteria area with Tomoyo Daidouji, a pretty young girl with long dark hair and blue eyes.
'Sakura-chan who is this girl again?' Tomoyo asked, leaning an elbow on the table.
'Tomoyo-chan I believe she is related to Li, Syaoran I think.'
'Him?! Really? Wow.' Tomoyo murmured.
'Ah but Meiling Li seems nice.' Sakura trailed off as she saw Meiling and Syaoran enter the room. Syaoran glared at everyone who stared at him and then made his way over to a table. Meiling spotted Sakura and gave her a smile.
'Ah there you are,' Meiling greeted, sliding onto the seat opposite of Sakura. 'And you are Sakura's friend?' she looked at Tomoyo.
'Yes-this is Daidouji, Tomoyo, Tomoyo this is Meiling.' Sakura giggled.
'Hello nice to meet you,' Tomoyo beamed.
'Likewise I am sure,' Meiling smiled. 'So how are you Sakura.once again I apologize for my cousins rude behavior,' she sighed.
'Oh-I am fine thanks.may I just ask though.what made you want to be my friend?' Sakura wondered, since no one had approached her like that before.
'Well you seem like a nice girl and all,' Meiling began unwrapping her sandwich. That wasn't entirely the truth, but Meiling thought it best not to say so in front of Tomoyo.
'I hope you don't mind me asking so, but were you born here in Tomoeda?' Tomoyo pondered on that.
Meiling swallowed what was in her mouth and then replied, 'Oh heavens no! Syaoran and I were originally from Hong-Kong. Aunt Yelan came here because of her business affairs.'
'Ah.I didn't think you two were from here?' Tomoyo giggled, 'so how long have you been here in Tomoeda?'
Meiling racked her brain and tried to remember. 'Ah-I think for about a year and a half.' She nodded to herself, 'yes it was a good year and a half ago.'
'Ah cool.' Tomoyo replied.
There was a loud "crash", and everyone in the cafeteria craned their necks around to see whom had started the ruckus. Meiling sighed as she saw whom it was, no other then Syaoran Li.
Syaoran had tipped his chair over, as he had gotten out of it so promptly. Why he had gotten out of his chair was the question. Sakura stood up on her tippy-toes to get a better look. There was a young boy with blonde hair and brown eyes lying sprawled on the ground in front of Syaoran's feet. The boy looked around 13 or 14 to Sakura, and he looked afraid.
'P-please.I-I didn't mean t-to.' he quivered in fear.
Syaoran leered down at the boy, feeling his sense of authority rising ever more faster. Syaoran was mad at this boy purely because he thought it quite comical to flick his peas at Syaoran. Now the reaction lay to this point.
'Sure you didn't! I saw you deliberately flick them at me! No one dares do that to me and gets away with it!' he scowled, picking the boy up from the ground by his collar.
Meiling was getting mad by this point and was just about to go make a complaint to her cousin, but before she could Sakura bet her too it.
'Li let him go!' she yelled shrilly, now in the middle of this all. She couldn't believe she had worked up enough courage to do this herself. Once again she felt those amber eyes piercing into hers, and how they were ever filled with such hatred for her.
'Oh? And who thinks that you can tell me what to do? You know you are becoming quite a pest, showing up in my life three times now.' he snarled callously.
Sakura took no heed to his crude comments, and stood her ground. 'I'll repeat myself once more. Let-him-go!' it's not that Sakura was glaring at him, but the way she said it to him that had some sort of effect on him. Or maybe it was her eyes? He stared into her emerald ones hardly. It was like her eyes had done all the talking to him.
Syaoran's grip loosened on the boy's collar and he slipped from Syaoran's firm hand. The boy scuttled away quickly before Syaoran would attempt to snatch him up again.
'One day..' He murmured to her, and then turned around and left the cafeteria in a bad mood.
Meiling came up to Sakura feeling bemused at how Sakura had gotten Syaoran to do what she had said.
'How the heck did you do that?' she asked immediately.
'Do what?' Sakura asked perplexedly.
'That! Make Syaoran listen to you!' Meiling said rapidly, she was feeling quite excited. Aunt Yelan did seem to be right about this girl. If she could do this to Syaoran, then there was no telling of what else she was capable of.
'I dunno.but I do wish he wouldn't be so harsh on people.'
'Hey Sakura-can I have a private word with you?' Meiling asked seriously.
'With me? Sure okay.just let me tell Tomoyo that I'll catch up with her later on 'kay?'
Meiling nodded and watched as the auburn haired girl made her way over to Tomoyo and explained what was happening. One minute later Sakura returned and Meiling and her made their way outside into the courtyard.
~
'Sakura.here's the thing. Aunt Yelan wants me to find someone-someone that is capable of helping out Syaoran.' Meiling paused to try her best to look serious.
Sakura nodded, so far taking in what the Chinese girl was saying.
'Well.Aunt Yelan believes that the only person that can help Syaoran become nice, is someone that has the qualities that he doesn't have. And she prefers someone of the opposite sex too. That person is you Sakura.' Meiling smiled hopefully.
'Me? Wait a minute.you're looking for someone to help him? That's.argh.that sounds hard! He looks so impossible to tame.'
'Ah-but you see the way you made Syaoran back off today was amazing. You seem to have some sort of affect on him to do that. Now will you please help my aunt and I, to turn him into a kind, caring "Chibi Okami"?' Meiling pleaded.
'Chibi Okami? That means little Wolf does it not?' Sakura asked.
'Yes-that's what his name means in Chinese. He doesn't like to be called that so you'd better watch out for that,' she giggled.
'Well I guess I could try my best to help out.but how does this work? I come over your place and attempt to "hang out" with him?'
Meiling laughed at the image that appeared in her head. 'Yeah pretty much-- but you mustn't tell him that you are coming over my place to "help" him. You have to make it look like you want to be his friend.'
Sakura sat down on a bench and sighed. This sounded like a lot of work. But if it would mean stopping Syaoran from being mean to everyone at school, then it might be worth something to everyone. 'Okay Meiling-I'll do it!'
'You sure?'
'Yes I am sure, I want to help out a friend!' she smiled.
'Sakura.thank you so much for agreeing,' Meiling hugged her. Sakura hugged her back and smiled as they parted from one another.
'So shall I come around school then?' she asked.
'Oh sure, if you want to,' Meiling answered beginning to make her way back inside the school building. Sakura followed quickly after her.
'So I'll meet you at the front after school finishes?'
Meiling stopped in her tracks and faced the girl named Sakura. 'Sure thing Kinomoto-san. I'll get Wei to drop you, Syaoran and me off home 'kay?'
Sakura nodded understandingly. 'Just one thing.how do you think he'll take it, seeing me coming home with you?'
'Oh Syaoran will live with it!' she chuckled. 'Well see you after school!' she waved.
Boy had it been a day for Sakura, so much information flies by in a matter of sections.
*
~Syaoran's POV~
Syaoran waited for Meiling at the front of the school. She was late for some apparent reason and he didn't like it one bit. But what was bothering him the most was that girl named Sakura. He knew her name, from hearing the gossip all over school. The way she had spoken to him with such defiance .what had made him listen to her? He was Syaoran Li for god's sake! And he was listening to some auburn haired girl with emerald green eyes.that's what it was! Her eyes! No that sounded stupid to him. It's just that her eyes had the affect of looking mysterious to him. Well whatever it was, he didn't like it one bit. He never listened to anyone. He did what he wanted to, and he always got his way.
'Syaoran sorry I'm late!' Meiling wailed running up to his lean stature. This didn't shock Syaoran at all to her being late, but the figure that was appearing behind Meiling. It was Sakura.
'You!' he hissed as if accusing her of murder.
'Syaoran, Sakura is coming home with us I hope you know.' She smiled, saying this in an insolent tone.
'Like hell she is! She is not to step foot in our car!' he glared at the Japanese girl.
Sakura stood there smiling though. Why was she smiling? He was insulting her.
'Syaoran! She is my friend and I am aloud to bring whom ever I wish with me, so there!' she pouted at her cousin.
He shot another angry glare at the two, and without another word opened the black limousine's door and threw his bag in, and then hopped in slamming the door behind him.
'When will he learn.Sakura I hope you'll teach him soon.' Meiling muttered and then opened the door and allowed Sakura to clamber in and then herself.
*
A/N: Sorry to leave it there. But I had to, as the next bit will go better with chapter three! R+R will be appreciated as much as ever! Thankies :D
Dani-chan :)
