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: I am making this chapter slightly longer as I like the emotions flying in this chappie :D heheh enjoy! And thanks for the reviews once more =)
Chapter six-A torrent of feelings
~Syaoran's POV~
Syaoran entered his house after Sakura. Sakura was very fascinated with his house; he had no idea as to why, as she had been here before. But she acted as if it were her first time in entering his house.
'I really love your house Li-kun!' she beamed. Syaoran just grunted and made his way into the kitchen for something to eat.
'Wei is mother home yet?' he asked, rummaging through the cupboards for some food. Wei popped his head into the kitchen.
'No master Li not yet-she was held up with important business at work,' he bowed.
'Okay.' he replied without looking at him. Wei then went onto his daily chores throughout the house.
Sakura stood there on the spot feeling slightly awkward; Syaoran noticed this.
'You can sit down you know?' he rolled his eyes. Sakura didn't notice that, and just sat down at the table.
'Where's Meiling-chan?' she asked as Syaoran took a seat down at the table with a bowl of food on the table.
'I.dunno...maybe upstairs-here take something to eat if you want,' he pushed the bowl forward. Sakura grinned-he had used manners.
'Ah Li-kun you have been very-different today.why is that?' she asked taking a handful of chips.
'Me? Different?' he choked on a mouthful of chips.
Sakura nodded chewing her food in a polite matter. 'Yes.you have been much more nicer today-don't mind me saying that.'
'Oh.' he scratched his head nervously. 'Well.I dunno I guess I'm in a good mood,' he lied. Sakura seemed to have bought his lie, which he thanked the lord that this girl wasn't the type to know when Syaoran would lie.
'So.um what did you wanna do today?' Syaoran asked a few minutes later. Sakura looked up and her eyes met his. He flustered slightly at the sight of her eyes.
'Um.I do not care. Anything would be fine,' she smiled, her eyes sparkling joyously.
'Okay...hmm.' he sighed, running a hand through his messy chocolate brown hair. This was harder then he thought. Entertaining a girl? How hard could it possibly be? He couldn't shun Sakura off to Meiling, as his task was to gain her friendship after all. 'I know! How about we go to the park down the block?' his eyes lightened up.
'Sure,' Sakura agreed nodding her head.
So Syaoran and Sakura left the kitchen and made their way to the front door.
'Wei, Kinomoto-san and I are going for a walk down the block 'kay?' he yelled out. Without waiting for an answer he opened the door and headed outside, Sakura following.
~Sakura's POV~
Syaoran remained silent as they walked together. Sakura every now and then glancing at him curiously, she seemed quite fond of this boy. She could see now, although he was cold and ruthless, underneath somewhere he was bound to have a nice side. She just needed to release the good side of him. She had a theory that he would try to avoid her at all costs. But that theory had been put to the test as he had invited her over to his house. Inviting her was somewhat saying to her "I request your company". Now going deeper into thought made her look at this boy in a whole different aspect-he may be mean, but he could be nice. And he was indeed handsome. There was no denying that fact. She loved his eyes and the way his hair fell into place (although it was usually always messy ^^;;). She figured that it was his eyes that were the most intriguing feature to this boy. A pair of unusual amber eyes that would glow with hate, pride, stubbornness and yes also a taste for learning to be nice. Could she have a "crush" on this boy? She had to admit at first she really disliked him for his arrogance and the way he thought he "owned" the school, but she had to have second thoughts on this now. Maybe it was possible to like him in the way she thought was highly unlikely.
'Li-kun how much further?' she asked, hoping to start a line of conversation.
His eyes glanced to the side, although he did not turn his head towards her. 'Not much further-' he answered back slightly cold. It looked like the conversation ended there, Sakura couldn't see it going any farther then that. So she continued to follow him and another five minutes later they came to a stop in front of a lovely looking park. It had a set of swings, a bench underneath a shady tree and some sort of trail that lead into a thicket of trees. Syaoran gave a sidelong glance to her as if gesturing to join him on the swing set. She caught onto him and followed. She took a seat onto the swing and Syaoran did so as well. She rocked back and forth slowly getting a boost, trying to make herself go higher into the air. Syaoran also attempted to as well, but was not as successful. She giggled.
'Li-kun you're not doing it right! Here-look! Place your legs together and make them straight and push into the air, making them bend slightly-it helps!' she giggled as she went higher into the air. She watched as Syaoran did as she said, he was beginning to get the gist of it by now and went a bit higher. 'See I told you, you could do it!' she beamed. Syaoran couldn't help but smile slightly.
~Syaoran POV~
I actually smiled again! I smiled because I was-happy? Happy about what? That I had accomplished going higher? Or because I was with her? This was confusing me a lot. You know I hated to admit this but maybe Kinomoto-san wasn't as bad as she let on? Why do I think that now though? She is evil.urgh! I am fighting a constant war with myself-I shall win, not my pathetic soul.
Syaoran stopped pushing on the swing and just stared into the endless sky of many colors. The sun was beginning to set as it was getting a bit late now. The swing rocked back and forth and slowed down now. Sakura noticed this and did the same slowing herself down to the same pace as his.
'Kinomoto-san answer me this please-do you hate me?' Syaoran asked still not looking at her.
'What? Hate you? Of course not. I have never hated anyone in my entire life.' she murmured and once again staring at the curious boy.
'So you do not? How can you have never hated anyone before? I hate many people.'
'I have never hated anyone because.I-always give people chances. I do not judge them by appearance or a little mishap, I like to give them time and see what they are really like. I may not "like" them as much as I would like to, but I could never hate anyone. Hate is a powerful emotion and a very abhorrent one at that. I feel people can only hate someone if they have done extremely terrible things-unforgivable things.' She paused and looked at him still.
'To never hate.seems impossible.' Syaoran answered looking down at the ground. He felt his eyes begin to sting slightly. This girl was very peculiar. The way she had explained not hating anyone somehow touched him. It made him feel guilty; she always gave everyone chances that were very different to him. He judged before he found out. He hated his mother-he could feel it. He brought his t-shirt sleeve up to the corner of his eye and quickly dabbed away the wet liquid forming there.
'Li.are you alright?' she asked sympathetically.
He nodded, not raising his eyes off the ground. 'Kinomoto I still do not understand-how you can never have the emotion hate run through you. I feel it everyday.I-I HATE EVERYONE!' he yelled the last sentence out rattling the swing chains in his hands.
'You know just as much as I do, that that is not true. You do not hate everyone. You know I believe that you possibly hate no one.' she said with concern in her tone.
'Hate no one? Are you insane? Did you not just hear what I proclaimed?' his tone rose again.
'I think you are simply confused about your own feelings towards people.' she said with thought.
'Kinomoto do NOT tell me that I hate no one, because-because I do! I hate my mom!' he yelled staring into the angry red sky. The sunset had nearly ended.
Sakura hopped off the swing set and stood next to Syaoran staring into the sunset.
'The sunset is beautiful.' she mused.
'Y-yeah.' he muttered, feeling his anger subside a little.
'You.hate your mom you say? Why is that?' Sakura asked.
'I-I.it is a personal affair. Keep out of it!' he clenched his fists around the chain tighter, his knuckles going white from such a tight grip.
'Okay fine with me. If you wish not to share you may keep it to yourself,' she smiled dazzlingly.
There was another silence between the two then. They just silently watched the rest of the sunset together. Syaoran silently enjoyed it. It was actually very calming to watch.
'Li-kun.if you hate everyone does that mean that you hate me too?'
Syaoran stared at her. This was a very hard question to answer, as he did not know the answer himself. Yes yesterday he hated her-well until the bet was made. He had to make her his friend. Lie Syaoran! He told himself. 'Kinomoto.is it alright if I say that I-do not know the answer to that?'
Sakura stared at the boy with amber eyes. They seemed to glow a bright orange in the now surrounding darkness that approached soon. She nodded solemnly. 'Yeah sure.take your time to figure it out 'kay?'
He looked at her. She was a mysterious girl. He had never come across a girl that was so-open and down to earth. She seemed to be in no rush either. ''Kay.' he replied finally. 'Hey-um I think we'd best head back. It's starting to get dark.and Wei is dropping you off tonight.'
'Okies.' She watched him leave the swing and together without another word made their way back to his place.
*
Syaoran showed Sakura into the living room area, and they took a seat in there. Wei had lit up the fireplace making the room have an orange glow now. The room was also quite warm in temperature wise too. Wei came in and handed them both a warm cup of coffee. Sakura thanked him, and Syaoran just bobbed his head not saying anything. With that Wei left the room as quickly as he had entered. He also knew of the whole "arrangement" thing going on between Sakura and Syaoran. Yelan had filled him in on it, and needed him to play a part in it.
Syaoran and Sakura drank in silence, unsure of what to say to one another. And Syaoran still had Sakura's words lingering on his mind. She had spoken a lot of truth in a way, had told him things that had actually made sense to him. He hated thinking of all the things she had said; they had some sort of affect on him now.
'Li-kun? I.want to apologize for planting that whole ordeal on you. I just- well I over expressed myself I guess.' She giggled feeling slightly at unease. The giggle was to fill in her silence after that sentence.
'Hn?' he looked over to her. She looked very attractive whether if she were out in the sunlight or in the dark. He could not deny that. 'Oh.it's okay.' he nodded placing his mug down on the side table. Sakura went to place hers down too, her hand brushing over his. Syaoran immediately recoiled his hand from hers, blushing. Sakura also blushed feeling embarrassed.
'I-I'm sorry.' she apologized. 'I did not mean to-'
Syaoran interrupted her useless babble. 'I am too.--' he stopped. He couldn't believe it! He just apologized! The only logical explanation for this that came to mind was that he was seriously ill.
'Something wrong?' Sakura asked, noticing the vague expression on his face.
'Oh.nothing is wrong.' he muttered feeling ashamed of himself. 'Um can you excuse me? I'll be right back 'kay?' he got out of his chair.
'Oh sure.' She smiled. He nodded and then left the room. He immediately ran up the stairs and into the bathroom. He closed the door and locked it. Without further a due he turned the tap on and the water came rushing out of it. He began splashing water all over his face. He felt hot and bothered. He had just apologized to her! He was ill or something.he started to cool down a bit now as the water splashed all over his face and ran down his neck. He turned off the tap and dabbed his face on the towel. He stared at himself in the mirror. The reflection staring back at him was odd. He looked somehow different. But he had the same usual amber eyes and messy dark brown hair. Maybe it wasn't an outside change but an inside change? Well whatever it was he felt odd about it. He looked once more and then turned the knob and exited the bathroom. He made his way downstairs and back into the living room. Sakura was apparently not alone in there now. Meiling was in the room also.
'M-Meiling?' he said in a confused tone.
'Hi Syaoran,' she said in a happier tone. Syaoran noticed it too, he was glad she didn't seem as mad at him, which was good.
Sakura seemed happy and content, maybe because there was a presence of another female in the room.
'So Sakura-chan told me that you two went to the park. Why didn't you invite me?' she pouted.
'Meiling.you kinda disappeared so I figured-'
Meiling interrupted this time. 'So you figured what?' she gave a playful smile. He caught on and sighed of relief. 'Oh Wei says that it is time to drop Sakura-chan off home too, so we'd better get moving.'
'Oh okay.' he replied and left the room and waited at the front door. Sakura and Wei appeared a few minutes later. Syaoran noticed that Meiling was not amongst the clan. 'Where's Meiling?'
Wei chuckled, putting on his black woolen coat. 'Oh she already said good- bye to Sakura. And Meiling said she was rather tired so she went to bed.'
'Oh I see.well shall we go then?' he asked hurriedly.
Wei bowed. 'Of course master Li.' and with that they hopped into the limousine.
*
Syaoran had chosen to sit next to Sakura during this ride for some apparent reason. He did not know why so, but wished he had chosen to sit opposite her now. He felt very awkward sitting next to her, as sometimes his hand would brush against hers. Sakura would simply just smile back sweetly as if nothing went wrong.
Four minutes passed and Syaoran soon felt the limo come to a stop in front of a two-story house. The two-story house looked marvelous. The color of it was of a mixture between beige and a yellow. Wei hopped out of the car and opened the door allowing Sakura and Syaoran to also get out. Sakura led the way to the front door, and Syaoran was very amused with her house. It looked lively and peaceful at the same time. Sakura came to a stop in front of the door and pressed the doorbell. It rang a short "ding dong" tune. And a few seconds later two silhouettes could be seen through the little windowpane next to the door approach them. The door opened and there stood Sakura's father. He wore a smile on his face. The person next to her father was obviously her brother, and he did not look very happy.
'Li-kun this is my brother Touya-kun,' she introduced him, 'Touya-kun this is Li-kun.'
Touya was a very tall man. He had dark wavy brown hair and a pair of darkish brown eyes to match them. Touya nodded and glared at Syaoran. Syaoran had the feeling that her brother disliked him. Well Syaoran didn't care much, because he also disliked the look of her brother.
'Would you like to come in for a cup of coffee or something?' the father asked.
'Oh no, no Fujitaka. We must go! We mustn't keep you.well thank you for the offer anyway.' Wei bowed.
Fujitaka bowed back. 'No problem-well I hope we get to have Li over soon then, and thank you for having Sakura over again. Next time Li is coming over here.'
'Sure, and it was no problem having her over-anytime,' he smiled and waved.
'Goodnight Li-kun,' Sakura smiled sweetly. This caused him to blush slightly.
'G-Goodnight Kinomoto-san,' he smiled slightly. And then with one more glance headed back to the limo. Sakura's house was soon in the distance as they headed back to his house.
*
Dear Journal,
I just arrived back home from the Kinomoto residence and I must say her house looks very stunning. Although I am not writing in here to go on and on about her house but simply the matters of what happened today. Today Kinomoto-san and I went to the park down the block.we had a fairly.if you must call it "in-depth" conversation. Some of the lines I cannot erase from my mind are this:
'I have never hated anyone because.I-always give people chances. I do not judge them by appearance or a little mishap, I like to give them time and see what they are really like. I may not "like" them as much as I would like to, but I could never hate anyone. Hate is a powerful emotion and a very abhorrent one at that. I feel people can only hate someone if they have done extremely terrible things-unforgivable things.'
'You know just as much as I do, that that is not true. You do not hate everyone. You know I believe that you possibly hate no one.
Those lines are just.something to ponder on I guess.she had explained it in a very thorough way I guess you could say. I think I was even crying a bit.which is wrong! She makes me feel like a totally different type of person. I-cannot act like myself when I'm around her.it's her eyes! They hold some sort of answer in them! I know I sound weird and psycho or something.but there is something about that girl's eyes! Well I must go now, as I need to think about this a whole lot more.
Ja ne
Syaoran Li (little Wolf)
He closed his journal once more and placed it back in his drawer. After that he proceeded to get changed into his boxers, and pulled over a light blue t-shirt. Then he hopped into bed and lay there thinking of the days events.how he had also "apologized" to her. How he had nearly cried.right now he felt empty and confused.
He lay like that for a while until sleep finally took over.
A/N: Heehehe! A bit longer ^_^ wee well I felt like making it a bit longer as I overly enjoyed writing this particular chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Mind you I finished it at 11:30pm ^^;; so sorry if there are spelling mistakes-tends to happen when one is drowsy ^^;; well R+R please?
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: I am making this chapter slightly longer as I like the emotions flying in this chappie :D heheh enjoy! And thanks for the reviews once more =)
Chapter six-A torrent of feelings
~Syaoran's POV~
Syaoran entered his house after Sakura. Sakura was very fascinated with his house; he had no idea as to why, as she had been here before. But she acted as if it were her first time in entering his house.
'I really love your house Li-kun!' she beamed. Syaoran just grunted and made his way into the kitchen for something to eat.
'Wei is mother home yet?' he asked, rummaging through the cupboards for some food. Wei popped his head into the kitchen.
'No master Li not yet-she was held up with important business at work,' he bowed.
'Okay.' he replied without looking at him. Wei then went onto his daily chores throughout the house.
Sakura stood there on the spot feeling slightly awkward; Syaoran noticed this.
'You can sit down you know?' he rolled his eyes. Sakura didn't notice that, and just sat down at the table.
'Where's Meiling-chan?' she asked as Syaoran took a seat down at the table with a bowl of food on the table.
'I.dunno...maybe upstairs-here take something to eat if you want,' he pushed the bowl forward. Sakura grinned-he had used manners.
'Ah Li-kun you have been very-different today.why is that?' she asked taking a handful of chips.
'Me? Different?' he choked on a mouthful of chips.
Sakura nodded chewing her food in a polite matter. 'Yes.you have been much more nicer today-don't mind me saying that.'
'Oh.' he scratched his head nervously. 'Well.I dunno I guess I'm in a good mood,' he lied. Sakura seemed to have bought his lie, which he thanked the lord that this girl wasn't the type to know when Syaoran would lie.
'So.um what did you wanna do today?' Syaoran asked a few minutes later. Sakura looked up and her eyes met his. He flustered slightly at the sight of her eyes.
'Um.I do not care. Anything would be fine,' she smiled, her eyes sparkling joyously.
'Okay...hmm.' he sighed, running a hand through his messy chocolate brown hair. This was harder then he thought. Entertaining a girl? How hard could it possibly be? He couldn't shun Sakura off to Meiling, as his task was to gain her friendship after all. 'I know! How about we go to the park down the block?' his eyes lightened up.
'Sure,' Sakura agreed nodding her head.
So Syaoran and Sakura left the kitchen and made their way to the front door.
'Wei, Kinomoto-san and I are going for a walk down the block 'kay?' he yelled out. Without waiting for an answer he opened the door and headed outside, Sakura following.
~Sakura's POV~
Syaoran remained silent as they walked together. Sakura every now and then glancing at him curiously, she seemed quite fond of this boy. She could see now, although he was cold and ruthless, underneath somewhere he was bound to have a nice side. She just needed to release the good side of him. She had a theory that he would try to avoid her at all costs. But that theory had been put to the test as he had invited her over to his house. Inviting her was somewhat saying to her "I request your company". Now going deeper into thought made her look at this boy in a whole different aspect-he may be mean, but he could be nice. And he was indeed handsome. There was no denying that fact. She loved his eyes and the way his hair fell into place (although it was usually always messy ^^;;). She figured that it was his eyes that were the most intriguing feature to this boy. A pair of unusual amber eyes that would glow with hate, pride, stubbornness and yes also a taste for learning to be nice. Could she have a "crush" on this boy? She had to admit at first she really disliked him for his arrogance and the way he thought he "owned" the school, but she had to have second thoughts on this now. Maybe it was possible to like him in the way she thought was highly unlikely.
'Li-kun how much further?' she asked, hoping to start a line of conversation.
His eyes glanced to the side, although he did not turn his head towards her. 'Not much further-' he answered back slightly cold. It looked like the conversation ended there, Sakura couldn't see it going any farther then that. So she continued to follow him and another five minutes later they came to a stop in front of a lovely looking park. It had a set of swings, a bench underneath a shady tree and some sort of trail that lead into a thicket of trees. Syaoran gave a sidelong glance to her as if gesturing to join him on the swing set. She caught onto him and followed. She took a seat onto the swing and Syaoran did so as well. She rocked back and forth slowly getting a boost, trying to make herself go higher into the air. Syaoran also attempted to as well, but was not as successful. She giggled.
'Li-kun you're not doing it right! Here-look! Place your legs together and make them straight and push into the air, making them bend slightly-it helps!' she giggled as she went higher into the air. She watched as Syaoran did as she said, he was beginning to get the gist of it by now and went a bit higher. 'See I told you, you could do it!' she beamed. Syaoran couldn't help but smile slightly.
~Syaoran POV~
I actually smiled again! I smiled because I was-happy? Happy about what? That I had accomplished going higher? Or because I was with her? This was confusing me a lot. You know I hated to admit this but maybe Kinomoto-san wasn't as bad as she let on? Why do I think that now though? She is evil.urgh! I am fighting a constant war with myself-I shall win, not my pathetic soul.
Syaoran stopped pushing on the swing and just stared into the endless sky of many colors. The sun was beginning to set as it was getting a bit late now. The swing rocked back and forth and slowed down now. Sakura noticed this and did the same slowing herself down to the same pace as his.
'Kinomoto-san answer me this please-do you hate me?' Syaoran asked still not looking at her.
'What? Hate you? Of course not. I have never hated anyone in my entire life.' she murmured and once again staring at the curious boy.
'So you do not? How can you have never hated anyone before? I hate many people.'
'I have never hated anyone because.I-always give people chances. I do not judge them by appearance or a little mishap, I like to give them time and see what they are really like. I may not "like" them as much as I would like to, but I could never hate anyone. Hate is a powerful emotion and a very abhorrent one at that. I feel people can only hate someone if they have done extremely terrible things-unforgivable things.' She paused and looked at him still.
'To never hate.seems impossible.' Syaoran answered looking down at the ground. He felt his eyes begin to sting slightly. This girl was very peculiar. The way she had explained not hating anyone somehow touched him. It made him feel guilty; she always gave everyone chances that were very different to him. He judged before he found out. He hated his mother-he could feel it. He brought his t-shirt sleeve up to the corner of his eye and quickly dabbed away the wet liquid forming there.
'Li.are you alright?' she asked sympathetically.
He nodded, not raising his eyes off the ground. 'Kinomoto I still do not understand-how you can never have the emotion hate run through you. I feel it everyday.I-I HATE EVERYONE!' he yelled the last sentence out rattling the swing chains in his hands.
'You know just as much as I do, that that is not true. You do not hate everyone. You know I believe that you possibly hate no one.' she said with concern in her tone.
'Hate no one? Are you insane? Did you not just hear what I proclaimed?' his tone rose again.
'I think you are simply confused about your own feelings towards people.' she said with thought.
'Kinomoto do NOT tell me that I hate no one, because-because I do! I hate my mom!' he yelled staring into the angry red sky. The sunset had nearly ended.
Sakura hopped off the swing set and stood next to Syaoran staring into the sunset.
'The sunset is beautiful.' she mused.
'Y-yeah.' he muttered, feeling his anger subside a little.
'You.hate your mom you say? Why is that?' Sakura asked.
'I-I.it is a personal affair. Keep out of it!' he clenched his fists around the chain tighter, his knuckles going white from such a tight grip.
'Okay fine with me. If you wish not to share you may keep it to yourself,' she smiled dazzlingly.
There was another silence between the two then. They just silently watched the rest of the sunset together. Syaoran silently enjoyed it. It was actually very calming to watch.
'Li-kun.if you hate everyone does that mean that you hate me too?'
Syaoran stared at her. This was a very hard question to answer, as he did not know the answer himself. Yes yesterday he hated her-well until the bet was made. He had to make her his friend. Lie Syaoran! He told himself. 'Kinomoto.is it alright if I say that I-do not know the answer to that?'
Sakura stared at the boy with amber eyes. They seemed to glow a bright orange in the now surrounding darkness that approached soon. She nodded solemnly. 'Yeah sure.take your time to figure it out 'kay?'
He looked at her. She was a mysterious girl. He had never come across a girl that was so-open and down to earth. She seemed to be in no rush either. ''Kay.' he replied finally. 'Hey-um I think we'd best head back. It's starting to get dark.and Wei is dropping you off tonight.'
'Okies.' She watched him leave the swing and together without another word made their way back to his place.
*
Syaoran showed Sakura into the living room area, and they took a seat in there. Wei had lit up the fireplace making the room have an orange glow now. The room was also quite warm in temperature wise too. Wei came in and handed them both a warm cup of coffee. Sakura thanked him, and Syaoran just bobbed his head not saying anything. With that Wei left the room as quickly as he had entered. He also knew of the whole "arrangement" thing going on between Sakura and Syaoran. Yelan had filled him in on it, and needed him to play a part in it.
Syaoran and Sakura drank in silence, unsure of what to say to one another. And Syaoran still had Sakura's words lingering on his mind. She had spoken a lot of truth in a way, had told him things that had actually made sense to him. He hated thinking of all the things she had said; they had some sort of affect on him now.
'Li-kun? I.want to apologize for planting that whole ordeal on you. I just- well I over expressed myself I guess.' She giggled feeling slightly at unease. The giggle was to fill in her silence after that sentence.
'Hn?' he looked over to her. She looked very attractive whether if she were out in the sunlight or in the dark. He could not deny that. 'Oh.it's okay.' he nodded placing his mug down on the side table. Sakura went to place hers down too, her hand brushing over his. Syaoran immediately recoiled his hand from hers, blushing. Sakura also blushed feeling embarrassed.
'I-I'm sorry.' she apologized. 'I did not mean to-'
Syaoran interrupted her useless babble. 'I am too.--' he stopped. He couldn't believe it! He just apologized! The only logical explanation for this that came to mind was that he was seriously ill.
'Something wrong?' Sakura asked, noticing the vague expression on his face.
'Oh.nothing is wrong.' he muttered feeling ashamed of himself. 'Um can you excuse me? I'll be right back 'kay?' he got out of his chair.
'Oh sure.' She smiled. He nodded and then left the room. He immediately ran up the stairs and into the bathroom. He closed the door and locked it. Without further a due he turned the tap on and the water came rushing out of it. He began splashing water all over his face. He felt hot and bothered. He had just apologized to her! He was ill or something.he started to cool down a bit now as the water splashed all over his face and ran down his neck. He turned off the tap and dabbed his face on the towel. He stared at himself in the mirror. The reflection staring back at him was odd. He looked somehow different. But he had the same usual amber eyes and messy dark brown hair. Maybe it wasn't an outside change but an inside change? Well whatever it was he felt odd about it. He looked once more and then turned the knob and exited the bathroom. He made his way downstairs and back into the living room. Sakura was apparently not alone in there now. Meiling was in the room also.
'M-Meiling?' he said in a confused tone.
'Hi Syaoran,' she said in a happier tone. Syaoran noticed it too, he was glad she didn't seem as mad at him, which was good.
Sakura seemed happy and content, maybe because there was a presence of another female in the room.
'So Sakura-chan told me that you two went to the park. Why didn't you invite me?' she pouted.
'Meiling.you kinda disappeared so I figured-'
Meiling interrupted this time. 'So you figured what?' she gave a playful smile. He caught on and sighed of relief. 'Oh Wei says that it is time to drop Sakura-chan off home too, so we'd better get moving.'
'Oh okay.' he replied and left the room and waited at the front door. Sakura and Wei appeared a few minutes later. Syaoran noticed that Meiling was not amongst the clan. 'Where's Meiling?'
Wei chuckled, putting on his black woolen coat. 'Oh she already said good- bye to Sakura. And Meiling said she was rather tired so she went to bed.'
'Oh I see.well shall we go then?' he asked hurriedly.
Wei bowed. 'Of course master Li.' and with that they hopped into the limousine.
*
Syaoran had chosen to sit next to Sakura during this ride for some apparent reason. He did not know why so, but wished he had chosen to sit opposite her now. He felt very awkward sitting next to her, as sometimes his hand would brush against hers. Sakura would simply just smile back sweetly as if nothing went wrong.
Four minutes passed and Syaoran soon felt the limo come to a stop in front of a two-story house. The two-story house looked marvelous. The color of it was of a mixture between beige and a yellow. Wei hopped out of the car and opened the door allowing Sakura and Syaoran to also get out. Sakura led the way to the front door, and Syaoran was very amused with her house. It looked lively and peaceful at the same time. Sakura came to a stop in front of the door and pressed the doorbell. It rang a short "ding dong" tune. And a few seconds later two silhouettes could be seen through the little windowpane next to the door approach them. The door opened and there stood Sakura's father. He wore a smile on his face. The person next to her father was obviously her brother, and he did not look very happy.
'Li-kun this is my brother Touya-kun,' she introduced him, 'Touya-kun this is Li-kun.'
Touya was a very tall man. He had dark wavy brown hair and a pair of darkish brown eyes to match them. Touya nodded and glared at Syaoran. Syaoran had the feeling that her brother disliked him. Well Syaoran didn't care much, because he also disliked the look of her brother.
'Would you like to come in for a cup of coffee or something?' the father asked.
'Oh no, no Fujitaka. We must go! We mustn't keep you.well thank you for the offer anyway.' Wei bowed.
Fujitaka bowed back. 'No problem-well I hope we get to have Li over soon then, and thank you for having Sakura over again. Next time Li is coming over here.'
'Sure, and it was no problem having her over-anytime,' he smiled and waved.
'Goodnight Li-kun,' Sakura smiled sweetly. This caused him to blush slightly.
'G-Goodnight Kinomoto-san,' he smiled slightly. And then with one more glance headed back to the limo. Sakura's house was soon in the distance as they headed back to his house.
*
Dear Journal,
I just arrived back home from the Kinomoto residence and I must say her house looks very stunning. Although I am not writing in here to go on and on about her house but simply the matters of what happened today. Today Kinomoto-san and I went to the park down the block.we had a fairly.if you must call it "in-depth" conversation. Some of the lines I cannot erase from my mind are this:
'I have never hated anyone because.I-always give people chances. I do not judge them by appearance or a little mishap, I like to give them time and see what they are really like. I may not "like" them as much as I would like to, but I could never hate anyone. Hate is a powerful emotion and a very abhorrent one at that. I feel people can only hate someone if they have done extremely terrible things-unforgivable things.'
'You know just as much as I do, that that is not true. You do not hate everyone. You know I believe that you possibly hate no one.
Those lines are just.something to ponder on I guess.she had explained it in a very thorough way I guess you could say. I think I was even crying a bit.which is wrong! She makes me feel like a totally different type of person. I-cannot act like myself when I'm around her.it's her eyes! They hold some sort of answer in them! I know I sound weird and psycho or something.but there is something about that girl's eyes! Well I must go now, as I need to think about this a whole lot more.
Ja ne
Syaoran Li (little Wolf)
He closed his journal once more and placed it back in his drawer. After that he proceeded to get changed into his boxers, and pulled over a light blue t-shirt. Then he hopped into bed and lay there thinking of the days events.how he had also "apologized" to her. How he had nearly cried.right now he felt empty and confused.
He lay like that for a while until sleep finally took over.
A/N: Heehehe! A bit longer ^_^ wee well I felt like making it a bit longer as I overly enjoyed writing this particular chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Mind you I finished it at 11:30pm ^^;; so sorry if there are spelling mistakes-tends to happen when one is drowsy ^^;; well R+R please?
Dani-chan ^_^
