Chapter 6: 8 Heartfelt Letters

HI ALL!! The whole story focuses on the 3 couples!! Most, though, focus on Syaoran & Sakura! I was gonna call it the 'Skating' chapter, but something big happens later in this chap. Read on and find out!

Summary: Sakura & Takara Kinomoto, twins with the same looks, but opposite personalities. They don't get along and they hate each other a lot. They become each other's archenemy when a certain chestnut-haired guy comes in the picture! Sometimes things don't go the way we think they do. That goes along with this story. These two sisters, biggest enemies ever imagined, might also have something growing between them: a friendship

Last Scene: So all 6 found seats in the bleachers of the rink. Syaoran and Sakura decided to sit closest to the ice and cuddled. Yukito and Takara were on the top bench of the bleachers. Eriol and Tomoyo, being as bored as they were, walked around the bleachers from the first end to the other talking on and on. 

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An hour passed and the 6 were ready to ice-skate. Well, three of them. Sakura was the first to get her skates on, and so she was walking around the carpet clapping her hands together feeling excited.

"Come on guys!! Hurry!!" She yelled gleefully.

"We can't! The stupid skates won't fit!!" The glass-eyed guy yelled angrily.

"Then you change it!" Syaoran yelled back. "Dumbass." He muttered back.

"What's wrong, Syaoran?" Sakura asked.

He smiled weakly. "Just pissed, cause mine don't fit as well."

"Oh." Sakura grinned. "What's your size?"

"12."

"Holy…" Sakura stopped. "Um, I'll change it for you."

"Thanks." He gave the skates to her and she went back to the counter to change it.

"I'd like the size 12 please." Sakura smiled cheerfully.

He gave her the same style but different size. "Here you go."

"Arigato." Sakura bowed and ran back to Syaoran. "Here."

"Thanks angel." She sat beside him and he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "A…"

"Fit perfect?"

"Oh yeah."

.:From the other side of the room:.

"It's not my fault my feet are too big!!" Eriol complained again. "Don't you guys have any more bigger than 13??"

"Sorry sir." The person behind the counter said. "Doesn't the 13 fit?"

"What do you think?" Eriol hissed. "Get me a bigger one or I'll freakin sue this place."

"Eriol, calm down!!" Tomoyo stopped him. "He'll just take that one. Cranky old boy." She muttered.

"Tomoyo, it doesn't fit!!"

"It will so fit!" Tomoyo knelt down, did something with the shoes, and put them on his feet. "How come it fits?"

Eriol's eyes were wide. "Ooh. Why does it fit now?"

Tomoyo showed a bunch of paper balls on the toe of the skates.

"Damn them." He cursed.

"You should really cut down on your words, you know." Tomoyo said. "It's not proper for you to be swearing all the time."

He sweat-dropped. "Sorry!"

.:Skating Rink:.

Yukito and Takara had already started skating. They both held hands so Takara could teach Yukito how to skate. "You glide, like this." Takara pulled him along as she glided around the ice rink. The feel of the cool breeze across her cheek was great. Yukito was watching her with awe. 'How can anyone be so beautiful??' He asked himself. His feet were pulling him along, but his heart wouldn't go. He had kept his focus on Takara and her only.

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Sakura walked on the ice while Syaoran stayed. He leaned on the wall with one side of his body and crossed his arms and legs. "No thanks." He smirked.

"Syaoran, come on! You said you would…" Sakura pleaded. "Please, oh please!"

Syaoran watched tenderly as Sakura's pink soft lips turned into a pout. "When I fall, you fall."

Her eyes widened. "Oh…o-ok."

"You teach me how to skate."

"Uh-huh."

"You won't let go of me."

"I won't." Sakura grinned. "Why would I want to?"

At this, Syaoran blushed. "I get to hold you."

Sakura blushed. "Mm-hmm."

"All right." He stood on the ice and felt very weak. 'Uh-oh.'

"Ok, Syaoran, just lean your weight on me. Try standing." Sakura took his hands and kept him balanced.

"S-Sakura, I-I think I'm gonna –" Syaoran slipped and fell hard on his butt. "OW!!"

Sakura, holding Syaoran's hands, fell as well right on top of him. "Ow, Syaoran!!" She looked into his eyes and glared playfully. "I tried to balance you!"

"You're not trying hard enough!" He complained.

"Maybe you're not trying hard enough!" She protested back.

"Maybe we should kiss." He replied and pulled her closer.

"You get a kiss when you deserve it." She pulled back.

He gave a whiny sound. Sakura giggled.

"If you can stand up on the ice and balance yourself, I'll give you a kiss." She smiled sweetly.

Syaoran's eyes brightened. "All right." He slowly stood up and held Sakura's hands tightly into his. His heart wouldn't stop pounding at the happiness he felt right there. Just the joy of spending time with Sakura made his whole world worth living in.

After many tries, Syaoran finally got to stand up on his own and balance himself. By this, Sakura tiptoed and lightly pecked him on the cheek. Syaoran was hoping for the lips, but she shook her head. "You get the real kiss once you can skate."

"Aw, man!" Syaoran groaned. "I have to skate now??"

"I think that's what you're supposed to do here." Tomoyo's sweet voice rang between them.

Eriol was right behind her. His face looked purely green from nausea and he occasionally fell on his butt. Tomoyo kept standing while he fell and lectured him about the balancing and standing. Syaoran watched the two and felt great relief for having Sakura as his tutor.

Suddenly his eyes travelled down to her face. She wore a smile and her eyes shone brightly with joy. Finally their eyes met and Sakura had blushed hard. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked shyly.

"Cause you're so pretty." He put a hand over her cheek and caressed it affectionately.

"Syaoran…" Sakura turned bright red. "I want to kiss you so badly, but I can't!"

"What?" He was surprised. "Just kiss me."

"Uh-uh. You need to learn how to skate to get a kiss!" She reminded. "But I really want to kiss you right now." She mumbled the end.

Syaoran, without thinking, quickly leaned down and caught her lips in his. At first she tried to pull away, but let go and responded back. The kiss took at least 10 seconds long, but they were both feeling love after. They turned pink as they saw almost everyone staring at them.

"I-I'm going to get you a bar." Sakura stammered, still feeling his lips on hers. "You'll learn to skate quicker."

"Hey Sakura?" He put his arm around her waist. "Thanks for doing this for me."

"Oh you don't have to thank me. I want to do it." She smiled and looked up at him.

"Still." He slowly turned his body around so everyone couldn't see them. "You're really important to me…I just wanted you to know that. I know we just started dating, but…I feel like you're the most important person in my life right now."

Sakura was very touched with these words. Her whole heart was pounding harder than ever, turning to bright red, pulsing with happiness. Her eyes showed a tiny amount of tears beginning to drop out. Her cheeks were rosy pink matching with her lips. "Syaoran…" 'I can't say I love you yet…I don't even know if my feelings will stay this way forever…' "You're my soul mate."

"I am?"

"Uh-huh. You're my other half."

"How are you so sure?" He asked playfully, raising one eyebrow.

"Well…" She paused and smiled. "I just know. Your heart," she pointed to his heart, "and my heart," she pointed to hers, "are one."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

He kissed her again, this time, slow and passionate, as if the world had stopped just for them. (Can't describe a kiss since I've never experienced one!! So I'll just…keep on writing) Syaoran slowly let go after a while as Sakura had done. They stared into each other's eyes for one more minute until she skated off to get him that bar.

He rested on the nearby window and looked at Sakura skating like a pro. 'What did I ever do to deserve her?' He thought. "Man I'm lucky." Soon, she came back with a bar to hold him.

"Here you go." She pushed it.

"Sakura, can I ask you something?"

"Sure." She smiled warmly. "What is it?"

"Who was your first boyfriend?"

That question surprised her. "Um…"

"And when'd you get your first kiss?" His eyes seemed to be looking away. "If I'm not being too curious." He added.

Her already-pink cheeks brightened by the second. "Why do you want to know?"

"I'm just wondering." He whispered. 'Cause you're my first…in everything.'

"Well…" She placed her hands in front of his chest. "You're my first boyfriend."

He grinned tenderly. "Yeah?"

"Uh-huh." She looked down. "I got my first kiss…by the lake."

His heart thumped faster.

"And the fireworks exploded over my head…and you were looking deep into my eyes…"

He was happy, truly happy, with the result. His heart was pounding joyfully, jumping up and down, and his eyes were glowing.

"What about you?" Sakura asked shyly, playing with the collar of his shirt, unwilling to meet his eyes. "Who's your first girlfriend? And when'd you get your first kiss?"

"You're my first." 'And hope to be my last'. "I got my first kiss by the lake as well."

Sakura's eyes rose up and faced his amber ones. "R-really?"

"Yeah."

"Oh Syaoran!!" She flung her arms around his neck and buried her face onto his chest. 'I think I'm in love with him…'

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Eriol and Tomoyo had practically circled the rink 100 times. Eriol's face was purely green from the turns and more turns and even more turns. Tomoyo had only one thing in her mind, 'get Eriol to skate'. No matter how hard she tried, he just couldn't do it. Standing wasn't hard for him to do, but 10 seconds after, he'd fall on his back and whine again. Tomoyo felt heavy feelings for the navy-haired boy. She always had loved him ever since she met him.

"Eriol, come on!" She called from the other side of the rink.

"What??" He yelled. "I'm never gonna learn how to skate!"

"Maybe you should stop being a jerk and actually try learning!!"

That stopped him. 'She thinks I'm a jerk??' "I-I'm trying as hard as I can, Tomoyo. It's just not something I can do. I'm sorry."

Tomoyo felt guilty for the words she threw at him. "Eriol, I didn't mean that. Please forgive me! I really didn't!" She rushed over to his side. "I didn't mean to call you a jerk! I was just upset. I'm really sorry."

His heart warmed at her apology. "It's ok. I'll try harder. For you." He stood up without her help. "See? I'm doing it."

Tomoyo smiled happily. "I'm sorry, Eriol." Out of impulse, she hugged him tightly.

He put his arms around her and pulled her closely. "You don't need to say sorry. You already did."

Her eyes widened and she felt a blush appearing in her cheeks. She slowly moved away and faced him. "Come on." She shook out of that little trance.

"I'm ready." Eriol grinned.

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Yukito had been watching Takara skate for a while now. He had more experience in skating than either Syaoran or Eriol, so he didn't have as much as trouble. After a few practices of skating back and forth and just basically walking on ice, he finally remembered most of what he learned when he was a kid.

"I didn't know you could skate." Takara smiled. "I'm glad you can, though."

He smiled back. "So Takara, how's everything going on in your life?"

Her eyebrow rose up. "Everything's fine. Why are you asking?"

"I'm just curious." He halted for a second. "Got a boyfriend?"

She blushed. "Mm, no. I wish I did, but I don't have one! I was hoping Syaoran would be my boyfriend, but he fell in love with Sakura first." She showed a lopsided smile. "It doesn't matter, because they deserve each other."

"Ah…" Yukito's eyes looked far away.

"What about you, Yukito? Got a girlfriend?" Takara asked. It was strange how she felt a little tingle in her heart whenever she talked to him.

"Ha, no. I haven't found the right girl yet." He replied openly. 'Maybe it's you…'

"You'll find her. Sometime, we'll find that person!" She said confidently. "We've got to."

"Yeah I guess so." 

Takara shook her head. "Let's keep going." She skated forward and Yukito followed.

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The rest of their escapade didn't register in Sakura's head. After that confession of his, she knew in her heart and mind that she was beginning to fall in love with him. Sakura knew she had certain feelings for him and that she liked him a lot, but love was a little too much to explain her feelings.

'I need some time alone…figure things out.' She thought to herself. After an hour or so of skating, she finally talked to everyone. "I need to go home now. Syaoran can bring me. If you guys want to stay, stay, ok? Takara, I'll see you at home?"

Takara nodded. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, Sakura, are you feeling all right?" Tomoyo asked.

"I'm fine! I just need to get home."

"Mm, ok." Tomoyo looked doubtfully at her friend, but decided to let it go. "Let's go Eriol. We'll skate some more."

"Ok." Eriol waved at both Syaoran and Sakura and left with Tomoyo.

"Bye guys." Yukito smiled warmly, gave a wave, and skated back to the ice.

"Are you sure you're all right?" Takara asked worriedly.

"I'm fine. Don't worry." Sakura assured her. "I'll see you at home."

"K. Bye."

"Bye."

Sakura followed Syaoran to his car. "What's wrong?" He asked as soon as they got in.

"I just need some time alone." She explained. "Is that okay with you?"

"Yeah. That's-that's fine." A horrible thought entered Syaoran's mind. 'Did I do something that upset her?' "Sakura, did I do something-?"

"No, you didn't." She assured. "I'm fine! I just need to figure things out."

Syaoran looked away. "All right."

"Will you call me later?" She asked.

"I don't know. You might still be thinking." He answered in a sad voice.

"Syaoran…" Sakura started. "It's not that."

"Then why can't you tell me?"

She sighed. "Because. I…I just need to think about it a little more."

"Sakura…"

"It's nothing! Come on Syaoran, just-"

"I get it." He snapped. "Call me when you're done with your alone time."

His retorted answer stunned her. "Why are you getting upset??" She asked heatedly. "It's not like I'm going to break up with you or anything! I just need to figure things out!!"

"Then figure it out!" He snapped again.

Sakura's eyes held hurt. "Syaoran, please don't make a big deal out of it." She pleaded.

He sighed heavily. "Why can't you tell me?"

"I just. Can't." She mumbled. Tears burned her eyes. 'Now I don't even know if I'm in love with him or not!' "Is this what's going to happen every time we have a fight?"

"I guess so." He leaned on the seat. "I just don't get it."

"You don't have to get it!"

"Yes I do! You're my girlfriend! I have a right to know what you're feeling!"

"You don't need to know every single thing! I just wanted to go home, get some rest, and think things over! And look what's happened!! A fight's broken out between us because of this stupid thing!"

"Why don't you just tell me and we won't have a fight anymore!!"

"I LOVE YOU!!" Sakura yelled angrily. Suddenly the words reached her head and her mouth had turned into a huge 'o'.

His voice shook suddenly. "Sakura," He turned and leaned over to her. "What did you say?"

She felt pure love in her heart. 'Now I know what I feel.' "I love you." Her voice was weak, but she meant it deeply. "I-I just felt like I'm falling in love with you! I wanted to go home and know what my true feelings were. I wanted to see…if I really felt like I was falling in love or it was fake."

"And what now?"

She leaned to him and buried her face on the nape of his neck. "And I love you…"

His arms wrapped around her shaking body. "Why are you crying though?"

"Because! I wasn't supposed to tell you…not yet. We haven't even dated that long…and I already said it."

"That doesn't matter." He whispered lovingly. "I love you."

Her eyes widened and the tears flowed freely. "You love me?"

"Why does that come as a surprise to you? You told me you love me. Weren't you expecting that?"

"No!" She answered truthfully. "I thought you'd want to break up…"

"Why would I?? The entire time in that rink, all I could think of was you and how you've affected my life more ways than my mom did. And you did it in so little time. You're amazing, angel, and I love you."

"Will you always feel this way?" She asked quietly.

"I'll always feel this way. Ever since I saw you, I knew." He spoke the truth.

She buried her head deeper. "I love you…" She breathed out.

"I love you."

The two had talked to each other for a fairly long time. Syaoran drove Sakura to her car. "I'll see you tomorrow?" He asked.

"Yeah." She smiled. "Bye."

"Bye angel."

She leaned over and gave him a peck on the lips. "Watashi wa anata." She whispered.

"Wo ai ni." He whispered back.

"What does that mean?" She looked at him surprised.

"It means I love you in Chinese."

"Oh." Her heart melted. 'He told me I love you in Chinese!!' "Goodnight!"

"Goodnight." He waved and drove off into the dark street.

That was the second time she had gone up to her bedroom feeling as if she floated instead of walked. Her eyes were glistening with overwhelming love and joy. She undressed and got into her PJ's. When she had finished, she threw herself on the soft bed and buried her face on her pillow. After a while of squealing in happiness, she took out a piece of paper from her desk and wrote a letter. 'I want her to know what's going on with me.' Sakura thought.

I've met a guy in less than 3 months. He's the best guy I've ever met. He understands me like no one does. He connects with me and relates to everything I feel. I love him and I've expressed my feelings. He loves me just as much and I'm so happy I can't keep it all in. I wish you could meet him. You'd love him if you did. His name is Syaoran Li and he's from Hong Kong. I hope he never leaves me, because if he did, I know I'll die. He protects me like he never wants to let go of me. I love him so much.

Takara and I are getting along very well now. After some things that happened during lunch one day at school, Takara and I have settled our differences and promised to be real sisters. She and I are doing really well. I think Yukito and her will end up together, because Yukito loves her. It's clear in his eyes. My best friend, Tomoyo, is in love with Syaoran's best friend, Eriol. I think he loves her as well, but they're too dumb not to tell each other their feelings. I'm really glad Syaoran and I have each other. I hope I'll never lose him. He's my EVERYTHING!!

I love you mom. I miss you so much. I hope you get this. I'll always love you, Sakura

She folded and sealed a kiss. She opened her window as wide as she could and threw the letter out to the heavens, hoping that her mom would read it from there. She watched as the paper flew sideways and tumbled in the air and finally met the ground. She blew a kiss out in the heavens and closed the window.

A shiny, glittering wisp of wind blew the letter up to the heavens and the clouds, never to be seen again, covered it. Sakura had a smile on her face as she closed her eyes. Her mom had read it.

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So how do you like it?

I wanted her mom to be in it! To all atheists, nothing religious really happens. A wind blows the letter up to heaven and her mom reads it. It's not like I meant to say that God went as the wind and picked it up. I believed that it was really important that her mom knew about Syaoran. Her mom already knew, but Sakura doesn't know that! Anyway, it was just a letter! No big deal! It was sentimental and sad. That's all it was! Review! Bye!