It had been three years since Syoaran had left. She prayed for the
day that he would return back to her so her heart could once again be
complete. That day finally came, but it wasn't anything like she would
expect it.
***
Sakura shot up from her bed in a cold sweat, her heart beat loudly against her chest. Her dream.no nightmare was terrifying. She remembered seeing Syaoran's cold empty eyes that were usually filled with love and warmth sucking her in. Her body dived into the depths of his gaze like a pool of emptiness, and felt herself being drowned in complete darkness. The darkness held a heavy blanket of hate, pain, and sorrow.and it was slowly being pulled over her. Her heart twisted and turned until it turned black. That's when she woke up.
"Syaoran." she whispered out painfully as she held the bear he had given to her exactly three years ago. The same day as that memorable promise of him finally returning to her was made.
It was still early so Kero had no awaken yet, but instead was sleeping in his drawer mumbling about chocolate pudding. Sakura gave a weak smile, but then tasted a salty tear fall down into her mouth. She had not realized that she had been crying.after all it was only a dream.
[But dreams always foretell something.] came Kero's voice echoing in her mind. So perhaps the dream did mean something, but she convinced herself it was only because she missed him so much.
Grabbing her school uniform, Sakura pulled her shirt over her head and slipped into her skirt. She sat in front of her vanity desk, brushing her hair slowly. The morning sunshine slipped passed the curtains and shone brightly on her head, making it gleam a rich copper color. Grabbing two ponytail holders that had pink cherry blossoms on it, she pulled her hair into her regular pigtails.
She slipped quietly out of her room, letting the door close without a sound behind her. Stepping softly towards the kitchen, she prepared breakfast even though it was her brother's turn today. Sakura ate quickly and quietly set the breakfast on the table for the rest of her family to eat.
[hm.I guess I don't need to rush to school today. I think I'll go down to the park for a little bit before school.] Sakura snapped on her rollerblading gear, and sped quickly down to Penguin Park. She rollerbladed with a grace that few could match up to because of all her years of experience. Although so many people viewed her as clumsy, she was in truth very graceful but hid it from many people. She didn't know why.
Sakura skidded to a stop and carefully settled herself onto a lonely swing. For some reason she felt a sudden feeling of loneliness impinge her heart. That's when she felt it. A flash of warm green.why wasn't this warmth the same as before? She should have been overcome by happiness because not she knew that Syaoran was back. Deciding to remain silent, she quietly got up and traced the source of the green aura. It was of course Syaoran.
But with another girl. Sakura inspected the girl, and it was obvious that this new girl that Syaoran was with was prettier than she was. With a cute button nose, full delicate luscious pouty lips, bright sparkling amber eyes, and long flowing rose pink hair. Sakura hid behind a tree as she watched the two. Her heart hoped that they were only close friends, but it soon shattered as she saw the girl giggle as Syaoran bent down to capture her lips in a passionate kiss.
Tears came flowing out as she silently whispered out, "Have you forgotten your promise? Have you forgotten even me.?" She looked down at her hand and saw the ring that Syaoran had given her three years ago. After a few seconds of hesitation, she pulled it off and dropped it softly on the ground. Without making another sound, she retreated away from the park not daring to make a sound until she was safely on school grounds.
As soon as she entered its gates, she dropped to her knees and sobbed. Her tears stained the concrete she sat on as a wind blew over the trees making it seem as if they were weeping with her.
"I waited so long for you. I loved you. But I guess everything was an illusion. I mean how could I possibly understand love at such a young age? How could I expect you to remember something from three years ago?" Sakura wept into her hands. Then she suddenly got up and wiped her tears on her sleeve. If he wouldn't love her.then she would break off all contact and only watch him from a distance. Then maybe.maybe it wouldn't hurt as much. Hurrying into the bathroom, she washed her face until it looked as if she hadn't cried at all.
***
After ten minutes or so of sitting alone in the empty classroom, Tomoyo walked in. Tomoyo was here to do classroom chores, but Sakura had done them for her so she could get her mind off Syaoran.
"Sakura! Why are you here so early?" cried out a surprised Tomoyo.
"Oh nothing.I woke up extra early today. Oh yah, I also did your chores for you." Sakura replied with as cheerful of a smile as she could manage.
"You shouldn't have done that, Sakura! Next time when you have chores, I'll do them for you!! Ok?" Tomoyo replied gratefully.
"If you want."
Then Tomoyo's eyes zoomed in on Sakura's ring finger, where Syaoran's ring always was. But today it wasn't there. "Where's your ring?"
Sakura then put on her best act ever as she looked down at her finger and put on a horrified face, "OMG, Tomoyo! I THINK I LOST IT!! Tomoyo! What will I do? It meant everything to me." Then Sakura broke down into tears, but these tears were real even it was for Syaoran instead of the "lost" ring.
Tomoyo seemed to buy the act as she softly laid a hand on her shoulder, "We'll go look for it after school, ok? I promise we'll find it."
[I hope not.I hope I forget about that ring and everything it meant. ] Sakura thought as she nodded gloomily. Soon enough, students began pouring in and conversations began to shatter the silence that used to fill the classroom. As Sakura tried her best to be normal, her friends noticed her silence. Luckily Tomoyo explained it was because she lost the ring. Her friends nodded in understanding, then the teacher came in.followed by two new students. Or to be more exact, one old and one new student. They were holding hands.
Sakura glanced up with empty eyes as she saw Syaoran and his new girlfriend. Amber eyes locked with emerald eyes.but they weren't Syaoran's amber eyes.it was his girlfriend's eyes that she had locked with. Sakura was the first to break contact, signaling defeat.
"We have two new students. Li Xiaolong or I heard that maybe some of you know him as Syaoran? And then we have the lovely Bara Gensoki. Please welcome your new classmates," the teacher announced.
Sakura met Syaoran's eyes bravely as she smiled and clapped her hands along with everybody else's. Syaoran tried to somehow show that he was sorry, but Sakura continued to smile brightly. The sensei assigned Syaoran and Gensoki seats that were next to each other and on the other side of the room where the windows were, whereas Sakura sat closest to the door. Sakura's friends glanced nervously at each other as they wondered what Sakura would make of Syaoran and Gensoki.
After a long and dragging class, the bell rang releasing them to lunch. Sakura immediately exited out of the classroom and ran to eat her lunch in a place where most people didn't go during lunch. It was a bushy area that had a few thorns, but the thing that made Sakura escape here was the weeping cherry blossom tree. And right now, her heart felt exactly like the name of the tree. She sat at the base of the tree and began chewing her tasteless food slowly.
Soon she heard a giggle and a deep voice in the background. She peeped around the trunk of the tree and saw none other than Syaoran and Gensoki. She was sitting down. In his lap. Sakura watched the two, as her heart was being more and more swallowed by pain every second. Packing up her lunch quietly, she decided she couldn't go back to class.but she would have to. She didn't want Syaoran to know that he had hurt her. She wanted to be strong.
[Promises are meant to be broken.and so is my heart. Along with my entire world of illusions of the past. I'm glad you're finally happy, Syaoran. No. Li. I'm glad you've finally met the love of your life. I hope you have a great future with Bara Gensoki, Li-kun.. ]
Not wanting to disrupt Syaoran and Gensoki, Sakura had no other choice than to listen and watch the couple kiss and talk to each other.
***
Sakura shot up from her bed in a cold sweat, her heart beat loudly against her chest. Her dream.no nightmare was terrifying. She remembered seeing Syaoran's cold empty eyes that were usually filled with love and warmth sucking her in. Her body dived into the depths of his gaze like a pool of emptiness, and felt herself being drowned in complete darkness. The darkness held a heavy blanket of hate, pain, and sorrow.and it was slowly being pulled over her. Her heart twisted and turned until it turned black. That's when she woke up.
"Syaoran." she whispered out painfully as she held the bear he had given to her exactly three years ago. The same day as that memorable promise of him finally returning to her was made.
It was still early so Kero had no awaken yet, but instead was sleeping in his drawer mumbling about chocolate pudding. Sakura gave a weak smile, but then tasted a salty tear fall down into her mouth. She had not realized that she had been crying.after all it was only a dream.
[But dreams always foretell something.] came Kero's voice echoing in her mind. So perhaps the dream did mean something, but she convinced herself it was only because she missed him so much.
Grabbing her school uniform, Sakura pulled her shirt over her head and slipped into her skirt. She sat in front of her vanity desk, brushing her hair slowly. The morning sunshine slipped passed the curtains and shone brightly on her head, making it gleam a rich copper color. Grabbing two ponytail holders that had pink cherry blossoms on it, she pulled her hair into her regular pigtails.
She slipped quietly out of her room, letting the door close without a sound behind her. Stepping softly towards the kitchen, she prepared breakfast even though it was her brother's turn today. Sakura ate quickly and quietly set the breakfast on the table for the rest of her family to eat.
[hm.I guess I don't need to rush to school today. I think I'll go down to the park for a little bit before school.] Sakura snapped on her rollerblading gear, and sped quickly down to Penguin Park. She rollerbladed with a grace that few could match up to because of all her years of experience. Although so many people viewed her as clumsy, she was in truth very graceful but hid it from many people. She didn't know why.
Sakura skidded to a stop and carefully settled herself onto a lonely swing. For some reason she felt a sudden feeling of loneliness impinge her heart. That's when she felt it. A flash of warm green.why wasn't this warmth the same as before? She should have been overcome by happiness because not she knew that Syaoran was back. Deciding to remain silent, she quietly got up and traced the source of the green aura. It was of course Syaoran.
But with another girl. Sakura inspected the girl, and it was obvious that this new girl that Syaoran was with was prettier than she was. With a cute button nose, full delicate luscious pouty lips, bright sparkling amber eyes, and long flowing rose pink hair. Sakura hid behind a tree as she watched the two. Her heart hoped that they were only close friends, but it soon shattered as she saw the girl giggle as Syaoran bent down to capture her lips in a passionate kiss.
Tears came flowing out as she silently whispered out, "Have you forgotten your promise? Have you forgotten even me.?" She looked down at her hand and saw the ring that Syaoran had given her three years ago. After a few seconds of hesitation, she pulled it off and dropped it softly on the ground. Without making another sound, she retreated away from the park not daring to make a sound until she was safely on school grounds.
As soon as she entered its gates, she dropped to her knees and sobbed. Her tears stained the concrete she sat on as a wind blew over the trees making it seem as if they were weeping with her.
"I waited so long for you. I loved you. But I guess everything was an illusion. I mean how could I possibly understand love at such a young age? How could I expect you to remember something from three years ago?" Sakura wept into her hands. Then she suddenly got up and wiped her tears on her sleeve. If he wouldn't love her.then she would break off all contact and only watch him from a distance. Then maybe.maybe it wouldn't hurt as much. Hurrying into the bathroom, she washed her face until it looked as if she hadn't cried at all.
***
After ten minutes or so of sitting alone in the empty classroom, Tomoyo walked in. Tomoyo was here to do classroom chores, but Sakura had done them for her so she could get her mind off Syaoran.
"Sakura! Why are you here so early?" cried out a surprised Tomoyo.
"Oh nothing.I woke up extra early today. Oh yah, I also did your chores for you." Sakura replied with as cheerful of a smile as she could manage.
"You shouldn't have done that, Sakura! Next time when you have chores, I'll do them for you!! Ok?" Tomoyo replied gratefully.
"If you want."
Then Tomoyo's eyes zoomed in on Sakura's ring finger, where Syaoran's ring always was. But today it wasn't there. "Where's your ring?"
Sakura then put on her best act ever as she looked down at her finger and put on a horrified face, "OMG, Tomoyo! I THINK I LOST IT!! Tomoyo! What will I do? It meant everything to me." Then Sakura broke down into tears, but these tears were real even it was for Syaoran instead of the "lost" ring.
Tomoyo seemed to buy the act as she softly laid a hand on her shoulder, "We'll go look for it after school, ok? I promise we'll find it."
[I hope not.I hope I forget about that ring and everything it meant. ] Sakura thought as she nodded gloomily. Soon enough, students began pouring in and conversations began to shatter the silence that used to fill the classroom. As Sakura tried her best to be normal, her friends noticed her silence. Luckily Tomoyo explained it was because she lost the ring. Her friends nodded in understanding, then the teacher came in.followed by two new students. Or to be more exact, one old and one new student. They were holding hands.
Sakura glanced up with empty eyes as she saw Syaoran and his new girlfriend. Amber eyes locked with emerald eyes.but they weren't Syaoran's amber eyes.it was his girlfriend's eyes that she had locked with. Sakura was the first to break contact, signaling defeat.
"We have two new students. Li Xiaolong or I heard that maybe some of you know him as Syaoran? And then we have the lovely Bara Gensoki. Please welcome your new classmates," the teacher announced.
Sakura met Syaoran's eyes bravely as she smiled and clapped her hands along with everybody else's. Syaoran tried to somehow show that he was sorry, but Sakura continued to smile brightly. The sensei assigned Syaoran and Gensoki seats that were next to each other and on the other side of the room where the windows were, whereas Sakura sat closest to the door. Sakura's friends glanced nervously at each other as they wondered what Sakura would make of Syaoran and Gensoki.
After a long and dragging class, the bell rang releasing them to lunch. Sakura immediately exited out of the classroom and ran to eat her lunch in a place where most people didn't go during lunch. It was a bushy area that had a few thorns, but the thing that made Sakura escape here was the weeping cherry blossom tree. And right now, her heart felt exactly like the name of the tree. She sat at the base of the tree and began chewing her tasteless food slowly.
Soon she heard a giggle and a deep voice in the background. She peeped around the trunk of the tree and saw none other than Syaoran and Gensoki. She was sitting down. In his lap. Sakura watched the two, as her heart was being more and more swallowed by pain every second. Packing up her lunch quietly, she decided she couldn't go back to class.but she would have to. She didn't want Syaoran to know that he had hurt her. She wanted to be strong.
[Promises are meant to be broken.and so is my heart. Along with my entire world of illusions of the past. I'm glad you're finally happy, Syaoran. No. Li. I'm glad you've finally met the love of your life. I hope you have a great future with Bara Gensoki, Li-kun.. ]
Not wanting to disrupt Syaoran and Gensoki, Sakura had no other choice than to listen and watch the couple kiss and talk to each other.