Author's Note: Hello, hello! What's up with you and all? I've missed writing did ya'll know that. I'm so tired and sad and everything else in between right now but I know that I have to write to make it up to you guys! I guess you all already know what I am about to do, thank you thank you thank you! Oh my god I can't believe that you guys would actually read my very first fiction, to tell you the truth I never expected to see any reviews at all! I feel like I'm in heaven…lol…getting emotional here!!! Anyways, I won't write a story disclaimer anymore since as I hate it so much especially when I tried to read it, I thought it was so awful I think I was about to puke! Anyways on with the story!
Wait I better warn you all, this is going to be a very long chapter so go grab some popcorn and a soda and enjoy the story.
I know I know, you guys hate Shaoming so much as you all said in your reviews, don't worry I'll just use him to my liking and I would never ever do a kissing scene of Sakura and Shaoming, even though it's still S+S, do you get what I mean? The reason for this is I love you guys so much that I don't want ya'll having a heartbroken life reading my story. I also hate Shaoming but I have to place his ass in to complete my plot! Pardon me language.
Disclaimer: I don't own CardCaptor Sakura so please don't sue me? But I truly wish that I did! Oh well!
(A/N: This is new!)
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Previously on Dreamboy…
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When they finally reached Sakura's house, she said: "Well this is it. My lovely home! Wanna come in?" she offered.
"No thanks. I should go now. It's getting kind of late now you know" he reminded her.
"Yeah, so see you soon, I hope!" she giggled.
"Yeah" as he was walking down the pathway towards the street, he heard a rustle in the bushes so he came to an abrupt halt. "Who's there?"
"Just me!" someone said.
"What are you doing here Shaoming?" Sakura blurted out. She was just about to enter her house when she too heard the rustling.
"For my revenge!"
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Chapter 5: Once Upon an Erie Camp
"What do you have to do revenge for?" Sakura demanded of him.
"Revenge for you, fiancée my love!" he recited.
"What? Will you just shut up? I don't want to be your fiancée, not now or ever!" Sakura roared at his face.
"What a big nonsense!" he said shaking his head.
"Why nonsense?" she challenged him.
"Because I have already assigned the date of our marriage!" he boasted looking at Syaoran who was glaring at his back. "It would be a month from now! Aren't you excited honey?"
Sakura stared at him hard in the face, scanning it for a proof that he was just joking about what he said. Unfortunately for Sakura, she could not see any funny look on his face. 'He must be serious! Oh no! What will I do?' she thought hurriedly.
"What, cat got your tongue, honey? Don't worry I know how you really feel. Anyway I have to go now, see you tomorrow, my dear!" he said walking away. But suddenly he stopped, "Ah, I forgot to give you a kiss! How cruel of me!" he walked back towards Sakura and tried to kiss her on the lips but Sakura just pushed him away.
"Don't you dare touch me! If you do I'll call the police, I'm serious Shaoming!" she threatened.
"Is that a threat?" he defied.
"What does it sound like, huh?" she retorted.
"Do you have a mood swing, honey? Don't worry we'll fix that problem when we get married" he reminded her. Before turning around, she gave her a quick peck on the cheek and then ran away.
"What a bastard!" she shouted after him. She roughly rubbed the cheek wherein Shaoming had given her the very disgusting kiss.
"You all right?" Syaoran heard himself say.
To his surprise, Sakura's answer to his question, were sobs. She had broken down into heaving sobs as Syaoran approached her. She was crouching on the grassy ground, Syaoran knelt down beside her.
"Hey, are you okay?" he asked gently, then he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"I-I thought you-you were leave-leaving?" she stammered, still in between sobs.
"I can't leave you like this you know" he reminded her.
Sakura suddenly hugged him real tight on the waist. She knew he needed his comfort, this was her only way to express that she needed him. Syaoran, as if getting her message hugged her tighter in turn.
"Shhh…stop crying now. I'm here you know" he told her gently. Hugging her real tight and at the same time feeling her body turn fragile since he can feel her trembling.
"Thank you, Syaoran" Sakura said with a smile, her first real smile, for since Shaoming had arrived and proclaimed their so called "engagement".
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Tomoeda High (Monday)
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Sakura walked down the halls towards her friends who were all happily chatting on their lockers. She knew just how much her friends were looking forward to the interaction with the Xavier high boys. She knew that she was looking forward to it too. How she wished that she would get along with Syaoran nicely because she knew that he liked him so. She suddenly remembered what happened on Friday and it brought a smile on her lips. She doesn't really know if what she feels is developed in something more than liking but she can't really wait to feel how it would be when someone cares for you so. Specifically, Sakura wanted him to be her boyfriend. She hoped that she didn't even know Shaoming in the first place. Ever since Shaoming entered her life, it became more and more complicated by the minute. It seems like Shaoming has an unlucky tail behind him. She sighed, just thinking about it makes her really sick. She greeted her friends when she reached her own locker. Surely they were talking about the interaction and how they would do on it.
"Of course, maybe I should wear something sexy to impress Sagara!" Rika was saying.
"Shut up Rika, don't do that. Remember this is only an interaction not a dating game of some sort!" Chiharu pointed out.
"I don't really get you guys, why would you find so much interest in boys when you have your studies to worry about!" Naoko reprimanded playfully.
"Oh shut up, Nao, you know that you also found something you like, so stop acting innocent!" Chiharu said catching Naoko off guard. Now it was their time to laugh seeing Naoko blush a million shades of red.
"Chiharu, don't be that mean to Naoko!" Sakura teased.
"I agree with her Chi!" Tomoyo agreed.
"That's mean you guys, don't you all dare stand up against me!" Chiharu said playing along.
The day went by quickly until it was time once again for the girls to go to the café they were all dying to go to! Walking inside it, they walked over to a table making sure to save a seat for Sakura who asked them to go ahead since she has some things to do before leaving school that day. They had no choice but to follow her since as she was so persuasive about it.
A group of men were happily talking to each other when they walked over a café where they agreed to meet one of their friends since as they were doing some group activity. Entering the café, they saw a familiar group of girls chatting happily with each other. They approached their table and saw their shocked faces.
"Well, guess what, another coincidence!" one of them said.
"Is it really a coincidence or are you guys following us around?" one of the girls joked.
"Just chill, Tomoyo! Why would we follow ya'll beautiful young ladies?" Eriol joked.
"It's because we're pretty and sexy and everything in between?" Chiharu flirted.
"I agree!" Takashi quickly said grabbing a seat beside Chiharu.
"You guys seem to be missing someone?" Rika pointed out.
"So do you!" Kenjee shot back gently.
"I know! Don't you guys think they were meant for each other?" Tomoyo said out of the blue.
"We know, I have seen Syaoran staring off into space and I guess she was thinking of your friend" Eriol told them.
"Sounds interesting, don't you think?" Naoko asked them.
"I know what you mean!" Sagara said sitting beside Rika and at the same time winking at her.
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Somewhere else…
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A girl was hurriedly running to the café that she and her friends agreed to meet at, "Oh no, those girls are going to kill me!" she swore to herself.
"Sakura?" someone called behind her.
That melodic voice brought Sakura to a halt, she turned around to see the bright smiling face of Syaoran. "Hey! Where you off to?"
"I'm off to the caf, how about you?" he asked in return.
"To the caf too, why don't we just go on together?" she suggested.
"Sure!" he agreed quite quickly.
The first few minutes of their walk was quite awkward since Sakura never spoke a word about what happened last Friday. She was too shy on how bold she went as to hug him and cry. She felt embarrassed for it.
"So, has that Shaoming guy ever bothered you again?" he suddenly asked pushing his hands deep into his pants pockets. He stared at her face for a second noticing how pretty she looked even though it disappeared at the mention of the man's creepy name.
"Don't worry, he hasn't bothered me as of yet!" she said trying her most cheerful voice at the moment.
"Sure?" seeing her nod he felt quite satisfied himself, "if he ever bothers you again just give me a call and I will get him good!" As soon as these words left his mouth, he blushed but he knew that he meant every word of it. He wasn't sure but he thought he saw her blush too.
"Thanks, you're a real friend, Syaoran!" Sakura told him feeling her old self coming back.
"No prob!" he replied.
"You know Syaoran, you are a really nice person, but what I don't get is why you have to scare all the people with your vile temper and your deadly glares!" she said quite sudden which brought a sudden stop to her. As soon, as the words came out of her mouth, she regretted it since she doesn't want to know what his reaction would be. She didn't really mean for him to be offended or anything!
"I'm not just a people person, that's all!" Sakura was so shocked at how gentle he said those words to her, it's as if they were strangers who were being kind to each other.
"I see. Don't you worry, but I like you for who you are!" Sakura informed him while at the same time avoiding eye contact.
"That's great!" Syaoran whispered to himself.
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"Look at those two, they didn't even noticed that they already passed the café!" Tomoyo giggled.
"Yeah, so have I noticed!" Rika agreed nodding her head.
They watched as the two couples were so lost in each other's company that they seemed to forget that the café is just in front of them. They just passed on the café not having a care in the world.
"Don't you think that they have already gone overboard as to pass this block?" Sagara joked, "they're already on the next one and they still haven't noticed!"
"Yeah, I guess they were really destined by faith!" Tomoyo sighed dreamily. "They are so kawaii!!!"
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Sakura leaned on Syaoran's shoulders feeling sleep overcoming her, but suddenly she thought of something, "Syaoran, what time is it?"
Syaoran took a look at his watch when it dawned on him too! "Uh oh, don't you think we're in big trouble right now, Sakura?"
"I guess we are in very big trouble!" Sakura agreed, "guess I better get home now, and you too!"
"Yeah, I agree" Syaoran concurred. "Why don't I take you home then?"
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Kinomoto Residence…
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"Guess, I'll be seeing you again on Friday, huh?" Syaoran asked as he walked backwards towards the gate.
"Sure! Bye, Syaoran!"
"Same to you!" he waved running off.
Sakura sighed dreamily walking inside of her house, this day felt more like a dream to her. It was as if they dated. She could still remember almost every moment of it. It was still so fresh in her mind. The way Syaoran appeals to her, the way his every movements amazes her so, the way every accidental touch makes her all tingly inside. Could it really be true? Was she really…in love?
"Kaijuu! What are you doing there standing in the doorway?" Touya interrupted her thoughts so suddenly that she wanted to kill him.
"None of your business and don't call me a monster!" Sakura cried. She stormed up her room suddenly remembering that she needs to call Tomoyo and the others to apologize. She opened her door slowly and walked inside, seeing a glimpse of her desk, she saw it. The drawing, she still couldn't help the fact that Syaoran actually existed in real life. It's just impossible! This thought brought a smile to her lips. Placing the picture gently back on her desk, she grabbed her phone and dialed Tomoyo's number. The ringing of the phone seemed like an eternity to her since as she was so scared that Tomoyo might get mad for ditching her and the others off.
"Daidouji Residence!" a cheerful voice spoke through the receiver.
"Uhm…hello? Is Tomoyo home?" she stuttered afraid of what would happen next if ever Tomoyo was home.
"Yes, the young miss is home, would you like to speak to her…" the voice said trailing off since as she didn't know the person on the other line.
"Sakura, yes please tell her that I would like to speak to her" she said politely.
"Gladly, just wait for a moment miss Sakura" the other said again as she heard the phone being picked up through another line.
"Sakura!" she heard Tomoyo's voice. It was more of a happy greeting than of a sad one.
"So, you're not mad aren't you?" Sakura reassured.
"Huh, what are you talking about?" Tomoyo asked.
"'Coz you see, I actually…ditched you and the others awhile ago if you haven't noticed"
"Oh, is that all Sakura?" she asked.
There was a silence on the other line of the phone. Sakura couldn't believe her luck, Tomoyo wasn't mad at her for ditching her and the others.
"Sakura?"
"Oh yeah?"
"Well, how was Li?" she suddenly asked.
"What do you mean?" she pretended not to know. 'How on earth did Tomoyo find out that she was with Syaoran all this time?' she thought.
"We saw you silly!"
"You did?" Sakura asked in a shocked tone, "I mean you did?" she asked more formally this time.
"Yeah, and it was so obvious that you two were so lost in each other!" Tomoyo taunted.
"Wha-of course I was not!" Sakura said defensively.
"Then why do you sound so defensive?" Tomoyo challenged her.
"Nothing, just leave it, please?" Sakura almost begged.
"Fine! Why did you call anyways?" she asked.
"I want to say sorry coz I know that I ditched you guys!"
"Don't worry about it Sakura. That's not a problem. I'm sure you enjoyed your company!" Tomoyo teased her.
"Shut up, Tomoyo! Oh you're so lucky you're on the phone right now or else I'll strangle you!" Sakura cried.
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Syaoran wasn't really lucky either…
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He was busily staring off into space thinking over all the things that were happening. Why do you always bother me, Sakura? What did I do to you? Or maybe rather what did I do to myself? Sakura, am I falling in love with you? These were only few of the things that were running on Syaoran's mind as he stared onto space (A/N: Eriol was right! He was really thinking of Sakura when he stares off into space! LOL!!!!)
"Master Li!" Wei said rather loudly making Syaoran snap out of his thoughts.
"Uh…what? Wei-san what are you doing here?" Syaoran questioned coming back to reality.
"Hirrigizawa-san(A/N: Did I spell it right? I'm really confused with their names so please help and don't laugh *glares*) is on the phone right now and he wishes to speak to you" he informed him.
"Arigatou, Wei-san!" Syaoran said walking over to his phone and picking it up. "Eriol, what do you want?"
"Whoa, that wasn't the greeting that I expected from you!" he joked.
"What else do you expect from me?" Syaoran defied.
"I thought you would give me a good headstart since as I realized that you were enjoying Sakura-chan's company awhile ago" he giggled on the other line.
"How-how did you know that I was with her all those times I was gone?" he inquired seriously.
"We saw the two of you, you silly goose! It was because you passed the café!" he told him.
"What, you did?" he asked surprised. He had a feeling that Sakura was given the same treatment as he did.
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Thursday (Day before the interaction…)
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"Okay, today class, you will have an orientation on what's going to be happening tomorrow" Mr. Terada explained, looking at the bright smiles on his student's faces.
He motioned all of his students to stand up and line up outside to get ready for the walk towards the auditorium. Students piled on the corridors as they all marched down towards the auditorium. Students sat down on the chairs arranged for them.
"Good morning dear students!" the speaker said.
All the speaker heard from the students was a mumble of "Good Morning".
"Okay, today you are here in my presence because I will be the one to explain to you how we're going to be pursuing with tomorrow's interaction. First only two classes would be spending the weekend together on one campsite. Meaning, one class from Tomoeda and then one from Xavier. In that case, there would be more privacy available to the interacting classes" at this, the crowd cheered really wildly hearing it.
As the speaker moved on and on about how they would do the activities prepared for tomorrow, his speech began to get more boring by the second. Finally, the torture ended and the students were once again free to roam the school grounds and walk towards their homes to prepare themselves for the activities that lay ahead of them.
"Tomorrow would be really exciting, don't you think so guys?" Rika asked.
"Rika, you already told us that for like a thousand times!" Tomoyo pointed out.
"I know that Tomoyo, no need to remind me!" Rika remarked.
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The Next Day
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Touya watched as her sister ran back and forth up and down the stairs. He couldn't help but laugh at how adorable her sister looked. Sakura gave him a warning but it seems that her glares doesn't work on him.
"Move fast squirt, or else you'll miss the bus!" Touya laughed as Sakura stumbled on her own things which were still scattered on the floor.
"Would you mind if you helped me, dear brother?" Sakura said with mock sweetness.
"Hah! Not a chance, kaijuu!"
"You're not helping at all Touya!" Sakura growled.
"I don't care. I love it when you get pissed of!" he taunted.
Sakura looking at her wristwatch noticed that she only had fifteen minutes left to go to her school.
"Don't worry squirt, I will take you" Touya offered.
Sakura could do nothing but glare at him and couldn't help the feeling of gratefulness building up inside of her.
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The bus entrances were packed with students as they waited for their turn to board the bus. The bus was scheduled to leave for about three minutes and still, there was no sign of Sakura yet. Her friends were already getting worried that she might not catch up to the bus and not be able to come to the interaction at all. It would surely break her heart, since as she was so excited in the first place, even though she didn't show it, her friends knew she was.
"I'm worried you guys. Do you think she would be able to make it on time?" Naoko said anxiously.
"Don't worry Nao, there's no use in worrying when we all know that she would be able to make it" Tomoyo wished her words were true, because even she herself wasn't sure if it would truly happen or not.
"I agree with her Nao!" Rika said patting her friend on the back gently, "believe in Sakura"
"Guys, look! I think there she is!" Chiharu exclaimed pointing to a running figure.
"Yup, that sure is she!" Tomoyo confirmed.
Sakura ran as fast as her legs could carry her. She was late…again! All thanks to her trustworthy brother Touya. She caught sight of her friends who were waving her over. She ran even faster seeing that the bus was about to leave.
"Hurry Sakura, run like the wind!" Chiharu called.
When Sakura finally reached the bus after running for what seems an eternity, they boarded it and found seats for themselves.
"Okay, this class would be headed for the campsite near Elm St." Mr. Terada announced.
"WHAT!?!?!?!?!?" Sakura half yelled.
Elm St. was where the famous haunted house was located. It is said that everytime a person goes in there, they never come out! It was told that people going in there were used as display for the house's "human collection"!
"Sakura, don't worry, what if you got lucky and Li is going to be the class that we would be interacting?" Rika mocked.
"What, you guys too?" Sakura asked.
"What do you mean Sakura?" Naoko asked playing innocent.
"I mean you guys too believe all the nonsense that Tomoyo is making?"
"Nonsense? Sakura it's called True Love!" Chiharu said giggling.
The ride towards the campsite was a fun one since as the girls succeeded in their plans to revolve the conversation around Sakura and Syaoran. Sakura was getting angrier and angrier by the second. She knew that her friends are only teasing her about Syaoran. Teasing? Well, she does like Syaoran does she? Why don't she just tell them that? Nope…not a very good idea! They would only tease her more. So she just decided to zip her mouth shut.
"Ladies, we have already arrived here on our campsite. Please grab all your belongings and leave the bus." The students did as they were told, and went straight to their campsite.
"I sure hope there aren't any ghosts here!" Sakura whispered to herself.
"I heard you Sakura!" Tomoyo told her.
"Aw shut up!"
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"Okay guys! Would you please calm down and listen to me!" Mr. Kagome said to his students who were all talking so loudly.
"What do you want Kagome-sensei?" one of the guys said.
"I want you all to listen to me and stop whatever it is that you're all doing, RIGHT NOW!" he thundered. Hearing this, everyone stopped whatever they were doing knowing that he was already serious.
"Sorry" the class chorused and then everything became silent.
"That's more like it!" he said as he stood up and grabbed a mike from the bus compartment. "Okay , we're almost there so if I were you I would prepare myself to leave. Now we're going to a campsite near Elm St." he explained.
Everyone mumbled something that sounded like "this would be great!"
"Isn't it that the haunted house is in that place?" Sagara asked.
"What haunted house are you talking about?" Mr. Kagome questioned.
"Don't you know what a haunted house is?" Sagara said in reply.
"Of course I do! I'm not stupid. All I'm saying is that I haven't heard of a haunted house located there" he answered.
Mr. Kagome continued on blabbering about the weekend's activities. There was one certain chestnut brown haired boy who was only staring outside the window, thinking. Hoping that he would be able to stay with the girl he liked. He wasn't even sure if he liked her or more on the lines of love her. Every time he stares of into space, he couldn't think of anything else but her which makes it hard for him to concentrate on his studies or his own worries.
"Syaoran, oi man! We're here! Stop daydreaming about Sakura-chan!" Eriol exclaimed since as he was already calling Syaoran's attention for almost the hundredth time.
"What do you mean? I was not thinking about her. What makes you think that?" he retorted.
"It was obvious by the way your face is brightening and BLUSHING!" he informed him.
"Wha-what? I was not blushing, Eriol!" he said defensively.
"Yeah, whatever you say!"
Syaoran walked out of the bus inhaling the fresh air. He felt so refreshed right now! He felt so clean and wonderful. But there was one thing that scares him about this place, it was, spooky! Spooky in a way that makes your hair stand on end. Whatever he was being spooked at, he just ignored it so that he would be able to enjoy this interaction thing and get it over with! He walked towards a cabin which he judged was empty. He opened the door very slowly which made it creak. As he was peaking inside, he heard something.
"Syaoran" it seems like the voice was blending with the wind.
He looked around the cabin to see if anyone was calling him from in there. But unfortunately he found no one.
"Syaoran!" this time it became quite louder than before.
He turned slowly to look at his back. He was now spooked. Was he hearing voices? No it couldn't be possible could it?
"Syaoran, it's you! Oh I'm so glad you're the class that we're going to be interacting with!" a girl said hugging Syaoran on the back.
"I'm glad too, Sakura" he said. He couldn't remove the sound of glee in his voice even though he tried as hard as he could.
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"Just look at those two! They were so meant for each other weren't they?" Tomoyo giggled smiling at Eriol who has a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"I know!"
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"Why don't we go for a walk Syaoran?" Sakura suggested placing her index finger on her chin in a thinking gesture.
Syaoran couldn't help the smile at the corners of his lips. "Sure Sakura, that's a good idea!"
Sakura grabbed Syaoran's hand which made the both of them blush. Ignoring their flaming cheeks they walked on towards the woods were they sat down on an abandoned tree trunk. Sakura inhaled the fresh scent of the air around her and then looked at her companion who was in turn looking at her intently.
"Syaoran, what are you thinking right now?" she asked.
"Well, I-I'm thinking of my mother and father right now. On how I miss them so much" he lied. He knew he wasn't thinking of them. He was thinking of her. He was trying to understand what her place in his heart is. He was never this confused with Miyamae. He knew he still cared for her greatly but he never knew if he loved her or not. Not until now that she is gone, he still couldn't place her in his heart. But now, it's even more complicated that Sakura is here. And what makes it more complex is that he knew he liked her. But still, there is something more he couldn't quite understand. What was she to him?
"Oh!" she mouthed with a frown creasing her perfect face.
"What's the matter, Sakura?" he questioned seeing her suddenly frown.
"Oh, it's nothing. Don't worry about me" she said forcing a smile.
"Sakura, there's no use lying to me you know" he reminded her.
"But, honest there is nothing wrong!" she said seeing the look on his face, "fine! I was just thinking of my mother and father, they're already two months dead and it still hurts!"
Syaoran saw that she was not lying to him. By the look of hurt in her eyes, he can tell that she wanted to cry but doesn't want him to see it. He could do nothing but to comfort her so he hugged her by the shoulders and kissed the top of her head.
"Don't worry, I will always be here for you Sakura" he assured her.
"Thank you so much!" he heard her mutter.
He lifted her face to his to say something. But once his brown eyes caught contact with her amazingly pretty green ones, he was lost. He forgot what he was going to say. He forgot about his surroundings. All he knows is that she's right there, right now in his strong protective arms. He fought hard the urge that was battling inside of him as to whether or not he would kiss her. Slowly, he noticed that his head was getting closer to hers and his heartbeat became faster and faster until…
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Tomoyo…
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She watched closely as the two young teenagers were talking to each other. She didn't notice anything else surrounding her when suddenly someone tapped her from behind.
"Tomoyo, no eavesdropping!" Eriol whispered in her ear which sent shivers down her spine.
"Sh…Eriol! Look at this! They're making out!" she exclaimed in a whisper.
Eriol watched as the two were only mere centimeters from each others faces. When suddenly, he saw something lurking nearby!
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"OW!!" Sakura cried seeing her leg start to bleed.
"What happened?" Syaoran asked startled by her sudden outburst.
Then that's the time that Syaoran saw a snake crawling away. It bit her. It bit Sakura on the thigh! What was he going to do now?
"Calm down, Sakura" he ordered gently, "this wouldn't really hurt a lot!"
He slowly lowered himself to Sakura's thigh looking for the wound. When he finally found it, he sucked on it making sure that he wouldn't swallow any of the poison and spit it out towards the ground. He did this over and over again until he was satisfied that there isn't anymore venom.
Sakura couldn't help but blush at the feel of his mouth on her thigh. The pain of the wound was long forgotten as he watched him do his work. She felt herself trembling from his every touch. Finally, his sweet torture to her was done and he stood up. He helped Sakura to her feet but unfortunately, she couldn't stand. Syaoran had no other choice but to carry her towards her cabin.
"Are you sure it doesn't hurt anymore?" Syaoran inquired for the umpteenth time.
"I'm fine, Syaoran, no worries. I just can't walk" she guaranteed him.
He gently laid her down on the mat and went to get some ice but not before telling her, "I'll be back"
Sakura just lay there relaxing her senses. Awhile ago, they almost kissed! Thanks to that snake it didn't happen! How she wished she was able to kiss him. She could still imagine his lips on her thigh when he sucked the venom out of it! That was the greatest feeling ever!
Suddenly, something cold made contact with her thigh. It was Syaoran, he was pressing a cold wash clothe over her wound. She was so caught up in her thoughts that she didn't notice him go inside of the cabin. She looked at him doing his work very carefully.
"This is to prevent infection" he informed her.
"Syaoran?" she whispered.
"Hmmm…?"
"Thank you" she said feeling sleep overcome her.
"Don't mention it" he replied knowing that she was already sleeping. He stood up and left the cabin very quietly. Once more, he took a quick glance at her before closing the door.
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Around 8:30 in the evening…
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"Hey man! I saw what you did back there! It just shows how deeply you feel for that Sakura girl!" Eriol began calmly, looking his friend over.
"I just did that so she won't die" he answered in an emotionless voice.
"Excuses, excuses! Aren't you tired of them? Why don't you just tell me the god damn truth Syaoran!" Eriol said feeling his insides burst suddenly.
Syaoran was shocked at this sudden outburst. He closed his hanging mouth as he told him, "Fine! I admit it. I do like her! There you happy?"
"Yes, Syaoran! Very happy indeed!" he said.
"Sheesh!"
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Still later (12:10)
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Sakura opened her eyes slowly. At first her sight was a complete blur, but finally she had adjusted it to her surroundings. She just lay there quietly, looking at her surroundings wondering what time it was. Judging by how dark it is, she would say it's already past midnight. She tried to get back to sleep but it was no use, she just continued to reminisce the afternoon's events. At this she didn't even noticed when a grin adorned on her lips.
"Sakura!" she heard the voice of a woman call her.
She thought it was Tomoyo and her other friends inside the cabin, so she said, "Yes, Tomoyo?"
But there was no answer. Only the low snores of her companions.
"Sakura" the voice goes again.
Suddenly, it hit her. "Mom?"
"Sakura" now it was a male voice.
"Dad? Where are you?" she whispered, getting up from her mat.
She walked outside of the cabin and saw that it was dark. She slowly walked down towards the direction of the voice.
"Sakura"
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He heard the breaking of twigs and the rustling of leaves as he silently watched the moonlight. He decided to go after whoever this person was to see who it is. He stood up from the log he was sitting on and followed the sound. He saw a small figure walking towards the end of the cliff.
'Is this person stupid or what?' he thought to himself as the person came3 closer and closer to the cliff.
"Mom, dad?"
He heard the voice say. He knows this voice. Could it be? Was it… "Sakura?"
The figure turned around and at the same time slipped from her footing and slid down the cliff.
"AAAHHH!!!"
"SAKURA!!!" he shouted grabbing her hand before she completely fell.
"Syaoran? Syaoran? Is that you?" she asked nearly in tears.
"Shh…calm down Sakura, it is I" he assured.
"Syaoran help me, I'm scared! Syaoran!"
"Syaoran?" a voice called from behind him.
Syaoran looked around in time to see Takashi looking at them.
"Takashi, would you please call Kagome-sensei and Terada-sensei! Hurry!" he said with the tone of urgency in his voice.
"Hai!" he said running off.
Unexpectedly, Sakura slipped off Syaoran's grasp and fell of into the bushes. Good thing the cliff was full of shrubs on the sides which made her fall from it slow down. Another good thing was that it was only a mini cliff, about 15 feet in height.
"Sakura!! Are you all right?" he asked. Hearing a groan, he knew she wasn't.
"Syaoran! Please go get help. Don't mind me, I'm just fine. I'm just a little scared" she told her.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yup!"
Syaoran was about to follow Takashi's footsteps when he remembered that she was afraid of the dark. another thing that made him scared was the fact that she might be hurt! He wouldn't be able to forgive himself since as he was the one responsible from her fall. He quickly ran back towards the edge and slid down it on his back.
"Who's there?" he heard her say.
"Just me!"
"Syaoran? Oh Syaoran! Why did you go down here?" she asked.
"Uh…I-I can't find my way back so I just decided to join you here!" he lied.
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Takashi…
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"Oh my god help me, lord. Please help me!" he said as he ran towards the cabin of the personnel. Unfortunately for him, he didn't notice the vine that was on the way so he tripped and fell flat on his face. There he was lying there unconscious.
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To be Continued…
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Author's Note: Phew! That was quite a long one, wasn't it? I know I know, lame ending! Anyways, I hope you all liked it!! LOL! I made this chapter especially for you guys since I know that you all can't wait for the S+S relationship! I can't wait for it too! That's why I am
updating faster! Okay so that's all for now! See you all on the next one! REVIEW!!!!
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