=That Dream=
Chapter 8
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"Kin-Kinomoto?" I ask into the phone incredulously.
"No crap, Gaki!" I hear him breathe deeply until a yell is deafening my ears. Touya has some set of lungs.
"GAKI! MY SISTER IS IN HERE, FEELING PITIFUL BECAUSE OF A DUMBASS LIKE YOU! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS!"
I can only do one thing, nod my head up and down. Before long, Touya will just get tired of me not responding and hang up on me. Then I'll have to avoid Sakura and Touya for a very long time. Well, as long as permitted.
I hate my life. I do. You know that? People suck. I HATE YOU ERIOL! You've ruined any chances I did have. So what? It was a freakin' kiss on the cheek!
"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?! YOU KNOW, I'M BEING SOMEWHAT TOLERABLE TO YOU! I'M NOT EVEN GOING ON ABOUT--"
I gulp. Why did I have to like the girl, who had a brother that was a freakin' homicidal maniac. Why? Oh WHY!?
My doorbell rings, and I set my phone down. I didn't want to hang up on him, that would cause me more bodily harm that what I already am done for. And wouldn't all that of clichés happen.
TOUYA IS STANDING AT MY DOOR! HE HAS A CELL PHONE! Oh shit.
Touya has that ever wonderful, stony expression on his face. He hangs up the cell phone, and steps inside the apartment.
"I don't like you. I loathe you."
Wait a minute! He just walked into MY apartment and tells me how much he doesn't like me?! What an asshole! But, believe me, I don't tell him that.
I watch as he hangs up his cell phone, and plops himself on my couch. Doesn't this seem familiar? Another rampaging male who thinks his dominance over someone is being threatened, i.e. Eriol over Tomoyo.
"Listen, Touya--"
And he interjects before I can say anything. Don't the wonders ever cease?
"No, you listen here, Gaki. Sakura is the most precious thing in the world to me. She's always defended you, she's done anything she can for you, and you go and break her heart. I don't know how, I don't know WHY, but it better not had been some trivial reason. Like trying to make someone jealous or some crap, and you tried to use her or someone close. Because, you listen here, you probably don't have enough reasons for me not to kill you."
Oh boy, oh crap! And wouldn't you know it? Everything Touya listed is something that I'm not supposed to do and I did it. Damn him.
"Oh." Is that the only intelligent remark I can come up with? Touya seems to think so.
He sighs, and he rolls his eyes. He starts cracking his knuckles. I gulp, magic or no magic, I was damn fool-hardy back in fourth grade. Now, I wish that I could hide in my closet and never come out again. Never.
"Gaki, go hang up your phone. I'm not too unfortunate, Sakura was kind enough to have my powers come back ever so slowly. Very slowly. I have a feeling that someone is going to call soon."
I stare at him, my mouth hanging open. He rolls his eyes and growls.
"Go. Hang. Up. Your. Phone. Someone. Is. Going. To. Call. Very. Soon."
Okay, now he's hurting my feelings. He's speaking to me as if I can't comprehend a simple sentence. Well, I guess I did sit there with drool coming out of my mouth.
I get up, I was walking backwards, and I headed towards the phone. I put it back on the receiver, when I turned around, I was staring at Touya.
I was his height now, maybe he had a couple of centimetres on me, but I was okay with that. I had one more good growth spurt before I was all grown out. Anyhow, it made our previous glare matches rather interesting.
Now I didn't have the heart to have a glare match, I'm a terrible kaijuu is what I am.
"You're a terrible kaijuu for doing whatever it is you did to my imouto. I want to tell you something, you Chinese Gaki, this is Japan. Whatever you do in China is your business, and you're way of life.
"You're in Tomoeda now, this isn't even Tokyo. So, city life isn't something that I'm too fond of at the time, and believe me! You being the boy that you are, it's not boding well for me."
I nod, and I can only say one thing.
"I'm sorry."
"Damn right you should be sorry!"
"I know, but just hear me out. I like your sister, I can say that I'm about 99.9% sure I'm in love with your sister." I watched as Touya narrowed his eyes at me, but I continued on.
"I wanted to make her jealous, so I decided to talk to Tomoyo about this. I found out some very interesting news about Tomoyo, and that she liked Hiiragizawa. I decided I'd help her out, and I kissed her on the cheek to make Hiiragizawa jealous.
"Well, he definitely got jealous. He came over her in a rage--much like you--and punched me. Then, he started screaming profanities at me--much like you--and then he said that I'd kissed Tomoyo. Sakura was coming here, and she heard. She heard, and then she told me she couldn't call me by my name. And then she ran off before I could stop her."
Touya still had his eyes narrowed at me, and then he said, "I should punch you, as you've said I done everything else Satan did."
I nodded. I definitely deserve it.
"But I won't. It'd hurt Sakura too much. I don't really much care what you are doing. I just know that you've hurt Sakura more than imaginable. She didn't come home in tears, if that's what you're wondering, but her eyes were puffy, and she told me that she felt bad. I knew that it involved you, because her voice was cracked, and the only person who ever made her do that was you."
I stood shocked. I--me? I was the person Sakura cared about? No possible frickin' way?! I was still skeptical, but Touya smiled a sadistic, evil smile at me.
"Let me just tell you this. It's good that Sakura is finally going to get over you. If you hurt her this much, and she could've very well misheard something, then I don't even want her to get involved with you. So, as of now, you never met me and I've never met you. Just, I'm trying to go easy on you. Sakura is precious to me, and I don't like anyone--nothing--hurting Sakura. Got it?"
I probably got off really easy with Touya. Too easy in fact. But, when I stood up, he stood up. He stuck out his hand to me, and said, "Nice to have known you, Gaki. I surely will miss those glaring matches."
I stared at him dumbfounded, but did the only thing I could do. I shook his hand.
"Sayonara, Gaki."
And he left. Touya just left, after overwhelming me with his presence, and he just left. I closed my door after him, and the phone rang. Go figure. Touya said it would.
"Moshi moshi?" I said tiredly into the phone.
"Li-kun, you're an idiot!"
Dammit! Everyone was just giving me crap today. Instead of venting my frustrations, as I was very prone to doing, I instead inhaled and said calmly, "Yes. I know this."
"Good. Because now you're a dumbass who is a prick who just ruined my friendship with Sakura!"
"Gee, thanks for being subtle about this, Daidouji!" I told her sarcastically.
"I have every reason to be mad at you! All you said was that you'd get Eriol to notice me, or get a date, or something silly along those lines!"
"Tomoyo, Shut up. I did. Eriol likes you, and he told me that he wanted to go on a date with you."
I hear silence of a long period of time, and finally I hear a squeak. Then a much more understood, "Really?"
"Yes, really. So, why don't you hang up the phone with me, call Sakura and tell her that you had nothing to do with this, patch things up with her, and then call Eriol."
I figure Tomoyo must've had some sympathy kick in, because she said, "But Syaoran, you like Sakura so much. It just isn't right for everyone to be happy but you."
"You have no idea," I mumbled.
"What?" she asked, apparently thinking I was talking to her.
"Nothing, don't worry about it. Anyhow, just do that and save yourself some heartache. I'll see you tomorrow, Daidouji. Ja ne."
"Ja ne, Li-kun."
I hang up the phone, and I stare at my wall with blank curiosity. What a nice speckled wall it is.
I decide that there is absolutely nothing that I could do. Maybe I should leave Tomoeda, as that was what Touya was hinting at. But, I don't think that I will. No, I should live my life. I must have at least *some* trust in Eriol.
Well, that's settled. I'll just try to patch up my own relationship with Sakura, and see how things go with her. Hopefully very well. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully.
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End Chapter 8
Chapter 8
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"Kin-Kinomoto?" I ask into the phone incredulously.
"No crap, Gaki!" I hear him breathe deeply until a yell is deafening my ears. Touya has some set of lungs.
"GAKI! MY SISTER IS IN HERE, FEELING PITIFUL BECAUSE OF A DUMBASS LIKE YOU! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! I WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS!"
I can only do one thing, nod my head up and down. Before long, Touya will just get tired of me not responding and hang up on me. Then I'll have to avoid Sakura and Touya for a very long time. Well, as long as permitted.
I hate my life. I do. You know that? People suck. I HATE YOU ERIOL! You've ruined any chances I did have. So what? It was a freakin' kiss on the cheek!
"ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING TO ME?! YOU KNOW, I'M BEING SOMEWHAT TOLERABLE TO YOU! I'M NOT EVEN GOING ON ABOUT--"
I gulp. Why did I have to like the girl, who had a brother that was a freakin' homicidal maniac. Why? Oh WHY!?
My doorbell rings, and I set my phone down. I didn't want to hang up on him, that would cause me more bodily harm that what I already am done for. And wouldn't all that of clichés happen.
TOUYA IS STANDING AT MY DOOR! HE HAS A CELL PHONE! Oh shit.
Touya has that ever wonderful, stony expression on his face. He hangs up the cell phone, and steps inside the apartment.
"I don't like you. I loathe you."
Wait a minute! He just walked into MY apartment and tells me how much he doesn't like me?! What an asshole! But, believe me, I don't tell him that.
I watch as he hangs up his cell phone, and plops himself on my couch. Doesn't this seem familiar? Another rampaging male who thinks his dominance over someone is being threatened, i.e. Eriol over Tomoyo.
"Listen, Touya--"
And he interjects before I can say anything. Don't the wonders ever cease?
"No, you listen here, Gaki. Sakura is the most precious thing in the world to me. She's always defended you, she's done anything she can for you, and you go and break her heart. I don't know how, I don't know WHY, but it better not had been some trivial reason. Like trying to make someone jealous or some crap, and you tried to use her or someone close. Because, you listen here, you probably don't have enough reasons for me not to kill you."
Oh boy, oh crap! And wouldn't you know it? Everything Touya listed is something that I'm not supposed to do and I did it. Damn him.
"Oh." Is that the only intelligent remark I can come up with? Touya seems to think so.
He sighs, and he rolls his eyes. He starts cracking his knuckles. I gulp, magic or no magic, I was damn fool-hardy back in fourth grade. Now, I wish that I could hide in my closet and never come out again. Never.
"Gaki, go hang up your phone. I'm not too unfortunate, Sakura was kind enough to have my powers come back ever so slowly. Very slowly. I have a feeling that someone is going to call soon."
I stare at him, my mouth hanging open. He rolls his eyes and growls.
"Go. Hang. Up. Your. Phone. Someone. Is. Going. To. Call. Very. Soon."
Okay, now he's hurting my feelings. He's speaking to me as if I can't comprehend a simple sentence. Well, I guess I did sit there with drool coming out of my mouth.
I get up, I was walking backwards, and I headed towards the phone. I put it back on the receiver, when I turned around, I was staring at Touya.
I was his height now, maybe he had a couple of centimetres on me, but I was okay with that. I had one more good growth spurt before I was all grown out. Anyhow, it made our previous glare matches rather interesting.
Now I didn't have the heart to have a glare match, I'm a terrible kaijuu is what I am.
"You're a terrible kaijuu for doing whatever it is you did to my imouto. I want to tell you something, you Chinese Gaki, this is Japan. Whatever you do in China is your business, and you're way of life.
"You're in Tomoeda now, this isn't even Tokyo. So, city life isn't something that I'm too fond of at the time, and believe me! You being the boy that you are, it's not boding well for me."
I nod, and I can only say one thing.
"I'm sorry."
"Damn right you should be sorry!"
"I know, but just hear me out. I like your sister, I can say that I'm about 99.9% sure I'm in love with your sister." I watched as Touya narrowed his eyes at me, but I continued on.
"I wanted to make her jealous, so I decided to talk to Tomoyo about this. I found out some very interesting news about Tomoyo, and that she liked Hiiragizawa. I decided I'd help her out, and I kissed her on the cheek to make Hiiragizawa jealous.
"Well, he definitely got jealous. He came over her in a rage--much like you--and punched me. Then, he started screaming profanities at me--much like you--and then he said that I'd kissed Tomoyo. Sakura was coming here, and she heard. She heard, and then she told me she couldn't call me by my name. And then she ran off before I could stop her."
Touya still had his eyes narrowed at me, and then he said, "I should punch you, as you've said I done everything else Satan did."
I nodded. I definitely deserve it.
"But I won't. It'd hurt Sakura too much. I don't really much care what you are doing. I just know that you've hurt Sakura more than imaginable. She didn't come home in tears, if that's what you're wondering, but her eyes were puffy, and she told me that she felt bad. I knew that it involved you, because her voice was cracked, and the only person who ever made her do that was you."
I stood shocked. I--me? I was the person Sakura cared about? No possible frickin' way?! I was still skeptical, but Touya smiled a sadistic, evil smile at me.
"Let me just tell you this. It's good that Sakura is finally going to get over you. If you hurt her this much, and she could've very well misheard something, then I don't even want her to get involved with you. So, as of now, you never met me and I've never met you. Just, I'm trying to go easy on you. Sakura is precious to me, and I don't like anyone--nothing--hurting Sakura. Got it?"
I probably got off really easy with Touya. Too easy in fact. But, when I stood up, he stood up. He stuck out his hand to me, and said, "Nice to have known you, Gaki. I surely will miss those glaring matches."
I stared at him dumbfounded, but did the only thing I could do. I shook his hand.
"Sayonara, Gaki."
And he left. Touya just left, after overwhelming me with his presence, and he just left. I closed my door after him, and the phone rang. Go figure. Touya said it would.
"Moshi moshi?" I said tiredly into the phone.
"Li-kun, you're an idiot!"
Dammit! Everyone was just giving me crap today. Instead of venting my frustrations, as I was very prone to doing, I instead inhaled and said calmly, "Yes. I know this."
"Good. Because now you're a dumbass who is a prick who just ruined my friendship with Sakura!"
"Gee, thanks for being subtle about this, Daidouji!" I told her sarcastically.
"I have every reason to be mad at you! All you said was that you'd get Eriol to notice me, or get a date, or something silly along those lines!"
"Tomoyo, Shut up. I did. Eriol likes you, and he told me that he wanted to go on a date with you."
I hear silence of a long period of time, and finally I hear a squeak. Then a much more understood, "Really?"
"Yes, really. So, why don't you hang up the phone with me, call Sakura and tell her that you had nothing to do with this, patch things up with her, and then call Eriol."
I figure Tomoyo must've had some sympathy kick in, because she said, "But Syaoran, you like Sakura so much. It just isn't right for everyone to be happy but you."
"You have no idea," I mumbled.
"What?" she asked, apparently thinking I was talking to her.
"Nothing, don't worry about it. Anyhow, just do that and save yourself some heartache. I'll see you tomorrow, Daidouji. Ja ne."
"Ja ne, Li-kun."
I hang up the phone, and I stare at my wall with blank curiosity. What a nice speckled wall it is.
I decide that there is absolutely nothing that I could do. Maybe I should leave Tomoeda, as that was what Touya was hinting at. But, I don't think that I will. No, I should live my life. I must have at least *some* trust in Eriol.
Well, that's settled. I'll just try to patch up my own relationship with Sakura, and see how things go with her. Hopefully very well. Hopefully, hopefully, hopefully.
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End Chapter 8