A couple of days had passed by and it was friday. Syaoran had been eating all by himself, avoiding Kimi and her gang. In fact, he had been avoiding everyone. No eye contacts, greetings or a gesture of kindness. All he wanted was peace and quiet, not finding another so called friend. He believed that this special friend will find in in a unique way, sort of like destiny. There would have to be a special connection during their first meet.
But today, it was different. He wanted to be isolated from everyone because of what he was wearing today.
Yup, you got it. He was wearing a skirt! But its not like he wanted to..
Syaoran muttered a whole bunch of curses he could think of.
~Flashback~
"Syaoran, I've just arrived from my window shopping. And I just had to purchase something!" Syaoran's mother, Yelan had announced with a cheeky smile.
'I know that smile from anywhere...she's up to something fishy..' Syaoran had narrowed his eyes in suspicion.
"Oh dear, don't worry it's nothing bad!" Yelan had flashed another smile, similar to her previous one.
Syaoran kept his eyes narrowed, "Then what, may I ask, is it?"
"Oh Syaoran! Don't you ever trust your own mother?" There was sadness yet strictness in her tone, but Syaoran knew it was part of the act.
"Not when you can't stop smiling and you aren't being seriously strict with me!"
"As I was saying, something had caught my attention. And I knew exactly that I would have to purchase that cute little bottom for-" Yelan was acting like a giddy teenager.
"NO! I don't want to hear it! I know it has something to do with me!"
"Haven't I taught you any manners? You must not interrupt anyone who is talking, especially me!" Then she persumed with her cheerful voice,"I got you a skirt!"
Instantly, Syaoran's face grew pale and stood there like a statue. He managed to croak out "WHAT!?" before his throat was dry. He felt as if it was the end of the world. He didn't want to ruin his pride by wearing..a measly skirt!
"You're going to wear it to school tomorrow!"
"NOT I'M NOT!"
"YES, you are, young missy!"
Syaoran was about to protest, but Yelan was too quick with her words.
"It's not every day I get to dress my son in a skirt and look adorable in it!" She pulled out a beige skirt. The bottom was a bit frilly and had laces falling from the sides. "Now go try it on."
She ushered him into his room and shut the door shut. Syaoran blushed, he wasn't going to wear a skirt and let people see him in it! He would be too mortified to.
'I ain't wearing no skirt! I'm a guy, I don't wear stupid tight, girly clothes. It's not like mother won't know if I've tried it on or not!'
Right on que, Yelan voice said from behind the door, "Syaoran! You will wear it and I will see what you look like in it!" It was as if Yelan had read his mind.
He emerged from his room, displaying the skirt he had on. It revealed his long, silky-smooth legs. Syaoran admitted that he was pretty good looking for a girl..
"My darling! You're so beautiful! You're gorgeous! There no shame in hiding your legs, you're whole being is perfect. You get that from me." She continued to squeal excitedly and with great pride.
Syaoran sweat dropped, and his mouth twitched smiles. His mother was way too blissful today.
"..don't forget your wearing it tomorrow. So many girls are going to be jealous of my daughter!"
"WHAT?"
"Oh sorry, I mean't son. I doubt you'll be a single person anytime soon. All the guys are gonig to find you attractive.."
"No mother! Just stop talking, you're making matters worse than it already is in my head!"
"Is that possible?"
"Mother!" Syaoran groaned. He was getting rather annoyed.
"Sorry dear, but you're still wearing it."
"NO!"
"Yes you are! Do not make this any harder for me. You may be stubborn, but you get that from me!"
"SO? You can't change my mind."
"Now when I was yur age, my mother made me wear whatever she wanted me to. I couldn't choose, she thought I had the worse taste in clothing.." She continued the comparison between her past and present.
"Stop bringing up your past! It's my life! Argh!"
"Will you agree?"
"FINE! If you stop talking!"
"So is that a yes?" She said calmly.
"Yeah, Yeah!"
~End Flashback~
"Grr..she always gets me!" Syaoran always ended up obeying his mother, but then again, he's a good son. But he just hated it when she always brought up her past.
He was sitting beneath a cherry blossom tree and ate his lunch. It was an area where no one ever ate. It was quite far from the nearest door.
"Damn skirt!" He cursed frustratedly. He pulled his skirt down to where it normally belonged, right above his knee. During classes or whever he was sitting, it seemed as if the skirt had a mind of its own! It would slowly creep up his thighs.
Every few seconds he would skirm where he sat. The skirt was pretty tight when he sat. He couldn't sit comfortabley at all. He grunted in annoyance.
"Having some problems there?"
with Syaoran's quick reflexes, he swung his head back to see who it was.
"Looks like you're the shopping fanatic." Sakura giggled. Her emerald eyes sparkled in joy while her auburn brown hair bounced as she laughed. Cherry blossom petals fell off the brances and fluttered its way towards Sakura.
Syaoran had no comment. He just gazed at the pink petals making its way to the grass as the wind blew softly.
"I've noticed, you've been eating here for a couple of days now," her mesmerizing eyes no longer had the joy,"all by yourself like me."
"Yea, I find here a good place to be away from everyone and for a quiet, relaxing place." He took his eyes off Sakura and watched the fluffy clouds rolly by, high in the clear blue sky.
Sakura nodded in agreement and looked away. "Sorry to bother you.." Her voice was dull. She turned and was about to walk away.
"Wait.." he called after her.
She faced him and looked at him confusedly.
"I..just wanted to apologize for saying the things I said on Tuesday." He kept his eyes fixed upon the sky.
"And I'd like to thank you, Shao Ling." she thanked solemnly.
"For what? I don't think I've done anything good to you" He took quick glances at Sakura. He had no idea why she would be thanking him.
"But you have! You made me believe that it was the truth. Since the beginning of this school year, kimi asked if I wanted to be a part of their group," she took a deep breath, "I accepted the offer. But all I've ever been in their group, is done errands for them, running all over the place to complete them. To satisfy them, to make them accept me."
Syaoran studied her as she explained, there was great sadness from the look Sakura's face. He listened carefully.
"I've always known that they didn't like me that much..but I kept bending the truth, lying to myself. When you were being honest, it hit me hard. Then I decided it was time to accept the truth." Sakura's words were strong. She cracked a smile. "That's why I'm not doing their stupid things for them anymore. I just left them..so what about you?"
Syaoran considered what he was going to say. Then replied, "You're welcome, I suppose..but I really don't know what to do, think or say. I just want to find a friend. One that I can trust, talk to, depend on..and one that my mother would like."
Sakura had a grin, "I know! Will you be my friend, Shao Ling?" She held out her hand out towards Syaoran.
'What if she can't be trusted? Or if she's using me like Kimi did..or if she finds out about my real identity?' Questions ran throughout his mind frantically. He had to make a deicision now. It would be better to take a risk now, or later would be too long in this body. He reached his hand out and shook hands with Sakura.
"I accept your friendship, Sakura." he added with a sincere smile.
They chatted a bit about their teachers and abot how cruel they were, slaving them to do loads of homework they never explained of and giving pop quizes that seemed more like tests.
Sounds of weak brances were heard snapping as well as whispered rude comments followed by later. It was faint, but became more clear as they got closer. Sakura and Sakura turned to see who was appraoching, and dreaded to see them appraoching.
"Oh look, isn't that Sakura? snorted Crystal.
"It seems to be..and looks like she's actually got a friend!" said Rikku, not realizing it was Shao Ling.
"It's Shao Ling! What are you doing with her?" Kimi asked with great disgust in her ton that it had cut Sakura deeply and winced. Syaoran noticed, but didn't think of acting to it. "Where have you been? We've been looking for you the whole week! Come on, lets ditch Sakura. She isn't worth your time."
"I..uh.." he took a glimpse of Sakura, who seemed to be observing the grass. But Syaoran could tell she was on the brim of tears, her eyes were fluttering, trying to hold them back. "No." Syaoran said firmly.
"What did you say?" Kimi's eyes had widened from disbelief. No one had ever rejected their offer to be in the group. Crystal, Momiji, Rikku, and Serena were speechless and bewildered.
"I said no. The way you treat Sakura is uncanny!" Sakura inspected Syaoran's eye to see if he was joking. No one had ever stood up for her, no one! "I can't bare the way you treat her, as if she's your servant."
"So what? Sakura isn't good for anything. She's useless!" Kimi practically screamed out.
"If she's useless, I'm useless to you to." Syaoran said coldly.
"No, you aren't useless!"
"Then what am I good for?" Syaoran asked calmly.
"For-" Syaoran cut in before she could answer.
"For a way to get closer to my brother?" Finished Syaoran.
Kimi was getting pissed, she was losing her patience and Syaoran had hit the jackpot. No one dared to talk to her this way. "Where are you getting at?" She snapped angrily.
"You know damn well what I'm talking about," Syaoran knew she was trying to play stupid to see if she could slip away, but she didn't succeed.
"Alright Shao Ling, if that's what you want, fine!" Kimi scowled, scrunching her forehead together. "What's so good about Sakura? That's it, we're through. From now on, you and I are no longer friends! Don't come back crawling to me, begging for forgiveness."
"Whoever said I was your friend?" growled Syaoran. "And I don't beg and I don't apologize to people like you."
"We don't have time to hear anymore bullshit coming out of your mouth!" Shouted Serena, trying to defend her friend.
"Thank you for pointing that out. You are right, we're wasting our time!" Kimi flashed a smile to Serena.
They turned their heels and walked back to the school with their noses up, up in a stuck-up way.
"By the way, nice skirt. But that was only in style when my mother was a teenager," laughed Momiji, "who picked that out for you? You're mom?"
Syaoran's face boiled in anger as well as embarrassment and glared at them. He didn't have a comeback. The girls sneered at him when they saw him blush, then they disappeared through the school doors.
"Thanks for sticking up for me.." Sakura faintly smiled. "No one has ever done that for me."
"No problem, they're just jerks. They have no right to say stuff like that to you or anyone else."
"You're a good friend." She smiled widely as a tear slid down her cheek.
"Thanks," he returned a smile and handed her a kleenex.
A/N: I think this is the longest one I wrote? Yes, there is a very corny part (cherry blossom part), but oh well.
I had a virus and I couldn't log onto my computer, so I had Windows XP reinstalled. What a drag, I lost everything saved in my favourites folder, MY folder of stuff, and my programs..=(
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