Chapter 2: Attempt to Admit
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"Hey Syaoran." I looked up from the ground. I had been watching an ant, but somehow, Sakura was a bit more... exciting. "Hi Sakura." I mumbled. "What's up? Why do you sound so out of it? You aren't sick, are you?" Quick as a flash, her hand was on my forehead, and what she told me didn't surprise me much. "My God, you're burning up!" "Wonder why." I mumbled, blushing profoundly. "What?" I looked down so my hair shaded my eyes. "Nothing." I muttered. She was worried about me, I knew it. What a great feeling... "I think we should get you to the nurse or something, you-" "I'm fine." "Well... okay, if you say so." She sat down next to me and made herself comfortable.
Not thirty seconds had passed when she felt talkative again. "Hey Syaoran?" "Yeah?" "You know you can talk to me about stuff, right?" I nodded slowly, eyes still not visible. She grinned. "Good!" She made herself comfortable again, and since I was leaning on a tree, she had nothing else to lean on except- "H-hey, what are you doing?" "Well, you've got that tree to lean on, so, I'm leaning on your shoulder. Is that okay?" I blinked, and then slowly nodded again. She smiled, genuinely happy. "Okay!" She leaned on me again, and if she didn't notice my heart practically bursting out of my chest, at least she had the courtesy to pretend she didn't notice.
Sakura still had her head on my shoulder a few minutes later, and I had managed to slow my heart rate by breathing deeply a few times. Sakura looked up. "Hey Syaoran, how come you always sit over here?" I looked at her questioningly. "Um..." "You aren't depressed or anything are you?" Where had she got THAT crazy idea? "N-no! Of course not. Why would you think that?" She frowned. "I guess I'm just paranoid... I don't know." I sighed heavily. "Well... you're not paranoid; I have been acting a bit strange lately..." "Really? Why? If you don't mind telling me, that is." My heart started to race again. I could feel my face burning up as always. "No, its okay. Sakura... there's something... something... I've been meaning to tell you..." "Yeah?" She leaned a bit closer. "I... I think... that is..." I gulped. "I'm in-" *Ding Dong* the bell rang. I cursed in angrily in my head. "Oh, sorry Syaoran, that's the bell. Come on, let's go!" She jumped up; made sure I was following her, and ran off to our next class. I slowly stood up and started jogging after her. I stopped and closed my eyes for a moment, remembering the weight of her head on my shoulder...