Foolish Heart

AN: Thank you for all those who reviewed chapter 5 but I liked to change the whole chapter so this is it. I think you'll like this a LOT. LOL. Anyway on with the story… Enjoy reading and please leave me a review.

Thank you to my sister who has the heart to read all of these and edit it in the process. Thank very much even if I have a headache on one you're lectures. I really appreciate it.

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Chapter 5: My New Boyfriend?!

Syaoran

Shit! That Touya guy, he really pisses me off. I just have a feeling that asshole's my past life's nemesis. Remembering last night's dinner in the Kinomoto residence as he was walking towards the school building. A man with black hair and glasses caught his attention. Eriol… Nah… Shaking his head, refusing to acknowledge the image he thought he just conjured up on his mind. Must be the lack of sleep. Yeh. Lack of sleep. He's still in England for Christ's sake. Averting his eyes from the image, he continued to his destination.

"Did I just see my cute little descendant over there?" Eriol chirped in a singsong voice, making his way over to Syaoran.

That voice seems awfully familiar. But that can't be! I must be getting a severe case of hallucination. Cringing at the thought of his cousin here on JAPAN, in the SAME school. As he looked around his surroundings, he tried to pinpoint the source of the voice. This can't be happening to me! He was face to face with his cousin none other than ERIOL. Oh Kami.

"Hello my cute little descendant!" Eriol greeted the still shocked face of his cousin. "You must be wondering what I'm doing here, ne?"

Syaoran tried to overcome his initial shock, shutting his gapping mouth. "Wha… what… what are you doing here? I thought you're still in England." He stammered.

"I thought you'd never ask, Syaoran… I'm touch, you've got the time to look on my whereabouts." Putting his right hand to his heart, happy that his cousin cared for him.

"Cut the crap Eriol! What the hell are you doing here?" He snapped, his face burning red from rage.

"Ho ho ho… Just visiting my cute little descendant." Eriol said too innocently for his own good as he ruffled Syaoran's messy hair that stirred Syaoran's suspicions.

"Is that all? And I'm NOT your cute little descendant. And STOP messing with my perfectly STYLED hair." He spoke, swatting Eriol's hand away from his hair as he was hoping to any god that Eriol hadn't disarrayed the few hours of pure hard work, two hours to be exact of fixing every strand of his hair into place. "What the HELL are you doing here?" Repeating the question that has been bugging him for the last few minutes when he saw the presence of his cousin in the school grounds.

"Ho ho ho… I – "

"And get to the point." Fury evident in his handsome face and a promise of pain to his cousin after this little talk of theirs.

"My, my, my… a little impatient are we, my cute descendant?" Eriol met the intense gaze of his cousin's amber eyes, gulping down the lump forming in his throat. "Th truth is," taking a deep breath, he encouraged himself to continue his speech or else a certain angry little wolf would beat the shit out of him until he explain clearly, hopeful that his explanation would be sufficient enough for his cousins growing anger and curiosity. "I've heard from your mom, Auntie Yelen of your plans of having an independent life and your first step to gaining this was by… joining an exchange student program in Tokyo University. So I asked myself… why not join? The more, the merrier, ne Syaoran? And I thought you'd be sad living alone on a foreign country." He stated in a matter of factly tone.

So much for my plan of being independent in life, doing everything alone, and what happen to my moment of privacy, huh? Realization then hit him… BIG time. He's stuck here in Japan with Eriol tagging along with him. Oh no!!!

"Syaoran. Hello, are you still there?" Eriol asked worriedly standing in front of Syaoran, waving his right hand. I hope he's not having a breakdown. Don't want my cute little descendant be in the hospital, eh?

Syaoran was left flabbergasted. How could this happen to his absolute brilliant plan of being independent. He had got rid of his nuisance sisters, if only for a temporary time period but it was enough for him. However, with Eriol here with him, it will only ruin his scheme. He was beyond irritation and was snapped back to the present by the persistent nudging of… yeah… ERIOL. "What?!"

"I thought you're too petrified, you can't even speak?" His only reply was the cold glare directed to him.

Wrong, I'm too petrified that I can't even think straight. He was too busy sorting out about his circumstances with Eriol here in Japan that he didn't noticed that a girl was heading their way, not bothering to see if there's a person on her way.

*bump*

"Gomen nasai." She apologized; bowing politely at the stranger she had just bumped into. Taking note of the friendly smile plastered on the man's face and observed that he is not alone. His companion had a scowl on his face, the exact opposite of the other. Great!

"Good morning MS. BEAUTIFUL!" Syaoran said humorously. At least I have someone to torment.

Sakura

"Flattery would get you no where, you know MR. BIG SHOT!" She exclaimed, sarcasm filled her voice but Eriol somehow misinterpreted it as words of endearment between the two.

He noticed the small grin in the corners of his cousin's mouth. "You're working pretty fast dear cousin. Is she your girlfriend?" He whispered quietly to his cousin, which caused Sakura to blush slightly.

"For crying out, Eriol she's not my –" my girlfriend. He was interrupted by the charming words of Eriol.

"Who's this fine-looking lady dear cousin? Care to introduce us?" Giving his warmest smile to Sakura.

Sakura glance at Eriol, not sure if she had heard correctly, and but what she thought she heard made her blush furiously because of Eriol's choice of words. He's like his cousin, a charm woman with their few chosen words of sweet nothing.

"Pardon for my cousin's rudeness. It seems my cousin here is in his LALA land and doesn't make an effort to introduce us. By the way, my name's Hiirigizawa Eriol, Syaoran's cousin from England."

"Hello, Hiirigizawa-kun. Are you in anyhow the exchange student from England I've been hearing about?" Wow. Tomoyo was right. He's cute alright. She thought eyeing the man Tomoyo is crazy about for the past few days in the corner of her eyes.

Syaoran snorted at Sakura's taste of men.

I'm way more handsome than him.

'Do I sense a little jealousy here?'

Jealous?! Me? Are you kidding me? I'm just comparing.

'Now you're comparing!'

Shut up! You just made me sounded like a lovesick puppy.

'And you're not?'

Why am I talking to myself now? That's odd. Oh well. Going back to what Eriol and Sakura are discussing at the moment he started listening.

"You can just call me Eriol. Yup! And I didn't know I'm that popular around here."

"Sakura… *sob, sob* why haven't you informed me that you're an old pal of Hiirigizawa-kun *sob, sob*. You know how much I dream of being his friend." She stumbled, her eyes closing to tears. I just hope he's also looking for someone more than a friend. I know I do. She added silently.

Sakura sweat-dropped on her friend's actions. "Hehehe… Eriol-kun…"

Eriol-kun? I'll just ask Sakura later. Dismissing the subject, she intently listened to Sakura's story about Hiirigizawa-kun being a cousin of Li-kun and all.

Suddenly an unexpected student joined the huddle of four. The man Sakura dreaded to ever laid her emerald eyes upon. Josh!

"Josh, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked as she saw her ex-boyfriend merging in the circle they had formed in front of the building with her latest girlfriend in tow, Stacey.

"Chill out Sakura. I'm just on my way to school. So… how are you doing?" Josh asked faltering slightly, wrapping a possessive arm to his girlfriend, the typical blonde – blue eyes girl every man dreamed off.

This life suck. Why do I have to see Josh of all people in this beautiful sunny day? Well with the exception of Syaoran, of course. "Hi Josh, hi Stacey… It's nice seeing you AGAIN in this OH SO WONDERFUL day. Right guys?" She drawled out, emphasizing the word 'again' and the 'oh so wonderful' in her greetings. Hoping Syaoran didn't noticed that she's a bit tense on the presence of Josh or she'll hear that nonstop teasing from him. Even her dreams would be totally crash if she didn't stop thinking about him.

As her so-called 'friends' nodded their agreement about the fine weather that is.

Syaoran

"Who's the guy?" He asked himself silently but Tomoyo heard it nonetheless.

"Sakura's ex-boyfriend. The cheating bastard." She stated simply.

My conclusion… Sakura REALLY has BAD tastes in guys especially looking at that skinny body of Josh, her ex-boyfriend. His gazed shifted to the girl named Stacey. What kind of a girlfriend flirts with other men in the presence of her own boyfriend? Slut. That's sick. As he observed the seductive stance Stacey is doing to capture Eriol's attention or better… HIS attention. The way her school uniform cling to her body like a second skin, the way she lick her lips with her tongue as if tempting men to kiss her on the spot and the lists goes on.

He looked at the rigid posture of Sakura. Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable in this situation? He wanted to ease her pain but he didn't now how. What am I thinking?

"Yes it is." Josh acquiesced. "Wanna go clubbing tonight. Bring your friends too. And boyfriend if you have ONE." He nuzzled his head on Stacey's neck and putting butterfly kisses on it.

Yuck! "Get a room." Syaoran said good-humoredly as he moved forward to enclose Sakura in a semi-embrace. The two looked like a cute couple and the bystanders appeared envious of them that it angered Josh to no extent. Maybe because of all the attention his ex-girlfriend and the new exchange student are getting.

"By the way man, I'm Li Syaoran, Sakura's boyfriend." He introduced himself casually as he wink his left eye to Sakura that made her blush.

Tomoyo

Kawaii!!!… She frowned, I feel silly all of a sudden, she said to herself as she remembered earlier on how she thought her best friend betraying her but her assumption were all wrong now that she set her eyes on the cute couple in front of her. That means I got to go with Hiriigizawa-kun. Yipee! This is a truly fantastic day and it's even getting better.

"Well… that leaves me, taking you out, that is if you don't mind my company." Eriol said hurriedly.

"Yes. Of course I don't mind going with you." Tomoyo said in a lady-like manner. Did I sound normal? I don't want to scare him…hohohoho… She decided she should just play hard to get at first at least for a while, not like some overly excited girl that is hopeless to land a date. Mmm… I think so… hohohoho

Josh

He was a bit speechless. He thought that Sakura wouldn't be over him this fast and the fact that she currently has a relationship with a handsome man, which his male ego told him that he's much more good-looking than this Syaoran guy. "So… I expect you guys to be there at eight o'clock. Ok?"

"Sounds good to me." He squeezed Sakura's shoulder passionately, leaned towards Sakura and whispered, "Right my cherry blossom?"

"Of course, my little wolf." She replied smiling lovingly, shivers running down her spine because of the sudden pressure in her shoulder but soothing nevertheless.

Grrr… I can't believe them. I know their only acting. Shit. He tightened his gripped on his girlfriend as he seethed with rage within. Maintaining the calm façade, he said, "Let's go to our class or we'll be late," He informed them as he let the 'cute couple', as others put it, walked first, followed by Tomoyo and Eriol hand in hand.

Tomoyo seemed to be in her on wonderland as she walked beside Eriol. He's such a gentleman as he let her in first and assists her on her things.

At the hallway, now and then, students would comment on how Sakura and Syaoran make a cute couple while Josh fumed with anger as he glared at the man beside his girlfriend. Correction… ex-girlfriend. His mind reminded him.

Tomoyo and Eriol went to their respective classrooms. It turns out that they have the same subject while the same may be said about Sakura and Syaoran and that couldn't be said for him so he didn't have the opportunity to spy on the couple.

See you at the club… Sakura. As he practically dragged his sluttish girlfriend of his, Stacey to their classroom.

Does Josh want Sakura back? What's with Syaoran pretending to be Sakura's boyfriend?

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