Winter Loverland
Chapter 5 What Can We Do To Forget
Oh yeah! Chapter five! I can't believe I'm already here! Sorry about the little cliffhanger! I wanted this part to be a surprise. Thanks to all my beloved fans who have reviewed. Please join my little fan club/mailing list! It would mean so much to me! Now enough chatter! On to the chapter!
Li
I hated myself at that time. I wanted to climb to the top of a high building and just jump off. I was going crazy. Sakura was screwing with my head, even if she wasn't there. I didn't know why I did what I did, and to this day I still don't. But within twenty minutes of that feeling, I had been packing and heading toward the airport. I didn't even know if it was Sakura who I was feeling, but the pain had consumed me. And so, being the irrational person I was, I decided to fly to Reedington to see if she was ok. Because who did I think I was kidding? I couldn't just forget Sakura. She was like a part of me. A part of me I needed to survive. And when I felt the pain that could have belonged to her, I almost puked.
But once the plane had landed in Reedington, I had automatically begun to second guess myself. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea. Maybe I was being stupid. After all, she had broken up with me. But then, it didn't really matter to me. Nothing mattered to me except for Sakura.
I slung my one carry on bag over my shoulder and exited the small, little airport. Snow was dumping down from the sky, and it was hard to see. I decided against taking a taxi. It was only a few blocks to Sakura's house. That was another thing I loved about Reedington. Nothing was too far away from anything else. I made it to Sakura's house in less than fifteen minutes.
But once I arrived, my heart dropped to the very bottom of my stomach. Because four police cars and an ambulance were parked outside Sakura's house. At first, I told myself that I didn't remember which house was Sakura's. But once I saw Tori and Sakura's father standing on the front porch, talking to a police man, I had to rule that out. I walked slowly up the driveway, toward Tori and Mr. Avalon. I knew from the start that I wasn't going to be exactly welcomed, especially if Sakura had told them that we had slept together.
I cleared my throat and set my bag down on the ground. Tori didn't do anything except stare at me. "What the hell are you doing here, Li?" Tori shouted as soon as he had stared at me long enough. "I bet you anything he had something to do with this," he told the cop. The police officer turned to face me and flipped over to a cleaned piece of paper in his miniature notebook. "What's your name, son?" he asked me, his pen ready to right down anything I said. "My name's Li Showron. Now would anyone care to explain to me what's happening?" I asked.
Tori got up in my face, "She doesn't want anything to do with you anymore, Li. So why don't you just take yourself and that bag back to Hong Kong and sleep with your wife?" Tori hissed.
"Because," I said, trying to act as cool as I could, which was hard, seeing as how I still didn't know what had happened to Sakura, "I'm not getting married. I called the wedding off. Now, will you please tell me what happened to her?" I snapped, giving him my evil glare that made birds drop from the sky.
"We don't know," Tori said simply. "We were inside and we heard a scream. It was from the neighbor. When we got outside, Sakura was laying out of the lawn, knocked stone cold."
I sighed and rubbed my eyes with my hands. It was all too much. It didn't even seem real anymore. "Can I please just see her?" I asked.
The police officer pointed to the ambulance, "She's in there, kid. But don't go too far, you're still a suspect."
I sighed and walked toward the ambulance. The police force in Reedington was very weak. How were they going to pin this on me when I was in Hong Kong? I didn't know, but with Tori's pressure, I knew they would find some kind of theory that involved me. Maybe my sperm is deadly, I thought to myself, which made me smirk.
When I reached the ambulance, I had to push other people aside. I looked at Sakura, laying on a stretcher, eyes closed. She was cold and clammy, but she almost looked peaceful. I sighed and kneeled down beside the stretcher. Slowly, I took her hands in mine. The paramedics stepped back, curious as to what I was going to do. I kissed Sakura's fingertips. "I'm here for you, Sakura," I whispered softly, so that no one would hear. "Just show me what happened to you," I murmured, letting go of her hands with one of my hands, to place two fingers on her forehead. I just rested them there for a moment. After nothing happened, I pressed a little.
Sakura's eyes flew open, but I could tell that no one was home. Then her whole body started convulsing. I held her head still with my two fingers and pressed against her stomach with my other hand to keep her from hurting herself anymore. Sakura let out a gargling noise and then a high pitched scream. At that point, the paramedics started to push me aside. "Get the fuck away!" I snapped, "I'm helping her," I tried to explain. They didn't seem happy, but they stepped back again. Her movements became harder and more rapid. "Calm down, Sakura," I whispered to her.
I pressed my forehead against her, and used the hand that had been there to pin down her hands. I closed my eyes and concentrated as hard at I could. "Stop," she muttered softly. She began jerking against my grasp, still knocked out cold. Then a gagging stop came from deep within her throat. "Help," she managed to gasped. "I'm drowning! Somebody help!" she yelled before her eyes shot open again. I stared back into her eyes, my forehead still against hers. I saw a flicker of recognition in her eyes before they closed again. Her whole body went still and the odd noises stopped. I quickly pinched her nose and opened her mouth, which I then covered with my own and breathed into her, praying that she would get the air.
After that, I just stood back and waited for something to happen. Only a few seconds later, Sakura jerked straight up into a sitting position and started coughing. Water came flying out of her mouth. Tori and Sakura's father went rushing over to her as I slowly walked away. I didn't need to be there for her anymore. She was ok, and that was what I had flown back to make sure of. Once I knew that she was ok, I could go home. But I wasn't going home. Not exactly. I was going back to my apartment. I didn't want to go back home. I didn't ever want to see Han again and I wouldn't mind not seeing my mother again for quite some time.
Sakura
I took deep breaths as Tori squeezed me in a tight hug. "Don't you ever scare us like this again, Monster," he cried. My father held me next, "Do you realize how much trouble you've caused?" he asked me. Well, it was good to know he cared about me. I sighed and looked at a retreating form walking down the street slowly, a duffel bag thrown over his shoulder. Oh God, I thought, it's Li.
I swung my legs over the side of the stretcher and stood up. My legs were numb, but I had to go after him. He was here, in Reedington, and I couldn't just let him leave. I pushed off of the stretcher and started walking after Li. Once I regained my balance, I started running. I reached him in fifty seconds. I reached for his shoulder. He spun around quickly and I lost my balance, "Oh God," I muttered. I took a hold of both his shoulders and managed to stay on my feet.
Li just stared at me. He didn't say a word - not one sound. And before he could, I yanked his head to mine and kissed him hungrily. He took a second to react, but once he realized what was happening, he kissed me back, pulling me up against him. My legs began to wobble and I leaned completely against him. Li wasn't ready for that kind of weight, and after we both cried 'Oh shit', we dropped into the snow. Lucky for us, it had been snowing for hours and the snow was about four inches thick, breaking our falling instead of our bodies.
Li laughed, laying in the snow next to me. He actually laughed. At first I thought I was just hearing things, but Li was really laughing. He rolled over and pressed his hands down into the snow on both sides of my waist. He towered over me and smiled, "Hey, Sakura," he said softly.
"Hey yourself," I replied, pulling him down on top of me. I sank further into the snow as Li started to kiss me again. I wrapped my legs around his and wrapped my arms around his neck, playing with the short hairs on the back of his neck. I moaned into his mouth, feeling a hot surge shoot from my chest to my legs. My tongue pressed against his and I squeezed my eyes shut even harder. Nothing could have been better.
Li pulled away from me and I gasped for air. I hated having to have air to breathe. "Feeling any better?" Li asked me breathlessly. I nodded, my chest heaving, "Much better, actually. What are you doing in Reedington? Don't you have a wedding to get to?" I asked him, bad memories filling my brain again.
Li shook he head as he once again slid into the snow next to me, "I called it off. I figured, my mother would never allow me not to get married, but she can't have a wedding unless I'm there. And I don't have to go back to Hong Kong."
I sighed and sat up in the snow, "I can forgive you for the whole wedding mess because it wasn't your fault, but I can't forgive you for what you did with Han." I wanted to cry again.
Li sat up as well, "What did I do to Han?" he asked, as if he didn't know.
"Don't play dumb with me, Li. I'm not stupid. I saw you and Han. You had her up against a wall and you were kissing her. And I'm sure you slept with her after that," I snapped.
Li shook his head, "Sakura, you don't know what you're talking about. I never laid a finger on Han. And I never will. I won't ever lay a finger on another girl, because I love you Sakura, and only you."
"Stop!" I yelled. "Just stop! I saw you Li."
"You weren't there, Sakura, so you couldn't have seen anything! I watched you leave. And I waited for you to turn around and come back, but you didn't. You had to have dreamt it up, because that never happened. Don't you believe me?" I asked.
I stared into Li's eyes and saw something I had never seen in his eyes before. Warmth. I nodded and brought his head extremely close to mine, "Yeah, I guess," I whispered, "I believe you." And with that I brought Li's mouth back to mine.
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That's the ending. This was a pretty short fan-fic for me, but I liked it. Please review. I'll get to the prequel when I've got time. I'm thinking of a good CSI fan-fic to write right now and I still have three other fan-fics in the freezer. The next one due to be finished is At World's End. Watch my little fan-fiction site for previews. URL in my profile.
Chapter 5 What Can We Do To Forget
Oh yeah! Chapter five! I can't believe I'm already here! Sorry about the little cliffhanger! I wanted this part to be a surprise. Thanks to all my beloved fans who have reviewed. Please join my little fan club/mailing list! It would mean so much to me! Now enough chatter! On to the chapter!
Li
I hated myself at that time. I wanted to climb to the top of a high building and just jump off. I was going crazy. Sakura was screwing with my head, even if she wasn't there. I didn't know why I did what I did, and to this day I still don't. But within twenty minutes of that feeling, I had been packing and heading toward the airport. I didn't even know if it was Sakura who I was feeling, but the pain had consumed me. And so, being the irrational person I was, I decided to fly to Reedington to see if she was ok. Because who did I think I was kidding? I couldn't just forget Sakura. She was like a part of me. A part of me I needed to survive. And when I felt the pain that could have belonged to her, I almost puked.
But once the plane had landed in Reedington, I had automatically begun to second guess myself. Maybe it wasn't such a good idea. Maybe I was being stupid. After all, she had broken up with me. But then, it didn't really matter to me. Nothing mattered to me except for Sakura.
I slung my one carry on bag over my shoulder and exited the small, little airport. Snow was dumping down from the sky, and it was hard to see. I decided against taking a taxi. It was only a few blocks to Sakura's house. That was another thing I loved about Reedington. Nothing was too far away from anything else. I made it to Sakura's house in less than fifteen minutes.
But once I arrived, my heart dropped to the very bottom of my stomach. Because four police cars and an ambulance were parked outside Sakura's house. At first, I told myself that I didn't remember which house was Sakura's. But once I saw Tori and Sakura's father standing on the front porch, talking to a police man, I had to rule that out. I walked slowly up the driveway, toward Tori and Mr. Avalon. I knew from the start that I wasn't going to be exactly welcomed, especially if Sakura had told them that we had slept together.
I cleared my throat and set my bag down on the ground. Tori didn't do anything except stare at me. "What the hell are you doing here, Li?" Tori shouted as soon as he had stared at me long enough. "I bet you anything he had something to do with this," he told the cop. The police officer turned to face me and flipped over to a cleaned piece of paper in his miniature notebook. "What's your name, son?" he asked me, his pen ready to right down anything I said. "My name's Li Showron. Now would anyone care to explain to me what's happening?" I asked.
Tori got up in my face, "She doesn't want anything to do with you anymore, Li. So why don't you just take yourself and that bag back to Hong Kong and sleep with your wife?" Tori hissed.
"Because," I said, trying to act as cool as I could, which was hard, seeing as how I still didn't know what had happened to Sakura, "I'm not getting married. I called the wedding off. Now, will you please tell me what happened to her?" I snapped, giving him my evil glare that made birds drop from the sky.
"We don't know," Tori said simply. "We were inside and we heard a scream. It was from the neighbor. When we got outside, Sakura was laying out of the lawn, knocked stone cold."
I sighed and rubbed my eyes with my hands. It was all too much. It didn't even seem real anymore. "Can I please just see her?" I asked.
The police officer pointed to the ambulance, "She's in there, kid. But don't go too far, you're still a suspect."
I sighed and walked toward the ambulance. The police force in Reedington was very weak. How were they going to pin this on me when I was in Hong Kong? I didn't know, but with Tori's pressure, I knew they would find some kind of theory that involved me. Maybe my sperm is deadly, I thought to myself, which made me smirk.
When I reached the ambulance, I had to push other people aside. I looked at Sakura, laying on a stretcher, eyes closed. She was cold and clammy, but she almost looked peaceful. I sighed and kneeled down beside the stretcher. Slowly, I took her hands in mine. The paramedics stepped back, curious as to what I was going to do. I kissed Sakura's fingertips. "I'm here for you, Sakura," I whispered softly, so that no one would hear. "Just show me what happened to you," I murmured, letting go of her hands with one of my hands, to place two fingers on her forehead. I just rested them there for a moment. After nothing happened, I pressed a little.
Sakura's eyes flew open, but I could tell that no one was home. Then her whole body started convulsing. I held her head still with my two fingers and pressed against her stomach with my other hand to keep her from hurting herself anymore. Sakura let out a gargling noise and then a high pitched scream. At that point, the paramedics started to push me aside. "Get the fuck away!" I snapped, "I'm helping her," I tried to explain. They didn't seem happy, but they stepped back again. Her movements became harder and more rapid. "Calm down, Sakura," I whispered to her.
I pressed my forehead against her, and used the hand that had been there to pin down her hands. I closed my eyes and concentrated as hard at I could. "Stop," she muttered softly. She began jerking against my grasp, still knocked out cold. Then a gagging stop came from deep within her throat. "Help," she managed to gasped. "I'm drowning! Somebody help!" she yelled before her eyes shot open again. I stared back into her eyes, my forehead still against hers. I saw a flicker of recognition in her eyes before they closed again. Her whole body went still and the odd noises stopped. I quickly pinched her nose and opened her mouth, which I then covered with my own and breathed into her, praying that she would get the air.
After that, I just stood back and waited for something to happen. Only a few seconds later, Sakura jerked straight up into a sitting position and started coughing. Water came flying out of her mouth. Tori and Sakura's father went rushing over to her as I slowly walked away. I didn't need to be there for her anymore. She was ok, and that was what I had flown back to make sure of. Once I knew that she was ok, I could go home. But I wasn't going home. Not exactly. I was going back to my apartment. I didn't want to go back home. I didn't ever want to see Han again and I wouldn't mind not seeing my mother again for quite some time.
Sakura
I took deep breaths as Tori squeezed me in a tight hug. "Don't you ever scare us like this again, Monster," he cried. My father held me next, "Do you realize how much trouble you've caused?" he asked me. Well, it was good to know he cared about me. I sighed and looked at a retreating form walking down the street slowly, a duffel bag thrown over his shoulder. Oh God, I thought, it's Li.
I swung my legs over the side of the stretcher and stood up. My legs were numb, but I had to go after him. He was here, in Reedington, and I couldn't just let him leave. I pushed off of the stretcher and started walking after Li. Once I regained my balance, I started running. I reached him in fifty seconds. I reached for his shoulder. He spun around quickly and I lost my balance, "Oh God," I muttered. I took a hold of both his shoulders and managed to stay on my feet.
Li just stared at me. He didn't say a word - not one sound. And before he could, I yanked his head to mine and kissed him hungrily. He took a second to react, but once he realized what was happening, he kissed me back, pulling me up against him. My legs began to wobble and I leaned completely against him. Li wasn't ready for that kind of weight, and after we both cried 'Oh shit', we dropped into the snow. Lucky for us, it had been snowing for hours and the snow was about four inches thick, breaking our falling instead of our bodies.
Li laughed, laying in the snow next to me. He actually laughed. At first I thought I was just hearing things, but Li was really laughing. He rolled over and pressed his hands down into the snow on both sides of my waist. He towered over me and smiled, "Hey, Sakura," he said softly.
"Hey yourself," I replied, pulling him down on top of me. I sank further into the snow as Li started to kiss me again. I wrapped my legs around his and wrapped my arms around his neck, playing with the short hairs on the back of his neck. I moaned into his mouth, feeling a hot surge shoot from my chest to my legs. My tongue pressed against his and I squeezed my eyes shut even harder. Nothing could have been better.
Li pulled away from me and I gasped for air. I hated having to have air to breathe. "Feeling any better?" Li asked me breathlessly. I nodded, my chest heaving, "Much better, actually. What are you doing in Reedington? Don't you have a wedding to get to?" I asked him, bad memories filling my brain again.
Li shook he head as he once again slid into the snow next to me, "I called it off. I figured, my mother would never allow me not to get married, but she can't have a wedding unless I'm there. And I don't have to go back to Hong Kong."
I sighed and sat up in the snow, "I can forgive you for the whole wedding mess because it wasn't your fault, but I can't forgive you for what you did with Han." I wanted to cry again.
Li sat up as well, "What did I do to Han?" he asked, as if he didn't know.
"Don't play dumb with me, Li. I'm not stupid. I saw you and Han. You had her up against a wall and you were kissing her. And I'm sure you slept with her after that," I snapped.
Li shook his head, "Sakura, you don't know what you're talking about. I never laid a finger on Han. And I never will. I won't ever lay a finger on another girl, because I love you Sakura, and only you."
"Stop!" I yelled. "Just stop! I saw you Li."
"You weren't there, Sakura, so you couldn't have seen anything! I watched you leave. And I waited for you to turn around and come back, but you didn't. You had to have dreamt it up, because that never happened. Don't you believe me?" I asked.
I stared into Li's eyes and saw something I had never seen in his eyes before. Warmth. I nodded and brought his head extremely close to mine, "Yeah, I guess," I whispered, "I believe you." And with that I brought Li's mouth back to mine.
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That's the ending. This was a pretty short fan-fic for me, but I liked it. Please review. I'll get to the prequel when I've got time. I'm thinking of a good CSI fan-fic to write right now and I still have three other fan-fics in the freezer. The next one due to be finished is At World's End. Watch my little fan-fiction site for previews. URL in my profile.