Summary: Despite their refusals, Syaoran and Sakura have no choice but to work together, as actors. Sakura and Syaoran despise each other. But when jealousy, pain and threats arise, will their feelings change? Will their romantic scenes be just acting?
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Readers: Hey everyone! Yup, I have another chapter up :) I hope you all enjoy this one. Happy Holidays every one! Sorry this chapter is short, but at least its here right? Anyways, on with the chappie!! ^.^
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~*From The Last Chapter*~
Sakura woke up in a cold sweat, the memories kept on coming to her more and more vividly now. She was crying, Sakura noticed, as she touched her cheek. She went to the bathroom, washed her face and then tried to get some much needed rest. She didn't realize someone was standing in her doorway all along, watching her with concern.
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Just Acting?
[*-Chapter Five-*]
SweetBabyGurl
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[.The Next Day.]
Sakura lay on her side with her eyes open. She had been lying down in her bed awake for a while now. She glanced up at her alarm clock, which read 12:00 pm. So what? She still had no intention of getting up, and her mind wouldn't go to rest, so she had no intention of sleeping either. She rolled on her side right before she heard her door open. She hastily shut her eyes and listened to try an tell who it was. 'Probably just Tomoyo or Eriol.' She felt a weight on the side of her bed, and a gentle hand begin to stroke her hair softly.
"What happened to you Sakura?" A voice she recognized muttered solemnly. "What happened to the cheerful girl I used to know?" The voice belonged to Syaoran. She mumbled inaudible words in her "sleep" as she began to pretend to wake up again. She turned to look at Syaoran with curious eyes. She thought he would have at least pulled away, but he was still playing with her wavy auburn hair.
"S-Syaoran?" Sakura whispered as she sat up for the first time that morning.
"Yeah, it's me," he smiled, still playing with her hair.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked suddenly. It was only then when she watched him intently she saw his eyes become glassy.
"Do you remember when we were little how whenever you used to cry, I would hold you and stroke your head? Just play with your hair? And you would just giggle and tell me to stop it. You always did laugh for no reason at all when we were young," Syaoran said loud enough so only she could hear, the same smile lingering on his face. Sakura felt the tears well up in her eyes as she shut them tightly and nodded her head. "What happened to those days Sakura?"
"I do not want to deal with this now," was all Sakura said while she climbed out of bed, putting on her robe and pulling her hair back into a messy bun with an elastic.
"Well guess what, we're going to deal with this now. I want to know what the hell happened to my best friend!! Why the hell she just decided to shut the door on me and walk out!! Why she can't come to me whenever something is wrong!! Why do we have to continue with this charade Sakura?! I still care about you! You know I do! Even if we act like we hate each other, you and I both now we're just acting. Why can't you talk to me anymore?" Syaoran yelled, and then whispered, both of his hands on the side of her face. Tears were streaming down Sakura's cheeks.
"Don't you remember? You always did tend to only remember the good Li-kun, never the bad," Sakura said to him, trying to shake the tears away.
"What are you talking about Sakura?" He whispered to her, looking at her directly in her eyes. And at that very moment, he wished he didn't. It was the first time in 4 years he had done it, and Kami… he wish he hadn't. He thought he would see a tinge of sadness among the happiness. But in the depths of her soul, he saw the hurt, the anguish, the pain… everything she was going through. Sakura had lost herself in her own misery.
"Didn't I tell you if I told you who," Sakura tried but her sob came in the way and she moved her head to the side.
"No Sakura! Finish! Finish for me… please," Syaoran begged, his hands never leaving her face. He didn't care anymore, he let the tears fall.
"Didn't I tell you he would come after you to get to me?" Sakura asked placing a hand on his cheek. "He still torments me, as a reminder. And she… she thinks I did it to her! She died with loathe for me! Someone who was like a sister to me! She hated me even in death Syaoran! Do you know how much that kills? That's why, everyday, we go through the same façade. Day in and day out. And I'm sorry Li-kun, but that is all and that's as far as we'll go when it comes to this. Now please leave my room. This… this is goodbye to the relationship we once had," Sakura said to the saddened Syaoran as she pushed him out the door. She locked it behind him as he left and fell to the floor crying. Neither of them realized the man watching from the window in the opposite building with a twisted grin. His black eyes glittered with contempt and malice as he walked out his door a deceitful plan in his head.
[. Later .]
Sakura stepped out of the car they had used to go to Tomodea… their hometown. It had been a long time since the four had visited. Sakura held three bouquets of flowers in her hands as she walked over to where three tombstones were. Sakura removed the old wilted bouquets and placed the new ones in front of the tombstones where the bodies of her mother, brother and father. Everyone watched as she dipped her head and mumble something before smiling slightly. When she stood up once again, her eyes were glassy, but no one addressed it. They all piled back into the car they used to go there and went to the place they knew all too well; Tomodea mall. If you lived there in Tomodea for more than three days, you would have to know everything about Tomodea mall. It's just where everything was. Movies, shopping, concerts; everything happened there.
"Hey! You guys want to go get something to eat first? I'm starved!" Sakura called a happy smile on her face. This was the Sakura everyone knew well. Someone who could light up the dullest room when she walked in. Someone who could make you feel like you were the most special and interesting person in the world when she talked to you. Someone who was selfless, kind, social and happy. But that Sakura was no more other than rare occasion.
"Sure," Tomoyo said brightly as she ran up ahead with Sakura, both of them acting like silly children. This is how it was back in the day. Tomoyo and Sakura would run from store to store and by the time Eriol and Syaoran caught up with the two… they didn't even get the chance to look at anything for the girls had already moved on to the next shop… and handed the guys the bags. They were happy and funny memories. But as long as they weren't in Tomodea, that's all they were going to be… memories. Sakura, Tomoyo and Eriol all ordered their food while Syaoran searched for a table. Sakura would order for him … she always did.
"Alright, what did everybody get?" Syaoran asked as he sat down with all of the shopping bags on a table he stole from someone else. Everyone had trays full of food in their hands. Everyone sat and started talking and eating as Sakura took out two extra plates and split everything she had on her tray in half and handed it to Syaoran. Syaoran of course free loaded off of everybody else since he got the table. But, he would be paying for he ice cream later.
"And what happened to my cookie?" Syaoran asked raising an eyebrow. Sakura let out a devilish grin.
"You mean this white chocolate chip sugar cookie? The same kind of cookie you stole from me the last time we made a trip to this mall?" Sakura asked the same grin on her face. Syaoran merely nodded. Sakura smiled sweetly and took a bite. "You have no cookie," she said, her mouth full of the cookie. Syaoran kicked her from underneath the table and Sakura threw a napkin at him while Tomoyo and Eriol laughed at watched. The rest of their trip at the mall was a happy one. The most memorable moment about this trip is when Sakura was looking into one of the fountains and fell in. Syaoran tried to be heroic save her, but ended up falling in as well. They all groaned in despair but ended up laughing it off. All in all, this trip was the best any of them had ever had. But all good things must come to an end. And just like Sakura said… the façade must continue.
To Be Continued…
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