Disclaimer: I don't own CCS. I never have and I never will.
Summary: By day, she's a host on the local radio, by night, just another waitress at a café in downtown Tomoeda. Life's hard for Kinomoto Sakura, and it's about to get even harder. Especially when he shows up again... AU
Notes: And thank you to all the reviewers. The reviews are much appreciated! ^_^
Footprints in the Sand
Sakura opened the door to see a sight that made her hunch over and fall over onto the ground laughing.
Roka making Syaoran play the little game of 'Horsie'.
It was after five minutes that Sakura was able to stand up again, wiping tears away from her face.
Tomoyo was just standing at the door, shaking her head sadly. Roka sure could make the most stoic person bend to his will.
Syaoran glared at Sakura. His face clearly said, I'll-get-you-back-for-this.
Sakura was grinning. She had known that she could depend on her nephew to make Li get a taste of her family. If he thought Roka was the first, Syaoran should see her cousins. They made Roka seem like a little kid. Devious schemes and utter terror on their behalf made the toughest and bravest people squeamish. They didn't usually like to get on the bad side of the Kinomoto family. Their camera skills surpassed that of even Tomoyo, and that was hard to beat. Not to mention the fact that they knew that their cousin had magic, and didn't mind using it at certain times...
"Come on, Roka. Time to get off of Li now," Tomoyo said, pushing the little boy gently off the grown-up's back. "Sorry for any broken bones that you might have sustained, Li. Roka can be a bit of a handful sometimes."
Roka glared at Tomoyo. "Am not!" and he stalked off to Sakura's room.
Syaoran got up from where he had been lying on the floor and was looking over with narrowed eyes at Sakura, who was still struggling to hold in the laughter. She had known that Li would probably be mad with her and all, but still, it had been worth it. To see the look on his face had been priceless, and she knew that Roka had been having fun messing with Syaoran's mind as well. Maybe she should give the kid some money for the good job that he had done today... damn no could do. She was broke. Oh well, she'd manage to think of something else. Touya would probably rope her into baby-sitting one time. At least she'd get free food for it.
Tomoyo watched the interaction between Syaoran and Sakura, but then again, there was none. Maybe there would be some interesting chemistry here. They seemed to have similar personalities, though Tomoyo wasn't quite sure where Syaoran had come from. She knew that he had helped Sakura the night that she had passed out, but that was all she knew. She wasn't sure if Sakura was more informed either. After all, they didn't seem to talk much, and when they did, it usually seemed to just be bickering. Maybe it was time to get into matchmaking mode again, as she had done for Nakuru and Touya...
"Don't even think about it," Sakura said, cutting off Tomoyo's line of thought. She had seen that look on her friend's face before, and it usually meant trouble.
Tomoyo was looking innocent.
"By god, you look like Roka when I've caught him out doing something that he shouldn't be doing. Don't do that to me," Sakura stated. "I have enough trouble with this one as it is." She indicated Syaoran.
"Huh? I didn't think I was that bad," Syaoran replied.
"Believe me, you are," Sakura said back.
"Chan, chan," Roka said, pulling on Syaoran's trouser leg.
Sakura looked at Syaoran with a raised eyebrow. "Chan?" she asked, swallowing her luahger. "What's that about?"
"Secret of the men," Syaoran answered.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Whatever..." She went back to sit down beside Tomoyo. There was a spurt in the kitchen and water began creeping along the floor.
"Problem," Roka said, pointing at the kitchen. "Roka flood..."
"My god... not again... Roka, honey, how many times have I told you not to play around with the taps?" Sakura said, going into the kitchen, and walked around on tiptoes. This is one hell of a mess, Sakura thought, going to turn off the taps. She found it not workking, and water sprayed out in a thin spray and hit her smack in the face.
The sound of luaghter caught her ears.
She turned her glowering face to see Syaoran and Touya laughing their heads off.
Tomoyo was just sitting there, smiling innocently. Roka was beside her, watching with wide eyes as Auntie Sakura tried in vain to clean up the mess.
"Talk about one hell of a day..." Sakura muttered, going to get a mop to clean up what she could.
To be continued...
Short. As all these chapters are. ^_^ I can't seem to write long now. Anyhow, will leave you alone now. I have had a big update so far. ^_^ I hope it makes up for the long wait.
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--Kari
