sorry ta all of ya if ya think i upload slow... hehe! it's juz that i wuz waitin for reviews to come and slowing down my pace might do the trick, which apparently, is a very stupid idea. anywayz, wut i meant by 'anonymous' is when you review BUT you're NOT signed in. did you get that? sorry if sometimes i am hard to understand but to hell wit that! i juz need reviewz. so, well... this iz chap 7 already. it's kinda short and if i'm not mistaken, i gez this is the shortest chap of this story. i can't tell the difference though...
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CHAPTER SEVEN
A Different Wave
Syaoran looked up at Sakura as she came down the stairs. It was the first time he'd seen her like that, in her sleeping attire and with her hair neatly laid down. She looked blanch but still pretty as she had ever been.
"Miss, he was persistent and we tried to tell him..." the maid started to explain when Sakura cut her off.
"What do you think you're doing here?" Sakura jerked Syaoran from his thoughts as soon as she got down. "Did you get lost or something?" she managed to banter him. "I thought your house was that way," she pointed outside with a slight grin.
"Hey, I came here to bring your notes and assignments but don't think I did that voluntarily. It was punishment for my "inattentiveness" in class," he said as he brought his hands up to quote the word 'inattentiveness'. "Don't blame me for such a stupid punishment."
"You think going here is punishment, eh? Just leave my stuff somewhere and go home. That's your only intention, right?" Sakura told him as she suddenly lost her balance. Syaoran caught her in time. "Um... thanks," she uttered and stood up properly and Syaoran took a step backwards.
Syaoran couldn't believe what he had just done. Helping an enemy, what was he thinking? "Uh... I don't know where that came from so don't think I'm being friendly," he said.
"Not a chance in the world I'd think that," Sakura replied. "Anyway, is there something else you need?" she asked him.
"Actually, yeah," Syaoran blurted out. He started to slap himself mentally for saying that. "Can we talk someplace in private?" Sakura thought he was acting silly and looked at him in a strange manner. Syaoran quickly put both of his hands in front of him in defense saying, "No way! I'm not thinking dirty here!"
Sakura raised an eyebrow at him and said, "I never said you were." Syaoran was embarrassed when he heard this. "Come on. Follow me," she told him as she turned back and started to walk up the stairs. Syaoran followed behind her with a bit of hesitation. He was wondering where she would lead him. They soon got to this rather huge door. Sakura opened it and stepped inside, allowing Syaoran to do the same. Inside, it was a big pink room. He blushed upon thinking that this was Sakura's room. "What? Never seen a girl's room before?" Sakura turned to him as she closed the door. Syaoran doubted why Sakura was being so... open. "So, what did you want to talk about?" she asked as she settled on her bed.
Syaoran looked around while he put Sakura's books and notebooks on top of a chair. The place was not exactly his idea of a perfectly clean room. He had to admit that it was quite messy with some stuff on the floor. "Is it me or did you let a small tornado get in your room?" he muttered with his sight on the things strewn all over the floor.
Sakura rolled her eyes and giggled in embarrassment. "Sorry about the place. I didn't really have time to pick that stuff up. Um... I guess I sort of flipped when..." Sakura said when she paused by the near end of her sentence.
"Actually, that's what I was going to talk to you about. What did you feed Eriol in order for him to have such strong feelings towards you?" Syaoran said as he leaned his back against the wall.
"Syaoran, that's stupid. Did you forget to bring your common sense with you again?" Sakura replied jokingly and sighed. "I never really thought I had feelings for Eriol until he came up to me and asked me out. It was all so sudden. I should have realized that such sudden emotions would end up all of a sudden as well," she added, seriously this time around. "I loved him, I really did but I guess my love for him wasn't strong enough."
"Seems like it," Syaoran accidentally uttered when he saw tears coming out of Sakura's eyes.
"Look Li, it's obvious that you don't want me to be around. But heck, why should I care? I only wanted to be around so I could be with Eriol. I never meant to do that to make you hate me even more. Why do you think I even bothered to call you? So I could completely piss you off? I thought that maybe if we became friends, Eriol would be closer to me. I didn't even consider what other people might think. I didn't care whether they would say that I lost to you or that I am a very fickle person or whatsoever," Sakura said as she wiped her tears off.
"I... I don't even know what to say to you right now," Syaoran admitted. "But I just have one thing to tell you. If Eriol really loved you so much, he wouldn't leave you just like that. If he really loved you, he would hear you out. Last but definitely not the least, if he really loved you, he would've stayed with you no matter what happened. It just goes to show that he didn't."
Sakura was hurt by what Syaoran told her. But why did Syaoran know that much about love? Just then, it hit her. Eriol's love wasn't what Sakura thought it was. It wasn't what Sakura needed. "Syaoran, I don't know how in the world you can tell me this. It's sad to think that Eriol and I couldn't work it out. But maybe, it wasn't really supposed to work out from the beginning," Sakura replied refusing to meet Syaoran's gaze.
Syaoran stood upright and straightened his clothes. "Well, I'd better be going now. That was all I needed to say," he told her and headed towards the door. Sakura quickly rushed to him and grabbed his wrist. "Huh?" Syaoran uttered in surprise.
"I don't know why I'm about to tell you this but... thank you, Li. Thanks for letting me rethink everything," Sakura said. "However, we're not friends yet, understand?"
He nodded with a, "Yeah, whatever." Then he headed out and drove himself home. He glanced at his hand once in a while and couldn't understand himself. What a day it had been.
Sakura watched him leave from her bedroom window. "Li Syaoran, you've changed," she uttered as she looked at the books and notebooks that Syaoran brought to her house. "Oh well, an unchanging person is a boring person," she told herself. She took a shower and got dressed then started to work on her assignments. "Sheesh! I've only been absent for a day and this is what I get?!" she complained while she read the problems for Calculus. It made her dizzy just to read each of them one by one. As soon as she had every bit of the schoolwork done, she proceeded to the kitchen to help make supper. In no time, Touya and Fujitaka got home and caught the scent of the food from the moment they got inside the house.
"How is Sakura?" Fujitaka asked one of the maids, handing his coat to her.
The maid smiled and replied, "She's been doing fine ever since that handsome young man came to visit her. She's in the kitchen right now."
"Sakura?" Fujitaka called out while he and Touya stepped in the kitchen.
"Good. You guys are home just in time," Sakura told them. "I had just finished making supper AND dessert."
Touya looked suspicious. "Okay, step back, dad. This girl is dangerous," he joked as he gestured Fujitaka to back away. Then he turned to Sakura and said, "Who are you and what have you done to Sakura?"
"Relax, my crazy brother. It's really me. Sheesh," Sakura rolled her eyes.
"Wait. Am I missing something here? First she's all gloomy then the next thing you know, she's back to her loony old self," Touya turned to Fujitaka. Sakura hit her brother playfully and they all proceeded to the dining room. When they all got seated, Touya started by saying, "Are you sure you didn't put any food poisoning in these?"
"Shut up. Go ahead and starve for all I care," Sakura replied with a grin.
"Now I know you're not lying when you said you were Sakura," Touya blurted out as he sampled the food in his dish. Sakura stuck her tongue at him and continued eating. "By the way, who's the 'handsome young man' the maids are talking about?" Touya asked her.
"What handsome young man?" Sakura wondered what her brother was talking about.
"Some guy that changed your mood only by coming here. Does that ring any bells?" Touya teased her.
"What the hell are you talking about?! Wait a second there... Li was the only guy who came here a while ago... He is SO not handsome and he DID NOT change my mood," she said assuringly.
"Oh really? So I'm supposed to blame the gaki for your return?" Touya raised an eyebrow at Sakura. "What trick did he use on you? I want to learn that. Does he make you go fetch too?" he continued to pester her. Sakura scoffed upon hearing her brother make fun of her.
"Whatever! Like, he just came here to bring my stuff from school. It was his punishment for annoying the teacher. And he didn't even say anything... reassuring. How can you say that he changed my mood? He was only here for a few minutes!" Sakura replied, getting irritated.
Unexpectedly, one of the maids spilled the details. "The young man came with Ms. Sakura's things for school. Then he stayed for a couple of minutes so he and Ms. Sakura could talk." The maids started to giggle. Sakura's jaw dropped open. She couldn't believe everyone was thinking she and Syaoran were hitting on each other. Touya laughed hysterically and Fujitaka couldn't help but smirk as well.
"EWW!!! You CANNOT be thinking me and Li are seeing each other! He's my sworn enemy! Can we just drop this subject?" Sakura pleaded. When everyone got settled and once their brain cells started to function properly once again, Sakura brought out dessert. After eating, she went up to her room with a smile. Wait there... smiling about what??? Sakura shook her thoughts away. 'Okaaay, that... that was really weird. All this teasing must be getting on me... That's just sick!'
She headed to her room and got herself ready for bed. Sakura got dressed in her sleeping garments then after brushing her teeth, she got herself tucked in. Sakura sighed and kept turning, trying to find a good spot to lay on. Her back was still a bit sore since she had been in bed for most of the day. Sakura remembered that Tomoyo hadn't called. She rarely ever did that so Sakura thought that maybe Tomoyo was going to call late. Well, she needed some rest after all so she decided to ask Tomoyo about it the next morning.
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things are FINALLY going back to normal, i think. it's kinda lame. i know, i know.. i haven't been giving much credit to myself lately and i need a serious confidence boost. maybe if more of you guys would PLLLZZZ leave a review, then maybe i can make something a wee-bit better. now there's an idea! REVIEW!!! thanks for all those who reviewed! lol... btw, 40+ reviewz are really cool! you guyz are SO nice!!! this time, can i ask for 53+ this time around?
