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So well after like two months of waiting, we present our second chapter, enjoy it!!!
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***** Change of place or scene
It's hard to be best friends
Chapter 2 "Kyu and Erica"
Sakura was on the school steps and she was waiting for Syaoran. After classes he had football practice while she had cheerleading practice, but on this special day Syaoran was taking a lot of time.
Suddenly someone sat down beside her and she found a boy with green eyes and hair between light brown and blonde. He smiled warmly at her.
"Hi Sakura!" He said, excited to see her.
Sakura rolled her eyes and looked straight ahead
"Hi Kyu" she said annoyed. Kyu was a boy who from the moment he gave his first step into the classroom he fixed his eyes on Sakura. Since then he chased her and tried to go out with her, but Sakura normally didn't agree. Syaoran said to Kyu that she doesn't have time for anyone except for him (for Syaoran) and though Sakura doesn't like what Syaoran says, she doesn't deny it. Just whatever it took to make Kyu go away.
"What are you going to do later?" Kyu asked. He knew that Sakura was really close to Syaoran but that didn't prevent him from trying to get closer to her. If he was sure of something, it was of that these two were noting more than friends, though it seemed that they wanted to be more, so Kyu swore to himself that Sakura was going to be his at any cost.
Sakura rolled her eyes again; she was going to invent a nice pretext when a voice interrupted her...
"She is going to go out with me"
Sakura turned to see the owner of the voice and she smiled, Syaoran was standing there with an annoyed face and his schoolbag on his shoulder.
'He looks really handsome' Sakura thought and she blushed lightly.
"Oh, well maybe some other time, see you later Sakura" Kyu said glaring at Syaoran, he always ruined everything with his presence, he stood up and walked "Li" Kyu said, Syaoran nodded and Kyu went away
"You like to call the attention" Syaoran told Sakura sitting down beside her.
"That's not true" Sakura told him hitting him on the arm. He was always 'bothering' her "you took too long!" She said looking at him waiting for an explanation.
"As if you had more important things to do" Syaoran said to her while looking for something in his schoolbag.
"As a matter of fact, I have" Sakura said indignantly.
"Really? Like what?" Syaoran asked while taking a green sweatshirt from his schoolbag
"Like... like..." Sakura was thinking
"Exactly" Syaoran said to her, Sakura glared at him "Besides I have good news" Syaoran continued, to this Sakura watched him expectantly "they made me captain of the team!" Syaoran told her. She could hear the happiness in his voice as he spoke about it.
Sakura's face had impression etched into her features and she suddenly jumped up shouted happily for him!
"Congratulations!!!" She exclaimed hugging him tightly. Syaoran blushed but he hide it, he didn't want her knew to know his feelings, suddenly Sakura let him go "I told you that you were going to make it" she told him smiling brightly.
"I know" Syaoran told her, he was really happy. He had put a lot of effort in this and Sakura had supported him all the way. Nobody knew but one of his reasons to be the captain of the team was to impress Sakura, of course that Eriol realized this and started to be a nuisance but nobody else knew (though we know that Eriol told Tomoyo)
"Come on I will cook you something to celebrate, you're going to enjoy it a lot" Sakura told him, taking a hold of his arm.
"No, I don't want to die before my first game as captain" Syaoran said to her
Sakura turn to look at him, pretending to have tears in her eyes "you are so rude, here I am being a good friend and you..." Sakura put her hands in her face and pretended to cry.
Syaoran hugged her "I'm sorry, you know that it's a joke" he said to her, Sakura let go of him and she smiled
"I know" she said and ran of, as fast as her legs could carry her.
"Hey you lied to me!!!" Syaoran said to her while he ran behind her. Sakura just laughed and continued running
From far away, a figure with green eyes watched them with an annoyed face "Just wait Syaoran, she will be mine and you will be unable to do anything about it" Kyu said and disappeared.
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On the following day Sakura was chatting with Tomoyo in the classroom while they were waiting for the teacher. Who was certainly 15 minutes late to class.
"Do you think he's going to come?" Sakura asked thrilled, she didn't wanted to take math, though Syaoran was helping her. She was a complete and utter failure when it came to math.
"Yeah" Tomoyo answered looking toward the door. Sakura turned and groaned, the teacher had just entered to the classroom.
Syaoran took his seat behind Sakura while Eriol sat down behind Tomoyo (like in the anime)
"Good morning" the teacher said, they all answered the same way "today we have a new student who comes from England, please be nice to her. Give her a warm welcome" the teacher said, they all watched the door.
A girl with curly red hair and yellowish brown eyes walked through the door. She stopped at the front of the classroom, and all the boys were looking at her very attentively. She was really cute
"This is Erica Smith" the teacher said, (the surname is English since she's from England) later the teacher sent her to a place that was near the door, they all were very interested in her.
Sakura turned to look at Syaoran and saw that he also was watching Erica 'Of course he's going to watch her, she's cuter than me' she thought sadly and turned to the front. Tomoyo saw this and turned to see Eriol who also had seen Sakura, Eriol then only shook his head sadly
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Erica was walking in the corridor, they had free hour, and suddenly a hand seized her and took her to an empty classroom
"I just got here and you already want me," she said grinning at him.
"Right, what are you doing here? Did you lose all your enjoyment in your other school?" an annoyed Kyu asked her
"There was nothing else to destroy, so I decided to follow you, since you don't write anymore, I supposed that you were having a lot of fun. I want to have fun too" Erica said playing with her hair
Kyu was going to say something to her when he thought better of it 'she can help me' he grinned, Erica saw his grin
"I see that you have something in mind" she said to him and Kyu nodded
"We will do it like in the old times, but this time it will be for my benefit, my darling" Kyu told her thinking about his new plan. Sakura was going to be his and Syaoran was not going to be able to do anything. You can't do anything when your best friend hates you and doesn't want to hear from you.
Erica only smiled, she missed Kyu, without him it wasn't the same thing, destroy relations wasn't so entertaining without her accomplice and she was sure that this time they were going to destroy more than a simple relation "I'm all ears" she said to him, Kyu smiled and started to tell her what was on his mind
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Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo and Eriol were walking in the courtyard in front of the school when suddenly Erica approached them
"Hi!" she said smiling sweetly, but Tomoyo did not swallow her performance, she could see right through her and she didn't like what she thought that Erica was going to do 'I need reinforcements' she thought
"Hi!!" Sakura said to her nicely, she was known for being the sweetest girl that anyone could know. Erica pretended to notice her, but the truth was that she only noticed Syaoran, he didn't realize, since as Sakura, he was really dense.
"Oh, I have to go to the director and I don't know where the office is, can you take me?" She asked looking at Syaoran specifically, he realized this and nodded.
"Of course" he said, Erica smiled and took hold of his arm and they started walking when suddenly Syaoran turned to Sakura "Are you coming?" he asked looking at Sakura who was looking at the floor, when she heard Syaoran's voice, she looked up and smiled.
"No, you can go, why do we all go? We're just going to be a… pain" she said calmly, on the outside she looked cool with it but on the inside she felt really bad. Syaoran looked at her suspiciously but then just nodded
"Ok, I'll see you later ok?" he asked Sakura, she just nodded and Erica and Syaoran went away
Tomoyo and Eriol looked sadly at Sakura, she felt their gazes and looked at them with a smile "I'm going to my locker, I forgot my notebook"
Tomoyo was going to say something to her but Eriol shook his head "Ok" she said and Sakura went away "Why Syaoran didn't realized?" Tomoyo asked Eriol
"We know both that he's bad at this type of things" Eriol said told her calmly
Tomoyo shook her head 'what are you doing Syaoran?' she thought, Eriol understood her. He saw the attention that Syaoran gave to Erica and he was sure that Sakura also had seen it, that's why she left them alone 'sometimes she's too noble' he thought sadly
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Sakura didn't go to her locker; in fact she was far from it. She was sitting behind the blenches were she normally waited for Syaoran, it was a very solitary place so she used it to think
When she saw the look that Syaoran had when Erica spoke to them, she understood that he was interested in her and apparently the feeling was mutual. She felt very upset, he didn't notice her until a few moments later and she wasn't exaggerating but Syaoran always notice her, even when they were surrounded by his fans
'Sakura, you know that he thinks of you as a friend, and he will always think of you that way' she told herself, it was her daily mantra but still she had a little faith that he would look at her in more than a friendly way, but now this faith had gone away. He never gave any attention to the girls who practically were throwing themselves at him, but with Erica...
Sakura sighed and sat on the land 'his happiness is my happiness' she thought, ok she was going too far, they didn't even knew Erica, but she had the feeling that something serious was going to happen, something that was going to affect their friendship forever
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3 MONTHS LATER
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Sakura was waiting for Syaoran after his practice, in the last 3 months she and Syaoran had pulled apart a little, because he was always with Erica, showing her the city or doing different things but still he was trying to put attention to Sakura, which was for what she was waiting him
"Sakura" someone shouted, she looked in hopes of seeing Syaoran, but it was Kyu
"Oh... hi Kyu" she told him disappointed
"Why so alone?" he asked sitting beside her
"I'm waiting for Syaoran" Sakura said looking around for Syaoran
"Oh ... I saw him with Erica ... they pass a lot of time together don't you think?" Kyu asked her, he saw how Sakura's face changed, and suddenly he felt bad for saying that to her, with the state she was in and all.
"I think" she said calmly, she couldn't believe that Syaoran had forgot her, that never happened before, suddenly she saw a figure that was running towards then and she smiled, it was Syaoran
Syaoran stopped in front of them trying to catch his breath "Sorry... I got a bit carried away," he told her, suddenly he noticed Kyu and glared at him, but Kyu only smiled, suddenly a voice was heard.
"Xiao!!" Erica walking towards them, Sakura looked at her amazed, Syaoran never let anyone call him by his Chinese name, and not even she used it. Syaoran saw this and was going to tell her something when Erica put his arms around his neck, Syaoran didn't realize this because he was looking at Sakura
Sakura saw that Erica had put her arms around Syaoran's neck and he didn't tell her anything, suddenly the ground became very interesting 'I knew he liked her' she thought sadly, she had the urge of get away and cry, Erica saw this and smiled.
"Oh Xiao, can we go? You promised" Erica said seductively, suddenly Syaoran remembered why he had come, Sakura raised her head when she heard that... weren't they going to pass an evening watching movies in her house?
"Oh Erica… well you see I promised Sakura…" he started to say but Erica put a sad face, Sakura saw this
"It's ok Syaoran, go with her, I'm sure you need some time alone" she said trying to sound casual, Syaoran looked at her with a guilty face.
"Are you sure?" He asked her, he was feeling very guilty because he forgot Sakura. He knew that lately he had neglected her and because of that he had proposed the evening of movies, besides lately she had been looking down
"Of course" she said smiling, Syaoran nodded
"I call you later ok?" He told her, Sakura just nodded, Erica seized Syaoran's arm and they went away. Syaoran looked one last time at Sakura and saw her smiling, he was feeling really guilty, but she said that it was ok, right? (Baka Syaoran!!!!)
When Syaoran and Erica got away, Sakura stopped smiling
"Are you ok?" Kyu asked her, Sakura had forgotten that he was there.
"Sure" she said to him and started walking
"Do you want me to give you a ride home? I think it's going to rain" Kyu said to her, he hated to see Sakura like that. He really liked her, but he wanted her to forget about Syaoran, even if she had to go through all that pain.
"No, it's ok" Sakura told him and walked away, Kyu just stood there looking at Sakura while she walked away
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'His happiness is my happiness, his happiness is my happiness' Sakura was repeating to herself while walking in the rain, as Kyu had told her, she was crying, but you couldn't see it because of the rain that was falling on her body
She was hugging herself to stop the cold, but it wasn't only physical cold, she was feeling cold in her soul, Syaoran and her were falling apart, and he hadn't realized it, but she had to be behind him in everything, that was what friendship was about and they swear that they were going to be behind each other in everything
FLASHBACK
A 13-year-old girl extended her hand to her best friend "Do you swear that you're going to be with me in everything I do even if you don't like it?" she asked. Syaoran was angry because Sakura wanted to be a cheerleader; he said that the skirts were way too small and that the cheerleaders didn't have a heart.
After thinking it a bit, and after Sakura saw him with puppy eyes, Syaoran sighed and seize her hand. He didn't like the idea of having a bunch of perverted kids looking at Sakura in a mini skirt
"And I promise to do the same thing" Sakura told him with a smile, which Syaoran returned, sometimes Sakura could manage to convince him to do anything
End of flaskback
'I have to do it' Sakura thought sadly, she was feeling that from this day her life was going to become a roller coaster, she just hoped that she was ready for the downs that the roller coaster had
And in that way with the rain falling down her body, she went to her house thinking about how weak she was to face the downs that the life had, even the ups were looking duller than normal.
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Syaoran was in the bath looking at himself the mirror. A few minutes ago Erica had said that she really liked him and then she had kissed him, Syaoran was really surprised so he excused himself and went to the bath
He really loved Sakura, but he didn't wanted her to know his feelings because he didn't wanted to ruin the friendship that they had, and even if it hurts he knew that he had to forget about her and Erica was perfect for that.
He thought that Sakura was ok with his relationship with Erica (what a dumb idea) if she didn't liked his relationship with Erica he would have got away from her. So maybe it was a good idea to be Erica's boyfriend, this way his feelings would not intervene in his relation with Sakura and they could stay as best friends (he's soooo wrong about that)
So that night Syaoran took a decision that was going to change 2 lives forever
He went out of the bath and went with Erica; he took a lot of air…
"Erica do you want to be my girlfriend?" he asked, Erica smiled
"Of course my dear Xiao" Erica said and hugged him while grinning, her plan had worked really well, now they just needed to get Sakura out of the picture
Syaoran hugged Erica; he couldn't stop the feeling that something was very wrong, that he had just made the biggest mistake of his life. Erica got a little away from him and smiled, Syaoran smiled a bit 'nothing bad is going to happen because she's my girlfriend right?' He thought while Erica moved to kiss him 'Nothing will change' he thought while kissing his new girlfriend, of course he didn't knew how wrong he was.
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