My Wonderland
Chapter 2:
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"Meiling, I don't have to know what's going on. I just want to know why you wouldn't tell me."
"Sakura I don't think you understand. You see you just helped a bunch of guys live through bullet wounds. I'm gonna have to tell you what's really going on. There's no way around it."
Meiling put her hand to her forehead and pulled it back over her hair. She seemed frustrated about something. Her eyes lit up when an idea came into her head.
"Hey Sakura would you mind telling me why you're here?", 'I'll change the topic and ask Syaoran later about it.'
"Wha..?" Sakura was confused, one second Meiling is going to tell her everything and the next she is asking her about her past.
"Why are you here? You know why did you runaway?"
"Runaway? How did you.."
"When you were asleep earlier you kept mumbling and I figured you weren't happy about where you were so you left. Am I right?" Meiling stared at Sakura waiting for an answer.
"Well... yea... I left my home because I didn't like what was happening to me. I hated my life where I was and I had to get out of there. So a few days a go I ran away. They found me and chased me to this boat. When I couldn't hide from them any longer I jumped overboard."
"YOU JUMPED OVERBOARD!!???" Meiling's screaming could probably be heard for miles.
"Yeah.. at the time it was the only way I could get away." Sakura looked down.
"Hey there's nothing wrong from getting away from what's hurting you. Don't worry I'm here now and no one's gonna harm you. You better get some sleep."
"But where will I sleep?"
"Right here silly." Meiling quietly laughed at her.
"But this looks like someone else's room."
"It doesn't matter, he knows your in here and doesn't mind if you sleep in here. Now go to sleep."
"Night Meiling."
"Night Sakura" Meiling softly shut the door behind her.
Syaoran closed the door to his car and tossed his keys in his hand as he walked to the back yard of his home. Well you could say it was "his" home, he owned it, although there was at least twenty or thirty people besides him that lived there too.
"For once peace and quiet." He enjoyed his serenity for a fleeting moment though.
"Oh I'm sorry I can leave."
Syaoran looked at the girl as she got up to leave.
"No that's ok, please stay." He sat down next to the girl facing the pool. The lights were dimmed since no one was using the pool.
"Are you sure? I can go in if you want." The girls voice was very concerning.
'She's worried about me?' "No like I said please stay."
"Ok." She sat uncomfortably in silence. "Um... my name is Sakura, what's yours?" Her green eyes looked over at him curiously.
"My name is Syaoran. I don't believe I know you, what are you doing here?"
"Me? I just got here very early this morning. Meiling found me and helped. Do you know Meiling?"
"Yes, she's my cousin. Let me guess your the one she found on the beach this morning."
She sat up straight and her eyes widened, "How did you know?!"
"You're staying in my room. When I came home early this morning you and Meiling were in my room and she told me to let you stay for a while."
"I'm in your room?" She scrambled and got up. She bowed and thanked him quickly.
"It's ok you don't need to apologize or anything!"
"But your letting me stay in your room! I should go upstairs and clean it back up for you!" Sakura started to leave when,
"Its all right. Please stay here. Its good to see a new face." He motioned for her to sit down again. She hesitantly sat down and began to thank him again.
"I said it was all right, ok, don't worry. Just relax."
They sat in silence for some time. The air got chillier and the wind started to blow quietly over the dimly lit pole. The blue water mesmerized Sakura as she thought of something to say to the kind man beside her.
"So how was your day? You look like you've been up for a while."
Well now she didn't have to think of anything.
"Well I'm ok. I feel a lot better too. Um..."
He looked over at her and away from the pool.
"Is something wrong?"
"Well... I was wanting to ask about what happened earlier today. Is that normal or something?"
"What are you talking about?"
"All the guys with the shot wounds? I mean no one seemed fazed by the fact that a bunch of guys were lying around with blood gushing out of their bodies."
"You were there?!" Syaoran looked at her questionably. "What were you doing there?"
"Meiling went off and I followed one of the people running down the hall. They were short on help so I helped bandage some guys up."
Syaoran stayed silent, his eyes unfocused he stood up and started pacing around the chair.
"Syaoran? Did I do something wrong?"
Syaoran turned and stared at her as if he was just realizing she was still there.
"No Sakura. You didn't do anything wrong."
Sakura searched his face to see if something was amiss. He had a look of foreboding on his face.
"Alright Syaoran."
Syaoran stared at her for another minute before he thought of something to say.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?"
"What do you mean?"
"What were you doing on the beach this morning?"
"Oh... that... well... you see...um..."
"If you don't want to tell me its ok."
"Really?!"
Syaoran was surprised by the look she held. 'Why would she think I was going to make her tell me?'
"Of course its ok. Sakura you don't have to anybody anything."
"I feel better now."
They sat in silence for a long while after this. Sakura relaxed from the small weight lifted from her shoulders, Syaoran debating what to do about her for now.
The cool air breeze blew softly by as the pale light from the moon illuminated the area shortly before it was hidden quietly again by a cloud. Sakura moved quickly turning over on her chair to look at Syaoran.
"Syaoran?"
"Hm?" Syaoran quickly looked up from his thoughts.
"How many people live here?"
"About 30, I think. It all depends on who is staying where, when. Why do you ask?"
"I don't know. This place seems so lively. It must be great to live here."
"It is. Someone is always around to hang out with, we have dinner together all the time, and its so funny to see us all try to eat together at once, especially when everyone in our gang is over, we're like one big family, but of course that means just about no privacy."
Sakura giggled at how he talked about his friends.
"What about your families? Don't they come over too? Do you guys all hang out at each others houses?"
"Well you see, we kind of don't have families. Most of us are either the only one left of our families or were abandoned. This house has been in my family for many years, so when we all kind of came together we moved in here and became our own family. It was much easier this way, instead of everyone trying to find their own living arrangements, this way we can watch out for each other."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Its not your fault."
Syaoran stared at her for another minute before speaking again.
"Why don't you go on up to bed. You seem like you could use some rest."
"Are you sure? I can stay down here if you want."
"No, I'll be fine. You can go ahead and go on up. I'll see you in the morning."
"Alright. Night Syaoran."
"Night Sakura."
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So how was it? I know it took forever to get out. But my internet connection wouldn't let me on so I couldn't upload anything. Please review. Thanks for still reading! -
As for my other fic "Need for Speed" the next chapter will be up soon. I just haven't had time to type it all up. I had Drumline tryouts and had to practice. But the good news is that I'm on the line!!! Yea!!! I'm on Drumline!!!! Any way bare with me. I think I might also have another story or two in the making.
Li's lil cherry blossom
Chapter 2:
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"Meiling, I don't have to know what's going on. I just want to know why you wouldn't tell me."
"Sakura I don't think you understand. You see you just helped a bunch of guys live through bullet wounds. I'm gonna have to tell you what's really going on. There's no way around it."
Meiling put her hand to her forehead and pulled it back over her hair. She seemed frustrated about something. Her eyes lit up when an idea came into her head.
"Hey Sakura would you mind telling me why you're here?", 'I'll change the topic and ask Syaoran later about it.'
"Wha..?" Sakura was confused, one second Meiling is going to tell her everything and the next she is asking her about her past.
"Why are you here? You know why did you runaway?"
"Runaway? How did you.."
"When you were asleep earlier you kept mumbling and I figured you weren't happy about where you were so you left. Am I right?" Meiling stared at Sakura waiting for an answer.
"Well... yea... I left my home because I didn't like what was happening to me. I hated my life where I was and I had to get out of there. So a few days a go I ran away. They found me and chased me to this boat. When I couldn't hide from them any longer I jumped overboard."
"YOU JUMPED OVERBOARD!!???" Meiling's screaming could probably be heard for miles.
"Yeah.. at the time it was the only way I could get away." Sakura looked down.
"Hey there's nothing wrong from getting away from what's hurting you. Don't worry I'm here now and no one's gonna harm you. You better get some sleep."
"But where will I sleep?"
"Right here silly." Meiling quietly laughed at her.
"But this looks like someone else's room."
"It doesn't matter, he knows your in here and doesn't mind if you sleep in here. Now go to sleep."
"Night Meiling."
"Night Sakura" Meiling softly shut the door behind her.
Syaoran closed the door to his car and tossed his keys in his hand as he walked to the back yard of his home. Well you could say it was "his" home, he owned it, although there was at least twenty or thirty people besides him that lived there too.
"For once peace and quiet." He enjoyed his serenity for a fleeting moment though.
"Oh I'm sorry I can leave."
Syaoran looked at the girl as she got up to leave.
"No that's ok, please stay." He sat down next to the girl facing the pool. The lights were dimmed since no one was using the pool.
"Are you sure? I can go in if you want." The girls voice was very concerning.
'She's worried about me?' "No like I said please stay."
"Ok." She sat uncomfortably in silence. "Um... my name is Sakura, what's yours?" Her green eyes looked over at him curiously.
"My name is Syaoran. I don't believe I know you, what are you doing here?"
"Me? I just got here very early this morning. Meiling found me and helped. Do you know Meiling?"
"Yes, she's my cousin. Let me guess your the one she found on the beach this morning."
She sat up straight and her eyes widened, "How did you know?!"
"You're staying in my room. When I came home early this morning you and Meiling were in my room and she told me to let you stay for a while."
"I'm in your room?" She scrambled and got up. She bowed and thanked him quickly.
"It's ok you don't need to apologize or anything!"
"But your letting me stay in your room! I should go upstairs and clean it back up for you!" Sakura started to leave when,
"Its all right. Please stay here. Its good to see a new face." He motioned for her to sit down again. She hesitantly sat down and began to thank him again.
"I said it was all right, ok, don't worry. Just relax."
They sat in silence for some time. The air got chillier and the wind started to blow quietly over the dimly lit pole. The blue water mesmerized Sakura as she thought of something to say to the kind man beside her.
"So how was your day? You look like you've been up for a while."
Well now she didn't have to think of anything.
"Well I'm ok. I feel a lot better too. Um..."
He looked over at her and away from the pool.
"Is something wrong?"
"Well... I was wanting to ask about what happened earlier today. Is that normal or something?"
"What are you talking about?"
"All the guys with the shot wounds? I mean no one seemed fazed by the fact that a bunch of guys were lying around with blood gushing out of their bodies."
"You were there?!" Syaoran looked at her questionably. "What were you doing there?"
"Meiling went off and I followed one of the people running down the hall. They were short on help so I helped bandage some guys up."
Syaoran stayed silent, his eyes unfocused he stood up and started pacing around the chair.
"Syaoran? Did I do something wrong?"
Syaoran turned and stared at her as if he was just realizing she was still there.
"No Sakura. You didn't do anything wrong."
Sakura searched his face to see if something was amiss. He had a look of foreboding on his face.
"Alright Syaoran."
Syaoran stared at her for another minute before he thought of something to say.
"Sakura, what are you doing here?"
"What do you mean?"
"What were you doing on the beach this morning?"
"Oh... that... well... you see...um..."
"If you don't want to tell me its ok."
"Really?!"
Syaoran was surprised by the look she held. 'Why would she think I was going to make her tell me?'
"Of course its ok. Sakura you don't have to anybody anything."
"I feel better now."
They sat in silence for a long while after this. Sakura relaxed from the small weight lifted from her shoulders, Syaoran debating what to do about her for now.
The cool air breeze blew softly by as the pale light from the moon illuminated the area shortly before it was hidden quietly again by a cloud. Sakura moved quickly turning over on her chair to look at Syaoran.
"Syaoran?"
"Hm?" Syaoran quickly looked up from his thoughts.
"How many people live here?"
"About 30, I think. It all depends on who is staying where, when. Why do you ask?"
"I don't know. This place seems so lively. It must be great to live here."
"It is. Someone is always around to hang out with, we have dinner together all the time, and its so funny to see us all try to eat together at once, especially when everyone in our gang is over, we're like one big family, but of course that means just about no privacy."
Sakura giggled at how he talked about his friends.
"What about your families? Don't they come over too? Do you guys all hang out at each others houses?"
"Well you see, we kind of don't have families. Most of us are either the only one left of our families or were abandoned. This house has been in my family for many years, so when we all kind of came together we moved in here and became our own family. It was much easier this way, instead of everyone trying to find their own living arrangements, this way we can watch out for each other."
"Oh I'm sorry."
"Don't be. Its not your fault."
Syaoran stared at her for another minute before speaking again.
"Why don't you go on up to bed. You seem like you could use some rest."
"Are you sure? I can stay down here if you want."
"No, I'll be fine. You can go ahead and go on up. I'll see you in the morning."
"Alright. Night Syaoran."
"Night Sakura."
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So how was it? I know it took forever to get out. But my internet connection wouldn't let me on so I couldn't upload anything. Please review. Thanks for still reading! -
As for my other fic "Need for Speed" the next chapter will be up soon. I just haven't had time to type it all up. I had Drumline tryouts and had to practice. But the good news is that I'm on the line!!! Yea!!! I'm on Drumline!!!! Any way bare with me. I think I might also have another story or two in the making.
Li's lil cherry blossom