By: ethereal-moonrain (formerly known as Li-Yingfa1)
Chapter 3: Rain on me
The Way, you ponder
Go and tell it to the rain
The way, you wonder
Go and tell it to the rain
The day's in order
the rain knows the way
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How long has it been already? Four? Five years? No—Seven long years indeed. It's been long seven years since I've last seen her. Full of life and graciousness, where is she now?
I don't seem to have the ability to know whether this was still Sakura, My Sakura that I had met back when we were just ten years old. Oh just get it straight bullshit!
The Sakura that I had fallen crazy in love with.
Somehow I could tell this girl before me is lacking of spirit, joy . . . But so much about her. How about me? Have I changed even a little? No—I just come back to whom I was--- before I met her, before I fell under her spell that she has use to me before, and still completely working until now on my own being. I can't hide; I'm still in love with her, I'm still under her spell.
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"An hour or so huh?" Li Syaoran put his arms on his chest as his back leans against the white walls of the room. "It's already morning for all I know." He muttered under his breath not bothering to look at the brown haired girl who was sitting beside the bed.
"Oh come on Li! She's gonna wake up soon. No need to throw tantrums!" she managed to giggle but stop as she felt the cold gaze over her. "Geez! Lover boy is worried sick for his honey!" Ryu said, teasing Syaoran and not paying attention to Syaoran's glare. He is currently playing with his ever so shiny long gray hair.
"Look here, I have no time staying here the whole day! We have somewhere to go to. We have an important task to do okay?"
"Yada yada--- don't you think we already know that, no?" Ryu simply said tying his ever so beautiful hair with a blue ribbon. "You lizard--" Syaoran didn't have the time to finish his attempt to shut Ryu's mouth when they realized Sakura was already waking up.
Sakura tried to open her eyes slowly, adjusting to the light in the room. It took a little bit long for her to recognize where she was but actually she has no clue were on earth she was now. Currently her eyes are showing her a room painted in white with three occupants in the room. But before she finishes analyzing where she was Syaoran went over her and kneeled beside the bed. Oh—so I'm on a bed? She thought for a second and looked up to his amber eyes.
"God! You scared me in there Sakura! This Yuka girl said you'd only be sleeping upon an hour or so—I thought you wouldn't wake up then--" Syaoran stopped speaking when he finally realize he was acting stupid, babbling like crazy when nobody even ask him a question to him. "You're worried because of me?" Sakura asked feebly looking at him straight at the eye. "Who says I'm worried!? I just have a mission here girl! So enough of you lying in there and get ready will be leaving now."
"Hey Mr. Grumpy you don't have to be mean to her. She's probably tired." Ryu pointed coming closer to the group. "Don't worry Ryu-san, I'm quite alright now and he is right after-all we have a mission to do." Ryu sighed in defeat and looked straightly at Syaoran.
"So when do we leave?" Ryu asked lazily. "What do you mean 'we'? There's no way I'm letting a perverted lizard joins me on my mission." Syaoran retorted holding the urge to punch the man in front of him.
"Come on Li-kun, the more the merrier." Yuka added smiling at herself. "Well let's just say I don't like to be accompanied to be merrier."
"Why not Syaoran? I think they'll be a lot of help." Sakura said supporting the idea, which leaves Syaoran sighing in defeat. "Whatever, just don't get in my way" the trio laughed at him and minutes later they come down and bought their horses and finally hit the road.
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It was raining hard that night, and the sound of water dripping on my roof lulled me to sleep. My eyes ready to close, but not until a soft knock came into my window. I stood up quickly to see who it was. And to my surprise I saw her, white wings fluttering as the rain takes down some of its feathers. She looks like an angel like that, a troubled one.
It took a lot of time for me to regain my senses and let my mind work. I opened the window fully and let her in. "I'm sorry for disturbing you this late at night." She said to me "it's alright" her cheeks are flushed, and her wings already disappear. Without any warning she lunged onto me. Burying her small head into my chest. "What's wrong Sakura?" I mentally smack my head for saying that, I, of most people should know there is something wrong. But after awhile I let myself hugged her back. "Syaoran-kun, are you--- going to leave me?" she whispered into my ear.
"What do you mean leave you? As in me going back to Hong Kong? Haven't we talked about this already?" I answered back holding her tighter to me. "No—it's not that. I mean you—leaving me—forever--" she answered back in almost a whisper. I frowned at this, why would she think something like that? "Sakura, off course not. Don't you trust me enough? I've already given you my word, I would go back to Hong Kong but I would surely go back here as soon as everything is settled there." I swear I could feel the wetness on my shirt. Tears. "Don't you cry—Sakura. Please---" There was no response, she just rest onto my chest and whimpered for a little more. "If I do, you'd promise me you would always come back to me? That you'd never leave me alone?" She really looks so cute with that pout on her lips. Even when we are already fifteen years of age, the innocence on her still remains. "Off course silly!"
I pulled back a little to see more of her face into the dark room. "Now, you should go changed now." I smiled at her before pulling away completely to gather some of my clothes together with a towel and bring them to her. "Now go and change in the bathroom, we don't want you catching a cold ne?" she finally smiled and went to the bathroom obediently.
After ten minutes, she came out wearing the dark green shirt with the black shorts that look utterly big for her. I couldn't help but laughed at her. Hey—these are too big for me!." She complained looking cute as she pouts seeing she's being laughed at. "Mou! Stop laughing! Don't you have any smaller ones?" I wink at her and whispered to her ear. "Nope—that is the smallest already. Anyway you look so cute wearing that." I know the redness of her cheeks wasn't because of the coldness, but of the comment.
"Anyway, what really happened to make you come over here all of a sudden in the middle of the night? Wouldn't your brother or your father notice your absence?" I placed my right palms to her cheek, as it grows redder. "Father's sleeping early and would leave the house early too, while Touya goes to Tokyo for an interview and would come back the day after tomorrow." I let my other hand wander around into her back and leaned her again on me. She sighed in content. How I want to kiss her right now, to feel that luscious pink lips of hers into mine. But I couldn't, no—she was too sacred to be even kissed, but oh—the temptation. "This seems like a dream to me, Syaoran." I don't exactly know what she is talking about but inside I know I understand her. "What is?" I asked trying to keep my attention to her lips. "This—You" I gently smiled at her, and I could feel her coming closer, leaning for a kiss but I quickly stopped her. I suddenly regretted doing so, after looking at her eyes with tears. But I just couldn't. But instead of kissing her onto her lips, I kissed her forehead and smelled her scent.
"Not now Sakura."
"Why?
"Because I love you so much. You're too pristine to be even touched."
She playfully punches me on my chest and giggled lowly. I looked at her confusedly and she giggled even more. "Aren't ya treating me like a baby here?" and it's my turn to laugh now. Oh, how could she be this adorable? "Well you are ne?" She pouted once more, making me fall for her even more. "Syaoran? May I—may I sleep here with you tonight?" I slowly blinked openly staring at her. "Well—you're highly welcome my dear. As long as you wouldn't try doing anything naughty to me." I earned a spank on the head after that, funny to see her tiptoeing first to reach my head. I didn't know I grow that much.
I looked at her again; she seems like glowing in the dark room, smiling like that. She was my star, my only star. The most precious treasure I had. I didn't expect that they would take her away from me that very night. My star please shine on me again.
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The time they had started on their way, Syaoran was utterly silent. His eyes drifting into empty space. And there was this feeling that worries Sakura. The nagging feeling that something is about to happen. Something she didn't want to know.
While on the other hand Yuka and Ryu are having a stupid debate about 'Who comes in first, egg or chicken'
They continued to be like that for an hour until they reached the city they are bound to cross. Probably have their pit stop. It was raining hard in there. "When did it start raining?" Sakura meekly asked to no one in particular.
"Just now, this is the city of Ame, and it never stops raining here." Syaoran answered looking at the sky. (I know it's a lame name for a city, but who cares? It means rain all right? Hehe)
"Oh"
They fastened their pace and went to an inn nearby. They put the horses at the stable below first. Ryu and Yuka went inside immediately running. While Syaoran stood there looking lost his face towards the sky.
There is never a time he had seen a star here. One was beside him, but she seems to be dead without her usual glow. He sighed. Let it be like that. Let it rain down on me.
'I wonder what would happened if I see her again?' Sakura suddenly interrupted Syaoran's thoughts. She moved nearer to him, not even smiling so unlike before. "Let's go inside now." He nodded but paused for a little while. 'She's just the past so forget it. Why are you acting so stupid Syaoran? Falling in love with two women?' Oh God, let it rain down on me.
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