Evil Starrie: tsk tsk tsk...what else can we expect from an airhead like you?
Starrie: *glare* what the hell did i tell ya about calling me an airhead!?
Evil Starrie: well, you are one...there's no denying it and--hey!! what the...
Starrie: *smiles while leaning against the door of the closet that she locked Evil Starrie in* well, all of you are probably wandering who that annoying bitch was, well, she's my "evil half"...i'm the nice one! *smile*
Evil Starrie: *burst out laughing* yeah right!!!!! i don't know who's the evil one, you or me!
Starrie: *smiles sweetly* excuse me while i go and kill my evil half...*dissapears into closet and you hear a mallet being wacked against somebody's head* well, now that that's out of the way, please read and review my fic!! and to all my other readers...i promise you...NO EVIL CLIFFHANGERS!!!!....*evil grin* for the first few chapters....those of you who don't know me, i can put in some really mean cliffhangers and i've been threatned to either "write or die" before! ^_^ hehehehehe...but i don't mind! well, if ya have some free time afterwards, please check out my other fics! it'd mean a lot to me if ya could! thanks!! ^_^
Disclaimer: I don't own shit!!! Just own the story, line and any characters you don't see in CCS/CC. Clamp owns CCS…not me!! if I did, I wouldn't be writing this!!!
Learning To Love
BY: Starrie
KEY: (wow…. I haven't put one of these in god knows how long)
"Talking"
'thinking'
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ENFORCED WORDS
(SN) my famous Starrie Notes!!! ^_^ hehehehehe…I luv these cuz I came
up with them and they make me different from everyone else in ff.net.
Chapter 1
A 23-year old woman walked through the busy streets of Tokyo. her long golden-Auburn locks shimmered whenever the soft rays of sunlight would hit it. she was wearing a dark formal suit and sunglasses which hid her identity. She stopped abruptly once a tall black building loomed into her field of view. She fished into her pocket and removed a small slip of paper. She took off her sunglasses and tucked them into her purse.
"Li Corporation, 605 Lane Avenue…yup, this is it"
(SN: as you can see, I totally made up the name…I don't think there's a single street in Tokyo named 'Lane Avnue' ^^;;;)
She said as she stuffed the small paper inside her jacket pocket. She took in a deep breath to calm herself and then walked through the revolving doors. She came up to the front desk, took off her sunglasses to reveal a set of deep sea-green eyes. She smiled at the lady up front.
"Hi, I'm Sakura Kinomoto. I'm here today for a job interview with…Mrs. Lacy Levitt"
the woman up front looked up and nodded.
"go to the twelfth floor, make a right and her office is the third door down"
"Thank you"
Sakura said as she headed towards the elevator…
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"You have wonderful reccomandations and a great resume my dear…you'll be great for the Li Corporation. I think you have a good chance of getting in"
A tall, gray-haired woman who seemed to be in her early 50s said as she stood up from her seat and shook hands with Sakura.
"Thank you"
Sakura said politly as gave the woman a smile. The woman saw the nervous look Sakura had on her face and smiled.
"Don't worry Ms. Kinomoto. Out of all the others I have interviewed, I would say you were the best."
She then let out a light chuckle.
"I think the others were more interested in Mr. Li rather than the job itself."
Sakura looked at the woman with confusion in her eyes.
'why would someone be interested in some old guy!?'
She thought, a bit distgusted by the thought.
"Well, Ms. Kinomoto…"
"Lacy, about these papers that you brought into my office this morning…"
Sakura looked up to see a young man, about her age enter the room.
He had Chestnut-colored hair and his eyes were
downcast, looking at the papers in his hands. He then looked
up and his eyes caught hers. She was taken aback by the deep
intensity of his amber-colored eyes.
"Did I interrup something?"
He asked very simply. Lacy shook her head in response.
"no, I just finished an interview here with Ms. Kinomoto"
Lacy then turned to look at Sakura.
"Ms. Kinomoto, this is Mr. Li, owner of this company located here in Japan."
Sakura's eyes widened in shock. Here was this man, who didn't
seem much older then her, and he already owned his own
company!?
"I don't necessarily own the whole thing; my family does. I was put in charge of the Li Corporation located here in Japan"
Syaoran said as if reading her mind.
"If you get the job, you will be working as Mr. Li's personal assistant"
Lacy said to Sakura.
"Well, nice meeting you Ms. Kinomoto"
Syaoran said in a nonchalant voice. He then turned his attention back to Lacy.
"I want these papers fixed and on top of my desk by this afternoon"
Syaoran said in an icy tone. he then turned his back on them and
walked out of the office, not even saying good-bye.
Sakura flinched when she heard the door of the office slam shut behind
Syaoran. she gulped and turned to look at Lacy.
"I have to work…with…him?"
she asked a bit scared. Suddenly, this juob didn't seem so great. Lacy smiled as she went to pick up the papers Syaoran had left.
"Don't worry. You learn to get used to it. it's not that bad after after a while"
"But he's so…"
"cold?"
"yes"
Lacy let out a deep sigh and had a look of sympathy in her eyes.
"He wasn't always like that. I've known his family for so long and although he was always serious, he was always kind-hearted"
A mad expression then crossed Lacy's face.
"He changed…after she…after she…"
Suddenly Lacy became her cheerful self again and smiled at Sakura.
"What am I saying? I'm porbably boring you with all of this. Well
Ms. Kinomoto, it was nice meeting you. if you excuse me, I
have to go work on these papers."
Sakura smiled and picked up her coat and walked towards the door.
"Alright, bye Ms. Levitt!"
"Good-bye Ms. Kinomoto!"
Lacy called out as Sakura shut the door behind her.
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Syaoran sat in his office, trying to concentrate on the contract that lay in front of him. he then slammed down his pen on top of his desk in frustration. He lay his head back on his chair and gave a deep sigh. Everything had started out fine that morning. He had taken his girlfriend Rachel out for breakfast that morning and for once, they weren't fighting. Then all of a sudden, his cell phone rang and it had been Tiffany on the other end of the line. Rachel became enraged once she realized who was calling Syaoran and had started a huge commotion at the restaurant. Syaoran, now mad at Rachel for causing a big scene and mad at Tiffany for calling him, had walked out of the restaurant, disconnected his cell phone and headed straight to his office. Out of nowhere, his thoughts then wandered to the green-eyed woman he had seen downstairs in Lacey's office. He gave a small smirk.
'I bet she'll end up quitting by the end of the week if she gets the job'
he thought. For him, this was nothing new. Many things had come and gone in his life. From personal assistants all the way to girlfriends. And their reason had all been the same, nobody could stand him or his attitude. When somone would ask him why he never had a serious relationship, he excuse would be, 'there's no such thing as true love' that and 'why love when you're bound to get hurt by that same person soon or later?'. To Syaoran, there was no such thing as love, just dating and that…was just a game. A game, not something that he would ever think of taking seriously. He then remebered how foolish he had been before to think that love actually exsisted. His eyes clouded over with resentment as he remebered the events of that night so clearly…
~*Flashback*~
(3 years ago in Hong Kong)
"This place is so beautiful! Thank you for bringing me here Syaoran"
Heather said while her aqua-blue eyes sparkled in the moonlight. Syaoran smiled down at her as he pulled her into a hug.
"Anthing for you"
he whispered into her ear as they started to dance to the soft music
playing in the background. Since Syaoran had been busy
lately with the transfer of office, he hadn't been spending that much
time with Heather so tonight, he had decided to take her out
for dinner. Since it was a warm April night, they had dinner
underneath the stars and were now slow-dancing underneath the creamy-ivory
moon. The song then came to an end and Syaoran led her away from
the dance floor and to a secluded area. He then turned to look at
her and a smile formed on his lips as he looked at the confused expression
on her face. He then cupped her chin in his hands and bent down to
give her a kiss, but Heather moved her head away and realeased herself
from Syaoran's grasp. It was now Syaoran who was confused.
"What's wrong?"
he asked worridly.
"I-I-I need to tell you something"
she said in a shaky voice as she avoided his gaze. Syaroan lifted
up her chin so she would look into his eyes and smiled down
at her.
"I need to tell you something too"
"Syaoran I…"
Syaoran placed a finger on her lips as to silence her.
"Me first…Heather, as you know my family is extending the Li Corporation
into Japan. Well since I'm no longer in college, my
mother has put in charge of the company located there."
"So that means you're moving to Japan?"
"Yes, I'm going to have to go there but…"
Syaoran then pulled out a small black, velvet box from his pocket and opened it to reveal a beautiful diamond ring.
"Heather I love you, will you marry me?"
Heather gasped and looked at him wth disbelief in her eyes. She shook her head as in denial and tears flooded her eyes.
"n-n-no…h-h-how could you!"
she said as tears came rushing down her cheeks. Syaoran looked at her with hurt in his eyes. The box slid out of his hand and fell on the floor and landed with a soft thud on the concrete floor.
"W-W-Why not?"
he asked, not sure if he himself wanted to know the answer. Heather took a step back away from him and avoided his gaze.
"Syaoran…lately you've been very distant. There has been times
where….where I thought you no longer cared for me. you
would spend all your time on that corporation, and you would put me
second to it"
Syaoran couldn't believe he was hearing this. He had just proposed and told her he loved her and she was saying that he didn't care about her.
"I'm sorry Syaoran but…all those time you haven't been there for me…Ben has. He gave me a shoulder to cry on whenever I felt sad, he cheered me up whenever I got lonely…I-I-I fallen in love with him"
This came to Syaoran like a slap on the face.
"I'm sorry"
she said in a low whisper ans she turned around and left…
~*End of Flashback*~
'why can't I just forget her!?'
Syaoran thought angrily as picked up his pen and tried to focus on the contracts in front of him.
'migt as well go back to work. That'll take my mind off things'
he thought as he tried to concentrate on the papers in front of him…
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Sakura, not looking where she was going was walking towards the elevator
of the building, deep into her thoughts. She then bumped into somone
and fell on the floor
"I'm sorry"
Sakura said as she quickly stood up and outstretched a hand out to help
the woman she had bumped into up. the woman
moved aside her dirty-blonde hair to reveal a set of deep pools of
sapphires. She glared at Sakura and then looked down at her hand
distastefully.
"No thank you I can get up on my own"
she snapped at Sakura as she got up and brushed herself off. Sakura
looked at the visitor tag the woman had on and it said
'Rachel'.
"Ms, you dropped your purse"
Sakura said as she bent down and picked up the small purse the woman had dropped.
"Give me that!"
the woman said in an icy tone as she snatched the purse out of Sakura's hand.
"Next time, try not to be so clumsy"
she said in a cool tone and then pushed past Sakura and continued walking down the hall with her sun-kissed blonde hair swaying behind her back.
'What's her problem?'
Sakura thought as she watched the descending back of the woman.
She then dismissed the thought and walked into the elevator…
~*To be continued*~
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