The two stood under the moonlight. Their arms were wrapped around each other and they swayed slowly with the wind involuntarily. Syaoran dropped one hand from her waist and clasped it with one of her hands. Her eyes brightened and she smiled, very much obliging. That was their first dance together.
"I'm not sure what's next." She whispered.
"Me neither." He replied.
"Do you regret it…?"
"Regret what?"
"Kissing me." She mumbled shyly.
He lifted up her face. "I told you no. And besides…I kissed you, didn't I?"
She reddened. "True…"
He smirked. "So what happens now?"
"I don't know." She shrugged and hugged him tightly.
"I'd like to kiss you more." He said.
She pulled away and stared at him with surprise. "Really?"
His eyes smiled. "Yeah."
"Well…"
"What does that mean?" He teased.
"Nothing." She shook her head.
They held each other for a little bit.
"Can I ask you something?" Syaoran started.
"You're asking me something now." She replied.
"That's not my question."
"Then go ahead."
"Ok." He took a small breath. "I know that when I kissed you…it kinda jeopardized our friendship…"
"Mm-hmm." Her heart started beating hard.
"And I know that I was scared of what I was feeling before…"
"Mm-hmm…"
"But the thing is," he continued, "I don't want to be friends anymore either."
"I knew it…" She whispered, teasing.
He gave a low chuckle. "Yeah, uh…I'm not gonna be a dumbass and work my way around this."
She blushed even more. "So what are you saying?"
"Will you go out with me?"
"YES SHE WILL!!"
Syaoran and Sakura whirled their heads toward the loud voice. It was Tomoyo grinning from ear-to-ear with Eriol laughing merrily beside her. Sakura giggled while Syaoran shook his head, slightly smiling.
"Yes I will." She replied. "Thank you Tomoyo."
"No problem!!"
"All right." Syaoran bent down slightly. "But I guess we can't really go out…yet…not until…this camp thing is over, right?"
She nodded. "But it's ok. I'm sure we'll still be having fun."
"Yeah."
--
Later that night, Syaoran lied on his back and stared at the small lump made from the top of the bunk bed. Sakura was already sleeping there, her slight snoring mixed with Eriol and Tomoyo's. He didn't feel like sleeping. He put a hand under his head and sighed. So many things happened that night that confused him so. It wasn't like him to just go up to a girl and say 'will you go out with me'. But this girl was different. She was a special woman and he wanted to make it work with her. Feelings he was scared to feel came when he met her for the first time.
Those memories flooded into his mind. It was the 4th year of college and he had just transferred from Hong Kong with Eriol. Sakura was just in her 3rd year then, but she acted pretty superior.
---
"Are you from Hong Kong?" Sakura asked him.
"What's it to you?" He asked back.
"Just wondering."
He shrugged.
"You're not gonna give me an answer?"
"No."
"Geez." She frowned and put her hands on her hips. "Well…at least tell me your name."
"It's Li."
"Li?"
"Isn't that usually a last name?"
"Sure is." He smirked.
She growled inwardly. "Are you gonna tell me your first name?"
"What do you think?"
"Ugh. I try to be nice, but…"
"Some people just don't appreciate it." He ended for her.
"Yes." She nodded. "Well, LI, it was horrible to meet you."
"Ditto."
She glared for a minute and then started to close her dorm when he stopped.
"What's your name?" He asked with intense eyes staring down at her.
'Revenge!' She looked at his eyes again and swallowed. "Sakura." 'Damn it! I couldn't do it. It's because of his eyes. It's not my fault!'
"Cherry Blossom."
"Yes."
"Great."
"Tell me your first name." She hoped he would say it. "It's the only fair thing to do."
He paused for a minute. "Syaoran."
"Syaoran?"
"Syaoran."
"Syaoran Li."
He sighed. "How many times do we have to say my name?"
"As many times as it takes." She grinned. "It's just a nice name."
He rolled his eyes. "How do you know if a name's nice or not?"
"If it sounds good, then it's a nice name."
He shrugged. "My name does sound nice." He said arrogantly.
"Mm-hmm. Well...whenever you need something, my dorm room's always open."
"Thanks." He started to walk away, but then turned back. "I'll make sure to tell my buddies that."
Her eyes widened and she glared. "That isn't what I meant!!"
"Sure." He winked teasingly and left. "Whatever you say."
"HMPH!"
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He smirked and felt good about what was happening now. He kicked at the lump gently and he heard her slight groan. He kicked again and she groaned again.
"Stop it." She muttered. She turned and faced him with eyes closed.
"Sorry I can't sleep." He said, not even meaning the apology. He kicked her on the stomach lightly.
She punched his foot. "I'm sleepy, Syaoran." She pleaded.
"Nice to know, Sakura."
"So leave me alone." Her voice was drowsy.
"Fine, fine." He stood up and walked to the kitchen, getting a drink from the fridge.
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Eriol woke up in a daze and looked around him. "Uh?" He rubbed his right eye. "Dream. That was it. A dream." He sat up and swung his legs to the other side. He stood up and his foot slipped on a cylinder-shaped object. Before he knew what was happening, he was sliding continuously. "AAAH!!" He yelled. After 30 seconds of non-stop movements, he roughly landed on Syaoran.
Syaoran grunted loudly and his eyes opened wide. "What the hell??" His chest hurt.
"Sorry, sorry, sorry!" Eriol grimaced. "It was the-the-the…" He looked down. "A coke? Hmm." He pondered. "Why would a coke be there?"
"GET OFF ME!!" Syaoran yelled, interrupting his thoughts.
"AI!!" He quickly stood up and slipped on the coke again. "A-a-ahh!!"
Before he could fall on Syaoran again, Syaoran moved out of the way and picked up the cylinder. Eriol sat up and rubbed his temple. "Aw, god, that hurt." He muttered. "Stupid coke."
"Yeah stupid coke." Syaoran agreed, putting it in a box.
"It was you, wasn't it?"
"Me what?"
"You were the one who left it there!!" Eriol claimed, standing up and pointing a finger at Syaoran.
He shrugged. "I got rid of it."
"AGH!!" Eriol yelled. "My foot hurts and my body hurts!!"
"Excuse me, but who fell on who??"
He reddened. "It's actually WHOM."
Syaoran glared.
"But since you don't care…I should shut up now."
"Damn right." Syaoran smirked.
Eriol snorted. "Sometime, I'd just like to get you. You know?"
"Yeah I know." He walked over to his friend and put Eriol's middle finger up.
He laughed out loud. "You're actually letting me flip you off?"
"Sure." Syaoran smirked. "For a good cause. It was my fault. My mistake."
"I forgive you, buddy." Eriol patted Syaoran's shoulder and smiled.
"Thanks."
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"I'm so tired!!" Tomoyo whined as she sat on a rock. "This was the dumbest idea ever made in history!!"
"Exercising?" Syaoran asked, crossing his arms in front of his chest.
"Precisely!"
Eriol sighed. "But it's good for you, Tomoyo!"
"For YOU maybe, but I'M perfectly fit!"
Sakura snorted. "You're just being a lazy bum."
"For your information, I am not a bum nor am I lazy." She replied huffily. "I am just tired."
"For your information, we aren't." Syaoran retorted.
"Cool it with the sarcasm, will ya?" She argued.
He put his hands up in defence and backed away from her.
"Thank you." Tomoyo took off her shoes and rubbed her feet. Eriol glared at what she was doing.
Syaoran glanced at the rest of the cabins up the hill. Sakura started humming sounds.
"What are you looking at, Syaoran?" Sakura asked, watching his intense eyes.
He looked back at her. "More cabins there."
"Really??" She looked at the direction he pointed to. "Wow…I thought the cabins were only down there."
"What are you guys talking about?" Tomoyo asked.
"There are cabins up there!" Sakura smiled. "I think we should go and see."
Tomoyo laughed. "We?"
"Yes. As in the four of us."
"Hehe, there's a thing called I and I am staying here."
Syaoran shook his head, almost grinning at that.
"There's also something called a WE and WE are going there." Eriol held her arm.
"Come on."
"Nnooo…" Tomoyo whined. "I don't wanna go. I'm so tired!"
"Come on Tomoyo. Suck it up and let's go." Sakura replied.
"I don't want to!!"
"If she doesn't want to, why don't we just go and leave her?" Syaoran asked, irritated.
Eriol hesitated for a moment.
"Come on Tom. It'll be fun." Sakura assured once again.
"But I'm too tired!"
Eriol sighed. "Fine. We'll be going and…uh…we'll see you when we come back."
That alerted her. "Wait…what?"
"We're coming back later." Syaoran retorted. "Now let's go already?"
"Bye Tomoyo." Sakura hugged her friend briefly and followed Syaoran.
"W-w-w-what?" Her lower lip trembled. "You guys are…leaving…?"
"That was the plan when you said, and I quote, 'there's a thing called I and I am staying here'." Syaoran replied indignantly, using his fingers as quotation marks.
"Bye kid." Eriol kissed her forehead and followed the other two.
"WWWAAIIITT!!" Tomoyo yelled.
Syaoran winced.
Sakura groaned.
Eriol sighed.
"What?" They asked in unison with snappy voices.
"I wanna come."
"Great." Syaoran muttered under his breath.
"You don't have to sound so mean." Tomoyo shot back.
"I have a right to, though." He reminded.
"Jerk." Tomoyo grumbled.
"I heard that." Syaoran glared.
"Like I care?"
"Put your shoes on and let's go." Sakura suggested, interrupting their little fight.
"I'm doing it, ok?" She shifted her weight a bit and started to tie when…
"Tomoyo, just be, uh, be careful, w-with that…"
"Oh crap." Tomoyo felt her body tilt. "Oh crap!"
"What's wrong now?" Syaoran asked, staring at her.
"Eriol…! Eriol!!" Her hands stopped fidgeting and she felt herself move with gravity.
Then she tumbled down the hill.
"Oh my god!!" Sakura shook as she watched her best friend rolling down.
"Holy shit!!" Eriol shouted, laughing.
"CRAP!!!!!!!!" She yelled from the bottom. "YOU PEOPLE ARE CRAP!!!"
Syaoran couldn't help it and started laughing. Sakura stifled her giggles and bent down.
"Are you ok, babe??" She called.
"The STUPIDEST question in the world!" She yelled back.
Sakura reddened. "Stupidest isn't a word!"
"Do you think I care??"
"Tom, stop yelling. We're coming to get you." Eriol grinned.
"Don't get me! I'm going back to the cabin and get some rest."
"Are you sure?" Sakura asked.
"Uh-huh." She groaned. "My whole body hurts and the last thing I need is to walk up a steep hill again."
"Ok. Bye honey."
"Bye!" She turned and started walking.
Then she turned around again and flipped the three off with both fingers. "Serves you right for laughing at me!" She yelled and walked away.
Sakura giggled and the guys kept laughing. Syaoran watched Tomoyo walk away from them. He couldn't help but laugh. It was hilarious!