Summary: After five years of Sakura and Syaoran being split up, unspeakable circumstances have required them to reunite. How will Sakura Kinomoto, now a player be able to stand seeing the man who deceived her as an innocent and naïve young girl? Will Syaoran be able to win back the only woman he's thought about for the past five years? Can the ex-best friend's love rekindle? Although Sakura said she wasted her last breath, she needs to learn sometimes, you've simply just got to breathe.

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Just Breathe

By: SweetBabyGurl

Chapter 8: Sleepless Nights

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From the time Sakura and Syaoran arrived back at the Li manor, everyone knew something had gone wrong. Of course, this had not been unexpected. It was Sakura and Syaoran after all… when weren't one of them mad at one another? As the two went out on their "date", everyone else was in the living room, watching a movie of their own. As Sakura stopped off to the room both she and Syaoran shared, Syaoran furiously made his way down to the training room.

"I'll go talk to her," Tomoyo sighed as she stood up, pulling down her shirt.

"I'll go talk to the other idiot," Eriol murmured, upset that he was no longer holding his fiancée. With those last words, the couple made their way to their two best friends.

"So what happened?" Eriol asked casually, leaning against the doorway, watching his friend throw some punches at the bag.

"One of her ex-boyfriends from Japan showed up today," Syaoran grunted as he sent the bag flying and swiftly caught the bruised leather and sand filled bag.

"This could take a while," Eriol sighed as he sat down on one of the chairs, his friend turning to him s he retold the events of that night.

"Sakura! I can't believe you actually told him that!" Tomoyo exclaimed, wide eyed.

"Well it's the truth Tomoyo!" Sakura shot back as she clutched a forest green pillow to her chest. The moment Tomoyo came in, Sakura began to spill everything that happened that day. Tomoyo in turn smiled like maniac until she heard the name Daniel. She had just finished hearing the comments her friend told her date while the two were in the car on the way home.

"But you didn't have to be so blunt about it! And that was really mean too, Sakura. He regrets so many things in his past, you know that. You must have really hit a sore spot," Tomoyo told her cousin.

"Well the truth hurts, doesn't it?" Sakura replied bitterly. Tomoyo just sighed and left the room, shutting the door softly behind he as she left Sakura to dwell in her thoughts.

It was 12:00 am and everyone was asleep. Once again, Syaoran slept on the floor as Sakura slept in the bed. But unlike the previous night, she was anything but peaceful.

Sakura's POV

Hello? I tried to call out, but I couldn't hear my own voice. I was in what I assumed to an abandoned warehouse. My clothes were slightly torn and because of the sweat, my hair stuck to my forehead. There were several cuts on my arms and the blood was oozing out. I knew I was scared… but of what? I saw someone in the closet across from me, and their finger was pressed shakingly to their lips. I squinted my eyes, trying to make out who it was. That's when I heard it, and all of the realization came flowing back like the gushing water from the kitchen tap. There was someone after me – rather us. He hid in the closet while I hid in the nearest corner. Previously, we had tried to fight him off but it was no use. That's how all the others got killed in the first place. Unconsciously, my eyes widened in realization. I recognized this place. I pinched myself and felt the pain. This was supposed to be a dream that I was in the movie that we had watched that night. But if it was a dream… why the hell did it hurt?! I felt some of the rats from across the room scurry up to my legs, crawling all over. I clamped my own hand over my mouth to prevent me from screaming my disgust. I hastily shook them off, but as the damn vermin let out a screech, the killer's attention adverted from across the room to me. He slowly walked over to me and started up the chainsaw to stop us for a while, to rip off the skin to put on his own demented face. He saw me and smiled maliciously, raising the blood-stained chainsaw above my head as I let out an ear piercing scream.

Normal POV

Syaoran shot out of his bed made upon the floor and rushed up to his fiancée the moment her heard her scream. Her eyes were wide with terror and she was shaking uncontrollably as the tears made their way down her cheeks.

"Sakura!" I whispered out rather raspy as I began to shake her small from. She ceased her screaming and started to sob uncontrollably as she clutched onto him in a tight grip.

"It was so real!" Sakura exclaimed as she hiccupped.

"Shhh, it's okay baby, it was just a nightmare," Syaoran soothed her as he softly rubbed her back to cease the hiccupping. He stroked her sweaty hair and kissed her forehead.

"B-b-but when I pinched myself to feel if it was a dream I felt the pain… I did! Y-y-you're not supposed to!" Sakura stuttered out as she broke out into a fresh new batch of tears.

"It was probably just your imagination sweetie, don't worry about it. I'm here now and I wont let anything happen to you," he told her again. Somehow, his voice seemed to comfort her as she nodded.

"Do you promise?" she whispered. There were no more tears, just the shaking and hiccups.

"I promise you my cherry blossom. I promise," he whispered once more. "Now go to sleep," he said to her once more. She nodded but just as he got up to go back onto the floor, she grabbed his hand.

"Could you… stay with me… just for tonight?" She asked hesitantly. His eyes softened and he nodded, getting under the covers with her. She immediately snuggled into his chest as he wrapped his arms around her in a warm and tight, yet soft embrace.

Syaoran tightly shut his eyes as he felt the first rays of sunlight hit his face, beckoning his eyes to open. He softly murmured something that sounded like 'go to hell sun,' and then grabbed whatever he was holding onto closer to him as he gently placed his left cheek on the silky material. He suddenly heard a creak and some shuffling. He groaned as he felt something shift in his arms as it wrapped what he assumed to be its arms around his torso, its legs intertwining with his. It was when he heard the consistent giggling that he began to get really ticked off.

"Syaoran, shut up," he heard Sakura's voice mumble as she buried her head into the crook between his neck and shoulder while hitting his back as if to silence him.

"Me?" He asked wearily as he pulled her closer to him if possible. "I thought that was you," he murmured.

"Awww! Little brother and Sakura-chan are so cute! We hope we didn't interrupt anything naughty," they heard a familiar feminine voice giggle with a sly tone as amber and emerald eyes shot open both trying to get up at the same time. But since they were so close to one another, the moment they got up, they fell back down, this time Sakura on top of Syaoran.

"Kawaii!" They heard another familiar voice exclaim. Knowing their situation couldn't be helped, no matter how much they tried at this point, they both sighed and tried to get some more sleep, cuddled in one another's arms both feeling content as Sakura's cold, hard wall was slowly wearing away.

Little did they know… this feeling wouldn't last for long.

TBC

Readers: Hey there everyone :D Woo hooo!!! School is finished! Meaning no more exams, I get to sleep in late, until I have to work anyways, and no more teachers giving me detention. Sigh I love summer vacation :D Well, I hope you all like this chapter, and the next chapter of Unforgotten is on its way! I'll start working on it soon, and you'll finally get to see if that guy is really Syaoran ;) In the next chapter of Just Breathe on the other hand, something or rather someone is going to be trying to tear Sakura and Syaoran apart just when they seem to finally be reconnecting. Find out who that someone is in the next chapter of Just Breathe: Merciless. And always remember, expect the unexpected. Well, I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and let me know in a review. Also, check out my new fic! Thanks a lot and ja ne!

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