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Some are wondering why Eriol is worried about Syaoran's love resurfacing. If you think that Eriol is against the SS couple, that is not true. We all know that Eriol is like the most matured in the gang...and as the 'older brother', he knows that what Syaoran's doing is wrong. All he's worried about is the complication this blossoming love can bring...that's all! Don't sweat it!
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It's Never Too Late
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"Yesterday was really wonderful, Syaoran" Sakura commented as the four of them ate their breakfast at the round table of Syaoran's large kitchen.
"Yes, that's true. Sakura's right. That was really good of you to take us there. I'm so relieved that we allowed you to be our guest or we'll be bored stiff" Eriol agreed.
"If you didn't take us there, I would never feel this kind of happiness. It was so fun...fun that I haven't had in a long time" added Tomoyo.
"Enough. You're flattering me too much" Syaoran laughed. "I told you...if it's for you three, it's alright. I mean, what are friends for?"
Then Syaoran stole a glance at Sakura and they shared a little smile. Syaoran felt so soft inside without even knowing why every time Sakura's eyes brilliantly gaze at him.
They continued to eat with cheerful little comments from yesterday's events. When Sakura's watch suddenly alarmed in its own squeaky, high- pitched way, she swallowed the last spoonful of her omelet and stood up.
"I have to go and get ready for work" she announced.
But before she can go and take another step, she felt hands pull her arm and she stopped short.
"Where do you think you're going?" Syaoran smirked.
"You're not going anywhere, Sakura. You are staying here with us and you won't go to work until next week after the wedding is done. Because you will spend today and the next two more days with me, Tomoyo and Eriol" he continued.
"But---I can't go to work?"
"No" Eriol answered. "You can take a leave, can't you? Just for this week"
"Come on, Sakura. You need a break anyway. Besides, wouldn't it be fun if all three of us are together?" pouted Tomoyo.
Sakura sighed. "There's no winning if I'm fighting one against three...that's not fair"
"You'll be fighting against four if Ciara's here" Tomoyo joked.
At the mention of Ciara's name, Syaoran's eyes cast down at the mantelpiece. Unfortunately, Eriol noticed and his eyes filled with worry once again.
"Fine. I'll go and call Chihari. Excuse me" Sakura smiled and went to the living room.
The dining table fell silent and Syaoran continued to eat his remaining food. Eriol and Tomoyo are sharing a small conversation as Syaoran's mind was filled with his own thoughts.
'Why do I feel that yesterday is the most beautiful day of my life when it isn't? I know that I had fun playing with the water but aside from that, there's nothing special that went on...was there?'
"She allowed me to take a few days' leave. Chihari also thinks that I need a break and she told me that she can manage without me at the hospital office for five days" Sakura informed her friends as she sat down on her seat again beside Syaoran.
"That's good. So Syaoran, what's the happening today?" Eriol asked him.
"Honestly, I would like to get your opinion on where you people want to go this afternoon. Tonight, I have plans but for later on at noon, I have no idea what to do" Syaoran replied.
"We can think of something to do while we are here. That's easy. But what about tonight? What plans do you have?"
"First of all, I'm so sorry that this is a short notice but I just got the call yesterday that there will be a formal party at the company tonight. It's the anniversary of the whole engineering company and all employees are invited. I wanted to bring you guys there if that's fine"
"Party? Count me in!" Tomoyo exclaimed. "I can dress Sakura up!"
Sakura giggled. "You two have no idea how Tomoyo loves parties. I think that she's going to like this one, Syaoran. Will there be dancing?"
"Of course! As I've said, it's a formal one. So you ladies should better decide on what dress to wear"
"No! You shouldn't have mentioned that, Syaoran!" Eriol spoke loudly.
"Why not?"
"Sakura! We can go to the mall today and buy dresses!!!" Tomoyo said excitedly.
"Now, you've done it Syaoran! Good job" Eriol groaned as he slapped his forehead causing Syaoran and Sakura to laugh.
"And what do you mean by that, huh Eriol?" Tomoyo teased.
"Nothing. What I'm trying to say is that...it will be so fun" was Eriol's sarcastic response with the look of hopelessness in his eyes.
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"You two planning on separating yourselves from us or you want to come?" Tomoyo questioned the two men.
"No way I'm going with you girls...last time I went shopping with you, both of you clobbered me!" Eriol told them.
"What about you Syaoran?" Sakura asked sweetly that Syaoran had a hard time resisting.
"If Eriol is this scared, it must be really scary so I'll just go with him to get coffee or something. Have fun"
And with that, the two girls waved goodbye to their boy friends and went on their way to look on sale racks.
"Where do you plan on going now, Syaoran?"
"I have no idea. I haven't been on the mall for so long. I don't like going here. It feels awkward"
"Exactly. Those two girls! They made me carry all their bags as they spent endless hours walking around saying that girls can't have too many clothes. They were unbelievable! You made a really good decision to go with me" Eriol explained dramatically.
"Probably. But I don't know where to go now" Syaoran stated.
"Let's see...arcades? Too old for that. Books Store? Boring. Food court? We just ate. Where can we go?" Eriol mused to himself.
"What about we just go and look for formal clothes to wear like what the girls are doing? Now that I have thought about it, the suit I was planning to wear was the one I just wore last formal celebration. I don't want to wear that again" Syaoran told Eriol.
"Whoa. And I was planning to borrow one from you! I guess we have no choice but to look around for clothes too...like a bunch of ladies..." Eriol sighed.
"You're too dramatic. It's okay...you don't look like a girl. Your shoulders are too broad for that" Syaoran laughed.
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"We told them to meet us here. Where did they go!?" Syaoran demanded.
"Girls. It takes them forever. You should get used to it now"
"But we spent two full hours already trying to get our suits and we got them that easily! How long does it have to take them?"
"Relax. Just be thankful that you didn't go with them or else you'd be walking right now, carrying their big bags of clothes instead of enjoying a hot cup of coffee right here" Eriol chuckled.
"Now I know why you didn't like going with them at the first place"
Then both of them fell quiet as they slowly sipped their coffee by the food place. A lot of girls will pass by and Eriol noticed that they will stop by their table to go and take a look at him with interest...but mostly they stare at Syaoran.
Eriol smirked. "Things never change"
"What are you talking about?" Syaoran knitted his eyebrows with confusion.
"Women still swarm over you like in high school. A lot of them just passed by looking at you and you didn't even notice or care" Eriol answered him.
"I just don't entertain those kind of things. You shouldn't because they'll think you are interested"
Eriol just nodded his head.
"Eriol...when do you plan on settling down? You know...to finally marry someone and have a family"
Eriol cleared his throat and looked at Syaoran straight in the eye.
"I plan on marrying Tomoyo. That's why I'm here. I'm getting prepared to propose to her. By next week I guess but you have to keep it a secret"
"Really?" Syaoran was taken aback. "So, you want to live here in Hong Kong?"
"I suppose. We'll live where Tomoyo wants to live. I don't want to go back to Japan knowing that I wouldn't see Tomoyo again for a long time. I want to spend the rest of my life with her. Finally, I'm serious about this kind of subject" Eriol quietly spoke.
"That's really good. Although it didn't surprise me that you want to marry Tomoyo. It's obvious. Well, good luck in proposing. I had a hard time cooking up the courage when I did it with Ciara" Syaoran joked.
After a few moments...
"How much do you love Ciara, Syaoran?" Eriol inquired.
"I love her. I can't explain it but I know that you know how it feels to love. You don't know her so you won't understand what kind of person she is but she is really one of a kind. One thing that I like about her is her instinct to know something that is definitely unspoken"
"What do you mean?"
"For example, she will know what's going on with my mind although I don't tell her anything. She will also know if you want to ask her something and what more? She can almost tell if you are hiding something from her"
Then that's it...no more talking about how Syaoran feels for Ciara. He completely changed and even stopped the topic about his feelings for Ciara and just kept his mouth closed which baffled Eriol.
Eriol analyzed this. Usually, when Syaoran talks about Sakura...his mouth won't stop its blabbering. It will go on even though he's already saying the same thing over and over. His eyes will twinkle and his lips will form a huge grin and the delight is heard on Syaoran's voice. But in this one?...there's a big difference. A big one.
'Maybe Syaoran doesn't love Ciara as much as he loved...Sakura' Eriol thought.
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"Here we are! We're sorry that it took so long for us to pick our dresses" Tomoyo apologized to the impatient men.
Syaoran pretended to be angry. "You should have called us or something"
"I left my phone at home while Tomoyo's batteries are dead. We are really sorry, Syaoran. Can you forgive us?" Sakura pouted cutely that Eriol chuckled.
"Fine. Let's just go home" Syaoran smiled and took Sakura's bags even without her request. Eriol just followed and took Tomoyo's 'baggage'.
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Once they reached the house it's almost three in the afternoon.
"What time does the party start, Syaoran?" Sakura questioned him.
"I think that it starts at six. But it's a lot better if we come there a little later. There would be more people and the first floor would be full already"
"So we go there around six quarter?" Eriol chipped in.
"Yeah. Around that time"
"We still have time to relax then" and Eriol lay down on the couch and Tomoyo joined him and all of a sudden, Eriol's lips are already against Tomoyo's.
Sakura jokingly rolled her eyes and muttered, "Get a room" causing Syaoran to chuckle appreciatively.
"Come on, Sakura. Let's leave the two alone. Let's go to the garden"
"Garden? You have a garden?" Sakura squealed.
"A little one. My mom loves it so I kept it"
As they got out of the sliding glass door, the fragrance of rose and daisies reached Sakura's nostrils. She inhaled them all in. Syaoran continued to walk among them and Sakura followed.
"Mother loved this place so when they gave the house to me, I decided to keep this garden"
"They gave you this house?" Sakura said.
Syaoran nodded.
"They got a smaller one. It's in here at Central Hong Kong too but as I've told you, they are at Hawaii for now. They told me that I need the house more than they do. Especially when they found out that I'm about to get married" Syaoran told Sakura.
At Syaoran's back, Sakura' eyes saddened as the thought of Syaoran being married flooded back. Everything has been going fine with her feelings...slowly, she can take in the truth that Syaoran is forbidden for her to love. But Sakura thinks that the love she is having right now is somehow not wrong. As long as she keeps it as a secret, as long as it doesn't show and it doesn't make her the bad person ruining Syaoran's love for Ciara, it's okay. Loving someone who is already attached to someone else is not wrong.
Sakura finally found the happiness that she had been longing for. For once in all this time of knowing that Syaoran will be married to someone else, she finally learned how to accept the truth.
'It's okay if you don't love me the way that I do. Just please let me continue my love for you...there's nothing wrong with that' that's what she always think when she feels down.
'Maybe someday...I will find the right one for me...I just hoped that it would be Syaoran...but I guess it's not'
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"Tomoyo, I'll just go and take a shower okay?" Sakura said to her cousin, already fixing her hair in front of the vanity mirror.
"Alright but you better hurry up so I can fix your hair too"
Sakura just giggled. 'Tomoyo is awfully excited to go to this one party. Maybe because she hasn't been on one for a very long time. Or maybe because Eriol is here. Well, whatever it is, I'm just glad she's happy'
Sakura, being caught up with her own thoughts didn't notice the light underneath the bathroom door. She was just smiling to herself when she opened the white door absentmindedly and yelled in surprise on what she saw.
"OH MY GOODNESS!" she screamed and immediately turned herself to the opposite direction.
Then she heard a manly laugh. "It's okay, Sakura. I'm not really naked, you know"
Sakura slowly faced the man speaking and saw Syaoran there half bare with a green towel around his waist. He has a toothbrush on his hand that told Sakura that he was just brushing his teeth when she accidentally opened the door.
Sakura quickly blushed at the sight in front of her and her head turned beet red. She can see Syaoran's chest, so muscular and fine-toned. His tan is so attractive and his hair is messier than usual because it's still wet. She can't help but stare at the gorgeous body in front of her.
"I'm s-so sorry Syaoran. I didn't mean to b-barge in on you like that. I thought that there wasn't anybody here...I didn't know..." Sakura mumbled.
Syaoran laughed.
"It's all good. I'm done anyway. Besides, if you did see something, I don't think that I'll be minding it. There's nothing that I'd be ashamed of" as he winked at her and walked away.
'Wow. Did he actually sound seductive?' Sakura thought with huge green eyes.
Sakura immediately entered the bathroom with her heart beating so fast. She has to lean on the wall for a few moments to go and get rid of her blush and the excitement that is going on inside her.
'Get a grip' she thought bitterly.
She took a shower and wrapped her bathrobe on her body as she stepped out of the bathroom and went inside her and Tomoyo's room.
"What took you so long? Come here...I'll help you since I'm done"
Then Sakura started to put on her dress with a smile on her face thinking about the little incident that happened a while ago. She won't stop blushing. The mere recollection sets her on fire.
After she's done dressing up, Tomoyo fixed her hair. She curled her long honey-brown hair at the mid-section all the way to the bottom and just put two small clips on top of her head making Sakura looks so childish yet so sophisticated and formal.
"You look so lovely, Sakura!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Well, thanks but I owe it all to you" Sakura responded.
"You look so ravishing! Syaoran will absolutely like you for this"
Then Tomoyo put her hand on her mouth as if she said something wrong. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Sakura. I didn't mean it in that way"
"It's fine. No big deal about it"
Tomoyo stared at Sakura with satisfaction. Sakura's dress is a light pink spaghetti strap with a black see-through cardigan and she has heels with also the color of light pink. Sakura looks so innocent and wonderful.
Then there was a knock. "Hello? Are you ladies done? Your chariot and princes are done and are just waiting" someone said.
The two girls guessed that it was Eriol and they just giggled and replied "We'll be there in a minute"
Tomoyo retouched her make up and fixed her dress then opened the door. Sakura closely followed with a last look at the mirror and walked down with her heels clicking, already amusing her.
When they got down at the stairs, Eriol was waiting for Tomoyo while Syaoran is already by his Lexus car waiting. Eriol was the one who locked the door as he led Tomoyo to the car.
When the couple got in the backseat, Sakura has no choice but to seat with Syaoran at the front. Syaoran opened the door for Sakura and smiled radiantly at her.
"You look really beautiful, Sakura" he gently complimented as Sakura hopped in. Sakura just gazed at his amber eyes. It held so much admiration that Sakura quickly noticed. She blushed and just said a simple 'thank you' as she settled herself in the car.
The travel was uneventful only with Tomoyo's squeaking that she never had been to a party with Eriol before...much more, to a formal party.
Syaoran parked the car in a huge parking lot. The place is now packed with new shining cars.
"Just the parking lot suggests that this place is full of rich people. I hope that I'll fit in" Sakura murmured.
"Don't worry, you will" was Syaoran answered. Eriol and Tomoyo shared a significant glance and just resumed on following Syaoran with their hands joined together.
They entered the oak door of the company and saw a big chandelier at the top center of the ceiling. It was quiet and the four of them concluded that this is not the place of the party. Syaoran just led them to a hallway and suddenly, a loud music floated in the air and Tomoyo's lips broadened to a grin as the music keeps on getting louder. Finally, they went inside a large room.
"Stay close...we might lose each other in this crowd" Syaoran warned and Sakura felt hands closed upon hers and found out that its Syaoran's.
They walked in the dimly lighted room with people already dancing in the middle. Some are crowded over bars and bartenders, drinking their champagnes and chatting actively with their friends.
Sakura, Tomoyo and Eriol all noticed that there are a lot of ladies there, eyeing Syaoran and looking at him with seducing eyes and smirking lips. Sakura felt a twinge of jealousy. They can always hear them greet Syaoran.
"Hey, Mr. Li" said one girl in a tube dress that Sakura thought it will fall down and show her chest anytime now.
"You're looking good"
Syaoran just nodded and Sakura didn't even see him smile. The girl was somehow offended and just turned her head with her eyes blazing.
"I think she got mad at you..." Sakura whispered.
"I don't mean to be rude but I don't care" he said.
Then finally they reached a table, a vacant one and the three soon realized that it was reserved for their engineer friend.
"Sit here. Feel free to do what you want"
Then he stood up and met an old man and from what Sakura guessed, they talked. She looked at Tomoyo and saw that her eyes are twinkling wildly. The music is fast and loud and Sakura thinks her cousin is so excited.
"Come on, Eriol! Let's dance"
Eriol eagerly nodded and they went to the dance floor leaving Sakura there, sitting all alone. She's feeling awkward at this moment...it's like being alone in a different world. Everything is so rich and out of normal when you compare it to parties that she had been. The music is loud and so are the people but they are not wild like what Sakura remembers from the last party she has been through...they are so refined and sophisticated that it feels hard to fit in.
Sakura looked for Syaoran and saw a group of girls, two or three surrounding him and Sakura noticed that he is feeling so uncomfortable with them. They met eye contact and Syaoran mouthed the word 'help'. Sakura smiled and stood up from her seat and walked up to the girls.
"Syaoran. There you are. I have been looking all over for you. I didn't know you were here all this time" Sakura pretended.
"Sorry girls but I need to talk to him. Just next time, okay?" Sakura spoke. Then she pulled Syaoran out of the circle with the glaring ladies.
"That was good. Thank you"
Sakura laughed. "Anytime"
"Where are Eriol and Tomoyo?" Syaoran asked.
"Dancing"
"Let's go outside. It's too crowded here. But let me get us something to drink first"
Then he walked away and went to the bar. Sakura just watched him with a small smile.
'He looks so handsome tonight...It almost seems impossible that I'm with him in this party. Those girls were trying to get his attention but he won't give them any and there he is, getting me a drink'
Then he saw a man approached Syaoran and they talked although she can't hear what they were saying.
"Hey, boss" someone whispered. Syaoran turned around to see a young man with a smirk on his face.
"Hey Koto"
"Is that your girl? The one in the pink?"
Syaoran felt a sensation to say 'Yeah. She's my fiancée' but he just shrugged that sensation off and shook his head.
"She's just a friend. My fiancée is in Japan"
Then the man called Koto just nodded his head and looked at Sakura with lust evident on his eyes. Syaoran moved away and went back to Sakura, handing her drink.
"Come on. Follow me"
Sakura did as she was told and she was led to a little balcony.
"It's much better here..." Syaoran stated. "Are you having fun so far?"
"Yes, of course and I can tell so are Tomoyo and Eriol" and Sakura looked at their direction to see the couple's dancing figures going with the rhythm of the fast song.
"I'm glad"
Then there was silence.
"I asked the same thing to Eriol...but when do you plan on settling down and have a family, Sakura?"
"Well...maybe if I find the person that I will love, then I could plan my future...but since I haven't met him yet..." then she drifted the sentence off.
"You mean you don't love anyone at this moment, Sakura?"
Sakura shook her head. "No...not this time"
Syaoran felt an unexplained disappointment in him. He asked himself why but it was in vain...as usual, he got no answer.
There was once again silence as the wind just blew in all direction this night, slightly ruffling Sakura's and Syaoran's hair.
Sakura sighed. "Imagine, Syaoran...four more days and you'll get married. Are you excited?"
"Yeah" was all he said.
"I always dream of the day that I'll walk down the aisle...with a bouquet of cherry blossom flowers on my hands...with a long and lacy gown..." she daydreamed.
"Don't worry...that will come" he replied gently.
"I hope so..."
Then Syaoran faced Sakura and for a moment, the time seemed to freeze and the world just stopped spinning. The wind's softly blowing and the stars are twinkling. The inside of the building seemed to be in a riot but the balcony is like a completely different dimension.
Syaoran tipped Sakura's face with his finger and inched himself lower to meet Sakura's level, his eyes glued on Sakura's lips. Sakura was gazing at Syaoran's deep amber pools...her eyelids getting heavy...
Syaoran's lips slowly reached for Sakura as both their eyes closed. He moved his lips delicately against hers cherishing all the unknown feelings that his heart just want to express. Somehow...it feels that everything will be perfect...everything will be fine. He has been longing for this and now it's here and it just feels so heavenly.
Sakura's eyes started to tear up.
'Why is he doing this? Why is he making this more complicated? It's hard enough..."
But as he deepened the kiss, the world just stopped short in Sakura's point of view. Tears started to flow continuously on her cheeks. A kiss...it should bring happiness and pleasure to her right? But no...it made her feel miserable.
This is something that all her life she will be barred. She can't have this. She couldn't. Syaoran belongs to someone else...and this is wrong.
'Syaoran...' she thought.
His lips then started moving faster and hungrily as he deepened the kiss with Sakura's permission. Sakura involuntarily moaned and just responded with the same passion and hunger. The kiss is getting passionate every second and Sakura can't help but think that she'd rather be wrong.
Once you fall in love, you will realize that the only thing you can wish for is his touch...being with him means eternity for you...but now that he's kissing Sakura, her mind if full of the thought that Syaoran will be married to someone else...that this kiss will only for that lady and not her. It hurts...it's the most painful emotion. The guy that you deeply, hopelessly and desperately love will be forever forbidden.
Syaoran continued to kiss Sakura although he needs air. Somehow, he doesn't want to let go. He doesn't want this to end. It's something that he could do forever. Syaoran can taste Sakura's lips upon his own and it feels so good...
'Please...don't let this moment drift away. I'll do anything...' he secretly thought.
But some good things never last...after a long moment of intense kissing, they broke apart...
"Sakura... why are you crying?" Syaoran whispered.
Sakura just wiped her tears and smiled. "Nothing"
Syaoran caressed her cheek with his fingers while Sakura closed her eyes. Then a slow song suddenly came out of the room.
"Let's go back in. I want to dance with you" he spoke lowly and sweetly.
Syaoran led Sakura's arms on her shoulder and Sakura enclosed them on his neck, her eyes started crying again. To hide it, she just laid her head on his shoulder, causing their bodies to mold together.
Syaoran didn't complain and instead, he just held her close and closed his eyes.
"You're so beautiful, Sakura" he whispered on her ear.
He can feel her breathing and her whole body is glued onto his, setting Syaoran to feel something he has never felt with any girl before...
'Would it be okay if I call you mine? Please...even though it's just for tonight' Syaoran thought sadly.
'If I knew that you will go here at Hong Kong...if we found each other before I proposed to Ciara...can we be together?' he thought.
Syaoran knows what he's saying. He knows that he is thinking something he's not supposed to think but he can't help it...his heart is saying something else from what his mind is thinking. It's true that hearts are poor at making decisions but he knows that his heart have reasons that his brains can't dare explain.
Syaoran rubbed his hand on Sakura's back.
'What can I give to stay like this forever?' the two thought.
Sakura's eyes are relaxed and closed as her head is rested at his shoulder. What can be more perfect? Why can't life be easy and just give her what her heart had been desiring? Funny how a little childhood mistake can lead to this kind of heartaches. Her heart is ready to explode...after that kiss, she is now heartbroken than ever. That kiss made her realize that she will never ever have that kind of emotion again. How could she? They can't kiss when Syaoran is married!
The song ended rather too quickly to Sakura's and Syaoran's disappointment.
Someone tapped Syaoran. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"
Syaoran looked at Sakura and she just smiled and found her way back to the table and sat there.
Syaoran chatted with the man as Sakura waited.
As she sat there, all alone...a man approached her. "Would you like drink?"
Sakura looked at the drink and saw that there is nothing wrong with its color and took the glass of champagne from the man and sipped it. It tasted funny but she wants it. Somehow, it made her problems a blur...and that's one thing she wants...her problems and heartaches to vanish.
"More?" the man asked and Sakura nodded.
He came back now with a bigger glass and gave it to Sakura with mischievous and sneaky eyes.
Sakura then felt dizzy but that champagne...it has the taste that will make you want more. She drank all the contained liquid and weirdly, the man has another glass especially waiting for her...but she just took it from him and sipped it all in.
Meanwhile, Syaoran was talking to another man when he mentioned Sakura.
"Isn't that your friend being carried by a man...hey, is that Koto?"
Then Syaoran's head snapped to their table when he saw that it was vacant. He searched the room to see that Tomoyo and Eriol were too far to see what have happened and then she saw a lady in pink in the arms of another guy. Apparently, she's unconscious.
"Excuse me" he quickly muttered at the man he was talking to and almost ran to Sakura only to see that Eriol was walking to the man too, anger on his face.
Syaoran took the man's shoulder and turned him sharply to face him.
"Koto? What the hell did you do to Sakura?" Syaoran asked him with fury.
"Syaoran, I saw this at the table..." Eriol informed Syaoran and he handed him the tall glass.
Syaoran smelled it and his eyes blazed.
"Koto? You spiked her drink?"
"Boss! Why do you care? You told me that she's not your girl!" Koto answered back.
"SHE"S MY FRIEND!" Syaoran shouted at him.
"Damn...here...I don't want her...she's looks too innocent anyway" then he handed Sakura to Eriol and started to walk away as if nothing happened...but obviously, he got scared of Syaoran.
But Syaoran caught his arm and pushed him against the wall with all his strength.
"You better pray right now and hope that she'll be fine. Or else I SWEAR I'll fire you and make sure you will have no job for the rest of your life to leave you starve and turn homeless" he threatened and let go of Koto.
"Boss...I'm sorry...I didn't know that I can't touch her..." Koto stuttered.
"Get out of here" Syaoran ordered and he ran off.
"You saw Sakura being spiked Eriol?" Syaoran hissed.
"No. I just saw her being carried by that freak when Tomoyo needed to use the restroom. I'm sorry I was too late" he apologized.
"It's not your fault. Is it fine if we go home now?" Syaoran asked urgently.
"Of course! I'll go get Tomoyo. You go ahead to the car and we'll just meet you there"
Then Eriol gave Sakura to Syaoran and he carried her to the car. Eriol and Tomoyo soon mounted in with the nervous Tomoyo and Eriol offered to drive. Syaoran sat with Sakura at the back.
"Someone put something on Sakura's drink? To make her unconscious? For what?" Tomoyo quivered.
"To put to bed, I guess"
Then Tomoyo gave out a gasp. "Oh my! Good thing that you saw them...thank goodness"
"It's all my fault. If it wasn't for my friend I wouldn't even notice. I shouldn't have left her all alone on the table to chat around with my co-workers. I brought her here and she's my responsibility" he blamed himself bitterly.
"No. There's nobody to blame except that jerk who wanted to harass Sakura" Eriol explained.
Syaoran got quiet. The thought of any man touching Sakura brought fire to Syaoran's eyes. Being abused and harassed...Sakura? He will kill. He will just kill. That was so close. If he hadn't seen her...she would be with Koto now in a room...a sleeping Sakura who will have no clue on what's going on.
Syaoran hugged her closer. 'She means so much to me for that' he thought.
He didn't have time to analyze on what he thought because they were already in his house and he immediately opened the door and placed Sakura on bed, hoping that she will regain consciousness.
He tucked her in and was about to step out, hopeless that she will wake up tonight when he heard her mumble and groan.
"Where am I?"
"Are you okay now, Sakura?" he asked, panic is in his voice.
"No. I'm not okay" and she sat up straight.
"I feel dizzy and weird like the one at the cartoons...when they see stars that go on circles..." she blabbered.
'Effects of the drink' Syaoran concluded.
"But, Sakura do you feel okay in the inside? I mean...you're not feeling anything painful?"
"No...not physically...but..." she murmured.
"But?..." Syaoran insisted.
"I feel hurt in my heart...I feel like I would explode like those firecrackers in the sky at Japan during New Year...but if I explode...I want to be colored pink...so that it would be pretty..." she said drowsily and is definitely in a drunken mood.
If this is not a critical moment for Sakura, Syaoran will laugh...but he's curious.
"Sakura...Sakura, why does your heart hurt? You're not making any sense"
"Because I'm too in love...you know when everything revolves around him like in fairy tales when the princesses love their princes so much. I want to be the princess!" she continued to speak as she slowly laid down.
"But I thought you weren't in love...?"
"I am...but he's getting married"
Syaoran's eyes grew large... "And then...what happened, Sakura?" he questioned her intently.
"I came here to Hong Kong so that I can tell him and I hoped that we will be together like those romance movies I have watched a long time ago...you know, one time I watched this really good movie..." she spoke endlessly.
"But Sakura...why did you come here all the way to Hong Kong?...just to tell him?"
Sakura nodded drowsily as she put her head low on her pillow, her eyelids sliding down. "I never got the chance to tell him. He left Tomeda then I realized...funny thing is...he was my bestfriend..."
Then Sakura laughed hoarsely. "Can you believe that...falling in love with bestfriend...how stupid..."
Then Syaoran heard a sniff. "But he's getting married. That's what's hard. Like in those romance books when the girls cry...that's what I feel...sadness"
'Sakura won't even remember this so might as well ask'
"What's his name?"
Sakura's one eye opened and smiled a little as she put her finger on her lips.
"Shhh...Don't tell okay?...His name is Syaoran and I love him so much but he doesn't know!...hahaha...but then he's getting married...hope he's happy"
"I'm sleepy...goodnight to you---whoever you are--- thanks for the little talk. That was helpful...please don't tell Syaoran..." then she finally drifted off to sleep.
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WHOOSH...the secret is out...what will our Syaoran think and say about this? Finding out that the person you used to love so much loves you too...but he's going to get married. That sucks!...
Next: A happening that both Syaoran and Sakura will never forget. Something...that will make them confused and more in love than they ever had...
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