Disclaimer: All characters except Kinjiro Hansuke belong to CLAMP.
Chapter 2: Kinjiro Hansuke
" Sakura!" A messy chestnut brown haired man called. Sakura turned around and looked at him. Hundreds of memories flickered past her with the man in most of it but she could not recognise him. " You are..." Sakura began to speak but found that she had no voice. Desperate, the young man tried to grab her arm but to her horror, disintegrated into the blackness.
Sakura opened her emerald eyes in fright. Where am I? She stared at the room. Hospital? The beige door slid open to reveal a worried Tomoyo with a bouquet of flowers and Li Syaoran. " Sakura-chan! You are finally awake!" Tomoyo said happily, hurrying to Sakura, her weariness disappeared.
" Sakura, are you all right?" Syaoran asked gently. He was so relieved and elated to see her regaining conscious. I thought I was going to lose you at that time, Sakura. I was so frightened....
Sakura was confused. Tilting her head in an effort to recall, she searched her memory. This brought a sharp pain and she moved her hand to her forehead, shocked at finding a thick bandage. "Tomoyo-chan," Sakura asked in a small voice. " Why am I in hospital?"
Sitting down on a chair by her bed, Syaoran explained patiently. " You were knocked down by a car, Sakura." Tomoyo nodded in response, giving Sakura a glass of water. Sakura just looked back at the two of them.
" Who are you?"
"?" Syaoran was taken back by Sakura's question. " What do you mean? I'm Syaoran, Li Syaoran." He searched frantically for the light of acknowledgement in her emerald eyes but found none. She just stared back blankly, like she never knew him all her life.
" Don't you remember?" Syaoran asked, agitated. " We captured the clow cards together, Sakura!" He yelled, shaking her violently. Tomoyo pulled him away, afraid that he would hurt Sakura in his madness.
" Tomoyo-chan, who is he?" Sakura asked, frightened by the man's reaction. Her eyes widened when she recognised Syaoran was the man in her nightmare. She tried to get up but the pain in her head overpowered her and Sakura lost conscious.
" Why?" Brows furrowed, Syaoran kept repeating this question, crushing the empty can in his hand in frustration. Tomoyo placed her arm around him, speaking softly. " Calm down, Li-san. Maybe it's temporary." After the examination, the doctor told them Sakura might be suffering from memory loss but whether the amnesia was temporary or permanent, she could not tell.
He got up. " Tomoyo, you stay here with Sakura. I am going back first. " Syaoran threw the can into the bin and left.
The rainwater beat against his tanned skin and his brown hair hid his eyes. Syaoran continued to run, letting the cool rain to wash away the pain. The tears blended in with the water, full of helplessness, reproach and other indescribable emotions. Why? Why? His questions echoed the empty street.
Sakura woke up the next day, pleased at the good weather. She did not like the sudden storm at all last night. She was about to get out of bed when someone knocked. Fearing the visitor was Syaoran, Sakura quickly hid under the blanket, pretending to be asleep.
" Miss Kinomoto?" The voice was not his, but a stranger.
Sakura pulled down her blanket to see a tall man smiling at her, a bouquet of lilies in hand. Immediately, she flushed in embarrassment.
" I hope you are well, Miss Kinomoto." The man said, giving her the flowers. Sakura took a whiff of it, her cheeks turning redder.
" You are?" After a while, Sakura finally asked, placing the lovely flowers on the table, besides Tomoyo's. The man waited a while before uttering a word.
" I was the driver that knocked you down." He said. "I'm very sorry for my reckless driving, Miss Kinomoto. Goodbye then." Giving a short bow, he started to leave.
" Oh! Wait, Mr..."
" Hansuke. Kinjiro Hansuke. Anything the matter?" Kinjiro turned to face her, smiling at the sight of her crumpled bedclothes. She reminded him of his ex-girlfriend, Claire.
" I don't remember anything about the accident, Mr Hansuke. Nothing at all." Sakura fingered her blanket as she said. Tomoyo told her yesterday she had temporary amnesia. Maybe she would remember it after a few days.
" Oh." Kinjiro did not expect this.
" I don't remember you. But maybe we could start from being friends?" Sakura hold out her hand. Hansuke may know something about Syaoran since both of them knew about the accident that she could not recall.
" Deal." He shook her hand, surprise at the friendliness and the warmth. Kinjiro had not met a girl like her since Claire. He gave a genuine smile in response to hers. The flower of friendship blossomed.
Maybe you were right about Kinomoto, Eli. Kinjiro thought as he walked through the colourful maple leaves. Eli was his elder brother's friend and now, his penpal. Staying in England for a few years after graduation, he decided to return to Japan to his family's dismay. Upon hearing this, Eli told him to find his old friends in Japan, Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daijouji, if he needed any help. He had not expected to find them so fast.
She is really like Claire in a lot of ways... His thoughts wondered to his ex which he broke up a few days ago. The friendliness, sincerity and ... it's Claire in a Japanese version.
" God won't be surprised if I fall in love with her." Kinjiro leaned against the wooden bridge and announced. Several pigeons flew over him, making him feeling happy for the first time in days.
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