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Summary – Based on a Korean Drama: Waiting for her first love, Sakura Kinomoto is in her last year of high school. By chance, she misses her stop after dozing off on the bus. When she awakes, she finds her head on the shoulder of a boy named Syaoran Li, who has also missed his stop. As it ends up, Syaoran is actually a new student in her school and is in her class. Although the aloof Syaoran seems distant, he edges closer and closer to Sakura. However, as love blossoms and snow begins to fall, things will begin to unravel... and everything that seems to be, will truly be revealed...

Chapter Three – The Beginning

Eyes fluttering open, I realized that I was tucked in bed, my light was off, and Kero, my cat, was snuggled beside me. I looked at the clock, for once in my life, I had actually woken up early and ahead of everybody! Getting out of bed, I stretched and began to get ready for school. I let out a yawn; maybe waking up early wasn't such a big accomplishment after all... Heading downstairs, I bumped into Touya on my way to the kitchen.

"Good morning Kaijuu!"

Touya earned a hard stamp on his foot, I didn't hear anymore from him after that. Sometimes, brothers can be so annoying. Touya is already in college, and he still calls me a 'little monster.' Dad came down a few minutes after me, greeting me with a kiss on the cheek and beginning to cook pancakes like he did every morning. The smell of pancakes began to walf in the kitchen, and I could feel my mouth water with hunger. I decided not to wait for Tomoyo and leave early; after all, I didn't want to be late again.

"Bye Sakura, have a good time at school!"

"See you later Dad! Bye Touya!"

My older brother merely nodded at my goodbye, he was still upset over the foot-stomping... Good.

Running was always part of my morning routine without meaning to be, I just loved to feel the wind in my face, my jacket flying in the air with me as I ran. It gave me a look into what a bird feels when it takes flight, it is free... I ran to the bustop just in time and sat in my spot at the back. As the bus began to move, I heard yelling outside, apparently, some 'crazy kid' was trying to stop the bus so he could get on. When it finally stopped, an all too familiar face greeted my vision. Syaoran.

"Kinomoto, good thing I caught you here!"

He dumped my math notes into my lap. Surprisingly, they were still in good condition, just as they were when I lent them to him.

"Thank you for giving them back."

"Whatever, why would I want to keep your notes for anyway?"

There he goes again, ticking me off! I turned my head to the window so I wouldn't have to look at him. My hair was messed up, I hadn't done all my homework, I was tired and last but not least, he was such a jerk.

"Hey, are you upset or something? Sorry if you got offended. Geez, you really aren't used to this are you?"

I just shrugged and sat there in silence for the rest of the ride. I walked off the bus without him and headed to class. The hallways were clean and shiny in the morning, but near the end of the school day, they were as dirty as a child after playing in the mud... I heard someone following me, so I turned around. Eriol greeted me with an upset expression on his face.

"Sakura, where were you? I went to pick you up this morning, but your dad said you already left. Didn't you remember we were supposed to go to school together today?"

"Sorry, I wanted to come early, so it kind of slipped my mind. I'll talk to you at lunch okay?"

I walked off and sat in my seat. A few minutes later, I felt Syaoran sit down beside me, we didn't speak to each other the whole morning. Then, before lunch began, he leaned down and whispered something in my ear.

"I'm sorry."

Then he walked off, grabbing his things as he went out the classroom door. I shook my head, smiling. Then I ran after him.

"You're forgiven."

He turned around and smirked.

"So does that mean you'll talk to me now?"

"If that means we can get along."

"Friends?"

"Friends."

Syaoran's POV

I don't know what made me so soft, usually, I don't give a shit whether girls like her like my attitude or not, I'm me, take it or leave it. This is probably one of the reasons why my family has such a hard time getting along with me. But hey, when you got it, you got it right? I was partly telling the truth to Sakura when I first met her. I am from Hong Kong, it's just that I'm not with my mother. The only guardian with me is our butler and trusted friend, Wei. Why? Because I left home. I'm sick of all this bullshit; I had to get out... Ever since I was a little boy, they always expected something from me. At the age of five, I was put into martial arts training. Day and night, my instructor taught me what I needed to learn. If I got it right, it earned me a rest, but when I didn't do well, it earned me several more hours of training. It didn't matter if it was late at night. I always had to be perfect. Wouldn't you get tired too if you've been taught to hold spoons, knives, and forks properly? Learning to say the right things and responsibilities at the age of seven isn't easy.

You might ask, what the hell is this guy talking about? Well, I'm not just some guy who came to Japan for a vacation. I came here to get away, because you see, I am the next in line to become the clan leader of the Li family. But I didn't come here just to get away... Maybe this girl, this Sakura Kinomoto, will aid me in my goal... but for now, I need to get closer to her and earn her trust...

Sakura's POV

For lunch, I decided to bring Syaoran along with me to introduce him to Tomoyo. Meilin had just come back from Europe after a two month trip. Her parents own a designer clothing business. Since she was small, she's always got what she's wanted. Even if she has a tendency to be rude or whiny, we just ignore it. Deep down inside, Meilin is really a good person; she just doesn't know how to express herself.

"Sakura!"

"Meilin!"

She wrapped me in an embrace, I smiled and hugged her back, laughing.

"You miss me?"

"Of course! That's why I'm here!"

"How was your trip?"

"It was great, but Europe is pretty expensive."

"Meilin, I'd like you to meet someone. His name is Syaoran Li, he just came here a few days ago, from Hong Kong."

Meilin looked away from me and turned to him. I saw a faint blush creeping up to her cheeks and she began to stammer.

"H-hi... Nice to meet you."

Syaoran merely nodded and extended his hand, she clutched it in her own, the blush only deepening as she continued to stare. The rest of the day, all Meilin did was hang around Syaoran, cling on his arm, talk about her trip to Europe with him. He didn't seem interested in what she had to say, but I guess he was too embarrassed to tell her to stop. The rest of us just sat there, wondering when she would stop.

Weeks passed, Syaoran and I made it a habit of taking the bus together to school, studying together during class, and eating together during our lunch break. We spent time with all of out friends, including Eriol, even if it was pretty apparent that he disliked Syaoran immensely. I saw a change in Syaoran that I thought was strange and wonderful at the same time. He seemed more talkative than he was in the beginning, his true colors were beginning to show with every day I spent with him, and I was happy...

One day, after the school day had finished, I was on my way out of the school.. Usually, Syaoran walked home with me, but today was different. He told me he had something he wanted to do before he came home. I though nothing of it, assuming he was in trouble with one the teachers, so I didn't pry. As I walked along, I happened to pass by the door of one of the old rooms in the school. I heard it was once a music room, but it was abandoned when a more suitable room was discovered.

There was a soft, sweet melody that greeted my ears. It was the sound of a piano, and the song... was my mother's song... My eyes filled with tears. Not only was the song memorable to me, but the person playing seemed to put so much heart and soul into the song, as if they were divulging a dark secret in the crevices of their heart...

It was fall when I first met Syaoran, and now winter was coming...I wasn't prepared for what the snow would bring to my life... I was naïve in a sense; I was blinded without even knowing myself...

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And that was what made everything come tumbling down when the snow began to fall...

To be continued?

I am aware that this story is quite boring right now. Please forgive me! But please be patient. I cannot put all the action in this story right away. So far, I'm just trying to get Sakura and Syaoran closer. The next chapter will begin to help the story progress, so for some of my reviewers who have been saying its dull and boring, sorry, I can't cram any excitement in the first chapter. If I wanted to screw up the whole story and my readers I would. But I'm not. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT REVIEWED! I will write longer chapters, just not yet. Thank you!