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reminder:
Syaoran and Sakura stood there watching Eriol and Tomoyo. But then Syaoran looked at Sakura and smiled his best.
"I'm Syaoran. I'm working with you." he said quietly. He held his hand out and smiled. Sakura took his hand gladly and shook it.
"I'm...."
"Sakura, yes I know. Well shall we get started?" he asked. Sakura nodded and pulled her head down a bit.
"Alright, this is how it goes. I will be setting you up with well guys, who are looking for dates too. And what we do is we pair you up with different people, until you feel satisfied with the person you get. Understand?" Syaoran looked over to Sakura, who was still bending her head down. He then saw her nod slowly.
'She's beautiful...*sighs* this is going to be harder than I thought...'
^^Chapter 2^^
::Bachelor Number One::
Syaoran and Sakura quietly walked down the hallways, after Syaoran explained to her all what is going to happen. Once they got to his desk, he let her have a seat and started interviewing her.
"Okay, Now this is an important part of this whole dating thing. I gotta get some 411 on what kind of guys you look for. So you know I won't set you up with some kid that acts like a jerk." he said, getting comfortable. He was looking at her papers, while talking to her. He just couldn't really face her. Or else he'd be drooling all over her.
"Okay, soo shall we get started?" He said looking away from her papers. Sakura just nodded and smiled.
"Alright." Syaoran took out a piece of paper and a pencil out to take some notes down.
"So tell me, what made you come here in first place?" Sakura immediately answered.
"My friend, you know the one I was with today, she forced me into this." 'That was easy...' she thought.
"But why did she force you, well instead of to get a boyfriend. But why?" he scribbled down a few things, looking like he was concentrating hard. But he was really writing down features of her. He looked up, when she didn't answer. He saw her hurt face and totally forgot, that privacy is granted at any time.
"I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that, if you don't like." Sakura didn't say anything or twitch. So Syaoran went right on.
"So what are some of the things you want your guy to be like?" Sakura thought for a second then answered.
"I'm really looking for someone who is sweet. Who can take care of me, and someone I can talk too. Someone...who, who wouldn't hurt me."
"What do-nevermind." He wrote down what she said and sighed. 'She's such a sweet girl.'
"Soo, Okay this is a stupid question, but I have to ask it. How would you spend your perfect date?" Syaoran said with a sigh. Sakura giggled.
"That's not a stupid question."
"At least I think so. It sounds like I'm working for some teen bop magazine or something like that. Those things are soo stupid. No offense and all..." Sakura just giggled again.
"Well...I think I would spend most of my time talking and finding out a lot about him, over dinner. And maybe go for a walk under the moon, talking about whatever is on our minds. Also having soo much fun. I don't know, just having a wonderful time. I know it kind of sounds cheesy and all...it-"
"Oh not at all. You should hear things from my other clients. I once had a girl who told me she wanted to...er...nevermind.." he said quietly, blushing slightly.
"No, what is it? I want to know..." She said scooting her chair closer to his desk. Syaoran flushed and hit himself mentally for letting his mouth run.
"I don't know...it's kind of...erm...she wanted someone she can *cough* makeout with, during the whole..*cough* date." he said nervously. Sakura raised an eyebrow and got a weird look.
"Really?"
"Yeah..." Syaoran looked down and bit his lip. Sakura blinked a few times before speaking.
"Well...it's not THAT bad." she said. Syaoran nodded.
"Getting over that...on to the next question." Syaoran looked down at the paper and his eyes squinted.
"This is such a dumb question! I always wonder why this is on here!" He said to himself. Sakura scooted up a little more and looked over at the paper, trying to see if she can get a glance of it.
"What?" Syaoran looked up and blushed seeing how much closer she got. He looked down at the paper and back up at her.
"It says, What kind of gifts do you like to recieve?" Sakura sat back in her chair and was thinking the same thing as Syaoran. It was a stupid question. But she decided to answer it anyways.
"I really don't like recieving anything. I mean I do like it, but I don't mind if they don't. I really don't want anything in particular, just someone to care for." she said plainly. Syaoran smiled. 'She's not selfish too...I'm going to have to find a really good guy for her..'
"Alright, well...I think I'm ready to find you a person. We can go through some files and you get to choose. Let me explain this to you." Sakura nodded and listened.
"This is what happens. Since we already have some guys filed and everything, waiting for a girl. The guy doesn't get to have the right to choose, the girl does. But the girl has to choose only at an amount of guys, because the guys do look for some things in a girl. And if that girl fits the characteristics that any of the guys that have said. The girl chooses out of the people, who said they want a person like the girl choosing him. Understand?"
(A/N: Gomen Nasai if you don't understand...I was trying to find a way to make it understandable. Might have to read it over and over again to understand. If you don't get it, just ask me or it'll explain through the story. Gomen Nasai again.)
Sakura took a minute to take in all he said. Then she nodded.
"Alright, got it." Syaoran sighed in relief. Most people didn't understand it and had to have him repeat it more than twice. He started to go through some folders, but his stomach growled. Syaoran sweatdropped and laughed nervously. Sakura smiled and looked at her clock.
"It's lunch time...or a little after." She said looking back at Syaoran.
"Did you eat yet?" he asked. Sakura shook her head, and as if it were on cue, her stomach growled as well.
"Would you like to join me for lunch? We can look at some files while we eat." he said kind of quietly. He never really asked anyone to eat with him, except Eriol. He was waiting for rejection, but all this time he was looking down, he never saw Sakura nod.
"Sure!" she finally said, after realizing that he wasn't looking at her nod. Syaoran's head came up and smiled.
"Alright, then let's go. We just have to go stop by some place, to pick a few things." Sakura nodded as she stood up. Syaoran stood up as well and grabbed his keys.
::*::
After stopping by some office, they were both in Syaoran's car, which is an Eclipse..=). Sakura was sitting still, while Syaoran fidgeted while driving too. Not a word to be spoken. Syaoran started getting more nervous so he turned on the radio. He recognized the song in the car so he started singing with it. Kind of forgetting that there was another person in the car.
Sakura smiled, he sang good. Better than she thought. She sat there smiling at him, watching him. And he didn't even notice it. When the song ended Sakura was still smiling at him. He had a such a wonderful singing voice.
"You sing really good!" Sakura said right when the song ended. Syaoran's eyes widened when he heard her voice. His eyes still remained on the road, but he was in disbelief. 'How can I forget she was there?!? You're such a baka Li..'
"Er...Thanks." he said plainly. His cheeks were tinted with a light red, making him looking so much more kawaiier(A/N: is that a word?) than ever. Sakura, still smiling, said 'you're welcome' and turned to the window.
As she looked out, a frown appeared as the smile disappeared. She had just caught a sight of someone who looked like Waishen Akihiro. 'Hiro-kun...I miss you...' Tears streaked her eyes, but kept place. She couldn't cry then, Syaoran was around. She quickly rubbed the tears away, right before they came to a stop.
::*::
Sakura and Syaoran were seated on an outside table. It was nice day, so they asked for seats like that. Syaoran had a folder with him, filled with eligible 'bachelors' for Sakura. Right now he was holding a menu, almost drooling over what he saw on there.
As he was about to put down the menu to talk to Sakura, his cell phone rang. He pulled out from his pocket and looked at the caller ID. It read: The GentleMan. It was no other than Eriol. Syaoran put him under that name for no specific reason. Eriol adopted that name, from when Syaoran first called him that, when they first met. It was a weird event, too weird to say.
Syaoran clicked the little green phone icon on his phone and sighed.
"Moshi?" he asked.
"Hey Syao." said The Gentleman on the otherline. On Eriol's phone, he has Syaoran as Chibi Wolf. Well of course from his name.
"Hey Erio...." (A/N: hehe the first four letters of their names...erm okay whatever...) Syaoran responded.
"Man, where are you?" Syaoran looked around for the name and then back at the table.
"I'm at some resturant named Daiiko's. Where you at?"
"Well...I was going to talk to you earlier, 'cause well *blush* I'm having lunch with that Tomoyo girl. But you weren't there."
"Why are you having lunch with her, huh? huh?" Syaoran asked smirking. Every opputunity he got to make fun of Eriol, he got. Since Eriol embarrasses all the time.
"*cough cough* just finding her some people....BUT anyaways...Are you eating alone?" Syaoran blushed and shook his head, even though Eriol can't see him.
"Anou....um...no.." he said quietly.
"HA! It's the other girl, huh? You're eating with that other girl!!" Eriol shouted on the phone.
"Eriol, shut up! You're getting really loud!"
"Oh yeah. Anyways, have a good lunch, Chibi." Syaoran's face dropped and he mentally cursed him. He hated that name so much.
"Whatever...bye!" He clicked off the phone quickly and put it back in his pocket. Sakura was looking at him when he picked up his menu again.
"Is something wrong?" Sakura asked, revealing her voice after awhile. Syaoran pulled the menu down a tiny bit and nodded.
"Yeah everything's fine." he mumbled. Sakura heard it and his voice showed to drop the subject. She went back to looking at her menu. She finally chosen one and put the menu down. When she looked up to see Syaoran, he was lying his head down on the table. She touched his head lightly and whispered to him from across the table.
"Are you okay?" she asked. Syaoran froze to her touch. It took him awhile to return to reality and answer.
"I..er...yeah." he said quietly. Sakura removed her hand as he sat up. Syaoran remained quiet, looking down at his hands. He usually wasn't much of a talker. I mean he did have a 'social' problem. Some things were just new too him. He never really talked to girls. And it wasn't likely to take his clients out for lunch. Something about this girl, made him break into pieces when she looked at him.
Sakura smiled at him. 'He's shy...that's unlikely.' She got this warm feeling she use to get when she was around...Akihiro. She frowned to the thought of him. 'Hiro was shy...' Sakura thought sadly. She shook her head and mentally told herself to not cry. She closed her eyes shut for a few seconds and opened them to find Syaoran looking at her. She froze and blushed. 'Not again...' Syaoran froze too when her eyes met his. He fell pale and looked back down at his hands. He looked to the side to see the files there. He regained his courage to speak as he took hold of the folders.
"Um...Kinomoto-san?" he asked softly. Sakura looked up. She was about to address him by his last name, but it struck her that she didn't know his last name. She blinked a bit.
"I'm sorry, I didn't get your last name." she said giggling. Syaoran sweatdropped. He hit himself mentally and reintroduced himself.
"I'm Li Syaoran." He said chuckling. Sakura played around and put her out.
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura." She said as if they were meeting each other for the first time. Syaoran took her hand smiling. He shook it lightly and released it quickly.
"You may call me Li or Syaoran. Which ever one you like." he said nicely. Sakura smiled.
"Alright, Syaoran-san. You can call me Sakura, if you like." she said trading off with him. He smiled the same exact smile as she.
"Alright Sakura-san. How about we check out these files?" he said looking at her for an answer. She nodded and scooted her chair up a bit. Syaoran took a file out and looked at it. He scanned over it looking if he was good. He nodded at a few things, then handed it over to Sakura. Sakura took it and looked at it. She saw the picture of this guy. He was cute. She looked over his info and started to like what she was reading.
She put that one down after she scanned over it and waited for Syaoran to give her the next. Syaoran handed it over to her after he looked at it. He didn't like this guy too much, hoping she wouldn't too. He watched her face expressions twist into a frown when she looked at it. Syaoran took it back and put it away. He finally pulled out the last one, since there were only three of them with him then. He did his little routine like he did with the others and then passed it to Sakura.
After looking at it for awhile, Sakura laid both of the files together, side by side. She looked back and forth between them. She looked up at Syaoran a few times, but then always back down to the files. She suddenly decided to choose. She put her finger on the file and was about to say something, but a waitress appeared by their table.
"Konnichiwa, I'm sorry I kept you waiting. May I take your orders?" she asked smiling. Sakura put the files aside and looked up at the waitress. Syaoran and Sakura both told their orders and the waitress left happily.
"So who is it you choose?" he asked, with a tint of jealousy in his voice. Luckily Sakura didn't notice, so she went right on. She took out the file of the one she chose and smiled.
"I choose him." Syaoran cringed to those words. 'Why the hell am I acting like this?' He forced a smile on his face as he took the file and read aloud his name.
"Sonotsuki Chojiro." he said a little coldly.
"Alright then, after we eat we will discuss other things. Well as I can see, our food is coming now!" He said happily. Sakura smiled as she saw the food come their way.
::*::
a few days later....
Sakura was getting ready for her date. It was tonight and she was a little excited. Tomoyo had a date as well. But she wouldn't tell Sakura who it was. She had left earlier with her date quickly, leaving Sakura alone.
After an hour or so, Sakura was ready. She already showered and everything. She was wearing a black knee skirt with a sleeveless top with the droopy neck. It was a maroon colored tank top. Her hair was set up into one bun with chopsticks. She had some of her bangs hanging down. Her bangs reached up to her chin. She didn't wear too much make up because that wasn't her.
She didn't want to dress to dressy, because this after could be her first/last date with this guy for all she knows. She sat down on the couch as she waited her arrival for her 'unknown love'. (a/n: *smiles evilly*) Suddenly the doorbell rang and she quickly jumped up to get it. She straightened out her clothes before opening the door and exposing her mile long smile.
"Li-san! Come in! I was waiting for you!" (a/n: HAHAHAHA....it sure is unknown love...) Syaoran smiled and entered the house cautiously.
He was suppose to pick up Sakura and drop her off where her and her date agreed to meet for the first time.
-:=FlashBack=:-
Sakura and Syaoran had just finished up her food and were already eating dessert while talking about the date.
"Okay, this is what's going to happen. You and your so-called date will agree to meet each other in a certain place. I will be picking you up and bringing you there, so I can speak to you about a few things. It's like I'm your mentor. Showing you stuff and everything. *laughs* Anyways, I will be seeing you a lot, since I'm your, I guess, "matchmaker". I organize your dates and everything. I will provide you with most things, like transportation and all that good stuff. When even pay for your dinner. That's why this thing is soo expensive."
Sakura nodded to all the stuff he said and stuffed a spoonfull of ice cream in her mouth. Syaoran laughed and ate some of his ice cream too.
-:=End Of Flashback=:-
"Li-san? I don't suppose we're going on last name basis, ne?" he asked playfully. Sakura giggled and shook her head.
"Course not. Syaoran-KUN." she said emphasizing the last 'kun' part. Syaoran smiled and patted her on the back. He gulped after checking the time and seeing that it was time to take Sakura to her date.
"Come along now, Sakura-san. We must not keep your date waiting." he said leading her out of her apartment. Sakura grabbed her bag before leaving her place. She frowned a little to 'san'. Sakura and Syaoran had gotten so close over three days. I mean they didn't talk to each as much, but still had a strong friendship building.
He pulled outside to show her the limo that has been provided for her and her date. That's when Syaoran had to let her go. He know he said he would be taking her, but he wasn't too sure if he should. He let her into the limo and stood in front of the door. He was just about to close it but her voice stopped him.
"Syaoran, I thought you were coming with me." She said a little sad. Syaoran forced on a smile.
"Sakura, you know this is your date. I'm not suppose to come along, silly!" he said laughing. He wanted her to laugh and smile, not frown.
"But you said you would be dropping me off..." she didn't give in to his little humor joke. Syaoran sighed.
"Do you want me to drop you off?" he asked. Sakura smiled and nodded. Syaoran smiled too and held his hand out.
"Come on then, you'll ride in my car." Sakura took his hand and got out of the limo happily. They walked over to the driver and Syaoran told him where to meet him. The driver nodded and quickly left.
Syaoran escorted Sakura to his car and opened the door for her. She smiled in thanks and sat down. She liked his car, it was so homey. Syaoran shut the door and rushed to his side and got in. He started the car quickly, it was getting late.
::*::
It was a pretty quiet drive to the place where Sakura and her date were meeting. They soon enough came to a stop and Syaoran turned to her before getting out. He pulled out a card from his pocket and handed it over to her.
"Here...this is my cell phone and my home number. Call me if you need anything. You can call whenever, my cell phone will always be on." He said forcing his infamous fake smile he inherited around her. Sakura smiled and put it in her bag right by her cell phone.
"Thanks. Will do." she said plainly. She tried to get herself excited to see her date, it showed on the outside, but she was just lying to herself inside. 'I should be happy...' She didn't recognize it but Syaoran was out of the car and at her side holding the door open. He held his hand out and helped her out. She smiled thanking him and let go of his hand.
She stood there looking around for her date and found a brunette standing nearby, holding a single rose. She smiled at him, hoping that's the guy.
She turned back to Syaoran and he nodded at her.
"Have a good time Sakura!" Syaoran said before disappearing. Sakura inhaled deeply and started walking over to him. Step by Step, she took it slowly. It's been awhile since she last dated. And she was nervous. She finally reached up to him, since he was walking to her as well.
"Sonotsuki Chojiro?" she asked.
"Kinomoto Sakura?" he asked as well. They both took it in that they were right. They shook hands and Chojiro kissed it soon after. Sakura blushed and pulled her head down shyly. 'He's sweet. Also cute...not as cute as Syao-I mean Akihiro. What are you thinking, Sakura?' she thought to herself. She rid herself from that thought and turned back to Chojiro.
He handed the rose to her and extended his arm.
"For you, fair beauty. Shall we go?" Sakura took the rose and smiled while taking his arm. She nodded and followed him to wherever he proceed.
::*::
Syaoran watched her from a distance and frowned. He sighed as he watch them walk away. 'What's wrong with me? I'm not suppose to...' He was sitting in his car for awhile, before turning it on and started driving not sure of where he was going to go.
::*::
About an hour later, Syaoran was in a library reading a book. He was really bored. There was nothing else to do. While he was reading over a page, his cell phone vibrated. He knew that if it were to ring, he would have been kicked out. It was a pretty strict library. He answered the phone while taking the book to the counter.
"Moshi?" he asked.
"Syaoran..." a voice rang through the receiver. The voice was familiar to him. And he thought for a moment.
"Hai?" he asked, still a little unsure. He was given the book back to him after it being ringed up and he walked out of the library quietly.
"It's Sakura." Syaoran stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes widened and he panicked for awhile. 'No wonder she sounded familiar.'
"Syaoran, are you there?" Sakura asked.
"Hai Sakura. What is it? Is something wrong?" He rushed to his car and started it while talking to her. He hooked in the hands free little head set and talked to her that way.
"Well kind of." she said quietly.
"What happened Sakura?" he asked. Sakura inhaled and sighed.
"He left me...." Syaoran's eyes widened and cursed under his breathe.
"Where are you Sakura?"
"At the restuarant you set up for us." Syaoran thanked God that he was only a minute a way from there.
"I'm coming. I'm not so far." Moments later he saw a sad girl walking on the side walk. She was holding a cell phone to her ear while walking. He recognized it was Sakura and frowned.
"Okay I'll be there soon.." he said.
"Hai." They both hung up as Syaoran pulled up the the curve and parked his car. Sakura wasn't too far from he so he got out of his car and kind of ran to her.
"Sakura!" he yelled. Sakura looked up to see Syaoran running her way. She hasn't been any happier to see him. When Syaoran got up close to her, he saw tears streaking her cheeks.
"Oh Sakura." Sakura sniffled and bowed her head down. Syaoran couldn't help but to feel pained from seeing her like this. He pulled her into a hug and let her cry into his chest. Sakura held him by his waist and poured her heart out. Sakura wasn't only crying because she was dumped on her first date, but it reminded her of how Akihiro broke up with her. Right in the middle of the restuarant.
"Tell me Sakura, what happened?" Sakura sniffled again and calmed her crying. She took a deep breathe and started telling Syaoran what happened.
"He saw...another girl that reached his worthiness, as he said. And he left me right on the spot. Leaving with that girl." she trembled.
Syaoran hugged her tighter, and forced himself to put no pitty on her. She didn't deserve to be pitied. He didn't bother to ask her more of what happened, afraid that she would get more hurt.
"Syaoran...that's what my ex-boyfriend did to me. I loved him so much...and he did that to me." Syaoran got confused from her words. Was she opening up to him. Only after a few days knowing each other, she was opening up to him.
"I thought he loved me, Syaoran." she spat. She started crying again. Much harder than before. This hurt Syaoran, soo much. He kissed her forehead.
"You don't have to do this, Sakura..." he whispered to her. It was just her first date, and it turned out horrible. He wouldn't blame her for not going on. Suddenly she pulled back shaking her head.
"No...Tomoyo was right, I have to get over Akihiro." Syaoran touched her shoulder and looked intensly at her.
"Are you sure?" Sakura nodded and bit her lip.
"Yeah.." Syaoran smiled a bit and pulled her back into a hug. Sakura closed her eyes to his chest and sighed. She thought about what just happened and thought this was the weirdest thing. She has never really opened up to anyone but Tomoyo and Akihiro. But she felt safe with Syaoran. She felt as if he were trustworthy.
They started walking while hugging to Syaoran's car.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan, I'll do what I can to find you the perfect one." he said sighing. It broke his heart saying those words, and he didn't know why. Sakura smiled, only to the reason he said "Sakura-chan".
"We'll go to my place and have some hot cocoa and maybe talk some more. Or would you like to go home?" Sakura didn't have to think.
"I want to talk more." she said. Syaoran smiled.
"I want to get to know you better, Syaoran. I feel like I can trust you." she said smiling.
"I'm glad you do. I would love to get to know you better too." Syaoran helped her into the car and shut the door. Syaoran quickly got to his side and got in.
"I think we'll be really good friends!" Sakura said once he got in the car. Syaoran smiled his smile but frowned deep inside.
'Friends...if that's all we can be, then let it be....' he thought sadly. 'Only for your happiness...'
"I won't let anyone hurt you Sakura..." he said aloud. Not realzing he did. Sakura looked at him and kind of gasped.
"Arigatou..." she said shyly while blushing. Syaoran was blushing as well...
"It's true..."
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that's enough for this chapter....sheesh did i write a lot! man, this is one long chapter. longer than my usual ones. I guess i'm really liking this story but anyways..
i'm going to reexplain Syaoran's little confusing speech there. About the whole dating thing. This is if you didn't get it.
Okay this is what happens....when guys sign up for this thing, they are interviewed like Sakura was. But Sakura gets to choose, not the guys. The guys only have to agree. But Sakura only chooses the guys that have the same interests as she does in her file. So they won't be totally different. They will be different in opinions and everything, but will have some alikes. Sakura only gets to choose out of the guys who have the same interests in them. If they run out of guys who are seemed to have more things in common, they start reaching out to others. So yeah...i hope that made it more understandable.
translations:
kawaii or kawaiier- meaning cute or something like that
moshi- Syaoran's way for answering the phone. It's usually Moshi Moshi, which means hello for phone.
chibi- small
Konnichiwa- good afternoon
hai-yes
arigatou- thank you
onegai-please..
well i guess that's it! I really hope you liked that chapter! I had fun writing this long mofo...haha anyways...Review onegai??? I would love it if ya did. Let's say if i get 5 or more reviews, i'll continue!
arigatou!
~LiLDraGoNGuRL28...aka May
reminder:
Syaoran and Sakura stood there watching Eriol and Tomoyo. But then Syaoran looked at Sakura and smiled his best.
"I'm Syaoran. I'm working with you." he said quietly. He held his hand out and smiled. Sakura took his hand gladly and shook it.
"I'm...."
"Sakura, yes I know. Well shall we get started?" he asked. Sakura nodded and pulled her head down a bit.
"Alright, this is how it goes. I will be setting you up with well guys, who are looking for dates too. And what we do is we pair you up with different people, until you feel satisfied with the person you get. Understand?" Syaoran looked over to Sakura, who was still bending her head down. He then saw her nod slowly.
'She's beautiful...*sighs* this is going to be harder than I thought...'
^^Chapter 2^^
::Bachelor Number One::
Syaoran and Sakura quietly walked down the hallways, after Syaoran explained to her all what is going to happen. Once they got to his desk, he let her have a seat and started interviewing her.
"Okay, Now this is an important part of this whole dating thing. I gotta get some 411 on what kind of guys you look for. So you know I won't set you up with some kid that acts like a jerk." he said, getting comfortable. He was looking at her papers, while talking to her. He just couldn't really face her. Or else he'd be drooling all over her.
"Okay, soo shall we get started?" He said looking away from her papers. Sakura just nodded and smiled.
"Alright." Syaoran took out a piece of paper and a pencil out to take some notes down.
"So tell me, what made you come here in first place?" Sakura immediately answered.
"My friend, you know the one I was with today, she forced me into this." 'That was easy...' she thought.
"But why did she force you, well instead of to get a boyfriend. But why?" he scribbled down a few things, looking like he was concentrating hard. But he was really writing down features of her. He looked up, when she didn't answer. He saw her hurt face and totally forgot, that privacy is granted at any time.
"I'm sorry, you don't have to answer that, if you don't like." Sakura didn't say anything or twitch. So Syaoran went right on.
"So what are some of the things you want your guy to be like?" Sakura thought for a second then answered.
"I'm really looking for someone who is sweet. Who can take care of me, and someone I can talk too. Someone...who, who wouldn't hurt me."
"What do-nevermind." He wrote down what she said and sighed. 'She's such a sweet girl.'
"Soo, Okay this is a stupid question, but I have to ask it. How would you spend your perfect date?" Syaoran said with a sigh. Sakura giggled.
"That's not a stupid question."
"At least I think so. It sounds like I'm working for some teen bop magazine or something like that. Those things are soo stupid. No offense and all..." Sakura just giggled again.
"Well...I think I would spend most of my time talking and finding out a lot about him, over dinner. And maybe go for a walk under the moon, talking about whatever is on our minds. Also having soo much fun. I don't know, just having a wonderful time. I know it kind of sounds cheesy and all...it-"
"Oh not at all. You should hear things from my other clients. I once had a girl who told me she wanted to...er...nevermind.." he said quietly, blushing slightly.
"No, what is it? I want to know..." She said scooting her chair closer to his desk. Syaoran flushed and hit himself mentally for letting his mouth run.
"I don't know...it's kind of...erm...she wanted someone she can *cough* makeout with, during the whole..*cough* date." he said nervously. Sakura raised an eyebrow and got a weird look.
"Really?"
"Yeah..." Syaoran looked down and bit his lip. Sakura blinked a few times before speaking.
"Well...it's not THAT bad." she said. Syaoran nodded.
"Getting over that...on to the next question." Syaoran looked down at the paper and his eyes squinted.
"This is such a dumb question! I always wonder why this is on here!" He said to himself. Sakura scooted up a little more and looked over at the paper, trying to see if she can get a glance of it.
"What?" Syaoran looked up and blushed seeing how much closer she got. He looked down at the paper and back up at her.
"It says, What kind of gifts do you like to recieve?" Sakura sat back in her chair and was thinking the same thing as Syaoran. It was a stupid question. But she decided to answer it anyways.
"I really don't like recieving anything. I mean I do like it, but I don't mind if they don't. I really don't want anything in particular, just someone to care for." she said plainly. Syaoran smiled. 'She's not selfish too...I'm going to have to find a really good guy for her..'
"Alright, well...I think I'm ready to find you a person. We can go through some files and you get to choose. Let me explain this to you." Sakura nodded and listened.
"This is what happens. Since we already have some guys filed and everything, waiting for a girl. The guy doesn't get to have the right to choose, the girl does. But the girl has to choose only at an amount of guys, because the guys do look for some things in a girl. And if that girl fits the characteristics that any of the guys that have said. The girl chooses out of the people, who said they want a person like the girl choosing him. Understand?"
(A/N: Gomen Nasai if you don't understand...I was trying to find a way to make it understandable. Might have to read it over and over again to understand. If you don't get it, just ask me or it'll explain through the story. Gomen Nasai again.)
Sakura took a minute to take in all he said. Then she nodded.
"Alright, got it." Syaoran sighed in relief. Most people didn't understand it and had to have him repeat it more than twice. He started to go through some folders, but his stomach growled. Syaoran sweatdropped and laughed nervously. Sakura smiled and looked at her clock.
"It's lunch time...or a little after." She said looking back at Syaoran.
"Did you eat yet?" he asked. Sakura shook her head, and as if it were on cue, her stomach growled as well.
"Would you like to join me for lunch? We can look at some files while we eat." he said kind of quietly. He never really asked anyone to eat with him, except Eriol. He was waiting for rejection, but all this time he was looking down, he never saw Sakura nod.
"Sure!" she finally said, after realizing that he wasn't looking at her nod. Syaoran's head came up and smiled.
"Alright, then let's go. We just have to go stop by some place, to pick a few things." Sakura nodded as she stood up. Syaoran stood up as well and grabbed his keys.
::*::
After stopping by some office, they were both in Syaoran's car, which is an Eclipse..=). Sakura was sitting still, while Syaoran fidgeted while driving too. Not a word to be spoken. Syaoran started getting more nervous so he turned on the radio. He recognized the song in the car so he started singing with it. Kind of forgetting that there was another person in the car.
Sakura smiled, he sang good. Better than she thought. She sat there smiling at him, watching him. And he didn't even notice it. When the song ended Sakura was still smiling at him. He had a such a wonderful singing voice.
"You sing really good!" Sakura said right when the song ended. Syaoran's eyes widened when he heard her voice. His eyes still remained on the road, but he was in disbelief. 'How can I forget she was there?!? You're such a baka Li..'
"Er...Thanks." he said plainly. His cheeks were tinted with a light red, making him looking so much more kawaiier(A/N: is that a word?) than ever. Sakura, still smiling, said 'you're welcome' and turned to the window.
As she looked out, a frown appeared as the smile disappeared. She had just caught a sight of someone who looked like Waishen Akihiro. 'Hiro-kun...I miss you...' Tears streaked her eyes, but kept place. She couldn't cry then, Syaoran was around. She quickly rubbed the tears away, right before they came to a stop.
::*::
Sakura and Syaoran were seated on an outside table. It was nice day, so they asked for seats like that. Syaoran had a folder with him, filled with eligible 'bachelors' for Sakura. Right now he was holding a menu, almost drooling over what he saw on there.
As he was about to put down the menu to talk to Sakura, his cell phone rang. He pulled out from his pocket and looked at the caller ID. It read: The GentleMan. It was no other than Eriol. Syaoran put him under that name for no specific reason. Eriol adopted that name, from when Syaoran first called him that, when they first met. It was a weird event, too weird to say.
Syaoran clicked the little green phone icon on his phone and sighed.
"Moshi?" he asked.
"Hey Syao." said The Gentleman on the otherline. On Eriol's phone, he has Syaoran as Chibi Wolf. Well of course from his name.
"Hey Erio...." (A/N: hehe the first four letters of their names...erm okay whatever...) Syaoran responded.
"Man, where are you?" Syaoran looked around for the name and then back at the table.
"I'm at some resturant named Daiiko's. Where you at?"
"Well...I was going to talk to you earlier, 'cause well *blush* I'm having lunch with that Tomoyo girl. But you weren't there."
"Why are you having lunch with her, huh? huh?" Syaoran asked smirking. Every opputunity he got to make fun of Eriol, he got. Since Eriol embarrasses all the time.
"*cough cough* just finding her some people....BUT anyaways...Are you eating alone?" Syaoran blushed and shook his head, even though Eriol can't see him.
"Anou....um...no.." he said quietly.
"HA! It's the other girl, huh? You're eating with that other girl!!" Eriol shouted on the phone.
"Eriol, shut up! You're getting really loud!"
"Oh yeah. Anyways, have a good lunch, Chibi." Syaoran's face dropped and he mentally cursed him. He hated that name so much.
"Whatever...bye!" He clicked off the phone quickly and put it back in his pocket. Sakura was looking at him when he picked up his menu again.
"Is something wrong?" Sakura asked, revealing her voice after awhile. Syaoran pulled the menu down a tiny bit and nodded.
"Yeah everything's fine." he mumbled. Sakura heard it and his voice showed to drop the subject. She went back to looking at her menu. She finally chosen one and put the menu down. When she looked up to see Syaoran, he was lying his head down on the table. She touched his head lightly and whispered to him from across the table.
"Are you okay?" she asked. Syaoran froze to her touch. It took him awhile to return to reality and answer.
"I..er...yeah." he said quietly. Sakura removed her hand as he sat up. Syaoran remained quiet, looking down at his hands. He usually wasn't much of a talker. I mean he did have a 'social' problem. Some things were just new too him. He never really talked to girls. And it wasn't likely to take his clients out for lunch. Something about this girl, made him break into pieces when she looked at him.
Sakura smiled at him. 'He's shy...that's unlikely.' She got this warm feeling she use to get when she was around...Akihiro. She frowned to the thought of him. 'Hiro was shy...' Sakura thought sadly. She shook her head and mentally told herself to not cry. She closed her eyes shut for a few seconds and opened them to find Syaoran looking at her. She froze and blushed. 'Not again...' Syaoran froze too when her eyes met his. He fell pale and looked back down at his hands. He looked to the side to see the files there. He regained his courage to speak as he took hold of the folders.
"Um...Kinomoto-san?" he asked softly. Sakura looked up. She was about to address him by his last name, but it struck her that she didn't know his last name. She blinked a bit.
"I'm sorry, I didn't get your last name." she said giggling. Syaoran sweatdropped. He hit himself mentally and reintroduced himself.
"I'm Li Syaoran." He said chuckling. Sakura played around and put her out.
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura." She said as if they were meeting each other for the first time. Syaoran took her hand smiling. He shook it lightly and released it quickly.
"You may call me Li or Syaoran. Which ever one you like." he said nicely. Sakura smiled.
"Alright, Syaoran-san. You can call me Sakura, if you like." she said trading off with him. He smiled the same exact smile as she.
"Alright Sakura-san. How about we check out these files?" he said looking at her for an answer. She nodded and scooted her chair up a bit. Syaoran took a file out and looked at it. He scanned over it looking if he was good. He nodded at a few things, then handed it over to Sakura. Sakura took it and looked at it. She saw the picture of this guy. He was cute. She looked over his info and started to like what she was reading.
She put that one down after she scanned over it and waited for Syaoran to give her the next. Syaoran handed it over to her after he looked at it. He didn't like this guy too much, hoping she wouldn't too. He watched her face expressions twist into a frown when she looked at it. Syaoran took it back and put it away. He finally pulled out the last one, since there were only three of them with him then. He did his little routine like he did with the others and then passed it to Sakura.
After looking at it for awhile, Sakura laid both of the files together, side by side. She looked back and forth between them. She looked up at Syaoran a few times, but then always back down to the files. She suddenly decided to choose. She put her finger on the file and was about to say something, but a waitress appeared by their table.
"Konnichiwa, I'm sorry I kept you waiting. May I take your orders?" she asked smiling. Sakura put the files aside and looked up at the waitress. Syaoran and Sakura both told their orders and the waitress left happily.
"So who is it you choose?" he asked, with a tint of jealousy in his voice. Luckily Sakura didn't notice, so she went right on. She took out the file of the one she chose and smiled.
"I choose him." Syaoran cringed to those words. 'Why the hell am I acting like this?' He forced a smile on his face as he took the file and read aloud his name.
"Sonotsuki Chojiro." he said a little coldly.
"Alright then, after we eat we will discuss other things. Well as I can see, our food is coming now!" He said happily. Sakura smiled as she saw the food come their way.
::*::
a few days later....
Sakura was getting ready for her date. It was tonight and she was a little excited. Tomoyo had a date as well. But she wouldn't tell Sakura who it was. She had left earlier with her date quickly, leaving Sakura alone.
After an hour or so, Sakura was ready. She already showered and everything. She was wearing a black knee skirt with a sleeveless top with the droopy neck. It was a maroon colored tank top. Her hair was set up into one bun with chopsticks. She had some of her bangs hanging down. Her bangs reached up to her chin. She didn't wear too much make up because that wasn't her.
She didn't want to dress to dressy, because this after could be her first/last date with this guy for all she knows. She sat down on the couch as she waited her arrival for her 'unknown love'. (a/n: *smiles evilly*) Suddenly the doorbell rang and she quickly jumped up to get it. She straightened out her clothes before opening the door and exposing her mile long smile.
"Li-san! Come in! I was waiting for you!" (a/n: HAHAHAHA....it sure is unknown love...) Syaoran smiled and entered the house cautiously.
He was suppose to pick up Sakura and drop her off where her and her date agreed to meet for the first time.
-:=FlashBack=:-
Sakura and Syaoran had just finished up her food and were already eating dessert while talking about the date.
"Okay, this is what's going to happen. You and your so-called date will agree to meet each other in a certain place. I will be picking you up and bringing you there, so I can speak to you about a few things. It's like I'm your mentor. Showing you stuff and everything. *laughs* Anyways, I will be seeing you a lot, since I'm your, I guess, "matchmaker". I organize your dates and everything. I will provide you with most things, like transportation and all that good stuff. When even pay for your dinner. That's why this thing is soo expensive."
Sakura nodded to all the stuff he said and stuffed a spoonfull of ice cream in her mouth. Syaoran laughed and ate some of his ice cream too.
-:=End Of Flashback=:-
"Li-san? I don't suppose we're going on last name basis, ne?" he asked playfully. Sakura giggled and shook her head.
"Course not. Syaoran-KUN." she said emphasizing the last 'kun' part. Syaoran smiled and patted her on the back. He gulped after checking the time and seeing that it was time to take Sakura to her date.
"Come along now, Sakura-san. We must not keep your date waiting." he said leading her out of her apartment. Sakura grabbed her bag before leaving her place. She frowned a little to 'san'. Sakura and Syaoran had gotten so close over three days. I mean they didn't talk to each as much, but still had a strong friendship building.
He pulled outside to show her the limo that has been provided for her and her date. That's when Syaoran had to let her go. He know he said he would be taking her, but he wasn't too sure if he should. He let her into the limo and stood in front of the door. He was just about to close it but her voice stopped him.
"Syaoran, I thought you were coming with me." She said a little sad. Syaoran forced on a smile.
"Sakura, you know this is your date. I'm not suppose to come along, silly!" he said laughing. He wanted her to laugh and smile, not frown.
"But you said you would be dropping me off..." she didn't give in to his little humor joke. Syaoran sighed.
"Do you want me to drop you off?" he asked. Sakura smiled and nodded. Syaoran smiled too and held his hand out.
"Come on then, you'll ride in my car." Sakura took his hand and got out of the limo happily. They walked over to the driver and Syaoran told him where to meet him. The driver nodded and quickly left.
Syaoran escorted Sakura to his car and opened the door for her. She smiled in thanks and sat down. She liked his car, it was so homey. Syaoran shut the door and rushed to his side and got in. He started the car quickly, it was getting late.
::*::
It was a pretty quiet drive to the place where Sakura and her date were meeting. They soon enough came to a stop and Syaoran turned to her before getting out. He pulled out a card from his pocket and handed it over to her.
"Here...this is my cell phone and my home number. Call me if you need anything. You can call whenever, my cell phone will always be on." He said forcing his infamous fake smile he inherited around her. Sakura smiled and put it in her bag right by her cell phone.
"Thanks. Will do." she said plainly. She tried to get herself excited to see her date, it showed on the outside, but she was just lying to herself inside. 'I should be happy...' She didn't recognize it but Syaoran was out of the car and at her side holding the door open. He held his hand out and helped her out. She smiled thanking him and let go of his hand.
She stood there looking around for her date and found a brunette standing nearby, holding a single rose. She smiled at him, hoping that's the guy.
She turned back to Syaoran and he nodded at her.
"Have a good time Sakura!" Syaoran said before disappearing. Sakura inhaled deeply and started walking over to him. Step by Step, she took it slowly. It's been awhile since she last dated. And she was nervous. She finally reached up to him, since he was walking to her as well.
"Sonotsuki Chojiro?" she asked.
"Kinomoto Sakura?" he asked as well. They both took it in that they were right. They shook hands and Chojiro kissed it soon after. Sakura blushed and pulled her head down shyly. 'He's sweet. Also cute...not as cute as Syao-I mean Akihiro. What are you thinking, Sakura?' she thought to herself. She rid herself from that thought and turned back to Chojiro.
He handed the rose to her and extended his arm.
"For you, fair beauty. Shall we go?" Sakura took the rose and smiled while taking his arm. She nodded and followed him to wherever he proceed.
::*::
Syaoran watched her from a distance and frowned. He sighed as he watch them walk away. 'What's wrong with me? I'm not suppose to...' He was sitting in his car for awhile, before turning it on and started driving not sure of where he was going to go.
::*::
About an hour later, Syaoran was in a library reading a book. He was really bored. There was nothing else to do. While he was reading over a page, his cell phone vibrated. He knew that if it were to ring, he would have been kicked out. It was a pretty strict library. He answered the phone while taking the book to the counter.
"Moshi?" he asked.
"Syaoran..." a voice rang through the receiver. The voice was familiar to him. And he thought for a moment.
"Hai?" he asked, still a little unsure. He was given the book back to him after it being ringed up and he walked out of the library quietly.
"It's Sakura." Syaoran stopped dead in his tracks. His eyes widened and he panicked for awhile. 'No wonder she sounded familiar.'
"Syaoran, are you there?" Sakura asked.
"Hai Sakura. What is it? Is something wrong?" He rushed to his car and started it while talking to her. He hooked in the hands free little head set and talked to her that way.
"Well kind of." she said quietly.
"What happened Sakura?" he asked. Sakura inhaled and sighed.
"He left me...." Syaoran's eyes widened and cursed under his breathe.
"Where are you Sakura?"
"At the restuarant you set up for us." Syaoran thanked God that he was only a minute a way from there.
"I'm coming. I'm not so far." Moments later he saw a sad girl walking on the side walk. She was holding a cell phone to her ear while walking. He recognized it was Sakura and frowned.
"Okay I'll be there soon.." he said.
"Hai." They both hung up as Syaoran pulled up the the curve and parked his car. Sakura wasn't too far from he so he got out of his car and kind of ran to her.
"Sakura!" he yelled. Sakura looked up to see Syaoran running her way. She hasn't been any happier to see him. When Syaoran got up close to her, he saw tears streaking her cheeks.
"Oh Sakura." Sakura sniffled and bowed her head down. Syaoran couldn't help but to feel pained from seeing her like this. He pulled her into a hug and let her cry into his chest. Sakura held him by his waist and poured her heart out. Sakura wasn't only crying because she was dumped on her first date, but it reminded her of how Akihiro broke up with her. Right in the middle of the restuarant.
"Tell me Sakura, what happened?" Sakura sniffled again and calmed her crying. She took a deep breathe and started telling Syaoran what happened.
"He saw...another girl that reached his worthiness, as he said. And he left me right on the spot. Leaving with that girl." she trembled.
Syaoran hugged her tighter, and forced himself to put no pitty on her. She didn't deserve to be pitied. He didn't bother to ask her more of what happened, afraid that she would get more hurt.
"Syaoran...that's what my ex-boyfriend did to me. I loved him so much...and he did that to me." Syaoran got confused from her words. Was she opening up to him. Only after a few days knowing each other, she was opening up to him.
"I thought he loved me, Syaoran." she spat. She started crying again. Much harder than before. This hurt Syaoran, soo much. He kissed her forehead.
"You don't have to do this, Sakura..." he whispered to her. It was just her first date, and it turned out horrible. He wouldn't blame her for not going on. Suddenly she pulled back shaking her head.
"No...Tomoyo was right, I have to get over Akihiro." Syaoran touched her shoulder and looked intensly at her.
"Are you sure?" Sakura nodded and bit her lip.
"Yeah.." Syaoran smiled a bit and pulled her back into a hug. Sakura closed her eyes to his chest and sighed. She thought about what just happened and thought this was the weirdest thing. She has never really opened up to anyone but Tomoyo and Akihiro. But she felt safe with Syaoran. She felt as if he were trustworthy.
They started walking while hugging to Syaoran's car.
"Don't worry Sakura-chan, I'll do what I can to find you the perfect one." he said sighing. It broke his heart saying those words, and he didn't know why. Sakura smiled, only to the reason he said "Sakura-chan".
"We'll go to my place and have some hot cocoa and maybe talk some more. Or would you like to go home?" Sakura didn't have to think.
"I want to talk more." she said. Syaoran smiled.
"I want to get to know you better, Syaoran. I feel like I can trust you." she said smiling.
"I'm glad you do. I would love to get to know you better too." Syaoran helped her into the car and shut the door. Syaoran quickly got to his side and got in.
"I think we'll be really good friends!" Sakura said once he got in the car. Syaoran smiled his smile but frowned deep inside.
'Friends...if that's all we can be, then let it be....' he thought sadly. 'Only for your happiness...'
"I won't let anyone hurt you Sakura..." he said aloud. Not realzing he did. Sakura looked at him and kind of gasped.
"Arigatou..." she said shyly while blushing. Syaoran was blushing as well...
"It's true..."
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that's enough for this chapter....sheesh did i write a lot! man, this is one long chapter. longer than my usual ones. I guess i'm really liking this story but anyways..
i'm going to reexplain Syaoran's little confusing speech there. About the whole dating thing. This is if you didn't get it.
Okay this is what happens....when guys sign up for this thing, they are interviewed like Sakura was. But Sakura gets to choose, not the guys. The guys only have to agree. But Sakura only chooses the guys that have the same interests as she does in her file. So they won't be totally different. They will be different in opinions and everything, but will have some alikes. Sakura only gets to choose out of the guys who have the same interests in them. If they run out of guys who are seemed to have more things in common, they start reaching out to others. So yeah...i hope that made it more understandable.
translations:
kawaii or kawaiier- meaning cute or something like that
moshi- Syaoran's way for answering the phone. It's usually Moshi Moshi, which means hello for phone.
chibi- small
Konnichiwa- good afternoon
hai-yes
arigatou- thank you
onegai-please..
well i guess that's it! I really hope you liked that chapter! I had fun writing this long mofo...haha anyways...Review onegai??? I would love it if ya did. Let's say if i get 5 or more reviews, i'll continue!
arigatou!
~LiLDraGoNGuRL28...aka May
