"Hello?"
"Hey, is this Sakura?"
"Yeah, who's speaking?"
"Syaoran,"
"….."
"Uh ,listen, could you do me a favor…."
I'll Save Myself
Chapter 2: Repetition
Disclaimer: I Don't own CCS, or the characters, but I do oven the characters that I made up, which are Masami and Dean, and I own this plot cause I made it up!
Sakura wasn't intimidated by Syaoran finally. Her voice was dull, showing no anger, but no excitement either. What did Syaoran want this time? She listened to Syaoran's voice carefully, just wanting him to get to the point already. When she found out what he wanted, she finally snapped.
"…tonight I broke up with Masami and I was wondering if you knew any good tips…like if you have some advice for me to make me feel better," Syaoran asked from the other end of the phone line. His voice was very hopeful, knowing that Sakura was probably good with that kind of stuff.
Sakura narrowed her eyes and sat up from her slouched position on her bed. "Advice?" she mimicked him angrily, "Yeah, I have some! Keep your freakin' promises! If you make plans with someone, don't break them! And I have one thing to say to you about Masami! I don't care!" she screamed into the phone and threw the phone back onto the receiver, leaving Syaoran to listen to the beeping of disconnection.
How could he be so calm about everything??? He doesn't even notice how everyone always makes exceptions for him. He can always cancel something whenever he wants to, and we're supposed to be okay with it!!! Sakura screamed in her mind as she lay back on her pillow again. Right now she really felt the urge to rip it apart.
Syaoran blinked and stared stupidly at his phone, recovering from the shock of Sakura yelling at him. Her words echoed in his head, repeating over and over…Sakura's mad at me, Masami broke up with me…what else will go wrong?
~~~~~ Next day at school~~~~~
"Hey," Syaoran greeted a few girls as he stepped into first period. He grinned at them, truly happy. After staying up for half the night, Syaoran just decided that he would apologize to Sakura and everything would be fine. She would probably understand…so he thought. He took his seat in the back row of the class and waited for Sakura to arrive. He didn't have to wait long; Sakura came running through the door right before the bell rang. She sighed and headed for her seat as well. Syaoran gave Sakura a small smile as she passed, only to receive, not a smile to mach his, but a glare that could burn a hole through the wall behind him. Whoa…guess she's still mad…maybe I need another plan, Syaoran thought and slouched back into his chair, trying not to anger Sakura even more. Throughout the period, Syaoran continued to think about how to get Sakura to forgive him. He didn't even notice when the teacher called on him.
"Would you please tell the class how to find the answer to number 6?" Ms. Strife asked in a polite but strict voice. It was easy to tell that it was an order, not a request. Waiting for Syaoran's response, she looked over the rim of her glasses and frowned. "Li Syaoran? Are you with us? Do try your best to use your voice when you tell us the answer," she said sarcastically.
The rest of the class turned to face Syaoran, all watching him as he dully stared off into space, oblivious to anything in the class.
"Okay then, Li Syaoran, you will stay in at three o'clock and have detention," Ms. Strife hissed, finally catching Syaoran's attention.
"Huh? Oh, what? Detention?" Syaoran muttered, not sure what was happening.
Sakura rolled her eyes and leaned over to the desk next to her, "That Li thinks he's good enough to ignore the teacher," she whispered to Tomoyo.
Ms. Strife whipped around from facing the board to face Sakura, "Excuse me Kinomoto? Did you have something to say?" she hissed, now very annoyed.
Sakura frowned and slowly spoke, "Um, no I was just helping a classmate with one of the proble-" she started to say but was interrupted.
"Don't play smart with me, you can join Li for detention this afternoon," Ms. Strife snapped and without another word continued with the class.
Sakura opened her mouth to say more, but closed it again, knowing that the best thing to do in this situation was stay quiet. Suddenly her eyes widened as she thought of being stuck in detention with Syaoran, when the other day she had yelled at him. The bell interrupted her thoughts, and she packed her bag quickly and got up to leave with Tomoyo.
"Li, Kinomoto, please see me for a moment," Ms. Strife called from the front of the room.
Sakura looked back and sighed, "I'll catch up later," she told her and walked back to the teacher, where Syaoran was also waiting.
"For your rude behavior in class this morning, both of you will receive detention until 4:30 today. I expect a two page report on why you shouldn't have acted like that on my desk by then. I'll see you at three o'clock," Ms. Strife said and then gestured for them to leave.
Sakura began to take the longer route to their next class, trying to avoid Syaoran, but Syaoran followed behind her.
"So I guess we'll be having detention together today. That's a little different than our usual outing, isn't it?" Syaoran said with a grin.
Sakura turned a corner and pushed open a door leading to another corridor, "Actually, I don't think we've been out on any 'outings' in the last few months, so you can't really say that," she hissed and swung the door back
Syaoran easily held the door open, despite the forceful shove Sakura had given it in his direction. He continued talking, "Well today will be a start, okay?"
Sakura rolled her eyes and muttered something about it being too late to start over, before arriving at the room for science.
~~~~~ Three o'clock ~~~~~
The bell for last period rang, and students gradually left the building. Sakura watched them from her seat next to the window in math class. Syaoran still wasn't there. The only noise was the clock ticking, the Sakura's pen scribbling her essay, and the continuous tapping against the table as Ms. Strife strummed her long fingernails, waiting impatiently for Syaoran to arrive.
As the clock ticked to 3:05, Syaoran knocked at the door. Sakura didn't even turn around, but Ms. Strife narrowed her eyes, "Come in," she boomed and stopped tapping her fingernails.
The doorknob slowly turned, clicked, and opened, and Syaoran walked inside. He then closed it again, and took his regular seat, a few rows behind Sakura.
"Take a different seat," Ms. Strife simply told him, much to Sakura's favor. She pointed her red nails to a desk on the complete opposite side of the room.
Syaoran got up again and took his assigned seat, and also began to write his essay.
Time passed, and by four o'clock, they were both done with writing their essays. Ms. Strife collected them, and sat back in her sat, reading them over. "Hmm….make good use of yourselves. Clap the erasers, wash and dry the board, and sweep the floor. It's the janitor's day off today, so you substitute," she said and walked to the back of the room. "Sponges are in the closet, you may use the water fountain to fill the bucket. I'll be back at 4:30," she said and left them alone.
Syaoran got up and opened the closet, picking up the sponges and bucket. "Do you want to fill the bucket, or should I?"
Sakura sighed and also got up, walking to the front of the board. "You. I'll clean the erasers," she dully said and picked up two chalky white erasers.
Syaoran nodded and left the room to get the water, leaving Sakura alone. Maybe she would survive this detention without having to talk to Syaoran. Maybe. There was only half an hour left. 30 minute left with Li Syaoran, and then I'm free, was the only thing that kept her mind off the choking smell of chalk rising as they were clapped out of the erasers.
Meanwhile, Syaoran went outside to fill the bucket in the water fountain by the soccer and cheerleading fields. As he turned the corner, he saw Masami and some guy by the fountain. Syaoran paused, but continued his trip to the water fountain.
Masami stopped talking, and waved at Syaoran, 'Oh, hello Syao! This is my new boyfriend, well, you know him already," She gestured towards the boy next to her, and batted her eyelashes.
Syaoran kept a straight face and nodded. He knew him alright; it was Dean, captian of the basketball team. He was also a senior. "That's nice,"
Dean nodded and ran his hand through his jet black hair, much like how Syaoran did. "Hey, what's up?" he asked and flashed a smile at Masami.
Syaoran frowned and gestured to the bucket. "Getting some water," he muttered.
Masami nodded, "Oh, I hope you're not mad about our breakup or anything. I mean, you have a new girlfriend too, right?"
Syaoran held in his breath. Oh great, now she's teasing me because I don't have a girlfriend. Well no, she's not smart enough to figure that out. She probably assumes I really have a girlfriend again! Syaoran thought quickly. He shifted his weight to his other foot, and nodded, "Yeah, I'm not mad, I've got a girlfriend too," he muttered.
Masami grinned, "That's good. Oh, who is she?"
Syaoran bit his lip, "Uh, who's who?"
Masami giggled, "Your new girlfriend silly,"
Syaoran continued to bite his lip even harder, and one word came out of his mouth, "Sakura,"
Masami grinned, "Really? That's nice. Oh, well we should get going, we have a date. See you around," she said and waved once more before leaving with Dean.
Syaoran nodded dumbly and filled the bucket. On the way back to the room his head pondered with dozen of thoughts and questions. Now what? What will I tell Sakura? Why didn't I say someone else? Any girl would die to be my girlfriend, but Sakura's still mad at me…she'll never agree to this. What can I do?!?! He asked himself until he found himself back in the room, where Sakura was still clapping the erasers.
Sakura glanced towards him, emotionlessly, before returning to her work. Syaoran placed the bucket on the floor by the board, and started to wash it. As he edged closer to the side where Sakura was, he calmly started a conversation. "So Sakura…I'm sorry about the other day,"
Sakura snorted and continued clapping.
"Uh, and I was wondering if there was anything I could do to make it up to you. Really. Anything," Syaoran said truthfully.
Sakura stopped clapping and turned towards him slowly. "Oh, now you're sorry? Huh? Now you are? Well to bad for you," she hissed and threw one of the erasers she hadn't cleaned yet at Syaoran, hitting him in the front of his shirt, marking the spot with a white rectangular shape.
She moved closer to him with two more erasers, and slammed them against the sides of him head. "Well you know what? Actualy, there is something you can do. Stay away from me forever!" She hissed and stared into his eyes.
Syaoran flinched, but suddenly a single thought came to mind. "Okay Sakura, but you have to pretend to be my girlfriend. Then, I'll stay away from you,"
Sakura blinked, "No thank you, I don't accept,"
Syaoran went back to washing the board, "Fine, then I guess you're stuck with me forever," he said casually. Deep inside him, he knew he had her cornered, and she would have to accept.
Sakura watched him, angrily. "Fine," she muttered after a minute.
Syaoran grinned and handed her a sponge. "Good. Now help me wash the board, and then we'll sweep the floor,"
Authoresses note: Ooh, Syaoran's smart, eh? Hehehe, anyways review!!!