Disclaimer: This author does not own Card Captor Sakura.
Dedication: To Anais, thanks for all the praises, you have no idea how happy you make me feel.
BEYOND ALL WORDS
Chapter Three
hitokiri_tomoe
Syaoran's feet were bolted to the floor. But it didn't stop his knees from shaking. He has never seen anybody with eyes like that girl's. They were green and shone with so much life. But there was also an underlying sadness within those orbs. There were whole worlds in those eyes, and he felt himself getting lost in them. The girl's eyes grew questioning, but she didn't speak. And yet her smile never left her face. He shook himself and forced himself to speak. His first attempt wasn't successful for no words came to his lips. He cleared his throat and tried again.
"K-konnichiwa. Ore wa, Li Syaoran desu. N-namaeo wa?"
The girl only smiled at him, and it was Syaoran's turn to question her with his amber eyes. The girl rose and faced him. She was wearing the Tomoeda High uniform, yet, he has never seen her before. With a smile she pointed to herself. She ran with light feet towards an open window. She motioned towards a cherry blossom tree.
Syaoran was puzzled. "Nani?"
She repeated the same motions.
"Cherry blossoms?" he said. The girl smiled but shook her head.
"Cherry… Sakura?" At this, the girl beamed and clapped her hands.
"Your name is Sakura?" she nodded, then suddenly, without any warning, she put her arms around his neck. Syaoran was bewildered, but he sort of liked the feeling. This girl's hug wasn't possessive, unlike Meilin's. Too quickly though, the hug ended, and they stood facing each other, she with her lustrous green eyes and he with his amber ones. They stood like that for a few seconds before Syaoran remembered to talk.
"Uhh… you can't speak?" he said, and immediately wished that he could kick himself.
'Duh, that was brilliant, Syaoran, "you can't speak?" isn't that obvious? If she could speak, she would have introduced herself by talking. You are such a dunce.'
His thoughts were interrupted by the look in the girl's eyes. The underlying sadness which he had seen earlier seemed to engulf her eyes.
"G-gomennasai, Sakura-san. I didn't mean---" but she waved his apologies away with a slight returning of her good mood. She looked around and then got a pen and paper from a bag that he didn't know was there. She quickly scribbled on a piece of paper and handed it to him.
Gomennasai. I forgot I had a pen and paper exactly for this sort of thing.
Syaoran looked up to see that the girl was giving him an apologetic smile. He smiled reassuringly in reply.
My full name is Kinomoto Sakura. I am a Junior in this school, like you.
"How come I never see you here?"
She scribbled again. Tomoeda is large, Li-kun, and our classrooms are quite far away. I, however, have seen you before.
She was smiling at him as she scribbled another note.
Why did you come here, Li-kun?
He was startled for awhile, because he had nearly forgotten why he was there in the first place.
"Ah… the music. I wanted to hear the music." She raised an eyebrow but she looked as if she were laughing.
If you want, I can play for you. He looked up with startled and grateful eyes at Kinomoto Sakura.
"If—if it's okay with you?"
The girl nodded brightly and immediately took her seat in front of the piano. The same sad music filled the room at once. Syaoran let his mind drift with the music…
'It's strange. This girl seems to be so cheerful, and yet also sad. Her music alone attests to the fact that she has been through a terrible ordeal. What could it mean?'
He looked at Sakura wistfully.
'I don't know what the matter is, but I will make everything alright for you.'
The music stopped. He clapped his hands.
"That was beautiful Kinomoto-san. Doumo arigatou gozaimasu." He took her hand and kissed it. He heard her gasp in surprise and her expression was startled.
"Just a little gesture of appreciation, princess." He said with a mischievous little smile on his lips.
The door suddenly opened and the guy Syaoran had seen yesterday stepped in.
"Sakura, are you done with---" he stopped when he saw Syaoran.
He smiled. His smile was not unlike Sakura's but it was gentler. "I see we have a guest. Konnichiwa. Ore wa Kinomoto Yukito desu. Sakura-chan no oniichan."
Syaoran bowed before introducing himself. Yukito nodded in reply.
After a moment of silence, Syaoran spoke. "I'm afraid I have to leave now, Kinomoto-san"
He bowed to each of them. But before he could get out the door, Yukito held his hand, stopping him for a brief moment.
"Arigatou Gozaimasu, Li-san," he said in a voice they were both sure Sakura couldn't hear. Yukito then let him go, and he walked away with a puzzled expression on his face.
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To be continued...
Author's note: About Yukito being Sakura's brother, well, Yukito has a more pleasing personality than our Touya, so I chose him for the job of taking care of Sakura. His temperament is more suited for the job, and if I use Touya, it would be too out of character.