What is love?
Summary: Still in depression from her breakup with her boyfriend, Sakura meets Syaoran in unusual circumstances. Will love blossom between the 2 individuals who don't believe in love? SS, TE
Legend:
- words - refers to thoughts
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In the last chapter..."Come in." A tired voice boomed from inside.
She took in a deep breath and prepared herself.
Sakura entered the room and barely stopped herself from gasping.
"Eriol!?"
Chapter 2 – Making enemies"Sakura-chan? What are you doing here? I though you are a secretary already?" Eriol asked, surprised.
"Eh, well... I've broke up with Andy and so would like to avoid meeting him again. So I've quit my old job and am here before you!" Sakura replied, trying to sound as happy as she could.
"Oh I see… I sensed that he didn't really like you and was cheating on you but I couldn't be sure about this and didn't want you to be distressed, so I didn't tell you about this. But I should have known..." Eriol said angrily.
"Are you alright now?"
"Eh... Of course! Anyway, what are you doing here?" Sakura asked, trying to change the topic.
"Ano... Sakura-chan... Do you remember that I told you that I'm working in the Li's Company for my friend?" Eriol asked as he gave Sakura one of his have-you-forgotten-already looks.
"Eh, yeah. Huh? This is the Li's company?! Opps... Sorry, I did not realize what company it was when I came in." Sakura replied slightly blushing.
"Oh really, then I guess I shouldn't hire you since you don't even know what company you are applying for?" Eriol said jokingly.
"Hey, that was mean!" Sakura protested.
"Oh well, anyway, you absolutely have no idea how happy I am to see you here." Eriol replied breaking the awkward silence then threatened to follow while sinking into his chair.
"Why?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Oh Eriol, your eyes are like two endless pools, captivating me." At this, Eriol made a gagging sound.
"If it wasn't because I'm unable to cope with the workload... I would never subject myself to such torture!" Eriol continued.
Sakura sniggered at him and replied, "Then shall I seduce you too? My beloved."
"Whatever. Anyway let's get down to business and not waste anymore time. Well where's your resume? Though we know each other already, there'll be no privileges." Eriol stated.
"Yes... I don't want to get my job by pulling strings. Here's my resume." Sakura replied while taking out her resume from her bag.
"I'm Kinomoto Sakura and I'm hoping to get a job as a secretary in this company. I believe that I have the ability to help the company to do even better than it is doing now. Rest assured that if I'm hired, I will work for the company to the best of my abilities. You can refer to my resume and I'm confident of my abilities." Sakura introduced herself formally and skillfully.
Eriol merely nodded his head and proceeded to ask her questions.
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Sakura sighed as she reached home. Her interview with Eriol had gone by rather successfully and he had asked her to wait for his call if she was hired. She didn't know why, but she was deadbeat. The minute she entered her room, she fell onto her bed, fast asleep.
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Another day had passed by again. She had a very high chance -- 99 according to Eriol, of getting the job as the applicants so far had failed to impress him, horribly in fact. However, she had continued to look for jobs in the newspapers just in case a better person had turned up after her.
"Not a single suitable job? Sheesh! What luck!" Sakura gave an exasperated sigh.
A telephone ring alerted her. - Must be Naoko-chan telling me she's staying out again.-
"Moshi moshi? Naoko-chan?" Sakura asked in a lazy tone.
"Nah… I'm Eriol. I have called to inform you that you have been officially hired by the Li's company to be Hiiragizawa Eriol's secretary. Omedaeto!
Like I expected, all the other interviewees were farrr from the mark, except for a few. But they are nowhere as good as you. Glad that you will be working for me Sakura-chan!" Eriol said smiling at the other end of the phone.
"Hontou?! I'm hired?" Sakura asked excitedly. She couldn't believe her ears, she had been hired!
"Yup, you are." Eriol smiled, knowing that she would be thrilled.
"Yatta!!" Sakura screamed, jumping around the phone. "When can I start work?"
"Well, you can start tomorrow if you want. You are supposed to report to work at 9 am everyday. But you have to report to work at around 8 tomorrow as I'm going to show you around the company and introduce you to other people and show you what are you suppose to do for your work. In this company, I'm so called the second most important person so you'll have to work extra hard," Eriol explained.
"Okay, then I'll meet you at 8am tomorrow." Sakura confirmed.
"Oh yeah, and to make sure you don't oversleep, have at least 5 alarm clocks beside you okay? Eriol said smirking, knowing full well that she would oversleep otherwise. "Oh , how is Keroberous doing?"
"Hey! That is mean! I don't oversleep now! Eh well, I guess I won't, hehe... Well Kero is fine. He is at Yukito's house and will be returning in another few days I think." Sakura replied.
"Well anyway I have work to do. So I'll see you tomorrow then!"
"Ok! Ja ne!"
Sakura was still in shock. This was her second job.
"I can't believe that I'm that lucky!" Sakura exclaimed.
Just then, the phone rang again.
- I wonder who is it now -
"Moshi Moshi?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura-chan! Gomen, I'm not able to come home today as I have work to do and have to stay at my office. So you don't have to wait up for me. Gomen ne…" Naoko apologized.
"Oh well, it is okay. Anyway Naoko-chan, I have…" Sakura was cut off halfway.
"Ah! Gomen ne Sakura-chan, I have to go now. Tell me tomorrow okay? Oyasumi" Naoko said in a rushed tone as she hung up the phone.
"..."
- Never mind, I guess I'll tell her about it tomorrow - Sakura thought happily.
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Sakura couldn't really sleep that night as she was too excited about tomorrow. Soon she fell asleep dreaming about what she would do tomorrow. She dreamt that she reported to work and Eriol was her boss. Then it changed to a person that looked awfully familiar to her and he swept her into his arms and just as he was about to kiss her...
All five of her alarm clocks rang.
"For crying out loud!" Sakura yelled frustrated. She wanted to see what would happen next, but thinking of her job, she pulled herself up and dressed herself in record time to go to work. It was within walking distance, so she set off 30 minutes early not wanting to make a bad impression and to impress Eriol.
She barely stepped one step out of her house when an arm grabbed hers.
"What on Earth?! Li, let go of me! You two-timing bastard! We are through! You still dare to come here after what you have done to me!" Sakura yelled pulling her arm free from Andy. (A/N: please note that there is no typo in the above sentence.)
"Wait Sakura! I'm sorry about that day. It's all Cassie's fault, she seduced me. I wanted to explain to you today at work but I heard that you'd quit so I came here to speak to you." Andy tried in vain to explain.
"It's Kinomoto to you. Am I supposed to feel honored? You think I will fly back into your arms again?" Sakura asked sarcastically. She quickly continued, "The answer is NEVER! Li, if you really loved me, nothing that bitch did would have changed your loyalty to me. I'm in a hurry now so get lost! We are over!"
"Sakura... I'm really sorry. Can't we patch things up?" Andy asked, making a last attempt.
"No. You should have known what the outcome would be the minute you cheated on me. Don't you ever appear in front of me again and bother me. I don't wish to see your face." Sakura replied coldly as she walked away ignoring him.
"Sakura... Someday, you'll be crawling back to me! I swear!" Andy said in a low and eerie voice.
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"Sakura-chan! I can't believe that you're actually early for once! Hold on please, I'll just settle a few documents and I'll take you around the office and introduce you to everyone. You can sit at the sofa at the corner there and have a cup of coffee or tea." Eriol said in a surprised tone.
"Alright." Sakura replied while sitting on the sofa waiting.
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"Okay, I'm done. We can go now." Eriol said after a while.
Eriol led her outside the room where all the workers were and introduced Sakura.
"Everybody, this is Kinomoto Sakura and she will be my new secretary. Please be nice to her and give her your help if she needs it as she's new to the job."
"Konnichiwa, I'm Kinomoto Sakura, yoroshikun oneigaishimasu!" Sakura introduced herself cheerfully.
"Welcome here, Kinomoto-san. Pleased to meet you!" Everybody greeted her.
After chatting with the workers for a while, Eriol led her into an office with a plate saying 'Li Meiling' on the door.
Eriol knocked on the door and a voice came.
"Come in".
Eriol opened the door, motioned for Sakura to enter before entering the room himself.
"Ohayo Meiling! This is Sakura Kinomoto and she is my new secretary. This is Li Meiling. She's cousin to my boss and friend, Li Syaoran and is the third most important person here!" Eriol introduced them.
- Wow, she is such a beauty! - Sakura admired her in her heart.
"Hi! I'm Meiling. Nice to meet you!" Meiling greeted kindly.
"I'm Sakura, and I'm going to need your guidance! Hope we can get along well!" Sakura replied in an eager tone, she could tell that they are going to get along very well.
"Me too!" Meiling replied.
"Well got to go, going to bring Sakura around the company as she might get lost." Eriol cut them off.
"Hey! I'm not so blur that I'd lose my way!" Sakura protested.
"You never know..." Eriol replied while smirking.
"Hmph!"
"Well, let's go. Ja Meiling! See you in the meeting later." Eriol said.
"You have a meeting later?" Sakura asked.
"Yup, it starts at 9, so let's hurry." Eriol replied as he opened the door, waiting for Sakura to go out.
"Alright, ja Li-san!" Sakura said as she approached the door.
Eriol showed her around the Li's company and soon it was 8.50a.m.
"I'm sorry, Sakura-chan. I have to leave now. Please explore the building by yourself while I'm at the meeting. I'll tell you what you'll be doing when I come back. Oh yeah, I have forgotten to introduce you the boss! Oh well, I will introduce him to you later, ja ne!" Eriol apologized.
"Well never mind, sorry to bother you. I…Ahh!!" Sakura exclaimed as she slipped on a pen and fell.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Eriol asked concerned as he caught her.
"Yeah, I guess so. Sorry for that." Sakura apologized while trying to stand up. "I'm fine, so just go to your meeting."
"Okay then. See you later! Ja!" Eriol said as he rushed off.
Sakura continued her walk around the office. It was very big, that she had to admit, several times bigger than her former office. She might really get lost in here like Eriol had mentioned.
"Hey you bitch!" A rough voice suddenly shouted out of nowhere.
A few seconds later, 3 pairs of hands pulled her into the nearby deserted corner.
"Wha...t? What have I done?" Sakura asked fear evident in her eyes.
-It's my first day here and without doing anything, people hate me? - Sakura thought.
"Don't act dumb. We saw you trying to seduce Eriol. You may look innocent but we know that deep down you are actually a slut. Trying to steal Eriol away from us. Eriol has never been this good to girls before except for his best buddy's cousin, Meiling. This is your last warning whore. Touch Eriol and you'll be sorry." A woman with brown hair threatened.
"Eh? Seduce Eriol? Whenever did I do that?" Sakura asked confused.
- Wow, Eriol-kun seems to be quite popular.- Sakura thought secretly
"You pretended to fall so that he would touch and hug you and you still dare to say you never seduced him, you bitch! Remember our names, I'm Serika Matsuura, the brown-haired one's Maki Tamaki, and she's Ami Kirisawa. We'll be making your stay in this company hell if you dare to lay a finger on Eriol again!" Serika said with a sly smile.
"And just to serve as a reminder darling, look at your desk later." Ami said, smirking.
The trio pushed Sakura as they walked on. Sakura felt herself falling, falling and falling. Yet, something was stopping her fall. Surprised she turned around only to face...
End of Chapter 2
Hehe... Hmm... Who could it be? Stay tuned to the next chapter to find out! Remember to review! And thanks again for the reviews we received for the last chapter. You know who you are!