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Surfacing Memories

Chapter Five

Sakura's POV

"Sakura! Sakura!"

... who is it?

"Sakura!"

... Syaoran?

"Syaoran..."

"Sakura! Are you awake? H-Hold on!

I... Where am I...?

Slowly and painfully, a pair of emerald eyes forced themselves open before immediately shutting, unable to adjust to the bright light.

"ah."

Wincing, Sakura lifted a hand to cover her eyes before reopening them once more. Taking great care not to move too quickly, she lifted one of her fingers just a little as to let only a fragment of light slip into her vision.

She resisted the urge to let her heavy eyelids fall back down into restful slumber, Sakura pushed herself, lifting another fingers.

"Ah!"

Her eyes snapped shut in pain.

What's wrong with me? What's wrong with my eyes?

"Sakura! What's wrong!"

Heavy footsteps padded over to her.

"Syaoran...?"

She lifted her hands in search of his face.

"..... Sakura...."

Guiding her hands in his, Syaoran brought it to his face.

"What's wrong? Open your eyes."

A thin trickle of water fell from the corner of her eyes, "I-I can't."

Sakura could feel the worry in his voice, "What? Sakura what do you..."

"The light."

She felt him shift up away from her, releasing her hands from his, but Sakura immediately tried grabbing at him... only to meet the cold, empty air.

"Syaoran!"

He was next to her again, quietly soothing her, "Sh... I'll be right back."

After her hesitant nod, Sakura could sense that he had once again left.

"Sakura... try opening your eyes now."

Willing her eyes at first, then forcing them open, Sakura let her emerald orbs peek out at the world in small slits.

"Ah..."

Eyes fully open to the world now, Sakura looked around frantically, "What? I-I can't see...! Where are you, Syaoran?!"

"It's ok. I just turned off all the lights. I'm going to turn on a small lamp in the corner now... ok?"

Sakura shook her head furiously, hands grappling in the air while a few more tears slid down her cheeks, "Syaoran, where are you?!"

"Right here," his face was warm as he led her hand to his cheek. "Don't worry. Calm down."

After taking in a few deep breaths, Sakura nodded once more, wondering how Syaoran could see her in the darkness, "Ok... go turn on the lamp..."

Instantly regretting her words as his presence once again left her, Sakura let out a small whimper.

Syaoran...

Click.

A small... a small, hazy, glowing orb appeared in the corner of her vision and she turned towards it but could not make out anything else...

... the light hurt her eyes.

"Can you see the lamp? Does it hurt?"

"I-I can't see clearly... it hurts... AH!"

Pressing her fingers to her face once again, Sakura begged Syaoran to turn the light off, "D-Don't bring it nearer! T-Turn it off! Please!"

"Sakura!"

The circle of yellow was gone and Syaoran was next to her now.

"Sakura... can you see my hand?"

"Your hand? How can I see your hand? Aren't all the lights off?"

"Sakura... I'm going to call a doctor..."

"Wait!"

Her arms flailed at the area he had been kneeling at only moments ago, "What's going on? Syaoran? Tell me! Why can't I see? How can you see?"

She felt him press his lips to her hands, "Do you want to know?"

"... yes..."

He sighed before whispering, "Don't be scared ok? You're going to be alright."

"Just tell me."

"Sakura... the 'lamp' I just turned on... was it far away from you?"

"It... must have been at the end of the room... Syaoran, where am I?"

"... in my living room."

Sakura gazed at where his voice was coming from, "Is it night already? Is that why there is no light? Did you draw all the curtains up?"

"Sakura... the lamp was actually a flashlight..."

"That's nice, Syaoran? What's your point?"

"... It was my most powerful flashlight and... and I was shining it right at your eyes..."

"... Syaoran..."

She could feel his warm embrace around her, "Sakura... don't be scared."

"Are all the lights off?"

"... no... there's still one on... it's right next to you..."

Her hysterics were cut off by his hands gently covering her mouth, "Shh... Sakura don't panic. It'll be ok. I'm going to call a doctor... alright?"

Sakura swallowed hard, then nodded.

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Syaoran's POV

Quietly drawing the doctor out of the room, Syaoran forced his voice to be as calm as he could manage, "How is she?"

When he received no response from the elderly man, Syaoran nearly screamed.

"How is she?"

"You said she was nearly hit by lightening?" the doctor had on bifocals and his gray eyebrows were knotted together in what appeared to be some deep thought.

What...

"Yes."

What does... What does that have to do with anything?

A firm hand was placed on his shoulder as Takanaka-sensei looked at him solemnly, "I believe her... condition was caused because she was staring at the lightening far to closely. It most likely flashed before her eyes... causing her state of blindness and her body's rebellion to light."

"What does that mean? Will... will she be like this... forever?" Syaoran was panicking.

It's my entire fault. If I hadn't ignored her... if I hadn't met her at all... If... If... Sakura... If I... If...

"Calm down!" his thoughts were interrupted by the doctor as his amber eyes were met with concerned brown ones. "There is a chance that she may recover."

Syaoran's head snapped up in hope, "How...?"

"There really is nothing we can do..."

His shoulders slowly began to slump down.

"But... there is a possibility that her eye's state will only be temporary."

Nodding slowly, Syaoran took in a deep breath before meeting the old man eye to eye, "What do I have to do?"

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Normal POV

Syaoran silently slipped back into the room Sakura was in. In truth, it wasn't all that dark, but he let Sakura think it was only lit by a few candles.

"Sakura."

Her head turned in his direction and a small smile appeared on her face, "Syaoran! Where have you been? What did the doctor say?"

"Well..." Syaoran gathered his courage. "See... there is a chance that you will recover."

"... I see... so that means I'll get better soon?"

He walked over to her and sat down on the sofa she was sitting at, "No... There is only a 50 chance that you will fully recover but..."

"Tell me... Syaoran... tell me."

"There is a 50 chance that you'll be blind... forever..."

Syaoran was gazing at her desperately, trying to think of words of comfort, "B-But you know! This doctor may be wrong, I'll call someone else and-"

"How long."

Slightly surprised that he had been cut off Syaoran could only answer, "What?"

Sakura's head turned towards his once again and there was a determined expression on her face, "How long until I know whether I'll be one or the other?"

"... one week..."

To be continued...

I am SO evil that I'm just going to leave you here. - See? I'm smart like this. If you don't review I won't fix Sakura's dilemma! MUAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

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sensei – suffix referring to teacher or in this case, a suffix describing "doctor."