LOOKSMART
chapter nine part b
AN: Just got a job in the fast food industry =P So I haven't been able to really work on it. But now that it's the weekend and school is almost over there really isn't much to do... But I have been writing some ideas and stuff like that in my creative writing class, so this chapter kind of went smoother since I wasn't making everything up right on the spot =P
And I would also like to thank people who reviewed the first part of chapter eight!! yes if you didn't know this is the second part!!
Special thanks to: PURPLE-DRAGON-IRIS, Sakura-Blossom12, summer lover, forestfairy, Chibi Ijin, hikaru-wings, Please Insert Name Here (i assure you this is the name the reviewer left!!), and Reiko Samidare.
I would also like to thank all the other people who reviewed, but I never really had time to mention. I'll try to do this for every story just to let everyone know I AM grateful for their support. Oh yeh, dont mind the grammatical errors, I hate proofreading!! =P
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Sakura checked herself out in the full-length mirror. She turned from side to side making sure she was pleased with the way she looked from every angle. She wore a simple light blue halter top with a short white pleaded skirt and her feet were adorned with cute light blue strappy sandals. Her head tilted to the side as she glanced one more time in the mirror.
'This is different from what I usually wear,' she thought playing with the ruffles of the skirt. Suddenly, she remembered her closet filled with sweats and plain old T-shirts. 'Geez,' she thought as she began to admire Meilin's taste in "girl-ish" clothing. After all, these were in fact her clothing she was wearing. That was the reason for them going to his apartment in the first place.
Sakura touched her cheeks as she felt them burn. She remembered the way Li had behaved with her just moments ago. The way he looked at her, the way she could feel his warmth without their bodies even touching. Sakura sat down on the edge of Meiling's bed. Thinking about him... somehow... made it harder to breathe and the strength in her legs vanish. She needed a moment to calm down, to analyze what she was feeling. Her thoughts were interrupted by loud raps on the door.
"Hey! You done yet?" He yelled from the other side of the door. With a hint of annoyance and impatience in his voice. Sakura squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth. From whatever she "thought" she might've felt for him disappeared into thin air.
"Shut up Li-baka!! I'll take as long as I want to!!" She replied, suddenly fuming with anger. Only he could piss her off to this degree. Sakura quickly picked up her uniform from the floor and stuffed it in her school bag. She walked to the door and hesitantly placed her hand on the door knob. 'What if... I look... ridiculous?' she suddenly thought. She didn't know how to dress like a "girl", what was cute or what looked best on her. Sakura always had Tomoyo to help her pick out clothes.
"Tomoyo," she whispered to herself. Anger, confusion, betrayal, she felt them in one instance and more.
"Stop taking your sweet time!!" Li yelled banging on the door. "Honestly, why do girls take so damn long just to look average..." He muttered to himself but she had heard it anyway.
"Will you shut up?!" Sakura screamed as she opened the door. "I'm tired of hearing you whine like a little baby! If I wasn't in the right state of mind I would kick you where the sun don't shine!"
But Li only stared at her as she yelled. "What are you looking at?!" she asked in a condescending tone. He simply replied...
"Your boobies."
"Eh?!" What? she thought in her mind. Her face turning more red than a chili pepper. She crossed her arms over chest as an immediate reflex. Sakura suddenly felt insecure about her body.
"Well, if you must know, our school uniform makes you look a bit flat-chested. But seeing you wear that top... it's clear you have some boobs." Sakura looked at Li in mortification. How emberassing!! she thought. "But," he continued, "it would be nice if they were a cup size bigger." Li used his hands to demonstrate the size of a nice full chest.
WHACK!!
Before he could say another word Sakura smacked him in the back of his head.
"Baka!" She turned her face, red with emberassment. "Let's just go before it gets too late!" Leaving Li on the floor with a big gruise on the back of his head.
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"All right, so for tonight I want everybody to finish reading the first three chapters of 'The Great Gatsby'." The teacher continued to talk about the rest of the assignment as if Tomoyo ever cared. She looked over the empty seat next to her with concern. She wondered where Sakura had gone. Tomoyo then looked at the empty seat behind Sakura's.
"Li," she sighed under her breath. Tomoyo thought how much he changed since the first time she met him. 'That family,' she thought then shaking her head. All thoughts of Li and Eriol were forcefully pushed out of her mind. What she has to worry about now is Sakura.
Sakura, her best friend... no, she was more than that. She was her lifesaver. When she felt all was lost Sakura would unknowingly lead her back the right path. For the time being Tomoyo was sane, she was able to smile again. But what could've happened so suddenly for her to act that way?
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"Sakura??" Tomoyo seemed so lost and confused.
"Don't touch me, just leave me alone!" Sakura screamed.]
Tomoyo felt a slight pain in her chest when she remembered Sakura's cold stare and hateful voice. She didn't know what she would do if they weren't friends anymore. Just even trying to imagine a world without Sakura was more than she could ever bear.
Walking out of the classroom she stared at the white tiled floor as she headed towards her locker. Tomoyo had hoped when she reached her locker, she would see Sakura's smiling face. Of course it was naive of her to think such a thing could happen, but she had hoped anyway.
As she found her way to her locker she noticed a distinct presence. Her brows furrowed to the center as she lifted her head and their eyes met. Tomoyo walked passed him and opened her locker, wishing he would go away
"You shouldn't worry about her." Eriol spoke. "If Sakura's with Li, and I have a feeling she is, nothing is going to happen to her." Hearing that, Tomoyo felt relieved. No matter what's happened in the past, or how much he's changed, Li is still the same old Li. That's about the only thing she can trust about them. Tomoyo closed her locker as she headed out for the next class.
"Still won't talk to me?" Eriol questioned following his beloved. They were now walking side by side. Eriol's eyes fell upon her face, trying to burn the image into his mind. 'So beautiful...,' he thought letting out a sigh. Being able to stand next to her but to not touch her, was a cruel punishment.
"Whether you'd like to believe it or not," he began, "everything I have done from the moment we first met has been for you." Tomoyo glanced up seeing his sad expression. His eyes no longer had a brilliant shine to it, it was dull and seemed so tired.
[FLASHBACK: "The eyes are a window to your soul. They can never lie, but only show
you the true nature of a person." He stared into her eyes as he finally turned over the
canvas.
"T-That's me??" She questioned. Leaning forward to examine it more closely.
"Of course it is," he replied with a gentle smile, leaving her heart pounding and knees weak.
"You mad me look so beautiful!" She giggled.
"Of course," he replied again with a more serious tone. "You're the most beautiful creature I
have ever seen." Eriol leaned in as he cupped her chin. Their lips touched as a wave of warmth
took over Tomoyo's whole body.]
Suddenly remembering that, she felt concerned for Eriol. His eyes were so lifeless, but as quickly as she remembered that tender moment; her feeling of concern disappeared. She wouldn't let herself fall for his charm anymore, she didn't want to get hurt. It's good that he's hurting she told herself.
"From the moment we first met, everything you did, everything you said, your promises.... they were all lies." She stopped in front of her next period classroom and finally looked him in the eyes. "Besides, the Tomoyo standing before you now is much different from the Tomoyo you first met. Do you still love me even though I loathe you with every fiber of my being?"
"Very much so." Eriol grinned. "I'll never give up on you Tomoyo. I said I love you and I mean it. I also love the part of you that hates me. Even now, as you're thinking about ten different ways to kill me, I'm thinking about ten different ways to make you mine again."
"Why can't you leave me alone?" Tomoyo fumed. "If you love me so damn much then honor my wish and go away. Go find some other girl to annoy with your love crap."
"One day Tomoyo, I'll earn your trust and love back." Eriol smiled once more and walked down the hall. Tomoyo stood there until the image of his backside disappeared.
"Jerk," she muttered before entering the class.
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"I can't believe I kept my eyes open!" Li yawned as they walked out of the theater. While Sakura on the other hand walked out teary eyed.
"That was so beautiful! The way they said good bye to each other like that... sniff sniff so touching!!" Sakura blew into a tissue and dried her eyes.
"You gotta be kidding me! That load of crap was beautiful?! Oh I love you, I love you too, no I love you more!" Li chuckled as he imitated the voices of the two main character from the movie. "They're all the same! They didn't even do IT once in the entire movie!"
"Baka! You don't need to have sex to know you're in love. Don't believe in love at first sight?"
"No, I don't. And of course you need to have sex to know if you're in love. I mean if you have sex with someone you think you're in love with but, afterwards you lose feelings for them then you know it's lust. If you have sex with them and you still love them, well... then you know it's for real. Having sex with someone you truly love can only bring two people closer together. It's a win-win situation."
"Of course a guy would think that way. You don't need to do that to prove you're in love with someone."
"Sure ya don't," Li said incredulously. "And what would you know about love Sakura?"
"I know plenty!!" Sakura retorted. "I mean, I am in love with Eriol, afterall..."
"No you're not." Li simply stated. He then rubbed his stomach as he heard growl and felt it rumble. "Let's get something to eat."
"What do you mean I don't love him?!?" Sakura asked in anger. Li ignored her question and grabbed her wrist as he dragged her into a restaraunt. She was about to start yelling at Li once she finally noticed what restaraunt they were in. "Hoe? So fancy!" Sakura smiled and squeeled like a little girl. This was a famous chinese cuisine restaraunt known throughout Japan. Just walking in it, hearing the music and seeing the decorations reminded her just how middle class she was.
"Could I get a table for two please?" Li asked the man standing at the podeum.
"You need reservations." The man replied without even looking up from the book that laid infront of him.
"Li?!" She said in a loud whisper. "Let's get out of here!" Sakura hid behind Li as she felt inadequate wearing such revealing clothes.
"Hey look Sakura, you made me watch that crappy movie, now I want something good to eat!"
"Baka!" She yelled. "Do you know where we are?! Even if we do get a table how the hell are we going to afford it?!"
"You worry too damn much! Now we're doing what I want to do!" Li yelled back. At this point they were both yelling at each other and had the entire restaraunt staring at them.
"Excuse me, will you please leave this establishment at once!" The neatly dressed man at the podeum finally looked up to the bickering teenagers. Li turned from Sakura and finally looked at the man.
"I said I want a table for two." Li stated firmly. The man had a shocked look on his face as he immediately bowed and apologized to Li for speaking to him in such a manner. "Hey, no problem," Li patted the shoulder of the man. "Can we get our table now? I'm getting really hungry now."
"Right away sir!!" He hurried into the restaraunt and suddenly kicked some people out in the middle of their dinner.
The old man who seemed to have such prestige and confidence just unexpectedly bowed to Li. When we first came in he didn't even bother looking at us, but now he's bending over backwards making sure our every need is met. Sakura found herself wondering what was going on or better yet just who exactly Li is.
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AN: What do you think? I'm putting more and more effort in these stories, so don't flame me too much if you think it sucks! Because I do take it sort of personally... anyway enough with the sentimental crap!! R&R!!!! Thanks, very much!!
chapter nine part b
AN: Just got a job in the fast food industry =P So I haven't been able to really work on it. But now that it's the weekend and school is almost over there really isn't much to do... But I have been writing some ideas and stuff like that in my creative writing class, so this chapter kind of went smoother since I wasn't making everything up right on the spot =P
And I would also like to thank people who reviewed the first part of chapter eight!! yes if you didn't know this is the second part!!
Special thanks to: PURPLE-DRAGON-IRIS, Sakura-Blossom12, summer lover, forestfairy, Chibi Ijin, hikaru-wings, Please Insert Name Here (i assure you this is the name the reviewer left!!), and Reiko Samidare.
I would also like to thank all the other people who reviewed, but I never really had time to mention. I'll try to do this for every story just to let everyone know I AM grateful for their support. Oh yeh, dont mind the grammatical errors, I hate proofreading!! =P
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Sakura checked herself out in the full-length mirror. She turned from side to side making sure she was pleased with the way she looked from every angle. She wore a simple light blue halter top with a short white pleaded skirt and her feet were adorned with cute light blue strappy sandals. Her head tilted to the side as she glanced one more time in the mirror.
'This is different from what I usually wear,' she thought playing with the ruffles of the skirt. Suddenly, she remembered her closet filled with sweats and plain old T-shirts. 'Geez,' she thought as she began to admire Meilin's taste in "girl-ish" clothing. After all, these were in fact her clothing she was wearing. That was the reason for them going to his apartment in the first place.
Sakura touched her cheeks as she felt them burn. She remembered the way Li had behaved with her just moments ago. The way he looked at her, the way she could feel his warmth without their bodies even touching. Sakura sat down on the edge of Meiling's bed. Thinking about him... somehow... made it harder to breathe and the strength in her legs vanish. She needed a moment to calm down, to analyze what she was feeling. Her thoughts were interrupted by loud raps on the door.
"Hey! You done yet?" He yelled from the other side of the door. With a hint of annoyance and impatience in his voice. Sakura squinted her eyes and gritted her teeth. From whatever she "thought" she might've felt for him disappeared into thin air.
"Shut up Li-baka!! I'll take as long as I want to!!" She replied, suddenly fuming with anger. Only he could piss her off to this degree. Sakura quickly picked up her uniform from the floor and stuffed it in her school bag. She walked to the door and hesitantly placed her hand on the door knob. 'What if... I look... ridiculous?' she suddenly thought. She didn't know how to dress like a "girl", what was cute or what looked best on her. Sakura always had Tomoyo to help her pick out clothes.
"Tomoyo," she whispered to herself. Anger, confusion, betrayal, she felt them in one instance and more.
"Stop taking your sweet time!!" Li yelled banging on the door. "Honestly, why do girls take so damn long just to look average..." He muttered to himself but she had heard it anyway.
"Will you shut up?!" Sakura screamed as she opened the door. "I'm tired of hearing you whine like a little baby! If I wasn't in the right state of mind I would kick you where the sun don't shine!"
But Li only stared at her as she yelled. "What are you looking at?!" she asked in a condescending tone. He simply replied...
"Your boobies."
"Eh?!" What? she thought in her mind. Her face turning more red than a chili pepper. She crossed her arms over chest as an immediate reflex. Sakura suddenly felt insecure about her body.
"Well, if you must know, our school uniform makes you look a bit flat-chested. But seeing you wear that top... it's clear you have some boobs." Sakura looked at Li in mortification. How emberassing!! she thought. "But," he continued, "it would be nice if they were a cup size bigger." Li used his hands to demonstrate the size of a nice full chest.
WHACK!!
Before he could say another word Sakura smacked him in the back of his head.
"Baka!" She turned her face, red with emberassment. "Let's just go before it gets too late!" Leaving Li on the floor with a big gruise on the back of his head.
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"All right, so for tonight I want everybody to finish reading the first three chapters of 'The Great Gatsby'." The teacher continued to talk about the rest of the assignment as if Tomoyo ever cared. She looked over the empty seat next to her with concern. She wondered where Sakura had gone. Tomoyo then looked at the empty seat behind Sakura's.
"Li," she sighed under her breath. Tomoyo thought how much he changed since the first time she met him. 'That family,' she thought then shaking her head. All thoughts of Li and Eriol were forcefully pushed out of her mind. What she has to worry about now is Sakura.
Sakura, her best friend... no, she was more than that. She was her lifesaver. When she felt all was lost Sakura would unknowingly lead her back the right path. For the time being Tomoyo was sane, she was able to smile again. But what could've happened so suddenly for her to act that way?
[FLASHBACK:
"Sakura??" Tomoyo seemed so lost and confused.
"Don't touch me, just leave me alone!" Sakura screamed.]
Tomoyo felt a slight pain in her chest when she remembered Sakura's cold stare and hateful voice. She didn't know what she would do if they weren't friends anymore. Just even trying to imagine a world without Sakura was more than she could ever bear.
Walking out of the classroom she stared at the white tiled floor as she headed towards her locker. Tomoyo had hoped when she reached her locker, she would see Sakura's smiling face. Of course it was naive of her to think such a thing could happen, but she had hoped anyway.
As she found her way to her locker she noticed a distinct presence. Her brows furrowed to the center as she lifted her head and their eyes met. Tomoyo walked passed him and opened her locker, wishing he would go away
"You shouldn't worry about her." Eriol spoke. "If Sakura's with Li, and I have a feeling she is, nothing is going to happen to her." Hearing that, Tomoyo felt relieved. No matter what's happened in the past, or how much he's changed, Li is still the same old Li. That's about the only thing she can trust about them. Tomoyo closed her locker as she headed out for the next class.
"Still won't talk to me?" Eriol questioned following his beloved. They were now walking side by side. Eriol's eyes fell upon her face, trying to burn the image into his mind. 'So beautiful...,' he thought letting out a sigh. Being able to stand next to her but to not touch her, was a cruel punishment.
"Whether you'd like to believe it or not," he began, "everything I have done from the moment we first met has been for you." Tomoyo glanced up seeing his sad expression. His eyes no longer had a brilliant shine to it, it was dull and seemed so tired.
[FLASHBACK: "The eyes are a window to your soul. They can never lie, but only show
you the true nature of a person." He stared into her eyes as he finally turned over the
canvas.
"T-That's me??" She questioned. Leaning forward to examine it more closely.
"Of course it is," he replied with a gentle smile, leaving her heart pounding and knees weak.
"You mad me look so beautiful!" She giggled.
"Of course," he replied again with a more serious tone. "You're the most beautiful creature I
have ever seen." Eriol leaned in as he cupped her chin. Their lips touched as a wave of warmth
took over Tomoyo's whole body.]
Suddenly remembering that, she felt concerned for Eriol. His eyes were so lifeless, but as quickly as she remembered that tender moment; her feeling of concern disappeared. She wouldn't let herself fall for his charm anymore, she didn't want to get hurt. It's good that he's hurting she told herself.
"From the moment we first met, everything you did, everything you said, your promises.... they were all lies." She stopped in front of her next period classroom and finally looked him in the eyes. "Besides, the Tomoyo standing before you now is much different from the Tomoyo you first met. Do you still love me even though I loathe you with every fiber of my being?"
"Very much so." Eriol grinned. "I'll never give up on you Tomoyo. I said I love you and I mean it. I also love the part of you that hates me. Even now, as you're thinking about ten different ways to kill me, I'm thinking about ten different ways to make you mine again."
"Why can't you leave me alone?" Tomoyo fumed. "If you love me so damn much then honor my wish and go away. Go find some other girl to annoy with your love crap."
"One day Tomoyo, I'll earn your trust and love back." Eriol smiled once more and walked down the hall. Tomoyo stood there until the image of his backside disappeared.
"Jerk," she muttered before entering the class.
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"I can't believe I kept my eyes open!" Li yawned as they walked out of the theater. While Sakura on the other hand walked out teary eyed.
"That was so beautiful! The way they said good bye to each other like that... sniff sniff so touching!!" Sakura blew into a tissue and dried her eyes.
"You gotta be kidding me! That load of crap was beautiful?! Oh I love you, I love you too, no I love you more!" Li chuckled as he imitated the voices of the two main character from the movie. "They're all the same! They didn't even do IT once in the entire movie!"
"Baka! You don't need to have sex to know you're in love. Don't believe in love at first sight?"
"No, I don't. And of course you need to have sex to know if you're in love. I mean if you have sex with someone you think you're in love with but, afterwards you lose feelings for them then you know it's lust. If you have sex with them and you still love them, well... then you know it's for real. Having sex with someone you truly love can only bring two people closer together. It's a win-win situation."
"Of course a guy would think that way. You don't need to do that to prove you're in love with someone."
"Sure ya don't," Li said incredulously. "And what would you know about love Sakura?"
"I know plenty!!" Sakura retorted. "I mean, I am in love with Eriol, afterall..."
"No you're not." Li simply stated. He then rubbed his stomach as he heard growl and felt it rumble. "Let's get something to eat."
"What do you mean I don't love him?!?" Sakura asked in anger. Li ignored her question and grabbed her wrist as he dragged her into a restaraunt. She was about to start yelling at Li once she finally noticed what restaraunt they were in. "Hoe? So fancy!" Sakura smiled and squeeled like a little girl. This was a famous chinese cuisine restaraunt known throughout Japan. Just walking in it, hearing the music and seeing the decorations reminded her just how middle class she was.
"Could I get a table for two please?" Li asked the man standing at the podeum.
"You need reservations." The man replied without even looking up from the book that laid infront of him.
"Li?!" She said in a loud whisper. "Let's get out of here!" Sakura hid behind Li as she felt inadequate wearing such revealing clothes.
"Hey look Sakura, you made me watch that crappy movie, now I want something good to eat!"
"Baka!" She yelled. "Do you know where we are?! Even if we do get a table how the hell are we going to afford it?!"
"You worry too damn much! Now we're doing what I want to do!" Li yelled back. At this point they were both yelling at each other and had the entire restaraunt staring at them.
"Excuse me, will you please leave this establishment at once!" The neatly dressed man at the podeum finally looked up to the bickering teenagers. Li turned from Sakura and finally looked at the man.
"I said I want a table for two." Li stated firmly. The man had a shocked look on his face as he immediately bowed and apologized to Li for speaking to him in such a manner. "Hey, no problem," Li patted the shoulder of the man. "Can we get our table now? I'm getting really hungry now."
"Right away sir!!" He hurried into the restaraunt and suddenly kicked some people out in the middle of their dinner.
The old man who seemed to have such prestige and confidence just unexpectedly bowed to Li. When we first came in he didn't even bother looking at us, but now he's bending over backwards making sure our every need is met. Sakura found herself wondering what was going on or better yet just who exactly Li is.
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AN: What do you think? I'm putting more and more effort in these stories, so don't flame me too much if you think it sucks! Because I do take it sort of personally... anyway enough with the sentimental crap!! R&R!!!! Thanks, very much!!