AN: I'm pretty sure I wrote like two more chapters, but I probably didn't upload them. Dammit! Now I got to write it over, but I don't know what I wrote! ( It has been so long since I got the internet. Anyway, here goes nothing.

LOOK SMART

Chapter Nine

By mad NUTZ

"Ah ha!" Sakura yelled as she grinned with victory. "I finally did it! I am so sure I got it this time!" Li had been reading a magazine all the while, trying not to fall asleep from boredom. He took a glance over to her from the corner of his eyes and sighed.

"Are you sure? You thought you had it the last five times." Li sat in the same position as he turned the page to continue reading the article.

"This time I am positive, I carried the one this time and made sure I factored it completely." It was a new semester and a new subject, algebra two. Thanks to the help of Li, Sakura was able to pass geometry class with a decent grade and move up 5 spots on the class ranking.

"All right let me take a look." He sat up and looked over the steps in solving this rather simple problem. His hand cupped his chin as looked it over and nodded his head a couple of times.

"So?" She had been working at this darn problem for over forty minutes, she had better got it right.

"It's wrong."

"Hoe?!" Li went back to reading the article as Sakura sobbed over her failure. "This cannot be happening! What did I do wrong?"

"Well, actually you were doing pretty well, but then..."

"But what?"

"See that third line?"

"Yeah?"

"You forgot to bring down the negative. That changes the whole answer completely."

"So, instead of a 3 it's suppose to be a -3."

"Yup." Li yawned as stomach began to growl.

"But, but I spent so much time and I can't get anything right! Why must i be stupid?" She slumped over the coffee table in her living room, as she began to cry in defeat. I felt Li's hand rest on my shoulder as a way to console me, but it only made me feel worse. He sleeps throughout class and still manages to get the top score. Suddenly the sound of his stomach grumble once more made Sakura explode with aggravation.

"Tell that thing to shut up, or I'll make it shut up!!" She attacked Li without warning, landing on top of him.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Ow!" Sakura was able to get one or two good smacks in there, but Li was defending himself while trying not to hurt her simultaneously.

"Just looking at you pisses me off!" Finally Li grabbed both of her wrists and pulled her arm outwards, so she would fall flat on his chest. Their faces were separated by a small gap, neither noticed. Li chuckled as Sakura tried to loosen his grip.

"Hey, this isn't funny!!"

"Then why am I laughing?" This only infuriated her more. Li was mocking her and she hated when he does that.

"Hey!" Sakura started to sweat profusely as she laid still on top of Li.

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"And that's when Touya walked in."

Sakura sighed, thinking about how terrified she was when the whole thing took place. She didn't even know why Touya got so angry to begin with. Sure they were in a really, REALLY compromising position, but there was nothing going on between her and Li. He is just her tutor, and she's his pupil. Simple as that.

She looked over to the picture in front of her. It was the time when her and Tomoyo went to Shibuya during summer vacation. Sakura began to smile thinking about that day and how fun it was. Not that Li was boring and not a good friend, but he wasn't Tomoyo either. Her eyes glanced over to the telephone next to it. 'Should I?' she thought. For awhile now she wanted to call her, but every time this feeling of betrayal washes over her.

"Forget it," she mumbled to herself. She went back to writing in her journal.

"But the person I feel bad for is Li. He's still down there while Touya is doing his damn staring contest. Honestly, how is that suppose to scare Li away? I mean all he was doing was trying to teach me some math, and I went all crazy on him.

Ever since we cut that day, we've become pretty good friends. He still is a bit perverted at times, but I like it when he says that I'm cute. But we usually study at my house because Eriol is Li's cousin, and they live together. I think I'm over him, I think about him less and less everyday. Besides it would just be really weird to talk to him all of a sudden.

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Touya stared at Li, who sat across from him casually slouching into his chair. The staring contest had been going on for about ten minutes and Touya's eyes began to felt dry as he desperately tried to keep them open. Li grinned, noticing his inevitable defeat.

"You know," Li said leaning in towards Touya, his arm resting against the table while supporting his head, "I could go on like this ALL night." Li smiled once more, intentionally mocking him. Touya simply gritted his teeth and pounded his fist against the table, as a mechanism to summon more strength. But already he could feel his eyes turn as dry as sand.

"Damn you!" Touya cursed through his teeth. Li cocked a brow, he looked very creepy like that, with his eyes twitching and all. Realizing this, Li moved back into his previous position.

"Look, I wasn't trying to put the moves on your sister, if that is what this is about." He crossed his arms over his chest, indicating that he was very serious about what he just said.

"Yeah right!" Touya hissed still trying to keep his eye lids from closing.

"Jesus," Li exasperated, finally closing his eyes, "there! You won, all right?"

"There's no honor in winning if you forfeit out of pity!" He refused to give up and let this little punk beat him. He never lost before and he wasn't going to start. Li sighed.

"Oh look," his voice emotionless, "there's something in my eye." Li closed his eyes and rubbed it unenthusiastically.

"Ah ha! I beat you!" Touya jumped from his seat as he closed his eyes, he felt relieved. 'Man, this guy is no weirder than his sister.' Li thought to himself.

"Yeah, so like I was saying, me and your sister have nothing going on between us."

"Then why was she on top of you?" He pointed his finger at his face, as if to accuse him.

"Look, your sister is a nut job like you! She went crazy and started to smack me around. Poor me was just trying to defend myself."

"My sister would never do such a thing!"

"A, she was on top of ME. If I was hitting on her shouldn't I be on top? And B, I bring out the worst in people for some odd reason. Call it a God given gift."

Touya sat there silently. He really couldn't disagree with him on any account. He never felt such anger for anyone, especially since his kid sister was stradling him.

"You know, you shouldn't worry about her so much, she's capable of holding her own." Li sat up as sign that he was going to go back home. "Besides, I got turned down quite a few times already." Li walked out of the kitchen and into the hallway leading to the front door. Touya sat there, grinning from ear to ear. 'That's my sis!' Touya thought. He was relieved, the thought of his baby sister having a sex life was all too much for him.

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"How was it today?" Eriol asked without looking up from the novel he was reading. Li had just walked in and strolled passed him and into his bedroom.

"It was the same except I met her insane brother." His voice became muffled from changing out of his school clothing and into something more comfortable. He strolled back out into the living wearing boxers and a loose fitting white tee. "I think he thought we were about to have sex."

"Now, why would he think that?" Eriol cracked a smile, knowing all too well of his cousin's reputation with women, at least recently anyway.

"Ha ha. I think 'cause she was on top of me!"

"Well, that would be a good reason for him to assume you were about to, how should I put it, fornicate?"

"Don't make it sound like a science experiment!!" Li chuckled. He yawned as he walked over towards Eriol and sat by him. "So, you sure made a mess of things, haven't you?"

"She told you?" Eriol closed his book and took of his glasses.

"Well, she keeps saying she's over it, but we both know that's not true. She hasn't talked to Tomoyo since that day. That was great timing by the way." Li said in a sarcastic tone.

"I got, anxious. I wanted things between us to be like they were."

"You know that can never happen." He glanced over Eriol's right arm then to the picture of all three of them in front of this apartment. "Since then," Li's eyes began to darken thinking about the past, "your responsibilities have now become mine."

"I'm sorry...." Eriol's voice was inaudible.

"Hey don't be, I understand you just wanted to find some happiness. And now, that's what I'm trying to do. Find happiness, find a meaning to my life. I don't want to be defined by my last name, I want to be more than that."

"Hmmm," Eriol smiled,"This is the first time you've been yourself since we've started living here. What are you trying to accomplish by smoking or cutting classes?"

"You, of all people, are giving me advice on life?" Li chuckled incredulously at the irony of it all. "Look," he said as he began to get off the couch, "you want make things right between you and Tomoyo? Start by fixing their friendship. It won't make her yours again, but at least she'll start to realize that there are feelings still there. Well, I'm going to hit the sack, night." Li dragged himself into bed and fell fast asleep.

AN: Man that was TOO much dialogue.... next one will be better!!