AN: I got some reviews, which is a whole lot better than nothing. Someone said they hadn't read anything good in a long time, but I'll just make a plug for another fanfic author. "Reality's Dream" I absolutely love that story!! But she hasn't updated in a while so beware of that. All in all, you should definitely check it out, she's like a million times better than I. P

News other than CCS related, I got a new job at Suncoast! YAY!! (Jumps up and down like a pathetic little freak!) Much better job than the framing store. The people are, how should I say it, just plain mean!! They are nice just not towards me, which makes me feel like I'm being ostracized from some clique. I feel completely stupid waving my hand and saying hi as they grunt and walk pass me... (Okay, maybe I'm over exaggerating just teeny tiny little bit, but they might as well be!!)

Special thanks to: EKoolcat369, Fairleigh, fangimation, Irhlie, Kawaii Tenshi no Hikari, KaWaII JaPaN GrL, SugarGreenCandi (x3), TrueGem, blue-azn-rain, i-75, Viky, Sakura-Blossom12

I know some of these are a bit over due, but hey I just got back my internet. Well, thank you to you and others as well!!

Unfortunately, I do NOT own CCS! If I did I would be insanely rich and not talking to you! P

Look Smart

Chapter ten

by mad NUTZ

"Are you sure no one's going to be home today?" Sakura poked her head through the door as she glanced around the apartment.

"Get in there, baka!" Li put his foot on her butt as he lightly pushes her in, but to her it felt as though he had used full force. Sakura came flying in his living room and landing flat on her face.

"Aya!!" She began to rub her face as if it were actually decreasing the pain she felt. "You didn't have to use your foot, you jerk!" Li walked over after locking the front door, he held his hand out for her.

"Gomen, I didn't mean to push you that hard." He smiled a soft grin that made her feel something unusual in her stomach. 'Could it be gas?' she thought. Cursing herself for eating that red bean paste that the cafeteria was serving. As he help pick her up off the floor, Li began to turn on all the lights in the house. He then disappeared into another part of the apartment, the part she had yet to venture in.

"Baka, where are you going?" Sakura took off her shoes and placed on slippers as she followed Li into unknown territory. They had decided to study at his apartment that day because Touya had become unbearable. He would sit in-between them the whole study session which made it uncomfortable for Sakura, and Li didn't give a shit. He just didn't like the dirty stares and Touya's constant need to always correct when he's right.

"Li-baka!!" Sakura called out once more before finding him in his room undressing. She froze as Li stood there in his tank and pajamas. She looked away as soon as she realized she was staring at him for an unusual amount of time. "You could close the door you know?" With her face covered in the dark to veil her crimson blush and an angry tone of voice.

"What's the big deal? Nothing you haven't seen before, besides I'm already finished dressing." Li pulled out a foldable seat and placed it next to another seat already by his desk.

"What are you doing? Aren't we going to study in the living room?"

"Nope, right here!" He grinned cheerfully as his hand lightly slapped the top of his desk. "I thought it would be nice since it's been a while since you came over. Look, I even cleaned for you!" Sakura looked around as she notice his room was very clean, cleaner than hers even, not that she's a very good example to begin with anyway.

"Uh," Sakura began to panic. Sure they were good friends now, but for some reason the thought of being in his room was frightening. Not the kind of scared in horror movies, but more like nervous scared. "Sure." She finally agreed, walking slowly into his room. Li took out the Algebra II text book as Sakura took the seat next to him in an awkward manner.

"To be honest, I just wanted to study in here just in case Eriol came home." 'Oh' Sakura thought, 'Well, that's a huge relief.' But for some reason the fear had not gone away. She sat in the seat in perfect posture, unlike how she usually slouches and sits in a casual manner. "Right, so where were we?" Li began to scratch his head as he flipped through the pages.

Sakura sat there unusually quiet as she watched him. Her eyes discreetly stared at his strong physique. It was true, she had seen him in his tank many times, but it was only now that she began to truly appreciate it. In her mind, it was wrong for her to stare at him that way but she could not help it. Soon it followed to his shoulders, to the nape of his neck, then suddenly to his lips.

"You okay?"

"What?!" Sakura snapped out of it as his voice lured her out of the trance.

"You looked kinda warm, you think you're getting sick?" Li instinctively raised his hand to her forehead to feel her temperature. "You're definitely warm."

"Heh heh heh," Her laugh was shaky and nervous. "Don't be silly I'm feeling all right!"

"Sure, whatever," he responded indifferently. "All right simplify radical -9."

"Umm," Sakura began to scribble it down, as she tried to remember what he taught her a couple of days ago. "Well," she began to think out loud, "9 is a perfect square, but how can it be negative?" She began to tap her pencil against the desk. She knew the answer, but her thoughts were all out of whack when his body was so close to hers.

"C'mon Sakura! I know you know this. Just concentrate and think." 'But how can I when you're distracting me?!' That was what she wanted to say, but nodded instead. Her thoughts began to drift elsewhere.

Why am I looking at him like that? His body is nothing new to me, we've been hanging out for a couple of months now. Then why, now of all times, do I have to finally realize just how attractive he is. WHOA! HOLD ON A MINUTE!!! What am I thinking? What does this mean? Does this mean I'm over Eriol?

"What?" Li's voice was a bit annoyed. "Is there something on my face?"

"What?" Was all she could manage.

"You were looking at me."

"I-I- I cannot work like this!"

"Huh?" Li was dumbfounded by all this. "Are you oka--"

Her lips pressed against his as this enormous feeling washed over her body and his as well. At the exact moment and place where their skin touched was a tingly feeling that sent waves of warmth throughout them. Sakura backed away as she searched for answer within his eyes. 'What is he thinking?' she wondered.

"Sakura-" A look of regret was all that she could find in his usually carefree face.

"No..." She immediately got up off from her seat and ran towards the door. This was a mistake, a completely huge mistake. 'How could he possibly feel anything towards me?' she wondered. But before she could reach his bedroom door, his hand grabbed her wrist and pulled her back a bit.

"Stop, why are you running away from me?"

"I saw the look on your face. Let's just forget it happened!"

"No," his voice was almost pleading, "tell me why. Why would you do something like that?" She couldn't believe that he was torturing her like this. That was her first kiss and she shared that moment with him, of all people. Someone who has stolen many first kisses of different girls. True, there are sides of him that she finds irresistible and sweet, but that doesn't change who he is.

"I don't know why, just let me go! Let's forget it happened, let's just go back to being friends" She didn't know why but there were tears now brimming at the ends of her eyes. Sakura continued to struggle, trying to break free from his hold. But the harder she tried, the harder his grip became. "Oww! Let go you're hurting me!"

Li did as she said but then pressed her against his wall. His arms firmly placed on the wall, as if it were a trapping her within that area. "I don't know what it is about you, but I can't get you off my mind. When you're around my day is always better, and when you're gone I feel nothing but despair. Your face, those eyes, they haunt my dreams every night. I don't know what it is I feel, but you can't deny you don't feel them to."

"But, I like Eri-"

"No you don't!" She was lying and he was telling the truth. She doesn't know if she ever liked him at all. What she felt for him was misplaced and artificial and Li, who knows what it was. But there was something about him that told her she could always count on him.

"I do," She lied once more. If this was real, she thought, the pain she would feel would be inevitable. So many things have happened in the past, with Tomoyo, she didn't know if she wanted to feel the pain of losing another loved one.

"I know you're lying," his voice almost in a whisper, "you can't even look into my eyes when you say that." His eyes closed as their faces near once more. as their lips touched they felt the same waves of warmth, the same sensation when their skin met. only this time it was amplified by ten folds. It made their lips ache for more as well as their hearts.

As they finally separated, they both looked into one another's eyes. Sakura saw Li in a different light, one that would always shine forever.

"I love you," he whispered.

Sakura's eyes opened wide as she shot up from bed. "What the hell was that?" Her petite fingers touched her lips. "My dream..." She came to a slow realization and suddenly felt a pain in her chest. Except this time it is not the pain you feel when you think of someone you love, this pain could be compared to dying. "No." she whispered. "This can't possibly mean that I-- that I like--" Sorrow overwhelmed her as she began to sob uncontrollably. "This can't be happening, why can't I like someone normal!!"

AN: More than likely there are a bunch of grammar mistakes and maybe missing some words, cuz I don't revise or edit my stories. I wrote it, why would I want to read it again? Get what I mean? Again, please read Reality's Dream, by kimmikat or something like that! ) Until next time!! (Hopefully I'm not too busy!! Also, I wrote this in like an hour so it might sound a bit rushed!! okaay, luv ya!!)