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Author's note: YAY!!! Thank you for those people who read and review! You guys made me really happy! Well anyway, I'm going to have to delay the Valentines day till the next chapter, or maybe the next. I don't know. We'll see. smiles Well, anyway, I'm so happy that this didn't come out too long as the previous one did! Aren't you happy for me? I certainly am!

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MISS DORKIE GLASSES AND MISTER SNOB

In the last chapter, things gets heated up when Sakura got asked out by her long time childhood best friend, Ryuki Zhou. But good thing the bell rang before she has to give him an answer! Will Sakura say yes? And who is this mysterious figure spying on them underneath the bush?

CHAPTER 8: My Valentine

Ryuki watched the retreating back of Sakura with a dazed look. The cold wind of February began to pick up. A small smile tugged on his lips when he heard as small sneeze. He glanced down at the bush just behind him and said, "You know, you can come out now. Or you could always stay there and catch a cold." he grinned when the bush behind him began to rustle. And a figure emerged from it.

"You knew that I was hiding in there the whole time, didn't you?" the figure asked. The person stepped into the light, so that Ryuki could see the figure's detailed appearance. The light revealed bright pools of amethyst eyes. Ryuki recognized immediately who it was.

"Daidouji-san. I thought it was you. What were you doing spying on us?" he inquired. Tomoyo glanced down at the black device she was holding. "Forgive me for spying on you. But I just had to know one thing that has been bothering me since I saw you. So I decided to follow you when I had the chance." she shamefully admitted. Tomoyo quirked a brow when she heard a low chuckle. Apparently, Ryuki failed to keep his chuckle to himself.

Tomoyo pouted in a cute way, demanding to know why he was laughing. "I can't believe you would go far just to find out something about me. Why didn't you ask me?" he teased. Tomoyo playfully grumbled.

"Well, It's not so easy as you think it is. Whenever I attempt to ask you, you would always be surrounded by love sick fans of yours in a matter of seconds." she reasoned. Ryuki rose a brow in astonishment. He had no clue Daidouji had been attempting to ask him something.

"Really? Well, then. Now that I'm free from all those love sick fan as you call them, what is it that you have been trying to ask me?" he queried. Tomoyo smiled. "Zhou-kun, did you like Sakura-chan ever since you two were childhood friends and until now?" she asked. Ryuki widened his eyes.

He avoided Tomoyo's gaze and instead, he looked at the busy students trying to get to class.

Tomoyo was definitely surprised by his actions. And judging by the distant look on his face, she couldn't read what he was thinking.

Tomoyo waited patiently for his answer. And after a long moment of silence, he finally replied. "You could say that..." and then he started to walk to class. Tomoyo stared after him. 'Ryuki Zhou, you are probably the only person who I don't get.' she thought.

The wind started to pick up again. The raven haired girl appeared startled when he looked back and tossed her his coat. "Here. You could probably use this since it's cold out here." he said and continued on his way. Tomoyo accepted it with a warm smile on his face. 'Zhou-kun isn't such a bad guy for Sakura-chan. In fact, I approve of him.'

On the way to her classroom, Sakura couldn't think straight. She was too confused that her head was starting to hurt. 'I can't believe it Ryu-chan just asked me to the dance!' she thought.

It was hard for her to get over the fact that somebody has asked her out. And she didn't know what to do. 'Should I say yes or no?' she asked herself with panic.

'Oh where is Tomoyo when I need her!' She thought. Her train of thoughts were suddenly interrupted when she crashed into somebody. They both fell into the floor in a very... intimate position.

Sakura opened her eyes only to be lost in the intense pool of amber eyes. 'they're so... beautiful.... dazzling.... they're....' she thought.

On the other hand, the person she crashed into were having the same thoughts.

'Ugh! What the heck happened?' the person thought, trying to sit up, when he felt something was on top of him. Or rather somebody... He could feel the person's slow and steady breathing on him. Judging by the light weight. He judged that this person is a girl. He could feel the person was beginning to wake up.

He opened his eyes noticing the girl's lips. She didn't have any lipstick on, or neither lip gloss, and yet, her lips looked luscious red to him. He wondered 'I wonder what it would taste like if I kiss those?' he thought. The girl began to shift, interrupting his thoughts.

He looked up at her eyes, only to be drowned in her emerald eyes. 'they're so... beautiful... dazzling..." he thought. There was only one person in this school who he knew had beautiful green eyes like these. "Kinomoto?!" he said in surprise.

"Kinomoto?!" an intense voice interrupted her thoughts. Sakura immediately recognized who the voice belonged to. "SYAORAN?" she exclaimed. Sakura and Syaoran felt their face heat up. "Hoe...." Sakura's heart began to beat like crazy. She was so confused of what she was feeling right now. Syaoran on the other hand, was having a battle of his own. 'Damn hormones!' he angrily thought. His hormones were running high. And he was feeling something he can't explain. 'Whatever this feeling is, I HATE IT!' thought.

Sakura snapped out to reality, remembering that this person is the li-jerk she has come to hate. She immediately stood up and ran to her classroom, leaving a confused Syaoran still on the floor.

Sakura finally reached her classroom. She stopped by the door, trying to catch up with her breath. She walked over to her seat with exhaustion and collapsed into it. More students began filling in the classroom.

But Sakura noticed there was no sign of Tomoyo. Sakura waited patiently for Tomoyo to enter when she heard a couple of classmates talking about Valentines tomorrow.

"Oh I can't wait for it to be tomorrow! I already baked chocolates for Kiyoshi-kun! I hope he accepts them!" a brunette haired girl squealed. The other girls began to squeal in anticipation. "I can't believe Ishi-sempai asked me to be his date for tomorrow! Oh I can't wait to go to the mall to shop for my dress!" another girl said in between squeals.

"Well, guess who asked at lunch today? It was Hoshi-kun! I didn't even know he knew my name!" the girl exclaimed. There were gasps from the two girls. "You mean, the star captain of the track team? You are so lucky Ume-chan!" they cried.

Sakura sighed. She could really see that almost every girl is excited about Valentines day. While she's not. She's just not comfortable during Valentine's day being all alone and all. She lowered her gaze to her desk, remembering the last Valentine's day they had.

She could still remember how badly she felt of being alone on that day. Almost every girls in her school has something, when she, the only person, didn't get any. Well, she did get a special gift from Tomoyo. But, that didn't really help ease her loneliness.

Flash Back:

A lonely Sakura could be found up on the tree branch, watching all the girls pass by with huge smiles plastered on their faces. And each and every one of them were carrying a gift or two, or more. A silent tear drop escaped from her lonely eyes. And in every drop she shed, there were loneliness inside of it.

The door opened and out came a raven haired girl carrying a bunch of gifts. Sakura concluded to herself that they probably came from her best friend's admirers. Sakura watched her best friend continue her way towards the tree she was on and then stopped just under it. Tomoyo looked up with a worried look on her face.

"Sakura I know you're in there! Please don't feel bad! Look! I made you something! Come on down so you could see what I made especially for you!" she said, showing Sakura a box carefully wrapped with a beautiful wrapper.

A small smile appeared on Sakura's lips despite her heavy loneliness. It was like this every Valentine's day. Her best friend would always come look for her in the very same tree and give her something special. And because she was Sakura's only friend, Sakura would always appreciate everything that her best friend has done for her.

Sakura began to climb down and hugged her best friend. A new batch of new tears came out of her eyes.

"Oh Tomoyo! I feel so alone!" she cried. Tomoyo patted her on the back as her best friend sobbed on her shoulders. "It's okay Sakura. You're not alone. I'm here for you. And I'll always be."

End of Flash Back

Valentine's day was the only day she ever minded being so lonely despite all those years of loneliness and cruelty from the students. But this year, it is about to change. Sakura has transformed into the most popular girl in their school.

And the students no longer tormented her, but worshiped her. Well not all of them. There are those popular students who are jealous of her. Like Lina and her daily followers. They always try to embarrass Sakura in a most humiliating way in front of the students. But of course, Sakura manages to get out of it and instead, they wind up embarrassing themselves.

"Sakura!!!" Sakura snapped back to reality and turned to see who had called her. It was her best friend who greeted her with a smile. "Sorry I'm late, Sakura. I still had to do something on the way here." she said. Sakura noticed the jacket Tomoyo was wearing.

She was certain that the jacket wasn't her best friend's. But someone else's. "Tomoyo, where did you get that jacket?" she asked, pointing to the jacket her best friend was wearing. Tomoyo inwardly smiled to herself. 'Do I sense someone is jealous?' she happily thought. "Oh this? Zhou-kun gave this to me a while ago." she replied sounding happy. Sakura felt a tiny sinking feeling inside.

"Oh really?" she said, with a hint of disappointment in her voice. Sakura decided to dismiss the feeling. 'I must be thinking too much' she thought to herself. Tomoyo's inner self flashed a victory sign. 'oohohohohohohoh! It's so easy to get Sakura-chan jealous!' her inner self thought. "What is it, Sakura? You sound like something is bothering you." Tomoyo asked. Sakura flashed her a worried smile.

"I don't know anymore Tomoyo. Ryu-chan has just asked me to be his date tomorrow at lunch. I'm not sure what to answer. I want to say yes, but something is holding me back." she said. There was this confusing feeling that was holding her back. Suddenly, an image of Syaoran appeared on her mind. She shook her head and scolded herself for thinking of Li-Jerk at a time like this.

"Hmm... sounds to me like, you have another person in mind." Tomoyo grinned. She could tell that Sakura was thinking of Syaoran. She also happened to see Sakura and Syaoran's... err... meeting. 'This is tough for Sakura-chan. In the end, she has to choose between one of them.' she thought when an idea formed into her mind. 'Well, this is why I'm here for her! I'm going to help her no matter what the cost is!' she thought.

"WHAT?! How could you say that Tomoyo? Of course not! It's just that... I'm not sure what to do when we go there tomorrow. I don't have any good dresses to wear. Plus, I haven't danced for a long time! I'm not sure if I can still dance." she said. Well, they are partly the reason that is holding her back.

Tomoyo smiled reassuringly. "And that's why you have me to help you! Go on ahead and go with Zhou-kun! I'm sure he'll be waiting for you at the gate after school! And you don't need to worry about the dress. I've made one a long time ago for you to wear for your first dance. I knew this day would come! So I was prepared! And you can come over at my house so that you could remember your dancing skills! Plus, it's the perfect time to bake chocolates and cookies for tomorrow! The cute and pretty cookie cutters I bought a long time ago won't go to waste!" she excitedly said.

Sakura sweat dropped at her best friend's anticipation. "Okay then but you're going to be there with me right?!" Sakura asked. Tomoyo nodded in response. "Then after that, we'll go to your house, practice and bake! I was planning on baking chocolates and cookies for you, Touya, otou-san, Yukito and also Kero-chan anyways!" Sakura said, getting excited at the thought of baking.

Tomoyo grinned. "And let's not forget about Zhou-kun and that person on your mind" Sakura stopped fantasizing over baking and exclaimed, "TOMOYO-CHAN!"

After school, Tomoyo was right, because right there standing in the gates is Ryuki, and as usual, surrounded by drooling girls. All of them were asking the same thing to him, "Zhou-kun, will you be my date for tomorrow?" and he would always answer the same thing. "I'm sorry, but I already have a person in mind."

Ryuki looked up when he noticed Sakura's presence. Ignoring the comments of the girls, he walked silently towards her. Sakura looked up at him with a nervous smile.

"Hey, Ryu-chan." she said as she smiled weakly. "You haven't answered my question yet, Sakura. That's why I was waiting for you." he began. "I'm so sorry if it's sudden and if I scared you. But will you--" he was cut off by Sakura by answering yes.

Ryuki blinked in surprise by her answer. He flashed her a smile "R-Really? Well then, I'll come by your house and pick you up tomorrow at 6:30!" he said as he bid his good bye.

As he walked away, Tomoyo, who was filming them both, noticed that he looked really happy.

She lowered her video and smiled, watching his retreating back. 'I was wrong. Zhou-kun, you don't like Sakura-chan. You're in love with her...' she thought.

Sakura waved a hand in front of Tomoyo. "Tomoyo, are you still there?" she asked. Tomoyo blinked, snapping out to reality. "uhh... yes. I'm here. So, shall we go?" she asked turning to her best friend. "Yes! Let's go!" An excited Sakura cried out as they broke into laughter while walking on their way to Tomoyo's house.

Sakura's POV:

HOE!! I can't wait for it to be tomorrow! I'm so excited! It will be the very first Valentine's day I won't be lonely. Because, not only do I have Tomoyo, but I also have Ryu-chan.. my Valentine... But... what exactly is that feeling that I felt for Syaoran? I mean, It's not that I like him or anything. I was probably embarrassed... yeah... that's it. I was embarrassed. That's why my heart was beating like crazy.... yeah.. that explains it...

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