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by: maixwolfblossom
-=-CHAPPIE FIFTEEN-=-
--Don't Rain On My Parade --
Key Symbols:
bold :action or bold
italics: thoughts/flashback/song/poem/letter/etc.
() :Author's notes
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--- Dream
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"Something wrong?"
He smiled a little then shook his head, "Iie(no)…" he took Sakura's hand in his, "Everything's just fine…"
Sakura nodded perceptively.
"C'mon… Let's go. I want to spend some time with my fiancée."
Sakura giggled and gave him a peck on the cheek, "Agreed."
But deep down, inside, Syaoran knew things weren't all right at all… Sakura would be devastated to hear that he was supposed to marry Meiling. And it hurt him so deeply to even think about breaking the news to her. But then again…he did propose to Sakura… He knew it'd break her heart when she would find out that he couldn't marry her. Goodness, he was in a bind…
Soon enough he'd be faced with the toughest decision he were ever to make.
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-=-SYAORAN-=-Syaoran groaned in exhaustion to the blinding light of the morning sun. He looked around himself and found himself sitting on top of a lush, grassy, hill overlooking the stunning city of Hong Kong.
"mm.."
He rolled over to his side only to find Sakura there, sleeping soundly. Syaoran stroked her soft, lush, auburn hair as he watched lovingly at the flecks of golden morning light playing around her soft, delicate features.
He had remembered that magical night that only happened to be last night. A night he will keep in his memories forever… Along with his other wonderful moments he'd spent with Sakura, of course…
-=::=-FLASHBACK-=::=-
"Come on Sakura! Don't be a slowpoke!" Syaoran laughed as the happy couple ran up the small hill hand-in-hand.Sakura only giggled, "Well, I would run faster if it weren't for your blindfold!—woah! And besides, I think I'm about to fall!"
"Oh, don't you worry! Your night in shining amour is here, to hold you."
He imagined Sakura rolling her eyes behind the blindfolds.
"Whatever, Mr. Magnificent. Let's just see this lil' surprise of yours, eh?"
Sakura felt herself walk a few more steps until they stopped.
"Okay, now…" he took off Sakura's blindfold, allowing her to gaze out upon the glowing city, full of love and warmth.
Sakura looked at Syaoran and smiled at him lovingly, "It's the most magnificent thing I've ever laid eyes on…" She touched a hand to his face, "Besides you…of course…"
Syaoran chuckled as he lowered his head down to hers for a warm, loving kiss.
Soon after, they broke away reluctantly, not ever wanting to let go of each other.
Syaoran sighed as he rested his head atop of hers, "God knows, I'll never get tired of that…"
Sakura laughed and put her left hand out to examine her engagement ring, "Man, that's a beauty…"
But when Syaoran laid eyes on it, he felt a pang of guilt in his cold, dark heart. He knew he'd have to break the news to her somehow… About how he was going to have to choose…
"Well, I'm getting' tired. How 'bout you?"
Sakura's cheery voice broke him out of his guilty thoughts, "Uh, no. Why don't we just sit here and you can just sleep a little. I'll just keep watch over you."
Sakura nodded as they both sat on the soft, green grass. She laid her head on Syaoran's lap. But soon enough, she'd found herself sound asleep.
'::sigh::… My sweet angel, Sakura… Sometimes I think I don't even deserve someone as sweet as you…'
He left himself to his deep thoughts until he, too, found himself falling into a peaceful slumber.
The sweet couple, falling asleep before the magical night sky.
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A small smile made its way to Syaoran's lips….
…only to become a frown…
'How am I going to tell her…,' he had asked himself that question all through the previous night.
Suddenly, Sakura's eyelids flew open, making him jump, "Syaoran!"
Syaoran held his chest, trying to recover from his shock, "Sakura! Don't scare me like that!"
Sakura sat up, scratching her head a bit while laughing, "oh, uh, gomen(sorry)."
Sakura stretched a bit here and there, and settled beside Syaoran, "That was sweet of you, last night…" She smiled, making her deep, green gems of eyes glisten.
Syaoran smiled back.
But deep down, there was always a nagging thought that attacked his mind over and over again… It drove him to the edge!
'How the hell can I let her down like that!? I'm an IDIOT! Baka baka baka BAKA BAKAAAAA!!!!!!!!………Who am I kidding??? I don't even think I deserve someone so sweet as her… She doesn't deserve to be unaware of something as serious as this… She deserves to know! I have to tell her…--I know! I'll tell her tonight!'
"—Hullo???? Earth to Syaoran?"
Syaoran snapped out of his trance and turned to her, "Oh, sorry about that."
"Are…you okay??? Something the matter?"
"Oh, no, no, no… I'm okay…" he gave Sakura a soft peck on her forehead and smiled.
Sakura gave Syaoran a weird look, "…Okay then.."
She glanced at her watch and grimaced, "Oh geez! It's 7:47!!! I'm REALLY late for work!"
She got to her feet and grabbed her bag from the ground, "Thank you so much for last night, Syao." She bent down for one last kiss on the lips.
"Okay now! I gotta run on home and change!"
Sakura stumbled on her way.
"Oh! Wait, Sakura! I want to meet up with you tonight at 7:30. Can you make it?"
"Of course."
"Great. Then I'll meet you at Aiko Kazu."
Sakura nodded as she straightened her hair out.
"Oh, yeah, do you want me to take you home? Are you going to be alright?"
"Oh, don't worry about it, Syao! I'll be all right! Besides, my house is just nearby."
"Okay, then. Are you sure?"
"As sure as I know I love you!"
Syaoran smiled and blew her a kiss. She grinned back and blew him one too.
"Bye!"
Syaoran waved as he gazed at her retreating back.
He sat there for sometime, thinking of nothing other than tonight.
Until he, too, left to go home.
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Sakura ran stiffly (since as she's in heels) on home.
When she reached her house and ran inside, she dashed to the phone. She frantically and excitedly dialed Tomoyo's number.
While it was ringing, Sakura spotted her hands shaking and she struggled to make it stop, but she just couldn't stop shaking! 'Darn hands!--'
::click::
'Moshi moshi? Tomoyo desu(Hello? This is Tomoyo.)'
"Tomoyo!!!"
'Sakura-chan?!?!?! SAKURA! My goodness, I miss you SO, so much!'
"I miss you too, Tomoyo-chan! But, you'll never guess what's happened!"
'Nani(what is it)?'
Sakura took a deep breath before spilling it out…a little too quickly…
"SyaorancametoHongKongandIsawMeilingandYelanAndMrToyokotryingtodatemeIlikecheeseImissyouImissotou-sanSyaoranproposedtome!!!!!"
'….O.O…'
"Tomoyo! Say something!"
'I wish I could… If I understood a thing you just said!'
"SYAORAN PROPOSED TO MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
'WHAT????'
Sakura did a little happy dance as she rested the phone between her shoulder and ear, "HE PROPOSED!"
'Oh…MY………GOODNESSSS!!!! Girl, you better reconsider about going to work and stay home and tell me more about this! ::SQUEAAAAAL::'
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Syaoran made it back home and found an upset Meiling standing in front of the door.
"Where have you been?!"
Syaoran gave Meiling a dry stare then walked past her towards the kitchen.
She followed him still and continued to question him, "I said, 'where have you been??!!!'"
But still, he paid no mind to her questioning as he opened the refrigerator and took out a bucket of chocolate ice cream, keeping a dazed smile on his face.
"Aha! You've been with her! HAVEN'T YOU???"
Syaoran turned to face her briefly and gave a short reply, "No comment."
"What do you mean 'no comment'?! We are engaged!"
Syaoran blanched, "BLECH!!!! Don't use that terrible word involving you and me. Besides, I'm a grown-up, am I not? I have my own decision whether to tell you things or not. And I'd be damned if I let you tell me what to do."
Meiling stared at him in disbelief, "You know what??? I think I'm just gonna leave you here with your precious ICE CREAM!"
He plainly nodded, not even listening as he licked the back of his spoon.
With that, she stomped away, 'I don't need this!' She rubbed her temple in frustration until an idea popped in her head, 'I know! I'll go shopping! That always seemed to cheer me up…'
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"Yup! And that's how it all happened," Sakura was sitting on her sofa, and had already explained the whole story to Tomoyo. About how she came to visit Yelan, how Mr. Toyoko tried repeatedly to date her… And finally how Syaoran proposed.
"I'm serious, things are always so awkward for me…" a relieved sigh escaped her lips before
'………O.O…Woah… Someone should write a story on that…'
(A/N: hahahaha I think someone already has! ;D )
Sakura just plainly giggled as she took another bite of her yogurt.
(A/N: Yeah she decided to stay at home for the day and called in "sick". So, don't get confused!)
Tomoyo was quiet for a while until she finally said something, 'So the system does work…'
"System?"
'How friends really are oddly alike…'
"And how does that involve us?"
'I'm engaged too!!!'
Sakura nearly spit out her yogurt, "NANI?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!" Sakura's eyes were now the size of saucers.
'Eriol proposed just last night!'
"…O.O…SO DID SYAORAN! … This is SO weird!"
'Mou(geez), I think we spend a LITTLE too much time together!'
The two girls laughed over on the line at the true comment.
"So how did it happen?"
'Well, we were at that amusement park where Touya works. (refer to chapter 7 about the amusement park) He was taking me out on a date. And when we got to the Ferris Wheel… HE PROPOSED!'
Tomoyo broke out in happy tears, 'Oh, it was so beautiful!'
"Oh, Tomoyo! Congratulations!'
'Aw.. Thanks so much, Saku.'
"I miss you so much, Tomo. You know that…"
'Of course! And I miss you too.'
"Well, now," Sakura got up from the couch and threw away her yogurt container, "I'm going to the mall to find the perfect dress for tonight. So I'm gonna letcha go."
' 'kay then. Take care, m'kay?'
"Yeah you too. And come visit sometime, okay?"
'I will soon. Bye.'
"Bye."
::click::
::click::
She smiled in high spirits. It was good to hear from Tomoyo for a while.
Sakura made her way to her room to change into some plain blue jeans and a tight, pale yellow halter, which had a few ruffles in it. It hugged her curves and the color of it really brought out her eyes. It only took her five minutes to get ready but she still managed to look wonderful.
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When she arrived at the mall, she walked into this wonderful shop full of so many choices of festive and fancy dresses and outfits. She glided in, almost as if she were floating on a cloud.
'Ooh, in a shop like this, I'm just bound to find an outfit for to night that'll knock his socks off!' Sakura giggled softly to herself at the thought.
She mad her way to a rack by the entrance. A glittering, dark violet dress caught her eye. She laid her hand on it, only to find another hand on hers, attempting to pick out the same dress.
Sakura looked up. And long and behold, it was Meiling!
"Meiling-san?"
"Oh!.. Hello Kinomoto-san," she smirked to herself.
"What a pleasant surprise!" Sakura smiled cheekily.
"Yes… Indeed…"
Sakura sensed a bit of tension and decided to find a topic to break the ice a bit, "Um… So what would you be doing here?"
An evil idea popped into her brain. She broke out a fake grin, "Oh, just here to find the perfect dress for the celebration of my engagement with Xiao Lang."
Sakura's eyes widened in disbelief. So many, many different emotions surging through her. She felt her whole world crashing down right there. A painful pang in her heart stung her chest.
"Oh, I don't believe I've told you that before! ::squeal:: …Oh, I love my little Xiao Xiao… And wouldn't trade him for the world… ::sigh::… Yes… I'd say that I am in love…."
A lump formed in Sakura's throat as tears threatened to penetrate her orbs of misty emerald. But, still remembering that Meiling was there, she fought it back and tried her best to smile, "O-Oh really?.. C-congratulations!…"
"Oh, but don't you worry, Kinomoto-san! Soon you'll fall in love too, someday."
'But I already have… With your fiancée…' Sakura thought bitterly.
"Yeah… Um…" she stared at the dress she'd picked up earlier. She ended up just putting it back on the rack, "W-well, I don't think this shop is the…the right place for me to find the right dress… So…so I think I-I'm just going to go now."
"Okay then!" Meiling smiled and waved as Sakura made her way out of the store as fast as she could, "See you later, Kinomoto!"
'Oh, and gooooood riddance!'
"Meiling???"
Meiling looked up beside her, and saw Yelan standing there, "Yelan!"
Yelan narrowed her eyes into small slits as suspicion took its toll on Yelan's pale complexion, "Did I just hear what I thought I heard???"
Meiling looked around suspiciously before turning back to Yelan, " Er… I dunno… It depends on what you heard…"
"Well, I'll just tell you what I heard. I heard you talking ever-so harshly to Sakura about your engagement! I heard it all with my own ears!" she was now circling Meiling dangerously, "And you know very well that you're not supposed to push it in anyone's face!"
"Well, it's so hard to be engaged with someone I've always wanted to marry and not brag about it!"
Yelan sighed in aggravation, "Meling," she pulled her to a quiet corner to ensure no on heard, "There is something I have to tell you that you musn't utter to a single soul! This goes against all I believe in and everything I vowed not to tell the other day…"
(A/N: Just in case your thinking 'Meiling can't be trusted with anything!,' she can. She's just stubborn at times. And when it comes to something as important as this, she does keep her word. She may be a bit mean, but she can be very much trustworthy.)
"W-what is it?" Meiling was getting a bit scared now, hearing Yelan's anxious and worried voice.
"When we talked to you and Xiao Lang about the engagement… Well…" Yelan hesitated, thinking of how it'd change in so much of how Meiling felt at the moment and how she'd be so disappointed.
" 'Well' what???"
"We weren't exactly serious about it…"
All throughout the mall, erupted the following word from Meiling's mouth, followed by violent curses, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?????????!!!!!!!!!"
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YUP! Something to rain on everyone's parade! Oh how evil I AM! XD BUAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Oh, please do not be in despair, my loyal reviewers! It will be a happy ending, I assure you! If it didn't end up happy, I'd just KILL myself!
REVIEW!
Until Next Time,
maixwolfblossom ;D