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With You
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked. Syaoran contemplated his options for a moment, his eyes growing slightly distant from himself. He could tell Sakura what Tomoyo was trying to do, or he could keep it to himself.
'I don't know what to do. Should I tell her everything? I don't even know what I'm thinking myself.' Syaoran thought. Sakura sat down next to Syaoran on the bed, a concerned expression on her face.
"Syaoran, if you don't want to tell me, you know you don't have to." Sakura said softly, her emerald eyes searching for a sign that Syaoran was with her, not buried in his own thoughts.
"I want to, I just . . . can't." Syaoran admitted, standing and walking out of the bedroom. Sakura remained in her place, watching Syaoran walk out with a look of hurt and confusion on her face. She brushed some bangs from her face and sighed. Only the sound of the front door closing brought her out of Syaoran's room and into the living room where Tomoyo and Eriol sat silently.
"Where did he go?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo looked at the floor guiltily as Eriol shrugged.
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have . . . it wasn't my place." Tomoyo whispered, running out of the living room into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"Eriol, am I the only one who doesn't know what's happening here?" Sakura asked, frustrated. Eriol's blue eyes moved from Sakura's pained green eyes to the tiled floor of the kitchen.
"Tell me what's going on, please." Sakura asked, touching Eriol's arm with her hand.
"It's not my place to say. I don't want to make things worse." Eriol replied. Sakura's eyes began to water as her frustrations grew.
"Fine. I'll just find out for myself." Sakura bit, retreating to Syaoran's room and slamming the door. Eriol sighed and walked into his room where Tomoyo sat at the window, looking out at the starry night sky.
"Tomoyo-"Eriol started. The raven haired girl whipped her head around, revealing red eyes and a tear stained face.
"You were right. How could I have tried to put them together when they don't have feelings for each other?" Tomoyo cried quietly. Eriol walked over to Tomoyo, carefully pulling her to her feet.
"You just wanted to see them both happy." Eriol whispered. Tomoyo looked from Eriol to the window, gazing out into the pitch black darkness.
"I'm the worst friend ever." Tomoyo said bitterly, wrapping her arms around herself as she moved away from Eriol.
"I don't think so. Sakura certainly doesn't think so." Eriol argued, sitting on the window seat and looking intently at Tomoyo.
"Syaoran must think so. I've been on him from the first week about it. He must think I'm a wretch." Tomoyo harshly, beating herself up mentally. Eriol could stand no more as he stood and grabbed Tomoyo's arm, turning her to face him.
"Stop it! They both love you, no matter what! It was a mistake, how could you have known they didn't like each other that way?" Eriol said quietly, staring into Tomoyo's sad amethyst eyes with firm azure eyes.
"God I hope they can forgive me." Tomoyo whispered, breaking down into tears and falling against Eriol's chest. Eriol ran his hand up and down Tomoyo's back, rocking her back and forth like a small child.
Syaoran walked through the darkness of the park, trying to sort himself out. For weeks he had been thinking about it, the issue that haunted him day and night. Could he even think about being attracted to Sakura, especially when she was in the situation she was in? He cared for her undoubtedly as a friend, but he was unsure where it went from there.
'Why can't my stupid heart make a choice?' Syaoran thought angrily. He stopped at a pond and flopped down into a stone bench. He reached down and gathered some pebbles from the cold ground and began throwing them into the still water.
Plop . . . .
"Is Eriol right? Am I just not seeing what's there?" Syaoran asked aloud.
Plop . . . .
"What if I do want Sakura?"
Plop . . . .
"And she doesn't want me?"
Plop . . . .
"Can she handle that kind of emotional disturbance?"
Plop . . . .
"Can I?"
Plop . . . .
Exasperated, Syaoran stood and threw the rest of the pebbles in roughly, a pepper of sound echoing through the trees. He ran a hand through his dark hair, closing his eyes as he tried to clear his head. This wasn't working.
Eriol and Tomoyo walked out of their room to Syaoran's room, knocking softly on the wooden door. Tomoyo looked curiously at Eriol, who knocked again. Maybe she had fallen asleep. She had been pretty upset, and the energy from that probably drained Sakura completely. Eriol pushed open the door gently, expecting to see Sakura curled up in Syaoran's bed.
"Eriol!" Tomoyo cried as she took off through the apartment. She checked the kitchen and living room, but they were empty.
"She's gone."
Sakura walked through the coldness, pulling her jacket around her tightly. The wind blew through the bare trees, making the young woman shiver with a chill. She had to find Syaoran and figure out what in the world was happening.
'This is so stupid! How could they be keeping something from me all these weeks? What if it's something important like a bill they can't pay because of me? When I find Syaporan I'll-' Sakura thought, but she was cut short as someone stepped out of an alley, blocking her path.
"Excuse me." Sakura called to the person standing in her way. Her face changed from being slightly annoyed to absolutely terrified as the person stepped out into the light and roughly snatched her wrist.
"I knew it would only be a matter of time when they weren't around." Jacob whispered menacingly, pulling Sakura violently toward him. Sakura dropped her apartment keys from her hand and opened her mouth to scream, but Jacob tightened his grip on her wrist, making her wince in pain.
"Don't you even make a sound, you stupid bitch. Let's go home." Jacob ordered, dragging Sakura behind him like a disobedient child.
Sakura's head was spinning during the walk back to Jacob's. What was she going to do? He wasn't going to let her see the light of day until the baby was born, and after that happened he'd lock her up in the apartment, never letting her leave. She mentally thanked God she was pregnant, otherwise she'd be getting a horrible beating when they got home.
"This is it. Welcome home, Sakura." Jacob said harshly as he opened the door. Sakura's eyes widened as she was pushed into the apartment.
Syaoran was walking, his hands in his pockets, when his cell phone rang. He flipped it open and answered, becoming alarmed at the panicked voice in the background.
"Syaoran come home now." Eriol demanded. Syaoran could hear Tomoyo talking to Eriol, her voice strained and worried.
"What's wrong? Is it Sakura?" Syaoran asked, his ocher eyes becoming wide with worry. There was a silence on the other end, and Syaoran hung up his phone, sprinting toward his home as fast as his legs could carry.
"Where is she?" Syaoran said as he charged into the apartment. Eriol stood up from comforting a troubled Tomoyo and approached Syaoran, his blue eyes concerned.
"We think she took off to look for you after you left. We didn't even hear her leave, and she doesn't have a phone." Eriol replied. Syaoran started for the door again, but Eriol called out to him.
"Where are you going?" Eriol asked. Syaoran shook his head, his eyes taking on an 'are-you-DAFT?!' expression.
"I'm going to go find her." Syaoran stated simply, slipping out the door and down the steps once again. Eriol grabbed his jacket and handed Tomoyo hers as they joined Syaoran in the search.
Jacob slammed Sakura down onto the couch, looking at her with angry eyes as she cowered in fear. She took a look around the apartment, noticing it was starting to look somewhat decent. The walls weren't dingy any longer; now they had a nice coat of white paint. From floor to ceiling, the place had changed. It was like she wasn't in the same apartment.
"Don't slam me around. It's bad for the baby." Sakura pointed out, her voice quiet as a mouse. Jacob laughed and got right in Sakura's face.
"What do you think I care? You were the stupid one, getting pregnant and not killing it. I wanted you to do it, I begged you. But you couldn't see yourself killing it, even though it's nothing." Jacob sneered. Sakura's eyes filled with tears, but she struggled to hold them back.
"She's isn't a nothing!" Sakura spat. Jacob returned Sakura's words with a quick slap to the face. Her cheek immediately became red, lines where fingers connected with skin appearing in crimson on her pale face.
"Don't you talk to me like that! Now go into the kitchen and make me dinner. I'm starving." Jacob commanded, hoisting Sakura up and pushing her roughly toward the kitchen. Sakura looked back at him with an angry stare, but went into the other room nonetheless. Tears fell freely as she got out ingredients and began making dinner for Jacob.
'Syaoran where are you?' Sakura thought.
*Okay, so I want to stop here for some reason, if anything to annoy the readers. Will Syaoran find her before something terrible happens? Will he decide whether or not he wants to start a relationship with her or not? What are Sakura's feelings for Syaoran? Read and review to find out! Thanks!*
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With You
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked. Syaoran contemplated his options for a moment, his eyes growing slightly distant from himself. He could tell Sakura what Tomoyo was trying to do, or he could keep it to himself.
'I don't know what to do. Should I tell her everything? I don't even know what I'm thinking myself.' Syaoran thought. Sakura sat down next to Syaoran on the bed, a concerned expression on her face.
"Syaoran, if you don't want to tell me, you know you don't have to." Sakura said softly, her emerald eyes searching for a sign that Syaoran was with her, not buried in his own thoughts.
"I want to, I just . . . can't." Syaoran admitted, standing and walking out of the bedroom. Sakura remained in her place, watching Syaoran walk out with a look of hurt and confusion on her face. She brushed some bangs from her face and sighed. Only the sound of the front door closing brought her out of Syaoran's room and into the living room where Tomoyo and Eriol sat silently.
"Where did he go?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo looked at the floor guiltily as Eriol shrugged.
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have . . . it wasn't my place." Tomoyo whispered, running out of the living room into her room, slamming the door behind her.
"Eriol, am I the only one who doesn't know what's happening here?" Sakura asked, frustrated. Eriol's blue eyes moved from Sakura's pained green eyes to the tiled floor of the kitchen.
"Tell me what's going on, please." Sakura asked, touching Eriol's arm with her hand.
"It's not my place to say. I don't want to make things worse." Eriol replied. Sakura's eyes began to water as her frustrations grew.
"Fine. I'll just find out for myself." Sakura bit, retreating to Syaoran's room and slamming the door. Eriol sighed and walked into his room where Tomoyo sat at the window, looking out at the starry night sky.
"Tomoyo-"Eriol started. The raven haired girl whipped her head around, revealing red eyes and a tear stained face.
"You were right. How could I have tried to put them together when they don't have feelings for each other?" Tomoyo cried quietly. Eriol walked over to Tomoyo, carefully pulling her to her feet.
"You just wanted to see them both happy." Eriol whispered. Tomoyo looked from Eriol to the window, gazing out into the pitch black darkness.
"I'm the worst friend ever." Tomoyo said bitterly, wrapping her arms around herself as she moved away from Eriol.
"I don't think so. Sakura certainly doesn't think so." Eriol argued, sitting on the window seat and looking intently at Tomoyo.
"Syaoran must think so. I've been on him from the first week about it. He must think I'm a wretch." Tomoyo harshly, beating herself up mentally. Eriol could stand no more as he stood and grabbed Tomoyo's arm, turning her to face him.
"Stop it! They both love you, no matter what! It was a mistake, how could you have known they didn't like each other that way?" Eriol said quietly, staring into Tomoyo's sad amethyst eyes with firm azure eyes.
"God I hope they can forgive me." Tomoyo whispered, breaking down into tears and falling against Eriol's chest. Eriol ran his hand up and down Tomoyo's back, rocking her back and forth like a small child.
Syaoran walked through the darkness of the park, trying to sort himself out. For weeks he had been thinking about it, the issue that haunted him day and night. Could he even think about being attracted to Sakura, especially when she was in the situation she was in? He cared for her undoubtedly as a friend, but he was unsure where it went from there.
'Why can't my stupid heart make a choice?' Syaoran thought angrily. He stopped at a pond and flopped down into a stone bench. He reached down and gathered some pebbles from the cold ground and began throwing them into the still water.
Plop . . . .
"Is Eriol right? Am I just not seeing what's there?" Syaoran asked aloud.
Plop . . . .
"What if I do want Sakura?"
Plop . . . .
"And she doesn't want me?"
Plop . . . .
"Can she handle that kind of emotional disturbance?"
Plop . . . .
"Can I?"
Plop . . . .
Exasperated, Syaoran stood and threw the rest of the pebbles in roughly, a pepper of sound echoing through the trees. He ran a hand through his dark hair, closing his eyes as he tried to clear his head. This wasn't working.
Eriol and Tomoyo walked out of their room to Syaoran's room, knocking softly on the wooden door. Tomoyo looked curiously at Eriol, who knocked again. Maybe she had fallen asleep. She had been pretty upset, and the energy from that probably drained Sakura completely. Eriol pushed open the door gently, expecting to see Sakura curled up in Syaoran's bed.
"Eriol!" Tomoyo cried as she took off through the apartment. She checked the kitchen and living room, but they were empty.
"She's gone."
Sakura walked through the coldness, pulling her jacket around her tightly. The wind blew through the bare trees, making the young woman shiver with a chill. She had to find Syaoran and figure out what in the world was happening.
'This is so stupid! How could they be keeping something from me all these weeks? What if it's something important like a bill they can't pay because of me? When I find Syaporan I'll-' Sakura thought, but she was cut short as someone stepped out of an alley, blocking her path.
"Excuse me." Sakura called to the person standing in her way. Her face changed from being slightly annoyed to absolutely terrified as the person stepped out into the light and roughly snatched her wrist.
"I knew it would only be a matter of time when they weren't around." Jacob whispered menacingly, pulling Sakura violently toward him. Sakura dropped her apartment keys from her hand and opened her mouth to scream, but Jacob tightened his grip on her wrist, making her wince in pain.
"Don't you even make a sound, you stupid bitch. Let's go home." Jacob ordered, dragging Sakura behind him like a disobedient child.
Sakura's head was spinning during the walk back to Jacob's. What was she going to do? He wasn't going to let her see the light of day until the baby was born, and after that happened he'd lock her up in the apartment, never letting her leave. She mentally thanked God she was pregnant, otherwise she'd be getting a horrible beating when they got home.
"This is it. Welcome home, Sakura." Jacob said harshly as he opened the door. Sakura's eyes widened as she was pushed into the apartment.
Syaoran was walking, his hands in his pockets, when his cell phone rang. He flipped it open and answered, becoming alarmed at the panicked voice in the background.
"Syaoran come home now." Eriol demanded. Syaoran could hear Tomoyo talking to Eriol, her voice strained and worried.
"What's wrong? Is it Sakura?" Syaoran asked, his ocher eyes becoming wide with worry. There was a silence on the other end, and Syaoran hung up his phone, sprinting toward his home as fast as his legs could carry.
"Where is she?" Syaoran said as he charged into the apartment. Eriol stood up from comforting a troubled Tomoyo and approached Syaoran, his blue eyes concerned.
"We think she took off to look for you after you left. We didn't even hear her leave, and she doesn't have a phone." Eriol replied. Syaoran started for the door again, but Eriol called out to him.
"Where are you going?" Eriol asked. Syaoran shook his head, his eyes taking on an 'are-you-DAFT?!' expression.
"I'm going to go find her." Syaoran stated simply, slipping out the door and down the steps once again. Eriol grabbed his jacket and handed Tomoyo hers as they joined Syaoran in the search.
Jacob slammed Sakura down onto the couch, looking at her with angry eyes as she cowered in fear. She took a look around the apartment, noticing it was starting to look somewhat decent. The walls weren't dingy any longer; now they had a nice coat of white paint. From floor to ceiling, the place had changed. It was like she wasn't in the same apartment.
"Don't slam me around. It's bad for the baby." Sakura pointed out, her voice quiet as a mouse. Jacob laughed and got right in Sakura's face.
"What do you think I care? You were the stupid one, getting pregnant and not killing it. I wanted you to do it, I begged you. But you couldn't see yourself killing it, even though it's nothing." Jacob sneered. Sakura's eyes filled with tears, but she struggled to hold them back.
"She's isn't a nothing!" Sakura spat. Jacob returned Sakura's words with a quick slap to the face. Her cheek immediately became red, lines where fingers connected with skin appearing in crimson on her pale face.
"Don't you talk to me like that! Now go into the kitchen and make me dinner. I'm starving." Jacob commanded, hoisting Sakura up and pushing her roughly toward the kitchen. Sakura looked back at him with an angry stare, but went into the other room nonetheless. Tears fell freely as she got out ingredients and began making dinner for Jacob.
'Syaoran where are you?' Sakura thought.
*Okay, so I want to stop here for some reason, if anything to annoy the readers. Will Syaoran find her before something terrible happens? Will he decide whether or not he wants to start a relationship with her or not? What are Sakura's feelings for Syaoran? Read and review to find out! Thanks!*