*Hi guys! Thanks again for all the reviews, and this is going to be the
chapter where everything starts to come out. Some of you are thinking along
the same lines as I am when it comes to the next thing to happen, but you
could be surprised with a twist, as I am known to deliver them on occasion.
Anyway, enjoy, read and review, and have a great day!*
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With You
"What's going on?" Syaoran asked, wiping the sleep from his eyes. He glanced at Tomoyo, who looked as if she would die at any moment. Her face was as pale as white snow, and she was trembling slightly. Sakura held a bewildered look on her bruised face as she stared at Syaoran for a moment, then dashed back to his bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
"Tomoyo, what's all the racket?" Eriol muttered as he walked out into the kitchen, his eyes half closed.
"I'd like to know the same thing. Tomoyo, what's going on?" Syaoran asked.
"I-I thought you . . . you told her . . ." Tomoyo whispered, her violet eyes staring into Syaoran's confused amber eyes.
"Told her what?" Syaoran and Eriol asked.
"That you were falling for her." Tomoyo trailed off, turning her face to the floor. Syaoran's eyes widened in shock as Eriol touched Tomoyo's shoulder.
"It's okay, you didn't know." Eriol soothed. Syaoran slumped into his chair, his eyes vacant.
"Tomoyo . . . I thought we covered this . . . "Syaoran said quietly.
"I-"Tomoyo started.
"I told you we can't be anything more than friends. Just because I have feelings for her doesn't mean she has the same ones for me!" Syaoran muttered, getting up and leaving Tomoyo and Eriol in the kitchen.
"Sakura, open the door." Syaoran asked, leaning his head against the wooden door to his room. Muffled sobs could be heard within the room, making Syaoran's heart wrench with guilt.
'I knew it wouldn't be a good idea.' Syaoran thought as the door opened and Sakura stood on the other side, tears formed in her crystal green eyes.
"What's going on?" Sakura demanded, her voice tiny and weak. Syaoran walked into his room and closed the door. He took a seat on his bed and watched as Sakura leaned heavily against the wall.
"Why did Tomoyo say that?" Sakura whispered, her eyes searching Syaoran's for answers.
"I don't know. I think she has some stupid idea that we could end up being more than friends." Syaoran replied. He instantly regretted each word after he thought them through.
"So you don't want anything further than friendship with me?" Sakura asked, her voice containing some hurt. Syaoran debated for a moment, then nodded his head.
"I'm going to move out. Today. Things are getting too complicated." Sakura whispered, moving to put more of her things into her bags. Syaoran leapt to his feet, his heart nearly falling through his body.
"Don't go, Sakura." Syaoran asked. Sakura turned and faced Syaoran, her emerald eyes stinging with tears.
"Why should I? All I've done is cause trouble and make people assume things." Sakura muttered, throwing a shirt into the bag and zipping it shut.
'Tell her the truth! That without her, your life will be just as dull as it was before she came back into it! Dammit fool, TELL HER!' Syaoran's mind screamed. He didn't let his thoughts become verbal as he simply looked away from Sakura's piercing stare. Sakura sighed lightly and hoisted her bags into her hands and started slowly out the door.
"Sakura, what's going on?" Eriol asked as Sakura walked past him and Tomoyo. Sakura set her bags on the couch and picked up a phone book.
"I'm leaving. I'm sure I still have some friends here who would take me in until the baby's born. I'm sorry to burden you all." Sakura answered, not looking up to meet Eriol's confused stare. Tomoyo got out of her chair and ran back to Syaoran's room where he was sitting on his bed, staring at his hands.
"Syaoran why didn't you tell her?!" Tomoyo cried, her voice hushed. Syaoran shook her head, his amber eyes sorrowful.
"I panicked! She doesn't feel the same, and I didn't want to put even more stress on her and the baby with my stupid unrequited feelings!" Syaoran spat, glaring at his hands as he continued his visual assault.
"Syaoran Li, you're the dumbest man I have ever known!" Tomoyo argued, making Syaoran look up at her with a surprised look. Was this the same quiet, reserved Tomoyo he had just spoken to?!
"Where do you get that?" Syaoran questioned. Tomoyo stood and walked to Syaoran's window, pushing back the curtains and letting in the light.
"You're sitting here letting Sakura get away, and you don't know how she even feels." Tomoyo muttered.
"I heard her crying. She doesn't feel the same." Syaoran admitted. Tomoyo shook her head and faced Syaoran again.
"Just because she was crying doesn't mean she hasn't got the same emotions you do." Tomoyo pointed out before walking out the door and into her own room. Syaoran sighed and looked around his room, which seemed empty without Sakura's presence in it.
Meanwhile, Eriol was pleading with Sakura to stop and think for a moment before making a call and leaving the apartment. His blue eyes were pleading as he gently touched Sakura's shoulder.
"Do you really think it's so bad for you and Syaoran to be together? Or are you covering?" Eriol asked quietly. Sakura's green eyes softened as she set the book down, cupping her hands in her lap miserably.
"God, Eriol . . . it's too hard with the baby factor. How could I ask him to take her in?" Sakura answered, a tear trailing down her face. Eriol wiped it away and shook his head.
"While it is admirable to think of your own child before yourself, Sakura, I think you should look deeper into all this before you run away from something potentially wonderful." Eriol stated, getting up and walking back toward his room. Sakura sighed and stared at her bags, her life. Was she doing the right thing for her baby? For herself?
Sakura reached for the phone book once again, but a hand gently stopped her from picking up the item. Sakura's eyes left the book and traveled up to Syaoran, who was looking down at Sakura with dismally sad eyes.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked. Syaoran's ocher gaze made her stomach sting with a nervousness she couldn't understand.
"Don't go yet. Come with me for a walk." Syaoran said quietly, handing a winter coat to Sakura, who looked at him with a puzzled face.
"We need to . . . talk." Syaoran added, slinging his own coat over his shoulders and grabbing his apartment keys. Sakura put on her coat and walked with Syaoran out the door and into the cold morning air.
"Do you think you had an effect on him?" Eriol asked as he watched Sakura and Syaoran walk slowly down the sidewalk together. Tomoyo watched out the window as well, a small sigh escaping her lips.
"I hope so, Eriol." Tomoyo replied as she leaned her head against Eriol's sadly.
*So NOW what's going to happen? There's way too much drama going on here to be anything good! Will they talk and figure everything out? Will Sakura run away again? You're going to have to wait until Sunday to find out, so while you're waiting send out a review! And for everyone's info, "The Luckiest" took off with a huge bang so it will be continued. And when I finish "Rogue" I will start the writing on my newest fic "The Benjamin Gate". For more info/updates, check my profile. Cya!*
Reviewers: Kura-chan, AnimeObsessionFantasy, Li's lil cherry blossom, Silver Wolf Gurl, *~*NeCi*~*, Cherry Jade, Kikakai, alex, angel-wings-131, anjuliet, & vanishingact
With You
"What's going on?" Syaoran asked, wiping the sleep from his eyes. He glanced at Tomoyo, who looked as if she would die at any moment. Her face was as pale as white snow, and she was trembling slightly. Sakura held a bewildered look on her bruised face as she stared at Syaoran for a moment, then dashed back to his bedroom, slamming the door behind her.
"Tomoyo, what's all the racket?" Eriol muttered as he walked out into the kitchen, his eyes half closed.
"I'd like to know the same thing. Tomoyo, what's going on?" Syaoran asked.
"I-I thought you . . . you told her . . ." Tomoyo whispered, her violet eyes staring into Syaoran's confused amber eyes.
"Told her what?" Syaoran and Eriol asked.
"That you were falling for her." Tomoyo trailed off, turning her face to the floor. Syaoran's eyes widened in shock as Eriol touched Tomoyo's shoulder.
"It's okay, you didn't know." Eriol soothed. Syaoran slumped into his chair, his eyes vacant.
"Tomoyo . . . I thought we covered this . . . "Syaoran said quietly.
"I-"Tomoyo started.
"I told you we can't be anything more than friends. Just because I have feelings for her doesn't mean she has the same ones for me!" Syaoran muttered, getting up and leaving Tomoyo and Eriol in the kitchen.
"Sakura, open the door." Syaoran asked, leaning his head against the wooden door to his room. Muffled sobs could be heard within the room, making Syaoran's heart wrench with guilt.
'I knew it wouldn't be a good idea.' Syaoran thought as the door opened and Sakura stood on the other side, tears formed in her crystal green eyes.
"What's going on?" Sakura demanded, her voice tiny and weak. Syaoran walked into his room and closed the door. He took a seat on his bed and watched as Sakura leaned heavily against the wall.
"Why did Tomoyo say that?" Sakura whispered, her eyes searching Syaoran's for answers.
"I don't know. I think she has some stupid idea that we could end up being more than friends." Syaoran replied. He instantly regretted each word after he thought them through.
"So you don't want anything further than friendship with me?" Sakura asked, her voice containing some hurt. Syaoran debated for a moment, then nodded his head.
"I'm going to move out. Today. Things are getting too complicated." Sakura whispered, moving to put more of her things into her bags. Syaoran leapt to his feet, his heart nearly falling through his body.
"Don't go, Sakura." Syaoran asked. Sakura turned and faced Syaoran, her emerald eyes stinging with tears.
"Why should I? All I've done is cause trouble and make people assume things." Sakura muttered, throwing a shirt into the bag and zipping it shut.
'Tell her the truth! That without her, your life will be just as dull as it was before she came back into it! Dammit fool, TELL HER!' Syaoran's mind screamed. He didn't let his thoughts become verbal as he simply looked away from Sakura's piercing stare. Sakura sighed lightly and hoisted her bags into her hands and started slowly out the door.
"Sakura, what's going on?" Eriol asked as Sakura walked past him and Tomoyo. Sakura set her bags on the couch and picked up a phone book.
"I'm leaving. I'm sure I still have some friends here who would take me in until the baby's born. I'm sorry to burden you all." Sakura answered, not looking up to meet Eriol's confused stare. Tomoyo got out of her chair and ran back to Syaoran's room where he was sitting on his bed, staring at his hands.
"Syaoran why didn't you tell her?!" Tomoyo cried, her voice hushed. Syaoran shook her head, his amber eyes sorrowful.
"I panicked! She doesn't feel the same, and I didn't want to put even more stress on her and the baby with my stupid unrequited feelings!" Syaoran spat, glaring at his hands as he continued his visual assault.
"Syaoran Li, you're the dumbest man I have ever known!" Tomoyo argued, making Syaoran look up at her with a surprised look. Was this the same quiet, reserved Tomoyo he had just spoken to?!
"Where do you get that?" Syaoran questioned. Tomoyo stood and walked to Syaoran's window, pushing back the curtains and letting in the light.
"You're sitting here letting Sakura get away, and you don't know how she even feels." Tomoyo muttered.
"I heard her crying. She doesn't feel the same." Syaoran admitted. Tomoyo shook her head and faced Syaoran again.
"Just because she was crying doesn't mean she hasn't got the same emotions you do." Tomoyo pointed out before walking out the door and into her own room. Syaoran sighed and looked around his room, which seemed empty without Sakura's presence in it.
Meanwhile, Eriol was pleading with Sakura to stop and think for a moment before making a call and leaving the apartment. His blue eyes were pleading as he gently touched Sakura's shoulder.
"Do you really think it's so bad for you and Syaoran to be together? Or are you covering?" Eriol asked quietly. Sakura's green eyes softened as she set the book down, cupping her hands in her lap miserably.
"God, Eriol . . . it's too hard with the baby factor. How could I ask him to take her in?" Sakura answered, a tear trailing down her face. Eriol wiped it away and shook his head.
"While it is admirable to think of your own child before yourself, Sakura, I think you should look deeper into all this before you run away from something potentially wonderful." Eriol stated, getting up and walking back toward his room. Sakura sighed and stared at her bags, her life. Was she doing the right thing for her baby? For herself?
Sakura reached for the phone book once again, but a hand gently stopped her from picking up the item. Sakura's eyes left the book and traveled up to Syaoran, who was looking down at Sakura with dismally sad eyes.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked. Syaoran's ocher gaze made her stomach sting with a nervousness she couldn't understand.
"Don't go yet. Come with me for a walk." Syaoran said quietly, handing a winter coat to Sakura, who looked at him with a puzzled face.
"We need to . . . talk." Syaoran added, slinging his own coat over his shoulders and grabbing his apartment keys. Sakura put on her coat and walked with Syaoran out the door and into the cold morning air.
"Do you think you had an effect on him?" Eriol asked as he watched Sakura and Syaoran walk slowly down the sidewalk together. Tomoyo watched out the window as well, a small sigh escaping her lips.
"I hope so, Eriol." Tomoyo replied as she leaned her head against Eriol's sadly.
*So NOW what's going to happen? There's way too much drama going on here to be anything good! Will they talk and figure everything out? Will Sakura run away again? You're going to have to wait until Sunday to find out, so while you're waiting send out a review! And for everyone's info, "The Luckiest" took off with a huge bang so it will be continued. And when I finish "Rogue" I will start the writing on my newest fic "The Benjamin Gate". For more info/updates, check my profile. Cya!*