I almost loaded the next chapter of the story and completely left this one out!! I knew something was weird when I proofread this thing! Anyway, enjoy!
With You
Sakura walked through the empty house with Syaoran quietly, looking over the bare white walls and spacious rooms. Cadence bounced in Syaoran's arms, her green eyes eagerly watching everything around her. The trio walked out to the back yard, where they set Cadence down to run around in the soft green grass.
"I think this is the one." Sakura said softly, leaning into Syaoran happily as they watched the toddler run around happily. Syaoran wrapped his arms around Sakura's waist and nodded his head.
"You're right. Three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a backyard . . . this place is perfect to raise a family." Syaoran agreed. Cadence laughed as she chased a caterpillar through the dark green grass, and Sakura smiled.
"So should I tell the real estate lady to take the sign out of the front yard?" Syaoran asked. Sakura nodded and kissed his lips. They stared into each other's eyes for a moment, emerald meeting amber. Syaoran grinned excitedly and walked back into the house to search for the real estate agent and cut a check.
"Cadence, do you want to live here?" Sakura asked the eighteen month old child. Cadence ran to her mother with some dried leaves from the yard, her cheeks rosy from the late September weather.
"Mommy!" Cadence said proudly, thrusting the leaves in Sakura's face. She took the leaves and picked Cadence up. Syaoran walked out with a grin and opened his arms wide to grab Cadence as she leapt from her mother's arms to his.
"It's all settled then. We have a house!" Syaoran said happily. Sakura leaned against him and looked excitedly at the new house they had bought.
It was a one story house painted white on the outside. There were flower beds around the foundation and down the brick walkway leading to the street. Black shutters were on the windows, and there was a small porch with a swing in the front. In the front yard there was a cherry tree, and the finishing touch was the white picket fence along the sidewalk. It was truly perfect.
The inside of the house was plain for the moment, but Sakura would see to it that it was decorated very nicely after the moved in. When coming in the front door, you could see the living room on the left, the kitchen straight ahead. Moving to the back, you could find the bedrooms, two on one side of the hall, one on the other side. A bathroom was connected to the master bedroom, and a second bathroom was at the end of the hall.
On September thirtieth, Sakura and Syaoran started painting and moving their things from the apartment to the house. Sakura painted the living room a bright cranberry color, hanging beautiful cream curtains on the windows. The kitchen was painted a sunshine yellow with blue trim along the ceiling. White curtains hung halfway down the window, and horizontal blinds accented the sliding door leading to the patio.
Cadence's room was painted pink with a darker pink border along the ceiling. Her crib was replaced with a small bed, and she had newly bought furnishings for her brand new room to go along with it. Her floor was dark mahogany wood with a pink area rug in the middle. Sakura hung sheer white curtains that puffed at the top in the baby's room, finishing off the look.
After deciding to leave the last room alone, Sakura and Syaoran painted their own room a deep hunter green. Sakura hung sheer curtains in their room as well, and together they spread a white area rug on the mahogany floor.
With a little more than two weeks left until their wedding, Sakura and Syaoran finished moving in. But there was still one thing missing; there was one essential item they needed for their new house, and they knew exactly where to get it.
"Okay, Cadence, pick one." Sakura instructed, releasing the small child to walk through the animal shelter. She looked in all the cages, at all the different types of dogs locked inside.
"Are you sure you want a dog?" Sakura asked Syaoran. He nodded, a lopsided smile on his handsome face. Sakura sighed lightly and tried to be excited when she was in reality a bit anxious. The closest thing she had to a pet was Kero, and he . . . was definitely not the normal type of pet a ten year old gets. Cadence started to point excitedly, and Sakura approached the tiny child with Syaoran.
"Daddy!" Cadence gurgled, pointing to a small puppy inside the kennel. He was a golden color, and had cute floppy ears. Huge chocolate eyes stared up at Syaoran and Sakura, and her heart began to melt immediately.
"Is this the puppy you want, honey?" Syaoran asked, motioning to the kennel owner to open up the cage. Cadence jumped up and down excitedly as the cage was opened, and the puppy jumped out and licked Cadence in the face.
"Looks like we have ourselves a dog." Sakura said, smiling as Cadence played happily with the puppy. On the drive home, Syaoran and Sakura decided on names for the puppy, who sat quietly with Cadence in the backseat.
"I think he's a caramel color, so let's name him something along that line." Sakura mentioned. Syaoran thought for a moment, trying to find a name that worked with the color.
"What about Butterscotch?" Syaoran suggested. Sakura turned around and faced Cadence to ask her how she liked the name.
"Cadence, can you say Butterscotch?" Sakura asked.
"' Scotch!" Cadence cried, making the older two laugh. From that day forward, Butterscotch would be known as 'Scotch, the lovable puppy.
After returning home and showing 'Scotch where the back door flap was, Syaoran and Sakura started to unpack some of the kitchen items they had. In the living room, Cadence played with the new puppy in a game of tug-o-war. A shiny object caught Cadence's sight on the coffee table, and she toddled over to it. She picked it up and examined it before deciding it wasn't as interesting as she had thought.
Meanwhile, Syaoran was unpacking some dishes when he realized he left Sakura's ring on the coffee table in the living room. Fearing Cadence would get a hold of it and swallow it, he nonchalantly walked into the living room just in time to see Cadence slip the ring into 'Scotch's mouth.
"Holy. Crap." Syaoran muttered. He fell to his knees beside the giggling child and opened the dog's mouth, searching desperately for the ring inside his little mouth.
"Syaoran?" Sakura asked. She walked into the living room to find Syaoran with a sick look on his face, and Cadence grinning like crazy.
"'Scotch!" Cadence cried, throwing her arms around the puppy, who wriggled himself free. Syaoran stood up and walked over to Sakura, his face completely expressionless.
"I need to take the dog to the vet, ok?" Syaoran muttered. Sakura looked at Syaoran with a 'what in the world is wrong with you?!' look.
"He . . . ate your ring." Syaoran managed. Sakura's emerald eyes widened in shock as she realized what had happened.
"Well let's go!" Sakura shouted, snagging Cadence as she chased the puppy through the room. Syaoran grabbed the puppy and the couple took off toward the car as fast as they could go.
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