Author: Hey everyone! It's me, Sakuraloveu reporting for update! It took long, but I'm finished with chapter three of Chapstick Fate now! Enjoy and Review!
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS, and I don't own any of the characters originated from the anime. But the possible OCs in later chapters DO belong to me!!!
Special Thanks goes to:
Nanie-san: Thank you! I promise the plot's going to get more interesting!
Pure Heart: I will! And there you go, a new chapter!
Chapter three
It's...it's that girl at the bus stop the other day, Syaoran thought to himself as he watched Sakura struggle off the other guy who were hugging her, or at least tried to anyway, when he came in. She works here? And who's that guy? What's going on here?
"Er...it's not...it's not what you think ..." Sakura currently, is trying to explain to the guy standing at the door, whom she met at the bus stop the other day, after she finally struggled off Yukito. "We were...I mean I was...er...he was..." finding it extremely hard to explain, Sakura silently prayed that she could just disappear right then and there. "Sakura, who is he?" Yukito came up to Sakura's side and demanded. At a loss of words, Sakura just stood there, staring at Syaoran with a huge blushing crawling up her face. "Sakura?" Yukito asked again.
Without thinking, Syaoran found himself saying:
"I'm her boyfriend, who the hell are you?"
"Eh?/Huh?" both Sakura and Yukito spoke out of surprise. "Boyfriend? You are Sakura's boyfriend?" Yukito asked unbelievably while looking back and forth between a very surprised looking Sakura and a straight-faced Syaoran. "Yes, I am. And if you don't mind me saying this, I do NOT like seeing you, or any other male for that matter, be near or like what you did just now, harass her. What's your name again?" Syaoran clearly stated his mind, not to mention he's got absolutely no clue where all this came from.
"Er...name's Yukito." a little stunned, Yukito replied automatically. "Yukito huh? Well, Yukito, I would like to inform you that if I see you around Sakura anymore, you would have me to answer to." Taking a breathe after this, just to make himself seem more determined, Syaoran continued: "Now if you don't mind, I believe Sakura and I have something to talk about, both business AND private matters." With Yukito still too stunned to move, Syaoran's eyes turned icy and even Sakura felt chills going up her spine when they locked eyes for a brief moment.
Turning his eyes away from Sakura, Syaoran looked directly at Yukito with his icy amber eye, "I believe, that's the hint for you to leave now." Suddenly feeling cold, Yukito felt that Syaoran's eyes were piercing right through him. Acted with instinct, Yukito backed away from his spot, and almost tripped over the chair what was behind him. "Er...er..." with his mind found completely blank, Yukito just walked quickly out of the conference room, murmuring something like "...this isn't over..."
With Yukito out of the room, the atmosphere between Sakura and Syaoran are once again awkward. Hoe…I'm alone with him…what do I do? Sakura nervously thought to herself. Ack! I'm alone with her! What do I do? Panicked Syaoran.
"Er..."
"Er..." both of them said at the same time.
"Oh!"
"Oh!"
"You first!"
"You first!"
"This is going nowhere." Syaoran said with a laugh. "I guess," Sakura smiled slightly. "Um...arigatou." Sakura softly said after a moment of silence. "Huh? What for?" Syaoran was caught off guard for a second by her smile, she's beautiful, thought Syaoran. "You know, just now, with Yukito...thanks for helping me out of that mess," Sakura, now looking at Syaoran in the face, said. "He's been after me for a while. Now that he thinks that I have a boyfriend," Sakura stopped briefly, a little blush started to appear on her face once again, "he wouldn't be so out of control anymore. So...thank you." After her little speech, Sakura smiled even more beautifully at Syaoran, her clear emerald eyes sparkling. A little taken aback by Sakura's eyes, Syaoran tripped on his words: "Er...you...you're welcome."
Calming himself slightly, Syaoran started again: "After all this, I still don't know your name." "Oh, my name is Sakura, Kinomoto Sakura." Sakura replied, "and yours may I ask?" "Syaoran, Li Syaoran. Or known to my family, Li XiaoLang. It means little wolf." Syaoran answered, now finding it pretty easy to talk. "Little wolf? That's so kawaii! My name means Cherry Blossom." Sakura still feeling a little uncomfortable, took a seat at the table after complimenting on Syaoran's name.
Taking a seat himself, Syaoran worriedly asked Sakura: "Um...I hope this doesn't sound too random, but I don't think that Yukito guy is a good character, or a easy person to beat down. Are you sure he won't be causing anymore trouble for you?" Looking up with curiosity, Sakura found herself staring into a pair of no-longer-icy amber eyes, but a pair of eyes that's so full of worries. Startled, Sakura lowered her head and pretended to be interested in the paperwork she has at hand, and answered Syaoran in such a way that Syaoran was almost certain that she was talking to herself: "I wouldn't say he won't be causing anymore trouble, but at least I hope that he doesn't bother me so constantly anymore." Just sensing Syaoran's concerns (A/N: did you ever notice how she's so forever slow at sensing people's feelings in both the anime and in fanfics? -.-'...), Sakura looked warmly into Syaoran's eyes and smiled happily, "Please Li-san, don't worry about me. It's nothing really, Yukito-san is a nice person."
Who is she? How could she be so calm after what I just saw? And judging from what she said, this Yukito person has been bothering her for sometime now. How could she still be praising him after all this? Puzzled and a little amazed, Syaoran took out a pen and a piece of paper from his pocket and wrote down something and offered it to Sakura. Confused, Sakura curiously looked at the little piece of paper: "What's this?" "It's my number. I know that we haven't known each other for long and not too well, but if you are ever in trouble with him or anything like that, please call me." Syaoran said with complete sincerity. For a moment there, Sakura just blankly stared at the little paper, and Syaoran was getting nervous by the second.
"Li-san," after what seemed like forever, Sakura started, "thank you so very much for your help. But like you just said, we don't know each other that well and even though your sincerity moved me so much, I can't accept your offer. But, I want you to know that I'm very grateful for this." Sakura stated clearly and also, sincerely. Still slightly unsure, Syaoran just put the piece of paper on the table, "well, if you say so. Anyways, shall we start the business then?"
"Whew, I'm beat!" after spending the whole afternoon in the conference room, Syaoran's business with Sakura's company is finally settled. Looking out of the window, Sakura was surprised to see how dark it already is out side. "Eh? How long did we spend in that room anyway?" Checking to see the time, Sakura gasped at the clock. "SIX?! Six already?! I spent SIX hours with him for that deal? Aw..." droping herself into her armchair with a soft "thud", Sakura helplessly stared at the pile of paperwork on her table waiting for her to clean out, and groaned. "Looks like it's 'hello McDonald' again...Oi...Tomoyo-chan would kill me if she knows that I ate McDonald for dinner, again..." chuckling to herself, Sakura sat up in her chair and started to separate the papeworks apart. Just as she was separating the works, a little piece of paper slipped out of the pile and landed on the floor beside her chair. "Huh? What's this?" Picking up the paper, Sakura looked at the neat writing on it:
Li Syaoran,
647-XXX-XXXX
"Li Syaoran...Syaoran..." Sakura softly whispered the name to no one in particular. Somehow, it felt so right when she spoke it out of her mouth. Upon remembering his warm amber eyes, Sakura can almost feel that a blush is coming up. "Must have picked it up along with the others after he left." Now playing with the little piece of paper in her hand, Sakura thought that was it possible that she would ever use this number?
Author: There you have it, another chapter of Chapstick Fate. Personally, I think that this chapter is somewhat less good than the previous two. It took me so long to write it, and I had to change it afterwards here and there for like a million times! Lol! Let me know how you feel about it! But please no harsh flames! I'm innocent...
Was born to make you happy...
(And to those of you who's wondering about the above line, I swear I thought of it before I EVER heard Brittany Spears sing it, so it's my own line, not the one Spears has in her song! And just so you know, I'm not much of her fan either. Lol.)