Author's notes: Weeeee! I'm so happy right now, I am at the highest point my life has ever been right now, so, I'm settling in a treat for you guys: I'm making the chapters twice as long! Because I'm SUPERLY happy, and I loved all of your guys' reviews, thanks!
One Week – Chapter 2Sakura's P.O.V:
"So I'll see you at six?" I asked my best friend Syaoran. I still can't believe he's going to be here for a whole week! I'm psyched!
"Yeah, sounds good."
"Do you have your keys?"
"Yes."
"Your I.D.?"
"Yes."
"Your clothes and things you need?"
"Yes Sakura, I have everything I need. Calm down."
"Sorry! He he!" I'm so giddy! He usually only stays for a day or two, and we don't usually get to have fun, but now that we get out of school earlier, he'll get to my house earlier! Not to mention my mom's going to be out late at meetings this week, so it'll be just Syaoran and I! It'll be just like playing house!
"So go home and get dinner ready, I'll be home at six right after work and I get my things." He hugged me good-bye.
"You bet! Have fun at work HONEY." I said, over exaggerating the word 'honey'.
"Okay SWEETY, see you at six." We both laughed and I kissed him on his cheek before I turned to leave. "Bye!"
"Bye!" I was obviously glowing. People said I looked different all day long. Well, how would you feel if your best friend was going to stay with you for a week? He's the best friend I could ever have.
"Sakura!" I turned suddenly at the sound of my cousin's voice.
"Tomoyo? What are you doing here? I would have thought you'd be in the back seat of Eriol's car by now!" I teased. She slapped me on the arm as soon as she closed the space between us.
"No, but its only 12:30." I laughed at her remark. "So what are you doing tonight?"
"Well, I'm going home and I'm going to make dinner for Syaoran and I." I replied as we started walking towards my destination home.
"What about your mom?"
"She's going to be out at meetings all this week and won't be home until real late." Tomoyo raised an eyebrow at me. "What?"
"You... And Syaoran... All alone?" Tomoyo began to laugh evilly. Did I just see horns pop in and out of her head? "Hey! We should all have dinner together!!"
I smiled at the thought. "Yeah! You should bring Eriol over and we'll all just hang out!" I know, I practically said the same thing she did... So what? I noticed Tomoyo sweat drop.
"Sounds good! What time?" She asked.
"Syaoran's getting home about 6." I smiled, this was going to be so much fun!
"Okay, we'll be there about 6:30."
"Why 6:30?" I questioned while cocking my head to the side.
"Well, of course I need the secret lovers to have half an hour together before they have company..."
"How many times do I have to tell you that we're not lovers?"
"But you do want it, right?" I remained silent. It's true. I've liked Syaoran for five years now...
...But I know he doesn't like me like that... "That's besides the point..."
"But it's the truth."
I sighed as I looked down at my hands. "Look, I have to go home and prepare dinner, and straighten up. I'll see you at six..."
"Thirty." Tomoyo smiled at me. "Don't worry Sakura, he'll realize he loves you, and you'll finally get what you've always wanted."
I looked up and smiled reassuringly at her. "Thanks Tomoyo, but I know exactly how he thinks. He only thinks of us as best friends. And if that's the closest I can get, then I'm happy with what I can." I smiled and waved one last time before continuing my walk to my apartment a few blocks away. Syaoran and I will always be best friends. Nothing will ever change that, but I wish we could be something more. But that will never happen. And we'll never be more than friends.
Syaoran's P.O.V:
I sighed tiredly as I walked out of the elevator. Work was really exhausting. I know what you're thinking, "Why are you working when your parents are super rich?" Well, my parents thought it would be a great way to learn responsibility by working at a factory. So, from one to five I'm carrying and loading heavy boxes in and out of trucks for eight dollars an hour. I guess you can say it's worth it, but I'm superbly sore. Maybe Sakura will give me a massage... That would be nice...
I open the door to the apartment whose aroma was filled with the scent of teriyaki. "Sakura?"
"Hey honey!" She ran and leaped into my arms. I reached out and caught her to prevent her from falling. "How was work?"
I flinched from my aching bones trying to support her. In a low voice, I replied, "Painful..."
"Oh! I'm sorry!" She hurriedly jumped down and grabbed my hands while inspecting my arms. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine..." I sighed as she began to massage my arms with her middle and index finger moving in a circular motion. "That feels good... Is dinner ready?"
I heard her laugh. I like her laugh. It's unique and like a ray of sunshine. "Yes, it is. But we'll have to wait."
I groaned. "Why?"
"Because I invited Tomoyo and Eriol over for dinner and they won't be here until six thirty..."
Another groan escaped from my lips. Why had she done that? I was... Wait... Why do I have a problem with it? Eriol is family and Tomoyo is like family, sure, at most points they're annoying, but I love them like they're my siblings, so why do I have a problem with having them over? Was I hoping for some alone time with Sakura? "Sakura..."
"Look, they're not going to be here for another thirty minutes, how about I give you a massage?" Within hearing that, my mood lightened. I made a little "Mmm" noise, and Sakura smiled knowing what answer was. "Get your ass on the couch, lazy bones."
"Hey! What do you think I did to have you give me a message?" I exclaimed.
"Okay, okay, I'm just playing with you... Lay down."
"I love a woman who takes charge." I winked at her just before she climbed on top of my back, one leg on each side, and began to apply pressure to my back.
Sakura's P.O.V:
Oh my god. I know it's wrong for me to say this but I love it when he's in pain, because then I get to give him a message and be closer to him than I usually can. He has such a great body... You can tell he works hard. But for some reason, he's always tense when I give him a message. I don't know why...
Syaoran's P.O.V:
"Relax!"
I released my tension after hearing her telling me to. I don't know why, but I get stiff when she gives me a message. It's a reaction I've been having... I don't know why. Her messages always feel good. I don't know what I'd do without her...
... That got me thinking to what Eriol talked to me about earlier. It was true. If I started to date Aya, I wouldn't be hanging out with the group anymore, because she would want me all to herself. And then Sakura would be dating other guys too, and then get married to one of them eventually. But why does that bother me? Why do I feel like I want her all to myself? Could I possibly like her more than a friend? Does she? Because why else would Eriol say something about us being together if Sakura didn't?
"Sakura...?"
I felt her stop her magic. "Hm?" I attempted to roll around, but Sakura's position blocked me from doing it. She realized she was in the way, and she raised her hips and spread her legs a little wider to allow me to roll around. When I was done, she sat down on my stomach and looked at me. "What's wrong?"
I took her small hands into mine and looked into her eyes. Should I ask her? I'm not even sure about my feelings, why should I ask her about hers? "Sakura..." As I continued to look into her eyes, it was like she began to entrance me.
Green. My favorite color. Was it just coincidence that my best friend's eye color was my favorite color? Okay, I went beside the point... This is the moment that I realized I had slowly sat up and was inching towards Sakura's lips. I saw her lips trembling and heard her breaths inhale and exhale hard and sharp. My nose had barely touched her cheek, my lips mere millimeters from hers, and our eyes closed, when a noise took us out of our trance. The sound of the doorbell.
I opened my eyes and looked at Sakura. Her eyes were still closed, and had the look as if she was waiting for something. Then the second doorbell took her out of her trance and her eyes snapped open. In the blink of an eye, she pushed me back down on the couch and got off top of me and ran to the door.
"You guys are early!" She smiled. But there was something different about her right then. Disappointment and anger was mixed in with her fake cheer and smile.
"Well, I figured why make you guys wait a half an hour when we'd have more time to hang out if we came early?" Tomoyo asked as she hugged Sakura.
"Why? Did we interrupt your guys' make-out session?" He was close... Too close...
"Well! Let's eat dinner!" Sakura exclaimed as she ran into the kitchen, Tomoyo and Eriol following but stopping in the dining room and sitting in the table. "You know Syaoran, it's rude to lay on the couch like a lazy husband when your wife is in the kitchen."
"She'll get over it." I joked back as I stood up and walked to the dining table and sat with them also. "Do you want some help?"
"No, I'm fine!" Sakura replied as she walked out with two plates and placed them in front of the psycho couple. "Bon appetite!"
I followed her into the kitchen without her knowing and grabbed her waist. She screamed very loud in fright, and I got amusement from the moment. "Hey..."
"Hey." She replied and smiled at me as she made up our plates.
I walked to the refrigerator and pulled out a bottle of Dr. Pepper, then I paused. Eriol and Tomoyo are here too. "What do you guys want to drink?"
"I'll take Pepsi!" Tomoyo replied.
"Same here." Eriol's voice followed. "Pepsi it is."
I poured the sodas and we sat down and ate Sakura's delicious chicken teriyaki rice bowl.
Two hours later Tomoyo and Eriol needed to leave because they had a date, which was stupid because didn't they plan to hand out with us? So, Sakura and I sat in an awkward silence on the couch. The same couch that our little moment happened. I grabbed the remote and turned on the television. "What do you want to watch?"
"I don't know, what's on?" She asked.
I smiled. "SCARY MOVIES."
"Uh... No."
"Aw... Come on...? Please?" I gave her a puppy-dog face.
She laughed. "Fine..."
"Yay!" I flipped it onto the channel with one of my favorite scary movies, Halloween. I laughed evilly as the opening credits went on with the lit pumpkin.
"This isn't so scary..." I heard Sakura remark. I laughed evilly again.
"You'll see..."
An hour and a half later Sakura and I were ready to go to bed, Sakura dead-bolted to my waist.
"Okay Sakura, it's time to change into our pajamas..."
Sakura whimpered. "But... But... What if Michael Myers comes after me?"
I grinned. "I'll be in the bathroom right here. You see him, you just scream, and I'll be right there. Okay?"
"Okay..." she frowned as she watched me leave.
Sakura's P.O.V:
He's in here. I know it. Michael Meyers is watching me, somewhere. Then he's going to lash out at me and kill me... I whimper with that thought. I back up slowly after putting on my shirt and I feel myself run into something, and, on instinct, I scream.
Syaoran's P.O.V:
I heard Sakura scream and I instantly ran into her room. "What?"
"Sorry, I ran into the nightstand..." I fell anime style hearing that. I should have known...
"Are you ready for bed?" I looked at her and she nodded. I climbed into her bed at the same time she did and turned to turn off the lamp as she did the same. I scooted up to her and wrapped my arm around her waist. I heard her sigh in content and wrapped her arm around mine. I put my head in between the space of her neck and her shoulder.
It feels like a tradition to do this. Ever since we were little we'd fall asleep like this, because just before nap time Sakura would cry because she missed her father. Then as we grew older, it evolved into boys she liked that didn't like her back, and now it doesn't feel right not to sleep like that.
.... No wonder Tomoyo and Eriol think we should be a couple...
"Good night."
"Good night." I heard her reply before falling into a deep sleep.
Author's notes: And that's the end of the first day! Only six more days to go and our lovers will be together. Unfortunately for you all it'll take six more weeks to find out what happens! Sorry!