OMG!!! Now I know why this chapter is confusing. Tnx carzygurl and
AnimeObssessionFantasy for telling me about how weird and confusing it
turned out to be. Oh and carzygurl about the ET moments...just watch the net
chappie.
Chapter 7: Stubborn Angel
Li went home to change after he dropped me off from my house. He said he would meet me after 30 mins. As if I would meet him. There's no way I would go out of this house and take a walk with him because Syaoran Li is dangerous. He makes me feel weird things and do the stupidest thing I have ever known but most of all, he is bringing me back to life and I'm scared because...because...I don't want to return to my normal self. I want to be forever trapped in this nightmare because it is the only way. I want to leave this place alone with no one to care to.
Thirty minutes had passed and I have changed into something dry. I now wore my blue pedal pusher and green shirt with matching white clogs but I still wore a towel in my head because it is dripping wet. I sat still inside my room waiting for the doorbell to sound its dreadful noise. I said that because I was dreading of his arrival but there is a part of me that's going nuts and wanted to rush out of the door and greet him. Now that thought was dangerous.
~@~
Syaoran Li stood at the white door looking at the doorbell waiting for something. He was doing nothing at the moment only standing there casually.
"I really have turned nuts the moment I saw her." Syaoran mumbled to himself. "Which is why I might never know why I'm here."
He pressed the doorbell and waited patiently for it to open. Just then the door opened and there stood Nadeshiko with a smile on her face.
"Yes?"
"Hi is Sakura in there?" Syaoran said in a polite and gentle manner. Nadeshiko raised her delicate eyebrow at Syaoran, which made him to sweat drop. Nadeshiko just started to laugh at Syaoran's antics and let him in with a smile.
"I'm Nadeshiko, Sakura's mother. Sakura is in her room follow me."
'That was a weird question, of course I know she's in there.' Syaoran thought to himself.
"I'm Li Syaoran, your new neighbor."
"Are here to court Sakura?" Nadeshiko asked slyly. Syaoran's face turned beet red at that question.
"No, I'm here because Sakura is going to take me around the village since I'm new here."
"Hmm...too bad you look perfect for my daughter." Nadeshiko said sadly.
Nadeshiko led him upstairs then they stopped at a white door. Nadeshiko gently knocked on the door and it opened to reveal Sakura with shock clearly written on her face. However, there was a flicker of light that appeared on her lifeless green eyes the moment she saw Syaoran that didn't go unnoticed by her mother.
"Li-san? What are you doing in here?" Sakura asked incredulously with a towel in her shoulders.
"Have you forgotten? You're going to show me the sights in here right." Sakura was on the verge of denying everything but she doesn't want to disappoint her mother by acting so rudely and lie to Li-san, so she grudgingly agreed. Besides she had too many lies in half a day.
~@~
"That's the penguin park." I said to him half-heartedly. It annoys the hell out of me that I have a little control of the situation over here and that I actually like his stubborn streak. Since we came out of my house he hasn't uttered a single word. He just looked at the view solemnly or looks at me as if I had dirt in my face and because of that I started to get irritated and freaked out. "You should have bought a camera so that it will last." I said snappishly at him. Great, I have lost my temper again.
"Maybe I should have." He said smiling at me. Argh! This guy sure doesn't know the word annoying doesn't he? I stomped angrily away from him. "Hey! Wait! I'm sorry." The way he said that made my heart flutter for a second but I kept my back on him refusing to meet his gaze. "Why do you always follow me around and butt into my business?" I said angrily. I was treating him like a stranger again because he is getting too close in opening my heart up and I don't think I'm ready for it yet. I know I should be thankful for him about last night for saving me and giving me a new insight but... I must remember my vow to be alone for now on.
"I don't have an answer on why I'm following you because there are a lot of people out there who lives much worse than you are that needed someone to help them but there's something about you that I just couldn't ignore. I don't know what it is but all that I know is that I want to be close to you and protect you from harm. I want to be your friend." There is sincerity in his eyes the moment I look at him. It would be nice if he would be my friend if the situation were different.
"It's impossible." I said silently as I walked through the swings and sat on it. He also followed my suit but he never left his amber eyes off me.
"It wouldn't be impossible if you just let me." He said silently.
"No, you don't understand." I said as I felt tears starting to roll down but I just swallowed hard to prevent it from rolling down. "I can't let you because I might just hurt you just like what I did to Tomoyo."
"Tomoyo?" He asked me. Oh no! I didn't to blab it all out but...well since I started it I might as well tell everything, but should I? Can I trust him?
I looked at his face and all that I see is concern, trust, and something I can't quite understand nor read on his face. He looks like the angel from my dream, my angel of hope. I told him everything and waited for his reaction. He just looked up at the setting sun in front of us and inhaled deeply.
"I know from what I did Tomoyo wouldn't forgive me but I hope she understand what I did. I did it just so she wouldn't get hurt when I am gone." I said silently.
"I'm sure Tomoyo would forgive you no matter what you did." He said as he looked at me straight in the eye.
"How can you say that?"
"Simple...because both of you are best friends. You just don't call a person you just met as your best friend because they're this or that. No, you call that person a best friend because she understands and stays with you and is ready to forgive you for your faults." A glimmer of hope burst right into me as he said that. "As for the idea of being alone...you are wrong. You just don't know what it feels like to live alone with no one to care for."
"What do you mean by that? This is not your life...I choose to live as alone because there is no other choice." I said as I stood up angrily and glared at him. He just remained calm there but there is pain in his eyes. I felt guilty for causing him that pain but I wouldn't let him know it.
"There are a lot of choices." He fell silent after that just looked at me with those mysterious amber eyes of his. I felt like drowning in those eyes but all of it vanished when he spoke again. "Do you want to know what it feels like to live alone?" What is he talking about? Curiosity got the better of me so I nod my head slowly. "I'll show you tomorrow morning." He stood up and faces me. "Even though I hate for this day to end. Would you like to grab some burgers before we go home? I saw this store before we arrive here." His face was comical that moment. He was like a boy who was begging his mother to buy him an ice cream. How could I resist that face of his, with that pout on his face and those puppy eyes? Besides I'm also hungry. "Your treat." I said as I lead the way once more.
~@~
"I'm home!" Fujitaka announced as he came home. It was around 7:00pm at that moment as he put his briefcase and looked around to find his wife. "Nadeshiko?" he was about to enter the kitchen when Nadeshiko surprised him with hugs and kisses.
"Oh Fujitaka, you should have been here this afternoon!" Fujitaka was turning blue at the moment from Nadeshiko's bear hug.
"Nadeshiko...air..." Fujitaka said in-between breaths.
"Oh, I'm sorry honey." Fujitaka noticed the bloom on his wife's face. It's just like her ethereal glow has returned. Fujitaka smiled lovingly at his wife.
"Tell me all about it, but first let's eat. I'm starving."
"Okay." Nadeshiko went to the kitchen to take their dinner followed by Fujitaka. When Fujitaka sat on the dining table he noticed that there is one plate missing. "Honey, is Sakura going to eat upstairs?" Nadeshiko returned with their dinner and placed it on the table with a smile on her face.
"No she's going to eat out." Fujitaka sent her a questioning glance. Nadeshiko looked at him and smiled at him.
"The boy across the street, Syaoran Li, asked our daughter out." Nadeshiko said simply. Fujitaka gulped all the rice he just swallowed and began to cough.
"What? Care to explain."
"Syaoran Li came her to ask her out even though our daughter denies it. He said he was just a friend but I hope he wouldn't be just a friend in the future. I got to know him a lot better when I talked to him this afternoon.
~@~ Syaoran was waiting downstairs for Sakura because she said she had to fix herself up. Nadeshiko was keeping Syaoran company for a moment. "I just don't understand women. Even though they already look nice they still have to lock themselves up in the bathroom." Nadeshiko just laughed at Syaoran's statement. Syaoran's eyes went wide when he noticed that he just said his thoughts out loud. "Oh, I'm so sorry Mrs. Kinimoto. I didn't mean to say that out loud."
"That's all right. My husband always says that to me whenever we go out. I just told him that it's a girl's habit to look nice just to impress our men."
"Maybe your right."
"So...how did you meet Sakura? She hasn't told me anything about you."
"I was visiting a friend when I met her at the hospital yesterday morning."
"Your girlfriend?" Nadeshiko feared for worst because she was hoping Syaoran would be the one for her daughter. Syaoran laughed at her question.
"No, I was visiting Dr. Andy Xiao Ping my friend from Hong Kong. He was transferred here and since I'm in the vicinity I decided to visit him too."
"How did you end up here in our little town?"
"Family business and my cousin also live in here too."
"I glad you came here to visit Sakura and take her out because she really needs it now that...that." Syaoran place a comforting hand over her shoulder.
"She told me everything about her sickness yesterday so don't worry."
"Then you must think that she must be horrible for treating you badly but she is not like that..." Syaoran interrupted her as if she had read her mind, which is true.
"I know she isn't like that and I understand her and I am not spending time with her because of her so-called sorry situation. I'm spending time with her because I just want to." Syaoran said truthfully.
"Are in-love with my daughter?" Syaoran was silent for a moment. He lowered his eyes as his unruly bangs covered his eyes.
"I couldn't answer that question yet, but all I know is that I will be here for her. For now I would just be her friend." Nadeshiko smiled softly at him.
"How did you like the cake I brought yesterday?" Syaoran's eyes lit at the change of topic until the topic went to chocolates, Syaoran's favorite. After ten minutes, Sakura went down with her hair fixed into ponytail with braids on the sides.
"I taught it would be all be lost to nothing and Sakura would never return to her cheerful self but since Syaoran appeared at our doorstep all hope has returned. When Sakura saw Syaoran on her doorstep her eyes lit up for a moment. I knew I did the right thing because I know that Sakura would ditch him." Nadeshiko said as she finished her meal.
"From what I see God has sent Sakura an angel only this time it would be a stubborn angel." Laughter filled the house that night as if no problem has entered that place.
Chapter 7: Stubborn Angel
Li went home to change after he dropped me off from my house. He said he would meet me after 30 mins. As if I would meet him. There's no way I would go out of this house and take a walk with him because Syaoran Li is dangerous. He makes me feel weird things and do the stupidest thing I have ever known but most of all, he is bringing me back to life and I'm scared because...because...I don't want to return to my normal self. I want to be forever trapped in this nightmare because it is the only way. I want to leave this place alone with no one to care to.
Thirty minutes had passed and I have changed into something dry. I now wore my blue pedal pusher and green shirt with matching white clogs but I still wore a towel in my head because it is dripping wet. I sat still inside my room waiting for the doorbell to sound its dreadful noise. I said that because I was dreading of his arrival but there is a part of me that's going nuts and wanted to rush out of the door and greet him. Now that thought was dangerous.
~@~
Syaoran Li stood at the white door looking at the doorbell waiting for something. He was doing nothing at the moment only standing there casually.
"I really have turned nuts the moment I saw her." Syaoran mumbled to himself. "Which is why I might never know why I'm here."
He pressed the doorbell and waited patiently for it to open. Just then the door opened and there stood Nadeshiko with a smile on her face.
"Yes?"
"Hi is Sakura in there?" Syaoran said in a polite and gentle manner. Nadeshiko raised her delicate eyebrow at Syaoran, which made him to sweat drop. Nadeshiko just started to laugh at Syaoran's antics and let him in with a smile.
"I'm Nadeshiko, Sakura's mother. Sakura is in her room follow me."
'That was a weird question, of course I know she's in there.' Syaoran thought to himself.
"I'm Li Syaoran, your new neighbor."
"Are here to court Sakura?" Nadeshiko asked slyly. Syaoran's face turned beet red at that question.
"No, I'm here because Sakura is going to take me around the village since I'm new here."
"Hmm...too bad you look perfect for my daughter." Nadeshiko said sadly.
Nadeshiko led him upstairs then they stopped at a white door. Nadeshiko gently knocked on the door and it opened to reveal Sakura with shock clearly written on her face. However, there was a flicker of light that appeared on her lifeless green eyes the moment she saw Syaoran that didn't go unnoticed by her mother.
"Li-san? What are you doing in here?" Sakura asked incredulously with a towel in her shoulders.
"Have you forgotten? You're going to show me the sights in here right." Sakura was on the verge of denying everything but she doesn't want to disappoint her mother by acting so rudely and lie to Li-san, so she grudgingly agreed. Besides she had too many lies in half a day.
~@~
"That's the penguin park." I said to him half-heartedly. It annoys the hell out of me that I have a little control of the situation over here and that I actually like his stubborn streak. Since we came out of my house he hasn't uttered a single word. He just looked at the view solemnly or looks at me as if I had dirt in my face and because of that I started to get irritated and freaked out. "You should have bought a camera so that it will last." I said snappishly at him. Great, I have lost my temper again.
"Maybe I should have." He said smiling at me. Argh! This guy sure doesn't know the word annoying doesn't he? I stomped angrily away from him. "Hey! Wait! I'm sorry." The way he said that made my heart flutter for a second but I kept my back on him refusing to meet his gaze. "Why do you always follow me around and butt into my business?" I said angrily. I was treating him like a stranger again because he is getting too close in opening my heart up and I don't think I'm ready for it yet. I know I should be thankful for him about last night for saving me and giving me a new insight but... I must remember my vow to be alone for now on.
"I don't have an answer on why I'm following you because there are a lot of people out there who lives much worse than you are that needed someone to help them but there's something about you that I just couldn't ignore. I don't know what it is but all that I know is that I want to be close to you and protect you from harm. I want to be your friend." There is sincerity in his eyes the moment I look at him. It would be nice if he would be my friend if the situation were different.
"It's impossible." I said silently as I walked through the swings and sat on it. He also followed my suit but he never left his amber eyes off me.
"It wouldn't be impossible if you just let me." He said silently.
"No, you don't understand." I said as I felt tears starting to roll down but I just swallowed hard to prevent it from rolling down. "I can't let you because I might just hurt you just like what I did to Tomoyo."
"Tomoyo?" He asked me. Oh no! I didn't to blab it all out but...well since I started it I might as well tell everything, but should I? Can I trust him?
I looked at his face and all that I see is concern, trust, and something I can't quite understand nor read on his face. He looks like the angel from my dream, my angel of hope. I told him everything and waited for his reaction. He just looked up at the setting sun in front of us and inhaled deeply.
"I know from what I did Tomoyo wouldn't forgive me but I hope she understand what I did. I did it just so she wouldn't get hurt when I am gone." I said silently.
"I'm sure Tomoyo would forgive you no matter what you did." He said as he looked at me straight in the eye.
"How can you say that?"
"Simple...because both of you are best friends. You just don't call a person you just met as your best friend because they're this or that. No, you call that person a best friend because she understands and stays with you and is ready to forgive you for your faults." A glimmer of hope burst right into me as he said that. "As for the idea of being alone...you are wrong. You just don't know what it feels like to live alone with no one to care for."
"What do you mean by that? This is not your life...I choose to live as alone because there is no other choice." I said as I stood up angrily and glared at him. He just remained calm there but there is pain in his eyes. I felt guilty for causing him that pain but I wouldn't let him know it.
"There are a lot of choices." He fell silent after that just looked at me with those mysterious amber eyes of his. I felt like drowning in those eyes but all of it vanished when he spoke again. "Do you want to know what it feels like to live alone?" What is he talking about? Curiosity got the better of me so I nod my head slowly. "I'll show you tomorrow morning." He stood up and faces me. "Even though I hate for this day to end. Would you like to grab some burgers before we go home? I saw this store before we arrive here." His face was comical that moment. He was like a boy who was begging his mother to buy him an ice cream. How could I resist that face of his, with that pout on his face and those puppy eyes? Besides I'm also hungry. "Your treat." I said as I lead the way once more.
~@~
"I'm home!" Fujitaka announced as he came home. It was around 7:00pm at that moment as he put his briefcase and looked around to find his wife. "Nadeshiko?" he was about to enter the kitchen when Nadeshiko surprised him with hugs and kisses.
"Oh Fujitaka, you should have been here this afternoon!" Fujitaka was turning blue at the moment from Nadeshiko's bear hug.
"Nadeshiko...air..." Fujitaka said in-between breaths.
"Oh, I'm sorry honey." Fujitaka noticed the bloom on his wife's face. It's just like her ethereal glow has returned. Fujitaka smiled lovingly at his wife.
"Tell me all about it, but first let's eat. I'm starving."
"Okay." Nadeshiko went to the kitchen to take their dinner followed by Fujitaka. When Fujitaka sat on the dining table he noticed that there is one plate missing. "Honey, is Sakura going to eat upstairs?" Nadeshiko returned with their dinner and placed it on the table with a smile on her face.
"No she's going to eat out." Fujitaka sent her a questioning glance. Nadeshiko looked at him and smiled at him.
"The boy across the street, Syaoran Li, asked our daughter out." Nadeshiko said simply. Fujitaka gulped all the rice he just swallowed and began to cough.
"What? Care to explain."
"Syaoran Li came her to ask her out even though our daughter denies it. He said he was just a friend but I hope he wouldn't be just a friend in the future. I got to know him a lot better when I talked to him this afternoon.
~@~ Syaoran was waiting downstairs for Sakura because she said she had to fix herself up. Nadeshiko was keeping Syaoran company for a moment. "I just don't understand women. Even though they already look nice they still have to lock themselves up in the bathroom." Nadeshiko just laughed at Syaoran's statement. Syaoran's eyes went wide when he noticed that he just said his thoughts out loud. "Oh, I'm so sorry Mrs. Kinimoto. I didn't mean to say that out loud."
"That's all right. My husband always says that to me whenever we go out. I just told him that it's a girl's habit to look nice just to impress our men."
"Maybe your right."
"So...how did you meet Sakura? She hasn't told me anything about you."
"I was visiting a friend when I met her at the hospital yesterday morning."
"Your girlfriend?" Nadeshiko feared for worst because she was hoping Syaoran would be the one for her daughter. Syaoran laughed at her question.
"No, I was visiting Dr. Andy Xiao Ping my friend from Hong Kong. He was transferred here and since I'm in the vicinity I decided to visit him too."
"How did you end up here in our little town?"
"Family business and my cousin also live in here too."
"I glad you came here to visit Sakura and take her out because she really needs it now that...that." Syaoran place a comforting hand over her shoulder.
"She told me everything about her sickness yesterday so don't worry."
"Then you must think that she must be horrible for treating you badly but she is not like that..." Syaoran interrupted her as if she had read her mind, which is true.
"I know she isn't like that and I understand her and I am not spending time with her because of her so-called sorry situation. I'm spending time with her because I just want to." Syaoran said truthfully.
"Are in-love with my daughter?" Syaoran was silent for a moment. He lowered his eyes as his unruly bangs covered his eyes.
"I couldn't answer that question yet, but all I know is that I will be here for her. For now I would just be her friend." Nadeshiko smiled softly at him.
"How did you like the cake I brought yesterday?" Syaoran's eyes lit at the change of topic until the topic went to chocolates, Syaoran's favorite. After ten minutes, Sakura went down with her hair fixed into ponytail with braids on the sides.
"I taught it would be all be lost to nothing and Sakura would never return to her cheerful self but since Syaoran appeared at our doorstep all hope has returned. When Sakura saw Syaoran on her doorstep her eyes lit up for a moment. I knew I did the right thing because I know that Sakura would ditch him." Nadeshiko said as she finished her meal.
"From what I see God has sent Sakura an angel only this time it would be a stubborn angel." Laughter filled the house that night as if no problem has entered that place.