Cup of Coffee - Chapter Two

By dejectedxangel

Disclaimer: the talented people at CLAMP own Card Captor Sakura and all its characters. The band Garbage owns the song "Cup of Coffee". The conversation between Syaoran and Meiling I got at KawaiiSakuraShrine (dot) com , an awesome Cardcaptors / Card Captor Sakura shrine with all sorts of goodies.

Author's Note: Thanks for reviewing. Hehehe, I have an eeeeevil little plan for this story.. mwee hee hee! Oh yeah, I haven't seen the second CCS movie, so if something's missing in this story, don't be annoyed. Hehe. Also, I haven't seen all the episodes, so if some information is wrong, I'm sorry ;

Meiling took a deep breath as she stepped outside of the Li mansion. Walking through the lavish garden, she made her way to the front gates and walked outside. She had just finished her homework load and it was still pretty early in the afternoon, so she decided to take a walk and explore the neighborhood she had grown up in. During her time here when Syaoran was around, she had always spent every second with him either training, studying, or running errands. She had never actually been alone during walks since she had her mini-warrior of a cousin around. She sighed as the image of the chocolate-eyed boy who'd stayed back in Japan flooded her mind.

"Meiling I.I have someone I love."

"Kino..moto-san?" "How did you..? " "I knew you loved her when you called her "Sakura" today. Your sisters and I were the only girls you called by their first names. Well, I guess our engagement is off. Well, I'm going to Daidouji-san's house and leave from there."

"Meiling.."

Meiling glanced up from the ground, finding herself in a park. She blinked, tears forming in her eyes and blurring her vision slightly. She saw a bench a few feet away and went to it, taking a seat. Bringing her hands to her face, she rested her elbows on her knees, taking in a deep breath. She released it in a sigh as she covered her eyes, the tears spilling freely now.

'I can't make him love me and he loves her… he's happy with her and I'm happy for her… then why does it hurt so much?'

She was too deep in her misery to notice someone take a seat next to her. As her tears dried, she took a deep breath again and released it, releasing her emotional agony. 'Nothing like a good cry every once in a while,' she thought to herself before frowning. She felt a draft as the person next to her moved and kneeled before her. Taking her face away from her hands, her ruby eyes were still blurred as she saw the dark messy hair before her.

"S.. Syao-kun?"

As she blinked, her vision cleared and her ruby eyes were met with blue and she saw that the dark hair was a lot darker than the brown she knew, but rather a shade of jet black.

The boy brought his hand to her chin and tilted her head up more to see more of her face. His blue eyes darkened as his tone turned serious and his hand went to her shoulder.

"Who hurt you?"

She blinked and stared at him blankly.

"No one… I just decided to sit in the park for a while, that's all."

"I don't mean physically," he said, his eyes turning a slightly darker shade again. As their gaze locked again, she felt her muscles relax. The park seemed to not be there as she stared into his eyes, something about them making her block out everything else. It wasn't until he looked away, shaking his head and blinking a few times that she snapped out of it.

"S-sorry about that," he whispered, hanging his head in shame.

"You… you have magic, don't you?"

He looked up at her.

"Look, you tell me what I want to know and I'll tell you all you want to know… deal?" he asked, giving her a small smile.

She smiled back at him and nodded. Taking a seat next to her, he patiently listened to her.

It only took a couple of minutes to her to explain to him about Syaoran, their engagement, their promise, and what he said when she came back to visit Japan. Just as she felt herself tearing up again, he hugged her comfortingly and she felt calm. His story, however, took a lot longer and by the time he had finished, the sun had already set.

"It's a bit strange… it's almost like our families are mirrors of each other, except instead of you being the only one around without magic, you were born with it while nobody else has it…"

He smiled and nodded. Looking up at the sky, the stars blinked down at them.

"I'll walk you home," he said, offering her his arm. She blushed, taking it and walking away.

It wasn't long before they stopped in front of the Li gates.

"If you ever need to talk about it… I'm right next door," he said, smiled, turned around and walked to the next gate. Meiling stood there, frozen for a moment, before walking back inside.

She wore a small smile on her lips as she came up to the door. Surprisingly, her aunt (and Syaoran's mother) was standing in the doorway. Meiling bowed upon noticing her, apologizing for coming home late. Her aunt simply smiled at her softly.

"I'm glad you've made friends with Xing family, specifically that Haruko boy… just remember you're already engaged to my son."

Meiling swallowed for a second, then looked up at her aunt.

"You mean, Syaoran hasn't told you?"

Her aunt's eyes narrowed and her smile faded.

"Told me?"

"I.. I think it's better if he told you…"

"Very well then." She said and as simply as that, the conversation ended.