Kero: Hey Keyo. What's 'Registration Class'?
Me: Oh. I think the American's call it a 'Home Room' or something. It's basically where you go to get registered in the morning and the group of students you meet up with during fire drills etc
Kero: Oh. Got any more pudding?
Me: *sigh* Here you go.
Kero: PUDDING! ! !
Me: *sigh* Oh, by the way. I forgot what Sakura's friends are called and what they look like, so I'm gonna make some people up. I also don't own Cardcaptors.
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Chapter 2 - Learning about Li.
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The rain continued all day long. Sakura found herself growing close to a raven haired girl named Madison whose voice, no matter what, held a melodious tone to it. The pair chatted on their way to the cafeteria for lunch. Sakura was glad to have made friends with Madison, as she guided her around the school and seemed to know something about everybody, as well as being a very nice person. After paying for their meals, they set their trays down on Madison's regular table. Also gathered there were Madison's other friends.
"Everybody, this is Sakura." Madison announced.
The other girls looked up from their meals to say 'hi'. Sakura recognised some from the registration class. She smiled and greeted them back as she sat down at the table. They began to ask her some things about herself and Tokyo, and she in turn asked about them and the small town. During the discussion she glanced over at Li, sitting alone by the window at a small table.
"Does that guy always sit alone like that?" Sakura asked.
The girls turned to look at her.
"What guy?"
Sakura pointed in Li's direction.
"Li. Doesn't he have any friends?"
The girls looked down at their meals for a moment, then Madison began to speak.
"Well. . .No. He doesn't. For as long as I can remember people have been giving him the cold shoulder."
One of the girls called Becca, who was fairly short and round with spiky hair that was died a deep red, took over.
"He's kinda been branded a 'loser' by society. Even acknowledging his existence his harmful to your social standing. Most people just ignore him, others just beat down on him."
Kim, a girl whose natural dark hair had been died to make it jet black took on from her best friend.
"His parent's died when he was small, I think his sister looks after him. Anyway, his family was once part of a great clan in China. But the clan fell into dishonour and degenerated after a series of scandals."
Madison took back the torch to finish off.
"People treat him like he's worth nothing. It's gotten to the point where he believes it himself, and I don't think it would be possible to change that view."
Sakura looked over at him, her eyes full of sadness and pity. That would explain why he had been acting like some kind of serf this morning when she ran into him, why he was always sitting alone.
"Have you ever tried talking to him?" She asked, slowly breaking her gaze on the hunched figure by the window.
"Once." Madison responded. "And I found a stink bomb in my locker the next day because of it."
Sakura looked back at Li. He was alone and people wanted it to stay that way. She found herself blushing when he looked up and saw her looking at him, she quickly hid her face by staring at her food.
Li hated the cafeteria. Already on his way in, someone had thrown a banana peel at him, hitting him right in the face. He sighed as he sat down at the small table by the window. Normally he ate his lunch outside, away from everybody else. He would sit under the large cherry blossom tree in the grounds and enjoy the peace. Cherry blossom. . .That word triggered off the memory of the scent, and then the emerald eyes and auburn hair. He shook his head, trying to prevent the image of the girl from entering his mind. Okay. . .So she was attractive and nice. But she was above him, just like everyone else. He ate his sandwiches quietly. Allowing pictures and images to form in his mind, allowing the songs he had heard on the radio that morning to play back in his head. He began to get that feeling that someone was watching him. He was used to this feeling, as it usually meant trouble for him. He looked around and saw Sakura staring at him. He could feel his cheeks go red and turned swiftly to look down at his food, at the same time she had. 'She'd probably just heard some stupid story about you Li. Stop dreaming that she might actually like you.' The negative voice chided. Li blocked the little voice, and the image of Sakura's green eyes as he resumed eating his lunch.
After lunch, Sakura waved goodbye to Madison as she walked into her final class of the day. She had a double period of art, while Madison had a double period of music. The art class was very popular, and Sakura was glad when she saw that Li was in this class and, as ever, the seat, or rather stool to be more precise, next to him was empty. For Li Syaoran, art was the best class he had. His seat, as always, was next to the window, and was tucked into the corner, so that no-one could mess with his art. He turned his head as he saw Sakura sitting next to him. 'She's only sitting there because it's the only empty seat, don't get any idea loser.' The negative voice echoed. Li, as it was common nowadays, believed it. After all, it was the only free space.
The teacher rapped out instructions for the double period. Li almost yawned with boredom at the level of difficulty of the task as he gathered his paints. Select 5 items from the junk tables as they were known (because they were covered with a variety of strange items often branded junk) then arrange and paint them. Li estimated he would be done in half an hour. Leaving him an hour and a half to potter about doing his own art work. The teacher didn't mind. She had grown used to Li finishing quickly and appreciated the fact that he spent the rest of the time doing his own art projects.
Sakura almost groaned at the level of difficulty of the task. The items were all very strange, and would be hard to draw just one of them, let alone 5. And how was she supposed to arrange them? In her agitation, she dropped a glass container which was full of red paint. She braced herself for the sound of shattering glass and the splatter of red paint against her exposed legs. She then allowed one eye to open when she heard and felt neither. She noticed Li, bent over in an awkward position, his own paints gathered in one arm, and dangerously balanced, while the other was stretched out, clutching her own jar of red. He slowly hauled himself up and handed Sakura the jar, then gathered his own in both arms and went to his seat. Sakura quickly followed him. She laid her paints out and noticed the Li had gotten a jug of water ready.
"Hey Li. . .Thanks for catching the jar back there." Sakura began to make an effort at conversation.
Li looked up from his sheet of paper, which was already covered with pencil marks, outlining the shape of the objects before him.
"Hm? Oh. . .It was nothing."
Li turned his attention back to his paper and collection of objects, trying to ignore the babble of his fellow students. In the centre of his display was a goat's skull. An old rag doll leaned against it, with its arms wrapped around a small bouquet of plastic flowers, and on the other side, an old teapot sat atop a deflated basket ball. Sakura stared blankly at her random assortment of items. The minutes rolled by, and like many, she had no idea how to arrange them. She fumbled around with them for what seemed an eternity. After half an hour she slumped back. Her random assortment of items, still looked like a random assortment of items. She looked over as she saw Li place his sheet down on the table. He eyes widened at it. The colour and texturing were exact to the real thing, and everything was in proportion to everything else. Not only that, the way he arranged his items was smart as well. It made Sakura think of an old junk shop back in Tokyo, which had a macabre feel to it, yet also felt eccentric, and yet light.
"Wow Li. You're really good."
Li turned around, surprised by, and blushing at the complement to his work. Normally no-one noticed what he did. He looked over at Sakura's blank sheet and jumble of items. Sakura followed his gaze and blushed in embarrassment.
"Ummm. . .Yeah. . .I could use a little help." Sakura admitted.
Li smiled at her. 'God!' She thought. 'He looks so cute when he smiles. Oh God. Did I just think that?' She snapped back to reality, noticing Li stretching over to her side of the desk and shifting the items around. Li eventually moved back, leaving the random assortment looking far more picture worthy. A plant pot took the centre, with a one armed pose able art doll standing in it, it was bent over and looked as though it was holding the and of the small teddy bear. A fake blue feather boa was wrapped around the base of the plant pot and the bear, while a single fake rose lay to the side.
"Oh wow. Thanks Li."
Sakura moved to grab her pencil, but accidentally placed her hand on Li's. Both sharply pulled their hands away, their faces bright red. Sakura began to make an effort to draw the items before her. It was hard enough as it was, she was not great at drawing hence why she was in art class, but she kept getting a nostalgic feeling for Li's touch. 'Why did he pull away so quickly. . .Well. . .I did too I guess. Maybe he's afraid I don't like him. Or maybe he's afraid I do like him.' A smile began to spread across her face.
Li rubbed the back of his hand where Sakura's had been. 'Did she do that on purpose? Nah, she pulled her hand away like I did. Why is she smiling? Maybe she liked it? Nah, she couldn't have. . .Could she?' Li turned back to his sheet of paper, but found his focus lost. All he could see were emerald eyes and auburn hair.
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Me: Ahhhh. . .Two chapters in one night.
Kero: You better upload the stuff for your other fics too.
Me: Oh yeah. Well remember. Whoever can tell me how to change my e-mail settings on the site gets their name mentioned in a chapter.
Me: Oh. I think the American's call it a 'Home Room' or something. It's basically where you go to get registered in the morning and the group of students you meet up with during fire drills etc
Kero: Oh. Got any more pudding?
Me: *sigh* Here you go.
Kero: PUDDING! ! !
Me: *sigh* Oh, by the way. I forgot what Sakura's friends are called and what they look like, so I'm gonna make some people up. I also don't own Cardcaptors.
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Chapter 2 - Learning about Li.
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The rain continued all day long. Sakura found herself growing close to a raven haired girl named Madison whose voice, no matter what, held a melodious tone to it. The pair chatted on their way to the cafeteria for lunch. Sakura was glad to have made friends with Madison, as she guided her around the school and seemed to know something about everybody, as well as being a very nice person. After paying for their meals, they set their trays down on Madison's regular table. Also gathered there were Madison's other friends.
"Everybody, this is Sakura." Madison announced.
The other girls looked up from their meals to say 'hi'. Sakura recognised some from the registration class. She smiled and greeted them back as she sat down at the table. They began to ask her some things about herself and Tokyo, and she in turn asked about them and the small town. During the discussion she glanced over at Li, sitting alone by the window at a small table.
"Does that guy always sit alone like that?" Sakura asked.
The girls turned to look at her.
"What guy?"
Sakura pointed in Li's direction.
"Li. Doesn't he have any friends?"
The girls looked down at their meals for a moment, then Madison began to speak.
"Well. . .No. He doesn't. For as long as I can remember people have been giving him the cold shoulder."
One of the girls called Becca, who was fairly short and round with spiky hair that was died a deep red, took over.
"He's kinda been branded a 'loser' by society. Even acknowledging his existence his harmful to your social standing. Most people just ignore him, others just beat down on him."
Kim, a girl whose natural dark hair had been died to make it jet black took on from her best friend.
"His parent's died when he was small, I think his sister looks after him. Anyway, his family was once part of a great clan in China. But the clan fell into dishonour and degenerated after a series of scandals."
Madison took back the torch to finish off.
"People treat him like he's worth nothing. It's gotten to the point where he believes it himself, and I don't think it would be possible to change that view."
Sakura looked over at him, her eyes full of sadness and pity. That would explain why he had been acting like some kind of serf this morning when she ran into him, why he was always sitting alone.
"Have you ever tried talking to him?" She asked, slowly breaking her gaze on the hunched figure by the window.
"Once." Madison responded. "And I found a stink bomb in my locker the next day because of it."
Sakura looked back at Li. He was alone and people wanted it to stay that way. She found herself blushing when he looked up and saw her looking at him, she quickly hid her face by staring at her food.
Li hated the cafeteria. Already on his way in, someone had thrown a banana peel at him, hitting him right in the face. He sighed as he sat down at the small table by the window. Normally he ate his lunch outside, away from everybody else. He would sit under the large cherry blossom tree in the grounds and enjoy the peace. Cherry blossom. . .That word triggered off the memory of the scent, and then the emerald eyes and auburn hair. He shook his head, trying to prevent the image of the girl from entering his mind. Okay. . .So she was attractive and nice. But she was above him, just like everyone else. He ate his sandwiches quietly. Allowing pictures and images to form in his mind, allowing the songs he had heard on the radio that morning to play back in his head. He began to get that feeling that someone was watching him. He was used to this feeling, as it usually meant trouble for him. He looked around and saw Sakura staring at him. He could feel his cheeks go red and turned swiftly to look down at his food, at the same time she had. 'She'd probably just heard some stupid story about you Li. Stop dreaming that she might actually like you.' The negative voice chided. Li blocked the little voice, and the image of Sakura's green eyes as he resumed eating his lunch.
After lunch, Sakura waved goodbye to Madison as she walked into her final class of the day. She had a double period of art, while Madison had a double period of music. The art class was very popular, and Sakura was glad when she saw that Li was in this class and, as ever, the seat, or rather stool to be more precise, next to him was empty. For Li Syaoran, art was the best class he had. His seat, as always, was next to the window, and was tucked into the corner, so that no-one could mess with his art. He turned his head as he saw Sakura sitting next to him. 'She's only sitting there because it's the only empty seat, don't get any idea loser.' The negative voice echoed. Li, as it was common nowadays, believed it. After all, it was the only free space.
The teacher rapped out instructions for the double period. Li almost yawned with boredom at the level of difficulty of the task as he gathered his paints. Select 5 items from the junk tables as they were known (because they were covered with a variety of strange items often branded junk) then arrange and paint them. Li estimated he would be done in half an hour. Leaving him an hour and a half to potter about doing his own art work. The teacher didn't mind. She had grown used to Li finishing quickly and appreciated the fact that he spent the rest of the time doing his own art projects.
Sakura almost groaned at the level of difficulty of the task. The items were all very strange, and would be hard to draw just one of them, let alone 5. And how was she supposed to arrange them? In her agitation, she dropped a glass container which was full of red paint. She braced herself for the sound of shattering glass and the splatter of red paint against her exposed legs. She then allowed one eye to open when she heard and felt neither. She noticed Li, bent over in an awkward position, his own paints gathered in one arm, and dangerously balanced, while the other was stretched out, clutching her own jar of red. He slowly hauled himself up and handed Sakura the jar, then gathered his own in both arms and went to his seat. Sakura quickly followed him. She laid her paints out and noticed the Li had gotten a jug of water ready.
"Hey Li. . .Thanks for catching the jar back there." Sakura began to make an effort at conversation.
Li looked up from his sheet of paper, which was already covered with pencil marks, outlining the shape of the objects before him.
"Hm? Oh. . .It was nothing."
Li turned his attention back to his paper and collection of objects, trying to ignore the babble of his fellow students. In the centre of his display was a goat's skull. An old rag doll leaned against it, with its arms wrapped around a small bouquet of plastic flowers, and on the other side, an old teapot sat atop a deflated basket ball. Sakura stared blankly at her random assortment of items. The minutes rolled by, and like many, she had no idea how to arrange them. She fumbled around with them for what seemed an eternity. After half an hour she slumped back. Her random assortment of items, still looked like a random assortment of items. She looked over as she saw Li place his sheet down on the table. He eyes widened at it. The colour and texturing were exact to the real thing, and everything was in proportion to everything else. Not only that, the way he arranged his items was smart as well. It made Sakura think of an old junk shop back in Tokyo, which had a macabre feel to it, yet also felt eccentric, and yet light.
"Wow Li. You're really good."
Li turned around, surprised by, and blushing at the complement to his work. Normally no-one noticed what he did. He looked over at Sakura's blank sheet and jumble of items. Sakura followed his gaze and blushed in embarrassment.
"Ummm. . .Yeah. . .I could use a little help." Sakura admitted.
Li smiled at her. 'God!' She thought. 'He looks so cute when he smiles. Oh God. Did I just think that?' She snapped back to reality, noticing Li stretching over to her side of the desk and shifting the items around. Li eventually moved back, leaving the random assortment looking far more picture worthy. A plant pot took the centre, with a one armed pose able art doll standing in it, it was bent over and looked as though it was holding the and of the small teddy bear. A fake blue feather boa was wrapped around the base of the plant pot and the bear, while a single fake rose lay to the side.
"Oh wow. Thanks Li."
Sakura moved to grab her pencil, but accidentally placed her hand on Li's. Both sharply pulled their hands away, their faces bright red. Sakura began to make an effort to draw the items before her. It was hard enough as it was, she was not great at drawing hence why she was in art class, but she kept getting a nostalgic feeling for Li's touch. 'Why did he pull away so quickly. . .Well. . .I did too I guess. Maybe he's afraid I don't like him. Or maybe he's afraid I do like him.' A smile began to spread across her face.
Li rubbed the back of his hand where Sakura's had been. 'Did she do that on purpose? Nah, she pulled her hand away like I did. Why is she smiling? Maybe she liked it? Nah, she couldn't have. . .Could she?' Li turned back to his sheet of paper, but found his focus lost. All he could see were emerald eyes and auburn hair.
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Me: Ahhhh. . .Two chapters in one night.
Kero: You better upload the stuff for your other fics too.
Me: Oh yeah. Well remember. Whoever can tell me how to change my e-mail settings on the site gets their name mentioned in a chapter.