Disclaimer- Honestly, what do you have in your head? NO!
Author's Note- Okay, sorry for the crappy chappy, it was short, and too fast. Also, the petals that are falling in the picture Sakura drew means that she, the rose, is falling apart, meaning her heart is tearing up inside.
Summary- Sakura is mourning her mother's death. She is very fragile now, and she wants to be alone. She moves to a new school, meets Syaoran. He is being very nice to her, but how will Sakura take it?
Ch. 4
"Ding Dong" Sakura glanced at the door. She was in her pajamas, wrapped in her bed covers. She was watching some old re-runs and eating pieces of saltine crackers.
"Sakura I know you are in there." Said a familiar voice.
Touya came running down the stairs. "Sakura, didn't you hear the door?"
There was only a nod from the silent girl.
When Touya opened the door, he met face to face with a young man. He had large amber eyes, messy, tangled chestnut hair. He was pretty tall for his age, and was well built. 'He must be stalking my sister, and that's the last thing she needs.' But instead of chasing him off like he wanted to, he maintained calm, and questioned him.
"Who are you?" asked a concerned Touya.
"Um, my name is Syaoran, you must be Sakura's older brother, the pleasure is all mine." He said, outstretching his hand. Touya only proceeded with his "questionnaire".
"What do you want?"
"Well, I need to talk to Sakura." He said looking around to find her, but the living room was at the far right of the house, which was the direction where Touya was leaning his body against the door.
"What for?"
"Well, it's sort of personal, really. Not to me, to her, I'm sure she wouldn't like me to blabber about it."
"Well right now she doesn't want to receive visits, she's tired. I'm sure you can speak to her tomorrow at school." And he shut the door in Syaoran's face.
'I wonder if she's okay. Well, I hope so.' Syaoran thought as he got in the car. But he had an idea...
:::At home:::
"Who was it?" said Sakura who was buried under her pillow.
"He said his name was Sayano."
"You mean Syaoran." She said flipping through the channels.
"Yes, you know him?"
"Yeah." She said as she sighed and threw the control on the coffee table.
"Well, dad isn't here, so I'll order pizza, he said he was going to take long." He said looking back at this sister, whose eyes looked tired and she stood slouched. Her hair was in a sloppy bun and she wore her pink silk pajamas. "You need to sleep. I'll call you when the pizza comes" Sakura nodded and headed upstairs.
Before taking her nap, she phoned Tomoyo.
"Hello?" answered a cheerful girl.
"Hey Tomoyo, I just wanted to tell you that after school tomorrow, I want to invite you and Syaoran to go to the park with me. I need to cheer up a bit. I'm so depressed."
"That's a good idea. Um, but I can't go."
"Why?"
"Well, I have a date with Eriol."
"Well he can come too. If he wants to that is."
'Just like I planned...' "That sounds like a good idea. Well Saku, I have to go. Eriol is on the other line, I'll ask him now. Bye!"
"Bye." She said as she hung up the phone and set it on her nightstand. Then, she turned to one side and began staring at the picture before her. It was a picture of Syaoran, Tomoyo, and herself. They were at the front of the school, during lunch. They were seated on the sidewalk and eating pizza. They always liked to sit apart from the other people, this was because they usually ruined your appetite. Suddenly she heard something and went to her window, and looked out side. The sky was light blue with long white clouds. Then she looked down and saw Syaoran. She opened her window.
"What are you doing here?"
"I needed to see how you are doing. I was worried. I know you may think I'm over-protecting yo-" he was interrupted by Sakura.
"Syaoran, if you won't worry about me, who will? I mean Touya does, but here. At school, you are there, and I have no problem with that, so don't worry about being over-protective, if it bothered me, you would've known a long time ago."
Syaoran smiled and said, "Well, now that I know, who are you?"
"I'm okay, really, just a little hungry. Which reminds me, I have to go downstairs, Touya probably forgot to call me. Well, see ya! Bye." And she closed her window and her curtain.
Syaoran turned and put his hands in his pockets. He sighed. 'She is so different than other girls.' Now that he knew her well, he was sure to say that. He began to think about the first time he met her. 'Why was it that she is always crying? I don't mind, I'm just curious. Yeah, curious. Well, I'll ask her when the time is right.' He walked around to the front of the house, looked in the window, and saw Sakura coming down the stairs yelling something and laughing. "She's not different, she's very different." He said while getting in the car.
:::Tomoyo's POV:::
"Hello" said a deep voice.
"Hey Eriol."
"Oh, hi babe. What's up?" he said playfully.
"Well our little Saku just called me. She said she wanted to go to the park tomorrow. And how she wanted to invited me and Syao. But I told her of our date-"
"Well, if you can't go with me, then I can go with you, if you want. I guess our date will have to wait."
"Ok, great! But, you see, I was thinking... maybe we can do some... matchmaking? I think there some sparks ready to fly between them. I've thought about this for a while, and I think it's time we helped them out. So do you want in?"
"You are too good. Alright, I'll help, on one condition. You owe me a second date."
"About that. See, I'm seeing this guy... um I dunno know if you know him."
Eriol felt an ache in his stomach. "Really, who is he?"
"Well, he's handsome, really funny, tall, smart, and gullible."
"How did you meet him?" said and angry Eriol.
"Well, you see. I was walking out of gym class, going to get a drink of water, and he bumped into me, and I fell on the floor. He helped me up and looked deep into my eyes and said, 'Wow' while he picked up my books for me. It was really nice" she said trying not to laugh.
"Tomoyo, you are such a..." 'Hold up. That sounds familiar... Why I should go over there personally and tell her how she really had me fooled! I can't believe I fell for that. Well, now I know what she meant by gullible'
"-good liar!"
"Hahaha. Hey Eriol, I have to go. I'll take that condition of yours, if it is still on the market..."
"You bet."
"Alright I'll see you tomorrow. Bye!" and she blew a kiss on the receiver.
"Bye."
"What a sneaky little person she can be. It's funny really. Hmmm, now about those two. I think Syaoran and I need to have a little chat..."
:::Next Day(morning)"
Tomoyo woke up early, looking forward to go to the park. She was in the shower washing her hair. As she rinsed her hair with hot water she began to think about yesterday. 'I have to talk to Sakura, she needs someone good for a change, all guys she has met have been some losers. I hope Sakura won't get mad when we give them a little push.' She closed the shower knobs and stepped out of the shower soaking wet and wrapping herself in a towel. She stood in front of the mirror brushing her wet hair. She dried her body and face, while brushing her teeth. She opened the door and stepped into her purple room. There was lavender here and lilac there. She absolutely loved it. Then, Tomoyo walked slowly to her closet, wanting to find a skirt. She found a plain light purple skirt, and a black shirt. It had a slit on the short sleeves and a big purple butterfly. She grabbed her black flip-flops and walked to the bathroom. Her hair had already dried straight with the tips curled. She brushed her side-bangs to a side. Something was missing. Then, she remembered, and she took a purple butterfly clip and put it on the left side of her hair, above her ear. Also, she put on her silver hoops, and grabbed her purple bag and her books. She walked down stairs and into the kitchen to grab an apple, when she saw her mom smile.
"What?"
"Well I never have seen someone wear so much purple and look great at the same time."
"Thanks, well I got to wait on the porch until Sakura comes. Bye!" she said, grabbing her keys. (A/N: I know purple isn't her favorite color, but who says I can't make it that way? 0:D)
:::End of Tomoyo's POV:::
Sakura walked out to the sidewalk. She stopped and bent down to fix her pants. She was wearing a baby blue top that said "Innocent" and a halo on the "I" with her white pants and white Nike sneakers with a baby blue Nike sign. Also, she had her hair in a pony tail with a baby blue hair band. She sighed and noticed how boring her life was. The only thing she looked forward to was getting ready in the morning and trying to look nice. 'Anyways...' She walked and occasionally looked up at the sky; she wanted to be happy so bad. She looked in her white bag and took out a piece of gum and continued to walk.
Sakura turned the corner and could see Tomoyo obviously playing a game on her cell phone. She walked up to the pole on her porch, and knocked on it. "Hello? Anyone home?"
"As a matter of fact, yes!" Tomoyo said, playfully setting her arm around Sakura's neck.
"So, did you get stung by the purple butterfly or something?"
"No, I stung the purple butterfly. Anyways, I don't agree with your shirt."
"What, you don't think I'm innocent?"
"Well, I think you are naïve, which is not the same thing."
"Oh please! That's close enough."
"Alright, alright."
"We are unfortunately here. Oh, there is Syaoran!" Sakura said walking to him, smiling.
Tomoyo stayed back and watched the scene in front of her. Sakura smiled, and started laughing at something Syaoran was saying. Suddenly an idea came to her. Maybe Sakura did like Syaoran, but was just blocking out her feelings. Well, it was obvious Syaoran felt something for Sakura. Maybe they wouldn't need that little push at all. Tomoyo was startled when she felt someone's arms on her waist. She looked back and saw Eriol, giving Tomoyo a hug.
"Hey yo-yo"
"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?" she said, giving Eriol a little kiss on the cheek.
They kept having their little "greeting" while Sakura looked at them, at the time that Syaoran was telling Sakura something. She turned her focus to Syaoran. He was sure something. 'How do you not have a girlfriend? If only... Nah, forget it, that would be impossible. Anyways, he is just a friend.'
"So do you think that was something he should have done?"
"What? Um, I mean I guess, if it was necessary."
"You are completely right; I knew I could count on you for an honest opinion."
Sakura nearly sweat-dropped and turned red for a moment. She continued to look at Eriol and Tomoyo, how she wished she had her life. The two girls' eyes met, and Tomoyo smiled while Sakura managed a small smile. The bell rang loudly and everyone began to pick up their things.
"Well, I'll see you later Eriol, bye!" and she gave him a small hug.
"Bye!"
"Come on Sakura, we're going to be late for drama, you know how the teacher gets when we are late."
"Yeah, Let's go." She said biting her lip and feeling an odd ache in the bottom of her stomach.
"You guys wait up!" said Tomoyo
"Oh what? You are done with your episode now?" Sakura said coldly while angrily opening the school doors.
"What's wrong with her?"
Tomoyo stared in awe. "I have no clue, but I'll find out, this is not her attitude."
"I hope not. Alright, come along now love bird!"
"Ugh!" she said playfully punching Syaoran in his shoulder, while walking down the hall.
They opened the classroom door and saw Sakura seated by the window staring at the sky. Tomoyo quietly took a seat by Sakura and Syaoran took a seat behind her. Sakura shot a look at both of them and rested her head on the wall. Tomoyo and Syaoran looked at each other and slowly turned back to their work, seeing Sakura not even attempting to pick up her pen. Something was wrong-- definitely wrong.
Sakura felt she was the only one in the classroom, she sighed and looked outside. The sunshine warmed her, and she felt a momentary calm. She blinked, and to her surprise felt warm tears slowly run down the sides of her cheeks. She didn't feel sad at all, there was a strange mix of emotions, some unknown to her. She glanced at Tomoyo who was writing neatly and paying attention to the sensei. She felt so much anger inside her. She knew Syaoran was looking at her, and she turned around. There was a look of disappointment on his face, yet a worried one too. He whispered to her something and her eyes said "I don't know" and she turned forward staring at the back of Naoko's head. "What am I feeling? What do I want to feel?" she asked herself, confused. She had come to a conclusion that she was feeling something she never felt before, something she never wanted to feel. She felt a deep feeling of jealously. Yes, jealousy. But of who? And, why?
(A/N): Okay, if you are smart enough, you will know why she is jealous and of who, but it is unknown to Sakura obviously because she is so naïve. Alright, I HAVE ONE REQUEST... Please tell me where can improve! I beg, but don't be harsh now...:-)
