..: Essence of Cherry Blossoms:..
disclaimer: I don't own ccs, NOR tainted memories. Especially the latter.
Thanx for the reviews guys! Glad you liked it. Good thing I still have ideas in my head how this story is gonna go. Or else I'd discontinue the story. Hahahaha.
Ok, here we go.
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"Meimei, youre so dead."
You don't need to tell me!
I had a fleeting impression of XiaoLang beating the crap out of me and the image wasn't pretty. I walked towards XiaoLang as bravely as I could, feeling a trembling in my knees as I neared him with the tissue Zhouyu had handed me earlier.
"Umm…sorry…sorry…" I said while brushing off the ashes on his cheek and clothes.
"That hurt."
No kidding Sherlock! When you said Ow, I already discerned from that it hurt like a bitch! No need to state the obvious!
"You owe me a taro root boba now."
Who says! Nuh-uh! I don't think so!
"Uh…what?" I said pretending I didn't hear him as I brushed the last speck of ash from his dress shirt.
"You OWE me. Ugly and deaf. What an embarrassing combination." He sighed with a hint of laughter in his eyes, " Zhouyu ah, you sure you want to date this girl?"
If this were a cartoon, my head would be swelling 10 times the size it was now.
"Don't make fun of Meimei Ge, she's new in Hong Kong."
Yea! You go Zhouyu! I love you!
But as Zhouyu continued… " Came from Japan! From Tomato to be exact. But anyways, that's not the point. Isn't she cute?"
Zhouyu… it's Tomoeda. I take everything I said back.
XiaoLang grabbed a pack of cigarettes from his front pockets and be began lighting another one.
"Ok, whatever. Just make sure you're here at 12 midnight." He made a motion of a gun. And to include sound effects, said "Bang! Showdown!"
"Done." Zhouyu said happily.
"Muah! I love you!"
"Huh!" I said confounded. "What the-"
Zhouyu answered my unsaid question.
"Oh! My phone."
Ignoring my disgusted look, he picked up his phone.
"Wei? Ah, MingLi?" he frowned as sobbing came from his cell.
"I told you it was over! Jiejie ah, don't cry…"
I must have the biggest sweat drop on my forehead right now. What's going on!
I looked towards XiaoLang and saw an expressionless face as if this had happened many times before.
"MingLi!" Zhouyu yelled as a distinct click was heard. He sighed loudly, glaring at his phone.
"Stupid girl… I swear she'll hunt me down for the rest of my life.
Zhouyu then turned to me, crushing me between his chest and arms.
"Sorry Meimei, I have to go take care of someone. Dinner some other time ok? And with a wave to both XiaoLang, and me he said, " XiaoLang, bring Sakura home for me will you?" and with that, he left.
I stood there confused as hell.
"Hey, c'mon, I gotta bring you back home and get somewhere. I don't have much time, so get your fat ass out of my apartment and lets go." XiaoLang said shortly.
Asshole! Prick!
As he walked out and I followed him, I saw something flash and fall out of the asshole's pocket.
"Hey XiaoLa-"
I stopped in mid sentence.
A butterfly knife.
A friggin butterfly knife shined at me from the white painted floor.
Life had to be cruel.
My heart was being beaten around and I felt myself getting faint.
"Nao…why… anyone but her…" I said weakly, looking at the knife.
"What! Hey… Sakura! What's wrong!"
I looked up into alluring amber eyes.
I grabbed onto his sleeve and whispered, "Promise me…it wont happen again…that I won't be betrayed again…promise…"
A girl. Walking towards me.
She thrust a knife under my throat.
"Give up Kinomoto."
"Noo…why…"
Loud laughter was heard.
"Kinomoto. This is a butterfly knife. The knife really doesn't do it justice. If you try to do that again one more time, ill stick this knife in you. Understand?"
Hot tears poured down from my cheeks.
"No! Let me see him! Just let me-"
Blood. My hands were dripping from a wound on my wrist.
"Shut up!"
"Nao…" I called out weakly as darkness ebbed its way into my eyes, and finally, overtook me.
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I opened my eyes weakly. I could see stars.
"XiaoLang?" I said groggily as I saw a figure sitting next to me in the grass smoking. I sat up quickly, wobbling around from dizziness, grabbed the cig from XiaoLang's lips.
"Hey!" He said flaring at me.
"Smoking is bad for you." I said, still a little unsteady.
Without responding, he grabbed a pack out from his pocket.
I reached over, grabbed the pack, and threw it as far as I could.
XiaoLang looked at me in wonderment.
"Are you crazy?" he asked with a half shocked half irritated look upon his face.
"Does it matter to you?" I said. Then laughed harshly. "Perhaps I am."
I turned around, hugged my knees, and faced forward.
I felt his eyes on me and blew out an puff of annoyed air.
Pat pat.
What the hell!
I looked at XiaoLang and took a deep breath.
Peering under his large hand still perched on my head, I saw a strange look on XiaoLang's face. Before I could say a word, he got up and said," C'mon. Lets bring your fat ass home. If we sit on this hill any longer, there will be a permanent crater, and then you can really get sued for public damage."
I bristled at the insult and was trying to think of a combat.
"Hey..wait!" I yelled as I saw XiaoLang's retreating figure.
I ran too fast, and crashed into his back. I put my hands on his back in order to push myself off him, but I stopped.
He was so warm.
I felt XiaoLang freeze until I felt him move forward, and before I could steady myself, I fell forward.
"Ow! My arm!" I looked ruefully at it and saw a thin line on my left wrist.
I continued to stare at it until I felt an annoying tap on my shoulder.
I looked to my right and saw XiaoLang with a smoke in his mouth again, bent down with his back to me, looking straightforward.
I must have sat there for some time just staring at him.
"C'mon…get your fat ass up. I'll carry it home."
The insult flew past my head as I obediently got up and wrapped my arms around his neck as he hoisted me up.
"Yep… you need to lost a LOT of weight." He said serenely as he easily walked with me on his back. I couldn't help but smile at the insult as sleep overtook me.
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XiaoLang POV-
I felt Sakura slump against me.
"Hey…stop that. It makes you heavier."
I looked back and saw a angelic face staring at me.
What…was that look she gave me earlier? Almost as if she… knew me.
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OOMG! That took a long ass time!
Sorry if there are any grammatical errors. I'm a sloppy person.
Woot
Miss Kit.
