Sugar Pink: I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long time, everyone! I hope all of you readers are still with me, and that I haven't lost any of your support! School's been terribly stressful, but it's currently spring break, so I'm taking the time to do all the update I need/want!

Also, the parts in italics later on in the chapter are flashbacks. I do not feel like typing the word flashback everytime because it will look weird. So remember the italic sections are flashbacks.

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The Bet I Bet You Wish You Never Have Made

Chapter 15: A Happy Ending?

Syaoran looked down at his feet. He knew he have to tell Sakura the truth now.

"I made a bet." He said.

Sakura was silent, waiting for him to go on.

"The bet was..." Syaoran took a deep breath, "...that I could get April, Ivy, Cathy and...you...to fall in love with me at the same time." Syaoran said.

There. He had said it. He had expected Sakura to scream and tell him how much she hated him. But no, she did no such thing. Instead, there's a deafening silence. Slowing, Syaoran looked up. He saw Sakura's emerald eyes filled up with tears.

"H-how could you, Syaoran? Have you thought about the feelings of the girls after they found out? Have you thought about our friendship after I found out? Have you thought how I would feel? I've heard rumours about your bet, but I've ignored it, in hopes that you could tell me otherwise. I hoped that you would tell me the rumours I've heard were false, and that you weren't using me, and that you really do love me." Sakura said, tears travelled down her cheeks.

"Sakura, I do love you! I don't know when or how it started...I just know that I love you! Perhaps...at first...I was only trying to win the bet...but along the way...I've fallen in love...with you." Syaoran explained.

Sakura shook her head.

"I'm sorry, but I can't love you."


With that, she turned around and ran down the corridors of the hall. Syaoran felt as if a knife had been stabbed in his heart. In fact, if a knife had been stabbed in his heart, it wouldn't have hurt as much. He hung his head and leaned against the metal lockers. He had just hurt his best friend since forever. Not only will she never love him the way he loves her, but she will never give him another chance as friendship as well...

Sakura sat under the cherry blossom tree. She had thought their friendship was special. After all, wasn't it? 16 years of knowing each other, and he has to go and ruin it. Flashbacks of their times together played in her mind, like a movie.


"Sakura, why are you crying?"

"My ice-cream cone, Syaoran!" Sakura pointed to the sidewalk, where a chocolate ice-cream cone was laying, and starting to melt.

"Here, you can have mines."


"I can't do this, Syaoran, it's too hard!" Sakura said, as she fell off her bike for the fourth time.

"You can do it, Sakura! I'll hold onto the back of the bike until you get the hang of it, okay?"

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, have I ever lied to you before?"

"No..."

"Now get back on. You won't fall. I'll be here to catch you if you do." Syaoran said.

"Okay...don't let go!"

"I won't."

Sakura felt Syaoran's hands holding on the bike as she pedalled. Soon, she was moving smoothly.

"Syaoran, Syaoran! I can ride now!" Sakura rode a little further, then she braked. She turned around and expected to find Syaoran right behind her, but he was all the way behind her. She gasped.

"You let go!"

"But you can ride now, can you not?"


"S-Sakura, the ice is slippery!" Syaoran said, grasping onto the walls for support.

"Of course, that's why we can skate on it. It won't be much fun if it's all rough." Sakura laughed. She gracefully twirled on the ice.

"Yeah, well, maybe it's easy for to ice-skate since you roller blade all the time." Syaoran groaned.

"Come on, I'll help you. You helped me ride my bike, so now it's my turn to help you." Sakura said. Holding Syaoran's hands, the two of them skated.


"Happy birthday, Sakura! I made this card for you!" Syaoran said, giving his best friend a card he had made in art class. Sakura took the card and opened it. It said Happy birthday, Sakura-chan in messy writing, but legible. Syaoran had drawn a boy and a girl holding hands on it.

"That's me, and that's you. We're holding hands because we're going to be friends forever!"

"Of course we are! Thanks, Syaoran-kun!"


Sakura sat on the grass, thinking of their childhood days. Those were truly the sweetest days of her life. Syaoran and her were inseparable.

Her mind started to drift to the past few weeks. The feelings she had when Syaoran asked her to be his girlfriend. The feelings she had when he said he liked her as more than a friend. But it was all a lie... Sakura thought.


"Sakura, come on, we're going to be late for class, and you know what Ms. Andrews said the last time! We're going to get lunch detention!" Syaoran hollered to his friend. He saw her came running down the stairs, her schoolbag slung over her shoulders. He shook his head, making his chestnut coloured hair more ruffles than it already is.

"Okay, okay, I'm coming!" Sakura called back, grabbing two doughnuts off the table. Syaoran rolled his amber eyes, taking in the morning scene in the Kinomoto home. It was like this everyday. Sakura's dad, Fujitaka, was cooking, Touya (Sakura's older brother) was glaring at him, and Sakura...well...

"Want one?" She smiled happily handing him a chocolate frosting doughnut. Syaoran accepted it, and the two of them quickly ran to school.

"I don't see why you are so scared. Lunch detention isn't THAT long." Sakura groaned, trying her best to keep up with her friend. Her auburn hair was tied up in a ponytail, and her emerald eyes seem to twinkle.

"But it'll look bad on my school record! I'm a top student I can't have detentions!" Syaoran shouted.

"It's not like you didn't get one! You always get detentions." Sakura reminded him, skipping over a rock.

"Yeah, because I wait for YOU everyday!" Syaoran smirked.

"You're so mean!" Sakura pouted.


"You know, Sakura, I have a certain target in mind right now." Syaoran said slyly.

"Who?" Sakura asked.

"Someone cute, sweet, and special," Was his reply.

"Who's that?"

"Oh, I'll let you know . . . when the time is right." Syaoran said mysteriously.


"Do you think what Madame Zophia said is true? That I have already met my future soul mate?" Sakura asked.

"Uh, I don't know. What do you think?"

"I'm not sure either. But it'll be so cool if it's true!" Sakura grinned.

"Well Madame Zophia did say you've met your soul mate for a really long time now. Hey, maybe it's me she's talking about." Syaoran grinned. Sakura laughed.

"Syaoran, you're so funny!" She giggled.

"I wasn't kidding." Syaoran replied in a more serious tone. That caught Sakura's attention. She looked at him.

"What?"

"Well, I was just wondering, Sakura. We've been friends for a long time, haven't we? So how come we've never dated?"

Sakura looked at him as if he's crazy. "Because we're best friends, Syaoran! And best friends don't go out with each other!"

"But . . . can't we be something more?" He asked hopefully.


"Remember what you asked me yesterday? If I wanted to be more than friends?" Sakura reminded.

"Yeah . . ."

"Well, I've thought about it all night last night, and I guess . . . we could give it a try, if that's what you really"

"Sure! I promise, I'll be the best boyfriend ever, Sakura!" Syaoran beamed.


Syaoran walked around the school and finally spotted Sakura sitting under the cherry tree. He sat down next to her.

"I'm sorry." he said softly. Sakura didn't reply or look at him.

"I really do love you as more than a friend, Sakura. You may not want to even be my friend anymore, but, all I'm asking now is to start again. We can be good friends again, Sakura. Just like the good old days." Syaoran said. As if she'll even talk to me again, he thought.

"I..." Sakura said. Syaoran focused his attention on her.

"I think we can be friends again. But I'm not sure if we will ever be as close as before. I'm not sure if I can truly erase what you have done, Syaoran." Sakura said softly. There was no way she could live without being Syaoran's friend. He was a huge part of her past. Although she hated him for what he's done, she could try again to be his friend. However, she doubt he will ever be the best friend to her he once was.

Syaoran nodded in understanding. The two of them sat under the cherry tree in silence.


As time past by, the incident was forgotten. Sakura and Syaoran were once again friends, nothing more. However, it was something less. Syaoran and Sakura could simply not be as close as they once were. Sure, they are friends, but they were greater friends in the past. Maybe it was Sakura still remember the bet. Or maybe it was the fact that some friends grows apart as time goes by.

Before any of them knew it, it was time for graduation. Sakura hugged Syaoran during the ceremony.

"Where will you be going to study after high school, Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked.

"I'm not sure. Maybe a few years at Tomoeda University. Or maybe in Toudai University. What about you?" Sakura asked.

"I'm going back to Hong Kong to study. I'm not sure when I'll be back in Japan." Syaoran said.

"Oh...well, I guess this is goodbye."

"Yeah...I'm leaving next week. Would you come to the airport to say goodbye?"

"I'm not sure."

"Oh...well, if you don't, Sakura, then I'm not sure when I'll see you again. So, in case I don't get the chance to say it, I just want to say, I still love you as more than a friend. I know you still remember the bet from last year...and I know we weren't as close as we were before. And I know it was all my fault, and even though you forgave me, you still remember the pain I've caused you. I remember it as well. I haven't forgot. And I don't think I ever will." Syaoran stood still for a few minutes, waiting for Sakura's answer. Any answer. However, an answer never came.

Syaoran tucked a lock of Sakura's hair behind her ear. Smiling, he turned around and walked away.

Sakura never did came to say goodbye the next week. Syaoran boarded the plane and returned to his hometown.


Five years later

Syaoran Li flopped on his bed in the dormitory. He had been studying his butt off for the finals. Luckily, it was now the annual three weeks break, and a new semester starts afterwards. Although five years have pasted, he still looks the same. He had grown taller, and his face matured, but his amber eyes were still bright and his chocolate coloured hair was still soft and messy, and girls still flock to him.

Syaoran glanced at the bed table next to his bed. It was a picture of him and Sakura, taken when they were kids. He felt a pang of hurt in his heart whenever he looked at the picture ever since the bet has been revealed to Sakura in high school. After he arrived in Hong Kong, he and Sakura have been exchanging emails and phone calls. However, her last email to him was two years ago and he haven't heard from her since.

"Hey, Syaoran." a voice said. Syaoran looked up to see his friend, Kenzo.

"What's up?" Syaoran asked.

"New semester is starting after break, so today, a bunch of newbies are coming." Kenzo grinned. "Some of them are girls."

Syaoran laughed. "REally?"

"Yeah. Some of them are transferred students from Japan. They're here today."

"Today! Already?"

"Yeah...I guess you were sleeping again when the professors told us bout it." Kenzo grinned knowingly.

"You caught me." Syaoran grinned back. "come on, let's go see the new students."

"They're in the foyer." Kenzon said. The two boys went to the foyer to find a bunch of students, all girls, crowding around.

"Why are they all girls?" Syaoran asked.

"Because this is a co-ed University, idiot." Kenzo said.

"I knew that! But how come there are not boys enrolled for next semester?"

"The male population will be arriving NEXT week...another sign that you weren't paying attention." Kenzo grinned. Rolling his eyes, Syaoran scanned the female crowd. Suddenly he stopped. His amber eyes met with a pair of emerald ones.

The girl has soft honey-brown hair. Syaoran froze in place.

"Sakura?" He called.

"Yes?" the girl replied. She turned around and saw Syaoran's face. She froze as well.

"Syaoran?"

The End


Sugar Pink: No, I'm not kidding. That really is the end. However, don't worry, I'll have an epilogue up to tie up loose ends. After the epilogue is up, you all will have a clear ending/idea to what happens to our favourite CCS couple.

I'm very sorry for the lack up updating. Please R/R this story. I hope I haven't lost any of your support!

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