Sugar Pink:
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A Preschool Prank Romance

Chapter 10: Mastermind Syaoran, Clueless Sakura


"Yeah, when I punch the daylights out of you, just don't cry." Tai said, getting his fist ready . . .

He aimed . . .

He rose his fist into the air . . .

Jacob grabbed his fist before it could reach his face. Tai's eyes widen comically.

"Hey, dude, what are you doing?!" Tai questioned in confusion. Gee, some people just doesn't know how to follow an already written plan!

"Something I should have done a couple minutes earlier," Jacob sneered as he flung Tai to the ground. Sakura gasped.

"Hey! You can't do that to him!!" she yelled.

"Well, I just did, and you're going to--"

"Jacob Wilson!!!! What do you think you're doing?!?!?!?!" a screechy feminine voice screamed.

"Uh oh . . ." Jacob winced from the tone.

"You were flirting with another girl behind my back, weren't you?!" a girl with sandy blond hair marched up to them in a huff, pointing an accusing finger at Sakura.

"Candy! It's a misunderstanding! You don't understand!" Jacob said in a hurry.

"Yeah, if I get a penny every time I heard that line, I'll be rich by now." Candy rolled her eyes. "It's over!" and with that, she marched away, while a moaning Jacob followed behind her begging for forgiveness.

Sakura could do nothing but stare. That . . . big . . . bully was scared of his girlfriend?!?! Wow!

"Hey, are you okay?!" a familiar voice asked. Sakura turned around to find Syaoran standing there behind her, his amber eyes filled with concern.

"Yeah, I'm okay. But Tai . . ." Sakura glanced down at Tai, who looked as if he fainted.

"Don't worry about him," Rei said. "Eriol, Larry, and I would get him home."

"We will?" Eriol asked.

"Yes, we will." Rei confirmed. "Syaoran, you better walk Sakura the rest of the way home . . . just in case that Jacob guy, or some other guy, comes along."

Syaoran nodded, "Yeah, ok. Ready?" he asked Sakura.

"Yeah . . . will he be okay?" she asked, glancing at Tai who was being lift onto Eriol's shoulders.

"I think he just fainted. Good thing Candy came along, or who knows what Jacob would have done." Larry said.

"That guy is scared of his girlfriend?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, but Jacob always flirts with other girls, and Candy always comes along and bust him. And every time they said they would break up, but they never do." Larry said.

"Oh . . . hey!!! You guys saw that Candy girl come and screamed at the blond guy???" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, we did." Syaoran answered.

"That means . . . you saw the whole thing happen and didn't even bother to come out while I was being harassed?!?!!?" Sakura glared her emerald green eyes at Syaoran.

Syaoran gulped. "Uh oh . . ." with that being said, he started to run off, with Sakura chasing him close behind.

"Syaoran Li, you come back here this instant!!! I'm not done yelling at you yet!!!!!"


Next day


"Well, that plan sure went well." Rei commented sarcastically with a grin on his face.

"Oh, be quiet! I'm thinking." Syaoran scowled.

"About what?" Eriol asked as they all took their seats in the cafeteria.

"About another plan to get Sakura and Tai together so that she'll stop pretending that we're boyfriend and girlfriend. I don't know how much more of this I can take." Syaoran grumbled.

"We could ask Tai to buy her flowers and give them to her in person. That will be very mushy." Eriol suggested.

Syaoran and Rei thought the plan over in silence. Finally, Eriol spoke up again.

"Well, if you guys think the plan is stupid--"

"IT'S THE MOST BRILLIANT PLAN EVER!" both Syaoran and Rei exclaimed.

"Ah, I always knew I was a genius." Eriol complimented himself.

"Come on, let's go find Tai right now and tell him the plan!" Syaoran said, bolting out of his seat with Eriol and Rei following him.


Later


"No, no, no! I refuse to go by that plan!" Tai protested.

"Why not?!" Syaoran asked, getting annoyed.

"For one thing, I don't have the money for flowers! I'm broke!" Tai said.

"That's your excuse? No MONEY?!!?" Syaoran exclaimed.

"Well, actually, we can't really do anything about it if he's broke." Rei reasoned.

"But, if you'll buy the flowers for me to give to Sakura...." Tai grinned.

"Who me? No way!" Syaoran exclaimed.

"Well, it's not my fault if you're too cheap for it." Tai said. Syaoran thought about it over.

Well, if I just pay for the flowers, then Sakura will be off my back for as long as I live. It's a small fee to pay, Syaoran thought to himself.

"Okay, deal. I'll go buy the flowers today after school. You go pick them up and head for the daycare centre to find Sakura around 5:00 when the preschool thing is over." Syaoran said.

"You got yourself a deal." Tai grinned.

"And you," Syaoran smirked, "will get yourself a new girlfriend."


After school that day


"Let's go to Aki's Floral." Rei suggested as the three of them headed out the school's big doors.

"They have the best flowers there." Eriol added, "I think my uncle brought his flowers there when he proposed to my aunt."

"Yeah, the best flowers, and the most expensive!!" Syaoran said loudly. "We need someplace that sells cheaper flowers."

"Then why don't you go to the corner store? I think it was fifty cents for a pot of daisies." Eriol said.

"That's a bit too cheap." Syaoran sighed. What he needed was someplace with nice flowers for a reasonable price. Suddenly, a light bulb flashed in his head.

"I know the place! Aki's Floral!!" Syaoran said.

"That's what we suggested earlier!" Rei and Eriol exclaimed, sweatdropping anime style.

"Yeah, but today is different! My sister's boyfriend's mom is the wife of the owner! She works there today and she'll give us a discount!!"

"Gee, I wonder what stopped you from realizing that earlier." Rei sighed as the three of them made a mad dash for Aki's Floral.


At the Flower shop


"Syaoran! Are you looking for your sister? My son and her just left a couple minutes ago." Mrs. Aki said. She's a woman in her mid 40's.

"Oh no, Mrs. Aki, I'm not looking for my sister. I'm here to buy some flowers." Syaoran said.

"Oh, really?" Mrs. Aki looked amused. "For a girl?"

"Uh..." Syaoran started, unsure of how to answer.

"Of course it's for a girl! Don't be shy to admit it, Syaoran." Rei sniggered. Syaoran turned around and glared at him.

"You guys are not helping." Syaoran muttered to his friends so that Mrs. Aki couldn't hear him. Rei and Eriol snickered again.

"We'll wait for you outside then." Rei grinned, as he and Eriol walks out. Syaoran turned back to Mrs. Aki.

"Um...about my friends...they said really weird things sometimes and--"

"Oh, don't worry about that, dear. It's very sweet of you to give flowers to your girlfriend." Mrs. Aki smiled.

Syaoran's eyes widen. "No, no, she's not my--"

"Now, what kind would you want? I'll give them to you for free, since you're such a sweet boy to give your girlfriend flowers. My son was very shy when he gave flowers to your sister for the first time." Mrs. Aki smiled.

"Uh...do you have...pink cherry blossoms?" Syaoran asked.

"Ah yes, pink cherry blossoms. Here they are." Mrs. Aki picked up a bouquet of soft pink cherry blossoms wrapped with clear paper and tied with a white ribbon for decorations at the bottom. It was truly beautiful.

"Yeah! Those are perfect!" Syaoran grinned. Won't Sakura just be madly in love with Tai when he give her those!

"Do you want to take them with you now? A card perhaps?" Mrs. Aki offered.

"Um, no thanks. My friend will come by later to...uh...pick them up for me." Syaoran lied. Well, it is the truth, somehow. Tai is coming to pick them up.

"Ah, I see. Well, then I'll give them to your friend to hand it to you when he drops by later." Mrs. Aki smiled. "What's the name of this girl that you're giving flowers to?"

"Oh, um...her name's Sakura Kinomoto." Syaoran said.

"Ah, so that's why you decided to get her cherry blossoms."

"Um, yeah...her name reminds me of...the pretty cherry blossom petals in spring." Syaoran fibbed. I'm going to hate myself for complimenting her name!


Meanwhile


Tomoyo sighed as she strolled home alone. Sakura has to go to the daycare today. Hey, mom told me to pick up a birthday cake for cousin Madeline's party this weekend, Tomoyo remembered as she passed by the bakery that's next to Aki's Floral.

Turning the corner to get to the bakery, Tomoyo paused as she saw Syaoran inside Aki's Floral. Hmm...what is Li-kun doing inside?

Deciding that it was none of her business, Tomoyo continued to stroll down the corner towards the bakery. Suddenly, she heard Rei's voice spoke up.

"So, Syaoran, did you pick out the flowers for Sakura?"

Tomoyo paused. So that's was why Li-kun was doing in the flower shop! He's getting flowers for Sakura-chan! But why would he do that? Unless...

"Yes, I did, and thanks for all the teasing back there, you guys." Syaoran scowled. Rei and Eriol laughed.

"So, Tai is going to come by and deliver them around 5:00 right?" Eriol asked.

"Yeah. Come on, let's go. I'm already late for preschool." Tomoyo watched as the three of them walked away from Aki's Floral. Squealing to herself, Tomoyo whipped out her cell phone and started to dial the number of the daycare centre.

"No, Miko, if you want orange, you have to use red and yellow." Sakura instructed a little girl.

"But Miko wants blue and red!"

"That will make purple."

"Miko wants orange!!!" the little girl pouted. Sakura sighed. As adorable as these little munchkins were, she's not sure how much more she could handle.

"Sakura," Mutsumi called, "telephone for you."

"I'm coming." Sakura said. Walking pass all the screaming and giggling kids, Sakura finally reached the phone. "Hello?"

"SAKURA!!" a voice that Sakura knew too well screeched excitedly.

"Tomoyo! Hi!" Sakura said, rubbing her ear. "What's up? Why did you call?"

"Li-kun brought you flowers!!" Tomoyo said.

"Huh?"

"I just saw Li-kun and his friends walk out of Aki's Floral! I heard him say he got you flowers and that Tai will deliver them to you!!"

"Whoa, Tomoyo calm down! First of all, there is no way on earth that Syaoran Li would buy me flowers. And second of all, eve if he did, why would he asked Tai to deliver them?"

"Maybe he's shy!"

"Tomoyo, I really need to get back to the kids now...I think Miko is mixing blue and red trying to get orange..." Sakura winced, looking at the little four years old girl back at the table.

"Okay then, but just don't act too shock when Tai delivers you those flowers from Li-kun." Tomoyo laughed, hanging up.

Rolling her emerald green eyes, Sakura made her way back to Miko.

"Sorry, I'm late, Mutsumi!" a voice apologized breathlessly. Sakura turned her head to see Syaoran Li standing at the door, looking as if he just did a three miles run non stop to get here.

"It's ok, Syaoran. What kept you?" Mutsumi asked.

"Uh...I had to take care of something." Syaoran said, sitting down to catch his breath.


Later


"Okay, your mommy is here, Miko." Sakura said.

"Mommy!!" Miko yelled happy, leaping into her mother's arms. It was around 5:00.

Tai should be here soon, Syaoran thought.


Meanwhile


"Hmm...Syaoran said his friend would come and pick up the flowers for him. It's almost closing time." Mrs. Aki frowned. Suddenly, she noticed a pile of cards on the counter. Smiling, she picked one up.

"I should give Syaoran a card for the flowers." Mrs. Aki decided and picked up a pen. On the card, she wrote

To Sakura,

Your name reminds me of the pretty cherry blossom petals in spring.

From Syaoran Li.

"There, just like what he said, word for word." Mrs. Aki smiled, slipping the card into the bouquet of cherry blossoms, feeling happy that she did a good deed.

"Hi, I'm here to pick up the flowers that Syaoran Li ordered earlier." Tai said.

"Ah, yes, here they are." Mrs. Aki said, handing Tai the flowers.


Back at the daycare


"Hey, Sakura." Syaoran said.

"What do you want? Are you planning to stick another 'kick me' sign on my back?" Sakura asked.

"Not at all. Hey, isn't that Tai?" Syaoran grinned, looking into the distance. Sakura froze. What did Tomoyo say about Tai delivering flowers for her from Syaoran again?

Sakura looked up to see that it was Tai coming towards them, a bouquet of cherry blossom flowers in hand.

"Good evening, Sakura. These are for you." Tai said, holding out the bouquet.

"Um...thanks." Sakura said tentatively, taking the flowers from Tai. She peered down to find that it was the best cherry blossoms she had ever seen. It was the softest pink and there was a card. Slowly, Sakura picked up the card....


Sugar Pink: Okay, I so meant to update earlier, but I have a lot of tests for next week! Three actually...so leave a review and tell me what you think. I'll try my best to update sooner next time!

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