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A Preschool Prank Romance
Chapter 11: Syaoran's Realization
Sakura glanced at the card in the flowers.
To Sakura,
Your name reminds me of the pretty cherry blossom petals in spring.
From Syaoran Li.
Sakura frowned. Something isn't right...she thought. She glanced up from the card, directly into Syaoran's amber eyes.
Why is she looking at me like that...? She should be jumping into Tai's arms in joy, Syaoran thought to himself. Suddenly, he noticed that Sakura's emerald eyes were fixed in a glare.
"Uh...Sakura?" Syaoran asked tentatively.
"You! You just wrote this card and got Tai to deliver it so you can humiliate me in some nasty way that I can't think of yet!" Sakura accused.
"What?" Syaoran asked, confused.
"Hmph!" Sakura huffed. She threw the flowers on the ground and walked away. Confused, Syaoran bend over and examined the flowers.
Wrote what card? I don't remember writing a...
Suddenly, his blood ran cold as he saw the card in the pile of cherry blossoms. Uh oh...
"And he just gave it to me, like it was his idea!" Sakura huffed on the phone.
"Maybe, Syaoran was just shy to give them to you personally." Tomoyo suggested.
""No, I bet he did it to show off that we're dating, and then he can go and tell everyone how I begged him to be my boyfriend." Sakura rolled her emerald eyes.
"Aren't you being a little too harsh on him?"
"Tomoyo! If I were any other girl, I would have thought that Li Syaoran is in love with me. And if I had believed that, he'll be leading me on!" Sakura said.
"Maybe he really does like you."
"That will happen when the moon turns pink!" Sakura pointed out.
"Good morning, Sakura." Syaoran greeted the next day.
"Don't try to embarrass me again, Li. Being seen with you is embarrassing enough." Sakura said.
Syaoran felt a tiny bit of pain at her words, but he quickly brushed it off. "Why are you mad at me now? Why can't I give you flowers?"
"And why did you get Tai to give them to me then?"
"Because I was shy?" Syaoran replied cheekily. Ignoring him, Sakura walked on. Syaoran was about to run up to catch up to her again, when he felt a tug at his arm. It was Tai.
"Syaoran, we need another plan to make Sakura become my girlfriend." Tai said.
"Um...I'll think of one soon." Syaoran said. Suddenly, making Sakura Tai's girlfriend doesn't sound too appealing.
"How about I get a guitar and play a love song for her? Or should we try that flower trick again? Or how about we-"
"Listen, Tai! I said I will think of one later. I'm busy now, so bye!" Syaoran said quickly. He rushed to class.
Syaoran sat down near the cherry tree during lunch. He was the first one there today.I need a plan to get Sakura and Tai together. What can I do? Syaoran sat in silence as he ate his chocolate bar. All of a sudden, a brilliant plan popped into his head.
I can openly humiliate Sakura, or I can play a mean trick that will make her cry. Tai will be there to pick up the pieces of her broken heart, and she will be so in love with him! Of course...it will mean that she might hate me for the rest of her life...
"Hey, Li, thought of a plan yet?" Tai's voice said, snapping Syaoran out of his daydreams.
"Huh?" Syaoran looked up. Should I tell Tai about it? He'll be more than happy to help, but...
"Well?" Tai questioned.
"No...not yet. I don't have a good plan as of now." Syaoran lied. Shrugging, Tai went away. Syaoran slumped against the tree trunk.
I had the most brilliant plan...but...how come I didn't feel like sharing it to make it work?
"Where is everyone?" a familiar melodic voice asked. Syaoran looked up again. It was Sakura.
"Uh, good question." he replied dumbly.
"I guess it's the two of us today." Sakura shrugged, sitting down.
"Yeah, without Tomoyo and Eriol here, let's just hope we don't kill each other." Syaoran grinned. He observed as Sakura opens her lunchbox.
Her eyes are such a pretty shade of green, he noted.
He noticed that she has fried rice and dumplings for lunch today. Grinning, Syaoran reached into her lunchbox with his own pair of chopsticks and stole a dumpling.
"Hey!" Sakura objected. "That was mine!"
"Oh, so sorry." Syaoran smirked, stuffing it in his mouth. "Ah, that was good."
Ignoring him, Sakura tried to steal a fried shrimp from his box.
"Oh no, you don't!" Syaoran said, blocking her chopsticks with his. Soon, they were engaged in a battle of chopsticks. In the end, Sakura won and stole a shrimp.
"I win!" she stuck her tongue out playfully.
"That's because I let you win."
"Oh, don't be a sore loser." Sakura said, stuffing the shrimp in her mouth. Syaoran felt the urge to smile at her cuteness. So he did.
"Why are you smiling?"
"So now I'm not allowed to smile?"
"No...it's just...rare to see you do that. for no reason at all." Sakura said. She decided that she liked it better when Syaoran smile. It made him look more cute and attractive than he already was.
Ater lunch that day, Syaoran was walking back home with Eriol and Rei. he was telling his two friends the strage behaviours he was experiencing with himself today
"...and I really did have a great plan, but somehow, I didn't tell Tai about it." Syaoran said.
"Why not?" Eriol asked.
"Because I think the plan would work...too well." Syaoran said.
"Too well?" Rei raised an eyebrow.
"Yeah, like Tai and Sakura might actually get together."
"Syaoran...that's not working too well...that's the way it's supposed to work." Rei reminded.
"I know, but...oh, and I smiled for no reason today."
"No reason at all?"
"Yeah, no reason at all. I don't usually do that, do I?"
"Are you sure it's not reason at all?"
"Well, maybe it's something Sakura did, but..."
"You have a crush on Sakura." Rei said bluntly.
"What? No, I don't!" Syaoran objected.
"Yes, you do." Reiol agrees.
"Eriol, you agree too?" Syaoran gaped at his friends.
"By the way, I heard Sakura is going out with Tai after school today. I think he won her over by playing a love song for her on his guitar." Rei said.
"What! I told him not to do that! I told him that idea sucked! I told him that he shouldn' do anything until I tell him to!" Syaoran exclaimed.
"You're jealous." Rei observed.
"Am not!" Syaoran said childishly.
"You are too! Look at you, you would even believe that Sakura would go out with Tai." Eriol said.
"You mean it isn't true?" Syaoran asked.
"Of course not."
For no reason at all, or sohe wants to believe, Syaoran felt a wave of relief wash over him.
That evening
Later that night, Syaoran logged on to his computer. He found new emails.
"Junk...junk...junk...oh, here's something from Tomoyo." Syaoran opened the email from Tomoyo. It was an email survey. The title reads:
This is an email survey! Copy and pate this ENTIRE email onto a new one, and change all the answers so that they apply to you! Next, send it to all your friends, and they will know more details about you!
(AN: You've all done surveys like those before, right? Hopefully you all have and knows what I'm talking about lol)
Syaoran read over Tomoyo's answers quickly. Feeling bored, he decided to play along with the stupid survey. It was the first time he had done one of these.
Name: Syaoran Li
Eye colour: light brownHair colour: chocolate coloured
Height: 5"7
Ethnicity: Chinese
Do you like your name: it's okay
Your dream boyfriend/girlfriend would have what colour eyes: green...a shade of emerald.
What colour hair: light brown
What sport would they play: cheerleading...so she can cheer for me on my soccer games!
Where would your ideal first date location be: the park maybe?
What would the personality of your ideal boyfriend/girlfriend be: naive, talkative, and is always happy
Would the name of your ideal boyfriend/girlfriend be name after anything or anyone: yesIf so, what or who: she will be named after a flower...maybe a cherry blossom
At this point, Syaoran stopped typing. Quickly, he scrolled up to see what he had typed. And suddenly, he realized, they were all describing a single person. Argh! What's wrong with me? I'm suppose to havea crushon Kumiki, remember? Syaoran argued. Yes, but she ahs a boyfriend already. Andwhat'sso bad aboutliking Sakura? Another part of him argued back.Sighing, Syaoran decided he's better off not doing the survey.
Next morning at school
"You're right." Syaoran said to Rei the next day.
"I'm always right." Rei beamed. "What am I right about this time?"
"I do have a crush on Sakura." Syaoran groaned, slumping against the lockers. "Why! Why do I have to have a crush on her! Of all the girls there are in Tomoeda, it has to be her!"
"How did you figured it out that you like her?" Rei asked.
"I was filling out Tomoyo's email survey and most of the description was Sakura's." Syaoran said.
"Wow...you fill out those things? Man, you're sad." Rei laughed.
"Okay, wise guy, what do I do now?"
"Ask her out."
"You think she will accept me?"
"Come on! This is Sakura we're talking about. Do you think she will?" Rei asked.
"Not at all." Syaoran sighed. "But other girls seems to think I'm good looking. And asking her out shouldn't be too hard."
Syaoran dashed into his math class just as the second bell rang. The teacher was late. He noticed Sakura in her usual seat, daydreaming again. He sate next to her.
"Hi."
Sakura seem to snap out of her daydreams. "Oh...hi."
Syaoran took a deep breath. This is it...the moment to ask... he thought to himself. Suddenly, he felt his cheeks grew warm at the idea of asking Sakura out. What would she think?
"Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked. this time there was no sarcasm in his voice as he said Sakura-chan.
"Yes, Syaoran-kun?" Sakura replied. Syaoran was surprised at how there were no sarcasm i her voice either.
"I just wanted to ask you if you would-"
"Okay, class!" the sensei interrupted. Syaoran groaned silently. "Today I will be handing back your tests."
Syaoran rolled his eyes. I had the perfect chance...and the teacher ruined it! He picked up his paper as the teacher placed it on his desk. A bright red mark made by a marker was on it. It says
100! Well done!
Nothing new. Syaoran glanced over at Sakura's paper. It was a 55.
"Sakura, that mark is an improvement from last time. However, I think you should be doing much better. I don't think you will be able to pull your marks up high enough for me to pass you." the sensei said.
"Okay...I promise I will try harder next time, sensei." Sakura said. Syaoran could see that she was really upset. As far as he knew, Sakura had studied quite a lot for this test. Math just doesn't come easy for her.
Suddenly, Syaoran had a brilliant idea.
"Sensei, I have an idea. Can I tutor Sakura-chan?" Syaoran asked.
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