A/N: QUICK NOTE to Avelyn Lauren; let's just say he's as dense as Sakura ;] newayz I was planning to continue during my winter vacation when I was in Taiwan (it rox, btw =]) but my dad fergot the laptop so I had no work done on ANY of my fics for over 2 weekz >

'I'm an idiot. I don't deny it. How else could I have gotten into this mess??'

"Come on, Chiharu chan!!! Smile for the camera!!!!"

Chiharu gave Tomoyo the best death glare she could muster, but to no avail.

Tomoyo just did her "Ohohohohoho!!" laugh. Scary, really.

Takashi was nearly biting his knuckles trying not to laugh, but visibly blushed whenever he looked over at Sakura, who was next to him.

"Somehow, I STILL don't see why I have to be the guinea pig!!!" Chiharu protested.

Chiharu was standing on a stool as Tomoyo circled around her, pinning up this corner, fixing that hem....either way, she was in a periwinkle blue halter dress that went to her ankles, courtesy of Tomoyo inc.

"Why I'd think it'd be obvious! It's because you're so..." Tomoyo cried excitedly.

"KAWAII!!!!!!!!!" Rika, Sakura, Naoko, Meiling, and Tomoyo screeched.

Chiharu, Takashi, Syaoran, Eriol, Enishi, Kai, and Rei winced and covered their ears. (Rei, Kai and Enishi-- MY CHARACTERS!!!!!!! Naoko and Rika's bfs neway....)

"But ANYWAY...." Naoko started, reverting back to normal mode, "Who are you all going to the prom with?"

Chiharu's face fell. That was what the dress was for, and why Tomoyo demanded they all go to her house...

"Rei, of course!" Rika said, grasping onto Rei's hand. "....RIGHT???" Rika snapped, clutching his hand....REALLY TIGHT....

"ITAI!!!! Of course!!!" he cried, kissing her on the nose, trying to ignore the fact that he had lost all feeling in his fingers...

"Enishi?" Naoko asked him, a bit of a threatening look in her eyes.

Enishi gulped, not wanting the same fate as his cousin, and nodded meekly.

Kai blushed, looking down. "Nobody at the moment...."

Tomoyo took Eriol's hand and he gave her hand a small squeeze.

Syaoran blushed, looking at Sakura, who was being as dense as ever, who bent down and asked him if he had a fever.

Syaoran shook his head vigorously before looking her in the eye.

"WillyougotothepromwithmeI'llunderstandifyoudon'twannabutifyouwouldIwouldreallyappreciateitsoyeawillyougotothepromwithme??"

Unfortunately, nobody caught a word of that except for Tomoyo.

"Ohohohoho!!!" she laughed.

Syaoran was so red it looked like he was about to pass out.

"Will.You.Go.To.The.Prom.With.Me?" he said slowly, before panicking again..."I'llunderstandifyoudon'twannabutifyouwouldIwouldreal--"

He was cut off by Sakura's lips against his.

"Of course I will" Sakura said, grinning at him. "It took you long enough" she grumbled, but kissed him again, sitting down.

It took poor Syaoran 5 seconds to have what just happened register in his brain, before he broke into a grin and sat next to Sakura, who leaned on his chest.

"Sakura, if that's the way you get people to be quiet, you better not be a kindergarten teacher..." Syaoran joked, earning a slap from Sakura, followed by a kiss on the cheek.

Chiharu froze, turning to Takashi.....who was smiling, eyes closed....the "I know something you don't but I'm not gonna tell you..." look. (further description: the look he has wen he tells a lie.)

Chiharu looked down at her feet, realizing that everyone was looking at her, asking who she was going with.

"Um...I don't know....I guess I'll go with whoever would ask me....not that anybody would....but anyways if no one asks, I can just either not go at all or just go solo" Chiharu mumbled, shrugging, head still down and knowing deep down inside who she REALLY wanted to ask her....'but it ain't gonna happen, Mihara, so go look fer someone else before your heart gets broken again....'

Everyone was looking at her. All of them except Takashi knowing who Chiharu really wanted to ask her.

"Don't worry, Chiharu!" Rei said, cheerfully. "If it weren't for Rika-chan, I'm sure I would ask you"

Rika nodded, smiling.

"Thanks and all, but it's more because of pity, right?" she asked, mouth quirking up.

"Naw, I'm serious" he said, patting her on the head like he was her brother or something.

"Well put it this way, we could go solo together!" Meiling cried, hugging her.

Chiharu laughed. "Oh crap...God save me...."

"HEY!!! What's that supposed to mean, bitch??" Meiling snapped.

"Whore" Chiharu retorted.

"Prostitute" Meiling growled.

"Jackass" Chiharu glared.

"SLUT!!!!!!!" All the girls cried together, bursting out laughing, guys sweatdropping.

"What GREAT FRIENDS you 6 are..." Enishi grumbled, earning 6 slaps on the head.

Unnoticed, one lone figure slipped out of the room, leaned against the door and slid down onto the ground before letting his happy mask fall, eyes open and frown on his face.

'...why did I lie to her....'

Slowly, he stood up, knowing what he was going to do.

'Chiharu-chan, you'll be mine, whether you like it or not....'

DUM DUM DUM!!!!!!!! is this guy up to no good? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!!!!!!!!!

....dood im just kidding.

Next day

"GAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!! I'M GONNA BE LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" was the first thing the Mihara household heard that morning, followed by the neighboring house crying "HOOOOOEEEEE I'M GONNA BE LATE!!!!!!! ONI CHAN WHY DIDNT YOU WAKE ME UP!!?!!?!??!" but hey that was a typical everyday morning in the neighborhood of Tomoeda. (a/n: heeheeeheee couldnt resist =3)

Chiharu got dressed, did all her stuff at record speed and ran to the door, to find Takashi with his hand raised, like he was about to knock on the door. The two of them blinked at each other in surprise before laughing out loud.

"Ohayo, Chiharu-chan, I just wanted to know if you wanted to walk to school with me."

Chiharu nearly pinched herself to make sure it wasn't a dream, but it would've been pretty akward, so she just smiled.

"Sure, just lemme get my shoes on and we'll be on our way!"

Takashi smiled, and nodded.

Inside, behind her cool exterior, she was screaming and jumping for joy.

'I'M WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH HIM!!!!!!!! OHMIGOSH I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!!'

After getting her bag and shoes on, they set off. They walked in complete silence slowly, but not too slow since they would be late. The silence was soon broken.

"Ne, Chiharu-chan...."

"Hmm?" she asked, turning to him.

"You'll go to the prom with me, right?" he asked, a bit slowly.

Chiharu nearly fainted.

'OHMIGOSH NOT ONLY IS HE WALKING TO SCHOOL WITH ME HE ASKED ME TO THE PROM!!!!!!! EEEEEK!!!!!!!! DONT LET THIS BE A DREAM!!!!!!!!!!!'

"I'm guessing by your silence it's a no....?"

"NO!!!! I mean...YES!!!! I mean...." she stopped, confused. "I thought you said you liked Sakura-chan...." she whispered.

He grinned back a wistful smile.

"Yeah, but you know, she's going with someone else, besides, we can go as friends! You need a date, and I'm not gonna let you go alone!"

'*sigh* I knew it...as friends'

"Sure, whatever. Why not?" she said a bit too fast.

Takashi gave her an odd look but ignored it, and walked the rest of the way talking about normal stuff, like homework, gossip, lies (Takashi was doing all the talking), complaining bout teachers...the whole shebang. All too soon, they reached the school and went their separate ways to their own homerooms. When Takashi was out of earshot, Chiharu jumped and squealed for joy. Unknowingly, one boy saw this, and knew what happened. His face turned to the direction of Takashi walking calmly down the hall, and his eyes narrowed.

'Yamazaki Takashi....you are going to pay....'

TBC