Through Your Eyes
By: behindthatsmile
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Author's Notes: And all I want now is at least 50 reviews… Sorry if I'm asking too much. I just love you all! You make me happy! And even though I won't get 50 reviews, I will still update! Don't worry! Anyway!
Just to clarify: Syaoran kissed Sakura, my dearies!
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Sakura and Syaoran left without answering any questions from interviewers who had seen them kiss - rather, when Syaoran kissed Sakura. They ran to Syaoran's car and he ordered his driver to drop Sakura home.
They didn't talk at all. Sakura was on the other side of the car, staring mindlessly outside the car. Her fingers were constantly touching her lips. Her lips that were just kissed by her greatest enemy, Syaoran Li.
Syaoran, on the other hand, was quiet on his side of the car, stealing side glances at Sakura from time to time. That was the best thing he could do to get rid of Alena permanently - kiss someone else in front of her. Alena would never be back again, hopefully.
After minutes that seemed forever, they reached Sakura's house. Syaoran, surprisingly, was the one who went down to get Sakura's bag.
He found himself standing on the same roofed garage where he had first seen Touya up close. He handed Sakura her bag and proceeded back to his car.
"You're impossible," he heard her say.
"What?" he asked completely confused.
"You are the most unbelievable guy I have ever known," Sakura said, a bit louder than before. She dropped her bag on the floor and walked towards Syaoran. "I cannot believe you!"
"What are you talking about?" he demanded and walked closer to her too.
"You don't know?" she said in a questioning voice. "You have no idea! You freaking kissed—"
"Let's not talk about it," Syaoran stated simply, avoiding Sakura's eyes.
"Fine," she replied. "Fine!" she repeated, walking away from him. "By the way," she walked towards him again until she was just a foot away.
And then she slapped him. Hard.
No one had the truth in their hands. All they knew was that Syaoran and Sakura were great rivals at school and that Syaoran had kissed Sakura in front of many people on a party that was held right after the fashion show they had just won. But they did not know what was behind the kiss because there sure was something behind it.
"Alena Kato, who was the closest person at the couple at that time refused to give a statement. She left right after the couple had left."
"The people close to the scene said that Syaoran confessed his feeling to Sakura."
"Alena Kato was recognized to be the model that Sakura replaced at the Li Company."
"Syaoran Li and Sakura Kinomoto still do not want to give comments regarding the issue."
It was a big scoop and the two were incredibly a hit. The news obviously was all over town.
Sakura and Syaoran were even called to the principal's office about the issue.
"Be thankful that the school's security could handle the media who are dying to get interviews from you guys," the principal told them.
The two were keeping a fair distance between them. Sakura had not been given a new project at the Li Company so she had not gone back to the company since the party. The only time they see each other would be in school where they completely ignore each other. No one dared to ask why.
"Everyone from the Trustees agreed that in order to end this madness," the principal was saying. "You both should grant at least one channel to interview you. It will not do any harm right?"
Silence.
"Mr. Li?"
"I don't want to give a comment," Syaoran replied.
The principal looked at Sakura who said the same thing Syaoran did but only in a stubborn way.
"Hopeless," they heard the principal mutter under her breath as they left her office.
The two walked silently and slowly on the hallways. They were called out of their classes so no one else was there to witness them together.
At last, Syaoran ended the deafening silence.
"Photo-shoot today after school, by the way," he told her.
"Ok," she replied shortly.
"It's for a magazine," he continued. "They're going to feature 'us'."
"Alright," was all Sakura's reply.
"You're taking the 'let's not talk about the kiss' too seriously, do you?" he blurted out with a smirk.
"You told me to," Sakura answered, shrugging.
"Since when did you listen to what I say?" he asked with great curiosity.
"Since I agreed that it is best that that matter should really not be talked about," she answered quickly and paused. "Damn you! I hate you, Li! You really are the most unbelievable guy ever!" she said loudly and angrily. "You damn know that I want to talk about it so spit out now why you kissed me!"
Her voice echoed around the hallways. The two of them did not have any intention of going back to their classes.
Before Syaoran could reply, Sakura said more. "Don't you even dare to kid around me, Li! Don't you dare tell that you have feelings for me because you know that if you say that, you're gonna go down the drain of rejection. And don't you dare think that you can kiss me again! Who was that girl anyhow?"
"It was the model you replaced. Don't you ever watch the news?" he asked her. She shook her head. "Anyway, you were the best one to make her go away."
"How can you say so? And what did I do?"
"Sakura—I mean, Kinomoto, man, you're last name is just too long!" Syaoran said after receiving a glare from Sakura for calling her by her first name again. "She likes me. I don't like her. I saw you walking towards us. I made her go away by kissing you."
Sakura didn't reply for a while and thought about it first. "The only reason you would want to make someone jealous is that because you like her," she pointed out.
"I don't like her!" Syaoran objected. "It's just that I thought that if she sees me with 'someone', she would stop bothering me. And you were the best one around that time."
"So basically I helped you right?"
"Yeah," Syaoran said, stating the obvious. "Thanks by the way."
"You owe me," Sakura said. "You need to pay, mister."
"Whatever you say," Syaoran said.
Sakura went straight to the Li Company after school. She was not late this time. Syaoran was the tardy one.
The crew was in no hurry so the director let Sakura wander around first while waiting for Syaoran.
"It's still early anyway," he had said to her.
Sakura decided to go to the rooftop but she changed her mind when she saw one certain person on her way.
"If it isn't the most talked-about girl in town today," Akira hummed as he passed by Sakura. She ignored him. "So, you have a new project with Mr. Li again?"
"Ain't it obvious?" Sakura said, rolling her eyes.
"Do you like him?" Akira suddenly asked.
"Hell no!" she replied quickly then walked away but stopped in her tracks when she realized something. "Wait a second, since when did you become curious of my life, huh?"
"Look, Kinomoto," Akira said with a voice that Sakura never knew he had. It sounded so serious and sweet.
But before Akira could continue, hurried steps were heard from behind Sakura then Syaoran came into view.
"Sorry, I'm late," Syaoran told Sakura, without noticing that Akira was there.
"Direk doesn't mind though," Sakura said. "I guess we better get there now that you're here. See you around, Akira."
It was then Syaoran noticed him. For no reason at all, the two started glaring at each other. When Sakura began to walk, the two broke their eye contact and Syaoran followed Sakura.
"Wait, Kinomoto," Akira called back.
"Yeah?" she asked. Syaoran looked at Akira too but Akira would never allow even the owner of the company get along his way.
"Can we talk for one minute?" Akira said. "Privately," he added when he saw her that she was expecting him to go on.
Syaoran stepped forward, leaving Sakura behind him. "Sakura's not going anywhere with you," he said to Akira.
Sakura laughed. "Li, it's just Akira," she retorted. "Go ahead. Tell the staff I will be right there."
Syaoran had nothing to reply so he walked away, glaring at Akira one last time.
When he was out of sight and out of hearing distance, Sakura asked him what he wanted to tell her.
"We're going to have our prom at our school next week," he began, without feeling nervous or anything. "And I was wondering if you can come with me."
Sakura snorted and laughed. "Wow, people make me laugh so easily today," she said between laughs. "Are you kidding me? You want me to go with you and be your date in your prom?"
"Yeah," Akira replied. "Please?"
"You're not going to make fun of me in front of your classmates, right?" Sakura asked for assurance. Akira shook his head but Sakura would never be assured, most of all if it was Akira's word. "Ok look, you're weird. Out of nowhere and out of all the mean things you've done to me, you're asking me to go to the prom with you?"
"The reason I did all of those 'mean' things to you was to be close to you," Akira replied, avoiding Sakura's eyes. "I've liked you since forever but now with all the issues with you and Syaoran, I'll feel much better that at least I told you what I really feel even though you're going to reject me."
Sakura smirked then smiled at him. "I would like to be just your friend, Akira," she said. "I appreciate you liking me, of course. And I will try to go to your prom and I will be just your friend, ok? Trust me; you're going to find a better girl than me."
Akira smiled at her then waved good-bye.
Sakura walked to their studio for the photo-shoot. But before she reached the studio, Syaoran stood only few feet away from where she and Akira were. He was eaves-dropping!
"So that dude likes you," Syaoran was saying while they were walking to the studio. Sakura had ignored the fact that he eaves-dropped on their conversation. She just rolled her eyes and gave a you're-hopeless look.
"Man, I'm guessing that that guy hadn't met many girls in town," Syaoran continued. "I mean, you, out of all the girls, are the one he chose to invite at his upcoming prom! Shit, he must be crazy!"
"Whatever, Li," Sakura said, without looking at him.
"Kinomoto, don't tell me you're going with him!" Syaoran said, standing in front of Sakura, stopping her to walk any further.
"It's just a prom," she replied. "It's not like he's going to think that I'm going to be his girlfriend in one night."
"What if he's going to think that he's your girlfriend the moment you're going to say yes to him?" Syaoran asked with a slight of anxiety in his voice.
"What is it to you if I'm going to his girlfriend anyhow!" Sakura almost shouted.
"It's just not right. He deserves a much better girl than you. You said it yourself to him. Look at yourself, Kinomoto! You're not that pretty, you're not that smart - most of all in math, and you're not that—"
"Shut up!" Sakura shouted this time. "Hey if I'm not that pretty, why did you kiss me then huh?"
"Because I want to," he replied.
"So you go kissing random girls just because you want to?"
"You're not random to me."
"You go stealing girls' first kisses just because you want to!"
"Oh yeah, I was your first kiss!"
"Don't feel proud. It was disgusting!"
"I was your first kiss!" Syaoran repeated, not believing her.
"Yes you were! Happy now?" Sakura bellowed.
"Now that I realize that it's real, well... Very," Syaoran said seriously, leaning in closer to her. "And I want to be your last."
Yet again, he kissed her and refused to let go of her when she wasn't kissing him back. When she was responding to his kisses, it felt right. To both of them.
A/N: Did this chapter go anywhere? I'm so sorry for making it so dull. Please review! The thing with Akira will go somewhere, I'm telling you…. If anyone's wondering if Tomoyo or Eriol would ever show up in this story, I don't think so… I will try though! But Meilin will definitely be here! ;): Did this chapter go anywhere? I'm so sorry for making it so dull. Please review! The thing with Akira will go somewhere, I'm telling you…. If anyone's wondering if Tomoyo or Eriol would ever show up in this story, I don't think so… I will try though! But Meilin will be here! ;)
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