Disclaimer: Nope, nada, nein, nothing. CCS does not being to me.

It just occurred to me. Am I rushing their love too fast? Like… am I making mean, old, rude, grumpy Syaoran too nice too fast? Cuz… I HATE it when other authors do it… and it's like… am I? Scary thought. So this chapter will contain some fluff, but I'm going to tone it down a bit. If you could please, please tell me if I'm rushing it, please do so, it'll ease the worry from my mind. :) thanks! And thank you sooo much to all my reviewers! Made me soooo happy!!! :D

And I'm so0o0o0o, so so, so, so sorry about the wait… school started… the writer's block… the laziness… the whole enchilada! So GOMEN! A lot. Really.

I've been grounded. For two months. I sneaked on today to post this for you guys, but I don't know when I can post again… :S My ground-ation is over in like… mid-March. X.X

Sorry guys, if you were waiting for this, but I'll try to get out like two chapters today.


Sakura nodded, and turned away, blushing.

"A-Ano… you're… you're all wet… maybe you should go change before you get…"

He sneezed.

"Sick."


Snow Becomes Spring by Strawberry Promises
Chapter Seven: A Walk in the Park
Syaoran lay on his bed. He stared at the ceiling. He turned over. Stared at his wall.

Boring.

He rolled to the other side.

THUMP.

And fell off.

Slowly, Syaoran got up again rubbing his sore side. He gingerly sat on his bed.

Suddenly, his door burst open.

"Ah, Syaoran-kun! I heard something fall? Are you OK?" Sakura said, worriedly.

Then she backed a bit, blushing to the tips of her hair.

Syaoran slept without a shirt.

He blushed a bit as well and shook his head. "I fell off the bed by accident,"

Sakura nodded and rushed out of the room as quick as she could.

Syaoran watched her go thoughtfully, before picking up a t-shirt and pulling it on. He washed up and went downstairs for some breakfast.

Sakura placed a plate into of Syaoran and smiled at him, blushing still. She could remember in perfect detail what he looked like in the morning.

Syaoran accepted it, absently and started to eat.

Sakura laughed a little and spoke up. "Ano, Syaoran-kun, you're putting jam on your eggs."

"What?" Syaoran looked down and noticed a smear of raspberry jam on his bright yellow scrambled eggs. "Oh,"

He ate it and chuckled. "Tastes good."

Then he got serious. "Sakura, I was wondering," He blushed and turned away. "For ruining your flowers the other day, would you… go on a walk with me?"

Sakura's eyes got wide. Syaoran hastily backtracked. "I mean, you don't have to if you don't want to."

"No, no! I would love to, Syaoran-kun!" Sakura smiled hugely and asked, "When are we going?"

"Whenever you want to." He muttered focusing on his eggs. He didn't really think what he would do if she accepted.

"Let's go on a picnic!" Sakura clapped her hands delightedly. "I'll make lunch!"

"Whatever…" He continued to mutter, turning red at her reaction.

"I'll start on it now!" Sakura ran off into the kitchen. Syaoran sat and ate his breakfast in silence. He didn't notice his mother standing just outside the room, with a hint of a smile on her face.


"Wow! It's so beautiful!!" Sakura exclaimed twirling around in the park.

Syaoran followed her, his hands jammed in his pockets. He nodded in response.

This time of year was cold, but not too cool. It was crisp outside and Sakura's breath frosted as she blew out. Her scarf was tightly wound around her neck and gloves on her hands and a hat on her head.

Syaoran couldn't help but notice that indeed, she was pretty cute. (AN: Eriol's comment on Sakura, Ch. 3)

Sakura had long wavy hair that reached down to the middle of her back and the most captivating feature of her (in Syaoran's opinion) were her eyes.

She turned to him and smiled widely. "Come on, Syaoran-kun!" She took one hand and clasped it around his arm and dragged him to the picnic area.

"I don't know why you wanted to have a picnic…" He muttered, rubbing his cold hands together. "It's so cold."

"But it's so pretty! Everything is white and crystallized!" Sakura took out her bag and unwrapped two mugs and a large thermos.

She handed one steaming cup to Syaoran. "Hot chocolate!"

"Thanks." He muttered. He seemed to be muttering a lot.

Sakura noticed his withdrawn attitude but didn't think of it. She knew he really was a kind hearted person.

He drank down the beverage, warming his insides. Sakura was finished before he was and was grinning, tossing a snowball back and forth in her hands.

Syaoran backed away, shaking his head. Sakura's grin only got larger.

She threw it. Syaoran ducked and quickly scooped some snow. He stood up to throw it and got a mouthful of snow.

Sakura was doubled over, laughing. Syaoran frowned and wiped the snow from his face before throwing his own snowball. Sakura barely dodged it.

This continued for a good half hour. The throwing, the dodging, the throwing again. Every now and then, Sakura or Syaoran would get lucky and hit the other person, but they were too well matched for there to be any advantage.

Sakura fell on the ground, and started to make a snow angel. She got up and proudly looked at her creation.

Syaoran looked at it as well, the appalling attempt at a snow angel. He scoffed while Sakura laughed.

"Let's see you do better than," she said.

And so he showed her. He quickly make a snow angel, and stood up carefully, as to not to ruin it. It was a perfect snow angel.

Next they made a snow man. Well, technically Sakura started to but she was doing such a bad job that Syaoran had to step in and help her.

Sakura sat on the bench and pulled out the picnic she prepared. "I'm sooo hungry." She said with a big smile.

Syaoran sat as well and didn't say anything.

She started to pull everything out. She and Syaoran started to eat quickly. Both were very hungry after playing in the snow.

After a bit, Sakura looked up and smiled at Syaoran. "So how is it?"

He shrugged and played with his chopsticks. "OK,"

She smiled again. "I'm glad you like it." She started to pack things up.

"Are we going back now?" Syaoran asked.

"If you want to." Sakura said, organizing her scarf and gloves.

"It's cold out." He said, stuffing his hands in his pockets.

"'K, we'll go then." Sakura lifted the bag but Syaoran got to it before her.

"I'll carry it." He said shortly.

She smiled happily. "Whatever you want." She started to skip down the road leading back to home.


Eww… this chapter was so bad ;-;

I'm really sorry about the wait… But you gotta endure more… I'm grounded from the computer and I think this will be my last update in a long, long time. Gomen…

I'll try to sneak on the computer every now and then XP

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