A/N: Thanks for those who reviewed, you raised my spirit to write more! I kept on writing and writing, so I didn't notice my fic getting longer. I hope you like this longest chapter I've ever written. I've written this to Sakura's and Syaoran's point of views. Isn't it lovelier? Now you'll get to know what's inside their minds and what are they feeling. Remember that this is only a fic and I don't own them. I'm only using them for entertainment purposes. Hope you like it! Love ya all! Review...
Chapter 2:
TOGETHER MEANS TROUBLE
Sakura's Point of View
I didn't answer back. I simply smiled at him. By looking into his eyes, I remember the Syaoran I knew. He was there beside me, like the way he used to be when we were younger. The wind blew hard and I blinked.
"Can I join you?" he asked, "I brought my meal, too/"
I nodded. "I really missed you a lot." I don't know why I said that again, but it just came out.
"Me, too." Syaoran repeated. I can't think of any idea or topic to talk about. I hope he can think one.
I picked a biscuit and munched it.
"I planned to be your classmate." Syaoran said, "I asked your name at the Principal's Office and that was it!"
"Thank you." I laughed. It was a great feeling.
"For what?"
"Just forget about it."
We spent the next minutes eating together. It was annoying, everytime I caught him glance at me. I packed my things after I ate my meal. Syaoran stood and started to talk about the things that happened before.
He laughed suddenly. I frowned, "Why?" I asked.
"I just remembered." Syaoran held out a hand to help me stand, "You used to wear costumes by Tomoyo before." My eyes widened, "I was just a kid that time." He continued.
"Things may change." I smiled and accepted his hand. I stood beside him. "We're not kids anymore."
Syaoran took a step and faced me. "I've never change. I'm still the Syaoran you knew." His eyes were fixed at mine.
I smiled nervously, "I'm still the same." How beautiful his eyes were!
He took another step, I didn't move. He was inches from me. "I wanted to do things right. I returned only for someone. Only for that special someone."
My smile faded. I wanted to meet his special someone! I looked down my feet and stepped backwards. I noticed he stepped forward as I stepped backwards. I wanted to run away but I don't have much strength. My body seems to fall. I continued walking backwards but my back slammed into the tree trunk.
Now she's down on her knees to prayBegging please make it good, make it good somehow
She will do what it takes to change
Someone please make it good, make it good somehow
Someone please...
Syaoran, my Syaoran, held my face up. "You looked sad."
"Me?" I forced a laugh. His eyes were seriously fixed at me, so I decided to stop. We exchanged looks. My eyes began to water. I thought my heart broke. I didn't notice the tears fell from my eyes. It really hurts. It was like pinching my only heart. I wonder who was his special someone...
"Don't cry." Syaoran hurriedly picked his handkerchief and wiped it to my face. "What's the matter?"
I tightened my grip into my lunchbox. I-I w-wanted to know, who she is, your special someone."
Syaoran smiled a little, "I'll tell you later." He took another step but I can't step another more. My face was really close to him. The world seemed to slow down as he leaned closer. I can feel his breath against mine. His head tilted a little and his lips opened a little. My whole body trembled. My knees were about to break. I gulped, my eyes wide open. Then –
"OUCH!" Syaoran shouted. He drew back clutching his rights foot, jumping.
I blinked. I looked down my feet wondering what was the matter. My mouth dropped open. It was my lunchbox!
"S-sorry..." I said.
He finally stopped jumping, "It's okay." He turned back and fell silent.
I didn't move, I just looked at his back. No one of us dared to speak for a minute. I can't continue being quiet anymore!
"Why did you try to do that?" I blurted out.
He didn't show any reaction as he faced me.
I waited for him to answer back. He was staring at me like what I did a while ago. I finally grew impatient. I placed my hands into his shoulders and I shook his body. "What's wrong with you? You're not the Syaoran I knew before!" Tears fell down my face.
Syaoran still stayed silent. I was shaking his body but he doesn't seem to notice. Gently, he wrapped his arms around me. I froze.
"I'm afraid." Syaoran said slowly, "I'm afraid that you'll go away from me. I told you years ago what I felt about you. After that, I decided to forget you for I know that I didn't stand a chance."
His body was warm. I don't want him to release me from his arms. But after I heard clearly what he said, I sobbed hardly. I opened my mouth to speak but no voice came out. There were so many things I wanted to tell him. My heart was breaking into a hundred pieces.
"Did I told you to cry?" Syaoran patted my head.
I shook my head.
"Then why are you crying? He asked, "you used to be cheerful when we are still – "
"We're not kids anymore!" I cried. "Why are you doing this, Syaoran? You're telling me about your special someone..."
He laughed, "There's nothing wrong with me. Do I act strange? You're the one who's strange."
"Don't laugh at me." I said, "Stop this rubbish and tell me who's the girl."
Syaoran laughed harder then he stopped, "You don't know her, yet?"
I buried my face into his chest then cried again. "No." It really hurts me.
He stroked my back as I sobbed. "She's a sweet little girl. She doesn't give things up easily in times of problems. I like her when she smiles, shouts, cries and laughs. I loved her since we became friends. How will I tell her, now, she's sobbing hardly on my chest?"
I stopped dead. I looked up at his smiling face. Syaoran wiped my face again with his handkerchief then he released me, I laughed shortly. I threw my arms around his neck. I'm very happy!
"I felt the same way, Syaoran!" I said happily. "I knew my feelings the day before you left Japan. I thought your love for me faded after you left. I became sadder when Tomoyo left to go to an exclusive school."
"You don't have to be lonely anymore." Syaoran said.
When you're weary, when you're down and outLay your hands on me
When you're weary, when you're down and out
Lay your hands on me
Syaoran's Point of ViewSakura, in my relief, finally stopped crying. She used to be merry before. I sighed deeply as I looked into her. I've missed her smiles, those meaningful smiles. She stood beside me looking through the sky. I lifted my head, too. But I wasn't paying attention to the clouds. I was pretending, though I was looking secretly at her. I've been so lonely... deeply lonely for years in Hongkong. Truly, Meiling was there to look for me but of course, she knew the truth, the whole truth. She had a very patient suitor a year ago and they were together now. My heart became lonelier. Meiling was like my bestfriend. No one wanted to be friends with me until one day... Probable, the luckiest day of my childhood life, I got a chance to meet Sakura. My world was opened. I looked down the grass, smiled and sighed.
"Is there something wrong?" she smiled at me.
"Nothing." I replied. Oh, how I love to see her smile!
"I guess lunch time is over." Sakura held my hand slowly. I was shocked. Her hand was soft and warm. I stared unblinkingly at it. "Can you let me hold it for a while? I'm really troubled and I wanted to fix them up. I'm thankful you're here."
I tightened my grip. "S-sure." We walked towards our classroom again. As we walked, I noticed her grinning widely. Looking through the memories of past is what she's doing right now. I'm 100 sure.
She had a vision, time to make a standFor all she used to be, to turn her life around
To take back yesterday's never easy
When you're on your own
It seems impossible
We reached the door of our classroom and I finally let go of her hand. I started wondering. All our classmates were staring at us. There was something in their eyes. Something not normal.
"Hi!" Sakura greeted them happily.
Instead of greeting back, the class smirked at us then began to whisper at one another. Sakura and I went to our seats, frowning at them. I noticed their eyes following us.
"What's wrong with them?" Sakura whispered.
"No idea." I looked around and shook my head. I wasn't lying, I really have no idea!
Days passed and it was now Friday. Sakura and I kept hanging around at school with each other. Our classmates kept teasing us. It was our dismissal one afternoon when my most feared question stumbled my way.
"Hey! Look, who we got here!" shouted Ken, our school bully with his troop. He was the cruelest student in school, as far as I know. He had a very short untidy hair; large arms showing his muscles and the meanest eyes I've ever seen. I didn't felt afraid, even though he was taller than I was.
"What a nice pair!" laughed Xiale, his girlfriend. She had a beautiful nose, fair complexion and long hair tied in a ponytail. I admit it, she's really gorgeous.
Students, about five, encircled us and laughed hardly. The wind blew coldly. The air seemed to be on their side.
"Excuse me?" Sakura smiled, "Can you let us pass by?"
"In a hurry, dear?" Xiale smirked.
"What do you think?!" I blurted out. I don't like this scene.
"They'll probably hurrying for their date!" Ken shouted again. Students around us burst into laughs.
Sakura's smile turned into a frown. "Keep your noses out of here."
"Oohh..." Ken pretended to be Sakura and mimicked her voice. "Keep your noses out of here..."
"I knew both of you." Xiale said. "I hate you both. Our P.E. teacher kept boasting his two students namely Kinomoto and Li, who excelled in athletics and sports. There's no one who'll be the best but you!"
"Past is past." I stated.
"Whatever!" she shouted, "It affected me a lot!"
"My dear," Ken placed his hand into Xiale's shoulder, "I got a wonderful idea. How about giving them a painful lesson?"
Ken snapped his fingers and the students around us brought out baseball bats, ready to attack us. Before I knew it, someone pushed Sakura, resulting her to fell down her knees and someone hit my back with it.
"Stop it!" Sakura yelled.
My fists were shaking. I punched Ken straight into his face. This made him so angry. He prepared himself to punch me too, when Xiale talked.
"Hey, Li!" Xiale bellowed, "Don't have a mistake of moving or I'll put a lovely scar on your girlfriend's lovely face."
I looked around. She got Sakura on her hands, holding a sharp cutter on Sakura's cheek.
"We're not doing anything to offend you." Sakura said, "What do you really need?"
"A good answer." Ken said flatly.
I stayed motionless in fear of seeing Sakura's face slashed.
"Hey, you!" Ken turned at me and smirked, "Do you want to save your girlfriend's face?"
"She's not my girlfriend."
Sakura shrieked. I stared at her wondering what happened. Xiale slashed her right cheek about an inch long. It was bleeding.
"Don't dare speak to me like that!" Ken widened his eyes. "I want an answer and I have to record this using a video camera. Is she your girlfriend?"
The video cam was in his hand. It's functioning.
"I told you." I stubbornly replied. "She's not my - "
Another shriek. Sakura was crying hardly. The cut was another inch longer. I felt my whole body trembled. It was my fault.
"Don't hurt her!"
"Just answer!" Ken shouted.
I have no choice. "Okay! She's my girlfriend – and – I-I l-love h-her. P-please d-don't h-hurt her... h-hurt me instead."
"Hooray!" clapped Xiale. She pushed Sakura. Without a word, they left with their troop, laughing. We don't know this was the start of bad school days.
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