A/N: TO ALL WHO'VE READ THIS CHAPTER: I'VE REPOSTED THIS CHAPTER BECAUSE OF FEW, OH NOT FEW, LOTS OF TYPING ERRORS! I'M REALLY IN A HURRY WHILE I WAS TYPING, FORGIVE ME. I WANT TO THANK THE PERSON WHO REVIEWED ABOUT THE TYPING ERRORS.

Oh, people, I'm really, really, really, really sorry! I'm so happy when I received all your reviews and I planned to update the next week after that. But unfortunately, there was this school project we're rushed to do so I was so busy. The next week, lots of school stuffs have gone my way again and I can't update because I'm forbidden to use computer more than an hour, so sad. Then February came and our prom night is coming. Everyone's busy until last that night came (Feb.19) The next week, lots of school stuffs to finish came and it was our exams coming along! I hate examinations! Fortunately, all those difficulties have gone...

I know I told a lot of excuses but I hope you understand. I always wanted to update due to those heart-warming reviews. And it's the first time I've received so many reviews in a chapter. I guess you really love it, so do I. This chapter doesn't have POVs. Don't say I didn't tell you...

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Chapter 13:

THE TASK

"Touya?" Sakura and Syaoran asked in unison.

A long pause ruled the place. No once of them dared to move as they exchanged stares at each other's eyes. Each of them has blank faces but with different meanings. Touya watched them expressionless, Syaoran's mouth dropped open, and Sakura was stunned. A while ago, Sakura and Syaoran talked about Touya and now...

"Welcome back, sis!" Touya hugged his dumb sister, Sakura.

Sakura blinked then coughed, "Ahem... nice to see you, Touya!" She took off her shoes then stepped inside their house.

Confused on what's happening, Syaoran followed his girlfriend. Touya led them to the Living Room as he prepared drinks. Sakura and Syaoran sat in the sofa lazily due to the long journey from Tomoyo's mansion to Tomoeda. Laughing quietly, Syaoran tapped Sakura's shoulder.

"Did he notice me or not?" Syaoran whispered to her while he dropped their luggage on the floor. "He didn't greet me or bothered to shout at me. Do you think he saw me?"

Sakura threw him a confused glance then laughed, "What? Of course he does! He's not blind..." She trailed off then put her index finger on her chin as if she was thinking. "Yeah, why? Why did he pretend to ignore? Weird, huh?"

In that time, Touya appeared from the kitchen then offered lemonade to Sakura and Syaoran. He sat opposite to them the finally, he talked.

"What's the honey-darling thing I heard you shouting a wile ago?" Touya asked them, "I need a good explanation and I'm giving you each, a minute to talk."

"Oh, it's because..." Sakura started, "I'm sorry, I didn't ask for your permission, Touya. But I'm old enough to make decisions by myself. Don't worry, Syaoran's a good boy and I've known him for years! As Dad said, he could be trusted - " Sakura quickly replied for her one-minute.

"Enough." Touya turned to Syaoran then raised his brows, "You? Explain."

Sakura made a face while Syaoran exhaled to start explaining. He opened his mouth to speak but in the last second, he closed it then exhaled again. Just like a scene in a trial court and you're the only witness in a crime.

"See?" Touya coughed, "He can't even explain for himself. What are you waiting for, boy? Speak."

Syaoran cleared his throat, "We're... we're... you know..."

"What 'you know'?" Touya frowned. "I don't know."

"She's..." Syaoran started again. "She's..."

"She's?" Touya raised his brows. "She's... what?"

"Touya!" Sakura snapped, "You're scaring him!" Why do Syaoran can't say it?

"I'm not." Touya quickly answered. "C'mon, boy."

"She's my girlfriend." Syaoran blurted out.

Syaoran sighed in relief after saying it. Sakura, on the other hand, rubbed her palms together. Touya stared at them for a minute while shaking his head over and over.

"Ok." Touya exhaled shortly. "I knew you'll be together. With all the secret stuffs you do when you're young... But I want a proof of his love for you."

"Don't tell me it's - " Syaoran's eyes widened. Thinking of what Touya had said, he smirked.

"It's not what you're thinking." Touya stood. "For you to be a good boyfriend, you must do all the household chores here, until I tell you to stop. That will only happen if you love her."

Syaoran stood too, "Everything for her, just to prove it to you."

"And another one," Touya added, "I don't accept complains."

"When shall I start?" Syaoran nodded quickly.

"Now."

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After placing their luggage on Sakura's room, Syaoran dressed up for the household chores waiting for him. He picked up his cell phone to call his mother. After a few minutes of talking to his mother, he turned to the worried girl sitting on the bed with eyes of emerald.

Syaoran walked towards her. "Stop looking at me like that, please. You're making me more nervous."

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK.

Sakura jerked her head towards the door nervously. She looked at Syaoran as if she'll start to cry. Syaoran stroked her hair. The door opened slowly.

"Sorry to disturb you." Touya stepped inside then closed the door after him, "But I suppose you should start cleaning the house, Syaoran boy."

"Um, ok." Syaoran stood lazily but determined, "I'll start on a few seconds downstairs."

"Sure. The vacuum cleaner is on the cupboard." Touya said kindly, "Sakura, are you sick?"

"No." Sakura stood too, "Would you mind if I'll help him do the task? Please Touya? Please..."

Touya crossed his arms on his chest, "And why?"

"I'm worried on what you might ask him to do. " Sakura explained, "I can't just sit her and watch my boyfriend doing all the chores by himself! It pains me a lot."

"It's not seriously heavy chores!" laughed Touya, "Ok, you can help him. Anyway, I've kept the house clean while you're on vacation and now, it's your turn. No excuses ok? Let's start now."

"Thank you!" Sakura hugged Touya. "I love you Touya!"

Sakura's cheerfulness raised into its extreme point after she heard Touya agreed. Syaoran and Sakura ran downstairs happily like 5-year-old kids. Touya followed them but the next thing he saw was Sakura and Syaoran arguing on the cupboard.

"Let me mop the floor after you've used the vacuum." Sakura protested. "I love doing that since I was young."

"No," Syaoran grabbed the mop and the vacuum away from Sakura, "That's a heavy work and I won't allow you to do that! Here's the feather duster." He handed it to Sakura.

"What?" Sakura cried. "Feather duster? What do you think of me? A weakling? Give me the mop."

"No." Syaoran shook his head. "Leave this to me."

"Do you think this feather duster will help you a lot?" Sakura raise a brow, "Dusting is a light work! I can do it for a few minutes!"

"Of course it does!" Syaoran continued, "Every little thing counts!

"Oh, shut up!" Touya waved his hand on air. "Stop arguing. You're not kids anymore. Why don't you vacuum he floor, Sakura and Syaoran will mop it later?"

"But I want the mop not the vacuum!" Sakura insisted.

"Did I told you to complain?" Touya coughed.

"Yeah, he's right, honey." Syaoran smirked then handed the vacuum, "It's easier to vacuum the floor than to mop it."

"And one more thing," Touya started, "I forbid you, two, to speak that honey-darling thing."

Sakura grabbed the vacuum then stuck her tongue out. Syaoran made a face then tickled her. Touya went upstairs.

"Hey!" Sakura nudged him. "I'll start vacuuming outside the bathroom then you'll mop it, ok?"

"I'll do the other chores while you're vacuuming around." Syaoran said, "Like washing the dishes, dusting the furniture, clean the windows, water the plants and clean the bathroom. After that, I'll mop and polish the floor."

"Light work..." Sakura mumbled, "Mine is heavy..."

"How dare you!" laughed Syaoran, "All you got to do is to vacuum the floor!"

Sakura and Syaoran started doing their assigned chore immediately. Sakura started from the bathroom door then the whole first floor. She enjoyed every minute of cleaning the house while the radio was playing. Syaoran seems enjoying too but he can't stay long in a single chore more than thirty minutes, so that he could finish everything after Sakura could finish hers. While around, Touya stayed in his room, for him not to disturb Sakura and Syaoran. He never stepped out of his room after he gave his last rule. Sakura was dancing to the beat but Syaoran was running back and forth with dirty stuffs on his hands.

After 3 hours, Sakura finished the ground floor happily. Syaoran returned the watercan after watering the plants. He went inside to rest and to his surprise, Sakura was already sitting on the sofa. He sat beside her then dropped his head into her shoulder.

"See?" Syaoran sighed, "Your chore is lighter compared to mine. I knew you'd finish it before me. But I don't have any regrets. I'd rather do all the chores than to see you in tired appearance."

"We don't have any rests since we arrived." Sakura wiped Syaoran's face with a handkerchief, "It's only eleven in the morning but it seems to be midnight! I'm so tired, I want to sleep..."

"We'd better tell Touya that we've finished the ground floor." Syaoran stood then helped Sakura stand, "Whew, the dished, the furniture, the windows, the bathroom and the plants. Thankfully, I've finished everythi – oh – oh – oh - "

Sakura stood beside him, "Why? Is there something wrong?"

"I haven't mopped and polished the floor!" Syaoran exclaimed.

Syaoran quickly grabbed the mop from the cupboard then mopped the kitchen. It took him almost forty-five minutes of doing that. The next in line was applying floor wax into the living room and dining room, which took him less than thirty minutes. Sakura watched him doing those because Syaoran didn't want her to do the job.

An hour had passed when Syaoran finished his work. He looked very exhausted though it's only noontime. Sakura and he went upstairs to tell Touya that they're finished. But before they could do that, they need to enter his room.

"Touya!" Sakura didn't bother to knock. Instead, she went inside immediately with Syaoran. "We're finished - "

Sakura clapped a hand into her mouth to keep her from screaming. Syaoran's eyes almost popped out and felt like all his blood rushed to his cheeks. He quickly covered his eyes with his hands.

"Oh!" exclaimed a brown-haired girl about Touya's age, who's wearing jeans and in the middle of wearing her shirt. "What the heck do these teenagers want from him!" the girl pulled her shirt down her body then stared at Sakura's eyes. Sakura stared back then silence filled the room. But when Syaoran was about to uncover his eyes, a deafening shriek boomed inside. He, himself, didn't know what to do first: to cover his eyes or his ears?

The next second, the door banged open. The shrieking stopped.

"What happened?" Touya asked while catching his breath.

Syaoran pput down his hands. The first person he saw was the petrified girl beside him. He turned to the direction where Sakura was staring at, then muttered, "Nakuru?"

"Do I know you?" Nakuru flipped her hair over her shoulder. "Oh, yes, I do. Wait." She thought for a while, staring at him.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to tell you that she's staying here until next week." Touya tapped Sakura's shoulder, "Let me introduce to you, my girlfriend, Nakuru."

"Oh, is this Sakura?" Nakuru asked walking towards her. "I didn't recognize you! You're stunningly pretty! I reckon this boy is Master Li." She pointed at Syaoran.

"Yeah, yeah..." nodded Syaoran.

"Well... nice to see you again." Nakuru forced a smile. "Um... hello Sakura!"

"H-hello..." Sakura put on a fake smile. Even though she's smiling, she's not really please on meeting Nakuru because of the times Nakuru's flirting with her brother when she's young and especially... when she caught her halfway dressing up in her brother's room.

Touya looked at Sakrua strangely, knowing what things were running on her mind. Smirking, he pinched Sakura's left cheek.

"Aw!" Sakura cried then looked at him. "What's the matter with you?"

"Oh! Look who's talking!" Touya laughed, "Am I the one to be asked what the matter is?"

Sakura sighed then rubbed her palm on her cheek, "Sorry, I'm just shocked. Please excuse me, I'm feeling dizzy. I'll just take a nap on my room."

She quickly exited the room then one moment, Touya, Nakuru and Syaoran heard the door of her room shut. They exchanged confused looks then shrugged.

Nakuru felt a bit of guilt inside her, "Have I done something wrong? I didn't mean to shout at her a while ago. It's just that Touya didn't tell me she's going home! And think of what things were on her head right now!" She stated clearly at Touya.

"But I, myself, didn't know she's going home!" Touya defended.

"She doesn't like me for you!" Nakuru covered her face with her palms then started to cry. "I can tell by looking through her eyes. Don't worry, I'll leave this house right away."

Touya held her shoulders tightly, "What foolishness are you talking about? Stop it. I won't let you go!"

"Wait, people." Syaoran calmly said.

The two calmed down.

"Please explain everything to me then I'll explain everything to her." Syaoran smiled, "She simply don't understand the situation and I bet she won't talk to you."

"Since you're the only one whose she's willing to talk to," Touya sighed, "Listen carefully. I'll tell you everything..."

Touya talked to Syaoran with Nakuru on his side. He told him everything from their purpose on staying on the house. An hour had passed and they're still talking and laughing all the way. Now, everyone was in a good mood except for one person on the other side of the wall...

Lying flat on the bed, Sakura was staring blankly at the ceiling while hearing laughter form Touya's room. She closed her eyes, grabbed a pillow beside her then buried it to her face. Suddenly, the door opened.

"Are you alright?" Syaoran sat on her bed.

Sakrua rolled on the other side, "Yeah."

"Are you hungry?" Syaoran asked.

"No."

"I know you're feeling bad." Syaoran stroke her hair. "But will you listen to me if I expalin everything right now, please?"

No response. Sakura sat up then stared deeply in his amber eyes queerly. She blinked several times before Syaoran spoke.

"I believe you met Nakuru few years ago." Syaoran started. "In that time, Touya, Yukito and she are classmates in high school, right? Her actions show that she's really interested with Touya. But it's not awhile when we discover her true intentions. Remember that she transforms to Ruby Moon and he's flirting Touya just to get enough information from him. Everbody knows that."

"I can't trust her that quick!" Sakura protested.

"Let me finish." Syaoran held her hand. "Our situation now is not like before. We've finished the tasks for catching the Clow Cards and judged by Yue. She's living in a smiple life now just like us. It's not because she's Ruby Moon before, you can't trust her. She's here to earn your trust and she felt hurt earlier on how you acted in front of her. Besides, she's Touya's girl."

Sakura looked down the bed covers feeling sorry for Nakuru. She didn't mean to act rude or something to offend her but she's just confused. Now, everything appeared clearly. Everything makes sense. There's no point getting mad at her. She looked up again at Syaoran, who looked at her like crazy.

"Don't look at me like that, you look crazy!" Sakura chuckled, "I do understand what you said! I'm not an idiot!"

Syaoran grinned widely then tickled her non-stop. "Huh, crazy?" he laughed, "Look who acts crazy! Good thing my words entered your nutcracker head!"

Sakura tried to escape his tickles but all chances are unsuccessful. Syaoran was stronger then her. "Nut-crack-er he-ad? M-e?" she laughed so hard from his tickles.

"Yes, you." He smirked, "And sometimes you're acting like an idiot too!"

Sakrua tried to open her mouth to speak but only laughter came out. She didn't manage to utter a word until Touya and Nakuru entered her room and saw them laughing all the way.

"Hey!" Touya laughed, "Look at yourselves! You look crazy!"

"See?" Sakura escaped Syaoran then ran to hide from Touya's back, "HE said you look crazy!" She laughed.

"He's talking to you, not me!" Syaoran stood, "You are nuts."

"Both of you look crazy." Touya sighed, "Sometimes I wonder if you're already eighteen. In my time, I was well-behaved, gentleman and courteous."

Sakura and Syaoran exchanged looks then burst into laughs.

"Ho, ho... he's saying the truth." Nakuru smiled. "C'mon downstairs and let's rest by taking things over. It's not only you who're tired. We've also cleaned this house, you know. Don't you notice the walls inside and out being clean?"

They went downstairs and talked about everything they thought. They talked about how they got together and all their adventures during the Christmas Vacation. Nakuru asked Sakura how her Master Eriol was doing. Syaoran told Eriol's story how Eriol got Tomoyo.

After a day's work, and being tired, everything needed well from the household chores to Touya and Nakuru. Evening came and the four decided to sleep. The whole night passed quickly and no later it's already morning.

Sakura opened her eyes, yawned and looked around. It seems to be years ago since she and Syaoran got together. And not only that, she's no longer eighteen – she's now twenty-five.

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A/N: See? I've told you there were no POVs. What you've read on the last paragraph is true. She's no longer 18, she's 25. Looks like time went fast. And my story is ending on Chapter15! So keep on reading, because you'll never know what will happen on the next chapter... it's a big surprise for you.

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