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Hahaha… you guys are no fun! Pouts No one tried to guess the person except that it was not Syaoran! So anyway… you're now going to find out…

Disclaimer: Nope… no way… I don't own it… period!

Chapter XII: Heart to Heart

"I should ask you the same thing Kinomoto-chan" the girl said as she sat beside Sakura on the bench.

An uncomfortable silence surrounded them; she was the one to break it.

"So, how are things between you and Syaoran?" the girl asked.

"Between us?" Sakura blushed as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear.

"Now, Kinomoto, there's no use lying because you know I will find out…" the girl shook her head.

Sakura have out a long sigh. "I like him but I don't know how he feels towards me… sure he flirts with me now and then but he'd never been serious with his words" she said as she felt tears form in her eyes.

"Or so you think…" she mumbled as she handed a handkerchief to Sakura.

"Why are you doing this Li-chan?" Sakura asked as she took the handkerchief and wiped her tears.

"Kinomoto…" MEILING started. "I know we have a very rough start… but I want you to know that I have no intention of coming in between your relationship with him…"

Sakura just nodded. "Call me Sakura…" she whispered.

Meiling smiled. "Meiling…" she said as she continued her statement. "Sakura, when I first arrived here, I was just teasing Syaoran… you got mad right… or to put it simply, you got jealous… but when you think of it, because I arrived, you two became closer after the issue… right?"

"Oh Meiling…" Sakura sighed as she hugged Meiling. "Thank you…"

"You're my friend… I do these things for my friends" Meiling smiled sadly. "I comfort them… always the comforter… never the comforted…"

"What's the matter?" Sakura frowned.

Meiling sniffed. "You see… while I was here in Japan… I met Ryu… he's in our grade… then we became the best of friends even for the shortest time…" her voice was cracking up.

"But... But…" Meiling sniffed.

"But what?" Sakura asked.

"I like him Sakura… heck I think I even love him… But he likes this girl… but every time she turns him down… he comes running to me… but he still goes after her… you see? I feel used… I can't take it anymore…" Meiling cried on Sakura's shoulder.

"Meiling… tell him…" Sakura soothed.

Meiling scoffed and cleared her throat. "I'll tell him if he stops running after that girl…" she sighed.

"Who's the girl anyways?" Sakura asked.

"Her name is Arisa Ajibana…" Meiling managed to say.

Sakura gasped. "Arisa Ajibana?"

"What's the matter?"

"She WAS one of my best friends!"

Meiling nodded and started sobbing again.

Sakura sighed as she soothed Meiling. "When the person you love, loves another, you should wait for…" Sakura trailed off as Meiling cried even louder.

Sakura checked her watch as Meiling wiped her tears from her face.

"Come on Meiling… more people will be coming in any minute…" Sakura said as she stood up and offered her hand to Meiling.

"Thank you Sakura… this really means a lot to me…" Meiling said as she held Sakura's hand and stood up as well.

"So… what's Ryu's whole name again?" Sakura asked.

"Ryu Ichiro" Meiling mumbled.

Sakura nodded her head. "I'm going to talk to him…"

"What!" Meiling shrieked as her eyes widened.

"If he can't realize how important you are by himself. I'm going to MAKE him realize it…" Sakura said with a determined voice.

Meiling smiled. "Thank you Sakura…" she hugged Sakura tightly, a hug that Sakura gladly gave back. "Thank you…"

"You're welcome…" Sakura smiled.

And that was the scene Syaoran witnessed. Though he did not hear what they were talking about... his heart soared as he saw the two hug like long lost friends...

'Friends...' he thought... 'Finally' he closed his eyes and smiled.

Gurla: Aww… such emotional crap… hahaha…

Evil Gurla: Wow… you swore man… hahahaha

Gurla: Whatever… so… read and review!