Author's Note: Yes, yes, I'm finally getting off my lazy butt and writing the fourth chapter. I recently deleted my multi-chapter fic Laws of Attraction, because I just didn't feel like continuing it (and the idea has been overdone so many times), so it's been removed. If you still want to read it, drop a review with your e-mail. Oh, and HAPPY EASTER!
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Switched Valentines
By: Wings of Jade
Chapter 4: Chocolates
"Hoooeee..." Sakura lugged the great big hunk of chocolate onto the kitchen table of her home. No WAY was she going to give the whole thing to Kanaye. She could just image what it would be like:
Sakura gives the huge piece of chocolate to Kanaye. Kanaye says, "Wow, thanks!" Kanaye holds chocolate. Because it's so heavy, he falls over and the chocolate squashes him to death. The End.
So, she decided to take it home, which resulted in her taking twice as long to walk to her house.
Now, rolling up her sleeves, she was trying to decide which way was the best to smash the chocolate into pieces. With a hammer? My hands? The TV? No, I can't risk the TV. That's too precious. But what am I gonna dooooo...?
"HEY, KAIJUU, WHATCHA DOING TODAY?"
"TOUYA!" shrieked Sakura. "Don't do that!" Touya, her older brother, grinned mischievously.
"Didn't know you were that hard to scare."
"Oh, shut up!" said Sakura angrily. Touya's face brightened at the sight of the chocolate.
"Hey, that looks good. Where did you get it from?"
"The teacher." His eyes popped out.
"YOU MEAN THE TEACHER HAS A CRUSH ON YOU?"
"No, it's my math teacher, baka!" cried Sakura. "I won this from this math contest thing."
Touya was puzzled. "But you suck at math."
"I had a math genius partner."
"Figures. Did he do all the work?"
Sakura squirmed. "Yes...but he was very nice about it, and he explained everything to me."
Touya rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Can I have it?"
"How much?"
"ALL OF IT."
"No."
"NINETY-NINE PERCENT OF IT."
"I'll give you half."
"Half? Aw, come on, kaijuu..."
"Three-quarters."
"Okay. Deal." Touya, having way more strength than Sakura, broke off a good three quarters off the block of chocolate and was already stuffing his face as he left the kitchen. Sakura looked at the chocolate. It was now a pretty decent size, and so she re-wrapped it (surprisingly, it still looked quite presentable after Touya had broken off so much), stuck a bow on it, and beamed.
Kanaye, get ready for yoursweetest Valentine's Day present ever.
To resize his chocolate (because he had heard that Hana liked small, cute things), he had simply gotten a hammer and smashed it into little pieces. (A.N.: Aha...yeah...x-x;) Then, he melted the chocolate by putting it over boiling water, and took out a couple of trays used for pouring muffin mix into. He poured the melted chocolate into the tray, and stuck it into the freezer. After a while, he took it out, and dumped the cold chocolate out, and lo and behold, new pieces of chocolate! He tasted one after to make sure it wasn't all that bad, and was pleased to find that it was still very sweet.
When he got to school with his chocolate onMonday, many people were dressed in either pink, red, white, or all. He snickered as a couple of guys passed him wearing pink T-shirts and pink JEANS. Yeah, so it was supposed to be cute and all, but whatever.
As he walked through the school hallway to his locker, Sakura was coming from the opposite direction, carrying something similar to the chocolate they had won in math class, only...significantly smaller. He smiled at her as he passed her.
Sakura returned it, and felt her heart give a little flutter. He was cute, after all.
But not cuter than Kanaye.
Luckily, the school was air-conditioned because the weather was so hot outside, so there wasn't any danger of a messy brown glob of chocolate in her locker. She placed her chocolate for Kanaye on thetop shelf. She had attached a small tag, with pink and white ribbon, with the words:
For: Li-san
From: Sakura Kinomoto
Happy Valentine's Day!
Looking forward to meeting Kanaye at the peach tree during lunch time, she went to her first period class cheerily.
"I. SAW. THE CHOCOLATE!" Syaoran winced.
"Shut up, Eriol!" he growled. "Do you want the whole world to hear?" Eriol ignored him, dancing around him gleefully.
"It's Valentine's Day. You've got chocolate. It's all wrapped in PINK. WITH A BOW!" He grinned. "Who is it? Who is it, Li-san? Hana? Noriko? Mariko?"
"I said shut up," scowled Syaoran. "You shout again, my fist makes contact with your mouth."
"Come on." Eriol's grin grew wider. "Who is it for? Who's the girl? Who's the special one?"
"None of your goddamn freaking business!" yelled Syaoran. "Leave me alone, you freak!"
"You look more like a freak to me, carrying something pink but wearing green."
"Yeah, well - well - they're complimentary colours!"
Eriol snorted. "Wow, you actually paid attention in art class." Syaoran muttered some profanities under his mouth.
"Stop poking around my love life, Eriol."
"AHA! SO YOU DO HAVE A LOVE LIFE! LI SYAORAN HAS A - "
Smash.
A couple of minutes later, Eriol stumbledinto Japanese class with crooked glasses and messed up hair and clothes. He sat down with some difficulty beside Tomoyo. She raised an eyebrow.
"Were you teasing Syaoran about his love life again?"
He nodded.
As lunch time approached nearer, Sakura's mouth got drier. Only a minute left...The history sensei glanced at the clock.
"Well, it looks like it's almost lunch time, make sure you read pages 33 to 56, answer ALL questions, and Happy Valentine's Day, everyone!"
The bell rang. Sakura was the first one to bolt out of the classroom and sprinted towards her locker. Heart pounding, she retrieved her lunch, and took out her chocolate, and closed her locker door.
Sakura...you can do this...just...give the chocolate to him...it's nothing big...
Taking a deep breath, she took a couple of hesitant steps forward. I never knew a guy could make me feel this way...all nervous and everything...
Her pace quickened as she approached one of the school's exits. I can do this...I can do this. I can -
She stopped dead in her tracks.
There he was, that unmistakeable hunky, gorgeous, handsome face of his, smiling.
Only not at her.
He was smiling at another girl, his arm wrapped around her waist, his eyes sparkling...
So it wasn't him after all...
So Tomoyo wasright. It wasn't Kanaye, just like she said. Tomoyo was right. Tomoyo was always right. Sakura just refused to believe her.
The tears came anyway, and she ran.
Gasp! So it wasn't him! Sheesh, Sakura should have known that. Tomoyo is always right. :) Well, anyway, review people! My threat still stands, you know! Hehe...SO WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? REVIEW!