Full Summary: Sakura was your average well-loved girl that was graduating from medical school that year, and was she happy about it. She only had a year more of the torture of exams and waking up early in the mornings until she would finally be able to do what she really wanted – practice as a psychologist. But now that the exams for her third year had finally finished, she expected nothing out of the ordinary to happen to her. Just having her best friend/cousin move out of the apartment the two shared and attending her and her other best friend's wedding. Oh! And sharing the apartment with a new roommate, one of her cousin's fiancée's friends. A man named Li Syaoran. But who would have known this single man would turn her world upside down… along with all the expectations everyone had for her. Including her own.

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Love Over Lust?
Chapter Twelve
Written by: SweetBabyGurl

At the sound of Sakura's threat, the foursome was surprised when Tai burst out into peals of laughter, his face growing into a bright shade of red. Though abruptly, he halted and looked around, blinking in confusion.

"Oh, you were serious," he stated in surprise while everyone else rolled their eyes. "And how exactly, do you plan on doing that? You should know by now I'm covered with hexes in case anyone ever tried to do anything to me. That way, it's the opposite effect. So, little cherry blossom, if you try to remove my magic, it'll reflect and remove your own. Have fun," he informed her with an arrogant grin.

"You forget, I have half of the Clow Reed on my side. Those hexes can easily be removed. Eriol, you're up!" Sakura shouted across the room so he could hear her. Jumping down from his position above, he shut his eyes gently, but quickly snapped them open.

"Sakura, over there please," Eriol told her, a tone of urgency present, as the two walked over to a corner of the house where Eriol pointed to.

"What's wrong Eriol?" Asked Sakura, a worried expression on her face.

"Like he said, he has lots of hexes on him. Powerful ones. This might take a few hours, so maybe you could practice the chant a few more times before you actually perform it on him. And I'm not too sure about this anymore Sakura. What if I happen to miss one? You could get hurt," Eriol told her worriedly.

"Don't worry about it Eriol. I have faith in you," Sakura smiled. "This isn't going as we planned, so I'll just take Tomoyo and Syaoran out of here for about 45 minutes. We'll be back just to see how everything's going. If there's any trouble at all, you know how to reach me," she assured before getting Syaoran and Tomoyo and walking away.

"It's just you and me Erri, let's get to work," Tai taunted his old friend with a grin while Eriol let out a sigh.

"This is going to be a hell of an evening," Eriol muttered himself, sauntering over to Tai.

Sighing, Sakura fell into a nearby chair, placing her elbows on her knees and her face into her hands. She let out a loud groan before standing up quickly and shutting her eyes tightly previous to opening them up almost immediately.

"Sakura, are you sure this is the right thing to do?" He best friend asked her, whom was sitting in the chair opposite of her.

"If he can't do anything to counter against us, then yes, this is the right thing to do," Sakura responded before sitting down in the chair she had jus got up from.

"Are you sure you can bring yourself to do it though?" Tomoyo asked once more.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked confused.

"That stuff you've said about how you never really loved him and how you were just confused… it's all bull. Both you and I know that Sakura. You had fantasies of spending the rest of your life with this man! Feelings like those don't just wash away overnight! Don't run from this Sakura. If you run away from how you feel about him, it'll only be worse. Much worse. That's the last thing you want right now honey," Tomoyo explained with a soft expression in her eyes.

"Tomoyo, I know feelings like those don't go away overnight… and… I guess I was just saying that I never really loved him in the first place to make the pain go away of his betrayal. But Tomoyo, these feelings I've had for him have slowly been going away. I don't feel as strongly as I used to about him," Sakura tried to reason.

"So the fact still remains that you still have some feelings for him," Tomoyo stated. In return Sakura nodded before looking down, somewhat ashamed, before looking up in time so Tomoyo could see the confusion written on her face after her last set of words. "Then that could be a problem."

"You know Erri, I don't know why you're doing this, really. We used to be such good friends less than a month ago. We used to do absolutely everything together. Stupid Li-san, he stole my best friend from me," Tai told Eriol with a slight pout.

"Shut up with the nicknames and you sure as hell know why I'm doing this. Don't even bring Syaoran into this. You'll never be half the man he is," Eriol told him through gritted teeth. It was the same thing over and over. Eriol would be working quickly and quietly on the spells, then Tai would say something to make him lose his concentration. Eriol was about halfway done with the removal of the hexes though it had been two hours. He didn't know what he was going to do if Tai kept up with his smart remarks.

"What's wrong Erri? Are you upset that I started out to use Sakura just to get to the Sakura Cards… or is it worse? Is it the fact that I got by you unnoticed, and then proceeded to become your best friend that bothers you most?" Tai asked once more devilishly. In an instant, Eriol brought his fist up and connected it with Tai's jaw, making his head pound against the cold hard floor. Spitting out the blood that entered his mouth, he spoke again with a sinister smile. "Now, now Erri no need to get upset just because I hit a soft spot."

"Damnit Tai! Shut the hell up and let me do this in peace!" Eriol screamed as he continued with the spells. Tai inwardly grinned, knowing Eriol was approaching breaking point. Now all he had to do was wait for the right opportunity.

"What on earth are you talking about Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked.

"You still have feelings for him right? So the question is will you be able to bring yourself to take away every memory of you that has ever existed in his mind? Will you be able to take away the thing he holds most dear? Will you be able to take away his magic?" Tomoyo questioned Sakura gravely.

"O-Of course I'll be able to Tomoyo!" Sakura laughed nervously. "It needs to be done!"

"I know it needs to be done. But can you do it is what I'm asking," Tomoyo told her once more.

"I…I…" Sakura began. She lowered her head once more. "I don't know."

TBC

Readers: I hope you all enjoyed that chapter! Many of you said in your reviews that it couldn't have been this easy for them to get rid of Tai. Of course not! I mean his magic may be weak and all, but Sakura's still our little compassionate Sakura. So, not much of a cliff hanger this time, ne? Well, thanks for reading and don't forget to review to let me know what you thought! Thanks again and ja ne!

— SweetBabyGurl