A/N: Merry Christmas! I've finally updated. I've been looking forward to putting this chapter up. Read it first then review.

Disclaimer: I do not own Card Captor Sakura

Chapter 5: Breaking the habit.

She gazed into my eyes anxious; the doubt was written on her face. "Well Syaoran, do you like her?"

I smirked "You have nothing to worry about."

She rolled her eyes then released herself from my grip "A simple no would have been better."

My eyebrows rose. I didn't understand why she was making such a big fuss out of it. "Fine, no, I don't have any feelings for Sakura, She's just a female friend who I have no interest in." Though I dragged my words she didn't seem to mind for she was smiling.

"Okay, good enough." She quickly walked to the door; she leaned against it and calmly said "I can't wait for our second date." She opened the door and got in.

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(Normal POV)

Sakura lay lazily on her back on the couch. The TV was on, and the volume was high just the way she liked it but she wasn't watching the TV. She laid numb full of though. She usually found herself quiet and thinking. She sighed and finally turned her head to the TV. The door open, and in Touya entered. He threw his car keys on the table. "Sakura!" He shouted.

Sakura got up and looked at him. "What's the problem now?"

"Will you reduce the volume, we have neighbors."

Sakura grabbed the remote and turned off the TV. "Where did you come from? I didn't here you come in"

"Of course you didn't, are trying to go deaf?"

"Well…." Sakura began.

Touya rolled his eyes "You skipped class the other day didn't you?"

Sakura frowned "What is up with you, do you spy on me. How is it that you always know what I'm doing?"

"I have my people, I should start punishing you."

Sakura stuck out her tongue. "You can try."

"I'm not going to lecture you again."

Sakura turned away "Don't."

Touya sat next to Sakura, He ran his fingers through his hair and took a deep breathe "Maybe Lin was right." He muttered.

"Lin?" Sakura asked.

"Yeah, Lin, a girl I'm seeing."

"How come I don't know her?"

"You're never interested in what I have to say."

Sakura rested her arms on her lap "So….what was she right about?" she asked dragging her words.

"She said the best way to keep you from trouble is by sending you to boarding school."

"What!" Sakura exclaimed standing up.

"You heard me." Touya sneered.

Sakura's eyes widened "You can't send me to boarding school, I won't go!"

"Yes you will, apparently I'm your legal guardian."

"You talk about me with your girlfriend! Who do think you are? Don't you think I should have a say in this?" Sakura argued.

"Sakura calm down!"

"You're not sending me away, I'm not going to stop doing what I want to and once again I'm not going."

"You are, in fact I've already signed some documents."

Sakura tightened her fist and clenched her teeth "I can't believe you!"

"It's in Taiwan."

Sakura walked to the door and grabbed her coat. She gave Touya a threatening look then rushed out the door.

She ran as fast as her feet could carry her. She didn't want to stop. She didn't know how long she had been running or where she was going but it was far away, far away from home, far away from Touya. The thought of going away was too much to bear especially now that things were different. She would have never cared before but now…now she had a friend. She kept on going, she felt as though Touya had betrayed me. "I've always been a pain and he's been able to put up with me but I never thought he wanted me away." she thought. She thought she'd never find another reason to cry but now, she felt as though she wouldn't be able to control it. She slowed down and caught her breathe. She was able to stop the tears from flowing. She looked around to see where she was. The trees and buildings were familiar. It hit her, Syaoran's house was close by. She knew exactly how she was going to get Touya to regret thinking about sending her to boarding school.

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Syaoran opened his bedroom door. He got in, and closed it. His eyes widened, he couldn't believe it. Sakura stood in his room barefooted; she wore a baseball cape, faded jeans torn right at the length of her knees and a black coat.

"Sakura?" he asked startled.

Sakura smiled, she grabbed a book from his desk and turned a page "I like you're book collection." She said calmly.

"Sakura, what-what the heck are you doing in my room? How…how did you get in here?" Syaoran panicked.

She put the book back on the desk and looked around "Hmm, I like you're room it's so…….big, it must take you hours to get down stairs."

Syaoran rolled his eyes and walked toward her, he stopped once he was 10 feet within her. He looked at her. "Don't ignore my questions, I'm serious what are you doing here?"

Sakura looked down and muttered "I need somewhere to spend the night."

Syaoran's eyebrows rose "And what's wrong with you're place?"

"Well…" Sakura began "I'm not wanted there."

"Not wanted?"

"Yeah. It sucks."

Syaoran was puzzled "You can't stay here."

Sakura looked up "Why not?"

"For starters, you're a girl-no offence, but if my mother or any of my sisters catch you here they are going to think…think…"

"Syaoran, chill you worry too much; I promise I'll be quiet." Sakura assured but that didn't ease Syaoran's anxiety. He ran his fingers through his hair and walked back and forth across the room.

"You have to go." He said hesitant.

"Okay fine, I'll leave, I'll probably sleep somewhere in the street, I'm sure some hobo is saving a special spot for me." Sakura said in a sad tone. She walked to the window and stuck her head out.

"Wait….." Syaoran said.

"You can stay…under one condition"

Sakura withdrew her head from the window. She looked up at him and smiled "What?"

"You have to answer all my questions, no dodging."

Sakura chuckled "I should have known, so what do you want to know."

Syaoran sat on his bed "First tell me, how did you know I live here? I never told you where I lived."

"I have my ways." Sakura replied.

Syaoran sighed "Why are you not home?"

"My brother doesn't want me around so I'm running away. Since you're my only f word, I figured you wouldn't mind doing me a favor."

"f word, why do you always call it that? And why would you want to run away, I though you and your brother argue all the time?"

"I call it that cause friend as just too awkward considering the fact that I haven't had any since I was twelve and I'm running away cause my brother is sending me away to Taiwan."

"Taiwan? Why would he do that? Does he know you're gone?"

"Too many questions Syaoran, too many questions."

"Okay fine, fine, can you just tell me everything?"

"Touya wants to transferee me to Taiwan for boarding school but, I don't want to leave."

Syaoran's gaze fell on Sakura "That, that sucks…" Syaoran was disappointed.

"I know I'm big of a pain in the neck?" she murmured.

"Well, you do bend the rules every now and then but…you're not a pain…at least I think so."

Sakura folded her arm "You think many things Syaoran, I don't agree with you on half of then."

"Running away can't be a good idea."

"I'm not actually running away, I'm just going to disappear for a couple of hours that's all."

An awkward silence filled the room. Sakura looked around and sat on a chair. "I'm sorry it I'm putting weight on your shoulder." Sakura broke the silence.

"It's no problem. Do you want anything to eat?"

"No, I'm good."

"Where the heck are your shoes?"

"It was hard to climb with them on."

"So…you came through the window?"

Sakura nodded, Syaoran didn't know what to do.

"What made your brother go over the edge?"

Sakura slightly smiled "The day we went to the beach, somehow he found out…I don't get what the big deal is. I manage to keep most of my grades up, isn't that enough?" Sakura said softly.

Silence once again lay between them. Syaoran tapped his foot and Sakura looked out the window. She turned to Syaoran and simply said "Don't mind me, act as if I'm not here."

Syaoran angled his head to her direction "That's going to be kind of hard."

She took off her baseball cap and folded it in her hands "If, I'm in the way, you can always go down stairs, I promise I won't touch anything."

"I'm, I'm grounded so downstairs is sort of off limits." Syaoran said looking down.

"Why?"

"Um, my Mother found out about our little escapade." He said lowering the tone of his voice.

"And you only have yourself to blame." Sakura looked at him as if she was about to burst into laughter.

"You don't have to be so straight forward about it, besides you asked me…" Syaoran's words were blocked.

"Me? I did the asking, you didn't have to say yes." Sakura stated defensibly.

Syaoran shrugged his shoulder "Fine, it was my fault, I guess it is because of the effect you have on me."

Sakura's content expression grew bitter "A bad effect, right?"

Syaoran looked up and smiled "No, it's definitely a good one."

Sakura didn't say anything; she always grew speechless whenever Syaoran would say something nice about her. She put on her cape lowering it down her head. She looked down. The cape shadowed her face. Syaoran immediately realized what she was trying to do. He didn't want to make her mad by saying the wrong thing so he remained quiet. He stood up and walked to the door, before he could open it. Sakura looked up. "Syaoran, I thought you were grounded." She asked in an innocent relaxed tone.

"I am, I'm just going down stairs to see if there is anything in the fridge I can get you."

"I said I was good."

"I know." He quickly the door and stuck his head out to see if there was anyone around. The coast was clear. He walked out the door and closed it.

Sakura couldn't believe it, one minute she's by herself, thoughts of her own ideas kept inside, and now someone she's only known for less than two weeks was getting her to speak her mind. It was as though they had met somewhere before. The effect he had on her was one no one ever did. Sakura walked to his desk and sat on the chair. She looked around and noticed a glass statue carved in the shape of a sun. She walked to the shelf and slowly grabbed it. She looked at it closely and thought "This is one ugly sculpture of a sun." She turned it upside when it suddenly slipped out of her hands and dropped unto the floor. In the blink of an eye it broke into tiny pieces and made a loud clashing sound. Sakura's jaw dropped and her eyes widened. "Oh my gosh!" she said panicking. She crouched and tried to pick up the tiny pieces of glass that were scattered all over the floor. She paused when she started hearing voices.

"What was that?" A voice of a woman roared.

"It's coming from you room Syaoran." Another voice said, this one had a higher pitch.

"I'm sure it was nothing." Syaoran said.

"I'm going up there to see what it is?" the woman spoke.

Sakura panicked, she could hear the sound of foot steps growing closer to the bedroom.

"Mom, I'm sure it was nothing, I'll take care of it!" Syaoran said quickly.

"Okay, fine, fine" the woman retreated.

Sakura took a deep breath and with relief she swept the glasses with her hands. Suddenly the door opened. Sakura's heart jumped, she looked up then sighed when she saw Syaoran close the door.

"What are you doing?" Syaoran asked trying to whisper.

Sakura didn't know where to begin "We'll, ya see, I was sort of…" Sakura was blank.

Syaoran shook his head and sighed. He looked at Sakura "Why are you using your hands?"

Sakura didn't answer. Syaoran placed the ice-cream carton and spoons on his bed. He rushed to Sakura's side "Stop it, I'll clean up."

Sakura didn't stop "It's all my fault." She said hysterically.

Syaoran squatted to her level "Sakura, no seriously you're going to hurt yourself."

Syaoran spoke too soon, he looked at Sakura's hand and one of then was blending. He gravely looked at her and grabbed her wrist. "Stop it Sakura, now, you've cut you're self."

Sakura looked at him, he caught her gaze. She looked deep into his eyes, and she couldn't stop, there was something in them. She saw hope. She dropped her gaze and they stood up. He moved his hand from her wrist down to her fingers being careful not to touch the blood.

"Does it hurt?" he murmured. Sakura shook her head.

Syaoran looked at her then back at her hand. "You're such a liar." He slowly released her hand. "Wait here, I think there is a first aid kit in the bathroom."

He left the room. Sakura sat on his bed and looked at her hand. The cut was not deep and the bleeding was less than before. It was between her thumb and index finger. Syaoran was right, she was lying the pain was intolerable. The door opened and Syaoran hurried in. Just like before he was careful. He wanted Sakura to remain unseen. He sat next to her. She turned to him her hand slightly lifted. He opened the kit and took out a bandage.

He looked at Sakura, the fear in her eyes was traceable "Don't worry, I'll be gentle."

She closed her eyes. He slowly unrolled the bandage around the cut.

As he wrapped it Sakura began getting a strange awkward feeling. It was like nothing she had ever felt before. She felt as though she was falling. She blinked, the moment she did she was drawn back to reality. She gasped and pulled her hand away. Syaoran looked at her and shook his head "What's the matter now?" he asked plainly. "Did I do something wrong?"

Sakura looked at her hand then back at Syaoran. Her innocent look faded, it was replaced with a stern look. "Of course you did something wrong!" she exclaimed.

For the first time Syaoran was not surprised. "What did I do?"

"You forgot to ask me if I needed your help which I certainly don't." she said with anger.

Syaoran rolled his eyes "You have a cut on your right hand; you can't cover it with your left."

Sakura realized he had a point "We'll…I'll just have to leave it like this."

Syaoran snatched her right had and pulled it closer to him. "You can be so stubborn, is it so hard for you to admit it when you need help?"

Sakura was speechless. He covered her cut then slowly let it go. "There, see it wasn't so bad."

Sakura frowned.

Syaoran stared at the floor. He looked at Sakura "Do you realize that you have just broken an artistic piece of work?"

Sakura stood up "Then…I might as well go." She said softly.

"Don't." Syaoran began "I made it; it was one of my best works."

"I'd hate to see the rest." Sakura muttered.

"I heard that you know, maybe I'm not an artist but I'm still an artest." Syaoran chuckled.

Sakura turned around and dropped him a perplexed look "artest? Is that even a word?" She wanted smile but she forced herself not to.

"Now it is."

Later that night, Sakura pressed her nose against the window and stared at the trees that danced with the wind. Though it wasn't so bad being around Syaoran, she wanted to go home. The door opened, Syaoran came in with a towel around his neck. He wore a grey T-shirt and blue pants. Though he usually slept in his underwear, this wasn't the time. Sakura turned around and looked at him with awe.

He smiled at her "I'm going to sleep now….um where are you going to sleep cause my bed is free if…" Syaoran tossed the towel and waited for Sakura to say something.

"I'm okay." She said.

"But…it won't be like me. I can sleep on the floor, really I don't mind."

"Neither do I." Sakura could tell that he was trying to be a gentleman.

"Will you just take the bed; stop trying to be so modest." Syaoran insisted.

Sakura shrugged her shoulders "I might leave sometime in the middle of the night." She lied.

"Fine…you win." Syaoran sat on the bed then looked at Sakura again "Do you want anything to cover yourself?"

"No, I'm cool."

Syaoran sighed then leaned over to the lamp on his bedside table. He looked at Sakura again. "Should I turn off the lamp?" he asked.

Sakura crossed her arms. "Geez, no, you don't have to do anything."

Syaoran turned off the lamp, the moon was the brightest it had ever been so the room wasn't very dark. He tucked himself in and lay on his back. Tranquility took its toll. Syaoran turned over to Sakura. She sat against a wall hugging her legs.

"You know Sakura you take my kindness for granted."

She didn't say anything.

"Why didn't you tell me that you and Tomoyo used to be best friends?" He asked in a serious tone.

"I didn't think it was important. I guess you talk to her about me, what else did she tell you?" She muttered.

"She told me…you used to be friends until…." Syaoran didn't know how to put it "Until the departure of your father. After that you moved and when you came back you…changed"

"I changed for the best, you would agree with me if you knew."

"Knew what?"

"Nothing." She replied in a sad tone.

Syaoran sat up "I don't know why but I'm concerned…about…ahem you." Syaoran began "Now that you and I are friends don't you think it's time you got whatever it is off your chest. I'm a good listener."

Sakura was quiet; Syaoran waited for her to say something but nothing came out. He lay on his pillow and before he could close his eyes she began "We stayed at my Uncles for five months, it gave me time to think, I know it's my fault." She muttered in a bitter tone. "Since then I promised myself that I…I wouldn't cry."

Syaoran tried to put the pieces together. He got out of bed and sat next to her. "How is it you're fault?" he asked.

She looked at him "I hate myself and I always will."

The anger and sadness in her tone made it seem as though she was going to burst into tears but she managed to keep a straight face. Syaoran tried to think of the right words but he couldn't so instead he hugged her. Sakura was limp in his arms. She made no movement. Suddenly the phone rang. Sakura released herself from his arms and stood up. "I wish you never did that." She said rubbing her elbow.

"Why?" he asked.

"It feels, weird." Sakura confessed "In fact, I'd prefer it if you never touched me again."

"Fine with me" Syaoran said softly. "Do you want to talk some more about it?"

Sakura shook her head. She walked to the window.

"Why do you keep looking out?" Syaoran asked.

"The moon…it looks beautiful." Sakura opened the window.

Sakura," Syaoran began.

"Yeah?"

"I wont tell anyone that you're a big softie."

Sakura took a deep breathe "I'm calling my brother, I should really get going."

"Why, was it something I did? It's not even past eleven yet."

"No…it's not you. I just want to be home right now."

"So are we going somewhere during classes on Monday?" Syaoran asked.

"Nope, that's over."

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A/N: I guess not too much happens, I just thought it would be good if they bonded, well sort of. Don't forget to review.