Sorry it took me so long to get chapter 3 up, I hope you like it! I tried to make it longer on the advice of Twinstar1. Thank-you to everybody who reviewed, I'm glad you all liked it! And thank-you sooo much for reviewing, and taking the time to read my story! I really appreciate it. Oh and, 'this' means thinking.
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The Finding
CH.3: Strange
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...Later that day...(After 3rd period)
"Where IS it!?" Wailed Sakura, throwing books and papers out of her bag.
"What's wrong Sakura-chan?""" Tomoyo asked in concern.
"My FLUTE!! I cant find it— I must have forgotten it at home! Sensei will kill me!"
Sakura had a right to be nervous. Because naturally, Szabo-sensei was a woman who believed that her class was the most important subject during the school day. That being so, any student who failed to bring his/her flute to music class could count on being in trouble. Deep, deep trouble.
"Last time she made Kaisuko-kun stand on one leg in the corner and yell ' I won't forget my flute again!' one hundred times, AND she gave him a weeks detention! What am I going to Dooo?!!" She was growing more desperate by the minute, and was starting to whine. Her friends gazed at her in sympathy, but all agreed that they could do nothing to help.
"You can take mine Sakura-chan. Szabo-sensei's punishments are always after school, and...well... you have cheerleading practice today. You can't miss that." Tomoyo smiled as she held out her flute, but there was a barely perceptible glimmer of fear in her eyes that she could not quite hide.
Sakura saw this a refused point-blank.
"Don't Tomoyo-chan, you know I cant take it! It wouldn't be fair to you."
"But then what will you do?" Tomoyo demanded.
"She can take this one," a quiet voice announced from a seat behind them.
All eyes turned to look at the source of the voice, and jaws dropped open when the owner was revealed.
"Li-kun!" Sakura squeaked.
"This is an extra flute. I left it under my desk in case I ever forgot to bring my own. Here, catch." He tossed it to Sakura, who caught it with an expression of disbelief.
"But...I..."
"Take it. I don't want you to get into trouble." Shining amber eyes held her gaze for the briefest of moments.
Standing up from his desk, he calmly walked out.
"Thank-you..."she said inaudibly.
With a few stares, the other students followed suit, except for Sakura and Tomoyo.
"That, is a very strange boy." Remarked the purple-eyed girl, open amazement on her pretty face.
Sakura stared at the flute in her hands.
"I don't want you to get into trouble..."
Her cheeks turned pink.
"Strange is the right word..." she murmured.
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"See you later!" Sakura yelled to her friends.
"See you later Sakura-chan."
She slung one strap of her bag over her shoulder, and left the locker room, walking slowly. Practice had been so strenuous that even she was tired out.
'I've got sooo much homework to do tonight...' She thought.
Making a face, she shifted her bag to the other arm. She had forgotten to do something...The thought nagged at her as she made her way home. She couldn't remember what it was, and it was making her crazy.
She rounded a corner.....
.....and collided full-tilt with someone going in the same direction. They crashed to the ground, Sakura on top of the other person. Her right elbow connected with something hard, and a sharp, piercing pain shot up her arm into her neck. She sucked in her breath holding in a scream that tried to claw its way out of her mouth.
"Shit...would you get off me?" an extremely put off voice said, sounding somewhat muffled from beneath her. It was a boy's voice. Speaking was quite a feat, considering that the boys' face was pressed into the pavement.
Looking down, she got a quite a shock.
"Li-kun?!"
"WHOEVER you are just get the Hell OFF ME!! If that's you Takashi, you're going to be sorry..."
She hurriedly got up, wincing as she did so.
'Oh God...I must have hit the lamp-post...it hurts so bad...'
She bit into her lower lip, suppressing the urge to cry.
Getting to his feet, Syaoran growled in annoyance.
"What the fuck did you think you were doing, you stupid idiot?" He was rubbing the back of his head with his eyes closed.
"Excuse me..." she said apologetically, trying her best to block out the pain. A bead of sweat trickled down her back.
"I should have looked where I was going..."
His eyes flew open at the sound of her voice, and he stood, opened mouthed.
"Sa-Sakura! Um, ummm,um, I..." Stammering and stuttering, he was at a complete loss of words. Finally he gave it up, and said nothing.
There was silence for awhile, except for the frequent drone of passing vehicles. Both of their faces were a dark crimson. Sakura was the first to break the silence, having remembered what had been eating at her brain. Gingerly opening her bag, she extracted his flute and held it out.
"Here, I forgot to return this to you... Thank-you. I would have been dead if you hadn't helped me."
Awkwardly, he reached out a hand, and his fingers accidentally brushed against hers as he took it. Their eyes met, and they reddened simultaneously. Quickly, Sakura pulled her hand away, wincing as she felt her elbow protest. She averted her gaze, and stared at the cherry blossoms swirling in the breeze.
"Sakura-san... I'm..." he began again.
"What are you doing here? I thought you would have gone home a long time ago." She said cutting him off quickly.
"I had football practice."
"Oh...you don't seem like the type to play football. I mean... that is..." she broke off.
'Nice one, great thing to say...you're an idiot Sakura.'
"I know what you mean...I actually kick a ball properly, which is more than can be said of me if I joined any other sport."
"Oh."
She decided to make a move. Her elbow was throbbing and she wanted nothing more than to go home and take care of the pain. And her bag was so heavy...
"Bye," she said softly, turning to go.
"Wait!"
She turned back, surprise written over her delicate features.
"You're hurt, aren't you?"
Emerald eyes widened in amazement.
"No...I..." she said half-heartedly, "how did you know?"
"You winced when you took her hand away. I heard you gasp when we crashed to the ground. And everytime you move I can see the pain in your ey.....besides, I can see that you right elbow is swollen."
Without warning he was suddenly by her side, lifting up her arm to examine her elbow more closely.
Sakura started, flushing. "Y-you don't have to!"
He ignored her, touching and stroking it ever so gently.
"It's nothing too serious, but there'll most definitely be bruising. You hit it quite badly. If you rub some cold cream on it-it'll lessen the pain."
And in one swift movement, he had slipped behind her and removed the bag from her arm.
"Huh! Wha...what are you doing?"
"It's a little heavy to carry with your elbow like that. I'll walk you home Sakura."
"Wha...?!" Her eyes widened until they could widen no more, and she could feel herself blushing furiously.
"I'm sorry if you wouldn't like me to..." he quietly said. "But, it was my fault that you're hurt, and I just wanted to make amends..."
"No-no! You may. That is, of course, if you're sure you want to..."
Queerly tense amber eyes suddenly relaxed, and his gaze landed on hers, softening gently. The corners of his mouth curved up ever so slightly.
"Yes, that is what I want. You won't be hurt again if I can help it."
She lowered her face quickly, her face felt like it was on fire.
'This cant be happening,' she thought 'this has got to be a dream...'
But she knew it wasn't, she could see her bag over his shoulder, feel the smooth fabric of his uniform jacket brush against her arm as he walked close, once...twice. No, not a dream.
"Sakura...I'm sorry."
"What for?" she asked.
"For your elbow, and for...and because I cursed, and called you an idiot. I suppose you're angry?"
"Of course not," she said shaking her head, "it was nothing, I know you didn't mean to. Besides, Touya can say much worse things than that. And really, it was all my own fault that I got hurt, if I had looked where I was going..."
He abruptly halted, and she eyed him curiously.
"Is something wrong?"
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Dun dun dun! Cliffhanger! Next time we get to see what becomes of Sakura and Syaorans trip home. I hope you guys liked this chapter! Remember, Rate and Review!