*Author's Note: This is the sixth chapter ppl!! :) I just started this on Jan. 4, 2004 8:40pm, right before I'm about to take a shower, do some reading and prepare for the first day back to school… I wonder how long it will take for me to finish this… :)
)Yue's Lady( - Cheeky?? Lol, creative word!
)sally( - Yes, of course he's going to find out about Touya!
)Yoko( - Same answer as I said to 'sally' :)
)Carmela-chan( - But in connect-the-dots, if you miss one dot, the picture may never be complete… ^_^
)Hikaru Ayumi( - Yah… but short chapters aren't my style and I can't help but write long!! U_U Besides, I still have update I Dare You before I can work on this!! O_O
)~*♥ Sambony ♥*~( - YAY!! A new reader!! ^o^ I'm so glad you liked it!!
)Cindy( - s'ok, I'm just glad you reviewed and enjoyed it! :D
)rainingstars( - Alright, I'll try shortening the MSN convos for just a bit… but like I said, I'll try… sometimes I can't control myself!! U_U
)Li Kura-chan( - Lol but that's why I changed it and made her a little more experienced and more tough didn't I?? NOW PUT THAT GUN AWAY!! O_O;;
)Angel Blossom( - If they did know they were MSN friend Sakura wouldn't be acting so… cute on MSN with him and wouldn't be as open now would she?? ^_~
)angelynna_kitty8( - So which do you love more?? My fic or Syaoran?? ;)
And a BIG THANKS for EVERYONE else who reviewed!!! :)
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LAST PART OF THE CHAP
"Yah Tomoyo?"
"With you so busy with Wolf, and me so busy with Eriol, I thought maybe we should spend sometime together… you know, like we were before… best friends and all… I don't want to just be your roommate, we were so close before…"
"Oh, sure, since tomorrow's Saturday, let's go somewhere together… and I have a picture to show you of me…"
Tomoyo smiled. "Great! Tomorrow it is then. Oh, and by the way, I'm sorry I've yelled at you so much for the past week…" She said sheepishly.
Sakura smiled and patted Tomoyo on the back. "Don't worry about it, I'm forgive easily… Sweet dreams…"
"Good night Sakura."
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Sakura rubbed her eyes and sat up from bed. Her hand took hold of her alarm clock as she stared at the time, it says: 7:40a.m. She nearly died. Of all days, she had to wake up on time on a Saturday?!?! Why can't she have woken up at this time anytime but today?!?! The girl was about to give a scream of frustration when she thought of Tomoyo, her roommate who would be extremely angry to be woken up by another scream. So she swallowed it up and instead let out a growl. Suddenly, a voice came from downstairs.
"If you want to scream about something go ahead! Don't worry about me, I'm already awake!"
Sakura blinked at the sweet voice. She got out of bed and ran into the kitchen with pajamas on and saw Tomoyo cooking with an apron on. "Tomoyo! What are you doing up this early?"
Tomoyo looked back at her briefly before turning back to frying fries. "I got up early to prepare some food, I decided we'll go somewhere you want to go in the morning, have a picnic there, and we go somewhere I want to go in the afternoon. Sounds fair?"
Sakura could only nod. "Wow… you got up this early just to prepare for today?"
"Yep."
"Wow… Tomoyo, you're amazing… and so thoughtful…"
Tomoyo smiled but didn't say anything to the compliment. Instead, she asked, "so, where would you like to go today?"
"Sun Dance Beach." Sakura replied without hesitation.
Tomoyo groaned. "Get a life! This is a weekend, you're not suppose to be going to work!"
"But I love that place! It's got the cleanest water, softest sand and the warmest sunshine, and the view is nothing but breathtaking. I have to show it to you!"
"But I've already been there!" Her best friend whined. "I've been there the day I came to fetch my car remember? It's not that great…"
"You haven't been properly introduced to it."
Tomoyo sighed and shook her head. There's no stopping until she gives in to the girl. Strange isn't it? She was supposed to be the master at persuading.
They both wore a t-shirt with a matching skirt and a sweater in case the weather drops and it gets too cold.
Hopping into Tomoyo's car, Sakura dropped the basket of food into the car trunk and talked animatedly about the wonders of that particular beach to the girl beside her who is driving.
Funny, with all the talking, Tomoyo's almost feeling excited to actually go there on a weekend… Almost.
The driving took about 45 minutes, and even Tomoyo had to admit, there air does seem fresher, the breeze does feel more soothing, the smell really is a light salty watery smell mixed with a bit of tender sweetness. This place does seem quite gorgeous. "Wow… You weren't exaggerating…" Tomoyo muttered under her breath as she closed her eyes to feel the warm breeze brushing by her face and listened to the sound of water crashing against the shore.
Sakura grinned at her best friend's calm expression, she loved the place. "God Tomoyo! This isn't even the best part yet! Come with me, I'll show you the actual beach." She said as she grabbed Tomoyo's hand excitedly and dragged her away.
"Sakura! Slow down!"
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Just as they barely got on the beach, Sakura suddenly saw four figures she was rather familiar with. She squinted and saw two guys and two girls. A bright smile lit her face.
Tomoyo took noticed of that. "What are you so happy about?"
Sakura pointed at the four people ahead. "Them! It's them!"
"Who's 'them'?"
"I work with them!"
"Who?"
"See that boy with really light almost white hair??"
"Yah…"
"And see the other 2 girls and one guy with him?"
"… Yah…"
"It's them!" Sakura waved her hands. "YUKITO!! TAKASHI!! CHIHARU!!! NAKURU!!"
The four of them turned around to see Sakura. They waved back and ran to where she's standing. "Hey Sakura! Fancy meeting you here!" Chiharu greeted pulling her into a hug.
"Never thought we'd see you here!" Nakuru exclaimed as she too, hugged Sakura.
Sakura saw Tomoyo's confused expression and laughed. "Guys, let me introduce my best friend to you." She said, pointing at the pale skin, dark haired beauty beside her. "This is Daidouji Tomoyo. Tomoyo, they are, Yamazaki Takashi, Tsukishiro Yukito, Mihara Chiharu and Akizuki Nakuru."
Tomoyo struck out her hand. "Pleased to meet you all! Call me Tomoyo!"
"You may call me Yukito if you like."
"I prefer being Takashi more than Yamazaki."
"Call me Chiharu!"
"Of course you must call me Nakuru!"
When the introduction was done, Chiharu turned to Sakura. "Seriously, what are you doing here on a Saturday morning?? Hoping to find Li?" She teased.
Sakura looked away. "No… Why are you guys here?"
"We're here enjoying the view. We absolutely adore this beach!"
Sakura's eyes brightened. "Well so do I!"
And so, they spent the rest of the morning, laughing, talking, complimenting and splashing each other. By the time they decided to eat, everyone was completely soaked. Tomoyo offered them lunch, But Nakuru refused for she claims Yukito to be a bottomless pit and he would eat all the food… Tomoyo didn't believe it at first, but when Nakuru and her boyfriend came back after buying their lunch, Tomoyo finally saw the boy who could break the World Record for the most food eaten in one meal and least amount of time!
Nakuru nodded knowingly. "See what I'll have to live with when I'm married to him?"
Everyone laughed. "No one forced you to! It's your own decision! Of course, I'd marry him for you any day!" Chiharu joked.
"Hey!" Takashi pouted.
Chiharu only smiled and kissed him lightly on the nose. "Second thought, with Takashi here, who needs Yuki?"
Nakuru glared playfully. "I bet you anything my Yuki's better than your Tak!"
"No way! Other way around is more like it!"
"Want to bet?"
"You're on!"
"I bet you Yuki can eat more!"
"That's not a good thing!"
"Is too!"
Suddenly, the two guys cut in. "But we don't want to compete! We're both good friends! Have mercy!" They begged.
The girls laughed. "Guess the girls will always be better than the boys, eh Chiharu?"
"You got it girl!" She replied giving Nakuru a high five.
In the Meantime…
The phone rang.
Syaoran muttered at least a million curse words under his breath as he forced himself up from bed. "What kind of a pompous bastards a.k.a son of bitch would call at this freakin' early time? Have they got no brain or what? Curse them to the deepest of hell…" He picked up the phone anyways. "Hello?"
"HI!"
~~##Change that, daughter of a bitch…##~~ "Did you know that you woke me up from my absolute wondrous sleep?"
"Aww! I'm sorry, but it's 12:50pm!"
"I had a long night… What do you want?"
"Nothing much, I'm bored here… how about us going somewhere?"
"How about, no."
"Oh, that's harsh Syaoran!"
"Well I'm sorry that I've just woken up and that I'm in a grumpy mood!"
"Then what do you want to do for the rest of the day?"
"Hmm, let me think, how about sleeping more??"
"Then what are you going to do after you're done sleeping?"
"Maybe then I should brush my teeth, get dressed and eat lunch!"
"And after?"
"I don't know ok! I think I'll just stay home…"
"Why? Everyone else has gone out… I called everyone in our company yesterday when I got home and they all told me that they're going out today… well, I'm not so sure about that slut Sakura, but everyone else, yah, they're gone…"
"Don't call her a slut…"
"Why?"
"Stopping asking why!"
"Why?"
"You're annoying me!!"
"Why?"
"Alex!"
"Yah?"
"If you don't stop this I will hang up on you."
"Why?"
Syaoran had enough. First of all, he doesn't like her, plus she woke him up from his great sleep, and he's in an especially grumpy mood. So what he did next isn't unexpected. He hung up on her.
The young man checked him watch yawned. No point in going back to bed now…
Alexia…
She couldn't believe he had just hung up on her. She chuckled sadly to herself. ~~##If he can't stand my 2nd personality, what will he think of my third completely no-controlled one?? Too bad I can't show him my most controlled and 1st personality…##~~ A tear escaped the corner of her eyes and she wiped it off. ~~##I will make mom and dad love me, they will want me… I'll show them I can marry the Li Clan future leader and then they'll regret ever neglecting me because then everyone will know me, and they will love me finally! ##~~
She picked up the phone and pressed redial.
"Hello?" An irritated voice spoke into the phone.
"Hi Syaoran."
"Why are you calling back?!"
Alexia paused. "I called to say I'm sorry for annoying you. It was my fault, I was being a bitch."
She could almost hear his blinking in shock. "W-What? Are you alright?"
"Perfectly fine." She sighed. "I won't take up anymore of your time. I'm sincerely sorry for being rude. Goodbye." She hung up.
Syaoran…
~~##Holy shit was that really Alexia??##~~ He shook his head. It sounded like her but the personality is completely different… it seemed to be a person of more control and someone really likeable… Hmm… interesting…
The Others…
"Ok guys, I'm bored here." Chiharu commented laying her back on the soothing sand. Now that the food are all finished and everyone's done fooling around, there's really nothing much to do…
Nakurku looked thoughtful for a minute, then all of a suddenly, she said, "Let's go stalk Syaoran!"
"Very funny, ha-ha." Chiharu commented sarcastically.
"No, I'm serious! You agree with me don't you?" She nudged Yukito.
Yukito gulped and nodded. "Y-Yah, great, great, i-i-i-idea!"
Chiharu nudged her boyfriend. "You agree this is a horrible idea, right?"
Takashi nodded with a nervous smile. "Yah, of course I agree."
"Well I agree with Nakuru!" Tomoyo suddenly chirped. "I want to meet his Li Syaoran boss dude. He seems to be quite popular, even Sakura says he's nice, so then he must be something… I wonder if he's hott…"
Sakura glared at her. "Tomoyo! You have a boyfriend!"
Tomoyo smiled. "So? That doesn't stop me from checking out more guys! I so totally agree with Nakuru's plan!"
Nakuru smiled and wild grin and held out her hand to Tomoyo. "High five girl friend! You totally rule!"
Tomoyo slapped their hand together. "As for you Sakura, you're on my side aren't you?" She blinked her eyes cutely and gave her a puppy-eye look.
Sakura sighed. There's not point in arguing. "Alright. But let's visit him, not stalk him."
"What the fun in that?" And evil glinted flashed through both Tomoyo and Nakuru's eyes. "We'll give him the surprise of his life time… and you're the main character in this, Sakura."
Sakura gulped.
Syaoran…
It's been thirty minutes since he received Alexia's call of apology, though he has been getting ready and has already ate breakfast; he could not get her 'new attitude' off of his mind. ~~##That was so not her… What's going on here? She can't be split personality… can she? ##~~ He shook his head at that thought. "No way…" He muttered to himself. "Besides, people like that don't change their personality at this time of the day and this quick… Don't hallucinate."
After perhaps another 5 minutes of washing dishes and cleaning the table, Syaoran was just about the log onto his MSN account when suddenly and unexpectedly, the doorbell to his house rang. "Coming!" He called out. ~~##Who would be visiting him at this time of the day without notifying me first?##~~ "Probably some sales person…"
Syaoran walked towards the door, unlatched it, and pulled it open.
"Um, hi." Came a shy, feminine voice.
"Sakura?" He was so shocked, his mouth almost dropped to his knee. But that would make a really bad impression wouldn't it?
"Yah, umm, thought I'd drop by and say 'hi'." She smiled warmly. "I'm not interrupting something, am I?"
"Oh, not at all! It's just such a surprise to see you! Don't worry, if you were disrupting, then you'd be disrupting me from being bored!"
She giggled. "That's good."
"So yah, um, why don't you come inside?"
Before Sakura could answer, behind his bushes in the garden, 5 unexpected people popped out.
"Really? We'll be glad to come inside!" Nakuru chirped happily as the 5 figures ran past him in a blur of air, nearly squashing him against the door.
"What, what was that all about?" Syaoran asked in a confused expression.
Sakura looked at his sheepishly. "Nakuru's idea… she wanted to surprise you…"
"It certainly did. Well, why don't the person I originally invited come inside?"
Sakura smiled. "Sure."
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The seven of them sat around Syaoran's dining room table, though Chiharu, Nakuru and Yukito had to sit on the couch in the living room since there were only enough seats for four people to sit by the table.
Tomoyo introduced herself first. She held out her hand to Syaoran and gave an irresistibly cute and innocent smile. "Hi, you're Li, right?"
"Yes, I am, and you are?" ~~##God she's more innocent than Sakura! Wow… And quite lovely too… Must be a shy girl…##~~
"I'm Daidouji Tomoyo. You're Li Syaoran, I know. I think you're quite handsome, and if you want to call me, my phone number's the same as Sakura's and I'm sure you have her's, and if you want to chat with me on the computer, my email is xxKiss_me_Sexyxx@hotmail.com. You don't have to tell me yours, I love surprises!"
Syaoran shook her hand. ~~##Change my mind. Innocent? PAH! May the devils die before I call HER innocent…##~~ "So you're Sakura roommate? I heard you yelling at her on the phone the other day…"
Tomoyo batted her eyelashes. "That was her fault, you believe me don't you?"
Syaoran hesitated. "That depends… well, actually, no I don't, Sakura's more innocent than you."
Immediately, a wave of, "AWWWWW!!!" Was heard from Chiharu, Nakuru and Tomoyo. "He's protecting her already! These two have nothing but romance coming up for them!"
Sakura blushed and looked away. Syaoran looked at them, bewildered. "Whoa! What's this all about? Are you saying I can't take her side?"
They smiled sweetly. "Of course you can, you can take her side because we know you just want to!"
"But then you'll say I like her!" He whined.
"What's wrong with that? Are you saying you don't like me?" Sakura questioned looking straight at him.
"Oooo… The Li boy's got himself in a tough situation!" Tomoyo taunted.
Syaoran gulped. "I do like you… but not in that way…"
"If that's the truth, why would you care what others say? You're all jumpy because maybe you know that what you're saying right now is a lie…"
"Sakura! You're supposed to be on my side!" Syaoran cried when he couldn't find a come back.
Sakura laughed and patted him on his head. "I'm just joking with yah Mr. Li boy! Of course I'm on your side!"
"Since when did I get the name 'Li Boy'?"
"Since Tomoyo made it up."
He sighed. "Sometimes, it makes me wonder why I'm so nice to all my employees and why you aren't fired yet…"
"Ah! How dare you!" Sakura said in an offensive way.
"Joking!"
"Are you sure you are? Maybe you're not! Muahahahah!!'
"Ok… what was that 'muahahahah' all about?"
Sakura stuck out her tongue. "It's suppose to stand for an evil laugh when something unexpected is in the air…"
"Poor little Cherry Girl, so immature…"
"Hey! Who are you calling immature, Tiny Li Boy?"
"I'm calling you immature of course, Teeny Cherry Girl."
"Little Li Boy!"
"Small Cherry Girl!"
"Childish Li Boy!"
"Immature Cherry Girl!"
"You already said that! Ha! What's wrong Li boy? Your vocabulary already running out within three sentences of comebacks?" Sakura teased.
"Puny Cherry Girl!"
"Undersized Li Boy!"
"Petite Cherry Girl!"
"Dwarf Li Boy!"
"Weak Cherry Girl!"
"Infantile Li Boy!"
"Babyish Cherry Girl!"
"Powerless Li Boy!"
"Dull Cherry girl!"
"Strength-less Li Boy!"
"Unnerved Cherry Girl!"
"Gutless Li Boy!"
"Strange Cherry Girl!"
"Weird Li Boy!"
"Bad Cherry Girl!"
"Mean Li Boy!"
"Evil Cherry Girl!"
"Odd Li Boy!"
"Wacky Cherry Girl!"
"Bizarre Li Boy!"
"Stunningly beautiful Cherry Girl!"
"Spooky Li-" She stopped and blinked. "W-What?"
"I said Stunningly beautiful Cherry Girl."
Another wave of 'AWWW!!!' was heard.
Sakura was taken back. She didn't know what to say to that… she almost preferred for him to keep on dissing her.
Syaoran smiled warmly at her as he patted her head. "I guess I won this round, Tiny Little Cherry Girl."
Sakura huffed. ~~##Great, fell for his tricks…##~~ "You won't win next time, Li Boy!"
"You really are beautiful, you know that?"
Once again, she had no comeback to that. "Umm, thanks, I guess."
Syaoran smiled again. "You're too shy, Sakura. You deserve some compliment."
Sakura blushed and looked down. Must he keep on embarrassing her like this?
Syaoran walked in front of her and listed her blushing face up with his hand, and kissed her lightly on the cheek. "Nothing's for free in the world. A kiss for a kiss." He whispered in her ears and then pulled away. "Now we're even."
Sakura could only stare at him. How can a man be so shy-less? Is that even a word? Does it matter? ~~##God, I keep having this feeling I've met him from somewhere before… Where?##~~
8:00pm…
Everyone had dinner at Syaoran house. He was actually a pretty good cook. After another hour of fooling around, they decided to leave. Syaoran waved goodbye to everyone and made sure to remind Sakura to try not to be late on Monday. -_-A/N: I always tell my friends I'll try to be on time tomorrow, but I never am… -_-;; So now they say, don't you ever dare to try again! I don't blame them. Once I tried for the 5th time or something, and I was a whole period late… ^.^;;-_-
Sakura…
The minute she reached home, she turned on the computer and logged into MSN, hoping she wouldn't have to wait for too long for 'Wolf' to sigh on. Luckily, he was already on…
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Cheerful Cherry: Heyz, sup?
Wild Wolf: Nm, u?
Cheerful Cherry: N2m… have u been waiting for me long?
Wild Wolf: Waitin 4 u? Wat makes u tink I go on MSN just 2 talk 2 u? ^o)
Cheerful Cherry: … :'(:(
Cheerful Cherry: You're so mean to me…
Wild Wolf: JKS!! I only have you on my account so who the hell else am I sppose 2 talk 2?? :P Lol just jking wit ya! Wanted 2 c what u'd say… didn't no I meant tis much to u! Lol!
Cheerful Cherry: Not a very funny joke!!!
Wild Wolf: What's wrong? In a bad mood? I'm sry… :(
Cheerful Cherry: More like… in a (:O) shocked mood…
Wild Wolf: What happened? Something unexpected happened?
Cheerful Cherry: Wolf, can I ask you a question?
Wild Wolf: Sure.
Cheerful Cherry: How can guys be so fearless and un-shy?
Cheerful Cherry: As in they're neva afraid to do ne thing… if when they realize the girl is blushing to death they still do something more to embarrass the girl! XD God…
Wild Wolf: Why? Did some guy do something to you??
Cheerful Cherry: Yah… :$
Wild Wolf: And you didn't like it?
Cheerful Cherry: Well… :$ It was actually alright……………… I didn't mind it that much…
Wild Wolf: So what's your problem right now then?
Cheerful Cherry: How come he's so UN-shy when I'm so SHY?? It just confuses me…
Wild Wolf: Guys will always be guys… don't expect too much from us… :P
Cheerful Cherry: Hey! Who's side are you on?
Wild Wolf: What?
Cheerful Cherry: At least say something to make me feel better!
Wild Wolf: Fine. That guy was an ass. He sux. How can he be so unshy? God that sonofabitch!
Cheerful Cherry: Not like That!
Wild Wolf: Then what do you want?
Cheerful Cherry: I unno…
Cheerful Cherry: r u shy?
Wild Wolf: Me?
Cheerful Cherry: No u see, there this invisible person at this conversation and I'm talking to him… 8-)
Wild Wolf: … -_-
Wild Wolf: Drop the sarcasm… -_-
Cheerful Cherry: Lol Ok!!
Wild Wolf: Aplogize.
Wild Wolf: Apologize*
Cheerful Cherry: Mmmm… NO! :D
Wild Wolf: -_- Apologize!
Cheerful Cherry: no! :D
Wild Wolf: YES!
Cheerful Cherry: NO! :D
Wild Wolf: YES!
Cheerful Cherry: notin to apologize for!
Wild Wolf: Apologize for me!
Cheerful Cherry: Oh, who cares about you??
Wild Wolf: I do!
Cheerful Cherry: Wel I dun!
Wild Wolf: I do!
Cheerful Cherry: Who cares about your opinion??
Wild Wolf: I do!
Cheerful Cherry: I don't care about you!
Wild Wolf; But I Do!
Cheerful Cherry: Who cares about you?
Wild Wolf: I do!
Cheerful Cherry: 8-) This is getting no where…
Wild Wolf: u're not kidding…
Cheerful Cherry: Just tell me, r U shy or not?
Wild Wolf: Maybe a lil… but not really to the girl I was telling u about… the one that I liked?? I'm a bit shy around her, but I like teasing and embarrassing her… ^_^ it's fun… :)
Cheerful Cherry: Christ! Save all your flirting details 2 ur self!!
Wild Wolf: Oh, I'm sry that it slipped, it was an accident! Really!! :O
Cheerful Cherry: lmfao!!
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And that's practically all they've talked about… Syaoran's mother called again, like usually, boring Syaoran to death…
Today may have seemed like quite a happy day, but if only they knew what tomorrow has in hold for them… if only they do… if they did, they're be planning an escape tomorrow, not chatting on the internet…
For tomorrow will be a big, important, emotional and heartbreaking day for both…
It involves betrayal, truth and many more…
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*Author's Note: Next chapter will be one you've all been waiting for… I know I shouldn't say this, but finally, in the next chap, Syaoran will find out about Touya… ^_^ Believe me, it's not going to be pleasant… :) Sry this chap's kinda short, it's just that this is like a relaxing chapter to get ready for next chap's big news… ^_^
Well, Ciao !WHAT?? Only 3593 words?? Grr…