Hey! It's me again! Well, I think the next update will be in a few days. (I gotta go to my mom's house, where does not have internet... yet.) This chappie shapes up the fic a little more, from (you guessed it!) Sakura's side.
Sakura starts to feel a bit awkward and... oh, you just gotta read! It's nice... and of course dense little Shaoran has no idea of why she's so far away from him now... I'm telling you, Sakura's catching on quick, but Shaoran... has no idea of what the heck is in store for him... (giggles) that makes it even better!
Yea, I'm sounding like a evil little Tomoyo here, right? Yeah, well, I just can't wait until the later chappies, when I get to mess with his mind... and let's just say, he's going to have a little...'present' when the great day of February 25th arrives!
Well, enjoy the fic... soon I'll be adding the cute moments and the compromising positions later on... and no Touya to bother them, huh? Think of the possibilities! (Hehe, I'll stop talking about that now... I'm sounding like Tomoyo TOO much!)
Disclaimer: Ya know, these are the days that I suddenly become a billionare (trillionare if possible!) and buy CCS off CLAMP... then I wake up...
"Why'd you wake me in the middle of the night to ask me to hang out with you?" Shaoran asked confusedly.
"I dunno." Sakura replied with a grin "I just had an urge to!"
Shaoran smiled at her, and she felt something strange inside. His smile now completely dazzled her, and all she could do was smile in return. As they walked through the streets she hung her head low, thinking to herself as she placed her arms against her chest.
Shaoran looked at her thinking position. What was she thinking? She seemed so awkward these days, and he needed to know why. Was it something he had done? Whatever it was, he was curious to know about it.
'Why do I feel so strange when he smiles at me?' she wondered confusedly, her thoughts jumbling through her head.
She mentally sighed and let her head move up to the sky. Ever since she found that she was jealous, she felt uncomfortable and fidgety. She glared at herself; why did she have to confess to herself that she was jealous?
"Sakura, would you tell me what's up?" she heard Shaoran ask.
Looking up she met his dark brown eyes, and for the first time she could not look away quickly from his stunning chocolate orbs. Her eyes of emerald green drowned into the milky chocolate of his eyes, and Sakura felt as if she was melting. She could smell the scent of peonies coming from him, and smiled as she found it cute that he smelled like his favorite flower.
Fresh, faint, and gentle...
Gentle was a word she always used for him. To her he was like a baby... soft and innocent. She was glad she could see the real side of him, which not many people came to see.
'I like the way he smells? Wow, that is freaky...' she thought.
"Hey! Sakura! Are you listening to me?" Shaoran asked desperately.
Sakura snapped out of her trance and said "Yeah? Oh, I'm sorry... nothing's wrong. If there was, I'd tell you."
Shaoran smiled with relief and said "Good. I was getting worried... come on, you wanna buy anything?"
"Nah. Let's go home, there's nothing to do... let's just watch TV."
Sakura knew he was concerned about her, but knowing this now made her warm inside. All this was unknown to her, but she liked the feeling of it. Together they walked back home, and suddenly Sakura let Shaoran up to the attic. Knowing the familiar path, he became confused.
"Why?" he asked.
Sakura just smiled in response. Puzzled, he shrugged and soon they were again on the roof, and they both sat exactly where they were when they were thirteen.
---Flashback---
Shaoran sighed and lifted her chin. He wiped the tears threatning to fall out of her emerald orbs and then wiped his own. He looked at his sad sister and sighed. 'I might as well tell her.' he thought sadly as well.
"Sakura... Mother told me that she met your grandparents... they're coming for you tomorrow..." he squeaked, tears again rolling down his cheeks.
'No!' Sakura thought while she cried as well. "But why?" she asked him loudly.
"Your grandparents seem to really love you; they cried when Mother told them about you... Sakura, they really love you, and they want you to be with them. Mother passed your custody over to them, and now you are Sakura Kinomoto again." he explained, every word shooting him painfully in the chest.
"And you're okay with this?" she asked him in sudden anger "You want me to go?"
"No, I don't!" Shaoran yelled back angrily "I want you to stay with Mother and me! I especially want you to stay with me! You're my sister, no matter what the situation. Family are people that you truly care about, and who cares about you. If that's the truth, we are close as true siblings-"
Sakura wrapped her arms around him and gave him a tight hug, cutting him off. "We are as close as true siblings... I know we are." she whispered, her head on his shoulder.
---End of Flashback---
"Do you remember?" Sakura asked softly.
Shaoran nodded in response. That day was probably the worst day he ever had. He couldn't protect his sister. Somehow he saw that they were far away now, in two different worlds.
"Yeah... that day stunk." he mumbled.
"A little, but it wasn't extremely bad for me... that day I felt more connected to you than ever."
Shaoran was surprised at her words, and so was she herself. They both wondered why that sounded so longing... as if it wanted that to happen again. Sakura shook her head slightly and doodled on the floor with her index.
"Nevermind. Do you still wear that charm?" she asked.
Shaoran nodded. "Why? You don't?"
"Yeah I do-"
"Then why'd you ask?" Shaoran said, seeming to be offended. He could never take that charm off; it reminded him of his sister.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I wanna see it for a while..." Sakura told him, looking at his shirt.
His eyes softening, he took it off from under his shirt while Sakura did the same. She missed the small noise that made when the charms connected. Smiling, she fingered the small circle.
'You missed your other half, didn't you?' she asked in her head, looking at the silver circle shine 'I bet you do... yet I think that my own other half is inching away from me.'
There Sakura pondered at her words. Her other half... that's what Shaoran was always to her, but now it seemed so awkward to refer to him as that. She knew Shaoran was feeling it too, but he didn't feel it as bad as her. Her heart ached again.
Shaoran just stood there, not knowing what to do. Sakura stared into his eyes. Again the color of his eyes captured her own and again she melted from the softness that he held towards her.
'What is this feeling?' she thought.
Snapping out of her trance again she disconnected the charms and led Shaoran back to the living room. Together they sat on the sofa and were watching another fighting movie.
"Sakura?"
"Hmm?"
"Why did you want to go to the roof?" he asked.
She thought for a bit "I dunno really..."
Shaoran frowned; she's not knowing why she's acting so awkward. He knew she would not tell him, so he decided it'd be best if she got advice from another friend.
"If you need advice, why don't you go over Tomoyo's house? She came back from her trip to Paris..."
"Thanks, I'll do that." Sakura smiled. She stopped for a few seconds and gave him a hug. "I'm sorry... it's really a girl thing."
He grinned, relieved, and hugged her back. "No worries... I thought it was serious."
The contact of his arms around her body felt good... felt perfect, just right. The warmth he gave off overwhelmed Sakura, leaving her dazed. She blinked once and broke off the embrace, and gave a smile at him.
"Alright, I'm going off to bed. Good night."
She didn't bother changing. He went to bed and wrapped herself tightly with her comforter. Sighing, she rolled on her side and closed her eyes.
'Maybe Tomoyo knows the answer to this' she thought before falling into a deep slumber.
So, d'you see Sakura becoming a little attracted? Whee! The story's shaping up! Well, I hope y'all liked the chappie!
Marigold Sunlight signing out with hugs and kisses at her great reviewers. I just LOVE you guys!
