Hey there peoples. I wanted to give you a treat and update this story. I know I can be a little forgetful but right now I'm on top of things and I'm trying to write three stories at the same time while writing another story on the side that will hopefully be posted soon.
Thanks for your support.
Hero and Heroine:
Chapter Nine
Sakura was driving her little yellow car. Donald was sitting besides her and Tomoyo was in the back seat.
"Sakura you've been quiet most of the day. Is everything alright?" Tomoyo was sitting back in her seat looking at her friend in the rearview mirror.
"I'm fine Tomoyo. I'm just a little tired that's all." She glanced at Tomoyo in the rearview mirror then focused her eyes back on the road. Honestly she had more thoughts on her mind. She was thinking about her impending doom once she had to face that Darco guy.
"What are you and that Syaoran guy doing tonight?" Donald had to ask. After suspecting that Tomoyo wasn't telling him everything he decided to investigate into the matter himself.
"We're going to watch a movie."
"Really, which one." Her voice was cheerful.
"I don't know Syaoran's picking it out."
Tomoyo bit her lower lip. "You did tell him that you can't watch scary movies right?"
"Why can't you watch scary movies?" Donald stopped looking out the window.
"Well…" Sakura was about to explain but was cut off by Tomoyo.
"Sakura has this thing about her. Whenever she watches scary movies or even hears it from the next room she freaks out."
He had a questioning look on his face. "What do you mean by freaks out?"
"She.."
"Tomoyo don't." Sakura didn't want her to tell anyone about that.
"He won't laugh."
"Please just don't tell him ok?"
Tomoyo could see how strongly she didn't want her to say anything else, so she shut up about it.
Sakura pulled up in front of the apartment building. "You're still coming in right?"
Tomoyo opened the door. "Yeah, I have to make sure he's treating you right."
Syaoran was sitting down in the living room when he heard someone knocking on the door.
'Who would be knocking now? Unless it's Meilin I don't want to have anything to do with them.'
He opened the door to see Donald standing there holding some bags. At first he stood there glaring at him until he heard Tomoyo's voice.
"Hi Syaoran, remember me?" She had a smile on her face as she pushed by him leading Donald into the apartment.
Syaoran stood there confused for a moment but snapped back to reality when he heard a familiar voice.
"Hey."
He looked back at the doorway. Sakura was standing there holding her purse with a smile on her face. He looked at her face very carefully. He noticed how happy she looked, how innocent she looked, and how much she reminded him of a little girl.
"Did you get the movie?"
"Yeah I got it." He waved her off and sat back down on the couch.
"Sakura we need you in here."
She heard Tomoyo yelling for her and quickly went to her room. When she got there she saw Donald sitting on her bed and Tomoyo picking out clothes from her closet.
"Do you mind if I borrow those shoes?" Tomoyo was pointing to a pair of high-heeled red shoes.
"Take whatever you want, I don't mind."
"Great, I'm going to go to the ladies room for a second." Tomoyo left the room leaving Donald and Sakura there alone.
Syaoran was watching television when he saw Tomoyo walking towards him. She took a seat on the other smaller couch.
"So how are you?"
He looked over to her. 'What does she want? Usually she doesn't talk to me.'
After getting on response her politeness disappeared. "Hello, answer me."
"Leave me alone. You never used to talk to me and I'll like to keep it that way."
Tomoyo got up and headed back to Sakura's room. "Fine, I guess Donald would be better for her anyway." Then she disappeared into Sakura's room.
'What did she mean by that?'
After a couple of minuets Sakura and Tomoyo and Donald came out of the room.
"I'm going to drop Tomoyo off at her place then I'll be right back." She was looking at him to approve but all he did was let out a grunt and continued watching television.
After they left he got up to fix himself something to eat. He opened the refrigerator and was shocked to see food in it. All this time he's been living here he has never seen it so full. He always goes out to eat and occasionally has a bottle of juice every once in a while.
"I guess there is an upside to her living here." After deciding he was too lazy to fix himself something he grabbed a can of soda and went to his room.
He lay back on his bed with his hands behind his head while looking up at the ceiling.
'I wonder where Meilin was going earlier. Maybe she might stay this time. If it wasn't for Sakura I would be with her now.'
Slowly he drifted off to sleep without noticing it.
It was about 5:30 when Sakura came home. She would have been home sooner but Tomoyo wanted her to try on some new designs. When she opened the door she noticed Syaoran wasn't there. The television was still on but he was gone. After looking through the rest of the house she decided to check his room.
She opened the door just enough for her head to peek through. She saw him lying in bed fast asleep. She quietly closed the door and headed for the kitchen.
After she finished cooking dinner, she put out blankets and pillows on the couch. Then she went into Syaoran's room and gently shook him. But instead of waking up he turned his back to her.
"Syaoran you have to wake up, you're going to miss dinner." While she was saying this she kept shaking him but a little harder.
He finally got opened his eyes. The first thing he saw were two beautiful emeralds starring at him. For some reason it made him feel warm inside. Something he hasn't felt in a long time.
"Come on before it gets cold." She took his hand and started to drag him out of bed.
"What are you talking about?" His warm feeling went away and was replaced with confusion.
She dragged him to the kitchen table and sat him down in a chair.
"Are you fucking crazy?" He looked at her funny. But she just smiled and put a plate of food in front of him.
"Eat up!"
He looked down at the plate then up at her smiling face. "Is this for me?" She nodded then got another plate for her and sat down across from him. She was about to eat but noticed he didn't touch his plate.
"You don't like it?" Her whole face was sad. She wanted to do something special for him.
"No, I'm just not used to someone cooking for me." He picked up the fork and started eating.
After they were done Syaoran went to watch television while Sakura was washing dishes. He felt kinda guilty having her do all the work.
He leaned on the counter next to her. "Do you need any help?"
"No, I'm almost done."
He watched her as she did the dishes. She always had a smile even when she did work.
"Is there anything I can do?"
"You could put in the movie. I'll be there in a minuet."
He shrugged his shoulders and got the tape. It was in a clear case and he didn't bother reading the tape. He already knew what it was; at least he thought he knew.
He was sitting on the right side of the couch. He had the remote in his hand waiting for her. She sat down on the right side leaving enough space for one more person to sit between them.
"So what are we watching?"
"Some war movie. It's three hours long so I hope you're ready."
'This will teach her never to take up my time.'
"But I thought you liked girly movies." She was shocked. She didn't want to watch some boring movie.
"What gave you that idea?"
"I saw you watching one earlier." She was pointing at the screen.
"Eriol made me watch that. He wants to take me to some book club meeting and I'm not about to read some stupid book."
"Oh." She seemed a little down. Syaoran on the other hand was happy.
'Maybe now she won't want to watch it.'
"We could forget about this if you want." He had a smile on his face, which went unnoticed because Sakura was deep in thought.
"No, it's ok. I'll watch the movie. Maybe it'll be better then I think it is."
Syaoran took a deep breath and started the movie. 'There's not getting rid of this girl.'
After watching the previews the movie was about to start. Everything was fine until Sakura saw the title.
"The Thing of Lake Moore!" She was already scared just reading the title.
"I guess Eriol gave me the wrong movie." His eyes were on the screen. He didn't see Sakura's scared expression.
"I can do this. It's just a scary movie what's the worst that could happen. Monsters aren't real. They're just things people make up to scare children." She was breathing in deep breaths while clutching a pillow.
Syaoran looked over at her. He saw he mumbling something and hyperventilating.
"Are you ok?" Normally she would have a smile on but now she's acting like an insane person.
"Yeah, great couldn't be better." She put on a fake smile hoping he wouldn't ask any more questions. She doesn't like people to know about her fear of ghosts and scary movies. The last time she told someone was in high school. And they scared her so much she couldn't sleep for almost a week.
In the beginning of the movie you see some girl walking around a camp at night. She was supposed to meet someone by the lake but it looked like he wasn't going to show. When she was about to leave she heard something coming from the water. When she leaned over to see what it was something pulled her in. Minuets later the boy she was waiting for appeared. He to thought he heard something coming from the lake. He went to see what it was but saw nothing. When he turned around he saw the bloody body of the girl he was supposed to meet.
Sakura couldn't take it any more. When she saw the bloody body she jumped dropping her pillow and grabbing an arm.
Syaoran looked down at the trembling body holding onto his arm. "What's up with you?"
Sakura didn't notice she was holding him until he said something. "N-nothing, I'm not scared." She was quick to reply.
"Then could you let go of me?"
Sakura looked up at him and blushed a light pink then let go and went back to clutching her pillow.
An hour had passed and the movie was still not over. Sakura managed to miss all the scary parts by covering her face. But by accident she saw some hug decayed thing take a bite out of one of the people that was trying to kill it.
"Help!" She hated seeing that. Now she wouldn't sleep for days. She smothered her face into the pillow until it looked like she couldn't breath.
Syaoran saw how scared she was. And was amazed at how long she could keep her face in the pillow. He took the pillow from her hands and rested it on his lap. Then he gently took her hand and pulled her over to him. She was trying so hard not to look at the movie that she didn't notice who she was leaning on until she felt an arm wrap around her.
They sat like that for the rest of the movie. Whenever she heard someone scream she would grab Syaoran.
The movie was over. He looked down at the shaking figure on his lap.
'Should I say something?'
He didn't know what to do so he gently pushed her off. She looked up at him in surprise.
"The movie is done."
She put on a fake smile. "Really."
"I'm going to sleep. Night."
'Sleep? How could he sleep after seeing that?'
Syaoran started to walk away until he noticed she wasn't moving. "Are you going to stay there all night?" He tried not to sound concerned.
Hearing his voice popped her out of her thoughts. "No, I'm beat I'll probably fall asleep before I get to my bed." She got up and quickly went to her door. "Night Syaoran." She entered her room locking the door behind her.
Syaoran stood there with a little smile on his face. He knew she was scared, but thought it was funny how she tried to cover it up. He went into his room and striped down to his boxers and fell asleep.
Meanwhile Sakura was in her room pacing. She had already changed into her pajamas and was thinking about how she was going to get any sleep. After about fifteen minuets she finally got in bed. She lied down holding the covers tightly. Every time she closed her eyes she could see decayed bloody bodies surrounding her. She stayed like this for almost two hours.
After deciding that there was no way she was ever getting any sleep tonight she went to the kitchen to get something to drink. She was sitting at the table starring at the glass of water in front of her.
'Why can't I get over my fears? I'm a superhero. I fight evil guys, save people, and break for animals.' She took a sip of the water. 'I should probably tell Syaoran. He was kind enough to comfort me tonight. Maybe I can trust him.'
"Sakura?"
She jumped at the sound of his voice. She was so deep in thought that she didn't notice Syaoran standing in his doorway watching her.
"W-what are you doing up?"
He was about to say 'bitch I should be asking you that' but when he saw her eyes all insults were forgotten. Those emerald eyes starred back at him, but they lacked that shine he's used to. They were dull and looked worried, but still they were as beautiful as before.
'Beautiful? No, she's not beautiful. She's Sakura. She's like every other dizzy girl you know. You can't be falling for her, what about Cherry Blossom? Wait a minuet.' He started to scratch his head. 'What about her? I don't care for that little girl. I don't even know who she is.'
"Syaoran?" She could see he was thinking. He looked confused and a little stressed.
Her voice brought him back to reality. "I was getting something to drink."
"You want some punch? I can have it done in ten minuets." She got up and headed to the refrigerator.
"No, no, I-I was just going to get a glass of water." He stopped her before she could start mixing it.
"Oh, well then I'll get it for you." She took a glass from the cabinet, filled it with water, and brought it over to him.
He looked down at the smile on her face. "Why are you up? Do you know what time it is?"
How could she forget? She's been counting down the minuets till morning. "I guess that movie scared me more than I thought." She put a fake smile on. She didn't want to worry him with her problems. She was expecting him to shrug his shoulders and go back to bed like he always does. But what she didn't expect was for him to take her hand and lead her into his room.
After turning off the kitchen light, he shut the door and took the glass of water from her.
"Lay down."
"What?" She was more confused now then she has ever been before.
"Get in the bed." He drank all the water and rested the cup on his desk. He noticed she was standing there starring at him in disbelief. "I'm not going to do anything to you."
She was still a little uneasy about the whole situation. She had never slept in the same room with a guy, and now she's going to sleep in his bed. But before she could debate whether she should get in, Syaoran had already grabbed her hand and in no time she was laying next to him.
"Go to sleep." He turned his back to her ready to fall back to sleep.
All thoughts of them in the same bed disappeared when he mentioned sleep. There was no way she was sleeping tonight. But then she couldn't stay up all night, especially in his room. She didn't want to risk waking him up. Especially since he's been so caring lately.
She tried sleeping on her right, but starring at his back didn't help the sleeping process. Then she tried sleeping on her left, but seeing the door made her think someone was on the other side waiting to get her. Finally she tried sleeping on her back. Looking up at the ceiling didn't bother her, but when she closed her eyes visions of the movie came back to her.
Syaoran couldn't take it anymore. All her tossing and turning was preventing him from sleeping. 'I knew this would be a bad idea.' He turned to see her starring up at the ceiling shivering.
"If you're cold all you have to do is pull up the covers." He tugged at the cover pushed to the foot of the bed. He pulled it up over both of them hoping it would solve the problem.
"Thanks." She smiled at his kind gesture and focused her eyes back to the ceiling.
He took a deep breath and put his hands under his head. Deciding that sleep wasn't an option he also looked to the ceiling.
"Am I keeping you awake? If you want I can leave." She was about to throw the covers off and leave but Syaoran pulled her close to him.
"I'm fine, sometimes I have trouble sleeping, and it's not your fault." What a lie that was. The only reason he has trouble sleeping is because she keeps on moving.
There was an awkward silence between them until Sakura broke it. "Do you always get up for a glass of water?"
"Sometimes." He tried to be nice for once. Plus he couldn't tell her he only got up because he was worried about her. "Do you always stay up this late?"
'Now is your chance girl. You can tell him how you can't watch scary movies. But would he understand? Would he laugh at me and call me a baby?'
"I-I don't normally stay up this late. Guess I just can't sleep tonight, that's all. I'm sure it won't happen again." She softly giggled then closed her eyes. 'What am I saying? There is no way I'm sleeping for the rest of the week. As soon as I close my eyes I'm gonna see those monsters again. Wait a minuet, my eyes are closed.'
And that's where she made her mistake. As soon as she realized her eyes were shut all she could see were zombies surrounding her. She let out a little cry and quickly buried her head in Syaoran's chest while tightly holding onto his waist.
At first he was a little shocked. He wasn't expecting her to grab onto him like that. After all, he could tell how uncomfortable she was just being in the same bed. But then he started to get that warm feeling again. Having her head buried in his chest made him feel good. It made him feel needed.
'Wait, I don't need her to need me do I? I should just forget about it. Who am I to spoil such a good thing?' Instead of thinking about what he should be thinking he wrapped both his arms around a trembling Sakura.
She opened her eyes and slowly started to return to normal. 'Great, now he's gonna want to know why I'm freaking out.'
"Sakura. Do you mind if I ask you something?"
'Here it comes; now he's going to know how dumb I am. Well, he's going to find out one day, might as well get it over with.'
"S-sure, what do you want to know?"
"Where's your family?"
She was so relieved that he wasn't going to ask what she thought he was. She started to tell him what he wanted to know. Then she asked him a question and he answered and they both asked each other questions for about an hour. They knew more about each other then most married couples.
Syaoran looked at the clock, it was almost 4:00am. He didn't notice how much time had passed. He enjoyed her being there. He liked how she drew imaginary circles on his chest. He liked the softness of her skin against his. And he liked the smell of cherry blossoms that surrounded her.
"Syaoran, can you hum something for me?"
He was a little confused. "Hum?" Normally he wouldn't do anything someone else wanted, but tonight he made an exception. "What should I hum?"
"Anything" She wanted to hear the vibration of his voice. Something about it made her feel safe.
He started to hum a song from his childhood. But he kept his eyes on her. There was a little light outside that shined on her face. He watched her slowly closed her eyes and fall asleep.
That was pretty good. Sorry about the lack of action but the next chapter will defiantly be more thrilling. I guess I'm a hopeless romantic.
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