Open Your Eyes

By Ukyou

Interlude - Syaoran's Dream

"Syaoran Li." she said from across the room. It was a voice I had heard a million times before. It was as sweet as a freshly squeezed orange.

"Sakura?" I asked, looking around me. I couldn't see anything other than the brown walls of the room. Then, taking a glance in front of me, I could see her far far off in the distance.

"Syaoran Li." Sakura repeated. "Don't you realize what you're doing to yourself?"

"No, Sakura, what am I doing?"

"Syaoran, she's going to hurt you again." Sakura said, running towards me. "Don't you realize what is going on!"

"Sakura, what … you're …you definitely shouldn't talk at all!" I yelled back at her. Sakura was running right for me, but I didn't move an inch.

"Syaoran. If you make yourself forget these things, you're doomed to repeat them." she said, and then as she was running for me, she slowly disappeared.

Syaoran, you're doomed to repeat your mistakes if you forget what those mistakes were.

Then I heard Sakura's voice again.

"Syaoran, open your eyes."

… and then I woke up.Chapter Six - Fireflies

Its been six months since I hooked up with Kaori, yet I'm still having these strange dreams about Sakura. It's like I can't let go of something. I've done my best to try and just forget about her.

But Kaori was my breeze of fresh air. When she was around, I felt like a million suns were shining down on my heart, closing the gaping hole Sakura had left in me. I had been to what seemed to be about a thousand of her performances, and every time I saw her, she seemed even more beautiful than the time before.

"Syaoran?"

I shook when I heard someone say my name. Then I felt an arm reach around me. I held her hand. It was cold, just like the air around it.

"It's okay, just a crazy dream." I said back to her, it wasn't Sakura. It was Kaori. Her hands were smooth. "Just go back to sleep."

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Her cheeks were a faded pink, a rouge that showed the disappearing cold in the midst of spring. She wore her trademark coat, flying out with her arms spread out like wings. She was far ahead of me.

"Come on! Come on! Syaoran, you're so slow!" she laughed, grabbing my hand as if she was the one pulling me up. It was a hill next to a beautiful dock. There was a tall cherry blossom tree at the top of it, shining down its petals into the water. I was here before, on my motorcycle excursion.

"Where exactly are you taking me, Kaori?" I asked her, trailing behind.

"I'm taking you to the most beautiful place in the world."

She led to me to the dock, the surface completely hidden under a sheet of pink and white. She got down on her back to stare at the infinite night sky.

"I love it here, you can see every star here." she said, looking at me.

Her face was hidden in a sea of petals, laying on the dock. Her hair was spread out into a shapeless wisp, her eyes illuminated by the moon above us. She looked towards me and smiled. I smiled back.

The stars were scattered across the night sky, a can of glitter spilled on a black table. I could taste the salt that was floating in the air, I could hear the water that shyly edged the sides of the dock.

Wait.

I had experienced this before.

No, there was no way.

But I definitely have been here.

I never brought Sakura here though.

Or maybe it was deja-vu.

"Syaoran, is something wrong?"

"Syaoran?"

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Author's note: Did I mention that there's a plot twist? Crazy.