Chapter Nineteen
Mischievous Love
Card Captor Sakura
*starjade*
In Which A Prank Leads to Hospital Love
Syaoran growled. It really wasn't fair, was it?
How could HE be the one feeling this way??
He slammed the couch. Yah. He could admit he was jealous yesterday. But he was ONLY jealous because that girl-guy had the chance to prank her and he didn't! No wait, the whole THING was a prank! He meant to tackle that girl-guy! He meant to stalk Sakura around the mall!
Yes, that was it!
But of course, that conscious of his never ceased to taunt him.
You like her, a voice inside him whispered. You like her....beyond liking. Into the universe of like LIKE!
Syaoran shuddered. If this like like of his moved into the galaxy of the l-l-l-
Well, he really didn't want to LIVE to see that day!
He sat back against the couch and groaned. On movies, the couples see each other, hearts flow in their eyes and the guy wears tight pants and says a lot of gushy stuff and the girl wears the clothes that 'accentuate' (more like pop out) their 'assets' and she faints a lot and in the end, they get married, move into a house with a white picket fence and two children.....
" Syaoran!" Eriol yelled, running into the room. " I just was overwhelmed with the most smartest idea I think I've ever had since wrapping Hong Kong in toilet paper! Listen-" Then Eriol halted.
" Syaoran, why are you watching romance movies?
" I don't know."
" Why is there a box of Kleenex and chocolates next to you?"
" I really don't know."
" Syaoran....is there something....you need to tell me?"
" Yes....how would I look in tight pants?"
*thump*
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Sakura walked down the hallway carefully, checking on the top of every doorway, every slippery puddle, every single PERSON that passed her by.
She would not let Syaoran and Eriol prank her again!
She suddenly felt the urge to sing the pink panther song. It was rather a silly urge and she tried to stifle it, but it was arising way too fast for her to prevent it, so with a sigh, she began.
" De roo, de roo, de roo de roo de roo de roo de roooooo derere roo," She chanted as she slinked down the hallways.
Finally, Sakura spotted her lock, which was covered in ink. She cackled evilly to herself. " Syaoran and Eriol think THEIR master prankers, eh?" Sakura murmured to herself as she wiped off the ink and opened her locker. Nothing was in her locker too and she shook her head.
" Really! They must be losing their touch!" She grinned and turned around-
And stepped straight into a pail of mud.
" What the- AHHH!" She screamed. Her foot was fully immersed into the pail of mud and she stared at it in shock.
" No, no, no..." She groaned and tried pulling it out, but it wouldn't budge. Finally, she was resigned to walking with the pail down the corridor....then she slipped and fell straight into a puddle of honey.
" AHHHHHHHHH!" She screeched, her face stuck to the sticky honey puddle. When did this happen??? She had checked the hallways, she had made sure that Syaoran and Eriol couldn't prank her!!!!"
" SYAORAN, I WILL GET YOU!" She yelled at the top of her lungs. Why was she cursed with such a person in her life?
She removed her face from the honey puddle and felt a whole side of her face sticky and gooey with honey.
" Ewwww!" She shuddered, but continued on waddling, determined to prank Syaoran no matter what!
She started walking down the second hallway to her classroom....and a slop of peanut butter came falling from the ceiling and smack onto her head.
She clenched her teeth. You're good, Syaoran, she growled in her head. But not good enough! She waddled to her classroom and threw open the door.
" SYAORAN LI. I WILL KILL YOU-" She started to scream and then froze as a white flurry of feathers fell before her, onto of her and all over her.
The whole class fell over with laughter and when Sakura wiped the feather and peanut butter from her eyes, she saw Syaoran, his eyes laughing as he took a tape of a video camera.
" And we got it all on tape too!" He crowed, popping it into the VCR. Instantly, on the TV, came a picture of Sakura, slinking down the hallway, singing the pink panther song.
Sakura was mortified.
No she was more than just mortified!! She was furious!
Beyond furious! SHE WAS LIVID!
" AHHHHH! BABOOOOOON!" She screamed at the top of her lungs and in front of the whole class, tackled Syaoran down.
The whole class gaped at the raging peanut butter, honey and mud covered girl tackling a laughing boy down...and did not expect a crack as Syaoran hit his head against the table.
The whole class stared.
Sakura stared.
Finally, she giggled nervously. " That's so not blood. That's ketchup!"
The teacher came racing into the room. " WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!!" She screamed and then she saw the feather covered Sakura, the unconscious Syaoran and a tape of Sakura on the TV, creeping along a hallway, going, " De roo, de roo, de roo de roo de roo de roo deroooo derere roo."
Might I say, it was quite a shock.
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" Is he okay?" Sakura asked the doctor, her eyes wide with worry.
The doctor was writing on his notepad and hadn't heard her. He was mumbling, " Note: Mr. Li, patient of ward 7 wants tight pants and special polka dotted boxers..."
" Doctor? Doctor!" Sakura repeated, her voice growing more scared and louder by the second.
The doctor whirled around. " What?"
" Is he okay?" Sakura asked.
" Who? Look I might be a doctor but I'm not a mind reader-" The doctor started to lecture, his eyes big behind his round glasses.
" But-"
" And I really do not appreciate being interrupted when I am working-" The doctor continued.
" But-"
" Butt? If you need a butt doctor, I'm sorry, we don't have one here-"
" IS SYAORAN LI OKAY?" Sakura finally screamed.
The doctor blinked. " Uh....yes, yes he is."
" Thank you!" Sakura let out her breath and rushed off to Ward 7 where Syaoran Li was staying. Never before had she felt so guilty in her life.
He deserved it though, she thought darkly and then was mortified. He was unconscious because of her! He was in the hospital because of her!! And here she was, thinking he deserved it! Just because there was still peanut butter under her fingernails did not give her the right to think such thoughts about a (once) innocent boy!
Outside the room, however, a girl with long black odangos was crying hysterically on a bench and Yelan was patting her back, reassuringly. Sakura was horrified.
" He's dead, isn't he?" Sakura said softly. Yelan looked up surprised, but the girl with the odangos kept on sobbing.
" I can't believe it....Syaoran's dead..." Sakura whispered under her breath. A tear slipped past her eyes and she looked up to the sky-ceiling, her eyes begging.
" God....I know you're real. Please....please, I never wanted to kill Syaoran. He was just pissing me off. I really didn't mean to kill him-" More tears raced down her cheeks and she started to sob. " God, no. Please don't let this happen! Please don't let him be dead!"
She collapsed to her knees and shook her fist at the sky-ceiling-heaven. " WHY??? WHY DID YOU TAKE HIS LIFE?? Take mine! He is just an innocent boy, living his life! I am the evil one! Please, take me! WHY DID YOU LEAVE ME SYAORAN? WHHHYYYYYY?"
" Can you shut up out there? Where are my boxers and the other unmentionable I asked for?" Someone shouted from inside the room.
Sakura stopped sobbing immediately. Huh?
Yelan was looking thoroughly embarrassed. " Uh....Miss. Kinomoto, I think you've got the wrong situation here. My son isn't dead. He just suffered a very mild concussion, that's it."
" What?" Sakura breathed, her eyes wide.
" He's. Not. Dead." Yelan enunciated.
Sakura stared at Yelan. " I don't understand."
Yelan let out her breath and started to mimic. She put the back of her hand on her forehead.
" Sick!"
Yelan shook her head and then collapsed on the floor in what looked like a dead faint.
" Dead??"
Yelan shook her head and crossed her arms on her chest and then made a quick X in the air.
" Vampire?"
" He's not dead, dammit!" Meiling burst out.
Sakura stared at Meiling and then comprehension filled her eyes. " Ohhhh...."
Yelan smiled, tiredly. She wasn't as bad as Syaoran was though. The time she had to explain the birds and the bees to Syaoran....whoo, that was tiring.
" Do the bees like the birds? Wouldn't that make bird-bees? But wouldn't the bees sting the birds? Wouldn't the birds peck the bees to death? What is a bird-bee?"
Yes, now that was tiring.
Sakura was getting up slowly from the floor, her cheeks flooding with colour and she looked more uncomfortable and humiliated then ever. " Hehe....I guess I got a bit carried away there.....Uh...Mrs. Li, can I go see....can i go see him?"
Yelan smiled. " Yes, you may."
Sakura flashed her a quick smile and entered the room where Syaoran was lying on the bed, eating chocolate ice cream.
Sakura blinked. " Are they supposed to give you ice cream?"
Syaoran shrugged, his eyes trained on the TV. " I just manipulated the guy who was carrying the tray for people who had their tonsils taken out. Those tonsil people will never know what hit them.....hehe, string beans..."
That was when Syaoran fully realized who was standing beside him and he yelped. " AHH! You're going to kill me again! Help! Help! Someone call 911! I need an ambulance!"
" I am not going to kill you!" Sakura said huffily. " I came to say sorry!"
" Sorry? Sorry for almost killing me?" Syaoran said incredulously.
" Well you pranked me! Really badly! And you filmed me too!" Sakura cried, exasperated.
Syaoran crossed his arms. " I've made my point."
Sakura blinked. " What point?"
Syaoran rose an eyebrow. " The point?? The only point there is in the world!"
Sakura just stared at him and then sighed, quite used to his strange, and I repeat, strange ways. " Look, Syaoran. I'm really sorry, okay? I really didn't mean to tackle you like that. It's just....you've been pranking me since I came. I was hoping that when I came to Hong Kong I would have a good time. And you....you've just made my life hell."
Syaoran was (surprisingly) silent as she continued, " You're a really nice guy, Syaoran. And I just wanted to say....if you did die, can I have your stuff?"
Syaoran blinked and Sakura giggled. Syaoran stared at her and then the corner of his mouth twitched until he was laughing with her. Sakura was grinning at him with happiness and it was a strange feeling for these two sworn enemies.
" Are you okay though?" Sakura asked, a hint of worry in her voice.
Syaoran nodded. " A bit banged up, but I'm okay."
Sakura smiled in relief. " That's good."
An awkward silence stretched between them until Sakura asked brightly, " Want to play a game?"
Syaoran eyed her warily. " If it involves streaking-"
" Nooo!" Sakura said, laughing. " It's called Truth or Dare-"
" No!" Syaoran backed away from her slowly. " Eriol tried to play that with me one time. It ended up me going into a grocery store dressed like a girl and getting cat-called by these group of guys-"
Sakura giggled. " Fine, we'll only play Truth. Alright?"
" Fine..." Syaoran sighed. " Nothing better to do, unless you want to watch a show about a yellow animal who has red cheeks and says, " Pikachuuuuu" a lot-"
" Nah, that's alright." Sakura said hurriedly. " Can we play now?"
" Fine. I go first," Syaoran started. " Have you ever.....skinny dipped before?"
Sakura looked mortified. " No way! Have you?"
Syaoran grinned. " Wouldn't you like to know?"
Sakura's eyes widened to the size of saucers and Syaoran said hastily, " I never did! Don't worry!"
Sakura let out a sigh. " Whoo. That was a scary image right there-"
Syaoran rose an eyebrow and Sakura grinned. " My turn. How far have you gone with a girl before?"
Syaoran turned red. Sakura laughed. " You blush really easily, Syaoran!"
" I really don't like this game-" Syaoran started.
" Nope! You have to answer!" Sakura chortled.
" Not far." Syaoran answered so quickly that Sakura could hardly hear it.
" Oh come on! Out with the details! Have you ever kissed a girl before?" Sakura asked.
" You know, this really damages a guy's pride," Syaoran said informatively.
Sakura growled, her tone dangerous, " Syaoran...."
Syaoran groaned. " Fine...only once, when I was tricked into playing spin the bottle. You?"
Sakura turned redder. " Never."
Syaoran rose an eyebrow. " You're sixteen and you've-"
" Howa bout you and your spin the bottle kiss, huh?" Sakura shot back. " Bet that was just a peck or something, no one would want to kiss you anyways-"
Syaoran leapt to his feet. " Excuse me? Are you saying no one would want to kiss me? Well let me tell you, I am a very wanted person-"
" Ha! Eriol doesn't count as a person, Syaoran-"
" Well, never-been-kissed girl, you think you're better than me?"
" Hell yeah!"
" Arrggghh!" Syaoran yelled in frustration. " You are impossible!"
" Arrrgghh!" Sakura yelled straight back. " You are even MORE impossible!"
And then came the strangest thing. Syaoran grabbed Sakura roughly and placed his mouth against hers, none too carefully. Sakura's eyes widened and then closed as Syaoran kissed her hard. She was frozen for a few seconds before she began to kiss him back, gently moving her lips against his, not even thinking.
The kiss softened and his grip lessened as his arms came around her like a protecting circle. The kiss moved through her like an electric shock, a tingle that moved through her body, raced down her spine and surrounded her heart with such a warm, aching glow that she nearly melted into his arms. She wrapped her arms around him, pressing herself against him tightly and felt herself drowning in the feelings he was causing her.
He kissed her deeper, his hands moving through her hair, pausing only to catch his breath before crashing his lips on hers again, expressing what they were feeling when words were not possible. His lips were warm, her body ached for his touch and then-
" WHAT THE HELL?"
They both broke apart as Meiling came charging into the room. That was when they caught their bearings and realized just WHO they were kissing.
They were mortal enemies.
And they had just KISSED each other.
" Oh. My. God." Sakura breathed.
" Oh no...." Syaoran muttered.
They stared at each other for a few seconds before Sakura turned on her heel sharply and walked straight out of the hospital room. Syaoran was left standing there as Meiling was shouting at him. He made a remark about her taking her feelings out on a teddy bear instead of him, but he couldn't concentrate. All he thought of was that mind blowing kiss.
And the fact that he has just done it with none other than Sakura Kinomoto.
He probably should shudder right about now. Shudder, dammit! But he couldn't. This was probably just male hormones. Seriously! Nothing big, nothing big.
Now if he could only think straight....
Oh, he messed up the Ultimate plan for good...
Sakura probably hated him...
And why did he care again?
He didn't care. It was just male hormones.
Now if only he could remember that.
And that is where we end this chapter. Watch as the sugary romance seeps in and all you can do is hold onto your chair as the ride gets even more complicated! When is Syaoran and Sakura going to realize their feelings and confess? What is this ultimate plan everyone keeps talking about? And what about Hiiro? And will Eriol feel betrayed? And what about those tight pants? Will they really be delivered on time?
The answers to all these questions might be answered in the next chapter of Mischievous Love!
a/n: A little silly, yes. BUT THEY KISSED! *woot woot* That is what I'm talking about! I lub all ur reviews ppl! You all, making me so happay! *wipes away a tear* We are all getting closer to the Ultimate Plan! YES! Ppl, review, aight? I neeed reviews!
Aight, see ya latez,
Nuff Luv,
*starjade*
