Mischievous Love
Card Captor Sakura
Chapter Twenty Two
~starjade~
Of Concerts, Chill Pills and The Q Word
" No way!"
" Its the...couple..."
" How could they get together?"
" One of them has a girlfriend!"
" This is horrifying..."
Yes, indeed it was. A horrifying sight, so if you are queasy to the stomach, please do not read on. This scene brought tears to the most happiest of folk and made everyone want to race to the nearest washroom and empty their guts. Heck, the washroom already had waiting lists after this horrific sight!!
It was...
Eriol and Syaoran walking down the hallway.
" Why is everyone looking at us so queerly?" Syaoran mumbled.
" Don't you dare say that word near me," Eriol mumbled back.
" What word?"
" That word!! With the Q!!"
" Oh you mean que-"
" SHHH!" Eriol clamped his hand on Syaoran's mouth and more people keeled over, some fainting in pure shock. Eriol and Syaoran looked around them, a bit surprised.
" Is this school getting weird or what?" Eriol asked.
" I know! It's like they saw some horrifying couple in the hallway or something!" Syaoran joked.
They laughed silently at the ridiculousness of the statement, until they saw it. Yes, they saw the other horrendous couple. Downright to the rose and the scented love notes, to the hands clasped together...yes, they were even holding hands!
" Hiiro and Sakura are showing public affection!" Eriol said excitedly. " This is even better for our-" His voice got lower and scarier, a universal sign for 'about to say something important so listen,' " Ultimate Plan!"
" He's a dead. man. walking," Syaoran growled, his amber eyes flashing with hints of anger and jealousy.
Eriol giggled. No, he could not chuckle. The Eriol's of the world pure out giggled.
" Don't get too close, my friend," Eriol said, his glasses flashing. " Hiiro's got the girl, not you."
Syaoran didn't even respond to the statement Eriol was making, his eyes were on Sakura the whole time as she passed by, holding Hiiro's hand. He didn't notice that Sakura looked really uncomfortable, that Hiiro was blissfully ignorant and how people were staring weirdly at the closeness between Eriol and Syaoran , no, he just stared at their clasped hands and fury filled him.
" Damn you, Hiiro..." He swore under his breath and Eriol shook his arm.
" Syaoran, calm down! This is what we wanted! This is what you wanted! Remember, make Sakura's life hell, don't you remember that plan?" Eriol reminded him.
Syaoran felt the words puncture the angry red haze he was in and he let out a sigh. " Yah, I remember."
" Then let's go slap some supply teacher's ass, how about that now?" Eriol asked, cheerfully.
" You don't mean that literally, do you?" Syaoran asked, warily.
" Oh, Syaoran. So young, so naive. Am I ever not literally speaking?"
" Good god, Eriol, ass slapping is out of my limit-"
" And in mine! Let's go, dear descendant!"
They entered the classroom where all the students were sitting warily in their seats. A man turned around and sneered at the two.
" Hello, boys! You are late!!" The man said with a distinct growl. Syaoran could almost hear Eriol gulp. Yes, the man had muscles. He looked like he could crush them with a single poke. And Eriol was going to slap this man's ass???
" I dare you!" Syaoran whispered as he drifted to his seat, grinning manically as Eriol rubbed his palms together and clasped them together in a quick prayer.
He was going to need it.
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" So what am I supposed to do now?" Hiiro asked happily as he walked up to Syaoran. Eriol was currently...indisposed.....and so Syaoran was spending lunch with the guy he felt like punching straight in the nose. His fists were clenching, his nails digging into his palms.
You hired this guy, so why are you hating him? Syaoran asked himself as he watched Hiiro daze off again and mutter something about cheese.
But-he had a good reason!!
Hiiro had touched his Sakura!!
Well, not his....Sakura was anything but his. Hell, he didn't want her!! That girl was a pain in the butt....but that didn't mean that she could be touched!! By Hiiro of all people!!! As long as he lives, she shall not be touched!! By anyone!
Gritting his teeth, he forced a grin. " So, Hiiro.....do you think Sakura likes you?"
His shoulders tensed as Hiiro said cheerfully, " Uh huh!"
Syaoran muttered a few well chosen curses and then continued, " And....do you like her?"
Hiiro grinned. " Well, besides the ultimate plan thing that Eriol keeps saying in that creepy voice of his, yah, she's pretty and she makes a great eighth girlfriend."
" Why you little bast-" Syaoran exploded but then quickly calmed down, letting his fists relax. Hiiro stared at him blankly.
" Wow, Syaoran. You look pretty tense. I wonder if they sell chill pills in the drug mart."
" Then why don't you find out?" Syaoran said through clenched teeth. " Before I pound your brains in!"
" I don't think that will get you to relax," Hiiro said, flashing that smile of his that probably made Sakura melt into a puddle and only made Syaoran want to break every one of his teeth. " So I'm going to buy you a chill pill! Bye!"
He happily sauntered off as two girls quickly latched onto his arms. Syaoran hardly had the time to relax because a voice, a very familiar voice, came behind him.
" Hiiro? Where is he going?"
Syaoran turned around and felt his heart beat speed up as he saw Sakura. Her green eyes were watching Hiiro walk away, a bit confusedly and she looked absolutely heavenly, those auburn bangs framing her face, the way she smiled, the way she damn well stood-
" What are you staring at?"
Her snap broke him out of his stupor and he shouted out, " I hate you!"
Sakura blinked, and Syaoran was surprised to see a bit of hurt flash through her face. " Well, gee, what a surprise," she said sarcastically. " But I'm not here to talk to you. Where is Hiiro going?"
" He went-to buy a chill pill," Syaoran stammered out, cursing whoever invented blushes and why the hell was he saying such stupid things and why the hell did she have to look so good-
" A chill pill??" Sakura asked, her eyes wide.
" Uh-Yes! For-Me!!" He choked out, inwardly beating himself up and outwardly, wincing like he had never winced before.
" Okay..." Sakura looked at him a bit weirdly, and Syaoran wanted to hit himself. Why did he act like such a fool? And why did it hurt him so much to know that she hated him and liked Hiiro?
Damn Ultimate Plan. It just had to ruin his life, didn't it?
Cursing himself, he watched as Sakura sat beside him, her hands tightly wound up in her lap. " Well, I'm going to the dance with Hiiro." She stated as if he possible cared.
He did.
" Uh huh," He managed to say, not trusting his usage of words and wishing he had some ice because it was feeling really hot.
" I really like him." She said once more, turning to look at him quickly, before staring straight ahead again.
" Bast-Uh huh," Syaoran choked down his curses and kept to the two words that made him look at least slightly sane.
" And I think we're going to get married one day and have five kids all named Popo," Sakura said casually.
" Uh-WHAT?" Syaoran cried out in indignation.
Sakura giggled and Syaoran felt the temperature heat up again as he blushed hard. " I'm just joking. But I do really like him and I'm glad that I'm with him. You know, sometimes I feel like this just might be love."
Something under his ribs was breaking and he made a note to check with the doctor about that. He clenched his jaw hard and imagined the many torturous ways he could kill Hiiro.
" Hiiro!" Sakura suddenly cried. Speak of the devil, Syaoran thought.
" I found some, man!" Hiiro said, as soon as he came up to them. " This guy sold it to me for thirty bucks! Rather expensive, I thought, but then there was some cheese and I thought, what would cheese do in my position-"
As he rambled on and on, Syaoran looked at the rather obvious aspirin bottle, with a hastily slapped on paper with words Chyll Pyll written on it with bold black letters.
Hiiro was an idiot.
And Sakura loved him?
He really needed to see a doctor about that place under his ribs. Now it was being squished.
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" Doctor, I swear to god, I think there is some weird thing under my ribs that keeps hurting!"
" Where exactly?"
" Right here, on my left side."
" Uh huh."
" Every time I'm in a situation where-well for example, this girl who I maybe-possibly-not-really have non-existent feelings for tells me she loves some other guy, it HURTS! Like hell!"
" You know, there is a different type of doctor for this."
" What?"
" A psychiatrist."
" Don't I need an operation or something?"
" You just need some help. Serious. Help."
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" Haha!" Eriol cried. " They are going to a concert! I found it out from Sarah, who found it out from Emily, who found it out from Rin, who found it out from Aiko-"
" Couldn't you have just asked Hiiro?" Syaoran asked irritably.
There was silence on the other end of the phone. " Good point."
Syaoran exhaled, trying to figure out what to do. So, he liked her. He had admitted that in his earlier session with the psychiatrist. He liked her. Good golly, what a surprise.
But what the hell was he supposed to do about it? There was the Ultimate Plan to think about and Hiiro! And Eriol.
Who could forget Eriol?
Suddenly, it as like that light bulb from his better days as the masterful prankster, not the wussy he was now came flashing at the top of his had. " I got an idea!"
" What?" Eriol inquired.
" Well, we don't want Hiiro to mess up! He might try to do something stupid, so we have to be there to supervise."
" But we don't have tickets!"
" Exactly. That's why we need really big disguises. And one hell of a lot of courage and queerness."
" Check, check and double check!"
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" Thank god it isn't a Barnie concert," Eriol whispered as they sneaked down the street, trying to look as inconspicuous as possible.
" Oh yeah. Imagine what we would have had to do then!" Syaoran said. Both of them shuddered at the same time.
" Alright, we're there. There's going to be a bouncer looking for our ID's, so employ Plan A!" Eriol said in a business like tone.
" I swear to god, it seems like your going to enjoy this!" Syaoran said, growling.
" Hell, this isn't my idea of a great way to spend my time!" Eriol shot back. " And don't you dare mention the Q word!"
" You mean qu-"
" Shut up!!"
Eriol turned and then knocked on the door. The bouncer opened it. And from the look in his eyes, Eriol and Syaoran knew they had done their job well.
Both of them were dressed in bright pink dresses, feather boas and a bit too much blue eye shadow and pink lipstick. They both had wigs on and were stumbling in pointy high heeled shoes that were too sparkly for their own good.
" Well, hello, handsome!" Eriol said, prettily, batting his eyelashes. They had attempted with fake eyelashes but after Syaoran had glued his eyelids shut, they had abandoned the idea.
" Hello!" The bouncer said, grinning his yellow teeth wide. " How are you ladies tonight?"
Syaoran let out a much practiced giggle. " Oh, we were just stopping by to give our precious little honey buns a visit, you know, the band Destruction who's playing tonight?"
The bouncer's eyes bugged out. " You guys are their girlfriends? They mentioned that their girlfriend's are coming soon!"
Eriol flashed a wink at Syaoran and Syaoran sighed. Thank God!! They didn't have to do Plan A part C, seduction! That was one thing Syaoran knew he would have nightmares about for the rest of his life.
" But I do have to say, if you could spare a night with me..." The bouncer smiled widely and Eriol and Syaoran shuddered.
" You know, if you keep on flexing those muscles of yours, we might just think about it!" Eriol whispered, giggling.
The bouncer blushed and Syaoran wanted to barf. This was getting too much for him! " Alright," Syaoran said in his fake high voice. " We'd better get going! But we'll see you later!"
" Alright!" The bouncer cried after them as they went in.
" Ta ta!" Eriol cried, blowing him a kiss. As soon as they were out of sigh of the bouncer, they both heaved a sigh.
" That was the most embarrassing prank I have ever done!" Eriol cried.
" I thought this would come naturally to you!" Syaoran retorted.
Eriol opened his mouth to shout something back and then his glasses flashed and he grinned, sheepishly. " I have to admit, it did....is something wrong with me?"
" Glad you've finally figured it out, Eriol!" Syaoran said sarcastically, rolling his eyes as he trooped up the stairs in his high heels. " Alright, I can't take this!" He kicked off the high heels and watched Eriol walk up the stairs daintily. Really, if it wasn't so creepy, it was pretty amazing.
" Alright. Now we got to figure out how we can spot Hiiro and Sakura in this crowd," Syaoran said, as they opened the door to the backstage. Light blinded them for a second as they saw people bustling around, costumes and guitars and drum sets and tune ups. The huge roar of the crowd wasn't making it any better and Syaoran and Eriol gaped at the commotion around them.
" Backstage isn't as good as people say it is," Eriol said slowly as they walked through the middle of it.
" There's the curtains!" Syaoran said, pointing. " We'll find Hiiro and Sakura first and then get out of these clothes-"
" Let's stay in them!" Eriol cut in.
Syaoran rose his eyebrows. " Why-"
" So we'll be in disguise! Won't Sakura be pissed off with you if your there, stalking her?" Eriol said pointedly.
" Stalking her???" Syaoran cried, incredulously. " I am looking out for her well-being-"
Eriol coughed. " The whole point of this is to ruin her life. When did 'well-being' ever enter the picture?"
Syaoran blinked. " Right." He muttered and hurried his way to the curtains. He poked them open and gaped. Ok...this wasn't as easy as he thought it would be! There were so many people! Hoards of them! This was supposed to be a small concert, not so many people that he couldn't even see a guy with an over bloated head and a devastatingly beaut-ugly girl!
Growling, he desperately peered through the faces, not noticing Eriol's incessant tugging on his sleeve. " Syaoran - Syaoran!"
" WHHAT?" Syaoran yelled, frustrated.
Then he blinked. Someone with a clipboard was in front of them and was staring at them down her nose. " Who are you?" She asked, her voice clipped.
" We're-" Syaoran stared and then made his voice higher. " We're the girlfriends of the Destruction Group. They invited us!"
Eriol and Syaoran turned to each other and giggled and the woman softened. " Oh, well your up!"
Eriol and Syaoran froze. " Wh-what?"
" Well, yes, you guys are the opening act. I thought you'd be more...rockish, since they did tell us you were quite the rockers. But I guess I must have misheard. You guys better get up there quick, you have five minutes until your on!" The woman said, pushing them to the stage.
" Oh no." Syaoran said, his eyes wide with fear.
" Shit."
" Damn."
" Double damn and triple shit!" Eriol cried.
" That just sums it up, don't it!" Syaoran groaned.
" What the hell are we going to do? We are going to be ruined! Arrested! Expelled! Worse, our reputation is down the drains! What songs do you know, hurry!" Eriol cried desperately.
" This is not a time to say that I'm not much of a music type of guy, is it?" Syaoran said equally desperate as they were pushed on stage. They were both handed guitars and mikes and Syaoran and Eriol were more shocked, more scared in their life time.
" Hurry up and think of a song! After this, we'll get outta here!" Eriol cried.
" I can only think of one song and I know that this isn't going to go well with the crowd!" Syaoran groaned, wanting to run off the stage right now.
The MC was introducing them and their name was quite funny, the ' Death Chicks.'
Syaoran quickly told Eriol the only song he knew and Eriol groaned. " This is going to be the worst experience of my life," Eriol moaned as the curtains opened up.
" I don't even have shoes," Syaoran moaned as the lights blared on.
The roaring of the crowd almost seemed to shut off completely as they came into sight. Dressed in scraggly dresses, wigs and nasty make up, holding the guitars the wrong way and looking scared shitless, they were quite the sight.
" Ready Eriol?" Syaoran whispered in the dead, shocked silence of the crowd.
" No." Eriol responded, his legs shaking with fear.
" Let's start it then!" Syaoran said, with false bravado. He opened his mouth and went closer to the mike.
" We have a .....rocking song for all of you....people who look like you want to kill us! From us, the Death Chicks!" Syaoran really wanted to die because now he spotted Hiiro and Sakura in the crowd and it just really sucked that he was on stage, cross dressing and about to do the most embarrassing thing in his life.
" One, Two, Three! Hit it!" He cried out.
" Sunshine, Lollipops and Rainbows, everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together! " They both began to sing together to the silent crowd. They strummed their guitars lamely as they began to dance around the stage.
"Brighter than a lucky penny, When you're near the rain cloud disappears, dear, And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine," Syaoran sang, wincing as the crowd stared at them, all of them dressed in black and wearing white makeup and eyeliner and watching two boys dressed as girls hop around stage and sing about lollipops.
He was a dead man after this!
Eriol began to sing, in a pitched high, squeaky voice, " My life is sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, That's how this refrain goes, so come on, join in everybody!"
Of course, no one joined in.
Syaoran and Eriol sang together, " Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way, When you're in love to stay!"
People were beginning to boo as Eriol and Syaoran skipped around stage, fluffing their hair, and willing God to let them have a few more minutes with their loved ones.
"Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that's wonderful is what I feel when we're together, Brighter than a lucky penny, When you're near the rain cloud disappears, dear, And I feel so fine just to know that you are mine!"
Death threats and shouts were beginning to come their way and people were beginning to fight backstage but Syaoran and Eriol were too busy prancing and searching for their lifesaver, a big red exit sign to save them.
They sang the end, dropping to their knees, " Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, Everything that's wonderful is sure to come your way, 'Cause you're in love, you're in love, And love is here to stay!" Syaoran strummed the guitar like he had seen those long haired people on TV do, but just ended up breaking half the strings.
People were now causing huge riots and all of a sudden, two people barged on stage and grabbed their hair....of course pulling it off.
Dead silence.
" Syaoran?? Eriol??" A cry came from the crowd.
Syaoran and Eriol winced simultaneously. Uh oh...
" Ready to make a break for it?" Syaoran murmured.
" Ready when you are!" Eriol muttered back.
" I am going to call the police on you two!" The two men behind them were yelling but Syaoran and Eriol had broke into a run. Syaoran grabbed one of the mikes and foolishly yelled into it, " Sakura, don't go out with Hiiro! You can't! Because-well, I LIKE YOU! A LOT! And before I die, I just wanted you to know that!"
" You little bastard!" The guy yelled running after him and calling for security. But Syaoran had already yelled his message to the bewildered and angry crowd, and had jumped off stage after Eriol and out the nearest fire alarm exit, setting the alarm off and the sprinklers went off too.
People were screaming and shouting, and security guards were rapidly filling the room as the real Death Chicks stood in the middle of the stage, confused and two, cross dressing pranksters ran across the grass and onto their bikes, riding away to freedom.
" All in all!" Eriol panted, smudging his eyeliner badly. " That was a pretty good prank!"
" Pretty good, if you call close to death and already passed the line of making a big fool out of ourselves."
" I didn't know you liked Sakura."
" Who said I did?"
" You just shouted it out to the majority of Hong Kong."
" Shit."
And that ends this chapter! Seriously, I think that was a pretty good prank! They got away from the security guards and left with a grand flourish, only known to Eriol and Syaoran! What will Sakura do, after Syaoran's sort of proclamation of love? What will Eriol do when he realizes that the next big step is toilet papering the whole city. And what will Sakura and Tomoyo and the rest of the sane population think of Syaoran and Eriol's grand attempt at singing/cross dressing? And when will this Ultimate Plan rear it's ugly head?
Find out in the next chapter of Mischievous Love?
a/n: Lol, I was laughing while writing this! I wrote this in an hour flat, late at night while pretending to study for exams so appreciate it! lol, there will be a big confrontation between Syaoran and sakura next chapter and review while ya can, aight? this was one heck of a long chapter, so enjoy!
see ya latez,
'nuff luv,
~starjade~
