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Chapter Seven: Under the Stars

"Tomoyo?" I said into my cell phone. "Sorry to wake you!"

"Uh…it's okay Sakura." Tomoyo said sleepily. It was almost two in the morning back in Japan. "What's wrong?"

"Did Meilin ever tell you about a hunt she was planning?" I asked, sitting back on the bed, staring blankly at the floor.

"Yes." Tomoyo giggled. "I knew you'd figure it out and call me. But I'm not allowed to tell you anything."

"Please, just give me a hint?"

"What's the clue?" she sighed.

"It's not very clear." I sighed. "But is says, Sakura you should get this one."

"Oh, I know this." Tomoyo sighed. "But I cant' tell you. It's the last clue, that's all I can say. But Sakura, you should get this."

"I can't." I groaned. "Please tell me Tomoyo!"

"Nope. Sorry Cherry! Gotta go, bye!"

I stared at my cell phone. "She hung up on me!"

"Did she tell you?" Syaoran asked.

I shook my head. "No. She only said bye cherry and hung up. Ouch."

"Wait. She said cherry?" Syaoran said.

I nodded. "Yeah, it's what she calls me. My name means cherry blossom."

"I know that." Syaoran sighed. "I get it now! Meilin said, you should get this Sakura. Cherry blossom! That's it!"

"Are you high? What would my name have to do with anything?"

"There's a park, not far from here." Syaoran said. "It's full of cherry blossom trees."

"She's waiting there!" I gasped, hopping off the bed. "Under the stars! I get it now, she's outside!"

Syaorna nodded. "Let's go! We only have, what, twenty minuets?"

"Fifteen." I smiled.

He groaned and rushed to the door, swinging it open.

I rushed after him down the hallway and to the elevator.

"What are you doing?" Syaoran asked as I stopped at the elevator.

"Waiting for the elevator." I said.

"We'll loose if we go down that slow ass thing." Syaoran rolled his eyes, grabbing my hand and pulling me into the stairwell. "We have to make a run for it!"

Great, running, fun. Not.

We ran down the eight flights of stairs and into the lobby. I swear the manager of the hotel was going to kill us, for that was the second time we'd ran through the lobby, disrupting everything.

He glared evilly at us at we ran by. I just waved.

The most shocking thing when we got outside was that, sadly, Syaoran's bike was missing.
"What the fuck?" he swore, running his hands, frustrated, through his hair. "Where's my bike?"

I pulled a pink piece of paper from the hotel wall and read it. "Meilin says we have to walk."

"Hell no." Syaoran growled. "She takes my bike now? She doesn't even know how to drive it! We're running!"

With that he grabbed my hand again and began running.

So, in order not to be dragged down the street, I ran, too.

Our feet pounded on the pavement as we rushed through the streets, the cool night air whipping at my face.

Why, remind me, was I wearing a tank top? Though it was summer, it was still cold at night, too cold.

"Come on Sakura!" Syaoran breathed. "Keep running, it's just ahead!"

"I am!"

We kept running, time literally at our heels. We had five minuets left.

And there was no way in hell we were going to loose.

Finally, the park came into view, beautiful pink cherry blossoms strewn across the branches of the trees like tiny pink clouds.

We ran into the park and smiled when we saw Meilin and Chang lying on the ground on a blanket, looking up at the stars, Syaoran's bike beside them.

"We made it!" Syaoran grinned as we ran up to them.

Meilin smiled and sat up. "Congradulations! It took you guys a while to figure it out huh?"

"Not a moment too soon, too." Chang laughed.

I nodded, sitting down onto the blanket beside Meilin. "You bet. But did you have to take his bike?"

"Yeah." Chang grinned.

Syaoran punched him, hard, on the shoulder. "Don't touch my bike."

I sighed and looked around at all the cherry blossoms surrounding us. I hadn't seen this many cherry blossoms since I was younger…with my mom.

I frowned and lay back on the blanket, staring up at the stars, tears stinging at my eyes.

My mom had died when I was young, very young, and I hadn't really spoken of her since. We had a picture in her kitchen that I'd talk to sometimes, but otherwise…it was almost as if she were just a memory, never really there.

She'd loved cherry blossom trees, so she'd named me Sakura.

Ever since that day she took me to the park in Tamoeda where there were thousands of trees, I hadn't returned. It hurt too much.

We all lay back on the blanket in a cirle, our heads aimed at each other's.

"So, how was the hunt?" Meilin smirked. "You are now part of the tradition Sakura, that means you have to come back next summer."

I sighed. "Maybe. I don't know if we ever will come back. I'd like to…it's nice here."

"Hell yah." Chang laughed. "There's no place better."

Except Tamoeda. I missed it, a lot. Especially Tomoyo and Eriol.

"Isn't this place just beautiful?" Meilin sighed. "We come here all the time and since your name means cherry blossom, I figured you might like it here."

I smiled faintly. "Yeah…it is…nice."

"What's wrong Sakura?" Syaoran asked, sitting up.

I turned my head away from him, to hide the glittering tears that were rolling from my eyes. "Nothing."

"Yes, it is something." Syaoran said, reaching out and grabbing my shoulders, turning me so I was facing him. "Why are you crying?"

I sighed and sat up. "I'm not crying."

"No, your leaking." Chang said flatly. "Answer the man, Sakura."

I closed my eyes and got to my feet. "Thanks for the fun you guys, but I'd better get back to the hotel."

Then I turned and walked from the park, igrnoing their shouts of "Sakura wait!".

I didn't want to cry in front of them, and I didn't want to explain anything, either.

So I ran.

I know that the last time I'd gone back to the hotel hadn't been a great experience, but at the moment I really didn't care, I just wanted to go to the hotel.

Or better yet; home.

Yes, take me home.

I ran down the streets and made it to the hotel in no time flat, rushing back into the lobby and into the elevator.

Once the doors closed, I sunk to my knees on the elevator floor and covered my face with my hands, hot tears streaking down my cheeks.

I didn't want to cry every time I saw a cherry blossom tree and I didn't want to run away from my friends when they asked me questions.

But I'd been doing it for so long…it was hard not to.

The elevator doors opened and I stepped into the hallway, slipping my key into the lock.

When I heard the click of the door I pushed it opened and closed it behind me, flopping down onto my bed.

This sucked. It was supposed to be my summer vacation. Since when did you cry on vacation?

I sighed and closed my eyes, enjoying the silence of my room.

Until my phone rang.

I groaned and picked it up, expecting it to be Tomoyo or someone. "Hello"

"Open the door." Syaoran said.

"What? No." I snapped.

"I'll open it myself then." he threatened.

"I'll call security." I threatened right back.

Syaoran sighed. "Sakura just open the door, okay? I need to talk to you."

"So talk." I said.

"Sakura."

"Syaoran."

He groaned. "Fine. What was wrong with you? Why were you crying?"

"I wasn't crying." I answered bluntly.

"You are such a bad liar." Syaoran said. "Sakura what was wrong? You really freaked us out."

"Oh, glad I can scare people then." I said.

"Sakura it's not funny." Syaoran said. "Meilin was really worried."

"Well I'm fine." I sighed. "Okay? Nothing's wrong."

Syaoran fell silent for a moment, and for a while I thought he was really going to break into my room.

But then he spoke.

"I'm sorry for snapping at you in the elevator." he said. "My uncle has been in town, as you know. And…well since my dad died I've been in charge of the family company. I finally gave up and turned it over to him. Because I did he thinks I'm weak and…he won't let it go. So there. That's why I've been stressed, okay?"

"O-Okay." I said softly.

Syaoran turned, startled to see me out of my room.

In the middle of his speech, I'd decided to let him in, and I'd been standing there the whole time as he talked.

His cheeks flared sheepishly. "Oh…uh…hi."

I smiled faintly. "I'm sorry about your father…that must have been terrible."

Syaoran shrugged. "It's okay. But…I told you my story."

I sighed and grabbed his hand, pulling him into the room. "Fine, you win. But come in or Touya will hear and kill you."

Syaoran smirked. "I figured I was taking a chance by even being out there."

I laughed. "You are too brave, even for your own good, Li."

We sat down in the chairs next to the window, the moonlight was the only light in the room.

"My mom, she named me after cherry blossoms trees." I said, starting out my story. "She…died, when I was very young and I barely remember her. The only thing I do remember is when she took me to the park and showed me the Sakura trees. She died the next day, of cancer…and I guess I've never really talked about it before so, to see the trees again, it all kind of came back."

Syaoran nodded, looking over at me, the moonlight glittering off his eyes. "I'm sorry Sakura. If it's any constalation…I understand."

I smiled warmly at him. "You know what? Your not such a bad guy Syaoran. I think we just got off on the wrong foot."

Syaoran nodded, a smile breaking out across his handsome face. "Yeah, no duh."

"Don't start." I warned him.

We fell into silence for a while, starting either at the floor or out the window.

"Well." I sighed. "I won't be able to sleep now. Want to watch a movie?"

He looked up at me. "You brought movies here?"

"Yup." I grinned, getting up from the chair. "The Grudge. Fun huh?"

"Perfect." Syaoran said sarcastically.

I rolled my eyes and dug around in my bag for the movie, grinning once I found it.

I popped the tape into the TV, pushing play.

Then I turned around to go and sit down, but Syaoran was standing there.

Startled, I gasped. "You know, you are too good at doing that."

"Doing what?" he asked, his face inches from mine.

I felt my cheeks flush and was grateful for the dim lighting. "Popping out of nowhere."

Syaoran smirked. "I am good at that, thanks."

I looked at him through slit eyes. "It wasn't a compliment."

He smiled. "Really? I think it was."

Then he did something that, really, I wasn't expecting, especially since we'd been fighting for the past three weeks.

He kissed me

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