A/N: Finally got my lazy $$ working. Chapter five people!
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or Chobits, they rightfully belong to the talented CLAMP.
English is not my first language, so forgive me if I make mistakes…
Summary: On Syaoran's birthday, he receives a persocom that can only say 'hoe'. He decides to teach it to handle business, proper language, everything to make it his perfect personal secretary…he was surprised, when in return, it teaches him about love and feelings that he had long forgotten…
Someone Just for Me-
by Rinslet
It was brief yet warm.
She really wanted to be a human.
Chapter V – Can we date?-
How many women has it been already? Let's see…Anita, Xiao Mei, Sin Yi, Ling…what was that last one?
Sakura counted off her fingers the number of visits Syaoran got from women he used to date.
"Damn it! They just keep coming!" he yelled after slamming the door of the apartment.
Sakura held up a cup of coffee to him as soon as he entered the living room.
"I finished compiling all the data, if I'm correct, the demands reached more than all of the other years' demands piled together" she said, turning the laptop toward him.
"Good girl" he took the cup and sat next to her. After scanning the screen he turned toward her and patted her head. "Not bad Sakura, you managed on your own. You've improved a lot since." It seems like it was yesterday when she used to download viruses on his laptop...good thing he had a few others as backup.
Syaoran untied his tie and hatefully tossed it in the corner of the room.
"Ah."
"What?"
She stood up "I hear footsteps."
True enough, hard knocking came from the front door.
Syaoran grumbled "I am not opening."
An idea came into his mind as he saw Sakura sitting back next to him, alittle bit closer though "Come with me Sakura."
"Hoe?"
Without further wait, he pulled her to the hallway and draped an arm around her. He then opened the door. As expected, another woman from his past stood there, open-mouthed.
"Oh, hey Lei! How nice of you to drop by! I'm kinda busy right now, and probably always will be from now on…" he squeezed Sakura's shoulder lightly, bringing her closer. "Well, you know what they say; 'One shouldn't keep something twice'. So see ya." He closed the door.
"Hoe?"
"I think it's better if we were seen in public like this, it'll attract fewer women."
"Oh"
"Well then, back to work." Syaoran released her from his grip and strode to the living room nonchalantly.
The persocom looked at him longingly and wrapped herself with her arms. Somehow, her body didn't so cold like before.
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"Meiling, Sakura. Sakura, Meiling."
The two ladies bowed at each other.
"Nice to meet you" The lady known as Meiling tilted her head slightly forward making her long silky black hair fall over her shoulder, her ruby eyes never leaving the other lady.
"Doozo yoroshiku" Sakura replied
"Nippon?"
"If possible Meiling, I'd like you to speak in Japanese with her…and speak slowly." Syaoran pulled her aside for a moment and whispered in Cantonese "You see…she's uh…a bit slow and uh…not normal."
"Not normal?" the lady eyed Sakura who was smiling obliviously.
"What do you mean by that Xiao Lang? Did you hook up with another-"
"No! I'm over with those! This one was a gif- I mean, Hiiragizawa presented her to me. He recommended her to me."
Meiling rolled her eyes "Whatever you say, cousin."
She then went back and faced Sakura. "Cute…but how old is she? She doesn't look anywhere near the legal age to work in Li Corp. How old are you little lady?" she switched back in japanese in mid-sentence.
"Actually, Sakura is…" the persocom started but Syaoran cut in.
"Ah, don't worry. She's okay! Just take her to your office already! Since Takashi (A/N: I'm referring to Chiharu) is having her baby anytime now, she's on maternity leave. I need you to watch over her and teach her a few things."
"Geez, alright. It's not like she's a kid or something. She knows how to take care of herself. Calm down Xiao Lang or I'd mistake you for her father." She turned toward Sakura "Well then! Let's go Sakura-chan! My office is on the 30th floor!" Gently, she pulled her toward the elevator. Sakura turned her head and saw Syaoran draw a circle in the air toward her.
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"Let's keep the circle small. I don't want you to go and reveal everyone that you're a persocom. The employees of Li Corp. knows about you but since we've merged with another company, it's better if you don't attract anyone's attention…especially my business associate's. He has a thing for persocoms…"
They both looked up as a ruby-eyed lady approached them in a hurry.
"Don't let her know that you're a persocom either."
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She smiled and mimicked his gesture before bringing the index to her mouth. It's a secret!
Meiling pulled her to the elevator and pressed on the button. She then turned toward her companion and smiled "First off, we'll deal with the new products that our merged company will be developing. I heard that the first ever animacom-…"
The elevator door opened and a tall man with sunglasses came out, bumping into Sakura.
"Hoe!" She fell backward, but the man was quick enough to catch her.
After he made sure that she was stabilized, the man looked down at her.
"Hoe…" Sakura titled her head aside, squirming under his intense gaze.
Suddenly, Meiling pulled his ear. The man yowled and had to bend down to match her height.
"Her legs are fine, so is the rest of her body. Eyes up here you jerk!"
When he finally let his eyes wonder off of the innocent persocom, the man took off his glasses, revealing marine blue eyes that added charm to his clean appearance. Coolly, he brushed the brown locks off his sight.
"Oh, it's you. No wonder the air turned heavy."
"Thanks. Maybe if you leave, the air wil be back to normal" the woman retaliated fiercely, obviously not intimidated by him.
"I'm gone!" The man winked at Sakura before disappearing into the reception hall.
"That jerk!"
"Meiling-san, the elevator…"
"Yes yes, get in." Shooting one last glare at the direction the man went to; Meiling hurried into the elevator and punched in a button. The door closed and the cliché elevator music started.
Sakura stared at the glassed walls that allowed her to admire a part of Hong Kong. As she was elevated, the sight became more glorious. She was enthralled by it before remembering Meiling's presence. Her thoughts returned to the man earlier. "That man…"
"He's my arrogant, flirty, self-centered, loud-mouthed, idiotic boss."
Judging by her quick answer, the stingy tone, the prolonged insult list that retarded the answer she sought, Sakura guessed that they were in bad terms...or at least what Meiling wanted her to believe.
"Hoe… all that in one?"
"Yeah, believe me, you won't meet anyone worse than him"
The doors opened and Meiling stepped out.
Sakura remained in the cabin, wide-eyed innocent as usual "Is that all?"
"What do you mean Sakura-chan?" Meiling turned around and raised a perfect eyebrow. Surely, this kid wasn't as perceptive as Daidouji was she?
"I…got the feeling that you two were close. Was I wrong?"
Meiling frowned "It has nothing to do with you."
-Later, Mister Li's office, 38th floor-
"Ne, Syaoran."
"What is it?"
"I saw the man with whom Syaoran is associating business with. Meiling didn't seem to like him though. What's wrong between them?"
"Ah, you're talking about Zhi Ming? He and Meiling had a bit of history together; they used to date."
"To date?"
The man nodded and turned his chair to face her. His head leaned on his hand, one leg was crossed over the other and feet reposed on the desk. If someone ever walked in right now into the office, his perfect image would've been ruined by his extended lazy position, not to mention the persocom in a pink frizzy costume (credits to Tomoyo) who went behind him and bent her head over.
Syaoran looked up and was greeted by her emerald eyes. He tugged at one of her lock of auburn hair out of boredom, twirling it around his index.
"Yeah. It means to go out with just the two of them. It's something people do when they really like each other."
Sakura pulled away and went to admire the city by the big window. "Syaoran used to do that ne?... with those women who came."
"Maybe I did." She was getting dangerously into his territory and he didn't like it one bit.
Sakura turned to look at him and held her hands together "I like Syaoran a lot."
"Hmm? Yeah I know" he waved his hand absent-mindedly, dismissing her comment just now. He was used by her random signs of affection that she kept throwing at him since they first encountered; A bunch of 'I like you', hugs, catching him off guard with a peck on the cheek, playing with his hand...
It's not that he hated it though...it was just weird. But since he can't seem to refuse her anything (who could when she starts to show you her perfected puppy-eyes that God-knows-how she learned) he goes along with it, not taking them too seriously...what's next? A date?
And that's what he got.
"I like Syaoran a lot. Can we date too?"