Hi, Mari-chan here! I'd like to thank anime flower, blah (heh, nice name! -Grins), Viky, Apelles, gamma-rae, and FlowerLover for the reviews for Chapter IV, and thanks to Vee-sama for the review for Chapter I! Pinaygrrl, sorry if my new one-shot calledOne Week made you cry like that... -Rubs back of head sheepishly- I didn't mean to torture Syaoran-kun, but I wanted to see if I could write something tragic. I sent Syaoran-kun some chocolate, so he either forgives me, or doesn't care and just wants the chocolate! I bet you anything that it's the second one! -Smiles- So okay, off to my apology. Gomen ne, Pinaygrrl, and thanks for your review too!
So, this is Chapter V! Heh, it was kinda boring for me to write... a little anyway. I'm trying really hard to stall and keep Syaoran's secret a, uh, secret... but I'm running outta ideas! -Looks thoughtful, then sighs- Nope, I got nothing... maybe next chapter I will speed upa little more on the romance, and I might introduce Meiling's guy. (It'll be a little unexpected, just a little bit... -Grins-) This chapter I did not give our cute little couple a push. It was more like a poke... -Laughs sheepishly- I forgot that I wassupposed to be focusing on them on this chappie! Gomen ne!
This chappie introduces a little about Eriol's mother, and the chappie is based on the last one, but two weeks later. Do you understand? Oh yeah, here are a few things that I forgot to mention! On Chapter IV, it was a little time skip of a few weeks later, so Sakura, Syaoran, and Meiling got to know each other a little more before the events of Chapter IV appeared. The second thing I forgot to mention was that on Chapter I there was already a hint of what is Syaoran's secret! I forgot about telling you that! This chappie shall give you another hint of what Syaoran's secret is, but it is a very small and subtle hint! -Grins- Good luck finding it!
Disclaimer: I don't own Card Captor Sakura, but I did wish once upon a shooting star that I could at least own Syaoran-kun! I realized a week later that it wasn't a shooting star, and that it was a meteor... ah well! I at least own this plot, and I own the poem on this chappie. Yes, I wrote a poem! Enjoy!
Chapter V
Eriol came home to his mother after two weeks. He didn't know why he felt like that, but he didn't think of going back to his mother to hear her complain. He wanted the feeling of being free for a little while. He opened the door gently, ignoring the squeaking sound it made. His eyes scanned around all the opened cans and packs and containers of food on the floor and chose to ignore the rotten smell some gave out. It has been so long since his mother had come up to getting out of her bedroom and cleaning the house. He decided to somehow try to run quietly to his room, but his mother caught him and said "Eriol Hiiragizawa, where the hell do you think you're going?"
He turned around and saw his mother. Her full name Carolyn Matherson, with long black hair and piercing midnight-colored eyes. Her frail body seemed to be almost falling apart, though it seemed as if she had Eriol young. The lines under her defeated eyes and the unhealthy paleness of her skin made her look older than she really was. In her eyes there weren't anger or hatred, but loneliness. "Where were you? And for two weeks! You only care about yourself, don't you? Don't care if your own mother writhers up and dies, huh?"
Eriol's eyes instantly drooped down to her state. She was a mean and cold woman, but she was still his mother, and he knew that she loved him. "Mom, I... I'm sorry. I didn't mean to leave you, but I wanted to be free for a little while, don't you understand?" He tried explaining, but Carolyn cut him off. "You're just like your father, a heartless bastard who just wants to suck my happiness and leave me here... well, I'm not letting that happen. He left me, and I don't want you to follow on his footsteps."
"What? My father wasn't heartless! I thought the two of you agreed to this divorce!" Eriol yelled out of temper. His mother gave him little white lies at times, but she never lied about something that important. Carolyn gave a dry smile. "Oh Eriol... you're too innocent. I didn't agree, he just wanted to leave me and I wanted to make him happy. He left me, but I don't want you to leave me. Honey, just please listen to Mommy: I love you so much, and I don't want you to leave me..."
She grabbed Eriol and pulled him tightly into an embrace. "Please give Mommy a break. I've been through so much with your father, and I want things to go for me, just for once. Just stay with me. It'll just be the two of us, no one ever taking one away from the other." She whispered, stroking Eriol's hair caringly, her eyes sad, but her smile showing a tint of wishfulness.
"Why don't you want me to have friends?" Eriol asked, pulling away from Carolyn. Her eyes narrowed. "You mean those two girls? The dense one and the one with the freaky eyes?" She said angrily "Well, they both were taking up all of your time... you cared about them more than me. You wanted to be with them more than me... you don't need them, honey." She ended with a smile of fake happiness. "I'm ordering Chinese food for dinner, okay? You can go out or something, until it comes."
Eriol only gave a nod and again left out the door, rubbing his forehead after. His mother needed professional help, but she wasn't going to admit it. A glare appeared on his face; his father was a nice guy. "My mother's a liar. He's not a heartless bastard... he's a nice, caring person."
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"Sakura Kinomoto... who is she to me?" Syaoran was never a believer in attraction. He thought attraction was a foolish emotion that led to irresponsible actions in which had consequences. Now he didn't know what to think. Was he being attracted to a girl going to lead him to any irresponsible actions? Maybe, maybe not.
During the last few weeks he got to know her. He got to see her grin for the first time, and he got to feel her tears burn his skin. He and Meiling welcomed her with friendship and she opened herself to them. Told them her darkest secrets, deepest fears, and dreams. Why couldn't he tell her his own secret? Why did every time he saw her he felt hesitant to open himself up? Then he remembered the words Yue had told him. "I don't want anyone finding out about us. This is for your own good.", but he couldn't help but want to tell her everything, to hear her voice comfort him out of his concerns, just as he did for hers.
Sakura always told him how he looked so innocent and pure, as if nothing bad had ever happened to him. He never told her that she looked exactly the same when she smiled and giggled and laughed. Her laugh... it sounded like a canorous melody inside his ears. A beautiful laugh that could hide his mind out of any worry, and though he knew her laughs were evanescent, the sound would remain in his mind until he picked up the next lullaby of happiness and carefree joy. Watching her direct toward him already made a smile appear upon his lips.
He was now running. Just running. He felt his breath shorten a little as he stopped running. Beads of sweat gleamed on his forehead, and his lips were a little dry from his running and a little dehydration. He drank a large gulp of the water bottle he held and then squirted some over his head. He had been running for more than he wanted. Shaking the now-wet chocolate tresses he looked up into the sky and rested a bit onto the grass. He looked ahead the park to see Sakura's apartment. A low growl emitted from his throat. He didn't know why he always thought about her that much. It was just an attraction after all. Yue had told him: "It might be hard for you. Unfortunately you seem more affected to emotions than others. You're really sensitive, and I know that you can't help it, but you have to be careful with emotions..."... if only that was easy.
"Hey Xiao-Lang, what's up?" Sakura's voice interrupted his thoughts. He looked up to see Sakura in front of him. She kneeled down, and even though she was shorter, they were about the same level. "Heh, I guess you take running too seriously, ne?" She said, giggling slightly.
He nodded with a grin, and she gave a small, shy smile. She looked away for two seconds and then looked back at him, smiling once again normally. "Sakura, please call me Syaoran... it's kinda awkward having someone not related to me call me Xiao-Lang. Besides, I have a feeling you like that name better." He replied. She looked down, and he thought that maybe it was something he said. He replayed it back in his mind and found himself confused. What did he say?
She looked up, and that shy smile was spread across her lips once again. "Yeah, I guess I do like that name better... I think it's cuter..." Her face became a soft shade of salmon. He thought that it was just her normal cheek colors, but hardly did he know, that it was a blush. Syaoran himself felt just a simple warmth spread across him, but shook his head very slightly and looked into her eyes, the color of the most vibrant forest green, a shade in which was painted with all her emotions inside, that now showed happiness. "Well, I gotta go. Do you and Meiling-chan want to come back to my house for dinner or something? Tomoyo will be working, so can you, ... Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked, saying Syaoran's name as if it was a magic word.
Syaoran liked how Sakura said his name like that. It sounded so much better than simply Xiao-Lang. He never stopped to think about Sakura's name... cherry blossom. 'Sweet name.' Syaoran thought for a second. The name suited Sakura so much, and would suit her even more in the Spring as they bloom. Then he remembered what Yue said once again. He wanted to see him that night. A little disappointed, he said "Sorry, I can't come, but I'll come by when I can, okay?"
Sakura herself felt a little disappointed, but smiled anyway and said "Oh okay. Bye-bye, Syaoran-kun. See you tomorrow at school." Then she left. Syaoran closed his eyes. "Stupid attraction... stupid damn attraction." He chanted, his expression showing aggravation "But I can't help it... she's so beautiful."
Cherry blossom born in Spring
Lives and dies, spreads her wings
She can smile and she can cry
She has yet to be mine.
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Boy of not one side nor other
Looks at this beautiful daughter
Her father must've beamed in pride
The second he looked into her eyes
For she looks at others with care
And looks at others as they're there.
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A smile can play upon sweet lips
Evergreen eyes of child-like bliss
Innocent cheeks warm and blush
Skin giving a scent so lush.
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Cherry blossom born in Spring
Lives and dies, spreads her wings
She can smile and she can cry
She has yet to be mine...
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"So you finally became a girl... finally came to your senses..." Chiharu whispered into Sakura's ear. Sakura snapped her head around and said "If hell doesn't accept you, then why don't you curl up in some corner and die? You would do all of us one hell of a favor..."
"Aw, that's so sweet. Little Kinomoto freak is trying to be a tough girl... well, too bad, 'cause I can be a tough one too. Just listen to me, you're never going to fit in. Your big cousin ain't here to protect you anymore, so you can stop thinking you're all that." Chiharu sneered, grabbing a strand of Sakura's mixed locks and twirling them between her fingers. "You like your hair, don't you? So you better stop talking to me like that, otherwise it's coming off. Got it, bitch?"
"Hah, look who's talking." Sakura muttered, shaking her head and letting her locks slip out of Chiharu's fingers "I'm not the one who goes sleeping around guys. I'm not the one who is dependent on make-up to look pretty, while you have to smear a cake-full of make-up to look half decent. Trust me, you're not all that either."
Chiharu's eyes instantly narrowed. "Oh yeah, you don't flirt. Like I'm supposed to believe that... you have one of the hottest guys in school around you all the time, and you're telling me you don't flirt with him?" She demanded.
"Um, yeah. Pretty much." Sakura replied boredly. She really didn't want to deal with Chiharu, and couldn't wait when Japanese class was gone and done. Neither Syaoran nor Meiling had the class with her, so she felt a little lonely. I'm too clingy for my own good...' She scolded herself in her mind.
"I don't see why you don't take this great opportunity. I mean, if it was me I'd jump on the first chance and would grab it really tightly. Heck, I seriously don't know about you, but I'd screw him." She ended her statement with a smirk. "Oh, you're such a slut Mihara, you don't even know... and I seriously don't know about you, but if I was you, I'd freaking kill myself. That is how annoying and disgusting you really are." Sakura replied, a flicker of annoyance in her eyes.
"God, I was just saying that I'd like to screw him, no big thing. Why are you so mad? You want to screw him first?" Chiharu asked, her eyes now dancing with happiness. She really loved to ruin Sakura's day. "Shove off Mihara. I really don't wanna deal with you." Sakura mumbled, putting her head down on her desk. If she would ever like a guy in any way, it would be more than simple lust. While Chiharu? She didn't know. A sudden thing came to her mind. She wouldn't like to go that far, but she wouldn't mind if Syaoran kissed her or something. Heat reached up to her face; how can she think of something like that? She groaned at she heard that there would be homework, but then smiled as she heard the class bell for lunch. Picking up her books she left the school building and looked to see her two friends. She smiled at both and sat down.
"Ugh, Science was so annoying! Wong-sensei kept talking and talking and talking, and I was just like," She made a snoring sound, making the other two laugh "He slammed his ruler on my desk and said 'Miss Li, how dare you sleep in my class!' and I was like 'Gomen ne.' and he just grunted at me. Then when Xiao-Lang and I tried to insult him in Chinese behind his back, he turned from the board and was like 'You say something like that about me again and you both shall have detention!'. Kami-sama, can't he give us a break?" Meiling finished.
"I didn't know that he knew Chinese..." Sakura said thoughtfully. Syaoran sighed. "Apparantly he does. Better save the insults until we're out of class, okay Mei?" He said, a hint of amusement dancing around his eyes. Meiling snorted "You don't even insult him, I'm the one who does!" "Exactly." Syaoran said simply, placing his hands behind his back, an amused smile on his face "It's fun to watch you freak about him." "Why you!" Meiling screamed playfully, jumping on him.
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A pair of cold, almost-clear blue eyes stared through a glass sphere, watching the three teenagers joke around inside of it. The eyes narrowed to the sight of the emerald-eyed girl sitting next to the amber-eyed boy. It could see the affection that the boy showed to the girl as he smiled shyly, and her cheeks turned pink. "So they have a little thing for each other, eh? I'm sure she won't when she finds out about him."
A pale hand swished once, bringing a thick antient book. It was a leather black cover, with gold borders. The fingers flipped through a few of the pages, bringing it to the middle of one in the right-hand side. "Hah, this will do..." A smirk crept on pale lips, and the eyes became a little clearer. "No more being 'oh-so-nice and caring'... you are going down, and I shall have your power. Even if I have to kill those little human girls on the way."
A laugh brought out. A cold, hollow laugh. "You have no one to protect you. Little wolf cub's got to fight this battle all on his own. Let's see if you can handle the moon." White feathers flew as a swishing noise of wings was heard.
So who could the cold dude be? Chiharu's a slut, ain't she? Yeah, I thought so too. So the plot is thickening! (Or whatever you call it...) Isn't that awesome? Oh yeah, Touya did not appear yet... -Slaps forehead- Aw shnitzel! (That's my substitute swear! Weird, huh?) I totally forgot about the dude! Baka, baka! I am an idiot! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chappie, and I hope you liked my poem! -Smiles- I wrote that poem all by myself!
-Rubs head because of constantly slapping it for being a baka- Heh, see ya!