The night was delightfully cool. Sakura had just come in the house with Meiling from a day's worth of shopping. They plopped down on the ground together as soon as they set foot in the house. The bags were in a disarray around them, and they couldn't help but laugh. Light footsteps came closer, and the light was turned on. Meiling looked up into the eyes of her wolf.

"You two looked like you had fun." said Syaoran. Meiling nodded.

"Mei got you some clothes..." Sakura taunted. She knew that Meiling loved clothes. She was pretty up to fashion on most things, but she knew nobody was up to on the latest fashion than Tomoyo. She smiled, just thinking of her dear friend back in Japan. Sakura also knew that Syaoran somewhat didn't like Meiling always buying things for him. Of course he liked them, but it did make him a bit uncomfortable with her always buying things for him, while he, on the other hand, hardly bought anything for her.

"Again?" he asked Meiling.

"Again." she answered happily. "I'll give them to you when I sort everything out."She and Sakura attempted to get up, only to drop down in exhaustion again. This caused another fit of giggles from the two girls.

Syaoran offered both hands to the girls, who gratefully took it. After heaving them both up, he helped them with their stuff. With no surprise, Meiling ended up with more bags, and Syaoran had to help her drag her stuff to her room.

As they reached the hallway of rooms, Sakura announced she was going to bed for the night. The trio told their goodbyes and Sakura left into her room. Meiling and Syaoran walked silently to Meiling's room, enjoying the company of each other.

"What are you doing up this late?" Meiling said quietly, trying to start some conversation.

"Waiting for you, of course." he answered.

She slid the door to her room open, and they both dumped the bags on her bed. "Just dump everything out of the bags. It'll be easier to sort that way." Syaoran did as he was told, while Meiling quickly sorted everything that was coming out. She started to hum, and like a secretary alphabetizing files, she put all the items efficiently away.

In only four minutes, she had everything sorted and put away. There was a little pile of clothes on her bed. The shirts were mostly green, Syaoran's favorite color. He took them from her when she offered them. Giving her a light peck on the forehead, he went outside of her room to allow her some privacy to change. In a couple of minutes, her head popped out of her room. Syaoran went back inside and, as the usual night routine went, he tucked her in.

"Syaoran...?" whispered Meiling, as if afraid to talk loudly in the silence.

"Hm?"

"Do you love me?"

He looked at her curiously. Her raven hair fanned out around her, and her ruby eyes shone with worry. To him, she was the most beautiful thing on Earth. He embraced her, and whispered in her ear, "Of course I do, Mei. Why do you ask?"

She shivered under him. It always tickled her neck when he whispered into her ear. "Well...you and Sakura seemed to have hit off well...it's just that, now that we're together, will you leave me too? We're still young. What if you find out that I'm not the one for you. What if there's someone out there, who's more suited for you, than me?"

He released her from his hug, and sat up. He still didn't know where this was all coming from, but thinking of his time with Sakura, he seemed to understand. "There's no one more suited for me, than you, my little bird." He laid a gentle kiss on her lips and headed out of her room.

The journey to his room seemed endless. Maybe it was because he was tired. Maybe it was because he couldn't get Meiling's voice out of his head. The thought of him hurting her again seemed, silly. No, after all these years, he was more than certain that she was the one for him. Besides, the last time he actually slept in his own bedroom, in his house, other than the bedroom that he used when he was in the main Li house, was last year. He did go there occasionally, but until Meiling's room was finished in his house, he vowed he'd stay here, with her.

Lazily, he slid the door to his room open. After what seemed like hours, he found the switch for the light. After turning on the light, he was surprised by what he saw in front of him.

Fang was sitting on his bed, her long hair flung behind her. Her legs were crossed and she leaned back, smirking at him. "Syaoran...I was wondering when you'd get here. Were you doing something naughty with your little bird?"

He turned a brilliant shad of red. "I could say the same to you. What were you doing with Jing?" he queried. She was wearing a rather seductive green Chinese mini dress. She glared at him.

"You know about Jing, huh?" Syaoran nodded. "Well, I'll cut to the chase." she got up and advanced toward him. She forcefully grabbed his hair, and pulled his face toward hers. Syaoran tried as hard as he could to get the vampire off of him, but amazingly, she held more strength. "Why don't we have a bit of fun? Hm? How about having you hurt your little bird, one last time, hm? Wouldn't that be fun?" she whispered seductively into his ear.

"Get off of me." he growled.

"Seems the wolf is having trouble getting off of my grip. Not to worry, I'll be leaving you soon." She smiled, revealing two long fangs. She bit down on his neck, savoring the taste of his blood in her mouth. It had been awhile since the last time she had human blood.

Syaoran's eyes rolled in the back of his head, unable to stay conscious. When she was done feeding, she dropped him. "I know it's not uncommon for you to wear those high collar types. Wear them. And when I say to do something, do it? Understand, my puppet?" she taunted, while wiping her mouth. He said nothing and just lay there, staring at her feet. "You should put up those clothes you dropped. Get some sleep, you'll be needing it." With that, she left just as quietly as she had come.

Syaoran moaned, and sluggishly grabbed the clothes he had dropped. With the movement of a sloth, he folded all of it, and put them in his drawers. After that, he fell into a deep sleep.

A/N: This is the shortest chapter yet, sorry! I'm trying to balance my time, and it doesn't seem to be working...The drama will be getting heavier, and so I'm trying to figure all that out. Hopefully, I'll be able to update a little bit sooner. I hope you like it and sorry if Syaoran does seem to be a little weak, I just didn't know what to do with him in that situation. (Aack!) Anyways, please review!