Author: Sakuraloveu here…after about a month of disappearance…I'm SORRY for not updating for so long! I was SERIOUSLY wrapped up in my schoolwork and the exams and all that, I didn't have time to write anything! And to top it all off, I had a HUGE writer's block as to this story and it took me SO long to figure out what to write next! Suggestions, suggestions…they are all WELCOME to me!!!
Special Thanks goes to:
EVERYONE who reviewed! You guys are the best! You are my motivation of continuing with this story! I love you all! Please continue with your great reviews!
Regarding the answers to my question on the last chapter:
Do you want to see the gang do their magical stuff again or not?Based on the answers I got from the reviews, I decided that unless there will be more reviews requesting the magic stuff, there will NOT be serious magic in this story. Just a bit here and there. I did NOT decide this on my own, it's the reviews of which I based my decisions on! Do NOT flame me! THANK YOU!
Disclaimer: Yahda yahda yahda…I don't own CCS…blah…
On with the story…
Chapter Eleven: Proposing is hard……
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"ERIOL! YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS!" a very freaked out and excited Tomoyo exclaimed in the Daidouji's mansion's third room to the right on the second floor……well, her bedroom.
(A/N: um…is that how you spell Tomoyo's last name? And what about Eriol's incredibly long last name? Can some one please tell me how to spell it?)
"Tomoyo dear, I assure you that though not a hundred percent sure, I am most certain about the purpose of Syaoran's trip here, and its relation to Sakura." Comparing to Tomoyo, Eriol's MUCH more calm to the information at hand.
"Oh my goodness, but a proposal? That's so…unexpected." Tomoyo sat down on to the sofa again, and her eyes were filled with wonder.
Eriol knew exactly what his dear Tomoyo's thinking, seeing as he looked at Tomoyo with a mysterious knowing smile and only questioned with two simple words: "Oh? Unexpected?"
"Well, not exactly unexpected…just a little sudden." Tomoyo looked at Eriol, her worries for Sakura temporarily blinded her from that little smile playing around Eriol's mouth. "I mean, sure, I knew they loved each other." Tomoyo's memories flashed back to their childhood, to the times when Syaoran and Sakura still battled against the magic of the Clow, to the many times when a certain pair of amber eyes were filled with confused affection for a certain auburn haired, emerald eyed girl, even unknown to its owner.
"But a proposal? A marriage? Now? After seven years of being away from Sakura, Syaoran can't just randomly come back one day and decides to make Sakura his wife! I mean that would be just too…rude, in a way." By now, Tomoyo's no longer excited, but confused and worried about two of her best friends' happiness.
(A/N: I would REALLY have loved to insert some flash backs of these moments, except I can't think of any. Suggestions anyone?)
Watching Tomoyo worrying like this for her friends' happiness, Eriol is feeling blessed to be with such a kind and caring person. Gathering Tomoyo into his arms, Eriol softly played with Tomoyo's beautiful raven hair while Tomoyo continued—now leaning on to Eriol's shoulder.
"Eriol, I'm worried. What if Sakura won't accept Syaoran's proposal? What if Syaoran messes things up? What if Sakura isn't ready for a marriage or a wedding with Syaoran yet? What if…"
"Then we'll have to make sure these things don't happen now won't we?" An almost evil light flashed by in Eriol's mysterious sea-blue eyes.
Tomoyo was too quick to miss that little light, and with her worries finally out of her head, she noticed the little smile at the corner of Eriol's mouth. Pushing away from Eriol's shoulder, Tomoyo stared into those eyes that she loved so much and came to an understanding of Eriol's thoughts: "Yeah…we will…now won't we?"
Turning the little smile into a little smirk, Eriol lowered his head and a mischief light finally settled into his eyes: "Tomoyo, would you like to help me on this mission…"
(A/N: The evil couple at work! Wonder what they are up to?)
GAH! It's been a week since I arrived here, time's running out! Once again, our beloved Syaoran is currently taking a shower in the Kinomoto's second floor bathroom. While washing his hair, Syaoran silently panicked. I have a month to do this, and now I only have three weeks left. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?!!!
Reaching out to the shampoo bottle, Syaoran squeezed out some of the flower scented liquid on to his hand and rinse it gently onto his damp hair. "I still haven't had the chance to ask her to marry me yet…" quietly murmuring to himself, Syaoran winced as a bit of shampoo got into his eyes. But then again…
(A/N: Since this chapter is mostly the "flashback", I'm not going to make it italic, too hard to read. But I am going to make the flashback of the "flashback" italic…oi…I just confused myself…)
Flash back—"Knock knock" It was after dinner on a beautiful summer night, Sakura was lying on her bed, looking through her Sakura cards once again when someone knocked on her door.
"Come in please!"
The doorknob turned slightly to unlock the door and Syaoran slipped through. Sakura quickly got up and sat by the edge of her bed, only to have Syaoran joining her after a minute. Adjusting her sitting position so that she could sit face to face to Syaoran, Sakura smiled at her boyfriend. Taking Sakura's hands into his own, Syaoran smiled back at his Cherry Blossom.
"I was walking towards my room when I came pass yours, so I thought I'd check in on you. What are you doing anyway?"
Still smiling, Sakura took her hand away from Syaoran to get the Sakura cards out from under her pillow. "Nothing really, I was just looking at them."
Upon seeing the cards, Syaoran chuckled and took The Light into his hands. "It's been a pretty long time since we last used them, hadn't it?"
Also looking at the cards, Sakura giggled: "Yeah, I guess so. But I still look at them from time to time, and they still talk to me from time to time. I think the last time I looked at them was…" Sakura stopped short, and looked at Syaoran straight in the eye before saying the rest of the sentence, "…when I was wondering when you would come back to me."
Taken back for a split second, Syaoran smiled and wrapped his arm around Sakura, gathering her into a hug. But because of Sakura's sitting position, she somehow lost balance when falling into Syaoran's embrace and resulted in, well, both of them falling on to the bed. Amazingly, instead of feeling embarrassed, Syaoran just comfortably pulled Sakura closer into his chest so that instead of hugging, they were snuggling on the bed. With Sakura's head buried in his chest, Syaoran run his fingers through her soft auburn hair and kissed her forehead gently.
Sighing a bit, Syaoran spoke with his chin resting on top of Sakura's head: "I know how you must have felt, but I am here now. I promise I wouldn't leave you again and I promised you that we would meet again. I promised that to you when I went back to Hong Kong all those years ago, remember?"
Flashback—(of the flashback…:P)
(A.N: The end of the second CCS session, the scene at the airport…remember?)
An 11-year-old Syaoran stood facing his forever-beloved Cherry Blossom, whose heart was aching from the sadness of Syaoran's departure. He stared at Sakura hard with his sorrowful eyes, trying to remember every little detail about her.
"Sakura…we will meet again."
Striking amber eyes flashed sadness, as the statement was said clearly and, rather more certain than it was perhaps intended.
End of Flashback—(of the flashback…:-s)
Recalling on the memory, Sakura sighed and pressed her face on to Syaoran's chest closer. "Yes Syaoran, I remember. I knew you wouldn't break your promise and I trusted you, I still do…but loneliness isn't the most fun thing in this world."
The couple said nothing after this, and silence filled between them as Syaoran tightened his arms around Sakura. A few moments passed before something else was called into Sakura's mind. Going through her Sakura cards, Sakura looked for a certain card that was connected to her heart more than any other cards. When she found it at last, Syaoran looked down out of curiosity to see what card it was—and smiled when he saw it. It's a special card all right: on the card, two beautiful feather wings were holding on to a pink heart, and the word "Hope" were written on the bottom, indicating the name of the card.
"I…created it after you left…and true, it was hope that kept me believing in you and myself all these years; it was HOPE that assured me that my Little Wolf was going to come back for me; and I think that it was also hope, that brought you back to me." Sakura looked deeply into Syaoran's clear amber eyes, and said every word with passion.
Syaoran stared straight back into Sakura's pools of emerald, a hand running through her hair, Syaoran lowered his head towards Sakura and their noses were touching one another. "Sakura…" Syaoran whispered, his soft breath tickling Sakura's face, "have I ever told you that…" stopping for a second to gather his thoughts, Syaoran took a deep breath, "that…I…I love you."
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To say Sakura was surprised by the burst of those three little words would be the understatement of the year. He…he loves me? Love me? Syaoran loves me? Syaoran loves me!!!
Sakura didn't have the time to reply or do anything else for that matter, because her trail of thoughts weren't finished before she felt a pair of warm lips pressing on to her own, gathering them into a soft, sweet kiss. Too surprised to respond, Sakura just lied there and let Syaoran kiss her.
After a minute, when Syaoran realized that Sakura wasn't responding, he pulled back self-consciously and tried to apologize for his behavior rather a little clumsily:
"Er…um…Sakura…I um…I'm sorry for…for that…I…I was…was…caught in the moment and um…um…"
Sakura just stared at Syaoran and was nodding unconsciously. Her finger went up to her lips, where Syaoran had kissed her. What…what just happened…he…he kissed me didn't he…he kissed me…he…eyes widen with realization, Sakura suddenly became aware of Syaoran, who's still trying to apologize properly. Placing a finger onto Syaoran's babbling mouth, Sakura stopped Syaoran instantly. "Hush…" Sakura whispered. Removing her finger, Sakura closed her eyes, and pressed her lips onto Syaoran's gently. Her kiss was responded immediately, and their embrace became tighter.
(A/N: THEY KISSED! THEY KISSED! EVERYONE CHEER WITH ME!!!)
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Sakura's door, for the second time of the night, was being knocked. Except this time, the person outside would be pretty much trying to knock the door down.
"Sakura! Kaijou! Are you in there?" A voice that became a bit too familiar to both Sakura and Syaoran rang outside the door.
"Eek!" Sakura jumped at her brother's calling, and pushed Syaoran away from her.
"GAH!" Needless to say, Syaoran was more frightened by the surprise appearance of Touya than Sakura ever would be. Counting the hundred ways that Touya would use to kill him if he found Syaoran in her sister's room, alone, kissing. Syaoran jumped up from Sakura's bed and nearly tripped himself with Sakura's chair.
"Sakura! I'm going in if you don't open the door soon!"
A pretty annoyed Kinomoto Touya stood outside his little sister's door, listening to the disaster that's going on inside. He knows very well that his sister isn't alone in that room, and he's also aware of who exactly is in there with her. Sigh…that brat…he ran his hand through his dark brown hair in annoyance.
Touya gained back his ability to see the underworld not long after Sakura stopped with the Sakura cards: Yukito forced him to take back half of Yue's power, and those powers had been developing over the years. Now he's back with his original powers, if not more. Of course he's able to see his mother again, but that also means that he can sense Syaoran's aura in Sakura's room.
"Sakura!" He banged on the poor door again, "I'm going in!"
Gah! What am I going to do?! Syaoran searched around the room for a place to hide while Sakura straightened out her cloth and hair, and smoothed the bed sheet so that Touya wouldn't be able to catch any clues of Syaoran. His glance caught sight of Sakura's window, damn it…that'd be my only escape…
"Syaoran! Quick! Hide somewhere!" Sakura lowered her voice and whispered to Syaoran.
"There's no place to hide! I'm going out!" Syaoran indicated the window.
"But this is the second floor! You can't just jump out of here! You'll get injured!" Sakura gasped at Syaoran's idea.
"Sakura! I'm going in!" Touya yelled from the hallway once more.
"Ah! I'll take my chances! My years of martial arts training had got to do something!" Syaoran whispered to Sakura while preparing to jump out of the window.
Before Syaoran was ready to jump out, Sakura's door flew open. This caused our poor Syaoran to slip on his shoes and fell backwards out of the window—instead of actually jumping. Oblivious to the whole thing, a clearly annoyed and slight angry Touya walked in.
"Touya…"
"Kaijou…what are you…"
Before the siblings said anything more, a loud 'thud' and a cry of pain came from outside of Sakura's window:
"OW!"
End of flashback—(for real…)
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Touya…that baka…Looking at the fading bruise on his waist, Syaoran silently cursed his Cherry Blossom's big brother. All because of him…and when did that tree grow so much? Syaoran's face screwed up in pain upon remembering how he fell backwards out of Sakura's window…only to bump on to a rather big branch of the quite large tree that was growing beside the Kinomoto residence. Our unlucky Syaoran didn't have much time to see where he was landing after the bump before his face made a lovely connection, though unfortunate for him, with the grassy ground.
That night was going so well! I can't believe Touya ruined it all! Still silently cursing, Syaoran let the water of the shower run down his back while his hand covered the hurting bruise. Syaoran sighed in defeat:
Proposing is hard…In the house of Clow, a secret plan was slowly emerging from the depth of two clever minds. With the arrangement at the edge of execution, a smirk is playing around the lips of a face that's half hidden behind a pair of blinding glasses.Little Wolf…on guard…
Author: There you go guys, another chapter after my HUGE writer's block! I made it longer in redeem for the long wait I made you guys do. Once again, I'm SORRY!
I don't know how long "Be My Wife" is going to be, I don't exactly have a number of chapters in mind. If you have an idea of how long you would like this story to go on, let me know, and I'll judge the time and the story line with it.
Review Please!
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