Chapter 3. Stalkers, Lost Photo, New Love

(Tokyo; 3 days after Sakura's accident)
"Here we are kids!" Mr. Li said as he opened the door to their new house.. Erm mansion. Meiling was the first to enter. "OMGOSH! DADDDDY! CAN I PICK MY ROOM?" Meiling excitedly asked as she flashed her dad the hugest and brightest smile. "Of course!" Her dad replied smiling back at her. "Oh. But why don't we unpack first sweetie?" Their mom told Meiling as she started unloading the car. Syaoran was the last person to step outside of the car. He gave out a loud sigh and began to help his family unpack.

"Ok kids. Grab your suitcase and pick your rooms!" Their mom and dad said in unison with a smile. "Ok!" Meiling replied with a smile. Syaoran looked as if he was in another world, "Syaoran? Is everything ok?" his dad asked, "Oh, uh yeah. Everything is perfect dad!" Syaoran said forcing a smile. "Well, I better find my new room before Meiling gets it!" Syaoran said as he forced another fake smile and went upstairs. He didn't really want to look for his "room" right at that moment, so he chose the nearest room and set his suitcase down and flopped onto the bed.

He rolled over to his side and reached for his suitcase. He opened the small zipper and took out a picture of him and Sakura. He looked at the picture wishing he were back with her. "Hi Sakura." He whispered to the picture. "Hi Syaoran!" an imaginary Sakura replied. "How are you doing?" He asked the imaginary Sakura. "I'm ok, I guess." The imaginary Sakura replied flashing her most beautiful smile. Syaoran smiled back, and this time it wasn't fake. "No one can make me smile the way you do Sakura…" Syaoran said as he sat up and smiled. "HEY SYAORAN!" Meiling yelled as she started walking to her brother's room. 'GAHH! I needa hide this picture!" Syaoran yelled looking for a place to hide the picture. 'Uh.. Uh… AHHH!' He yelled in his mind. Finally he stuck the picture in-between his mattresses. "Hi Meiling!" Syaoran said with an innocent smile.

Meiling eyed him suspiciously, "What are yeah doing big brother?" Meiling asked as she started looking around his room. 'He's hiding something!' Meiling thought to herself. "Oh, uh nothing! I was just yeah know unpacking." Syaoran said nervously. "Then why isn't your suitcase unzipped?" Meiling asked giving him another suspicious look. 'Uhg.. She knows.' Syaoran thought to himself as he looked down at his feet. Ding-dong! 'Phew saved by the bell!' Syaoran thought to himself as he stood up, "Well, whadda'ya know we got visitors, I better answer that!" Syaoran said with a nervous laugh as he ran downstairs to get the door.

Meiling started to walk around Syaoran's room, "Hm.." She said to herself as she looked under the bed. "WHAT IS HE HIDING!" She yelled to herself. "I got the door mom!" Syaoran yelled as he opened the door. "HIYA NEIGHBOR!" A girl about the same age as Syaoran said as he grabbed Syaoran's hand and shook it. "Uh… hi?" Syaoran said shyly returning the handshake. "My name is Maiiko (A/N: Pronounced: my-e-ko), and I live in the house on your right." Maiiko said pointing at her house. "Hm, you wanna go to the park? Do you have other brothers? 'Cause you know you're kinda cute! Hm.. You're not kinda cute, you ARE cute!" Maiiko said pinching Syaoran's cheeks. Syaoran rubbed his cheeks, "Uh, thanks…. I guess." He replied. "Um, my name is Syaoran Li, uh.. I live here." Syaoran said pointing at his house. "And uh.. I have a sister named Meiling…" Syaoran added.

"Ooooh! Maiiko Li… doesn't it sound PERFECT boyfriend?" Maiiko said excitedly as she smiled. 'BOYFRIEND?' Syaoran yelled in his head as he forced a smile at her. 'Wait.. don't smile! It'll only make her think you're her boyfriend even more!' He argued with himself. 'Don't you remember Sakura?' Syaoran thought to himself… "AHH. To much arguing!" He said out aloud. Maiiko gave him a uh-are-you-ok look "Oh uh, I mean.. uh, my mom's calling gotta go! Bye!" Syaoran said slamming the door.

"Gahhh.. I needa find what he was hiding!" Meiling said to herself as she jumped onto Syaoran's bed. Rip. "Huh? Why is Syaoran's bed making a ripped paper sound?" Meiling asked herself as she got of the bed and jumped back on it. "Woah. Freaky!" She said as she jumped some more. "Wait a minute…" She said to herself as she lifted one of Syaoran's mattresses, "AHAH! I found it!" Meiling said as she looked at the picture of her older brother and a girl from their old neighborhood. "Hey that's Sak---" Meiling was about to finish her sentence when she heard Syaoran walking up the stairs.

"I'll be right back mom, I gotta get something in my room." Syaoran told his mom as he started walking upstairs, "OH NO!" Meiling thought to herself. "Gotta hide! Gotta hide! But where?" Meiling thought to herself as she looked around her brother's room for a hiding place. "Oh wait. What am I doing? I have my own room." Meiling said to herself giggling as she left her brother's room. When Syaoran finally got to his room, he closed the door and lifted up his mattress, but to his surprise the picture wasn't there.

He had lost his only memento of Sakura. "Huh? Were did I put it!" He asked himself as he searched his room. After an hour he still couldn't find it. All he had to remember Sakura by was memory…. Syaoran finally gave up looking and sadly walked downstairs to eat dinner. "Oh! Syaoran, who was at the door earlier?" His mom asked. "Oh, some crazy girl. Who is 'supposedly' our neighbor." Syaoran said. "Syaoran! Don't call her crazy! You barely know the girl!" His mom told him. "But mom! She pinched my cheeks, called me cute, and called me her boyfriend!" Syaoran told his mom. His mom stopped chewing and looked at Syaoran's dad, and back at Syaoran. She burst out laughing. Soon, his dad joined in.

Syaoran looked at his mom and dad with a confused look, "I don't get it. What's so funny?" he asked them. "Aha.. you aha… got.. aha… your.. ahahahaha tell him hunny." His mom said in a fit of laughter. "Son.. aha… what your mom… ahaha.. is trying to say is… ahahahaha" His dad said as he broke down laughing. Syaoran looked at his parents as if they were maniacs. Soon his sister started laughing. Syaoran shot his sister a mean look and asked her, "What's so funny?" "I dunno. But they're laughing so I'm laughing to!" Meiling said giggling.

Syaoran sweat-dropped, as he looked at his whole family who was laughing at him, and he didn't even do anything funny. Finally, after what seemed like 846379648 years passed they stopped laughing. Syaoran took a deep breath and asked again, "What.Was.So.Funny?" he said slowly. His mom took exhaled and then looked at Syaoran seriously, "Son.. you .. you.. have a… ahaha" his mom couldn't keep the laughter in, and burst out laughing all over again. "What? Do I gotta booger? Or something?" Syaoran said glancing at the mirror. This made his family laugh even harder.

"MOM! DAD!" Syaoran yelled over their laughter. "Yes boog—I mean son?" his dad said laughing. Then all of a sudden, ding-dong! "Oh no.. OH NO! ITS HER!" Syaoran yelled as he hid behind a couch. "DON'T ANSWER IT!" Syaoran said seriously. But he was to late, Meiling had already answered the door. "HIIIIIII NEIGHBOR!" Maiiko said with a big smile. Syaoran's parents looked at each other and burst out laughing all over again. Maiiko looked confused. "Um.. I'll just come back another day…" she said leaving. "BYE!" Meiling said closing the door.

Syaoran went back to his seat, and let out a big sigh. "Will you pleeeeeease tell me now?" He asked his parents. His parents finally calmed down, "Son, you've got yourself a STALKER!" His dad said with a smile. "A WHATT?" Syaoran asked as he dropped his fork on the floor.

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AUTHORS NOTE: Ooooh! 3rd chapter:) I hope you enjoy it! I know its seems somewhat rushed, but I did my best! I am planning to finish this story first then I'll try and finish up I LOVE YOU (my other CCS fanfic.) Thanks to:
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Chloena – I'm glad you enjoyed my story :)please keep reading! Oh! And sorry for misspelling her last name wrong . I am so dumb aha. Hm, I think I'm going to leave her last name Kimoto.. change things a little :) lol

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