Chapter 17. Syaoran's Picture
Sakura and Madison stared at Meiling in shock. She was right. Sakura opened her mouth to say something, and then closed it. "You----" DING DONG. Sakura let out a loud sigh; there goes the "moment". Meiling glanced at the clock, "Oh my gosh… it's 4 pm!" Meiling said running to the door. Sakura and Madison ran after her, "What wrong?" Madison asked, 'All those questions… about to be answered!' Madison thought to herself angrily, "Syaoran's gonna kill me!" Meiling said opening the door. Meiling, Sakura, and Madison stared at the boy. "H-hi?" Sakura said stuttering. 'Brown messy hair… Kind of amber eyes…' Sakura thought to herself as she studied the stranger. "C-can we help you?" Madison asked opening the door wider.

"Um… er. This is for you." The boy said thrusting a bouquet of roses into Sakura's hands as he ran away. Meiling stared at Sakura. Madison slowly closed the door and stared at Sakura to. "Sakura, do you know him by any chance?" Madison asked with a suspicious look in her eye. 'Wow. He kind of looked like Syaoran… except he seemed more… I don't know. I think it was the eyes? They weren't amber brown, but they were brown…' Meiling thought to herself. Sakura held the roses blushing. 'What on earth is going on?' Sakura asked herself as she placed the roses on the coffee table. "Uh… No?" Sakura replied, "Well… how does he know you?" Madison asked, was her best friend lying? Meiling crossed her arms, "Hey… didn't he look somewhat like Syaoran?" Meiling asked.

"WOAH! SYAORAN!" Eriol yelled for his friend to come quickly, "What is it?" Syaoran said looking at his watch, 'It's already 4 and Meiling isn't here yet!' Syaoran thought, "Dude, if you like, like Sakura, you better make a move!" Eriol said looking out the balcony. Syaoran was taken aback, "W-what?" Syaoran said stuttering as he went outside. He tried to look for Sakura but no one was there. "Dude, you like totally missed it! Some guy that like kinda looked like you, like gave her roses!" Eriol said flailing his arms in the air. Syaoran felt as if daggers were stabbing his heart. His facial expression looked sad. "But… I guess it's not a problemo?" Eriol said, Syaoran looked at him with an awkward expression, 'He just told me the love of my life just got roses from some look-a-like me and he thinks its "no problemo"?' Syaoran thought to himself, "Well, I mean you aren't as interested in her as you are with that Cherry Blossom girl…" Eriol said with an unreadable expression.

Syaoran looked at him and then turned away. 'Who is more important… Sakura or Cherry Blossom?' Syaoran thought to himself as he stared at Sakura's house. Eriol caught him staring at Sakura's balcony, "You know… it's not to late to like someone else…" Eriol said in a "go for her you idiot" tone. Syaoran let out a loud sigh… 'I am going to find that picture no matter what.' Syaoran thought to himself as he started searching his house. Syaoran started throwing his clothes everywhere, emptying his drawers. BAM! A pair of boxers hit Eriol, Eriol jumped in the air, "Dude! Gross!" Eriol said throwing the pair of boxers at Syaoran. Syaoran let out a laugh. Syaoran let out a sad sigh, "No picture here." He said as he stood up and went to… Meiling's room.

"WOAH! DUDE! Remember last time we went into Meiling's room?" Eriol said blocking the door. Syaoran paused to think, "Uh yeah. So?" He said trying to get past Eriol. "HELLO! THOSE WEDGIES STILL HURT!" Eriol said rubbing his butt. Syaoran rolled his eyes, "If you haven't noticed, Meiling's NOT here." Syaoran said. Eriol rubbed a pretend beard, "Oh yeah!" He said as he followed Syaoran inside. Syaoran started opening Meiling's drawers… "Uh… what are we looking for?" Eriol said looking under the bed. "A picture…" Syaoran said. Eriol let out a loud sigh, 'Is he still looking for her?' Eriol thought to himself angrily. Syaoran opened the bottom drawer first; he was working his way up. Drawer 4, nothing, drawer 3, nope, drawer 2, nada, drawer 1… BINGO! Syaoran grabbed the picture… er half the picture. It was him when he was 7 years old, Eriol tried to get a glimpse of the picture, 'Did he really find it?' Eriol thought trying to look over Syaoran's shoulder.

"Nope." Syaoran said throwing the picture behind him, "Whatapff" The picture of Syaoran hit his face. "Wow. So is this the picture we've been looking for?" Eriol said trying hard not to laugh. He turned the picture over there was a scribble. Eriol put the picture closer to his eyes, "K-Kin-O-Moto?" Eriol read the scribble slowly, "Kin-o-moto… Kinomo-to, KINOMOTO!" Eriol said in a loud whisper. Syaoran glanced at him from behind, "Did you say something?" He asked focusing his attention back to the almost empty drawer. "I thought your last name was Li." Eriol asked, Syaoran looked up, "Uh yeah?" he said dropping Meiling's things on the floor. Eriol had a blank expression and handed the picture to Syaoran, Syaoran looked at the scribble… "Kinomoto" he whispered. Then all of a sudden, he froze. The picture dropped from his motionless body… "Syaoran!" Eriol shook Syaoran but he didn't move.
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