A/N: Chapter Eight! I am not close to finishing it yet! Hahahaha! Anyway… but I'm almost halfway there… Mou, why am I saying this, there should be a suspense to you guys!

Anyway, I present to you—Chapter eight!

Chapter 8: Really Sick

Day 7: Wednesday.

Touya got the thermometer from Sakura's mouth and looked at it, frowning.

"39 degrees Celsius? Really now, what on earth did you do?" Touya moaned irritably, placing a damp cloth on her forehead. "You were not on a bad state two days ago."

"I don't know." Sakura replied meekly. "Must be stress."

"What else could I think?" He frowns, getting the bowl of water and standing up. "Perfect time to get sick when dad's not around…"

Touya went out of the room and Sakura sighed heavily. Just this morning, she became sick and now, she has to be absent again because of it. She has a hunch on why was she sick this time.

Stress due to over crying, over thinking, and broken heart.

I hate it when I'm obsessed to love.

Syaoran finished signing a CD and handed it back to a girl in front of him, smiling. He is on a mall right now, for an autograph signing according to his schedule.

A little girl comes next. The little girl smiles at him, giving him a CD. He smiled back.

"What's your name?"

"Cherry."

"Cherry… Like Cherry Blossom?"

"Yes."

He finished signing it, and suddenly took notice of things. The girl was holding a teddy bear, which strongly reminds him of someone.

Cherry Blossom… Sakura…

"Nee, Li-kun?"

He dozed off his thoughts and smiled at the girl. "Here you go."

"Arigato."

The girl smiled at him and went away happily. Apparently, she happens to be the last one he has to entertain (although there are still many in line). Li stood up and gave one last smile before going out back to his car.

"Congratulations, you've just finished your schedule for today."

Syaoran looked around and found Eriol approaching him with a smile.

Syaoran looked at him seriously for a while, and then sighed. "How was the one I asked you to do?"

Eriol shook his head. "I phoned Tomoyo-chan earlier this morning. Sakura's still not at school. I'm afraid she's still sick."

Upon hearing this, Syaoran gave another sigh. "Listen… I want you to come with me…"

"What for?"

"I want to visit her… and I want to buy her something. Can you please Meiling? I want to talk to her." And with that, he walked away. Eriol looked at him, stunned for a moment, before sighing heavily.

So what am I bound to call him? Insane?

"Sorry Yukito… My sister can be very troublesome." Touya sighed, landing on the couch. Yukito smiled at him.

"It's all right. We can go see her some other time."

"Anyway…" Touya said back. "I'm pretty sure she's—"

Touya didn't manage finishing his sentence as the doorbell rang. He stared at Yukito for a while, sighed, and stood up. "I'll be back."

He opened the door, just to reveal a familiar guy he always sees. Slowly, his surprised expression turned blank, and then into a frown.

"Is this the Kinomoto residence?" Syaoran asked calmly, trying to peek inside.

"What do you want?" Touya demanded coldly. Slowly, Syaoran looked at him.

"I am looking for Sakura Kinomoto." He replied monotonously.

"She can't entertain you at the moment." He replied.

"I know, because her friend, my cousin Meiling, informed me she's sick." Syaoran said again. "So I've come here for a visit. May I see her?"

"No." Touya stubbornly replied.

"Oh… you are Li, the singer." The two of them looked around to find Yukito smiling up at them. Syaoran smiled back.

"Yes, I am."

"And you are here to see Sakura? She would be very happy."

"I don't let strangers into our house." Touya snapped coldly.

"He's not a stranger Touya, he's Sakura's friend."

"Oh, that makes a perfect tandem." Touya laughed sarcastically. "A kaijuu and a gaki."

If this is someone else, he could've beaten him up to death for this open mockery. But for the sake of Sakura and his cousin, he'll choose to stay calm. However, he chose not to hide the dislike within him.

"I am here for Sakura not for anybody else." He said coldly. Touya and him eyed each other for a moment, before looking away.

"I don't like him…" they both muttered in unison.

"Onii-chan…? Is someone there?"

The three boys looked around to find Sakura, blanket around her, weakly descending from the stairs.

"Yukito-san? Onii-chan… Why are you—"she looked at the door, and stopped on her tracks, just to find the person, whom she thinks the source of all this.

"Li… Syaoran…"

"Don't make yourself at home." Touya said coldly to Syaoran, after he guided Sakura back to her bed, Syaoran beside her.

"Thank you for the reminder." Syaoran said back icily.

"Onii-chan, Li-kun, yamette. (Brother, Li, stop it.)" Sakura interjected. Touya looked at her for a while, sighed, and left the room.

"Is your brother like that to all visitors?" Syaoran asked sighing heavily as soon as Touya left.

"Only to men who attempts to visit me." Sakura explained apologetically. "I'm sorry for his rudeness."

"He's creeping me out of my wits." Syaoran said honestly, smiling at her. "But other than that, I think everything's ok." Sakura smiled back.

"Thank you."

"So how are you feeling?"

"Honestly… not that good." Sakura sighed softly. "How did you know I was sick? This is really flattering… You shouldn't have come."

"I heard from Eriol." Syaoran explained. "He found out from Daidouji-san… So I thought I ought to pay you a visit… And I asked Meiling for your address." Then, he laughed softly. "Believe me, asking Meiling for it practically means forgetting the word pride."

"Thank you for paying me a visit." Sakura muttered seriously and quietly. "But you really don't have to. You have no obligations whatsoever."

"What's the fuss? I just wanted to visit a friend that's all."

Ouch… She thought, looking away. Friend. Just a friend.

"By the way, I brought you these."

Sakura looked around again, and was surprised on what he was taking out and showing her.

"I actually found these things out from Tomoyo… And I remembered you told me you loved bears." Syaoran said, giving her three things.

One, is a big teddy bear. It is a very big teddy bear that goes as large as half of her body.

Second is a Cadburry Chocolate: Luxury Flakes, which happened to be her favorite.

And third, is a boquet of white roses.

"She told you about what kind of things I want the most?" She asked, expecting him to say yes.

"No. She only told Eriol, who told me… that you want bears, flowers and chocolates."

"Then how did you know I want these?" Sakura asked, turning to her. Syaoran shrugged.

"Wild guess."

"Good guess."

After a moment, silence filled the room, the both of them, keenly observing. Sakura was testing Syaoran if he will do something regarding the conversation they had the day before yesterday, and Syaoran was wondering whether Sakura would like to talk about it or not.

Finally, he broke the silence. "Hey… You have to get well soon, all right?"

Sakura looked at him blankly.

"I mean…" Syaoran's words were drifted away by the air for a moment, thinking of the perfect words to say. "Make sure to feel better soon, all right? You have to watch my concert."

Sakura looked at him in silence for a moment, and then smiled. "I'll try my best. My brother spent a lot for that ticket of yours and I shed quite a lot of tears for it. I've got to make sure that my tears my brother's money is all worth it."

Syaoran was about to say something when Touya entered the room.

"Your friend is downstairs." He said to Syaoran, smirking. "He says you should get going. You have a lunch date with your relatives today and you can't turn it down."

Syaoran eyed him for a while, and then sighed. He then turned to Sakura. "It's true. I have to go."

"All right." Sakura smiled, nodding slightly at him. "Thank you for visiting me."

Syaoran paused for a moment, and then, bent down to whisper in her ears. "Feel better. Do that for me."

And the next thing surprised Sakura. He gave her a quick kiss on the lips! It was just a smack, but it was good enough to make her head spin.

"Hey, Gaki! That's enough! You have to leave right now!" Touya shouted angrily, pulling Syaoran away from Sakura, who's currently on the way of rising from his position.

"I'll see you." Syaoran smiled, and then turned to Touya, eyeing him if he saw what he did. Apparently, it looks like he didn't. "I'm going."

Touya nodded back, going with him to the door, leaving Sakura alone. Sakura was still dazed, not sure of what had just happened.

What was that back there?

"Oi…" She looked up, and her body tensed upon the sight of her brother. "Did he do something to you?"

"N-nanii?"

"Did he do something?" He repeated authoritatively. "When he bent down to you?"

"No… nothing." Sakura answered hesitantly. "Why, is something supposed to happen?"

Touya looked at her for a moment, and frowned. "Take a rest so you'll feel better." He said grumpily, and walked away, slamming her bedroom door closed.

Sakura felt a slight guilt within her for a moment, for lying something to her brother. But then again, she smiled.

He guessed my favorite flower and chocolate. He visited me in my house, and he kissed me! What else would make me wish to be sick all the time if this is what it takes!

She smiled softly, pulling the blanket up to her face and tried to get some sleep.

TBC

A/N: This is weird… It's only 10:15 pm and I'm already sleepy… I wonder why… Anyway, I had a new plot in my mind and I've decided to write them down before my mind explodes due to overload…

Anyway, I do hope you love the story… Please review… Thanks! Aja aja fighting!