A/N: Aaaah! I don't want to think of anything anymore! You guys, what would you do if you have this useless best friend who tried to court you once, you made him stop. You had a certain "tragedy" and he totally believes he was my best friend simply because I had a crush on him! Can you believe it! I WANT TO KILL SOMEBODY! You call him best friend? Aaargh! He's such a birdbrain!

Sorry for all those runts… I just… hate it. I'm gonna have my birthday this June 1 and this is the gift I get? Oh… this is so great…

Oh well… forget about that… Here's chapter 13, and I hope you will like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS.

Chapter 13: Separation

Sunday, Day 11

Sakura woke up the following day by the bright sunshine that covers her eyes.

"What the hell is going on…?" She muttered, rubbing her eyes.

Ah, I forgot… I'm at the beach with the others… She thought, sighing heavily. Se got up to go to the bathroom when something caught her eyes. It's a vase, full of white roses.

She approached it, touching the petals delicately. Who gave this… oh… I remember.

She frowned, upon the thoughts. Li—Syaoran gave her the flowers. She should be glad. But what is it with her right now? Why is she not happy? She feels like she wanna burst out crying.

Because playtime's over. Answered a voice inside her head.

It's almost so real. She said back, grabbing her towel and going inside the bathroom.

Yeah, so real. Said the voice. She looked into the mirror and gazed at her face.

So real… I almost fell for it.

The voice didn't reply with this. She gave out a sigh, and continued on washing her face and brushing her teeth.

A few hours later...

They were now back at Tomoeda. Meiling got off with Tomoyo and Eriol, and Tomoyo requested he bring Sakura back to their house. Syaoran reluctantly agreed upon this.

Now, they were there, inside the car, which was now parked in front of Kinomoto residence.

"Thank you for the ride." Sakura said, breaking the long period of silence.

"You're always welcome, you know that." Syaoran replied. Another period of silence.

"I've got to go now, onii-chan's waiting for me inside."

"Sakura." Sakura stopped on her way down the car, but didn't bother looking at the speaker. Syaoran sighed. "You've been quiet the whole time. And I know what you're thinking of."

"What are you saying?" Sakura muttered back, still not looking.

"Sakura…" He sighed, and the gazed at her. "I'm leaving on Wednesday."

I knew it. Sakura sighed, taking a deep breathe. Actually, she had expected for this. But somehow, she still cant believe how painful it could get. Why would it be?

Because it's not real. We are not real.

"Wakatta. (I know.)" She answered quietly.

Syaoran stayed silent for a moment, as if waiting for her to say something more. But unfortunately, he heard none. He took a deep breathe. "Won't you say something?"

"Iie. (No.)"

"Aren't you going to stop me?"

"Iie. (No.)"

Syaoran frowned. "Why not?"

"Because that's your work and I am in no position to stop you from anything you wanted to do." Sakura replied.

"No position? Sakura, you know you have."

"You know I don't. And you know we can't. Let's face it, Syaoran."

Then, another longer period of silence. "What about us?"

With that, Sakura slowly looked at him and smiled sadly. "There are no us. Our pretensions are over. Syaoran—Li. Us does not exist. You will leave me after this. Were in two different worlds. Were very different. You're rich, I'am not. You're famous, I'm just an ordinary one. You're Chinese, I'm Japanese." Then she laughed softly. "You're even a year older than me." Then, she looked at her again. "I have to forget you… before I lost it."

"Sakura…"

"Thank you for everything." She mumbled, caressing his face, giving him one last kiss on the cheek, and got off the car, walking back into the house.

Syaoran stared hopelessly and longingly at Sakura, with sad eyes. "Sakura…" He whispered, as Sakura rung the door bell. "Wo ai ni…"

And after a few moments, he decided to leave the place, his heart in deep agony.

TBC

A/N: Also short… Don't worry, the last two chapters would be long! And I have decided… I wont hold any grudges to that man. Hate only leads to more hate, so what's the point? But I' gonna give him the doze of his own medicine… (frowns slightly, punching her left hand against her right palm). Anyway, please review… And sad to say, but I think it's nearing to an end! Thanks for reading! Gotta go! I have to attend a certain family gathering… Aja aja fighting!