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Title: Remember me?
Author: sapphire-Lady-of-the-Night
Chapter 6: A Dream?
"So you're studying here too?" Syaoran asked the black haired girl walking beside him through the corridors of the White Star University.
"Yeah" Meilin answered.
It was their free time. They were taking the same course.
"So where's your canteen here?" Meilin asked.
"Ugh! I don't eat there Mei!" Syaoran groaned.
"Why not? Are their foods not good enough?"
"It's not that! It's just—"
"Oh there he is!" Girls giggled,
"Hi! Li-kun!" They all said simultaneously.
"You see what I mean!" He muttered to Meilin who was trying her best not to laugh.
"You can't just deny the fact that you're unquestionably handsome, cousin!" She grinned.
"It's not funny Meilin! You don't know how annoying it is to be followed all around by a horde of girls buzzing like bees."
"So where do you take your lunch anyway?" Meilin asked giggling.
"Under a Cherry Blossom at the back of the school" Syaoran answered.
Cherry Blossom… Meilin's smile was wiped out of her face. After all these years she was still feeling guilty about not telling Syaoran about Sakura.
"Is there something wrong?" Syaoran asked.
"No… nothing just um… hungry"
"Well hurry up then! " Syaoran smiled. "We're almost there"
"Umm… Syaoran?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you bring food?"
Syaoran abruptly stopped on his tracks and slowly turned around.
"Ehehe…"
"You didn't" Meilin sighed. "Come on! We gotta buy first" Meilin said turning around. Only to face a smiling Kari.
"Hello Meilin!" She smiled. She was bringing a picnic basket. "I didn't know you were here"
"I didn't know you were here too" Meilin answered.
"Oh I'm taking a course in nursing here, didn't Syaoran tell you?" She smiled serenely.
"Hi Kari" Syaoran kissed her. Meilin turned around not wanting to see the scene.
"Well shouldn't we be going?" Meilin said.
They walked a little bit farther. Cherry Blossom trees came into view. It was beautiful. There was a big one at the center of the trees. It was a scene to look at. It looked so peaceful so serene so lovely so nice.
"Are you sure no one's here?" Meilin asked Syaoran.
"When I come here at these times it's usually deserted." Syaoran said.
The three of them approached the big cherry blossom tree only to find a sleeping figure underneath it.
It was a girl. Her violin was lying beside her. Petals of cherry blossom fell down on her. She looked very angelic.
"Kinomoto?" Syaoran bent down.
As he did Kari turned to Meilin. "Is she the one?" Kari whispered. Her eyes showed pure sadness. Meilin nodded.
"Why didn't you tell him… that there was a girl… before me?"
"I'm forbidden to" Meilin answered.
"But if you weren't, would you have told him?"
"Yes"
"You didn't tell me either… I had to find out on my own… by the time I knew I was already deeply in love with him…Were you forbidden to tell me too?"
Meilin didn't answer instead she asked Kari another question. "How did you know there was another girl?"
Kari only smiled mysteriously. "You'll find out if you're nursing a man in delirium. He mentioned her name… but when I asked him about it he'll only stare blankly. He doesn't remember. So I researched things about him." She whispered. All this talk was conversed in low tones so that Syaoran couldn't hear them.
"Hey Meilin this is Kinomoto" Syaoran said looking up.
"She plays the violin?" Meilin asked trying to look innocent.
"I guess so, I haven't heard her play" Syaoran answered.
Slowly Sakura's eyelids fluttered open revealing lovely emerald eyes. Syaoran was holding her.
"Syaoran?"
She was dreaming again. Damn why am I always haunted by what was once had been. She used to wake up like this in the arms of her love underneath a cherry blossom tree. Well I better enjoy it and relish inside my dreams… Sakura wrapped her arms around Syaoran and gently, teasingly kissed him on the lips like she used to. Damn! It feels so real!
Syaoran's eyes widened. Kinomoto was kissing him and in front of his girlfriend! I should cut this out! I shouldn't be kissing this girl! Not this girl!
'So why aren't you pulling back? Why do you linger? Why do you find it so hard to pull back?' He's mind taunted him.
But it was not Syaoran who finally ended the kiss. It was Sakura. His eyes were caught into those pools of emerald. Sakura smiled up at him.
"Aisheteru" She whispered.
She waited for his reply. It didn't come like it used to… She was hoping she would hear it, those three words from his sweet lips. But even in her dreams reality sneered at her. Sakura smiled sadly.
Syaoran stared, stunned at the girl in his arms. What's going on? What's wrong with Kinomoto? She can't possibly mean what she said, can she? Maybe she's not feeling well. Suddenly she went limp in his arms. Her arms which were wrapped around him let go. She fell back to sleep. He touched her forehead. She was slightly hot.
Meilin and Kari stood there shocked at what they witnessed. Kari dropped the basket. She slowly, lamely picked it up attempting to hide the hurt in her eyes.
Do I have the right to get angry? No… I don't… Syaoran truly belongs to someone else. But until then, until the day he remembers I will continue to love him and cherish the moments we share with each other.
"What's going on Syaoran?" Meilin finally asked.
"I don't know… she's acting really weird. Maybe she has a fever her temperature's a bit high"Syaoran said.
He looked up at Kari. Her eyes were covered by her bangs so he couldn't see them. He could see no tightening in her hold on the basket. She was standing calmly behind him.
"Please don't think anything bad on what happened just a while ago Kari. I'm sure Kinomoto didn't know what she was doing and besides she's a bit hot and…"
"It's alright Syaoran. She's just a bit sick. My father had a lot of patients like that. They don't know what they're doing and most of them didn't even mean it" Kari forced a smile.
Syaoran smiled. "You are so understanding."
Kari looked down on the basket to hide from his gaze he might see through her fake smile and see the undeniable hurt.
"So why don't you two eat? Weren't you hungry Meilin?" She said carefully. "I'll check on Kinomoto and see what I can do."
It turned out that Sakura had a slight fever. They brought her to the clinic. Syaoran carried her bridal style. He looked down at the girl he was carrying. Somehow it felt so right to be carrying this girl. Somehow it felt so right caring for her… and it felt so right kissing her. Oh hell… I must be going nuts!
They left her in the clinic for they still have classes. Sakura rested there whole afternoon.
"Where could Sakura be?" Tomoyo mumbled.
"You chased her away this morning when she just wanted to return the tape" Eriol said walking beside her.
"Oh shut up! I'm not asking you and why aren't you in your class anyway?" Tomoyo glared at him.
"How sure are you that I have a class?"
"I'm not sure, I don't know and I don't care if you're skipping class right now! Just get out of my sight!"
"Oh that's so harsh of you" Eriol pouted playfully.
Tomoyo glared at him and quickened her pace! Why is this idiotic man here anyway? I have to find Sakura… maybe something bad happened to her! What if she was kidnapped? What if she had an accident? What if—
"Are you alright Daidouji? You look funny" Eriol grinned. "Thinking of possibilities that might have happened to my landlady?"
"Sakura could be in danger right now!" She shook Eriol roughly. Her once calm amethyst eyes blazed with fire. "She could be in a very bad condition!" Tomoyo almost screamed Eriol's head off.
"I guess I had an idea on what happened to her this morning" he muttered while being shook roughly by Tomoyo.
"Oi! You're killing the man!" Someone said.
Tomoyo looked up and saw a grinning Meilin.
"Meilin! When did you arrive!" She dropped Eriol who by force of gravity fell to the floor dizzy.
"Just yesterday. You're looking for Sakura aren't you? She's in the clinic"
"In the clinic!" Tomoyo's eyes blazed anew.
"Eerrrr…" Meilin looked uncertainly at Tomoyo and looked down at the half conscious Eriol.
"You better go to your class no need to worry about Sakura she's in the good hands of the school nurse." Meilin said edging away. Tomoyo can be so frightening! Now I somehow had an idea why Sakura had a slight fever.
"Oh well I guess I'll just visit her after my classes" Tomoyo said calming down.
"uh… I had the weirdest dreams" Sakura muttered waking up.
"Where am I?" She looked around.
"You're in the clinic dear" A kind voice said. It was the school nurse.
"A young man brought you here together with two other girls."
"A young man and two other girls?" Sakura frowned. Last thing she knew she was sleeping all alone underneath a cherry blossom tree.
"Yes."
"Oh…"
"Are you already feeling well?"
"Hai!"
"Then you may go back to your class"
"Class!" Sakura checked her watch. "I guess it's a bit late for that now. My last class is almost over."
So Sakura went out of the clinic bringing her instrument and almost bumped with Syaoran!
"Ooops! Sorry" Sakura apologized.
"I'm glad to see you're feeling well already. I was just about to check you up." Syaoran smiled.
Sakura almost dropped her instrument. Oh my God! He's so handsome! I could die right now! He said he was just about to check me! So he cared! Ahh…. Wait a second how did he know that I'm in the clinic… could it be?
"Were you the one who brought me in?" Sakura asked.
"Uh… yeah…" Syaoran said looking a bit uncomfortable. "We found you underneath one of the cherry blossom trees and ah… well… you had a fever so we brought you here"
"Arigato!" Sakura smiled.
Calm it man! Jesus! But just thinking of those sweet lips made him- yes he had to admit it want more. What kind of a man am I? Wanting something that's unquestionably wrong! What's happening to me!
"Are you alright Li? You look ill at ease." Sakura asked innocently.
"Uh.. nothing" Syaoran answered.
She doesn't even know she kissed me… I think.
"Are you sure? Maybe you should go inside the clinic"
"No, that won't be necessary." Syaoran said reassuringly.
"Well then if you insist" Sakura said. "I must be going now."
"Oh! Uh… well…" Damn it man! She's going so say good bye now!
"Would you mind if I accompany you?" Syaoran heard himself say. Great!
Now what!
"No not at all" Sakura smiled.
They walked trough the hallways of the university. Heads turned toward their direction since both of them were irresistibly attractive.
"Would you mind if we drop by my locker? I'm just gonna get some books." Sakura said.
"No problem." Syaoran answered.
"Hey Kinomoto!" Someone called behind them.
They turned and saw Eriol walking towards them with a bouquet of red roses in hand.
"Is that for Tomoyo?" Sakura asked.
"No it's for you" He answered.
"For me?" Sakura gasped.
"Yeah but it's not from me though."
"Who is it from then?" Sakura asked bewildered.
"An admirer. He didn't say his name." Eriol said.
"Oh…"
"By the way have you seen Tomoyo?" Eriol inquired.
"Nope! I just came from the clinic." Sakura answered.
"Oh right! A Chinese girl told us. So Tomoyo haven't seen you then?"
"No" Sakura answered.
"Oh dear! She'll be frantic! I pity the school nurse." Eriol shook his head. Sakura nodded in agreement.
"Well you better be on your way then. I'll see you later." Eriol smiled.
"Thanks a lot Eriol." Sakura smiled back.
Finally they arrived to where Sakura's locker was. When Sakura opened her locker to get her things she found out she didn't only have one admirer. Her locker had three more bouquets of flowers. There were also chocolates and lots of letters.
"Whoa! What's happening here?" Sakura said surprised.
"Looks like you have plenty of admirers." Syaoran frowned. Okay so Kinomoto has many admirers. What does it matter to you? It's no concern of yours so why are you… angry? Syaoran forced himself to turn away.
"Admirers who are giving me a problem." Sakura muttered.
Syaoran turned to her surprised.
"How am I supposed to carry these?" Sakura muttered as she was still holding her violin and a bouquet of flowers not to mention she still has to get her books.
"Here let me help you." Syaoran said getting her violin. He also carried Sakura's books.
"Thank you!"
Their eyes met briefly. Sakura smiled tentatively. Syaoran smiled back but it was a worried one.
"Are you going home already?" Syaoran asked.
"Yeah" Sakura answered. "Thanks a lot by the way."
"No problem! I'm going home anyway I'll give you a ride." Syaoran smiled happy to help her.
"That's very kind of you Li" Sakura said.
Meilin was already waiting by Syaoran's car. At first Sakura didn't see her until they came close enough. Sakura stopped dead on her tracks.
"Anything wrong?" Syaoran asked.
"Umm… no… nothing…" Sakura said haltingly. She knew it wasn't Meilin's fault. She too had just been forced to zip her mouth. She didn't know how to act.
"Hi Sakura" Meilin smiled.
"Hi" Sakura returned the greeting.
"That's quite a number of bouquets there." Meilin said looking at the roses.
"Yeah, cross eyed admirers." Sakura sniffed.
"Oh? I think the greatest mistake they could ever do is not court you or ask you out." Syaoran smiled. And the greatest mistake you'll ever do is to want her.
Sakura only smiled. "Shall we go now?"
"Of course."
"Thanks a lot for the ride Syaoran!" Sakura said getting out of the car.
"Don't mention it."
"Well see ya!" Sakura said walking towards her house. She got inside and sighed.
"Meilin's staying with him now. But will that change anything?" Sakura asked herself. "Probably not since she was sworn to secrecy." She answered her own question.
Syaoran will you ever remember me? Will you ever love me like you once did? Am I a fool for rejecting all my admirers? Should I have gone out with them instead? Am I hoping for the impossible?
Sakura sighed closing her eyes, leaning against the door. I'd be a fool for you Syaoran even if you'll never remember me. That's how much I love you
A.N. Okay people review please. Comment and suggestions are always welcome. I did lessen the Eriol and Tomoyo scenes so that I can work with the Sakura-Syaoran scenes and because someone said they're going too fast… well guess that person is right. ( I'm sorry I didn't get your name:'( ) I'm sorry Crystal starlight Sakura won't be dating other guys to make Syaoran jealous, he won't be anyway because he's too in live with Kari at least he believes he is. But I did try to make him jealous with Sakura's admirers… He was a bit jelous right? Err… Okay I'll have to work on it more next time! Would like a sneak peek on the next chapter? Okay here's a sample!
Sneak peek:
"Kinomoto is just a friend nothing more…"
Aisheteru…
Those emerald eyes…
"Huh? Did you say something Syaoran?" Meilin asked.
"Nothing Meilin. Why do you think Kinomoto kissed me?"