It started with a box of Chocolates

Chapter 3: A Chain of Events

Disclaimer: State the obvious. I do not own CCS.

Shiro smiled every time he passed the box of chocolates.

It would glitter a beautiful gold color, whenever he saw it.

A few days after the beautiful day that he was given the chocolates, he invited his girlfriend over for their one year anniversary.

He was taking a shower and when he came out; she had a grin on her face.

She held the chocolates in her hand and examined them happily. "Chocolate…" She grinned.

Shiro closed his eyes. Why did he leave them out…? He had been planning to eat them tonight on this special occasion.

"You shouldn't have? Wait… they are for me, right?" She asked.

She looked adorable wearing his old shirt with her hair wrapped into a careless ponytail.

He coughed. "Yeah. Of course."

And that's how the chocolate went into the hands of a different person.

Nat smiled in the darkness of the night. She wrapped an arm around herself. She had a good time.

They had a candlelit dinner, at the top of the roof, while the stars twinkled their brightest.

It was all the aspects of a cheesy date, but to her, nothing could have been better.

The box of chocolates rested in her bag, uneaten.

"What are you thinking!"

Nat turned to see where the commotion was.

A guy wearing thick glasses and an out of fashion blue vest with brown pants stood with a pretty brown eyed girl. He was looking at the floor.

Meanwhile, the girl looked immensely pissed and shocked.

"I- I dunno." The guy murmured.

"Look at you and… look at me. I'm beautiful, popular and you're… you're nothing. How could you even think about asking me out?"

Nat's eyes furrowed… she felt pretty bad for him.

The guy slowly looked up, but he couldn't look her in the face. "I- I.."

He was cut off, when he was whirled around by someone.

"How could you?" Nat slapped him. "I told you I loved you. I told you I wanted to be with you... and here you are asking another girl out. Here!" Without thinking, she pulled the box of chocolates out of her bag. "I don't want your expensive chocolate. You can take that, your slut and every pleasurable thought you gave me. Goodbye!"

The nerd was puzzled, as he watched Nat storm away.

"Ohh…" The brown eyed girl had an unreadable expression. "I.. take back all that I said… You…"

Nat smiled, hearing the faint words. She had made one person's night and… although she had given away those precious chocolates… she felt that… he deserved it.

No one deserved being called a nothing… no one.

That idea where Nat pretends to be a past girlfriend to get the other girl to like the geek was acquired from Legally Blonde, the movie. It isn't word for word, but the idea is the same
"You're serious?"

The guy called Zachary nodded. "Yeah… after that girl left, Amber turned into a whole new person."

"But you rejected her? Why?"

"Because… I realized, she isn't who I thought she was. She looked pretty, but she is really pretty nasty."

His friend nodded, pushing his thick black glasses onto his nose. "Good call man. I'm proud of you." He said, patting his back. "Zach?" He asked, as he noticed Zachary's gaze wandering. He turned to see what his friend was looking at, to see a blonde girl laughing with her friends. "Oh no…"

"Hi… I couldn't help but to notice you. My name's Zachary. I- think you're really pretty….."

The girl and all her friends just looked at him, surprised.

"Man, he never learns." His friend murmured, watching afar.

"I uh…" He rummaged into his bag and quickly pulled out the chocolates. "Uh here. That's all. Bye!" He said, shoving the chocolates at her, before running back to his friend.

"You think I got it?" He asked, enthusiastically. "I mean, those chocolates have to do the trick."

His friend shook his head. "I'm a geek dude, but even I know… that's a no."

"Ugh. Can you believe that?"

Her friends laughed. "He ran away so fast… poor little guy."

"Yeah. Whatever. But.." She looked at the chocolates. "These are pretty nice chocolates."

Her friend looked at it. "Hmm… looks good. What are you going to do with it? You're not going to eat that right? Imagine all the calories."

The girl called Lara thought about it. "No.. I think I know what to do with them…"

"What?" Her friend asked curious.

"I'm going to… give it to a special someone."

He passed by unaware as she watched him. "Hiroshi." He turned, only realizing she was there.

"Hey." He said. "Uh.. have you seen Kinomoto?" He asked.

Lara shook her head. "No. Why?"

"Nothing. So what's up?" He asked, resting against the lockers.

"Well… I just wanted to give you something." She said. She flashed him a smile. "You interested?"

"What kind of something?"

"It's all innocent." She assured him. She took the box of chocolates out of her bag and handed it to him. "It's my gift for you."

He tilted his head. "Why?"

"Well… for standing up for me last year when I was nothing… you know. I was new to the school and some people were saying some pretty bad things. But you shut them up."

Hiroshi laughed. "Well, I was in a bad mood. I felt like picking on people. It wasn't my goal to help you." He admitted.

Lara nodded. "Either way… well, thanks." She moved forwards and landed a kiss on his cheeks. "See you around!" She said, flashing him a smile, before she left.

He looked at the chocolates. They flashed a brilliant gold. He shrugged his shoulders as he went back to his mission.

"Hey Syaoran!"

Syaoran smiled, seeing his best friend making her way towards him. "Hey. How's my favorite best friend?" He said, giving her a hug.

Sakura moved away from him, grimacing. "I'm your only best friend." She said. "And… you're all sweaty. You just had gym!"

Syaoran laughed. "That's the whole point isn't it?" He poked her, making her burst into laughter.

He exhaled contently. "Ie.. Sakura.. you always cheer me up." He said.

The sad expression that had occupied his face before came back.

"What's the matter?" Sakura asked curiously. Syaoran had been really down for the past three days.

"Nah. It's nothing. Listen, I know I promised we would play some soccer, but I'm not feeling for it right now, okay?"

Sakura nodded a bit disappointed. "Alright. I'll.. see you tomorrow then?"

"Yeah." He nodded. "See you."

When he had turned the corner, Sakura slumped against the lockers… it was so difficult to pretend…

Syaoran couldn't clear his head. He had 100 thoughts roaming his mind.

"Hey!"

Syaoran looked up.

"Do you know where Sakura is?" Hiroshi asked.

"Uh. Yeah. I just saw her. She's near the gym lockers. If you run, she should still be around there."

"Okay. Thanks."

"Wait. What for?" Syaoran called after him.

Hiroshi mumbled something, but he was already too far away. All Syaoran could make out was… "Sakura…" and "… ask…"

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