Whoa you guys! Thanks SO much for all the reviews!
Sorry this chapter is a bit shorter, but hey, chapter TWELVE has Sakura vs Ciria goodness!
And the Sakura/Yukito thing? 1) I thought you guys would hateme for that 2) there is a GOOD thing that that happened! You'll see soon, though...
With Or Without You
Chapter Ten: Miracle Maker
"Sakura? Sakura wake up." a rather familiar voice said, waking me from my deep slumber.
I groaned and sat up from the couch, rubbing my eyes. "What?"
Yukito smiled warmly at me, holding a steaming cup of coffee in his hand towards me. "I think you need this."
I looked down, somewhat groggily, at the coffee, then back up at him.
Memory reel…
My cheeks flared and I quickly grabbed the cup from him, taking a sip so as to hide my face. "Thanks."
Yukito sighed and took a seat next to me. "How did I get in your room?"
"You and Touya were drunk." I said flatly from the mug. "So I let you sleep it off in there. Feeling better?"
Yukito nodded, rubbing his eyes. He still wasn't wearing his glasses. "Yeah…thanks, sorry you had to do that."
"Whatever, you two owe me now." I smirked.
"I had the weirdest dream last night." Yukito frowned.
I bet.
"Oh really?" I said, somewhat bitterly. I did not the like memory of him forcing himself on me, thank you.
After all, it was supposed to be Syaoran who was doing that, not some drunken Yukito.
Not that it was all bad, of course, I can't deny that.
"Did anything…happen, last night, Sakura?" Yukito asked, peering at me from under his bangs.
I shook my head, pressing my lips against the mug and taking a long swig, trying to keep the blush from crossing my cheeks. "Nope."
Yukito frowned, rubbing the side of his head. "I don't remember falling down though…and I have this bruise on my head…in my dream you hit me with a pot."
"What was I supposed to do?" I could help but burst. "You were forcing yourself on me! I had to do something!"
Yukito gasped and turned to me, wide-eyed.
Oh…shit. I shouldn't have said that, huh?
"I-I did that?" he said softly, seeming rather shocked with himself. "I cant believe it..."
"You were drunk, you didn't know." I said.
Hey, at least I hadn't kissed him back. Sure, I'd accepted the kiss, but I had never kissed him back.
"I'm sorry Sakura." Yukito breathed. "I shouldn't have done that."
I shrugged and got up from the couch. "Forget it, okay? It doesn't matter. I won't bring it up again if you won't."
Yukito nodded faintly, staring blankly ahead of him, a deep blush crossing his cheeks.
"Oh," I said as I walked from the room. "You and Touya still owe me."
Then I turned and walked away, smirking like an idiot.
XxXxX Syaoran's POV XxXxX
Damn it, I was going to be late for school!
I had stayed out late with Ciria, Tomoyo, Eriol and Meilin, and had laid there for hours, thinking.
Of Sakura.
I'd thought so much that I'd actually lost track of the time, and the next thing I knew the sun had risen and I was already going to be late.
"Syaoran where are you going?" Ciria said from the kitchen table, her ear pressed to her cell phone.
I had learnt, over the past twenty-four hours, that Ciria was attached to that damn phone.
"School," I said, somewhat angrily. "I still have to go there."
"Oh," Ciria frowned, turning back to her phone. "Call you back."
Then she hung up and stood, walking over to me.
"Syaoran, honey," she smiled. "Why don't you skip school today? We could get to know each other better."
I almost laughed. That was a good one, really.
Sure, Ciria was pretty, I couldn't deny that, but I wasn't attracted to her, at all.
I was obligated to marry her, that's all, nothing more. There was no want or love there.
Not like there was between Sakura and I.
Even last night, when I'd fought with Sakura at Riley's, I'd admitted that I'd wanted to marry her…but she'd ignored me.
Either that, or didn't hear me.
"I can't." I said flatly. "It's school, I need the credits."
And…don't call me honey.
"Oh come on Syaoran," Ciria said, I'm disgusted to say, with something like seductiveness in her voice. She rested one hand on my shoulder, the other on the curve of my neck. Damn, she was taller than me. "We barely know each other."
So far, an affair with Sakura was great. Screw Ciria.
"I've got to go." I frowned, pulling away from her, turning, and walking out the front door.
She didn't follow after me, thank God.
I hopped in my car, grudgingly, and turned on the engine, Default's "Count On Me" blatsing over the speakers.
I know that life ain't always good to you
I've seen exactly what it's put you through
Thrown you around and turned you upside down and so you
You got to thinking there was no way out
You started sinking and it pulled you down
It may be tough you've to get back up
Because you know that life ain't over yet
God I missed Sakura. And after last night, especially after I punched Kent…she probably hated me.
Damn it I was an idiot!
I gripped the steering wheel tightly, thought whirling through my mind.
How could I call off my marriage to Ciria without getting my family angry?
There was no way.
How could I win Sakura back?
I'm here for you so don't forget
You can count on me
Cause' I will carry you till you carry on
Anytime you need someone
Somebody strong to lean on
Well you can count on me
To hold you till the healing is done
And every time you fall apart
Well you can hide here in my arms
And you can count on me
To hold you till that feeling is gone
Maybe…there was a way.
I smirked, turning up the volume to the song.
"This give me an idea…" I smirked, turning the volume down again, pulling my cell phone from my pocket as I sped through the street.
I wonder why nobody's waiting on you
I'd like to be the one to pull you through your darkest times
I'd love to be the light that finds you
I see a silver lining on your cloud
I'll pick you up whenever you fall down
Just take my hand and I will help you stand
Because you know that life ain't over yet
"Eriol?"
"Yeah? Syaoran, what's up?" Eriol's voice said from the other line.
"I need a favor." I smirked.
"I bet," Eriol chuckled. "After last night, you need a miracle."
"What are you talking about Hiiragizawa?" I couldn't help but growl.
"Oh don't talk like you don't know." Eriol snickered. "We were there, remember? God, I wish I could have punched Kent like that. Tomoyo would have liked to take out Ciria, though."
I smirked faintly. So would I.
I'm here for you so don't forget
You can count on me
Cause' I will carry you till you carry on
Anytime you need someone
Somebody strong to lean on
Well you can count on me to hold you till the healing is done
And every time you fall apart you can hide here in my arms
And you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is
Gone so you can live today
Seems so long to yesterday
Keep on counting on me to carry you till you carry on
Carry on
"Anyway, about the favor." I said.
"Sure, anything."
"Do you still know how to play guitar?" I asked, remembering how, before Christmas, I'd been talking to Eriol about past garage bands we'd been in. It had been a short-term thing for me, but it had been fun.
"But of course." Eriol said. "Why? Want to start a band again?"
I laughed. "No, but the song I'm listening to just might give me that miracle."
You know that life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
You can count on me cause
I will carry you till you carry on
Anytime you need someone
Somebody strong to lean on
Well you can count on me to hold you till that healing is done
And every time you fall apart
You can hide here in my arms
And you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is gone
Remember life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
That you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is gone
Remember life ain't over yet
I'm here for you so don't forget
That you can count on me to hold you till that feeling is gone
Sorry it was a bit shorter guys! What's Syaoran planning? (Just so you know, that song by Default? It kicks ASS)
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