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Heya, I just wanted to clear some things up about the last two chapters. Firstly, the kids at this orphanage are extremely clever and stuff, that's why Tomoyo was able to sit in the shade of the tree (not on the swing). Even if Tomoyo is only 3 months old. And also, why Syaoran was so mean to Sakura in he last chapter, well, that's kinda ruining the story if I tell you why, but, it's kind of explained in this chapter. Also, if any discrepancies, or anything that seems to happen in this story that can't happen in real life, they are written with our knowledge. Just wanted to clear that up But thanks to everyone who reviewed, and the people who pointed those out to us, I guess we should have made the story more clear in the first place sweatdrop ;; (By the way, where it says pounding their hands I was going to write, pounding their heads but that would be child abuse XD sorry!
-Yumi.
-Last Chapter-
"Erm...Li?" Sakura said timidly. "You can call me Sakura if you want."
"And why would I do that?"
"Oh. Because, we are going to be living together as long as we both work in this Orphanage and so, we should start calling each other by our first names if we are to be friends?" Sakura was already wishing she hadn't said anything.
And not knowing why he said it, or what he was thinking at that time, Syaoran replied: "Who would ever want to be friends with you?" and stomped out the room, leaving Sakura by herself as a few tears started to drip down her face.
-Last Chapter-
Chapter 2: Chaos"I'll make dinner."
There was no reply.
Syaoran wanted to turn around to see why she wasn't replying. Nah, maybe it was just the way she agreed to things, to say nothing.
As Syaoran walked out of the room, Sakura stood in the darkness of the room. Window light filtered through the shades and bathed Sakura in mellow sunshine. And it was enough to dry her small tears away, but not enough to warm her heart.
Why did she feel so cold inside? Why did she feel so cold and sad when he said it? She wouldn't care, and besides, she wouldn't want to be his friend either. She put her hand onto her heart. No, she cared. It mattered to her, even if she didn't understand why.
Syaoran made his way to the kitchen, watching as kids passed by, giggling and goggling at him. He was sure he heard something like: "They won't last long… Eriol will fix them up too…"
But when he looked to see who said it, he saw two kids drawing on the wall with crayons.
"Hey, use paper, not the wall!" The two kids looked at him, screwing up their face like he had just said something weird. Perhaps they were trying to say: "The wall is our paper."
Syaoran shook his head, pulling the crayons away, "Don't write on the wall!" The two kids pulled the crayons back, stuck their tongue out, and then ran away laughing.
"Geez, I hate these kids." Syaoran muttered under his breath. He made his way to the kitchen, noticing how there was tomato sauce all over the walls, and a lot of yellow squishy stuff… and a…
Whoops! Syaoran felt his leg slipping when he took a step, and before he could catch himself… something when SPLAT… and he couldn't think… and then he fell to the floor.
As soon he was on his butt and on the ground, he wiped the stuff off his face, looking up for pigeons.
"Idiot." A smirking voice said. Syaoran started to grit his teeth.
"You… little brat!" It was Eriol. His round, big glasses hid his eyes, and a little curved mouth… it was Eriol.
"I'm going to…" Syaoran scrambled onto his feet.
"Do you like bananas?" Eriol tilted his head as he lifted up a banana.
"No thank you."
"I don't like them either." Eriol's smirk got broader and wider…
Syaoran's eyes grew wide, "What the…" He raised the banana so it was like a gun, winked an eye and then…
SPLAT.
"YOU!" Syaoran roared.
Eriol ran off, dropping the peel on the floor. Syaoran, being absolutely careless, stepped on the banana peel, slipped, and then fell to the floor again. He was furious. Beaten by a banana… beaten by a little kid! A brat!
He could hear a wicked laugh from the stairs. He stood back up, grunting.
"Whatever, I need to cook dinner." He turned to the grimy walls and the smeared cupboards.
"There's no food in there."
Syaoran turned around to see a six-year-old girl.
"Excuse me?"
The six-year-old girl pushed back her long, black strands of hair, then continued to look up at Syaoran with big, large eyes, and said "There's no food in there."
"Yeah right." Syaoran lifted his hand to open up one of the cupboards.
"I'm not kidding. And if you don't believe me, I'm warning you…" Too late. Syaoran opened up one of the doors…
Sakura sighed. The room looked a bit better after she'd dust it. All of a sudden… she heard a high-pitched scream. Was that a kid? Sakura dashed out of the room, down the stairs and into the kitchen. She stopped dead.
"Syaoran?" Syaoran looked up at Sakura, stricken.
He stuttered, "Sp-piders… and…" Sakura looked down, letting out a scream.
"Co…cockroaches…" She screamed again. Meiling gave a toothy grin, revealing two buck-teeth.
"Told ya."
Syaoran gave a menacing glare at her, "Shut up."
Meiling's face turned sour, her eyes scrunched up, her nose poked up, and her mouth squeezed in like a fish, "You shuttahp!" And then gave a hard kick in his… well, 'place'.
Syaoran kneeled down, letting out deep breaths…
"Syaoran! No!" Sakura stumbled back, pointing at around him.
Syaoran screamed again… all the cockroaches were covering his feet… and the spiders were scattering around… it was all chaos.
Meiling stood by Sakura, giving another one of those toothy grins, "Do ya know what his name is?"
Sakura looked down at the little kid with a petrified look, "S…Sya…oran…"
Meiling beamed, "Ssyaran!"
"Can't you go save him?"
Meiling shrugged, "I dunno…"
But then Meiling suddenly ran forward, cockroaches dying under her feet. She leaped up, giving Syaoran a nice punch in the face.
"OWE!" Syaoran clutched at his face, jumping up and down… while Sakura screamed… Meiling continued to leap around and run… chanting out, "S-s-y-a-r-a-n!"
Eriol watched from the stairs, smiling smartly, "Idiots."
Sakura looked around at the children, "Sorry everybody… there won't be any dinner tonight." Little kids glared at Sakura and Syaoran, then turned to their king.
"WANT FOOD! WANT FOOD!" And then they began stamping their little feet and pounding their hands on the tables.
Eriol stood up, held his hands out… silence.
Sakura and Syaoran gaped.
Eriol glanced down at the empty table, and then up at their two guardians, "Those idiots have left us nothing but to starve."
The room echoed with silent murmurs, "Idiots… idiots…"
Eriol grinned, "Ahem, but I believe I could give them a second chance."
Syaoran opened up his mouth, but then Eriol continued.
"By baking us some cakes." He lifted up a bag of ingredients for a cake, "And if they do a good job… then they will receive gratitude and a little present." He ended with a scheming smile.
"CAKE! CAKE! CAKE!" Everybody was pounding at the table with their plastic spoons, screaming and shouting.
Then, there was a loud, splattering sound. Eriol had thrown the bag at Syaoran's face.
"Hurry up, or else…" A threatening demand.
Syaoran was in no position to argue, so he just headed to the kitchen, cursing under his breath, "Brat… that stupid brat… one day I'll teach him who's boss…"
"Wait! Syaoran! Let me help you!"
"Li?"
"Yes?"
"Back there, before, why did you say that?"
"Say what?" although he already knew what she was going to say.
"You know...'why would anyone want to be friends with you?'"
"Oh."
"So..why did you say that?"
"I don't know." There was silence. Sakura walked over to where Syaoran was, and put the mixing bowl down. She looked straight in his eyes.
"Li, please tell me?" she smiled. Syaoran's heart stopped then and there. He looked deep into the eyes of the girl who was standing before him. Her smile radiated with kindness, one that could rarely be seen on this world, and made him want to smile as well.
"I've never had a friend before."
Sakura was taken aback. "Never?"
"No. The place I grew up, it was...lonely. I have five sisters. When we were little, we used to play together alright, but, when we got older, well they are girls. I really didn't think much of dressing up and make up." Syaoran blanched. "My father was an owner of this big company which made cars, but when I was only eight he died. My mum didn't care much of the company before, but when he died she made it clear that I was to carry on the buisness as soon as I was old enough. Instead of sending me to a school, she paid for tutors to come here and teach me about buisiness' and the rest. Eventually I took over the company, but I hated it, everyone always coming up to me with these different forms and stuff. Owning a company was not my thing. So I left to come and work here. My mum wasn't very happy, but she let me come here because I was so miserable."
"Wow. I never knew Li-"
"S-Sakura? You can call me Syaoran if you want. If you still want to be friends?"
Sakura's face lit up, and she jumped up and wrapped her arms around Syaoran's neck. "That would be wonderful! Actually...I have never had a friend before either..." but realizing what she said, she slapped her hand across her mouth.
"What's wrong, Sakura?"
"Nothing, just forget I said anything!" and she turned her back on Syaoran and continued her mixing. Syaoran didn't see the few tears that dripped down Sakura's face as a flood of past memories started to come to her one by one...