A/N: Wowee--wow! So many reviews! I never thought that my fanfic would be able to make such heights. At first, a few months ago, I thought it'll be a lame excuse for a story which will only receive 2 reviews per chapter. Thank you guys sooooooooooooooo much! Btw, I need to speed things up. 76 days left... can you imagine that? So within this chapter two months would have passed. Just to warn you about the sudden jump in time. On and one more thing, this chapter is all about fluffness, nothing is gonna happen really...OH and about them confessing, its gonna be at the end of the story.
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Disclaimer: I will never in this lifetime own Cardcaptor Sakura. But I do own Frost and the others!
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Chapter 13: Deepest
Two months had passed since the harvest festival. Rika, Chiharu, Naoko and Tomoyo were forced to stop visiting Sakura's farm due to frequent snowstorms. The once green land was now covered by a white blanket of slivery snow.
Strangely, the soldiers from the castle never appeared in the farmlands. Syaoran thought that they guessed that he and Eriol would have left the kingdom. Who would have thought he got stuck at a farm working for a commoner?
While all this was happening, Sakura had ordered Flames to melt the snow that forms a route from the cottage to the stable. It was the only way to prevent Sakura and Syaoran to stop sinking into the soft snow.
Syaoran had hoped that his feelings towards the unicorn breeder would have died out after some time. Unexpectedly, the flame within him grew stronger with each passing day. He now constantly finds himself even dreaming of Sakura's smiling face in the night, thinking of multiple ways to please her and worked diligently on her farm, something that he thought he would ever do in his life.
Sakura, unfortunately still oblivious of her own feelings, was finally beginning to wonder what feelings she held for her helper on the farm. She knew for certain that she did not look up to him as a friend, nor a family member. She always felt safe and secure when she was around him, sometimes urged to even kiss him again. "He's just a close friend, nothing more." was her constant conclusion that dwelled in her mind, but now, she wasn't so sure anymore.
Flames cooed as Sakura rubbed her hand against her fiery feathers. They were on the porch, watching the sun set, although it was only four in the evening.
"SQUARK!"
Frost suddenly swooped down from the roof and hovered in the air in front of an annoyed Flames. His determination of trying Flames to be his mate had never wavered once even after the mating season.
Sakura giggled as Flames tried to shoot Frost down with her fire breath which he easily dodged.
"Flames, why don't you give him a chance?"
Flames, being the stubborn phoenix she is, just like her mistress, shook her head from side to side.
"Come on... how would you know he isn't a nice person...err phoenix when you don't even give him a chance? Maybe he's just like Xiao Lang! After all he's his pet and Xiao Lang is really nice to me."
Flames eyed her mistress uncertainly but since she devoted her life to look after her mistress, she couldn't say no to any order she was assigned.
She then flew of to a nearby tree with Frost tailing happily behind her.
She sighed as she watched her pet finally communicating with another male of her kind.
"Really nice? Is that all you can say of my character?"
A sudden voice spoke from behind a surprised Sakura,
"Xiao Lang!" She blushed, "How long have you been standing there?" "I can't believe he just heard that!"
Syaoran smirked at her embarrassment; he recently discovered his new hobby, teasing Sakura.
"Well?"
Sakura nervously scratched her head, "Ermmm...Oh! I just remembered..., I haven't brushed Dust yet!"
Clearly, she was trying to find a way out of the sticky situation.
Syaoran instantly placed his hand on the railing beside him and leaned his other arm against the wall behind Sakura, completely eradicating any chances of escaping for Sakura.
Sakura gulped as Syaoran's face came closer to her own. He caressed her cheek in a loving way and spoke in a husky tone, "I expect you to answer my question Sakura..."
Beads of sweat traveled down Sakura's face. Her head felt dizzy and her heart was beating hard against her chest. She couldn't think nor speak as her legs began to wobble unsteadily like jelly. You can expect what a normal girl would do if the object of her affection actually came this close to her. Yup, she fainted.
(A/N: You see, since Sakura's feelings are more developed now, it would be normal for her to get more nervous or, in this case, dizzy when Syaoran does anything to her.)
Syaoran's eyes widened as Sakura fainted right in front of him, "Wow... I know I was good, but, I didn't know I was that good..."
He lifted Sakura's limp body into the cottage. Unsurprisingly, her body was as light a feather to Syaoran. He laid her down on the bed and sat on the chair beside it as he studied Sakura's face.
He sighed as he watched Sakura's chest moving up and down. He knew he was going too deep, in fact, he was almost sure he had already hit rock bottom.
He left the room reluctantly as he knew he had more work to do since now Sakura fainted. It was almost time to prepare dinner and Sakura always cooks the dinner.
He headed for the field as he wanted to call the phoenixes into the house before it gets colder.
When he got to the field, he wasn't surprised to see Frost flying about, performing the "courtship" dance. It is a dance performed by male phoenixes to court their potential mates. If the female starts to dance too, it means she accepts the courtship. However, Flames was just sat there on the tree branch, with no reaction at all. It was an improvement really, the last time Frost tried the dance, he returned into the cottage with black feathers.
"I guess Frost is just like me, we both have no luck whatsoever in our love life..."
Syaoran stared at the two phoenixes, "One is fire. The other is ice. They can never come together... "
He whistled and Frost stopped his dance. He glared annoyingly at his master.
Flames on the other hand, immediately flew into the cottage, happy that she finally escaped from the cold.
Frost perched on Syaoran's shoulder as he snuggled against his master's warmth.
Syaoran rubbed Frost feathers as he cooed, "In another two weeks or so, we'll be outta here. Don't get too deep Frost, Kay?"
The ice blue phoenix seemed to understand his master's words as it dejectedly nodded.
Syaoran sighed dolefully, "I better follow my own advice. I just hope that cousin of mine doesn't get too close to Daidouji."
He went into the kitchen and opened a cool pot. Around it were huge blocks of ice. They have magical energy, giving it the ability to never melt. Inside the fully stocked pot were frozen shrimps, pieces of fish and small pieces of mutton. At these times, meat was expensive. The cheapest were the meat of sheeps and goats.
Sakura would normally asked Flames to collect fresh fish, shrimps and other kinds of food from the town daily. Since its winter, she would order frozen seafood instead, knowing it wouldn't be good for Flames's health if she were to fly of into the cold everyday. Besides, the fishermen would have stopped fishing in the huge lake already since it would been frozen over.
From the past two months, Syaoran knew Sakura's favourite were shrimps. He grabbed the packet of shrimps and called Flames over. Taking out the pan, he placed butter on top on it. Flames did her job and heated the pan very slightly, melting the butter into its liquid form. Syaoran placed the shrimps onto the pan along with two pieces of fish.
In the matter of minutes, the fish and shrimps were cooked. The butter added a delicious scent to the dish.
Once Syaoran placed two dishes on the table, he heard a moan from Sakura's room.
Before he could even enter the room, Sakura emerged from her room with a smile, "What's that smell? Xiao Lang? Did you cook dinner? And is that shrimp?"
Syaoran chuckled at her questions, "Yes mistress, I've cooked dinner, and yes, its shrimp."
Sakura giggled and sat down onto her seat, "What happened to me? I remember being on the porch, why was I suddenly in bed?"
Syaoran's eyes glinted, "Don't you remember? You were so entranced by my seducing that you actually fainted!"
Memories started to flood back to Sakura as blood began to rush to her face once again.
"I wasn't entranced! It was the...the cold! Wait a minute ... you were seducing me?"
Syaoran gulped at his mistake, "Ermm.. Did I say seducing? I meant teasing! Yeah teasing!"
Sakura's heart felt a wave of disappointment, "Why do I feel this way? He's nothing but a friend! Yeah a friend...right?"
Syaoran eyebrows arched, "Sakura? You there?"
Sakura snapped out of her trance as she uneasily chuckled, "Errr Yeah. Just dandy!"
She tasted the shrimp, "This is good! Where did you learn how to cook Syaoran?""
Syaoran smiled, "I learnt it from my mother when I was small..." "Actually, I sneaked into the kitchen at night to learn it from the Chef."
As the two ate their dinner, silence enveloped them. Frost was at Syaoran's side, trying to snag a piece of shrimp from Syaoran's plate once in a while.
Flames on the other hand, noticed Frost sudden change in character. He wasn't chasing her anymore, making her feel relieved that he finally gave up courting her. But, why did she feel so depressed?
(A/N: Corky. I know...)
After the dinner, Sakura went to the fireplace to put more firewood into it to keep the cottage warm during the night.
Syaoran watched as Sakura warmed her hands against the fire. The flames glowed against Sakura's skin, making her look more beautiful than even possible.
Syaoran stared at Sakura's jovial face, "I'll be just happy looking her from afar..."
However, in his heart, he knew he wouldn't be satisfied by only watching her from a distance. He knew his love for her will never extinguish. He knew that she was the only one for him and would never want another to replace her in his heart.
Suddenly, the thought of leaving Sakura after the 100 days deadline dreaded him to the core. After the next two weeks, he would have to leave the farm. That means he will never see Sakura again. Thousands of needles pricked his heavy heart.
"Time passed so quickly ever since I met Sakura..."
Sakura seemed to notice Syaoran's intense gaze directed to her and turned around, "Something on my face?"
Syaoran then snapped out of this train of thought, "No, you're just perfect..."
Sakura blushed at those words, "I'm going to bed."
With that, she stood up and walked to her room with Flames trailing behind her.
Syaoran then realized the words he just said and smacked himself on the forehead, "What were you thinking? She's going to think you're an idiot now..."
Frost stared at his master and cawed.
Syaoran closed his eyes and stood up, "Come on Frost, we got to go to bed."
The two entered Syaoran's room.
Syaoran watched as Frost perched on his bird stand and tucked his neck under his wing.
He turned and stared out of the window.
The moon shone brightly, giving the snow that covered the area a slivery glow.
"Should I confess?" thought Syaoran as his gaze wondered to Sakura's window.
His room was directly opposite of Sakura's, therefore, Sakura's window was facing his own.
He pondered, "Even if Sakura loves me back, we'll never be together. Just like Frost and Flames, we are too different. Like spots and stripes, light and dark..."
He sighed bleakly, "Once she finds out I'm a prince, she shunned me like any commoner would. I mean, over my pass years as a prince, I actually never touched one!"
He shuddered as he remembered Princess Rei back at the castle, "I'll never marry that bimbo, and why did mother engaged me to marry that slut anyways?"
Slipping under the warm covers of the blanket which already held his scent, he closed his eyes as he slipped into slumber.
"Sakura, you're my light, my flower... why did you take my heart? I love you to my wit's end. Please don't leave me...even when I have to leave you..."
Days left: 16
To be continued...
A/N: Sorry for the late update. Got caught in the web of Fire Emblem... One more thing... Have you guys forgotten Hiroki? BWAHAHAHAHA