Twenty-nine days
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Thanks to: Teardrops of Hatred, dbzgtfan2004, TeDDieZ, meow-mix23, sunflower-power24, Sparkly Faerie (I mentioned Sakura's age in the front part of chapter one actually. They're sixteen.), Pinaygrrl, the silver falcon, butterflywinds.
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Chapter Two: Day 1 of Torture
"Moshi moshi? Onii-san?" Sakura called over the phone.
"Kaijuu, what are you calling me for?" Touya answered grumpily.
"Onii-san wa baka! I'm staying over at my friend's house for a month, we have to do a project, and Tomoyo-chan will be staying over along with me. Could you tell Otou-san for me?" she asked, sticking her tongue out childishly at the phone.
"Fine, kaijuu. Just make sure you don't ruin your friend's house. Is it a boy or a girl staying there?" Sakura rolled her eyes. She could just picture her brother's eyes narrowing at the notion that she was going to stay over at a boy's house.
"It's a boy." She said, trying to ignore the fact that her brother was screaming "WHAT!" in the background and shouting profanities if not for the fact that he was shouting in the phone, and she had to hold it a few centimeters away from her ear to not let her poor ear suffer.
Next to her, Syaoran had finished informing Wei that he would be staying over at his best friend's house for a month. He sniggered at her not even bothering to hide it and she used the cordless phone she was using to smack him over the head. This elicited an "Ow!" from him and lots of questions bombarded by her brother in question to the sound made from her smacking Syaoran.
Tomoyo who was the first to inform her mother that she was staying over at Eriol's house had not induced a very calm reaction out of Sonomi too. But she couldn't resist giggling lightly at the still-arguing pair of which one of them was still on the phone. Eriol seemed mildly amused at the scene playing out before him too, and he practically had to stuff his hand in his mouth to keep from laughing out loud.
Sakura couldn't stand it any longer, and bid her brother a hurried goodbye, almost slamming the cordless phone down until she realized that there was nothing to slam it on. She stomped her foot on the ground in frustration and walked away angrily. Syaoran was not paying attention, and he almost fell over himself in an attempt to keep up with her.
Then Sakura realized something and stopped so abruptly that Syaoran knocked into her.
"Where's our room?" she asked, mad at herself for not asking earlier.
"At…t…the second level…f…first room on…t…the r…r…right! Y…your luggage which you claimed j…just now is al…already there." Eriol could barely talk as he was already laughing helplessly at Sakura and Syaoran's actions and Tomoyo had collapsed on him in a fit of giggles.
She nodded in acknowledgement and walked up the stairs quickly, eager to get away from their sight for she could not find what was so funny. Syaoran, whose reaction was too slow, almost tripped over himself trying to catch up with her.
Ten minutes later…
Ding Dong! The bell rang. (A/N: I seem to be writing that a lot nowadays.) Eriol and Tomoyo stopped their insane laughing as Eriol went down the stairs to open the door. He opened the door, and there stood Nakuru on the doorway. "ERIOL-KUN! I'm home!" she screamed as she launched herself at him.
"Thanks for stating the obvious," Eriol said sarcastically, trying to free himself from her death grip.
"By the way, why are your clothes all rumpled?" Nakuru asked him conversationally.
"Thanks to you," he said sarcastically once more.
"Your clothes were rumpled before I hugged you!" she exclaimed.
"Eriol-san! Where was Syaoran and Sakura's room again?" Tomoyo asked Eriol as she walked slowly down the stairs before noticing Nakuru who had just come in. "Oh, hello Akizuki-san! Sorry for intruding!" Nakuru looked at HIS rumpled clothes and HER also rumpled clothes and jumped to the wrong conclusions.
"Oh NOW I know! You and Tomoyo-chan were doing naughty stuff!" she said wiggling her eyebrows suggestively as they both turned a shade of red that was formerly thought to be unattainable for the pale-complexioned duo.
"We weren't—" "What are you talking about?" "We were just—" "We weren't doing anything!" they said as they tried to clear the air between Nakuru and them. "Don't worry I understand if you want to keep it a secret!" she said as she winked at Tomoyo who seemed to turn redder, if that was even possible.
"I just collapsed on him when we were laughing just now! Honest! There was nothing between us!" Tomoyo said waving her hands about frantically, as if to prove her point. Somehow that just made Nakuru more adamant that something was going on between them and Tomoyo gave up on trying to convince her about the truth. She sighed, this was not good.
Eriol then told Tomoyo he would show her to Sakura and Syaoran's room and Nakuru insisted on following them, in case they would start doing some "naughty stuff" again. Tomoyo picked up her camcorder from the living room on the way for she had a feeling that there would be something picture-worthy in Sakura and Syaoran's room.
In Sakura and Syaoran's room…
Tomoyo opened the door of their room slowly as she crept in quietly so as not to disturb them. She could feel a chilly wind blowing in her direction, which made her realize that the air-conditioning was turned on. She looked around, seeing the ground littered with half-packed necessities, but Sakura and Syaoran were nowhere to be found.
"Where could they be?" she pondered out loud as she caught sight of the hem of someone's clothes sticking out from underneath a quilt covering the master bed Sakura and Syaoran were forced to share because of their "situation". Her gaze then shifted to the big lump under the quilt.
Her eyes narrowed, as she slowly removed the quilt and the sight that greeted her was a sight indeed. Sakura and Syaoran were curled up together; Sakura's face lying on Syaoran's chest, their legs tangled together and Syaoran's free arm was wound around Sakura's back protectively. It seemed as if they had fallen asleep halfway through packing, and had left their stuff littered on the floor.
They had probably gotten tired after the day's events, and couldn't stop from falling asleep. Tomoyo, taping down the scene with her camcorder, signaled Eriol and Nakuru that it was time for them to step into the room. (A/N: All this time Tomoyo was in the room, Eriol and Nakuru hadn't dared to enter the room, in fear that something would go wrong.)
'Kawaii!' Tomoyo squealed in her mind. Sakura and Syaoran made such a cute couple, but they just didn't want to admit it. Maybe then getting stuck together was a good thing after all. Then Nakuru walked into the room and gasped. She let out a blood-curdling scream as she looked at Sakura and Syaoran's position on the bed.
"I thought you said they hated each other! Now they're bedding each other?" Nakuru asked Eriol, who shrugged. All this commotion woke Syaoran and Sakura up.
"What's all the fuss about?" Sakura asked groggily, still not fully awake. Syaoran too woke up slowly and realized something was wrong. They stared at each other and realized the awkward position they were in.
"HHOE!" "AHH!" Two screams even louder than Nakuru's separately sounded from Sakura and Syaoran respectively. They seemed to be both trying to get away from the other, but were unsuccessful in their attempt. For they had forgotten that their lower arms were stuck together and the both of them trying to run in the opposite direction did not help. In the end they both landed back onto the bed.
Nakuru who was still confused asked Tomoyo what was wrong with Sakura and Syaoran who explained everything to her. Realization dawning on her, she hastily apologized to Syaoran and Sakura. "I'm really sorry to disturb the both of you sleeping! You looked really comfortable too! I'm so sorry!" but the way she had said it somehow came out wrong.
"Thank you actually, Akizuki-san, thank goodness I don't have to be in such near vicinity to him anymore." Sakura said, trying to convince Nakuru and herself that she hadn't enjoyed Syaoran's embrace at all.
"Yeah Akizuki, thanks for waking me up. Now at least I don't have to be so near to HER," Syaoran said disgustedly even though he had been perfectly comfortable and didn't want to be disturbed. But he was not going to admit that anywhere in the near future. No, he had NOT been comfortable at all.
Eriol who had actually noticed and sensed the way they were acting, said slyly, "The both of you looked pretty comfy there just now I was certain that you both were enjoying it." This caused Syaoran and Sakura to flush a bright red and turned away from him whilst trying to tell him that they had NOT enjoyed it at all.
"I didn't—" "I don't like—" they started saying but was cut in the middle with Tomoyo saying, "We understand," and smirked triumphantly, Eriol sporting an identical smirk. They then proceeded to leave the room, Nakuru trailing behind Eriol and Tomoyo. What Sakura and Syaoran didn't notice was the maniacal grins Eriol and Tomoyo had sported once their backs were turned against them.
Almost immediately after they had left the room, Tomoyo had asked Eriol if she could ask Chiharu, Naoko and Rika over for a short while to "discuss something". He had not missed the gleam in her eyes when she had asked him if she could ask them over. It was identical to the one he had.
"Maybe it would be better if you invited Takashi, Ejio and Yoshiyuki along too. I know what you're plotting Tomoyo-san. May I ask if I could join in too?" Eriol said as his glasses flashed suspiciously.
"Sure, the more the merrier, Eriol-kun!" she said as she ran off to call Chiharu and the rest of their good friends.
Later…
"Hello everybody!" Tomoyo said brightly as the few people she and Eriol had invited came trickling in the main doors and they proceeded to the living room. Yoshiyuki had not been able to make it, as was Rika. Once they were there, she explained about Sakura and Syaoran's "situation".
They were told to act ignorant of their condition and taunt them in school the first thing tomorrow, until they couldn't take it and told them the truth. It would be interesting, yes, to watch Sakura and Syaoran being awkward around each other unlike the other days when they could just flare up at each other and didn't have to tolerate this.
Tomoyo didn't have to tell them the rest of the plan, though, for it seemed that everyone was as interested in pairing off Syaoran and Sakura together as she was. Like what Chiharu said, "Why are they the only ones who hate each other out of all of us anyway?" Tomoyo thought that there was bound to be some depth in that matter.
Somewhere else in the Hiiragizawa mansion…
"Umm……so I'm sleeping on the left! Don't you dare come near me!" Sakura yelled at Syaoran as he sneered at her.
"Why would I want to sleep near YOU? Besides the last time it was YOU who curled up to me in your sleep!"
"So you knew I was curling up to you eh? I bet YOU enjoyed it! Don't you dare sleep within ten centimeters near me!"
"Same applies to you!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
Back to the living room…
"So that's all we have to do?" Naoko asked. Tomoyo nodded, and Eriol sent them out as he and Tomoyo went to their respective bedrooms to rest for the day.
A/N: I hope this chapter made up for the last chapter! Was it good? Bad? Comments please! Please R and R to let me know what you think of it! I really hope I can get more reviews than last chapter. Constructive criticism greatly appreciated.
Moshi moshi – Hello (Greeting on the phone)
Onii-san – Older brother
Kaijuu – Monster
Onii-san wa Baka! – Brother is stupid! (Roughly translated)
Kawaii - Cute