Disclaimer: I do NOT own CCS, much to my dismay
Summary: At the age of six, Sakura has one of the kindest hearts out there. When she meets Syaoran, they become instant friends, giving them both their first kiss. Being the daughter of an important leader in Japan has its advantages and disadvantages. One being arranged marriages. Or is that a good thing? Little did she know, her marriage was being arranged to Syaoran, heir to the Li clan in Hong Kong. Though friends for the two weeks Sakura visited at age six, they meet again ten years later to be announced that they are to be married. Sakura and Syaoran must marry out of duty to their parents and their responsibility to the corporations. But is there more to their marriage than just duty?
Thank you to my first reviewers milkypanda, Sakura-Tenshii, cute-mistress-paige, and FlowerLover!!!
CHAPTER TWO:
AND SO THEY MEET
The Next day in the Hong Kong Palace
Sakura POV
"Father, is this it?" I asked. Looking at the mansion they were arriving at.
"Yes, indeed it is. They remodeled it after our visit." Fugitaka answered.
"It's beautiful." I whispered.
The mansion was all stone with gardens and mazes. In the distant parts of their property, she could see a stable and a pond with cherry blossoms.
If this is what it looks like on the outside, I wonder what the inside looks like inside.
"It's time to meet your future husband" Fugitaka said. I tried not to groan at this comment.
Walking up to the door, I all of a sudden felt butterflies in my stomach. I'm going to meet my future husband. What if he's some obnoxious ugly toad? After knocking on the door, they could hear scuffling of feet. In a matter of seconds, the door was swung open and led to the tea room. A woman, in her early forties and with a serene look on her face, smiled as she looked at both
"Is this Sakura?" Yelen asked, smiling.
"Yes." I replied, immediately getting comfortable in her presence
"How much you've grown! The last time I saw you, you were six and still playing house with my little Syaoran. Now look at you. You've grown to be a very beautiful young lady." She said, leading us to her office.
"Thank you." Sakura replied timidly, flushing, as Yelen ushered us to sit.
"And Fugitaka. I see you haven't changed a bit." She commented, looking over to my father.
"Of course not. My age doesn't permit it." He smiled
"Posh! I have known plenty of people who've turned into old cranksters when they turned our age." She said, making Fugitaka chuckle.
"Where's Syaoran? I would have thought he would have been here." My father asked. I looked at the ground, not wanted Yelen to see the scowl on my face
"Yes, I've sent someone to inform him that you and Sakura have arrived. Sakura, how have you reacted to the news that you and my son are betrothed?"
"Ah, well-" I began to say but was interrupted by a knock.
"Come in." Yelen said.
The door opened and a young man walked through the door. He walked over to Yelen's side and bowed to me and my father.
Syaoran POV
"Welcome to our home. We are honored to have you as guests." He said bowing politely.
"You don't have to be so formal around us. We're going to be family soon." Fugitaka said.
"Ah, yes." I said sitting down, taking a glimpse of the girl next to him.
So this is going to be my wife. Well, she doesn't have a horn growing out of her head.
"It's a pleasure to meet you." Sakura said politely
"The pleasures all mine." I relied, trying not to directly look into her eyes.
Normal POV
"I'll go out and say it. You guys are betrothed and Sakura is here so that your engagement can be announced at the ball. Now, how about some tea?" Yelen asked, Sakura, Syaoran, and Fugitaka staring at her gaping.
They talked for about another hour, well, Yelen was talking for an hour. Then feeling tired, Sakura excused herself.
"Why won't Syaoran show you your room?" Yelen said looking over at her son.
"Okay, follow me." He said rising.
Sakura followed Syaoran up the flight of stairs, and down the halls.
"Was our marriage as much of a shock to you as it was to me?" Syaoran asked, breaking the awkward silence.
"Very. I knew my father was pushing me to get married but I had no idea he had already found a husband for me." Sakura replied. Syaoran just nodded. Geez, why can't I think of anything to say?
"Here's your room." He said opening the door.
The room was light yellow with white sheets and a white comforter. The room was very spacious with a tea area in the side of the room.
"This is one of the best rooms in the house. In the morning, you'll be able to see the sun and the room will be lit up. I think it suits you." Syaoran said looking over at Sakura. She looked up at him and smiled.
"It's beautiful." Sakura said stepping inside the room.
"Ah, I'll leave you alone to get some rest. Dinner is at seven." Syaoran said starting to walk out of the room
"Okay, thank you." She said turning to him. He stopped to look at her and nodded before leaving, closing the door behind him.
At seven o'clock, Sakura went downstairs in her white spring dress that went down to her knees with her hair down. On her way down to the dining room, she ran into someone.
"Eek!" she squealed before she fell to the ground. She opened her eyes and saw that she fell right on Syaoran! Hurriedly she got up.
"I am so sorry. I can be so clumsy sometimes." Sakura said, as Syaoran got up off of the ground.
"It's okay. I wasn't looking where I was going." He said a little embarrassed.
"Shall we go?" he asked.
Sakura nodded and followed him to the dining area.
Together they walked to the dining room and saw that their parents were staring at them. They hurriedly walked into the dining room and silently seated themselves. Since Fugitaka and Yelen were sitting on one side of the table, Sakura and Syaoran walked over to the opposite side of the table. There was an awkward silence.
Finally Fugitaka spoke.
"Ahem, so, let's have dinner." He nodded to a maid and they started to serve the first course of soup.
"Sakura, you will have a dress fitting this morning at ten o'clock for the ball tonight." Fugitaka told his daughter.
"Okay" Sakura replied, not looking at him
"Syaoran, why don't you go with Sakura? Get some fresh air, and relax for once."
"Okay, mother."
After they finished eating, Sakura decided to take a walk in their garden.
'Wow, their garden is so big and beautiful.' Sakura thought to herself.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Someone said from behind. Sakura turned around and saw Syaoran standing in front of her.
"Oh, hi. Um, uh, I just wanted some fresh air before I went back to my room." Sakura said smiling.
"Why don't I show you around the garden?" Syaoran asked
"Sure! By the way, your garden's really beautiful. I wish my garden back home was as great. I try to do the gardening myself, but I just don't have enough time."
"You garden?" Syaoran asked.
"Yeah, for fun. Sometimes I'm not allowed to go out with my friends because I have responsibilities to the family. I hate it. I can't even go out without a bodyguard within two feet of me."
"I know what you mean. I'll tell them that I'm going to church and they'll follow me. Like anyone's going to jump me in a holy building." He said sarcastically, making Sakura laugh.
"You know, you're a lot different from how I remember you." Sakura confessed
"Really? How so?" Syaoran asked, looking at her curiously
"Well, you're more open. When we first met, you were very to yourself and, how do I say it, stiff. You never did anything for fun." Sakura said, a little embarrassed
"Yeah, I remember. And you dragged me to play house with you."
"Yeah, hahaha, that really funny how we acted like being a married couple. And here we are, betrothed to each other." Sakura let out a sigh.
"I think it was you who changed the way I was. I think that if I didn't meet you, I would have still been that stiff little boy who didn't know how to play house." He said, looking into Sakura's eyes.
"Oh, really? Heh, um, so, when are we leaving for my appointment?" Sakura asked
"Well, I think we should leave at 9:15 so that we don't have to rush to get there."
"Okay, oh-my-god, you have a maze?"
"Yeah, bad memories."
"Bad memories?"
"Yeah, when I was eight, I went in there for fun but I ended up getting lost. There were like police and people looking for me. I was in there the whole night. Kind of scary if you ask me."
"Oh, that must have been awful!" Sakura said, eyes dancing
"Yeah, well, let's just say that I learned my lesson." Syaoran said, making Sakura laugh
They sat in the moonlight together looking at the stars, and feeling the cool breeze against their faces.
"Do you think our parents already set a wedding date?" Sakura asked after a while
"I don't know. Hopefully it's not soon. Not that there's anything wrong with you." He said quickly, trying to cover himself up.
"No, I agree. I think it's better if we spend some time together and get to know each other." Sakura turned towards Syaoran.
"I guess we have to wait until the announcement to find out."
heh, sorry to end the chapter here! And I added some Tomoyo and Eriol Romance, requested by Sakura-Tenshii
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I'll try to update soon, but the weekend's almost over, and second semester is about to begin... so I don't have any promises on whether or not I will be able to update as soon as I want to. But I promise that I'll update at the most, two weeks!