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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?

Sorry I have been lacking in the updating. I had SAT's I had to bring my grades up, and honestly, I just didn't have any time. I know I once said that I'll update every two weeks, and I'm sorry to break that. Things are changing in my life, so I don't have have as much time as I would like to for this fanfic. HOWEVER, I will still continue this story until the end and try my hardest to update as soon as possible.
RACAP

Sakura was a little taken back by the outburst and recalled what she overheard.

"Okay. If I tell you, you won't freak or anything, right?" Sakura asked

"Of course not" Tomoyo responded. However, Sakura knew that that would never happen.

"Okay, well, I think we were going to kiss." Sakura started to say, Tomoyo trying to muffle her squeal. "But we didn't. The ride stopped and we fell over instead. But I think, I mean, thought… thought, I liked him."

"What do you mean by thought? Why the past tense?" Tomoyo asked confused

"Well, remember when I was going to get the drink?" Sakura said, as Tomoyo nodded.

"Well, on the way, I kind of heard Syaoran and Eriol talking. Do you want to know what he said? He told Eriol he didn't like me. I thought we had a connection, something different from other people. But I guess I was wrong. Foolishly, I thought something could actually happen between us, and we wouldn't have to live our whole lives suffering, living in a loveless marriage. I can't do that. I'm going to meet someone else. I don't care if I have to marry Li later. I might as well have a little while of happiness before my doom, right?" Sakura said quietly, a little bitter

"Oh Sakura" Tomoyo sighed, embracing her. "It'll be okay. I'm sure everything will turn out just fine."

"I hope you're right Tomoyo, I hope you're right" Sakura closed her eyes.

CHAPTER SIX

TIME TO MOVE ON

SAKURA POV

After Tomoyo left, I was left alone, in a place that I didn't belong in. I tried avoiding Syaoran as much as I could, but he kept trying to talk to me as if nothing has happened. Sure he doesn't know that I heard him on that fateful day at the carnival, but I just can't seem to bring myself to accept the facts and forgive him for not sharing the same feelings as I do. Maybe it's selfish of me, but I just can't stand it. No worries… I said I was moving on, right? Then that's what I'm going to do, I hope…

NEXT DAY AT SCHOOL

Sakura walked into her class, staring down at the floor, not wanting to make eye contact with anyone, one person in particular. She sat besides Tomoyo as usual. However, she did not see the sad expression on Tomoyo's face, being busy trying not to make eye contact with anyone.

"Sakura…" Tomoyo said quietly. Sakura looked up at her and beamed as bright as she could, not wanting her friend to be worried.

"Hey Tomoyo!" Sakura exclaimed

"Sakura, stop trying to lie to me. I'm your best friend, you should know better." Tomoyo said.

"I'm sorry, but I just don't want anyone else to be affected. Anyways, I'm moving on, remember? I'm going to forget about him and try to enjoy what's left of my life."

"Oh Sakura, it's not like you're dying."

"Practically… oh well, sensei's here." Sakura replied as she turned to listen to the teacher.

LUNCH

Sakura walked to her locker to exchange her books for her afternoon classes. Syaoran's locker is near hers, being alphabetical.

"Sakura!" someone yelled

Sakura turned her head to see who it was and saw that it was Syaoran. She really did not want to speak to him right now so she looked around to find someone to distract her. There was the new student from Tokyo that was in her math class. His name was Andrew. He wasn't bad looking, with short brown hair and blue eyes, a medium build, and around six feet in height.

"Hey Andrew!" I yelled

He turned to look at Sakura, with a weird expression on his face

"Hey…" he answered, not knowing

"Okay, just play along, please? There's someone I really don't want to talk to. PLEASE!" Sakura begged. He looked at Sakura for a second.

"Oh, Sakura! I was looking for you. Remember what we were going to do today?" he lied

"uh, YEAH! I'm so excited! It's going to be SO fun!" I exaggerated.

They walked outside, ignoring the stunned, but hurt look on Syaoran's face. (boo: aww, poor baby)

SYAORAN'S POV

I can't believe she just blew me off. I know she heard me before she went to the new kid. Hey, I didn't even know she was friends with the new student. I watched them walk outside, ignoring the pain I felt. Why is she ignoring me?

OUTSIDE NORMAL POV

"Thanks for helping me out back there" Sakura thanked Andrew

"No problem. So do care to tell me why you chose me to save you?" he asked smiling.

"Oh, sorry about that. You were the only one that seemed like could save me." Sakura replied

"Hey, want to eat lunch with me? I'm new, so I don't have that much friends. And I could help you hide from that guy." Andrew asked.

"It makes sense… okay, then. Where do you want to eat?" Sakura asked

"We could eat somewhere near the fountain." Andrew suggested

"Okay, that sounds great." They both walked towards the fountain

SAKURA'S POV

Andrew isn't such bad company. As we sat on a bench by the fountain, we talked about EVERYTHING and I felt so comfortable around him. He also now knows about the situation between Syaoran and I.

"So how about I get your mind off of this jerk and take you out to ice cream tonight?" He asked. I'm not emotionally ready to go on a date, but maybe this is the step I need to take to get over the hurt cause by the one I love…

"Okay, Andrew" I replied smiling. I saw his eyes brighten up.

"Really?" he asked. I giggled at his boyish reaction.

"Yeah. So what time do you want to go?" I asked

"How about I pick you up at 7:30?"

"Sure!" I gave him my phone number and address written on his notebook.

"Oh cracker, the bells going to ring any second now."

"Huh oh… WAAHHH" I ran with him back to class with him

AFTER SCHOOL

"I don't understand Eriol. Just last week, we were like best friends, and all of a sudden, she won't talk to me. And today, when I tried calling her, she totally ignored me and went off with this other guy!" Syaoran exclaimed

"Seems to me that someone's jealous." Eriol said smiling

"What? No way! I told you, we're just friends. Well, at least we WERE friends…" Syaoran said sadly.

"Confront her. Ask her what's wrong. Maybe she's just having a bad week. You never know"

"Yeah, I'll try to talk to her again. Today after school. We live in the same house! I just can't seem to get her to talk to me. ARGH!" Syaoran said, frustrated

"Good luck, buddy" Eriol replied patting Syaoran on the back

AT HOME

Sakura lay on her bed when the there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!" she replied

The door slowly opened and revealed Syaoran on the other side. Sakura immediately got up from her bed and sat up straight, not really looking at him.

"Sakura, we need to talk." Syaoran said.

"What about?" Sakura asked.

"You've been avoiding me for a week now. And don't tell me you haven't" Syaoran said when Sakura was about to reply.

"We were getting along fine. And then you go all weird and you start ignoring me. I just want to know what happened. Did I do something that offended you? We were so close, like best friends almost. We would talk and everything. Sakura, look at me. Tell me what happened" Syaoran said lifting Sakura's head. He was shocked when he saw tears brimming her eyes.

"Sakura?" Syaoran asked, worried

"You want to know what happened? You didn't share my affections. That day at the carnival, I heard you talking to Eriol. Telling him that we were nothing, but sadly, I thought there was something between us, something that was mutual. Something other than friendship, something more. I guess it was selfish of me to stop talking to you because you didn't like me the way I wanted you to. Maybe I was just shocked and disappointed. I thought about talking to you, I really did… but every time I looked at you, my heart would constrict, it would hurt, Syaoran. And I couldn't stand it. I loved you. Maybe it was too much to ask since this is a betrothal, but I DID love you. We only knew each other for a short amount of time, but I thought I could be comfortable living with you, being married to you, be LOVED by you…" Sakura said, crying

"Sakura…" Syaoran didn't know what to say. He never knew she had these feelings for him.

"But it's okay." Sakura said, looking up at him.

"I think I can stop loving you. I met someone today. His name is Andrew, and he's really nice. And I feel comfortable around him. I think he'll be able to help me get over you. I know I'm going to have to get married to you someday, but at least when we do, we can be friends, and nothing more. It won't be awkward around us. And I'll have my short time of true love…" Sakura ended.

Syaoran felt a sting inside of him. He didn't know what it was, but it was new to him.

"I'm sorry…" Syaoran said, sincerely

"No, don't be sorry. It wasn't your fault, it was me. I was just to dense to see it was nothing more than friendship." Sakura smiled sadly.

"I loved you once, and I'll treasure it always." Sakura said

"I'm tired, I think you should go now" Sakura said to Syaoran. She laid back down her bed her back towards Syaoran.

Not knowing what to do or say, Syaoran just left quietly, leaving Sakura alone.

Sakura cried herself to sleep, knowing that they will never have a loving marriage. Unknown to her, Syaoran wasn't sleeping as well, being disturbed by the feeling in his heart

Author's Note: I know it's short and the chapters have been getting shorter and shorter. I'm sorry for that. I just don't have any inspiration. I have writer's block and that causes me to not be able to write the chapters. So when an idea comes, I write and I update as soon as possible. I wrote this chapter right now, because it jsut came to me, and my muse decided to wake up.

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