"…" Talking
#…# Thoughts and songs
… Time and scene changes
(…) My little notes
… POV's
Flashback from the last chapter"As some of you already know, we will be having a new student join us today. She has come from Hong Kong. Let me introduce you to…" A girl with long black hair stepped into the classroom and to the front of the room. Tomoyo gasped.
"Hey, it's Meiling!" she whispered.
"Meiling Li."
Chapter 6
"Hi. I'm back again!" said the girl called Meiling. Syaoran groaned.
"Hi Meiling!" squealed Tomoyo jumping up from her seat. "It's been so long."
"Okay girls. I understand that you are happy to see Meiling back here again, but I have a class to teach you know?" said the sensei.
"Sorry," Tomoyo said quietly as she sat back down again.
"Meiling, please take the empty seat next to Mr. Li." Syaoran groaned again.
Meiling sat down and as the teacher turned his back, she faced Syaoran.
"Long time no see Xiao Lang." She said. Syaoran just nodded.
At lunch
Everyone crowded around Meiling.
"It's so good to see you again!" cried Chiharu, pulling her in a friendly hug.
"Yeah, you too Chi," Meiling said.
"Sakura, this is Meiling Li. She used to come here when you were still in Korea. Meiling returned to Hong Kong a year or two ago." Explained Tomoyo. "Meiling, this is one of my best friends, Sakura Kinomoto."
"Hi," said Sakura, merrily.
"Nice to meet you, Sakura," nodded Meiling. Meiling turned to Syaoran.
"You know about our engagement thing, Xiao Lang? Well, I-"
"YOU TWO ARE ENGAGED?" roared everyone in unison. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US?"
"Well, me and Xiao Lang were meant to be engaged to each other, but as I was about to say, before I was rudely interrupted by someone, is that I broke the engagement off." Meiling explained.
"But why?" asked Sakura confused.
"Oh. That's because…" Meiling looked to the ground. "I have a boyfriend."
"KAWAII!" squealed Tomoyo. "Is he going to come here?"
"Yeah, I think so, just after he's made arrangements with his family and all."
"KAWAII!" squealed Tomoyo again. "I can't wait to film you two. KAWAII!"
Ding, ding, ding"Well, there goes the bell," sighed Sakura.
"You guys go on ahead we'll be there shortly." Said Tomoyo as she dragged Eriol and Meiling away.
"I guess it's okay to tell Meiling since she's Syaoran's cousin," she whispered to Eriol. Eriol nodded.
"Meiling, we have something important to tell you," said Tomoyo quietly.
Meiling smirked. "It's something to do with my dear cousin isn't it?"
"You got that right," said Eriol.
"And it's also to do with Sakura. Correct me if I'm wrong." Said Meiling.
"You hit the jackpot."
"Well, what have you been doing about it?" asked Meiling.
"We got Syaoran to admit that he likes Sakura yesterday," started Tomoyo.
"And how did it go?" asked Meiling, interested.
"Absolutely brilliant." Said Eriol, smirking. "Plus we've got it all on tape."
"We do?" asked Tomoyo, confused. "I thought I turned it off."
"You did. But I turned it back on again," Eriol grinned.
"Good one Eriol," said Meiling. "What do you plan on doing next?"
"Just a few little things to get them together," said Tomoyo.
"Mind if I help?" asked Meiling.
"Not at all, Mei," said Tomoyo.
"It's time to play…"
"MATCHMAKER!" the two girls squealed and burst into a fit of giggles.
"We'd better get to class now," pointed out Eriol.
"Oh, right," the two girls, answered.
In music class
"Okay class. We will be having a little competition for singing and dancing," announced the sensei. The whole class cheered.
"I will divide you into a group of five and you will decide on a song to sing. In two months time, we will gather together and have the performances and I will declare the winner and that group will receive a little prize."
Sakura, Syaoran, Meiling, Eriol and Tomoyo were put in the same group. Rika, Chiharu and Naoko were put with two other guys called Matt and Wang Li.
"Let's go to my house to decide what we're doing!" suggested Meiling. Syaoran groaned. Since he and Meiling were cousins, they lived in the same house or mansion, whatever you wanted to call it.
"We'll meet there at four after school. Is that okay with everyone?" Meiling asked looking around at them all.
"That's okay with me," said Tomoyo. "I just have to tell my mother where I'm going."
"That's the same with me," said Eriol.
"Me too," said Sakura.
"Great! Meet you there at four," said Meiling.
"Okay class. That's all for today. You may go now." Said the sensei.
Sakura followed Tomoyo to their lockers and they went to walk home.
"Want to come over to my house before we go to Meiling's?" Tomoyo asked Sakura.
"Yeah. That sounds cool," replied Sakura. "I just need to drop off my school bag at my house and tell my father."
Tomoyo waited outside Sakura's house, while Sakura went inside.
Sakura dropped her bag in her room and ran back downstairs.
"Touya! Where's Dad?" asked Sakura loudly. Touya appeared from the kitchen.
"He has to work late," replied Touya.
"Okay. Just to let you know, I'm going to Tomoyo's house for a bit and then going to a girl called Meiling Li's house afterwards to work on our music performance," Sakura explained to her brother.
"Are any guys going there?" asked Touya protectively.
"Touya. Syaoran lives there as well and Eriol's coming," said Sakura.
"The Li Syaoran?" asked Touya.
"Well, yeah," said Sakura.
"If that gaki does anything to hurt you, I'd be there to beat him to a pulp," said Touya, grinding his teeth together.
"Syaoran won't do anything, he's a friend," said Sakura. "I'm going now." And with that she closed the door behind her before Touya could say anything else.
"Sorry that took so long Tomoyo. Touya was being over protective again," sighed Sakura.
"That's okay Sakura. Let's go. I've got some dresses that I want you to try on for me. The sooner the better," squealed Tomoyo. Sakura sweat dropped.
They arrived outside Tomoyo's mansion in a few minutes. A maid opened the door for them.
"Please come in Miss. Daidouji and Miss. Kinomoto," she said politely.
"You're welcome to call me Tomoyo and I'm glad you still remember Sakura," said Tomoyo.
"Please call me Sakura," said Sakura looking around. She had forgotten how big Tomoyo's mansion was.
"Thank you Sakura and Tomoyo," said the maid and she closed the door after they walked in.
"Mum!" Tomoyo called. "I'm home and Sakura's with me."
"Sakura! Nice to see you again," said Sonomi, Tomoyo's mother.
"You too, Sonomi," said Sakura.
"Saku, let's go to my room now," said Tomoyo.
"I'll bring up a few snacks for you girls later," said Sonomi. The two girls headed up the marble steps to Tomoyo's room, which was a pale purplish blue colour with a huge closet in the corner, and a full sized mirror on the wall.
"Sakura! I've got the most kawaii outfits for you to try on!" said Tomoyo, opening up her closet. She grabbed one, stuffed it in Sakura's arms and pushed her towards the bathroom to change. Sakura emerged from the bathroom wearing a sleeveless pale pink top that reached just above her belly button and a white skirt that reached below her knee with long flowing fabric on the left.
"KAWAII!" squealed Tomoyo, filming Sakura's every move. Tomoyo grabbed another outfit and stuffed Sakura back inside the bathroom. She came out wearing a denim skirt that reached above her knee and a white top with a pretty, pink cherry blossom design with silver glitter on it.
After what seemed like an hour to Sakura, Tomoyo finally had enough of filming Sakura and her new outfits.
"Girls, I brought up some snacks for you," called Sonomi from outside the door as she knocked. Tomoyo opened the door and took the tray from her as she said, "Arigatou Mum."
Tomoyo placed the tray on the desk. It had a variety of cookies on it with two slices of chocolate cake (Chocolate…Mmm…my favourite…) and two glasses of freshly made lemonade. While they ate their snacks, Tomoyo began asking Sakura some stuff.
"Soo, Sakura. How are you finding your new school so far?" asked Tomoyo, after swallowing her mouthful of cake.
"It's great! All the people are nice, well, except for Katrina and them," replied Sakura.
"And are you interested in anyone particular?" asked Tomoyo.
"No, not really," replied Sakura, not knowing where the conversation was leading. "Well, lots of guys have asked me out, but I just refuse their offer…"
"What about Syaoran?" blurted out Tomoyo.
"What about Syaoran?" asked Sakura, confused.
"What do you think of him?"
"He's a friend, Tomoyo. What else is he?" said Sakura.
"Do you like him more than a friend?" asked Tomoyo, adjusting her video camera.
Sakura blushed a bit. "Hoe? Why would you think that, Tomoyo?"
#Sakura looks so KAWAII when she blushes! Hohohohoho! # Thought Tomoyo.
"No reason, just asking," said Tomoyo, hiding her devious smile.
"Well…I don't know actually," said Sakura, looking at her feet.
"You have got to like him at least a teeny weenie bit more than a friend Sakura. Right?" asked Tomoyo. # Please say yes Sakura…#
"That's just the thing, Tomo. I'm not sure. I feel different around him, but I just don't know why," said Sakura. "We'd better get going before we're late to Meiling's house."
#She changed the subject on purpose! NOO! I was so close…oh well. Maybe next time # thought Tomoyo.
"Yes. We'd better get going. I'm sure you want to change out of your school uniform and into something more comfortable, right Saku?" asked Tomoyo.
"Umm…sure, why not," said Sakura. Tomoyo handed her a black skirt and a singlet top with the colours of pale blue, pink and white on it, with the words 'Angel' on it. Tomoyo grabbed a pair of jeans for herself and a pale purple top with flared sleeves and silver glitter on it and went to her other bathroom. They both came out a minute later and left for Meiling's house.
They finally reached her house, but realized it was a bit bigger than Tomoyo's.
"Wow…" gasped Sakura. "And I thought your house was big, Tomo."
"Come on. Let's knock." Tomoyo reached for the doorbell and rang it. An old man opened the door.
"Welcome to the Li Mansion," he said. "Who do you want to see?"
"We're friends of Meiling," started Tomoyo.
"We're here to organize this music thing for school with her," stated Sakura. Just then footsteps could be heard from the staircase behind the man.
"Who is it, Wei?" asked a low voice.
TBC
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