Forever and Always chapter four
At the fair Sakura couldn't stop wondering why Meilin was at the hotel. "So, where are we going first?" Syao asked her, slipping his hand into hers. "Umm.. how about..." Before Sakura could finish, Madison blurted out "The love tunnel!" Syao laughed as Sakura turned light pink. "That's a good idea!" In the Love tunnel, Syao noticed Sakura staring into space. "Is something wrong, Sakura?" He asked her. She quickly snapped back to reality, blinking a couple times. "No." She said. "Something's on your mind, come on. What's wrong?" He asked. Sakura sighed. "Well, this girl, at school, well, she says she knows you. She also said that you are no good, and if I stay with you, you will only break my heart. Today when we came to pick you up, she was at the hotel. She left just seconds before you came down. Her name is Meilin, do you know her?" She looked at him, her emerald eyes staring straight into his, looking for the truth. "Well, actually, yes, I do know her." Sakura's eyes dropped. "But Sakura! She is my cousin. She hates me. We just can't stand each other. She came over because her mother wants me to stay with them while I'm here. I said no so she was happy." Syao laughed. "Sakura, I would never cheat on you. I love you with all my heart." He took her hand and smiled, gazing deep in her eyes. Sakura turned a bright red. She gasped. "Oh, Syao!" He pulled her into a big hug, and at that moment, Sakura knew her life would change forever. She wanted to stay this way. In a dark, quiet place. With no one but him with her, hugging her.
After the love tunnel, Sakura took Syao to her favourite ride. The Ferris wheel. For some reason Sakura had always loved going up on it. Probably because it was the very first, and very last, ride she and her mother and been on together before she died. In the Ferris wheel, Sakura and Syao sat very close together in one cart, while Tomoyo and Madison were in another cart, watching them. "I hope they stay together." Tomoyo said. "Yea." Madison replied. "Sakura." Syao said, turning red. "I know that we are only 15, but..." Syao couldn't finish his sentence. He looked nervous. Syao took her hands. "Sakura, if we stay together long enough...Sakura will you marry me?" Sakura gasped. "Syao!" Sakura squeaked. "Yes! Yes I will!" She hugged him and he held her tightly. After the got off the Ferris wheel, Sakura told Tomoyo and Madison what happened. "Oh my god! Sakura! I'm so happy for you!" Madison said. "Wow. Sakura and Syao. I am soo happy!" Sakura beamed as Syao pulled her closer to him. "So, what are we going to do now?" Syao asked. "I'm kinda tired. How about we go back to my place, and have something to eat and find something to do when we get there." Sakura said. "Sounds good." Syao said.
Back at Sakura's house, Sakura was talking to her father about the engagement. "Yes daddy. I know I am still young, we aren't getting married for awhile." Sakura was trying her hardest to be nice, and patient. "You want to talk to him? Okay." She handed the phone Syao. "Hello. Yes sir. No. Absolutely anything. I haven't figured that much out yet. Yes. Ok." He handed the phone back to Sakura. "Ok daddy. I love you too. See you when you get back." Sakura hung up the phone. "What were you guys talking about?" Syao looked at her, gazing into her eyes. "He wanted to know if I really loved you, if I would cheat on you, if I would do absolutely anything for you, how I was going to support us as a family, and if I respected you. You're father is very protective, isn't he?" "Yes, he is." She said, getting closer and closer to him. He pulled her into a hug. "Syao." Sakura whispered. "Yes?" He asked. "I don't think I have ever been more happy. Promise me something." "What's that?" He asked looking into her eyes again. "Promise me that you will stay with me. I don't think I can go on without you. I need you here with me." Sakura was close to tears, having said that. Syao smiled. "I promise." He reached down and kissed her, and she kissed him back. He then, brought her over the couch. "Sakura, I told my parents that I planned on proposing to you. They told me to call them back with the answer. I don't want to go back to my family though. If I do that it will leave both of us heart broken, I just know it. So, do you think you can call you're dad back, and find out if I can stay with you guys until we get married and find a place of our own?" Sakura beamed. "ok." After her second phone call with her father, she was happy to tell him he was allowed. "Ok. I will let the hotel know tomorrow that I will be leaving and I'll call my family tomorrow as well so they can send my stuff. Sakura?" Syao said. "Yea?" Sakura said. "I love you hunny." Sakura, who was extremely tired from the days events, put her head on Syao's chest. "I love you too." And they fell asleep, just like that.