I Thought he was Perfect
A/N Hey everyone here's the next chapter. Sorry I haven't updated lately but I've been bust and I thought I should update before I go back to school on Monday…urg I don't want to have to get up early again! Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, CLAMP does, but I do in fact own this plot.
Recap of chapter 11…
Koji was silent for a minute, "Of course I want her to pay. She can't just find someone else to be Sumiko's father. I'm her father! And I always will be!"
"So then help me! If we can't have Sakura then nobody else will!" Tadashi was desperately trying to get his help.
"In case you forgot, I can't help you. I'm in prison, I will be for many years." Koji pointed out.
"Then I'll just have to help you get out of here."
Chapter 12: I Like to Time How Long It Takes
Koji stared at his former best friend for few moments not saying anything. He had never expected to hear something like this from Tadashi, growing up, Tadashi had always played by the rules, and he had never even spoken about breaking them. It was like, it went against his religion or something, and he knew that was why he never tried to make a move on Sakura while he was with her. It was his rule, never trying to steal your best friend's girlfriend.
After awhile he spoke, "How do you expect to get me out of here?"
Tadashi was quiet trying to contemplate how to answer the question, "I'll find a way."
Koji had to smirk at this, "Basically you're saying you have no idea."
Tadashi went red in the face from the comment, "I do so have an idea I'm just not sure it's going to work."
"What? You thinking of the classic T.V move with slipping me a metal file to saw through the bars? Please Tadashi they have metal detectors here," Koji told him in an arrogant voice.
"Please, I had a much more realistic plan than that," Tadashi said while rolling his eyes.
"So," Koji said taking on a curious voice, "care to explain it to me?"
"How do you feel about having a little transfer?"
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Sakura had been moping around the house all day. She felt completely guilty about breaking Tadashi's heart. The look on his face when she told him she loved someone else was heart breaking and all her fault for being there.
Sumi had been quiet that day wanting to watch her new movie Kronk's New Groove (A/N sorry I just saw that movie while I was babysitting and thought it was funny so I put it in), which she had to admit was a pretty cute movie. She had thought the first one was pretty good and had always like Kuzco the emperor. He seemed to be Sumi's favourite as well.
She looked over at a part where Sumi couldn't stop laughing and watched the scene her daughter found so hilarious. On the scene she watched as the main character Kronk said something.
"I know! I'll take a spoon, dig a tunnel until I reach the sewers, travel through the sewers until I find a field, live as Shepard and call myself Mary."
Sakura smiled and shook her head as she watched her daughter enjoy that part. Sumi always enjoyed that part of the movie, even if she had been watching the movie three times already this day.
"Mommy! Did you hear what he said? Wasn't it funny?" she shouted over to her from the couch.
"Yes I did, it was pretty funny, imagine, meeting a guy named Mary."
"That would be funny," Sumi smiled. "I bet daddy would think this movie was too!"
Sakura's smile disappeared off her face and answered, "Yes, I think he would sweetie."
Sumi was too busy watching the movie to notice the difference in her mother's mood when she mentioned her father.
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Syaoran had gotten off work early that day and was sitting at home wondering what he should do the rest of the day. He had decided last night before he finally fell asleep that he would tell Sakura how he felt. But he had no idea how he was going to tell her. With that guy that had come over last night, he realized he had competition for her and he had to make a move before he did.
He started pacing around his apartment wondering about what to do. Finally he decided to grab the phone and dial a number.
The phone rang for a little while before someone picked up. "Hello? Sakura?" he spoke into the phone. When the person on the other end confirmed it was her he spoke again. "It's Syaoran."
"Hey Syaoran," Sakura said, "So what's up?"
"Nothing much," Syaoran said nonchalantly, "But I was wondering something…" he trailed off.
"What were you wondering?" Sakura asked curiously.
"Are you busy tonight?" Syaoran asked hopefully.
"Uhm, I don't think so… but I'd have to get a babysitter for Sumi if I did do anything."
"You want to do something with me tonight?"
"You mean like go on a date with you?" Sakura asked smiling to herself.
"Well if you want to call it that than yes, it will be a date."
"Hmm, I guess I could go out with you tonight."
"So that's a yes?" Syaoran asked getting really nervous.
Sakura laughed into the phone and nodded even though he couldn't see her, "Yes Syaoran, I'll go out with you tonight."
Syaoran smiled to himself, "Great. Pick you up at seven?"
"Sounds good," Sakura responded.
"See you at seven then."
"See you at seven," Sakura agreed and hung up.
Syaoran sighed happily. He had a date with Sakura tonight. He had to make sure everything went as planned and he could tell her how he felt.
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Sakura was waiting for Syaoran to come and pick her up. Instead of bothering Nozomi to baby-sit her on such short notice, she decided to ask her dad to watch her that night. Sumi had loved the idea of staying at her grandpa's house and her dad always loved having Sumi around. She always worried that her dad was lonely living by himself. Her mom had died when she was a child and she and her brother had both moved out years ago leaving him all alone. At least tonight he had Sumi.
She heard a car pull up in the driveway and rushed to the window. She saw Syaoran walk out of the car and head over to the front door. A few seconds later she heard the doorbell ring and she rushed over to the door.
When she opened the door Syaoran was standing there in a suit. Seeing him in it showed her he was planning to take her somewhere fancy. She smiled at him and told him to come in.
Syaoran looked at what she was wearing, it was a simple black dress that showed off her curves, it was nice enough for where he was taking her.
Sakura grabbed her coat and purse and walked back to Syaoran, "Let's go!"
They got into Syaoran's car and drove off. After awhile when all was quiet, Sakura decided to speak, "So, where are you taking me tonight?"
"Do you like Italian?" Syaoran asked.
"Yeah…" Sakura answered confused.
"Then you should like this place," Syaoran told her.
The rest of the ride was quiet after that. After a few minutes they pulled up in front of a restaurant called Da Nico.
"You're taking me here?" Sakura asked amazed. She had heard that this place had very good food. But she had also heard that they were expensive, Rika told her that she and her family had come here before and their meal cost about five hundred dollars. She said the appetizers were about a hundred dollars each! (A/N I went to New York for New Years and we went to this restaurant, there was eleven of us they gave us these huge appetizers in these bowls and each cost about one hundred dollars)
"Yup, good food here," was Syaoran's reply.
"But I've heard it's so expensive here! I don't want you to spend lots of money on me!" Sakura argued.
"The foods not expensive; just the appetizers," Syaoran reassured her.
"You sure?" Sakura asked.
"Yes, I've eaten here before, I know what I'm talking about."
"Okay then…" Sakura said with a sigh.
They walked in and were seated. They chose what they wanted from the menu and ordered. Syaoran then decided to start a conversation. "So tell me something about you, something you don't usually tell people. I know you like The Clash, but what else?"
Sakura was quiet trying to think of an answer when finally she thought of something, "When I eat cookie dough ice cream, I like to eat all the cookie dough first before the ice cream, but by the time I get all the cookie dough the ice cream is usually melted to that means that I have to eat everything really fast."
"Interesting…" was all Syaoran said.
Sakura nodded, "Okay now tell me something about you."
Syaoran thought for a bit and then answered, "I time how long it takes me to read a page in a book and when I read the next page and it takes me longer to read then the first page I read it over until their closer in time."
Sakura laughed at that, "Why would you want to do that?"
Syaoran shrugged, "I just like taking the same amount of time reading a page in a book. I've done it as long as I can remember."
"Same with my ice cream," Sakura smiled and he smiled back.
Their food came and they ate. When Sakura was finished she looked at Syaoran, "You were right, they do have good food here."
Syaoran smirked at her, "Did you think I would lie to you?"
"Maybe," Sakura said playfully.
"Sakura, I'm hurt." Syaoran said in a playful tone as well while putting a hand over his heart.
Sakura laughed and the waiter came over and gave them their bill. Syaoran and Sakura got up and Syaoran paid for the meal. They walked out of the restaurant and got into Syaoran's car.
Syaoran started to drive Sakura home. "Thanks for taking me out for supper Syaoran. I really needed it. I wasn't really having a good day today."
"Why's that?" Syaoran asked curiously.
"Something that happened last night," Sakura said with a sigh.
"What happened? Were you not happy about the movie night?"
"No, no, the movie night was fun, it was when Tadashi was there…"
"Tadashi?" Syaoran asked confused.
"The guy that showed up before you left," Sakura answered.
"Oh…" Syaoran said realizing who she was talking about, "him."
"Yeah…"
"Well, what happened?"
"He told me he was in love with me," Sakura said sadly.
Syaoran's eyes widened. So he was right, that guy did have feelings for her. "What did you say?"
"I told him I only saw him as a friend," Sakura answered. After a few moments she continued, "And that I already had feelings for someone else."
Syaoran kept his eyes focused on the road. So maybe she still did have feelings for Koji and when Tadashi confessed she told him that. Everything was quiet until they reached Sakura's driveway.
Sakura had noticed that Syaoran had been quiet since she said that she had feelings for someone else instead of Tadashi. Maybe he was wondering whom she had feelings for but didn't want to ask. So right before she was about to open the door to get out she turned to Syaoran, "Syaoran…"
He turned to look at her when she spoke and was silently telling her to continue, "The person I told Tadashi I had feelings for…was you."
Syaoran sat their shocked staring at her. Sakura got nervous, "Well…are you going to say anything?"
Instead of saying something, Syaoran leaned in closer to her and took a hold of her chin and kissed her softly.
When they pulled apart Sakura smiled, "So I guess you're saying you having feelings for me too?"
"Yes," Syaoran replied before he kissed her passionately. Sakura put her arms around his neck while they kissed. When they pulled apart again she spoke.
"You want to come in? Sumi is staying at my dad's tonight."
"I think I will," Syaoran replied and they both got out of the car.
TBC
A/N And there is the twelfth chapter of I Thought he was Perfect and YAY Syaoran and Sakura are together! The story should be ending soon and I think I'm going to get rid of Series Stars cause it's starting to bore me. Anyways I hope you guys liked this chapter and remember to read and review! Ciao!