Chapter 2: Confessions

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"Well, you know that bear I gave you?" he asked.

"Yes, I love it," Sakura answered cheerfully. Syaoran blushed again.

"Well, there's something I've wanted to tell you for a while now," Said Syaoran.

"What is it?" asked Sakura anxiously.

Syaoran took a "dramatic pause". How could he just come out and tell Sakura how he felt. How would he say it? Would Sakura love him back or hate him for coming out and saying something. Syaoran had bought Sakura a single red rose to show his love for her. It was now or never for his confession. He took a deep breath and put the red rose in her delicate little hands.

"I LOVE YOU, SAKURA KINOMOTO!" Syaoran finally yelled.

"Ph... PHWEE?" squealed Sakura in a very confused voice. "Wh... what did you just say, Syaoran?" asked Sakura.

"You heard me! I love you!" he shouted. Then, as quick as he could, he ran off into the distance.

"Phwee?"

Sakura walked home holding the red rose in her hands. It smelled so good. A single red rose, for love, she said to herself. She held it close to her heart, closed her eyes and smelled the wonderful fragrance. It smelled so beautiful. Sakura thought that she would take it home and put it in a vase. Suddenly she heard a soft voice.

"Sakura, wait for me!"

"Oh, Tomoyo! I'm so glad to see your beautiful smiling face," said the young card captor.

"Oh stop, Sakura. You're making me blush," answered Tomoyo. "Hey, where'd you get the red rose? It's beautiful. Someone must really love you."

"Well... Syaoran gave it to me actually," said Sakura as she started to blush.

Once again, Tomoyo's heart sank. What if Sakura would return his love with a white rose to show mutual love? Tomoyo couldn't bear to think of that.

"Are... are you going to give him a white rose in return?" asked Tomoyo with a very sad expression.

Sakura paused for a few seconds and hung her head.

"I'm not really sure. I kind of like him... but... I just don't know," she answered.

"Oh..." said Tomoyo, trailing off. "Sakura, there is someone who I love with all my heart and if they had given me a red rose... I know that I would have defiantly given that special person a white rose in return. Is that how you feel about Syaoran?"

"Well, I don't really love him with all my heart... but in a way... I do love him."

Tomoyo felt so sad hearing that Sakura in a way loved Syaoran. Tomoyo wanted Sakura to love her. Maybe their love could never be. Could that really be true? Could the bond between Syaoran and Sakura really be love? "I've got to get home, Tomoyo. I'll talk this over with Kero."

"Oh, I see. I'll see you tomorrow, Sakura," said Tomoyo with a hopeful look.

"Bye! See ya at school," said Sakura giving Tomoyo one of her kawaii smiles.

Tomoyo smiled back and watched Sakura skip off into the distance. Sakura walked home thinking about Syaoran and Tomoyo the whole time. She wondered what she was going to do about Syaoran's love and who Tomoyo loved so much. Sakura walked through the door of her house to see Toya and Yukito. Toya was saying something so Sakura decided to come in very quietly and spy on the conversation. She shut the door quietly behind her and ducked behind the living room couch to watch, silently.

"Yukito, there's something I've needed to tell you for a long time now and things kept getting in the way. Now we're at my house so nothing can go wrong," Toya started to say.

Sakura spotted something in Toya's hands behind his back. She looked closer and saw that it was a red rose. What was Toya going to say? Did he love Yukito!

"What is it, Toya?" asked Yukito.

"I... I really do... I LOVE YOU!" Toya blurted out suddenly.

Sakura gasped. She didn't know what to think. She had always thought that she loved Yukito and he loved her back... but strangely, Sakura felt that she had known this all along and she was okay with this. Sakura listened in on the rest of the conversation.

"You really do love me?" asked Yukito with a warm look on his face.

"Yes, I love you more than anything and I always have."

"That's wonderful... because I love you too, Toya," said Yukito.

Toya put his hand on the wall behind Yukito and leaned in closer. Yukito leaned up to Toya and when their lips met, Sakura could tell that this was the first time that Toya had been truly happy in years. Sakura had never seen him so happy. Toya deepened the kiss and Yukito went along with everything he did. Somehow, this brought a warm smile to Sakura's face and she realized what she wanted and what she had to do. Toya leaned up again from the kiss but Yukito never let go of him. Toya looked at him right in the eye with so much passion and said,

"Let's go up to my room to have a little privacy."

"Whatever you say," answered Yukito.

Sakura knew what that meant and got a very disgusted look on her face. As soon as she heard Toya's door shut she ran up to her room. Kero was sleeping on her bed and she, of course, woke him up.

"Kero, today Syaoran gave me a red rose and told me he loved me."

"What? The brat loves you? Wow, I never saw that one coming," said Kero. " So what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to call him, I have to tell him something."

Sakura dialed his phone number and put the phone up to her ear. Ring... Ring... Ring...

"Hello," said Syaoran's voice.

"Syaoran, It's Sakura. I need you to meet me in back of the school before the first bell rings tomorrow, okay?"

"I'll meet you there," he answered.

"Bye," said Sakura. She laid down on her bed and her eyes slowly closed and she fell asleep. "G'night Kero."