Author's Note: Yes I am updating. And it is not the end of the world as far as I know. I guess this is just a birthday present to myself (my birthday is next Friday!) Happy early Thanksgiving everyone!!

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Chapter two: (Enter Li Syaoran.)

Syaoran was a business man, which meant business was what he dealt with, personal life was personal, and work life was....work.

Actually, Syaoran had come to realize that his entire life was based upon work, so he really didn't have a personal life though that bothered him little. Unless of course he was visiting one of his sisters' families, and he saw their children, when that happened, he always felt this little pang in his chest, which throbbed and sometimes got so bad he thought he was having a heart attack; though of course he was fine.

But for some reason, when he entered his apartment late that evening and dropped his keys on the low coffee table that stood next to his front door, he felt that pang. That distant emptiness like something was missing that he just couldn't put his finger he have forgotten to turn off the lights in his office? He shrugged the feeling off along with his coat and after hanging it up in the closet, trudged to the bathroom for a nice steaming shower. Hopefully it would diminish the stress of living, and working.

..Or just working.

And he was so...so warm. God, he didn't think he'd ever been as warm as he was then. He turned around, wanting to melt more against the warmness. And the warmness didn't turn away; instead it seemed to reach out.

"...Syaoran..." He smiled. Green eyes blinked. It was funny, how he didn't feel insecure, he wasn't really sure what was going on; he just knew the warmness.

...And the green...

"Syaoran."

Badum...badum...badum..badum..badum.badum.badum.badumbadumbadum..

Green, silken blankets, sunlight, warmth, flowers; Cherry blossoms...

'What...is...going...on...?'

Amber eyes cracked open, and then shut again.

'Ugh...To bright...'

He curled over onto his side. Towards warmness.

'Strange, still there...'

Something slid around his waist, a light touch of fingers stroked the bare skin of his lower back, and Syaoran's amber eyes snapped open, and although he winced with the light he did not shut them. He lay, ramrod straight, and looked into the eyes of the person who was stroking his back.

'So Green.'

"Hey honey." Quickly recovering from his shock, and non to pleased, Syaoran frowned and gently removed her arm from around his waist, scowl growing bigger at the sight of a diamond.

'Geeze, I must be getting desperate, now I'm taking married women to bed. What kind of scum am I? What kind of scum is she?'

"Syao, are you ok?" Jerked out of his thoughts Syaoran blinked at the woman.

"Excuse me?" She smiled, cheeks dimpling, eyes shining. She really did have pretty eyes.

"I asked if you were alright, silly!" She laughed, and sat up more, her auburn hair tumbling around her shoulders. She seemed unaware to the fact that she was nude, but Syaoran knew she knew, especially since he knew and-

"What happened?" He didn't even bother going asking her for details, this happened so often that he had just stopped bothering the last few times. Maybe he should pay more attention, he should have known better than to sleep with a married woman!

Her green eyes crinkled in confusion, her brow furrowed.

'Pretty green eyes. Actually, everything about her is pretty.'

"What do you mean what happened? Syaoran seriously, you're starting to scare me." Syaoran smiled, he couldn't help it, it was ironic really this woman knew his name and was worried about him, and he couldn't even recall her face.

Though he had dreamed very deeply last night.

The woman had sat up totally now, and as she reached down to push his bangs back with her ring adorned hand, he flinched.

"...Do... Do I know you?"Her hand jerked back. And her face grew even more confused and pale.

"What..What do you mean? Syaoran?" She asked him timidly and he almost felt bad. Almost.

"I asked you if I know you? Or did you just walk in while I was sleeping." He smirked; women had been known to do that.

"And why would I do that?" Her initial shock had given way to irritation, and her eyes kindled with barely constrained fire. He would have found it arousing had he not been in this particular situation.

"Well, your kinds of women have been known to do that."

"My kinds of women." A statement. Not a question.

"Yes." If she thought he would be brought down by some lame comebacks then she would have to think again! No one surprises Syaoran Li.

She reached over and yanked his left hand out from underneath the covers, and before he could pull it back, she put it in front of his face.

A wedding band shown brightly in the light.

"Your wife's kind of women?!"

'Oh shit.'

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-thanks, Jay