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Chapter 10 I Got It!

Sakura froze. She couldn't believe what she heard. First he told her that it was love at first sight, then he wants her to be his girlfriend?

Suddenly, with great power, she pushed him away. Backing up for a few steps, she looked at the surprised Syaoran, with cold eyes.

No, they were not cold, but frozen.

When Syaoran saw her eyes, he was frightened. Never had he seen such eyes. So cold. So…dead.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, "I just can't trust in love anymore."

"Huh? But why?" he asked frantically.

She looked away. "I forgot how. And I don't want to remember."

"What do you mean? Did some guy hurt you? Tell me who it was and—"

"SHUT UP!" she screamed, interrupting Syaoran. Her eyes were filled with water. Behind the icy exterior lies a weak, scared girl.

Sakura smiled sadly. "That guy told me it was love at first sight, too. But after two months…" she choked.

"I'm sorry. I just can't trust men anymore," she whispered softly.

"If people can love so easily," she paused her eyes filled with misery, "does that mean they would hate as easily too?"

With that said she turned on her heels and ran off, tears running down her face. Sakura felt a stab of pain to her heart, as images of Eriol and her twirled in her head.

Their first meeting, their first kiss, their first love. Then it shattered. Shattered, into millions of tiny pieces. Pieces to a memory puzzle she never wanted to finish.

Startled, Syaoran just sat there as her words dance in his head.

"If people can love so easily, doesthat mean, they would hate as easily too?"

"Sakura," he whispered, "What happened to you?"

"Xiao Lang, I'm back," Sakura whispered softly as the stallion awoke and walk towards her.

She opened the stable door slightly as she slipped in. Closing it behind her, she walked up to Xiao Lang and rested her foreheadagainst his.

Stroking him softly on the neck she told him, "Syaoran. He asked me to be his girlfriend. He told me that it was love at first sight."

She laughed dryly. "Where had I heard that before?" she said bitterly.

The white stallion shivered under her. It has been a long time since he had heard the ice in her voice. The sound of her heart breaking.

" I don't even love him, so that's not what upset me. It's just that, what hurts me was that he reminded me of…Eriol." She choked out his name. The name that haunted her nonstop from the day she found out about them.

Tomoyo.

'Why, Tomoyo? Did I did something wrong? What made you tear my heart apart? Was our friendship even worth all of it? I miss you. Please come back to me,Tomoyo.'

Tears no longer fall down her face. She whispered quietly to Xiao Lang, telling him that she was strong. That she was tough.

But, she knew. Deep downinside she was a weak broken hearted girl, who forgot how to trust. How to love.

'No,' she thought, 'my life is not over yet! It doesn't matter! It's only a guy. As long as I don't love again, my heart will not have to go through all that once more.'

She fell asleep after a while, leaning on the stallion that was lying down. The horse took the blanket that was covering him and, using his teeth, he laid it gently on Sakura's shivering body.

That night, they slept quite soundly together.

Although in her mind, what happen that day, still played in her head. The lies, the betrayal, and the never ending river of tears. All of them, locked up in a cold, dark place. But every time she was reminded of him, the barrier around those memories slowly tears apart. Along with her heart and soul.

The next day

Sakura was awaked by the sun's gentle rays that shone on her body. Stretching, she turned to look at Xiao Lang.

His eyes were peaceful as he stared back at her, breathing softly in a calm manner.

She smiled a little and got up. Sakura took the blanket that was covering her body and hung it on a hook.

The stallion followed her as she opened the stable door.

She took the halter and lead rope off the wall and gently clipped it on Xiao Lang's head.

"Let's go for a trail ride!" Sakura told him happily, "it always cheers me up. The beautiful forest, the birds singing a song and the gentle wind that makes the trees sway in a slow rhythm."

She brushed him, until he shone in the gentle sunlight. When she was all finished she decided to ride bareback, instead.

It always felt better to sit on Xiao Lang's soft muscular back with her hands tangled in his mane. The way the wind blew against them while they galloped around the open fields.

As she steered to the right, she clucked her tongue and theycantered away, towards the forest trails.

In the forest

Sighing peacefully, Sakura said out loud, "It is so peaceful here!"

She closed her emerald orbs as she enjoyed the gentle breeze that blew into her auburn hair.

Xiao Lang and Sakura have been on this trailmany times now, so the white horse knew the path by heart. He led her to their favourite place, a cherry blossom tree beside a stream.

When he halted, Sakura opened her eyes and smiled softly as she remember those times when Xiao Lang and her spend each afternoon at talking and laughing.

Hopping off him she let him dipped his head into the shallow stream to have a drink, while she washed her face with the cold, clear water.

After she was done she sighed happily.

"This is life," shemumbled as she watched Xiao Lang walking towards the Sakura tree and laid down.

She leaned on him with her arms behind her head. While the stallion rested, Sakura stared up at the magnificent pink blossoms. How beautiful they were when they seemed to sparkled in the sunlight.

Suddenly a light breeze blew a few cherry blossoms off the branches. One of the flowers gently floated down, towards her.

Sakura sat up and cupped her hands catching the blossombefore it landed.

Observeingthe flower in her hands she touched one of the petals. Rubbing it softly, shelooked at it in awe.

The blossom looked so calmand pretty.Holding it gently between her fingers, she put it on her left ear.

Sakura turned and faced the stallion, showing him her flower.

"Look, Xiao. Cherry blossoms are such pretty flowers. Don't you agree?" she asked.

Breathing quietly he nodded as if he understood what she was saying. (Xiao Lang: I do!)

Smiling happily, like the magic that was on the blossom, she was surrounded with a soft glow of innocence.

"I love this place. It's always so quiet and calm. Feels like nothing can go wrong. It's like a tiny paradise." Closing her eyes once more, she drifted off to sleep, with the cherry blossom still in her hair.

This time, her mind was filled with nothing but peace and silence.

At the hospital

"I hoped Sakura wouldn't hate me for that," a chestnut haired boy sighed deeply.

"I knew I was going too fast! Damn it all! Whydidn't I just slow down a bit! Gods! Syaoran you're such an idiot! Couldn't you see that she had a hard past!"Syaoran muttered to himself over and over again.

"But hey!" he said suddenly, "at least I have a reason to stay in Japan now!" He looked at his wrapped up arm, happily.

"Mother agrees to let me stay for 5 months, to rest until my arm's fully capable again! Life is sweet."

The boy plopped backinto the hospital bed, thinking, 'how can I help Sakura erase those unhappy memories?'

Restlessly he sat up again and rubbed his chin, his amber eyes thoughtful.

Suddenly he yelled, "I GOT IT! I found out the perfect way tobe withSakura!"

Grinning, he said out loud, "by moving in beside her house!"

Done! There, what did you think about this chapter? Hope that I left you guys at the edge of you seat! I love writing cliffhangers! So much fun keeping readers in suspense! (Grins madly) Well hoped that you enjoyed this chapter as well!Please leave a review of what you thought!

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