Luck

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS"

Author's Note: Thanks to Dylan, Li finally understood whet he felt for Sakura. But, will this new discovery bring him ease at all? Can't understand it? Just read it………….

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Chapter 27: Pick your Partner!

"Morning Li," Eriol smiled. "Wake up."

"Shut up Eriol, trying to get some sleep here." Li muttered in reply.

"Wake up!" Eriol shouted out high.

"Yeah! Yeah! I'm awake! I'm awake." Li sighed and sat up. Rubbed his head like an over grown monkey. "What time is it?"

"7, exactly 7 you know." Eriol smiled. Li closed on eye and grinned his teeth.

"That time already? You sure?" He asked. Eriol gave him a slight nod. "sigh………………….."

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"Oh man, it seems too early for me." A boy with auburn hair uttered. He lazily sat on his seat and bit on a slice of French toast.

"Ohayo!" A glee and female voice exclaimed. She had long black hair and golden eyes.

"Morning…………." Li replied and rubbed his eyes.

"Eh? You seem sleepy today Li-kun? Something wrong?" Shara asked. Li shook his head and gobbled up the toast.

"Not really, I just missed something yesterday." Li replied.

"Missed something? What is it?" Shara asked and sat beside him.

"A flight." He replied simply.

"Flight eh? Are, are, eat up and you'll be late." Eriol suggested.

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A boy with midnight hair and cobalt eyes, stared at the blue calm river in front of him and smiled. He looked at the small envelope in his hands and smiled.

To: Christian

From: Lan 

"She just never fails to make me smile." He mumbled.

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"Ohayo!" Shara gleefully voiced and entered class.

"Oh man, does she have to exclaim that out loud?" Kee, irritated, asked in her thoughts.

"Ohayo," a serious voice uttered. He went straight to his seat and opened another book.

"Mornin'" Another male voiced out, wearing spectacles and has the well-fixed hair. He went straight to his seat.

"Ohayo you to all of you ask well." A calm and gentle Tomoyo smiled.

"Yup!" Sakura added. "Eh? Where's Li? Shouldn't he be, I mean, with you guys?"

"I dunno." Eriol shook his head. "He said he was going somewhere."

"Hai……." Shara added with a bored tune. "I'm so bored when he's not here!"

"And, where do you think Christian is as well?" Tomoyo asked.

"I wouldn't worry about him!" Shara brightened up. "Christian-kun is a smart kid!"

Tomoyo and Eriol smirked at this.

"Oh really?" Tomoyo asked. She crossed her arms. "How come?"

A faint blush appeared in Shara's face and she shook her head.

"Well, I mean, he's not, you see……….." She muttered. Eriol smiled and chuckled. Kenneth was looking at his sister, and saw the blush on her face hearing what Tomoyo murmured.

"Well, well, I guess she's growing up." A female voice mumbled to him. Kenneth wasn't that close to the other guys cause he was reading in a corner. They were all gathered in Sakura's desk, which has a small gap between them, maybe one desk far.

"Hmm, she has her own world." Kenneth replied calmly. She smirked.

"I guess you're right." She uttered. "Same goes for all of them."

"All of them?"

"Yup, de Lavia, all of them."

Kenneth looked at the small group talking and blabbering.

"Well, I guess so." He replied. "So, how are you Kee?"

"You don't need to ask." Kee replied coldly.

Then…………..

"Ohayo!" A familiar male voice uttered out.

"Christian!" Shara thought it her head.

"Zaoan." Another male voiced out as they joined Sakura's group.

"Ohayo Li and Christian!" Sakura greeted warmly. "Where've you guys been?" She smiled.

"Well, we'll just keep that a secret." Christian smiled as well.

"Ok." Sakura muttered. "How about you Li? How are you?"

She smiled warmly at his face. Li could feel blood rush to his face. He quickly faced away and nodded.

"You, you…….can, I mean………..you can say fine." He replied looking away.

"Good!"
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"Well, I guess you're right." Kenneth closed his book. "They are growing up."

"Yup."

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Lunch Break

Li Syaroan was sitting alone underneath a cherry tree, he preferred to be alone for awhile.

"Well, here goes." He sighed and opened up the letter Lan gave him yesterday. He slowly opened the letter and pulled one paper from it. He looked inside, there were three letters. "Three letters? What are those for?" He asked himself. He turned the paper her got and on the front was written 'first.'

"I better read this first I guess." He muttered. "Dear Li…….."

"Oi, Li!" A familiar male voice called out. Li quickly closed the letter and faced him.

"Christian?" Li asked. "What is it?"

"So, she gave you a letter as well." Christian replied and sat down with him, pointing at the white piece of paper in his

hands.

"Why? She gave you as well?" Li asked once more.

"Yup." Christian replied simply, showing him an envelope. "She did when she gave to me your letter."

"Well, ok." Li sighed. "What does it say in yours?"

"Dunno. Haven't opened it yet." Christian replied. "What about you?"

"I was when you came in." Li replied sleepish.

"Oh!" Christian exlciamed. "Sorry."

"Fine, fine. So, open it together?"

"Nice."

"Ok then." Christian smiled. "One, two three……….."

They both opened the letters and read them. A smiled appeared on Christian's face and he felt comfort.

"Well, what does it say in yours?" Christian asked, facing him with a warm smile.

"Uhm…………." Li muttered and blushed pure red.

"I guess, it something you don't want to tell."

"Yeah, sure. I'll go with that." Li replied and looked at the letter again. It read:

Dear Li Syaroan,

Hey Li, well, you missed my flight and all, but, it was worth it! I'm really gonna miss our little adventure though it only spent one day. I'm sorry for the books and the almost bloody feet you got the other day. I'm really, really sorry. Well, let's get to the point!

You see Li, it seems that our little talk the other day was not the encouraging for you. I didn't even make you laugh and I just made you realize of how you felt. But, I never really made you feel enlightened to step up to that cherry (Well, Sakura means cherry blossom right? So, it's nice to call her Cherry.) I'm real sorry about that as well. You know, if you have time, you can write to me and tell me al about it. Well, here's another of my advice.

Advice:

You have to get close to her, so, you're love won't get wasted. Bottom line: Make her fall for you as well.

A girl isn't that predictable as she looks. You think she likes you already but actually she doesn't even have a small crush on you. So, be careful in making fast inferences. A girl can look like that but never feel like that.

You should also be careful not to spill up. If you tell it to her that fast, she will never talk to you. You have to show her that you're no freak.

Be careful and don't make others see what you really feel about her. Calm down, if they see it, they may tell it to her and she'll get wrong thoughts.

Last, WRITE TO ME! Whatever happens, I'll reply and help you along! 

PS: Ask her out today! You better talk to her or else!

Well, how about that Li? Remember this, if you're getting sad or lonely, read letter no. 2, if you're getting shy and timid around Cherry, read this letter, and don't you dare read letter no.3 until I tell you!

Well, ok then, bye!

From you Friend,

Dylan 

Li sighed after reading the letter. He put it back to the envelope and put it in his pocket. Christian looked at him and smiled.

"So, it seems that Lan has already made you a little awkward, ne Li?" He asked. Li slowly nodded and took out his lunch. He started to nibble on them.

"Well, it is lunch break." Christian thought and brought out his as well.

"So, Christian, would you tell me something?" Li asked, concentrated on his food.

"What is it?" Christian asked back.

"Well, you see, why did you move here? I mean, I Japan, why leave the Philippines?"
Christian paused for awhile, Li just waited for his reply. Christian lowered his head and looked away.

"I, I don't know as well." He replied silently. He shrugged his shoulders and sighed heavily. "I always ask that same o'l question. When I was young, Kay, Jerome and Lan were my friends. I laughed along and cried with them. Then, my father worked here and, that's the story."

"Well, have you ever felt, I mean, disappointed when you came here?"
"Before, I haven't got a care for the world. But, what happened the other day showed, that, it was all my fault."

"Eh?"

"You see, if I haven't left, Lan wouldn't cry, Kay wouldn' have been strict and Jerome would be tougher. But, they all fell and broke down when I went away. Yup, I was disappointed." Christian paused. Li looked down at his lunch and sighed.

"I don't blame you." Li murmured. "From what happened, I'll feel the same way as well."

Christian smiled and held his head high. "But, I can never change the past right? I can never go back to stop what happened and besides, I don't feel disappointed anymore!"

Li smiled and sighed.

"Yeah, thank goodness."

"Li-kun!" Shara exclaimed and ran to her amber-eyed cousin.

"Shara! Get off me!" Li exclaimed back and tried to take his cousin off his neck. "You're gonna kill me!"

"Hai!" Shara cried and saluted. She stood still and nodded. "Where did you guys go Li-kun?"

"It would be better not to tell you." Christian replied. Shara smiled at him.

"Oi, Li, what's that envelope in your hands?" Eriol asked as he neared him.

"This?" Li muttered. He looked at the envelope and blushed. Remembering a familiar line:

PS: Ask her out today! You better talk to her or else!

"Nothing." He answered simply.

"Nothing eh?" Eriol muttered with a smirk. Li felt totally uneasy with the certain evil grin on his cousin's face.

"Stop with the smile will ya?" He voiced. Eriol chuckled and Tomoyo and Sakura decided to join.

"So, today's Friday, tomorrows Saturday, so, wanna hang out or something?" Tomoyo asked.

"Yeah, sounds cool." Christian agreed.

"Yeah!" Shara exclaimed.

"Whatever." Kenneth murmured. Eriol suddenly had a good idea and by good idea means 'something exciting' as in make a move on Tomoyo or make Li make a move on Sakura.

"Sounds simple," he voiced. He looked at all of them and grinned. "I have a better idea."

"Ok, now I'm scared." Li uttered.

"Hahaha, very funny Li." Eriol said sarcastically. "Here's how to make this so-called hang out a little exciting."

"Go on with the plan will ya?" Kenneth asked. Eriol nodded and continued.

"Well have partners!"

"Part-wha?" The all exclaimed except for Eriol and Kenneth.

"Partners," Eriol confirmed. "The boys will write their names on pieces of paper and the girls will pick the names out. Whoever they take will be their partner for tomorrow."

"Sounds nice Eriol-kun." Tomoyo smiled warmly.

"Yeah, but," Sakura started to count all of them. "We have 4 boys and three girls; we can't leave the other one without a partner."

"Hmm, you have a point there." Li agreed. "What now?"

"Why don't we ask another girl to join us!" Shara voiced. "But who will it be?"

"What about Kee?" Christian suggested. Sakura's, Li's, Tomoyo's and Eriol's eyes widened from his suggestion. Shara's eyebrows crossed and thoughts swam around her.

"Christian? Could he possibly like, Kee? So impossilble…………. Then again………"

"What's with the quite time?" Kenneth asked. "Is there something wrong with her?"

"Well, no, none!" Sakura shook her head and lied. "Nothing's wrong with her."

"Then, why are you guys thinking deep about it?" Kenneth asked.

Li shook his head and smiled. "It's nothing really, we were just thinking if she'd like to go."

"Yeah, she's quite the 'I-don't-want-to-go-type' right?" Tomoyo asked.

"Yeah, she is, I guess." Christian mumbled.

"Well, you guys haven't tried asking her." Kenneth said.

"I'll do it!" Shara exclaimed and walked from the group. Who knows what popped from her head to invite Kee?

"Well,ok." Eriol said.

Shara walked to Kee and smiled. Kee raised and eye brow and asked.

"What do you want?"

"Hey, I was just, well, we were just wondering if you'd like to……"

"To?"

"To come and hang with us."

"What?"

"Well, we're having a small 'game' and we were just wondering if you want to come with us."

Kee thought for awhile and looked at the ceiling.

"What popped in the head of these guys?" She thought. "Well, it doesn't seem to be a bother."

"Well, ok." She replied simply. Shara smiled and pulled her to the 'group.'

"Well, she decided t join." Shara informed them.

"Well, great!" Sakura exclaimed, not knowing if she's gonna be happy or awkward.

"Ok then," Eriol said. He showed his palm and on it were pieces of paper. "The names are already written here. Well, girls, your turn to pick."

"Pick what?" Kee asked, not knowing what it meant.

"It's like these, the plan is the girls will pick a boy's name in those papers and whoever you pick will be your partner."

"Partner for what?"

"For the hang out." Li replied.

"………"

"Ok then, let's pick up!" Tomoyo voiced and they all took a piece of paper. The opened it and….

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"………..."

"Christian."

"Kenneth."

"Li."

"Hiiragizawa Eriol."

"Well, let me say your partners again." Eriol smiled. "Tomoyo and me, Sakura and Li, Shara and Christian and Kenneth and Kee."

"So, what do you guys say?" Shara asked, happy about the result.

"Yeah!"

A/N: I'm so sorry, I'm not that romantic. Please forgive me. Well, look forward for the next chapter!

-Mitsukai Kansei