Luck

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A/N: Well, here's the next chapter and I hope you like it!

Chapter 28: Eriol's Partner Plan Works! I

-Sakura and Li

Saturday…………..

By penguin park……..

A young teen with auburn hair, slightly tanned skin and amber eyes stood under the shade of the sturdy tree. He was waiting for a certain honey colored hair girl. He wore a green Chinese shirt, long sleeved with golden designs on each end of his sleeve and also on his collar, white pants (not jeans) that didn't reach his ankle, a little below the knee and green shoes. He was blushing like hell! He's very nervous of this partner thing his darn cousin Eriol has put up.

"What the hell am I going to do?" He thought. He gulped and put his right hand over his chest, his heart was beating like crazy. "I admit that, that, I, I, I, I, I, I, lo---,lo-! It's just that! But, I don't think I can handle this."

"Li?" A familiar voice rang in his head. He shakily faced her and gulped again, blushing like there's no tomorrow.

"Sakura?" He murmured. She looked especially beautiful today. She was wearing a blue polo with black buttons, a white skirt a little above the knee, pleated neatly and blue high heeled roman sandals. Her hair was neatly combed and tied, her face was very elegant and Li's heart just kept beating a thousand times per second.

"You look nice Li," Sakura uttered, blushing as well. She prepared herself thoroughly for this day.

"You, you, you look beautiful Sakura." Li replied, blushing even more if he can!

"Thanks." Sakura smiled.

"We-welcome."

Li's thoughts:

"Ok, ok, ok! I admit it! I like, well, LOVE! Sakura like forever. Yeah, I love her, I love her, yes I do, and, like Dylan said, the sooner the better! Yeah, I do love her, yeah, yes I do…………….. And I'm positive to do anything to make her fall for me like Dylan said! I won't lose!"

Li smiled and sighed heavily.

"So," Li started and looked at the blushing Sakura. "Where, where do you wanna go?"

"Huh?" Sakura looked at him. She smiled lightly, still blushing. "Anywhere you like."

"Ok, then." Li started to walk when………

"Wait Li!" Sakura exclaimed.

Li turned to face her and almost died. She was staring at him with her emerald orbs which he loved so much. Sakura tried her best not to blush and smiled.

"Don't forget me." She replied.

"I won't," Li smiled nicely to her. She can't help but blush deep scarlet. "I'll never do that Sakura, I won't even dare to it and I know I will never try to do it."

From those words……………….her heart melted in and instant………………

"Uhm…"

"Lets go then!" Li voiced and pulled her with a light chuckle.

"Li-kun………….." She thought.

The two unsuspecting couple, of how each other feel, walked along the side way, hand in hand, well, not actually knowing it as well! They walked slowly along with other people watching them, they didn't mind. Li was fine and understood his feelings but Sakura has no idea of how to put things in perspective.

"So, what do you think the others are doing?" Sakura asked. Li thought for awhile and answered

"Dunno, Eriol and Tomoyo are a bit crazy, Shara and Christian are both care-free and Kenneth and Kee are both serious. I think they got a good pair."

Sakura chuckled a little and nodded.

"Her chuckle, soo cute……….." Li thought.

"I guess you're right. And Tomoyo can be a little extreme." Sakura replied.

"You're saying. Well, Eriol's a lot crazier than her, you don't know the whole story." Li shook his head.

"Really? Eriol seems like the serious type for me." Sakura smiled.

"My dear lass, you are totally mistaken."

Sakura chuckled from what his lips brought out. Li smiled lightly at this as he looked at her with amber red eyes.

"Every move she makes takes my breath away." He thought.

Sakura finally stopped laughing.

"So, what do-" She paused as she saw Li's marvelous ruby eyes looking lightly at her, with a smiled that can make every girl in the world fall to their knees. Li suddenly regained his thoughts and shook his head.

Said he, "Sorry, I didn't mean to, well, you know."

"It's ok." She smiled. "I never really wanted it to end….." She mumbled in her thoughts.

"So, what where you saying?"

"Uhm, don't mind me. It flew away."

"Really?" Li looked at the sky. "Why don't we seat for awhile?"

"Good idea."

They found a nice and comfy bench under the shade of the tree. The soft breeze of the wind whistled unto their ears.

"Well, uhm, Li." Sakura murmured.

"What is it?"

"Well, I mean, eto……"

"Don't be afraid to ask anything Sakura. I'm you're friend."

"Friend huh?" She thoughts. "Well, I just wanted to ask if, if…."

"If what?"
"If, if, you've fallen in-love already?"

"Wha-?" Li blushed crimson red. He faced away and remembers a certain girl. "Lan…………"

"So?" Sakura gulped.

"Well." Li sighed and decided to tell the truth. "Yeah, I have."

"Na-nani?" Sakura voiced as her eyes widened. "He's fallen for someone else, I want to feel happy for him but I can't, it seems that my heart stood stiff. I don't know, why I feel, stupidly sad and solemn from hearing those words. I mean, I should be happy right? He's finally found the girl a man has searched for years to find. But, I find it strange to say: good for you, or, well done pal! The words that I want to say is: Why? Or, look at me, how come? Something's wrong here, and, I don't even know why asked that darn question to him! I have mixed emotions with me here! Well, am I being overprotective? That's a far off answer. I, I just don't get it!"
Li, noticing the sudden silence, decided to ask her.

"Something wrong, Sakura?" Li asked. Sakura hurriedly shook her head and smiled.

"No, nothing, sorry." She replied.

Li sighed and looked at his palms. "You know, let me tell you something."

"Huh?"

"You see, I met a friend who taught me a lot from what I wanted to learn."

"Is this the girl he's fallen in-love with?" She asked herself, getting nervous all of a sudden. Her palms were getting abnormally sweaty and her heart raced fast.

"Sakura? Are you sure you're fine?" Li asked, his tone getting different.

"Yeah, I'm fine." She lied, please continued.

"Well, you see…" Li smiled as he recalled those thoughts. "She was a certain friend of mine and she was very care-free. We just bumped into each other and that's when it all began."

"Began what?" Sakura thought, getting suspicious.

"She told me a lot, she's someone I saw there, by the side way, I thought back then, now, she's giving me lectures. She was smart and talented. You might as well say she can almost read minds."

"Smart, talented?" Sakura was getting more nervous by the moment. "Maybe, her really does…………"

"She's a good friend and, she has helped me open my eyes." Li smiled as he remembered a certain Dylan de Palma.

"Open your eyes to what?" Sakura asked, totally sweaty and nervous, she doesn't even know why!

"A single word called love."

Sakura's eyes widened………..

SAKURA'S POV

Hel-

Helped him open his eyes,

Helped him open his eyes to-

LOVE?

I looked at Li, he seemed calm and at ease, telling me a lot about his certain friend. Is it true that he loves her? I mean, he left the traces of it on his words, the way how his tune talked, how he described her and, the part where, where,

She helped him open his eyes to love. He even said that she taught her, could this be? Wait………….

What the heck am I thinking about!

I should be happy for Li, I mean, he's one of my friends and I should be very, very joyful for him! I mean, he's found the girl of his dreams, the one his heart aches for! I should be happy, but, I can't………..

I want to cry here, this spot, for some reason I feel sad of him loving another woman.

Am I being overprotective? Am I being a selfish friend?

No! That's the answer that came from my heart. Why? Why then?

"Love…." Li muttered slowly as he closed his amber eyes and felt the gentle breeze of the cool air. I looked at him; my eyes were dull and expressionless. My thoughts were not clear; my heart won't tell me the answer except for no. I wonder why?

"Love………" I muttered myself as well. Then, something pierced my heart, is it possibly true that that's what's been bothering me all this time.

"Love……" I muttered again, as thoughts became clearer every second.

NORMAL POV

Li opened his eyes and smiled and his surroundings. He continued talking about his certain 'friend.'

"Sakura?" He voiced first. He looked at her, she was in a deep thought again, but, she had a smile imprinted on her face. Li wondered and voiced again. "Sakura?"

"Huh? What is it?" Sakura replied. She shook the thoughts from her head and smiled. "What were you saying?"

"Sakura? Are you sure you're ok?" Li asked, as his eyes were getting softer. Sakura shook her head and sighed.

"I was just thinking of something Li, just something. I didn't mean to be rude."

"Are you sure? We can go wherever you want Sakura."

"No, I'm very, very fine. Please continue."

"Wel, ok," Li smiled and sighed heavily. "You see this friend of mine, as I said, taught me the word love. She opened my eyes to what it really is and was. I was glad that I met her."

"He's really glad?" Sakura thought in dismay.

LI'S POV

I smiled as I recalled the funny memories I had with Lan. I'm really grateful to her. She's shown me how I really felt for, for, Sakura…………

I looked at Cherry (you know, Sakura) and again, she's in deep thought. I am getting much worried and I want to know why she's been like that. Was it something I said? I mean, I didn't think I was rude and mean to her. I want to know why………

"Sakura?" I asked once again. I knew that there was something wrong and that………..

"Oh!" She smiled and faced me. "I'm sorry, please, don't mind me."

……..she was hiding it from me

And I didn't like it, the way she hid that certain 'thing' from me. What was it? I want to know, but, it'll be rude right?

"Uhm, Li?" She voiced to me. I looked at her and smiled as light as I can.

"What is it?" I asked. She nodded and looked away a little. I wondered, I was about to ask when………….

"Li, what do you feel when you're in-love?" She asked me all of a sudden. I can feel my face blush a little. Is this what shes been thinking about? Can it be possible that…….

"Li?" She asked again. I sighed and faced the clouds. I can feel she's waiting for my answer.

"Well, love?" I started. "I dunno actually, it's just one day you'll open your eyes to it, and know in an instant you're in love."

"That's it?" She didn't seem content for my answer.

"Yeah," I replied. "It's the simplest way to put it, then, you never know that sometimes you need other people's help to make you see what it really is. To make you see that you've already loved that special someone of yours."

She bent her head and little but smiled.

"Means that sometimes you don't really notice that you already like that person, that you need someone else to make you see that truth?"

"Yes, certainly." I nodded my head. "That's why I was really glad to have met that friend of mine. Cause if not, who knows if I'll really know that I love that certain person."

"Eh? You're trying to tell me that that friend of yours is not the girl you love?"

I abruptly shook my head in denial. "No way!"
Wait, is that what she's been thinking about?

She sighed and let out a small smile. "Thanks."

-Huh?-

NORMAL POV

Sakura let out a huge smile afterwards. She was really glad that that friends of Li wasn't whom he loved the most. Because now, what she felt for him was all clear………….

"Sakura?" Li asked. "So, you wanna eat or something? It's noon you know."

Sakura nodded and smiled. "My stomach's grumbling already. Let's go then."

They walked slowly together, side by side to a small fast food restaurant. They walked in and went to a table near the glass door.

"What do you want Sakura?" Li asked.

"Just spaghetti and Pepsi," Sakura replied with a gentle smile.

"Ok, I'll go get it." Li nodded and went to the cashier, to order it. Sakura sat quietly and was relieved. She had a chance to be in his heart- was the thought in her mind. She looked at the people outside, some where couple, smiling sweetly and holding hands. She blushed at this. Then, her cell phone made a small sound:

beep beep beep beep

She took it from her bag and saw she has a new message. She opened that text message and it read:

Hey, how are you there?

Sender:

Li Syaoran

Sakura smiled and looked at where Li was. He was holding a cell in his hand. She chuckled and smiled. She pressed reply and wrote……..

Fine, thanks. Though my stomach is grumbling

To:

Li Syaoran

She chuckled at this and sighed. The day was about to get special………………

"Hmm! The food here's great!" Sakura exclaimed.

"I know, that's why I choose it here." Li replied back.

"Yup! You have good taste Li,"

"Thanks."

They ate happily together until they were full. They walked out from the restaurant and smiled walking side by side.

The walked back to Penguin Park , they were all alone. Sakura looked around it and smiled.

"I like it here."

"Yeah, me too," Li added. Sakura sat on a bench and took off her sandals.

"What are you doing?" Li asked.

"These things are killing me!" She exclaimed. "And I can't play with these on!"

"Play? Wha-?"

"Yeah play! It doesn't mean when I'm 16 I can't play anymore right!"

"Guess so………"
"Ok then!" Sakura exclaimed finally taking them off. "Let's have fun!"

"Nani?" Li asked out. Sakura walked to him and smiled. She pulled Li to the slide and pushed him up.

"Sa-sakura! What are you thinking?" Li voiced.

"Calm down Li!" Sakura giggled. She climbed as well and pushed Li down the slide.

"AAAhhh!" Li exclaimed as he slid down. Sakura laughed at this sight.

bump!

"Oh, my butt." Li muttered as he rubbed his butt. Sakura smiled and decided to go next. She slid down the slide like a child and………

"Sakura! Stop! Stop!" Li as he waved his hands abruptly.

"Yehey!" Was all Sakura can reply. Then………….

"Sa-sa-sakura?"

"Li?"

They lay there, Sakura on top and Li on the bottom. Sakura carelessly slid down and fell on Li. There………

Li's amber orbs gazed at her closely, the strong feeling inside grew stronger each minute. Her eyes were unto him, she knew what she felt and it was final. They were there……….. under the beautiful setting of the sun…………….

Two hearts that beat as one………….

I look at your eyes

They were beautiful shades of dark

You were right beside me

With the setting sun…….

Sakura looked at Li as he did the same thing, staring eyes, eyes filled with passion and love. It seems that the moment will always be….like forever……….

You walked beside me

Showed me the right way

As passion passed right by me

Two hearts that beat as one……..

Li's heart will never let this moment end. The way her emerald eyes filled with innocence and joy looked at him. The stars have broken down, but, Li will not stand up. His heart loves Sakura very much……….and this moment will never end……..

Your heart my heart

To beat as one

My life, your life

Our life to come together as one

Two hearts beat as one

As for Sakura, the cherry blossom has found a lonesome wolf in the forest. Her little wolf, she will never let him go and she will take care of him, with full of love………..

Hmmm,

Your heart, my heart

To be as one

My thoughts, your thoughts

To go through as one

Yeah…………..

There was one thing sure about this………..

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For what feeling they share is one, even though they don't know.

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As the young man and young lady watched each other's eyes

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And as the sun sets slowly

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One day, they will know

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That their hearts will beat as one

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Yeah……

Your heart my heart

To beat as one

My life, your life

Our life to come together as one

Two hearts beat as one

Two hearts beat as one…………

Sakura and Li stared at each other, eyes which seem that will never part………

"I love you Sakura……" Li said to himself.

"I love- love you Li……." Sakura thought.

As love grew upon the two souls, left with the setting sun……..

Their life will change forever

For they have found the one thing, a person will die looking for

LOVE

A/N: Hey guys! Sorry I'm not the romantic type, so, please let me live! I'm not that good at it as well! Just hope you like it and r and r!

-Mitsukai Kansei