Summary: Sakura moves to Hong Kong in her new apartment. As she is lost on her way to school she bumps into someone, later finding out that it's Li.

Take My Breath Away

By: Senshi Tsubasa

Chapter Two: Embarrassing Moments

Luckily I found my second period class on time and Li didn't have that class with me. Things were looking brighter for me already.

History wasn't so boring, I was able to pay attention and take notes. We were learning about WWII. Okay, so I lied again. I wasn't taking notes, I was doodling on the paper, but I did write some things about the war. As I was drawing a cute kitten, a piece of crumbled paper was thrown on my desk. I looked around the class to see who threw it at me and I saw a beautiful girl with long black hair. She waved at me with a smile. I smiled back, well sort of. I grabbed the paper and opened it. It was a note. I read it.

"Hey,

I'm Tomoyo Daidouji. I noticed you earlier with Li. Are you friends with him? Anyways, I thought we could have lunch together. Let's talk after class."

I looked back at her and nodded. I didn't bother writing her back, I could just explain to her about mine and Li's 'friendship'.

The bell rang and I stood up. Tomoyo walked over to me and smiled again.

"Hello, Kinomoto." She said softly. I never really realized how elegant and graceful she was. I was amazed. She was the perfect friend who could help me around the city.

"Hi Daidouji." I said awkwardly. I wasn't a very talkative person, especially when I'm in a new school.

"Come on, I'll walk you to your locker." She laughed as she walked towards the exit of the classroom.

"Ah, wait! Let's go to yours first. I'm…uh…avoiding someone!" I blurted out as I stumbled on after her.

"Ah, I see." Tomoyo said thoughtfully with her pointer finger set gently against her chin. I explained what happened this morning and she thought it quite amusing.

"So you see…that's why I wanted to go to your locker first. He's probably given up by now and left to class." I said looking over my shoulder, half-expecting Li to pop up from somewhere.

"So you say..." she said looking where I was looking. "Well then, let's go to your locker." She waited for me to lead the way. I nodded and headed towards my locker.

"Maybe I should inform you about Li, since you're new here." She said to me as I walked. I looked at her and nodded. "Let's see…he is quite popular with the ladies and among the whole school, including teachers," I figured. "He's into sports. He plays soccer and does track."

"He's a jock." I said bluntly. She laughed and agreed. I played soccer at my last school, but ran into some problems. Maybe I'll join the team here when it starts. Maybe.

"Now you know a little more about him," She said. "Do you want to meet at my locker after class for lunch? What class do you have now?" she asked me.

"Um...gym." I said as I looked at my schedule. I looked up again and saw my locker in view…and him. I groaned.

"What is it?" she asked me. I pointed towards my locker.

"My locker is over there, so is Li." I muttered.

"My, my, he is persistent." She laughed patting my shoulder. "Oh wait, look. There's his best friend, Eriol Hiiragizawa. He does the same sports as Li and is quite the gentleman." I looked at her and saw her blush, I grinned.

"You have a crush on him." I pointed out as we continued to walk on. She gasped and looked down. It was my turn to laugh.

"Yes, but…" she started.

"Are you friends with him and Li?" I asked her.

"Yes, but he doesn't know that I like him."

"Good luck." I smiled at her.

We finally reached my locker and the boys. They were laughing at something. I groaned as I opened my locker and threw my book in. As I was closing the door, someone prevented me from doing so. I looked up and saw Li.

"'Bout time Sakura. Class is about to start soon." I saw him grin as his buddy looked me up and down.

"Sorry Li," I let my first name being said slip this time, "Daidouji and I are walking to class together. I am no longer in need of your service." I flatly told him finally shutting my locker door.

"Ouch. I see. Well, I'm sorry to inform you that Hiiragizawa here is escorting Daidouji to her next class." He pushed Eriol towards Tomoyo. I could see her blushing.

"Sorry Kinomoto!" Tomoyo tried to apologize as Eriol dragged her off to class with a goofy grin on his face.

"Behave Li." Eriol waved back at us. "Already on first name basis with her. He doesn't even call me by my first name." He shook his head in shame. "Isn't that sad Daidouji?"

"Y-yes." She stuttered as they walked off together.

"Aren't they a cute couple?" Li laughed. I just glared. This was perfect.

"Listen Li!" I said pointing a finger at his chest. "I don't need your help! I'm capable of walking to class on my own!"

"Really, Sakura, you should calm down. I'm only trying to help." He grinned as he wrapped his arm around my shoulder and started leading me somewhere.

"Hey-wait! Stop calling me Sakura! It's Kinomoto! And stop dragging me! I-" I tried to get him off of me, but it was just no use.

"What class do you have next?" he asked me. After I calmed down I finally realized what position we were in. Let me picture it for you: Two students walking down the hall, one with his arm wrapped around the girl, talking, making cozy. My face turned bright red. I could feel people looking at us as we walked. I couldn't take it. This was too much. I pushed him off of me and ran away.

I was dressing into my gym outfit in the girl's locker room. I could finally breathe and relax. Some of the girls were staring at me and talking. 'Great, now rumors are being spread around about me already! It's only the first day of school! Perfect! I need to find that new school and fast!'

I walked outside where the rest of the class was. They were stretching. I walked towards the teacher and handed him my schedule. He checked me off the list and told me that we were practicing soccer now. I found out from him that soccer season was coming up.

'This is my chance to prove myself to this school. By playing soccer and being the greatest soccer player in the entire school! Perfect!' I raised my fist in the air and congratulated myself with such a great idea. It only earned a couple stares from my fellow teammates.

We were being sorted out into teams. Boys verses girls. This was going to be sweet! I fixed the jersey I had on as I waited in my position. I was defense. Defense is okay, but I'd rather be offense and make some goals. It's better to start out small and work your way up is my motto! Not really, but who cares.

'This is it!' I shouted in my head, the ball was coming my way. I prepared myself to block it from the goal. He was coming right towards me. I could feel it. This was my moment. He was about to kick the ball in, but I was in the way. This was it. I kicked towards the ball exactly the same moment he did and I flipped backwards. I let out a little yelp as I hit the ground. I could feel the pain in my back. I opened my eyes and saw the guy falling on me. I closed my eyes, but he didn't fall on me. I opened my eyes again. His face was inches from mine. He was on top of me. He was able to hold himself up before falling on me. His hands were on both sides as me. His face was so close to mine. 'Oh no…' This guy's face was really close to mine. Not just any guy's face…Li's face. I blushed.

"Hey Sakura." He smirked. I glared.

"Get off of me Li!" I yelled as I pushed him off of me. He sat up and laughed.

LUNCH TIME

"….and then he falls on me!" I complained to Tomoyo as we sat down on the grass. We decided to eat outside.

"Oh my." She laughed as she pictured the situation.

"Anyways, how'd it go with Hiiragizawa?" I asked as I munched on an onigiri. She blushed right away.

"He escorted me to class, that's all." She said as she looked down at her food.

"Did you enjoy it?" I teased her. She gently pushed me.

"Of course!" She blurted out. I laughed.

"What did you enjoy Daidouji?" someone asked from behind me. I turned around and saw Hiiragizawa and Li. I frowned. I glanced at Tomoyo and saw her blushing.

"Uh..." she tried to think of something. I decided to help her out.

"My home-made onigiris!" I said as I showed them the rice ball in my hand.

"Ah." Hiiragizawa said as he sat down next to Tomoyo. Of course Li sits next to me.

"Can I try?" Li asks as he reached for my lunch box. I smacked his hand away.

"No," I said, "Not after what you did to me in gym class!"

"I heard about that!" Hiiragizawa laughed. "Did you enjoy that? I know Li did!"

"Of course I did not!" I yelled. "He made a fool of me in class! Everyone was staring at us. I bet those girls are going to plot something evil against me!" I let out a frustrated sigh.

"I thought it was worth it." I heard Li say. I looked at him and glared.

"I bet you did that on purpose." I said. He smirked. I glared. He grabbed the onigiri out of my hand and ate it.

"Li!" I shouted.

END OF SCHOOL

I opened my locker and gathered all the things I needed and put it in my backpack. School was finally over and I had tons of homework. There was no sign of Li yet and I was grateful. We only had two classes together and that was enough. I shut my locker and saw Li at his. I looked at him and thought for a moment. 'Why is he so intent on being my friend?'

"Still something interesting about me?" I heard him ask again. I about jumped out of my skin.

"No! There never was or is!" I said as I turned around with my head held high in the air and started walking away.

"I'll walk you home." He said as he walked next to me.

"Why are you so persistent?" I asked him.

"Because I like you." He grinned as he put his arm around my shoulder again.

"Not again…." I groaned as we walked on forward, but then I stopped dead in my tracks and stared at him, my face burning.

"You…like me?" I asked him. He looked back at me with a smirk.

"Yea."

"I…got to go..." I muttered as I ran once again away from him. I ran out of the school and a good mile away from it. I finally slowed down and started panting and wheezing. I leaned over, my hand resting on my knees. 'I shouldn't have run for so long…' I couldn't stop the wheezing. I leaned against the nearby building. I couldn't breathe. I frantically searched in my backpack until I found my precious item. I pulled out my inhaler and took a deep breath, jabbed the mouthpiece into my mouth and breathed in the air the came out of it as I pushed down the metal canister. I held my breath for a while and slowly let the air out. I slid against the building until I was in a sitting position. I really need to calm down and control myself.

"Now I remember why I quit playing soccer…" I whispered to myself. I looked around and noticed people giving me weird looks. I was getting used to it already.

I stood up after a while and started on my way home. 'I don't understand why Li likes me…maybe he just likes me as a friend. It's not like he said he loved me or anything. Yea, that's right. He just likes me as a friend.' I reached my home and walked inside. 'Then why do I feel so…empty?'

End of Chapter Two