Summary: Sakura meets Megumi, a girl who is obsessed with Syaoran, but who is he? Sakura finds out by Megumi's brother, Miki, who also seems to have a strange liking to her as well.

Take My Breath Away

By: Senshi Tsubasa

Chapter Four: Please Take Care of Me

After art class I walked to my locker, still thinking about what happened before class started. I reached my locker, not noticing the person standing in front of it. I was so caught up in my thoughts; I stood there for a few seconds until someone put their hand on my forehead. I looked up into a pair of amber eyes.

"Syaoran..?" I felt my face heat up, but not from embarrassment. I felt faint and dizzy.

"Sakura? Are you feeling all right? Your forehead is hot." I could see his eyes filled with concern. My legs started to buckle. "Sakura!" Syaoran grabbed my shoulders to support me. I felt so weak and fragile. Syaoran picked me up, one arm supporting my back, and the other tucked under my knees. I leaned my head against his chest, closing my eyes. My breathing started getting hoarse and I started wheezing a little.

"I'll take you to the nurse." That was the last thing I heard before I dozed off.

NURSE'S OFFICE

"She'll be fine. She has a light fever. I looked at her medical records and she has asthma, it seems to be acting up." I heard a feminine voice say. I opened up my eyes to see Syaoran and the nurse. I sat up. "Oh, how are you feeling dear?" she asked me, feeling my forehead.

"Fine…" I rubbed my eyes.

"I'm taking you home." Syaoran said to me.

WALKING TO SAKURA'S HOUSE

Syaoran had propped me onto his back and carried me as we walked to my house. My forehead was leaning against his neck. I could smell his cologne. I felt comfortable.

"Are your parents home?" he asked me. I mumbled a quiet no.

"I live by myself…"

"I see. Which one is it?" we reached my apartment. I looked up and pointed to which one it was. He set me down on the porch as I grabbed my key and unlocked the door. We both walked in.

"Nice place." Syaoran said as he looked around my small serene home.

"I'm going to go change. Make yourself at home." I said as I walked up the stairs. I opened up my door and walked into my room. I went to my walk-in closet and grabbed a pair of pajama pants and small t-shirt. After I changed I walked back downstairs to the living room, where I saw him looking around curiously.

"Sorry for the wait…I.." I wasn't sure how to act around him since I found out that he liked me and the fact that he carried me on his back all the way to my house. I intertwined my fingers together and found them interesting. I let my bangs hide my face from him. He placed his huge hand over my small hands. I lifted my head up to see him. His beautiful face was handsome in every feature, especially his eyes.

"Why were you avoiding me today?" he asked me so bluntly I was startled. I didn't know what to say. My mouth was gaped open a little.

"I…you see…" my cheeks were burning. No one has ever given me this much attention before. I didn't know how to react. I keep on struggling and pulling myself away from people who care about me that I don't even take the time or effort to care for them. He put his hand behind me head and gently pushed me into his chest.

"It's fine." He whispered. I clenched onto his shirt. He patted my head. "I'll go now. You need to rest." He let go of me and started to walk away. He turned around for a moment. "Listen, uh, if you don't go to school tomorrow, I'll come by and check on you."

"Thanks." I gave him a little wave and watched him leave my apartment.

SOMETIME LATER

"No. Don't. Please! Stop. STOP!" I screamed as an older man was cornering me. I couldn't see his face and he didn't talk so I didn't recognize who he was. All I know is that I was in danger.

He grabbed my hair and started to pull me up. I let out a yelp. He started dragging me away. Tears were streaming down my face.

"Please, don't! What do you want from me!" I screamed as I tried pulling his hand off of my hair, but to no avail. He still didn't say anything and it was so dark. I started kicking him, but he was too strong. He threw me onto the bed. I tried to get off, but he grabbed my arms and pinned them to the bed. I kept on kicking my legs, but he crushed them down with his legs.

"No! NO! STOP!" I kept on screaming until he let go of one of my hands and clamped my mouth shut with his hand. He held both of my hands with his one. I started shaking my head frantically and letting out muffled screams.

"NOOOOO!" I threw the covers off of me and jumped off the bed, brushing my hands off of me to get the disgusting feeling off me. I stopped and looked at my bed. It was just me; no one was there in the room with me. 'Was it all a dream…?'

"Ugh…I don't feel good…" I put my hand to my forehead and walked to the bathroom and washed my face. I looked at the clock. 10:43 p.m. I remembered Syaoran leaving me earlier today and how he took care of me. I blushed. 'I don't want to be by myself. I'll go to school tomorrow.' I rubbed my arms and walked back to my bed. I threw the covers back on and crawled into bed.

SCHOOL TIME

I walked to school slowly early in the morning again. I couldn't sleep very well after that horrible dream I had. I was tired and still very sick, but I didn't want to be by myself. I couldn't shake off that dirty feeling. I let out a soft sigh and looked into the bright blue sky. The breeze lifted up my hair and ran through it. It felt good.

Once I reached my first class, I walked straight to my desk and sat down and rested my head on my folded arms. I shut my eyes.

I felt a hand on my head, as I was lost away in the nightmare from last night. I quickly threw my head up and started waving my arms to keep the attacker away from me. I let out a 'no' and tried to get out of my chair, but he grabbed into my shoulders.

"Calm down Sakura." the voice said soothingly. I opened my eyes and looked at Syaoran staring at me weirdly.

"L-Li?" I questioned to see if it was really him. He let out a smile of relief show on his face.

"I preferred it when you called me 'Syaoran'." He said with a chuckle.

"I never called you that!" I protested as he let go of my shoulders. He stood up and smirked.

"Quite the contrary, you did." He said starting to explain, "I recall when we were at our lockers you called me 'Syaoran.'" I glared at him, but I was too weak to argue back. Besides, I didn't remember that. He seemed to see the look on my face and continued to explain. "You were sick with a fever yesterday, don't you remember? You still look sick." He put his hand against my forehead. I blushed and brushed his hand away.

"I'm fine, otherwise I wouldn't be here." I told him as I folded my arms.

"Sakura!" I looked towards the door to see Tomoyo standing in the door way and Syaoran turned his head to see who had called my name. I smiled.

"Hey Tomoyo!" I said as she walked towards us.

"I heard you went come sick yesterday! Too bad. We weren't able to go job-scouting together." She reminded me.

""Job-scouting?" Syaoran repeated what she had said. She nodded.

"We can go today after school." I pointed out. She nodded. "What class do you have first period anyway? How did you know I had this class?" I asked, confused.

"Oh, Li told me. I called him after school and he told me what happened. He said I could check this class in the morning to see if you came to school or not. We need to exchange numbers in case of situations like this." She said as she pulled out her cell phone. I gave her my number.

"Uh, I don't have a cell phone…" I said as I pulled out a piece of paper and wrote down the numbers she told me.

"There we go. I better get going to class. I'll see you at lunch." Tomoyo said as she turned around and headed out.

"What kind of job are you looking for?" Syaoran asked me as he sat down in his seat in front of me and turned around to look at me.

"I'm not sure yet. That's why Tomoyo and I are looking around town today." I said.

"I see."

"Do you have a part-time job?" I asked him, leaning forward. He seemed taken aback of the question.

"Uh sort of…" he said, unsure of himself. I leaned closer, confused.

"What do you mean? Either you have one, or you don't." I said. He seemed to be uncomfortable.

"Well…" I never realized how close our faces had gotten, but I didn't back away. His face seemed to get closer to mine as well. I started to close my eyes. My face heated up instantly when I felt his warm breath against me. His lips barely touched mine when we heard students starting to enter the classroom. I quickly threw myself back as far as I could into my seat as Syaoran whipped his head around and back into the correct sitting position in a chair.

"Alright, settle down class." Our math teacher walked in after the remaining students scrambled to get into their assigned seats.

'I can't believe what was just about to happen. I must be really sick if I was about to kiss Li!' I yelled in my head. I opened up my math book and went to the page we would be working on today.

Throughout the class period, I noticed how Li sat stiffly the whole time. I felt bad, he liked me a lot. But how did I feel…? I shook my head.

The bell rang and the students started leaving class, but Li didn't. I didn't know whether to leave before him or after him. We just got through with an awkward position. I clenched onto my pencil, unsure of myself. I was about to stand up when my teacher started to talk.

"Ms. Kinomoto can you come here please?" I stood up.

"Yes?" I walked past Li and stood in front of my teacher's desk.

"Are you aware of your grades?" he asked me sternly. I gulped.

"Yes sir…" I said quietly.

"Are you aware that you have the lowest grade in my entire class of Algebra 2?" he asked me once again. I shook my head.

"Li, come here for a moment." He motioned for Li to come. I didn't look at him. I couldn't, not yet. I could feel him stand next to me.

"Unlike Ms. Kinomoto here, you have the highest grade. I would like you to tutor Ms. Kinomoto until she has a higher grade." I froze. 'Excuse me! What is he thinking?' I turned my head and looked at Li with fear in my eyes. He looked back at me.

"Yes sir." He answered.

"Good. You're both dismissed." He said. We both nodded and left together.

Li and I walked down the hall together silently until we reached our lockers. It felt like it took forever.

"Listen, you don't have to help me." I said as I opened my locker.

"No it's fine. I don't mind. When should I come over?" he asked me as he pulled out one of his books. I looked at him.

"C-come over?" I said aloud to myself. "Uh…yea. How about tonight? I mean, after me and Tomoyo finish with our job hunt." I asked.

"Sure." He said, shutting his locker. "Uh, Sakura, about earlier this morning…" he scratched the back of his head as he looked down. I saw a blush creep onto his cheeks. I've never seen him so flustered before. He always tried to get close to me. Why was he so nervous now?

"Yo Li!" Eriol came from behind me and put Li in a headlock.

"Ahhh! What is it Hiiragizawa?" Li lost his balance as Eriol started to give him a hard time.

"Guess what man!" Eriol said as he finally let go of Li. Li straightened up.

"What is it?" Li asked curiously.

"I asked Tomoyo out." Eriol had a goofy grin on.

"WHAT!" I shouted. Li and Eriol looked at me weirdly. "Uh I mean…that's great! I'm going to go find her!" I congratulated Eriol and ran away.

'Li was about to talk to me about the interrupted kiss, I know it!' I didn't stop running, I wasn't really going to find Tomoyo, and I just had to get away. I suddenly started to slow down, I couldn't breathe. I started to wheeze. 'Oh, no! I forgot my inhaler in my locker.' I leaned my hand against the lockers. I had to go back to my locker .I turned around and slowly made my way back to the lockers. I clutched my shirt and stated gasping, I couldn't breathe at all. My chest felt heavy. I slowly kneeled to the ground and started coughing. My vision started to get blurry.

"Sakura!" I heard a familiar voice yell and footsteps rushing towards me. I looked up and saw Li kneel down in front of me. "What's wrong?" he looked me over.

"…I…can't…" I pointed towards my lungs. I couldn't talk anymore. He seemed to get the idea because he laid me down on the floor as people gathered around us. I shut my eyes; the pain was just too unbearable. I felt his lips press against mine. I felt air coming into my lungs. I started to relax. I could breathe again. He performed CPR on me. I felt weak. I slowly opened up my eyes and looked into Li's affectionate eyes.

"Are you alight?" he asked me. I closed my eyes. I felt faint.

"Thank you…" I said before I passed out.

SAKURA'S APPARTMENT

I opened my eyes and looked around. My goose down blanket surrounded me comfortably. I sat up. It was dark, but the crack in the curtains let the sun peak in. The last thing I remembered was Li performing CPR on me. I blushed and gently touched my lips. I felt a presence next to me. I looked to my side and saw Li sitting in a chair with his head resting on his hand. I crawled to the edge of the bed and lifted his bangs off of his face and saw him sleeping.

"Li…?" I spoke out softly. He opened his eyes and looked at me.

"You should have stayed home." He whispered. I smiled

"Thanks for worrying about me and for…saving me…" I said as I brought my hand back.

"You're…" he started to say, but I leaned closer to his face. I shut my eyes and gently pressed my lips against his. I pulled away slowly.

"Thank you. I forgot my inhaler in my locker…I…" the next thing I knew I was laying on my bed with Li on top of me. He rested his head in the crook of my neck.

"You scared me…" he whispered. My cheeks burned. I shut my eyes tightly.

"I'm sorry…" I whispered back. I felt so small and fragile under him. All of a sudden, the dream kicked in and I remembered that man trying to hurt me. I started to feel scared again. I grabbed onto his shirt and brought him closer to me. We stayed like that for a few moments, until the phone rang.

End of Chapter Four