In a Blink of an Eye
Chapter 11
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Once in a life time, Eriol had known a young, lively and bright woman that could brighten up a person's life by just being there in the same room. All she did was smile and laugh, cheering everyone up like how the sun lights up the world. This woman's name was Sakura Kinomoto.
However, in a matter of a few seconds, everything that made up this young lady's world shattered before her eyes and it was caused by just a few simple words that would have no meaning or feeling behind in a different way. If only she didn't hear those words coming from her friend's mouth then she would still be whole and unbroken…She would be the way everyone hope she was, she would be doing what she always do…brightening up people's lives.
But she couldn't ignore the words that came from Eriol's mouth, telling her that her beloved, her first love, Syaoran was in an accident. After that, the questions came flying into her head. What if he was dead? Where was he? Is he alright? Why did this happen? Why wasn't I there? Why wasn't I comforting him?
The questions wouldn't stop coming, they wouldn't stop bothering her until she closed her eyes, the tears coming down her cheek and decided to forget everything. She felt herself fall forward and someone catching her in their comforting arms, holding her safely as she let herself go, allowing herself to be swallowed by the darkness surrounding her. This was her place for now…she couldn't deal with the idea of Syaoran hurt, she couldn't be the strong one right now…Right now, all she wanted to do is rest…and that is exactly that she planned to do.
Sakura sighed tiredly and held onto Eriol, hiding her face in his chest, snuggling into him before she fell limp, surrendering to the feeling of helplessness as she promised to go see Syaoran after resting and getting over the general shock. Aah…she still had to ask Eriol what happened, but for now…she wanted to do nothing…
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"Oh my god; Sakura are you alright?" Tomoyo asked as she watched her best friend fall into the arms of her boyfriend and fainted. The news had shocked her also, she couldn't believe that Xiaolang was now in the hospital, and no one knew if he was still alive or dead. She felt sorry for her best friend; seeing how much she was looking forward to her first date in many years. Why did she always have to stuffer? Was god really that cruel to her best friend? How much more pain and suffering could she take?
"Tomoyo, we have to go to the hospital right now. I'm sure Sakura will wake up during the car ride. Come on!" Eriol exclaimed as she picked up the light weighted woman up and carried her out the door and into his black Lexus. Tomoyo quickly ran to the other side and got in the back seat as Eriol laid Sakura's head on Tomoyo's lap and made sure she was comfortable enough. He quickly slammed the door and quickly rushed to the driving seat. He fumbled with his keys and jabbed the key into the slit where all of a sudden the car turned on. Quickly driving to the main highway, his eyes went back and forth from the road onto the mirror that focused on the two ladies in the back seat.
"Sweetie, please wake up, Syaoran needs you right now." Tomoyo whispered, knowing Sakura couldn't handle the news that they had just previously received from Eriol. She gently caressed Sakura's cheek and held her tears in, seeing how vulnerable her friend was in. Tomoyo looked outside the window as everything seemed to be such a blur due to Eriol's swift and slick driving. She didn't noticed just how fast they were really going until she looked at the meter and saw the high number the red pointer was pointing to.
"Eriol, please slow down. We don't need anyone else going into the hospital at a time like this." Tomoyo yelled as she noticed Eriol pressed on the breaks a little but still kept a fast speed.
"I'm sorry Tomoyo, but I just have to get there as soon as possible for Sakura's sake. I'm sure she wants to know how Syaoran is doing just as much as how you and I do." Eriol said looking at Tomoyo with a reassuring smile.
"Syaoran…" came a faint mumble as Tomoyo looked down and saw Sakura's brows furrow from anger and fear. Sakura's hands clutched together tightly and soon turned white due to how much strength Sakura was using. "Please don't go…" Sakura whispered at the end before going blank again.
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Sakura's Pov-
"Syaoran, where are you?" I called out as I looked around in a pitch black place. I could barely see anything and the cold atmosphere wasn't helping at all. I hugged myself tightly to try and get body heat, as I walked straight hoping to at least find someone or something that could help me get out of this weird place.
"Sakura, over here…" a masculine voice called out from the side as I turned to that direction and looked around to find that source that was calling out. I knew that voice; only one person had such a voice like that one. "Come on slowpoke. You'll get lost here…" the voice called out again as shinny, blazing amber eyes appeared from the darkness. Suddenly, I realized it was him… Syaoran…
"Syaoran! Where are you going!" I called out as I ran towards the direction his voice was coming from. I could still see those two pairs of shinning amber eyes piercing through the darkness watching my every move. I was so close when all of a sudden everything turned pitch black once again. "Good bye Sakura…" came a whisper as the coldness once again surrounded me again as I dropped to the ground and tears glistened down my cheek. "Please don't go…"
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3rd Person's Pov-
"Syaoran!" Sakura screamed as both Tomoyo and Eriol jumped from the sudden wake up in their friend. Sakura looked around to examine where she was only to see she was lying on her best friend in the back of someone's car. She touched her cheek and felt it was freezing cold and tried to remember what had happened just before she went into the state of unconsciousness.
She looked out the window and saw a big white building where many people kept on coming in and out of. She hated this stupid building. This building took her family away from her. This building never brought good news to her; only bad ones. Then she realized why she was at this awful place, her boyfriend got into an accident. How was Syaoran right now? Was he alive or dead? All these questions ran through her head once again and made her dizzy.
"Sakura, don't think so much or else you'll faint to the impact on your head." Eriol said, as he held out a hand for Sakura and pulled her out of the car. Quickly the three of them rushed into the hospital and walked to the front desk for information and where about of their friend. The lady looked up from their paperwork and noticed how Sakura was dressed so differently from Tomoyo and Eriol. Her hair was a mess, her makeup was everywhere on her face, yet she still looked beautiful and her glamour dress glistened under the light.
"Miss could you please tell us, where the patient, Xiaolang Li is? I got a phone call telling me he got into an accident." Eriol said as the nurse nodded and rolled over to her computer and began to type Syaoran's name in. her eyes moved up and down as she scrolled around and finally looked back at Eriol and said, "Your friend is currently still operating. The emergency room is just down the corner to the right."
"Thank you, miss." Eriol said quickly as the three of them rushed to the emergency room and looked at the red light that was still on. They all took a seat on the provided chairs and kept on looking when the light would turn off.
"Is he alright right now?" Sakura mumbled to herself as she held onto her dress tightly. Tears began to roll down her cheek as she thought of the idea that Syaoran would never wake up again.
"He'll be just fine Sakura. You have to have faith. Syaoran needs us all right now." Eriol said, as he gave Sakura's hand and squeeze and let go.
"Sakura, why don't you wash up in the bathroom? Syaoran wouldn't want you looking like a mess when he wakes up and looks at you." Tomoyo suggested as she wiped the crystal droplets on her friend's cheek. Sakura nodded slowly and walked down the hall and went into the girl's facility.
She looked at herself in the mirror and was disgusted with how she looked like. She turned on the sink and cupped a handful of water and slapped it on her face. She did this a few times before finally stopping and grabbing a tissue and wiping herself dry. She looked again once in the mirror and seemed to be a little replenished, but her eyes were still fiery red. She raked her hair in order to try and keep it tame and look decent and walked out the restroom.
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Eriol looked up as he saw his friend come back, looking a bit pulled together than she did before. "Are you alright, Sakura?" He asked with a concern tone, worried about his friend's mental health after dealing with the news he has to bring to her himself.
Shaking her head, Sakura sat down next to Tomoyo in one of the white plastic seats that lined the walls outside of the emergency room. She was worried sick and felt nauseous from knowing that her boyfriend was in that room, seriously injured. How could she feel well at this moment? Sakura sighed and closed her eyes, biting her lip that was completely rid of lipstick after she washed off everything in the bathroom.
She was too tired to look pretty at the moment and too mentally exhausted to think of anything that was related to Syaoran's promised date tonight. She would have liked it better if she brought along with her a change of clothes instead of wearing this dress that was too overrated for the hospital. Everything was going great before her hopes were completely shattered with the sudden appearance of Eriol earlier tonight. But she couldn't possibly make her friends worry anymore than they already are, so what she did was lie…however no one told her how horrible she was at it.
"I'm fine, Eriol." Sakura said, opening her emerald eyes, looking over at her friend quietly. Her body began to tense before she forced it to relax under her friends' observing stares.
Eriol raised an eyebrow and shook his head, murmurring something about not saying anything about how horrible she was at lying. She was grateful because it was one of mental walls she should hold up against her crumbling mental stability right now. To act as if nothing was wrong or that she was about to have a mental breakdown as one of the things that was saving Sakura. She would be bawling her eyes out again on the hospital floor or fainting like she had at home earlier if it wasn't for her friends.
"Eriol…" Tomoyo frowned and wrapped an arm around Sakura's shoulder, pulling her into a protective embrace that she knew her friend desperately need right now. "How about telling us what happened so Sakura would stop making up the worst scenarios possible?" She murmured softly, rubbing a hand against Sakura's shoulder, trying to quietly comforting her by showing her that there were still others there for her.
Eriol watched the two girls silently before sitting up straight from his early tired slouch, shaking his head. "I don't really know all the details of what happened…I just happened to be there at the right time after everything happened."
"And what do you know then?" Tomoyo frowned, just wanting to know what happened so it would calm Sakura down a little bit.
He ran a hand through his raven colored hair, leaning over with his head hanging between his legs in a defeated pose. "It happened in a jewelry shop nearby our company, in the city. I was driving there to get something I ordered a few days back and Syaoran just happened to be there so I asked him to pick it up for me since he was going to go there anyways…" Eriol sighed and closed his eyes, running a hand over his eyes, frowning darkly.
"…He went there, got whatever he got and was about to leave when some robbers came by, planning to rob the place. And you know Syaoran…even though he's a cold bastard he has this stupid pride shit where he believes everything is his goddamn business so he butted it and refused to allow the robbers to do anything to the shop clerk. Everything seemed to end when he did some stupid thing to protect the girl. However, the fucking moron didn't see the second robber who pulled out a goddamn gun…and to say the least you probably know what happened…" Eriol explained in a rush, his tone going from tired and exhausted to angry at his friend's stupidity to tired and sad again.
"I just can't believe what he did…" He whispered, looking over at the emergency room quietly. "Why the hell is he always so stupid and rash when it comes to things that you're supposed to think about. Yet he's always so cool and calm with things you don't think about!"
Tomoyo shook her head, "It's the way Syaoran thinks, you can't blame him, you know. He did save that girl's life after all, even though he did risk his own to begin with." She glanced at Sakura and hugged her more, rubbing her back gently.
"See, Sakura? You have to be strong for Syaoran, he needs you to believe in him!" She murmured urgently, trying to cheer her friend up. "I'm sure that Syaoran is stronger than we're giving him credit for, he'll pull through this, right Eriol?" Tomoyo glanced up at her boyfriend, biting her lip, her expression begging him to agree just to help Sakura through her depression.
Nodding, Eriol agreed with Tomoyo even though he doubted that Syaoran would just suddenly heal because of Sakura's faith in his recovery. "He would pull through, Sakura. Don't be afraid, it's our Syaoran we're talking about here. The guy pulls through every hardship that I saw that blocked his way to becoming an even better person. He's just Syaoran…"
Sakura looked up and nodded silently, wiping her tears away with a hand, sniffling as she sat up straight, looking at her friends determinedly. "I'm sure he'll be fine…I believe in him like you two do…" She smiled weakly and held her hands in her lap, forcing it to stop shaking from the trauma she went through in the last two hours. "He'll be fine." She whispered to herself more than to anyone else, making it seemed like the more she said it to herself, the more she would believe in what she was whispering.
And all Eriol and Tomoyo could do was sit by and watch their friend in her depression over her boyfriend's condition. If only they knew how Syaoran was doing so they could at least comfort her now.
It did seem like someone was listening to their silent thoughts up there in heaven because right when the tension in the air became overly unbearable, the emergency sign was switched off. The soft beep echoed throughout the whole hallway as Tomoyo, Eriol, and Sakura stopped everything and got up from their seats. The trio waited patiently in front of the door for the doctor to come out and tell them about Syaoran's current condition. Soon enough, the doors opened, letting out an eerie creek as a young ebony hair doctor emerged from the dark room silently with a professional air around him.
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Well, that's all for this chapter. I know you all waited like 5 months for this crappy chapter… sorry to disappoint you all. But have no worries, the good chapters are coming soon. Just have to be patient when things start moving faster. And we might be chapter to story to rated M due to some scenes that we might want to put in, in the future chapters. Hope you all don't mind. Thanks for reading and don't forget to press that little purple box at the bottom for reviews and comments. Thanks again…