VERY IMPORTANT READ: I AM NOT AGAINST KOREANS...FRANKLY I AM KOREAN SO I CAN'T BE AGAINST KOREANS CAN I...IF I OFFENDED ANYONE I'M SORRY. i WAS BASING THE CHARACTER ON SOME GUY I KNEW WHO FREAKED ME OUT OK?...
AN: I wanted to finish this chapter and have it out like two days after the last one, but I didn't get the time to finish it. But here it is now ppl. Some relationship troubles, new engagement, obssessed man whore...w/o what kinda plot would it be right? ANYWAYS I bet only two or three ppl read this so..i'll shutup now and let you get on with the chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plot. although i wished i owned the jewellry thats mentioned in this fic. xD
CHAPTER 9
---Japan 3:30 pm---
A very jet-lagged Sakura walked out of the gate towards the exit to catch the next cab to Syaoron's house and kill him for booking her flight so early. Too bad she'll never get the chance.
She got her baggage and started walking out to where most people wait for others to come out, or the "ARRIVAL AREA" as its called. Anyway, she expected to see a crowd all around. What she didn't expect was to see it, not only empty, but also filled with roses everywhere and pink, red and green balloons falling from the ceiling. And in the mist of it all stood Syaoron, standing with a bouquet of red roses that were surrounded on the outside by white roses in his hands.
Sakura just stood there gaping at the sight. Her "prince" standing in a field of balloons and roses, with a beautiful bouquet in his arms waiting for his "princess", her. All the anger she felt towards him for booking her flight early disappeared. She dropped her bags and slowly started to walk towards Syaoron. This was one mesmerizing sight; two lovers being reunited. Of course, because of the company's fame and Syaoron's popularity, the media was all there. Flashing camera lights and murmur of thousands of reporters made the background noise of the scene but Sakura didn't mind.
After a few more steps she broke out into a run and stopped a bit in front of Syaoron. She just looked into his eyes and tried to read all the emotions it held. She saw happiness, love, and a bit of nervousness as well. Probably nervous because I'm gonna kill him afterwards.
Syaoron stared at her for awhile before offering her the bouquet.
"Welcome back Sakura." Syaoron smiled.
Sakura just stared at him before wrapping her arms around him in a hug. Her eyes were filled with tears and she had a smile on her face. Syaoron wrapped his arms around her waist and twirled her around in his arms. He had missed her so much and was happy that she was finally there with him in his arms.
They pulled away slightly and that was when Sakura noticed all the flashing lights. She turned her head and saw about a million cameras flashing. She pushed herself off of Syaoron and stood there wide-eyed staring at the many people who were trying to get their attention so they could ask them some questions.
Syaoron took one look at Sakura's face expression and started to laugh histerically. She had an expression of mingled shock and fury and fatigue. He decided to bring her out of her reverie by shaking her lightly.
"Sakura?…uhh Sakura…HEY!" Syaoron finally started yelling after he couldn't get her attention. Sakura finally turned towards him and started seriously freaking out.
"What are all these reporters doing here Syaoron? No one is supposed to know we're engaged until we actually decide on a wedding date. This totally goes against everything we planned!" Sakura whined. She was too tired to yell at Syaoron at the moment so whining would have to suffice.
"I know baby, but we're famous, even when I take a step outside my car there's at least 5 reporters with cameras in my face. And this is a public airport which I just had cleared out for today. You gotta gimme credit for that right?" Syaoron pleaded.
"Cocky." Sakura muttered under her breath. She turned and looked at the many reporters staring expectantly at the two. "What are they waiting for?"
"For you to accept the flowers…and something else."
She accepted the flowers and looked suspiciously at Syaoron. "Something else what?"
"This." Syaoron leaned in and captured Sakura's lips in a sweet kiss. The reporters went wild and went into a big murmur of reporters reporting the couple's romance out loud.
Sakura was in a daze even after they broke apart from the kiss so Syaoron put his arm around her waist and led her out of the airport. He already told three people to get Sakura's luggage and bring it to his apartment, where Sakura would be staying.
For the next few days, the top news was about Syaoron's and Sakura's developing romance and of course, the scene at the airport. Rumors had begun flying around saying that they were getting married in the next month, that Sakura was pregnant with Syaoron's child and all that other junk the media usually comes up with. Sakura was getting pretty pissed about all the talk but she couldn't just go and beat the crap outta them.
Syaoron on the other hand was enjoying all this, thinking it might speed up his marriage. He didn't show it but he was kinda possessive of Sakura. Too bad he doesn't know that all this publicity is bad, especially when you got a obsessed man whore after your fiancée.
With all the publicity, Peter was able to know exactly where to find Sakura, and he was definitely going to go find her, and make her, his. It wouldn't be hard to find her but getting her was another story. With the security guards around her office building and etc, plus her fame in Asia and America, he'd have to think up a good, clever plan. That, he was capable of.
Yelan was having a field day with the publicity. With the pressure of the media, and a little pressing on her half, she'd get Sakura to get married to Syaoron before she graduated. The four sisters, well, you know them, all they thought was how cute their younger brother was and how sweet they looked together and how cute the whole affair was. Now all they needed was to help plan the wedding and they'd have no other wish.
Few Days Later
Sakura and Syaoron walked into the conference room for the first meeting since Sakura had returned. Today's topic: new projects for the next year. New Year's day was in two months and they needed to start picking what projects they'd be working on the next year. Sakura had spent the previous days to get caught up on what was going on. The only good that had come out of the publicity had been that their stocks went up a bit more than usual. She had been working hard the last few days getting caught up; a signing of a contract with a big company was in a few days and she didn't want to seem unaware of things when it happened.
Syaoron and Sakura sat down at the head of the conference table looking at everyone expectantly.
"Well people, let's get started." Sakura may have gotten her memory back and was now also taking classes most of the time, but she never lost her 'all-business seriousness' attitude.
In about two hours, Syaoron and Sakura were up to speed with everything they needed to know about all the proposed projects and approved the projects they thought would be the most successful and look good for the company.
Sakura was going to go meet Tomoyo for lunch so Syaoron headed back to their office. Before Sakura arrived, Syaoron redid his office to make it fitting for him and Sakura. He passed by his secretary and asked if there were any phone calls.
"None for you sir but there was one for Ms. Kinomoto. A Mr. Peter Song called; he just called and is still on the line. Should I tell him Ms. Kinomoto is out?"
"I'll take the call; transfer him please." Syaoron walked into the office and answered the ringing phone. Before he could even saying anything, the man on the other end started talking.
"Hey Sakura, it's Peter. What happened the other day? I thought we were gonna meet for dinner?"
There was silence on the phone and Peter was waiting for Sakura to answer.
"Uhh…Sakura?…hello?"
"This is Li Syaoron, Sakura's fiancé. Sakura's isn't here right now so I'll tell her you called." Syaoron's voice was curt and laced with coldness. He didn't even want to know who this Peter guy was but if he had asked Sakura out then it was his business. He hung up before Peter could answer back and walked out of his office. He told his secretary to cancel all his plans for the day and walked out to the gym. Might as well go relieve stress, and he needed to keep up his muscular build and hot body. He didn't want a beer belly by the time he was 30.
With Sakura
"TOMOYO!"
"AHH SAKURA"
Tomoyo was waiting for Sakura at the new exclusive café, Floating Terrace. Only people with passes could get in and of course Sakura and Tomoyo being who they were, were the first people to receive passes.
"So Sakura, what you've been up to since you got back?" Tomoyo asked.
"Business as usual. Catching up on things I've missed, signing contracts…etc." Sakura replied dully.
"You forgot making public love scenes with Syaoron." Tomoyo snickered.
"Shush Tomoyo. That was all Syaoron's fault." Sakura grumbled.
"Yea well, it was pretty entertaining for Eriol and me." Tomoyo laughed as she thought back to what she and Eriol said about the whole affair.
"Speaking of Eriol…" Tomoyo lifted her left hand to show Sakura. On it was a beautiful canary yellow diamond engagement ring.
"AHHHH TOMOYO! When?"
"Last week." Tomoyo's face was glowing with happiness as she told her closest friend the news.
"So…have you guys set a date yet? I get to be maid of honor right?"
They spent 2 hours talking about wedding prep and when they should go shopping for stuff they'd need, including Tomoyo's wedding dress, and Sakura's bridesmaid's dress. And then there's finding the hall and reception place, caterer, florists, photographers…etc. Even after the two hours, they still were only half way through discussing, but Sakura needed to get back and prepare for the next day's contract signing so she left and told Tomoyo she'd call her later.
Back at the Office
"Hey Sara," Sakura greeted her assistant, who also had a desk next to the Syaoron's secretary's desk, "Did I have any calls?"
"Yea," Sara replied, "You had a call from a Peter Song, but Mr. Li answered, although afterwards he came out in a bad mood. He's back so you can ask him what it was about."
"Thanks Sara."
Sakura walked in to see Syaoron at the desk busily reading over some new reports. He looked up when he heard the door open and saw Sakura.
"Hi." Syaoron said gruffly.
"Hey Syao. I heard you answered one of my calls. What was it about?" Sakura greeted happily. When she saw that Syaoron wasn't talking she got concerned.
"Syaoron? What's wrong?" Sakura asked.
"Sakura?"
"Yea?"
"Were you cheating on me in France?"
AN: muhahaha...so...jealous Syaoron is gettin suspicious. Wonder what he'll do when he finds out about Peter...well keep imagining and wait till the next chapter ;
