As requested, a quicker update!(At least its under 5 months ne?) It would've been earlier but my computer broke and I just got it back today. Since people have been asking me to update faster I was just wondering about the length (I like to keep it around 8-9kbs if put as a .txt document), the amount of chapters and so forth. I know how this'll end I just need to know when. I would be really grateful for some feedback from you lot since you are the audience. It's just so that I know for future reference. Also, if anyone does know the song this is based on (google the title in if you don't know), is there any particular line that you want to be the next chapter?

This isn't many pages as there isn't a lot of breaks or talking. It's mostly blocks of writing. Big blocks.

P.S. I love writing about thunder showers

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Do You Want Me

By Louann1

Chapter 3: I'm A Little Insane

There are just some things that are true. For example, if you like something for example, a song, a book, a pet, there's always going to be somebody else who hates it. That's what Syaoran thought. That 'philosophy' of his could apply to anything, things or otherwise. Sakura went in the 'otherwise' category but Syaoran had a really annoying thought in his head. It was like 'nag, nag, nag, nag, nag'. He knew that it wouldn't leave him alone, not until he confronted it. I suppose you're wondering what this infuriating thought was. Well, it was...

Why didn't anyone hate Sakura?

In reality he really had 'Why can't anyone stay angry at Sakura?' but he didn't know that. Syaoran may have be excelling in the curriculum subjects but one thing he did lack was the ability to 'search for the right words', at least that was what his mother always told him. That was why he was absolutely rubbish at using search engines. That day Syaoran was determined to find out the reason why. He would ask anyone he came across who knew Sakura. He would start with her best friend. If there was a person who knew her it would be her best friend. Syaoran had a few problems with his first plan.

First, he had no idea what Sakura's best friend looked and he had no idea where she was. Syaoran hunted around their room for some kind of clue to where she could be. Sakura had left about half an hour earlier, Syaoran didn't know where but he didn't really mind as long as she wasn't around to suspect anything. After a good ten minutes of looking around Sakura's room he noticed a small pad by the telephone. There was a note quickly scribbled in blue ink.

'Meet Tomoyo in library at 2 o' clock'

Syaoran smiled and applauded himself. Not literally. He just bigged himself up a bit. Syaoran made sure that he was decently dressed before heading out to the library. The school's library didn't have books like you might think. Instead all it had were rows upon rows of laptops and computers of different models which had every page of all the books that had been there previously. Finding Sakura and Tomoyo would be harder than he thought. He had managed to get himself lost on the way to the library since it was his first visit. As he looked around he couldn't even spot them. Maybe they already left, he thought. So Syaoran gave up on the 'best friend' plan and decided it would be better to go for the 'friend' plan.

Syaoran was surprised to talk to so many people who had acquainted themselves with Sakura. Each was certainly an individual. Syaoran spoke to each of them about Sakura. He tried really hard not to make it obvious that he was hunting down things about her but he wasn't very successful at doing that so he decided that it was best to come out straight.

" Don't you think that their's something about her that you just hate?"

He asked that to about 30 different people and each of them replied no. There wasn't one single thing about her that annoyed them. It was like she was perfect. You couldn't hate her because there was nothing to hate. Syaoran tried after a long day of playing 'James Bond' decided that it was Time to retire home. When he got there he found that Sakura had arrived and had heard of his spying antics.

" Syaoran? What have you been doing today?"

" Me? Well, I went to the library to do some... Research," Syaoran replied. He was telling the truth he had been doing research.

" Really? Because I heard that you were asking people who knew me why there was no one who hated me. From the look on your face I'd say that I am correct," Sakura gave him a little evil glare.

" See? Research!" Syaoran took of his coat and threw it on their sofa.

" On me? What were you researching? The amount of people who will join your 'I Hate Sakura' Club?" Sakura was clearly pissed off but she was holding back.

" Hey! I object to that statement. I do not hate you! I just happen to lo-" Syaoran decided that it would be best to retract his confession, at least just for a little while longer. " Be a little insane."

" Wha?" Sakura was taken a back. It was very rarely that Syaoran would poke fun at himself or apologize. If you could call that an apology. " I see."

" What?"

" If you really have to know... The only person who has really hated me would have to be my older brother, he has to be the most annoying person in the world. He's always making fun of me. You know? You remind me of him," Sakura smiled.

" How?"

" Well, you may both be insane but I still love you."

Sometimes it can be surprising how quickly rain can fall. One minute you think that you'd be able to go outside, the next you're back inside watching TV. Gradually, the pitter patter of raindrops hit the window panes, blurring the city scape view.

" Do you think that the rain gets lonely?" Sakura placed a hand on the window and watched how a mist spread around her hand.

" What? I'm not following..."

" I mean... Whenever it comes, there's noone there to greet it. Everyone always stays inside. Wouldn't you consider that as lonely?"

" But the rain doesn't feel things, Sakura," Syaoran clasped her cold hand in his.

" But..." Sakura smiled a small smile; Syaoran's hands were so soft and warm.

Indeed the stranger named Syaoran was a little insane and was no longer a stranger, but she was beginning to feel differently about him. Sure they had their ups and downs with more downs than ups but somehow, it all evened out. Even though there were less good times than bad, it didn't matter because they seemed to be that much better than they really were. Sakura wasn't sure whether they would get along at all after their first meeting but she found something intriguing about him. It wasn't good enough just finding out. She wanted to hear it from him. Everything that he said somehow meant more than their meanings.

Sakura tightened her grip on Syaoran's hand and gave a little smile before bursting into a run through their apartment, out the front door, down many a staircase to the world outside. Syaoran didn't question her, he just did his best not to slow her down. The rain continued to fall, blotting the ground in shades of grey, matting down their hair and applying a sound scape to their background. After running for a while, Sakura stopped and spun around to face Syaoran. The rain rolled down their faces as tears rolling down a cheek. Sakura and Syaoran stood there, never moving hand in hand, staring into each other's eyes with a kind of caring expression. There was a snapshot of two people lost in each other without realising it.

She was the more apprehensive. She didn't really know what she wanted. It was true that there was still a part of him that she hated but she loved all the rest. He had a simplicity about him that she admired. There was nothing complicated in his world. Half a year had already passed since they first met. She knew that after the year was over he would be going back home so it made every second with him that much more special. Did she love him? She didn't know. Maybe she did but she wasn't certain and until she was she wouldn't dare let those three words escape from her lips.

He was the happy-go-lucky room mate. Unlike her he knew exactly want he wanted and would do anything to get it. That didn't mean that he was brash in making decisions. He could see the uncertainty in her eyes and knew that if he confessed then her reaction might not be like the ones he imagines. He looked at her. A sweet smile was slowly creeping on her face. She looked so happy. To tell her that he loved her could wipe that away. He didn't want that to happen. There was so much happiness within her he thought that she could burst. He wanted to be like that. He wanted to feel the same way that she did. She didn't have skeletons in closets or ghosts from the past. He wanted that and she gave it to him even though it was only for a little while, it didn't matter.

" Hey, Syaoran?" Sakura started. She tilted her head to remove her fringe from her eyes.

" Yes?" Syaoran replied with a smile.

" I just... I want to..."

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I've never been really good at cliffhangers so the ending isn't really good. If I continued it from here then this chapter would be too long. Anyway, it's been almost a year since I started this fic. It's prologue was finished last Christmas and this is really special to me so I'm determined to make this fic work.

As some of you may know, when it comes to fics, I tend to dig myself into a little hole and I just keep digging and digging it's not even with a spade sometimes, it's with a gigantic drilling machine and there's noone to send me down a rope. Sometimes I really need that rope but I don't even want to get to that point so if anyone has any ideas about what to do next for this fic I'd really like your advice. Just put it in a review or in an email you can find on my profile page.

Please review! I'm only doing this for the reviews. I get this rush when I get a review and it makes me want to do better. Otherwise I'm just gonna have to give this up. :'( I really don't want to but sometimes it's just something that has to be done.