Somewhere, Somehow
Author's Notes: Thanks for the reviews! And for this chapter, there will be a lot of surprises and finally, Sakura and Syaoran meet! applauds I hope you will all enjoy this chapter! On with the story! By the way, I update every 4 or 3 days, or depending really on how busy I am with school crap. I always do the next chapter after I'm done with the previous one. Enjoy even if this chapter seems like a drag, for me at least.
Chapter Three – The Fashion Show
The next morning, Sakura was still sleeping in her rather large bed inside the hotel room when she suddenly woke up to the morning sun's rays against her eyes.
"Wake up Sakura! Today's the day!" came Tomoyo's cheerful voice
Sakura groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. She reluctantly sat in an upright position and in front of her was a smiling Tomoyo.
"What time is it?" she groggily asked
"7:30am"
"It's still early…" she whined, falling back on the bed
"Sakuraaaa, you have to get up early! I already called room service to bring breakfast up here! C'mon! We have lots to do!"
Sakura groaned and sat in an upright position again.
"C'mon! Step inside the shower before room service arrives!"
After Sakura took a shower, the room service arrived just on time. Sakura and Tomoyo had an American breakfast that consisted of bacon, eggs, pancakes and orange juice. After eating, they started to choose and try on clothing that Sakura would model later that evening. The whole hotel room was cluttered with clothes and shoes everywhere.
The whole dress up took an entire afternoon since Tomoyo had let Sakura try on a lot of dresses. At 3pm, Tomoyo treated Sakura to a spa that will let her relax her body and mind before the show. They also had fruit shakes after that relaxing treatment.
"Are you excited?" Tomoyo asked as she took a sip from her apple shake
"Sort of." Sakura shrugged
"You should be. You're going to appear on TV! And when you win, you're going to be on the cover of Stature! Men from all over the world will fall head over heels for you! And maybe that…what's his name? Your best friend? Syaoran?"
Sakura nearly choked on her banana shake when she heard Tomoyo speak of his name. She had completely forgotten about Syaoran ever since she arrived here at Hong Kong, she didn't get a chance to see him or let alone call him and tell him that she's here in Hong Kong.
"Sakura?"
"Yeah?" Sakura looked up at Tomoyo, waking up from her trance
"Did you hear what I sai—Oh my gosh! Look at the time!" Tomoyo said, looking at her wristwatch, "We have to go or we'll be late!" she said, grabbing Sakura by her wrist.
"Paper, paper, crap. How am I supposed to get this all done!? I need a vacation…" Syaoran muttered to himself, "Hmm…I heard Singapore's nice in the summer…"
A knock suddenly came upon the door.
"Come in"
The door opened and Maya came inside.
"Yeah, what?"
"I don't mean to bother you sir, but I'm here to remind you about that fashion show you have to go to. Mr. Hiirigizawa is probably waiting for your arrival"
From all the papers he had been reading and signing, it took Syaoran a few seconds before whatever Maya said to register in his head. Syaoran checked the time; it read 6:15pm.
"Shit!" he cursed, "I have 15 minutes to get there!"
Syaoran stood up from his seat, hurriedly stacked the papers together and left for the Plaza. He arrived there just in time and saw Eriol waiting for him outside.
"Where were you!? We're gonna miss the show!"
"Well, sorry! I was caught up in the paper work I was doing!"
"Okay, okay! Let's go!"
They entered the large room and Syaoran saw a lot of cameramen. There were streamers and balloons everywhere. He suddenly noticed that the seats were already filled up with chattering people in their formal attire.
"Eriol, how are we going to get seats?"
"We have reserved seats and we're at the front!" Eriol happily said, "Well, let's go and take our seats before the show starts"
When they sat down, the room darkened and everybody quieted down as soon as Megumi stepped up to the podium.
"Good evening to everyone!" she greeted as cameramen took her picture, "And welcome to Stature, international fashion magazine's Fashion Show! Tonight, you will be seeing a lot models modeling 3 designer clothes from one designer in three different categories. I hope that all of you will be able to enjoy tonight's show. And I also hope that you'll be able to stay for the after-party at the Midnight Moon Bar at the fourth floor. Thank you"
Every applauded as Megumi finished her welcoming speech and stepped off the podium.
"I don't know why you dragged me to this. It's so…boring!" Syaoran exclaimed in a whisper
"Ssh! It's starting!" Eriol said, ignoring Syaoran's statement
A line of models suddenly appeared out of the curtain that rose. People watched intently, mostly females, admiring their clothes. Syaoran watched them without interest and discreetly yawned. He decided to entertain himself by rating each of them.
'Boring. Boring. Ugh, no comment. Beautiful; but not my type. Boring, ugly, bori—hey—who's this?'
His amber eyes landed on an auburn haired girl with emerald green eyes…
Sakura walked nervously down the stage as people carefully watched her. Flashes of camera flashed before her eyes.
'God, I could get blind by all of these cameras. I prefer photo shoots, they only use one camera' she thought as she stopped at the end of the stage, posed for a second or two, turned back around and started walking back.
Eriol noticed Syaoran gaping at the model that just recently stopped to pose and started going back the other way.
"Syaoran, that was Sakura, you know" he quietly said
Syaoran turned his head to look at Eriol.
"Are you positive!?" he exclaimed, keeping his voice down
Eriol nodded, "It says so right here" he said, pointing down to Sakura's name at the big program booklet.
Syaoran snatched the booklet away from Eriol, "Where the hell did you get this? You could've given me one!"
"I bought it before you arrived. It also has small pictures of the models and the designers"
Syaoran ignored Eriol; he was busy searching for Sakura's name. He soon found it and Eriol was right, it was Sakura. She still had the same auburn hair and green eyes. Syaoran mentally slapped himself and began insulting himself.
'Stupid! How could you not recognize Sakura!? She still has the same auburn hair and green eyes, you baka!'
"And those were the models you will be seeing tonight" Megumi continued, "And now, I welcome you the judges who will be picking out the winner, whose beautiful face will appear on the magazine" Megumi finished and began introducing the judges.
"Sakrua!" Tomoyo called out Sakura's name
"Tomoyo!" Sakura said when she saw Tomoyo running towards her
"Sakura! How was it?"
"I was so nervous and that wasn't even the beginning of it! Agh, God help me!"
"Don't worry, Sakura. I'm here to pick out your clothes and assure you that everything's going to be fine" Tomoyo smiled
"Thanks Tomoyo" Sakura said
"Once again, I welcome you the models now wearing their designer's clothes."
"C'mon!" Tomoyo pulled Sakura towards an area backstage and handed her the clothes she will modeling out, "Hurry! Wear this! The theme is winter!"
Sakura took off her previous clothes and began placing on the new one Tomoyo handed her. It consisted of a light blue shirt, a white skirt that went slightly up her knees, a white trench coat to cover it up and white boots.
"Go!" Tomoyo said, pushing Sakura towards the curtain, "You're next!"
After the first outfit was being modeled, the judges picked out 8 models out of the 15 models that will be moving on to the next round, one of them was Sakura. Syaoran was still gaping at Sakura, admiring her. The next category was summer. Sakura modeled out a pink dress that went slightly down her knees. To go with it, she wore white sandals and had pink beaded necklace around her neck.
'As always, she looks pretty in pink' Syaoran smiled at the thought, 'I hope she gets picked for the top 3'
Surely enough, Sakura and the dress were picked out for the top 3. Backstage, Sakura was already nervous of what would happen next.
"Oh, Tomoyo! I'm so nervous! What if I trip and fall flat on my face!? What if I suddenly faint right there in the middle!? What if I—"
"Sakura! Calm down! Everything's going to be fine! Don't worry!" Tomoyo said, patting Sakura's back and hugging her.
"Oh crap! Agh!" Sakura fanned herself using her own hands
"Here. The next category is casual, thank God. It's about time you wore jeans again" Tomoyo said, handing her the clothes.
"Do you think Sakura will win?" Eriol asked Syaoran
"Of course! Why wouldn't she? She's the best compared to all of these other females!"
The remaining models soon came out and modeled out their casual attire. Sakura took a deep breath before stepping out backstage. She sported a white off-shoulder top with "Tenshi" written in pink. She wore flared denim jeans that had white and pink sequins at the bottom (not the hem line). And finally, for her shoes, she wore pink pointy shoes, giving her a casual yet classy look.
Syaoran smiled when he saw Sakura wearing the necklace.
Soon enough, the judges picked out the top 3. Of course, like Syaoran had predicted, Sakura was one of them. Finally, it was the moment everyone has been waiting for; it was the time to pick out the winner. Sakura's palms started to get sweaty and discreetly tried to wipe it off on her jeans. The judge handed Megumi, who was on the podium once again, a white envelope that contained the winner.
"And the winner for tonight's show is…"
Megumi carefully opened the envelope and unfolded the piece of paper slowly. Sakura tensed even more.
"Sakura Kinomoto!"
Sakura didn't know how to react. Everyone gave her a standing ovation and expected her to scream or cheer for victory. Tomoyo suddenly came out backstage, grabbed Sakura's shoulders and had a big grin plastered on her face.
"Sakura! You won!" Tomoyo said, jumping up and down.
The audience continued to applaud for her when Tomoyo led her to the center of the stage. Megumi handed her a bouquet of flowers, a white sash and a silver crown. Tomoyo suddenly hugged her.
"I'm so happy for you!"
"Great job, Sakura" Eriol said, still applauding
"I told you she's going to win" Syaoran said, smirking and applauding at the same time.
"I never said anything she wasn't gonna win" Eriol retorted, smirking back at Syaoran who seemed speechless. Syaoran ignored him and began cheering for Sakura.
The rest of the show/party continued at the bar where Megumi mentioned an after-party. The whole bar was filled with people and paparazzi. Syaoran spotted Sakura and Tomoyo with a crowd of paparazzi surrounding them, shoving tape recorders, microphones at their faces. Cameras flashed everywhere, taking pictures of Megumi, Sakura, Tomoyo or other random people.
The crowd around Sakura and Tomoyo soon subsided. Tomoyo excused herself to the bathroom. Sakura went towards the bar and sat on one of the barstools. Eriol saw her and told Syaoran to approach her. At first, Syaoran retorted numerous times but soon gave up.
Syaoran walked briskly but nervously at the same time, towards Sakura who had just finished ordering a glass of red wine from the bartender. Syaoran stood beside her and placed two Hong Kong dollars (1) on the surface.
"Make that two" he told the bartender
"You got it"
"Excuse me, but I don't let other people buy me drinks, let alone a stranger." Sakura said, looking up at him, frowning. Her eyes grew wide and a gasp escaped her mouth. She was lost of words. Syaoran smiled at her whilst looking at her green eyes.
"A pleasure of seeing you here, Sakura" Syaoran said, keeping the same smile.
Author's Notes: Agh, the whole fashion show crap thing was a complete drag. Gomen ne! Nice cliffhanger there, eh? Finally, they meet! What will happen next? A lot of surprises await in the next chapter!
1 – I really don't know how much red wine is in Hong Kong! If anyone knows, please tell me! Thank you!
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