Title: Somewhere, Somehow

Author: EviL PunK

Rating: PG-13

Author's Notes: That was pure evil of me wasn't it? Bwahahaha! Thank you all for your reviews; I finally reached 300! I love you all! Thank you for supporting me and my fic! Mwah! Hehe. On with the story! Hope you all enjoy this!

Chapter Sixteen

Remember The Forgotten

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"I'm in love with you, Sakura"

Sakura looked down on the ground. What was she supposed to say? Whatever she might say will just end up hurting her.

"I know this is all too sudden but please, hear me out. I lov–"

"SHUT UP! Don't even say it!"

"Sakura…" Aki was taken back from her sudden outburst.

"What gives you the right to just kiss me like that!? Who gave you the right to do so, huh!? I'm sorry but I don't love you; you're nothing more but a friend to me! I can't believe I even met you! You're just an added problem to my life!" she yelled at him before slamming the door behind her.

Aki stood there frozen, still letting Sakura's words register and flow in his head. He couldn't believe what he just heard. With his head slightly down low, he walked back to his car and drove away, hoping everything would be alright for Sakura.

However, Sakura was inside slumped against a wall, staring at nothing in particular. What she just recently yelled at Aki was well, yes, true. If she hadn't met Aki, Syaoran and his marriage to Amaya would be the only problem.

I'm sorry, Aki. You're not for me…

Sakura spotted the dirty plates on the table. She slowly got up from the floor, grabbed all dishes, utensils and the like to wash them. She placed an apron on and began washing the dishes with running water and soap.

For some odd reason, she began to feel warm. She coughed and sneezed a few times but shrugged it off. It wasn't much of a big deal for her since she often gets colds in the night. She continued on washing dishes.

"We're home…again!" Touya called out as he opened the door with Kaho behind him. Touya went directly to the kitchen to get a glass of water while Kaho went upstairs to get some shut eye.

"Welcome back" Sakura silently said

Touya noticed his sister's lack of cheerfulness, or rather, absence of cheerfulness. On the way back home, Touya was planning on bombarding Sakura with questions about her dinner date with Aki, but decided against it after noticing this.

"Eh, are you alright, Sakura?" Touya asked

Sakura looked up at her older brother and smiled a bit, "I'm fine, onii-chan"

"Are you sure?"

Sakura nodded, "I'll just finish washing the dishes then I'll be upstairs, in my room and sleeping in my big cozy bed"

Touya looked at her with uncertainty.

"Okay. I expect you to be sleeping in your bed tomorrow morning and not on the kitchen floor, snoring so loudly, it'll probably cause an earthquake"

Touya hurriedly retreated upstairs before Sakura could do anything drastic to him, like stepping on his 'abnormally large feet', as how Sakura describes it.

Sakura frowned, turned around, ready to yell at him but he was gone. Sakura sighed and went back to cleaning the dishes.

"Oh by the way, do me a favor, when you're done, take out the trash" Touya yelled from upstairs

Sakura rolled her eyes.

Jeez, thanks for making my day even worse.

After Sakura cleaned the dishes and dried them, she grabbed the big black plastic bag that was filled with trash and such and carried it all the way to the trash bin outside of the main door.

"Finally, I'm done" she told herself

She placed both of her hands on her hips and looked up. The night sky was filled with stars of various shapes, colors and sizes; it made Sakura's green eyes a twinkle in them. With a blink of an eye, Syaoran's face flashed into her mind. She blinked.

"Syaoran?" she called out, looking around

She suddenly realized what she was doing, lowered her head and sighed.

"You're an idiot, Sakura. There's no Syaoran in sight, you're hallucinating and you know it" she scolded herself.

"What are you doing out here?"

Sakura turned around to see Touya standing there.

"Nothing, just admiring the stars," she answered, smiling at her brother

"If you stand there too long, you're going to catch a cold. Get inside" he ordered

Sakura rolled her eyes and muttered, "Whatever"

Sakura walked back inside the house when Touya suddenly spoke up.

"You miss him, don't you?"

Sakura stopped dead on her tracks.

"I'm right, aren't I?"

Sakura closed her eyes and sighed, "I don't know what you're talking about, Touya"

"I know you know what I'm talking about here, Sakura. C'mon, admit it, you miss him"

"I don't have time for this. I had a rough night and you're making it worse. If that's all you're going to say, I'm going up now. Goodnight, Touya"

Touya watched his sister's retreating back as she climbed the stairs.

Sakura opened the door to her room and fell down on her bed. She turned to her bedside table, opened her drawer and took out a framed picture of Syaoran and her. It was the picture that was taken when they were at the mall with Tomoyo and Eriol. She got the picture blown up to the average size and framed it.

Sakura placed a finger on the glass and traced Syaoran's face. She stared at every little detail on his face; from his deep amber eyes to the charming smile of his. With just one sigh, her energy emptied. She soon fell into a deep sleep, still holding on to the picture.

The next day, Syaoran was already up from his slumber and was ready to go to work. On his way to the bathroom, he passed by the balcony that overlooked the huge garden the Li family had. He went outside, just in his black boxer shorts and a plain white shirt. He leaned on to the railing, and smelled the fresh morning air. There was a calm wind and he felt like he was being hugged by it. He smiled; he never had an experience like this for a very long time. He would usually drag his busy butt off his bed, take a bath, drink some coffee and leave for work. But this time, it changed.

Suddenly, unknowingly to Syaoran, something fell from the sky and on to Syaoran's balcony. Syaoran felt like he was being watched; he turned around but no one was there, or anywhere for that matter. He suddenly spotted something on the floor. It was a flower. He bent down and gently picked it up, careful not to crush it. Syaoran eyed it for a while. It took him a few minutes to finally decipher what it was.

It was a cherry blossom.

Strange, Syaoran thought as he looked around, I don't see any other cherry blossom being drifted by the wind. I don't even remember seeing any cherry blossom tree or flower anywhere in Hong Kong.

Syaoran stared at it again, wondering how it got here on his balcony.

"What a strange thing…" he mumbled

For some strange reason, he didn't throw it away; he still held it in the palm on his hand. The wind came back again, but that didn't make the flower flutter away. He played with the little and delicate flower in his hand. His eyes suddenly widened when he saw a vision of someone right in front of him.

Sakura.

Syaoran smacked himself on the face.

"Stupid, Syaoran. Did it really have to take you that long to figure it out? Cherry blossom means Sakura in Japanese, you dumbass" he scolded himself.

"Xiao Lang?"

Syaoran turned around and saw his mother standing there.

"Yes, mother?"

"What are you doing there outside still in your nightwear? You're supposed to be at work" Yelan pointed out

Syaoran turned back to the flower in his hand.

"I think I won't be going to work today, mother"

"And why is that?"

Syaoran shrugged, "I just want to stay at the comfort of our home"

Yelan narrowed her eyes at her son, "You're going to contemplate, aren't you?"

Syaoran shrugged again, "Maybe"

"Very well, son. I'll call Maya to inform her about your absence" Yelan said, before leaving Syaoran's room.

"Thank you, mother"

Syaoran went back inside his room and placed the flower on his bedside table, right in front of the framed picture of Sakura and him. She sighed and picked it up, looking down at Sakura's deep emerald eyes.

"I'm sorry, Sakura" he whispered to himself, placing the picture back in its place.

Syaoran walked inside his bathroom and took a bath. Since he was only staying at home today, he thought about just wearing plain house clothes. He wore a dark green shirt and khaki cargo shorts. He walked downstairs to get a proper breakfast for once.

"Good morning, Master Syaoran" a maid greeted, bowing as well when she spotted her master entering the dining room.

"Good morning to you too"

"The usual coffee, sir?" the maid asked

Syaoran shook his head, "Not today. I need a proper breakfast. Tell the cook to make some of my usual breakfast before"

"Right away, sir" the maid bowed down again before disappearing to tell the cook about Syaoran's instructions.

Minutes later, Syaoran's food came and settled in front of him. There, in front of him was a hot bowl of soup, some dumplings and his favorite Japanese food, shrimp and kani (crabstick) tempura. After he was done eating, the maid came back again.

"Master, Mistress wishes to see you in the garden"

"Alright. Thank you for the breakfast. My complements to the chef"

Syaoran exited the dining room and went towards the garden. He spotted his mother sitting on a bench under a huge tree with its branches giving off a shade from the sun.

"You wanted to see me, mother?"

"Yes. Sit down, Xiao Lang" she said, not looking at him

Syaoran did what he was told and sat down beside her. He studied his mother's looks, especially her hair. Her long silky black hair was let down, instead of having a headdress around it. This was very unusual for Syaoran; he hadn't seen his mother with her hair in that kind of style.

"Is there something wrong?"

Yelan ignored her son's question, "It's strange to see a cherry blossom fall from the sky, isn't it Xiao Lang?"

Syaoran sighed, "Yes, mother. Very peculiar"

"I believe it's an omen," she paused, "You miss her don't you?"

Syaoran sighed again, stood up and leaned against the tree behind him with his arms crossed.

"Of course, I miss Sakura. Who doesn't?"

"You also love her, right?"

Syaoran didn't respond after a few seconds, "Can we avoid this subject, please?"

"You can't avoid it, Xiao Lang"

"I know I can't, but it's too late, mother. She's gone. Haven't you seen the newspaper days ago? There's a picture of her with another man!"

"Yes, I saw it, but I know there's no love in her eyes. She doesn't look at him the way she looks at you. She looks at you with love. You're going insane, Xiao Lang. I've heard about what happened in your office. You almost slapped Maya and lost her job. You might be wondering how I knew that. No, Maya didn't tell me all on her own, just so you could get in trouble. I asked her if there was something going on in your head. It's a good thing you stopped before you could do anything drastic on her. I wouldn't want you hitting a woman." Yelan paused and sighed, "Please Xiao Lang; you have to be with her!"

"Well, isn't that impossible right now, mother? I'm betrothed to someone! Someone I don't even love! I hate to say this and I'm sorry, but this is your entire fault! Yours and Amaya's mother! I can't back out now and neither can you! Especially since you said it was a promise you can't back out on!"

"Yes, I admit that and I don't deny it either. I'm already sensing something on Kaoru; something malevolent. I won't jump into conclusions though. Just be on your guard. I want you to be happy, my son; and I know Sakura is the only person who can make you happy with your life. If you love her, you'll fight for her love."

Yelan stood up and began walking back inside, leaving her son to reflect over her sermon. Syaoran stared at an empty space in the garden after his mother left.

Your mother's right, Syaoran; and you know that. Sakura is the only person who can make your hell of a life a heaven.

Then fight for her, damnnit!

Another voice in the back of Syaoran's Sakura-filled mind argued.

Great, you're back. Okay, how can I fight for her love when Amaya is here, engaged! To me!

I'm sure she'll understand.

Syaoran snorted.

Understand, my foot! She'll go furious on me and the next time you squabble with me, I'll be in my coffin, not replying to you!

You suck, man.

"Ehh…fuck you…" Syaoran muttered, "Fuck the world"

Author's Notes: Sorry for the delay of this chapter! It had been a busy week with all the projects that needs to be submitted and exams that were a complete shit! Well, finally, it's the weekend already and I'm free! Unfortunately, it's not yet Christmas vacation! Curse my school. Anyway, I apologize for the vulgar languages that some of you might be offended by it.

Sakura-miaka: I had too much sugar today since it was cooking period, my friend handed me sugar. Anyway! Thanks for your reviewer and your support!

X-Sprinter: Meiling will definitely be a protagonist! Thanks for the review!

Black-Fire-Dragon: Pinay ka pala…hehe. Tomoyo will appear again somewhere soon. Thanks for the review!

EKoolcat369: He was making a complement, and he's sure Sakura's cooking tastes great, even if he never tasted it. Thanks for the review!

MiniSparky: Yeah I wish! But unfortunately or fortunately, there were no cameramen/paparazzi around to take a snapshot! Thanks forthe review! By the way, I love your story "Protect Me, Love Me"!

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