Chapter 10: New found feelings
An hour had gone by since Sakura left to find Aki, and she still wasn't back. They were already in the bar, having their drinks. Syaoran was getting desperate, he didn't even wanted to think what was keeping them form joining them. But before he had a stroke, Sakura appeared through the door, alone.
She approached the table and took a big drink out of Syaoran's glass. Everyone looked at her, waiting for an explanation.
"Aki was tired" She said smiling, Syaoran could you order me a margarita?" She looked at him sweetly, and he went over to get it.
Tomoyo looked at Sakura, trying to figure out what had happened, but there was nothing on Sakura's face, she was expressionless, not happy or sad, so that was making it harder for Tomoyo to find out what had happened.
They started talking about silly stuff, and they didn't notice how fast Sakura finished her drinks. She had a margarita, a bloody mary, a grasshopper, and then she just started ordering vodka with orange juice.
The bar was closing and they decided to go over to their rooms and have a good night sleep.
Sakura stood up and started laughing, Syaoran and Tomoyo were the only ones who noticed how wasted she was, so he grabbed her by the waist and helped her walk.
"You are going to have a great night helping her out, I think she is going to throw up" Syaoran said seriously to Tomoyo before they reached her room.
"What? You mean Sakura is staying in the room tonight!" Eriol interrupted all startled up. Syaoran looked at them confused.
"You'll see Rika and Sakura said they would sleep in other bungalow tonight" Tomoyo said softly, knowing that her duty as her best friend was to take care of her in those conditions
"Oh don't worry then I'll take her to our bungalow then" Eriol and Tomoyo looked at Syaoran surprised.
"No I can't do that I have to take care of her!" Tomoyo said, she really wanted to be with Eriol, but if Sakura was that drunk then she had to take care of her!
"Do as Syaoran says" Sakura said all of a sudden "That way he won't have to sleep alone tonight, I'll warm up his bed" She said laughing. They all looked at her a little concerned.
"Don't worry really, I'll take care of her, she's right, Yamasaki is sleeping in Naoko's bungalow with all the other girls tonight, I'll take care of her"
Finally Tomoyo agreed and hey left. Syaoran guided Sakura to his bungalow and placed her on the bed. He went to look for a glass of water and some pill that would help her feel better. He handed it over to her and she drank it willingly.
Then she threw herself on the bed and closed her eyes. Syaoran laid next to her, and looked at her for a while. He was pretty sure she was awake and ignoring him.
"You were right" she said softly, and with an aching voice
"About what?" Syaoran asked concerned, figuring he was bout to find out why he had drunk so much
"About Aki… I found him with one of the cheerleaders tonight" She said looking over at him, with a fake smile on her face "I should have seen it coming, everyone told me about it, I'm so stupid!"
"You are not stupid" Syaoran interrupted her "You love the guy, so you didn't want to believe those things" He tried to sound sympathetic, but it wasn't working.
"You know what the worst part is?" Syaoran looked at her with a questioning look and she went on "I'm really not that sad, I mean, now that I think about it I really don't love him, I was with him because I was used to it… I hate him… I hate me" she closed her eyes and didn't open them again.
Syaoran was going to reply to her comment, but he noticed that now she was really asleep. So he would just let her rest. He grabbed a huge bottle of water and placed it next to her, along with the trashcan in case she felt like puking in the middle of the night, but he doubted it.
Sakura woke up the next day and it took her some seconds to process everything that went on the last night. She looked at the bed next to hers and say Syaoran resting there peacefully. She sat down in the bed and noticed that amazingly she didn't have a hangover, but she felt really tired.
She stood up and went directly to the bathroom, she took a long bath, took her time to think while she was in there. She wasn't that surprised that Aki did that to her, everyone told her he was like that, but she wasn't all that sad.
After the bath she slipped into a pair of very comfortable blue jogging pants and a white t-shirt. And returned to the room. Syaoran was still sleeping, and she felt tired herself so she laid back in bed and waited for him to wake up.
And hour later she noticed Syaoran was sitting down on her bed. He looked so nice, his messy hair, his sleepy eyes. She looked at him and smiled.
"How'd you sleep?" He asked lying next to her in the bed
"All right" she said "You?"
"Ok" he stared at her for a second and then smiled
"What to talk about it?" Sakura stood silent for a second "Ok, no, don't worry"
"Thanks" She said placing her hand on his cheek "But… can I ask you a really big favour?"
"Sure!" Syaoran said in a comforting tone of voice
"Could you.. stay with me… today? I don't want to be alone, probably everyone knows by now, so"
"Of course! You don't even have to ask" She smiled at him, and he hugged her, he knew she was sad, and wanted to be there for her, as a friend.
After Syaoran got ready they left to have breakfast. Tomoyo and the rest were already there, and none of them bothered to mention the subject, all they needed was to see Syaoran and Sakura's face to see that they didn't need to mention the subject.
The rest of the day went on really good. They went rafting, hiking, and then Tomoyo and Sakura left to go to the spa for a while.
While there, Tomoyo had a chance to ask her about what happened. Sakura told her everything, and she didn't shed a tear. They talked about what an asshole Aki was, and how sweet Syaoran was being to Sakura. Of course Sakura kept on saying that Syaoran wanted nothing more than to be her friend, and that he just cared about her.
But when she thought about it was clear that Syaoran only wanted to be her friend, from what he knew about him and his way of life if he wanted her he would have taken advantage of the situation, but he didn't, he was there to help her, to care for her.
Tomoyo still thought that Syaoran was really into Sakura, but she knew it was no use telling her that, so she figured she had to go straight to Syaoran to tell him that.
She found him sitting alone on the bar, with a drink on his hand that he hadn't even touched, and that really amazed her.
"So" She started "I was just talking to Sakura, she says you only want to be her friend, and she told me all that crap about you leaving soon and I don't know what" Syaoran looked at her with a really confused look that made Tomoyo laugh.
"Tomoyo… I…what!" He said really confused
"You and Sakura! It's so obvious you like love her, you have to tell her, or show her or something!" Tomoyo was starting to freak out Syaoran but she kept on talking "I think you really have a chance! Don't waste it!" Syaoran stood serious for a second and then looked at Tomoyo with a determined look.
"Tomoyo, I won't do anything to her that she doesn't want me to, yeah I would love to kiss her, to tell her everything I feel, but I can't! She just found out her boyfriend was cheating on her, I can't just throw another bomb like this to her, you are gonna have to give me some time"
Tomoyo looked at Syaoran for a while, like if she was thinking of something, and then she just nodded her head and stood up.
"Ok, whatever, just be sure to tell her what you feel"
She left Syaoran alone. He looked at the drink in his hand, he didn't even felt like drinking! Sakura was making him act like someone else. He was a complete new person, and all because of her. He found himself wanting to be someone fit to be called Sakura's boyfriend, he wanted to make happy, he wanted to be there for her.
It was so unusual for him to feel that way. But Tomoyo was right, he would have to talk to her eventually.
They all met to have dinner at the restaurant. The night went on peacefully, everyone laughing at Yamasaki, having just casual conversations. After that Sakura said she was tired and that she was going to go to bed.
Eriol looked immediately at Tomoyo. Tonight it was Sakura's turn to have the bungalow, what meant that Yamasaki and Syaoran had to find somewhere to sleep. Yamasaki obviously said he was sleeping with the other girls, and Syaoran looked at Sakura and smiled.
"I guess we are roommates once again!" Tomoyo looked at him with a devilish stare that Sakura saw, but tried to ignore it.
"Ok then, if you want you can hang out with them, I'll go to the bungalow Syaoran" Sakura said sweetly at him.
"I'll go keep you company" He said standing up and following Sakura out of the restaurant.
They both walked to the bungalow and stayed there watching tv. When Sakura was about to get into her pyjamas she found out that one of her bags was missing, when she described it to Syaoran he told her that the bag was on his bungalow.
He offered to go get it but Sakura refused so she went to the bungalow to find her bag. On her way back she heard some voices and still kept on walking. Then she recognized one of the voices and completely paralysed.
Aki appeared in front of her, his arm around some girl's waist, kissing her all over her neck. When Aki saw her he froze.
"Sakura" he started "I… how…"
Sakura started walking as fast as she could, leaving Aki and the girl behind her, she walked as fast as she could, so many thought going through her mind, she felt tears start falling from her eyes, and she couldn't stop them.
She finally reached the bungalow and dropped down to her knees, crying. Syaoran opened the door and found her there. He went over to hold her and take her inside, asking her what had just happened, but she just kept crying.
After a while she stopped crying but she didn't say a word. They were both lying in the same bed, Sakura holding on to Syaoran's neck he was holding her softly by the waist, watching tv.
"Syaoran?" She said sitting on the bed, looking at Syaoran who looked back a at her with a questioning look on his face, wondering what she would say.
She looked at him, and noticed she had nothing to say, she just wanted to say his name somehow. Then, there, in front of him, lying on the bed, she felt an urge to kiss him, to be with him.
So she bent down and pressed her lips against his, placing her hands on his cheeks, hoping that he would answer her kiss.
And he did, he held on to her stronger, opening his mouth, as Sakura did too, touching her tongue with his, tasting her, enjoying every second of it.
AN: Hey! Sorry it took so long, but here was the new chapter! Hope you liked it! It took me a while to write but hey better late than never! So anyway tell me what you thought, about it, and review so I can know! BYE! See ya'll on next chapter!