Misunderstanding

Syaoran's P.O.V.

I couldn't believe what had just happened…Had I really signed this transcript! Maybe the idea of marrying Sakura sounded so good that it had encouraged me to sign the paper…Or maybe I'd just lost my mind…I couldn't think of a way to break it to her now. And to top it all off all this nonsense was distracting me from my work.

I fumbled with my folders looking for a couple of documents that had mysteriously disappeared. "Can't find them when we need them!" I peered over my desk thinking that it might have fallen when Eriol came in… And of course it wasn't there!

"Hmmph! I really can't do a thing today. The world is against me! Maybe a walk would help me take it all in… I bet its Eriol's lingering aura that's plaguing me." I closed my folders and logged off my computer. I looked around for a minute and finally found the keys to my office.

I slowly opened the door and peered on both sides of the hallway to make sure that the blue devil wasn't anywhere around. I didn't need to run in to him again today. I quickly snapped the door shut and locked it behind me.

"Okay 1…2…3" I dashed past Eriol's door and looked back to make sure that he hadn't seen me. "I guess he's not there…" I turned around one last time to make sure he really wasn't there and walked up the hallway. I walked aimlessly around the floor. It felt weird to walk around and watch the others work. I usually was the one shouting at them for slacking off. They seemed… I don't know…excited for some reason maybe something good was happening.

"Erm Mr. Li sir…" I turned around to look at my interlocutor. It was the scrawny recruit from the technology department. I didn't think he'd have the guts to come up and talk to me after the sermon I had given him last week.

"Hi sir…I just wanted to congratulate you sir." I raised a brow. He doubled back as if scared of my reaction. What's he scared of now?

"What are you congratulating me for exactly?" I frowned; the other employees had noticed my presence and were pointing at me and chatting quietly among themselves. What could they possibly be congratulating me for…Oh god! They hadn't dared! They couldn't do this to me. Dread overcame me and my heart gave a lurch.

"I'm sorry sir I didn't mean to intrude." The man squeaked noticing my sour look. Maybe he meant something else…Yes maybe he was congratulating me for the big deal I pulled out last week or even for the award I won at that Business gala. I tried to convince myself that he wasn't really talking about that but I couldn't get rid of the sickening feeling in my stomach.

"What are you congratulating me for? I really have no idea what you're talking about." I asked sternly. The scrawny man looked at me disbelievingly as if trying to make out what I'd just said.

"But Sir your own father sent us the good news. We thought it was already official!" I saw red and glared with all my might at the poor fellow.

"What are you talking about you dimwit!" I heard myself roar. He doubled back and almost tripped on the desk behind him.

"Will you go back to work already! We do not pay you to gossip!" I shouted at the other employees whose whispers were starting to tick me off.

"And you…Tell me what this is all about!" I glowered at him.

"Your wedding sir…With Kinomoto Sakura of the accounting department sir. I didn't know it was a secret…Or that you didn't know…or…or" He was at loss of words and I understood him since I felt the same. I stood there for god knows how long staring blankly at the sweating little man.

"You…"

"Oh no please sir don't fire me! I didn't mean to intrude" He fell on his knees.

"Get the hell out of my face and get back to work before I flush you!" He scrambled back to his feet and literally leaped back to his desk. I looked at him for a couple more minutes trying to figure out was happening when I noticed a folder parchment at my feet.

"What in the worl…HIIRAGIZAWA!" My mind went numb when I read what was written on the transcript. We are pleased to announce the union of Li, Syaoran & Kinomoto, Sakura.

"Who wrote this! It's Hiiragizawa I'm sure of it." I raged furiously turning and scanning every inch of the transcript to find any clues.

"The company's seal! Father…! HIIRAGIZAWA!" They had it all planned…they didn't even care if I'd sign the document or not. "Where's the damned Hiiragizawa!" I started back towards his office but decide against it when I thought it over. He wasn't there anymore, I was sure of that. He was probably off goofing around and having fun at my expenses.

"I'll make him pay for his little stunt tomorrow. He'll be in for a surprise when he checks his workload tomorrow." I though evilly. Still the image of Eriol drowning in paperwork didn't relieve me. I was starting to believe that my parents really believed my little story about Sakura…Or maybe they were just trying to get back at me for lying to them…Either way it had to stop!

I would walk to my father's office and call it all off. "Yes I'll do that." I told myself confidently.

"Do you need something Mr. Li?" I heard an amused female voice. I looked up at the woman to realize that I was almost next to the accountants lounge. How in the world had I gotten there anyways?

"Are you looking for your fian-...errr Miss Kinomoto?" She quickly corrected herself after the dirty look I gave her.

"What gave you that idea?" I replied coldly. The woman fidgeted nervously; obviously she knew that she had hit a soft spot.

"Oh…nothing really…I just thought that since every time you come to this floor it's to see Miss Kinomoto and…"

"So where is she?" I cut her off; I had heard enough of her rambling.

"She's still in her office" she answered quickly. I don't know what demon possessed me at that moment but I just walked past her and walked towards her door. What was I going to tell her? I didn't even know if she had heard of this engagement already but I sure hoped that she hadn't.

"What do you think he's doing standing in front of the door like that?" I heard the women whisper to another worker.

"I have no idea, maybe he's just shy. I heard he hasn't really proposed yet…" Of course I knew I looked stupid rooted in front of Sakura's door but I didn't pay my employees to gossip and even less to gossip about my personal life.

"I suggest you stop testing your luck. I'm really starting to lose my cool." I warned them icily. The small smile that had been on their faces vanished and they too rushed back to their desks.

"Man I love being the boss around here!"

"Li-kun?" I froze. I'd just heard Sakura's voice at the other side of the door. I panicked and for a minute I thought about jumping in the dustbin to hide before it was too late. Unfortunately for me, it was already to do so since she had opened the door and I never would've fitted in the bin.

"Li-kun is something the matter?" My breath caught in my throat when I saw her. She looked absolutely radiant today even though she seemed a little flushed.

"Erm yes…Sakura-san I already told you to call me Syaoran." I heard squeals behind me. I felt the heat rush up to my face. I swore to myself I would fire those two girls when I got the chance.

"Can we…well… talk inside please? I'm afraid there are eavesdroppers out here." She reddened too but nodded understandingly.

"Okay…get in then…" She moved aside to let me in.

"Ye-yes of course" I heard myself say. I really felt that it was somebody else who was walking through that door. Another me who had appeared after I had heard about the union and thought I'd be good to go through with it.

"So…can I do something for you? I haven't finished the report yet…I had a little well…er…visit and I haven't been able to get anything done.

"Weird the same thing happened to me today!" I tried to laugh but I couldn't get rid of the bad ideas that were slowly creeping into my head.

"Where you gossiping with one of the other accountants again?" I tried to ask as coolly as possible and I hoped that she couldn't detect the nervousness I felt inside in my voice.

"No I actually had a visit from Tomoyo today…"

"Hiiragizawa!" My eyes widened. Sakura jumped a little startled by my sudden outburst.

"Yes…she came today with weird news." She looked at me shyly for a minute and quickly turned away to pour in some coffee in her mug. A second late however, since I'd seen her turn a deep shade of red.

"She knows about it" I thought miserably. That fiend Eriol had lied to me, he knew his wife was involved in all of this and now I had to pay for his antics.

"Oh yeah! What news? I haven't about it. Does it have something to do with this semester's drop in input." I asked with a very business-like tone.

"Eh? Oh no no no! It wasn't anything like that" She looked disgruntled for a moment but quickly recovered. Maybe playing innocent wasn't a good idea; I thought to myself seeing the unusually toothy smile that she was giving me.

"Then does it have anything to do with me because I saw a couple of employees pointing at me and whispering this mourning." She flushed a little more but gave a faint nod. She didn't look too mad…maybe it was ok to talk about it after all.

"Oh is that so? Are they speculating about my love life again?" She had an intake of breath but nodded again.

"Okay…" She seemed almost as nervous as me. And to add to my misery my other self was starting to point out rosy and inviting her lips were. Well maybe it wasn't only my other self's opinion…

"…"

"li-kun…"

"Syaoran!" I cut her off.

"Yes erm Syaoran-kun…What exactly happened with your parents yesterday?" It was my turn to be surprised I hadn't expected her to ask me about that. Especially with all that happened today…Still I couldn't think of a way of answering her without lying to her about how my parents wanted us to get married as soon as possible.

"Oh they were shocked at first" I snickered remembering my mother's expression when she had barged into my apartment. "But they were pleasantly surprised. You have no idea how long they've been on my case about the whole marriage deal. And when they heard that we were getting marri-"

"So it's true then" It took me a moment to realise the mistake that I had just made. Now it sounded like I had planned that we were going to do it without consulting her.

"No-I mean it's true that they believe that we should get married."

"Do you really think I'm a toy you can play around with!" She shrieked.

"No no you don't get it! I didn't plan this I told what I told you and they took it the wrong way and they said that we had to get married before you deliver!"

"And I trusted you with this. I knew I shouldn't have!" She continued almost hysterically turning her back to me. I didn't know what to do to calm her down so I did the first thing that came to my mind and hugged her from behind. She struggled for a couple of seconds but finally gave in.

"Look Sakura…I'm as surprised as you to hear about our union but getting worked up over it will not solve anything. I'm not lying Sakura believe me..." I felt her melt in my arms.

"P-please stop whispering into my ear." She asked breathlessly.

"Oh sorry…" I quickly pulled away. She turned around and I realised that she had been crying. I felt a pang of guilt.

"Sorry…I really didn't mean it to turn out that way. I'll go and talk to my father right away…In fact I was on my way there and…I didn't mean to offend you in any wa…" I made for the door to her office.

"It's ok…if its ok with you please stay a little bit." She grabbed me and pulled me to her.

"Is it really…?" I was completely under her charm…mesmerized by her emerald pools. She looked so frail…I couldn't resist anymore, I leaned in to kiss her. I don't know if I was dreaming or imagining it but I saw her close her eyes and lean towards me herself.

Our lips were almost touching and I could sense her shiverring in my arms. Maybe just maybe it was because she was as expectant as I was. "Ooops! I didn't mean to interrupt anything" We quickly broke away and I turned around to see none other than Eriol grinning from ear to ear at the door.

"Wasn't that hard now was it Syaoran?" The fiend…

Black Marvel

Born to be the champ, after the girls that is…

Yeah well…That's about it guys. Sorry for the long update guys but I was just too busy. Thx to everyone who reviewed last chapter. Somebody actually reviewed last week (Can't remember your nick right now and I can't log onto my account right now but you know who you are!)! I was really surprised Now let's just hope that they fix that fanfiction thing so I can submit this chapter. Anyways I'm in a very hp mood right now. I don't know why my head's filled with harrys and stuff…I ought to start that crossover soon…now if only someone could fill me in about how these work. It'be real nice of you. Am I allowed to post the story for the two titles or do I have to choose one? Ya it'd be really nice if I knew how that works…