Part II. Chapter I


It was Friday and the weather was nice. Syaoran yawned as he sat up from his bed. He stretched his arms then rubbed his eyes. He noticed that his chest hurt. He looked at his arm and noticed some bruising on it. He took of his shirt and noticed some on his right chest too. Where'd I get this? He asked himself as he looked at the dark shades of purple on his arm. "This couldn't be…" Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia… he remembered. CML is fatal, if not given treatment as early as its first stage… He stared at the wall in front of him as he remembered the doctor's words last night.

some of the symptoms have affected you now…

"Could this be one of the symptoms?" He asked himself as he took another look at his arms. He tried to shrug the thought of it, but it wasn't enough.

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Sakura, holding a cloth in hand, was wiping the tables in their classroom. Friday was her cleaning duty schedule. She was quite early than usual to give her time to mingle with her classmates if she finished early. Tomoyo was with her too and two other classmates, Yamazaki and Chiharu.

When they finished, Sakura was outside by the sink washing her hands. Tomoyo joined in and smiled at each other. They wiped their hands dry after and decided to go back to the classroom.

Tomoyo went through the door first followed by Sakura. But when one of Sakura's foot was already in the room, someone from behind grabbed her on her left shoulder. The hand pulled her, making her spin to her right. She stopped when she was face to face with the guy that pulled her

Yue…

Yue placed his hands on her shoulders and pulled her to him. His lips met hers. He forced a kiss to her as she struggled to get away from him, from his hands, from his kiss…

Sakura tried to scream, but it wasn't good since his lips were onto hers. Tears were already running down her cheeks, and then she heard Yamazaki's voice, "GET AWAY FROM HER, BASTARD!"

Yue released Sakura as he was being pulled from behind by Yamazaki. Tomoyo ran towards Sakura who was on the floor, crying. She wrapped her hands around Sakura as she tried to calm her down.

Yamazaki on the other hand was pushing Yue away from Sakura as he tried again to approach her. More students were coming, trying to see what the noise was from the hall.

"Chiharu, call on the teachers…" Yamazaki instructed as he tried to keep Yue away from Sakura. Yue had enough of Yamazaki and punched him right on the face, hitting his right jaw.

Yamazaki stepped back, but managed to keep his balance. He glared at Yue who was now out of his mind, and was about to punch him again. Yamazaki raised his arms to block the incoming attack, but then he heard someone shout, "THAT'S ENOUGH!"

It was the head teacher along with other teachers trailing behind him…

All went silent, except for Sakura's cries…

Chiharu ran towards Sakura and Tomoyo. Sakura's eyes were shut tight, her heart was beating fast. She was shaking and sweating all over. Yamazaki soon ran to them once Yue was pulled by the teachers away from the hall.

Tomoyo broke off the silence and said,

"…it's gonna be okay Sakura…"


It was around 11am and Syaoran was by the park with his guitar. His eyes were closed as he strummed his guitar and sang with the tune.

When I wake in the morning,

I want to blow into pieces.

I want more than just okay, more than just ok…

He opened his eyes and looked up in the clear blue skies. Smiling as he admired its beauty. Sakura, he suddenly remembered.

When I'm up with the sunrise,

I want more than just blue skies.

I want more than just okay, more than just ok…

He closed his eyes again trying to savor the lovely day before him. But then once in a while, thoughts of dying corrupted his mind of having more days like this, to see the blue skies in all its glory, with the sun bathing him with its light, and the clouds and birds together with it.

Will he live, or…die? Then the song went…

I'm not giving up, giving up, not giving up now.

I'm not giving up, giving up, not backing down.

He stopped strumming his guitar and tried to think of what he just said, not giving up…?He stared into space as he tried to think about it. Could there still be hope?

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Syaoran came back to his senses when he heard someone clap. He looked up and saw Sakura by the walk in her uniform. Her face was all red, eyes were puffy, eyes were half-open and he noticed that she was only forcing a smile. Then she asked, "That was a nice song, why did you stop?"

He tried to smile back though he wasn't sure if he should and said," Something just came up." He answered and raised his hand and pointed to his head, showing he thought of something. "Have a seat," he offered as he scooted to the side a little giving Sakura space to sit on.

"Is it alright if I asked you what happened?" Syaoran asked as his face got serious and looked away from her. Sakura kept quiet. Her hands were clutching the end of her skirt, holding to it tightly. She was biting her lower lip trying not to think of what happened earlier that day.

"'Cause you seem to be on your way home now… It's too early. Something must have happened…" He continued. Syaoran stood up, placed his guitar back onto its case then laid it on the paved path beside the bench where they sat. He went back to his seat and kept quiet. He just waited until he heard her sobbing.

Sakura couldn't take it anymore. What happened earlier that day was too much for her. It was way heavy for her to carry. Now, she wasn't just sobbing, she was crying her pain out. Like when a baby cries to get her mother's attention. It was like that. Sakura needed attention too, from someone that would care

Sakura buried her face in her palms, trying to stifle her out loud cries. She tried to slow down to catch her breath. Syaoran didn't do anything this time. He just waited.

A few minutes later, when things seem to have calmed down, Syaoran took out his handkerchief and handed it to Sakura. She was surprised but took it anyway. She wiped her tears and looked at Syaoran who was looking at her now.

And without him asking, Sakura told him what happened…

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"I see," Syaoran said as he stared up the blue sky. "Then I guess," he turned his face towards Sakura," It was right that you broke up with him, even though this happened… It could have gotten worse sooner or later."

"Yeah," Sakura said looking away as she tried to avoid his gaze. "It was good that the teachers understood and expelled him."

"Too bad for him," Syaoran said. Silence fell upon them once again…

It was about past twelve at that time and both haven't eaten lunch yet. Syaoran broke the silence.

"Want to have lunch?" He asked as he turned to Sakura, smiling mischievously. Sakura looked back at him this time and smiled as well.

"Given the situation that just happened to you, it's on me," he said with a big grin pasted on his face.

"Are you sure?" Sakura asked playing along, "'cause I eat a lot at times like this." She was smiling and Syaoran knew that was the real deal. Now he was sure, it was her smile that caught him

"Then let's go!" Syaoran exclaimed as he stood up and stood in front of Sakura. He gave out a hand which she gladly took, and then he pulled her up. He took his guitar on the way and they made their way out the park.


A/N: The song Syaoran was playing was More than fine by Switchfoot. I just took few lines from it. Anyway, I just love writing this story…hehe… though it's hard thinking about the ending…

Send me some comments and suggestions, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.