Sakura sighed, sitting at her desk the next morning and waited for Tomoyo to arrive.

She was so anxious to find out what happened between her and Eriol last night she woke up nearly an hour early and came to school to find nobody in the classroom yet.

She sighed again in boredom and buried her face in her arms on her desk and tried to sleep, but couldn't.

She raised her head up and fell out of her seat when she saw Syaoran's face right in front of her. "Hoe…" she murmured in pain and surprise from her place on the floor, blinking up at him in surprise.

Syaoran had come to school at his usual time, expecting no one in the classroom but was utterly surprised to see the object of his affection in the classroom before him. For one, he was the early bird, and second, she never showed up to school on time.

Feeling this opportunity was perfect, he snuck up on her and squatted in front of her, staring at the top of her head as she tried to sleep.

Slowly, her head raised itself up and he saw her emerald orbs partially hidden under heavy eyelids. She stared for a moment in shock before falling out of her seat and blinking up at him. Her expression was just so comical Syaoran couldn't help it. He laughed.

Sakura stared in fascination, as she never heard her crush laugh. Hell, nobody even thought he was capable, and yet here he was, hunched over and laughing at her predicament, which made her flush.

"Hey, that wasn't nice…" she pouted and crossed her arms in front of her with a huff.

"Gomen, Kinomoto, that was rude of me, but you're just so funny!" although he was apologizing, he couldn't get that smile off his face. "Am I forgiven?"

Sakura turned her head away with a huff, pointedly ignoring him. She pulled herself up to stand, but tripped on her chair when she moved forward to walk around him. Sakura felt herself falling, and squeezed her eyes shut expecting the impact, but instead she collided with someone's well-built chest.

"Kinomoto-san, are you alright?" he had been standing off to the side but when he saw her trip, fear gripped his chest at the prospect of her getting hurt, and he immediately launched to catch her.

Sakura was in a daze, and stood there in his arms in shock and blinked up at the terribly attractive teen.

Syaoran knew it wasn't right for him to keep holding onto her like this but couldn't will his body to let her go. The feeling of her in his arms felt so…right that he didn't want to let it go.

Her mind was a jumble as she stared up into his hypnotizing eyes, and willed herself to move, to say something, to do anything, but all she could do was stare up at him, as he stared down at her. Her heart started to thump harder and faster when she realized the distance between them was decreasing. Fast.

In one second flat Sakura found herself back on the floor, Syaoran across the room, and five classmates filing into the room in their own conversations. Syaoran didn't even look her way as he exited the room.

She placed a hand on her chest in attempt to slow her heartbeat and calm herself down. She had been close enough to him to feel every inch of his muscular arms and chest, close enough to see the dark brown patterns in his eyes, to feel his heartbeat, to hear his breathing, and to feel his breath on her lips.

She quickly shook those thoughts out of her head as she shakily stood up; causing her fellow classmates to notice her and gape in surprise that she was there that early. Sakura simply ignored them.

She walked out of the classroom to find Tomoyo but saw Eriol and Syaoran talking in the hallway.

Syaoran was leaning casually against the wall, a slight blush in his cheeks, but hardly noticeable. Eriol was frowning and whispering in a hushed voice, but shut up when he caught sight of her.

Syaoran glanced over to see what he was looking at and stared, before giving her a small shy smile.

Sakura blushed slightly but smiled back and gave a wave to both guys, who nodded in acknowledgement before talking amongst themselves again.

Sakura went down the stairs and found a beaming Tomoyo putting her shoes away.

"Tomoyo-chan!" she called, running to her friend, who's smile widened at sight of her best friend running her way.

"Sakura-chan, I have to tell you about last night, I won the first round, I'm so happy!" but then she stopped, looking at Sakura funny. "Why are you here so early…and what's with that blush on your face, you ran into Li-kun again, didn't you."

Sakura blushed and looked down. "I was so eager to find out what happened last night I woke up an hour early to see you, and I have something to tell you too…"

-X-

"Alright, everyone, now you may find your partners for this project, remember groups of two only!"

"Tomoyo-chan, are we together?" Sakura asked, turning to her friend, but regretted it when she saw Tomoyo had an evil glint in her eyes.

Tomoyo ignored Sakura's question and turned to the person behind her.

"Eri-chan, do you wanna work with me?" she pouted, putting on her sad puppy dog eyes. Sakura stared at her friend in confusion.

Eriol had an awestruck look on his face and Syaoran looked puzzled.

"We can work on it at my house…my mom's out on a business trip and the maids and butlers are on their vacation…we'd be all alone…who knows what could happen…" she whispered, giving him a wink.

Eriol immediately turned to Syaoran and gave him a thump on the back.

"Have fun, man," he whispered, and jumped next to Tomoyo, who smiled at him, and turned back to Sakura. "I'm afraid I'm working with Eriol, Sakura-chan, maybe you can work with Li-kun?"

At this, Sakura flushed and looked at Tomoyo with a "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING" glare, but shook her head. "I-I couldn't! You know what, I'll just work on it myself, I don't want to burden Li-kun or anything…" she trailed off, not knowing what to say.

She jumped when she felt a hand on her shoulder and flushed more when she realized it was Syaoran's, who had a big smile on his face.

"Not to worry, Kinomoto, I'd love to work with you," he said grinning, which caused Sakura to smile too.

Tomoyo gave a triumphant grin, which was replaced by a scowl when she felt Eriol's arm around her shoulders.

"So…shall we start tonight?" he gave a suggestive raise of his eyebrows, which earned a punch in the gut.

-X-

Short, I know.