Author's Note: Hi everyone! Sorry about the late update. This chapter is a tad bit longer than the previous ones so maybe you guys would forgive me. :P Anyways, here's the third chapter of Listen to Your Heart. Enjoy!
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Seichi took Sakura's hand in his and looked deeply into her eyes. "Sakura, there's something I've been meaning to tell you."
Sakura nodded and waited patiently for what he was about to say.
"I like you Sakura," Seichi said. This made Sakura's already flushed face even rosier. Before Sakura had a chance to say anything, a loud voice pierced through her thoughts.
"WAKE UP SAKURA!" Sakura's eyes shot open as she heard the loud yell, her heart racing. Looking to her right, she saw an angry Touya giving her the evil eye.
"You're. Going. To. Be. Late," he said as he pointed at her alarm clock.
"7:30" Sakura thought and looked away. After a few seconds, reality dawned on to her and she quickly averted her eyes back to her alarm clock.
"7:30! I'm going to be late for school! Touya, why didn't you wake me up earlier!" She yelled as she ran around the room, pulling on her hair like a maniac.
Touya sweat dropped. "I tried to wake you up at 6:30, and you said you'd wake up in 5 minutes, so I went back downstairs."
"And you believed me!" Sakura ran to the bathroom and slammed the door shut. Running water was heard. The tall Touya shook his head and walked out the door.
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At 7:45, the homeroom bell rang. Sakura entered the classroom, trying to catch her breath.
"Sakura, are you OK?" Tomoyo whispered to Sakura as she took her seat.
"I just ran the marathon today," she said, still panting.
Tomoyo giggled. She understood exactly what her friend meant, it happens almost everyday.
"Why does our homeroom have to be on the third floor? It makes running to class so much harder," Sakura complained to herself.
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Seichi took Sakura's hand in his and looked deeply into her eyes. "Sakura, there's something I've been meaning to tell you."
Sakura nodded and waited patiently for what he was about to say.
"I like you Sakura," Seichi said.
Sakura sighed as she took her Math book out of her locker for her last period class. "I wish that was what happened."
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After ordering their drinks, Seichi took Sakura's hand in his and looked deeply into her eyes. Sakura blushed and wondered what Seichi was doing.
"You see, Saku-" Before Seichi could say anymore, a girl with silky black hair sat down next to him and hugged his arm.
"Hi Seichi honey," she said cheerfully, ignoring the fact that Sakura was there.
"Uh, hi Naomi," Seichi said hesitantly. Sakura sat there blinking.
"You said you wanted to meet me here on the phone? What's up?" Naomi asked.
Sakura was shocked. "I thought he wanted to meet me. Why is she here!" her mind screamed at her. Her thoughts were all jumbled up and for some unknown reason, her heart was aching.
The waiter walked over. "Miss, would you like to order anything?"
"Yes, I'd like a glass of lemonade please," Naomi said and then turned back to Seichi, smiling, revealing her pearly white teeth.
"I think I need to go now," Sakura said, feeling a big lump in her throat.
"Let me walk you home," Seichi suggested but Sakura shook her head. "No, I can walk by myself. See you."
"Bye!" Naomi added and waved happily as Sakura was leaving.
Hot tears streamed down her emerald eyes as she started running home.
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Sakura felt tears forming at the brim of her eyes and quickly tried to blink them back.
"Sakura?" she heard a voice call from behind her. She turned around and came face to face with Seichi.
"Sakura, were you crying? What's wrong?" he asked, his voice filled with concern.
"I wasn't crying. I just felt sleepy," she lied.
"Oh. Well, about yesterday-" Seichi started but was interrupted by Sakura. "You don't have to explain anything," Sakura said coldly. This surprised the both of them. Sakura was always so cheerful and full of life. Never in her life had she spoken so coldly towards anyone, and she felt really guilty after the words came out of her mouth.
"Um, I think I should still explain to you. Don't misunderstand anything. There's nothing-" Out of nowhere, Naomi jumped on Seichi's back, almost causing him to fall over. Sakura frowned again.
"Hi, darling! Come on, we're gonna be late for class!" Naomi chirped as she started pulling his arm.
"Sorry, I have to get to class," Sakura said and quickly walked down the hallway, unable to take anymore of this.
"Naomi, what are you doing? There's nothing between us. Stop clinging onto me," Seichi said seriously and walked away.
Naomi was outraged. "What can he see in that Kinomoto girl? She's just some lowlife loser! I swear, Kinomoto, I will make your life miserable." She grinned evilly.
Unbeknownst to them, a certain amber eyed boy had witnessed the whole scene. "So she likes Seichi," he thought. There seemed to be a tiny glint of sadness in his eyes, but he was probably unaware of his own feelings.
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He was watching her from the back of the room. She was staring out the window with a faraway look in her eyes.
"She's probably thinking about him," he thought to himself.
"Sakura Kinomoto, would you kindly give us the answer to number two please," the teacher asked, causing her to panic.
"Oh my gosh, what'll I do? I don't know the answer! What was she talking about?" She started biting her nails.
Syaoran decided to raise his hand and the teacher motioned for him to answer.
"Negative three is less than or equal to x which is less than or equal to nine."
"Good," the teacher said and moved on. Sakura sighed, relieved that was over.
The bell rang, signaling that class was over.
"I'm so glad this is the last period of the day! I'm so tired," some students said to their friends and walked out of the door. As Syaoran was about to exit the classroom, the teacher called him.
"Ms. Kinomoto, you can come over also," Mrs. Amazamichi said while Sakura was packing.
"What's up Mrs. A.?" Syaoran asked after Sakura walked over.
"Syaoran, I was wondering if you could tutor Ms. Kinomoto. It seems that she doesn't understand Math that well. Or perhaps it's because she doesn't pay attention in class," Mrs. Amazamichi gave Sakura the you-know-it's-true look. Sakura laughed nervously. "I'm sure that an A plus student like you could show her the fundamentals."
"Sure, no problem," Syaoran said and looked at Sakura. "if she wants me to tutor her that is."
Mrs. Amazamichi looked at Sakura. "Um, that'd be great. I'm sure you'd be a very good tutor," Sakura faked a laugh.
"Then it's settled. Good luck with the tutoring Mr. Li," the teacher smiled, almost seemingly glad that she got rid of Sakura. She had been staying after school for extra help all week, and it seemed that Mrs. Amazamichi needed a little break.
"She just wanted to get rid of me," Sakura said under her breath.
"Pardon?" Mrs. Amazamichi asked. Sakura just smiled and waved as she walked out of the room with Syaoran not far behind.
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"But Li, I don't drink coffee. I've tried it once and it was horrible!" A frightened Sakura was being dragged to the nearest Starbucks by a frustrated chestnut haired boy.
"Come on, it'll help wake you up. You can't focus on math if you keep dozing off!"
"But it's Friday! Can't we do this tutoring thing tomorrow? We've got all weekend!" Sakura cried, trying to run away from the coffee shop.
"It'll take a year to teach you all the stuff we learned in Math class at this rate!" Syaoran said jokingly.
"Hey! That's not funny. I know I'm a little bit slow at Math, but don't make me sound like I'm that STUPID!" Sakura was now angry and she yanked her arm out of Syaoran's grasp.
"Ok, I'm sorry," Syaoran said softly. "Fine, we'll do the tutoring thing tomorrow. But you better be awake in the morning. Mrs. A. would think I didn't tutor you at all if you just blank out in Math class again."
"I promise," Sakura said cheerfully and was about to walk on home, but when she turned around, she saw Naomi hanging onto Seichi's arm and they were walking their way.
Before she knew what she was doing, she found herself taking a hold of Syaoran's hand and saying, "Let's go for ice cream!" in a cheerful voice. Maybe too cheerful.
Syaoran was obviously confused at the change of mood. "Maybe she has a split personality," he thought to himself and then laughed. But then he saw Seichi and Naomi walking towards him and Sakura. His expression changed right on the spot. His face grew dark and it seemed as if his worst enemy was approaching.
Author's note: Uh oh! What's gonna happen! Stay tuned for the next chapter! Oh gosh, I sound like that guy on TV who says that stuff after a Pokémon episode. Lol. Type, type, type and REVIEW! Yay reviews! XD