Sakura was rollerblading to school, admiring the beautiful scenery. A variety of orange, yellow and brown colored leaves fluttered about in the cool autumn breeze. The sun was shining at its best today, almost as if welcoming Sakura to a brand new day.

"I wonder where Meiling went," she thought to herself, "she didn't take her bags with her so I guess she'll come back." Skating around the corner, her school come into view. Shouji High School is a large building with beautiful surroundings. There were tall trees spread around the school, and cherry blossom petals were souring in the wind. To the left of the school was a fountain and there were also benches here and there. It was truly an amazing setting for a school.

"Good morning everyone!" Sakura greeted as she opened the door to her homeroom. Instead of hearing voices greet her back, she noticed that many of her friends were gathered in a circle chattering animatedly. Sakura made her way over to them, curious to find out what they're talking about.

"Meiling!" She yelled out surprised to see her newfound friend.

"Hi Sakura!" Meiling beamed. Everyone was surprised that the two knew each other. Meiling explained how she stayed at Sakura's house last night.

"Why are you here Meiling?" Sakura asked as she sat with Meiling and Tomoyo now that the crowd drifted back to their seats.

"There's some business I have to take care of," Meiling answered with an evil grin. Tomoyo questioned what she wanted to do but she wouldn't give out anymore information.

x-x-x

"Seichi, let's go somewhere fun after school today," Naomi hummed, leaning against a locker. Seichi was searching for his textbooks for his next class. He simply ignored her. "Seichi?" There was no response.

Naomi slammed the locker shut. "Seichi are you listening to me?" She asked in a malicious tone.

"No, not really," Seichi replied indifferently and opened his locker, only to have Naomi slam it shut once more.

"Listen, and listen well," She said, poking an index finger at his chest, "Remember that little deal we had? You cooperate or I'll show everyone the picture of you-know-who."

"Oh, you mean this picture?" Naomi turned around and stared at the girl in front of her, a horrified look on her face.

"Meiling? What are you doing here?" Seichi asked, a bit surprised. Meiling had her left hand on her hip and in her other hand was a photo.

"How'd you get that picture?" Naomi snapped.

"Oh, I have my ways," Meiling replied slyly, "Yeah, I've seen a similar picture like this in Tokyo Models Magazine except the girl was someone else. Hmm, looks like you have really nice photo editing skills."

"Shut up!" Naomi said and tried to snag the picture, but Meiling was too fast for her.

"I also have a picture I want to share with you," Meiling said and took out a picture of Naomi kissing one of the male teachers. This caused both Naomi and Seichi to gasp.

"Where the hell did you get that picture?" Naomi fumed.

"Oh, I have my ways," Meiling replied slyly and put her plan into action.

x-x-x

"And so I told her to stay away from Seichi or else I'd show everyone the picture!" Meiling laughed and took a sip of her lemonade.

"Aw, that was so sweet of Seichi. He was protecting you Sakura," Tomoyo said starry-eyed.

While Meiling and Tomoyo were busy talking about shopping, Sakura was daydreaming about Seichi. "He really did that for me? He never liked Naomi," she thought happily. Unknown to the three of them, Syaoran was sitting in the back of the café with a deep frown. He had heard their whole conversation.

x-x-x

Did you ever love somebody so much that the earth moved?
Did you ever love somebody even though it hurts you?
Did you ever love somebody nothing else your heart could do?
Did you ever love somebody who never knew?

Meiling decided to sleep over at Tomoyo's house today. Tomoyo wanted to make a few pieces of attire for her. This gave Sakura time to be alone and think over the events that took place earlier that day. She was currently gazing through her window, observing the beautiful rays of the setting sun. A few days ago, her heart was broken into millions of tiny pieces because the one person she liked was with someone else. "He only did it to protect me," she thought happily. Everything turned out right in the end. "Now I have another chance to be with Seichi…" Her emerald eyes glistened and a small smile tugged at the edges of her lips. She sat by her window for a good half hour contemplating her feelings for Seichi. Her auburn hair was slightly swaying in the cool autumn breeze.

Did you ever lay your head down on the shoulder of a good friend?
And then have to look away somehow? Had to hide the way you felt for them?
Have you ever prayed the day would come? You'd hear them say they feel it to.
Did you ever love somebody who never knew?

Seichi lied in bed with both hands under his head, staring up at his blue ceiling. Naomi had nothing on him now. He had a chance to be with Sakura. A smile made its way to his lips as he thought about the emerald-eyed girl and her happy-go-lucky attitude. The smile soon faded as an image of her and Syaoran flit through his mind. What can he do now? It seemed that his brother wanted her too. All his life he had been in the shadow of his younger brother Syaoran. Syaoran always had what he wanted; their parents spoiled him. But what about Seichi? Seichi never had what he wanted, not even the attention of his parents. Seichi may sound selfish and arrogant, complaining about 'what he wanted' and 'what he could never have', but he's not; it's totally understandable. Seichi remembered their tenth birthday. For his birthday, he wanted the latest action figure, and Syaoran wanted a puppy. Syaoran got his puppy. Instead of buying Seichi an action figure, his parents bought him a Harry Potter book. He was the heir to the prestigious Li Clan, and while Syaoran went out to play with his young friends, Seichi stayed at home and trained. He surely did not have a happy childhood.

"I'm not letting him win this time," Seichi said to himself, "I won't let him have Sakura."

I did. You did. Well, you know I'd understand.
I could. I would. More than anybody can.
Did you ever love somebody so much that the earth moved?
Did you ever love somebody even though it hurts you?
Did you ever love somebody-nothing else your heart could do?

While Seichi was making a new promise to himself, Syaoran sat in the backyard, deep in thought, and he had a troubled look on his face. "Will Sakura go running back to Seichi?" Syaoran thought. A little voice inside him said that he was jealous, but he decided to ignore it. "I'm not jealous," he said to himself. He then thought about the kiss they shared the day before. Although it wasn't one of the best kisses he had, it was different. And the feeling that he had when he was comforting her at the park… the feeling he had when he saw her cry – it was as if he wanted to bear her burden for her. He couldn't explain it, he never felt this way about anyone before. After sitting there for a few more minutes, he decided that he would take care of Sakura. He would make her his girlfriend and she would never have to cry over anybody ever again… Because he would protect her.

Did you ever love somebody like I love you? Like I love you?
Like I love you?

Seichi's door flew open. "Don't you ever knock?" He asked, already knowing who it was.

"Mother wants us to go back to Hong Kong," there was a pause, "Uncle passed away." Seichi sat up and looked at Syaoran. It looked as if he was about to cry.

"Does Meiling know about this?" Syaoran shook his head.

Author's note: It's probably been like half a year since I updated. Sorry! I felt really lazy and never got around to writing the next chapter and blah blah blah. There seemed to be too much dialog in this chapter… The story also seems to be going too fast, but I want to finish writing this as soon as possible. Enthusiasm level for this fanfic: -50.

Review and let me know what you thought about this chapter :D Oh yeah, the song I used for this chapter is called "Did You Ever Love Somebody" by Jessica Simpson.