Cry: For the First Time
Chapter2: Memorable Music Room
Sorry coz I changed a lot of things. Hope you'll understand and please review…
Summary: A four year-old boy named Syaoran looks like he is emotionless but he really is not. He always hides whenever he feels like crying because he doesn't want others to see his softer side. One afternoon at Tomoeda, a girl saw him crying. For the first time, he let someone see him crying. For the first time, he felt so comfortable. For the first time, she sympathize someone she didn't know. And for the first time, the girl revealed the softer side of him. She is none other than Sakura Kinomoto.
Disclaimer: Sigh!
"speech" 'thoughts' flashback dream sOuNdS me (eng trans)
"We're going to be late!" he said while increasing their speed. They then arrived to class in just a couple of seconds. "Whew! We arrived in time…" he said while panting. He and Sakura then saw that their classmates are in one group.
"What's going on?" Sakura asked Chiharu. But it was useless.
"Sorry! I really don't know! Since I arrived, I've been stopping Yamazaki to tell another lie." Chiharu said followed by a sigh. Sakura then sweat-dropped.
"Oof!" Syaoran said while he is being squeezed by the crowd. Sakura followed him and when they got to the center of the attention, they both feel anger and embarrassment.
"Uh-oh!" Tomoyo said in fear.
"TOMOYO DAIDOUJI!" Sakura exclaimed while heading to Tomoyo angrily. Their classmates immediately backed away. They don't know how Sakura is if she's angry but they surely don't want to know. Tomoyo just stood there, not knowing what to do. Sakura stopped in front of a sweating Tomoyo and gave Tomoyo a why-did-you-do-that look. "Begin explaining!" Sakura commanded.
"Ehehehe…" Tomoyo said and then began babbling what happened.
flashback +
Tomoyo headed to her class. She seemed to be 3 minutes later than usual but she is still happy because of what she recorded yesterday. "Hehehe… That's what you call a master piece!" she thought while opening the door.
She sat, placed her bag on her table's side and waited for awhile. She looked around and saw that she is the only one in the room. She stared at the door. Her friends are later than usual. She looked at her watch and read that she still has a lot of time to waste before class will start. She thought of what she could do. Assignments. Check. Practicing for the solo she would do. Check. Reading the book 'A Walk to Remember' that she borrowed from the library. Check. Studying for the exams. Check. Taping anything interesting. Well, there's nothing interesting at the moment except if you like to record a class room with only desk, blackboard, lights and the usual. Watching something. Now that's what you call a good thing to do.
She opened the zipper of her bag and got her mother's newly bought video camera. She set it and readied herself to watch. "What a shame. I didn't bring any popcorn." she sighed sweat drops.
Anyway, she turned her attention to what she had recorded. She would not bear to not see any bit of it. "They are really KAWAII!" she screamed. "I wished that she is not wearing a uniform though." she sighed. "Still! It's Sakura-chan and whatever she wore suits her perfectly." she convinced herself. "But still." she sighed. "It would be great if she is wearing a tank top with the color of cherry blossoms and a skirt with the color of the peonies." she said while she dreamed, her eyes becoming starry.
After a couple of minutes, the video already ended. Tomoyo has tears in her eyes. I just had to add that. I know it's over reacting but Tomoyo is Tomoyo. She looked to her right to see if Sakura or any of her friends had arrived and noticed that about 10 people had watched the video.
"Man he's fast! He just met the Emerald Beauty for a day and he already became her boyfriend! How lucky!" one of them commented. She then turned to her left to see 20 people commenting that the video is really kawaii. She also heard a girl crying and screaming Syaoran's name.
End of Flashback +
"And oh I really was happy I recorded it. But you should have told me about it so that I made you a dress or something using the best and most expensive fabric." Tomoyo added, her eyes again held so much sparkle for comfort. She forgot that she should be in trouble right now.
"Mou arigatou (Geez thanks). I'm glad you are sorry of what you did." Sakura sarcastically said. Tomoyo gave her the puppy dog look and she immediately smiled. She could resist her best friend alright.
"Well, we can't do anything about it anymore…" Syaoran sighed, trying to hide his blush. "I can't stand anymore comment! Bell! Save me!" he begged. The bell suddenly signaled that the first period will start. "Thanks! You're such a good friend!" he said.
"I guess you have gone insane!" Sakura teased. Some of their classmates then whispered 'Oh look! They are teasing each other! They are such a kawaii couple!' to one another before going to their sits. Sakura and Syaoran blushed cutely and stayed quiet in response.
"Smart move, Kinomoto-san!" Syaoran sarcastically said while he sank in his chair.
--♥Lunch♥--
"Meiling!" Syaoran protested like a kid protesting to his mother while being dragged by her favorite cousin.
"Oh Xiao darling I have prepared our lunch. I even woke up early this morning just to make your top 5 favorite food." she said while holding Syaoran in her right, holding a lunchbox ten times bigger than a normal one on his left and looking for a nice place to eat.
Meiling found one and sat, forcefully making Syaoran sit in the process. "Say a" she said while stuffing some or should I say half of all the food on poor Syaoran's mouth that you could practically compare him to a fish gomen forgot the name of the fish. It's the fish that Sakura imitated on the TV episode about The Watery. I think it's also in 'Finding Nemo'. the one whose name is Bloat… I think. I think I got amnesia.
Suddenly, Meiling noticed that Syaoran's composure became stiff and there's a light pink tint in his cheeks. She followed his gaze and found Sakura innocently chatting with her friends. Meiling immediately glared a very sharp dagger to Sakura for she does not want to personally go there and ruin her 'moment' with her sweetie.
Sakura received the dagger from her side and turned to feel a million daggers coming her way. She became stiff in preparation. Her friends asked her if she is alright. Since they got no answer, they just turned to see the look the new girl gave her. They just send a look of sympathy to Sakura for they don't have the courage to butt in and receive 'the look'.
However, Sakura didn't really notice the sympathetic looks that her friends gave her for the look that Syaoran gave her did it all. No, he did not gave a look of sympathy but a look that shielded her from all the harms she is about to receive.
--♥Dismissal Time♥--
Sakura gathered all her writing materials from her desk and placed it in her bag. She then gathered her books that she did not need to place in her locker. "Tomoyo-chan, can you go with me to the Tsukimine please tell me if my spelling is wrong Shrine today. I promised onii-chan that I'll pass by and check on how Mizuki-sensei is. He heard that she is kind of sick." she said.
"Oh gomen (sorry) demo (but) my piano tutor said that she needs to go somewhere so she arranged our session a bit too early. I need to go home straight. And oh can you please give this to Saionji-sensei? If she is not at the music room you can just leave it on her desk." she said.
"Sure, anything for my best friend."
"Arigatou (Thank you)! You can ask Li-kun about going to the Tsukimine Shrine." she winked while giving some music sheets and a note to Sakura.
"Tomoyo-chan!" Sakura gave a wonderful view for her face turned to a hundred shades of red. Although Tomoyo heard what Sakura said, she chose to not mind her and went home with a grin. "Stupid camera" she muttered. She couldn't possibly say 'Stupid Tomoyo-chan', ne? Poor camera…
Sakura headed to her locker and did the combination. She saw at least six roses and 9 letters in it. She got is, placed her books, closed it and locked it. She hopped her way to the music room while singing 'Someday We'll Know' by Mandy Moore and Jonathan Foreman. It's not obvious that I like Mandy Moore, ne?
Ninety miles outside Chicago
Can't stop driving, I don't know why
So many questions, I need an answer
Two years later you're still on my mind
Whatever happened to Amelia Earhart?
Who holds the stars up in the sky?
Is true love just once in a lifetime?
Both Did the captain of the titanic cry?
Someday we'll know
If love can move a mountain
Someday we'll know
Why the sky is blue
Someday we'll know
Why I wasn't meant for you
Does anybody know the way to Atlantis? Sakura already is in the music room but didn't notice someone's presence listening to her not-to-good-as-Tomoyo-but-still-angelic-and-melodic voice.
"Or what the wind says when she cries?" that someone sang. Sakura immediately blushed and looked to see that it was none other than Syaoran Li sitting near the piano. "Good voice." he commented and made her blush harder. "What are you doing here? Are you stalking me?" he smirked. He knew that she would blush even harder if that's possible.
"Iie! Why would I waste time on stalking you? It's not like I like you or something." she reasoned in a protesting way, the last sentence softer than she intended to.
Syaoran heard the last sentence and was hurt somehow. He went near her and softly whispered "Calm down. You don't need to say that you like me because I already knew. And you know I also feel the same way about you." with a smirk. It's clear that he's enjoying making her blush. But when he heard what he said, he blushed also. They stayed quiet for a while, not bothering the silence. Somehow it feels comfortable.
"Umm… anyway what are those?" he said referring to the flowers and letters.
"This? I went to my locker before I went here. I saw these in there." she said.
"Oh! I forgot. Tomoyo asked me to place this music sheets and note to Ms. Saionji but it seems that she's not here so I'll just leave it here." she said, coming back to her senses. "How about you?" she asked while placing the papers on the desk near the piano.
"Umm… No-nothing." he stuttered while turning his head to the other side.
"Come on. What are you hiding? Don't pretend that it's nothing. Why would you stutter and not look at me in the eyes when you are not lying huh?"
"Because I don't want-" he stopped. 'What's happening to me? Did I almost say 'Because I don't want to see your innocent emerald eyes and get lost'? Control yourself!' he thought. "None of your business!" he coldly said, half shouted. He, himself, was shocked by what he said. He didn't intend to say those things. He looked at Sakura; his eyes began to be soft. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say what I said." he sincerely apologized.
"Iie, I'm sorry. I should have not pried with your business." she apologized, trying hard to smile and not frown. 'Damn! Why is it hard to smile? He's not your friend or family so what he said is nothing to you.' she convinced. Her mind agreed but something seems to disagree.
"Sakura, I swear it came off my mouth without my consent." he explained. 'Oh great! Baka Li! Baka mouth!' he thought. She smiled at him and headed to the door. He is sure that her cheerfulness now is fake.
They then heard someone singing. However, they did not pay any attention; Sakura is hopping to the door and Syaoran feeling like banging his head. When Sakura is about to open the doorknob, they heard a click. They looked at each other, one thought screaming in their heads. 'Oh no. Please don't tell me that sound is what I think is.'
You guess what sound it is… Also sorry for this chapter. It's too short… It's not even half of the last chapter's length. And it's not really that good. I think if I grade it, it's 7/10… If you compare it to others it's 5/10… Please bear with me. I'm just a beginner in this.
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Just like the creature with pure wings
Standing up from all the difficult things
Soaring from the Bottom
Lies a Shattered Blossom…
ja ne! )