Chapter7: Only hypothetically

Sakura groaned. This was the second day in a row she'd been woken up by someone knocking at the front door. Only this time she was in her bedroom instead of in the living room. She was surprised she could hear the knocking at all. Who ever was at the door must really want to come in. She rolled her eyes and made her way lazily down the stairs to the door. "What do you want Syaoran! I'm really getting sick of being woken up like this." She opened the door still frowning before her face paled at her brother's angry face.

"Who's this Syaoran? If he's bothering you I swear I'll kill him. And do you always answer the door dressed like that?"

"Touya!" Her face suddenly exploded into a smile as she ignored the heavy bags he was holding in each hand and hugged him tightly. "You're early! I wasn't expecting you till later! And what do you mean 'dressed like that?'"

"Yeah, I'm early and you're rude, what kind of sister are you, doesn't even let her brother come into the house and put his bags down before glomping him?" Sakura smacked him lightly on the arm for his sarcasm and took one of his bags allowing him inside. "And no breakfast? Tisk tisk."

Sakura scowled. "I'm your sister not your slave. And its mega early! Why should I be awake! It's summer. And as far as I'm concerned, you're an early and unexpected guest so I have no obligation to be prepared for you." She stuck her tongue out at him for good measure before grinning. Touya's only response was to latch his arm around her neck putting her in a headlock before giving her a noogie. "Ah! Touya! Stop! Fine, fine I'll make you breakfast!"

Touya smirked and let her go. "Now that's a good monster." She glowered at him and smacked him upside the head. She would wait till he took his shoes off to stomp on his foot. If she stomped on his foot now, she would be the only one in pain and she would look like an idiot as an added bonus.

She decided to change the subject and asked him how his flight from the States was.

"It wasn't bad. Since someone canceled their flight last minute and I was alone they promoted me to first class. Which was cool. More leg room. But I got stuck next to an old lady who smelled strongly of cooking sherry and cold medicine. And God could she talk. I can't even count how many of her grandchildren's butts I saw." He shivered at this and Sakura laughed, setting a plate of French toast and eggs for each of them.

"Oh Touya, Kaho wanted me to tell you she says hi and to come see her later." Touya looked up surprised and nodded, a faint trace of a blush lingering on his cheeks.

"So know when dads flight comes in squirt?"

Sakura kicked him in the shin for the added 'nickname' "It's supposed to come in in a few hours. Around the same time you were supposed to come. I was gonna go pick him up, since you're here do you wanna come or do you want me to drop you off at Kahos?"

"Since when do you have a car?"

"Since Tomoyo and I invested in one. It's my week to have it."

Touya frowned. "I hope you didn't get ripped off. Do you get good gas mileage? Was it new or used? Is it in good condition? Did you check the-"

"NO we didn't get ripped off. It gets 30 miles a gallon, yes its used but no doesn't have too many miles on it, yes its in good condition and I did have the engine checked before we bought it."

Touya frowned then nodded. "So what job do you have this summer to pay for this car?"

Sakura beamed. "I'm Master Kwans assistant at the dojo down town. I'm also his secretary."

"I thought you gave that stuff up a long time ago."

"You're just angry cause I was always better at it then you and when you went to get a job there you were turned down."

She laughed as Touya just sat there glaring silently at her and continued eating her breakfast.

She checked the clock on the wall. It was 10:07. Touya was up in his room presumably sleeping off his trip. She scribbled a note on the small white board attached to the fridge.

-Touya, went to pick dad up at the airport, be back in a few hours. Foods in the fridge don't forget to do the dishes.

The 'Monster'

She smiled. Making him do the dishes was better then stomping him on the foot any day. She collected her keys and cell phone off the table and went out to the car when her phone started ringing.

"Hello Sakura here."

"Hey Sakura I need a major favor"

"What's up Tomoyo?"

"I need the car this afternoon. Is that Ok? I'll totally give up one of my days next week."

"Sure but what do you need the car for?" She continued walking and started the car and started driving to the airport. She'd give Tomoyo the car after.

"Eriol's car is in the shop for its regular oil change and tune up and stuff and we kind of wanted to go somewhere."

Sakura rolled her eyes. "Sure. All right. Just let me pick up my dad from the airport and I'll give you the car after ok? I'll just take the bus home from Eriols."

"Are you sure we could give you a ride back home on our way out."

"Na it's fine. Plus I have some business in town."

"Do you have work today?"

"No, not today. Hey my batteries are dieing and I need them alive if my dad calls from the airport, so I'll catch up with you later today ok?"

"Sure. Fill me in later 'k?"

"Yea See ya." She hung up her phone and lazily placed it in the passenger seat. She frowned... "All right Sakura. Lets see how well you remember how to get to the airport..." She took a left up the highway ramp and sped down the highway hoping to find a sign sooner or later pointing her in the right direction. She got lost twice, once having to make a u-turn off the high way before entering it going in the other direction cause she missed the exit and ended up having to pay a highway toll twice because of her error.

"Ugh! Never again. Never again. Next time they take a taxi home." Sakura mumbled to herself when her phone rang again.

"What!"

"Sorry bad timing? I kind of need your help"

"What's up Syaoran?"

"I'm having some problems with the espresso machine. It's jammed or something but I can't figure out what's wrong."

"Oh yea, it's old. Kaho wanted an antique. Just fiddle with the left lever and smack it in the middle on the right side. Then flip the switch on and off three times and jiggle the center part left and right twice and smack it again. Then turn it on. It should work."

"Sakura that is so random! Quit making things-wow it worked."

Sakura smirked. "See. Told you. Damnit! Syaoran! You made me miss the exit! You are so paying for the tollbooth I have to go through again."

"What! How is it my fault your a bad driver? And where the hell are you going that you have to go through a tollbooth?"

"Long story, but you owe me 1.50 and a free espresso."

"Why a free espresso?"

"Because I helped you fix the machine."

"Right whatever. I'll leave you to your car wreck now so I can get back to my job."

"Wait. How did you get my number?"

"Kaho left a sticky note on the espresso machine with a number and a memo saying to call the number if the espresso machine acted up."

Sakura ground her teeth, finally making the right exit towards the airport. "Ugh She is so dead..."

"What?"

"Nothing get back to work mister! You have customers don't you?"

"Right. Bye." there was click and Sakura rolled her eyes ending the call and tossing the phone carelessly back to where it had been. "What was I thinking getting him a job there?"

She laughed to herself at the thought of him at Kahos mercy and almost felt bad for him.

She pulled the car into the underground parking of the airport and wrote down her parking spot on a small piece of paper before heading off the gate to meet her dad.

It didn't take long after she got there for her dad to come out. She hugged him warmly and they collected his bags and drove home. This time without getting lost. She greeted the man in the tollbooth with a smile.

"It's not every day I see the same person four times a day in such a small amount of time."

Sakura laughed at the toll man and gave him the toll money. "Yeah, well this is the last time I drive to the airport."

He laughed at her comment. His old eyes almost closed, his light blue eyes twinkling beneath the sagging extra skin that drooped around his eyes. He was a nice old man and Sakura couldn't help but smile as he handed her her 50 cents change.

Fujitaka looked at his daughter as she drove confidently through the toll and back towards their house. "You know him?"

Sakura smiled. "Um I had some problems getting to the airport and had to go through the tolls like 4 times. No biggie."

Fujitaka smiled at his daughter and they spent the rest of the ride home talking about events past. Sakura helped her dad bring in his bags and made him a quick sandwich before he went to his room to sleep and recover from his long trip. Sakura checked Touya's room and wasn't surprised to find that he wasn't there. She smirked inwardly and got back in the car to give it to Tomoyo. She checked her back pocket quickly before leaving making sure that she had enough money and a credit card on her before speeding down the small towns streets to Eriols house.

Tomoyo greeted her in the driveway and hugged her friend thanking her profusely.

"Haha, stop thanking me and have fun."

"You sure you don't need a ride anywhere?"

"Um, just drop me off at the grocery store and I'll be good from there."

Tomoyo nodded and Sakura jumped into the back seat behind Eriol.

Sakura walked aimlessly around the grocery store, walking though isles, every so often checking prices and dropping things in her cart.

She walked up to the register placing her many items on the small conveyer belt and the cashier idly scanned the barcodes. He only looked up to look at her when he droned out a bored, "paper or plastic?"

Sakura's eyes widened in shock "Luke? Oh my god is that you?"

Luke looked up his eyes a little wider then before as he took an unconscious step back. "Sa-Sakura! Uh, Hey...So uh, paper or plastic?" The question came out of his mouth meekly, his voice cracking like he was 13 again. She couldn't see his hand twitching by his side trying not to touch his face.

"Plastic. Um, hey, I never really apologized for punching you in the face that one time and breaking your nose."

"Uh yea sure no problem." He hardly made eye contact with her as he put her groceries in bags. He told her her sum, which she paid, saying sorry again before leaving holding her five or so grocery bags. She smiled as she looked back and found him rubbing his nose and sitting on a bench, apparently taking a break to recover from the sight of her.

She walked through the town having no choice but to walk then take the bus. She mentally smacked herself for paying with cash, as she now didn't have enough to pay for the ride home. She decided on taking her next right hoping to meet up with Touya at Kahos Cafe and bribe him into carrying the bags home. She let someone open the door for her and went in placing her bags down at an empty table and went up to the counter to order herself an ice coffee.

Syaoran looked up from the espresso machine he was cleaning and smiled at her. "Hey Sakura. What can I do you for?" (A/N ok just noticed during my proof reading how suggestive that could have sounded. . was that just me?)

"Just an ice coffee. Is Kaho around?" (a/n But she didn't notice so I guess it's ok)

"I think I saw her go in the storeroom a while ago. Some guy went in to talk to her a little while ago."

Sakura smirked taking her ice coffee from Syaoran who told her it was on him. He did owe her after all. "I would wait till they come out if I were you." He told her. He looked up at the clock on the far wall. "Hey um. If you don't mind hanging out for a little while I get off in ten minutes."

Sakura smiled. "Sure. I'll be over there looking through magazines." He nodded turning his back on her pretending to be interested in the coffee maker, hiding his warm face. It was this face that Kaho saw when she came out of the storeroom slightly flushed herself. She looked between her new employee and Sakura sitting patently at the table before looking up at the clock before smiling.

Touya walked out behind her soon after and noticed his sister sitting at the table reading a magazine and was about to join her when he saw all the groceries also at her table. She was probably there to make him help her bring them home. "Hey Kaho, I gotta go. I'll...catch up with you later this weekend all right. I'll call you." Kaho smiled and nodded and he left taking care not to ring the bell above the door as he left.

"Syaoran you can get off early today. Ben and I can finish things here." He thanked Kaho taking off his apron and punching out on his time card.

Sakura walked up to the counter once she noticed Kaho. "Hey have you seen Touya? I'm pretty sure he'd be here."

Kaho smiled. "You just missed him."

"What but I've been here the whole time!"

"I think those groceries scared him off." Sakura frowned. Her light scowl turning into a confused look as she felt Syaoran pull the bags out of her left hand and smile at her.

"Come on. I'll help you take 'em home. See you Kaho." Kaho waved at the two as they exited her smile wistful as they walked out of sight.

"They are so cute."

"What are you talking about?"

She turned and smacked Ben upside the head. "Sush and get back to work. You still have two hours to your shift and table three and eight need to be wiped down."

Ben walked away mumbling something about PMS and bitchy co-workers as he made his way over to the dirty un-occupied tables.

The walk to Sakura's house was...quiet. Neither said much of anything.

Syaoran looked nervously over at Sakura through the corner of his eye. 'Is this weird? Me walking her home and helping with the groceries' He groaned inwardly as he turned his gaze back in front of him. The silence was driving him crazy.

"Hey um what are you doing on Saturday?"

Sakura eyed him. "Nothing really. Just thought I'd go through my regular Saturday routine."

"Well I was wondering if you'd, I don't know want to go to the movies with me."

She eyed him suspiciously, "You mean like a date? No thanks. I'm perfectly happy with my routine thanks."

"No I mean like just two friends going out and seeing a movie."

"I don't know."

"Ok what if, hypothetically, say around two o'clock on Saturday, you're sitting at your dinner table sitting down for a late lunch. 'Cause you probably slept in and had a late breakfast; Your sitting at your table eating a sandwich anticipating what's going to happen next in your book when suddenly you're struck by a sudden impulse to go to the movies. So you say to yourself, what the heck. And head down to the movie theatre.

So now, in this hypothetical scenario, you're at the movie theatre and by some random coincidence a guy you know sees you and waves you over. So, you smile your pretty little smile and walk over where he asks you what movie your seeing. Now this is all hypothetical of course."

Sakura smiled. "Of course. So hypothetically, what hypothetically happens to me next?"

Syaoran smiled, she was catching on. "Well coincidently, you and this guy you know are about to see the same movie"

"Small world."

"I know right. So he, being the perfect gentlemen that he is offers to pay for your ticket. And she looks at him still smiling and says-"

"Only if I get to buy the popcorn."

Syaoran laughed at her interjection as they reached her house and he handed her groceries back to her. "So I'll see you Saturday?"

"I don't know. We'll have to see if I get some sudden inspiration at 2:00 to go to the movies and coincidently meet a guy I know."

Syaoran smiled. "I guess so. I'll see you later then."

Sakura smiled back opening the door to her house. "Or maybe not" She closed the door still smiling as she walked into her house.

Touya walked into the kitchen with an empty glass of water and noticed his sister smiling as she put away the groceries. "What are you so happy about squirt? They have a sale on your favorite ice cream?"

Sakura turned her smiling face towards him and closed the refrigerator door and walked past him stomping on his foot as she left. "Wouldn't you like to know. Mr. I'm-too-good-to-do-the-dishes-and-help-my-sister-bring-home-the-groceries."

Touya let out a small "Pft." as she walked by still happy about something and went to refill his glass of water.

Sakura was up in her room gathering things she would need for a shower when she stopped suddenly and blushed deeply. 'He thinks my smile is pretty. He likes my smile.'

Hey guys, so how was that? I realized I haven't updated in a while and nearly smacked myself. Curse me and my lazy ass. . Well I suppose its not just my ass that's lazy but you get the point. lol

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and hopefully it was worth the wait. Maybe, maybe not. If not I'm sorry. I have failed...-- sigh haha Sorry if some parts were boring. Oh and I couldn't remember whether or not I named the guy whose nose she broke. I don't think I did but if I did his name is Luke(creative right) now and forever. So yep. -

Oh and I apologize for my little interjection authors note up there. I vowed to myself I wouldn't do those in my fic just because I hate that when I'm reading. No offence to those of you who do it. I just kind of had to say it...was I the only one who noticed the suggestiveness?

So next chapter! Sakura and Syaorans 'not' date. Their hypothetical, coincidental, whatchamacallit at the movies. And there are surprises and laughs all around. Should be exciting. -

So till next time! This is Cursed-mind signing off. 0