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It was a combination of shock and fear that instantly gripped her as she went completely ridged in his arms. Her breathing came in shallow breaths and she swore her heart just skipped a beat. She pulled away hesitantly from his hold and looked at him disbelievingly. "You're joking right?"
Youji seemed completely unfazed by her reaction and just smiled pleasantly back at her. "Not in the slightest my dear."
Sakura racked her brain for any previous mention of a son Youji might have talked about. A daughter yes, a son, definitely not. Fear took control of her once again as panicked thoughts immediately ran through her head. "So, um, what's…his name?" It seemed that her question only broadened his smile.
"Well now where would be the fun in that if I told you? Besides, it's custom for the bride and groom not to know anything about each other till the night after the wedding ceremony."
'What custom! What family, country whatever has this crazy custom!'
His eyes held a mischievous glint to them and he seemed absolutely euphoric at the implications of his words. Obviously a man who wanted grandchildren in hurry, the realization of this small fact only added to the turmoil rising from deep within her.
She looked pleadingly at her father for some kind of defense, anything that could have meant Youji was just joking around. Other then an excited smile, she found nothing. She sighed upon seeing their concerned faces after her silence had stretched longer then they'd expected and pulled up her best comforting smile, enforcing the cheered look with reassuring words, telling them that it just came as a shock and she just wasn't prepared for it.
"By the way, does Touya know about this?" The two men exchanged glances nodding, "yes why?"
Sakura looked a little stunned, "and, he's…. ok with this?"
Fujitaka smiled and approached his daughter with a kind smile gracing his face. "Of course not. He stormed off to Yuki's some time ago mumbling something about you being to young or something of the like. I assume he won't be back till he's cooled off."
Sakura smiled wearily at this and excused herself, telling the men she would be right back and would join them once dinner was ready.
Upon reaching the stairs and successfully tucking away out of sight she ran up the stairs pulling out her phone from her bag and was suddenly that much more great full for speed dial.
"Hey Sakura what's up" She was about to ask how Tomoyo knew it was her when she remembered caller ID and just jumped right in.
"Tomoyo, I'm getting married, and apparently it's to uncle Youji's son. I mean he's not my real Uncle but you know he's like family. But since when has he ever had a son! He's never mentioned a son before! What if his sons like 3 years old and they're like oh he can speak he can walk he's a man! Lets get him married to my best friends daughter! Or what if he's like so old that he's already moved out of the house and that's why they never talk about him and I end up getting married to this wrinkly gross old man and he's like some lecherous pervert! And what's all this mischievous grinning about 'wouldn't want to ruin the surprise for your wedding night and your first night together as 'a wedded couple''! What's up with that! They want me to have sex on my first night of marriage to a complete stranger! I don't know anything about that stuff! And what if it really is a 3 year old! By the time he's grown up I'll be like 30 and that would be SO WEIRD. Eehhhh Tomoyooooo……" The last part came out as a whine successfully ending her rant as all her frazzled thoughts refused to come out in any intellectual manner after said whine and was reduced to whining and mumbling to herself while Tomoyo battled out the last bouts of her laughter.
"Tomoyo this is so not funny. What if-"
"Sakura! Just calm down! Breathe. Come on honey deep breaths in…let it out slow. Ok now clam down. Now talk to me. NOT yelling or ranting. What's all the fuss about anyway? You've known for years that this was going to happen, hell you even knew you were getting married by the end of this summer. Given that you don't know to whom in any detail what so ever but- oh my gosh! Sakura! What will I do about colors! Do you know what he's wearing? Any physical features I can play off of? What kind of wedding is it; American, Traditional Japanese or something else? Oh no this is a disaster! What if they don't let me design your dress!"
"Tomoyo! I'm sitting here having a nervous break down and your worried about what I'll be wearing."
"Do you have this…Youji's phone number so I can contact him?"
"Tomoyo" Her tone holding a clear warning note to her words and she could vaguely hear her friend chuckling on the other end.
"Sakura, first of all, I'm sure he's a nice guy. Your father wouldn't promise you to someone if he didn't completely trust and know the parents and knew that they would raise him right. I mean the guys family must have been trusting in your dad to raise a good honest, respectable girl to be their beloved sons wife; and as far as I can tell he did a pretty good job of that. So stop worrying, if your Uncle Youji did half as good a job in raising his son as your father did in raising you then I know you'll be happy. And if not, then you always got me." Sakura chuckled lightly at the last part and managed a grim smile.
"Thanks Tomoyo. I should go back down, they're waiting for me. Touyas probably back by now too. Thanks for listening to me rant."
Tomoyo laughed. "No problem, I only wish I had it on tape to embarrass you in the future once you're happily married to your man. Oh and I was being serious about getting that number so don't let me down." Sakura only sweat dropped and hung up with a tired goodbye and tossed the phone onto her bed.
A long sigh drew out of her mouth as she lay on her back staring up at the ceiling just thinking. No matter how much she tried to believe Tomoyo's words something still nagged at the back of her mind. Something deep down kept screaming at her that she would never be happy with whom ever he was; A small after thought lingering in the back of her unconscious mind kept telling her that she already found someone and that to be with someone else would be betraying them.
Funny how some thoughts never fully register in your head and just turn into forgotten pieces of useless unregistered information.
Dinner was relatively quiet the only conversation coming between bites of food and courses. The topic of the wedding was easily the taboo subject of the night as both fathers decided it was a touchy subject at the time being.
Sakura stared down at her plate poking at her asparagus with her fork looking at it with malice and disgust, which only pulled a laugh out of Youji. "Still have problems with asparagus huh? Some things never change. I swear in some ways you're still the little girl I met when your father first brought you onto that dig site."
Sakura stared at her dad incredulously. "YOU brought me on a dig! When! Where! How come I don't remember this!" She paused in the middle of her tirade and gave Youji a suspicious look. "Just how long have you known me?"
Youji laughed heartily as Fujitaka chuckled. It was hard to believe the two of them had found any common ground to base their friendship on as just looking at them proved them total opposites but Sakura smiled and saw it when the two talked over old times or about digs and business and teaching.
She looked into his laughing eyes and knew that at least some of the things Tomoyo had said were probably true and this eased her worries slightly as Youji finally calmed down and patted her on the head. "I've known you since you barely reached my knee and were still taking baths in the sink and I've got the pictures to prove it."
Sakura paled as she turned to her dad with a pleading look, "No way, you didn't!" Her father only chuckled and she shrank further into her chair when they all heard the front door open and close and Touya entered the kitchen. He ignored all the others and went immediately up to Sakura. "You ok with all this squirt?"
Sakura looked into his concerned and tired eyes and nodded hugging him. "I'm fine Touya. Face it, I'm not your little monster anymore" She said this in an effort to pull out a smile from her brother who laughed and gave her a hard noggie. "HA! Fat chance! You'll always be a monster, even when you're old and in a wheel chair you'll still be wreaking havoc wherever you go." This elected laughter from the rest of the table and Touya took his seat next to his sister and joined in for dinner with the rest of the family.
Syaoran sighed as he settled into the large sofa in Eriol's living room, propping his feet up onto the low table and massaging his temples in an attempt to rid him of his head ach.
Eriol poked his head into the room from the hallway and entered smiling, relishing in the thought of being able to bother his dear cousin.
"So Syaoran how was your date with Sakura-chan?"
Syaoran eyed Eriol with annoyance. "It wasn't a date. We just saw a movie, or three"
"You had enough money for that?"
"God no. We went movie hopping."
"And Sakura actually went along with it?"
"Yeah, she even chose the movies."
Eriol sighed and rolled his eyes in mock exasperation. "You're such a bad influence. What ever will I do with you my dearest cousin?"
"Oh bite me. We just had a bit of fun anyways, just two friends hanging out, you know"
"Uh huh, sure. You know Tomoyo and I started out as just friends and look at us now"
"I hardly see us ever getting that close. I know her situation about as well as you do. I know I can't get involved, you know I can't get involved. Besides, starting this upcoming week I'm going to be working non-stop so it's not like I'll see her for a while."
"Distancing yourself from the problem?"
"And what problem would that be?"
"Well you liking Sakura-chan of course. Really Syaoran even you can't be so naive as to not notice the sparks between the two of you."
Syaoran felt anger and frustration boil up from deep with in him. It was like a giant surge of energy rising from the pit of his stomach in a giant wave pushing him up off the couch, startling his teasing cousin.
"And what the hell do you think I should do about it huh! It's not like I can do anything about it even though I am interested in her! She's as good as married to someone else- totally off limits- and I can't stop- seeing her every time I close my eyes or have a moment of peace!
I can see the goddamn sparks Eriol, and in two weeks I wont have to deal with them, her, or this stupid feeling ever again and until then, I'm going to do the one thing that keeps my mind busy, and that, is work.
So leave me the hell alone Eriol, I know what my problem is and I don't give a shit what you think about my solution!"
Eriol watched in shock at Syaoran's outburst and couldn't help but feel a little sorry for him as he stalked out of the room, slamming the bedroom door behind him.
He let out a large breath of air racking a hand through his hair and picked up the phone and dialed his favorite number.
"Hey Tomoyo-yeah, its about Syaoran."
meeeeeeeehhhh I'm sorry that after like…a month of not updating all you get is this TT It makes me sad too. My chapters are getting shorter and shorter this one was like 2040 words or something. ALL TIME LOW:cries: TT I promise! And you can hold me to this too, my next chapter will be up here faster (wrote this chapter like 3 weeks ago -.-") and it will be longer and less depressing(if you found this one to be) OH and feel free to give my writers block a good kick. lol
Meh next chapter more interesting. Lol Thank you to all of you for being so patient (with this late update) and my terrible spelling.
OH and lets all give a round of applause to my bestest bud MiJ who was my beta. Although even she got tired of all my spelling issues and gave up. Lol just goes ta show you ne? lol anyways, PLEASE STAY TUNED! Because I do intend to finish this very soon and it only gets better from here. (I hope ."") I LOVE REVIEWERS! .