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Chapter 15: Drunk
It was nighttime. A man with navy bluish black hair came in a noisy bar.
"Wait up, man!" another man called out to him. "What if we get late!"
The first man's eye glasses flashed, "No, we won't. I just have to check him out."
"Sheesh! Is this necessary? Baby sitting a 17 year old drunkard!" he replied then followed the man.
The two of them entered the bar. It was dark in there and multi colored lights are visible in the middle of the big room. At one side of the place, there's a bar table and a few a males are there. There's a chubby bartender offering them drinks.
A/N: Geez minna, do I have to elaborate? You know how bars look!
The man with bluish black hair and glasses walked over to the bar table. He sat next to another man who seem to be seated there for a long time now- this man was wearing a black coat. And inside his coat was a tan turtle neck top.
"C'mon, that's enough!" he exclaimed to him. This man is wearing a usual coat and tie formal outfit. Black coat and navy blue tie that matches his eyes.
"Arghh! Go away Eriol!" he blurted to him. … Disbelief and disgust plastered Eriol's face. … The man tapped hard his hand on the table and another drink was offered to him.
"No, you won't!" Eriol grabbed the glass before he could get it.
"What's the matter with you!" he exclaimed at him. "Can't you just mind your own business!"
"Hahahaha!" the man who came with Eriol let out a laugh. "Rich guy, heir of the Li Clan, Syaoran Li, is a drunkard in a shabby bar!" He paused and then he said with a low insulting tone, "bastard.."
Syaoran was glaring at this guy the whole time he was laughing and he disliked what he saw. "SAY THAT AGAIN!" he burst to him grabbing his polo inside his black coat.
"Syaoran!" Eriol uttered in gritted teeth as he locked his elbows at Syaoran's armpits.
"Let go off me, Eriol!" Syaoran commanded to Eriol who was behind him. "SAY THAT AGAIN!" he repeated to the guy.
"Bastard!"
His face grew red because of fury and he put a lot of strength to strike him a punch on the face. Eriol had managed to stop Syaoran from beating up his friend. "Syaoran, take a hold of your self!"
Syaoran shook his arms hard to shove away Eriol's arms. He adjusted his coat and again sat to his chair. "Just go…" he muttered.
"Tch!" Eriol uttered. He looked at his wristwatch. After that, he faced Syaoran, "don't be late!"
"…Like I care." Syaoran said after he gulped his drink.
Eriol shook his head in disbelief with an unsatisfied smirk. "C'mon Trance." He told his friend then they were off.
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"Hey girls..!" a manly sweet voice was heard in Eriol's car.
"Hey Trance!" two chorused.
Eriol was driving them to the ball. Trance was also in the front seat and there were two girls at the back, namely Tomoyo Daidouji and Sakura Kinomoto.
Sakura was wearing a simple forest green dress. It's a tube top cocktail dress that goes a little below her knee. Its lively skirt was flattering along her movements. Her best friend, Tomoyo, was wearing a black spaghetti strapped top straight dress with few sparkly bids sewn on it.
Trance was still looking at them and gave them an appreciating smile. Sakura smiled back for he was obviously staring at her.
"Ok, we're here!" Eriol chirped as he pulls over by the side. The valet walked over to their car and opened the door for the ladies. After Eriol stepped out, he gave his car keys to the man. After that, a familiar car caught his eye.
'Skreeeeeeek!' the car violently stopped just behind Eriol's car. "Uhh guys…" he said, but kept his stare at the reckless driver's car. "You guys go ahead. … Trance, escort them, will you?"
"Sure! No prob!" Trance responded. Trance has navy blue hair, just like Eriol's but Eriol's hair is darker. He has forest green eyes and his complexion his darker than Eriol and Syaoran's. He's as tall as Eriol.
"What's the matter, sweetie?" Tomoyo approached Eriol.
"Uhh… Nothing. Just go ahead. I'll catch up, ok?" then he flashed a polite smile at her.
Feeling a bit unsatisfied, she just let her boyfriend do what he gotta do. "Ok.." Then walked off to Sakura and Trance.
When they're slightly out of sight. Eriol walked over to the reckless driver for he reckons whom it is. He saw him throw his keys to the valet.
"Are you ok?" Eriol asked Syaoran who was leaning against his car.
"What does it look like?" he replied in a sarcastic tone as he stands straight and shows him his smile.
Eriol rolled his eyes. "Whatever. Just don't go crazy in the ball."
After that, Syaoran was still leaning on his car while he watches Eriol's back disappear in the scene. He glared at the lights inside the hotel as he drinks the last drops of his bottle.
"Excuse me, sir. We have to park your car now."
Syaoran looked at the valet with mean droopy eyes but didn't say anything. He lamely threw away the bottle beside him and grumpily walked off to the entrance of the hotel.
Pretty soon, Syaoran found himself seated at his chair. He was all alone in his reserved table. His table was near the buffet table. And across the big room, there was Eriol's table at the corner.
The humongous room was filled with tables covered in white cloth. The lights were yellowish and extravagant paintings and pictures of models were hanged on the wall. Syaoran was just seated there and eyed the pictures one by one. Everything looked so languid to him except for one picture that he is now staring at.
It was a picture of a female model. It was just an ordinary picture but he had his eyes set on her eyes. 'They're beautiful.' He thought. The girl with long curly gray hair on the picture had the same familiar emerald eyes. He blinked twice. 'It's familiar… Isn't it? Have I met this girl before?'
A tall girl who was wearing a pure white dress approached his table. "Good evening. … Hi there!" she greeted him. … His vision was a bit blurry but he knew that this girl was talking to him. He nodded in response for he doesn't feel like speaking up. … "Why don't you get some punch at the buffet table?"
"It's ok… I'm all set." He replied. Good thing he managed to speak politely even though he's drunk.
She smiled and nodded to him. He watched her leave. Her hair swayed along the movement of her body. Come to see it, she had the same long curly gray hair like the one in the picture. "Now I remember…" he whispered to himself. 'She was the one I met in the coffee shop. But I didn't get her name…'
A/N: If you prefer, see Chapter 12.
Pretty soon, a waiter walked over to Syaoran. "Sir, your wine." He nodded then the waiter left.
The lights went out and everything was dark except for the lights at the entrance and the lights on the stage. The speaker had been telling a lot of stuff about fashion and designs. He also mentioned special guests; one of them was the heir of the Li Clan, Li Syaoran. But he was too drunk or too busy with his wine that he didn't recognize to hear it.
This had been going on for quite a while now and Syaoran couldn't care less of what's happening in the ball.
"The creator behind Cherry Tunnel design, Daidouji Tomoyo." The speaker said and the spotlight went to Tomoyo. She stood and curtsied.
"Oh?" Syaroan lazily raised an eyebrow. "So Tomoyo is her name… Eriol's girlfriend…" Then drank more of his wine in his glass. After he drank it all up, he grabbed the bottle and found it empty. Not thinking much, he took his silver lighter in his pocket. It's top turned and fire flicked from it. It's a sign to call the waiters.
A/N: Are they allowed to do that in balls? Well whatever it is, Syaoran did it anyways…
Before he knew it, Syaoran is at the middle of his second bottle. Then the lights went on again. After for a couple of minutes, the people started to chat and the room had gotten a bit noisy. He was so bored that he just set his eyes on his glass and not noticing Kioku walking over to him.
"I didn't know you were here!" she mentioned at him as she takes the seat beside Syaoran. He didn't budge as if he heard nothing. "I just heard your name announced by the speaker so I came to look for you." Still, he kept silent.
A waiter happened to pass by and Syaoran motioned him to come over. "Yes, sir?" the waiter asked while bringing a tray on his palm. Syaoran raised his pointing finger. The waiter nodded and gave him another glass.
Syaoran slowly shoved the glass over to Kioku, giving it to her. "Thank you!" she responded as the waiter walks off. Syaoran grasped the bottle and poured some to Kioku's glass.
"Have you eaten already?" she asked him. Syaoran wasn't paying attention to her question; he was looking at a faraway place- over to Eriol's table's direction.
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"You look splendid tonight, my lady." Trance complemented Sakura.
She flashed a polite smile, "thank you. … But you only met me tonight."
"Ahh… Yes." He neared his face to Sakura's.
She got tensed with his action. She sighed in worry. "Well?"
"Well what?" Trance uttered as he takes hold of Sakura's hand.
Tomoyo was slightly giggling at the scene. It was her first time to see Sakura get nervous because of a guy who is obviously flirting with her.
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Kioku sipped the wine, "Syaoran!" she got surprised with his sudden movement. He vastly stood and walked over to crowd.
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Trance stood and offered a hand to Sakura. She looked up to him. "Dance?" he asked. She got surprised then looked at Tomoyo who was nodding, and then she looked at Eriol who was giving her a 'your-choice' look. She glanced at Tomoyo again who is now nodding like crazy. Finally, Sakura took Trance's hand and also stood.
Trance made a sudden odd movement that made Sakura quickly look at him. "What do you think you're up to?" a man with messy brown hair gripped tight on Trance's right wrist. His eyes were angrily fixed at him as if it was his death glare.
"Syaoran!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Syaoran!" Kioku entered the scene. Sakura quickly looked at Kioku who returned her stare.
"Gonna steal my girl, huh?" Syaoran was eyeing him angrily.
Sakura gawked at the scene, "Syaoran! You're drunk!" she could smell the liquor scent under the manly perfume.
"Your girl?" Trance sarcastically uttered.
"I'm his girl!" Kioku spoke up.
Syaoran had enough crap for one day. "Shut up! Bitch!" he ejaculated at Kioku. Her eyes widened in shock and she definitely got mad at him.
"Syaoran, stop this insanity…" Eriol approached them. Few people have already noticed the oddity in that corner.
Trance smirked, "bastard."
'BAG!' a heavy punch hit Trance's face.
"Trance!" Tomoyo and Eriol chorused. Trance had fallen to the floor and seemingly out of conscious.
"Syaoran!" Sakura exclaimed angrily at him.
"Sakura!" Tomoyo snapped when Syaoran grabbed Sakura's hand and dragged her away.
A/N: Now, you won't forget their names. Ahehehe?
Tomoyo and Eriol were looking at Sakura worriedly. She mouthed them, 'I'll be fine!' while she was being dragged by Syaoran. Kioku was still there, she saw everything, and she didn't like it. She was left there, jaw dropped.
Before she knew it, Sakura found her self standing by the wall in a flower field. That place was a bit far from the hotel.
"What are you doing!" she yelled at him as soon as his face got near hers.
"I should ask you that question!" he yelled back. "What the hell are you doing?"
"WHAT? You're not making any sense!"
His facial expression was really negative. He was definitely angry. "DON'T FLIRT WITH HIM!"
Her eyes widened. "I AM NOT!" she replied to his handsome face. Even at his lowest aura, he is still handsome. Definitely handsome. And he became better looking with his coat and turtle neck top.
"I SAW YOU HOLDING HANDS WITH HIM!" he shouted. He couldn't control his anger because he was drunk.
"… He was asking me to dance." Came out a tiny voice.
'BAG!' Syaoran's punch hit the wall near Sakura's head. He was breathing hard. He turned his head to look at her face. She returned his stare then she looked down. After a few seconds, he removed his fist from the wall.
"You know…" she started with a low tone, "I really don't like that Kioku person." … He blinked twice. Why did she say that in all of a sudden? … She added, "And YOU are HER fiancé."
"But I don't have feelings for her..!" he muttered to her when she attempted to run.
She took a step for she really wanted to run away, "you're gonna get married to her!" Then she finally had the chance to escape.
……………………………………………… After 2 days
A girl with auburn hair was walking at one familiar street alone. She looked at her right, there's a black car there. While looking at it, she smiled a little then continued her walk. She passed by a familiar gate and there was a big beautiful garden visible behind it. There was a brown French bench that can be seen from the gate. Sakura peeked and saw her beloved lying on the bench.
He was just looking at the sky, nonchalantly. She lifted her head to look at the huge mansion. She noticed a window- it's curtain was open. She glanced eagerly at it, Kioku was there and she was talking to a gorgeous woman who is a lot older than her. The woman has long black hair and was tied into an elegant ponytail.
Sakura was still looking at the window, she noticed Kioku- she was crying. 'Why? What's the matter?' she thought. Then after a while, she shrugged off her thoughts then finally called to her beloved. "Syaoran!"
Without further ado, the man lying on the bench beyond the gate lifted his head. He turned his head to the direction where the voice came from. At that, he saw Sakura. Automatically, his face lightened up.
He ran over to the gate and opened it. "Come in!" he snapped.
"No, no…" she muttered, "I won't take long." … He raised his eyebrows; confusion plastered his amber-eyed face. … Then she told him, "I just came by to say goodbye."
At that, he frowned. He didn't like it. "Why?" he asked.
Sakura got a bit a teary then she suddenly gave him an embrace with a hop. While her arms are locked around him, she whispered. "I'm going back to Japan." … His eyes widened. He expected this but he didn't think that it was gonna be this soon. … She parted from him then asked, "why is Kioku crying?"
"Huh?" he had an aback look on his face. "Is she crying?" his tone was like he doesn't know a thing.
"Oh well… Nevermind!" she snapped then giggled. She felt her heart wrung because of Syaoran's fiancé.
"Sakura…" he muttered.
"Don't worry!" she exclaimed as she wipes a small tear from her eye, "I'm ok!" She took a deep sigh then added, "Enjoy your time with your fiancé, bye!" She took a step then continued it with a run, heading towards the black car.
"Sakura!" he screamed for her. But she acted like she heard nothing. He saw her enter the car and recognized whose car it is- Eriol's.
He was left there, dismayed. He didn't know that from the window Sakura was looking at a while ago, a woman was looking at them. And she was Yelan Li.
END
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