Chapter: 3: Crazy
Author: Shinsei-Kokoro
Updated: 3nd Feb 2004
Sakura Kinomoto P.O.V
I could have screamed and pushed myself off a cliff or something. The past three days had been so so so maddening!
Tomoyo had been quite furious at me throughout the whole week. Well, I hadn't quite noticed really until three days ago. Once, when I was waiting for Eriol by his locker, she zoomed past me in eyeshot calling me a bitch. I tried asking her at times, but she would just sulk and ignore me.
Van was trying his best to get me to notice him. For example: start conversations and laugh at everything I said. Even if it were the driest thing. Like when I forgot my Bio book and got a detention…again. Today he had to snicker when I was wondering where my mom would be staying with her new husband. And when I passed him a glare, he immediately started to apologise.
"I thought you hated your mom though," he'd said.
I did. I didn't bother answering him though. I was too tired.
But those probably weren't the things that troubled me the most. I still hadn't found out the 'not yet named but hot anyways' guy's real name.
Teehee…yeah I know. That's quite a long and cheesy nickname.
But man…there's just something about him…that makes me go blank. Haha. Yup. I'm laughing. At myself though. I feel like one of those obsessed junior schoolgirls who nickname their crushes.
It hadn't really bothered me that he had called me a stupid bitch when I'd slammed the door against his face the other day…it was my fault anyways…I think.
I'd become so desperate over him, that I'd spend an entire hour in the morning dressing up…and wearing skirts this time. Rika somehow had suddenly noticed the change.
I'd spend longer times after classes at my locker so I could see him, and still I never got a chance to talk to him without anyone seeing us. Now tell me? What else was a girl supposed to do?
It was obvious that he hadn't even looked at me twice, and probably thought I was one of those freaks to fall for an outcast like him. Hell. He probably knew I was all over him. And Jesus, I almost touched his face that day.
Thank god he had slapped my hand away, or I would have really fallen on him. Seriously, I've got weak knees. Just joking.
But today, I swear was such an embarrassing day. We were doing gymnastics for P.E, and just when it was my turn on the balance bar, the 'not yet named but hot anyways' guy had to choose that moment to come into the gymnasium and talk to Meiling. This girl in my P.E class.
And you're not gonna believe what happened next? Just when I was doing a cartwheel on the bar, one sight of him was all I needed to slip and fall, hitting my nose hard on the beam.
Let me tell you…it had hurt like hell! And everybody was staring and hurrying to help me up.
And it was even bleeding! My poor poor nose…
Thank god nobody had laughed, because I thought I'd probably die of humiliation. Heck. I'd probably go pound their noses. Seriously, a nose is a very important part of a girl's features.
Next. The 'not yet named but hot anyways' guy always seems to have Chemistry in the class opposite my Chemistry class.
Today, Miss Zhang—my teacher—had said that we would be starting our practical assignment week. Eriol had graciously paired up with me before I could even ask anyone else.
For a process where we were supposed to mix ammonia with hydrochloric acid I decided to let Eriol handle the heating up. And just when I was carefully tipping over a large amount of ammonia into another empty beaker, my eyes had glanced at the doorway and he just had the chance to pass by. Yeah well…you can probably imagine what happened next. The jar just slipped out of my grasp, and I had ended up wasting the class's whole supply of ammonia. Great isn't it? And to make matter worse, I ended up spilling some on a girl's dress, who apparently wasn't wearing a lab coat, who screamed and took such a large step back that she'd fallen on me. Not excluding the fact that she was twice my size, and by the time Eriol had picked me up, I was probably looking like a pancake
Not my fault right?
No. I just had to end up getting a detention. Is that dreadful or what?
Then it was in the cafeteria during lunch. I was glad to be there for the first time, since Mr Outcast would never be around here. Rika had said that the 'outcasts' never came here for lunch. So I was glad for the first time that day…just to have a little time away from pain. But while I was pouring the juice from the jar into my cup, the 'not yet named but hot anyways' guy had to pass me by. Oh. You could have probably seen my frustration erupt. Because at that exact moment, I ended pouring the juice from the jar not in my cup but on a guy's head—a guy who had decided to pick up his fallen spoon.
And yes. I'd spent the entire lunch apologising to the guy. He turned out to be a nerd who thought I was the most attractive goddess he had ever seen. So for the rest of the day I was busy avoiding him. So that's what happened. That was how my day had been.
I didn't miss the funny looks from people when he'd went and told all his friends that god had sent an angel to him by pouring juice onto him.
Seriously. How bad could things get?
"Sakura? Are you still in bed?" a voice knocked on my bedroom door.
Argh. Leave it to Touya to break the extreme tension.
"Yes" I yelled from my position in bed, half annoyed that he'd disturbed my train of thoughts.
"It's 1 in the morning you doofus! Go to sleep. And turn that radio off! Kero's howling in my ears"
"Yah. Yah. Maybe it's because of the way you snore…you toasted brain," I mumbled as I slipped out of bed, and pulled the plug off. I could hear the distance howls of my dog fade away.
That poor Kero. I snickered evilly. Hopefully he'd be howling the whole night in Touya's ear since it's a full moon outside.
Whoops…wolfs do that, not dogs. My bad.
Glancing at the clock, I yawned. Touya was right. It was past midnight. Did that mean that I was in bed thinking of that—you know who—since the moment I came out of the shower?
Seemed like it.
I shrugged. After getting changed I hopped back inside the covers if my bed, and went back to my thoughts again.
I had to stop thinking about him. And it was driving me crazy that he wouldn't even have the eyes to give me a second glance. I mean, couldn't he see? My clumsiness was only a result of his appearance?
After crossing the border of my proudness and resistance I'd come to notice that every time I'd see him, I'd freeze, and do something terribly wrong. Embarrass myself most probably.
Was that why he never turned to me? Because I was too embarrassing?
I sulked and sighed the entire night. Probably.
Maybe I wasn't attractive enough for him. But I could never start wearing mini skirts and tight tops that'd show cleavage. That wasn't my style. And I wanted a guy to like me for who I was.
I nodded in affirmation. I had to forget that guy! I had to. I had to. I had to. How could I probably start going la-la over him when I didn't even know his name? It was a good thing I hadn't started to write 'Sakura 4 'not yet named but hot anyways''.
Yeah. That would be kinda corny. But at least I hadn't taken the leap to the 'last level of obsession'. Maybe I had a way out of this trance…
And yet again. The more I thought of him…the more I thought of what he thought of me.
You don't need to guess again. He was in my dream tonight too. And he was holding me. In his warm arms. Tight. He didn't seem like the guy who I'd be dancing with or singing with. He was the kind of a stoic guy. Always looking serious, but would laugh anytime. And in my dreams he laughed. Maybe it was because I'd seen him laugh today. But whatever the reason, we ended walked down this empty street. Y'know. A night with a bright full moon. And trees with their flowers blowing by the breeze. He'd taken me somewhere all right. Because in the morning when I was awake, I was in my bathroom, sprawled in the tub, with sore back muscles.
Hehe…guess I'd learned to sleepwalk this house well in only two weeks.
But here's not very funny part. I had to find out something about him.
Syaoran Li P.O.VMeiling was yelling at me as I continued to fire back at her curses. Yup. The same ol' curses.
"You asshole! Why did you have to bring me in this!? Huh? God! I could kill you!" she screamed as she leap and took me by the collar of my shirt.
"Hey! Watch it bitch!"
"Shuddup! You are the bitch! Now I probably have to go home because of you! You stupid chicken!" she continued to shake me like as if I were a rattle for a kid. More like peeling away he chicken's feathers.
I would have probably slapped her across the face if she weren't my cousin, and if I'd never known her since we were kids playing naked in the sandbox.
"Do you mind!?" I scowled at her instead, standing straight.
"Yes! I do! I'm gonna kill you!!" she went on.
"Will you let go of me and listen for a sec!?" I hollered the moment she punch me across my jaw.
"No! Because I would probably have my bags packed by the time you start explaining, and I might even loose my flight!"
"Hey! It's not like you don't want to go back"
"Shut up!! I'm being sarcastic!" she continued to scream. But after five minutes of yelling and making her voice hoarse, she slumped beside me on the couch, "You better have a good explanation for this Syaoran. Because there's no way I'm going back to Hong Kong"
I rolled my eyes. Alright. I'll be honest in my personal thoughts. I didn't. I didn't have a good explanation.
"There was nothing else I could say. That was the only thing I could come up with. Saying that you were sick with tuberculosis, and I had to spend all the money on you. What else could I say?"
Meiling unhappily sneered at me, "That you were the one in hospital maybe? That you were the one with tuberculosis!?"
I gave her a tight look, "I've already had my vaccination"
"Guess what?" she said calmly, then screamed at the top of her lungs, "I've had mine too!! At the same time you did!!"
I shrugged, as she continued to punch me, "Then mom must really be having that memory problem she thought she was having"
Sakura Kinomoto P.O.VIt was my fourth week here. And so far so good. I'd escaped humiliation, prosecution of reputation, but still been through three detentions for damage of school equipment, and loads of embarrassments. About seven guys had asked me out already, two who ended up getting jumped from a gang of guys who were apparently fanatic over new hot girls.
It was kinda surprising…that they found me hot I mean. I mean sure, I knew I had nice looks, especially because of my green eyes. But if I had all that, then why was it gathering all the attention of the wrong guys?
I'd ended up getting information out of Tomoyo today. We were seated out on one of the benches in the front field, where I had dragged her out too.
"Tell me what's wrong now?" I demanded, as I watched her sluggishly sit down, and pull a leg over her other leg lady—shly.
"Forget it" she looked away.
"Hey! If you don't want to tell me, will you at least act civil with me then?"
"What?" she turned to me, "I do act civil with you"
Duh…
God could she give a rest to her lies for a second please?
"Spill"
"I…I have the hugest crush on Eriol," she blurted, making me frown. To tell you the truth I hadn't expected to hear that.
"And?"
She looked at me as if I'd grown two more heads, "What do you mean 'and'? I've wanted him to ask me out since the starting of this year!"
"Why don't you ask him out yourself?" I reasoned shrugging.
She glared at me at that, "Stop playing me a fool Sakura!" she suddenly scowl.
"What!?"
She looked away from me quickly and went on, "You guys are like always over each other. Rika said he used to have a thing for me before, but after you came along he hardly even looks my way"
Let me tell you something. I was very very appalled at every word that was coming out of her mouth.
"Every time I get alone with him, he's like always talking about you. What you did. How hot you are. How you got a detention. How he's been trying to ask you out. How you get into trouble. How brainy you are. How some girl fell over you. What your phone number is. Where you live. What flowers you like. Who you stay with. How you'd look in a bikini. How—,"
"Ok!" I cried out, halting her words, "Stop! Ok. Just stop!" I shook my hands at her, extremely taken back at everything she was saying.
How I'd look in a bikini??!!?
That dude was sick!
"Look!" I held my head in hands, standing all the while, "Let's make one thing clear here eh. I do not like Eriol"
"Stop faking it Sakura. I don't really—,"
"Really! I'm not faking this. I do not like him. I didn't even know he liked me!"
Tomoyo nodded shrugging, "He said you were dense too"
"Hey. Hey. Hey. Look here. I am not dense. I do not like him. And I hate bikinis!"
The girl stared at me hard, "You sure?"
"Offcourse, I'm sure that I'm sure. He's just my friend. And besides he's not my type"
"Right" Tomoyo rolled her eyes, the tense look on her face gone, then she added, "And…uh…I guess…I'm sorry…I called you a bitch and all. I guess I was just a little jealous"
This time I shrugged, "Don't worry. I got that a lot at Seijuu. But you should have just told me before"
"I thought I was obvious"
"No. Trust me. If there's anyone obvious around here. It's me" I sighed. I mean, it wasn't like she walked into walls like I did.
"So…what are you gonna do?" she asked after a while.
"What do you mean? There's nothing to do"
"I meant Eriol. What are you gonna do about him?"
I glanced at her, "Nothing. I'll just keep ignoring him"
"You'll keep ignoring Eriol?" she scoffed, "That's impossible"
"Why? Has he got some irresistibility problem?" I asked sarcastically.
"You can say that. He always gets what he wants. And he's hella' rich"
"So?" I made a face. That's right. I ain't some object lying around for sale on discount that only hella' rich people can buy, "You ask him out then. I don't think he's gonna be saying no"
Tomoyo looked defeated, "Sakura there are rules here"
"Yeah. I know. And they're all full of crap. I mean how stupid can this school get? No bags. No talking to junkies. Changing principals. Selling girls as if we're some hot new soda in town. Putting all bitches in a cheerleading club. What more nonsense?"
"You forgot the detention and the backstabbing part" Tomoyo sighed, "Yeah. I know it's full of shit. My mom wanted me to change schools because of this. She thinks all we do here is ride bulls"
I grinned at her, "We're not backstabbing last years prom king Eriol are we? No. So chill"
"Girls don't ask guys out here at this school Sakura"
I frowned, "That wasn't in the rules was it? Man. I didn't know that. Maybe I didn't read it. Was it the last one…because I remember reading something at the bottom? Why didn't you guys tell me? I'd like written it all—"
"It's unsaid" she interrupted my long tale, "But it's like a steel bar. You can't break it"
"Seriously" I plopped down next to her, "Is this a school or what?"
"It's Sanron High"
"Stop drying it already Tomoyo. Maybe I can make Eriol ask you out"
"Sure" she laughed, but there was no humour in it, "You expect him to ask me out when he's head over heels with you. Nice girl. You just scored a goal in the coach's nose"
I turned to her, shielding the bright sun from my face, "I'll tell him that I like someone else. He can't do anything about that can he?"
"Oh yes. That guy would probably have broken ribs by the next time you see him"
I stiffened, "What if I tell him, he's not from this school"
Tomoyo turned on a thoughtful face, "That might work. But he might try and bring it on to you"
"Nah. I don't think so. I'd kick his ass, and send him to Antarctica wearing a bikini with the penguins"
"Don't tell me I didn't warn you"
"Hey! Do you want him to ask you out or not?" I snapped feeling unnerved that she was still taking his side.
"Cut the bull, and let's go Sakura. Bell just rung"
"Really?" I stood up with her, "Never heard it. Okay. So will you start hinting already to him"
Tomoyo looked aghast, "Are you kidding. I'm not gonna be looking like some die hard obsessed chick with no brains!"
Which you probably are—I wanted to so badly add, put zipped it.
"Nice analogy" I said instead, "But if you want the peek-a-boo from Eriol, you'll have to try just that"
"I know that" she shot back.
"Right"
"By the ways Sakura?" she asked as we headed towards homeroom, giving me a grin which said 'enough insulting me, let's start with you now', "Do you even like anyone yet? I mean, there are like guys playing cat behind you"
"Um…" I said after a while, "Maybe…"
Tomoyo was instantly chuckling like a guy "Is he in our school? Do I know him? Have you kissed him yet?" she shot at me with arrows of questions.
"No. No. And definitely no"
"Aw shucks"
"Yeah" I nodded sulking once again. I couldn't tell her who it was. Or I'd probably have to be changing schools, "It sucks all right"
Syaoran Li P.O.V
Meiling could stay. After a long talk on the phone with mother, she finally agreed for her to stay.
After giving in my Physics assignment, I made my way, through the hallway, looking around for Yamazaki. I saw him in the corner by the Vice room, snogging up Chiharu again.
But before I could near them, I was pushed against the wall suddenly.
"Who the hell do you think you are huh?!" a lock of blue hair crammed onto me, giving me an unexpected punch right in my stomach, and then sending my head against the wall again.
It was Eriol Hiiragizawa. The school's Mr Hot Shot.
"Fu—,"
My words got cut off, as he aimed punches after punches at me.
"You goddamned asshole!! I thought you knew better than to run after our girls!!"
I didn't know what he meant. And I didn't give a shit. Because the moment I blocked his attack on my face, I punched his, sending him flying backwards.
"What the fuck are you talking about!?!" I screamed at his face, as he lunged himself at me, and attacked me again ruthlessly.
I didn't know how many onlookers were on us, but by the time I looked through the corner of my eyes, we were surrounded by glares from other students. All cheering Eriol on.
"Don't give me your shit Li!!" he swung his legs against my guts, while I back-strapped his head with my arms and hauled him down to the cement floor, "You know the price for gagging our girls!!"
"I didn't lug any of your girl you asshole!!" I punched him across his face again, while I took the chance to rub away the blood that I had spat out.
"Stop funckin' lying!!" he sent his arm down hard on my neck, as I doubled over, "And you've been deserving this all along, you sick druggie! You and your sucked up gang!!" he grabbed me by my jacket collar, and sent me across the wall again, as the cheers for him increased.
"You know who's sick!?" I spat at him, sending a kick at his face as he neared me, "You!" I kicked him across his neck this time, and grasped the front of his T-shirt, and pushed him against the wall, punch the wall beside his head, as he pulled away.
"I'm gonna finish this right now! You son of a bi—,"
"Try me!" I yelled, as I sent a flying kick in his abdomen allowing him to let a grunt out in pain. He got out of the way before I could work it on him again, and caught me by surprise as he turned onto me using my jacket as an attack weapon.
"People like are you are supposed to be put to death!" he hissed at me in the midst of the cheers from the crowd. I could hear some cuss at me hard, and through a far distance, I heard someone yell for me.
As Yamazaki pushed through the crowd, he yelled out to me, with Chiharu by his side, "Kill him Syaoran!!"
I took a double take at him, but made the mistake of doing so, because Eriol took the chance to back punch me across my eyes with his knuckles.
"You're going down" he chuckled hoarsely as he jabbed the point of his arm in my face.
"Not a chance" I grinned before I pushed up my thighs and got him in the groin, "Hurts huh?" I asked as he fell back in pain, "I'll show you what hurts more" I lunged at him, my fists ramming against his nose, "Let's get your sorry ass to hell Hiiragizawa"
"Stop!" I heard a yell behind me.
It wasn't a teacher's voice, so I just continued to punch him, while he jumped and held his arms out to shield himself.
"Eriol! Stop!" the same girl cried out again louder this time.
"Sakura?" I heard him murmur as he made the mistake of glancing behind my shoulders, before I sent him flying across the wall again.
"Come on Eriol! I thought you wanted to kill me!?" I screamed at him hoarsely, as he struggled to get up from his crouching form, "You'd said it! Sick guys like me are supposed to be put to death! What? Are you feeling too dead now? Huh?"
There was a bitter silence around us, and I was panting, as drops of blood dripped involuntarily from my mouth.
"Not with you put in hell" he looked up at me, then pouncing on me suddenly, sending a swift kick across me ankles, then taking my distraction to kick me again.
"Welcome back alive" I sneered, punching him in a double.
He didn't loose a moment, in shielding my kicks. But as he chose the moment to kick me in the face, I grabbed his shoe and pulled back my hands and, making him sway without balance.
"Stop! Please! Eriol, stop it!" the girl's cry came again, as he double kicked me in the chest.
"You don't know what he's done Sakura!" he spat through clenched jaw, as he caught me a headlock, and kicked his thigh in my face.
Sakura?
I glanced at the girl through the corner of my eyes, then grabbed Eriol's knee, and pulled on it, making him fall back.
"I ain't done anything to your girls!" I bawled at him, as he jumped up on his feet, and failed an attack.
But before I could punch him back, my arms were pulled back.
"Stop this now!" a man's voice yelled grimly, as I struggled in his grasp, and kept swearing.
Eriol chose the moment, to punch me again.
I'd had enough by now, pushing the joint of my arm in the man's stomach, I dove at him, grabbing his neck, and hurtling him against the wall.
I think he could actually see the fire in my eyes. Because at that moment I knew it. If the man hadn't pulled me back again…I would've probably killed him right there and then.
The man turned out to be one of the wardens, and behind him were two more men. The Vice, and the Principal.
"What's going on!?" the Vice held Eriol stiffly by his shoulders, "What's all this about?"
While we both ignored questions to seethe at each other, another guy decided to answer.
"Li went against the rules"
"Shits" The Vice scowled.
As I continued to struggle in the grasp of the warden who was holding me, by my jacket, the Principal made his way towards me, "How many times do I have to suspend you Li?? How many times!? I'd told you to stay out of trouble didn't I? I don't know why I even bother with you! I could expel you!"
"Hiiragizawa started it!" Yamazaki yelled, as teachers ushered the crowd away.
I ignored the stare from Sakura and the cold harsh looks from other students, as I glazed my eyes into the man in front of me, "I didn't do nothing"
"Then what the heck was all this for huh?" he growled back at me, "You think the two of you would be trying to kill each other for nothing?! I don't think so Li!"
Feh.
And I expected this dude to be much brighter than the rest of the principals?
Right.
"I did not break any rules"
"You suck at lying!" Eriol hollered at me.
"You're lucky I didn't break your neck!" I bit back at him, struggling to get away again.
"Stop this!" the Vice hollered once again, "You both are acting childish!"
"No, we're not!" both of us cried out at the same time.
While giving us both tight glares, we were dragged into the office. I fitted into my jacket lightly, and a gave a 'hands of asshole' glare at the warden.
I didn't give a damn about whatever was gonna happen next.
I always got into fights like this. Trust me when I say don't mess with Rule 12. Because you don't wanna mess with outcasts like me. All they see in us is bad. I've always had half a mind, to just never come here, but attendance is important to my mom. Because she doesn't know what I'm up to in Japan.
I never used to care about these rules before, but the day I'd held a crying Meiling in my arms I'd vowed that before I ever left this school, these damned rules wouldn't existing.
These bunch of guys, who had taken her on, had harassed her. I'd smothered one of those guys in public.
Heh.
I still remember the first time I was behind bars because of that. It wasn't so bad after that. I still made several visits there. For assaults, claimed harassment, and even for striking an officer. When my mom found out that I had a police record, she tried her best to get me back to Hong Kong.
But those days were a period to my anger. She gave up after that. I don't regret any of the times I was in jail, except once when they caught me for a drug meddling. They caught me in my doped stage, and I was so high, that I hadn't even realised that I was in jail for that one day. I kept treating the guards like waiters.
It's funny now that I think about it.
I gave up interest in education and high points of life, after my first time in jail for assault.
If there was anybody to blame for it…it was me. Neither my stupid father nor the guy's I'd given bloody noses and broken ribs…but me.
I didn't feel horrible about it either. Cuz y'know why? That was my life. And that was the way I liked it.
Sakura Kinomoto P.O.VEven though I'd seen only the last part of the fight…it was downright horrible. They were hitting each other like strangled gooses. Punching, kicking…I'm still trying to get over the image.
Eriol's bloody nose was conformed intact…and even through the macho act he was putting on, I could see he was thankful to have his nose.
It had never appeared to me, that my dream boy and Eriol would be such fighters. I never knew they had a personal hit for each other.
After tailing around Eriol I finally found out what the fight was about.
It seemed that 'Syaoran'—as he called him—had broken the rules. A girl had complained that he had forced onto her, and that was what had set him on fire. I figured he just needed an excuse to punch his lights off. I couldn't actually believe my dream guy doing something like that.
From what I'd seen, he'd been protesting against it, and it actually hurt me a little to even imagine him doing something like that.
Instead of being happy for finding out his name, I was feeling depressed the whole day. While Tomoyo and some other girls were cooing about Eriol's wounds and how brave he'd been, I felt like I'd been thrown in the dumps, while passer-bys' were busy eating their bananas and throwing their skin on me.
I didn't bother apologising to Eriol for distracting him during the fight. I didn't even touch the food in my cafeteria plate during lunch.
I was so dejected, that when I was out on the grounds, I didn't hear Eriol come up next to me.
"You like soccer?" he asked me all of a sudden making me jump a little.
Right.
How much more cheesy could he get?
I stared at him for a while, then shrugged smiling weakly, "I don't play it, but it looks fun"
He chuckled at my response, and I couldn't help but think how heroic he'd been. That is…if his rumour was true.
"Are…are you alright?" I asked for the first time that day.
"Yeah" he murmured, "My nose hurts a little though"
I noticed he hadn't his glasses on, and he was wearing a thin material shirt, "It was pretty intense" I said after a while referring to the fight.
He looked at me softly, then turned away, "I guess"
I don't know why I asked him the next question, because it just slipped out of my mouth, "Did he really break the rules?"
Eriol looked grim at that, "Mika said he did"
"Who's Mika?"
"The girl he tried having" he answered quietly.
"Oh"
There. Now I was starting to feel depressed all over again.
Had he really done that?
We stayed silent for a few seconds then I heard him growl, "You shouldn't have come like that Sakura. Syaoran's a low life. There's no telling what he can do"
I looked at him my eyes frowning, "I…I…I was just stopping the fight"
He shook his head at me, "You shouldn't stop fights like these. He deserved what he got. The guy's a bastard"
I winced inwardly at his tone, and choice of words, "You guys were tearing each other up. When did you want to give up? Till one of you two were dead?"
Eriol stared hard at me as I said that.
But I went on; "There are other ways of dealing with matters such as this. You guys could have seriously gotten hurt"
I stopped for a moment, to see if he had something to say. And he did.
"You were scared…" he looked at me closely, smiling a bit, "Weren't you?"
Hell yeah! I didn't want my dream-date's face to be re-assembled! I didn't say it out loud though, because what he said next made me feel more dejected.
"You were scared for me, weren't you?" he asked softly.
We were standing so close, that I almost thought he would lean down and kiss me. And just then the talk I had with Tomoyo hit me like a bomb.
I cracked an uneasy smile, "What do you think? I care about my friends, thank you very much!"
I didn't think that that was response he was looking for, because I immediately watched his smile falter for a second.
"He deserved it" Eriol repeated himself shrugging.
I felt a little guilty as he looked away, then put on another fake smile, "You know. Tomoyo was worried like hell about you"
He shrugged again, looking me, "Everybody was"
I gritted my jaw, then went on, "But seriously. She wouldn't stop talking about you!" At that I got a reaction.
He looked at me with a raised eyebrow, "Right"
I grinned a little, "I think she likes you"
He looked at me a little sadly. Instead of saying a 'so do I' I was fervently expecting, he simply smiled, "I like someone too"
I froze a little as he said that. He was staring at me meaningfully. But I couldn't lead him on anymore. I turned on a surprised look, "Really?! Cool! So do I!"
The look on his face fell, but I chattered on nevertheless. Way to go Sakura.
"And you know what? Maybe we can even go on a double date! That'll be so cool! I can even imagine it!"
I could really.
Syaoran and me.
Eriol and Tomoyo.
But really. I felt bad. I'd never felt so guilty around with guys until now. Because Eriol was trying his best to look happy. Although I could see the remorse in his facial expression.
But before I could go on about the place we could dine, he interrupted me.
"What's his name?"
I stopped short to look at him, "Uh…um…r…Ryoga" the name blurted out from my lips, "Ryoga Li"
Actually, the last name blurted out of my mouth too.
He frowned a little, "Do I know him?"
"N-no! He's all the way in Tokyo. Not here. Hehe…he's never been to Tomoeda"
"Oh…then how did you expect us to go on a double date?" he asked
"Uh? Oh. Um." Good lord. He had me there, "I…" I said the first thing that came to my mind, "I…I'm forcing him to come here. Y'know, I've been going out with him for so many years. We're almost inseparable! We were so sad when I had to move here. I've been missing him so much. So…err…I thought it'd be best if he moved here too. But you see, his parents aren't allowing him to. They…uh…don't like the education here. Um. Yeah. So he's trying. But I don't think he'll really be able to make it. But it's not bad to have hopes right? All I can do now is wait?"
He muttered some under his breath, that I heard very clearly, "And hopefully his plane will go crash somewhere"
I didn't say anything more about it, but Eriol went on.
"So…how long have you two been together?"
"Eh? Uh…f…four years"
Eriol suddenly cried out, "Four years?!?"
"Yeah…" I said uneasily, then decided it was high time we changed subjects, "What about you? I mean, who do you like?"
I saw him hesitating as he looked at me, "Just this girl"
"I know it's a girl. What'd her name?" I pressed on.
Hah! This'll be fun. If he can threaten my imaginary boyfriend, I so am allowed to pester him!
"You wouldn't wanna know" he shook his head, looking away form me.
"No. I would. Who's she?"
He hesitated again. Then turned to me, his eyes crestfallen and serious. For a moment I thought he was gonna confess, but when I heard what he said next, I almost lost my balance and fell, "What if I told you it was Tomoyo?"
Syaoran Li P.O.VI wasn't allowed to leave school. That was my punishment. Since suspending me or detention would never work, the principal had decided to chain me up. I would usually wag last two periods, and go to city.
But he'd threatened me to staying full hours at school, until I'd learned how harsh I was. And do you what he had threatened me with? My mom. He'd said that if I was found wagging periods, then he would personally call her, and tell her all that I've up to.
He thought my mom knew I did drugs, but there was no way in hell, I was gonna let her knew that. So I did the only thing I could do.
Agree with him.
I met with my buddies, during lunch, and they were all grinning at me. Meiling was suddenly into sister-mode and demanding why I didn't kill him.
Right.
Like I'd decided to spend my wrecked up, damned life in jail.
No thanks.
After my last class, Minas had dragged me into our usual mode again, and by the time I'd finish talking with my friends, I walked to my locker. Meiling had said that she'd meet me at the backfield.
But the moment I neared the locker areas, I saw that girl…uh…what was her name again? Oh yeah. Sakura Kino-something. She was fumbling with something in her locker again. The hallway was empty by then, and no one would be at school by four. And it was probably four-thirty now.
Never the less, I continued my way to my locker. The moment I was next to her, she looked up at me, blushed and went back to whatever she was doing.
Rolling my eyes, I opened my locker and dumped my books in there.
Seriously. Was there a chance of a face exploding because of blushing too much?
But as I turned to leave, she looked at me hesitantly, and opened her mouth to speak.
"Hey…" was the only thing she managed to say, then she left me staring at her flushed face, and her hesitating green eyes, which she used to study me discreetly.
"What?" I snapped feeling a little edgy because of the 'wonderful' day I had.
She frowned a little, then put on another shade of blush, "Uh…I…eh…" she stumbled on her words, flashing me a weak smile all the while, then looked around uneasily.
"Speak up bitch. No one's here"
I think my words hit her harder than I thought it would.
I didn't see the hurt look pass her face, because the only thing that became evident was the scowl she had on.
"Would you stop calling me that!?" she blurted out suddenly.
"Ok then klutz. Speak up" I said, and then watched her go pink again.
But the scowl didn't disappear, "It's Sakura"
"Look. I don't have to take shit from someone who's blind. What do you want?"
She frowned at me, "Did I say I wanted anything?"
"Then stop flogging up at me!" I snapped once again. Heh. And I'd gone thinking that she would blush again and ask me if I was alright from the fight. Man. These days, you can't expect anything from girls.
"I didn't do anything to you!" she cried out, as I attempted to walk away.
I whirled around. God. I had never met a klutz who was so dense! So I decided to get straight to the point and a break a few hope strings.
"I'm not interested in you! Get it? I'm not stupid enough to not see bitches walk into walls!" I barked in her face, watching her face go to an extreme red, "Do you know what they do to people like me who try and even talk to girls like you? They beat the shit out of them. So, would you go give someone else your stupid smiles?!"
She looked at me as if I'd just read her mind. Feh. I probably did.
"Wha…what are you talking about?"
I turned my back on her, "Look. Get off my back. I know what girls like you want. And I ain't giving it to you aight? If you want me to get jumped from your boys it won't work, 'cuz you're not the only girl who's been wanting me"
"Wha…?"
"We stay away from your people. And you stay away form ours. In that, no one gets hurt. Your airheads must have already gotten you to the rules by now. Follow it before you get kicked out of here"
"I just told you" she said grimly, "I don't give a damn about those rules. What'll they do? Make me an outcast too? Hang me down the fan, and laugh while they watch me get dizzy? Yeah. That's very entertaining"
That would be quite entertaining.
I didn't know why I was even bothering talking to her. But it felt different. I hadn't really talked to girls from this school that weren't one of us 'outcasts'. And not many of these girls were really against the rules…like this one.
Girls usually looked at me with those disgusted and freaked out eyes…but this one? Na. It just felt weird I guess. Me talking to the girl who walks into walls. Hah.
"Whatever" I shrugged walking away, hands dug deep in my pockets. I had to get out of there.
And this girl had to go get another crush. Walk into walls after seeing someone else. Fall down the gymnastic beam and hit her nose after seeing someone else. Pour juice over a geek's head after seeing someone else.
Someone else who wasn't me. Besides…she wasn't really my type. And yeah I'd seen it all.
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