Chapter 3:

Sakura heard the door open and quickly pretended to sleep. She heard footsteps circle the bed onto the other side, she heard 4 footsteps but one suddenly stopped. Her heart began to race when she felt someone put their hand on her head. They brushed back her hair and then circled her face to her lips, this person's hand was warm and even though it was scary thinking about who it could be, she felt comforted by it, just like a parent to their child. She slowly opened her eyes and glanced up to see a guy with sapphire eyes, dark blue hair, and he wore glasses.

"Well, hello there sleeping beauty." The guy rose up from her side and helped her sit up. "How do you feel?"

Sakura was still in a daze and as soon as she got up she fell right back down. The guy laughed and put his hand on her forehead. "I see, you're still feverish, you should be lucky that I found you when I did or else you'd be a goner." Sakura glared at him, "You're not very trusting are you?" He shrugged and smirked, "Most girls don't exactly trust me when they first meet me yet 3 hours later their in my bed, just like you." He winked at Sakura but she was too weak to think of a good comeback or better yet run.

"Who the hell are you?"

"Eriol Hiiragizawa and you?"

"None of your business Hiiragizawa."

"Ouch, put those claws away kitty cat." Eriol began to play with Sakura's hand but she quickly snatched it away.

"Don't call me kitty cat and don't touch me, you fucker."

"Fine then…" Eriol got up from beside Sakura and went to the curtain, Sakura glanced over at him and noticed the curtain was moving yet she was too tired to worry about it. Eriol walked over to Sakura, reached under the covers, and picked her up. "H-hey! Put me down!"

"Nah, I'm not supposed to till you get downstairs and get some breakfast in you."

"I'd rather starve!"

"Uh huh." Eriol ignored Sakura's whines and eventually she got tired of complaining. She noticed that she wasn't in a house, more like a mansion. There were windows that showed a garden outside and on the other side, there were pictures of a bunch of rich people, though Sakura didn't recognize a single one of them. Eriol carried her downstairs and propped her on the couch, and he went into the kitchen to make her something to eat. Sakura waited for him to come back while rubbing her head, she no longer cared where she was or whom she was with, she was just happy to have not ran into Tomoyo or…Syaoran. With that thought she quit rubbing her head and stared at the ceiling wondering if they searched for her last night. She heard a crash come from behind, rose up, and glanced around. When she was about to raise up from the couch, Eriol ran from the kitchen with a tray of orange juice.

"Hey! Where do you think you're going!" Eriol placed the tray down in the table in front of the couch and gave Sakura her drink.

"I…I heard something crash…"

"It was just your imagination." Eriol walked around the couch while Sakura cautiously drank her orange juice, he began giggling from behind Sakura and she glared at him. "What did you do to this drink?"

Trying to contain his laughter, "Nothing, really nothing!"

Sakura sat down the drink, "Then why the fuck are you laughing!"

"Well…" Eriol glances down and then back at Sakura. He walks around the table and drinks some of Sakura's orange juice. "There, if you die I'll die with you."

"I don't want to drink after you."

"Fine then die a sad, lonely, and hungry death." Eriol drinks the rest of the orange juice and sits next to Sakura who is now curled up in a ball. Eriol looks at Sakura and hits her knee. "Hey so you wanna tell me why you were passed out in front of my house?"

"No."

"Okay, if you don't tell me I won't give you the antidote to the poison I put in your drink." Eriol takes out a small bottle, drinks some, and wiggles the bottle in front of Sakura.

"You didn't…"

Eriol smirks and nods "Oh yes I did."

Sakura charges for the vile but Eriol stands up knowing Sakura is too weak to go anywhere.

"I doubt you even put anything in that orange…" Sakura begins to cough uncontrollably and looks up at Eriol who is evilly grinning.

"Well begin talking miss…"

"…Sakura…Kinomoto"

Eriol sits across from Sakura and crosses his legs. "Well Sakura, I'm listening."

Sakura sits back and glares at Eriol. "Well since I'm being blackmailed I guess I have no choice in the matter." Sakura takes a deep breathe, coughs, and begins. "I was walking home with my very best friend Tomoyo and see earlier that day a new kid came to our class. His name was Li Syaoran and the first thing he did was pick on me by stealing my comic book. Well Tomoyo brought him up in a conversation and then speak of the devil; he comes from behind me and begins to taunt me by swinging it in front of me. Tomoyo suggests he walk with us and after some talking, I agreed. While we were walking, Tomoyo paid attention everything Li said and…"

Eriol leans forward. "And?"

"And then…" Sakura begins to hear scuffling from behind the couch and jumps. "Okay, now I know that's not my imagination something is behind this couch!"

Eriol gets up and checks behind the couch. "No there isn't."

"Hiiragizawa, you're telling me the truth." She hears more scuffling from behind her and she turns to the side of the couch and glares down. "You…"

Eriol put his hand in his hair and backed away. "Sorry man…you moved too much." Syaoran stood up in front of Sakura, she tried getting up from the couch but fell right back down to the ground. Syaoran and Eriol rushed to help her up but she threw them the meanest glare she had ever given.

"Get the fuck away from me!"

Syaoran took Sakura's legs and pinned her down so she couldn't crawl away. Eriol took her arms and did the same.

"No, Sakura quit being so damn difficult!"

Sakura struggled to get up but found out soon that they both were strong, very strong. "What are you going to do now, fucking rape me or something!"

"Don't flatter yourself." Syaoran signaled for Eriol to lift Sakura up onto the couch. She then began to glare at them both, not making a single movement. Eriol sat down where he was before and Syaoran sat on the floor facing Eriol, he didn't want to face Sakura.

"…Continue…" Said Syaoran as he laid his chin on his hand.

"Why the hell should I?"

"Because if you don't then that medicine is going to make you even more irritated."

Sakura had forgotten about the 'poison' Eriol gave her in the orange juice. "I could get you two arrested for giving me some kind of fucking drug!"

Eriol scratched his head, "It's nothing bad, it'll make you feel better but it also makes your body really weak so you need this" he pulls out the vile "it'll make your body recover faster or else you could wait for that medicine to wear off but it'll make you feel worse before better."(A/N: I don't know if there's a drug like that but just go with it.)

"I didn't ask for you to give me shit!" On that note all of a sudden Sakura body began to tense up.

"Quit moving around…" Syaoran went to Sakura and loomed over her. His playful expression from yesterday had completely transformed to a serious one. It, in a way, frightened Sakura to the point she didn't even want to look at him. Syaoran scratched his head and began to walk away from her. "I won't make you say anymore but I am going to call your parents, I bet their worried."

"Oh look at you being Mr. Serious. You're a great performer Li."

Syaoran walked toward the kitchen and didn't bother looking back at Sakura or making a comment, this only made Sakura more uncomfortable.

"What rode up his ass?"

Eriol walked toward Sakura, lifted her head, and made her drink the vile. "He was worried…"

Eriol laid her head back down and sat on the floor. "He was the one who carried you in last night, he was soaking wet from searching for you. You kept burning up so he stayed up all night putting cold rags on your head, eventually your fever went down. He was exhausted which is why he is being so grumpy and with you acting like a spoiled brat really isn't helping much."

Sakura felt knifes go through her with each word. She didn't realize he had been caring for her all this time and here she was acting like a kid. She curled up in a ball and stared at her hand. "I didn't ask for…"

"I didn't ask for you help, well I gave it anyway, guilty conscious." Syaoran came out of the kitchen with a carton of milk in his hand. "Thanks Eriol for telling all my business."

"No problem, always here to make your life so much better." Eriol grinned at Syaoran who seemed to want to strangle him.

"Bastard…" Syaoran sat down beside Eriol on the floor and looked at Sakura who was tracing the lines on her hand. "I already told you I gave up asking why you went off like that but I want your number so I can send you home."

"Don't worry about…no one is there anyway." Sakura was now facing Syaoran who was still in his serious mode.

"Probably because they were out searching for you." Syaoran took a big gulp of the milk and gave it to Eriol who then drank some as well.

"No they weren't." Sakura turned over, now facing away from them.

Eriol drank the last drop and threw the carton at Syaoran, playfully. "Why wouldn't they?"

"No reason…"

Syaoran threw the carton at Sakura but she didn't react. "You owe me an answer you little runaway." Syaoran got up, walked toward the phone, and picked up the receiver Eriol laid back on the floor staring at the ceiling, realizing this wasn't going to go anywhere. "So what is your number Sakura?"

"…They're dead…" Syaoran dropped the receiver and Eriol sat up quickly both staring at Sakura with a loss for words.