Friendship Isn't That Strong

Chapter: 13

The sun began shining through the light brown curtains. Although life continued outside, inside it felt like a prison, especially to Syaoran. He tossed and turned in bed trying to go back to sleep but soon found himself unable to calm down. He sat up and looked over at Eriol, who was about to fall onto the floor. Syaoran rose from his bed and quietly opened to room to the outside hallway.

"Dammit…"

Syaoran searched up and down the halls for any sign of life. 'What the hell?...' He walked out the doorway and turned his head toward the balcony. Beyond the glass doors, he saw a beautiful silhouette with the shape of an angel. Her hair willingly flowed in the wind and her body glowed a brilliant white. Syaoran rubbed his eyes and leaned against the wall. The silhouette saw him, turned, and began to walk out the balcony. She gently placed her hand on the doors and they whist open.

"Sa…k…moyo?"

Syaoran eyes shot open and he began to realize that his body was completely wet. He sat up and laid his head in his hands.

"You awake now?"

Syaoran turned to the other bed and there Eriol was, eating and reading in bed.

"What…time is?"

Eriol pointed at the clock on the table in the middle of the room that read, '3:55 am'

Syaoran breathed in relief as he laid back down and turned his back to Eriol. Eriol never once rose his head from his book.

"So…you're dating Tomoyo?"

Syaoran shot up and turned to Eriol who still was not facing him but he was engrossed in a novel. "What brought that up?"

Eriol closed his book and relaxed against the headboard. "This…is a good book."

"Huh?"

"This book…it's called, 'The Invisible Fight Within'."

Syaoran had a very puzzled expression on his face, he got up and went over to Eriol's bed and began examining the book. "Looks difficult."

"Not really, even a brain dead guy like you can understand it." Eriol picked up the book and handed it to Syaoran. He then laid down and turned over away from Syaoran. "Try reading some tonight, it may put you to sleep."

"But…this book seems a little too long," Syaoran began flipping through the pages, "Harry Potter long." Syaoran began to hand the book back to Eriol but soon found that his friend was fast asleep. "…Sigh…Eriol, you suck."

Syaoran climbed back into his bed and stared once again at the clock. "Maybe this will put me to sleep…"

Syaoran examined the book once again and noticed a page had been marked. He turned to that page and began to read.

'He's with her now, the love of my life. What am I supposed to do about it? I can't admit to liking her because if I do it will cause problems between me and him. Yet if I don't, I don't think I'll be able to face them together. It hurts…my heart hurts. I hear it's cries…this loneliness is unbearable. If I could just…have a second chance at this, I want…I want to steal her away. I want…I need her…her warmth, her feel, her beauty. I need it all! I know her better than he ever will, I've seen the demon within her that she won't let him face. She's my angel…my beautiful, fallen angel.'

Syaoran turned the page and noticed several pages had been left blank. A pen lay in between the pages, for some odd reason, Syaoran never noticed it before. He took the pen in hand and like magic, he began to write.

'I did not want the fallen angel…I wanted to demon that followed in her shadow. This…shadow of a woman, was nothing like I've ever seen before. And…'

Syaoran stopped writing and stared down at the page for a while. He slowly lifted the pen once again and continued,

'…I can't have this shadow because the shadow only follows the fallen angel. She mimics her every movement as if her existence meant nothing. At least…'

"…That's the way I always saw her…"

Syaoran closed to book and dropped it to the floor. He laid back down in bed with his mind's thoughts still unclear, but they somehow became softer. "Hey Eriol…you were right. It is a good book."

Eriol smiled and turned off the light. Syaoran began to drift off into a deep sleep and began to mumble to Eriol. "…I wonder…who wrote it…Eriol?...Who wrote that book?"

Eriol didn't raise himself to answer and drifted away with Syaoran. 'I don't know…I just bought it one day. Next thing I knew, whenever I went to sleep with it by my side, I woke up to it having more pages with my handwriting.'

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Sakura began to drift away into an eternal slumber. In her dream, she was in a dark room with stars on the ceiling. She reached up her hand to touch the stars but found herself becoming smaller and smaller. Then as she was about to surrender hope…one, no two arms reached up behind her. Both grabbing the same star she was reaching for and slowly brought it down to her. When she turned to see who it was they both walked away. She ran after them but the world began to spin and twist and her legs became heavy. Then she began to fall into a dark pit, she was prepared to hit the bottom and feel the pain surge through her body, but instead she felt someone grab her hands. She looked up and she saw a star.

Sakura arose from this dream in a deep sweat, she looked over at the clock. "5:30 am…"

She turned to her side and felt a warm breath gently brush into her hair. She looked up and saw a man looking down at her with the same color hair and eyes as her own. Without questioning what was happening, she drifted once again. All she felt was a gentle kiss on her forehead and a voice that said: "That's my girl…"

"Sakura…Sakura…Sakura!"

Sakura awoke to the sound of Tomoyo's frantic screaming. "…wha…"

"It's time to go!"

"Go where?..."

"To get something to eat!"

"At 5:30 in the morning?..."

Sakura felt something hit her head and in her dazed condition, knocked her onto the floor.

"Wake the fuck up, you lil monster!"

Sakura stood up and faced the attacker, "Who the hell do you think you are calling me a monster Touya!"

Touya smirked down at Sakura and thumped her head, "Okay, you're not a monster. You're a bitch."

"Like that makes it any better! Guys like you are what make guys today seem like such bastards!"

"Seem like? Well I guess we had better try harder, right Yuki?"

Sakura turned to the doorway and noticed Yukito standing there laughing. She then turned to Tomoyo who found her situation to be funny as well. "Wait…why is everyone in their clothes already?..."

Yukito walked up to Sakura, bent down, and gave her an award-winning smile, "B…rea…k…fas…t."

"Breakfast!" Sakura's angry expression turned to that of a child and she rushed to the bathroom to change clothes. Touya began to rub his head and sighed. "Tell me again why we continue to feed her? I heard that monster go where food is present so…if we don't feed her, maybe she'll go away."

Yukito laughed and examined Touya's expression. Although the comment was mean, his face seemed softer and he appeared a lot more relaxed. Tomoyo began to notice this too and smiled at Yukito. "Well it seems like we now have an extra person to feed."

"Touya counts for two people." Yukito and Tomoyo both began to laugh while Touya stared down at them.

"Hey, as long as you two pay, it's all good with me."

Tomoyo stopped laughing and exited into the hall. She noticed that Syaoran and Eriol had not gotten up yet. "Hmm…I hope everything is alright…"

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"Wake up you lazy son of a bitch!" Eriol continued to hit Syaoran across the head with a pillow. He had been at it for 10 minutes now but still Syaoran refused to move. Eriol was wearing his normal clothes but Syaoran was still in his muscle shirt and jeans. "Dammit, you bastard! If you don't wake the fuck up, I'll…I'll…"

Eriol leaned down to Syaoran's ear and smirked, "I'll tell your secret…"

Syaoran jumped up and quickly ran into the bathroom, "I swear I will be ready within 10 minutes, just don't tell!"

"Make it 5."

Syaoran poked his head out of the bathroom door, "What?"

"3 minutes then."

"You worthless piece of shit!" Syaoran went back into the bathroom and rushed to get ready. Eriol looked down on the floor, picked up the book, and placed it into his bag.

Syaoran and Sakura both ran out of their rooms at the exact same time while everyone was in the hallway waiting.

"Okay, I'm ready!" They both said in unison.

"Well if it isn't sleeping beauty…" Touya looks at Syaoran and then looks at Sakura, "And the little ugly duckling."

"You wanna say that to my face, you sorry bastard?" Sakura and Touya stared each other down while Tomoyo ran over and gave Syaoran a hug.

"Good morning, Syaoran." She smiled at him

"Good morning Tomoyo, did you sleep well?"

Tomoyo blushed, "It's nice of you to ask, yes I did indeed and you?"

Syaoran smiled down at her now bright red face, "Yeah…" He then remember the dream he had and looked over at Sakura. "Heh…seems like I'm not the only late sleepier around here."

"Oh Sakura's always like that so anyway…" Tomoyo attempt to gain Syaoran's attention quickly fails when she notices where his attention is. He is smiling at Sakura with a smile he has yet to show her, not a kind, friendly smile but a deep, loving smile. Tomoyo felt her face burn with rage and so she grabbed Syaoran's face to make his face hers'. Syaoran became a little thrown back her sudden action and didn't know what to do but let out a loud yelp before she planted a deep kiss on him. Tomoyo pressed her lips against Syaoran's who was trying to back away. Tomoyo let go and Syaoran backed away.

"What the hell was that!"

Tomoyo blushed and turned her eyes away from Syaoran's, "I'm sorry…I guess I just acted before thinking…please don't be mad."

Syaoran looked over at the group and it seemed as if no one noticed so he let out a sigh of relief, "Don't worry about it."

Tomoyo giggled, "Syaoran, are you shy about kissing in front of others?"

"N…I mean…" Syaoran thought about his answer for a while, "Yes…yes I am, so please don't do it again."

"I promise."

Tomoyo looked over to them and then quickly gave Syaoran a kiss on the cheek. She smiled and ran to the others.

"I'm not shy about kissing at all…"

"You just don't want Sakura to see…"

"Yeah…wait what?" Syaoran turned to Eriol who was standing right in the doorway. "H…how long have you been…?"

"Oh, I came in on the part where you had your eyes glued to Sakura. That kiss looked pretty painful, jealous can turn angels into demons…remember that." Eriol began to walk toward the group but stopped as he was about to pass by Syaoran, "Love that was made from kindness only grows worse and worse from here on. You need to find out what you really want Syaoran. Either way it goes, someone will get hurt."

Eriol walked toward the group and greeted everyone while Syaoran stood there, repeating what Eriol said continuously.

To be continued…

…I'm so sorry! I haven't updated since August because of school (being a junior is tough)

I want to start updating again with every weekend…or every other weekend depending on where I am. This chapter was meant for you guys to remember almost every detail because I WILL repeat it in later chapters and I want you to especially remember dreams. They are important. Haha, just out of curiousity, who were the people in Sakura's and Syaoran's dreams? I want to hear what you think it is.

Anyway, cross your fingers that I can get in the next chapter in by next weekend. It'll have them: going to breakfast, karaoke, and hot springs. Now mix in a lil drama between Tomoyo and Sakura(finally), Eriol and Syaoran, Touya and Syaoran, and then Yukito and Tomoyo, and you've got yourself something to look forward too.