Author's Notes:
Alright, a couple of changes from last time. Seeing as some things didn't work I'm going to try something new.

'Thinking'

"Talking"

Also, Li will now be Syaoran

Kapeesh? Kapeesh.

Thank you to my reviewer. I will continue this story….for now.

Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptors.

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Sakura woke up in a slight daze. She was lying in a bed next to a big window. 'I don't have a big window…where am I?' she thought. She almost panicked, when she recalled the events of the night before. 'Oh yes, that's right. I must be at Syaoran's house…….SYAORAN'S HOUSE!' She quickly sat up and looked around wildly. Through the doorway she could see the tips of his brown hair poking out from behind the couch and hear his quiet breathing. She smiled quietly to herself, let out her breath, and stretched. She had had the strangest dream, although as she tried to recall it, the images faded, until she could only remember one tiny sliver.

"I am coming for the cards."

She shivered a bit at this, but shook it off without another thought. It was only a dream after all, right? She got up and tip-toed over to where Syaoran was sleeping. She leaned over the back of the couch and peered down at him. 'He looks so peaceful' she thought, sighing. As she let out her breath, he stirred, opening his eyes slowly. "Good morning!" Sakura said. Syaoran started, falling off the couch and becoming even more entangled in the blankets. Sakura laughed at him as he tried to untangle himself and get up.

"Stop laughing at me and help me." Syaoran said a little grumpily. Sakura smiled and went around the couch to help him. When he was finally untangled and they were sitting on the floor on the blankets facing each other, he asked, "How did you sleep?"

"Pretty well, thank you! I guess I was more tired than I thought." She replied with a laugh.

"Yea, considering you were asleep before we even got here." Syaoran said.

"How about you? Did you sleep alright?"

"Apart from getting tangled in the blankets, I slept just fine."

"Well that's good."

There was silence as their conversation died. 'There are so many things I want to ask her, but I can't, not just yet.' Thought Syaoran. He got lost in his thoughts, and his eyes sort of glazed over. Noticing this, Sakura waved a hand in front of his face.

"Yoo hoo. Earth to Space Boy." She chuckled. Syaoran snapped out of his trance and grinned sheepishly.

"Ha ha, sorry. Hey, you hungry?" He asked. She was indeed. She'd been so caught up in searching for him, that she'd been forgetting to eat, and yesterday was no different. In fact, she hadn't eaten in about 2 days.

"Oh yes, I'm starved." She replied.

"Good. I'll make us something to eat. How do pancakes sound?" He got up and walked to the kitchen. She got up and followed, leaning over the counter.

"That sounds wonderful!" She replied and smiled. Pancakes were one of her favorites. 'I wonder if he knows that…' She decided it didn't matter and watched him as he started to prepare the batter. Eggs, flour, milk…

"How about chocolate chips?" He asked looking up at her.

"Yum!" She replied with a smile. He smiled back and he threw a handful into the batter. Into the skillet, wait, then flip, wait again, flip again, and onto a plate. 'Wow, he's pretty good at cooking.' Sakura thought to herself, impressed.

When all the pancakes were done, Syaoran brought them over to the table. Sakura wanted to help, so she had set the table. He placed a pile of pancakes on Sakura's plate, then a pile on his own. He placed the remaining pancakes on the plate in the centre of the table. Both ate in silence. 'Mmmmm' thought Sakura, 'These are the best pancakes I've ever tasted!' She continued to eat, and helped herself to a few more pancakes. Syaoran smirked. She was so cute when she ate. Sakura looked up to find him staring at her, and blushed furiously.

"W-what?" she asked. She didn't have anything on her face did she? 'Oh no, I've made a complete fool out of myself already!' She hung her head. Syaoran just chuckled. "What's so funny?" she asked again.

"Nothing, just you're…" 'Do I dare say it?' he thought.

"Just I'm?" Sakura prodded.

"Just you're really cute when you eat" he finished quietly, blushing and looking away. Sakura didn't know what to say. This was not what at all what she had expected.

"Umm, thank you…" she said just as quietly. He looked up sheepishly. She smiled at him. 'God she's beautiful' he thought. 'Wait a sec, where is this coming from?' He'd never thought like that before, about any girl. What was wrong with him, was he going soft? 'I can't be. It was just a stupid thought. She was my rival, after all.' As if this thought rationally explained everything. 'It was hormones. Just stupid hormones.'

They finished eating in complete silence, and Sakura cleared the table and started working on washing the dishes. "You don't need to do that. You're the guest. Here, let me." As he tried to slide in front of the sink.

"No, it's alright. You cooked, so it's only fair that I should clean up!" said Sakura brightly, standing firmly in place, pushing back against his hip.

"No, you go watch TV or something. I'll do the dishes." Said Syaoran, pushing harder to move her. She gave him a sly smile, still pushing against him.

"Is that how you want it? Well, alright then." And with that, she ceased pushing and stepped away. Not expecting this at all, Syaoran stumbled, trying to catch himself on the counter ledge, though unsuccessfully. He toppled to the floor, letting out a grunt as he hit the ground. Sakura laughed, and he looked up at her with a mischievous smile.

"Think that's funny do you?" He reached out and grabbed her ankle. Sakura let out a small cry followed by more laughter. While she was still laughing, and while he still had her ankle, he quickly swung his legs around, and caught her in the back of her knees. Sakura's knees buckled, which he took advantage of by reaching his free arm up to her hip and pulling her down. She fell on top of him, knocking him backwards. She laughed some more.

"You're asking for it, mister." Sakura teased. She tried to pin him down by his arms while sitting on him. He was smarter. He grabbed her lower arms, and flipped them over.

"Am I now?" Syaoran teased back. She stuck her tongue out at him. She lay there for a few seconds, seemingly defeated. Syaoran loosened his grip a little. 'Bad idea. Now I've got you.' Thought Sakura. With the reflexes of a cat she grabbed his arms and lifted her feet to his stomach, and pushed with all her might. He flipped back, but quickly got to his feet. She did the same.

"You're on." Said Syaoran. He moved backwards a little, taking a fighting stance. She stepped forward.

"You got it." Replied Sakura, also taking a fighting stance, then winked. Caught off guard by this, Syaoran paused. Seeing this opportunity, Sakura threw a punch. Syaoran caught it, smiling slightly.

"Not so fast." He said, chuckling. She withdrew her had, and soon they were throwing punches and kicks, though not hitting each other. Sakura advanced, pushing Syaoran backwards towards the couch, until he felt himself hit the arm of the couch. 'Oh crap, she's got me cornered.' She stopped kicking and punching and looked at him, thinking.

'Should I do it?' Though Sakura. Then she looked at him standing there, watching her. Her heart fluttered. 'Yes.' With that, she ran at him, crossing the short distance between them, hitting him with full force. Arms around his waist, she fell back with him, his arms instinctively going around her. He fell back onto the couch over the arm, bouncing into the soft cushions. Her face was buried in his chest, her eyes squeezed shut, his face against the top of her head. She began to laugh a little, and looked up at him. He looked back up at her, smiling, and without warning picked her up and flipped them over, so he pinned her against the couch. There was no escape now. His face was dangerously close to hers. She breathed in his scent, musky, but light. She looked into his eyes. 'He has such gorgeous eyes.' She thought. His brown eyes piercing her emerald ones.

He could feel her underneath him. Her lean frame, the slight tension in her muscles. Their breathing was heavy, though he could not tell whether it was from the play fighting, or… 'No, I don't like her like that…do I?' He looked over her face, then deep into her bright green eyes. 'Shit…'

"Syaoran…you're kinda crushing me…" Sakura said in a whisper.

"Oh, sorry. Haha…" Syaoran let go of her arms and got up. She swung her legs around and sat up, and he sat down beside her, but there was a great deal of space between them. An awkward silence followed.

Syaoran cleared his throat. "Umm, so where is that card that you showed me last night? Maybe we could take another look at it now?" She looked up from staring at a spot on the floor, looked at him, nodded, and got up. She went to the room where she had slept, she assumed it was his room, and looked around for her backpack. She searched everywhere, but she couldn't find it. She came out to the doorway.

"Umm, Syaoran? Wh-where did you put my backpack?" her voice shook, from both what had happened before and with the growing anxiety that she had lost it. He looked back at her, thinking.

"You picked it up before we left the park. You were so tired and worn out though that you fell asleep halfway here. I remember picking it up, now where did I put it…" He looked around his apartment. "Oh yea, I left it out here, by the door." And he motioned her to follow him towards the door. She rustled through her bag, and found the card. They went and sat down at the kitchen table again, across from each other. Sakura placed the card between them, and both stared at it for a while, hoping that maybe some answers would come to them by osmosis.

Syaoran sighed and stretched. "Maybe we should take a break. I mean, we've been looking at this card for over an hour, and nothing has been resolved about it." Sakura nodded in agreement, eyes still fixed to the card. Syaoran tried again. "How about a walk? I could show you the sights?" Again, Sakura just nodded, eyes never leaving the card. Syaoran looked at her concentrating on the card. She looked quite cute, her nose wrinkled a bit in concentration, her brow furrowed, and she occasionally bit her lower lip a bit. He sighed and walked over to her. He stood behind her and leaned over her shoulder, seeing if he could get her attention. Nothing. He stood back up, and got an idea. He placed his strong hands on her shoulders and began to massage them. This seemed to wake her up, because she jumped and immediately sat up straight as a pin. He laughed quietly at her.

"You should relax. We've got lots of time to figure this out. As much time as we need. Right?" He looked down at her, and she turned a bit to face him. Her face softened slightly, and she relaxed a little.

"Yea, I guess your right." She looked back at the card once more. "It's just, I feel like I need to figure out what this is." She looked a little bit longer at the card, then back to Syaoran with a sad expression. "I was really hoping you could help me." He hated that look in her eyes. It made him feel so guilty. She looked like she was about to cry.

"Sakura, please don't cry. It-it makes me sad to see you upset." He sat on the chair next to her and pulled her onto his lap, wrapping his arms around her and resting his head on top of hers. "Please don't cry. We'll figure this out, I promise." He spoke quietly, as if his words might make her tears fall if they were too loud. He held her close, wondering why he was doing this, but at the same time, not really caring. He felt in his heart that it was the right thing to do.

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AN: Yay! Second chappie finished. I got really inspired to write this one. I'm such a hopeless romantic. lol. R&R please!