Author's Notes:
Alrighty, so apparently my trying really hard to update faster didn't work out so well… so now I am updating! Yay! Thanks to my reviewers! All 3 of you! Haha, anyways. I've come to the conclusion that this story may not be very long. But for now, I'll just keep writing. Now, on to the story!
Warning: This gets a little lemony, just to be warned :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura. Boo erns.
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"Sakura?"
"Hmm?"
"I love you."
"I know."
Sakura nuzzled into the chest of Syaoran. Everything would be alright. At least, she hoped it would. They stood there in silence for a while, basking in the comfort they felt together.
"Why can't things ever be simple?" mumbled Sakura. She didn't mean for Syaoran to hear, but he did.
"Hmm? What was that?" he lowered his head just that little bit so that he was right beside her ear. Sakura blushed.
"I said 'Why can't things ever be simple', because everything is so damn complicated right now" she whispered back at him. His breath on her neck sent shivers down her spine, and she nuzzled closer to him, hugging him tighter. He laughed a little.
"I know, I know. But you know," Syaoran spoke in a low tone, still very close to Sakura's ear, "seeing as I have never met this girl I'm supposed to marry, and don't even know her name for that matter…" He paused, then whispered, "it wouldn't be cheating on her if anything happened." He finished. 'Where the hell did that come from?' He had no idea what had just come over him, but he wasn't about to stop it.
Sakura stiffened a little at his words. She was unsure of what to think. 'Oh, my, god! He wants me, I can't believe this. I've only wanted him to want me for how long? Ok, stay calm, breath. And SAY SOMETHING!' Sakura mentally slapped herself awake. She pulled back and looked into Syaoran's eyes. "And what, exactly, are you implying might happen?" She whispered, in what she hoped was a calm yet seductive tone. She gave a little smile, and Syaoran leaned in and kissed her.
"Well, I'm implying that…." He didn't really want to say "that everything might happen". That would be more than a little crude. Considering what had just been confessed. For lack of words, he kissed her again, longer, and a bit harder. He wanted it, but not just yet. He wanted it to be special. When the time was right, it would happen. He knew it. But he didn't want to rush it. After all, there was still his marriage problem. He didn't want to think about that right now though.
Sakura broke the kiss first, and looked up at Syaoran. Giving him a smirk, she asked, "So how soon are we going to see your mother?" Syaoran was a bit confused at first, and it must have shown on his face, because she said next, "To talk out this whole arranged marriage thing? You know, so that we…...so that you and me can……" She couldn't finish. It was almost too much for her to say, as if saying it might jinx it.
"So that you and me can be together, and so you can be the one I marry, not this nameless, faceless girl?" Syaoran finished. Sakura looked at him and nodded. What he had just said sunk in, and she realized that he had said "so you can be the one I marry." Did he really mean that? Sakura pulled away, out of his arms. She could not let anything happen, not yet, not until his wedding was called off.
She would be strong. Nothing would happen. Well, nothing much. At least nothing that involved taking off any clothes. Right. She would not let anything happen that involved taking off any clothes. She went and sat on the couch and looked up at him. She groaned internally. 'Why does he have to be practically married? This may be very hard to control myself…damn it! Don't say those things Sakura!' She mentally slapped herself again, and then a ringing was heard from her bag.
Sakura stared at it. Syaoran looked over too, wondering what it could be. When Sakura continued to stare at her bag and not pick up whatever was ringing inside of it, he said uncertainly, "Umm, are you going to get that, or just let it ring?" This seemed to snap Sakura out of her trance.
"Oh! Right. Sorry." She started. Walking over to her bag, she picked it up from where she'd dropped it and dug around inside of it for a second. Finding what she was looking for, she pulled out a very pink, very distinct, very familiar looking cell phone.
"Hello?" she said into the phone. Talking could be heard on the other end. Syaoran vaguely recognized the voice, but couldn't place it. "Yes I know I said I'd call when I got back, but I got distracted." Sakura looked over at Syaoran, then back down to the floor. She walked away from him, apparently not really wanting him to hear her conversation with whoever it was on the other end of the line. She walked into his, now her, room, and shut the door. Syaoran sighed slightly perplexed and started to clean up the tea. Why did girls always have to go into another room to talk on the phone? It was weird to him. And they actually had conversations. What was with that? He laughed a little to himself. She still had the same cell phone that Tomoyo had given her to keep in touch during their card-capturing days. He had been given one too, after all the cards had been caught and Sakura had been named their master. He still had it too, though he would never readily admit to any of his friends that he had a pink cell phone. He had a new one now, but the old pink one was kept safely under his bed, in a box, where no one could see it.
With the tea cleaned up, and Sakura still in his room on her phone, Syaoran resorted to sitting on the couch and thinking. Again. He really wanted to be with Sakura, he knew that. He also knew, however, that his mother would be very hard to convince. Even though his plan seemed perfect, it did have its flaws. His mother wouldn't be convinced of his love for Sakura just like that. He also needed another reason to go over there. He hadn't seen his mother in a while, partially because he was still upset about her arranging a marriage for him, and partially because he did not want to have to face his sisters. Although he loved them, Fanran, Shiefa, Feimei, and Fuutie were all incredibly annoying when it came to him and girls. 'Wait a sec' thought Syaoran, 'I nearly forgot! Sakura has already met my mother before! When she won that trip to Hong Kong and I found her about to go in that well. She did take a liking to Sakura… maybe it won't be as hard as I thought' A smile passed over Syaoran's face. He heard the door open behind him, and Sakura came out from his room, finally off the phone. She too had a smile on her face.
"Syaoran, haven't I met your mother before?" She asked curiously.
"I was just thinking the same thing. When you won that trip here, and had to fight Madoushi. She did take quite a liking to you." replied Syaoran with a smile. Sakura smiled even more.
"Then maybe this won't be as hard as we thought" She said, sitting down and facing Syaoran.
"Just what I was thinking, yet again. Can you read minds or something?" He asked, voice lowering and moving in towards Sakura.
"Hmm, maybe. I don't know. I bet I know what you're thinking right now though." Sakura said, also lowering her voice.
"And what might that be?" Syaoran said, moving closer to Sakura, attempting to go in for a kiss.
"This." And she kissed him before he got the chance. Slightly shocked by the sudden move, Syaoran forgot to breath. When she pulled away, she looked at him curiously. "Was I right?"
Syaoran started breathing again. "Oh yes. You were very right." And with that he kissed her, pushing her down onto the couch. She didn't resist. He wouldn't go too far, he promised himself. 'Just kissing, that's all.' Her arms were around his neck. He was holding her around her back. He cautiously let one hand start to wander. First just down her side, letting himself take in the feel of her curves. She shivered with pleasure, allowing one of her own hands to slide down his chest. He became a little more adventurous, lightly touching her breast. Her breath hitched a little as he did. He pulled away.
"Is that alright?" He asked tentatively. He did not want to scare her away. To his relief she nodded, and pulled him back down to her. This time he brushed his hand over her chest, going back and starting to massage it lightly. Sakura let out a small moan. She pushed at his lips with her tongue. He admitted her to push through, loving the sensation of her tongue exploring his mouth as his hand explored her body. He let his tongue mingle with hers, then pushed his tongue into her mouth. The arm that was still hooked around his neck pulled him closer to her. His hand found the hem of her shirt, and tentatively pushed it up a little, letting his hand slip underneath the fabric. He slowly moved his hand upward, brushing her soft skin the whole way along. He found her bra. 'Now what do I do?' thought Syaoran. 'Do I go just underneath, unhook it, or just leave it and keep going over top of it?' Sakura, however, answered that problem for him. In one smooth movement, she moved the hand that had been on his chest around her back, up her shirt, and unhooked her bra for him, while still kissing him. 'Man, she is go-ood.' Thought Syaoran again, and moved his hand up underneath her bra. He started to massage again, a little harder. She felt so wonderful underneath his touch. Sakura moaned again with pleasure. She was loving this.
'I know I promised myself that nothing much would happen, but I can't help it! Besides, I didn't break my promise of no clothes off. All our clothes are still on, technically, just my bra is undone, and he's touching me………All conscious thought is now officially impossible…' Sakura thought. She moved her hand back to his chest, but decided that was too simple. After all, he was under her shirt, she should do something back. She started to move her hand downwards, 'til she was at his waistline. She was a bit unsure of what to do. She had never been with any other guy before, not like this. She had been on dates, to try and make her forget about Syaoran, but it had ever worked, and had always ended in disaster. She decided to just go for it, and let her hand slide further down. She was now at the crease where the leg meets the hip joint, and caressed it lightly. Syaoran had noticed that her hand had moved from his chest, but hadn't noticed where it was going. When he felt her caress near his groin, it was his turn to shiver in pleasure. She pulled back a little, and asked, "Is that alright?" Her eyes were worried, waiting for him to say stop, they shouldn't have started this, it was wrong and they knew it, all that.
Instead, he said, "Are you sure? It's your call. I want you to be comfortable with everything." He looked deep into her eyes, that soft, caring, yet strong look he could give only to someone he really loved.
She was scared, but she wanted to keep this going. She nodded, and whispered, "Yes, I'm sure. You are the best, Syaoran." He smiled at this, and leaned and kissed her again. She moved her hand over, to his groin, and started rubbing. She jumped a little, shocked as she felt it harden a little under her touch. He pulled away, and both were blushing.
"Sorry, I can't help it." mumbled Syaoran, blushing harder.
"I-it's alright. I just, I didn't know that it, what would happen when I…..touched it." Sakura finished softly, embarrassed at her lack of experience.
"Maybe we just went a bit too fast there. I mean, we still need to go talk to my mother…"
"Er, yea, that's probably it. We'll get there, all in good time." Sakura said it more to reassure herself then anything else. Suddenly there was a knocking at the door. Both jumped, surprised at the noise. Realizing that Sakura's bra was undone and they were still one on top of the other on the couch, they moved as fast as they could to hide the evidence of what had just been happening. The person knocked again, and Syaoran went to go answer the door, while Sakura made sure everything was back in place.
As Syaoran opened the door, Sakura head a familiar, high pitched squeal. "SYAORAAAAAN!" followed by a thud and a groan from Syaoran. Curious, Sakura cautiously went around to the front door. There on the floor, in a tangled heap, was Meilin and Syaoran. Meilin was hugging Syaoran to death, while Syaoran was trying to pry her off.
"Meilin grunt get off me. grunt You're crushing my ribs!" Syaoran was struggling desperately against his cousin's grip.
"Is that any way to greet you're cousin who has been traveling the world for a year and a half? I don't think so!" replied Meilin, crushing Syaoran in another bear hug. Neither of them noticed Sakura, until she cleared her throat.
"Umm, hi Meilin. Long time no see, ha ha." Sakura ventured nervously. Meilin looked up and saw Sakura standing there. She immediately stopped trying to crush Syaoran and got up to go over to Sakura. Meilin eyed her suspiciously.
"Hey, who are you, and what are you doing in Syaoran's house? And how do you know my name?" Meilin was face to face with Sakura, eyes narrowed and looking at Sakura with an evil glare. Sakura laughed nervously.
"Well, I guess you don't recognize me. Syaoran didn't at first either, and I suppose this does look kind of bad, but really I-" Sakura started.
"Meilin," Syaoran had gotten up off the floor. "It's Sakura. You know, the one who was named Master of the Clow Cards." Meilin looked at Syaoran disbelievingly, then back at Sakura. She looked her up and down, and seemed to suddenly realize just who it was.
"SAKURAAA!" Squealed Meilin, and attacked her in a bear hug of her own, though she didn't knock her to the ground.
"Haha, I'm glad to see you too Meilin." replied a rather dazed Sakura. When Meilin let go, she had a lot of questions.
"So why are you here? How did you find Syaoran? Is everything alright with the Clow Cards? How are you? Did you miss me? Why are you in Syaoran's house? How long have you been here?" Both Sakura and Syaoran hoped that everything was back in place after their little adventure, and hoped that Meilin wouldn't catch onto the fact that she had interrupted them. They took it in turns to explain to Meilin why Sakura was there, what had happened (Leaving out the intimate parts), and what hey were going to do. The whole time they had been explaining, Meilin kept looking from one to the other. When they had finished, Meilin spoke what she had been pondering.
"Wait a sec, there's something you two aren't telling me" Sakura and Syaoran looked at each other nervously.
"What do you mean, Meilin?" Sakura asked, in what she hoped was an innocent voice.
"I know Syaoran, and he never has girls stay at his place, in fact, he never has anyone stay at his place. So my big question is, why are you staying here? You could have gone to a hotel or something, right?" Meilin asked pointedly. Syaoran and Sakura looked at each other again, and then Syaoran looked at the floor. He did this to hide the blush creeping over his face, but his cousin still saw it, as well as Sakura's own blush.
"Aha! I knew it! Oooo, mother's not going to be too happy about this, seeing as you have a bride to be waiting for you at her house."
"WHAT!" Syaoran looked up suddenly and yelled. This was not good. How was he going to introduce Sakura to his mother and convince her to call off the wedding if the girl he was arranged to marry was already there? The panic must have shown on his face, because Meilin laughed evilly.
"I'm just kidding. She isn't there yet. She won't be until 3 days before the wedding. But this," Meilin indicated to Sakura and Syaoran, "this is quite interesting. I had always hoped you two would admit your feelings. You are cute together!" The couple blushed at her remarks.
Meilin looked triumphant. "Ha ha ha, so, have you told your mother yet, Syaoran?"
"No, we need to go over there, but I don't really have a reason….wait, have you been to see her yet?" Syaoran asked, getting an idea.
"Well no, you were the first one I came to see when I got back from my trip. I thought maybe we could go together, but…" Meilin trailed off, seeing Syaoran get excited.
"Perfect! We'll all go together and see mother. Tomorrow though, as it's getting kind of late."
"Ok. I'll come by in the morning, and then we can all go from here, alright?" Meilin stood up to leave. Syaoran and Sakura saw her to the door to say goodbye. "Now, don't get up to too much trouble." Meilin said with a wink as she left. This made Sakura and Syaoran blush, and Meilin laughed as she closed the door behind her.
"Well, that was certainly interesting." remarked Sakura after Meilin had gone.
"It was indeed." replied Syaoran, slipping his arm around her waist. "Now, we should probably get to bed. Tomorrow is going to be a big day." Sakura turned to face him, resting her head on his chest, as he rested his head on top of hers. "Are you okay about doing this?" He asked her.
"Yes. For you, I'd do anything." Sakura replied. And she meant it too. She was tired, though, and just wanted to stay there, in his arms.
Syaoran smiled. He could feel that she was growing tired, and didn't want to move. He picked her up, took her to his room, and put her on the bed. As he was about to leave to go to the couch for the night, Sakura caught his hand.
"Don't go." was all she said. He looked down at her, and sighed into a smile. His bed was big enough for both of them. He thought for a moment, then thought, 'What the hell, why not?' Sakura shimmied over so Syaoran could get in. He lay down beside her, and she immediately snuggled up close to him. "I want to cuddle." She told him. It wasn't an option, but he didn't mind. He wanted to cuddle too, hold her close, as they fell asleep together.
He pulled the blankets up around them and held her. "Goodnight, Sakura." Syaoran whispered, kissing her forehead.
"Goodnight." Sakura replied, snuggling into him, already half asleep.
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A/N: Yum yum yum! Lemony-ness! So, how did u like it? They are adorable, aren't they? I think so. So who do you think was on the phone with Sakura? Maybe you'll find out, maybe you won't. Muahaha! Anyways, I will be updating more, seeing as my days are pretty freed up since I moved out to Montreal. SO, I will try even harder to update more frequently. Hope you liked the chappie! R&R please!
