Revenge is sweet, love is sweeter
By Zilver Wings
Chapter Five
Sick
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Summary: She was once the innocent girl, kind and trusting . Yet, after the incident with her classmate, Li Xiao Lang, she changed. And now, seeing him again, she seeks revenge.
'No wonder he looked so familiar… His chestnut hair, amber eyes… and his father also used to own the Li corporation. Li Xiao Lang, I am going to take revenge on you. No matter what it takes to accomplish it.' Sakura thought before dozing off in her bed.
Hate had eaten away Sakura's sanity, making her become mad with revenge.
During school days, every time Sakura turned around and saw Syaoran's intense amber eyes, her heart would skip a beat, and her mind would immediately be busy, thinking of her revenge plan.
"Sakura Kinomoto, since you are clearly daydreaming during your Mathematics lesson, I assume that you must know this subject well enough, although I don't see it in your tests. Stand up and answer this question." Tereda-sensei looked annoyed at her.
Sakura stared dotted- eyed at the problem on the black board. "Uhhh…" She had always failed Mathematics, her weakest and most hateful subject, let alone algebra, her worst worst worst topic ever.
Sakura was about to give up until a whisper was heard from the back.
"2x3+xz+y"
Sakura immediately said the answer without thinking, and got a very astonished expression from her teacher.
Tereda- sensei looked as if he had just seen a cow jumping over the moon.
"Very good, Sakura," Tereda- sensei smiled at her, being relieved that his hard work over this student was finally paying off. "but, you should still listen to your class."
"Hai."
After Sakura sat back down awkwardly, sensation flowed back and she realized in dismay, that Syaoran was the answer giver. She blushed involuntarily, not knowing why though, and didn't see the mixture of a smirk and a fond look on Syaoran's face, to a certain girl in front of him.
Manimiko saw all this commotion, and glared at Sakura.
'Why does Syaoran like that girl so much?' She thought strangely.
After school, when Sakura had just rejected Syaoran's offer to walk her home, Manimiko catched up Syaoran's lone figure, she questioned him.
" Look, I don't know why you're always sticking around me. I try to be nice to you but that doesn't mean that I like you, especially after your comment about Kinomoto and Daidouji. And, it's none of your business about my personal life."
With that, he quickened his pace and left a shocked Manimiko frozen on her spot, her dyed golden hair with streaks of brown flowing with the wind.
'Li Syaoran, that's the last straw. I'll make you pay for acting like this towards me." Manimiko's fiery eyes were filled with determination and hate.
After he went back his home, which was so tidy that it seemed as though there were nobody living there, he immediately bounced in his bed and fell asleep quickly. Back in Hong Kong, schools didn't start so early. (A/N: That's so not true. Schools in HK usually starts at about… 7:30 am.)
Unfortunately, he was waken up shortly after having the nightmare about a certain incident seven years ago.
Ever since he had arrived at Japan, somehow, every dream he had was about the past, the part when he took out Ying Fa's mother's photo and shredded it into pieces.
Every time, he would wake up, his forehead wet with sweat, and feel regretful and pained.
'Oh, how I wish I can meet Ying Fa again and apologize to her, and yet, It's already too late…"
Suddenly, he felt very dizzy and he blacked out.
When he woke up, he felt very hot and was so tired he couldn't move.
It was morning, he struggled to get out of bed and changed into his uniform. He fell down on the floor twice, but his determination made him go school, dressed but hungry, as he did not have enough energy to cook himself some breakfast.
That day, the first two lessons were physical education, and they had a mini contest of a 200m dash.
Sakura and Syaoran were the last two competitors.
When they had both reached 100 m together, Syaoran suddenly felt the dizziness coming back again and fell onto the floor.
The whole class gasped, and Sakura immediately rushed to Syaoran and stood him up.
"Thank you. Kinomoto."
Sakura blushed and immediately left go of him, but realizing that he was falling back down, she put her hands back on his shoulders and pushed him up again. Her face turning beet red.
"Are you okay, Li?" Sakura whispered to him, concerned.
"Yeah." Li bit his lips in pain and forced out a faint smile to Sakura.
"Stop trying to be okay when you know that you're not!" Sakura practically shouted at him. Then she said softly to him. "Go back home now and have a rest."
Tereda-sensei rushed towards them. "Sakura is right. Syaoran, go home now and have a rest. You're having a flu too!"
After school, Tomoyo pulled Sakura quickly out of the classroom without saying a word.
"Hey, wait a minute, Tomoyo, where are you taking me to?"
"Too see Syaoran of course, silly."
"No wait, why should we visit him?" Sakura tried to protest but couldn't refuse when Tomoyo looked at her with shocked eyes.
"What? You were so concerned about him earlier! What's the matter?"
"Nothing… fine, fine. I'll go. Don't pull me."
When they reached the door of Syaoran's mansion, Sakura gaped.
It was huge and creepy, even a bit larger than Tomoyo's!
A device next to the gates entering the house said in Syaoran's voice. "Who is it?"
"It's Tomoyo and Sakura." Tomoyo said to the device.
"Wait a minute."
The gates opened and the two best friends slowly entered the mansion.
Syaoran stood at the doorstep of the mansion.
"Hello." Tomoyo greeted.
"Hi" Although only Tomoyo greeted Syaoran, Syaoran diverted his eyes to Sakura's when saying the greeting.
"Are you okay?" Sakura asked timidly.
She had made up her mind, until the day Syaoran was cured, she would forget about the revenge part.
"Yeah. Follow me."
He walked into the living room with two girls tagging along behind him.
Sakura slowly looked around the surroundings, and was very astonished. At her house, it was not very messy, but at least, there were always some books or magazines lying on the couch. However, in Syaoran's house, everything was so tidy it seemed unreal.
"Where's the kitchen, Li?" Sakura asked Syaoran as they reached a table with some couches.
"Err… there." Syaoran looked awkward, but still pointed the direction of the kitchen.
"Sit down and relax. I'm going to prepare some drinks."
"But, you're my guest…" Syaoran tried to protest, but was stopped by a stern looking Sakura.
"Mr, you're sick and so I'm going to prepare the drinks. Understand?"
Without waiting for a reply, Sakura left for the kitchen. Syaoran looked adoringly at the back of her figure.
After a moment, Sakura came back and put the tray, carrying three cups, on the table.
She handed one to Tomoyo, and the other one to Syaoran.
"This hot drink is honey milk. It's very yummy, and is good when you're having a flu."
Syaoran took a drank and closed his eyes, trying to favor the taste as long as possible before he tasted the yummy liquid again.
"Wow, Sakura, how'd you ever thought of this drink?" Tomoyo questioned her friend unbelievably.
"Well, Touya used to make this for me when I was sick. I reckon you guys will like it since I'm crazy over it!" Sakura giggled.
Syaoran looked at Sakura intently before he asked her, "Kinomoto, did you used to live in some place besides Japan?"
Sakura was taken back by the question, but managed to croak out the answer after a while.
"Yeah."
"Where?"
"…"
Sakura stood up quickly and said ignoring Syaoran, after finding that all of her classmates had finished drinking the honey milk, "I'll go wash the cups now."
After that, Sakura took up her schoolbag and dragged it over her shoulder.
"Sorry for bothering you. We'll leave now."
Sakura dragged Tomoyo's hand and walked out of the mansion quickly, without looking at Syaoran.
When Sakura went back to her house, she ran to her room and slammed the door close.
Then, she fell on the floor, putting her head between her hands, and started to cry.
'Why did you ask me that, Xiao Lang, have you already found out? Please don't, please don't, I beg you!'
To be continued…
Yeah! Have you realized, everyone, that I have written more than usual, about…400 words:D AND… I have also updated sooner than usual. I have to admit though, that I'm starting to feel lost… every chapter takes a lot of brain work, as I've kept on burning my bridges without my knowing…
HELP! I still don't know what revenge Sakura should have on Syaoran… I think that having no revenge in the end is too perfect… sigh
Anyway, R&R and I'll be soooooooo happy that I'll fly to the moon:P
