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Progress

It's been three days since she's been accepted into the psychiatric ward…there hasn't been any progress. Aside from having her constantly hyped up on meds and anti-depressants, there hasn't been any progress. We know that she has no more immediate family, her mother died around her three years of age. That would explain her tough exterior, since she was raised among men. (Brother and her Father.)

Yelan-li flipped the page, rubbing her chin while her glasses glistened from the harsh light bulb coming from the lamp. A watt too high from its closeness, she gave a sigh and continued to look over Sakura Kinomoto's file, looking for a clue to help her. She was after all her responsibility now…

Not only that but her father was murdered not too recently, from local thugs that seemed to live in her area. The police replayed the scene; it seems the father had jumped in front of a gun, taking a shot to the head to save his only daughter. He had been the only form of in-come for the family, so after that incident, the young man had to find a job, having to work for a living and quit high school.

Yelan-li leaned back on her chair, staring at the ceiling. "She's 17 now, and her brother was around 17 when her father died…" She said to herself, "So, that must have made her around 11 when her father died…" Yelan-li spoke, her eyes widening a little, "she was so young…" Her voice held sadness in it.

Shortly after that the older member of the family found drugs and how expensive they were, deciding to go into the chain of drug dealing, seeing it was an easy way of earning fast money, he worked to keep both of them alive and healthy. Work demanded a lot of attention from the wrong people, and gangs that were against the users that the people sold the stuff to. So of course there was a war against dealers, one took it upon itself to try and destroy the others regulars, to that the preferences would switch.

Her brow furrowed.

As this happened, of course the thugs hired to do the jobs, and the opposing forces would attack things close to the dealers; family, possessions, housing. Anything that would slow down the product distribution, and sadly for Touya, Sakura was the only thing that was worth anything in his possession… so they attacked her with everything they had.

Yelan-li felt something stir inside of her, 'No wonder she went mad… all this idiocy over such things as money.' She thought as she continued reading.

Recent events became far too competitive, so they decided to get rid of Touya, Sadly his little sister woke up a bit late for school and witnessed the entire thing. What was strange about it was that when it happened, all she did was look ahead and continue walking; she seemed to snap out of the trance she was in when a teacher asked her if she was well.

'That was her way of dealing with the trauma?' She thought while she straightened the paper that was going limp in her hand and continued to read.

Right after that she remembered everything far too quickly and the thugs that had beaten her up the day before had shown their faces once more. Classrooms and neighboring teachers came out and noticed a young girl stab Sakura directly in the gut. The pain and blood loss combined with the stress she was in caused her to black out.

Yelan-li gave a sigh as she finished reading the report that her son had given her. "You've gathered all this from her in just three days?" She asked her son seeing the sure look on his face. He shrugged it off and looked away, "She thinks I want to help her, since she's so weak and everything it's easy to manipulate her." He spoke looking at the saddened look his mother gave him.

"She's a patient Xiao-Lang, you must learn to cooperate with her feelings. " Yelan-li advised him. Syaoran nodded and looked in the opposite direction. "I assume that you flirted all this information out of her? I hope you know that you're doing even more damage to her if she finds out what you're doing." Yelan-li sighed, giving a shameful shake to her son's direction.

Syaoran smirked, "She's a patient with mental problems, what makes you think she'll even notice?" He asked seeing his mother sigh. "She's been through so much Xiao, why would you do this?" Yelan-li asked seeing her sun laugh a bit. "When she comes back to reality she wont remember her feelings for me, since she'll be so ashamed that she was treated in a place like this, I assume she'd just want to forget everything in here, including the people that helped her. " Syaoran spoke, remorse tainting his voice.

"Don't compare your story to the patient." She advised seeing Li straighten slightly. He ran a cold hand through his soft, unruly hair. "I'm not comparing situations, just stating what's going to happen." He spat.

"You are her only friend here. You understand that, right?" She asked seeing him look away, "She's nothing to me-" "But you're everything to her now, all these secrets, and all this paper work was supposed to be confidential. How dare you betray that confidence she had in you?" Yelan-li asked.

"She's never going to find out, and even if she does… what can she do?"

"…"

"I don't care if she hates me, and I could care less if she were to put a restraining order on me."

"You could destroy her if she falls in love with you. Which I doubt hasn't happened already." She spoke, her patience controlled and pressed. "Like I said," He started, getting up from his chair in the conference room they were in. "I don't care."

"Now if you excuse me, I have to talk to her some more."

"…" Yelan-li said nothing and held the file tightly, "Mother if you please, I'd like to have bubblegum-girl's papers back. Would strike a bit weird if she noticed you were walking around with her lover boy's info don't you think?" He asked seeing her eyes dilate.

"You're going to end up falling for one of our patients one day, and you'll see all the pain you cause them when they leave here." Yelan-li said, tossing the papers to him, he caught them, A smug look on his face, "Dream on." He sniggered as he made his way out of the room as well.

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"Don't you like me anymore Sakura?" Li asked in a soft voice, she looked back at him, her hair nappy and damaged. Ever since she arrived he never once noticed her face. Her smell didn't bother him, seeing how she didn't smell at all, or rather, smelled quite nice. For a patient, that was a bit more than miraculous. "O-of course I like you, Mister Li." She spoke looking down, her clothing stained with food and other drinks that she had spilled over the days of her stay there.

He noticed her pink cheeks, and saw a glimpse of her eyes. They were green, rare for a patient, and he assumed she wasn't bad looking, he didn't see her face, since her hair was a mess, her body mass was undetermined from all the clothing they put on the patients. Though he assumed she was fat, she looked heavy even though she had very thin fingers. 'Disgusting,' He managed, 'Completely repulsive.'

"Then why don't you tell me about this bubblegum? You said I was your best friend right? We're closer than anyone you've ever been closer to?-" "–aside from f-father, and my big brother. " She stuttered, looking to him. He tried hard not to look away. "Of course," He agreed in a slight nod, forcing another one of his fake smiles, "How could I forget." He said touching her hand slightly, he noticed Goosebumps rise and forced not to laugh. Poor girl will have such a heart break after this.

"When I was younger I use to have a name for sticky and annoying situations." She spoke looking down, rocking herself slightly, running her fingers slightly through her tangled hair. She failed and left it alone, "I called it bubblegum, it was something between me and my family." She said in a smile.

She's out of her fucking mind. He thought forcing a thoughtful smile, "How clever." He complimented, causing her to giggle that went an octave too high from her sore throat. She coughed a bit, and he felt himself hold back a laugh. Pathetic.

"Mister Li, how soon can I go home?" Sakura asked innocently, she was given another pill by him which she took thoughtfully, and drank it with the cup of water that he offered as well. "Not for another few weeks I'm afraid." Li spoke, truly seeming like he cared about what she asked him, and she believed him.

"Li…" She said, he noted this tone. She was going to tell him something endearing, was she going to confess to him? He stood up quickly, it's better to end the session; he didn't want her confessing to him this soon, he still wanted more information from her for the progress to continue. "Well Sakura it was nice talking to you today-"

"Thank you." She said bluntly, it caused Syaoran to stop a little and look at her. He noticed her perfectly shaped brow furrow slightly under all the hair on her face. "People were never this nice; it was a truly nice experience being able to meet someone honest like you." She spoke facing him, "I hope I haven't been too much of a nuisance, and I'm thanking you from the bottom of my heart. I'm very happy to have met you." She spoke seeing him take her hand and smile.

"You're very welcome Sakura."

Sakura Kinomoto… you are…

The most….

Pathetic person I've ever attended.

She smiled widely, showing her pearly white teeth, "I'm glad, Mister Li."

Pft…

To Be Continued.