Chapter 16: What is going on???
It's almost a week by now and Tomoyo is busy getting her bridal shop done. All the bridal gowns and dresses are designed by her. She didn't want to get any bridal gowns and dresses by other designers. Everything by herself. So, anyway, Sakura has been busy too helping Tomoyo out. Decorating the whole place out, and right now, she has been talking to Xiao Lang lesser and lesser day by day. She was quite curious actually, because every time she called his handphone, it would be either Felicia was standing next to him or even Tomoyo who will be needing her help. And not only talking, she has not been seeing him at all since the day after she stayed overnight at his house.
And right now, while helping Tomoyo out, she called Xiao Lang.
"Hey Xiao Lang."
"Oh Sakura, it's you. Why did you call me? Any big matters?" At that second, Sakura doesn't feel much more to talk to him. Does it really matter that she can only call him when she's either in trouble or the one who causes him trouble? Or is he fed up with her?
"Nothing anymore. Bye." With that, she put the phone down and Tomoyo passed by with boxes of flowers. She stopped and looked at Sakura.
"You okay? You called Li, didn't you?" Sakura nodded and stood up from her seat.
"Yar I did. I don't get it, Tomoyo. I seriously don't. Is it a must for me to have a trouble that I could only call him if I have one? I just feel that he doesn't want to talk to me anymore. And the worst part is that he sounded so frustrated and tired."
"Well… I warned you before, didn't I? That it will not turn out well for you and Li. It will be the same like me and Hiiraigizawa. Sakura… do me a favour… Don't get anymore involved with Li. Just don't do it. I don't want you to get hurt." Tomoyo then left with her boxes as Sakura sat back on the stool.
Should I talk to him about this today?
I should end this soon, mustn't I?
The wedding is so soon…
And I guess…
I should call him today and right now…
Dialing out Xiao Lang's number, she gave out a few sighs.
"Xiao Lang… yes it's me Sakura. I need to talk to you later…"
"Is it important? I have a few meetings to go later." He said.
"Yes. It's important for me. You don't have to go anywhere. I'll come to your office. Don't worry, it's a short one."
"Well I guess, that's it then. See you later." Sakura got up and picked her bag up.
"Hey Moyo… I'm seeing Xiao Lang now. I guess… it's going to end today." Tomoyo looked up and faced her.
"Want me to follow you?" Sakura nodded.
"If only you're free." Tomoyo smiled.
"I'm always free for you, Sakura. Just wait for me for a sec."
Soon, both of them arrived at the hotel. They waited at the cafeteria and later, Meilin came down. And behind her were Eeshah and Zureshah.
"Sakura, Tomoyo… what are you doing here? And oh yeah, mind if both of them join us?" Meilin asked as she sat down in front of them when Tomoyo shook her head and moved next to Sakura.
"Well... Sakura's meeting Li later. She wants to talk a few things with him."
"Oh I see. What is it about?" Meilin asked.
"Nothing much really. So, introduce us, Meilin."
"Oh my, I forgot. Well, this is Eeshah and Zureshah. And these two are Sakura Kinomoto and Tomoyo Daidouji." Sakura and Tomoyo gave a short bow to them as both the African girls smiled at them.
"Hi Sakura, Tomoyo. Nice to meet both of you. We're Syaoran's and Eriol's fiancées." Just that moment…
"Excuse me, you're Xiao Lang's fiancée?" Sakura was shocked. Zureshah nodded.
"Yeah… something wrong?"
"But I… But I thought…. Felicia…"
"Oh Xiao's sec. Felicia's Xiao's secretary! Oh, she's really a hardworking person. I always see her walking around with that PDA of hers. Or even on that phone. Oh seriously, I hate that silver phone she has. Not pretty at all! Not even half fab as my pink phone! Isn't my phone cuter?"
"Well… yeah. Excuse me, I need to talk to someone now." And Sakura immediately got away as she saw Xiao Lang with Eriol at the door of the cafeteria.
"And add me as well." Tomoyo bowed and followed Sakura. Both of them immediately walked to Eriol and Xiao Lang and standing right in front of them, both Sakura and Tomoyo said, "We got to talk." Xiao Lang got the point and followed Sakura but Eriol who was still standing there have yet to move. Tomoyo turned around and asked with a menacing tone, "What are you waiting for, Hiiraigizawa?"
While in the cafeteria…
"We did a good job earlier, didn't we? Our clients always we have the best service in the world that you can never imagine." Meilin nodded.
"Yes indeed, well done. However, your jobs have yet to be finished. Well I don't think it is yet. Quite troublesome isn't it? Thank goodness, I'm not into this big thing. Seriously, I'm counting on both of you." Eeshah and Zureshah smiled.
"No problem. It's not the toughest job that we have encountered before. Oh yeah, want to join us for dinner later? We got Felicia and Kim-Eun to join us."
Meanwhile…
In the left elevator…
"What on earth are you thinking, Hiiraigizawa? How can you have another fiancée when you are with Kim-Eun? How can you treat her like this? Like a toy or something? Have you gone mad or something?"
In the right elevator…
"Sakura… what's wrong? Are you alright?"
In the left elevator…
"So what? It's not your problem at all anymore. Why would you even bother?"
"Oh yeah? Fine! You are just-"
In the right elevator…
"Me? Wrong? Alright? Well you know what, Xiao Lang? I'm tired with this! I don't want to get involved with you anymore. Not at all! Just-"
"What do you mean by that, huh?!" Xiao Lang stared at her with his intimidating eyes.
In the left elevator…
"I'm just what Tomoyo? Tell me… I'm what? A player? A scumbag? A what?" Eriol asked as he cornered her in that four-sided glass box.
"I-I… don't come near me!" she shrieked.
In the right elevator…
"Well… I mean… I don't want this to go on. I mean it. I don't. It's too tired. I already know that you're tired with me. And that this is getting us nowhere… I'm getting married in three weeks time… You know it… You have Felicia, alright? I have to marry a Li. For my dad and Tomoyo's mum. Do you know how important this is to me? To us? To all 1500 people working for dad and aunt? I don't want to play anymore… I only have Xiao Fung left and he finds out… this marriage is over…" Sakura broke down and slide down onto the floor.
In the left elevator…
"What? Now you're scared of me? Who was it earlier that shouted at me like that? It was not my idea to have this fiancée, Tomoyo. Not my idea… I'm just toying Kim-Eun, Tomoyo… I never love her or even have any feelings close to love for her Tomoyo… It's only for you." And slowly descending his face, his lips captured hers into a kiss that she regretted so much.
In the right elevator…
"Hey… hey, Sakura… don't cry now. Just don't… I'm sorry… I never thought that mother was really this serious. Zushaha or Zakrah or even Zsuahwah… God I don't' even remember much about her name… she's the fiancée my mother picked… Two months ago, I think… mother told us that we're getting married. At that time, she told us to pick our fiancées up from the airport but me and Eriol never did. I didn't want this and so were Eriol… And recently… both of them came to this hotel. Mother introduced us to them. Sakura… call me selfish… I don't care… I just don't want you to marry my cousin…" Sakura shook her head.
"No Xiao Lang… I must… You are being selfish… Who am I to you now? Who am I? You still have Felicia… Even though in the end, if I never did marry Xiao Fung… you will eventually go for Felicia… She's your choice from the start of this game and she will always stand beside for you. Don't be silly, Xiao Lang… You have no idea how much you love her and in the end, if you let her go…. You will realize how important she is to you…"
"You're not me, Sakura… You're not me… If you're willing not to marry Xiao Fung and be with me, I promise you that both of the corporations will merge. You hear that, Sakura? Both will merge together if only you're not going to marry Xiao Fung. You said that earlier, Sakura… That if you will in the end, will not marry Xiao Fung… I love you, Sakura… Love you too much that I am willing to let go Felicia and everyone and everything else to be with you… I love you too much to let you go. " Xiao Lang said his true feelings to her and only her. Sakura faced down and smiled…
"You're silly, Syaoran. You will hate by Yelan-san, your own mother. Can you bear it?" he nodded.
"Felicia? Xiao Fung? Your cousins? Meilin? Everyone? Could you do that?" he nodded once more.
"For you, Sakura… I'll bear everything…" he hugged her tightly.
"But I can't do that, Syaoran… I can't be selfish… Tomoyo is right… I can't have you be hated. I can't… I just can't… It is never right from the start…" she looked up, tearfully right into his eyes.
"You can, Sakura. Just say you don't want to marry Xiao Fung… and I'll do the rest… Screw Tomoyo up! Look behind and see if she's doing what she said…" Sakura turned around and blushed immediately and turned her head again. Boy, that was certainly the first for her! Seeing her own cousin so heated up right next to the elevator of hers. Syaoran chuckled.
"See Sakura? I don't think that's possible. With Eriol around her… I don't think that she can think right. Sakura… you said earlier… that you have to marry a Li… Am I not a Li? Rather than marrying Xiao Fung, Sakura… I hereby ask you to marry me, Sakura." Syaoran's tone switched into a serious one. Sakura giggled.
"Right Syaoran, right." She wiped her tears and got up, pressing the 'open' on the panel continuously. The door then opened but Syaoran pulled her in and pressed closed and pressed 'close'.
"No, Sakura… I'm serious about it. I'm bringing you to see mother now. I'm telling her what I want. You'll be beside me whether you want it or not. Call me heartless, selfish… I couldn't care anymore… I just want you." He said firmly and pressed on the number right on the panel which will bring him to Yelan's office. He looked at Sakura and muttered a 'sorry' softly before wrapping his hand around her waist.
In the left elevator…
"Eriol… stop now." Tomoyo murmured.
"Well, you're not stopping, and why should I?." Eriol chuckled. Tomoyo removed herself from him.
"So Tomoyo, seemed that we're back to calling each others first name." Eriol said proudly. Tomoyo rolled her eyes.
"Right… I don't care now. And that kiss earlier… I don't care about it too." Tomoyo said sarcastically.
"Whatever you say, Tomoyo. Whatever you say…" Eriol smirked.
"Let me just tell you that, stop toying Kim-Eun now. And even Eeshah. And me."
"And you?" He snickered while crossing his arms.
"I never did from the start. You never fail to amuse and confuse me at the same time, Tomoyo. Never once you did fail. I told you before and it's final… I want you, Tomoyo. I don't give a damn whether you're marrying Xiao Chen or not. I don't. Cause right now, we're heading straight to Yelan's office and I'm telling her that you're not going to marry Xiao Chen."
Tomoyo just looked at him. "No Eriol! You can't do that. I'm marrying him in three weeks time. Do you know what this means? This means that both corporations will merge and it will do tons of goods for mum's and Uncle Fujitaka's company. You can't ruin everything!"
"Well, you know what, Tomoyo? I'll do the ruining and you just stand right there and look how it will turn out in the end. Just shut up and see the outcome you will want."
"Hell no!! I'm not going to stand just right there and shut the hell out of me! You can't ruin it! I will not let you do that! I'll stop you! We need both marriages to have this merge and Sakura is definitely marrying Xiao Fung as I with Xiao Chen. I'm marrying Xiao Chen, do you get it? You can't stop or even ruin it!"
"Can you really do it then? Can you stop me? Do you want to marry Xiao Chen in the first place?" Eriol asked.
"Like yar! I can do it! I can stop you!"
"Right then, stop me if you can! But let me warn you... it's too late cause we have reach here and look at your left and see if both marriages can happen. And yes, even if you could ever stop me, I don't think you could stop him. And that kiss earlier has just showed us how much you want me as I with you." Tomoyo looked at her left right at the next elevator, seeing Sakura and Syaoran standing together with his hand around her waist.
"This is so wrong… I shouldn't have come…"