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Chapter 21 Christmas Party Part 4
Sakura turns and peeks at Syaoran as she pours water in the glass. Syaoran was not looking at her and she saw his cheeks were flush red. She was concerned about him and then she remembered what had occurred earlier. She was furious that he came up to her and forced her into a kiss. Her eyes glinted with anger. But as much fury she felt, she felt bad how he felt now. Suddenly she saw Syaoran trying to stand up but fell on the ground.
"SYAORAN!" Sakura exclaimed. She ran towards him and accidentally spilled the glass of water on the ground. Syaoran hears the glass break and he looks up to see Sakura running towards him.
"Be careful." he whispers before blacking out.
Sakura looks at him and forgets everything. She tries to pull him back up on the chair. She struggles pulling him up. She lays him back down and blows some air up that her bangs blew up with frustration. She calls her Grandfather and tells him that Syaoran has fainted. Her Grandfather and brother come rushing to the room. They help assist Syaoran back on the chair. Sakura looks at Syaoran from behind. She was really worried about him.
"Bring a doctor here and take a look at him." Grandfather said.
Touya looks at Sakura and gets up. He walks out to get a doctor to come. He thought that Sakura looked very worried and perhaps they were telling him the truth. Perhaps they are dating as they stated. His eyes glint with frustration. His little sister isn't a child anymore.
Sakura looked at Syaoran and noticed his face was now very flushed. She went over to wet a washcloth and wiped his face with concern. Her grandfather observed Sakura and ideas flashed in his head. He smiles knowingly and asks, "Sakura, are you worried about Li?"
Sakura nods her head.
"Well, the doctor is coming now." Grandfather said. Touya came back with the doctor and they examined him.
"It seems he has been drugged." The doctor explained, "It is possible someone slipped a drug and now the symptoms are showing."
Grandfather and Sakura were in shock. Touya snorts and chuckles. Sakura glares at Touya and asks, "Will he be okay?"
"I-I" the doctor starts but sees that their grandfather shakes his head and tells him not to tell her the truth. "He just needs attention and someone to care for him. If he doesn't wake up soon, please give me a call." he said quickly. He rushed out of the room as he felt suffocated by their grandfather eyeing him. Sakura turns and looks at her grandfather who was smiling at her.
A plan flashed in Grandfather's head and he said, "Sakura, why don't you stay and assist Syaoran?"
Touya quickly looks at their Grandfather and is surprised that their Grandfather would even mention that. Sakura looks at Syaoran and looks back to her grandfather and nods her head. Grandfather smiles and quickly grabs Touya and pushes him out. "Just call us if you need anything. Touya, I have this lady that I want you to meet."
Touya glares at the sleeping Syaoran and is rushed out of the room. Sakura sits down and grabs the towel again and wrings the water out. She touches his face and gently wipes his face again.
Syaoran suddenly felt someone's hand on his face. His eyes felt heavy and felt drowsy. He slowly opens his eyes and sees a girl with auburn looking away from him. He didn't know what happened to him and wanted to look at her some more.
"Syaoran." Sakura whispered.
Syaoran recognized her voice. He felt the coldness from the towel that was slowly waking him up. He felt groggy and his mind was a mess. He couldn't think properly and felt his skin was tingly.
Sakura stares at Syaoran closely and whispers again, "Syaoran." She looks closely at him and watches him.
Syaoran felt the coldness and felt her hands again. He grabs her hand and pulls her towards him. He turns her around and she is laying on the chair. He opens his eyes and is staring down at her. He stared at her beautiful emerald eyes and smiled at her. Sakura was in shock and was surprised to see he was fully awake.
"Y-You." She starts and before she knew it his lips landed on her lips. Syaoran never felt this way before. He kissed her deeply and caressed her face.
Sakura was in shock with her eyes open and tried to hit him. Syaoran didn't know what he was doing and pinched her on the side so her mouth would open. Sakura yelps in pain and feels him deepening their kiss. Sakura slowly stops hitting him and grabs on his shirt tightly as he kisses her. They continued to kiss for what had seemed a long few minutes. He slowly opens his eyes and moves from her face. Sakura pauses for a moment and takes a deep breath before rationality overtakes her.
"H-How dare you!" she exclaimed. She shoves Syaoran to move. Syaoran just smirks at her and likes how she reacts. Syaoran realizes he may have crossed the line but he just felt she looked very beautiful. His heart was beating really fast and he was starting to like this feeling. It had seemed that only this girl had made him feel something he hadn't felt before. He wanted to know more and experience it.
Syaoran doesn't budge above her and smiles at her.
"W-Why are you smiling?" she asked him nervously.
Syaoran had never smiled at anyone before since a long time ago. He quickly moved away from her and sat next to her. He secretly looked over at her and saw Sakura didn't move.
Sakura didn't know what just happened. She was one minute very worried about him and the next she was being kissed. She blushed from the thought of the kiss. She looks at him and glares. He was taking advantage of her again. She was about to say something when he abruptly stood up.
"S-Syaoran." She said quickly. She was surprised he was standing.
He shakes his head and looks at her, "I need some water." He starts to walk towards where the water was placed. Sakura gets up and runs up to him and holds his arm.
"Let me help you, Syaoran." Sakura said with concern. Syaoran looks at her hand on his arm. He felt an electric shock through his arm. He froze and Sakura looked at him. "A-Are you okay?"
She felt nervous as she felt his arm tighten from contact with her. She tried to withdraw her hand but suddenly felt Syaoran who weighed his body on her. She looks up at him and exclaims, "S-Syaoran, why are you leaning on me?"
He didn't know why he felt like leaning towards her. He breathed in her cherry blossom scent. He felt something burning in him as he looked at her in the eyes and the urge to kiss her grew stronger. He felt that her lips looked very pink and delicious. He remembers the kiss they have shared. He quickly turned his head away from her and pushed her away. Sakura was pushed and hit the edge of the counter and winced in pain.
He shakes his head as it feels very foggy. He turns to see Sakura grimace in pain. He takes a step towards Sakura but is stopped abruptly by a knock on the door.
They both look at the door and Sakura says, "I will go see who it is." She limps to the door and Syaoran furrows his eyebrow.
He thought to himself 'So she got hurt a little. It has nothing to do with me' He could not help but feel a twinge of remorse in his heart.
Sakura walks to the door and opens the door. She peeks to see who is outside and sees Kei outside.
"S-Sakura!" Kei exclaimed.
Sakura was shocked to see Kei at the door. He walked through the door as if he owned the place. He stopped midtrack when he saw Syaoran sitting on the couch as if it was his throne. Kei smirks and says, "Sakura? I didn't know you had company here."
Syaoran smiles and responds, "Of course I should be here. I am her boyfriend." He just wanted to wipe that smug face off of Kei. Kei stood ridgely.
Sakura froze when hearing Syaoran's statement to Kei. Syaoran stood up and walked towards Sakura. He hugs her from behind and whispers, "Don't let it slip. Remember we are pretending to be something special."
Sakura blushes from being so close to him. Kei clutches his fist and says, "Sakura, tell me this isn't true?" He didn't believe that Syaoran was telling the truth. Syaoran didn't know what possessed him but he nibbled on Sakura's ear. Sakura immediately turns beet red and froze in her spot.
"You see, she agrees." Syaoran said with a smirk.
Kei grumbles and walks off out of the room. The door slaps and Sakura breaks out of her frozen posture. She turns around abruptly, which shocks Syaoran from her abrupt movement. She is about to fall backwards and was expecting to be dropped. Syaoran catches her and hugs her tightly. Their faces are mere inches away from each other.
Sakura could still feel fury and butterflies in her stomach. Syaoran felt his heart start beating erratically and he didn't know what to do. They heard a clear cough that broke them apart.
"I'm sorry am I interrupting anyone?" a girl said, smiling. They turned to look and see Meiling smiling. Meiling walks past them to see on the couch where Syaoran was sitting previously. She looks at her nails and waits for Syaoran to say something.
"Cousin, I didn't know Sakura was ur legitimate girlfriend." She said,
Syaoran's eye twitches and says, "She isn't."
"Oh? I just caught you guys red handed hugging each other." She looked at him sternly. Syaoran. She tried hard not to laugh. This was her first time making fun of Syaoran. She noticed he was not acting the way he normally does. He usually stays away from female contact. But here he was so close to someone who was not even family. She was excited to tell her aunt Yelan the news. "I thought you were going to pretend."
Sakura looks at Syaoran and then back to gives a deep sigh and asks, "how long is this going to be happening?" She bit her lip as she waited for them to respond to her.
Syaoran looked at her and his eyes fell on her lips. He had the urge to grab her and give her a kiss to stop her from looking so irresistible. His eyes burns and he looks away from grabs his collar and pulls it as if he was uncomfortable
Meiling chuckles as observes Syaoran looking uncomfortable. "Sakura, you make it sound like we are trapping you?" She smiles at Sakura and grabs her hand. "If you're worried about something, just let me know." She pulls Sakura with her and says, "Looks like my cousin is getting better now." She turns her head and winks at Syaoran. Syaoran looks bewildered by Meiling.
"Meiling!" Syaoran firmly said with warning. Meiling turns and laughs loudly. "My dear cousin, you look like you're going to eat me alive." She pulls Sakura to the couch.
"Sakura, I know you're in a rush to go back to your normal life." Meiling starts, "My cousin has been dealing with this wretched girl Hua Wang." Meiling's eyes burn with anger at remembering how she embarrassed her. She was determined to ruin her chance to become the official fiance of the Li Clan.
Sakura looks awkwardly at Meiling and turns to look at Syaoran. When she did her eyes met up with Syaoran deep chocolate brown eyes. He looked at her deeply as he was penetrating his eyes through her. He breaks eye contact with Sakura as if he was burned harshly by her. Sakura felt confused by his actions.
"Meiling! I think you have done enough for today." Syaoran grabs Meiling's arm and pulls her out of the room. Meiling smirks and smiles.
"Oh! Okay!" she said, chuckling at his actions. Sakura looks at them and smiles at their small family action. She saw that Syaoran was feeling more like himself. She heard the door slam shut. She kept observing Syaoran looking at his watch. He grimaced and looked at the door again.
"Are you okay?" Sakura heard herself ask. She mentally wanted to hit her forehead. She should have kept silent.
"I'm feeling better. I'm sorry for any actions before" Syaoran looks at his watch again, "We should head back to the party now." He extends his hand out to help Sakura up from the couch.
Sakura looks at his soft hand and grabs it. Electricity shoots up her arm and she snaps back her hand as it burns her. Syaoran looks at her and says, "Is something wrong?"
Sakura grabs her other hand and shyly looks up at him. She was speechless and shook her head. She shyly takes his hand again and they walk outside the room.
They walk out of the room when she hears someone in the background yelling her name.
"Sakura!" waves a girl. Sakura turns and sees Tomoyo waving at her. Sakura smiles and pulls her hand out of Syaoran's hand. They had agreed to have her hold his hand during the party. The warmth from Sakura's hand made him feel a sense of loss. He didn't know what this feeling was. He felt a little upset that she pulled her hand out of his hand.
Sakura runs up to Tomoyo with eagerness. She didn't chat with Tomoyo that much during this party. Every year she and Tomoyo would always celebrate with each other. But now they have other boys in the equation.
Eriol walks up next to Syaoran and chuckles. He had been observing Syaoran's reaction. He saw Syaoran look at his hands and frown.
Syaoran's eyes wandered around and fell on Sakura again. Syaoran became wary when Eriol stood next to him. He looks at Eriol and asks, "Why are you laughing?"
"I see you seem quite interested in Sakura?" Eriol said teasingly.
Immediately Syaoran scowls at Eriol. "Me? Interested in her?" He laughs. "She is just a naive girl." He turns at the girls and frowns. He sees the girls again surrounded by men. His eyes glare at one of the men trying to touch her arm. Sakura smiles awkwardly at the man.
Eriol smiles knowingly at Syaoran. He nods his head at him and begins walking towards the girls. Syaoran just stares at Eriol harshly. He starts to follow in Eriol's lead.
"I'm sorry gentlemen! I am going to take Tomoyo for this dance." Eriol cuts in on a man's conversation and extends his hand to Tomoyo.
Tomoyo smiles at Eriol and grabs his hand. Eriol pulls her close to his embrace. Their faces were so close that she could smell his cologne on him. She felt her heart racing and blush. Eriol whispers in her ear.
"Why are you blushing?" Eriol teased. He looks at the group and smiles at the men. He knew a few of the gentlemen were also aiming for Tomoyo. The girls were too beautiful at this party. He bends down and kisses her cheek as if he was marking himself on her. The men that were chatting with Tomoyo grunted in disappointment. Sakura chuckles at the actions that Eriol did. She could see he was trying to be calm but was jealous of the men that surrounded them. She turns and sees Syaoran right next to her glaring at her.
"Ah!" yelped Sakura in fright. The gentlemen look at Sakura and dog eyes looking at her. They gulped at the sight of Syaoran right next to Sakura. They had never seen this guy at the party and he was scaring them with his glare.
"Sakura." Syaoran said, smiling evilly, "I did not know you had many pursuers." Sakura snaps her head up at his grasps a strand of her hair and tucked it behind her ears. "How about I take you out on a dance too." He grabbed her hand before rejecting him.
Sakura was shocked by him grabbing her hand on the dance floor. She felt like she was thrown to his chest so tightly. She frowns at him and tries to pull herself away from him. Syaoran smirks at the guys that were waiting for the girls to come back. He bends down and whispers, "Laugh."
Sakura looks at him confused. She awkwardly laughs. Syaoran smiles in satisfaction.
"Can you let me go?" Sakura hissed at him. Syaoran keeps dancing with her and dips her low and smiles knowing how cute she looks upset at him. Sakura rolls her eyes at him.
"No. You should behave, Sakura. Ms. Wang may still be here." as he snapped her back up to him. Their faces were inches apart. Syaoran thought Sakura was actually quite skilled as a dancer.
Meiling was smirking at them dancing. She felt an idea pop in her head. What was the most tantalizing dance they could be doing. She smiles and walks over to an orchestra area playing the music. She walks away and giggles.
Syaoran was about to walk off with Sakura when they heard an announcement.
The announcer spoke on the microphone, "This tango song is dedicated to the newly couple Sakura Kinomoto and Syaoran Li."
Sakura and Syaoran froze. Everyone's eyes were on Sakura. Syaoran turns to look at her and sighs. He pulls her back to the dance floor.
They make their dance position. Syaoran looked at Sakura so that she couldn't break her gaze from him. The song starts and Sakura moves around him and kicks her legs in between them. She twists and turns and wraps her one leg around Syaoran's leg. He gently dips her and she kicks back up and they swivel around their steps. Turning and turning around he extends her out as she twirls around and back to him with her back to him. She and Syaoran's legs extend out and slide to the ground and back up. Syaoran twirls her around facing him with their breaths panting and looking in each other's eyes. He lifts her up in the air, turning around. She held on to him tightly and looked deep in his eyes.
The song came to an end and they still looked deeply into each other's eyes. He could smell her scent and it was clouding his judgment. They heard a burst of applause from the crowd and they broke eye contact with each other. Sakura smiles brightly as the crowd lets go of Syaoran's hand. But Syaoran snatched her hand and pulled her back into his embrace. Sakura looks up at Syaoran, confused. He dips her again and kisses her on the lips in front of everyone.
Sakura felt Syaoran pinch her waist as slipped his tongue in her mouth. She felt so embarrassed to be kissed in front of so many people. He lifted his eyes and saw anger in Sakura's eyes.
"You!" her hands flinched and she curled it in a tight fist. When she felt someone pulling them apart. Sakura looks up and sees her brother.
"Eh? T-Touya." Sakura stutters. She mentally wants to smack Syaoran right now. How dare he kiss her in front of all her friends and family. Touya glares at Syaoran and looks harshly at his sister.
"It is inappropriate for you to kiss my sister like that in front of everyone." Touya firmly said. He wanted to pull Syaoran's ear and make this guy stay away from his sister. Syaoran just looks at Touya and glares at him.
"Well. I do apologize." Syaoran starts, "But as my girlfriend did you have any protest?" Syaoran looks at Sakura. Sakura knew she couldn't say anything to Syaoran and could only admit defeat. She remembered Meiling's pleading eyes. Sakura sighs.
"Touya. It's fine he is my boyfriend." She shyly said.
Touya furrows his eyebrows and threatens, "You hurt my sister. You should know what the consequences will be."
Yukito comes to pull Touya away. He smiles at Syaoran. "Sakura? That was a lovely dance."
Touya huffs at the statement that Yukito said.
Come to think about it, Syaoran realized there was more to his eyes about Sakura. He didn't know she was a brilliant dancer. She felt so soft and beautiful dancing. He felt his heart beat fast thinking about the dance. He observed Sakura and she was smiling so brightly to everyone. He didn't know what was coming over himself.
"Syaoran. Syaoran." Sakura kept saying. Syaoran shakes his head and looks at her.
"Yes?" He managed to respond.
Sakura looks at him and asks, "Do you think you could drop me off at home?" She was worried he would say no.
"Of course." He said without thinking. He looked at Sakura and saw she looked rather exhausted from all the socializing. He sets his drink down and pulls her to grab her coat. Syaoran could see in the corner of his eyes that Touya was still glaring at him and watching his every move.
"Touya, you should just let them be. She is in good hands." Yukito said, drinking his drink.
Touya was just worried that Sakura will fall in deep and will be hurt by this guy. He sighs and looks down at his drink and says, "I don't know about him. But I do trust Sakura to do the right thing."
Yukito chuckles and responds, "Sakura is a smart girl and is very capable of handling herself."
In the corner, the girl hiding behind the crowd wanted to crush her glass. She was escorted out. She had bribed one of the greedy guards to let her back in. She saw how close Sakura and Syaoran dance was beautifully done. She had no doubts that Sakura was a real love rival. She didn't care that Sakura was the one that Syaoran was with. She would eventually be the wife of Syaoran. If he wanted to play around he could play around. She just had to find a way to take out his girlfriend. She taps on her face while thinking and an idea pops into her head. She smiles evilly and downs her drink. She walks out of the house and goes back to her hotel to start with her plan.
