Score

by Zoe1105

Syaoran Li, captain of the Tomoeda High School soccer team and, according to him, soon to be professional soccer player. He had everything. A good and loyal fandom, the perfect girlfriend, and an outstanding future in what he loved the most... soccer. Everything was right till he made a decision that would change his life completely.

7. Chapter 7 - Until When

"Find someone who knows you're sad just by the change in your voice. Be with someone who loves the feature that you hate the most. Fall in love with someone who looks at you and knows they don't want anyone else." – Unknown

Chapter 7
"Until When…"

Sakura opened her car trunk and waited for Wei to take out her bag. Even though they would only be staying four days in Li's cabin she had to use her medium size travel bag to fit everything she was taking with her. Between cosmetics, her clothing, bathing suits and her oh-so-lovable munchies she could pass off her bag as fully prepared for the entire weekend. Wei took her bag out of her car and passed it to Syaoran's trunk.

She went over towards her bag and quickly took out a bag of chips and hid it in her purse. Munchies were very important for the road trip ahead. She was about to spend three hours in a car with Syaoran and after their last meeting she knew she would need these very badly. She saw Syaoran approaching and casually got away from the car's trunk so he wouldn't notice anything unusual.

"Are you all set?" he asked her.

She nodded and took the time to eye his red sports car before sitting in the front seat and wait for him. Since the six of them wouldn't fit in one car, according to Syaoran, then they would have to take two cars. Syaoran decided to drive his own car, since he was so intent on not leaving it behind, while the rest of them decided to follow him on an SUV. At first, Sakura thought he was just being a brat about the whole car thing but after seeing Meiling's two full bags she could clearly see he was right all along, though she would never admit it to his face. "This is a nice car..." she said after he got in.

He caressed the wheel and proudly said as if it was the greatest car in the world, "Well, it is a Ferrari F12!"

She frowned, "Is that supposed to mean something?"

He indignantly stared at her before turning back towards the car's wheel and saying, "Don't worry about those words baby, she's just ignorant of your good ways. I'm sure she didn't mean it as an insult."

She smirked. "You're talking to your car Li? I didn't know you were that crazy already."

"You know… never mind," was all he said before turning the car on and carefully driving away. He looked at his rear mirror now and then to make sure Eriol was still following behind.

"When did you get it?" she asked him. When she heard from his sister he had gotten a new car it had sounded a little strange to her. It didn't make sense whatsoever that a guy who was only going to be in China for a couple of months would buy a new car.

"When I got here," he casually said.

"Wouldn't it have been better to buy it in Europe?" She stared at him. Being at Xian's side had taught her well how to read a person from their reaction and seeing how he didn't answer as casually as he did her first question only meant he was hiding something.

He kept watching the road and after several seconds he said, "I can always buy another one there if I want to."

She knowingly smiled a little but quickly hid it so he wouldn't notice. He had never been good at lying. "And sell this one?"

He looked at her and smirked, "Why? Are you interested in buying?"

"Shift? When there are cars that shift by themselves…? No thanks."

He chuckled, "It's not that bad. Besides, it feels a lot better in the road."

"To you perhaps. I feel a lot better on the road by letting the car shift on its own."

He chuckled. After a couple of minutes he decided to break the silence between them again. "I spoke to Choi yesterday about the interview."

She didn't even look at him. Instead, she decided to look outside her window silently. His decision about the whole interview thing had pissed her off but what really made her angry about this whole situation was how she had reacted to it. Finding a reporter wanting to do an interview on him shouldn't have bothered her so much. I mean, he was right! She was dating Jun now so, why did she care so much if people were to find out they dated years ago?

"I told him to cancel the whole thing."

Now she just felt worst. She nodded to acknowledge she had heard him and just closed her eyes to take a nap. She needed to think.

~ o ~

Tomoyo squealed. "Do you think there's a chance of them hooking up this weekend?"

"I doubt it." Eriol calmly said. "Perhaps if she wasn't dating Jun there'd be a better chance but right now… I don't think so."

"Oh, but that can change." Meiling said.

"Why?" Eriol asked.

"Well, Jun's going to be gone almost all weekend. Perhaps spending time with Syaoran now will bring back good memories."

Kyu chuckled at his girlfriend's good way of seeing things, "Even so baby, I'm sure Sakura won't do anything. And, weren't you saying that he wouldn't go back to her?"

"Yeah… But then I've seen him change again. It's almost like it was before. I miss that." she thoughtfully said.

Eriol nodded. "I think if there's any possibility of them getting back together there's a lot they'll have to work out. Let's not forget that Sakura left without saying anything and Syaoran has never been good after that. Not to mention she came to work for his father."

Tomoyo looked at Eriol from the front seat, "What's so bad about that?"

When Eriol kept looking at the road, Meiling knew he wouldn't answer so she softly said, "Syaoran has always had problems trusting auntie and uncle."

Tomoyo looked back at her with a questioning face. "They're his parents," she said like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Meiling sighed and sadly smiled, "Yeah… his parents. Imagine a world where you are the only son out of five and you don't get to enjoy your parents the same way any normal kid does because your parents are a Li. Even in this modern world the linage is too strong for them to overpass."

"I still don't understand."

This time Eriol spoke, "His mother is one of the most secretive and silent persons one will ever know and his father is a complete mystery to him. They trust no one. And to think that Sakura was able to get inside and work with them is just something that amazes me and makes me wonder."

"Not just work with them, if it wasn't because auntie still works at the company Sakura could practically be uncle's right hand in the business." Meiling finished his thought as he nodded and kept driving silently. It had been a thought that had built itself inside his mind after finding out who Sakura worked for and, after hearing Meiling, he felt good knowing that he wasn't the only one who had thought about this.

~ o ~

Sakura woke from her nap and hour later. She yawned and stretched a little before grabbing her purse and getting out her bag of chips.

Syaoran quickly looked at her, "What are you doing?"

She naturally opened it and looked at him, "I'm opening a bag of chips. What does it looks like?"

"Are you serious?" he incredulously asked looking between the road and her.

"What? I'm hungry," she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Sakura, not even I eat inside this car."

Sakura looked at the GPS and said, "We're two hours away from the cabin."

"So?" he quickly asked.

She narrowed her eyes at him, "Are you going to let me starve then?"

He took a deep breath and concentrated on the road again. She could clearly see how he was holding his temper inside while she took her first chip into her mouth. She savored the chip and made sure he heard every bite she made on the chip. She had to admit, it gave her a little bit of pleasure to watch him hold himself from truly stopping the car and make her eat outside. There was no doubt in her mind that if it had been anyone else doing it he would've been stopped already on the emergency lane.

"Oh come on Sakura, everyone knows Syaoran is still gaga over you. Whatever you say can have that man doing your bidding anyway you want it."

She remembered Feimei's words and smiled to herself before taking another chip and eating it. He didn't say anything. He just kept driving not even looking at her. After an inner battle with herself, she took one of the chips out of the bag and offered it to him. "Come on, I know you want one."

He looked at her hand and after a couple of seconds decided to eat it. He opened his mouth as she placed the chip entirely in his mouth. "I swear you're such a bad influence on me."

She chuckled, "I could say it has always been the other way around. Or shall we ask my father?

He smirked. He had never been able to get along with Fujitaka. Not even when Sakura and him had only been friends in the past did he ever get along with Fujitaka. Something about him not been good enough for his daughter. Yet Sakura had always had a mind of her own when it came to her life.

"Where are we already?" She looked at the GPS again and saw it rerouting. "I think you should have turned back there."

"No I didn't. I don't remember we had to turn yet."

"The GPS told you to turn back there to the right..."

He dismissed her, "I know where I'm going."

She stared at him not believing he was actually persisting on going his way instead of following the GPS instruction. "If you would have known where you were going, you would have turned."

He looked at her and sarcastically smiled, "This coming from someone who's never been there..."

"No, coming from someone who's looking at the map."

He dismissed her words casually and simply said, "Trust me, this is a shortcut."

~ o ~

After finalizing their road trip with five hours on the road, instead of the three hours calculated by the GPS thanks to Syaoran, they finally reached the cabin. She got out of his car and look at the sight before her. She had been asked before by Xiefa to come here yet she had declined back then. Now she understood why the Li's liked it so much.

The cabin was not small at all in fact it was a huge beautiful rustic cottage house. They parked their cars in a round sidewalk made of stones. Between the sidewalk and the house there was a small fireplace, also made of stones, surrounded by wooden seats and benches. Bushes adorned the back of the fireplace while the stone way from the fireplace connected at the side with the main walkway that led to the wooden stairs of the front deck of the house.

She closed the door to his car and softly said, "This place is beautiful." She walked the first steps into the stone walkway before taking in the rest of the house. The stairs marked the middle of the two story house and big crystal windows adorned each side on top as well as on the bottom. Trees surrounded the house on the left while the right side of the house had an open area in form of a cove before the trees started to appear.

"Now you know why you couldn't miss this." Tomoyo chuckled and approached her. She walked towards Sakura and admired the cottage view as well while she waited for her boyfriend to take out their bags. "It's still as breathtaking as I remember."

"You've been here?" Sakura asked.

Tomoyo nodded and said, "Just once on Christmas time. If you were here all this time then perhaps you remember a time when Xiefa and her family came here one of the years. Well… all of them except Syaoran." She could've added that she wasn't quite sure with which of his playthings he had decided to stay that Christmas but retracted from doing so.

"Now that you mention it, I do." Sakura smirked at the memory. She remembered the day quite well. Xiefa had wanted her to go to this Christmas thing. She had even begged Sakura to go but in the end she never agreed to it. Instead she had decided to spend her Christmas in her office dealing with a project she had back then which made Xiefa furious before the trip. Then when it was over, she had to listen to Xiefa complain about how inconsiderate her brother was for not attending after all the work her mother had gone through to get him to come.

Meiling put her arms around Sakura and Tomoyo's shoulders and casually said, "Oh, we're going to have so much fun this weekend."

Syaoran looked at them and shook his head as he took Sakura's bag from the trunk, "Come on, let's go inside."

The three of them nodded as Meiling squealed grabbing them both and hurried inside.

"Hey! A little help baby?" Kyu loudly asked but Meiling kept walking.

Eriol chuckled and sarcastically said, "That's a good one Kyu."

The girls walked inside the house and the first thing Sakura noticed was how spacious the house looked. The interior was made of wood. A dark brown sofa adorned the living room along with a beautiful red shaggy carpet and a wooden coffee table in the middle. Different rustic and contemporary frames on the wall gave the living room a cozy and inviting look. The kitchen was in the deep end to the right and, just like everything else she had seen, it was also big. A wooden isle stood in between the stove, other cabinets and small bar with view to the dining room. A plate with candles adorned the middle of the wooden dining set and through the crystal windows on the side you could appreciate the sight of the forest.

"Well ladies… Welcome!" Syaoran mockingly said from the door while carrying Sakura's bag into the house. "The rooms on this floor are on the right. If you walk downstairs you will find the others on each side. You can start choosing while "us" guys do all the work for you."

Meiling chuckled, "Oh Syaoran, don't be such a clown…"

"What? What did I say?" He innocently asked.

They all laugh but nonetheless Meiling was the first one to go looking for her room while the rest slowly followed.

"How many rooms does this house have?" Sakura asked.

He looked at her, "Six. There's two upstairs, four downstairs."

She nodded. She went downstairs and if she thought the first floor looked really good the second floor was incredible. Walking down the stairs, she immediately landed in a huge family room. There was a huge black round leather sofa and comfy plush rounded seats thrown in random places. In front of it, a stone wall served as base for the 55" TV that hanged from it. There was a small entertainment table on the bottom which had the latest entertainment electronic devices. Under the stairs there was a bathroom followed by the hallway that led to the other rooms of the house.

On the side of the family room was a crystal sliding door which led to the pool. The wooden deck that bordered the pool had five sun tan seats which were also made of wood. A Jacuzzi could be seen in a gazebo right in the corner from the pool. This whole house was amazing.

She walked back up and saw Kyu and Eriol walk in with the rest of the stuff and chuckled. Meiling truly had prepared her bags for a month's trip. She instantly felt bad for Kyu but didn't voice her opinion. Instead she quickly said, "I'll be taking one of the rooms upstairs."

Eriol and Kyu looked at each other but didn't say anything. "Sure! Which one is your bag?" Eriol asked.

She pointed at her bag on the floor and he quickly picked it up. "Do you want the one on the left side or the right?"

She walked into the hallway and opened both doors to take a look before choosing. "I'll go with the left one."

Eriol nodded and took her stuff inside. "Here you go. Bathroom is all the way in the end of the hallway."

She nodded and smile, "Thanks!"

"No!" Eriol quickly exclaimed, "Thank you!" He was about to leave but quickly added, "For coming, I mean!"

She quickly felt there was something off with his comment but not minding his words so much she dismissed them. Knowing that Jun was coming later on the weekend she thought that perhaps it was better if they stayed a little apart from the rest of them. She quickly got her bag and started unpacking. She placed some of her clothing in the closet while the rest in a drawer. She picked her personal hygiene stuff and opened the door to place them in the bathroom when she saw Syaoran going into the other room with his bag on hand.

"You're staying in that room?" she quickly asked.

"This has always been my room." He casually said as if there was absolutely nothing wrong with that.

Immediately she understood the true meaning behind Eriol's words… 'Why that little conniving…!'

~ o ~

They had all finished unpacking and settling into the cabin when Meiling had suggested to start their supposedly relaxation weekend in the pool. Technically Sakura had chosen one of the bedrooms upstairs thinking that perhaps the weekend would be more relaxing with all of them staying downstairs, and now she was actually thinking if this weekend would truly serve its purpose after knowing Syaoran would be staying in front of her bedroom.

Meiling walked out of the house and immediately spotted Sakura sunbathing already in one of the seats. She walked towards her with her own created frozen Pina Colada and sat in the seat next to Sakura. "So, wasn't this the best idea ever?"

Tomoyo, who was at the other side of Sakura, chuckled, "It is! And… you didn't even think of us when you made that?" She pointed at Meiling's drink.

Meiling shook her head. "Don't blame me. Your boyfriend is the one making these," she said as she pointed to her drink.

Tomoyo looked shocked and quickly got up to get one as well while Meiling settled in her seat. "Ah… this is the life."

"Babe, aren't you coming in?" Kyu asked from the pool.

She looked at him and quickly shook her head. "No. I think I'm all in for Sakura's idea right now."

"What?"

Syaoran chuckled at his cousin's answer from inside the pool as well. Sometimes his cousin could be so self-centered without even noticing.

"Can you believe that?" Kyu lowly asked him. "I can't believe she finds sunbathing more fun than actually been in the pool with me…"

"What's that baby? Are you talking to me?" she loudly asked while putting her hand in her forehead to shade her eyes from the sun so she could see him.

"Nothing!" Kyu loudly said so she could hear him. "That you look beautiful from here."

"Oh, thanks sweetie." She smiled and lay down on her seat.

He watched his girlfriend settle in her seat and shook his head. "Honestly, sometimes not even I know why I bother…" He noticed Syaoran looking at Sakura intently and sighed. "You know… I've never seen a guy stop you before."

"Trust me. The guy is not what I'm worried about." He simply said. Making a move right now would only push her away he knew that much. Sakura had never been a person who liked to be cornered. He knew he needed to test the waters before doing anything if he didn't want to screw up.

"You know, we were all wondering if you'd go back to her. I mean, with the way things ended between you two."

Syaoran sighed but didn't answer.

Tomoyo walked into the pool with a cup on her hand followed by her fiancé.

"Aren't you going to sunbathe with the rest of the girls?" Kyu asked.

"What? And leave this hunk all to you guys?" she pointed at Eriol and sweetly smiled before giving him a quick kiss, "Never!"

Kyu scoffed and narrowed his eyes at Meiling's figure sunbathing while Syaoran chuckled once more.

"Sorry Kyu!" Eriol said before laughing as well.

~ o ~

Sakura could feel his stare as she relaxingly enjoyed getting a sun tan. She thought that perhaps she should've at least feel a little remorseful knowing that her boyfriend was not here and she was completely conscious of how Syaoran was looking at her, but she didn't. In fact, knowing she could still keep his stare made her feel in a way empowering.

Meiling, who was at her side, got on her stomach and started flipping the pages of a magazine, "So, did you guys talk anything interesting in the car on the way here?"

"Like what?" Sakura calmly asked without interrupting her sunbathing experience.

"Like a reconciliation perhaps? The way he's looking at you is enough to have any girl melt under that stare. Maybe you should stop making him wait this long."

Sakura took a deep breath but remained laying down, "I'm not making anyone wait. I have a boyfriend and perhaps it's time that all of you got that through your heads."

Meiling scoffed, "You have a boyfriend who we barely see at your side. Are you sure he fits the entire description?"

"He fits my description. That's good enough for me." She simply answered trying to not show displeasure at the conversation.

"You know… if Kyu told me he would be staying the entire weekend in a house with one of his ex-girlfriends I would never leave his side, not for one second." Meiling thoughtfully said.

Sakura smirked, "I didn't know Kyu had ex-girlfriends."

Meiling raised an eyebrow. "He does," she bitterly said before flipping another page.

"The base of every healthy relationship is trust and Jun trusts me. He doesn't need to watch me 24/7 to know that he matters to me as much as I matter to him."

Meiling smiled to herself and casually said, "You may be right. Then again, you never told him everything that happened between my cousin and you."

Sakura opened her eyes and sourly looked at Meiling. She was supposed to be having a relaxing time and this conversation was the only obstacle right now in her way of getting it.

Meiling confidently looked at her as well and knowingly smiled, "You still wouldn't dare."

Sakura sighed again. "Suddenly I feel that been in the pool will be more enjoyable right now," she said before getting up from her seat.

Meiling watched as Sakura walked all the way into the pool and slowly walked the pool steps till she was all in. As Sakura slowly made her way towards the group, a conniving smile appeared on Meiling's face before going back to watching the latest fashion for the summer in her magazine.

~ o ~

"Hey Sakura! Nice of you to join us!" Eriol said raising his cup toasting to that.

"Seems like my girlfriend is the only one that doesn't care about spending time with me." Kyu murmured.

"Oh, you know she does Kyu." Tomoyo casually said. "Don't be so dramatic. She just likes spending time by herself as well."

He rolled his eyes, "right…"

They all saw him swim all the way towards one of the corners. He got out of the water and walked towards her.

"You know, the sun is leaving soon. Eriol and I brought some movies. Would you guys like to watch one?" Tomoyo asked.

"What do you have in mind?" Sakura asked.

"Action." Both, Syaoran and Eriol, quickly answered at the same time knowing perfectly well the kind of movies Tomoyo usually chose to watch.

Tomoyo looked at them disapprovingly before looking at Sakura. "Actually, I was thinking more on a romantic one."

Sakura looked between Tomoyo and to where Eriol and Syaoran stood a little behind her making silent evading signs. She smiled before carefully asking, "Is there any comedy?"

Before any of them could say anything else, Meiling's scream interrupted them from the side followed by her ranting, "What are you doing? Put me down Kyu. I need the sun tan."

"No, I want to spend time with you." He simply said as he kept her held up like a caveman and led her inside the house.

"Stop this right now!" she said while hitting his back in between laughs.

They laughed at the scene.

"Well, I'm guessing their not voting for tonight's movie." Eriol said in between laughs. After several minutes they finally calmed down and Eriol turned towards Tomoyo to ask, "Baby, can we watch The Avenger's movie tonight and just leave the romantic one for tomorrow?"

She didn't look too please with that alternative but said, "A vote? How many of us want to watch that tonight?"

Eriol, Syaoran, and even Sakura raised their hands.

Tomoyo unbelievably looked at Sakura. "You want to watch that as well?"

Sakura chuckled, "As opposed to the romantic movie tonight, yes."

Tomoyo rolled her eyes giving up in the process. "Fine! Come on Eriol, help me set this up."

Eriol smiled and silently thank Sakura for the vote before following his girlfriend out of the water and into the house.

She chuckled and waited for them to go inside before looking at Syaoran. "Can we talk before we go inside?" she softly asked.

Syaoran nodded.

She didn't understand why all of the sudden she felt a little nervous. "I just wanted to apologize for the other night. I shouldn't have been so bothered by someone doing a special program on you."

He softly smiled at her and got a little closer. "Don't be. You were right."

She blinked quickly and turned her gaze away from his intense stare before saying, "Even so, I didn't have to be such a bitch about it."

He chuckled, "Can't argue with that!"

She chuckled as well and playfully rolled her eyes before looking at him, "You're not supposed to agree with me…"

He smiled, "You know, I'm quite impressed with how you've done."

She looked away. "I haven't done much to be impressed at."

He looked at her, "No, you have. You finished your studies just like you've always wanted to, you have one of the highest positions in the best company in China, and you have established yourself among the highest business people around the world. You can't tell me that's not something to be impressed at."

She rolled her eyes once more. "I think you're over exaggerating."

This had always been a weakness of her. Syaoran hated how she never felt right receiving compliments. She had always been so judgmental about herself that she never found compliments ever do her justice. He thought that with time it would go away and yet she still wasn't used to receiving them. "I can even go as far as saying that you have been a great teacher as well. That Suri learned even your bad temper."

She chuckled and smirked, "Well, in that case then yes… I've done well."

He moved a hair out of her face while caressing her cheek. The jolt she felt when his fingers graced her skin was unmistakable. She looked down and almost closed her eyes as her body betrayed her current situation. She quickly turned her face away from him and nervously smiled before asking, "Are you planning of making a dishonest woman out of me?"

"Aren't you already one?" he softly asked her.

She quickly looked at him. The water wasn't enough to put down the sudden heat she felt under those scrutinizing auburn eyes. His lips looked so inviting to her.

"Guys, are you going to watch the movie?" Eriol asked from the terrace door.

She quickly looked away towards Eriol who was waiting for their answer in the terrace door. She felt relieved before answering, "Uh, yeah." She walked pass Syaoran and walked out of the water. She took her towel and put it around her body before walking inside the family room.

Eriol smiled at her as he let her pass before looking back at Syaoran who had a murderous look on his face. He quickly lost his smile and gulped when he realized he had walked in at a bad time and quickly walked back inside the family room as well ignoring his cousin's silent threats.

~ o ~

After watching the movie downstairs, the guys went out to the fireplace to cook some hamburgers to eat as dinner. Sakura took a quick shower and went downstairs to find her friends. She walked down the stairs drying her hair with a towel when she saw Tomoyo on the couch looking at a binder she had on her hand.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

Tomoyo looked at Sakura and smiled. "Oh, you're done showering."

Sakura nodded.

"This was supposed to be what Eriol and I would be doing tonight before he conveniently decided to help the guys cook." Tomoyo said.

Sakura could hear the bitterness tone in her words and went to sit at her side to see as well. The binder had an invitation per page. Each page had a folded invitation on the top of the page and the open version of it on the bottom.

Tomoyo sighed. "I never knew that invitations were so hard to choose from." She said while passing another page from the laminated binder. "And to think I was telling Eriol about this and he's not even concerned for it. He just told me he's okay with whatever I pick."

"Well Tomoyo, you know guys don't really care for stuff like that. I mean, I'm sure Eriol didn't wanted to seem so uninterested is just that maybe he doesn't even know what to say about it." Sakura tried to explain.

Tomoyo sighed. "I know. Maybe I'm making a huge deal about this."

Sakura sighed. She really felt bad for her friend but honestly... what kind of guy really cares for a wedding invitation. As far as she could tell, they only nodded their way through choosing just to get it out of their way. "You know what... I'm feeling like making lemonade. Do you want some?"

Tomoyo smiled and nodded. "Thanks Sakura."

Sakura got up when suddenly Meiling came out to the family room with a red pistol on her hand.

"Meiling! What is that?"

"Hahaha!" Meiling's dark laugh made them question her sanity but waited for her answer. "This, my friends, is called payback."

Sakura laughed. "What did we ever do to you?"

"Oh no... Not you. It's for the guys." she threw a paintball pistol towards Sakura which she easily captured in her hands. "I remember when we were little Syaoran and Eriol used to play tricks on me with this."

Sakura smirked. "Is there one more?"

"There should be. We used to have four of these but I don't know where Syaoran and Eriol hid theirs. So, what do you say? Are you with me or against me?" she said as she pointed the gun again at them to state her point.

Sakura laughed. "How about you hide these again, and while the guys are out tomorrow running in the morning we quickly go to the store and buy another one for Tomoyo. That way we can have an advantage, and then we can all take our revenge on them?"

Meiling chuckled, "Oh how I missed you Sakura. We can surprise them when they walk in from their training."

Sakura nodded.

"I'm in." Tomoyo quickly said.

Meiling looked at her. "Really? I thought you wouldn't agree too easily on us doing stuff like this Tomoyo..."

"Well, what can I say... sometimes you just have to let go of your anger another way."

Meiling smirked and smiled already savoring victory. "Girls... I say we have a plan."

~ o ~

The next morning, after thirty minutes driving they reached the small town. The guys had all gone with Syaoran to do their little two hour workout and they took the opportunity to run real quick into town to get their ammo for this morning's massacre according to Meiling. Sakura got out of the car and looked around. She noticed only a few stores were open at 8:00 in the morning because of the hanging sign on the door.

She looked around and saw a few people walking through the sidewalks, others that were opening their shops, and a few exercising around. But one of them caught her attention. A man with a cap on his head and sunglasses was sitting down in a bench reading a newspaper. 'Where have I seen this man before?'

"Sakura?"

She stopped looking at the man and looked towards Meiling with a questioning glare.

"Are you coming?" she asked.

She nodded and smiled, "Yeah. Is the store even open? Most of these stores are still closed."

"Oh I sure hope so. If not then the guys will have enough time to get back before we do." Tomoyo said.

"It is!" Meiling pointed at the store door and the signed that read OPEN. She squealed and went inside quickly followed by Tomoyo and Sakura.

As they walked in, Meiling went straight to the store's manager to ask for the ammo. While she was asking, Tomoyo and Sakura decided to look around the store. It was amazing how many weapons they sold in the store. Sakura separated herself from Tomoyo and went towards the aisle closest to the window. She discreetly looked outside and saw the man from earlier taking pictures of the store. She looked down towards some of the weapons and grabbed one in her hands before walking back towards Meiling.

"Wonderful! We'll take five boxes." Meiling wickedly said.

Sakura chuckled at the manager's frightened face.

"Lady, are you sure you want that many?" The guy looked at the 1,000 count boxes and then back to Meiling.

Sakura put down a pistol and quickly answered for her, "We'll add this to the boxes."

He nodded and put the boxes and the pistol in bags. He took Meiling's card and swiped it while telling his employee to help them put the goods in their car. The boy nodded and after buying what they needed, the four of them headed towards the car.

"You know what girls? We should all take a picture right now. This is a memorable moment for us." Sakura suggested.

"You're right!" Tomoyo excitedly said.

Meiling nodded, "Yes, today is going to be a victorious day."

Sakura took out her cell phone and programmed it on self picture mode. "Okay, you're already scaring me as well Meiling."

"Oh shut up! Do you know how many years I've waited for this?"

Tomoyo and Sakura chuckled before getting themselves ready for the picture.

"Sakura, isn't it better to get it a little lower?" Tomoyo asked.

"No. I like the way the background of this small town also appears on the picture." She casually answered.

They all smiled as Sakura took the picture with the background of the bench behind. They looked at it and nodded in agreement of the picture before getting inside the car and driving away towards the cabin.

When they reached the house, Tomoyo carefully entered it while Sakura and Meiling waited on the car.

"Baby?" Tomoyo loudly called but no answer came. She quickly turned around to let them know the coast was clear. Meiling and Sakura quickly got out of the car and ran into the house with the bags on hand.

"To my room!" Meiling excitedly said while quickly leading them. As soon as she entered her room, she took out the other two pistols from her hidden place and gave Sakura hers. They each loaded their gun before any of the guys arrived.

"I should change into some baggy pants to at least carry a rechargeable bag." Sakura said.

"Good idea." Meiling said. She got up and looked through her two bags till she found three baggy pants. She threw one to each of them and started to switch to the one that was left in her hand.

"Wow, you truly did came prepared for this…" Tomoyo commented as she started inspecting her pants.

Meiling chuckled and nodded. "Quickly change before the guys arrive."

Sakura and Tomoyo nodded. The lose pants had never been Sakura's favorite style but she could still wear them. She put on her pants and grabbed one of the multi-colored bags of paintball ammo to put it on her pocket but it didn't fit. "We'll have to divide the bags to make it fit in the pockets."

Meiling and Tomoyo nodded and divided the bags as well. When the three of them were done, they each finished with a loaded gun and two pockets full of paintball ammo. They looked at each other and felt completely satisfied before nodding and walking out the door to wait for the guys upstairs in the living room.

After several minutes, they heard Kyu's loud voice in the distance. Tomoyo quickly hid behind the sofa as Meiling chose to stay in the stairs and Sakura went all the way to the other side and hid behind her room's hallway wall.

"No man! I'm telling you, watching a romantic movie is as boring as going to the mall. Do you know what we'll have to go through tonight?" Kyu said as he opened the door.

"It wouldn't have been fair man."

Tomoyo waited for Eriol to enter before getting out from behind the couch hiding her gun behind her back.

"Tomoyo?" He looked at her from head to toe. She was smiling innocently sweet at him wearing blue baggy pants and a red tank top. He hoped this wasn't one more of those new fashions she liked to experiment with as he curiously asked, "Are you okay?"

She sweetly smiled and nodded.

He questionably stared at her. "What are you wearing baby?"

"Necessary attire." She sweetly answered once more.

He wasn't exactly sure of what she meant by that and a little afraid of finding out, but he had to ask. "A necessary attire for what?"

She kept smiling before pointing the gun at him.

He opened his eyes widely, "Where did you…?"

Tomoyo didn't let him finish as she started firing at him and Kyu.

"Now Sakura!" Meiling yelled from the stairs before appearing as well and firing at them

"What the-" Kyu said before running out the door. He hit Syaoran on his way out.

"Hey man, watch it!" Syaoran loudly said.

Kyu looked at Syaoran. "They have guns man!" he said before running to hide in the bushes.

"What?" Syaoran asked not understanding anything until he saw Eriol running out the door as well. At the sight of Eriol's shirt it dawn on him. 'The paintball pistols!' he thought before watching his cousin run out of the house with a Tomoyo in pursuit shooting at him.

Meiling suddenly appeared on the door yelling loudly, "Come back here you cowards!" She looked at Syaoran and smirked before firing at him.

Syaoran ran to hide behind one of the bushes as well before loudly asking, "Kyu! What did you do this time?"

Kyu evaded several more shots fired at him before answering, "Nothing man! I swear that woman will be the death of me."

Sakura, who had been watching from the door, saw both of their hiding places. She couldn't see where Eriol had run off to but at least she knew exactly where Syaoran and Kyu were hiding. It was enough to formulate a plan in her head to expose both of them. She silently circled the bushes around while Meiling was firing towards them from the front. She found Kyu covering his head with each shot fired by his girlfriend and smirked before firing at him from behind.

"Shit!" he quickly jumped after feeling the shots and was surprised to find Sakura. He started running towards another bush but his girlfriend fired all the way at him. "What is wrong with these women?" he yelled.

Sakura then proceeded to find Syaoran. She walked slowly to his hiding place only to find it empty. 'Sneaking are we?' she thought before carefully walking around the bushes.

He appeared from behind her. "Give me that!" He said as he launched for her but she barely slipped away. She started running away from him with the pistol on hand.

"Aaahhh!" Sakura playfully screamed before turning around and shooting at him.

After seeing him getting out of the bushes and following Sakura, Meiling fired at him. She hit him with a couple of shots before needing to recharge and yelling, "Get him Sakura!" Meiling laughed.

Sakura ran away from Syaoran laughing and looking back at him. He was running towards her as she pointed the gun at him and started shooting. She could see several shots hit him but he didn't stop his pursue.

It didn't matter how many times she fired at him, he ran after her until he caught her by her stomach and threw both of them to the grassy ground. He landed first and her back landed on top of him. He wrestled with her a little trying to get her gun but she was feisty.

"Stop it!" she screamed and laughed at the same time as Syaoran tried to tickle her so she would drop her hold on the gun. Still laughing, she was able to untangle herself from his grip. All she heard was Meiling and Tomoyo from the side rooting for her as she turned around and fired once again at him. Syaoran tried to cover himself but it was evident who the winner had been. He was all covered in all sorts of colors which made her laugh even harder until something at the corner of her eye made her stop. "Jun."

Syaoran looked at her questionably, "what?"

She dropped her aim, "he's here." She walked past Syaoran to meet her boyfriend.

"Hey! I thought you weren't coming until tomorrow." She said after approaching him.

He shrugged. "I wanted to surprise you. I got off a day early."

She nodded. "Well, I'm not giving you a hug until I clean up or else you'll get paint all over your clothes. It's not mine, it's actually..." She was about to say Syaoran but decided to stop before it was too late. "Never mind. Give me a couple of minutes to clean up."

He nodded as she quickly kissed him and headed towards the house.

"Are you okay man?" Kyu asked as he helped Syaoran get back up.

Syaoran had watched the entire scene but didn't say anything. "Yeah." He walked towards Jun as calmly as possible. "Welcome."

Jun waited until Sakura was all the way inside before turning towards Syaoran. "Don't think for one second I don't have my eyes on you. So you better back off before it gets ugly."

Syaoran scoffed, "Is that a challenge?"

"Sakura may not notice, or if she does she doesn't care. But I know very well you still feel something for my girlfriend." Having said that, Jun followed his girlfriend and entered the house.

Syaoran stared at his back. Kyu stood at his side. "We start practices next week man. Don't do anything stupid."

"Shut up Kyu," was all he said before walking towards the house as well. He needed a quick shower to calm down desperately if he was going to survive three days without breaking that guy's face.

~ o ~

Jun entered the room with his bag on hand and placed it on the bed with some magazines he had bought for the flight while he waited for his girlfriend to come back from the bathroom. He had to admit this house was pretty amazing. Most of his friends had already warned him about Li. Aside from being a flirtatious player with girls, he also had his family name which attracted many women. And although he knew his girlfriend was not that type of girl, knowing that they had something in the past made him feel a little nervous.

Sakura entered the room with a bathing suit on and smiled at him.

"Weren't you changing?" he asked her.

"I did! Do you like my new bathing suit?" She walked towards him and placed her hands around his neck. She was wearing a lime green bikini. The bottom part of it had little pink bows on the side while the top part of the bikini had the strings pink colored and were tied up with another bow on her bra.

He put his hands around her torso and hugged her to him. "I like you in it." He said before kissing her.

She broke the kiss after several seconds and sweetly said, "I told the girls we could go to the pool and get some sun. What do you think?"

"Well, we are on vacation." He smiled and gave her another quick kiss before saying, "I'll get change."

She nodded. "Good. The pool is downstairs. I'll meet you there." She quickly kissed him again before turning around and walking out the door.

He sighed. He opened his bag and started to get his clothing out. He found his bathing suit and heard the door open. He looked up to see Eriol peeking into his room.

"The guys and I are going to check the horses before going to the pool. Do you want to come?"

"You also have horses in this place?" he surprisingly asked.

Eriol nodded. "Auntie brought them last week. Meiling likes to ride whenever she comes here."

He nodded and watched as Kyu also appeared on the door.

"So, you finished settling down?" he asked.

Jun smiled at him, "I haven't. But I doubt I'll unpack everything until tonight."

Kyu nodded. "Good, come on then." He was about to turn around when he saw a magazine on Jun's bed that caught his attention. Meiling was on the cover of the magazine with a red bathing suit on. "Is that your magazine?"

Jun and Eriol looked towards the bed. Eriol widely opened his eyes and looked back up to Jun.

"Oh! That's one of the magazines I bought at the airport. I like reading on flights." Jun casually said. He didn't pay too much attention to it as he walked into the closet and took off his shoes.

"That's my cousin." Eriol casually said as he pointed at the magazine.

Jun got out of the closet and nodded. "I know. She's the model, right?"

Eriol nodded. He was certain Jun hadn't noticed the angriness boiling inside Kyu. Many of the fights Kyu had with Meiling consisted of her career choices and he guessed today's wouldn't be any different.

"Can I borrow this?" Kyu lowly asked.

Jun nodded, "Sure!"

Kyu walked towards the bed and grabbed the magazine. If the cover was any indication of the pictures he would find inside the magazine, he didn't need to scan through it to know he would be pissed after looking at them. He turned around and walked towards the door.

"Kyu?"

"Shut up Eriol." He muttered.

Eriol simply let him pass without getting too involved in it.

"Is he alright?" Jun asked.

"Yeah." He casually said. "It's not a big deal. I'll wait for you in the living room." Eriol said before turning around and leaving Jun to finish changing.

~ o ~

He was furious. He rapidly walked downstairs and searched in their room for her with the magazine on hand but didn't find her there. He heard laughing coming from the pool and headed over there. Finally he saw her along with Sakura and Tomoyo laughing in a corner and went to her.

"We need to talk." his low tone gave away that something was clearly bothering him.

Meiling looked at him curiously, "Are you alright baby?"

"Alone." He said before turning around and walking towards the house. "Now Meiling!"

She stood up from her place and followed him towards their room.

Sakura looked at Tomoyo, "What's wrong with him? Will she be okay?"

Tomoyo smiled and nodded. "It's probably something she did to piss him off. They've been like this for quite a while."

After walking inside the room she closed the door. She looked at him thoroughly until she landed on his hand. There was no doubt about what brought his change of mood… he had seen her in the magazine already.

He turned around and threw the magazine on the bed. On the front cover, Meiling appeared in a red bikini with both of her hands pulling her hair out of her face very provocatively as she came out of the beach wearing her bottom part of the bikini a little lower than usual. "You want to explain to me why you need to be like this on a guy's magazine?"

"It's not a man's only magazine and it's just a bathing suit Kyu." She said to him.

He widely opened his eyes. "Is it? Funny, I almost miss the bathing suit."

"Oh, don't start." She knew he wouldn't like the pictures but he needed to understand it was her job.

"Don't start? Do you like showing yourself to other men like this? I thought we talked about you not doing these kinds of poses anymore."

"No Kyu, you talked about that but it is my career."

"Your career is modeling. That doesn't mean you have to go and take pictures with barely anything on." He said a little louder than usual.

"I have a bathing suit on. It shows very clearly in the picture." She tried to explain but he was already pass the point of hearing an explanation.

"No Meiling, that bathing suit is missing some cloth. I still don't understand how you can just expose yourself like that for all men to see."

"It's just a job Kyu." She quickly said.

"It is a job you can choose whether or not to do a shoot and you still choose to do this knowing I hate when you do it." He was already to the point of yelling at her. He hated when she did things like these and to make it worst this time she hadn't even told him about it. He had just found out casually because Jun had brought the stupid magazine.

"What do you expect me to do Kyu? Stop advancing in my career just because you don't like it?"

"I am your boyfriend Meiling. Last time I checked, this is how you wanted it. Don't you think that perhaps you could be more considerate when I asked you to stop doing these kinds of shootings? It's not like you need the money anyways."

"You're such a jerk sometimes. So I should stop doing something I love because you are my boyfriend... In that case I think we should stop this relationship right now. That way I can do my shoot and you don't have to feel embarrassed because of your girlfriend's job."

He stared at her. "Fine! We're done then!" he said as he walked passed her and opened the door but, before walking out, he turned around towards her and said, "You know, I have tried to please you in many things. All of your little whims and small demands, even when you have needed your so-called space, I have given it to you. But I'm tired and I can't settle for second best. So you need to decide." He turned around and walked away.

Meiling took a deep breath to try to calm down and closed the door as a tear fell unavoidably from her eyes and the rest just followed.

~ o ~

After today's "lively" events, Sakura and Tomoyo had spent about an hour comforting Meiling. Riding had been cancelled because of her fight with Kyu. Then Kyu came back, packed up some of his stuff, and decided to stay at a hotel that night which only aggravated the situation. So, the rest of the evening was spent comforting Meiling again before it was time to go to bed.

Sakura turned around on her bed. Something was making her feel uneasy. She had traveled to many places because of her work and not once was she not able to sleep in a new bed. So new bed theory discarded. Besides, she had slept the night before with no trouble at all… So, why was she having such difficulty sleeping tonights? She tossed and turned for the last time before turning one more time till she was facing the door and carefully got up making sure not to wake Jun with her movements. 'Perhaps a walk will be good.' She put her night gown and tied it around her waist before silently walking out of the room.

She walked through the hallway trying to figure out why she couldn't sleep. She had a lot of work back in the city. I mean, part of the idea of coming along in this little trip was to get the stress out and have a small vacation, but that couldn't possibly be it. Her amazing boyfriend was supposed to come tomorrow yet he got here a day before just so that he could spend more time with her. So, what was wrong now?

She walked into the living room and noticed through one of the windows that the fireplace outside was light up. Curiously she walked out of the house and towards it. She saw a figure sitting in the bench in front of it. Syaoran turned around and their eyes locked for a second before he smiled at her.

"Couldn't sleep?" he asked her.

She shook her head and took a deep breath.

"I can't offer you strawberries since Wei didn't buy any for this weekend but you can sit here with me if you want… I won't bite yet."

She rolled her eyes at him, "You won't bite, period." She clarified and smiled while shaking her head at his sarcastic comment. She walked towards him and took a seat right next to him but was on alert in case he tried something. It wasn't that he would force himself on her, she knew he would never do that, but given the chance she had no doubt he would probably make true on his words. She hadn't missed that bitter look that crossed his face at the mention of Jun's surprising arrival this morning.

She sat right next to him and watched the bonfire go on while it warmed her body to a nice temperature. It wasn't too cold outside as it was almost summer, but since the house was located among the mountains in a high location the weather usually was a little chilly at night. "I heard you have many offers around. Have you decided in which European team you want to play?"

He shook his head. "I'm waiting for the cup."

"I thought you already knew with who you wanted to play..."

"So did I…" he thoughtfully said.

She looked at him, "What changed?"

He sighed, "Many things, but for now I'm just waiting for the cup."

"That's a little risky, don't you think? To leave an entire decision based on a tournament..."

"The World Cup is not just any tournament. It's the best of the best."

She looked at him and smiled. There was something mesmerizing about hearing Syaoran talk about soccer. His eyes still shinned whenever he talked proudly about it. Even when he was concentrated looking at the fire, she could still see that spark ignited by the passion he felt for the sport that made him the athlete he was today.

"Since when haven't you been sleeping?" he suddenly asked.

She looked away into the fire once more and softly asked, "What do mean?"

He smiled and looked at her, "It hasn't been tonight only. Your eyes can say that much."

She scoffed, "You think you can still read me?"

"Then tell me I'm wrong, though I'm pretty sure I'm right." He confidently said.

She smiled a little but still didn't look at him. Apparently time had forgotten to take away his arrogance these seven years they spent apart. Not that she minded much. She loved the way he took pride in knowing her back then. She sighed. "Probably a couple of months now."

"Why?"

She chuckled, "Too many things I guess. My job, traveling, coordinating most of the tournament… It's been a little hectic lately."

He smiled and stood up. She watched him as he walked into the house. She scoffed, 'what's wrong with him now?' she thought. A couple of minutes later he came back with a bag of marshmallows, a bag of Hershey chocolates, and a bag of graham crackers.

"What are you doing?" she unbelievably asked.

He smirked but nonetheless sat down and opened the bag of marshmallows. "What does it look like I'm doing...? I'm doing S'mores"

"At this hour Syaoran?" she simply asked.

He smirked. "Yeah!"

She chuckled. "You don't even have a stick for it..."

"You're right!" He went into the house again and returned with the steak fork. He put a marshmallow on the fork and set it on the fire.

She chuckled at him. "I hope no one wakes up because of you."

"Why would they?" he innocently asked.

She unbelievably watched as he roasted the marshmallow on the bonfire. "You shouldn't keep it in too long," she said switching her sight back and forth from Syaoran to the marshmallow and then back to Syaoran.

"It's fine. Trust me... I am an expert." He said to her. As he took out the fork, the marshmallow was completely covered in fire. Syaoran blew out the fire to reveal a black and shrunk marshmallow.

She laughed. "I told you, you would burn it! Why can't you ever listen to me?"

"I didn't burn it! I made you a marshmallow in form of a teddy bear."

"A what?"

"I did! Look at it! It's a black teddy bear."

"It looks more like a piece of carbon to me." she kept laughing.

"I'm hurt that you can't appreciate my art..." he mockingly said.

"You're such a liar!"

He smiled and looked down to put the marshmallow into a piece of graham cookie. He hesitated a little before softly saying, "I searched for you. After you left Japan, I searched for you."

Her laughed turned into a sad smile. "I heard. But still to this day I don't regret my decision."

"I missed you." He said as he gave her the first S'more.

She sighed and accepted it. "You should stop saying that to me. I have a boyfriend now." She ate a piece of the S'more and surprisingly enough it didn't tasted that burned to her. In fact it tasted really good.

He stared as he watched her take another bite. "Trust me, I know... It's the only thing that's been keeping me from kissing you right now."

She quickly looked at him. It shouldn't have come as a surprise to her that he was finally saying it in front of her. Knowing him it must've been hard to keep it silent throughout all of this time. Hiding and waiting had never been part of his virtues but nonetheless she was stunned by his little confession. She couldn't understand why he kept doing it? He should've known she wouldn't accept it.

"Don't!" He quickly said as he turned to set another marshmallow on the fork and set it by the fire again. "I mean it."

She sighed and finished the rest of her s'more before saying, "I should get going."

He needed to know. "Did things ended up so badly between us that you wouldn't consider coming back to me?"

She looked at him. In the three years she had known Syaoran she had learned how to read his eyes without much effort. To this day she could still say she could do that after looking at his eyes and deciphering the meaning behind his words… he wasn't waiting anymore. He had made his decision. She sighed, "Why can't you just let things be the way they are?"

He stared at her, "Because I know I'm not the only one feeling this."

She looked at him and for a minute he thought she would finally see it his way. Then she turned her face away, "Jun is my boyfriend now."

A look of hurt adorned his face before turning it towards the fire again. "I don't see you leaving..."

"I was leaving...I mean I am leaving" She nervously got up and hoped he hadn't noticed the impact his little confession was already having on her although she was pretty sure he had. He was really fast in reading most of her emotions. It was something she had loved back then about him and at the same time made her feel cautious around him.

~ o ~

The next morning she felt the consequences of a sleepless night. Her head pounded with the smallest sound inside and outside the room. Jun had woken up already. She slowly opened her eyes after hearing some noise to find him going through his bag searching for something.

"Baby?" she patiently said, "Can you please not do that?"

He looked at her curiously. "What? I need to get dressed."

"I know. But I have a headache. Can you please just find whatever it is that you're looking for and go?"

He nodded and kept searching through his clothing. "Do you want me to bring you some painkillers?"

She took a deep breath and nodded. "Thanks"

She watched him grab his clothes and walk out of the room. 'This is all Syaoran's fault!' she thought not caring for staying under the covers of her bed. It wasn't enough that she hadn't been able to sleep last night, his little confession was one more thing added to her train of thoughts. She turned around to lay face up looking at the ceiling. 'What the heck is so different from last time?' His words still sounded as enchanting as she remembered. His eyes were still as mesmerizing as she remembered. So, what was so different?

She thought about how this entire weekend had started off. They had been good so far until Jun arrived a day earlier but she knew his arrival would be awkward. She had decided to come nonetheless inviting Jun as well which confirmed what she needed to know… this friendship with Syaoran was not working out. He had proposed being friends when they met again and yet he couldn't comply with it.

She grabbed her phone and unlocked it. She opened her photos and saw the picture she took with Meiling and Tomoyo on their little visit to town. She hit the share button and texted it. Not minutes passed before she noticed her phone silently notifying her of the person calling.

"It's nice of you to send a picture of you having fun in your vacations when there are people who are working hard on a day like today." Xiefa sarcastically greeted her.

Sakura smirked, "And here I was thinking what a great Christmas Day I missed a couple of years ago…"

"Well, that's your fault. But thank you for letting me know how you truly feel about that night years after."

Sakura chuckled, "I need you to do me a favor."

"Sakura, you're on vacations "hopefully" not thinking about work."

She sighed, "I need you to find out who the guy in the back is and who is he working for."

"A reporter?" Xiefa quickly asked.

"Sort of. Could be"

"Ah… so you think it's more?"

"Just find out and txt me the answer."

"Fine. I'll see you on Monday." Xiefa said before hanging the phone.

She put the phone down and closed her eyes.

"Were you talking to someone?" Jun asked from the door.

She quickly opened her eyes and smiled at him, "Just work."

He scoffed, "Can't they leave you alone for one day? Do they know the meaning of vacations?"

She smiled at him and took the pills and water cup from his hands. She swallowed the pill and drank half a cup of water before putting the cup on the night stand. "I just wanted to make sure everything was fine."

"Babe, it's you. Everything is fine. I'm sure they can do without you for a couple of days, more so on a Saturday."

"Well, you know how I am."

"Are you going to stay here?"

She nodded. "Just till the headache goes down."

He nodded. "Do you want me to stay with you?"

She shook her head. "No. It's fine. Go have fun with the guys till I get better."

"Are you sure?"

She nodded.

"Okay." He gave her a quick kiss, "Text me if you need anything."

She nodded and waited for him to be out the door before closing her eyes again. She hated having headaches.

~ o ~

Meiling looked at her cell phone but the screen just showed a picture of Kyu hugging her smiling form and the time at the top. She had expected at least a text from him last night but instead she received nothing. Usually when they had these fights they would at least text each other until one of them couldn't take it anymore and would call the other, but this time it had been different. He had walked out of the house at night without looking back.

She unlocked her phone and looked for his number. She was about to dial it but sighed and turn her phone off. It had been like that the entire morning for her. She knew he hated her doing these shoots but, honestly, couldn't he see them another way? She wasn't doing them just to exhibit herself to other men, just like he had said. She truly saw it as part of a growing experience in her industry.

She changed from her pajamas to casual clothing. Not caring much for her appearance right now, she fixed her hair into a ponytail before walking upstairs to have some breakfast. Eriol and Tomoyo were already in the table talking and eating some pancakes.

"Good Morning!" Tomoyo quickly said after noticing her walking up the stairs. "How are you feeling?"

"Like crap but it's not your fault," she said not even looking at them while walking towards the kitchen. She saw Jun getting out of Sakura's room and, since Sakura was not coming out, she curiously asked, "Where's Sakura?"

He smiled at her and explained, "She has a headache. I just took some pills to her. She'll be coming out once she feels better."

Meiling nodded. "Nice to know I'm not the only one feeling like crap today," she sourly said without even noticing it. She took out two eggs from the fridge, cheese, and ham to make her breakfast before turning on the stove and placing a pan in it.

"I don't see how that's good news." Jun quickly said.

"Don't mind her Jun." Eriol said. "She still hasn't had her coffee yet."

Jun nodded and continued to the table to finish his orange juice when Syaoran entered the house.

He was all wet from his own sweat. "Good morning!" he greeted everyone.

"I thought you guys were on vacation…" Jun said to Eriol.

Eriol nodded. "We are, but Syaoran is used to running early in the mornings."

"Like Sakura?" Jun asked eyeing Syaoran.

"She still does?" Eriol asked.

Jun nodded but didn't say anything else. He was slowly realizing that his girlfriend's past relationship perhaps had been more than he thought.

Syaoran ignored him and walked to the kitchen. He opened the fridge and took out a bottle of water before reclining himself from the small bar. He observed his cousin doing her breakfast while he drank his water. Her puffy eyes were an indication that she hadn't slept at all last night. She was clearly not her usual self. By the temperature she put the stove on he could deduct she would without a doubt burn her breakfast. She hadn't heated the milk for her coffee which meant when she tasted her cup of coffee she would most likely get pissed because it wasn't hot enough.

"I texted him this morning." He softly said knowing that her absentmindedly movements must have come from not knowing if Kyu was alright.

"I don't care." She quickly said before hissing at her scrambled eggs getting stuck in the pan due to overheating it.

Syaoran smiled and shook his head. "Pretending not to care will not make it true. You should know that. He's still pissed."

She turned the stove off and put her scrambled eggs in a plate. She scratched the pan until the rest of her breakfast would land on her plate as well. She took her cup of coffee and was about to pour the milk inside it but Syaoran grabbed the small cup of milk and put it in the microwave before she could use it on her cup of coffee. She watched him hit a minute before looking at her.

She tiredly sighed before looking down and softly saying to him, "He didn't even texted me last night."

He hugged his cousin. "You should have at least talked about this before you did it Meiling."

"I know I was wrong," she softly said as she hugged him back.

"Good. Then you know where you need to start. Eat and dress up. We're going riding today."

She kept hugging him and sighed, "I don't feel like riding."

He chuckled, "probably till you see your horse outside." He hated to see her unhappy and riding had been something she always loved to do. He turned to the table where the rest of the group was sitting talking with each other. "Where's Sakura?"

Jun narrowed his eyes at him.

"She has a headache." Meiling answered him.

He nodded. Ignoring Jun's irritating stare he look at him and said, "Tell her we'll be riding later today." With that said, he let go of Meiling and walked down the stairs with his bottle of water in hand.

"You know Jun? He's not a bad person once you get to know him." Tomoyo softly said.

Jun nodded at Tomoyo's comment but still didn't feel comfortable at all. Doubt flooded his mind and that was something he truly disliked. The more he knew the guy, the more he kept feeling the distance growing between him and Sakura. He had just found out his girlfriend had yet another thing in common with Li. It was hard enough for him to have waited for Sakura to be able to open up to him in the past and now he was finding out that her last relationship had a lot of things in common with her. And he didn't like that at all.

~ o ~

In the afternoon, everyone got ready to go riding just like Syaoran had proposed. The guys saddle the horses while the girls talked among themselves. Meiling was still feeling hurt over Kyu but still went along hoping this ride would get her mind off things. Although Sakura was still feeling the remains of the headache she still didn't want to miss this. It would be the first time she would go riding. So they all got into the horses and followed Syaoran who was leading the group.

While most of the terrain was covered by trees, Syaoran led them through a path that was easier for the horses to handle. Walking through the way the sound of water flowing could be heard. After several minutes a river could be seen from a distance. Clear waters ran through the rocks in a playful and inviting way.

"This place is really beautiful." Sakura commented.

"Auntie still comes here from time to time when she needs to find peace." Eriol smirked. "We used to come here a lot when we were kids. Remember Syaoran?"

Syaoran nodded but didn't stop riding. He rode till the river got louder. A couple of steps after, a waterfall could be seen at a distance falling from the top part of the mountain. It truly was a sight to remember. The afternoon sun hit the water cascade as it was falling to the river and misty drops covered the river where the waterfall met the river below.

"I remember when auntie found out we were throwing ourselves from the top of the waterfall..." Eriol laughed. "Man, what a time..." He smirked at the memory.

"You did what?" Sakura asked before chuckling "And, should I ask, who was the mastermind behind that idea?"

Eriol smirked. "You really didn't think Syaoran was a good kid when he was little, did you...? Why did you think Auntie sent him so far off?"

He felt Tomoyo hit him playfully in his arm. "That's mean Eriol!"

Syaoran smirked, "I never heard you complaining about it. And, let's not forget, she also sent you far away too."

She laughed. "Did you come here too Meiling?"

She nodded as she remembered the sweet memory and softly said, "Yeah." She was glad she had agreed on going horse riding with her cousins, but that still wasn't enough to get the sadness out of her heart. She had planned this trip having in mind that Kyu would be here seeing this same sight with her and yet everything had changed. She had hoped their fight wouldn't last long as it did with any other fights they've had before but this time it was different and she felt it.

She had spent the entire ride thinking about his last words before leaving and they only left her with one thought in her mind… He wasn't trying anymore. He was done with her. And that message was exactly what scared her the most. Before, they could be mad at each other but still they were both willing to talk and fix everything. Now, she wasn't sure anymore.

"Eriol, what do you say if we jump once today for old time sake?" Syaoran smirked as he looked at his cousin.

Sakura quickly looked at him, "You wouldn't!"

He smirked again and got off his horse.

"Are you sure man? I mean, I don't know why but today it kind of looks a little bigger than it was back then." Eriol doubtfully said.

Syaoran scoffed. "Wimp!"

"I'll go!" Meiling quickly said.

"What?" Sakura asked as she turned her head to look at her getting off her horse like Syaoran did.

"Meiling…" Eriol was about to say something but she interrupted him.

"You guys didn't let me do it before. I'm doing it now." Meiling confidently said.

Syaoran looked at Eriol and smirked again. "That actually makes you look worst than a wimp."

Eriol narrowed his eyes and started getting off his horse as well.

"Eriol?" Tomoyo's trembling voice was heard. "You do understand I want to marry you as a whole, not just parts of you right…?" She nervously smiled.

"It's okay babe. Nothing will happen." He assured her.

"You're all crazy. That waterfall must be at least thirty feet tall." Jun exclaimed looking at the waterfall.

"Are you coming?" Syaoran asked Sakura.

She had been silent while she had watched them decide if they were going to do it or not. She looked back at the waterfall and something inside of her made her wonder. The adrenaline, the rush, the excitement of trying something new it was something she hadn't felt in a long time.

"Off course she's not going! We're not going." Jun quickly said.

Syaoran waited for Sakura's answer. He could see the curiosity in her eyes.

The idea that they were about to jump from a waterfall into the river was unmistakably appealing to her. She turned her eyes from the top of the waterfall into the river and she smiled to herself before getting off her horse as well.

"Sakura!" Jun called.

She looked at him and said, "Just this once." She turned around and walked towards the group.

"Babe, are you staying?" Eriol asked Tomoyo.

She nodded. "You know I'm not doing that."

He went to her and kissed her hand before turning around and walking off with Syaoran and the rest of the girls. After twenty minutes escalading their way into the top of the waterfall, the view seemed more intimidating than before. Sakura took in how far it looked down below and her nerves got worst. As they reached the top, Syaoran was the first to test the waters.

"Well, it's a little cold but not something that can't be handled." He smiled as he got in. The water reached a little above his waist.

"You know what I'm thinking?" Eriol asked Syaoran.

Syaoran shook his head. "No, but I know you'll tell me. You usually talk a lot when you're nervous."

Eriol chuckled as he got inside the water. "Hahaha funny!" he sarcastically said. "But in all honesty, now that I see this waterfall again I can comprehend auntie before. I can actually see why she scolded us when she found out."

Syaoran smirked. "Come on." He offered Meiling his hand so she could get inside the water and then helped Sakura getting in.

"This is truly crazy." Sakura nervously smiled as she grabbed Syaoran's hand and walked into the waters.

"It's not that bad once you're in." Syaoran said to her.

"Really? I think the hard part is not even been in the water, is actually jumping."

He chuckled. He looked towards Meiling who was following Eriol to the middle part of the waters.

"Are you okay?" Eriol asked her.

She dismissed his words with a wave of her hand and loudly said, "I'm doing this!"

They both chuckled. Sakura looked at Syaoran as he enjoyed watching his cousin's fiery side. Meiling pushed Eriol out of her way and prepared herself to jump which made Syaoran laugh. As he looked back at her she quickly looked away so he wouldn't catch her looking at him. "You used to do this when you were kids?"

He smiled at her. "It's really okay."

"Is it deep enough?"

He nodded. He got close enough to her and whispered in her ear, "Trust me. I'll be right behind you." Before he grabbed her hand and walked her towards the middle as well. As they were walking towards the middle, Meiling got on top of the rock that created the waterfall and looked down. She thought for a couple of seconds before finally jumping.

They all heard her screams before finally hitting the water.

"Well, she made it!" Eriol enthusiastically chuckled as he watched his cousin coming up for air. He looked behind to see Syaoran bringing Sakura. "Well Sakura, ladies first."

She looked at Eriol in front of her and nodded. She walked towards the middle and silently looked below. The sight was terrifying! She looked towards her right where Eriol was waiting for her and said, "I think it's better if you go first."

"You're not having seconds thoughts are you?" Eriol asked her.

She quickly shook her head and tried to be brave. "No. But perhaps if I look at you doing it, it'll be easier for me to jump." She said to try to convince him.

Eriol shrugged. "You know, if you feel that bad you can jump with one of us." He suggested.

Sakura thought for a minute on the offer. In one hand, she wouldn't feel that bad about jumping but on the other hand she would most likely have a problem with Jun afterwards. Although it was no secret to any of them, except her now boyfriend Jun, the one she still trusted the most was Syaoran. Eriol was her friend, but it wasn't the same feeling of trust as with Syaoran. So she looked at Eriol and softly said, "We both know that, although your idea is good and I truly appreciate it, it will get me in trouble later. So, I think that my idea is better."

He smiled at her. "Okay." He moved in front of her and got up into the rock. He looked at his girlfriend who had her hands covering her eyes and waved at her. He watched her shake her head which meant she was actually looking regardless of her covering hands which made him smile.

"I love you!" he yelled so Tomoyo could hear him.

"Oh, jump already you idiot!" Syaoran grunted from behind.

Sakura chuckled as she watched Eriol looked below for a couple of seconds, like Meiling did, and jumped. "Woohoo! Yeah!" was all they heard until he hit the water.

Sakura laughed. Ever since she had known Eriol, he had always been so careful with Tomoyo's feelings it was actually funny to watch him doing something she didn't agreed on. Not just agreed on but she was totally against it. Watching him jump before her made her actually feel more excited than she was even if it was frightening. Sakura slowly walked towards the rock and got on top of it. The look from above the rock was even worst.

He watched her hesitate before saying, "When you hit the water, quickly swim to the top. I'll be right behind you."

She nodded. She nervously laughed and murmured, "I can't believe I'm doing this." She took a deep breath and jumped. She screamed as she felt the wind rapidly sucking her skin for a couple of seconds before she felt the cold touch of the water on her skin again. She opened her eyes under the water and tried to adjust her sight. All she saw was rocks around her. When she looked up, she knew she was way far from the top. She did as Syaoran told her and swam to the top when she heard him getting in. He had landed a couple of inches away from her. She swam to the top and, just like he had said, he swam to the top behind her.

When she reached the surface, she took a deep breath again before getting her hair out of her face and laughed. "That was amazing!" She was out of breath but still laughing at her new learned experience.

Syaoran appeared on the surface catching up his breath as well and laughing. "Woah!"

"You're such a show off Syaoran! I want to go again!" Meiling said. She was still in the river looking bitterly at her cousin.

Sakura looked from Meiling to Syaoran laughing, "What did you do?"

He smirked.

"He flipped on the air several times before actually making it into the water." Eriol laughing said.

Sakura rolled her eyes and shook her head at him.

Meiling went towards him and jokingly tried to push him down towards the water again. Syaoran only laughed as he grabbed her hands and threw her a little far away from him.

"Hey, that's my cousin you're throwing!" Eriol said before splashing water towards him. Syaoran splashed him back as they started playing like if they were still nine and ten years old.

Sakura just stood inside the water laughing at the sight. She heard Tomoyo from the shore of the river say, "Wait for me baby!" before she started to get into the river as well. She went straight towards Syaoran claiming she had to defend her boyfriend while also splashing him.

"This is not fair! It's three against one!" Syaoran said while laughing as Meiling again tried to catch him from behind. He easily turned around and again threw her a little away from him while receiving Eriol's and Tomoyo's splashes of water. The whole scene unfolded itself in front of Sakura's eyes and it made her laugh harder than she had been before.

Jun stayed watching the whole scene from the side. He had gotten down from his horse but didn't go in. Something made him stop. He watched as his girlfriend laughed as he had never seen her before. She was just staying at the side without getting involved in the whole fight but it didn't stop the way he was feeling about this whole situation. He was pissed as he narrowed his eyes and something inside his head snapped.

~ o ~

After getting back from the river, they dressed up to go out for the night. They had decided to visit this new club that had just opened a couple of weeks ago. Syaoran decided to take his own car while the rest drove in Eriol's SUV. While they were on the road, Eriol had called in to separate a table for them. Experience had taught him that whenever they decided to go out together it was always a good idea to get a VIP room just for them. Otherwise fans would just have the night of their lives with them.

They reached the club and walked in. Like Eriol had expected, several fans stopped them on their way to their table on the VIP side of the club to take pictures with them. Fifteen minutes later, they finally reached their table. The guys went to the bar to get them some drinks while the girls waited on the table. Sakura watched the dance floor full of people swaying their bodies to the rhythm of the music.

"This place is full!" Tomoyo said.

"I know. I heard it has been like this since they opened a couple of weeks ago. It's the talk around the street." Meiling explained. She was looking around the club as well when she saw Kyu entering the club. But he wasn't alone… A brown haired woman accompanied him on his side with natural curls and red lipstick that screamed she lacked attention. He stopped by the bar to greet the guys.

Tomoyo gasped surprised at the sight and put her hands on her lips when she saw him enter. Sakura quickly turned around and looked at Meiling. "Do not let him see that you're mad."

"That would actually require for me to be mad Sakura, which I assure you I am worst than mad right now."

"Do not give him the satisfaction of knowing it's working then."

~ o ~

"Hey guys!" Kyu greeted Eriol, Jun and Syaoran on the bar. "This is Aria."

Jun smiled to her and greeted her by extending his hand. "Hi, I'm Jun. Nice to meet you."

She smiled and nodded while shaking his hand.

Eriol followed and politely extended his hands as well. "I'm Eriol."

She did the same and smiled. She gave Syaoran a flirty look and waited for him to do the same, but he on the other hand just stared at Kyu. He was sure Kyu was hurt after his fight with Meiling, but to bring another woman with him to a club he clearly knew Meiling was in made him wonder if his friend had indeed lost his mind.

Kyu simply ignored his look and decided to get a bartender to order his drink. The girl looked at Kyu and whispered something in his ear before excusing herself.

~ o ~

Meiling had watched everything. She watched with eagle eyes till the girl entered the bathroom. She grabbed her pouch and was about to walk away but Sakura stopped her.

"Where are you going?"

She looked at Sakura. "I need to use the ladies room. Do I need to ask for your permission now?"

"Oh wait! I need to go too!" Tomoyo said as well.

"So do I." Sakura smirked.

The three of them walked into the bathroom. As usual, there was a line in waiting for the next toilet available but Sakura didn't see the girl at all on the line. The three of them stood on line and waited.

"Are you sure you're okay?" Sakura asked Meiling. Suddenly, Meiling started throwing a fit on the bathroom. She started crying hysterically as she hugged Tomoyo.

"Oh, I can't believe this is happening to me. Of all the things that could happen this by far is the worst. That bastard of Kyu. Oh, I can't believe I fell for it girls. He was just so charming, I mean... How could I have known that he just wanted to play with me?"

Sakura looked at her confused. 'What the heck is she talking about? They've known each other for years.'

"Meiling?" Tomoyo said as she looked confused at Sakura.

Meiling kept balling on Tomoyo's shoulders, "That asshole, he never told me he had an STD and now I have it too. What am I supposed to do now?" she kept crying.

From one of the toilets, a brown haired woman came out and looked at them curiously. Sakura watch her wash her hands and looking at them before walking out. The moment she passed her by, Sakura knew exactly what had just happened. She chuckled. "Don't you think you went a little overboard?"

Meiling scoffed and quickly went to the mirror to fix herself. "Well, at least now I know he won't be sleeping with that whore tonight."

Tomoyo sighed, "Meiling, did you honestly think he would sleep with her even if he's not with you right now? He won't be happy when he finds out what you just said."

"Serves him right." she said before getting her lipstick out of her clutch and applying it. She smiled sweetly at them, "I'm done. We can go back now." She closed her pouch and walked right out the door.

~ o ~

"Are you sure you know what you're doing Kyu?" Syaoran curiously asked.

He nodded. "I'm done playing your cousin's games."

Syaoran nodded. He could understand his friend. Meiling had never been an easy woman to handle, that's for sure. Even when they were younger she had always been too much to handle for Eriol and him. Most of the time, they would get in trouble because of her too.

"Well, here comes Aria." Eriol alerted them so they stopped talking about her.

She walked towards them without bothering to look back at who she was hitting with her strides. When she arrived in front of Kyu, she quickly slapped his face. "How could you? You have an STD and you weren't going to tell me about it? Well, you don't have to anymore. Don't even bother coming after me!" was all she said before walking furiously towards the door.

Kyu touched his cheek. After seeing Syaoran's murderous face he quickly defended himself, "Are you crazy? I'm clean man."

Eriol chuckled, "I think Kyu's right Syaoran." He nodded towards the direction of the bathroom where the girls were lively chatting while coming back towards them.

Kyu narrowed his eyes and went straight towards her. He grabbed Meiling's wrist, "We need to talk!"

"Let go of me! We are done, remember?" she tried to get out of his grip but he stood his ground.

"Let's go!" He forced her to walk behind her towards the exit doors. The club was no place to talk with her and they both knew it.

Eriol smirked. "Ah, I'm sure you'll agree with me in saying she hasn't changed a bit."

Syaoran chuckled and looked as Kyu dragged his cousin out of the door. He was about to reply to Eriol's comment when something caught his attention. He saw his little sister entering the club with Xiun at her side. He narrowed his eyes. What the heck was she doing at his side? At the sight of their hands joined, he immediately stood up and walked towards them.

Eriol scoffed without understanding why his cousin had suddenly walked away.

Sakura and Tomoyo reached Eriol's side laughing right after Syaoran had abruptly left. Tomoyo hugged her boyfriend, "Where's Syaoran going?"

He shrugged, "I didn't say anything wrong."

Sakura looked where he was going and froze. "Oh, no!" She quickly followed Syaoran's steps.

Eriol curiously looked at her and followed her gaze. Suddenly everything made sense. He understood immediately when he saw Xiun laughing and whispering something in Feimei's ear that made her laugh. "Not good." He grabbed Tomoyo's hand and walked towards all of them as well.

"What in the world is wrong with these people?" Jun said before grabbing his drink and Sakura's and following Eriol.

Feimie laughed. "I told you this would be good. It's new. Some of my friends came last week and they loved it."

"Well babe you know how I need to be careful especially with the tournament so close now." he whispered before giving her a quick kiss on the cheek.

She smiled while looking at him. Then her smile turned to a surprise gasp when she saw her brother standing in front of them.

"What are you doing here?" he asked her.

"Syaoran! Aren't you supposed to be in the cabin?"

He looked at Xiun. If looks could kill, people would be planning Xiun's funeral after this. Syaoran could easily kill this guy right now. "Let go of my sister right now."

"Syaoran! Look man-" he started saying but Syaoran didn't let him continue.

"Did you not hear me?" Syaoran could see he had already frightened Xiun already.

Xiun looked away trying to find a way out of this one but it was Feimei who spoke this time. "He won't. He's my boyfriend."

He widened his eyes and looked at his sister, "Your boyfriend? I think he'll be more like a punching bag in a few minutes if he doesn't let go of your hand right now."

"Man, I love your sister."

He looked back Xiun questioning his answer. "You what?" If he was mad before, it had just gotten worst. He grabbed Xiun's shirt furiously. "You want to repeat that again?"

"Syaoran stop!" Feimie pleaded and yet he didn't. She felt Xiun tighten his hold on her instantly.

Sakura reached the scene and got in the middle of them. She quickly took Syaoran's hand out of Xiun's shirt. "What are you doing? Are you crazy! This is no place to start a fight."

Syaoran sternly looked at her, "You knew about this?"

She rolled her eyes and then turned around. "Xiun, let Feimei go."

"But Sakura!" Feimei protested.

"If you care for your boyfriend just do it, Feimei." She quickly said.

Feimei looked at Sakura and then let go of her boyfriend's hand. Instantly she felt Syaoran grabbed her and dragged her out similarly like Kyu had dragged Meiling out.

Xiun stared at the door where his girlfriend had just walked out of and sighed.

She looked at Xiun's broken face. "Go home and don't worry too much about it. I'll talk to him." She smiled before looking back at Eriol. "I think this night's over."

He kept staring at Xiun. He could almost believe the guy had a dead wish to be dating Li's little sister. There was no way he didn't know that. "Let's go." He walked with his girlfriend out as Jun put the drinks aside, grabbed Sakura's hand and walked her out as well.

Eriol gave a ticket to a guy and the four of them waited for the valet guy to bring Eriol's SUV to the front. He hugged Tomoyo as he waited. Behind them, he could hear Jun incessantly talking to Sakura.

"You know, I don't understand why you have to talk to him Sakura. You talked to Feimei. She knew she had to talk to her brother for this not to happen. It's her fault that she's in this. I mean, what will you change by just talking to him?"

Jun's way of thinking made Eriol chuckled. Tomoyo looked up to see what was so amusing when suddenly he said, "It's not just what she's able of changing, but what she'll avoid as well."

Jun looked at him and quickly asked, "What?"

"Your question…" Eriol looked at him still hugging Tomoyo, "I'm not sure if you know this about your girlfriend but she's good at dealing with difficult situations. This is one of the reasons why she's good as a project manager and developer. And she's the only one that has been able to get Syaoran see reason when he's in this mood." He looked at Sakura and sadly smiled, "That still hasn't changed."

Sakura disapprovingly looked at Eriol as she hugged her boyfriend and sighed. Since they had come back from the river she had felt him on edge and this incident had probably made it worst.

~ o ~

The car ride was silent. She was looking out the window not even daring to look at her brother. She knew from the moment she had decided to date Xiun that the news wouldn't sit well with him but to almost fight him because of it was just out of control. "That was very immature of you." she softly said not wanting to provoke much conversation from him.

"Don't speak to me about immature things." He said while concentrating on the road ahead. He was driving towards the house thinking about this new development in his family. The drive wasn't long from the club to his house. It was only an hour away. The long drive would be driving back the three hours to the cabin. He didn't know what pissed him off the most, if it was his little sister dating that moron or the fact that Sakura knew all along and didn't say anything.

"Why not? You're going to tell me it wasn't?"

"You shouldn't be dating that moron."

"Why? I'm not a kid anymore, I am a woman. I will date whoever I like."

He quickly looked at her before looking back at the road. "You are my sister, and that moron should have known better than to lay eyes on you."

She scoffed, "I never tell you who to date, so don't tell me who I can or can't date."

"You can date many other guys who don't have anything to do with soccer. Or even better, who don't belong to my team."

"I will date who I please."

He shook his head, "Don't tempt me Feimei."

She knew he had always been overly protective of her. There was no way of avoiding this even if she had wanted to. This definitely would've gone better if Sakura had hooked up with him over the weekend. Sighing, she waited patiently till he reached their house and parked the car in front of it. "I won't stop seeing him just because you want me to."

"You don't have to. If he has a brain he'll do it on his own."

She looked at him and shook her head before getting out. She threw the door closed making sure he noticed how pissed she was with him before reaching for her phone. She saw him doing a U-turn before leaving towards the cabin. She dialed the only person who she knew could help her, Sakura.

Hello!

"Sakura, that idiot doesn't want to listen to me," she was almost in tears because of her brother. There was usually nothing he couldn't get whenever he set his mind to do so.

Don't worry about him. I already told Xiun I would speak to him. For now, lay low and just talk to your boyfriend over the phone while I see what I can do.

"I won't stop seeing him Sakura!"

Calm down Feimei. Did your brother leave?

Yes.

Call your boyfriend and let me worry about Syaoran.

She nodded and replied, "Okay!" Sakura's assurance of talking to her brother calmed her down little by little. Looking at her phone once more, she dialed her boyfriend.

~ o ~

Their night at the club had ended even before it even started thanks to Meiling's little stunt. Tonight could be written in Sakura's life as the shortest hangout she ever had. She changed into her pajamas and started reading her book on her bed like she used to do every night.

Jun was looking for his pajamas on the side when he suddenly looked at her. "Let's get married."

Sakura immediately stopped reading her book and looked at him, "What?"

He stared at her before walking towards her side and sitting down next to her. "You know I love you Sakura. Today, I just realized that I can't love anyone else." He looked at her. "I would do anything for you."

She stared at him. "I know all of this, but why now?"

"We've already talked about this love. We both know what we want. I'm going into politics while you already have your profession and we have accepted each other as we are. We already live with each other. We both knew it was going to happen just hadn't set the date yet. But I just," he took her hand before saying, "I feel that we're ready to take this step already. We love each other and I'm sure that's not going to change. So why keep waiting? Now, I don't want to do anything official till I ask your father for your hand but I want to know how you feel about it before I do."

Author's Note: Okay guys! Chapter 7 done : ) Let me know what you think about this one. Again, to those that reviewed my previous chapters I thank you. I really enjoy reading what you think about the chapters and the story so far.