Epilogue: Recovery

"Good morning, Syaoran-kun!"

Syaoran looked away from his phone as he heard the shout and to the source of the voice. Sure enough, Sakura was running towards him, schoolbag shaking in hand.

"Good morning, Sakura." he greeted back as she slowed and stopped short in front of him.

"How are you today, Syaoran-kun?" she asked with a hint of concern.

"I'm fine." He had to smile at the fact that she was still worried even after he recovered.

It had taken a short time for him to get better. After Sakura's visit, his fever subsided enough for him to move around without difficulty, but it wasn't until two days later that his fever finally subsided. Luckily, he had gotten sick at the end of the school week so he missed out on one school day and Sakura had given him the printouts for the lessons he missed. At his request, she had not come over again after her visit since he didn't want to risk her getting sick as well. That made this the first time he would get to properly spend time with her after getting sick. He had no idea how much he'd missed it especially after seeing her run towards him like she always does.

"Syaoran-kun? Is something wrong?"

He snapped out his thoughts to her puzzled face looking at him worriedly.

He smiled. "It's nothing. I was just thinking it's a wonderful morning today."

"Oh, I see." The answer brightened her up again. It was good to see that he wasn't brooding again. "It certainly is."

"So how was your morning?" he asked. They had started their walk towards school, so he kept up with her pace as she told him about her morning.

"Well to start with, I woke up early again today. I think I may be getting over my bad habit. It's a good thing, especially since Kero-chan likes sleeping in nowadays so there's no one to wake me if I miss my alarm."

"Well, that's good." He commented, but he knew something was coming around the corner.

She nodded in agreement before her face suddenly turned angry. "It would've been a perfect morning if it weren't for Onii-chan."

'There it is.' It wasn't a Sakura morning if her brother wasn't teasing her. It was almost a given each morning that her brother would wind her up and she'd vent out her frustration to him, but he didn't mind if it was familiar.

"I swear, nothing I do will ever be good enough to satisfy him. Every time I cook it's always the same 'good enough for a monster' comment." She pouted indignantly. "Just once, I wish I could cook something different, something good enough that would shut him up."

He considered her words and thought of an idea. "Well, I could show you some recipes if you want. My sisters taught me some dishes before I left. They're Chinese recipes but the ingredients are pretty common so it shouldn't be a problem and it would be something different from what you usually eat."

Sakura's face lit up. "Really?! That would be great. Thank you, Syaoran-kun!"

He nodded before looking up away from her eyes. His face had turned a shade of red all the way to his ears. "Maybe we could cook together back at my place. I'm not sick anymore so it would be okay for you to come over now." He gave a nervous cough. "If you want to, that is."

"Oh." She looked down as her face also reddened. Both of them walked in silence for a while like a pair of tomatoes before she whispered timidly. "I'd love to."

"I-I see. Good, then." Both of them turned to look at each other and stared at the other's eyes before breaking into a smile together. He reached out for her hand and took it gently. "It's a date, then."

"Mmmm." Sakura agreed with a bashful smile while squeezing his hand back.

Today certainly was a wonderful morning.