Chapter 12 : We're friends, right? (Part 3)
It was like a feast at Kinomoto Family's table as Syaoran is having his lunch together with them. Sakura was sitting besides her father, while Syaoran's with Touya. "Syaoran's your name, right?" Fujitaka asked.
Syaoran answered. "Yes..."
"You're a Chinese?"
- "Yeah. But I'm a good one."
"A good one?"
- "Haven't you watched the news lately? You know, what I mean. Politicians from both side loves to throw issues against each other, and their citizens are getting involved with it even if they shouldn't be."
"Ah, yeah. It doesn't matter to us, every one's welcome to our house no matter what their nationality is."
- "Don't worry, sir. I love this country like it's my permanent home. In fact, I wanna be a Japanese, too, you know?"
Touya disrupted their conversation. "Could you please change the topic?" he said. "I could not relate."
"You don't know about current events because you always skip your Social Studies class when you were High school." Sakura whispered.
"Why, Ms. Human calculator? As if you don't fail with your math subject during high school?"
Fujitaka coughed when he saw them bickering at each other, then he looked back at Syaoran. "See? I told they hate talking about politics.."
"I believe you, sir..." he jokingly said.
"By the way, I learned that you knew my daughter personally. Is that true?" Fujitaka asked.
"We're close friends. We were classmates in High school." Syaoran answered.
"You sure you're just friends? You look good together." Fujitaka told him. Syaoran got choked by the food he took, while Sakura was surprised by what he said. "Dad?! What are you talking about?" she said. Then she immediately gave Syaoran a glass of water.
"I'm just telling you that you look good together. Did it mean something to you?" Fujitaka asked her.
Touya joined their conversation, too. "Father doesn't mean anything at all since we all expect that you will be single until you grow old. Hah!"
By that time, Sakura got seriously irritated. "I don't like this kind of conversation, anymore." She said. Then, she talked to Syaoran. "I'm so sorry for my brother's attitude. Just get a glass of water if you're still not feeling well. I'll go now. I just lost my appetite."
But Syaoran seems to be well now that he was able to talk "Wait... before you go, I haven't asked you a favor, yet..."
"What?!" Sakura told him. "I don't want to waste my time for that."
"But you promised me that you will pick me up and show my room once I move in, right?" Syaoran told her.
Sakura was surprised. "WHAT?!"
"Don't you remember? I called you yesterday and you promised that to me. I also want to talk to you about something..."
"I don't know what you're saying!" Sakura got furious while Touya and Fujitaka was so clueless on what he just said. They didn't realized that Syaoran was just lying. "Besides, you're no longer a kid. You have the keys to your room, right? Just ask brother where to go to your room and you're done. I'm leaving." She then walks away and went to her room. The two, on the other hand, looked at Syaoran. "I'm just joking her." he said.
After lunch, Syaoran went ahead to his own room. It was at the second floor of the house. As he enters the room, He was awed because it was huge, and he thought it's perfect for his work. He also looked at some of the beautiful paintings on the walls. He also opened the window and felt the breeze passing through it. He stood there for a bit and breathe deeply. Suddenly, his phone rang.
"Tomoyo?..." He picked his phone up and answered it.
"Hello, My Li!" Tomoyo was on the other line. "How's your weekend?"
"Doing fine. In fact, I've just moved in!" He replied. "So, what's the matter?"
"It will be less than three weeks before our new restaurant opens." She told him. "Monday will be trainee evaluation, and I want them to get ready before the launch. I've already talked to the people the Human Resources Department. We'll be having a meeting with them tomorrow."
"So you want me to come with you, tomorrow?" He asked. "But tomorrow's a Sunday. Could we just have some fun during weekends? Besides, we still have almost three weeks to prepare so we still have time. I think we should do that next week."
"We don't have time..." She respond. "I'll be having tons of meetings with our clients next two week. Also, the week after evaluation was scheduled for our media presentation. So we have to prepare for this tomorrow."
Syaoran's tone changed, seems like he was disappointed. "But I've just moved, and I want to rest that whole day tomorrow. Can't you ask somebody else to come with you?"
But even in their phone conversation, Tomoyo showed him that she's the boss. "The only person that I can trust in these situations is you because you're my secretary, that's why I'm asking you to come with me. I swear, I want you to enjoy your weekend, and I'm sorry that it was a bit rushed. But this is so important and you should be there."
"But Tomoyo..." Syaoran wants to complain, but Tomoyo had decided already. "No Ifs, no buts, Syaoran. I need you to come early before seven in the morning. Don't be late. Bye!" Tomoyo hung up just before Syaoran speak up. "Haish!" She said, while scratching his head. "You should be thankful you're my friends. Otherwise, I have left you already."
It was eight o'clock in the evening. The Kinimotos are having their dinner while Syaoran was just lying down on his bed. He has to sleep early so that he won't be late on the meeting together with Tomoyo. He thought of skipping but he took a deep breath and thought that he should be doing it for Tomoyo as a friend. "Well, in the fist place, I owe a lot to her because she's the only person who helped me since I left my family in China."
Then, he though about Sakura, now that he will live right next to her. "For now, I'll just call it a day now that I'm getting near to her" he told himself.
He hugged his pillow, as if it was Sakura. Then he closed his eyes and went to sleep.
The following morning, Sakura was sleeping soundly in her bedroom when her alarm clock suddenly rang. She tried to turn it off while on bed, but the she realized that she has to go to work. "I have to make breakfast... but I'm still sleepy."
She rise from her bed and fix it, and slowly walked and went outside. Just as she went out, she heard Syaoran's voice. He too, went outside and his voice is shaking. "Gyah! It's cold! I don't know why they don't have warm..." He stopped when he saw Sakura.
Sakura raised her head. But her eyes widened with what she saw, and her voice stuttered. "Y... you?!"
She saw him naked, with just his boxers on.
Okay, Done with the last part! SyaoSaku got a lot of exposure on this chapter. Anyways, next chapter, trainees will be having their evaluation. And more of E+T! So keep an eye on the next chapter.
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