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Chapter 6: Chemistry and Interference in the Force

She didn't like him. She didn't.

It couldn't be possible, right? You can't just like someone in such a short period of time. It's just not right...right?

Sakura threw her hands in the air in frustration and launched a throw pillow into the door in front of her smiling in satisfaction as it toppled to the floor. It was morning now and she had yet to fall asleep. She was up all night thinking...again.

She stood up and walked out of the room in hopes of finding Tomoyo and Eriol awake. And there they were brewing coffee for the day. Maybe she could ask them without getting questioned...'like this will work.'

"Morning Sunshine." Tomoyo said perkily a smile adorned her face. Sakura stared at her blankly before shaking her head.

"Don't ever do that again,." Sakura mumbled while grabbing a glass and pouring herself a hot cup of coffee.

"Not a morning person?" Eriol questioned, passing her the coffee creamer with a small smile.

"She was up all night thinking about you know who," Tomoyo winked knowingly to Sakura's dismay.

"Shut up, I'll be fine after a nice cup of," Sakura took a huge gulp without thinking, "fucking hot coffee" She choked down the searing hot drink she took. It was weird that Tomoyo knew her so well, that made her such a good friend but it could also be bad at times.

Sakura took a seat next to Eriol and took a small sip of coffee. "How long did it take before you two liked each other, and I mean really like?"

Eriol and Tomoyo glanced at each other before they both replied 'Day 2'. They smiled at each other and Eriol continued, "The very first day we realized we had so much chemistry. We weren't going to let each other go."

"When you find someone like that, you tend to end up together whether you like it or not. It just shouldn't be ignored." Tomoyo chimed in. Sakura nodded lightly looking at the two who seemed to love each other so much.

'Chemistry huh?'

"Thank you for your time." He smiled at her to her surprise. He said that so sophisticatedly. Who the hell was this guy? He let her go and she walked out the door not before turning back to stare at him for one last second turning around to nearly come in contact with the door. She grumbled to herself as she heard him laugh at her.

Sakura's mind filled with the thoughts of the guy before. She was annoyed by this, no one has invaded her mind so much in one day. And she was with him for a mere 10 minutes at most.

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She made a mad dash after him forgetting how hard it was to be in a dress and heels. It didn't matter, what mattered was getting this guys name.

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Sakura pushed Syaoran against the corner of the stall and crushed her lips to his knowing fully well she caught him off guard. She brought her hands up to his hair and ran her hands through it to mask his noticeable hair. Syaoran unconsciously wrapped his arms around her waist as he began to react back.

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...she couldn't help but want to kiss him again.

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She brought her hand up to her lips. She had kissed Syaoran when she ran into him again. It was just to get that man away from her but what she felt wasn't included in that excuse. She enjoyed kissing him. She wanted to.

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Sakura didn't want to and she tried to avoid it, but she felt jealous as she saw him talking to her.

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Sakura didn't know how long they stayed like that but he was warm and nice feeling and she didn't want to move. She barely knew him but he made her feel okay.

Sakura smiled to herself. Maybe it was okay to like him. Maybe if she could keep her heart safe, she'd be fine...maybe.

'But that doesn't change the fact that HE doesn't like ME.'

"Oh Sakura? Guess what" Tomoyo broke her of her thoughts.

"Hm?" Sakura questioned looking up from her cup of coffee.

"The Sakura Trees are in full bloom today, How about we go out?" Tomoyo said laughing as she saw Sakura's eyes shine in happiness and her cheery 'yay!'

"I'll go get ready!" Sakura stated downing her now semi-hot coffee and leaving to get ready for the day. She stopped and turned around "But work?"

"We already called in for you. You have the day off," Eriol smiled warmly and she willingly gave one back.

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Syaoran awoke to the sound of his cell phone going off. He cursed aloud and answered it with a grumble. "What do you want?"

"Good morning Sunshine." Eriol chirped happily from the other end of the phone call.

"What in the hell Eriol? What do you want?" Syaoran demanded groggily rubbing his eyes with his free hand. It was too damn early to be hearing his obnoxious voice. He glanced at the clock to read 10:30...so maybe it wasn't that early.

"Do you know what's today?" Eriol questioned. Syaoran could almost hear the smirk in his voice. And without waiting for a reply Eriol told him to turn on the news which Syaoran did, watching carefully for anything that might be important.

"So what, the Cherry blossoms are blooming?" Syaoran questioned clearly confused. Eriol groaned.

"You idiot. Another name for it?" Eriol asked as if talking to a 3 year old who didn't understand something.

"Oh." Was all he got before Eriol perked back up, "See you out there I'm guessing?" and he hung up.

Well that's a different story.

Sakura, would probably be out today, it's probably one of her favorite days. He smiled at the thought and went to get ready for the day's outing.

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"It's so beautiful." Sakura said to Tomoyo and Eriol as they walked down the busy streets filled with on lookers of the days enchantment. Sakura petals slowly drifted to the floor around them some petals managing to work their way into people's hair. But it was all part of the beauty. Dark pinks, pinks and white painted the trees in such a delicate way that people would be stupid not to stop and observe.

"How about here, Sakura?" Eriol asked looking around to see a large tree that left a large shadow. It was in the direct center of the trees as if it was being saved just for them.

"What an awesome spot!" Sakura gleefully exclaimed at the same time someone else did to the side of her. She looked to her side to see none other then Amy O'Conner walking in the same direction as her. Sakura's eyes narrowed slowly. She knew that spot was too good to be true.

"Oh hello Sakura." Amy said with a snarl but changing it quickly to a smile upon seeing Tomoyo and Eriol. "Were you planning on sitting here?"

Tomoyo and Eriol exchanged quick glances with Sakura and they nodded their heads. "Yeah we're gonna hang out here for the day."

Sakura inwardly cheered that she had such good friends. 'Yay.'

"Oh, Do you mind if I sit with you? I'm alone and I wouldn't want to take up a whole tree by myself." Amy asked a little too kindly but it must have worked because Tomoyo and Eriol gave Sakura an apologetic look and told her it was fine.

"Oh thank you, You guys are so kind, funny how you are friends with Sakura." Amy said with such a sugar-coated voice that they almost ignored the last line up until Sakura laughed a sarcastic laugh. Amy chose to ignore Sakura and held out her hand. "I'm Amy by the way, pleasure to meet you."

"Tomoyo." She replied with a small half-smile. Truth was she didn't like this Amy girl. She looked like...trouble. But then again how much trouble can she be?

"Eriol" He said kindly and took her hand which Sakura could see the steam resinating off Tomoyo's skin. 'She'll kill her by the end of today.'

"Tomoyo lets go look for a place to grab a bite. Eriol and Amy can watch our seats if that's alright?" Sakura offered, Tomoyo gave Sakura a 'I wont leave him alone with her' stare and Sakura gave her a reassuring look. Eriol and Amy agreed and started up a shallow conversation while Sakura had to pull Tomoyo away.

"Sakura! You can't leave them, just look at her, she has sleazy written all over her." Tomoyo grumbled while staring at the black-haired vermin hitting ever so slightly on her boyfriend.

"Your boyfriend is faithful, he wouldn't do anything. Trust me." Sakura said looking at all the shops around them. "How about there?" Sakura asked to a still fuming Tomoyo while pointing at a Mc. Donalds.

"Anywhere. I don't care." Tomoyo replied angrily.

"Oh Tomoyo, cheer up, it's a beautif-" Tomoyo looked up to see why Sakura stopped mid-sentence. She followed her eyes to land on the only one staring back. She smiled a little. Eriol pulled through.

There he was, a small smile playing along his lips. Sakura's eyes didn't leave him as they walked by, while his didn't either. She couldn't do it. She looked away a small blush covered her cheeks. She could hear his faint chuckle as soon as he got close enough.

"Let's go, Tomoyo" Sakura said quickly grabbing her and pulling her slightly in the other direction.

"Why?" Tomoyo asked a small mischievous smirk playing along her lips. No way was she going to let Sakura run away.

"So it goes from meeting a kind nurse, to throwing a book at my head, to kissing, ignoring my presence, to a nice comforting talk, and now back to ignoring my presence? And here I thought we were making progress." Syaoran said off handedly. Sakura could hear the taunt in his voice. He was egging her on, she knew it. "Hmm...Maybe you're going backwards, that means kissing is next..."

"Or maybe I should just skip to launching a book at your thick skull." Sakura put up another front masking her inner happiness at him just being there, that and the fact that he had just said "making progress" as if they were something. Something more then nothing. She wasn't making any sense, but hey she got no sleep. She deserved a break right?

"Aw, so mean to poor me." Syaoran pouted. Sakura rolled her eyes. 'They're perfect for one another.' Tomoyo thought happily. It wouldn't be too long before this mask of mock-hate fell and shattered.

"Tomoyo, Sakura's appointed best friend. Nice to meet you, are you her secret boyfriend that she has yet to tell me?" Tomoyo introduced herself to which Sakura almost screamed.

Sakura watched in horror. This wasn't cool. Tomoyo did it on purpose, she knew it...she could almost hear the snicker. But what would he say? 'Something dumb most likely.'

"Syaoran, And if I was?" Syaoran asked smoothly, his face never faltered. His smirk stayed on his face. Sakura was less then a few feet away dressed in a nice pair of jeans and a light-green halter top, which he guessed was to catch some sun and also brought out her already beautiful eyes. Her hair pulled into a messy ponytail, strands of hair framing her face. The fact that she was just there brightened his mood.

"If it is true, then I just have to invite you to lunch, it's not just us though, so no need to feel awkward." Tomoyo said eyes sparkling.

"How can I refuse such a kind offer? Sakura doesn't mind though right? I don't want her to uproot a beautiful Sakura tree and launch it at my head, it might actually cause brain damage." Syaoran said sticking his tongue out to her. Syaoran liked Tomoyo's spunk. She set Sakura up, whether she meant to or not. 'This will be fun'. He had the slightest idea that she knew something he didn't.

"If that's the case, you two can play Doctor later, I know she'd enjoy that." Tomoyo said with a snicker. Sakura almost threw herself at Tomoyo. Until she decided to fight fire with fire.

"Oh did I see Eriol just laugh at one of her jokes. Uh-oh" Sakura said quickly covering her mouth in shock and pointing in the direction.

"What!" Tomoyo exclaimed blood boiling, she hastily made her way through the trees and back to their location, all the while Sakura laughed softly.

"She forgot to go get lunch." Sakura only now realized and with a sigh she walked to the closest Mc Donalds for some cheap burgers and fries. Syaoran followed on her heels. One good thing about this food was that Amy would throw a prissy fit about too many calories. 'Hah.'

"Shouldn't you be working Syaoran?" Sakura asked as they waited in line to order. She observed him from the corner of her eyes. He dressed simply, but yet he always looked so good. It wasn't fair that someone could be that gorgeous, and yet still be single.

"Nah, everything is going smoothly at work. If something does go wrong it's usually minor and can be taken care of by the individual managers working there. I just got back from a large deal in China. So everything goes well for at least a few weeks...or so I hope." Syaoran said taking a step forward after someone finished their order.

"Oh I see." Sakura said with a nod. He was interesting too. Everything about him was so opposite. He cared about his work but he was so playboy-ish, yet he wasn't. Things barely made sense nowadays.

"And why aren't you at work today Sakura?" Syaoran asked glancing at Sakura. Her eyes shined brightly and she seemed so happy.

"What? And miss such a beautiful day?"

"Yes very beautiful." He said softly looking at her with a small smile. She was so different from the girls he used to date. They were so shallow and just not worth it. Which made him think that if she was so worth it why didn't he do anything about it. And he concluded he wanted her to come to him, so he could know if she really wanted this as much as him.

"Hello, welcome to Mc. Donalds, can I take you order beautiful? " A teenage boy said eyeing up Sakura with a sly smile. Syaoran glared a bit. This kid was going to get on his nerves.

"Sure," Sakura laughed, flattered at the comment but brushed it off right after, no need to get a big head. "Can I get...hmm...there is 8 of us I think...so, can I get 8 cheese burgers and 8 large fries?"

"Anything for you, gorgeous." He winked and rang up a total and before Sakura could pull out her wallet Syaoran handed the guy a 50. He received his change and stepped to the side to wait for their order.

"You didn't have to do that you know." Sakura started, she looked at him to see him lean against the wall a glare present on his lovely face. His mood changed quickly.

"I know I didn't have to, but I did." He said that almost coldly. Syaoran didn't look up at her to see her smile, he just leaned there, glaring at the wall opposite from him.

"Well thank you," Sakura said sweetly, she couldn't figure him out. Was he jealous of this teen?

After taking their order they walked out in silence carrying the food. Syaoran glanced at the bag, "the kid even wrote his number for you. How sweet."

"Oh really?" Sakura asked leaning over to see the bag on his hand. "Oh look at that, he did. Too bad he's so young."

Syaoran was half tempted to rip the bag to shreds, but thought better of it. He was a kid, and a stupid one at that. What was currently on his mind now was the fact that she was leaning over him and her scent infiltrated his mind.

Sakura didn't miss the fact that she was close to him either. She got a silly feeling in her stomach and quickly threw her head back up from its leaning position, only she did it without thinking and ran her head into the beautiful jaw of Syaoran. Her eyes widened in surprise. "Oops."

He looked like he was in pain.

Probably because he was.

Syaoran instinctively did nothing. He has nice reflexes no? He closed his eyes tightly but managed a pained laugh. "Damn, you enjoy hurting me don't you?"

"I'm sorry!" She said sheepishly. He could probably start a list of all the things she's done to him since they met. 'How embarrassing...'

"I'll be fine," He said after getting over the quick pain running through his jaw. He smirked at her, "I'm a big boy now, that stuff doesn't hurt me!"

They continued walking in silence, before Syaoran it. "I should stay away from you, you'll be the death of me." He did it to tease her, but given the choice he'd want her near him rather then away.

"Well excuse me secret-boyfriend, you're the one who agreed to lunch." Sakura shot back with a glare and a playful tone. She felt comfortable with him but still couldn't shake the fact that he wouldn't possibly like her. Or maybe she was just thinking too much.

"Like you didn't want me here," he said with a wink, part of him knew that she did want him there another part had to remind himself that she didn't like him, but then again what did he know? She was different.

She didn't grace him with an answer. She wasn't going to lie and she sure as hell wasn't going to tell the truth. By now the tree they were planning on sitting at was in view and it seemed that Eriol and Amy were free from the wrath of Tomoyo-who seemed to be enjoying her stay on Eriol's lap.

"Hey we're back" Sakura's cheery reply came to the ears of the three sitting in front of them. Syaoran looked at them, and he saw the doctor from earlier sitting down so that her legs were in the sun and the rest of her body safe under the shade of the tree. As soon as she saw him, she smiled, almost devilishly. Why did she have to be here?

"Syaoran funny seeing you here," Amy giggled out to Sakura's annoyance, for a second she wished the tree would just fall on her, but then there would be an unwanted squished sad excuse for a lady laying there and there would be no shade left. 'Damn.'

Syaoran was slightly amused. He could almost see the hate radiating off of Amy once Sakura announced they'd be having burgers and fries.

"Sakura, you bought that crap? No wonder you look so-" Amy started, a snide look on her face thinking everyone else would agree with her. Everyone aside from Sakura was shocked by the outburst and what could arise.

"I bought this 'crap'. Burgers and fries on a hot day outside, it wouldn't be the same with a salad." Syaoran cut her off with a friendly smile. He wasn't going to let her finish the sentence unless it had something good following.

Sakura laughed lightly and began passing out the food. He stood up for her...that's always a good thing. "Here Amy, a nice greasy delicious burger," Sakura said, a friendly look on her face, she knew Amy would be furious. But even Sakura hated the fact that they had to spend time together. She also hated the fact that she would most likely hit on Syaoran again and really couldn't do anything about it.

"Give me that!" She said harshly snatching the burger from Sakura's hands, nothing going unseen by anyone, though Amy hoped it would. She couldn't look bad to Syaoran and so she decided to lie. She gave him a pearly smile. "Thank you Syaoran for buying this for me, I'm sure it'll be good."

Syaoran smiled unwillingly, she was a fake. She irritated him now thinking back on it. He looked at Sakura as she took her seat next to him but against the trunk of the tree. She met his stare and smiled softly before popping a fry into her mouth.

For a few minutes everyone ate peacefully. Before Amy decided to put her plan into action.

"Oh Sakura, You're taking up so much room that I am in the sun, you should show some courtesy and switch places with me." Amy blurted out innocently.

Sakura looked at her oddly. There was PLENTY of room. She stayed as far away as possible. "Okay sure. I'll sit in the sun." She had no problem with it, and even though she knew she was faking, what harm would showing a little courtesy be?

Sakura picked herself up and switched places with Amy, sitting completely in the sun as to give her as much room as she needed though she sat extremely close to Syaoran. Sakura sat with her back to the sun and continued to finish her food.

Syaoran felt compelled to move next to Sakura but Amy somehow snuggled up next to him. 'Way to ruin everything.'

He looked over at Sakura, who somehow radiated in the sun. Her hair shined brightly, and the sun was behind her making her seem more angelic then she already looked...if that was possible.

The silence was going on for too long. It consisted of everyone just looking around at each other. Why was it so damned quiet?

She glanced at everyone. Amy was staring at Syaoran her food left uneaten. 'What a waste of money'. She glanced at Syaoran who seemed to be annoyed with the staring and tried to scoot away from Amy. She laughed a bit, but no one noticed..It wasn't fair. Why did he have her charmed? Why didn't he like her? Then she looked at the happy couple next to her, eating and sharing fries. It was sick, too much lovey-dovey crap. Or maybe that was her way of being jealous of what they had.

She glanced back at Syaoran unconsciously and found him looking at her. She was drowning in them, they had that effect on people. She wanted so much to be in Amy's spot at that current moment. But why didn't she do anything about it? Why wouldn't she just tell him and get it over with? 'Because I'm stupid and scared of being rejected.' And so she decided 'if' and only if he liked her, he'd go to her.

Amy wasn't even being noticed by Syaoran. He was too busy looking at her. 'That stupid whore'. That was until she saw someone walk by behind her. Now was her chance.

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Okay I'm ending it here because this was getting long. And I didn't want to kill you guys of boredom if I haven't already.

Sorry if this story is going to hell.

I have a lot of the next chapter written, so it shouldn't be long before it's up...but hey what do I know? It could take another few weeks.

So review what you think? Please?