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Title: All the Stars
Teaser: Sakura was starlight, plain and simple.
Rating: T
Length: 634 words

She was like sunshine.

Every time she stepped into a room, everything came to life. Things seemed bigger, brighter, better. She had a warm glow that seemed to seep out through her skin and permeate everything about her, filling the very air with her own special sort of magic that had nothing to do with cards and spells. She was a warmth he could bask in endlessly, drifting asleep like a cat stretching in the sun.

But then, perhaps sunlight wasn't the best example, after all.

The sun could be as terrible as it was peaceful. It could fry the skin off your face and leave you red and raw and hurting, remorselessly tormenting you with its bright, cheerful, cruel glow. Sunlight was golden fur and sheer power, flashing claws and sharp white teeth.

She was gentle and kind, a soothing balm that healed the sun's terrible blows. Power she had in plenty, but even to her enemies she was merciful.

Not sunshine, then.

Nor was she the moon, the cold, ever changing, always taunting silver moon. He drew his strength from moonlight, like a flower desperately seeking the sun's rays, reaching with delicate petals and stretching its leaves toward the sky. He grew strong as the moon grew full, and was left weak and sickly each month when a dark orb filled the sky.

Despite this, it had been a long time since he'd been attracted to moon magic.

But if long silver hair and pure white wings embodied the moon, then what was left for green eyes and a smile that, even after all this time, could still make his blood run fast and his knees turn to jelly?

"Syaoran? What'cha thinking about?"

Li Syaoran smiled gently and tightened his arm about her shoulders. "You."

She blushed and buried her face in his shoulder, mumbling something incoherently, and he chuckled.

The young man turned his eyes skyward, then raised his arm, pointing at a distant pinprick of light high above their heads. "Hey, look, there's another one."

Sakura quickly lifted her head, drawing in a little breath as she caught sight of the shooting star with wide eyes. "Oh..." she whispered, and closed her eyes.

Her boyfriend chuckled again. Her obvious delight at each far off falling star was adorable. "Are you making the same wish over and over again," he asked, "or a different one each time?"

"I can't tell you!" she scolded, puffing out her cheeks. "Or else it won't come true!"

"Ah, so it is just one wish, then?" he teased.

She hid her face in his shoulder again. "Never said that."

Kissing the top of her head, Syaoran reassured her, "Well, whatever it is, if you keep wishing for it on every falling star we see tonight, it's bound to come true."

Green eyes peeped out at him. "Think so?"

"Know so. See, there goes another!"

"Oh!" Again her eyes widened, and again they closed.

Syaoran couldn't help it. He rolled on top of her, supporting himself with his elbows to keep from crushing her. Sakura opened her eyes to find his nose an inch from hers, the small, soft smile he saved just for her on his lips. She closed the distance between them, and they kissed as another star fell.

"Syaoran?"

"Mmm?"

"We'll be together forever, right?"

He kissed her once more, than rolled off her, leaving one arm wrapped around her. Their bodies lay very close, keeping each other warm on the brisk spring night. "Forever," he agreed.

"Promise?"

"Promise." He squeezed her once, adding. "And I'll give you the stars, love."

Yes. He'd give her all the stars in the sky, just to match the inner light that made her so special.

"Love you, Syaoran." A whisper.

And the reply: "Love you too, Sakura."