You're still here. Why didn't you tell me? Didn't you know that I was depressed? Didn't you know I was incomplete without you?

-Sakura-

Confessions of Eternal Love

Chapter 6:

Another Encounter

Sakura came back to her home and pretended to be happy. It was Sunday night and she needed the energy to get to school tomorrow. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't sleep. She kept on thinking about him. She knew it was impossible for him not to know her. But then, she knew it was impossible that he's back that fast. But no matter how impossible it was, the uncertainty in her heart was killing her.

That night, Sakura couldn't sleep. His face kept appearing inside her head. His smile, his eyes, his voice... they were all inside her head. She knew she needed sleep because she needed rest and the energy to go to school tomorrow. Slowly, she closed her eyes and tried to sleep once again.

Two minutes later, her jade orbs opened wide again. This time, she sat up on her bed and looked at the clock. It kept blinking 2:01AM. Sakura groaned and placed her clock back from where she got it. She lay down again and stared at the ceiling. She closed her eyes again and chanted, "Sleep... sleep... sleep..." And then, the idea hit her.

Sakura got out of her bed and walked toward her study table. She opened the top drawer where she kept the Sakura Book. She slowly shuffled the cards and found the one she was looking for. She found the key and chanted, "The key that holds the power of the stars, reveal your true form to me. I, Sakura, command thee under convert.
Release!"

The key glowed and got bigger. A few moments later, the key turned into her pink star wand. She threw the Sleep card and chanted, "Dear Sleep please use your power to ease my pain. Please use your spell to make me sleep in peace tonight." The Card Mistress tapped the Sleep card with her wand.

The small blue fairy got out of the card. Sakura placed herself in her bed and drifted into a dreamless sleep as the small blue fairy sprayed her magic dust on her.

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The next morning was complete torture. Her jade eyes were bloodshot. Her skin was a bit pale. She almost screamed at what she saw in her room's mirror. She looked so fatigued that it seemed she was plagued with some sort of unknown sickness.

Even with the aid of the Sleep Card, she was able to close her eyes and sleep for an hour or two. But she woke up in the middle of that sleep and kept on thinking. She didn't want to use the Sleep card again because she believed that wasn't the best idea.

That certain morning, Touya was the one preparing the breakfast. Kero was helping out too. But the two hardheads kept on arguing on and on about the recipe or how to cook this or that. When Sakura saw them in the kitchen, it was as if the two of them were going to have an all out war with the use of kitchen utensils.

"Onii-chan! Kero-chan!" Sakura stood in the middle of them before anything else happened. "I'll cook, okay? So just sit down and relax. Breakfast will be there in a few minutes."

Touya sat down on the dining table, angry. Kero flew back into Sakura's room, angry as well. Sakura made pancakes for breakfast since that's what Touya and Kero were attempting to cook. Of course, some of those attempts were complete failures because they really didn't know how to cook.

As soon as they were finished eating breakfast, Sakura was first to leave the Kinomoto residence and rode her bicycle to school. It was a very good morning indeed. The sun was shining. The birds were chirping. The skies were serene. It was as if nothing could depress her that day.

Sakura did her best to forget who she saw last night. She knew there as a perfect explanation for that and one day, he'll tell her. She wondered when that day would be and she really hoped that it would be soon. She wanted to see him so badly. She wanted to tell him what she feels for him. But yes, life was playing games with them so she couldn't say anything as of that moment.

Sakura got off her bike when she was in front of Tomoeda High. She parked her bicycle into the racks and chained it. She had issues with that. Some punk stole it and never saw it ever again. She was using Touya's old bicycle now. She knew perfectly well that Touya loved his bicycle so she didn't want it to be bicycle-napped.

Tomoyo was still with her mother on a business trip. Sakura received a few e-mails from her best friend from time-to-time. Tomoyo was doing well in England and she said she was going out on dates with Eriol there.

Sakura entered the doors of Konoha High but then, her friend, Chiharu came running toward her. Chiharu panted as she called out Sakura's name. When she saw the jade-eyed girl, Chiharu hastily told her to go up the classroom. "It's urgent, Saku-chan! Please do hurry!"

Of course, Sakura was worried and immediately wore her school shoes. She ran off to her classroom on the second floor. A crowd, composing of her classmates and schoolmates, were in front of the doorway. As Sakura approached the crowd, Yamazaki told them to let her through.

When Sakura entered the doorway, she was surprised so see cherry blossom petals on the floor and desks. There were pink balloons and streamers hanging on the walls and ceiling. But the one that surprised her most what the sienna-haired boy facing the window.

"Syaoran?"

The boy looked back. It was utterly surprising for her. She didn't expect that he was really there. And he was, in fact, smiling at her at that moment. "Sakura." The boy said to her.

Sakura was at the brink of tears once more. She immediately ran and gave him a hug. Everybody was cheering them on. But Sakura felt different when she embraced him. She broke off her embrace and stared into the deep brown orbs of the boy. "You… you're not…" But before she could say another word, it was as if everything she knew grew dim and her vision of Li Syaoran was fading into something else. The memories of them together… were changing.

A few seconds later, the boy smiled and kissed her forehead. "I am Li Syaoran, the boy you love and I love you with all his heart." Sakura just nodded and continued to hold on to the boy who claimed to be Li Syaoran.

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All of their friends were happy for Sakura and Syaoran. The duo was back together and everything was back to normal again. Sakura had that smile on her face but somehow, it wasn't authentic. Inside, the Card Mistress could hear a voice inside her head that kept saying that the boy she was with now was not the real Syaoran.

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Author's Notes:

I apologize for the short and late chapter. I really do. I lost my will to write and the magic of the words stopped working. It's a weird reason, I know but that's the truth. I couldn't write that way anymore. This chapter was last written on May 7 and it's been like this up to now. When I read it again just now, I realize that this is Chapter 6. I couldn't add anymore to this chapter.

So… I present you Chapter 6: Another Encounter.

Please do review. I'd appreciate it a lot.

And thank you to those who reviewed on Chapter 5.

Arigatou. :D

Thank you.

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