Thanks, dbzgtfan2004, HondoOokami and thetangerineotaku for your comments! And yes… it snows in the desert how could you not know that (heh it actually slipped my mind clow was a desert for that time, ah well) and I suppose it is a little CCS. I don't know… draw your own conclusions x) thanks!

d/c: I don't own anything from Tsubasa or CCS

Okay, for these things I'm going to start outlining the setting. So they're in Clow, yes? Sakura has memories and blah but they haven't actually told each other about their feelings. You shall come to learn that this story thing is very jump around-ish… each story is probably going to have completely different feelings from the last.

-Cold Ruins-

"You're going back to the ruins to excavate again?" Syaoran could hear the disappointment in her voice.

"Yeah." He said, regretfully. He wished he could stay, he really did, but at the same time he wanted so bad to finish up the project his father had started. "Shouldn't you be at the castle?" he asked, walking around his room, collecting the items he needed.

"There's nothing to do there. Onii-sama never talks to me, but he expects me to stay in the castle all day doing nothing." Sakura pouted.

Syaoran sighed. "You sneaked out of the castle again, didn't you."

Sakura suddenly was busy looking at a picture. Continuing, Syaoran said, "Would the King mind if you came with me to the ruins for the day?"

Sakura whirled around, her face bright with excitement. "Could I? Yes! Let's go!"

Syaoran blanched. "W-wait…shouldn't we ask the King?"

"If I go back there he'll just trap me inside the castle again so I can't get out." Sakura complained, then she took his hand (Syaoran blinked and reddened a little) and snatching his back, went out the door and towards the ruins.

Once they were there, Syaoran set off to work while Sakura stood there.

"Um… is there anything I could help with?" she asked, looking around.

Syaoran turned and smiled, "No, I'm alright," and quickly turned back to work too fast to see Sakura's dismayed face. Sitting, she watched Syaoran lift broken pillars, his cloak tied around his wait. Then, again looking around, she saw a pile of small dusty dirty artifacts, and a brush lying next to it. Picking it up, she gently began to dust off the items.

Whsh, whsh, whsh… Syaoran's head snapped around, about to say something about not touching those, that they were valuable. But instead he held his tongue as he saw Sakura carefully brushing off the dirt. He smiled, and turned around again without saying anything.

At the end of the day Syaoran was tired. The work had involved more physical exertion than normal, he thought as he sat down, spent and exhausted. Sakura kneeled down next to him.

"Are you alright, Syaoran?" she asked, looking at him with some concern. He smiled and waved it off.

"Auh," he said, making a sound of 'yes'. "I'm alright, Hime. Oh, thanks." As Sakura handed him a water flask.

"It's too late to go back to the city." Sakura said, standing and looking at the setting sun. Syaoran stood up, too, and frowned.

"I forgot the overnight supplies at my house." He said, biting his lip.

"It's okay, we'll go back early in the morning." Sakura replied, smiling as she turned to look at Syaoran.

After a light dinner, Sakura sat down with her back against a pillar.

"Sorry that there's nowhere good to sleep, Hime, it'll be uncomfortable…" Syaoran apologized, over and over. But Sakura didn't seem to mind. She really seemed happy. Syaoran sat down next to her and closed his weary eyes. He jerked his head as Sakura's hand touched him.

"You can lean on me, Syaoran." She said quietly.

The moon rose to find Syaoran's head on Sakura's shoulder, and both asleep.