The Li sisters, Tomoyo, and Sakura were sitting in the limo with Ryu, outside the mansion, waiting for Meilin. "What's taking her so long?" complained Fuuti.
Just at that moment, the limo door opened at Meilin got in, looking not so happy. "What's wrong?" Sakura asked.
Meilin just rolled her eyes and looked towards the open car door. Two figures walked up to the car and got in.
The girls looked at Syaoran and Eriol in surprise. Ryu however wasn't so surprised. He just grinned.
"I thought you said you were only inviting the 'lovely ladies'." Meilin said to Ryu.
He laughed. Meilin continued, "I mean they don't look that lovely!" All the other girls joined in the laughing. "No offense Eriol."
Eriol chuckled. "None taken."
Syaoran was glaring but didn't say anything to them. He just turned and told the driver to step on it.
. O . O . O .
When they arrived at the theater, there were many photographers trying to take their pictures and of course Syaoran was not happy about that. When they got out of the limo there were flashes going off all around them.
Syaoran glared at them all and he even growled at one of the reporters that was asking him if there was anyone 'special' in his life. A small giggling came from beside him.
Sakura lightly pulled him to her by his arm and whispered in his ear, loud enough for only him to hear over the noise, "Poor little rich boy, fame too much for you to handle?"
He was about to turn and say something very rude to her when a very evil idea struck him. He smirked and leaned in to whisper in her ear. "Oh I can handle the fame just fine. The better question is ... Can you?"
Sakura gave him a confuse look and asked, "What is that suppose to mean?"
"You'll find out soon enough." He continued smirking as he offered her his arm. "May I escort you inside?"
Sakura was beyond confused. One second he was an arrogant jerk and the next he was being all nice. "If I didn't know any better, I'd swear you were PMS-ing."
Syaoran chuckled as they walked inside, arm in arm.
. O . O . O .
They were all sitting in a private balcony set up just for them.
Meilin looked up when Sakura and Syaoran walked in. "Well what took you so long?"
Syaoran continued grinning. "Oh, nothing."
Everyone looked at Sakura for an answer. She just shrugged. "I'm just about as clueless as you guys."
Sakura sat next to Tomoyo, and Syaoran sat next to her at the end. Eriol was sitting next to Tomoyo and Meilin was sitting next to him with Ryu on her other side.
Sakura looked around and didn't see the Li sisters anywhere in sight. "Uh.. Where are the others?"
Ryu smiled and answered. "Oh they're at the other private balcony with my brother and his friends."
"So what play are we watching?" Tomoyo asked.
"I believe it's Shakespear's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream.'" Ryu told them.
"I love that one!" Tomoyo and Sakura said at the same time and laughed.
"Oh great," Syaoran said sarcastically. "An exciting night of watching people dress up as fairies and frolic around a stage."
"Oh come on, Captain Grumpy. At least pretend their real fairies."Sakura said from beside him.
Syaoran scoffed.
"Don't tell me you don't believe in fairies!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Don't tell me you do!" Syaoran spat back. "I mean come on! You of all people who are a sorceress, believe in fairies!" Just then Syaoran realized what he had said.
"A sorceress?" asked Ryu.
All the others, except Meilin glared at Syaoran.
"I think he meant magician, because Sakura loves magic so much she is learning some magic tricks and Syaoran probably got magician and sorceress confused. Didn't you Syaoran?" Tomoyo saved the day.
"Yeah whatever." Syaoran mumbled under his breath and looked to the stage.
Meilin and Ryu started cracking up. "Oh guys I'm sorry I didn't tell you but Ryu already knows about Clow Reed and this whole magical descendants thing."
"WHAT!" Syaoran was outraged. "You told him? How- Why- What were you thinking?"
"I'm sorry but one time he saw you using magic and I had to explain it to him." Meilin glared at Syaoran.
Syaoran glared back.
It was a good thing there were three people sitting between them or else a physical fight might have exploded too.
"We'll talk about this later," Syaoran growled under his breath.
An awkward silence settled upon them as they all faced the closed curtains again.
"Actually fairies very much exist." Eriol bravely broke the silence.
"They do?" All but Syaoran asked him.
"Yes, they do." Eriol smiled at them.
"Prove it." Syaoran said dryly.
Eriol's smile turned into a playful grin. "You know, my dear descendant, I think I will one day."
Sakura and Tomoyo exchanged worried glances. "Oh boy."
The curtains drew back and the play started.
"That is so fake," Syaoran mumbled under his breath.
Sakura smiled. "You just have no imagination."
Syaoran slowly faced her "You don't think the fairies flying around the stage by the wires look fake?"
"Like I said, you just have to use your imagination and pretend that it's real." Sakura whispered.
"Yeah, well I"ll believe in fairies and trolls when I see them myself." Syaoran huffed.
Eriol chuckled. "Be careful what you wish for, little descendant."
"Oh, shut up, Eriol!"
Ryu leaned in and whispered in Meilin's ear, "Is this common?"
Meilin giggled. "Oh yeah! They fight all the time."
"No, I meant Eriol calling Syaoran 'little descendant'."
Meilin laughed. "Oooh, yeah!"
Ryu chuckled and put his arm around her as they continued watching the play, not paying any attention to the two squabbling couples.
After about three hours, the play ended and they went home. It was around midnight and they were all very tired. Sakura grabbed Tomoyo's arm and ran towards the mansion. and whispered, "You know I hate to admit this but Syaoran was right. The flying fairies looked pretty fake!" They both started giggling.
"I"m sorry I don't think I heard you clearly, care to repeat that?" Syaoran said from behind them.
Sakura gasped and turned around. Tomoyo laughed.
"Well?" Syaoran crossed his arms and grinned.
"Well, what?" Sakura tried to seem clueless. "I don't know what you mean."
"Oh really?" Syaoran's grin got bigger.
Sakura rolled her eyes. "Ok! Fine! The flying fairies looked fake, are you happy!"
"Ecstatic."
Sakura shook her head and ran into the mansion with Tomoyo.
The Li sisters, Meilin, Eriol, Ryu, and his brother Len were standing by the limo watching all this take place.
"I think that was more interesting then the actual play," Feimei said, making everyone laugh.
. O . O . O .
The next morning Sakura woke up to much excitement. It seemed like a herd of wild elephants was knocking down the door to her room.
She got up to open the door but before she even got to the door it broke open to let in Meilin, Tomoyo, Kero, Fuuti, Feimei, Fanren, and Xiefa.
They were all talking excitedly and waving around pieces of newspapers. Sakura couldn't understand anything they were saying so she just snatched the newspaper from Meilin's hand and looked at it.
Sakura's mouth dropped in shock and her feet gave away. Thankfully she was standing right by the bed, so she just fell on it.
Her mouth opened and closed, trying to form words but it was useless. She was in complete shock.
Then anger seeped through her and she grabbed her robe as she thundered down the hallway down to the breakfast table, the others hot on her tail.
She got to the table and slammed down the piece of paper in front of Syaoran, startling the other people at the table, Yelan and Eriol.
"What is the meaning of this?" Sakura demanded.
Syaoran looked at the front page of the newspaper that Sakura had slammed in front of him. There was a picture of them last night at the play where Sakura is holding on to Syaoran's arm and he's whispering something in her ear.
He read the title of the article aloud. "Is China's Richest, Youngest, Bachelor Taken?"
Yelan chocked on her tea. "Excuse me, what?"
"Yeah that's what we'd like to know," Fanren said from behind Sakura.
Syaoran smirked and shrugged. "You know how the tabloids love to make up silly stories just to sell more copies."
Sakura growled in frustration and turned to walk away but then turned back and pointed an accusing finger at him. "You knew they were going to do that! That's why you asked me if I could handle fame! You totally played me!"
Eriol whistled, "Way to go, Little Descendant!"
Meilin punched his arm. "Who's side are you on?"
"I don't know. Who's side am I suppose to be on?" Eriol smiled innocently.
Wei walked into the room, saving Eriol from getting hit by Meilin again. "Mistress Sakura? There's a phone call from your brother. I must warn you, he seems quite furious by something."
Sakura gulped. As she left with Wei to answer the phone, the room was engulfed in an awkward silence.
Yelan cleared her throat. "Well, I bet the press are having a field day about this."
Eriol chuckled.
"Eriol, please, this is not funny." Yelan said. Then she smiled herself. "All right it's a bit funny."
Meilin walked up to Syaoran and glared at him. "Did you do this on purpose?"
Syaoran glared back but with a playful grin on his face. "Maybe."
"Why?"
"She started it." He got up and started walking out of the room.
Yelan ordered after him. "You'll apologize to her as soon as she gets off the phone, do you hear me Syaoran?"
"Yes mother." He responded from outside the room.
Eriol started laughing. "Oh I think this is going to be an unforgettable summer for us all!"
"Why do you say that?" Tomoyo asked as she sat down next to him.
"Sakura and Syaoran," he simply answered.
"I'm afraid you'll have to explain that a little further," Xiefa said.
"Well Sakura is usually a very levelheaded person but Syaoran somehow finds ways to get under her skin. Every time they're in the same room for a little over a minute, a fight breaks out and somehow I find it quite entertaining." Eriol smiled.
Tomoyo scrunched her brows. "Eriol! You're terrible!"
"I agree, Eriol," Yelan added. "But I must admit that those two do effect each other quite strongly. I don't think I've ever seen Syaoran play a prank on anyone before."
"And he definitely smiles more nowadays. Or should I say smirk?" Xiefa said.
"Hey where did that little stuffed animal go now?" Meilin asked.
. O . O . O .
"No!... Touya, that's not what happened!... I swear!... NO!... There's nothing going on between us!... I was just whispering something to him!... No, nothing like that!... If anything it was suppose to be an insult... I don't care if it doesn't look like that's what was happening!... You know what? I'll call back later and talk to dad, cause this is a useless conversation we're having!" Sakura yelled into the phone and hung up.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm her nerves. She turned to walk back to the room but halted when she saw who was leaning against the door, arms crossed.
"Our alleged 'relationship' has made international news. My brother in Japan saw the pictures of us from last night and lost his mind." Sakura glared at him.
Syaoran looked at her seriously. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause you any discomfort."
"Liar. That's exactly what you were trying to do."
Syaoran cracked a smile. "You're right."
Sakura ran a hand through her hair and analyzed the situation she was in.
Her brother was probably going crazy over her non-existent relationship with Syaoran. The entire country probably thought she was with him now, also. And there was no way Tomoyo and Meilin were going to back off about her and Syaoran getting together now! She was in way over her head. She couldn't deal with all those at the same time! So she came to a conclusion, she wasn't going to deal with it at all.
She was only going to be in China for a couple of months and then it would all be over. So, who cares if everyone thought she was with 'China's Youngest, Richest Bachelor'? It's not like it was true. Why should she waste her time worrying about it?
She sighed and looked up to see Syaoran still leaning against the door, studying her very carefully.
"What?"
He shrugged.
"You know what? I don't even care what the paper says. People can think whatever they want," Sakura walked up to the door expecting him to stand aside and let her through but he didn't budge. He continued to study her with his deep, dark, amber eyes. "So are you going to let me through or not?" She attempted to look unintimidated by his gaze.
"What if I say no?"
Sakura lifted a brow.
"Say the magic word."
Sakura stared at him. "The magic word?"
"Yeah. Do you know what it is?"
"As a matter of fact I do." She stood so close to him that she had practically pinned him against the door.
Syaoran tried to stay calm even though she was so close to him. "Well?"
She got on her toes and whispered in his ear, "Move." Then moved back to see his 'are-you-for-real?' expression. "Please," she added, smiling sweetly.
Syaoran chuckled and shook his head while moving out of the way and opening the door for her.
"Oh, what a gentleman," Sakura joked and walked out of the room.
Syaoran stood at the doorway and watched her walk away. Why did he always have these unexplainable reactions to her when he was alone with her?
"You better not be checking her out, you little brat."
Syaoran turned back to the room and looked around to see where the voice had come from.
"Up here."
Syaoran looked up at the top of one of the bookcases and saw Kero sitting there, legs and arms crossed, examining him. "How long have you been here?"
"Longer than you."
Syaoran gulped. So he had seen everything. Then why was he so calm about it? He had warned him about staying away form Sakura on the first day, yet here he was just sitting there calmly staring at him. It unnerved him. Syaoran turned to walk away before a fight broke out between them.
"Don't hurt her."
Syaoran stopped in his tracks. "What?"
"I said don't hurt her. She doesn't deserve that."
Syaoran turned to look at him. "What makes you think I would hurt her?"
Kero shrugged. "Sometimes we do things not because we want to but because we are destined to."
Syaoran was confused by that statement but not surprised. Lately there had been a lot of talk about Destiny and Fate in the Li Mansion. He wondered what that was all about.
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