A Card Captor Sakura Fanfiction
Written By:Darknessdragonz
Recipe Called Love
Eriol Hiiragizawa/Sakura Kinomoto/Syaoran Li
Disclaimer:I DO not own CCS characters!!
Darky Notes:Hiiiiiieexxx!! OOO CHAPTER 7!! Aren't you guys excited?! Enough yapping and lets get on with the story! And get ready for the sugary rush!! It's time for A LOT OF SxS FLUFFINESSSS!!
Summary:Prince Li is in need of a personal cook to cook for him. Sakura Kinoto is one of the most talented cooks among the participants. Eriol Hiiragizawa is our dear prince's personal servant and announcer. Put them all together with a little dash of secrecy in Sakura's part, we have one big delicious meal. But the only thing is..Who will be the perfect match for the other?
"Hihihihi" Talking
'Hihihihi' Thinking
...Main Casts...
Syaoran Li- 18 years old
Sakura Kinomoto/Kinoto- 18 years old
Eriol Hiiragizawa- 18 years old
Tomoyo Daidouji- 18 years old
Touya Kinomoto- 23 years old
Fujitaka Kinomoto- 48 years old
Yelan Li- 40 years old
Hiroku Li- 47 years old
Meiling Sae- 18 years old
Chae HaeKyung- 20 years old
...-Xox0Xox0-...
'You will not have her,'
--Chapter 6--
--Love Triangle?!--
Back at his room, Syaoran laid on his bed , looking at the ceiling. His thoughts drifted to a certain someone with auburn hair and emerald eyes. He was on the way to his study when he heard her shriek. Being 'quite' near to the kitchen he ran towards the kitchen to see her finger bleeding. His protective genes worked up and he immediately came to her aid, beating Eriol. Deep inside, he was smirking smugly at the thought that he was way faster than Eriol in helping Sakura.
Then he unconscious touched his lips. Why did he had to kiss her injured finger? Maybe because his mother had been doing it to him when he was a child and he had grown accustomed to kissing an injury? Well whatever the reason is, he liked it. A lot.
He did not realize that a smile had made its way to his face. Earlier this afternoon he saw her looking up at his window. The worry in her eyes made his heart sting slightly. She was worried. And he knew that he was the one whom caused that much worry.
Syaoran must have really been deep in thought as he nearly jumped 3 feet into the air when someone knocked on the door. He immediately sat up and panted, trying to calm his racing heart.
"Prince Syaoran Li? This is Sakura here. I have brought you your lunch. Buttered steak with potatoes and orange juice for your drink," Sakura announced at the other side of the door. Syaoran looked at the door. Should he answer or not?
"Ah...I guess I'll just leave it here for you," Sakura said. Syaoran immediately sat up and ran to the door. He quickly opened the door just as Sakura was about to place the food onto the floor. In front of his bedroom. Sakura looked up at him as she was crouching. She gave him a big warm smile which instantly brightened up his day. She stood up slowly and passed him the lunch tray.
When Syaoran took the tray, he purposely placed his hand on hers and smiled.
"Thank you. Can you please help me tidy up my room? It is awfully messy," Syaoran stated as he moved aside so Sakura could see the condition of his room. Sakura sweat dropped at the sight.
It was messy. With the mattresses on the bed about to slip off of it. His clothes were all over the floor and the curtains coated with dust. Sakura laughed nervously as she went in. Syaoran just smiled and closed the door behind her when she came in. Secretly, he locked it and walked slowly to the sofa. He sat on it and started munching on his lunch. His eyes would occasionally...wait...not occasionally, always look up and stared at the girl in his room.
Sakura just pulled the already slipping mattress off the bed and slowly fling it to the air. It was then nicely spread on the bed and she tucked in the edges. She then walked to Syaoran's pillows and started fluffing them and arranging them neatly on the head of the bed. Syaoran looked at her with intrigued eyes and laughed slightly as she looked at him with a slight annoyed face.
"How come your room is in such a mess, your highness?" Sakura asked as she started arranging all 9 pillows that was on Syaoran's bed. Syaoran chuckled.
"You didn't come in and clean my room for a month...So it is my fault? And please drop the 'your highness' thingy.. Call me Syaoran," Syaoran said. Sakura stopped arranging the pillows in shock. Not because he told her to call him 'Syaoran' but the point where he said that she did not come to clean his room for a month. She stomped towards Syaoran with her hands on her waist. She glared down at Syaoran whom pressed his back against the sofa, looking at her with scared eyes.
"What do you mean, your highness?! Who was it whom been saying 'Leave the food in front of the door. I wanna be alone' for a month?! And you are blaming me for your unbelievably messy room?!" Sakura said, in a rather angered voice. Her face was red with slight anger and her eyes sparkling with the same emotion. Syaoran just gave her a nervous smile and laughed sheepishly.
"Oops I forgot that part," Syaoran said as he regained his composure. He then sat up straight and looked up at her face. Somehow when Sakura was shouting at him, she had neared her face to him thus when Syaoran looked up..His lips brushed hers. Sakura's eyes widened as her face turned to an abnormal shade of red. Immediately, she pulled her face away from Syaoran's. Sakura just looked down and walked towards the bed, blushing.
Syaoran too was in shock. But still in shock to react. He just touched his lips. Did he just kissed Sakura? Well.. He just did. And she is blushing. Does that mean she enjoyed it? Syaoran smiled slightly at the thought but when Sakura looked at him, the smile disappeared and was replaced with an emotionless mask in an instant. Syaoran placed his hand behind his head and chuckled nervously.
"Sorry about that, Kinoto. It was an accident I swear..I didn't realize you were so close," Syaoran said as he looked down in embarrassment. Sakura just gave him a small smile.
"It's okay, your highness. And please call me, Sakura...It's weird being called by your surname," Sakura stated as she finished arranging the pillows.
"I will if only you would call me 'Syaoran', Sakura.." Syaoran said, her name rolling off his tongue. Sakura laughed as she walked towards the curtain.
"I will not, your highness. It's rude to ever call a prince by his name. After all I am just a maid," Sakura said as she looked up at the very...very...very...dusty curtains. Syaoran then looked at her amusingly.
"Oh please.. Just call me 'Syaoran'," Syaoran said, slightly stern sounding. Sakura 'eep' and nodded. She then flicked the curtain slightly. Somehow a big amount of dust got off of the curtain, making Sakura sneeze continuously. Syaoran just laughed at her reaction making Sakura looked at him with an annoyed look.
"What is so funny, your—Syaoran?!" Sakura practically screamed out as she continued to sneeze. But Syaoran still continued to laugh. In annoyance, she pulled off the curtains and stomped towards Syaoran. She smiled sweetly at him and took the empty dishes and tray in his hand and placed it nicely on the side drawer. Then she turned back at him and shook the curtain to his face, making the dust hit him.
Syaoran then started sneezing and Sakura laughed.
"You deserved it!" Sakura shouted. Syaoran looked up at her with childishness in his eyes. He stood up and she knew what will happen. She drop the curtains and ran out of the room with Syaoran chasing after her.
"Come back here, you little minx!" Syaoran shouted as he followed Sakura, hot on her trail. Sakura swerved through incoming servants and maids, most of them stopped to look at the scene. A prince chasing a maid with a big smile on his face. A really rare sight indeed. Sakura was shrieking in happiness as she yet again dodged an incoming maid. The maid just laughed as she moved away and curtsied as Syaoran passed her.
Sakura then ran towards the gardens. She had to avoid knocking down Eriol whom had just came in the front door.
"Whoa..." he said as Sakura ran past him and so did Syaoran. That's when he saw the smile on his face.
'Prince Syaoran is smiling...' Eriol thought as he stared at the retreating figures of the two. He just sighed and walked off. Syaoran continued to run after Sakura, not caring about the weird looks people gave them.
'This girl got stamina. She practically ran through the whole castle and she did not need to even take a break!' Syaoran screamed in his mind as he yet again dodged another maid. Sakura's foot suddenly got caught on a rock and she tripped. Syaoran being fast enough, ran forward and grabbed her. But just when he managed to catch hold of her, he lost his footing and both of them, unfortunately, started rolling down a gentle slope.
Sakura gave out a high pitched scream and held on Syaoran as they continued to take turns on who's on top as they rolled down the hill. Till Sakura's back hit a wall of a tower painfully making them stop. Sakura was on top of Syaoran and Syaoran was panting underneath her, with a huge smile on his face. Sakura look down and saw that his hair was unbelievably messy. She started giggling then it grew to a contagious laugh.
Syaoran too started laughing as Sakura rolled off of him and sat beside him. Sakura looked up at the sky and let out a huge sigh.
"That was fun...But I better go resume cleaning your room...Syaoran-kun,"Sakura said, hesitating at Syaoran's name. She pushed herself up but when she was about to stand up, Syaoran grabbed her hand. Sakura stared at Syaoran and sat back down.
"It's fine. Let me room be. Besides, working all day long without rest is a bit boring, don't you think so? You need to relax a bit," Syaoran said as he laid on the grass and look up at the sky. His arms supporting the back of his head. Sakura gave a slight nod and laid on the grass, same position as Syaoran.
"Well you better not come running to me and blame me when your room is worse than a pig's sty," Sakura said as she stared at the sky with a slight childishness in her eyes. Syaoran just laughed at her remarked and gave out a relaxed sigh.
It has been a while for our dear Syaoran to be out in the gardens, relaxed and out of his fake attitude. Syaoran sneaked a few glances at Sakura whom was still staring up at the sky. She did not notice that a leaf had floated slowly and landed on her forehead. Syaoran gave a light chuckle as he pulled one of his hands from underneath his head and slowly reached out for the leaf.
His hand accidentally, in its very careful pursuit to brush away the leaf, touched Sakura's forehead. Sakura felt the hand, looked up at it and back at Syaoran.
"Hai?" Sakura asked when the hand did move from her forehead. Mostly because Syaoran was blushing...A very deep shade of red. Sakura just stared at him, quizzically. He just smiled slowly and picked the leaf off her forehead. He showed it to Sakura whom in turn laughed.
"Didn't realize it was on my forehead. Thank you Syaoran-kun!" Sakura said, smiling. Syaoran just nodded and resume back to looking at the sky. It was really relaxing!
A few hours later...
Sakura and Syaoran walked towards the kitchen because it was near dinner time and Syaoran was feeling slightly hungry. He then sat on the table in the kitchen as he watched Sakura prepare dinner for him. He sulked knowing that Sakura will resume her daily work after cooking his dinner. Then suddenly he had an idea on how to keep her here longer with him then to go wander around. That wandering around will possibly be with Eriol.
"Hey..Sakura," Syaoran called out. Sakura stopped chopping the garlic and looked at Syaoran.
"Cook dinner for two..You're eating with me," Syaoran said as he smirked. Sakura's eyes widened and she looked at him in disbelief.
"Us eating together? No no no, Syaoran-kun. I will eat later at night," Sakura said as she resumed chopping the garlic. Syaoran just sighed at her stubbornness and walked towards her. He then went behind her and placed his head on her shoulder and looked at what she was doing. Sakura blushed at the sudden closeness of the prince and just continued.
"Then teach me how to cook. I'll eat yours and you'll eat mine," Syaoran suggested. Sakura sweat dropped. He was not going to give up is he? Sakura held the knife up and showed it to his face making him gulp slightly at how scary she looked.
"A Prince, cooking dinner for a maid? That won't do. And please, Syaoran-kun. Let go of me. What would people say if they see you, hugging a maid?" Sakura asked as she placed the knife down. She then threw in the garlic, onions , some ground beef, an egg, some parsley, some salt, black pepper and some oregano into a large mixing bowl. Syaoran still didn't let go of Sakura. He merely sighed and looked down, his head still on her shoulder.
"Alright, alright. You can help me cook dinner for two. But only this once," Sakura said as she tapped his nose with a finger. Syaoran shot her a large charming smile and let go off her. Sakura then walked towards a tap and washed her hand. She then looked at Syaoran.
"Wash your hand. We'll need to use it now," Sakura said. Syaoran looked at his hand and shrugged. It was a small price to pay to make Sakura stay with him a little longer. He washed his hand thoroughly and showed it to Sakura whom nodded in approval. He walked towards Sakura and waited for instructions. Sakura smiled.
"We mix everything in this bowl," Sakura said as she slowly placed her hand into the bowl. Syaoran did so and his first impression of raw meat was...squishy. The started mixing the ingredients till they are well mixed. Sakura smiled at their work and told Syaoran to make them into small balls. Syaoran took a slightly big lump and rolled it into a ball. Sakura looked at his and hers. Her meatball was half of his. She placed hers in a tray and pinched off half of Syaoran's.
"It's too big," Sakura stated as she rolled the other half. Syaoran just laughed and continued on. They then placed the meatball in the oven and let them bake. Sakura then chopped some onions expertly as Syaoran chopped the garlic, not so professionally as Sakura but still acceptable. Sakura laughed at his cutting speed.
"I guess you haven't been helping around in the kitchen at all," Sakura said. Syaoran scoffed and looked at her.
"I am a Prince. I let other people do it for me. But today is different because I want you to eat dinner with me," Syaoran said. Sakura looked at him with a blush on her face and giggled.
"Excuses," Sakura said as she heated some olive oil in a saucepan. She then threw in her nicely cut onions and Syaoran's unevenly cut garlic and started frying them.
"Hey, Syaoran-kun. Can you boil some water for the spaghetti?" Sakura asked as she passed him another large pot. Syaoran just nodded and went to fetch some water. Eriol whom happened to be passing by saw Sakura smiling to herself as she cooked Syaoran's dinner.
'Finally, the prince isn't here,' He thought as he walked towards Sakura and patted her head. Sakura was caught by surprise and she almost let go of her wooden spoon which was used to stir the onions. She turned and smiled when she was greeted with a smiling Eriol.
"Good evening Eriol-kun," Sakura greeted as she threw in some plum tomatoes into the pot and breaking it with the back of her wooden spoon. Eriol just looked over her shoulder.
"Cooking Syaoran's dinner? Isn't that a bit too much for him?" Eriol asked. Sakura just smiled and giggled.
"He suggested that I have dinner with him. Guess I won't be having dinner with you. But I will still cook for you later at night, though," Sakura said as she added in some salt, pepper and some basil. Eriol's smile faltered. So Syaoran was here with Sakura. He just smiled brightly.
"Need any help, Sakura?" Eriol asked as he placed his hand on her head. Sakura thought for a bit and nodded.
"The meatballs in the oven should be ready by now. Can you take them out for me?" Sakura asked as she passed him a pair of oven mittens. Eriol nodded and wore the mittens. He carefully took out the tray with the meatball in it just when Syaoran came back from fetching some water. Eriol turned and his eyes met Syaoran's. Suddenly invisible sparks came out of nowhere in between of them as they both walked towards Sakura.
"Here's your water Sakura," Syaoran said as he placed the pot on the stove and lit the fire below it.
"Here's your meatballs Sakura," Eriol said as he placed the tray on the counter. He bowed at Syaoran and looked at Sakura sadly.
"I got something to attend to. Enjoy your dinner with Prince Syaoran Li...Sakura," Eriol said as he walked out of the kitchen, slightly hurried. When he was out of sight, he started running towards the gardens. If you passed him and would look at him clearly, you could see a tear falling down his cheek. He was crying.
Sakura just blinked when Eriol left in a hurry. Syaoran was in the same state but they both recovered fast and Sakura resumed. The water was fast to boil and she placed in some spaghetti into it. Sakura placed in the meatball into the sauce and rolled them around the pot. Syaoran just sat on the counter beside the stove, looking at Sakura stirring the sauce. He was sitting quite close to wear she was doing her work.
Sakura then scooped some sauce with the spoon and dabbed her finger into the sauce. Then she placed her sauce dipped finger into her mouth. She smiled at the taste. She pulled her finger out and giggled.
"It's yummy!" Sakura said as she dipped her finger again to taste it yet again. But Syaoran stopped her before she placed it into her mouth. Syaoran had grabbed her hand halfway to her mouth. He then lead it to his and placed the sauce dipped tip in between his lips. He then swirled his tongue around it, getting the sauce off the finger. He then pulled it out and smiled cheekily at Sakura.
"It is yummy," Syaoran stated, smiling widely. Sakura had the biggest blush on her face when Syaoran did that. Her heart was beating violently against her chest as she just placed her hand back onto the spoon. She placed a natural smile on her face and laughed.
"Told you so," Sakura said as she continued to stir the sauce. Syaoran just chuckle, his face adorning a slight blush at what he just did. He may look calm in the outside but in reality, his heart was beating as violently as Sakura's.
Soon enough, the spaghetti was done. Sakura just scooped some spaghetti into two plates and added in some sauce and 5 meatballs on each. She then brought it to the dining room where Syaoran waited to be served. She placed a plate in front of him and looked at where to sit. Syaoran saw this and patted the seat the seat beside him. Sakura got the idea and sat at the seat and placed her plate in front of her.
"Let's eat," Syaoran said. Sakura nodded. AS they munched on their food, they told childhood stories. In Sakura's case, it her childhood as a princess but she modified it slightly to make it sound like a peasant's life. They laughed at funny experience they went through as a child. Unknown to them, Eriol was looking at them from the door right behind Syaoran. He looked at the happy smiles of Sakura and Syaoran and his heart ached.
"Not him please...Please do not fall for him Sakura," Eriol whispered as he walked out to the garden again. He looked at the sky and fell to his knees. He clutched his chest in pain and tears threatened to fall from his eyes.
'I never wanted anything in my life before. For I live to serve Prince Syaoran Li. But just this once..I want something..I want Sakura...And yet..He snatched her away from me..Why?!' Eriol shouted in his mind. He looked up at the sky with tears streaming down from his eyes.
"I want Sakura...I want her...Give her to me!!" Eriol shouted at the sky. No one could hear his pained shout as all the maids and servants were too busy working. He panted and looked back down, with tears still raging down his cheeks.
"I want Sakura..."
...-Xox0Xox0-...
--End of Chapter 7--
Ohohohohoho!! That was SxS sugarness!! Anyway, I made Eriol cry. Opps! M sorry I made him cry. Wahhx!! I feel so bad. Anyways at least we know he likes Sakura. And Syaoran likes Sakura. And Syaoran makes Sakura blush. And Eriol ALWAYS have dinner with Sakura.. Ooooh.. Read and Review please or Chapter 8 won't come!
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