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Oh, and I don't own 'Touch' by Amerie. I was just listening to the song on MTV when I was typing... It's my new favourite song! OK... blabbering... Anyway...

MzEvilBlossoms - I might do that... You never know! It is a romance fic, after all!

LittleLostKitty - How can you laugh and say "poor Syaoran"? HAVE YOU NO HEART? Lmao, Joking!

PinkCh3rryBlossom - I can update a lot faster, if I could write faster:p I was thinking of a reason that Takashi might try to wake her up... and the alarm was the first thing that popped into my head...

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ffgirl-07 - Not sad, worried. Well, he is sad, too, but you don't find that out till the end of this chapter! And you don't find out why until the next chapter.

Chapter 5

Damn Rules!

Sakura walked through the lounge-room half an hour later. Rika and Chiharu had raided Meiling's stack of CDs, and were arguing over the thumping music about which one they'd play next.

Sakura pushed her way through Eroil and Takashi to get to the hallway.

"Hey, Naoko!" Sakura called out over the music, "Have you seen Meiling? She's not out here!"

"I think she said something about finding Syaoran!" Naoko yelled back. Sakura nodded, feeling like the pounding of the music was squashing her head.

With a thankful sigh, she made it into the hallway. With the door closed, she could hear the words to the song.

"Don't be afraid to touch, I know you think I'm a good girl..." Sakura began to sing, her voice suiting the song perfectly. 'Touch' was one of her favourite songs, even though it was new. Sakura continued to sing as she roamed the hallway. Eventually, she came to an open door.

"Whatever, Meiling." Syaoran said bitterly, as she stalked out. Sakura stood in the door frame, looking at a shocked and upset Meiling.

"What's up his arse?" Sakura asked, walking over to Meiling.

"Nothing. He just tried to get a separate room from you, 'cause my parents are gone." Meiling said, "I just reminded him that my parents told us that we couldn't go in their room."

"Oh."

SOME TIME LATER

"Alright!" Meiling tried to shout, but the music was too loud. She tried again, and got the same result. She got so frustrated, that she went over to the powerpoint, and pulled out the plug. The music shut off immeadiately.

"Hey!" Rika and Chiharu yelled at her, but Meiling ignored them.

"Alright!" Meiling called out again, and was heard this time, "I gotta lay out some ground rules!" Everyone groaned.

"First off, we all contribute to the household chores. Everyone has to do every chore at least once!" Meiling announced. Everyone groaned, except for Sakura, who, for some bizarre reason, loved to do housework.

"Why?" Tomoyo whined.

"Because we aren't your slaves, Tomoyo." Meiling joked, though Tomoyo looked far from impressed.

"Second up," Meiling continued, "Lights out is at two am, at the latest. No one in this house stays up overnight." More groans, "Thirdly, everyone is responsible for their own rooms. No mess when you all leave, or I'll be dragging the pair that shared the room back to clean it up." Everyone laughed, "Fourthly, our neighbours are very sensitive to noise. No loud music after ten pm." Everyone groaned once more, "Fifth, no alcohol. I don't think anyone has forgotten what happened the last time we all got drunk together, except maybe Sakura and Tomoyo, cause they weren't there. And last of all, everyone is responsible for their own laundry. No exceptions." Everyone either nodded in agreement, or said 'yes'. No one wanted to have to have someone else handling their underwear, or worse, have to handle someone else's.

"Can we have the music back now?" Chiharu whined, and Meiling rolled her eyes. She nodded tiredly, and roughly pushed the plug back in. The stereo fired up, and was pounding music away in no time. Meiling muttered something to Sakura about cooking, and went into the kitchen. Sakura, however, had a headache, so she went to hide in her bedroom.

Except someone was already in there.

Sakura stood in the doorframe, and saw the figure on the bed. She couldn't see the face, but she recognised the frame.

"What are you doing here, Syaoran?" Sakura demanded, folding her arms over her chest, "Shouldn't you be helping your cousin in the kitchen?" Syaoran turned to look at her, and she gasped as she saw tears in his eyes. What on earth could make Syaoran cry?

"She told me to stay out of the kitchen." He said gruffly, running his forearm roughly across his eyes, "What do you want?" He demanded, all choked up. Sakura had one of her peculiar changes of heart. She couldn't bear to see another human being in pain, even if she hated them.

"What's wrong?" She whispered softly, slowly walking towards him. He turned back to the window he had been staring out of before.

"Go away." He whispered fiercely. Sakura halted a few steps, and then continued towards him.

"What's the matter, Syaoran?" She persisted.

"Go away!" He said, even more fiercely than before.

Sakura then turned and fled the room. His tone scared her.

Well? How do you like it? I know it doesn't seem like big, bad Syaoran to cry, but I have a good reason for making him do it! You will find out next chapter, IF you read and REVIEW!