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Chapter 13

An Unexpected Secret Revealed

Syaoran opened his eyes, and was shocked to no end at what he saw. Sakura was laying there, in his arms, peacefully sleeping like a baby. How had that happened? Sakura wasn't even in bed when he went to sleep last night.

He slowly removed one of his arms from around her, trying not to wake her up. He slowly and carefully removed his arm from around her tiny waist, and tried to sit up. He never made it to an upright position, however. Sakura said something in her sleep, and tightened her grip on his other arm.

"Syaoran..."

Syaoran froze.

"Syaoran..." she muttered in her sleep.

Syaoran was frozen there. She was dreaming... about him? He shook the thought away, and slowly got up, this time without any problems. He looked back at Sakura's sleeping form, and closed the door behind him.

LATER

Sakura stirred. She sat up, looking around her. Syaoran was gone. Had he already woken up? Probably. She got up, and dressed in a summery dress that Tomoyo had made for her a few weeks ago.

The dress was a light pink colour, with an off-the-shoulder sleeve on her left side. There was nothing supporting it on the right, except a little bit of elastic that actually supported the whole thing. The sleeve on the left was merely for decoration. The dress fell down to her knees, and the skirt of the dress flared out at the bottom. Sakura had never worn it before, but she had just decided it was her favourite.

Looking into the drawers where she had stashed her clothes, she noticed that she would have to do some laundry. She had only one more day's worth of underwear left, and this was her last outfit. Both her drawers and her closet were empty. She sighed. She hated laundry.

She gathered her dirty clothes in a basket from the bathroom, and dragged the basket down the stairs. She lifted it up, and walked slowly to the laundry room.

"Having fun, Sakura?" Tomoyo giggled from in front of the basket. Sakura looked around the huge pile of clothes, and scowled at Tomoyo.

"Ha ha, very funny Tomoyo." Sakura drawled sarcastically, "Yes, I just love carting my dirty clothes down the stairs and loading them into the washer. Not!"

"Ooh... moody today." Tomoyo pulled out her blasted video camera. Sakura made a mental note to destroy it one day. No that she actually would... she was just angry. That's all.

"Tomoyo, you are going to lose that camera one day." Sakura snarled for no particular reason, "I swear it."

"Oh, wait, I know why you're so moody!" Tomoyo switched the camera off, "It's that time of the month, isn't it?"

"What? That's none of your business!" Sakura went red, "And, how the hell did you know?"

"Well, you're only like this when it's that time." Tomoyo giggled, "Ooh, I feel sorry for poor Syaoran... He's the one that will have to deal with it the most."

"Shove it." Sakura snarled.

"Ok, ok..." Tomoyo muttered, "Do you want some help?"

"Yes, please." Sakura sighed, and she and Tomoyo set to separating colours and whites, delicates from strong fabric, etc. The whole process only took about ten minutes, with Sakura whinging about it the whole time. Tomoyo just smiled, and ignored her.

Sakura loaded her washing into the washing machine, and turned it on. They left the laundry room to go outside for a swim with everyone else.

As they came back down the stairs, towels in hand, they heard a thump from underneath them.

"It's coming from the closet under the stairs." Tomoyo said, a little nervously.

"What do you think it is?" Sakura was a bit more nervous than Tomoyo. There was another thump.

"Only one way to find out." Tomoyo gulped, as they got to the closet door. She tightened her grip around the knob, and pulled it open with such force that the wind blew their hair back.

"Meiling?" Sakura's jaw dropped at the sight before her.

"Naoko?" Tomoyo was just as surprised.

Meiling and Naoko looked at each other nervously. Sakura and Tomoyo were currently thanking God that they were still fully clothed.

"Umm..." Naoko began to sob.

"Please don't tell anyone!" Meiling almost shrieked, "Don't tell anyone about us! Please! We love each other, and we-"

"Don't worry." Sakura said kindly, "We won't tell anyone, right Tomoyo?" She shot Tomoyo a heated glance. Tomoyo came back to herself, and smiled.

"Don't worry. We wont tell, but the two of you had better tell everyone else... soon." She warned, "Ooh, when did this happen?"

"About three weeks ago." Meiling blushed, and slipped her hand into Naoko's, "It was kind of an accident." Naoko nodded.

"Aww... How cute!" Sakura gushed, "I'm so happy for you guys!" Meiling and Naoko smiled.

"Thanks..." Meiling blushed, "But... How will I tell Syaoran? He might hate me!"

"No, he won't." Sakura said without hesitation, "I know it."

"How? How do you know?" Meiling demanded.

"I don't know how I know. I just know."

SYAORAN

Syaoran stood in a room, just next to Sakura's and Meiling's conversation. He had known about his cousin being gay for a long time. He was just waiting for her to tell him, before he said anything about it.

"But... how will I tell Syaoran? He might hate me!" Meiling wailed. That shocked Syaoran. Did he really scare her that much?

"No, he won't." He could hear Sakura reassure her, "I know it."

"How?" Meiling was demanding, "How do you know?"

"I don't know how I know." Sakura said calmly and thoughtfully, "I just do."

"Sakura's right. Meiling," Syaoran stepped out of the room, " I've known for ages. I'm hurt that you didn't trust me enough to tell me. How could you think I'd hate you? You know me better than that." Meiling turned red with embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, Syaoran." She cried, burying her face in her hands. Syaoran kneeled down in front of her.

"Meiling, it's alright." He lifted her eyes to meet his own, "You have nothing to apologize for."

"Thank you." Meiling sniffled. Syaoran smiled one of his rare smiles, and pulled her into a hug. He seemed to be smiling a lot lately.

"Let's go out." Tomoyo proposed, "The five of us. We'll leave Eriol, Rika, Chiharu and Takashi behind!"

"Where will we go?" Sakura asked, intrigued.

"How about..." Tomoyo thought, "How about we go hang at that place... what's it called? Sakura, you know it! Where they sell that... stuff. In the mall."

"Oh, you mean that magic shop?" Sakura asked, perplexed, "Where they sell all those scented candles and stuff?"

"Yeah, that's the one!" Tomoyo cheered, "How about it?"

"I'll pass." Syaoran waved his hand dismissively, "I've got something to do, anyway."

"Well, I'll come." Sakura nodded, "What about you guys?" She looked at Meiling and Naoko.

"Yeah, I'll come." Meiling said. Naoko simply nodded.

"Alright, let's go!" Sakura noticed what she was wearing, "Um... Right after I change back into my dress. I don't think I want to go to the mall in my bathing suit." Everyone laughed, and they went to get ready to go.

LATER

"Hey! Kinomoto!" Sakura turned around to find out who was calling her. She glared as Rose ran up to her.

"What do you want?" She hissed. Tomoyo, Meiling, and Naoko all looked from Sakura to Rose, and back again.

"I wanted to apologize to you and Syaoran for what I did yesterday." Rose said humbly, "I'm so sorry!" Just one look into Rose's eyes, and Sakura knew that she didn't mean it. Sakura made a split second decision. She took the ice cream she had in her hand, and jabbed it into her face. She laughed evilly as Rose began to shriek.

"So sorry." Sakura feigned remorse, "My hands automatically shove something into a person's face when they're lying." She spat out the word 'lying' as if it were a cuss word.

"Ooh... Just you wait, I'll get you!" Rose shrieked, and stomped off. Tomoyo and Naoko burst out into laughter.

"What did she do to you and Syaoran yesterday?" Meilin asked, being the only one who didn't find it as funny asthe rest of them, though it was amusing. You could tell by the smirk on her face. Sakura smirked too, and told them all of what happened.

Well? If you want an explanation, I'll put it into the next chapter. Just let me know. I WILL explain about Meiling and Naoko's relationship in the next chapter... that's a given.

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