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Chapter 3: Syaoran Meets Touya and Yukito
It had been almost a month since I worked at the Stars Kindergarten. One day, Lindsay and Mrs. Shibuya were really in need of another hand to take care of the children aged 3 and under so I decided to help.
By afternoon, all the children had already fall asleep.
"I never knew you're really good with kids, Sakura," Lindsay said to me.
"I'm not that good with kids," I said while cuddling a baby.
"Oh, don't be silly," Mrs. Shibuya said. "Look how you're handling little Kuro."
I blushed. "Oh, it's nothing."
Suddenly, a voice said, "Sakura."
Mrs. Shibuya, Lindsay and I turned at the source of voice. It is none other than Syaoran.
"What do you want?" I asked.
"Fanren wants to see you," Syaoran said.
I looked at Syaoran, then at little Kuro. Knowing what I was thinking, Lindsay said, "Why don't you go with Syaoran to see Fanren and I'll take little Kuro?"
"Sure," I answered, gently and carefully giving little Kuro to Lindsay.
As Syaoran and I were walking to Fanren's office, Syaoran said, "Hey Sakura, want to go out to night?"
"Sorry but I'm busy," I said, not even bothering to look at him.
"Ow, come on, Sakura, please," Syaoran said.
"I said no," I said.
Before Syaoran could say anything more, I told him, "We're in front of Fanren's office now so shall we stop this conversation?"
Syaoran shrugged and said, "Sure."
Syaoran and I entered Fanren's office. Hearing someone entered her office, Fanren looked up.
"Sakura, you're still here?" Fanren asked.
"Yeah, I was helping Mrs. Shibuya and Lindsay with the children 3 and under," I answered.
"You know this doesn't include your work and you won't get extra pay for staying overtime," Fanren told me.
"I know," I answered, smiling. "I just want to help out, I don't expect extra paycheck."
"Hey, Sakura," Fanren said.
"Yes?" I replied.
"Do you like to help out around the school more?" Fanren asked.
"Yes," I answered. "Sure."
"Let's make a deal," Fanren said. "You'll help out when I ask for your help and I'll give you a raise on your pay for how long you help out." Then, Fanren added in. "But you only get a raise when I ask for your help, not when you want to help out on your own will, okay?"
"Sure," I answered.
"Since you agree," Fanren said, "Sakura, do you mind doing shopping for the school supply like pencils and crayons?"
"Sure," I said, looking at Fanren.
"Alright than," Fanren said. "Syaoran already have the list of things you need to buy and he knows where the stationery shop is so both of you can go now."
"I'm going with Syaoran?" I asked.
"Yes," Fanren said, looking at me strangely, "is there a problem?"
I shook my head. "No, of course not," I said. Then, I looked at Syaoran, who is now smiling. Somehow I felt like this is all Syaoran's plan.
On the way to the stationery shop, I asked Syaoran, "Earlier today, Fanren never did call me, did she?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Syaoran said.
"Come on, Syaoran, tell me the truth," I said.
"Alright, alright," Syaoran said. "It's not Fanren who wants to see you, it was me."
"Figures," I said.
"Hey, you don't have to be so tough, Sakura," Syaoran said. There were a couple of minutes of silence before Syaoran popped a question, which we all already know the answer.
"Sakura, would you go out with me tonight?" Syaoran asked.
"Syaoran, don't you ever get tired of being turned down by me all the time?" I asked. Seriously, Syaoran had asked me out from the day he knew me till today.
"I could never get tired of you, Sakura," Syaoran answered. I sighed and Syaoran asked again. "So, will you go out with me?"
"Sorry but I can't," I answered.
"Come on, Sakura," Syaoran said. "You know you want me."
I looked at Syaoran with an annoyed expression. "No, I do NOT want you, Syaoran," I said, emphasizing the NOT so that he 'may' understand. "And second of all, it's not an excuse, I really can't tonight; I have family matters."
Syaoran was about to open his mouth to say something but I stopped him by saying, "I'll be really grateful, Syaoran, if we leave this conversation here or I'll have to go out of the car and walk back home like before."
"Alright than," Syaoran said and he really zipped his mouth. We didn't talk all the way to the stationery shop
About 6 in the evening, I was getting ready for dinner. I took a nice long shower and then, I put on my best blouse and skirt. It's a light purple, long sleeves blouse that became fluffy from the elbow and all the way downwards. The skirt, on the other hand, was ankle-length black skirt that has a slit to my thigh. As usual, I applied a thin layer of cherry blossom lipstick on my lips and then put on my sandals.
When I went out of my room, I saw Serena in the living room.
"Hi there, Rena," I said to her.
Serena replied, "Hi, Sakura." Then, she looked up at me and whistled. "Wow, are you going out on a date tonight?"
"No," I answered. "Why do you ask that?"
"Did you look at yourself in the mirror, Sakura?" Serena asked.
"Oh, this," I said. "Well, onii-chan and Yukito just got back from London and is now in Tokyo. I haven't seen them for so long and they also wanted to see me so they asked me out for dinner tonight."
"I see," Serena said. "Well, have fun than."
"Sure, I will," I replied. I smiled. "Tell Aunt Kyoumi I'll have dinner outside." And after that, I said goodbye to Serena and went out of the house.
I went into my car and drove all to the Italian restaurant where I'm going to meet with Touya and Yukito. When I was about to park my car, I saw a very familiar red sport car.
I thought, 'No, it couldn't be him.'
So, I just ignored it and went to park my car. Then, I went into the restaurant.
"Did you make a reservation, miss?" a waiter asked.
"Uhm, yeah," I said. "The reservation was under Touya Kinomoto."
The waiter checked his book for a minute and then looked back at me and said, "Come with me, miss."
The waiter led me inside to a table at the back of the room. There, I saw Yukito and Touya. When the waiter went back to the counter, I took a seat at the opposite side of Yukito and Touya.
"How are you, Sakura?" Yukito asked, smiling.
"Fine," I answered happily. "I'm so happy to see both of you again."
"Me too, Sakura," Yukito said.
Touya, on the other hand, didn't say anything so Yukito and I glanced at him.
Touya took dark blue paper bag from under the table and gave it to Sakura.
"What is this, onii-chan?" I asked as she took a rectangular black box.
"Just open it," Touya said simply.
I did just what Touya told me to; I opened the box. Inside was a really beautiful beaded turquoise bracelet with the name 'Sakura' carved on it.
I gasped. "Onii-chan," I said, "it's beautiful."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever," Touya said.
I stood up and went to hug her older brother.
Touya pulled her away. "Hey, stop it, Sakura," he said. "You're embarrassing me. We're in a public place if you haven't notice."
I laughed and said, "Sorry." I went back to my seat.
After that, we ordered our dinner. Touya and I just ordered a drink of coca-cola and a plate of mushroom sauce spaghetti. Yukito, on the other hand, ordered a plate of bolognaise spaghetti, a plate of mushroom sauce pasta, a bucket of garlic bread, a bucket of breadstick with extra cheese, a large pan of pepperoni pizza, a drink of coca-cola and a chocolate sundae ice cream for dessert. A big sweat drop appeared on Touya's and my forehead.
As we ate dinner, Yukito, Touya and I talked and laugh and tease.
"So, Sakura, I heard you're working at a pre-school now," Yukito said.
"Yeah," I said. "It's just near Aunt Kyoumi's house can just walk there."
"Do you like working there?" Touya asked.
"Of course, onii-chan," I answered. "Fanren Li is the headmaster of the school; the school belonged to the family. It's very fun working there; everyone is just like one big, happy family."
Touya laughed. "It's so like you, Sakura," he said.
"Onii-chan," I said, blushing.
Yukito laughed as well, saying, "Oh Touya, stop teasing Sakura."
Then, we stop talking to eat. When we finished our food, I asked, "May I be excuse? I need to go to the ladies room."
"Sure," Touya and Yukito said and I went on her way to the ladies room. Just as I was about to enter the ladies room a woman with long black hair went out. All of it happened so fast that I could only have one glance at the woman.
As I washed my face, I thought, 'That woman looks familiar.' I suddenly had a flashback about the woman in her late twenties that was with Syaoran in his car. 'But it can't be her,' I thought. Then again, I did see Syaoran's car in the parking lot. 'Wait, I'm not entirely sure that that was Syaoran's car. Maybe that woman's just someone else.'
After that, I went back to the table where Touya and Yukito are waiting for me.
"So, are you ready to go?" Touya asked as I took a seat in front of them.
"Sure," I answered.
We went out of the restaurant. When we were standing outside and talking, suddenly someone called my name.
"Sakura!"
Touya, Yukito and turned towards the source of voice and saw a man, the same age as Touya and Yukito, with brunette hair.
"Syaoran," I said as Syaoran went closer to Yukito, Touya and I.
"I thought you said you have family matters tonight," Syaoran said while eyeing Touya and Yukito. "This doesn't seem like family matters."
Before I could say anything else, Touya stepped in front of Syaoran and me.
"I am Sakura's older brother," Touya said.
"I'm charmed," Syaoran said.
"You should be," Touya said in a tone that could kill.
"Very funny," Syaoran said.
"Do I look like I'm joking?" Touya said again.
I decided to interfere before the conversation gets any uglier.
"Onii-chan, this is Syaoran Adam Li, Fanren's brother," I said.
"I see," Touya said.
"And Syaoran, this is my brother, Touya Kinomoto and his best friend, Yukito Tsukishiro, who is also like a brother to me," I said.
"Nice to meet you," Syaoran said. He first offered his hand to Touya but Touya didn't take it. So, he offered his hand to Yukito, which Yukito took. They shook hand.
"So, what are you doing here?" I asked Syaoran.
Before Syaoran could answer, a female's voice said, "Syaoran, did you wait long?"
Then, a woman with long black hair went next to Syaoran and wrapped her hands around Syaoran's arm.
"Uh, this is Meilin," Syaoran said.
"Hi," I said. I don't know why but I had a weird feeling in my heart. I said again, "Onii-chan, Yuki-chan, shall we go?"
"Sure," Touya said.
"Hope we'll see you again," Yukito said.
Touya, Yukito and I walked to the place where I parked my car.
"Who are they?" Meilin asked Syaoran.
"Just someone I know," Syaoran said.
Back with Touya, Yukito and me, who are now standing next to my car.
"Hey, onii-chan, Yukito, where is your next destination?" I asked.
"Europe," Touya answered simply.
"Oh, I see," I said.
You see, onii-chan and Yukito are, let's say, professional food critique. So, their job is to travel around the world to and taste food from local restaurants to famous restaurant.
"When are you leaving?" I asked again.
"We'll be leaving tomorrow morning, Sakura," Yukito said.
"Oh," I said in disappointment.
"Don't worry, Sakura," Yukito said. "We'll only be going for a month."
"Well, I got to go now," I said. "I have to work tomorrow."
"Yeah, you should go home now," Touya said.
"Hey, do you guys want a ride to the hotel?" I asked.
"It's okay," Yukito said. "We'll just take a cab."
"Yeah," Touya said. "Besides, it's getting pretty late, it's dangerous for you to drive alone this late."
I giggled. I love it when Touya and Yukito are concerned about me. It made me feel like a kid again. "Alright, suit yourself," I said and then gave each one of them a peck on the cheek. I went into the car.
"Sakura, don't go near Syaoran, okay?" Touya said to me before I left.
I just laughed. "Relax Touya," I said. "He's not dangerous."
"Just be careful with him," Touya said.
I laughed. Than again, sometimes older brother are really paranoid. "I'll see you guys later," I said.
"Goodbye Sakura," Yukito said while waving at me as I drove my way to Aunt Kyoumi's house.
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