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She would never fall in love. Not with anyone.
And if she did, she would end her life with her own hands.
Over the Border: Chapter Six
The very thought of death hanging over her shoulders, brought a slight chill down Sakura's spine. But the thought of killing another to save her own life, repulsed her. Sakura had no other wish, but to not fall in love.
It was such a fairytale. Sakura had often read in novels, the princess then elopes with the "knight in shining armour" or the "prince on a white horse".
Was that, really going to happen to her?
She had dreamt of it when she was a child, but now, that dream seemed very distant to her.
Silently walking down the main hallway of the castle, she sighed. The maids walking busily down the hall seemed to have noticed the gloomy atmosphere settling around her. No one dared to interrupt Sakura's thoughts as she made her way towards the grand hall.
Until…
"O-ha-you!"
The face of Li Syaoran interrupted Sakura's deep and ominous thoughts, bringing a smile to her pale face, "Syaoran, how are you?"
"I daresay I'm better than you," followed by a wink from Syaoran, and then a concerned expression, "On a serious note, you look deadly pale. Are you sick?"
The word 'deadly' made Sakura go quiet, as her head hung down. Syaoran took the discreet hint, and he continued onwards, "How about today…"
But he was interrupted by Sakura, "Ne, Li-kun, how about you grant me three wishes, and then I shall consider your proposal. After all, that's your reason for being so nice to me, isn't it?"
He only wants to marry me for political reasons…There's no love involved…so there shouldn't be a problem, right? I want to repay him, for his white day gift…
Syaoran noticed the sudden change, from calling him Syaoran, first name basis, to the cold Li-Kun. He smiled lightly, shaking his head, "Three wishes it shall be."
"I want the rainbow, and the stars, and the sun."
…
It wasn't easy, thinking of ways in which he could obtain the rainbow, stars and the sun. Li Syaoran was strike silent for days. He stayed in his room, planning the wish. For the entire week, no one even saw Li Syaoran's shadow.
But on the eighth day, Syaoran suddenly burst out of his room, with a humungous smile upon his smile.
Everyone around him knew what had happened, they had all heard of the princess's impossible request.
And now, everyone also knew that Syaoran had finally found a solution.
…
Sakura was bewildered as Syaoran stood before her, and without a word, he placed his hands over her eyes, "You wish is granted."
And with her eyes closed, he led her to the palace garden, filled with the sounds of birds chirping, and leaves rustling.
"Open your eyes"
Sakura opened her eyes to find Syaoran holding a crystal. And she gasped.
The light had been refracted in such a way, through the crystal, that a rainbow appeared. Syaoran smiled, "Not only that."
He waved towards a fountain, constructed by workers. Through the flowing water, the sun's beams passed through the liquid.
Creating a rainbow.
"You also wanted a star, I believe?"
Sakura nodded, unsure of what to expect or to hear.
Li Syaoran, took a deep breathe, and said. "The star was a lot more difficult. I didn't know what to use, to make a 'star', because, the only star I can see, is you."
"But never the less, I tried my best,"
He motioned for Sakura to come closer to the pond, and pointed downwards.
"The closest thing I could come, to finding stars."
And inside the pond, was an astonishing number of diamonds. Under the wavering surface of the water, it seemed as if they really did sparkle. Syaoran smiled at Sakura's astonishment, and disbelief.
He then whispered a sentence in her ear, "All for you,"
"And the sun?"
Syaoran chuckled, "Greedy, aren't we?"
"So where is it?" with a sly grin on her face.
"Night. The sun requires night time."
"And I thought the sun meant it was day time?"
Syaoran laughed at Sakura's quick wit, "This is my sun. And my sun comes out at night."
…
"We have to stop it…" a woman sitting on the bench, her presence unknown by Sakura and Syaoran.
"Before they fall in love…"
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End of chapter six
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Awfully short chappie. I'm VERY sorry. T.T I just had no time…
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