And Love Goes On
Author's Notes: Yup, it's me again! For all those who've read my other story, THE PRIZED JEWEL, don't worry. I'm still continuing with it! But like I said in its first chapter, I'm always having new ideas for new stories! Wells I'm trying to be as funny as possible in this story so any suggestions are welcomed! And if it's not funny than I'm sorry!
Summary: In high school, he was at the bottom and she was at the top. But she never looked down upon anyone and treated them as equals. He had a secret to hide and no matter how much he hid behind the dorky glasses and the baggy clothes, he was the only one she chose to be her love. And he broke her heart but she's never willing to let him go without a fight.
(AN: it sounds more dramatic than it is funny, but…you'll have to bear with me.)
Disclaimer: Don't own it, don't sue me, but this story is entirely mine.
.:Beginning:.
"What do you mean?!" Syaoran exclaimed, wide amber eyes staring at his best friend.
"It's a favor." Eriol replied calmly.
"She'll know who I am!"
"It's a masquerade ball, Syaoran. You wear a mask and you'll actually look…NICE. You've always wanted to get to know her more and spend time with her for a whole night, well here's your chance." Eriol explained. Currently Eriol was sitting in a chair, sipping tea and he could feel his cousins nerves shake. Syaoran however was constantly running his fingers through his hair and walking and forth in front of him. "You know if you keep walking in that same area, you're gonna make a hole."
"She'll know." Syaoran repeated.
At this point, Eriol was frustrated. He slammed his tea cup down and stood up. "Look! I know you're still all sad about Meiling but that was three years ago! You've never liked anyone until Sakura, so get over your damn fear and just go to the Winter Ball with her!"
Eriol composed himself and added one last thing, "Besides she won't know."
"What do you mean?"
"I know that you don't want people to know who you really are and I'm guessing you don't really want Sakura to know either. So I told her I'd get her a date, a blind date."
Syaoran sighed and said nothing. He stopped walking back and forth and finally sat down. He took a sip of the tea to calm his nerves. "Fine."
Eriol took a sip from his tea, a secret smile playing on his lips.
.:Winter Ball:.
Sakura had been rather nervous the entire day. She had half the mind to run to Eriol and tell him that his friend wouldn't need to come because she wasn't going to go. But then she thought about the hard work Tomoyo did for her dress and how much effort Eriol must've done to get her a date, and she realized that although she might not enjoy the night, she should attend so her best friends efforts wouldn't be in vain.
Sakura sat irritably at her lab station, writing down notes as the teacher lectured. She was barely paying attention and whatever her professor wrote on the board, she copied. She tapped her pencil against the corner of her notebook and often times she would spin it along her thumb and forefinger.
She was a little scared. What if her date was some horrible rapist? And suddenly the logical part of her mind told her that if Eriol had set her up, it had to be at least safe. Eriol would never do anything to jeopardize the safety of his girlfriend's best friend.
Then Sakura thought about what if the guy wasn't going to be any fun at all. Would she be dancing with a rock? Would she be spending the night in an awkward silence and watching her friends have fun while she sat with her date doing nothing?
"Is there something wrong?" The male person next to her whispered.
Sakura looked and flashed a smile, attempting to fake her unhappiness. "I'm fine."
"Are you sure?"
"It's just…I'm a little scared of the Winter Ball tonight, Syaoran."
"Why?"
Sakura thought for a moment. She wanted to tell Syaoran, he seemed like a trustworthy guy. So she proceeded into explaining her fears of being bored with her blind date and not being able to have fun.
"Wells I'm sure that if you try to talk to him and have fun with him, he'll respond just as equally." Syaoran told her with a smile. Sakura smiled back and nodded.
"Thanks, you cheered me up a lot Syaoran." Sakura told him. She reached over and placed her hand over his and gave it a slight comforting squeeze. Just as quickly, her hand retreated back to her side and she refocused her mind back to the lesson.
Sakura stood anxiously next to Tomoyo. She watched as Eriol slipped on Tomoyo's corsage and with linked arms walked down the stairs to the ballroom. Sakura walked right behind them nervously, constantly twisting her hands in front of her. Where was her date?
Sakura looked nervously around the room where many people with masks on danced and laughed. Tonight she had worn a simple ice blue mask that covered a majority of her face. Her hair had been curled and pinned up slightly.
She looked for anyone who was alone who might be her date. She waited for someone to approach her. Suddenly a man in a dark navy suit with a black mask on came up next to Eriol. He said something to him and Eriol smiled and nodded. He walked with the mysterious man up to Sakura.
"Sakura, I brought you your date." And he left them standing nervously in front of each other.
"Hi." She started with a small smile.
"You look very nice, tonight." He told her with a similar smile. He slipped on her corsage and they linked arms.
Sakura stared up at her date. His chocolate brown hair was spiked up all over his head and his tall and muscular body was pulsing beneath her fingers. Where has she seen him before?
"Would you dance with me?" Sakura asked suddenly. The words were out of her mouth before she had processed them. She blushed and looked down. He laughed and she tried to figure out why that laugh seemed so familiar.
"Of course I would." He replied and they headed to the dance floor. His arms were warm and they wrapped securely and lightly around her waist. Their hands fit perfectly together and their bodies were close and fitted almost like a puzzle.
He led her in a soft sway and she let herself be taken away. Once again Sakura's eyes drew upon her date's mysterious face. From what she could see that wasn't hidden beneath the mask, she would guess that her date was very handsome. A strong jaw and deep amber eyes…where has she really seen those before?
"Your constant staring makes me blush, milady."
Sakura blushed a nice shade of pink as well and laughed slightly. "Well you would only know that I'm staring at you if you were staring at me as well."
"Anyone would stare at you." He replied.
"And everyone would stare just as much to you."
"And why would you say that?"
"Because you're just as handsome." Sakura said with a smile. When her date laughed, she light up in happiness.
"Are you jealous that I'm stealing your spotlight?"
"Not at all! Please take it!" Sakura said.
.:Dinner:.
Sakura couldn't help but take constant glances at her date. She was having a lot of fun, despite her previous thoughts. Her date had stayed with her the entire night and danced with her. They've shared many conversations. However Sakura couldn't help but feel as if he was hiding something from her.
She was excited for the dance to be over. It was tradition for the Winter Ball to reveal their masks towards the end. Sometimes it wasn't a nice surprise to find out that people had spent their entire night they thought were beneath them. But Sakura didn't care if her date turned out to be a complete loser.
Although she highly doubted it.
"Alright ladies and gentlemen, it's all coming to an end so here's one last slow song." The DJ said and a slow song started and everyone was dancing with their date.
Sakura and her date danced closely to each other, so close that she could hear his heartbeat drumming beneath his dark navy suit and skin. It was almost over and soon she would see her date's face.
Lately, I've been tryna fight whatever's pulling us under
it's got a hold and really making me wonder
what it takes to get through
I gotta stick with you, my baby
Baby tell me:
Maybe I'm foolishly overreacting
But being without you I can't imagine
It's just to close to the heart and
And I won't stand it if were broken apart
He pulled her closer to him, wrapping his arms tighter around her. He buried his face into her shoulder and took in her soft scent. She wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her face deep into his chest.
They both wanted to stay there forever in that embrace.
Do you hear me?
Baby ya gotta believe in the things that make you & me win together
Don't you throw in the towel
I'm keeping my promise to you I got ya back now
When the chips are down
It seems like it's so hard for you to move ahead
Just know that I am by your side
There aint no ifs, buts, or maybes,
I'm gonna stay down and ride for you baby
Syaoran sighed. He wanted to be here, he even wanted to let Sakura know who he was right now. He wanted her to be surprised and tell him that she had fun and would like to continue seeing him despite of his social status at school.
But he knew better. She would never like him and it would never work out. She would commit social suicide if she was ever seen with him.
We've been cutting it close with the backwards & forwards
It's rocking the boat; we gotta get control of this
Let's take it back to three years ago
When you said that we could make it through whatever, ever
And to me it sounded like you meant forever, ever
Leaving was not an option, baby, never, never
Now don't you believe in a love that's worth a fight
In you is everything that I'm missing
So give us a chance
But oh how he wanted, oh how he yearned for this one girl.
But his heart was deep and buried, built with a stone cold wall. His heart had been broken and his logic told him that he couldn't do this. He would never let another girl in, he would never allow himself to get hurt again. Even if he knew….
Even if he knew he could fall in love with the girl he had in his arms.
Don't you dare tell me we gotta let it go...
We been on top for too long just to let it go under
I don't wanna hear that
I just can't hear that
and know
Wherever you wanna take me
I'll go
I been with you for too long to start over with another
I know that you hear me
Just tell me you hear me
They pulled away and she gave him a dazzling smile that would be engraved into his heart and memory forever. They both turned towards the stage and everyone clapped. A teacher came up on stage and spoke.
"I hope you all had a wonderful night. Now don't stay up too late because you all have school starting Monday morning! Now based on traditions, we all take off our masks in….1, 2, 3!"
Sakura turned around and pulled her mask off with closed eyes. Her heart was pounding and excitement coursed through her body. She opened her emerald eyes with mask in hand and frowned.
He was gone.
Author's Notes: So what did you guys all think? I hope you all liked it as much as I've liked writing it. As always any questions will always be answered in due time. That's just the style I write in.
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