Author's Note:

Sorry for the late update, I'm a bit busy as usual. Thanks for those who continue to support me! Thanks a lot! Marty-kun

Upon hearing the word, Sakura's drowsiness left her, she felt alive and excited, her heart started beating faster and faster for a reason she didn't know of, "Syaoran-kun called?" she asked again in confirmation.

"Yeah," replied Touya, "He didn't tell me why though, I didn't bother asking him either," he continued, followed by a smirk.

Sakura walked back the stairs, "So you changed your mind about dinner?" Touya asked her as he served up the food on the table.

She was still preoccupied by the question in her mind, Should I call him back? She asked herself as she approached the telephone. Or maybe I'd just wait for tomorrow and talk to him in school, he maybe tired after all. "Kaiju, are you going to eat or not?" Touya said a little louder than before.

"Hmm?" she asked stupidly as she faced Touya on the opposite side of the kitchen.

Touya sighed a bit, "Never mind," then started eating the food he cooked.

Sakura looked back at the telephone, thinking deeply if she'd call him or not. She stared blankly at the telephone, thinking hard but it wasn't very easy to think in that situation, she was hungry after all. "Uhmm.. onii-chan?" she started.

He looked up to her with the end of the chop sticks in his mouth, "What?" he asked.

She just shook her head gently and took a plate, then sat besides Touya and started eating as well.

Time passed by and finally her hunger was satisfied, she stood up and washed all the dishes she and Touya used. After doing her chores she sat at the couch again and started thinking if she'd call Syaoran. She looked at the wall clock and saw that it was 9:24, maybe his already asleep, we had a rough day today, and maybe he wanted to sleep early because he's tired.

Still sitting on the couch, she yawned a bit and stretched her arms widely. "I locked all the doors, so just turn off the lights when you go upstairs," Touya told her. "Oto-san said he can't come home today, he's staying at a hotel because of something important," he continued and walked lazily upstairs.

After hearing Touya's door close above her, she took the chance and called Syaoran, Touya wouldn't allow her to call him anyway even if she wanted to call Syaoran she couldn't, not while Touya was still there.

She pressed the numbers and called Syaoran, the phone started ringing. Not long after, someone picked up the phone, "Li residence, how may I help you?" Wei asked from the other line.

Sakura took a deep breath before answering, "Wei-san, it's Sakura, is Syaoran-kun still awake?" she asked him directly.

"Wait for a moment, I'll just call him," Wei replied.

Her heart started beating faster and faster without her consent, she was feeling rather anxious over a simple phone call.

"Hello, Sakura-chan?" said Syaoran on the other line.

Sakura's heart started to slow down, "Syaoran-kun, I just wanted to ask you why you called," she told him honestly.

"I just…" Syaoran started, "I just, uhm, wanted to check up on you. I was worried when you left the Principal's office; I thought you'd be depressed."

Sakura suddenly smiled, "Oh," this was all she could say.

"So, are you alright?" Syaoran asked in concern.

"Yes, I'm just fine. How about you?"

"I'm okay," he replied.

After Syaoran's answer Sakura couldn't say anything and so did Syaoran, both of them fell silent, Sakura started blushing.

Some awkward minutes passed by before Syaoran answered, "So, uh, Sakura-chan I was thinking about what the Principal said, do you have any proof to show him?"

"I can't think of any but I think I have something, I just can't remember what," she said frustrated.

Sakura heard Syaoran's soft sigh on the other line, "Oh. Then do you still have to work at the cafeteria tomorrow?" he asked her straightforwardly.

"Maybe, I'm not sure where they'll send me next," she replied.

"Why don't you skip school tomorrow, I'll accompany you, if you want me to that is," Syaoran said in a shy tone.

This made Sakura smiled weakly, "Where will we go?"

"Uhm… I don't know, wherever you want to I guess, a place where we can think peacefully."

There is nothing good in school anyway, so maybe it is better if she'd relax with Syaoran for a while and think carefully, she needed proof nonetheless. "Is Penguin Park okay?" Sakura asked doubtfully as she twisted the telephone line carelessly.

"Yeah, so I'll pick you up at 6:30?" Syaoran asked caringly.

Sakura blushed a bit, "I don't think Onii-chan would allow that I'd skip school, so I think it's better if I'd walk on my own so he would not suspect anything," she said suggestively.

Syaoran sighed again a bit, "Yeah, you're right. Let's just meet up at Penguin Park tomorrow morning."

She didn't know what to tell him, both fell silent once more, only the seldom breaths of one another would be heard from them. A few minutes passed by and Sakura suddenly heard the creaking door from above. "Syaoran-kun, I have to go," Sakura said in a low voice.

"Oh, yeah no problem, it's already late anyways," Syaoran said in a quite sad tone, "So I'll just wait for you tomorrow morning at Penguin Park, good night Sakura-chan."

Footsteps started to grow louder and louder, "Yeah, good night Syaoran-kun," she said as she was about to put the phone down.

"I love you," she heard from the other line and finally putting the phone back and she run stealthily towards the couch, just in time before Touya arrived downstairs.

Sakura acted like she just finished watching television and as soon as she saw Touya she stood up and stretched her arms widely. "You still up Sakura-chan?" Touya asked her as he went towards the kitchen and got a glass of water.

She faked a yawn before answering, "Just about to sleep, I just… just wanted some time to… to, uhm, to think," she finally finished her sentence, it was really hard for her to lie to her brother like that, but, well, she just did.

Touya looked at her straight in the eyes, his right hand holding the pitcher, the other a glass full of water. He drank, "Okay," he said flatly as he placed the pitcher back in the refrigerator and the glass on the table. Although he knew that Sakura was hiding something, he didn't ask her, he didn't want to force Sakura telling him what she did because the uncertainty was obviously shown in her face.

He closed the refrigerator door and turned the lights in the kitchen off, "Go to sleep, you have to go to school tomorrow right?" he said as he went towards the living room turning the lights off and followed Sakura upstairs.

"Good night onii-chan," Sakura said as she arrived at the door of her room.

Touya walked towards his, "Good night."

Sakura went inside her room and sighed a bit, "Proof huh?" she said weakly to herself.

She tossed her fragile body on her bed, thinking of what to show the Principal, not only him, but to the whole school campus as well. She looked at her alarm clock; it was already 10:19. Their conversation didn't seem to be that long, maybe it took long because of the often awkward silent that both of them shared.

Only the ticking of the alarm clock filled the room, she stood up from bed and went towards her bathroom, she brushed her teeth and changed to her pajamas.

Not long after she was laying in her bed once more, her mind still thinking hard. Syaoran would often come to her mind but it was still too preoccupied by the immense thoughts of what proof she could have, she knew she had one but still, she can't remember what, it was as if the answer was at the tip of her tongue.

She continued to think but her eyes felt heavier by the second, she was tired and she wanted to get some rest, not only her body but also her mind was tired. She yawned a bit and fell suddenly asleep. The alarm clock continued to tick but was accompanied by Sakura's deep breathing.

The loud buzzing of the alarm clock woke Sakura up, she removed the pillow above her head and turned of the clock without even looking at it and stood up lazily. She stretched out her arms and legs widely then stood up from bed, slowly walked towards the bathroom and took a quick bath.

The cold water from the shower woke her completely up. After some time she finished fixing herself and went downstairs. Touya was already up and was cooking, "Good morning," he said as he noticed Sakura walking downstairs.

"Good morning onii-chan," she greeted cheerfully as took out all the utensils and finally placing them on the table neatly. She took the toasted breads and placed two slices for her and Touya. Afterwards she took a seat at the dinning table and filled her cup with warm milk.

Not long after Touya carried a plate of bacons and eggs, placed it at the middle of the table and took the seat opposite of Sakura. "Hey Kaiju," Touya started as Sakura grasped her fork harder with the last word she just heard, "Are you in a fight with your friend, the one with long hair?"

"Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked as she took a sip from her cup. Touya nodded, "Hmm? I don't think so, why?" Sakura asked him feeling a bit curious on why her brother asked her that question.

Touya took a bite of his toast before answering, "It's just, I don't see her anymore. I thought you were in a fight with her that's why she doesn't come by here anymore," he finished as he continued to eat his breakfast.

This made Sakura think, it really has been quite awhile since she and Tomoyo talked and spent time together, maybe it was because Sakura didn't even mention the punishment she was given to Tomoyo, and maybe she felt irritated that her best friend wouldn't tell her the whole story and had to hear it from the others, from the rumors that is.

She ate mindlessly, and didn't finish up her meal; it was like it wasn't even touched. "I'm going now onii-chan, see you later," she said as she waved goodbye and went outside, closing the door behind her.

Her school shoes was neatly placed beside the front door, she wore it and started walking. Different things still rambled inside her head, she looked mindlessly around.

A few minutes passed by and she arrived at Penguin Park, only a few people were there, a lady carrying a boy with her and a man jogging, maybe doing his morning exercise. She walked towards the swings and sat there waiting.

The soft chuckling of the boy could be heard as she sat at the swings; the boy was laughing and having fun as he slides and his mother catches him every time he'd fall on the ground. The morning birds chirped gleefully at the nearby tall trees, she breathed the fresh morning air as she kicked hard and the swings started to move, her body felt the cold morning breeze as she got up higher. Her head was still filled up with different thoughts. It was confusing; there was too many things occupying her head.

As she was lost in deep thoughts, "Sakura-chan!" somebody surprised her from behind making her jump from the swings and she fell on the ground. She looked at who it was and saw Syaoran's beautiful amber eyes looking at her in amusement, "You never change do you?" he said laughing quite a bit.

Sakura pouted, "Even you," she said as she sat straight on the soft grassy ground of the Park.

Syaoran sat besides her, "So what do I have to do?" he asked her smiling.

She was a bit puzzled, "What?" she asked for confirmation.

He looked at her and smiled, "Don't you remember, we promised that if we'd meet up, the first to come could ask for anything to the other," he said and lay at the ground looking at the blinding morning sky.

Sakura lay on Syaoran's shoulder as she too looked up at the sky, "Just let me stay like this for awhile," she said softly as she smiled unintentionally.

He chucked, "You always give easy conditions, I'd let you stay like this even if you don't ask me to," following it with a sweet smile.

She looked at him, "Syaoran-kun?" she called out weakly.

"Hmm?" Syaoran replied as Sakura saw him look back at her, "What is it Sakura-chan?"

"It's just…" she started, trying to find the words to tell him, "…Can I ask you something?" she asked him.

Syaoran smiled at her, "Yeah, what?"

"Uhm… Why are you… uhm… why are you ready to get hurt just for my sake?" she asked him frankly, she felt heat rise to her face and started to blush but she didn't mind, she just wanted to make sure.

Syaoran frowned a bit, "What do you think?"

She pouted, "I don't know," she said truthfully, "Would you mind answering?"

He sighed, "I thought you'd get the answer by now, I never really was vocal, was I?" he said half-laughingly. "Well, simply because, uhm, because I… I… love you."

Sakura saw him blush too and then he suddenly looked back up at the sky smiling, maybe he was feeling embarrassed in what he just said. "So, uhm, can I ask another one?" she said feeling amused as her cheeks grew red as ever.

Syaoran chuckled a bit, "I'd answer if it wasn't as embarrassing as the last one," he replied still looking at the morning sky.

"Then… Do you really think I cheated on you?" Sakura asked him as she too looked up at the morning sky.

It took quite sometime to absorb the question, because Syaoran was surprised to hear that. He didn't reply and sighed a bit.

Sakura smiled to herself, "So it's still a 'yes' I guess," she said as she felt disappointed.

Both of them fell silent. The boy and her mother left the Park and also did the man exercising earlier; they were alone now. The sudden gust of the wind blew leaves on their direction, and as the fallen leaves showered on them Syaoran spoke, "It was never a 'yes'."

Sakura's eyes widened in surprise, tears suddenly fell slowly from her gentle emerald eyes, she didn't know why but it was like she felt very happy although the same time she felt very guilty. Because Sakura had always thought that it was Syaoran who made her school life miserable, but when she think about it now, he protected her not only once but for many times now, she couldn't even state all that he had sacrificed only for her sake, "I'm so sorry Syaoran-kun," she said her voice shaking a bit.

He stood up as he lifted her, "Sakura-chan?" he asked with concerned voice. He wiped her tears away and hugged her tightly, "I thought I wouldn't make you cry again, guess I haven't changed a bit," he whispered to her.

"No, it's not your fault," she said honestly. "It's me, I… I'm so sorry because I've always thought that you were the one who are causing all my hardships in school, I thought it was you who made a hell to my school life, I am so sorry Syaoran-kun," she confessed to him.

Syaoran was obviously surprised but there was no disappointment in his face, and there wasn't even a slight sign of anger, "Its okay Sakura-chan, so stop crying," he said as he hugged her tighter.

"I'm so sorry," she said as she finally stopped crying and hugged Syaoran back.

Syaoran took a deep breath, "Then will you forgive me if I confess?" he started, Sakura's silent sobs continued. "Sakura-chan," he said as he sighed a bit, "I… please forgive me because all of these only started because of a challenge Kogure and the others made, they said that I should make you fall in love with me and then hurt you afterwards, it's because… uhm… because they thought that you are who's causing all the uproars in school."

"They said that you deserved to be hurt like that because of all you've done to others, I'm not blaming them, the whole thing's my fault, if I didn't accept it on the first place none of these would have happened to you, I am really sorry Sakura-chan," Syaoran finished.

She felt shocked but she wasn't angry, if she was she would have pushed him and left him there alone, but even to her surprise she didn't, she didn't even move an inch, she wanted to stay like that for awhile; she didn't mind, a big part of her longed for him. "Then do you believe that I really did all those awful things?" she asked him directly as she continued to hug him tightly.

He simply shook his head and smiled sweetly at her, "Thank you so much Syaoran-kun," she said whole-heartedly and sought for comfort in his arms as her tears started to flow endlessly once more.

Syaoran hugged her tightly and kissed her on the forehead.

Time passed by and Sakura was no longer crying. They were now sitting on the swings as both of them kicked hard on the ground, both were going up higher and higher, "One, Two," Syaoran counted as they kicked their hardest from the ground, "Three!" he shouted as both of them jumped from the swings.

Both of them fell hard on the soft grassy ground, they were laughing hard because both of their faces were covered in dust, they didn't pay attention to their aching knees and hands. They continued to laugh hard as they lay together on the ground looking at each other's dirty faces.

Then Syaoran sat up straight and held Sakura's hands as she was lying on the ground. "It's been awhile since I've felt this happy," he told her as he smiled sweetly at her.

"When was the last time you felt this happy?" Sakura asked him as she too sat straight next to him.

"Three years ago," he replied as Sakura blushed and Syaoran suddenly kissed her on the lips.

Time passed by and it was almost noontime, they were no longer in Penguin Park; they were walking, they didn't even know where they were but they didn't care, they were walking as Syaoran held Sakura's hands tightly on his.

To Sakura's surprise Syaoran suddenly carried her and ran towards somewhere, "Put me down Syaoran-kun!" Sakura demanded as her face felt red and hot.

He merely chuckled and continued to run towards someplace, Sakura was too embarrassed to look at the passerby's but then Syaoran stopped and placed her down on the ground.

She felt the chilly breeze and heard the calming sound of running water, she looked around; she was sitting on the soft grassy ground, a stream stood beside her, running water and the gleeful birds were what she could hear, and the shady tall trees covered them from the sun's heat, a few beautiful flowers growing besides the tall trees.

Sakura was taken aback by the beauty of the unknown place, "Where is this place?" she asked Syaoran who was sitting besides her.

He smiled at her, "I don't know," he said truthfully as he took Sakura's hand again.

Both fell silent and the loud running water was all that they could hear, they sat there with their hands holding each other's. Sakura felt happy, she was very happy in fact, that words weren't enough to describe how she was feeling, she was feeling bliss maybe, but maybe it's more than that.

She felt happy not because of the beautiful place they were in but because he was there besides her, she was not alone.

Both completely forgot the reason why they were spending time in the first place, they didn't care anymore, as long as they were together, they were contented. But not long after something triggered both of their memories, as they held hands something flew straightly ahead; at the other side of the stream. A butterfly carried by the calm wind rested upon a flower.