Valkyrie85: WOW! It's the tenth chapter now! Before I deleted my other stories, the most chapters I had written for a story was ten too! I wonder if I could finish this story successfully this time...I think the story was called "We're Meant To Be" or something. I don't remember the title but sorry to those who had read the story but didn't get to know the ending. Also, to those who read my other stories...sorry as well.
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Complications-Chapter 10
"Here is your schedule, Li-san." The middle-aged female secretary handed Mei Ling a single sheet of her schedule.
"And, here are the other school supplements, like school maps and school event calendars." Another pile in a folder was handed to Mei Ling.
"Thank you very much." Mei Ling said with a smile.
"You're welcome, dear. You are very polite. I don't know what is wrong but kids these days don't know their manners. However, don't worry about it, Tomoeda High is a very safe school. Students here don't bully new kids, especially ones like you who transferd at this time of the year."
The plumpy lady showed some of the directions as she led Mei Ling to her designated classroom.
"Because we do know it's a late start, a very late one at this time of the year, we have organized your schedule to the same one as another student's. She is an excellent student leader at our school, so that you could learn your way around and catch up on the events that you had missed, quickly."
"Thank you once again. May I ask who might this excellent student be?"
"Oh yes, her name is Sakura Kinomoto. She is a very polite and kind girl like you. I'm sure she will make you feel comfortable at this school, just like how you felt when you were in your Hong Kong school," the lady explained. "And finally, here we are, your biology class."
The woman tip-toed up against the closed door to peek into the classroom.
"You have Misaki sensei." When the woman was back to her normal height, she turned to look at Mei Ling.
"By the way, are you in any way related to Syaoran Li?"
This was a question that took Mei Ling by surprise, disgusted surprise. Not only were the students at Tomoeda High fond of Syaoran, the teachers were, too, interested about his personal life.
Did they possibly think that they had a chance to date Syaoran, who was more or less 5 years younger than them? And not to mention that he was their student as well!
Just like Syaoran, showing her real emotion was something that she can control. Her disgusted look was hidden just as fast as it had poured across her facade.
"No, miss. I am not, though, I know it's weird that both of us came from Hong kong and share the same last name. Or, is the information about that Syaoran Li I had just mentioned incorrect because that's what I had heard from a few people now?" Mei Ling said.
"I'm sorry," the secretary made it out almost in a whisper, something Mei Ling guessed was embarrassment, "has a lot of people asked you that?"
"Only a bit, there's nothing to apologize for," Mei Ling shook her hands rapidly to dismiss the woman's thought.
The secretary's voice returned back to normal.
"Oh, I see. Now, go into the clas before you miss out on too much."
Waving her hand in goodbye, the secretary swung her hair back and left.
When Mei Ling comfirmed that the secretary was out of sight, she let out a deep sigh. Man, it was just too risky to even tell the teachers who she was, although the principal was an exception. Who knew what the Syaoran fans will do to her if they found out she was his cousin? Maybe bombarding her with love letters and presents to give to Syaoran? Just having the slightest thoughts gave Mei Ling chills.
Before she did what she was told not to do, missing too much class, she fixed her image, took a deep breath, and walked into the classroom.
"Good morning, I'm the new transfer student from Hong Kong," Mei Ling said with a casual smile to the teacher. Just the moment she showed her appearance, the class that was experimenting with something stopped their doings and looked up.
"Hello, good morning!" cried the teacher excitedly. "I am your biology teacher, Misaki. What is your name?" The teacher approached her with a chalk in hand.
"I'm Mei Ling Li." She shook the teacher's hand. As if on cue, once the last name was mentioned, the other students started whispering random things to each other.
"She's a Li, too? Is she related to Syaoran?"
"Does Syaoran know that she's here?"
"Cool, let me befriend her to get closer to Syaoran Li."
"I'm sorry. They're just so excited to have a new student, a new TRANSFERED student from another country, in their class. I assume the secretary has already explained your schedule and who will be taking you around?"
"Yes. I think it's Sakura Kinomoto, is it?"
"Very well indeed. Sakura?" Misaki sensei turned to the students, searching for Sakura.
"Here!" Sakura approached them with a big smile on her face.
"It was decided that you will be showing Mei Ling around the school. Her schedule was organized to be like yours so that you could assist her."
"Okay."
"Now, Mei Ling, please follow Sakura to the seat next to her. I hope you will just sit and watch for this lesson and get to know everyone. Is that okay?" Misaki sensei asked.
"Definitely." Mei Ling followed Sakura's footsteps to the back of the room, while on the way, listening quietly to the students' whispers.
"She's pretty. Her piercing eyes look like Syaoran's!"
"Ask her! Ask her! Ask if she's related to Syaoran Li!"
Mei Ling sighed inwardly. God, she was lucky to have registered as somebody with no blood-relations to Syaoran.
"Everybody, this is Mei Ling Li. She is from Hong Kong!" Sakura started the introduction.
"Hey Mei Ling!" Everybody greeted with a big smile.
"Hello, everyone!" Mei Ling greeted back. There was no need to be cold to them like she was to Syaoran, she thought.
"Come, Mei Ling!" Sakura grabbed Mei Ling's hand gently. "I'll show you around."
For the rest of the morning, Sakura showed Mei Ling around the school during the short class transitions. Also, she got aquainted with lots of new people. In general, her morning was pretty normal, except when people started questioning about her relationship with Syaoran. She promised herself to have Syaoran pay her back for all of these nuissance...for sure, when she go back home.
Her guide, Sakura Kinomoto, was an interesting person. Her popularity around the school was over-whelming, more or less equivalent to Syaoran's, although her friendship had a span over the two sex. Unlike her, Syaoran's was mainly around the girls, or maybe some guys if they were interested in same-sex relationships. Overall, most guys regarded him as a love rival. Mei Ling was sure of it.
Sakura was a very out-going person, something that Mei Ling shared in common. Her personality was welcoming that made everybody, even Mei Ling, want to be her friend. Her generosity, caringness, and kindness was just as prominent as her good-natured personality.
In other words, she could be the most perfect person on Earth, but there was one thing that Mei Ling was not fond of: her shyness to reject and to pursue the things she wanted. Her lack of competitiveness was dangerously low to survive in this surreal world of betrayals and deceits.
This weakness was something that Mei Ling worried about.
In the mere hours of their aquaintance, Mei Ling and Sakura became friends. Along the way, Mei Ling had met some of her other friends, Tomoyo, Jun, Chichiru, and Hikaru. They were all nice people who Mei Ling liked to be around with, especially Tomoyo, who she found extremely compatable with.
There was something in Tomoyo, though, that made her more careful in hiding her identity. As if she had an ability to know the truth in everything...I have to be more cautious when I'm around her, Mei Ling thought.
"Have you ever tried Japanese ramen, Mei Ling?" Sakura asked, more to herself.
"I--"
"Oh, never mind. Of course you have. You've been to Japan before right?" Sakura concluded, with disappointment. She wanted to share the good food in Japan that her new friend had not tried before, but it seemed unneccessary for Mei Ling had been to Japan before.
"Yes," Mei Ling replied with a smile, "but I've never tried the ones at this school. Mind if you join me this lunch time eating ramen together?" She didn't want to disappoint Sakura. It was a sight she didn't wish to see.
"YES!" Sakura jumped up in excitement. Grabbing her hand more carelessly, she led Mei Ling to the ramen stand in the cafeteria.
"What's good here?" Mei Ling asked.
"Do you like teriyaki beef?"
"Yeah..."
"Okay, two Teriyaki Beef ramen, please!" called Sakura to the woman behind the cash register.
"On the way!"
"Doesn't Tomoyo like ramen?" Mei Ling asked, staring at the table where Tomoyo and Sakura's other friends sat, recogizing some new people who she didn't meet this morning.
"Nope, she likes western food more. Thank you!" Sakura handed Mei Ling her bowl of steamy noodle on a tray while she took her own.
"Oh, I see."
On the way back to their table, an uproar of voices occured. Mei Ling's head turned around curiously to search for the reason of this uproar.
"Oh god, they never shut up, do they?" Mike groaned in annoyance. Mei Ling's eyebrow raised at his pleading.
"Mei Ling, just so you know, every lunch time, there is always 10 to 15 minutes of excitement in this cafeteria because Syaoran Li, their out-spoken crush, always makes such a grand entrance," Tomoyo explained.
"Oh?" Mei Ling rolled her eyes, careful not to show it to her new friends. She should have known better. Syaoran Li was an attention-hogger even when he was still in Hong Kong, attending elementary school.
"SYAORAN!!! I'M HERE! YOUR LOVER!"
"CAN YOU SIGN MY BREASTS!?"
"MARRY ME! Syaoran LI!"
Syaoran strolled in with his new girlfriend and three best friends, Takumi, Ryu and Eriol, who had recently ditched all of their group events, including the dinner night Mei Ling had invited him to, for his girlfriend of two years, Tomoyo Daidouji.
This time, it was a girl with blond locks. Obviously, her hair colour was dyed because nobody in Japan had natural blond hair, unless that person was a mix. The short uniform skirt she was wearing was pulled so high up, that her pink lacy underwear was visible. The way she walked inside Syaoran's embrace was disgusting. Her butt swayed right and left as she walked like a horse. That was exactly what she was--a horse--a whore. Her name was Erisa, the perfect name for an ultimate bitch.
"So, THAT'S SYAORAN LI!" Mei Ling exclaimed in anger. "He's the person who everybody thought I was related to! How could I share the same blood as that kind of playboy!" At least that's what she wished.
"Yeah, it seems like you've already grown hatred for him?" Mike grinned devilishly, "Welcome to the club." He offered his hand for a hand shake with Mei Ling. She, in return, hesitantly shook his.
"I'm Mike Tendou, by the way. Are you the new transfer student from Hong Kong?" Mike shifted closer to Sakura in order to make some room for Mei Ling.
"Yes. I'm Mei Ling, nice to meet you Mike," smiled Mei Ling, turning her head to the new friends she didn't meet in the morning to greet them.
Mei Ling could not care much about Syaoran, who was sitting just two tables away from her group, but she couldn't help but return his stares which she felt constantly during the whole lunch period.
Tomoeda High had lots of great people. Mei Ling was looking forward to her stay at this new school.
Valkyrie85: AWESOME! Here's another chapter done! I hope you liked this whole chapter of Mei Ling's Day thing. I'm sorry that nothing important happened in this chapter, but soon, very soon, something will happen...let's just keep on waiting....HAHAHA!!
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