Don't Matter

Don't Matter.

Disclaimer: Don't own CCS either. But I can dream, cant I?

Summary: Newly transferred student, Sakura Kinomoto finds herself friends in Tomoyo Daidoji, Eriol Hiragizawa, and Syaoran Li. As long as they have each other, nothing else matters. What happens when relationships get in the way of their friendships? Can they sort out their problems with each other, or must they part ways as friends and lovers? A NOT so typical high school drama.

I'm strong on the surface but not all the way through, I've never been perfect, neither have you

Recap:

Tomoyo: "I'll wait for you in this corridor."

Sakura: "Thanks, but you don't have to do this, I'm sure you'll be missing your lunch…"

Tomoyo: "Not it's fine; now go already, she must be expecting you."

Sakura then walked into Mrs. Ching's office apprehensively.

Chapter 2: First day at school, the second half:

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Ching," Sakura said, as she walked in with small steps of uncertainty.

"Ah, Sakura, take a seat," said Mrs. Ching, gesturing to a chair.

Once Sakura had taken her seat, Mrs. Ching spoke, "Sakura, please tell me what happened in the morning. Did I not tell you it was only to test your basics and not to worry about it? Why did you cheat?"

Sakura took a deep breath and started explaining, "Ma'am, I was not cheating, the truth is Rika was trying to persuade me into cheating, and you didn't hear the whole of what I said. Rika did want me to help her out, and I was apologizing because I wasn't going to help her."

Mrs. Ching just looked at her for a while and replied, "Well, Sakura, I believe you. But, please look out for yourself. Newcomers are always ragged on in this school. It wont be easy, but be careful and try not to let the others get you into trouble."

Sakura silently replied, "Yes ma'am."

Mrs. Ching then said to her, "Go enjoy whatever is left of your recess."

Sakura nodded and walked out closing the door behind her.

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"So, what did she say?" asked Tomoyo as they made their way to the cafeteria.

"She believed me. She told me to be more careful with Rika in the future," Sakura said.

"Cool." She said in reply as she sat down at a table, where two other guys and a girl was sitting.

"Ok, guys meet Sakura Kinomoto, she's new here," said Tomoyo, making the introductions.

"That's Syaoran Li, Eriol Hiragizawa, Meiling Li, Syaoran's cousin," continued Tomoyo as she pointed out all of them.

They all then exchanged many 'Nice to meet you's and 'My pleasure's and started chatting lightly.

"Hey, whatever happened about your Math test? Did Ching let you off the hook?" asked Eriol, the boy who'd stood up for her in the class.

"Yeah. I spoke to her. She believes me, luckily." Said Sakura.

"Lucky you," Syaoran remarked.

"Hmm…" said Sakura not sure of what to reply to him.

Tomoyo then started talking about art to Eriol.

"Ching's not so generous usually," he continued, looking at her darkly.

Syaoran thought, she's having issues with someone or something, I wonder what.

For a moment, Sakura got lost in his gaze. It looked like he intended to scare her with that look, but why he'd do that; she couldn't understand. She wasn't intimidated by him, it just puzzled her.

For a whole 5 second pause, they just looked at each other, Syaoran looking darkly at her, Sakura raising her eyebrows very slightly in puzzled response to his look.

It didn't go unnoticed by Tomoyo, who although talking to Eriol kept chancing glances at the two through the corner of her eyes.

"SYAORAN!" a scream in his ear, and a muffin thrust before his face made him jump and avert his gaze to the interruption.

"I baked this for you!" continued Meiling in more dulcet tones than before.

"Um thanks, Meiling," said Syaoran rubbing his neck, going slightly red in the face.

"Meiling, you never bake me anything!" whined Eriol.

"That's cause, you eat like a pig as it is, that too without encouragement!" retorted Meiling.

The others laughed at the statement while Tomoyo tried to stifle her laugh a bit.

"Tomoyo, she called me a pig!" Eriol looked at Tomoyo for support.

"Sorry, Eriol, I don't tell lies," Tomoyo mock bowed her head shamefully.

"See? These are the people I call my friends!" he said looking at Sakura.

"Come on, guys, he doesn't eat that much," said Sakura attempting to cheer poor Eriol up and repay him for the favour of standing up for her in class.

"Thank you, my lady, a rose for your sweetness and beauty," Eriol said springing a red rose out of nowhere.

Below the table, a foot inched its way across and made it's contact with another distinctly different foot.

"Ouch! Tomoyo!" Eriol jumped clutching his foot.

"What?" she looked at him innocently as the others laughed to their hearts content.

"Hey, why aren't you eating?" asked Syaoran suddenly looking at Sakura.

"Um, I dropped lunch on my way to school; I was running late this morning," she replied not looking at him.

"You should have said something earlier, here have mine," he replied as he kept his package of food from home in front of her.

She looked back at him and asked, "But wont you be hungry?"

He averted his gaze and replied, "It's alright, Meiling did get me other stuff to eat, so I wont really be hungry."

Meiling's expression was unreadable at that point of time.

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When they went to their lockers to get their books, Sakura turned left and walked towards her locker.

Meiling then excused herself from her friends, her friends who happened to be in the school's choir, like herself.

"Hey Sakura, I wanted to ask you how you're finding it here, being new in this school and all…" said Meiling.

"Oh, it's great, some of the people here can be really rude, but I don't really care for their opinions," she replied.

"Oh, well, I just wanted to say that if you ever need anything, any help, I'm always here" she said uncertainly.

"Why, thanks Meiling, what would I do without friends like you?" Sakura replied flashing her a warm smile.

"It's nothing… So what do you think of Tomoyo and the others?" she asked, tentatively.

"Oh she's great, I'm going to her place in the afternoon to cover up the notes I've missed on," Sakura replied.

"And the guys? Eriol and Syaoran?" asked Meiling, coughing on 'Syaoran.'

"Um… sure they're cool, I guess…" Sakura replied uncertainly unsure of where this was heading.

"Syaoran's pretty popular here. All the girls are after him. Apparently he's a "cute" one," she trailed off. She then continued with a forced smile on her face, "What do you think?"

"He's not bad looking, but certainly he's not cute…" Sakura replied wondering why Meiling was asking her such a gossipy question.

Just as Meiling's tensed face eased into a slow smile, a voice broke out behind them, "What? You don't find me cute, Sakura?" asked Syaoran pretending to be hurt.

"You're fine," Sakura shrugged.

"Yeah Syaoran, Sakura thinks you're fine," echoed Tomoyo, laying emphasis on the word 'fine'.

At this Sakura flushed a deep red, and stammered, "No…no way... Didn't mean it that way…"

Syaoran burst out laughing.

"Oh, come on, Sakura, you find me better looking than Syaoran, right? No need to shy saying that," said Eriol stepping into their circle.

"Oh please, the only girls who can stand you are Tomoyo, Sakura and I. Although I'm not completely sure about the last person," Meiling replied mockingly.

"You're dead, Meiling," Eriol replied faking an angry tone.

"Not if I can help it," said Meiling erupting in a run with an Eriol in pursuit.

"Kids…" muttered Tomoyo, as she Sakura and Syaoran made their way to class.

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Sakura: Hey CH, what's in for the next chapter?

Crazy Heart(myself, your humble author): Sweetie, that's for me to know and you to find out.

Tomoyo: Hmm, I cant wait to have pizza, if you know what I mean, crazy heart…

Crazy Heart: No Tomoyo, you cant, you promised to keep the secret…!!

Eriol: Pizza? Where, where?

Meiling: Forget it, you cant have any.

Syaoran: I hate pizza.

Sakura: I didn't know that.

Syaoran: You don't know many things about me, Sakura.

Tomoyo: Guys's we're veering off the topic.

Eriol: Yeah, where's the pizza?

Meiling catapults a piece of butter at Eriol and runs away from Eriol.

Crazy Heart: So, join them in the next chapter, Lacking in cheese

Meiling: Yes, see you next time!

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Author's note: A couple of things you guys should know:

1) Also, since this is a story with many more chapters to come, I'm actually going to take the time to thank my reviewers and name them (you deserve it! Go you reviewers!) Thanks to: AngelEmCuti and kauju-gaki-kawaii

For the valuable reviews and support.

2) The Rika in this story is not the same character in CCS. Rika is actually very sweet, for those who didn't know.

3) Actual fluff wont come up in this story for like maybe 2 or 3 more chapters, but believe me it'll be fun-filled and worth it (I hope!). Bear with me till then.

4) When the actual fluff does come in, there'll be loads of confusion; not to me or the readers hopefully, but for the characters… mwahahaa…..

5) No actual pairing has been suggested in these chapters, it's all in the mood of friendly fun.