Thirty fucking degrees. SERIOUSLY? I HATE SUMMER WITH A PASSION FOR MASHIN'. Mashing ice and lying in it that is.
In this chapter Fai and Syaoran have a little talk about Sakura. Fai's trying to get the two together as is Chii. What sort of mischief will this cause in the game of Chess?
Enjoy!
Fai knocked on Syaoran's door the next morning three times before receiving an answer from one of the residents of the house, most likely being Syaoran. Syaoran opened the door and remembered the texts from the night before, "Morning." Fai smiled cheerfully. Syaoran rubbed the sleep from his eyes and yawned as he stepped to the side to let the blonde inside, "Mm." he grunted as a reply before shutting the door.
They sat in the lounge room with cups of coffee while Sakura continued to sleep peacefully in Syaoran's bed. "So why did you want to come over?" Syaoran asked, looking at Fai. "I wanted to talk to you about Sakura…" the blonde answered. "Fire away." Syaoran yawned and then took a sip of his coffee. "You're in love with her aren't you?" Fai stated, looking straight at Syaoran. Syaoran spat his coffee everywhere upon hearing the words, completely taken by surprise. "Dammit Fai now look what you've done! You've made me mess up my lounge room!" Syaoran replied loud but also quiet enough for him not to wake Sakura. "Have fun cleaning it then and don't dodge my question." Fai had a scary smile on his face as Syaoran look over at him while grabbing a cloth. Syaoran sighed in defeat, "Yeah you got me on that one, but even so-haven't I told you that or was I just talking to myself?" Syaoran answered, cleaning up the mess. "Bit of both." Fai replied. Syaoran quickly finished cleaning and threw the cloth in the sink and left it there for the moment. He sat back down on the couch with Fai and continued their conversation. "Indeed I have found myself falling for her a little more each day…but it would be unprofessional for a doctor to be dating one of their patients." Syaoran sighed, looking at the ceiling. Fai smiled, "Just keep it secret from everyone at the hospital-Chii and I have been quite successful with doing that." The blonde smirked. "I can't believe that you of all people around the hospital are encouraging me to have a relationship with one of my patients." Syaoran smiled. Fai flicked his eyes to the corner of both of his eyes, noticing movement. He couldn't see anything and Syaoran hadn't noticed anything, so he acted natural and ignored it, knowing exactly what he'd seen. "When it comes to relationships, I don't think you should think about the whole doctor patient or doctor nurse thing, just think of them as a person. You've gotten to know my cousin pretty well over these past few months right?" Fai said. "Yes…she's a lovely girl…" Syaoran murmured. "Then do what you think is best for the both of you-oh. And take care of her for me please." Fai put his hands in his pockets and walked out the door, leaving a letter of approved leave on Syaoran's bench. "I never applied for this." Syaoran said, picking up the letter. "Think of it as…a small gift for yourself and Sakura." Fai winked before closing the door behind him. The kitten came running out of Syaoran's room and began circling Syaoran's feet, meowing at him demanding food. He looked in the fridge and found a half opened can of sardines and put the two pieces of fish into a little bowl for the kitten along with some kitten milk in the other and water in another. He walked out of the laundry just as Sakura walked out of the bathroom rubbing her eyes, hair messy from sleeping. "How are you feeling today?" he asked. She walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his shoulders-Syaoran realised she was still mostly asleep. He felt his phone vibrate-it was a text from his blonde friend Fai:
If you didn't notice before, if she wakes up before ten she becomes really clingy to the first person she see's and often climbs them to fall back to sleep-have fun heh heh.
"Sakura, you're choking me." He said softly, attempting to get the girl to let go. "…sorry…food…" she muttered a few other words that he couldn't quite make out but figured that if she was saying something about food as she let go and decided to go flop on the couch then he could at least make something for breakfast.
As it was a Sunday morning, he made simple scrambled eggs and bacon for the two of them with buttered toast as a side dish. Once Sakura had eaten and drunk something she seemed to be functioning properly instead of being three quarters asleep. "I have approved leave." He told her, not sure where this conversation would take him. "You put in for leave? But why?" Sakura asked, placing down her fork. "I thought it would be nice if we could just spend some more time together instead of you always waiting for me to come home I can just spend it with you." He replied with a little shrug. "I thought you were going to say it was because I was stressing you…" she half smiled looking down. "You don't stress me Sakura, you never have." He said sternly. "Alright then, I believe you." She smiled brightly. Syaoran suddenly had a flash back of when he had that vision of her sitting in the hospital bed with that exact same smile on her face. "Syaoran; is something wrong?" Sakura asked, worry in her green eyes. "Oh, it's nothing. I was just day dreaming." He laughed. "I'm glad you're okay then!" She smiled again, happiness showing in her smile. Is this right? He asked himself.
Sakura walked down the hallway into the room that she kept all of her stuff in, but never slept in. She'd preferred Syaoran's bed because she felt more safe and it was actually a lot more comfortable. She didn't know if that was because the single bed in her room hadn't been used or if it was something else, but she felt herself drawn to him. Everyday when he came through the door from work she felt a little extra touch of a feeling she couldn't describe-or perhaps she just couldn't remember it-she didn't know. She entered the white room with dark green carpet that complemented her eyes pretty well, and began to get into the clothing that she felt like wearing that day. She pulled out her underwear first; a simple cherry blossom pink coloured bra with matching undies. White lace had been sewn along the top of the lingerie garments, and two little white bows had been placed where the straps of the bra began.
After that, she walked over to her draws and looked through them to see if anything appealed to her-nothing did. She then decided to look at her wardrobe crammed full of different types of dresses thanks to Chii and began looking through them. She felt like wearing something pink, so she ignored the other dresses of different colours and began looking through all the pink ones.
It was a while before she found one, but the one she chose wasn't entirely pink; it was a black dress with beautiful pink roses printed onto the fabric with a black ribbon tied around the waist. The design was simple with a square neck and black straps, with a skirt that came down to the knees with a satin underlay. She heard a knock at the door and looked up to see Syaoran holding a box. "You look lovely." He smiled sweetly. Sakura blushed, "Thanks…" she replied. "I was wondering if you'd like to play a game or something?" he asked, looking at the box and then back up at her. "Sure…Chess." She answered. "Chess?" he asked. "I haven't been able to play with anyone who can't beat me yet." She replied. "Alright then." He placed the box on the bench, leaving Sakura to wonder what was inside it. Syaoran was still a little clueless as to why she wanted to play chess, but then he remembered that she was a genius with an IQ of one hundred and eighty three or something like that. "Just a moment; I just need to read this letter first." Syaoran said, picking up the letter left by Fai.
Inside was indeed an approval for leave for seven days as well as a handwritten note from Fai.
You're not allowed back at work until you two are together. HAHA.
He shoved the two pieces of paper inside the envelope and rolled his eyes. Sakura poked her head around the corner to see if he was still reading the letter, "Ready?" she asked, having already set up the chess board. "Sorry to keep you waiting." He replied before sitting down on the carpet with her.
I HAVE ITCHY BITES AND TWO OF THEM ARE ON MY FOOT *twitch twitch* I'M GOING TO ENIHILATE THEM ALL-ALL THEM MOZZIES. UGH. Anyway, I probably would have posted this last night buuuuuut I wanted my bed more. Review?