So I went into work today to try and work because I've been too sick all week to even go to school (I don't even know what this is apart from migraines contributing) and I got sent home…because I was sick. So hopefully at school tomorrow I won't collapse or anything (lol) Then there's the odd occasion where I'm sitting on the computer going "my eyes are fuzzy." So I should probably just chill (because that's likely to happen…) Bring on the weather of Melbourne! Ugh.

Enjoy!

Sakura sat, staring at the board and mapping out each piece and predicting three moves beforehand. Syaoran moved his knight and knocked one of her pieces off the board-Sakura found she couldn't actually predict his moves at all, and that irritated her slightly. She moved one of her white pieces, placing Syaoran in check mate. "Check mate." She said dully, looking out the windows. She heard movement of pieces on the board and his voice travel down her spine. "Checkmate back to you too." He smirked. Somehow, for some odd reason, Sakura felt satisfied with the outcome of the game. Someone had finally beaten her at chess.

The two of them then began to play competitive games on the X-Box and PS3, all of which Sakura was beaten. She'd never known that anyone could beat her, but then, she had never really made all that many friends. Tomoyo was about five years older than her and Chii would be about the same age as Syaoran. "Sakura, you just crashed into the fence." Syaoran pointed out as he passed her in Toy Story Racer. "One day, I will beat you." Sakura declared. "I think I play these games too often…" Syaoran muttered, turning a corner in the game and watched the screen as Sakura came up behind him. He let go of his weapon and knocked her out of the game, laughing at her frustration while she sat there waiting for him to finish the race course. "You are so unfair!" she said, hitting him on the shoulder as payback of some sort. Syaoran was happy to see that she was laughing once again-getting back to her old self as Fai had once said before a few days ago.

As they had eaten later in the morning, they chose to have lunch later in the day which would also mean a later dinner. However neither of them cared about that. Syaoran placed down the controller and asked Sakura what she'd like for lunch. "I kind of feel like soup…" she said as she wondered off into her own little world. Syaoran figured that he should have some kind of canned soup in his cupboard, and walked over to have a look. "Anything in particular?" he asked. "Tomato…" she replied slowly. "Alright then." He answered.

-Sakura's POV-

I wonder if he loves me… I thought to myself. I couldn't believe it myself, but I had fallen for the doctor that so carefully cared for me. My scars still hurt, and each pang of pain reminds me of my disgusting, hated past. Why couldn't things have just been normal; normal as in complete my schooling, get into the job I wanted and continued life from there, then maybe find someone to marry and settle down for a little and have children. But no, I had fallen victim to him. No one would have thought that he of all people could possibly do, possibly think to do such a thing. But no, it was definitely him. Seeing his wretched face over and over again for the past five years as he continuously raped and tortured me had driven me insane. So insane that I could not even trust another person again-but how had I come to love Syaoran? How did I come to love him? I don't really know. The only thing I knew was that there was something about him that drew me to him. I felt safe around him, comfortable. I guess that's why I always stay in his bed at night-because it makes me feel safe. I wonder if it bothers him…I looked over at him, feeling the same feelings as I had since I'd escaped from that place. I was sure my eyes were portraying my emotions, just as his did-his eyes. Deep amber; a rare colour to find among men these days. He looked over at me and smiled-he was so kind, so caring. I'm sure a lot of girls love him…like Rika…is it wrong for me to love him? "Sakura; is something wrong?" his voice sent shivers through my entire body, his soft, warm voice. I didn't know what to say-but I knew I had to say something or he'd worry. "I'm fine…just thinking about stuff." I replied quietly. I remembered the games we'd been playing earlier; he bet me. He bet me in every game we played. For some reason, I'm content with that, I get bored with games knowing that I'll always win-but now I have a challenge to beat.

-Normal POV-

Syaoran poured the hot liquid into two bowls and grabbed two pieces of bread-one for each of them-and placed it on two plates, one slice for each. "It's ready for you." Syaoran told Sakura who was sprawled out on the couch, irritated by the warm weather. "Coming…" she muttered, rolling off the couch and crawling over to the table. "For a twenty five year old, I'm pretty sure crawling over to the table is a little childish." Syaoran joked. "It's hot…" she complained. "Turn the air-con on?" he suggested as he dipped his bread into the red liquid. "You have air conditioning!?" she said, sitting up bolt right. "Yeah…" he said, looking at her weirdly. "I never had an air conditioner back at my old house, so I used to stay over at Fai's a lot…" she confessed. Syaoran snorted, amused. "What?" She asked accusingly. "Nothing, sorry. It's just that I find a genius who doesn't have air conditioning in her own home a little ironic." Syaoran answered as Sakura sat back down from turning the air-con on. "You see, my side of the family wasn't rich like Fai's and Yuui's; while our mothers' were twins, my mother married a man of a poor family purely out of love. My aunt did the same, only the man she met was rich, though she didn't find out until later in the relationship. Fai and Yuui went to much better school's than I did, however I still finished before them because, well, I'm a high achiever…My father passed away in a car accident shortly after I began my job at the agency and I soon found myself having to look after myself at the age of sixteen as my mother had previously been killed in an accident on one of the high ways when I was four." She explained while eating her soup. "You would have been so young though-didn't you go and live with Fai or Yuui?" Syaoran asked. Sakura could see a genuine sadness for her and only her in his eyes and smiled. "I lived with my uncle for a little while until he passed away, but his will stated that Fai was to get the mansion and to take over the hospital. I wasn't mentioned." Sakura replied dully. "What about your aunt?" Syaoran asked. "Funny you should ask about that. Somehow it feels like someone's picking off each person of my family, one by one, until the entire legacy has gone down through history. Or perhaps it's something of deeper roots. But either way, my aunt on both sides disappeared when I was eight." Sakura looked at Syaoran, a look of knowledge in her eyes and written on her face. "Could you get me a pen and paper please?" she asked, noticing some sort of pattern in her history.

She wrote down starting from however far back she could remember her family history, remembering every detail of what she had been told, shown or taken to. Syaoran watched her hand fly across the page-her handwriting was beautiful, but the content contained on the piece of paper was vital. "I can't think-

"Sakura, settle. We can sort this out another day. I'll place it in my office for you in one of the desk draws." Syaoran said calmly. Sakura was instantly calmed by his voice. "Thank you…" she smiled, looking at her hands feeling like a silly teenager in love.

Later the two sat on the couch in a bit of silence, both of them reading. Syaoran was reading a book that he had decided to have a read of since it was apparently "so amazing it can't not be read", so he decided that he should take a look. Sakura was reading something of a slightly different genre; horror. She'd discovered the exorcist among his collection of books and decided to read it, and was already half way through it, if not, then slightly more. "Hey Syaoran," she said to grab his attention. "What's up?" he asked, looking up from the book. "Do you like horror movies?" she asked. "They don't really interest me. There's the odd one here and there like the exorcist, but overall nope." He answered, flicking over to the next page. "Didn't think so." She muttered to herself. "Did you also know that there is a phobia of teenagers?" Sakura asked. "Isn't there a phobia for everything?" Syaoran looked up at her, confused. "Excluding walls and a few other things, yes. Your neighbour has a phobia of teenagers." Sakura said, flicking the page, reading it, and then flicking to the next page. "O..k then."

Within the next half hour she'd already finished the book and was searching for another one to read. "Syaoran; how many different series do you have?!" she called out from the bedroom. "I don't know." He replied back. She spotted a dark book with bits of blue on it and picked it up from the shelf; the title read 'Fallen'. "Think I'll read this for now…" she said to herself.

Instead of finding Syaoran sitting reading, she found him looking out his window at the small lake where people could be seen running along the running tracks and families walking their dogs or just feeding the birds. His house was surrounded by cherry blossom tree's which didn't seem to bother him; he liked how the petals of the beautiful pink flowers fluttered into his garden, covering the lush green grass with a layer of pink petals. "The cherry blossom trees are beautiful aren't they?" he said as Sakura came up beside him. "One day on the night of the full moon, I want to be able to dance underneath the raining pink petals." Sakura replied smiling with her eyes shut, picturing the image. They looked at each other as they heard scratching in the bedroom. "Where's Tabby?" Syaoran asked. "I don't know…" Sakura replied.

Syaoran headed towards his room and listened for where the meowing was coming from. As it turns out, the little kitten had gotten itself stuck inside the wardrobe. They watched as she ran out of the room to most likely to the couch to settle down and sleep. Sakura looked at Syaoran and poked him in the side playfully. Syaoran, shocked and actually rather ticklish jumped backwards from her. "I didn't know you were ticklish." Sakura said, taking a step towards him. "I'm not." He lied, unable to keep his face straight. Sakura attacked him while yelling "Tickle Fight!" and began tickling him. "Stop-please-haha, seriously, stop-oh my god." Were most of his responses as well as a lot of laughter. He did tickle her back, eventually, after finding the right spots to poke her. In the end, she again was the one to lose the fight. They ended up lying on the bed together with Sakura's head on one of his arms and her hand on his chest-they looked like a couple if viewed by someone else. "Wow, I have no energy." Sakura laughed, catching her breath. "Neither." Syaoran replied, also trying to catch his breath back. Sakura propped herself up on her arm, looking into his deep amber eyes full of positive emotions towards her and only her.

-Syaoran's POV-

Sakura had propped herself up on her arm and she was looking at me-into my eyes-into my soul. Or at least it felt like that. Her eyes were just as beautiful as the rest of her; the green eyes which I had come to love. Her eyes were full of more positive emotions than what I had seen of her a few weeks back, and that made me feel relieved. I'm glad she's getting back to being herself. I still can't believe that I was able to beat a genius of all people at like what, six, seven different games? I suppose that's a good thing though, it gives her something to work towards while she's not working or is technically still my patient. She looked like she wanted to say something, and I think I knew what the question was. I remembered Fai's words from earlier-we just have to keep it a secret from everyone else at the hospital right? I'm sure that would be fine…as long as I don't get into any sort of trouble or that Satoshi kid finds out. I really don't like that guy-I don't know why, but to me he comes across as an aggressive asshole, even if he does put on the pretty act. I focused myself again on Sakura-she looked so…so…beautiful. A goddess wouldn't even be able to match her beauty. "Syaoran…" she said my name softly, her voice like bells. Uh-oh. "What's up?" I asked, looking into her eyes. I couldn't tear them away from her. "I've really thought a lot about this…but I'd understand if you can't return, but…I seem to have fallen in love with you."

Her eyes showed sincerity, and so I knew that she wasn't just kidding around. In fact, I was so speechless that I just kissed her.

Adorableness. The POV's are to show how while they're thinking of each other, their thoughts are all messy. Just so you know why it jumps from one topic to another (laughs) Yeah my cat's get stuck in my wardrobe ALL THE TIME. It's so annoying. But it's really funny when they're outside and dad picks one of them up and pets them for a while then shouts out SUPER CAT as he throws it up onto the roof of our house. Don't worry, they know how to get down hahaha. The ending of this chapter I felt was pretty good, and I enjoyed writing it all, so it would be awesome if you could leave a review for me! Love ya.