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Syaoran Li MUST Fall in Love with Me – PLAN A:
It Started With a Kiss Style I
"Come on Sakura, meet our visitors."
Sakura, who was busy regretting the fact that she slept that afternoon, walked slowly – with heavy steps and a not-so-happy smile. Four steps. Three – two. One last step and she reached the living room. She looked up, and saw Eriol Hiiragizawa smiling at her.
'He's cuter in a bright light.' She thought, but immediately shook her head.
"Uh, Clow, remember my daughter?" Fujitaka asked – with a smile that means danger to Sakura.
Sakura rolled her eyes, and so her brother. She knew it. The dream that afternoon is after all – a premonition. She stared into space, and seemed not to bother about her father's and his friend's exchange of words. She sighed – and looked at the floor.
She should stop this nonsense. First of all – her bestfriend like this guy so much, and thinking of it, she could actually die because of hurt not only caused by Eriol but also by her – because she would marry this guy. Second, if regret could kill, well, she should die after the freakin' day.
'Or maybe I'm wrong. Maybe this is just a friendly meeting.' she thought.
"Yeah, and well, I have to leave Eriol here as well." Clow, the father of Eriol, said.
Eriol, who was looking at the Sakura who was now at other world, shifted his attention to what his father said. He immediately rolled his eyes – he knew it, and maybe, Sakura knew it as well.
He was right. The words uttered by his father were her transportation back to Earth. She looked at him with a mix of disgust and disappointment. Eriol smiled at her, making her so pissed off – she rolled her eyes and looked at the opposite direction.
"Are you okay with it Eriol-kun?" Fujitaka asked.
He looked at the pissed Kinomoto, and smiled. What an adventure it is – to be with her. He smirked, and immediately focused his attention at Fujitaka's question. Before answering, he took a deep breath, and laughed inside when he saw Sakura's nervousness.
"Well, only the two of us here?" he asked, as Sakura stared at him intensely.
"Yes, well, Touya found a job at Tokyo, and I and your father will have to go somewhere – business purposes." Fujitaka explained slowly while smiling calmly to him – wanting him to say yes.
With clenched fists, Sakura forcefully stepped at his dad's right foot, but fails to do so because his father's swiftness helped. He looked at her daughter, with a smile in his face.
"Sakura, you're okay with it right? I thought you wanna meet again the boy who helped you before at... whose wedding it is again? Oh right, Shoujo's wedding almost a five years ago?" He smiled, knowing he won this round.
Sakura slowly looked at Eriol. So this is the boy whom she met before. Her anger was replaced by amusement. She never thought that Eriol Hiiragizawa was that guy. He was the first guy who saw the weakness beneath her cheerful face. And he was the main reason for her to move on. He was her prince. WAS – because Syaoran now owns the title.
She stared at him blankly. Looking at him was the only option left. She can't utter a word. She can't refuse as well, because he is, after all, her savior.
Eriol looked at Sakura – amused as well. So she was that kid. He adjusted his glassed, and sat down. Fujitaka, Touya and Clow are getting ready to go, and he roamed his eyes around the Kinomoto residence. Cream wallpaper – a medium sized house, with a normal kitchen and dining room for a middle class family. He noticed a portrait hung at the upper left part of the wall opposite to him. He looked at it carefully, and noticed a woman beside Sakura's father.
'She must be Sakura's mother.' He thought.
He knew the hardship of growing without a mother. He perfectly knew.
Sakura slowly sat down, still processing the fact earlier. She looked at Eriol with a calm aura. As she sees her father, brother and the visitor move out their things to the car, she sighed, and walked towards them.
"Dad, when will you be back?" she asked calmly.
"I don't know, maybe after a month or so. There are food in the refrigerator, and the money, don't worry about it." He said, and whispered, "Take good care of Eriol, Sakura. Okay?"
She nodded, and saw Touya still trying to extend his stay in the house, but his father closed the door, meaning leaving her without an option but to stay with Eriol. She stared at the door, and silently listened to the leaving car.
She walked towards the sala, but the one she sees sitting there is Syaoran, smiling at her, while holding the suitcases.
"So, where is my bedroom?" Syaoran asked, as he gipped tightly the handle of his suitcases. She just stared. Stared – still looking at the person in front of her, the person who is now smirking at her. In her sight, everything is at slow motion. He stands up, and slowly walking towards her, but still – the only thing she could do is to stare, while her hearts beats too fast and loud.
"Hey! Sa-ku-ra!" Syaoran shouted.
Sakura looked up, but frowned as soon as she saw the face who just shouted at her – Eriol Hiiragizawa. So Syaoran is just a pigment of her imagination. Again. Oh yeah, he shouted at her. He must pay for it.
"Hey! Do you need to shout?" she replied, anger flushed in her face.
"I'm sorry." He replied calmly, "I just wanna rest. Can you show me where?"
"I'm so sorry I shouted at you." Sakura replied back, embarrassed by the fact that she just shouted at the good guy who wanted her mind to get back to Earth. With a sigh, she instructed him where to go, and watched as he went upstairs.
"I should cook."
With a heavy heart, she moved towards the kitchen.
Syaoran Li sat in his king-sized bedroom, with green wallpapers on the wall. He glanced at the cabinet, under his study table, and immediately removed his earphones. He slowly walked towards it, and opened the cabinet.
A ballpen. A freakin' ballpen.
He looked at it intently, and remembered the face of the owner, the tough girl who looked at him as if he's an average guy.
'Why was I even thinking of her?' he thought, and sat on the floor, still holding the pen. The girl with a long hair – the only girl who had the guts to talk back to him.
That afternoon, after they retrieved their things, they walked back – to go home, but he noticed a violet pen at the ground where the two girls stood a while ago. He took it, still, even though it's kinda dirty.
He looked at the pen intently – and there was a name taped on it.
Shoving his things out of the table, he took the yearbook he has – in the elementary, and searched for the person he's thinking of the whole time this day.
He smirked. Tomorrow will be a long day.
'Tomoyo Daidouji.'
Later that night, after a dinner full of awkwardness, Sakura slumped in the sofa. She took the remote and switched the TV on. Eventhough the loud TV was in front of her, she just couldn't get her mind off the premonition dream. She sighed.
Eriol sat down beside her, and noticed that Sakura's mind was now somewhere. He took the remote, and changed the channel to a channel showing an action film. He increased the volume and looked at Sakura. He smiled – and hoped that what he did would help ease the awkwardness.
After a few seconds, the sound of machine guns invaded the house.
"Aaaaahhhhhh!" she screamed, and stood up, and after a few seconds, eased out as she looked at the laughing Eriol.
"What's so funny?" She asked irritably. "Will you lower down the volume?"
Eriol still laughed as he obliged to what Sakura commanded.
"Welcome back to Earth." He said, still laughing.
"Huh. Whatever." She replied back.
She sat down, but immediately stood up, as she heard the phone ring. She went to get it, and stopped to look at Eriol.
"Change the channel, okay?" she said, and continued to walk.
Eriol looked at the walking-away Sakura. He looked at the remote and back at Sakura. He looked at her intently, and smiled. It felt good to laugh, and he must thank her for that. He stood up and walked towards her.
Sakura took the telephone, and irritably looked at Eriol, who was now walking towards her direction. She rolled her eyes, and concentrated on the caller.
"Hello?" She said.
"Sakura!" the caller cheerfully said.
'Oh my goodness.' She thought.
She looked at Eriol, who was now beside her, who was patiently waiting for the call to end. He mouthed something she couldn't understand, while pointing to the remote. She sighed and pushed him aside.
"Tomoyo! Why are you calling?" She asked, with a hint of nervousness in her voice.
"Is it that bad to call my bestfriend?" she replied.
Sakura looked at Eriol, and ordered him to wait for her at the sala. He rolled his eyes, and still stood there.
"No, haha. Sorry." Sakura answered, still giving Eriol a signal to get away from her.
"When will that call end?" Eriol shouted, and shot her a calm glance.
Sakura panicked, and kicked him aside. With no choice, she put down the phone and pushed him to the sofa. He laughed at her irritated face, while she pushes him, with a determination written in her face. They reached the sofa, and she tiredly stopped. As she sighed, she looked at him angrily.
"Wait here for me." She said and ran towards the phone.
"Sorry, Tomoyo. Uh, my brother is kinda, uh... sweet today." She said and laughed nervously.
"Oh, is that your brother? Uh... you know what? The voice sounded like... Eriol-kun?"
"Haha. Why would he even here?" she replied.
"Your right." Tomoyo replied back.
"I have to tell you something." Sakura said.
After almost ten minutes, Sakura ran towards Eriol. She pointed him, while shooting him an angry glance. He smiled, and rolled his eyes. He sat down, and crossed his legs.
"What?" he asked.
Sakura's angry expression changed quickly, as she sat down and looked at him, with a smiling face.
"It's kinda dangerous when you look at me like that." He said.
Sakura took the remote and changed the channel back to the action film that was showing, and ran to the kitchen. He, who was stunned, just sat down – and thought about what the heck was happening. She came back with a chocolate drink.
"Can I ask a favour?" she said, neglecting his comment earlier, and moved closer to him. She smiled widely, and looked at him in the eye. She took the drink, and gave it to him.
The room fell silent, while he looked at her. For a few seconds, he hesitated to answer, but smirked as he looked back.
"What is it?"
"What!" Tomoyo shouted, with a questioning look in her face.
Sakura adjusted her position in the chair. They were the first ones to arrive in the room, just as what she planned. She took her back and searched for something out there.
"You'll confess in the rooftop of our school? Are you insane? I'm sure as hell, he'll reject you. I'm so sorry to say that Sakura, but what happened to make you do that?" Tomoyo asked, with a concerned look in her face.
"Nothing. I think I really should say what I feel." She replied and got the love letter she wrote last night. She smiled, and gripped tightly on the letter.
The whole building was invaded with sighs and shrieking women. Sakura and Tomoyo stood up, and opened the door. Sakura looked at the group passing by. She looked at Eriol, and quickly reminded herself that they don't know each other here at school. She shifted her glance at Syaoran, and smiled.
Tomoyo shrieked as well, and looked at Eriol.
The group are nearby Sakura's classroom, and she could feel her heartbeat thump too loud, as she could see Syaoran in a slow motion view. She smiled, and glanced at Eriol, who was looking at her.
She went inside, just before the group passed.
Tomoyo, looking so happy, ran towards her.
"Eriol just looked at me! He looked at me, just before you entered! Did you see?"
Sakura smiled at Tomoyo and looked at her love letter with a brown ink. Eriol should do it right later. This could save him and her – especially her.
"Hey Sak, do you have an extra ballpen? I lost my pen since last night, and I forgot to get one." Tomoyo said while looking at the contents of her bag.
"Is it this one?" A familiar voice entered the room, and both of them looked for the owner of the voice. Sakura dropped the letter, and Tomoyo looked irritably at the person who just entered the room.
A/N: Don't hate me yet.
Haha.. The pairing is still SxS
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