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Chapter Seven is here! *does happy Hawaiian dance*
I'm sorry for the delay. ):
But anyway, here it is! Whoohooo!
Enjoy!
Chapter Seven
She missed him.
There was no denying the fact that she had loved him, she had trusted him and he had repaid her by saying goodbye. The alarm clock started ringing, and her hand reached out instinctively towards her phone. She flipped it open. Calls: 0. Texts: 0.
They had broken up a few days ago. She knew that. But, even now, she couldn't break free of how her life used to be. How her life used to be so full of him. Even now, she expected to receive a text from him when she woke up. Even now, her heart pounded whenever she saw him. Tomoyo rolled over a curled up. Even now, she loved him.
Takeda Katsu…
"What are you doing here?" Syaoran asked, panting a little.
Yamazaki checked his watch. "7am sharp. Impressive." He was dressed in his high school uniform, with the same grin on his face. Nobody ever knew how Yamazaki felt; whether he was happy, sad, worried or angry, he looked the same to everyone.
"What are you doing here?" Syaoran frowned. He hated asking questions twice.
"I was just on my way to pick Chiharu up." Yamazaki turned away from him, waving idly. "I'll see you later then." Syaoran knew Chiharu wasn't the main reason why his friend had stopped by his house. He sighed and gave his friend the answer to an unspoken question.
"I'm fine!" Yamazaki stopped. He nodded, waved again and continued walking. Syaoran bent down, hugging his knees. He wasn't fine. He was confused. He hated her…
And yet he loved her.
A golden figure walked past a house with chains of folded cranes hanging from the windows. Its body shimmered, as if its very existence was created out of sunlight.
As it moved on, the cranes were gone. Instead, a great flock of birds, with feathers of different patterns and colours surged up into the sky. And then they were gone. The golden figure melted away into a puddle of light.
The incident might have just been an illusion.
Sakura frowned as she stopped under the cherry blossom trees.
She thought she had just felt something. A small tingle. A chill. She glanced around. Nothing. She sighed and continued on to school, ignoring that small moment of unease. Maybe she was just hyper active so early in the morning. Her phone vibrated and she took it out of her pocket.
Hey, Sakura.
It was from Katsu. Katsu, who had been bugging her non-stop ever since he had gotten her phone number. Katsu, who had been acting all friendly when he didn't even know anything about her. Compared to Syaoran, he was the second most desired guy in the school. She sighed and rubbed her arms. There were faint scars, faded and hardly noticeable.
She just didn't want anything happening again…
"We have a new student joining us today. Please give him a warm welcome."
The class started muttering, but stopped abruptly when the classroom door slid open. The boy was tall and pale, with dark blue hair and stormy eyes framed with square glasses. His walk was elegant and fluid, his eyes held a look that was clever and mysterious. His smile was gentle, and many girls squealed when he made brief eye contact.
He bowed down. "Hiiragizawa Eriol. It's a pleasure to meet you." He walked over to his designated seat, which was next to Syaoran and behind Tomoyo. Sakura turned around quickly and threw him a note and a small smile, before facing the teacher again. He opened the note and grinned.
Welcome back.
Syaoran looked up from his textbook.
It was an insanely boring history lesson. Besides, he had read everything in at home already. He looked around the classroom and his eyes fell on Sakura's hair. She had the same golden brown as he did. He remembered...that time…
*Flashback*
"You two look so cute! Are you siblings?"
Syaoran frowned, glaring at the two elderly women. He and Sakura had been walking home together, talking and having fun, until these two women butted in. He hated it when people thought they were siblings just because their hair colours were similar.
"She's not my sister! I would never want her as my sister!" He turned away and ran home, ignoring Sakura's calls. Why would he want her as his sister? If she were his sister…
He would never be able to fall in love with her.
Katsu leaned back and stretched.
He had slept through the whole history class, waking up just when it was time for lunch. He looked in the direction of Sakura's desk, hoping that he could ask her if she wanted to eat with him. Her seat was empty, and the class was slowly filing out. He sighed. She had slipped past him again.
He walked out the door, thinking about Syaoran. Maybe what he saw was wrong, but Syaoran's eyes seemed to have lost their look of hatred when he saw Sakura this morning. His jaw clenched. He had to get her.
As he turned the corner, a girl with long honey blonde hair and sapphire blue eyes sneaked into his classroom.
"Hey! Syaoran's having lunch with Sakura!"
Chiharu tugged at Yamazaki's sleeve, pointing in their friend's direction. Rika's head snapped up. "What?" She followed Chiharu's finger and stared at the four friends, sitting on a picnic blanket. "Oh! Wow. I never thought this day would come." Yamazaki smiled.
Maybe Syaoran might just open up a little more.
Hnn...I'll write about Eriol and his two Clow Cards in the next chapter?
Or should I show much more of Syaoran's defrosting?
Hahaha I'll update soon!
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Ja ne!