Ok so as promised, by the weekend! Hope you guys enjoy it, there's a little bit of everything.
By the time Sakura, Tomoyo, Meiling, and Syaoran decided to call it a night it was around midnight. They were all exhausted from the work they had done for the project, their joking around laughing their heads off. All in all they had a great night. Even Syaoran had to admit this had been one of the most enjoyable times he's had.
Sakura showed them to her room, which was pretty big for all of them to put their sleeping bags. Her room, like the rest of the house, was filled with pictures around a wall, posters of people dancing in others, there was a desk with a computer and of course her bed which looked like it could fit three people, but they all decided to sleep in the floor.
"I love your room, Sakura! It's so you, so funky and edgy. So full of life, just like you and there are so many trophies. Did you get these with the guys?" Meiling said as she walked over to the shelf that held all of Sakura's trophies and medals.
"Some of them I did, some by myself when I was younger and some with a group I was with before we started our own." She explained while taking out her sleeping bag and putting it on the floor.
"You danced with another group?"
"Yeah, when I was about fourteen or younger, something like that."
"Why aren't you with them?"
Sakura stayed silent for a while. She sighed remembering those times with the other crew. She sometimes missed it, but she knew she had made the right choice. "It just wasn't for me I guess. Things got too complicated, so I decided to quit dancing for sometime." She explained. Just then Syaoran entered the room wearing his pajama pants and a black wife beater. He looked at Sakura questioningly.
"You quit dancing?" He asked her sort of amazed. He would never think Sakura would give up dancing, she held so much passion for it, he just couldn't imagine her giving it up.
"For some time I did. But it's all in the past, I am so back!" Sakura said jokingly making the girls giggle. But Syaoran could tell she was just avoiding telling them what the real reason for her to quit was. She looked back at him and smiled a bit, kind of apologizing to him. He nodded and went back to organizing his stuff on the floor. Rarely enough he ended up with his sleeping bag in front of Sakura's, Meiling beside him and Tomoyo beside Sakura but they were all facing each other.
"Good night guys!" Tomoyo said, followed by the others. Meiling and Tomoyo fell asleep a few minutes later. But Sakura laid awake staring at the ceiling thinking about what Meiling had brought up. She looked to her side and saw Tomoyo sleeping and smiled. 'I don't need to worry about what happened in the past. I have good people, who love and care for me.' She thought. Then she heard Syaoran move and looked back at where he was and saw him staring up at ceiling as well.
"You should get some sleep, you know. We have to go to school tomorrow." She whispered to him but he didn't even move.
"You're one to talk. You need your beauty sleep."
"Shut up, I do not!" She said blushing, but then she heard him chuckle. At that moment she couldn't help but remember the conversation they had in the kitchen earlier and that made her blush even more but then smiled.
"What's on your mind?" He asked turning around to face her. She looked at his eyes, and what she saw made her think that she could trust him. That she could tell him anything and he would understand. She looked down at her hands, which were resting on her pillow, and made her decision.
"I…before we started the group and opened up the dance studio I was in another crew as I told you guys earlier. Things weren't so perfect as they are with you guys. We fought a lot and well some were involve in things that they shouldn't. But our leader, if you want to call it that, he was like a big brother to all of us. He was an amazing person." Sakura looked anywhere but Syaoran's eyes. She was remembering everything from those times and Syaoran knew it wasn't easy for her for some reason.
"Anyway, we were the best around we won every competition there was. But greed got in the way. Everything was about the money for some and that just affected the whole crew. So one day Omi, our crew leader, decided to kick out those who he knew weren't on the right track. Some just left but others were really mad about it. So one night we went to a battle in another city. There was this crew that was really good, but we knew we could win so we went and challenged them." She stopped for a minute, she remembered everything perfectly.
"We danced our asses off. It was great, we had never danced the way we danced that night. Obviously we won. So when we were leaving the place one of the kids who Omi had kicked out came up to us and congratulated us. He then went to Omi and hugged him, the next thing we knew there was a gunshot. Second later Omi fell down and the kid just took off running."
"Sakura you don't have to go on if you don't want to. I understand some of it now." Syaoran said as he got a bit closer to her, but she just shook her head.
"Let me finish please." When she saw Syaoran nod she took a breath and continued. "I was the first one to get to Omi, he was still alive, but there was so much blood. I started to yell to the other so they would call 911 and then Omi grabbed my hand and smiled at me. He…he told me… 'Be great, be amazing, don't forget the passion you have for it. Make it your life.' I started to cry but I kept telling him that everything would be alright that the ambulance was on its way, but he just smiled at me. Mat was at my side also hokding him, he also tried to keep him with us but he knew what would be the outcome. The paramedics tried but…" She stopped remembering the look on Omi's face, the blood on her hands, people around her calling the ambulance. She remembered every detail about that night.
"After that night I lost all my drive. I didn't want to know anything about dancing. It reminded me too much of him. At that time I didn't fully understand his last words to me, so I quit the group and just focused on school. Everyone tried to get me to dance again but I just couldn't. But then a few years later I saw this little girl dancing with her friends in a basketball court. She looked over at me and smiled. She was so amazing, so full of life. And she reminded me that this was what I loved the most, and that that was what Omi was trying to tell me; to not give it up because it meant everything to me and that I had a gift for it." She smiled sadly and looked up at Syaoran. She wiped away a few tears that had fallen from her eyes, she hadn't even notices that she had been crying.
"And well then I started dancing on my own and well the rest is history I guess." She said chuckling a bit to lighten the mood. Syaoran sat in front of her and wiped away the remaining tears with his thumb. "I'm sorry for crying, you must think I'm so weak." She said looking away.
"Hey. Look at me," He whispered, but it immediately caught Sakura's attention. She looked back at him and found his amber eyes just staring intensively back at her emerald ones. "You are not weak. What happened to you was not something easy to go through. I admire you for getting back up, for coming back to what you love the most. And I admire the fact that you're so strong that nothing stops you from going after your dream. I wish I could be like you, to follow my dream all the way, to be strong enough to fight for what I really want. So you Sakura Kinomoto are not weak, you are far from it." He told her with a serious tone, it made Sakura speechless. Just the way he had spoken to her and the way he kept holding and caressing her face to comfort her made her see a new side of him, a side of him that she was really impressed with.
"You are so unpredictable." She whispered out of the blue making them both chuckle. She looked back at him and without thinking threw her arms around his neck. Syaoran awkwardly put his arms around her waist, still a bit surprised at her reaction. She moved her head and gave him a small peck on the cheek. "Thank you." She whispered on his ear and then kept talking. "Thank you for listening, for comforting me. No one knows really what happened that night, so just thank you for understanding." After those words Syaoran felt so special. Not even Tomoyo knew about that night completely. He just hugged her tighter bringing her closer to his body.
"You're welcome." He whispered back in her ear making her shiver. She liked this side of him, she really liked it.
"Let's get some sleep we have school tomorrow. And we have to go back to our love/hate friendship." She said giggling making him smile a bit.
"You know our fights keep it interesting. Anyways, good night. And…thanks for trusting me." He told her still looking at her. His gaze sometimes intimidated her but now all it did was comfort her, it made her feel secure and that she had made the right decision in trusting him.
"Thanks for caring." She smiled and then went back to her sleeping back living a smiling Syaoran.
A few days went by and everything couldn't be more perfect for the gang. Everyone was getting along great, like always. Meiling was becoming a great dancer with the help of the girls and was designing a lot more with Tomoyo around. Syaoran still didn't talk much or laugh but he kept his guard down around them. He too was becoming a great dancer and in exchange he was teaching Yamazaki a few tricks he had learned in martial arts.
They were all in the studio goofing around since it was Friday. They had the music to the loudest and they were dancing all over the place just having fun. Syaoran was sitting in a corner just smirking at his friends when Sakura came up to him and grab his hands dragging him to the dance floor.
"Come on! Don't be so antisocial." She said as she spun around still holding his hand. She laughed making his smile at her childish antics.
Tomoyo who had her camera started taking pictures of everyone dancing around. Then she saw those two and decided that this was her chance to take the perfect first picture of those tow together. She took it just as Sakura started laughing with Syaoran still holding hands. 'Perfect! They are so cute!' After that she just kept taking pictures.
"See? You can have fun, and you do know how to laugh." Sakura told Syaoran making grin.
"Shut up. You know you like it when I'm my mysterious lone wolf self." He said still grinning and getting closer to her. Sakura blushed, not expecting him to answer like that; she stepped back a bit and stumbled with her own feet making her fall backwards dragging Syaoran along with her.
She landed on her back with a hard 'oof!', but then felt some weight on top of her and opened her eyes to find Syaoran laying on top of her. They stared at each other surprised at their closeness. They were just inches apart, but neither moved away. Sakura couldn't break their gaze; she was mesmerized by his amazing amber eyes.
"Has anyone ever told you…that…you have the most amazing eyes?" Sakura whispered without thinking. When she recovered from her daze, she blushed madly and was about to tell him to get off when he smiled at her. A smile that made Sakura blushed even more, it was so sincere so beautiful, it made him look even hotter.
"No… no one has ever told me, but I'm glad you're the first. I'm glad you like at least something about me." He said joking making her smile back at him. Lately she had caught him flirting with her, and even though sometimes he looked uncertain about it she knew this was the game he wanted to play. So is this how they were going to be from now on she would not give him the satisfaction of always making her blush.
"Who says that's the only thing I like about you?" She whispered back. His expression was priceless! He was so shocked by her answer that he moved back a bit giving the chance for Sakura to stand up. She was about to walk away when he got up but turned around smiled at him and then winked. Syaoran recovered and smirked. This was definitely going to be fun.
Just at that moment Mat came in with some bags in his hands. He smiled watching everyone goofing around, and then Sakura saw him and walked over to him and hugged him.
"What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Meiling told me you guys would be here so I decided to bring you some food. Aren't I always the caring guy?" He told her making her laugh.
"No you just want to get on Meiling's good side. Hey guys! Mat brought us some food!" She yelled at the others. As soon as they heard 'food' everyone came running like crazy people and opening the boxes filled with food.
"Thanks Mat!" Everyone said between bites. He smiled and then walked over to Meiling who was eating with Chiharu and Rika.
"Hey Meiling"
"Oh! Hey Mat, I didn't know if you would come. But I'm really glad you did we were starving!" When Chiharu and Rika saw they way Mat looked at Meiling they decided to leave them alone for a while so they got up and went to the other side of the studio with the others.
"So you're just glad I'm here because I brought you food?" He asked her smiling.
"Yeah, of course! I'm just interested in the food. A girl needs to eat, you know." She told him but kept giving him a flirty smile. They continued talking and flirting with each others while the others watch them from the other corner.
"They are soooo cute together!" Tomoyo said as she took pictures of Meiling and Mat. Everyone laughed at Tomoyo, she was always the romantic one.
"I think they make a great pair. They're both cocky, confident, they're not afraid of anything. So I think they'll challenge each other which is something Mat has been looking for since forever." Sakura said analyzing the couple. She knew Mat sometimes missed having someone to hold and just love. It had been a while since she had seen him with a serious girlfriend so she was hoping things would work with Meiling.
"She likes him, trust me." Syaoran told the group. "If she didn't she would've gotten rid of him a long time ago. Meiling has always known what she wants, in every aspect of her voice not only with boys."
"Well then, let's hope he sticks around." Eriol said as he looked back at Meiling and Mat who were laughing. "We should all go out on a group date, like with our couples." He said making Tomoyo exited.
"Oh that would be so great! Awesome idea babe!" She said and then gave him a peck on the lips.
"Yeah great idea, except not all of us can go you know." Rika told them disappointed.
"Yeah, Rika and I don't have dates." Sakura said pouting making everyone laugh.
"We'll find something; I have a few friends who would be interested." Eriol eyed Syaoran suggestively so he would make a move but Syaoran just shook his head. It wasn't the right time for him to ask Sakura out.
"Ugh! I am so tired of blind dates Eriol. Thanks for the offer but I think that day I'll just stay home or something." Sakura said sighing.
"I'm up for it! I don't mind blind dates as long as you don't set me up with some jerk or something like that." Rika told him going boy crazy again.
"All right I'll find you some one good, don't worry. But Sakura what about you going with Syaoran, he doesn't have anyone either and you guys get along sometimes. You could go as friends at least." Eriol suggested making Tomoyo grin. It was the perfect plan to start to get those two together, if it wasn't for the murderous look Syaoran was giving him.
"A date with him? With Syaoran?" Sakura asked blushing. It was one thing to flirt around with him but to actually go on a date with him?!
"What? Afraid you'll actually like it?" Syaoran whispered so only she could hear. Sure he wasn't ready to officially ask her out, but this was as friend like Eriol had said, or at least that's what he wanted to make himself think. Sakura turned her face towards him and frowned then smirked.
"No, actually I'm worried that after that you'll fall for me, it tends to happen. And I hate stalkers." She whispered back making him speechless again. She smiled in triumph and turned back to Eriol. "I'll go. I mean it's just as friends and Syaoran and I can go a while without fighting so it should be fun."
"Ok then. Tomorrow." Tomoyo suggested and everyone nodded. "Hey, Meiling, Mat! We're going on a group date tomorrow do you guys want to come?"
"Uhm…sure, I guess. Do you want to go Meiling?" Mat asked her shyly
"Are you asking me to go with you?"
"Well..um… yeah. If you'd like." Mat answerd while scratching his head. He wasn't normally this shy and nervous with girls but there was something about Meiling that made him fell like a high school kid again.
"Pick me up and don't be late." Meiling told him smiling. She was really wxited that she was going out with him at last. She really liked Mat, he was handsome, made her laugh, and he was gentleman every time she had been with him. But he also had his wild side which Meiling was dying to get to know better. She had liked what she had seen on the club and she wanted to see more of it, more of his carefree self. "So where are we going guys?" She asked turning back to the others. This was going to be some fun night they all thought.
Hope you guys liked it!!! I'll be working on the date this week since i wont have work but i don't know when it'll be donde since i'm trying to give you guys longer chapter since that is what you're asking for ( I love fics with long chapters so i understand) Anywas take care guys, let me know what you would like for the date and all that stuff!! Much BORICUA love!!!
