Chapter 8: Delusion

"What the—" Eriol gaped at the number of occupants in their assigned room while Syaoran expectedly growled at them all.

"What the hell are you doing in our room?" Syaoran gave his fiercest glare to each one of the somewhat familiar faces standing quite stunned at their entrance.

'Oh, shit!'

Recovering from the shock, he finally recognizes almost everyone except for the persons who were standing behind a somewhat improvised wall of hot guys. Instead of getting furious like his cousin, Eriol cheerfully pointed out their identity, still in awe with the band's earlier performance. "Dude, its Busted Halo minus Mei-mei…"

They just nodded once, stayed still and quiet, trying not to draw any more unwanted attention.

"Well?" Syaoran asked rather impatiently.

"We're just here to check the bunk and cottage assignment." Yuki quickly supplied.

"Oh?"

Supporting Yuki's excuse Ken then introduce them to their roommates, "Syaoran… Eriol, these are you're roommates, Ikki and Ren of Raging Wings."

Upon the sudden entrance of their so-called roommates, with quick inborn reflexes Ren grabbed the wig from Touya and hid behind them dragging Sakura in tow. He quickly fix Sakura's wig before giving way for her to acknowledge the introduction.

She just bows and return to her refuge behind the wall of her biological brother and wannabe brothers. Ren amusedly stand still to shelter her in her hiding place and just gave a short wave to the newcomers.

Eriol return the wave to Ren and glare at Ikki. Syaoran, on the other hand, didn't even move a muscle and just scowl at the same direction of his cousin's glare.

Sakura feeling a little uneasy peek from her hiding place and fully receive the death glares they're giving, thinking, 'What the hell? Am I busted already?'

An awkward silence then reigned in the room.

Only after five minutes of painstaking torture of silence and negative tension, did Touya decide to break it. "I guess we're off then to the other cottage. Just follow the rules posted behind the door."

Ken, Ren and Yuki exchange curious glances and just nod at each other as their gesture of saying goodbye. Touya approach her sister and whisper, "Don't hesitate to kick their ass kajuu."

He then gave a meaningful warning glance at the two members of Wolf Drifters before walking out of the door. Too bad, they didn't even notice it; still busy glaring at one of their roommates.

Ken and Yuki quickly pat her back and head, whisper reassurances and good luck, and followed Touya.

Walking behind Touya, Ken asked Yuki the question that's been nagging him since they hurriedly left. "One minute his having a fit like a toddler throwing a tantrum for not having his way… And then a scowling prince who seems to be unusually relieved?"

Yuki amusedly answer, "Didn't you notice the glares those two were throwing at Sakura A.K.A. Ikki?"

Ken shook his head. He didn't notice the reaction of Mei Lin's relatives for he was so anxious of hiding Sakura's disheveled look from them.

"Touya's relieved that those two would ignore his sister throughout camp due to some unknown hatred and would not inflict any harm she can't handle."

But before Ken could comment, Touya growled at them, "Will you two hurry up? We still have a lot of things to prepare for tomorrow."

Back at the room the tension didn't falter a bit. Growing weary being Sakura's shield, Ren turned to Sakura and whispered. "Hey kiddo, you alright? Let's unpack and get the hell out of here and practice for tomorrow. Okay?"

Sakura nodded and quietly unpack when someone voice out "that's my bunk." She slowly turn and again receive their death glares before transferring her stuff on the upper bunk since Ren had already settled on the other bunk along with their other roommate.

Realizing who she was bunking with, she hesitated. 'If I make a fuss about it… I would only create unnecessary attention and suspicion.' She tried to shrug her tenseness and resume unpacking.

Quietly, she hurriedly unpacked her things, bolted out of the door and waited for Ren. Sakura sat down on the two flight stairs of their cabin, and asked the sky, 'Of all roommates you could give me. Why him?'

After their band practice for tomorrow's event, Sakura gently tugged Tomoyo away from the group. Tomoyo sensing her uneasiness anxiously ask her what's wrong. Sakura threw off any doubts she's having and try to confront it while also convincing herself that telling Tomoyo would be the best move for her. (Oh, how wrong she was.)

Sakura stuttered, not knowing how to start with it. "Re-remember the time I got lost at Touya's gig. S-something happened before I decided bolting out on you guys."

Tomoyo's eyebrows perked up in interest and just let her cousin continue with her story. "I kinda got pushed around by the crowd and bumped into a guy. We fell and…"

Sakura flushed so lost on how to continue with it. Might as well be done with it… "We accidentally kissed."

Tomoyo squealed in delight, "Is he cute? Good looking? Hot? Do we know him?" She asked eagerly making Sakura more nervous than ever.

"Yeah, he's my roommate."

"WHAT?" Sakura shushed her cousin and gently pushed her against the tree to stop her from throwing another squeal of excitement.

Sadly, a pair of blue eyes saw it in a different light. 'So the rumors are true.'

"Damn it!"

"Hey, you okay?" One of his cousins asked him suddenly. He didn't realize that he had cursed loudly.

"It's nothing Miyu. Let's go."

"Tomo, will you ease up a bit. There's nobody around to role play that we are an item." Sakura pleaded at her cousin who is still currently clinging into her on their way to the main hall.

"We should be prepared my dear boyfriend. Someone might just pop out of nowhere, and caught us off guard." Tomoyo countered adjusting her grip to her "so-called" boyfriend's arm.

Sakura groaned and try to tear off her cousin's arm from her now numb arm. After successfully getting it off, she bounced to the unsuspecting Andy. She put an arm around her shoulder and whispered to her ear. "You'll pay for this…"

She was cut off by the hyper fake girlfriend who again tore her off Andy and dragged her like a doll to their destination.

Ren sighed, "Tomo, give him a break before you totally break him." But Tomoyo never heeded his advice and just continued dragging Sakura like a toy. He shook his head in pity. 'Poor Kura.'

A few feet away, a set of amber eyes and blue eyes, stared seething at their antics. Too bad, they didn't hear a thing.

Though one thing was common on what they thought it was.

'That damn player.'

- to be continued -

Feb 22, 2009 bangag_pa

June 21, 2013 revised

September 23, 2015 updated