Tattooed

Summary: "I've lost everything to drugs, do you know that?" Sakura told him with tears in her eyes. "The funny thing is I've never even touched a drug in my life and yet it destroyed me. It took everything." She turned to face him then. "Please, don't let it take you away from me. I won't be able to handle it, not this time, not again." S x S.

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Disclaimer: Mei Ling tells me she will never be mine, that sexy chick, no matter what.

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Then she aimed at my chest with love in her eye

I said, she aimed for my chest with love in her eye

- Bang Bang/K-Naan feat. Adam Levine

After a lunch at a cafe nearby, the four of them walked back home, not ready to say goodbye just yet... Tomoyo and the others discussed how they couldn't meet the next day as Tomoyo had a photo shoot the next day, and Mei Ling was meeting a friend.

"Why don't we spend the evening together?" Tomoyo asked Mei Ling.

Syaoran occasionally let his eyes drift to Sakura, only to get caught by Mei Ling's knowing smirk every time.

"Let's go to that place with the musicians, Xiao Lang!"

"Ebony and Ivory?" Sakura and Syaoran said together and then looked at each other.

"You've been there?" Tomoyo asked.

"Uh, yeah, Syaoran took me."

Mei Ling wore a grin that even the Cheshire cat couldn't beat.

"We'll go there then," Mei Ling said. "Tomoyo, dress Sakura up. We meet in three hours!" Mei Ling's eyes met Syaoran's.

Oh boy was he in trouble.

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It didn't matter how many times he looked at her sitting next to him while enjoying the music, it still felt like he was looking at her for the first time.

The strapless midnight blue dress allowed him to see more than he usually could and made him want to scream in agony. Why? Why now, why her?

Song after song, bite after bite his eyes automatically went to her to see what she was doing, what she was eating, as he listened intently to what she was saying. So when she excused herself to go to the restroom, Syaoran didn't bother with secret glances. He sat staring after her as she left. He stared at the spot he'd seen her last for hours, it seemed.

"Where're Tomoyo and Mei Ling?" she asked when she was back. This time when she sat next to him their legs touched briefly, sending a shudder down Syaoran's back.

"I don't know," he told her while trying his best to sound neutral. The last song began and the two of them sat in silence, Sakura watched them and he watched her. He hadn't even realized... when did he start feeling so strongly about her? He'd only known her for a few months now.

Was it that they'd come out together for an intimate dinner? No, Syaoran had been out with her before. He'd been in her house with her before, and he'd never felt like this. That dress, her hair up... made him want to—

"I'll get the bill, why don't you go see where your cousin and Tomoyo are?" she suggested as she gestured for the waiter. As much as he hated leaving her and letting her pay for her dinner, he went to check for the two of them. Lord knows how much trouble they could make out there together.

During his search he realized not once did he think about getting high that day. He smiled; suddenly proud of himself... he didn't even feel like it now. If he could keep this up then living with Mei Ling wouldn't be too difficult.

He went outside the restaurant and made to turn left, and found two girls ways ahead of him. Only, they weren't... dear holy mother Earth.

Syaoran turned around, only to be face to face with Sakura.

"Did you find them?" she asked curiously.

"Uh,"

"Oh, I think I see Mei –" Sakura stopped short. Syaoran looked at what she'd been seeing; the two girls caught up in a frantic kiss that made his insides tighten.

"Oh,"

"Yeah,"

"I didn't realize Mei Ling was—"

"Yeah,"

"I didn't even realize Tomoyo was..."

"It happens to the best of us."

Sakura and Syaoran stood awkwardly, facing each other, trying to avoid the kiss they'd both just seen. He eyed Sakura's lips.

"Did you know?" Sakura asked him. He observed how her lips moved as she spoke.

"I didn't, but I knew about Mei Ling." He told her, now observing how she was shivering. "Are you cold?"

"A little,"

Syaoran sighed as he shrugged off his coat. That flimsy shrug and cardigan weren't enough to keep her warm. Tomoyo and Mei Ling certainly knew how to get the job half done.

"Here,"

"But..."

"I've still got my jacket on." Syaoran told her and put the coat on Sakura before stepping away, suddenly afraid of how good her skin felt against his fingertips. This wasn't good.

"Wow, they're really going at it." Sakura said as Syaoran looked at her. She looked up at him then. Her eyes had him mesmerized.

"You look beautiful today, did I tell you that?" he asked her instead whilst playing with a lock of hair that strayed from her bun.

"Um, you didn't. Thank you." She looked away, revealing the length of her neck. Syaoran couldn't take anymore.

"Mei Ling!" he screamed from his place, Sakura moved behind him. "Isn't that enough PDA for one night?"

Sakura giggled, which made him smile at first, and then groan. Even her giggling sounded irresistible.

"Alright, alright, let's go, you party pooper. No need to get your panties in a twist!"

Tomoyo and Sakura walked ahead in silence while Syaoran tried to look at anything but Sakura.

"See you guys," Tomoyo said with a hug for Syaoran and a kiss (make that kisses) for Mei Ling. Sakura patted his back and smiled at Mei Ling.

"I'll return your coat the next time I see you." She told him before entering her apartment. Both cousins stood in a daze before going home.

"She's wearing your coat," Mei Ling stated. Syaoran ignored her. She continued. "That's gonna have her scent all over it."

Syaoran groaned.

"Do you exist just to torture me?"

Mei Ling grinned and placed a kiss to his cheek, bidding him a good sleep. All he could think about was Sakura, her smile as she left him...

As if there'd be any sleep now.

She shot me, she shot me, bang, bang, she shot me

Me: Ain't love the sweetest, eh Syaoran?

Syaoran: Sweeter than the highest of highs.

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