Best Friends - Chapter Two

Disclaimer: I don’t own Card Captor Sakura.

Friday

Sakura sighed and pushed away her algebra homework. ‘I’m never going to get this.’ She thought to herself. She yawned and got up to stretch. She glanced at the clock. 8:30. ‘Time to feed Kero.’ She tiptoed down the hallway of the cramped apartment that she shared with her mother. ‘Speaking of which…’ Sakura crept into her mother’s room.

Avalon Jade was sprawled on her Duvet bedspread like a dead spider. Her limbs were everywhere and her hair was nothing more than and tangly mess of auburn curls around her face. Her violet-blue eyes were closed and she looked almost peaceful. Sakura walked over to her mother’s bed and tucked her in. She sighed when she noticed what her hand was curled so protectively over: a half-empty wine glass. She pried this from her fingers and pulled a blanket over her.

Sakura had always loved this room, it was full of pictures of her and her mother, happy and eating ice cream. She had always wondered why she looked nothing like either of her parents. But whenever she asked them about it, they’d all intense and give each other really meaningful looks. After a while, she decided that it didn’t matter as long as they loved her and each other. ‘They don’t even love each other any more.’

Kero, her golden retriever puppy wandered into the room and began to whimper slightly and looked at Sakura with, well, puppy-dog eyes. Sakura nodded and stepped quietly into the hall. When Kero was hungry, he did whatever it took to get food. She poured him a bowl of dog food, set down a plate of meat scraps and had proceeded to fill his water bowl when the phone rang, ripping through the silence like a 2-year-old with paper. She jumped about a mile high, causing some water to spill on the floor. As she ran to the phone, she slipped on the newly made puddle and grabbed the phone on the way down.

“HOE!” She blushed and cleared her throat. “Sorry, I mean, hello?”

“Hello dear Sakura, I’ve missed you.” It was the smooth voice that she had been trying so hard to forget.

“Kai…?”

“Yes.” That voice could still send shivers up her spine and set her heart on fire at the same time.

“What is it that you want?” Kai chuckled, her eighteenth birthday was coming up and she was still so naïve.

“I still love you, Sakura.”

Her breath caught in her throat, and unimaginable joy surged through her very being. She took a deep breath and even so her voice trembled a bit. She could imagine the way his liquid gold eyes would’ve twinkled and the way his hair had a habit of defying gravity. She loved his hair. It was so… interesting.

“I love you too.” On the other end, Kai was smiling insincerely.

“Really? Oh, that’s so good to hear. Well, since we’re back together again how would you like to go to a party with me?”

“Um, actually I have to help a friend of mine plan her party. But, do you want to go?”

“Who’s your friend?”

“Her name’s Tsai Jet. She lives on the Upper West Side. You know, where all the mansions are?”

“Oh, what a coincidence. That’s the party I was just about to ask you to.”

“Cool, see you there. Bye.”

“Goodbye, my love.” Click.

Sakura hugged the phone and twirled around happily. Then she slipped in the same puddle of water for a second time. But she was too busy to care. She came down from her happy high just long enough to mop up the water and decide that she just had to call someone. She needed to share this happiness or she would burst. Her fingers moved over the numbers one the phone as she semi-consciously dialed Syaoran’s cell phone. It range twice but no one picked up. She shrugged. It’s not as if it was something completely major or anything, he was probably busy. Her fingers dialed her other best friend’s cell phone.

“Hello?”

“Oh my gosh Tomoyo guess what?”

“What?” ‘What could make Sakura so happy?’ Her mind answered for her. ‘Well… a lot of things, actually. Maybe she finished all of her math homework by herself or maybe she went through an entire day with out bumping into something or someone or falling or tripping or…

“Me and Kai got back together.” Tomoyo groaned. That wasn’t good news. The bastard just broke her heart and she was accepting him back with open arms. It was times like these that Tomoyo wished she hadn’t skipped a grade and gotten into college on dress designing scholarship. Because if she wasn’t so far away she would’ve made Sakura see what a player Kai was. He was just taking advantage of her.

“Sakura-” Tomoyo began.

“What?”

“Don’t you think this is a bad idea? From my perspective I don’t think he really likes you and-“ Sakura sighed resignedly.

“I guess you’re right Tomoyo but, he just makes me feel so… I don’t know…beautiful, sexy, smart?”

“But Sakura, that just proves he’s a total liar.” Tomoyo teased.

Sakura laughed. “Yeah, I guess you’re right, Tomoyo. Well, I’ve gotta plan a party tomorrow so I’ll call you later ‘kay?”

“Yeah, thanks for callin’. Night Saku.” Only her best friends were allowed to call her by her nicknames; Tomoyo called her ‘Saku’ and Syaoran called her ‘Saki’.

“Night Moyo.”

And that was the last thing Sakura remembered doing before falling asleep smiling.

Saturday, The Party.

The party was loud. If she could, she would’ve driven far, far away from here. As it so happened, she crashed into a tree the day after she got her G1 and completely totaled her father’s favorite Bentley. Needless to say, her father forbade her from coming anywhere near his cars. Which would’ve been fine, except all of the cars that the Tsai household had belonged to her father.

Katana sighed and rolled over in her mattress. She buried her head in a pillow and prayed for sleep to come.

Sakura

She was exhausted. The whole time she had been there, Jet was nowhere to be seen. If one of the helpers knew where Jet was they didn’t say anything. They just obeyed Sakura’s requests quietly and without opinion. She had been running around all afternoon and she wasn’t wearing the proper shoes. The Tsai mansion was HUGE. Her feet ached and her back hurt. All she wanted to do was sleep, so that’s what she did. She walked, half-conscious, down the hall and collapsed into a spare bedroom. She was asleep before she hit the pillows.

Jet

Jet was actually sunning her herself on the roof while she let Sakura take care of everything else. She couldn’t be a good hostess if she was al tired now could she be? At around 7:30 Jet wandered back into the house, took a shower and got ready for the party. She slipped on her favorite strapless silky black dress it hugged her curves and brought out the color of her envy green eyes. And went downstairs to greet the guests. About fifteen minutes later, the house was already almost full to the capacity. And Syaoran was still nowhere to be seen. Her first thought was that he was blowing her off for Sakura, but then she realized that Sakura was still in her house. He’s probably here already. She smiled and several girls stepped out of her way. She wanted him, and she wanted him bad.

Syaoran

After picking up and dropping off Ayisha and Hakaru at the party, he parked the car and went in search of his girlfriend. When he entered the house, however, he realized that this would not be so easy. I guess I’ll just walk around aimlessly until I find her.

About half and hour later, he was still looking for Jet when he caught sight of Jet nearby. He caught her wrist and spun her around before hugging her close. She tensed but then took a deep breath and recognized her boyfriend’s distinguishable scent. She pulled back just far enough to kiss him.

“Hey, come upstairs I wanna show you something.” She said breathlessly.

“Okay.” He said, slightly puzzled but eager. She took his hand and led him upstairs.

Ayisha

She was having a horrible time. She was at the bar watching her boyfriend and some golden-eyed boy drink shots of Whiskey at the bar. Apparently it was some kind of contest of wills or whatever. Whoever could drink the most shots owed the other twenty bucks. If someone puked ten bucks would be added to the deal until they could drink no more. After an hour, they were still at it, getting thoroughly wasted while Ayisha amused herself by staring at the other boy’s hair. It stuck out everywhere and would’ve looked extremely messy if it was so totally cool. It seemed to defy gravity and poke people as they walked past. But after a while even that got boring. So Ayisha hopped off her stool, and decided to walk home or find Katana, whichever came first.

Syaoran

He was sitting on Jet’s black-and-white bedspread, waiting for her to return from where ever she went off to. His eyes were closed because she said that if he peeked he wouldn’t get his ‘surprise’.

“Now you can look.” He did. He almost fainted with shock because there, in front of him was Jet. In nothing but the skin she was born in. She lowered her hand and discreetly switched on the camera behind the door.

“What are you doing?” He asked as she slinked towards him.

“I thought we could take our relationship to the next level.” She whispered breathiliy as she began to nibbled his ear expertly, this wasn’t her first time. Obviously.

Suddenly he pushed her off of him. He couldn’t do it, not when her breath reaked of alcohol. He couldn’t take advantage of her.

“You’re drunk,” He muttered. “I can’t, not now.”

And with that he dashed out of the room so fast that he almost bumped into someone walking down the hall.

“Sorry.” He mumbled, not taking time to actually try to make it sound like he meant it.

Kai

He was at the bar, knocking back whiskey shots when his partner realized that his girlfriend had left.

“Shit.” His companion cursed. It was thirty minutes after that tawny-eyed girl left and he just noticed now. Kai rolled his eyes, what an idiot, she’s probably gonna dump him real soon. “I gotta go man, my girl’s gonna yell bloody murder but if I find her right now maybe she’ll forgive me.”

“It’s cool man, good luck with that.”

“Yeah, we’ll continue this later man.”

“Yup. YO by the way, what’s your name?”

“Hitoshi Hakaru. You?”

“Name’s Honjii-Mou Kai. Call me Honjii.” He stuck out his hand. “Nice to meet you, again.” He chuckled like it was the funniest thing in the world.

“Yeah.” He shook his hand. “Later Honjii.”

After Hakaru left, Kai realized that he really had to the bathroom. He ran upstairs. When he exited the washroom, he saw Syaoran running toward him. At first he thought he was going to rip him to shreds with his bare hands. But as he got nearer Kai saw that Syaoran looked like he’d seen a ghost. He was in such a rush that he said “Sorry,” without breaking his stride or looking up.

Naturally, he was curious. He was drunk and had trouble even walking up the stairs, but he was still curious. He staggered down the hall to the door that was left slightly ajar. He pushed open the door and was met by the sight of a completely naked green-eyed angel. She didn’t even seem to notice him until he gasped.

Jet

Syaoran practically ran out of the room and she was left standing where he had pushed her off with her mouth open. She looked up at a sound, half hoping Syaoran changed his mind. She looked shocked at a very handsome young man standing in her doorway. She studied him for a minute, her eyes taking in his football player’s build, sexy mouth and his eyes. Oh wow, his eyes. They were like looking into endless pools of swirling liquid gold or the dark side of the sun. After a minute her brain registered that she was nude in front a really hot someone. Her first instinct was to cover herself up and begin stuttering. But then she remembered how Syaoran had embarrassed her just now. She wanted revenge. So she sat back and let her lustful side take over.

She grabbed him and started kissing and pushing him towards the bed and undressing him at the same time. When he was as naked as he was, she pushed him on the bed and threw herself down on top of him, not noticing that red camera light was still on.