EPISODE 7
Sakura's Point Of View
My face burned in embarrassment as it was mushed against Syaoran's. And right after I told Meiling I'd never do anything like this...!I turned my head away, or tried to, but I just got a bunch of Syaoran slobber on my cheek, and then my head was forced back to it's original position. "Rrrrgh..." I tried pushing upwards, but the chains binding us together held me down. Argh!! #$#%^%%$%^#%%!!!! Someone come help me...er, us...!
Footsteps rushed towards us. Two pairs of hands started untying the chains as best they could. At one point, something went snap, and I was hoping it was something on Syaoran.
Finally, the chains were undone as best they could. I rolled off of Syaoran, pouncing up immediately. "IDIOT!" I hissed to him. "Pay attention to how far you go!"
He sat up, blushing his face off. "So now this is my fault!? How about you, being so fat that you get dragged right onto me!?"
"AGHHH!!! I AM NOT FAT!!! THATS GETTING OLD NOW!!! AND YES, IT IS YOUR FAULT!!!!" I was hysterical now. I looked over to Meiling, and her eyes were onyx, piercing mine. I turned to her. "Meiling, I..."
"Save it," she hissed back, cutting me off. She ran off out of the building, followed by the Young Lord.
"Meiling, wait! I'm sorry!" I tried to call out to her, but she was already gone. I looked at Lord Yoshida.
After a million years, he finally got what I was trying to say to him. "Oh, er, this party has taken quite a turn, and now, it shall end," he waved everyone away, and it sounded like he muttered, "Before someone dies..."
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I pounded on Meiling's door. "Meiling! Please! Open up! I'm sorry! It wasn't my fault! Please, don't be mad!" I yelled, hoping she would hear me, and listen. But the door didn't budge, and nothing changed in the house. The cold of the night made my nose numb as tears came to my eyes. She hates me...
My face must have looked really pitiful, because Syaoran spoke for the first time since the party. "Just leave her. She'll come to... I'm sure you're a good friend to her," He sounded embarrassed to say this.
I bit my quivering lip as the tears came down my cheeks in a flood. I heard Syaoran 'eep'. He probably wasn't used to seeing me cry. After a pause, I felt his hand on my shoulder. "Hey, c'mon. Don't cry. It'll be okay, Sakura. Really." He wheeled me around to look at him. His gaze met mine, and it was serious. One corner finally turned up before he spoke. "You're kinda cute when you smile, even without that dress."
What? I thought. Then I thought of Meiling, and all the good memories we'd shared. The tears poured harder, and I lost myself to my emotions. I needed comfort from the nearest thing.
I jumped into Syaoran's arms suddenly, which startled him. I felt his face grow warmer as he said, "H-hey, think before you act!"
"Sh-sh-shut u-u-up..." I sobbed into his chest. I heard him take in breath for a protest, but it never came out. He gave up, and wrapped his arms around me to keep me from freezing to death in my skimpy dress. I guess he's a nice guy when he wants to be...
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Syaoran's Point of View
"Syaoran....Syaoran...." Sakura's voice called my name, almost whining. I opened one eye.
"Yes?" She looked at me with a creased brow, but her face held worry. I frowned. "Izzit another dream about Meiling?" It was only the day after the party, Meiling was still holed up in her home, and Sakura was already having bad dreams about it. But, she shook her head.
"I....hafta go to the bathroom," she whispered, looking away as she blushed.
"Erk." I opened the other eye. She had already gotten off the bed to come walk over to me, who was sleeping on the floor as far away from the bed as I could get. We'd been hoping this problem wouldn't arise, but, alas, it was inavoidable. "....W-we'll figure it out somehow...." I rubbed the back of my head as I stood up.
We walked down the hall silently. She half stepped into the bathroom, then suddenly slammed the door, right on the chain. "Agh..! That was really close to my hand, stupid!"
"I was trying to see if it would break," she whined. I heard the chain snag, and she groaned, opening the door again. She glared at me. "Come in," she demanded. "There's no other way." She pulled closer to the toilet.....I gulped. "T-turn around, you...!" She blushed.
I whipped around, closing my eyes and trying to concentrate on other things. The hot girl at the party....the hot girl at the party... but it wasn't working. Psssssh! I heard behind me. The colour rose in my face. THE FRIKKING HOT GIRL AT THE PARTY!!!! NOT SAKURA PEEING!! AARRRGGH, NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! The toilet flushed, and she washed her hands. We went back to our room without a sound, not looking at each other. I crawled even further away (I hoped...) to lie down. Sleep never came.
I just sat there for an hour, thinking. "....Syaoran?" Sakura's voice caught me by surprise.
"Er....yeah?" I replied, heat in my cheeks.
".....Do you not like me?"
What? "Er......no comment."
She shifted around to face me; I knew this because I had already done so. "Seriously. I mean.... I can start liking you. Like, a friend I mean!" she added urgently when my eyebrows rose. I sat there, stunned by her random question. "I mean, people usually tell me I'm really nice, like some people from Tomoeda did, and the school. But....." she looked away, embarrassed. "I feel like I haven't been fair to you. One run in, and I hated you. So.... I'm sorry. If you want, we can really try at being friends." she didn't turn her head, just shifted her eyes to look at me.
"Uhmm....okay," I replied stupidly. She smiled meakly.
"Sorry I had to drag you through my washroom process....." she added, flopping down and turning away again. "And for crying on you."
I grinned. It was weird, but I did. "It's okay. It's been a while since I've hugged someone....it was nice," I told her, and immediately regretted it. I slapped my hand over my mouth, sitting up as my face caught fire. (hell no, not literally, stupid)
".....how am I supposed to take that?"
"I-it didn't come out the way it was supposed to...! I meant, it was nice to hug someone again!! Not like....." My shoulders drooped as I broke off. Sakura pretended to be asleep. I lay back down again, muttering, "sorry...."
Believe it or not, I dreamt of Sakura.
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I woke up, troubled. Sakura, of all things? Why dream of her? I suddenly slapped my forehead and ran my hand down my face. Don't tell me--
"Syaoran?" Sakura called. I looked over at her. She was reading, leaning against the propped up pillow on her bed. "Did you just get up?...Why are you slapping yourself?"
"Oh, er, good morning, I just got up yes, and I had a....strange... dream, so I was slapping myself in realization of what it might mean." My sentence was rushed, and Sakura just blinked in response. I sighed. "I'm sorry for keeping you here... I know you can't move very far because of the chains, and I wake up late..."
She smiled. "It's okay, I really enjoy reading. I'm reading a romance story, it's really good..." she sighed as she finished the page of her book, then slammed it shut. "I wish I could have a boyfriend who was always close to me, and loved me...."
I felt my face go red, but I scolded myself. Why should you go red, Syaoran? She doesn't have those feelings for you....and you don't have those feelings for her.....right? I knit my brows in frustration, biting my bottom lip. Why does life hafta be so confusing...? The chain tugged.
"Are you gunna sit there trying to chew your lip off all day or what?" Sakura laughed. I was surprised to find that she was already dressed. She noticed I was staring. "I took advantage of your sleeping time to get dressed. But if you peeped, I'll..." she trailed off, evil glinting in her eyes.
I laughed weakly, seriously afraid of what she would do to me. "Haha, yeah....I mean, no, no!!! I was sleeping the whole time!!"
"Well...I'll go back to my book and look the other way, to see if you can get changed..." she looked away, troubled.
"Er....yeah..."
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The week went by in a flash. It was torture, I tell you. I had to, like, meditate to keep myself from looking at Sakura in the bath. And she took a long friggin time in there, too.
It was the next Saturday at last, and Sakura was gathering her things for the bath. Speak of the devil... I thought coldly. "Okay, I'll go...start now..." She pranced off into the bathroom, or loo (hi, ChellyBabyXP) , dragging me behind her. The water started, and I instantly looked away.
I sung to myself for a while.
"You have a really nice singing voice, you know," Sakura said suddenly. I blinked. She hadn't usually talked to me in the bath.
"Wh-what? Crap! I thought I was singing in my head..."
She laughed. "It's okay, I like that song. I-EEEKKK!!!!!!" She randomly screamed.
"What!?!?" I jumped up and turned around, summoning lightning at my finger tips.
Sakura glared at me, her face completely red. She splashed back down into the water, her hands covering her chest. "It was just a spider." she said coldly. "You didn't hafta look."
Colour and heat rose to my face. "I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I'm s-s-s-s-sorry, I-I thought you...were in...trouble...." I dropped back down to the floor, turning around. I heard the plash of water, and thought I'd try to make it up to her by handing her her towel.
Big mistake.
I picked up the towel, but didn't turn around of course. I swished my hand back to give it to her, but I hit skin. Eep! "You...little... PERVERT!!!!!!!!!!" Sakura screamed. I twisted my head a little to find that my hand rested on her naked ass.
Slap!!
Her hand mark was there for a few hours.
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Ding dong! I heard the door bell ring. I looked out the window to see that Eriol and Tomoyo had dragged Meiling over here. I got up and looked over at Sakura sheepishly. She glared back at me.
We got up at the same time to answer the door. We rushed downstairs, eager to break the silence with the help of our friends. I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror to make sure that the hand-mark was gone. It was...just a faint trace left. I sighed.
Sakura opened the door. Tomoyo hugged her. "What are you doing here?"
"We're all going to have a sleepover here!!" Tomoyo replied excitedly, Eriol smiling in the background.
"Wait....all of us?" I butted in. Eriol nodded. Sakura stepped on my foot. "Ow! Hey, I'm sorry, okay?! I didn't mean to, I thought you were in trouble, and then I tried to make it up to you by handing you a towel but---it was an accident, I swear!!!!"
She frowned at me. Then she looked at Meiling, who wasn't even watching our house. "Meiling?" she whispered. Meiling didn't move. Tomoyo and Eriol marched on in, dragging Meiling along. I hadn't actually noticed that it was dark until now.
"Well, hey, aren't you supposed to ask permission before you have a sleepover at someone else's house?" I said irritably. Sakura nodded.
"You always hafta be the one to ruin the fun," Eriol noted, sticking his tongue out at me. He was pulling us along by grabbing the chain in the middle. "We'll all be staying in the big guest room," he told Kaoru as we raced by.
Tomoyo kicked open the door and Eriol threw us all in. Clearly, this was all planned out. We all plopped down on the floor.
Sakura sighed, giving in. "Okay, what shall we do?"
Tomoyo and Eriol exchanged a mischievous glance before Tomoyo answered, "Truth or Dare." I blinked. Truth or Dare...?"You all know how to play, right?" Everyone nodded. "Kay great! Let's start! Eriol, ask Meiling?"
He nodded. "Meiling, truth or dare?"
She hesitated. "Truth."
A glint flashed across his eyes. "Who do you like?" She didn't bother with 'truth or dare?'
She blushed. ".....Syaoran." she said, looking at me. I blushed too. Since when....? Sakura rolled her eyes. I smirked and whispered, "Jealous?" She gave me the finger, but no one saw. Meiling glared at me. Oops...I probably pissed her off even more just now...
"Meiling," Eriol told her. "It's your turn."
Meiling turned to me. "Who do you like, Sakura?" she asked, doing that weird bobbly head thing.
Sakura's eyebrows raised. "No one....maybe the young lord, though..." Disappointment stabbed through me, and I gasped at myself. Am I....getting feelings for...?
"Tomoyo, truth or dare?" Sakura asked, turning to her friend.
"Dare."
Sakura pondered for a minute, then smiled slowly, evilly. "I dare you to kiss Eriol."
"What!?" Tomoyo lashed.
"It's okay with me," Eriol added, throwing a warm smile at Tomoyo. She blushed, and nodded.
They turned towards each other, Eriol smiling and Tomoyo blushing. Usually she was calm and collected. I grinned. Looks like Eriol has a fan club, too...Tomoyo looked frozen, so Eriol leaned forward and greeted her lips rather warmly. The rest of us blushed at how happy they looked. I was possibly disgusted.
Eriol took over for the red-faced Tomoyo. "Syaoran, truth or dare?"
I hesitated. If I say truth, I risk having to say I possibly like Sakura...but...oh, what the hell. "Dare." I answered finally.
He pondered his choices. "Okay....I dare you too.... tell Sakura you love her, then make out."
'You are f*cking evil' I wanted to say. I shook my head so only he'd notice, but he said, "You hafta do it. Don't worry. We won't tell. And it's not like yo do."
I looked at Sakura, who was looking away. "What about her?"
"What about me?" Eriol said. I glared at him before tearing my face away to look at Sakura, whom Tomoyo had nudged to face me. She glanced up at me, blushing.
I cleared my throat. "I....loveyouSakura." I rushed, the colour rushing to my face, making me feel light headed, wanting to cry. I closed my eyes, opened them, and then leaned forward to Sakura, who looked kind of worried. I was so close to her lips.
"Ah, ah, ah," Eriol said, approaching. "Make out, I say, boy, get some balls," he shoved me into Sakura, and she landed underneath me, but we had managed to keep our lips apart. I inclined my neck, but Eriol shoved my whole body down onto hers. I ground my teeth, thinking perverted little...
CRASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! --!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Thats the Tomoeda siron...!" Tomoyo gasped. "They're in trouble!"
I immediately rolled off of Sakura, embarrassment rolling away as well. Tomoeda was in trouble, this was serious! I opened the big window in the room, and jumped out. "Wings!" I shouted as I fell. Feathers brushed past my face as my body steadied in the air. I focused on going to the source- which was huge. The others jumped out after me. (well, Sakura was dragged out...) Soon after, I could see what was stomping around.
A gigantic Japanese dragon thrashed around Tomoeda, and I gripped my sword tighter. It turned its head to me. I growled. Sakura came level with me. "Syaoran, we hafta work together on this...!"
I nodded. "I think we're getting along well now, I told her, zooming ahead. She looked confused about whether I was serious or sarcastic, but shot off with me.
"YOOOOOUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!" I yelled to the dragon. It turned its body to me. Fire welled in its mouth, drooling lava. Eriol, Meiling and Tomoyo went for that to block it from the citizens and district itself.
Dragon threw its head back then forth. Sakura circled me. Fire blasted out of its mouth with the forward motion. Sakura froze at the sight of it.
"Sakura, move!!!!" I yelled. She didn't. How dare she disobey me! My wings thrust me towards her; I grabbed her and bowled her off to the side, out of the fire's path.
"Sorry," she whispered franticly. "Fear of fire."
"Okay. So, to beat it, we'll do this...." I told her the plan softly into her ear--dragons were said to have good hearing and understand humans. "Got it?" I said, pulling away. She nodded and gripped her staff.
As I had predicted, the dragon was getting ready for another fire bomb. It shot it, and Sakura summoned the shield and reflect cards. I quickly shot past and plastered some ofuda onto it. The fire went into the shi-flect (?Henh?) thingy, and Sakura was protected. After a few seconds, the fire suddenly whizzed out of it, going back to the dragon. I threw more ofuda onto the flames- they made zapping sounds and the flames grew bigger, going straight into the monster.
It fell back. "You guys!!!" I yelled to the others. Meiling sliced up the dragon at an amazing speed, followed by Eriol, who used the wind to collect them together, and finally Tomoyo burned them, leaving nothing but ashes that were carried away by a gust of [Eriol's artificialheheh] wind.
Everything was a blur after that.
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I woke up. Everyone surrounded me, including Sakura. They looked happy.
"Uh??" I asked stupidly.
"You guys finally learned how to work together!!" Meiling beamed at me.
"Whoa."
"Yea, me and Sakura are okay now. It's okay if you don't want me, I almost feel different after confessing. Plus I've got the Young Lord," she added, winking to Sakura.
"...Great." I looked at Sakura. Friends? Her voice flashed through my head. I nodded.
She dragged me up off of the ground, and held my hand. "I'd like to announce that we are now officially friends!!" She said, laughing. A mock cheer went up from the others. I laughed. Forgetting the incident the other...time? I thought to Sakura. She looked at me. Yea, I guess. She smiled.
As she chatted with the others, I stared at her. Strangely....I feel like I want to be more than friends, suddenly.
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