A Love Story - Chapter Fourteen

A Love Story by Aneko-chan

Summary: Kinomoto Sakura is a 16 year old tomboy and a very beautiful one. Even though she was a tomboy, the whole male population would swoon around her and would ask her out. She rejects them. But then one day her father tells her that she’s engaged to a certain boy called Li Syaoran.

Chapter 14: The Truth

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Sakura couldn’t sleep at all. She had been thinking the whole night about what he meant. What he said. Was this his plan or something? To get her confused like a complete maniac? Did he want her dead? She wanted to hear it out of him. The truth. What’s he trying to do?

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As she walked to school, Tomoyo ran to Sakura.

“SAKURA-CHANN!” Sakura looked up in shock.

“Is there something the matter? Tomoyo-chan?” Tomoyo panted and panted.

“…Yumiko’s not in school today!” Sakura raised an eyebrow.

“…so? Do I look like I care?” Tomoyo shook her head.

“T-that’s not all! Rumor has it, she broke her nose!” Sakura blinked and then let out a laugh.

“Are you serious? That bimbo got her nose broke? How the hell did she do that? Fell down the stairs?” She wiped a tear off of her eye as she continued walking. Tomoyo followed.

“Eh…well…Machiko-chan did it.” Sakura stopped and looked directly at Tomoyo.

“Machiko-san?” Tomoyo looked around.

“Well…it was what me and Eriol asked her to do to Yumiko the next time she sees her…” Sakura eyed her.

“…go on.”

“We asked Machiko to…give Yumiko a beating. Unfortunately, Machiko-chan only gave Yumiko a punch in the face.” Sakura looked away and continued to walk.

“So that’s what happened.’’ Tomoyo gave her a puzzled look.

“What do you mean?”

“I meant that time when you three talked in secret leaving me behind in the cafeteria yesterday.” Tomoyo caught up with Sakura.

“I’m sorry Sakura-chan. I thought you wouldn’t like the idea so we asked her secretly.” Sakura gave a snicker.

“Are you kidding me? I would SO like the idea! That bimbo needed to be taught a lesson.” She smiled at Tomoyo. “But that’s no reason to keep this from me. Aren’t we best friends and cousins?” Tomoyo sniffled.

“I…I’M SO SORRY SAKURA-CHAN!” She cried as she hugged Sakura as tight as she could.

“Tomoyo…you..can stop now.” She said, choking and turning blue at the same time. Tomoyo quickly let go.

“I’m just glad you’re okay.” Tomoyo smiled. Sakura smiled back.

I’m not okay. Not after that stupid confession of his. She thought silently. I’m going to give that jerk a piece of my mind!

But when she saw him walking to class in school, she stopped. It seems she can’t give him a piece of her mind. Yet. She blushed as she remembered last night’s incident. She shook her head. She can’t do this. He hurt her enough. She’s supposed to be over him. Over…him.

Tomoyo looked at Sakura.

“Sakura-chan, are you okay? Or is your fever still here?!” She asked as she quickly put her hand to her forehead. Sakura sighed.

“I’m okay Tomoyo-chan. There’s no need to worry about me.” She walked into the classroom. Her emerald eyes skimmed through the class until she locked eyes with amber eyes. She glared at him and then took her seat along with Tomoyo.

Syaoran frowned as she glared at him. Did he do something wrong? Not that he can think of it. Or probably what he said last night.

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It’s a good thing Yumiko’s not here today. After hearing the rumors, even he couldn’t believe his ears. He almost laughed in front of her friends. Which is not good.

He thought of what she said last time.

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“You know, haven’t Kinomoto-san been in danger a couple of times before? And I wonder how that could’ve happened.” Syaoran’s eyes widened and quickly glared at her.

“Don’t tell me that it’s-” Yumiko stopped his sentence.

“So what if it’s me? I didn’t do anything wrong. She’s not going to die just because of those incidents.”

“INCIDENTS? Are you crazy? Or are you on crack? You almost KILLED her!! Did you know she couldn’t swim? And you pushed her off the cliff!” Yumiko scoffed.

“That girl probably lied. She can swim. She’s faking.”

“Oh I don’t think she’s faking.” Yumiko looked at him.

“…continue to be with her and we’ll see what happens in the future.” Syaoran glared at her.

“You wouldn’t dare.” Yumiko flicked a piece of her hair back.

“Oh I would. But…if you start to go out with me, then they’ll be free of danger.” Syaoran gave her a suspicious look.

“They?” Yumiko pretended to be surprised.

“Oh my! I didn’t tell you? If you continue being with her or have any secret affairs with her, not Kinomoto, but everyone around you will be in danger. Including your family, future father in law and brother in law. Oh Syao-kun, don’t glare at me like that. I’m the kind of person who wants people to listen to her. Do you get it. Syao-kun?”

“…what kind of danger are you talking about?”

“The kind where they can die and I’m not talking about being in the hospital injured or recovering from wounds. I mean die as in ‘they will die’.”

“…So all you want is for me to go out with you and dump Sakura?” Yumiko whistled lightly.

“Somewhat. Listen here Li Syaoran. I don’t want you anywhere near Kinomoto once we do go out. I don’t want you talking to her unless it’s either for homework or related to school. If you can do something like that, no one’s going to be hurt. Okay?” Syaoran’s eyes gave her a deathly glare.

“…fine. If I hear anything about my family getting into an accident or Sakura, you’re dead. Got it?” Yumiko grinned.

“Then you got yourself a deal.”

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He sighed. It’s painful to be not near her. Being her enemy is weird enough but for him to say something like that last night is way too overboard. He hopes he has a chance today to tell her what he meant. The bell rang and everyone got up and left. He looked around and noticed Sakura was staring at him.

“…what?” Sakura looked calm.

“What the hell do you mean ‘I really do love you’?” Syaoran sighed and ruffled his messy hair.

“Now’s not the time to talk about this.” He said and left the entrance. He stopped when he heard Sakura’s reply.

“Then we’ll talk about this after school! I’m going to wait for you so you’ll not escape. I want to know the truth. I want to know why.” Syaoran didn’t look back. He left the classroom and proceeded to his next class. Sakura frowned.

Stupid attitude of his. She walked out as well, proceeding to her next class.

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Machiko smiled the whole day. Many people had wondered why. Machiko rarely smiles the whole day and doing that made people shiver.

Machiko noticed Eriol and Tomoyo. She ran happily to them.

“Hey!” Both the teenagers noticed her and smiled back.

“Wow you seem really happy.” Eriol said. Tomoyo grinned.

“You’re probably happy that you actually punched Yumiko in the face.” Machiko put her hands to her waist.

“Of course! Who wouldn’t? I mean, I feel like a completely different person!” Eriol looked at her and then at the people.

“I think that’s why the people around you were staring at you like your weird.” Machiko scoffed.

“Who cares what others think? As long as something good happens, people’ll smile no matter their personality.” Tomoyo nodded.

“True.” Machiko looked around.

“By the way, where’s Sakura?” Tomoyo smiled.

“She said she had something to do after school so she couldn’t walk home with us.” Machiko nodded.

“Then let’s walk home then shall we?” All three teenagers smiled happily as they chatted about random things.

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Sakura waited until her three friends had left the school. She made sure that a particular chestnut haired fellow hasn’t left the school yet. As they left, she went to search for him. How hard can it be to find a tall and handsome guy? It took her a couple of minutes to find him. He was preparing to leave.

“Wait!” Syaoran turned around as he stopped before the entrance.

“What?” Sakura glared at him.

“Don’t ‘what’ me! You know why I’m here.” Syaoran looked away as he pushed open the front doors. Sakura followed.

“What? You’re here to go to school. Aren’t I right?” Sakura glared at him once more.

“Yes but that’s another thing. I need to know why you said that!” Syaoran scoffed.

“Save that for later. I told you, now’s not the time.” He said as he left the school and is on his way home. Sakura followed him.

“I’m not going home until you tell me why!” Syaoran stopped for a moment and glared at her.

“Did I ever tell you that you are a very annoying person?” Sakura smirked.

“I’m sorry but I don’t think you did.” Syaoran growled at her and continued to walk.

“Leave me alone.” He said. I can’t tell her right now.

“No I won’t! I said, I’m not going home until you tell me why and that means I’m going to follow you everywhere!” Syaoran stopped towards a red light. He sighed.

“Your dad and brother will be worried if you don’t go home.” Sakura scoffed.

“They’ll understand. So then, why won’t you tell me? Are you trying to kill me with words or something? If that’s your plan, you’ve done a very good job with that.” Syaoran stared at her.

“…” Sakura couldn’t take it anymore.

“Why aren’t you answering me? WHY? I don’t get what you’re thinking! First you said you never loved me, then a couple days later, you said you always loved me! Is this supposed to be some kind of trick? Because if it is, I HATE IT! I HATE YOU! ESPECIALLY YOU LI SYAORAN!”

“Can you shut up? You have such a big mouth.” He said, looking towards the red light which is quickly turning to green light. Once green light, he started to walk across the street. Sakura stopped him in the middle of walking.

“I…hate you so much that it hurts! I love you so much but I can’t seem to hate you…” She said silently, tears forming. Syaoran stared at her and then his eyes softened. He held onto Sakura’s shoulders.

“Sakura…the truth is…Yumiko…she threatened me with your life and others.” He said. Sakura’s eyes widened.

“Don’t tell me the reason why you dumped me and everything is because of that?” Syaoran looked away. Sakura glared and pouted.

“You’re such a baka.” Syaoran turned to her.

“…what?”

“I called you a baka. That’s what. Even if that ugly bimbo threatened you or others, so what? We all can try our best to protect each other. Not hurt each other. Isn’t that what fiancées do?” She asked as she smiled. Syaoran tilted his head.

“Sakura…when did you become this soft?” Sakura blinked.

“Are you trying to say I was a violent person then?” Syaoran nodded. Sakura laughed.

“I still am! Baka, you should know that best.” Syaoran rolled his eyes.

“Alright already, I’ll go dump Yumiko and come back to you already happy, sweetie?” Sakura glared at him.

“No name calling.” Syaoran frowned.

“Then what’s the point in going back to being fiancées?” Sakura turned away.

“It feels weird.” Syaoran smirked behind her.

“Well get used to it.” Sakura turned crimson red. Although she’s glad he doesn’t see her blush, it’s still embarrassing to be called ‘sweetie’ in public places.

“…Sakura.” Sakura blinked as she stared at Syaoran. His face is now serious as he looked at something…or someone. She followed his gaze and glared.

“Yumiko.” Syaoran said. Yumiko stood there, on the sidewalk with a bandage on her nose. Watching them. Her crimson eyes glared at them both.

“You broke the deal Syaoran. I trusted you.” Sakura looked at Syaoran.

“What deal?” Syaoran shook his head.

“It’s nothing.” Yumiko shifted her gaze to Sakura.

“You. You’re the cause of everything. I hate you. You took him away from me.” Sakura rolled her eyes.

“Excuse me? I think it’s quite the opposite.” Yumiko’s eyes glazed.

“I really loved Syaoran. I did all those methods just to get my hands on him. Even if it somewhat also for the money but…I really loved him.” Syaoran gave a disgusted look at her.

“You’re unbelievable.” Yumiko laughed.

“Didn’t I say that if you were to end up with Kinomoto again, something bad’s going to happen?” Syaoran’s grip on Sakura’s shoulder tightened. Sakura looked at him worriedly.

“You can’t do anything. I’m here and I’ll protect her.” Sakura looked at Yumiko.

“And I’m here to protect him!” Yumiko frowned and then glared at her.

“This is all your fault. Kinomoto Sakura, you’ve ruined my life so much I HATE YOU! DIE!” She yelled out as she snapped her fingers. Sakura and Syaoran gave the confused look until they both noticed the green light turned into the red light (which means no walking allowed and they ARE standing in the middle of the road). Once this happened, Yumiko grinned evilly.

“This is going to be your new graveyard, Kinomoto.” She said harshly. “I have people willing to help me kill you. Of course I’m paying them.” Sakura glared.

“You’re on CRACK!” Yumiko scoffed.

“Not really.” She said and watched as the car she has assigned to kill Sakura speeded in fast motion towards the couple.

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Sakura turned around to see what’s happening.

She felt hands pushing her out of the way.

She felt tears flowing down as she opened her mouth.

“NO!”

She bumped into Yumiko as both of them fell down into the ground.

CRASH

She saw blood. Lots of it. She screamed.

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