Orphaned Heart- Chapter Five

Orphaned Heart

Chapter Five

Written By - CetaBabe

Disclaimer: I do not own Card captor Sakura, Clamp does.

Rating: M for language, minor themes and possibly violence in further chapters

Summary: Sakura was an orphan, no-one knew of where she lived, bar her best friend Tomoyo. The populars isolate her because it's rare for her to have a genuine smile, who could blame her; after all, her whole family was dead, plus she was always late. But, when a new boy comes to school and finds out Sakura's secret, what will he do? Mock her? Help her? Reject her? Teach her there's more to life? Make her life hell? or Love her?

Last time: "About you," He muttered, walking towards her, he stopped within inches of her face, "And about Tomoeda..." Sakura was sure her heart stopped beating as Syaoran leant his head forward and whispered in her ear, "Orphanage" Sakura fainted.

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Sakura's eyelids fluttered open and her eyes met with a white ceiling. "Where am I?" Her voice was hoarse and dry. She tried to sit up but she felt a hand on he shoulder pushing her back to the bed.

"You shouldn't sit up so fast, especially after fainting." Sakura turned her head to the voice and saw Syaoran sitting beside the bed with a school book in hand. He put down the book and looked towards her. "How you feeling?" His amber eyes had a genuine care in them, making Sakura blush slightly.

"Fine." She answered. She sat up slowly and took the glass of water that was on the bedside cabinet. She took a sip to hydrate her mouth. She studied the room more closely. Cream curtains surrounded the bed, the chair and cabinet with walking space around each item, on the wall were health poster and graphs. "Medical room." She sighed.

"Good guess." Syaoran muttered, smiling.

"Thanks, but not a guess, a fact. Been in here to many times to count." Sakura stated. "What time is it? And how did you find your way here? It's only your second day."

"About half 1, everyone's having lunch and I a teacher showed me the way when they saw me carrying you. I was told to stay with you since I brought you in." Syaoran said. "Look, Sakura, I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't expect you to faint when I told you that I knew."

"Well how would you feel?" She asked, "Finding out that someone knew the biggest thing you kept secret, yeah, you kinda would over-react." She sighed, "How did you find out any way?" She looked to him.

"You always seemed like you were hiding something painful and after the incident with Ronin, I wasn't sure that you were in a fit state to go home alone, so I kept an eye on you." He replied.

"In other words, you followed me." Sakura accused.

"Not exactly, I walk home the same way, I just follow the main road for longer." Syaoran's head dropped, "And I heard the woman screeching and painful crashes, and when I went towards the building, a lady said it would only make things worse." He looked towards Sakura with a look to say 'only talk if you want to'. Sakura took a deep breath and gulped.

"That woman screeching was Miss Kagu" Sakura started, Explains who she was talking about, Syaoran thought. "Why I'm going to tell you this, I don't know, but I feel like I can trust you, you saved me before. Can I?" She held out her little finger. Syaoran nodded and looped his finger with hers.

"I won't tell, promise." He said, Sakura smiled.

"Thanks, Miss Kagu is the orphan mistress, and the crashes," Her voice started to break, "were this," she lifted up her left jumper sleeve to reveal a deep, bruised cut that went from her elbow to three quarters down her arm, Syaoran's face dropped. Sakura continued, seeing the confusion in Syaoran's eyes. "There are two on my back. When I was three, my mother died. At 7, my father was killed at an archaeological dig, so my brother and I went into care. We got on with our lives, my brother protected my and the other young children, since he was 7 years older, but when he was killed when I was 10, Miss Kagu had no-one to stop her. She made us become like slaves, working us to the bone, beating us when we didn't work hard enough or broke a rule or did something wrong and so on." Syaoran stood up, sat on the edge of the bed to face her and pulled the now crying Sakura into his chest out of impulse.

"Hush now, it's ok," He whispered, "Shh," He flinched slightly when he felt cold metal on his shirt. Sakura giggled slightly and pulled back.

"Sorry," She stopped crying, but her breathing was still a bit heavy. She looked back to her locket and recited the poem. "All the stars in the sky, Shine down for you when you cry. So remember that the ones above, Will always be giving you eternal love." She smiled and clutched her locket to her chest. Syaoran smiled gently as he watched her tuck her locket away.

Suddenly she flinched, making Syaoran jump slightly.

"What is it?" He asked.

"What have you heard?" Sakura asked, Syaoran tilted his head.

"Huh?" He questioned.

"What rumours have you heard about me?" She clarified.

"Only what Ronin and Chiharu and her mates said," He said, "Why?" Sakura sighed from relief.

"Just checking, after my brother was killed, I was always late to school and looking scruffy – thanks to miss Kagu – and quickly the rumours started. Some small like 'look at her, obviously to poor to own a brush' then some horrid ones like Chiharu and her mates said, 'Who were you fucking this time?' Just to clarify, they're not true. Thanks to those rumours, the boys took advantage of it, like Ronin. So please ignore them when you hear them." She explained.

"Sure thing. I didn't believe what I heard anyway, you don't seem like the sort of girl to sleep around." He said, Sakura tilted her head slightly, "You're sweet and innocent, sluts only care about their looks and who's next in their pants," Sakura blushed slightly and giggled at the last comments. Syaoran continued, "Plus, I saw how much you hated Ronin touching you." He smiled to her.

"Thanks, you really cheered me up." Sakura replied.

"I'll be right back, now you're up and active, I'll see if I can get you discharged." He said as he stood from the bed.

"Sure, thanks," Sakura smiled. "And sorry for the trouble."

"No trouble at all, no need to say sorry," Syaoran put an exhausted smile across his face, making Sakura confused, "You really say thanks to much, what's that the 4th time you've said 'thanks' since you woke up." He smiled gently, pushed the curtains out of his way and went to talk to the nurse. Sakura felt her cheeks go red as he walked away. What am I doing? She thought, He knows, he could break his promise and tell the whole school, or he could become worse than the populars. Last time I got close to a boy, he got his brother and brother's friends to kill Touya, his excuse was that Touya was to protective and I needed freedom. She jumped suddenly, CRAP! They get out of prison soon, best check my diary when I get home. I have to protect myself, from them and in case Syaoran does something.

"Come on Sakura," Syaoran pushed the curtains round the rails, "You can go now." Sakura nodded and climbed out of the bed, grabbing her bag and shoes.

As they walked back to class, Syaoran saw the dazed look on Sakura's face. "You ok?" Sakura jolted her head up and put a fake smile on her face.

"Yeah, just thinking about things." She replied.

"Like?" He pestered, "I promised I won't tell anyone you secrets, so spill."

Here goes nothing. She thought and took a deep breath. "I realised when we were in medical, that Touya's killers are getting out of prison soon, I just can't remember the date."

"Touya?" Syaoran asked.

"My brother," Sakura clarified. "When I was 10, I made friends with this boy 2 years older than me, I saw him as a friend, he wanted to be more. Touya was being protective and said that if I didn't want to go further than friends, I didn't have to and that the boy should get lost." Syaoran nodded, understanding. "So the boy, Keiji, told his brother, who went overboard, gathered his friends and... and..." Sakura felt her voice break and blinked back the tears, "They shot him." Syaoran saw the sadness in her eyes and pulled her into a tight embrace.

"It's ok," He whispered softly, "You can cry, you were close to you brother, I can tell." Sakura obliged and felt the tears run down her face, luckily for her – and Syaoran's shirt - it was only a small cry, she recovered herself quickly, She smiled thankfully at him and he just nodded.

As they continued to walk back to class – medical was on the opposite side of the school to their classroom – Sakura noticed a playful on Syaoran's face. "What?" She asked cautiously, "What are you grinning about?" He chuckled.

"I helped you yesterday," He said walking towards her, she backed into the wall. "And brought you into medical when you fainted," Sakura gave him a 'it was your fault though' look, "And let you cry into my shirt, twice." He walked closer to her, inches between their faces. "I think it's time for payback," Sakura gulped and closed her eyes tightly, dreading what she anticipated was coming next, I knew it! She screamed in her mind, He believes the rumours.

He brought his head to be level with her ear, "I..." He said holding her wrist gently, Gentle? Sakura thought, Who is gentle with this? Syaoran continued

"I want..."