Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Cherry Blossoms Bloom Every Spring ❯ Distressing News ( Chapter 4 )

Cherry Blossoms Bloom Every Spring

By: Sorano

Chapter Four

Disclaimer: CCS does not belong to me, just like it doesn't belong to anybody else on this site. It belongs to the talented CLAMP and Kodansha.A/N: Gomen, minna! I know it's been more than two months, hasn't it? I've been very busy, June's a busy month, you know. And I've been feeling uninspired. But here is the next chapter at last, enjoy! Looking after a baby is tiring work. At times Sakura was tempted to hire a babysitter, but remembered how much she had hated them as a kid, and she wanted to raise her kid herself. Completely by herself. She'd show everyone she could do it. Sakura became a high school dropout, unable to look after Meling and keep out with her schoolwork. Her father took it easier than she expected. He must've understood, Nadeshiko was so young, too. It came as a surprise to her when she realized what Fujitaka must be going through. Nadeshiko had died so young. He didn't want Sakura to completely turn out like her. "I might take night school or something in a few years," she told Fujitaka one day. "And when Meling is a bit older, and Syaoran is able to help more, I'll take some college courses, just like you want me to. I'm trying, Otousan! I really am!" Fujitaka had hugged her and told her he was proud of her. Some afternoons, Syaoran would take Meling, and Sakura was able to go out by herself. These afternoons were a blessing for her. As much as she loved her baby, some freedom and quiet was wonderful. It was one of those afternoons when Sakura decided to finally find out who the father was. The question had been bothering her for a long time now, and poor Syaoran certainly deserved to know. Sakura caught the twelve-twenty bus down to the hospital. Earlier that day she had stopped by the houses of some of her previous partners. She couldn't track down them all, considering ho many she had picked up at bars or buses, but she did the best she could. She had to collect samples from them, self-blood tests (most of them were junkies anyway and used to it), and then bring the samples to the hospital with her. They gave her heck about it, and most of them tried to get her with them again, but Sakura was firm. She was a reformed person. Her stomach was tied in knots the whole way to the hospital. Did she really want to know this? How could this affect her life? Or Meling's life? And her darling Syaoran, who had been hurt so much already. If it was Syaoran, that would make them happy, right? And if it wasn't… Syaoran promised to stay with her, but it would tear him apart. He'd really understand Sakura had a baby with someone other than himself. Sakura hoped to God that the father was Syaoran, but what were the odds of that? And yet…oh! She remembered the passion, the thrill of the only time she had made love to Syaoran. Wouldn't it be a miracle if that wonderful night had created her child! How special Meling would be! The ever-slow bus arrived at the hospital all too soon. Filled with what she could only describe as apprehension, Sakura entered the drab gray building. A secretary directed her up to genealogy. A cheerful, young doctor, not much older than Sakura, told her to have a seat in a brightly-lit office and introduced herself as Ujihasi Mikiko. "So…how are you making out with you daughter?" Mikiko asked. Sakura laughed. "It's difficult sometimes, but I love her to bits. I think everything will turn out just fine." "That's good," the doctor nodded. "You must be anxious to find out who the father is, ne?" Mikiko winked at her. Sakura blushed and quickly nodded. She was ashamed that she'd need a test just to know her daughter's father was. "Do you have the samples?" "Hai, sensei." Sakura pulled the tubes out of her pink duffel bag and set them carefully on the table. The young doctor smiled at her, and scooped them up. "I'll just take these down to the lab, and be right back with you." "Yoroshii," Sakura whispered, wanting it over and done with. Sakura spent an agonizing ten minutes alone in the office, waiting for results that could very well determine her future. She wondered if maybe she was being too dramatic. Maybe it wasn't such a big deal… Syaoran and Meling would love her all the same no matter who it was…, ne? The doctor entered the room, still smiling her great big smile. "That didn't take too long. We already have your results. Skipping the technological mumbo-jumbo, the father of Li Meling, is not any of the possible candidates." Sakura's mouth fell open. "How can it be none of them?" The doctor cleared her throat. "Did you give us a sample of everyone you slept with?" Sakura blushed. "Well, no. There's a couple I couldn't find if I spent my whole life searching." "I'm sorry to say this, but it must be one of them. I'm so, so sorry." Sakura was numb. She thanked the doctor and left, unsure of what to do. I guess we'll never know. Maybe it's better this way. Sakura pushed the thought out of her mind, forcing herself to think of only 'happy' things. At all costs, she must retain her normal cheerful personality. That's what everyone expected of her… She couldn't let them down again. Unaware of the slight drizzle that had come up, Sakura walked to the nearby bus stop. She dug around her pockets, only to find she didn't have any money. She mentally kicked herself for not bringing enough money. Didn't I use to have a bus pass? For school? What had happened to it? She certainly didn't have it now. Sakura shrugged and turned in the opposite direction. She'd just have to walk to Syaoran's house, then he could drive her and Meling home. I know it's a short chapter, but I'll get another one out soon. A week at most. I know most of you wanted the father to be Syaoran, but…c'est la vie, ne? Besides, the real father works into the plot, so I have to keep his identity a secret for now. Please r&r and keep reading! Ja ne! -Sorano