Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Dance with Me ❯ What? We're Paired? ( Chapter 2 )

Sakura's POV

 

Who might that be? I asked myself. It can't be Touya. He'll be home from work maybe later in the evening. It can't be Tomoyo as well. She's at school. And definitely that wouldn't be my dad. He's in Egypt today and for the whole month for a conference. I got up from my seat and opened the door. There, standing in front of our house's porch, I saw Li. I slammed the door shut. I ran to the kitchen, got my phone and immediately called Touya.

 

“What now monster?” my brother answered his phone.

 

“Touya , what time will you be home?” I frantically asked.

 

“Oh, about that, I forgot to tell you. I won't be home until next week. Our boss gave us a free trip for the whole 24/7. Sorry sis. You could take care of yourself now, right?” Touya told me casually.

 

“I… I… I went to the hospital a while ago. I was not able to go to school today.” I said. I usually don't let Touya know the things that happen to me but this time is different.

 

“What?!?! What happened to you? Are you okay? What did Iyori say? What? Tell me!” he yelled at me. Wow, he's sure hysterical for a moment. I know he teases me a lot but I also know how much he loves me. He's such a nice brother. Well, there are certain circumstances that I would want to wish for having another brother or better… not to have him at all. But hey! I love my big brother so much! What can say?

 

“You see Touya; I had my asthma attack a while ago. And I don't know if I could manage to help myself here around the house. But it's okay. You enjoy your trip!” I told him with a hesitant voice that I tried to make out and made a fake cough as well.

 

“No, I'll be there at exactly eight in the evening. Don't cook. I'll buy food for you.” Touya commanded and hang up the phone.

 

I stared coldly at my phone. What? He'll be here by eight? I still have to wait for seven hours! Li's here and I don't know why! Was he serious of taking me out for lunch? But… hello?!?! For gods' sake! It's one o'clock in the afternoon and he'll be thinking of taking me out for lunch?!?! What's with him?

 

I took a deep breath and peeped through the window. I slightly raised the curtain to avoid being seen by him and looked for him outside. That's weird. Where is he? I just saw him standing in front of the gate a while ago. I let my sight roam along from its range of view and searched for him. Then, to my surprise, a face came upon the window. It startled me that it made me scream with the top of my lungs and fell on to the floor. “Hey, are you okay?” Li asked. I stopped from screaming and glared at him. “How could you?” I furiously asked. He just shrugged at me. “I saw you opened the door already and you didn't even let me enter? Let me give you back your question. How… could… you?” he teased and then he gave me a smile. I smirked. “Loser,” I murmured. “What's that? Were you saying something?” he teased again.

 

“Stay there!” I told him and locked the door. “Whaa~” he exclaimed. “Why did you lock the door? Wouldn't you let me in?” I took my tongue out. “Why would I let a stranger in… here in my house?” I quipped. “S-stranger?” he argued. “What can I say? You might be sitting next to me in class but we never talked. So, you are a complete stranger to me.” I said and walked away.

 

I went to the kitchen and took out the baking pan. I hummed a happy tune and placed the pan inside the refrigerator. “I'll make Touya eat the first slice!” I smiled to myself and got my I-pod. I sat on the couch and took a magazine from under the glass table. I turned the volume to its highest and acted as if no one's outside.

 

I've finished reading the whole magazine and heard ten songs or so but I didn't hear Li protest-not even a single whisper…or should I say whimper -from him. He might have left after I locked the door. Or I shouldn't have heard him since my volume is in its highest. I took my earphones off and stood from the couch. I looked at the clock and noticed that it's two o'clock already. Maybe I should go get the first slice of my cake. I smiled to myself again and walked to the kitchen. I took out a saucer and a fork and also took out the cake from the refrigerator. I readied myself to eat. But it bothers me as I imagine Li still sitting outside the door. I walked to the door and opened it. There, I saw Li with his knees to his chin humming the same tune I was singing a while ago. Then, he looked at me and smiled. “Hey, I never knew you like rock music.” He said. I gave a deep sigh and told him to enter. “For all the places that you could go, you chose this place. You're pathetic Li.” I said as I led him to the kitchen. I gave him a slice of cake on a saucer and a fork.

 

“There,” I said as I pushed the saucer to him with my finger. “Eat it” I looked away. He took a bite and then smiled at me. “Delicious! Not too sweet, not bland… this is delicious Saku-chan. You made this?” he asked me. I replied with a nod. I watched him eat the cake. I couldn't help but wonder why on earth is he here? Then, he snapped me out of my thoughts. He tried to feed me with his fork. “W-what?” I asked him confused. He smiled at me; his chin resting on his palm and his other hand stretched across the table holding his fork with icing on it. “Say… ahhh,” I blushed. I looked away. “I don't want to.” I said. “But why Saku-chan?” he asked with a childish tone. “Gaki,” I murmured. He laughed. “What?” I asked him; he's so annoying. Is he nuts? He laughs without any reason! I slouched in my seat and crossed my arms on my chest then I smirked. “Oh come on Saku-chan.” He insisted as he stood in his chair and leaned across the table forcing me to eat the icing on the fork. “Please don't call me Saku-chan or Sakura or by any other name. You're not a close friend of mine. You could only call me Kinomoto. Ki-No-Mo-To.” I pouted. “Okay, I won't my dear cherry blossom,” he smiled at me. I turned red.

 

“Dear cherry blossom?!?!” I tried to hide my smile. I would really want to smile back at him. “What?” he asked. “I told you not to call me by any other name!” I pretended to be mad. “Fine. Just eat this.” He gave up so I ate the icing from his fork. “Deal,” I said. He sat back to his chair and stared at me. I tried not to look back at him.

 

Syaoran's POV

 

“Do you feel like a man when you pushed her around?” I heard Sakura sing Red Jumpsuit Apparatus' song, Face Down. I never thought she listens to rock music. She's been my seatmate since the first day of class and every time she sings, she sings love songs. Whenever her friends would listen to some sentimental music she would sing along. She's the preppy type; well, that's what I know. She did have a point on what she just said. I'm a total stranger! Though we know each other by name, we're total strangers! We don't talk not unless if we argue on something; that would only be the time that we would have the chance to chat… loudly. She would yell at me I'll either yell back or walk away. She makes ever little thing a big deal!

 

There was this one time that a student from another school grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to him. I mean, it was so obvious that the guy's is harassing her so I grabbed the guy by his collar and pushed him away! And after that, she slapped me hard on the face. She accused me of harassing her! What a girl! She has a very nice stupid way of saying thank you. And that's not all. She has done so many dumb things that make my blood boil. But this time, it's just different and I don't know why. Even I myself don't know why I came here at the first place! Anyway, I don't want to go yet. I have nothing to do back at my house so I guess I'll stay here for a while and wait for Touya. He's a nice guy and he is the very opposite of her monstrous sister. By the way, let me just remind myself. Sakura's kick is very deadly. Once, we were on a group date with our classmates and the both of us we're left behind the elevator and got stuck inside since a total loss of electricity occurred inside the restaurant we that went to. And for some reasons, I have no idea why we were both inside without our classmates. I was actually thinking it was all their idea and never did the blackout happen. So, we were in total darkness inside the stupid confinement and could not see a thing or two. She stupidly crawled on the floor trying o feel where the door is and she got a hold of my shoe. I helped her up and accidentally - I swear! - pulled her by her bra strap. She gave me a nice big slap in the face and kicked me hard on my stomach. I swear I could have vomit blood if I didn't block it and stop her foot from hitting me with my hands. The force was too strong. I felt my hands shaking after the kick. Phew - I can hear her singing another song again.

 

“`Cause you caught me off guard… now I'm running and screaming…” That's Boys like Girls' Hero/Heroine and she knows it. Sweet… I've decided. I'm going to wait for Touya. I hummed the song. Then, I heard the door open. And as I look back, I saw Sakura standing behind me. “Are you okay?” she asked. I smiled at her. “Yeah,” I replied and stood. “Come inside,” she said and then rolled her eyes. I smirked. She asked me why for all the places that I could go, I ended up choosing her house. And she also told me that I was pathetic. I gave another smirk. She led me to the kitchen and gave me a slice of cake. I tasted it and it's very delicious! Impressive! She knows how to cook decent food. I wonder if she knows how to make sushi? It's my favorite.

 

I noticed that she's staring blankly to me so I tried to snap her out of her thoughts. I scooped an icing of the cake with the fork and stretched my hand to her, trying to feed her the icing. I want to ask her what she's thinking of but I think that would be too personal. She did snap out of her thoughts and I could see with her facial expression that she so annoyed with what I did. I rested my elbow on the table and put my chin on my palm, staring at her. She's so cute when she's annoyed. I told her to open her mouth but she looked away blushing. Does she know how cute she is when she does that? Is she acting it all out naturally? Or is she flirting? I couldn't help but smile. She doesn't want me to feed her and called me a brat. Now that's hilarious! I couldn't stop myself from laughing.

 

I know she doesn't want it if someone calls her Saku-chan if that person isn't her close friend. Let see… how about I tease her now? Hmm… So, I called her Saku-chan and leaned across the table and forced her to eat the icing. Just what I suspected, she got mad by the way I called her and told me that I can only call her by her surname. And then, I uttered something I didn't expect myself would say. “Okay, I won't my dear cherry blossom,” now that was lame. So I played a smile on my lips trying to hide such humiliation. For a second I thought she would rub it in my face for giving out such an out-of-style line, but instead, she blushed and got mad again. She insisted that I would only call her Kinomoto. I gave up and told her to just eat the icing and she agreed. We had a deal. So I sat back to my seat and stared at her but she avoided my eyes. My lips itched. I want to ask her things. And the very first thing that would want to know is that: “Why is she so mad at me?”

 

I swear I didn't do anything that would offend her by any way. If I did do something that insulted her, I would really want to know what it is and apologize for doing it. I forced my lips to part, trying to utter a word… but nothing came out. She looked at me in confusion. “Are you okay?” she asked. I just smiled at her and stood. “I'm sorry for disturbing you Sakura. I'll be leaving now. Thank you for the food. It's very delicious. Your boyfriend is very lucky to have you.” What did I just say? Oh gods in heaven… oh Zeus, let a wall appear in front of me so that I could hit my head to it. Or, you could just zap me with one of your lightning. Please…

 

I cleared my throat. “I'm going now.” I said and walked out of the kitchen. Then, I felt a soft hand pull my arm. I looked back and saw Sakura staring at me confused. “Why are leaving?” she asked. “Don't leave me. Touya will be home by eight and I'm scared to be alone… right now.” She added as she looked down trying hard to avoid my stare. What's with her? For a minute, she's like a dangerous monster ready to eat you and for the next minute, she's like an adorable kitten that you couldn't resist granting her every wish. There was awkward silence. Suddenly, my phone rang and intrepidly broke the uncomfortable stillness. She took off her hands on my arm and I answered my phone. I walked away for a few steps and began talking.

 

“Yeah?” I said. “Hey Syaoran! I just want to inform you that you're the representative of our class for the upcoming Ballroom Festival! Congratulations dude!” Eriol, who's in the other line, said. “What?!?! I don't believe it!” I exclaimed.

 

“I know! Isn't it cool?”

 

“Cool? What do you mean by that? I am not happy. Darn it! Why do they have to pick me? I'm not qualified! I don't dance and you know that!”

 

“Oh come on now Syaoran. You dance! I saw you!”

 

“When and where?”

 

“When? You know… every time your parents hold a party… you dance! Where? I just saw you dance last night in your room. What were you dancing again? Boogie?”

 

“Boogie? That's lame! I don't dance boogie! And besides, I dance during parties, yes. But not ballroom you dimwit! It's just swaying to and fro!”

 

“Whatever you say bro. Anyway, I got to go. See yah tomorrow!”

 

“But wait! Who's my partner?” I asked but I was too late. He already hung up. I sighed. I turned around to Sakura and saw her talking to someone on her phone.

 

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“What?” Sakura exclaimed. “No way! Are you sure Tomoyo?”

 

“Totally! Congratulations!” Tomoyo answered and suddenly hung up.

 

“Hello? Tomoyo? Tomoyo? Hello?” Sakura repeatedly called out but all she could hear is the annoying busy tone. She sighed deeply and turned to Syaoran who was watching him yell on the phone. “Something wrong?” he asked. “Nothing,” she replied shortly.

 

“I'm the representative of the class for the ballroom festival.” They both broke in the news. They were both shocked by the sudden declaration and stared at each other, wide-eyed. “What?” Sakura exclaimed. “Oh no… Zeus… no…” Syaoran said. “Are you pagan?” Sakura suddenly asked. “No. Why'd you think so?” Syaoran answered and gave back a question. “Just ignore me,” Sakura said and looked down. There was another awkward silence.

 

Sakura looked at the clock and saw that it's already four in the afternoon. She looked at Syaoran, who's walking towards the door. No, don't go yet! Oh no, what am I thinking about? But… Sakura thought. She forced herself to speak but she couldn't. “Bye,” Syaoran said without even turning back and walked straight out of the door. Sakura was left alone standing, frozen. She fell on her knees and sat on the carpeted floor. “For a minute, he was just so sweet and now, he's so cold. I was starting to like him.” She told herself and smirked. “Whatever…” she stood and cleaned the kitchen for Touya.