Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Don't Be Scared ❯ Sakura's Scary Question and an Old Friend Reappears ( Chapter 6 )

Hi everybody!!! I was so happy about how many reviews I got! *_* I am so happy! ^_^ Anyways, I ran out of Gobstoppers, but guess what?? My mother got me another bag plus the heart shape Gobstoppers! ^_^ This supply should last a while. Sorry it took me awhile to finish this chapter. I had a baka AP test to study for. Also, my birthday's on Monday so my family has been bugging me a lot. *Sigh* I still love them though, even my little sister. As a present for me to you, my readers, I've decided for at least two more chapters. I thought that would make a lot of people happy. As always, Arigato to everyone who reviewed!!

Don't Be Scared: Chapter 6

By: Cutie Blossom

"Sakura!"

Sakura groaned and looked up from her homework she was doing from the couch in the living room. "What Touya?"

Touya smiled. "You never told me what happened on you big date with Syaoran last night."

"AND YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO FIND OUT!!!!!!"

Touya winced. "Be nice to your Onii-chan."

Sakura smirked. "You're never nice to me! Why should I be nice to you?"

"Out of respect for your elders," Touya said as he walked into the kitchen.

Sakura grunted. "The day I be nice to him is the day Syaoran asks me for another date," she mumbled.

It was the day after her and Syaoran's big date. Syaoran still had yet to call her and the time was around noon. Sakura was starting to get nervous.

'Maybe he never asks me on a date again.'-She gasped-'Maybe he will never speak to me again! Oh no!'

Unknown to her, Syaoran was twice as nervous as her. He got up at the crack of dawn and had been seen pacing in front of the telephone ever since. Eriol sat the couch and watched his best friend make tracks in the carpet.

"Call her, Syaoran."

Syaoran shook his head. "It's too early."

Eriol looked at his watch and sweatdropped. "I don't think Sakura sleeps in this late."

"How would you know?!" Syaoran snapped.

"Common sense, Syaoran."

Syaoran glared at Eriol. "I cannot believe you and Tomoyo followed us around last night!!!! You almost ruined the whole night!! I must say though, your timing was a lot better then Oikawa's."

Eriol narrowed his eyes. "Oikawa? You never told me you saw him during your time with Sakura. What did he do?"

Syaoran sweatdropped. He had yet to tell Eriol about the incident at the Lover's Cliff and about how Sakura kissed him at the end of their date. He knew his friend would have a field day if he found out.

"Nothing."

"Oh no you don't! You must tell me!" Eriol begged and got down on his knees. "I WANT TO KNOW!!!!!"

Syaoran sighed. "Okay. Okay. I'll tell you! After we lost you guys. I kept on driving and some how we accidentally ended up at Lover's Cliff."

"ACCIDENTALLY!?!?!?!?!" Eriol yelled as he flopped back down on the couch.

"YES accidentally," Syaoran continued, glaring at his best friend. "Sakura and I got out of my car and sat on the hood. She was looking over at the view of the city when all of a sudden she reached for my hand. I looked down at her and both of us started to lean in for a kiss."-He sighed-"And then Oikawa showed up and said that I was taking Sakura's innocence."

Eriol burst into laughter. "YOU…TAKE HER…INNOCENCE????????????????"

Syaoran growled before continuing, forgetting to stop there. "And then I took her home. Right before she ran inside though…she kissed me on the lips." Right when those words left, he covered his mouth, but it was too late to take it back.

"SHE DID WHAT???????????????????" Eriol yelled.

Syaoran blushed and mumbled, "Kissed me."

Eriol sprinted from the couch and passed Syaoran to the telephone and started to dial Tomoyo's phone number. 'She HAS to her this!'

Syaoran just stood there, not sure what his friend was doing until he heard, "Hello. Tomoyo?" Syaoran made a grab for the phone, but Eriol got away.

"Don't you dare tell her!" Syaoran said, reaching for the phone again.

"But she has too!" Eriol said.

The two continued to wrestle while Eriol tried to talk to Tomoyo and tell him the news.

Tomoyo could hear Syaoran yell at Eriol from the other side of the phone line.

"What are you trying to tell me, Eriol?" Tomoyo asked, straining to hear what he was saying with Syaoran's yells in the background.

"That *muffle* kissed *muffle*!!!"

Tomoyo blinked in confusion. "Who kissed who?"

*Click*

"Eriol? ……ERIOL!!!!!!!!"

Eriol growled at Syaoran. "You made me hang up on her!!"

"That was what I was trying to do, Eriol," Syaoran growled.

Eriol glared at Syaoran. "She has a right to know too!"

Syaoran took a step towards Eriol also glaring. "If she knows…THE WHOLE FREAKING CITY OF HONG KONG WILL KNOW!!!"

Eriol blinked. "So?"

Syaoran growled. "FINE! Call her! She'll find out from you sooner or later!!"

Eriol smiled and nodded. "Darn straight, Syaoran."

Syaoran stomped his way over to the door. "I need some air," he mumbled before walking out and slamming the door shut.

Eriol smirked. 'Twenty bucks says he ends up at Sakura's house.'

Syaoran walked out of the Shuji Dorm slowly.

'I just don't know what to do these days,' he thought. 'Half of me wants to tell Sakura what I feel and risk rejection, but the other half doesn't want me to tell her and not risk rejection. What am I supposed to do?'

Syaoran continued to walk around the town, not knowing where he was going. He came to a halt in front of the Kinomoto residence.

'I knew I was going to end up here,' he thought. 'Might as well say hi.'

Syaoran walked up to the door and rang the bell. The door opened to reveal Sakura.

Sakura's face brightened as she saw Syaoran standing at the door. 'I'm so glad he's here!!!'

"Hi Syaoran!"

Syaoran nodded his head in greeting. "Hi. Thought I'd stop by and say hello."

"Hello."

Syaoran smiled. "Hello."

Silence.

Sakura sweatdropped. "Would you like to come in?"

"Sure," he said, stepping into the house.

"Make your self at home. I'll go make some tea," Sakura said stepping into the kitchen.

"Okay," Syaoran said, sitting down on the couch that Sakura once sat.

'What am I doing here?' he thought. 'Sakura said at the game that all I needed to do was ask her for a date so why not try?'

Sakura emerged from the kitchen carrying two cups of tea.

"Here," she said handing one to Syaoran.

"Thanks," Syaoran said, reaching for the cup. "S-Sakura…"

She turned to him and smiled. "Yes Syaoran?"

Syaoran's face started to heat up. 'Just ask her, Syaoran! For crying out loud! I can do this!'

"W-w-w-would you g-go…"

Sakura blinked.

Ding-dong!

Syaoran groaned. 'And I was just about to ask her!'

"Hold your question for a minute, Syaoran," Sakura said as she stood up and walked over to answer the door. Sakura gasped once she saw who the person was and threw her arms around the stranger.

"Yukito-san!! I'm so happy to see you!!" she said, still hugging the stranger.

Syaoran looked over at the door to see a tall, grayish haired man hugging Sakura. The man looked to be the same age of Touya. Syaoran started to feel jealousy swarming over him.

The man laughed. "I'm happy to see you too, Sakura-chan!"

Sakura let go and looked at the guy. "I can't believe you're here!"

"It took me awhile to find the time to get off from college. I called Touya and he gave me directions to your house," the man told Sakura. "Where is my pal anyways?"

"He's up stairs," Sakura told him. "First I want you to meet someone though."-She pulled the man to where Syaoran was sitting down on the couch-"Yukito, this is Syaoran. Syaoran, this is Yukito."

The two guys shook hands and exchanged greetings.

"Yukito!!" they heard someone say as he walked down the stairs.

"Touya!" Yukito said, smiling. The two best friends exchanged hugs.

"You finally made it," Touya said. "Glad you could come."

Yukito smiled. "Yeah. Looks like you guys got a pretty nice house around here."

Touya nodded. "Yeah."-He saw Syaoran standing next to Sakura-"Hey, have you met Syaoran?"

Yukito nodded. "Yeah. Sakura introduced us."

"Great. Come and accompany me in the kitchen while I make dinner," Touya said, leading Yukito into the kitchen.

Sakura smiled and turned to face Syaoran. "Syaoran…"

Syaoran didn't hear her. 'I don't like that guy. He was too…friendly with Sakura!!'

"Syaoran…?"

'I can't believe that he put hands around MY Cherry Blossom.'

"Syaoran…?"

'Get a grip on reality, Syaoran! She's not yours…although I can dream can't I?'

"SYAORAN!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Syaoran shook his head. "What? Did you say something?"

Sakura sighed. "I was wondering what you were going to ask me!"

Syaoran blushed remembering his question. "Um…nothing!"

Sakura frowned. "Are you sure?"

Syaoran nodded his head. "Yeah."-He smiled-"Don't frown, Cherry Blossom. It doesn't go with your beautiful face."

Sakura blushed and Syaoran saw it.

Syaoran looked over at the kitchen door. "So…was that your childhood crush?"

Sakura nodded her head. "Yeah. He's more like a brother to me then a lover though."

'I still don't like the fact that he put his arms around her though,' Syaoran thought.

Syaoran looked down at his watch. It was around four. "I better get going," Syaoran said, walking over to the door.

'I'll ask her another time if I ever got the guts to,' he thought.

Sakura gasped. 'Think Sakura. Think! He'll leave and you won't get to see him till tomorrow if you don't think of something!!'

"Um…would you-would you like to…um…stay for dinner?" Sakura stuttered.

Syaoran stopped. "That's okay. I wouldn't want to keep you from having time with your…"-He gulped-"…Yukito."

Sakura started to giggle. "Silly Syaoran. Yukito isn't mine. My heart is set for somebody else and that person only," she said, regretting it once the words came out.

Syaoran's shoulders slumped and Sakura saw this.

"Oh," he said, taking a couple more steps towards the door.

"Syaoran?" Sakura whispered.

Syaoran stopped, but didn't turn around. "Yeah?"

"Please turn around and look at me," Sakura said in a low whisper.

Syaoran turned around, trying to put on his natural face, but failed miserably.

Sakura took a deep breath. "Who does your heat belong to?"

'Please say it's me!' she thought. 'I want to have your heart, Syaoran. You already have mine.'

Syaoran stiffened. 'What am I going to say? I can't say that she's the one! She'll never speak to me again! What am I supposed to say? Oh man. What am I going to do?'

"I…um…well…"

"Sakura! Dinner's ready!" Yukito said, poking his head out of the kitchen.

Syaoran gulped. 'Now's my chance to get out of her before she has the chance to ask me again.'

"Oh you're still here, Syaoran?" Yukito asked. "Why don't you join us? I'm sure there's lots of food to share with everybody."

"Oh please, Syaoran," Sakura begged, with puppy eyes. "Please stay."

Syaoran looked straight into her puppy eyes, which was a big mistake.

"Okay, I'll stay for dinner," he said.

Sakura giggled and headed into the kitchen, followed by Syaoran.

'My puppy eyes never fail,' she thought happily.

Yukito laughed and patted Syaoran on the back as he came by. "Her puppy eyes have yet to fail me, Syaoran, so you're not the only person that falls for them."

Syaoran sighed. 'I have a bad feeling about this.'

Touya, who was putting food on the table, saw Syaoran come into the kitchen. "You're eating with us too, Syaoran?"

Syaoran nodded. "Yep, but if you don't have enough food…"

Touya laughed. "Don't be silly. We have plenty."

'There goes my second chance of getting out of here,'Syaoran thought as he took a seat right next to Sakura. Touya and Yukito sat on the other side. Syaoran looked around. "Where's your father?" he asked Sakura.

"Oh," Sakura said. "He had to work today, but he'll be with us shortly."

Sakura was right. Fujitaka did come and join them a couple minutes later.

"Konnichiwa [Hello]!" Fujitaka said, entering the kitchen.

"Konnichiwa," the four of them greeted.

"Welcome to our home, Yukito," Fujitaka said, as he saw the young guy sitting next to Touya. He smiled at him. "It's great to see you again."

Yukito smiled back. "Thank you, Fujitaka. It's great to see you too."

"Hello Syaoran," Fujitaka said, sitting down at the head of the table. "Joining us again tonight?"

Syaoran sweatdropped. "Yeah."

Fujitaka smiled. "Great. Nice to see you again, Syaoran."

"You too, Fujitaka," Syaoran said.

Sakura smiled. 'He has such manners.'-She blushed-'He'd make such a great dad…and a husband.'

"Sakura?"

Sakura blinked and turned to look at Syaoran. "Yeah?"

"Are you feeling okay?" he asked her.

Sakura nodded. "Yeah. Why do you ask?"

"You looked as if you had a fever," Syaoran said, as he put his hand on her forehead causing her face to burn up again. "Like you do now."

Sakura sweatdropped and blushed even more. "I'm fine. It's just--just a little hot in here! That's all. I'm fine really."

Touya started to laugh.'Nice cover up, sis.'

Sakura glared at him.

"Sakura…?" Yukito said, looking at her worried.

She turned to look at him. "Yes?"

"Syaoran's right. You do look like you have a fever."

Sakura slumped deep into the chair with Syaoran's hand still on her forehead as Touya's laughter filled the room.

"Don't worry, Yukito," Touya assured his best friend. "Her so-called fever, or as I like to call it blushing, will calm down once she stops thinking about Sy…"

He trailed off as a roll hit the side of his head. He turned to see Sakura holding a couple more rolls in her hands.

"Shut up, Onii-chan!" Sakura yelled as she threw another roll that hit the target right on.

Touya growled and picked up a roll of his own and threw one at Sakura. She ducked and the roll hit the wall behind her. Sakura threw another roll at Touya and hit him again.

'Wow,' Syaoran thought. 'Sakura has a pretty good aim.'

Sakura threw a couple more rolls and both of them missed Touya completely.

Syaoran sweatdropped. 'Most of the time.'

The two siblings continued to throw rolls at each other until they ran out of rolls, but that didn't stop them. They found some other food from the table to throw and continued their food fight.

(A.N.: Zingers, Twinkies with a frosted top for those who don't know, are also great footballs. ^_^ My sister, I usually call her Tink but her name is originally Sarah, used Zingers once for a food fight. Of course our parents were gone, but they didn't mind especially since we had a rematch when they were home! For the people who are wondering if Tink is in any relationship to the Sarah Meeks in the story, the answer is no. I loved my sister but I couldn't think of any other name at the moment so I used her name!)

Fujitaka sweatdropped and shook his head. 'Even though they are young adults, they still act like kids sometimes.'

"STOP!" Fujitaka yelled as one of the…um…kids found another roll and accidentally hit him along side the head with it. The roll bounced off his head and landed on his plate.

Yukito picked up the roll. "Gomen [Sorry] Fujitaka, but Touya took this roll from my plate. Hope you don't mind that I take it back," Yukito said as he took a bite of the roll. Fujitaka sweatdropped.

Fujitaka looked at the rest of the table and saw that Sakura and Touya had some food on their clothes. He saw that Syaoran looked like as if he got hit with a couple of pasta noodles and a roll also. Silence filled the room.

Unexpectedly, Syaoran started to laugh.

Sakura glared at Touya. 'Now he'll never come by again,' she thought. 'It's all Touya's fault!'

"What's so funny, Syaoran?" Yukito asked as he chewed on his roll.

"Man, if my family ever did this at the dinner table," Syaoran said between breaths, "we'd be killed! I just found it funny. I wish I could throw a couple of rolls at my sisters!" he said as he continued to laugh.

Yukito smiled. "I'm used to the Kinomoto sibling fights."

"Are they like this all the time?" Syaoran asked as he slowed down his laughter.

Fujitaka sighed. "Yep."

Syaoran turned to Sakura. "You've got a pretty good aim, Sakura! I must say that I'm impressed."

Sakura blushed. "Thanks."

Yukito blinked. "Sakura…looks like you have a fever again."

Touya started to laugh, but stopped when a roll slammed against the side of his face.

"Okay CHILDREN," Fujitaka said in a demanding tone. "Can we at least try to have a little bite to eat with the little dinner that's left?"

Sakura and Touya, both glaring at each other, took their seats and for the rest of the dinner, no food went flying a crossed the table. After dinner, Sakura and Touya cleaned up the table with the help of both Syaoran and Yukito.

Sakura sighed and flopped onto the couch in the living room. The four of them finally finished cleaning dinner.

"There was sure a lot to clean up," she said.

Syaoran flopped down next to her. "That was because you and Touya had a very messy food fight."

Sakura smiled. "Because of that, the whole clean up was worth it."

"And was it worth to watch," Syaoran added in and both of them started to laugh.

Syaoran slowed his laughter down and sighed. 'I better leave before she asks me who my heart belongs to again.'

Syaoran stood up. "I better get going."

Sakura's frowned. 'But-But he still hasn't answered my question yet! I need to know his answer!'

Sakura stood up. "Um…ah…would you…like to go for a walk?"

'Uh oh,' Syaoran thought.

"Um…I'm sure you don't want to go," he said, trying to wiggle his way out of it. "You probably have homework to do or something to finish up before school tomorrow. I wouldn't want you to stay up late to finish it just because of a walk with me."

Sakura frowned and looked down at the ground. "Yeah, I guess you're right."

Syaoran took a couple of steps towards the door. "I'll just…"

Her head popped up. "Come to think of it though, I finished my homework right before you came! So…would you like to go out on a walk?" she asked with her puppy eyes.

Syaoran looked into her puppy eyes and sighed. "Okay."

Sakura giggled and grabbed Syaoran's arm. She started to drag him out of the house and down the street.

'I think I just got myself into big trouble,' Syaoran thought as he tried to keep up with Sakura's fast pace. 'Note to self: Never look into her puppy eyes.'

They arrived at the park not long after. The strolled along looking at the trees and the people that walked by. Syaoran, learning from the date they had just the day before, put his hands inside his pockets so he wouldn't be tempted to hold Sakura's hand.

"Syaoran…"

Syaoran gulped. "Yeah?"

"You never answered my question," Sakura said, looking down at the ground.

Syaoran, trying to play dumb, asked, "W-w-what question?"

He saw Sakura's cheeks turn a tad bit red again.

"Who does your heart belong to?" she asked calmly.

'You,' he thought. 'It's you, Sakura. You hold my heart and will always and forever.'

"Um…t-the…person is…"

"Hey Sakura! Hey Syaoran!"

Sakura turned to see Chiharu and Yamazaki walking over to them, holding hands.

'Great timing,' Sakura thought grumpily.

'Super timing!' Syaoran thought happily. 'I'm not going to have a chance like this all the time though.'

"Hi Chiharu! Hi Yamazaki!" Syaoran said. "You guys taking a walk also?"

Chiharu smiled and nodded. "Yep."

Sakura looked over at the horizon, where the sun was setting. "I better head home," she said sadly. "It's going to be dark pretty soon."

"I'll walk you home," Syaoran said.

Sakura shook her head. "That's okay. It's not that far. I'll be alright."

Syaoran frowned. "Okay then. See you tomorrow, Sakura."

Sakura smiled at him. "See you tomorrow. Bye you two," she said to Yamazaki and Chiharu.

The couple smiled and said, "Good bye," to her.

Sakura walked away from her friends, heading for home.

'I'm sorry, Syaoran,' she thought. 'I need some time alone.'

Syaoran watched her walk away. 'I've got a weird feeling about her walking home by herself and I'm not liking it,' he thought. 'I'll follow her just in case something bad happens.'

He turned to Yamazaki and Chiharu. "I'm going to leave also. See you guys later."

Chiharu smiled. "Worried about her, Syaoran?"

Syaoran blushed and didn't say anything. He just walked away in the direction Sakura was going.

Sakura took a turn that took her deeper into the park. Little did she know she was also on the far edge of the park that led into a forest.

'I don't want to head home just yet,' she thought. Unknown to her, Syaoran had already caught up to her and was standing on a branch of a tree nearby.

Sakura stopped and sat down at the trunk of a tree. 'It just seems like he's trying to ignore my question. I don't know why though.'-Sakura closed her eyes for a moment-'I really wish I could be his girl. That would be a dream come true.'

Syaoran watched the young girl from the tree. 'I wonder what she's thinking about. She should be careful though. This side of the park is really dangerous.'

Sakura's eyes remained shut as she continued to think about her feelings for her best friend, but her eyes snapped open as she heard a low growl. About ten feet in front of her was a coyote. Sakura gasped and stood up, her back hitting the tree.

Syaoran frowned at the coyote. 'I'm surprised to see a coyote out this early. Usually they don't come out till it's pitch back.'

Sakura started to panic. 'What am I going to do?'

The coyote lunged at Sakura. She shut her eyes and waited for teeth to sink into her body, but it never came. Sakura opened her eyes to see an arm circled around her waist and that she was up high in a tree. She turned to see Syaoran, who was looking down towards the ground.

"Syaoran?"

Syaoran smiled and looked at her. "Don't worry. Everything's fine."

Sakura looked down to see that the coyote was down at the ground and was looking up at them. Syaoran's grip on her waist tightened.

'Maybe I still have chance with him,' she thought.

"Hang on tight," Syaoran told her. She didn't have much time to wonder what he meant before he jumped into the air and landed on another tree. The coyote followed. Syaoran continued to jump from tree to tree until they were out of the park and by then the coyote was gone.

Syaoran let go of Sakura.

"You didn't know that the park is tied to a forest, did you?" he asked Sakura.

Sakura shook her head. "No I didn't."

"Come on, I'll walk you home," Syaoran said as he started to walk in the direction of the Kinomoto residence. "I don't want you to take anymore sudden detours."

Sakura smiled and grabbed Syaoran's arm as they walked to her house together.

"Thank you, Syaoran. I owe you my life."

'I'd settle for a kiss,' he thought, smiling slightly.

~*~

The next day Sakura went to school slowly. Surprising both her and Touya, she actually got up an hour before she was supposed to.

'I have to ask Syaoran who his heart belongs to even though I'd be depressed if it's not me but at least I'll know,' she thought. 'If he refuses to tell me, my puppy eyes will do the trick.' She giggled as she continued walking to school.

Since she was half an hour early for her first class, Sakura decided to walk around the University. She didn't see anyone she knew or recognized, but got to see a whole different side of the University she never got to see. She turned a corner and bumped into someone. Sakura closed her eyes, preparing for her fall, but the person grabbed her wrist before she fell to the ground. She looked up to see it was none other then Syaoran.

"Funny meeting you here," he said, smiling down at her. "Math class is on the other side of the University."

Sakura's face turned red. Syaoran was still holding her wrist.

"Is that anyway to greet the girl you saved last night?" she asked.

Syaoran laughed. "Guess not. Good morning, Sakura."

"Good morning, Syaoran."

"So…what are you doing on this side of the University, Miss Kinomoto?" Syaoran asked her.

Sakura blinked. "I could ask you the same, but,"-She sighed-"if you must know I was taking a walk around the University, hoping to bump into a cute, brown haired young man," she said in a teasing tone. "Guess I got my wish."-Syaoran blushed-"Why were you on this side of the University, Mr. Li?"

Syaoran smiled at her. "I was walking with Eriol to his class that is right down the hall."

"Oh."

Syaoran, much to her disappointment, dropped her wrist. "Guess you may want that back."

"Yeah thanks," Sakura said.

'He could have kept it though,' she thought. 'I would not have minded.'

"Come on or we'll be late to class," Syaoran said as he took off, heading to class with Sakura closely behind him.

Right before they reached class, Sakura finally gathered up her courage.

"Syaoran, why are you ignoring my question?"

Syaoran walked into the classroom. "Not now, Sakura. We'll have to talk about this later."

Sakura frowned and followed the young man into the classroom. "Fine."

'I'll get my answer sooner or later,' she thought. 'I just wish it was sooner instead of later.'

'I know she wants an answer to her question, but I don't want to giver her one just yet,' Syaoran thought. 'I've only known her for such a short amount of time and in that time we've done so much. Both of us have won bets for each other. I've tried my best to protect her against people like Sammie and Oikawa. I want to know her a little bit longer before she never talks to me again because of my answer. She's too sweet to give up. I need her in my life!! Even if she's not mine, at least she'll be in it.'

Both, Sakura and Syaoran, never really paid attention to Mr. Ardenson during the whole lesson. After class was dismissed, Eriol met up with them and the three of them walked to their History class together.

Just like Math, History seemed long and the two never paid any attention to Mr. Haneoka during his lesson either. Finally once the bell rang, Sakura turned to Syaoran.

"Are you going to the Gym to watch again?" she asked him.

Syaoran thought for a moment. "I can't. I have some things to do."

"Please come, Syaoran," Sakura pleaded. "I need to talk to you."

"I'm sorry, Sakura," he said and walked out of the classroom.

Sakura sighed and walked out of the room also.

Eriol watched as Syaoran turned down the young, delicate Cherry Blossom. 'What are you doing, Syaoran? Can't you see that she loves you just as much as you love her?'-He sighed-'Obviously not.'

Sakura walked to the Girls' locker room and got changed. Tomoyo arrived a few minutes later and together, they walked out to the field. Sakura looked over at the bleachers to see only Eriol was sitting on them. There was no sign of Syaoran anywhere. Sakura frowned and joined up with the rest of her class.

"Today we're going to do Gymnastics," Mr. Asuka told the class. Groans and cheers could be heard throughout the class. Sakura didn't hear her teacher though. Her mind was elsewhere.

'Maybe I don't have a chance with him after all,' Sakura thought sadly.

"Kinomoto, it's your turn."

'Why is Syaoran ignoring me?'

"Kinomoto…?"

'The one guy I'm totally nuts about and what does he do? He ignores me! Perfect! My life is really screwed up!'

"KINOMOTO!!"

Sakura snapped out of her thoughts. "HOE!?"

She heard giggling from class.

"Will you please do some stunts on the balance beam?" Mr. Asuka asked her nicely. "Or is your daydream more important?"

'Diffidently the daydream.'

Sakura sweatdropped and walked over to the beam. "No sir. I'd love to do some stunts."

Sakura jumped up onto the balance beam. Her mind went elsewhere again as she did tricks on beam. Unknown to her, Syaoran was watching her.

'She's pretty good,' he thought smiling, but it then turned into a frown. 'I'm sorry Sakura. I just know I'm hurting you.'

Sakura pushed her self off of the balance beam really high into the air and did a twirl before she landed on the matt. The rest of the girls started to applaud.

"Very good, Miss Kinomoto," Mr. Asuka said.

"Oops. Guess I got a little carried away there," Sakura mumbled before walking over and taking her place next to Tomoyo.

Mr. Asuka called somebody else to the beam to do a little performance. Sakura tried her best to pay attention, but her mind just wouldn't stay on the person on the beam.

Tomoyo grew worried for her friend. She received two calls from Eriol the day before. One was during mid afternoon and the other was later that day. One was about Sakura and Syaoran's date and the other was about Syaoran acting as if his pet dog died when he walked into the dorm. The first one was happy and the other was sad.

Tomoyo sighed. "Are you okay, Sakura?"

Sakura nodded her head. "I'm fine."

Tomoyo frowned and decided to take her answer.

Finally the bell rung and class was let out. Sakura got changed and slowly walked off of campus.

'He isn't coming,' she thought. 'I'm just not having a good day.'

"Sakura?"

Sakura gasped and turned around to see Syaoran standing not far away.

'I take that back,' she thought. 'Maybe today may turn out to be okay. I'm so happy to see him.'

"Syaoran!" she said. She almost ran over to hug him, but stopped herself.

He smiled a small smile at her. "Mind if I walk you home?"

She smiled and shook her head. "Not at all."

The two of them walked slowly towards the Kinomoto home.

"I was afraid that you wouldn't speak to me," Sakura said in an almost whisper.

Syaoran grunted. "I'd be stupid if I did that. You are too special to let walk away."

Sakura blushed. "I'm nothing special. I'm pushing you away from me," she said as tears filled her eyes. "I don't want you to leave me, Syaoran."-He remained silent-"Maybe I shouldn't have stayed in Tomoeda."

Syaoran winced. "Don't even say that! I don't even want to think about if you didn't come here to Hong Kong. It's to painful to think about."-She was now silent-"Listen to me, Sakura. It's not you who is pushing me away. I am pushing you away. You asked me a question that I never thought you would ask and I started to panic."-He stopped walking and looked straight at her-"I never should have done what I have been doing. I'm a stupid idiot for what I'm doing to you! I do NOT deserve to be your friend, Sakura. You do NOT deserve to be treated like I have been treating you. I watched you in your Gym class this afternoon and it pains me to know that I created you to feel that way."

Sakura looked into his eyes. She could see in his eyes that he was telling the truth. She felt her heart skip a couple of beats.

"Then answer me this, Syaoran," she said. "Who does your heart belong to?"

He looked away from her for a second and then turned back to look into her eyes again.

"You."

Her vision went black.

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I shouldn't be doing this to you guys…but I am! *Pops a couple more Gobstoppers into mouth* I'm sorry, but I just couldn't resist. Hey! I'm not the only author who leaves you guys at cliffhangers!! *Glares at a couple of authors* Paybacks are pain in the butts, aren't they? Well, I'm sorry for one thing though. I'm sorry that this chapter isn't as long as the others. *Sigh* It's just a couple lines off of 21 pages. Anyways…how did you guys like the chapter? My favorite part was the food fight personally. I just loved typing that part. Anyways, have a good week and I'll try and get the next up by Friday if I can!

Ja ne!

Cutie Blossom

^_^ There! 21 Pages!!! ^_^