Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Forever It Will Stay ❯ Time For a Checkup! ( Chapter 1 )

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Forever It Will Stay

Chapter 1: Time For a Checkup!

It's been more than a long time since Syaoran left. He hasn't called or wrote or anything either. It's my last year in college, and I'm still in love with the same guy that I liked since the fourth grade. I don't know what's wrong with me. Well, then again, it's not love. I mean, he left and betrayed me. He could have at least called me and told me he was leaving, but all he did was just leave.

"Sakura, are you okay?"

I flinched slightly from surprise at Tomoyo's voice. I could see her eyes, worried for me. Everyone's always worrying about me now. Syaoran, don't you see what you did to my life? I plastered a smile on my face and nodded.

"Don't worry, Tomoyo. I'm fine."

"Even after Li-kun left?"

"Tomoyo, that was how long ago? I'm not even sure I remember his face anymore."

"Yeah, neither do I. It's just that you never really talked to guys or anything after that. Do you want me to get you together with someone? Seriously, you're not even trying with all those guys drooling after you."

I couldn't help but giggle at this. Tomoyo was right. I guess after I let go of my childish self, I started being more mature and changed my appearance a bit. Ever since I grew out my hair longer than what it used to be and Tomoyo convinced to be more ladylike, my popularity level went up quite a bit. I'm still way interested in sports, but still, it's amazing what Tomoyo can teach me to do.

"It's okay, Tomoyo. Besides, I don't have much to worry about since..."

"But Yukito wouldn't mind. He already knows you don't have feelings for him and neither does he."

"Sometimes, I ask myself why we are engaged. I guess after Touya found out about me starting to stay away from guys, he got worried that I might be heartbroken again and decided to pair me up with Yukito."

"But doesn't Touya like him?"

Sakura sighed. She knew that it would be a disgrace if she died an old maid. Sakura half expected that, knowing that she was the most powerful sorceress on the face of the earth. After she completely stopped communicating with guys other than Eriol, Yamakazi, Yukito, Touya, and her father, Touya decided that he couldn't see his sister having to suffer like that and made arrangements so Yukito and she would be engaged.

"Well, at least Touya will be close to Yukito. I guess he would rather think of Yukito as a brother-in-law instead of just a close friend that he used to like."

"Still, I wonder how Yukito thinks about this."

"How I think about what?"

Tomoyo and I jumped. I turned to greet the smiling face that I usually saw every day now. If only I still had the same feelings for him as I used to...

"Yukito-san! You scared us for a moment there."

"Only to check up on how you are doing, Sakura-chan."

"I'm fine."

We greeted each other with an embrace. Well, it wasn't the perfect romantic relationship, but it's better to marry a friend then someone you knew nothing about. Arranged marriages, they're so hard to deal with. Tomoyo eyed us with a half smile and half frown. It was like she was debating whether she should be happy or upset for us.

"Are you two done with your classes yet?"

We both nodded. Since we took a lot of extra classes in high school, we took our time with college. Tomoyo and I had three clases in the day time and two at night. This gave me less time to spend with Yukito, but it was still great to see him. At least he never betrayed me.

"Great! Touya and I were planning on making lunch today. Want to come?"

"Hm... Let's see. Go back home, free food, seeing you, Dad, Kero, and Touya. Touya... Oh well, it's something I can live with. Let's go!"

Tomoyo and Yukito laughed when I had to mention Touya twice. Hey, a brother is a brother, and I'd be glad to see him, but his taunting is just really annoying. Yukito took my hand and led me to his car while Tomoyo called her limo to arrange for driving her back to our apartment later.

~*~

The house was it's usual way - clean where Dad cleaned and dirty wherever Kero was. Yukito led us in, and I smiled as I looked around the house again. Home. I was finally home again. Sure, it was the same house that I lived in since a long time ago, but I haven't been here ever since our last break.

"Hey, Kaijuu(monster)."

I guess I expected that. I've always been teased by Touya. It's just the way it was when Sy... I mean, when I was in fourth grade. It just felt so much friendlier now that I was home again. I smiled at Touya who smirked back. Then I stepped on his foot.

"I'm not a kaijuu!"

Touya's eyes bulged when I stepped on him. Yukito laughed and Tomoyo gave a small giggle as Touya winced at the pain on his foot. Maybe I shouldn't have stamped him so hard...

"All right, all right. But you're still short."

"I'm not! See, I go up to Yukito's shoulder."

"One problem, Yukito is shorter than me, which makes you even shorter."

"Grr. Touya! You ijiwaru(meanie)!"

"Who's an ijiwaru?"

"Dad!"

Dad smiled as he embraced me tightly. Nothing ever seemed to surprise him. I mean, after all, he was half the reincarnation of Clow Reed. The only thing that seemed to surprise him was the time that HE left without saying good-bye. Just then, I heard some sort of fluttering noise descending from upstairs.

"Is it lunch time yet?"

He froze when he saw me. He was in his gigantic form when he came down. I was just surprised that he could actually fly around the house without smashing anything. He looked at me head to toe. I could see that he noticed that I changed.

"S-sakura?"

"Hello again, Kero."

As much as I loved his embrace, I thought of it a bit freaky when you have a huge lion-like creature jump on you. We all shared our conversations about our recent days until Touya announced that lunch was ready. Kero ate like a pig as usual while Yukito was having a hard time stopping as well. Touya mentioned that they had to go to the store at least three times so they wouldn't have an empty refridgerator by the time the meal was done with the two hungry monsters in the house.

"Hey!"

Kero and Yukito both gave him their looks, one menacing, one hurt. Touya glared back at Kero, but apologized to Yukito, making Kero only more angry. I could see that Kero was flustered, but he just went back to his food after a minute more of glaring. I wonder why Kero was in his bigger form anyway. Well, the meal was over, and we all parted our ways.

~*~

"Syaoran!"

A tall male scrambled from his training position and bowed before an older lady. She was aging, but still held great beauty. He kept his gaze at the floor while she stood in front of him, fan in her hands.

"It's time for you to go back."

"Must I, Mother?"

"Yes. I've already given up on making the two of you a couple, so at least do me a favor and check up on her to see that she's all right."

"Yes, Mother."

Syaoran moved upstairs to pack his things. Well, it had been a while since he saw Sakura, so it wouldn't be a big deal just to see that she's doing okay, right? Syaoran saw the envelope on top of his desk. It had three tickets, two to go to Japan, one to come to Hong Kong.

'Why did I get three? Was Mother expecting someone to leave?'

In the envelope, there was a letter. It said:

Syaoran,

These are the orders of the Li family. You must go to Japan and see if the card mistress is all right, including health, both physically and mentally. You may do as you wish in order to check up on her. As for the extra ticket, you will know what to do.

Syaoran sighed. He didn't like to take orders, especially if that meant his life was a routine. He remembered having to recite line after line of what he had to do when he arrived at Japan. It was so unfair for his life to be controlled. Why couldn't he live the way he wanted?

'Well, at least now I don't have to focus my life around Sakura anymore. Still, I wonder how she's doing.'