Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Roommates ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Kitty Neko- Hi everyone I'm finally back!!! ( smiles sheepishly ) I'm sorry it took me so long! I know you've probably heard this from a million other authors but I'm going to have to say it one more time: I blame the delay completely on school! And a little bit of writer's block… but mainly school! Why is school such a pain? Because my four subjects are all honors and my teachers like projects. Actually, I should be doing my math project right now since it's due on Wednesday. Also I'm going to be trying out for Region choir and that takes up a lot of my time. I promise though that I will try extra hard to get chapter 5 out a lot faster than I did for this one. Maybe next week… who knows?

Once again, I want to thank you for all your reviews and I want to dedicate this chapter to everyone that encouraged me to get it out! Thanks!

Sakura muttered incoherently as she put her toothbrush up. "No matter how many times it happens, I'll never get used to it." Only moments ago she had been caught by another wave of `morning' sickness.

She trudged her way to her bedroom and crawled back into bed. Yes, `back'. Immediately, she pulled the pink comforter over her head to shield her from the unwanted rays of the sun.

A lone tear escaped her eye and left a wet crooked line down she side of her face. She hastily brought up her arm and wiped it away. She had cried enough the night before.

Sakura moved her blanket just enough so that she could see the clock. It was noon. Earlier, Syaoran had come in to wake her up for classes, and Sakura had `politely' told him to GO AWAY! Her excuse was that she wasn't feeling well. Hey, it wasn't a lie.

She knew she shouldn't have stayed home, but she really didn't want to see Toji. Yet another tear slid down her face. She was still in shock that Toji could have been so mean and ugly. "Hey, at least I got to see his true colors before we got married."

Sakura rubbed her temples trying to calm down before… "ARGH!" She yelled and shut her eyes fiercely. All further thoughts of her current situation were put on hold. Sakura's exhausted body fell into a restless sleep.

*****

Sakura made no move to get up when she heard the front door of the apartment open. She had been awake for a few minutes and was trying to fall back to sleep. But apparently, God didn't want it to be. The phone rang. The annoying shrill ring went on four times before she heard Syaoran answer it.

There was a pause and a shuffle of feet before Syaoran knocked on her bedroom door. "Toji's on the phone."

"I'm not here." Sakura said bitterly. There was no way that she would talk to him right now. If he really wanted to speak to her, he would have to come over and do it in person.

There was confused silence before Syaoran said slowly, "O… k…"

Sakura listened to his footsteps retreat and then muffled conversation. She turned her attention to her dresser on the other side of the room. A picture of Toji was placed carefully in a small picture frame. She had forgotten that it was there and immediately had visions of herself tearing it to shreds. In fact, she would have done so at that very moment but didn't want to get up. Instead, she settled for throwing her pillow at it.

Right as she sent her pillow flying through the air, her door opened. Syaoran watched as the frame shattered on the floor into a million pieces. "What a waste of a good frame."

Sakura let out an exasperated sigh and looked at him angrily. "What do you want?"

"You sure are in a good mood today." His voice was dripping with sarcasm. "Toji told me to give you a message when you got back." For a second, Syaoran actually looked a little uncomfortable. "He said something about wanting his ring back."

Sakura scowled but didn't say anything. Syaoran tried to pry a little bit further. "Did you two have a fight or something?"

Distaste was clearly written all over her face. "Something like that."

She swung her legs off her bed and stood up stiffly. She was careful not to step on the glass and brushed past Syaoran on her way out the door. He followed her into the bathroom and stared, wide eyed, as she roughly took the engagement ring off her finger and dropped it in the toilet.

"You're not going to…" Syaoran didn't finish his sentence. Sakura flushed the toilet.

"You can have your stupid ring back." She spat.

Sakura stomped back to her room and climbed in bed. "Goodnight." And with that, she pulled her covers over her head.

*****

Sakura had been lying on her bed for about thirty minutes now. She couldn't fall asleep; otherwise, she would be dead to the world. The phone rang again. "It better not be Toji." She mumbled and shut her eyes.

The ringing stopped and a few minutes later, Syaoran was at her door. "Tomoyo's on the phone."

"I'm not here." Sakura muttered.

"You're not even going to talk to HER?" Syaoran sounded a little strained.

Sakura rolled over so that she could look at him. "No. I'm not mad at her or anything, I just don't feel like talking to anyone." She then gave him a look that clearly said `ANYONE.'

Syaoran turned around and went back to the phone. "Tomoyo?"

"What's wrong? You don't sound like Sakura." There was a joking tone to her voice.

"She's here but she refuses to talk to anybody."

Tomoyo's voice changed from joking to worried. "Is she alright?"

"I don't know. I think she and Toji had a fight."

"Oh." That `oh' had a lot of meaning behind it.

Syaoran raised an eyebrow even though he knew she couldn't see him. "Is there something you're not telling me?"

"No." Tomoyo sounded convincing so Syaoran bought it.

"Syaoran, I'm going to be there in an hour. Call Eriol and invite him. We're all going to go out and do something. ALL of us."

"And just how exactly am I going to get Sakura to get out of bed and dressed?" Syaoran frowned.

"I don't know. It's not my problem right now. Do anything."

"Anything?" His frown slowly turned into a smirk.

*****

There was some rustling in the bathroom before the shower could be heard. "Good." Sakura yawned and curled up into a ball. "He finally gave up."

Her eyes flew open at the same time her door did. Syaoran stood there with his hands on his hips. "What?!" Sakura asked, annoyance clear in her voice. Would he ever stop?

"It's 3:00 on a Friday. For the last time; will you get out of bed?" It sounded to Sakura that he already knew what she was going to say.

"No." She crossed her arms over her chest

"Fine."

In one swift movement, he was at her side and lifting her out of the bed. "What the heck do you think you're doing?!" She screeched.

Sakura struggled the whole way out of the room, down the hall, and into the bathroom. Her eyes widened in fear. "You're not going to…"

She landed ungracefully in the tub and shrieked. The bottom was partially filled with cold water and the shower was still running. "You look like crap. Get a bath. Tomoyo and Eriol will be here in an hour." Sakura glared daggers at him. To Syaoran, it was the least intimidating thing in the word. Her hair was hanging over her eyes in a damp and tangled mess. She looked so pathetic. He looked over his shoulder as he was leaving the room and added, "You sure are heavy."

"SYAORAN! You are so MEAN!" Sakura looked at her sopping wet clothes with a hint of a smile on her lips. "And these were my favorite pajamas…"

*****

The cashier at Burger King stood patiently waiting for Sakura, Syaoran, Tomoyo, and Eriol's order. "Um, I'll have two five piece chicken tenders and a small fry." Tomoyo looked at Eriol to indicate that it was his turn.

"A double cheese burger with everything on it and a medium fry."

Sakura and Syaoran were still staring at the menu. Tomoyo coughed to get their attention. "Sakura, what do you want?"

"I'm still not sure." She said and turned her attention back to the menu.

"Syaoran?"

"What?" He turned to see Tomoyo, Eriol, and the cashier looking at him expectantly. "Oh! I'll have a Jr. Whopper and a medium fry."

The cashier punched in his order and all attention turned to Sakura. She was still staring up at the menu. "I guess I'll have… a cheeseburger plain and dry, two five piece chicken tenders, and a king size fry."

They all gaped, open mouthed, at her. "What?" She asked and laughed nervously. "I haven't eaten anything today."

At that, Tomoyo glared at her. "Sakura, that's not good." Of course, only Sakura and Tomoyo knew what she was really talking about. "Besides, even if you haven't eaten anything, it's not good to eat so much junk. You're going to get sick."

"Oh, be quiet." Sakura wasn't listening as Tomoyo told them that the meal was her treat. Her thoughts were still on what had happened the night before. All the while that she had been out with Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran she had been trying to act like nothing was wrong. Although they all probably knew that she was bummed because of her fight with Toji, Tomoyo was the only one to know exactly how serious it was. Sakura was wondering when she was going to get her chance to be alone with Tomoyo. She really didn't want to let Syaoran and Eriol to know that she was pregnant right now.

The small group grabbed their cups and made their way to the fountain drinks. "You know," Eriol said, "I haven't gotten anything from these things in a long time."

"Why not?" Tomoyo asked.

"Because one time when I was in Jr. High some kids put a laxative in the fountain drinks. I was so glad that I decided to get a Pepsi from the vending machine that day." He said while filling his cup with Pepsi.

"Eww…" Sakura shuddered and poured Sprite in her cup. She watched as Syaoran did the same.

Tomoyo took a small sip of her Root Beer before pointing to a table in the corner. "Let's sit over there."

Tomoyo and Sakura slipped into one side of the booth and Eriol and Syaoran sat on the other. Sakura found herself facing Syaoran. "Now aren't you glad that I got you out of bed?" He asked.

"Sort of…"

"You have to admit that bowling was fun." Tomoyo added.

"It was! I hadn't been bowling in a long time!" Sakura said.

"We could tell." Syaoran snickered and pulled out the slip of paper that had their scores printed out on it. It was a bit obvious what he was laughing about. Next to Sakura's initials, the score was twenty-five.

"Humph. At least you didn't win." She pointed to the other scores. Tomoyo had won with one hundred sixty-three points, Syaoran had come in second with one hundred seventeen points, Eriol had gotten third with fifty-nine points, and Sakura had been last.

"At least I wasn't last." He pointed out.

Before this conversation could go any further, they were interrupted by the cashier saying, "Number forty-four."

"That's us." Tomoyo said.

She was about to go get their food but Eriol stopped her. "We'll get it." She nodded. Syaoran looked like he was about to protest but before he could, Eriol grabbed his arm and led him away from the table.

As soon as the guys had left, Tomoyo turned to Sakura. She had spun around so fast that her hair flew upwards. "What happened last night?" She asked, not wasting anytime

Sakura looked around to make sure the guys weren't looking before she leaned over and whispered. "I'll tell you later, I promise. There's not enough time right now." Besides that, she didn't feel like crying in Burger King.

Tomoyo took this as a suitable answer and nodded. "Ok, but remember, you promised."

Shortly after, the guys came back with their orders. Syaoran chuckled a little as he passed Sakura her large amount of food. She just ignored him.

*****

"I get to be the dog!" Sakura said and picked up the little Monopoly figurine. After they had eaten, the group had gone back to Sakura and Syaoran's apartment to play games.

"How appropriate." Even though Syaoran said it under his breath, everyone heard him.

Sakura lifted up the wheelbarrow piece. "'How appropriate'." She mimicked. "Now you can clean up after me." They all got a good laugh out of that one, even Syaoran.

In the end Tomoyo chose the boat, Eriol was the cannon, Syaoran was the horse, and Sakura was the dog. It was starting to look less and less like Tomoyo and Sakura would get a chance to talk alone.

Tomoyo racked her brain for way to get the two boys to leave. But, as luck would have it, she was saved. "You know what?" Eriol asked. "I'm in the mood for ice cream. Is there any in the freezer?" When both Sakura and Syaoran shook their heads `no' he stood up. "Is it alright if I go to the store to get some ice cream before we start the never ending game?"

Sakura and Tomoyo nodded vigorously. "I'll go with you." Syaoran offered. Somehow, Sakura couldn't shake the feeling that Syaoran knew that she wanted to talk to Tomoyo in private and that's why he went with Eriol. She was grateful.

Now here they sat, not saying anything. It was a bit awkward. "Sakura…" Tomoyo said slowly, trying to break the silence.

"Last night," Sakura cut her off. She wanted to get this over with, "When I told Toji that I was pregnant…" She stopped and her voice got quieter. "He denied that it was his child."

Tomoyo's eyes widened in shock, she listened as Sakura told her every painful detail. Sakura gave a forced smile. "I guess I'm kind of lucky." Her eyes were brimming with tears. Tears that clearly showed the internal agony she was in. "I got to find out about his dark side before we got married." She allowed one tear to escape before wiping the rest away with the back of her hands.

Nevertheless, as soon as her best friend embraced her, the tears came back. She cried hard on Tomoyo's shoulder as Tomoyo whispered encouraging words to her. Sakura smiled a little but still continued to cry.

"I'm glad you're my friend." She choked out against the, now damp, fabric of Tomoyo's shirt.

"I'm glad that you're my friend, too." She squeezed Sakura a little tighter. "And I know that you're going to get through this. I'll help you."

Sakura nodded and took a few deep breaths before she sat up and dried her tears with the bottom of her shirt. "Thank you, Tomoyo."

"Anytime." They both smiled at each other. No more words were needed to express how much both of the girls appreciated each other.

Tomoyo stood up and then helped Sakura and they made their way to the bathroom. Once there, Sakura turned on the faucet and dipped her hands under the refreshingly cold water. She brought her cupped hands up and splashed her face with it.

"What now?" Sakura asked, water dripping down her face and onto the tile.

Tomoyo handed her a towel to dry her face off with. Sakura took it and thanked her.

"We go one step at a time."

Sakura took a step backwards, away from Tomoyo. "I'm a little afraid to know what the first step is."

Tomoyo frowned deeply. "That should be obvious. You need a new diet. I just know that you're going to be sick tonight because of all that fat you ate. It wouldn't even be that bad if you at least ate something else today."

Sakura ignored her. This didn't go unnoticed by Tomoyo, but she decided to let it slide. "I'll be over tomorrow at noon to take you grocery shopping. And you had better be ready." She gave her a piercing stare.

"I will." Sakura put the towel up and motioned to the door. "We should probably go back to the living room to wait for Eriol and Syaoran." Tomoyo nodded.

*****

Sakura brought the spoon loaded with Chocolate Moo-llennium Crunch ice cream up to her open mouth. "Umm… yum." She closed her eyes to savor the sweet taste. "Thank you Eriol, Syaoran. You picked out the perfect kind for me."

"Actually, it was meant for me, but you grabbed it before I could say anything." Syaoran smiled a little and dug his fork into his pint of Rocky Road. He was using a fork because they had only had three clean spoons and he had gotten to the silverware last. Needless to say, it was difficult to eat with but he was managing.

"Hey, at least you got the other chocolate kind." Sakura pointed out. She brought another spoonful up to her mouth. "UMMMMM!"

"You're making that look really good." Tomoyo remarked.

"Want to try some?" Sakura asked and held out the pint to Tomoyo.

Tomoyo shook her head making her glossy hair almost smack Eriol in the face. "Not right now. I'm not really in the mood for chocolate." Sakura and Syaoran had gotten the two chocolate flavors. Tomoyo had gotten the Strawberry and Eriol had gotten the Pistachio Almond.

"I'd like to try some." Syaoran said and reached for Sakura's ice cream with his fork.

She instantly pulled it away from him. "No. I didn't offer it to you."

Syaoran frowned but didn't say anything except, "It's your turn, Sakura, roll the dice already."

Sakura reached for the dice and set her pint down. As soon as it was on the table, Syaoran snatched it up. "Hey!" Sakura protested, but Syaoran got a bite before he gave it back to her.

"Ummm… you're right. This is good!" He smirked at her. She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Sakura, it's your turn! It's been your turn for ten minutes!" Tomoyo folded her arms over her chest.

"Oops…"

*****

Sakura looked at her cards and kept a blank expression on her face. They had long since abandoned their game of Monopoly and had moved on to card games. In the game `spoons', in which they had used pens instead, Tomoyo, determined not to lose, had clawed Sakura, Eriol, and Syaoran to death. They had also played BS, Old Maid, Speed, Mexican Speed, and were now playing poker with… change

Sakura watched as both Tomoyo and Eriol folded. She smirked. It was better this way. "Call." Syaoran tossed three quarters in the middle.

All attention was on Sakura. "I'm going to raise it." She showed them five quarters.

"I'll see your five, and raise you seven."

Sakura decided that now was the time. She didn't think she could get any more out of him. "I'll raise it to twenty."

Syaoran's eyes widened. "I fold."

Sakura let out a shriek of joy and pulled the money towards her. She was going to go on with the game not telling them what cards she had, but she couldn't resist. She flipped her cards over. She had an ace of hearts, a queen of hearts, a 5 of spades, a three of diamonds, and a 7 of spades; in other words, she had nothing.

"What?!" Syaoran was livid. "And I had a full house too!"

Sakura burst out into hysterical laughter and stuffed a chocolate candy in her mouth.

"You are going to be so sick tonight." Tomoyo said.

"Shut up."

*****

Sakura sat on the cold floor of the bathroom, in the middle of the night, with her head bent over the toilet. She closed her eyes and sighed. Movement outside of the bathroom caught her attention. Syaoran stood by the door sipping a glass of water.

"Syaoran?"

"Yes?"

Sakura moved to reach for her `throw up' toothbrush. "Let's not tell Tomoyo about this."

"Why not?"

"I don't want to hear, `I told you so'."

*****

When the phone rang the next morning, Sakura didn't get out of bed to answer it. She wasn't sleeping; she just didn't want to get out of her comfy covers. Apparently, neither did Syaoran. The phone rang five more times before Syaoran shouted from his room, "Sakura, it's your turn to answer the phone!"

"Since when did we start taking turns for answering the phone?" She grumbled and climbed out of bed. Whoever was calling was really getting on her nerves. You would think that they would have given up already. But no, of course not, that's the kind of luck that she was having lately.

"Hello?" She yawned and suppressed the strong desire to yell into the phone.

"Morning, Sakura!"

"Tomoyo?" Now she really wanted to scream.

"I knew that you were there and just being lazy. That's why I let it ring so long." Sakura glared at the phone. Right now, she wanted more than anything to be able to reach through the phone and strangle Tomoyo to death. On second thought, that sounded a bit too gruesome.

"I also wanted to let you know that, starting tomorrow, we are going jogging." Tomoyo laughed inwardly.

Then again, maybe she should go over to Tomoyo's house and strangle her in person.

"See you in a couple of hours!" Dial tone.

Sakura sighed and placed the receiver back on the cradle. Maybe she could take her frustration out on something else. The thought of Toji beaten to a bloody pulp popped up in her mind. She had to chuckle a bit. Instead, she decided to get dressed.

Kitty Neko- You want to know something interesting? That part about the school having a laxative put in their fountain drinks was true. It wasn't my school but it was one in my town. I bet the toilets sure got a workout that day! Until next time, Ja!