Chapter 2: Chapter Two
(by Angelic-Essence, added on 2005-07-09 02:02:52 AEST) [Discussion Topic]
Unrequited Love
-CHAPTER TWO-
-Sakura's new home-
Sakura went inside her house with a fuming brother to follow her with a dangerous glare at the house across the street.
"What exactly were you doing?" he growled.
"Relax Touya! I was just giving him a 'thank you' hug," she sighed sitting on the couch and began to watch TV.
"And what's wrong with a regular 'untouching' thank you?"
"Nothing. It just happened. So can you PLEASE stop making a fuss over it?"
He sighed not wanting to argue a battle he wouldn't win.
"Fine. But if he tries anything..." She then gave him a glare. "Oh fine."
"He's not like that! He's a nice person, unlike a certain other person I know," she said, emphasizing 'certain person'.
"WHAT!? WHO!?" he thundered oblivious to the fact is was sarcasm coming from his sister.
"You-- Nevermind," she sighed. She was beginning to doubt his sanity when it came to her and boys. Trying to get away from the interrogation, she got up and headed to the kitchen. "I'll make dinner. I'm kinda wanting to make something today."
Touya sighed and then sat on teh couch, taking teh remote and started flipping through teh channels.
"Fine. Remember to be careful of teh utensils in there."
"Yes...," she sighed and began taking ingredients out fo the fridge.
-Syaoran's house-
He stared at the ceiling of his room stilling thinking about Sakura. It's a bit weird. He just met her today and already he's stuck thinking about her constantly. Strange to himself anyway. He's never experienced this kind of thing for girls before. Not even Tomoyo to his knowledge and they've known each other for their whole lives living here in Tomaeda.
He sighed as he turned to his side to face Moony. "Do you like Sakura too?" The dog barked with a wagging tail.
He slightly laughed. "You're not always so friendly towards new people. Why the sudden change?" he asked even though he knew he won't get a reply. "You just seem to like girls don't you, you sly dog?" he grinned.
If it were possible, the dog would've said yes. He laughed at the thought and got up from his bed, taking a book from his desk and began flipping through the pages in boredom.
There was a knock on his door and Wei's head pooped in. "Master Li, there is a visitor downstairs."
His ears perked up. "Who?"
"It's Miss Meiling."
"Oh, you can send her up," he sighed returning to his book. Within several minutes, a girl with long black hair and crimson eyes came into his room and jumped onto his bed like a little kid.
"Hi Syaoran!" she said with a happy tone.
"You seem too happy to my discomfort," he grinned.
"Awww, what's the matter, didn't you miss me coming over to visit?" she teased.
"Not the point. So why're you here?" he asked still looking at his book.
"Well, I came here earlier... seeing you with a girl, I didn't want to interrupt your sudden intimate moment," she laughed when he dropped the book. "What?"
"You were spying on me or something?" he asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Of course not! I'm not that mean to intrude on other people's lives," she defended. He then chuckled. "What?"
"Nevermind. You're staying over again or what? I'm going down to make something to eat," he said, getting up from his seat.
"Hey! You didn't tell me who that girl was!" she shouted after him.
They both reached the kitchen which was quite empty except for a few maids and Wei.
"Is there something you two need?" Wei asked with a bow.
"Oh, I just wanted to make something to eat... myself," he said. Wei nodded and let them through.
"Soooo who was the girl????" Meiling bugged him.
"She's a new girl, alright?!? She just lives across the street when I fell down and she came to help me. There, happy?"
"Oh that is such a lame first impression," the girl sighed. "And since when did you fall?"
Suddenly with impecable timing, Moony came into teh kitchen. It barked.
"Hi Moony!" Meiling said petting the animal.
"Yeah, Moony was the reason I fell over," Syaoran sighed.
"Oh, I see he jumped on you again then," she laughed. "Nice job!" she said gesturing the dog. Surprisingly to Syaoran, they were 'shaking hands'.
"You guys really want to make an idiot out of me don't you?" he said taking some food stuff out of the fridge.
"What can we say? Or do?" she joked. "Invite her over! I want to get to know her!"
"What?! You can see her at school! We share the same classes anyway. Which reminds me, you weren't there yesterday because...?"
"Huh? Oh, uhhh...," she stuttered.
"AHA! You cut your classes!"
"What? DID NOT! I had an appointment with Aunty Yelan."
"About what?" he asked curiously but deadly cautious.
"About...," she began. "... moving in with you guys!"
"WHAT!?" he boomed.
-Next Day, school-
"Wow, Meiling, you're moving into Syaoran's house?" Eriol said.
"Yep! I like Tomaeda a lot so I didn't want to keep going back and forth from here to China all the time. Besides, I keep getting jet-lag," she said with a shudder. Tomoyo laughed.
"Yeah, I know! I get that whenever I go with my mother to those fashion shows when I was younger! Total murder."
Syaoran sighed. It's not that it bothered him that Meiling would move in. Hell, she practically lived there herself even though she had her own home. It was just quite sudden since he also happened to meet Sakura.
"Excuse me if I may interrupt your little get-along conversation... but you're in class right now," the teacher said behind them, making them all flinch at his sudden appearance.
"Sorry," they all chorused. The door then slipped open and all eyes fell on Sakura as she walked in towards teh teacher. Mostly the eyes belonged to the guys.
"Sorry for being late-- I, err, kinda got lost...," she said apologetically. The teacher then smiled.
"It's alright. You just had a long talk with teh principal, that's all. You can sit next to that chatty bunch over there. I hope you don't mind but there aren't any other seats left in teh room. This year is quite packed."
Sakura looked at teh group and saw Syaoran sitting there with a slight blush on his face. "Oh, no problem! I'd be more than happy to sit there," she said as she went over to the table to be greeted immediately by Meiling. In fact, the whole class got a bit chatty quite suddenly.
"Hi! I'm Meiling!" she said.
"Well, aren't you energetic," Eriol mused getting slapped on teh arm. "I'm Eriol," he added.
"I'm Tomoyo! Let's become friends!" she said surprising Sakura a bit.
"I'm Sakura, it's nice to meet everyone," she said sitting down next to Syaoran who seemed to have stiffen. Tomoyo and Meiling grinned mischieviously at each other while Eriol stared back and forth between the two of them wondering what they'll do now.
"Err, hi Sakura," Syaoran said. She smiled at him.
"ENOUGH CHIT CHAT!" the teacher roared making the enire class silent. "Good, now where were we on World War 2..."
-Lunch hour-
"Hmmm so you moved from America?" Tomoyo asked highly interested in Sakura. The girl nodded.
"I used to live here in Tomaeda but I moved away... when I was little."
"I see..."
"My father used to be an archaeologist so we traveled around a lot."
"What about your mother?"
"She... passed away a long time ago," she said slightly uneasy.
"Oh, sorry..." Meiling said.
"It's okay. We just met today! So let's make the best of it. Besides, it's a long time ago!" she said getting cheery which surprised all of them.
"Oh, so that guy I saw yesterday was your dad? He looked pretty young," Syaoran said with a raised eyebrow.
"Eh? Oh no, that was my brother," she said slightly laughing. Syaoran's eyes widened even more.
"No wonder." Meiling then remembered what happened and started laughing, turning to Sakura.
"I bet you have an over-protective brother," she said.
Sakura nodded. "Yeah he is. It's enough to drive anyone up the wall," she sighed as they all laughed together.
"Remind me not to ever cross your brother if I ever meet him," Eriol said. Syaoran nodded.
"The only way to cross him would be near me," she said as they stiffened. "Don't worry, he wouldn't do anything if I was there... though it's not a guarantee," she laughed.
They were having a good time, getting to know each other. But within the shadows of trees lurked eyes of jealousy. The eyes belonged to Naomi who watched as Syaoran laughed at Sakura's comments about her brother. She glared at the auburn hair colored girl in fury.
"You won't take him away from me... not when I'm around."
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