Chapter 3: Chapter Three
(by Angelic-Essence, added on 2005-07-09 02:08:04 AEST) [Discussion Topic]
Unrequited Love
-CHAPTER THREE-
-Sakura's house-
She yawned rising from her fluffly pink and white bed blinking several times adjusting to the room.
"Sure feels comfortable after a few days living here...," she said with a yawn. She walked into the bathroom. Within several minutes she was already fully dressed and down teh stairs where Touya was drinking his coffee with a newspaper in front of him.
She came into teh kitchen taking a piece of toast.
"That brat you were with yesterday is outside," Touya grunted before taking another sip of his coffee. SHe slowly turned around with a hint of curiosity on her face.
"How long has he been here?"
"....about 30 minutes."
"WHAT!!"
-Outside of Sakura's house-
Syaoran looked at his watch and sighed. "She's... I mean, we're going to be late...," he sighed. He suddenly heard a loud racket inside the house and raised an eyebrow to see Sakura fixing her hair and closing teh door behind her.
"Sorry for the wait! My brother didn't tell me you were here," she said.
"Oh, no problem... uhhh, what was that noise inside?" he asked slightly interested.
She grinned evilily. "Let's say my brother will tell me the next time you're here."
-Back at teh house-
Touya was on the floor, checking the huge lump on his head. "Ahhh.... teens...," he sighed. "I gotta stop getting on her bad side."
-At homeroom-
The two finally arrived in class in time before the second bell rang for class to begin. They quickly sat next to Tomoyo, Eriol and Meiling.
"What took you two?" Eriol asked.
"Ohhh, doing something when we're not there...," Meiling grinned getting a cold glare fom Syaoran. Sakura shook her head.
"First of all, we just met. Secondly, how can you think of such a thing?" Sakura said sounding as if offended though she was just joking. Tomoyo laughed.
"And I don't want to hear anything fom you Eriol," Syaoran growled.
"What? I didn't do anything," the blue haired boy said, looking innocently.
A loud cough was heard throughout the room. Evceryone quieted down and look towards teh front of the room.
"Now that I have your attention...," the guy said slowly holding up some papers in his hands. "POP QUIZ!"
The class groaned.
-Lunch hour-
"Geez, some teachers really need to lighten up...," Meiling sighed. They all stared at her. "What?"
"You shouldn't be spraying whip cream at someone in Home Ec. I got hit with that crap too you know!" Syaoran shouted.
"But it actually tasted good!" Tomoyo concluded. "And I liked the cupcakes you made, Sakura!"
"Thanks," she replied with a smile.
"Ahhh, the heavenly bliss of Sakura's cupcakes...," Eriol sighed surprising holding a cupcake in his hand. Syaoran then smacked him over teh head. "What was that for!?"
He shrugged. "It was an automatic thing," he said taking the cupcake out of his hands and eating it.
"HEY! That was mine!" he whined as Syaoran laughed.
"Relax! I'll make some more if you guys come over my house," Sakura said brightly, ignoring the thought of Touya.
"Really?!" they all chorused.
"Oh, that's if you guys aren't busy," she quickly added. They all shook their heads.
"We'd be more than happy to come taste your wonderful cooking," Eriol said with a charming smile. Tomoyo then slapped him on teh arm. "Why am I getting hit by everyone...."
"Because it's fun," Tomoyo and Syaoran said at teh same time.
"Hey! I didn't get to hit him yet so that's not everyone!" Meiling said and then slapped him on his other arm. Eriol sighed. (a/n: poor guy ^_^)
-After school, Sakura's house-
"I'm hooooooooooommmmeeeeee!!!" she shouted throughout the entire house making the rest of her friends sweatdrop.
"Hey Sakura--" Touya came in but stopped at soon as he laid his eyes on Syaoran who was looking directly at him. "What is he doing here?"
"Oh c'mon, no special treatment. He's not the only guy here you know," his sister sighed. "And they're just here to relax so NO ARGUEMENTS!"
"Fine fine... but if I see a single move--"
"TOUYA!"
"Alright! Geez, I'll be upstairs," he said giving both Eriol and Syaoran a glare and then leaving.
"Wow, nice handle you have on your brother," Meiling laughed.
"That's because I'm the younger one... I'm spoiled," she joked.
Syaoran looked around the house to find something odd. "Sakura, isn't your father here?"
She didn't look up. She was just smiling in teh kitchen. "He's not here. He's with my mom."
Everyone fell silent remembering that her mother had died.
"Sorry...," he sighed. It's like he has the worst timing of asking questions around her.
"Nothing to apologize for! C'mon, you guys help me too! You'll get bored sitting there watching TV sooner or later."
They all went into the kitchen and saw that she quickly set all teh pans and flour.
"You guys remember the stuff we did in Home Ec. right? Do the same here! Except Meiling, no whip cream for you," she laughed. Meiling pouted.
"I highly resent that!" she defended.
They laughed and began working. Eriol and Tomoyo were with the blender-like thing (no idea what it's called LOL) mixing the ingredients as Sakura and Syaoran were making the mixture for the cupcakes. Meiling? She was told to stay away since she hit Syaoran with flour by 'accident'.
"C'mon... I want to help!" she whined.
"NO!" they all retaliated making her grunt and pout.
"I said it was an accident, didn't I?"
"Well, let's prevent that for the future, shall we?" Eriol grinned. Meiling was about to retort when Syaoran glared at her.
"Oh fine." Sakura laughed.
"Okay, I think we have enough here for even some of teh kids at school. So now we just wait, while it's in the oven," she said and they put 2 full trays into the oven, turning the degree. "SO! Who's up for a movie while we wait?"
"I call 'The Ring'!" Syaoran said jumping onto the couch. The rest of them stared at his sudden movement. "What?"
"Nothing," Eriol said sitting on the other couch with Tomoyo next to him. Sakura sat next to with teh remote in hand.
"Well, 'The Ring' is what you want right?" they nodded. "Okay, I have On-Demand cable so you can pick whatever you want."
"Shut off the lights!" Tomoyo said.
"And get some popcorn!" Meiling added. "Oh thanks," she said as Sakura handed it to her.
"How'd you get it so fast?" Syaoran asked in amusement and curiosity.
"You just don't pay attention," Sakura said sitting next to him.
The room went dark. Throughout the movie, the girls shifted in their seats, excluding Meiling since she already fell asleep halfway through the movie with the popcorn next to her. The scene of the horse being thrown over the ship and into the boat's propellers the two girls quickly grabbed onto the guys. Eriol placed a reassuring hand on Tomoyo's shoulder while Syaoran was quite stiff in his seat. At least is was dark. They wouldn't be able to see how red his face was at Sakura's sudden embrace around his neck.
He slowly moved his moved his eyes to her face which was still glued on the TV. She looked so innocent. She was so beautiful with her emerald eyes. When he looked at them, he felt like gazing into an eternity of relaxation. She then looked at him and blushed at their face's distance which was several millimeters (remember, she's clinging onto his neck very closely...lol).
They could feel each other's breathing on their faces, Sakura's natural scent, the distance between them were beginning to close... until the oven bell rang. They all snapped their attention to the kitchen. The TV then screamed snapping their attention back there.
"Why is it so dark?" a voice came, flipping the light on and then was hit by several flying couch cushions. "WHAT THE--"
"That's for scaring us!" Sakura shouted slightly laughing. Everyone else joined in and Meiling snapped from her nap.
Touya frowned. "Why are you hugging that 'gaki'?"
"Eh?" she looked and notice her arms were around his neck. And quickly let go, blushing slightly. "Sorry."
"Err, no problem," Syaoran replied scratching the back of his head."
"You better not have been doing anything..." the sibling growled.
Sakura sighed.
"Huh?" Meiling rubbed her eyes.
"Cupcakes are ready!!" Sakura said getting up from her seat.
"Now we just have to put the frosting on the top with sprinkles!" Tomoyo beamed, changing the subject. They all nodded and quickly proceeded to the kitchen and began taking some frosting tubes and took the cupcakes and began frosting them. Syaoran glanced over at Sakura who was happily applying the frosting to the cupcakes.
'She seems to be having fun,' he thought. 'I guess she likes this stuff...'
"You like making stuff, don't you?" he asked.
Sakura looked up at him. "Yep. Making stuff also shows your creativity, you know," she replied with a smile and returned her attention on the pastry.
He smiled to himself and helped out. Behind him, Touya watched them intently but a small smile crept up on his face seeing Sakura happy... even if it was with the 'gaki'. But it faded slowly as a past thought flashed through his head...
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