Tranquility�
Nothing but silence�
It feels nice to relax�
But�
Something seems to be missing�
I feel so�
Empty�
- Ring Ring -
The phone� I slowly pick it up and take in a breath before answering� �ERIOL YOU ASS!! I TOLD YOU ONCE AND I�LL TELL YOU AGAIN! I DON�T WANT A STUPID PARTY! I JUST WANT TO RELAX! NOW LEAVE ME ALONE!!!�
- Silence -
How odd� I didn�t get a single �Now my cute lil� descendent�� creepy response� or any response at all� until, �I� I�m sorry Syaoran-kun� I�ll leave you alone since you want to rest� Please forgive me!� My eyes widen for my mistake, but before I could say anything� all that was left was the dial tone�
I was shocked� I heard the voice of the very person I least expected to call� her angelic voice seemed scared� but she sounded more disappointed as well� I�m a stupid idiot� I hung up the phone and picked it up once again� dialing in a few numbers with my shaking hands� As I heard the ringing of the other line� The suspense rose as did my temperature� It felt like ages, hearing that ringing� but it stopped when finally someone picked up the phone� however me being an idiot� �S-Sakura! I�m sooo sorry for being such a jerk! I mistook you for someone else! Please forgive me! I really thought it was someone else! Sakura I�m sor��
�Shut up you stupid Gaki! I�m not Sakura! And what the hell did you do to my little kajuu? You brat! When I find out what the hell you did, I�m going to kick your sorry little ass! You my little sister cry you bastard! You are always the one making her cry� she just ran out the house tears falling!! You better go find her right now or else I�m going to go over there and make you wish you weren�t born!!! Now��
I didn�t hear the rest of what Touya said� All I remember was that I ran out� I don�t even think I hung up the phone� Usually I�d argue with Touya about me not being a �Gaki� but I was too worried about Sakura� I�m such a jerk! I ran all over Tomoeda� calling out Sakura�s name� Asking everyone I come by� But hours passed� which seemed like days� no� years� And no sign of Sakura� My heart wouldn�t stop racing� I was scared and worried� I was about to call a freaking SWAT team after her for crying out loud! I went everywhere� to the mall� the King Penguin Park�
Damn it where could she be!!!!�And when I thought things couldn�t get any worst� it begins to pour down rain� WHY ME!? ON MY BIRTHDAY!� I swear this is the worst birthday ever� Eriol wouldn�t stop bugging me earlier� Meiling nearly burnt down my kitchen making me a �Birthday Breakfast�� I had to kick her out� Wei was on emergency leave for this whole week� Touya�s yelling� It rains� But most of all� I made Sakura cry and can�t find her anywhere� I yelled at her� Well since it was raining I thought she�d be back home� So I decided to head back and try calling her again�
However as I was heading back home� passing by the school, which was close due to a short summer break� I notice a figure on my favorite cherry blossom tree� Well curiosity took the best of me� I was already wet so the rain didn�t quite bother me� I stared at the tree� the tree I first met Sakura� the tree we always played on and hung out� too bad cherry blossoms don�t last all year round� and only for a short time� but its still my favorite tree even when it doesn�t bloom� However when it does bloom� It�s one of the most beautiful sites you�d ever encounter� I couldn�t see a lot past the leaves� and the rain wasn�t quite helping me with vision� All I could tell was that there was a person crouched up on one of the high branches� �Hello up there!~ You OK?� No answer� All that could be heard was the pouring of the rain hitting the leaves� The wind howling lightly� I decided to take and closer look and jump up to the person� �Hey��
�Syaoran?� What are you doing here?� I found her� I finally found her� tears fell from her emerald orbs� eyes a bit puffy but that didn�t ruin her beauty� I reached out to wipe a tear� she feels hot� is she sick?� I begin to caress her cheek� �Syaoran�?� I hear her voice� yet can�t stop my gestures� it was like I was in a trance� I felt the corners of my lips rise up into a smile� a smile for her� Without thinking I pulled her into a tight hug� I heard her gasp with surprise� but I was just so scared I was going to lose her again� �Syaoran� its ok� I�m right here��
�Sakura� please don�t scare me like that again�� It felt like I was about to cry� but tears didn�t come out� I just put her into a tighter embrace� �Don�t leave again� Please stop crying��
�Syaoran� I�m sor��
�No! I�m sorry Sakura! I shouldn�t have yelled! I swear I thought it was someone else! I thought it would be Eriol calling again to annoy me! I didn�t mean to hurt you� Please� Forgive me� I know I don�t deserve it� but at least stop those tears�� I slowly pulled her away, still with my hands on her shoulders� I tucked a wet strand of loose hair away from her beautiful face� and looked deep into her eyes� We stared at each other forever� It felt like time had stopped just for us� All I could hear was her breathing� as well as mine� I heard my heart pound loudly� Louder then the rain� I saw her lips part as if she was about to say something� but then she closed them shut once again�
Time passed� Nothing but silence and the rain� and then I saw her smile� smile! I was shocked� She smiled at me� after all the pain I caused her� she smiled� �So you thought I was Eriol? Seriously what do you have against the guy?� Sarcasm could be caught in her sweet voice� She tried to pretend to be sincere� but I could tell she was trying very hard to fight back a laugh�
I couldn�t help but return the smile from her cute face� I replied, �It�s Eriol for crying out loud! How can you not hate him? The guy seriously freaks me out� �Now my cute lil� descendent�� I mean who does that!? The guy is creepy!� We laughed out loud scaring the birds around us� We joked around making more impressions of the people we knew� even sometimes made jokes of ourselves� People passing by the school stare at the �laughing� tree with confusion� It was funny how some got startled by some sudden outburst out of nowhere� It was fun� The rain seemed to lessen as the time passed� And before we knew it, the shone bright� you couldn�t even tell it rained, except of the mud puddles on the floor� �Shall we go down?� She nodded in reply and I jumped down first� I let out a hand of which she took and she jumped into my arm� Everything went in slow motion� I lost my balance as her body hit mine� and I fell back feeling her weight follow� Resulting her to be on top in my arms� Such an angel� I wonder how I was blessed with such an angel as a friend� hmm~ she had soft skin� I could feel the hotness touch my cheeks� but I ignored that� Just hoped she didn�t notice� She looked at me, water drops fell from her hair onto my face� she was beautiful� Her body was so close and warm� I just wanted to hold her and� Oh no� DAMN HORMONES� I guess Sakura noticed I was bit in an uncomfortable panic for she looked at me worriedly� I nervously smiled at her to reassure her I was fine� I did the only thing I could do for her to not notice my� �need� for her� I flipped her so I could be on top, hearing her let out a little yelp during the process� I lifted my body so not to crush her fragile one� We once again stared at each other�
Eternity seemed to hit� I don�t know what was happening� but for some reason my face seemed to come closer� and closer� and closer� �Syaoran�?� I snapped out of my trance� and stared at her� she seemed nervous and confused� I just made another nervous smile� but then I thought of something�
I made a sneaky and playful smile� �You know what Sakura� You are very beautiful�� Sakura seemed to turn bright red� must be the sun� either that or my plan is working� I smiled even wider and got a little closer� I caressed her face with my right hand� behind the ear� �So delicate� so fragile�� I can�t believe what I�m doing� but I�m not backing out� my knees on both sides of her kept my balance as I leaned forward closer� I continued to caress lower� down the neck� over the shoulder� She seemed to shiver at my every move� rubbing lightly against her arm� over her stomach� My face was so close to hers� I could feel her every breath� She closed her eyes tight� and that�s where I smiled evilly� I whispered in her ear� �Sakura� Are you� Ticklish?�
That�s when I got my plan into action I tickled her sides furiously� She was laughing so hard happy tears seemed to form from her eyes� �Sya�. Syaoran!! HAHA� Pl� Please� haha� St- Stop it!! Ahahahaha!!!!� She tried to get out of my clutches but couldn�t escape�
I had her� I kept tickling her� she begged and pleaded her heart out� But I didn�t stop� Well� that was until we heard an old couple pass by� �Oh my! You kids got have some manners! In the middle of the school too! Take it somewhere else! Darling� kids these days are just growing up too fast�� I completely stopped and got off Sakura as fast I could getting up� I helped her up� Man how embarrassing! We looked at each other with ashamed looks� but then that faded into snickering� to out loud laughing� It was funny� That was when I noticed� Sakura was wearing a white tank top� My jaw dropped� Sakura noticed my staring and looked� Her eyes widened and face red� She turned around quickly and crouched to the floor� If someone saw me� they�d probably think I was some cherry head or whatever� Man it was hot�
�Here Sakura� I was so glad I had on a polo shirt on today with a muscle shirt under� I hand her my shirt leaving me with my muscle shirt� Sakura took it gratefully� still crouched down trying hard to get the shirt on�
She stood up with an apologetic look, �I�m sorry for taking your shirt��
�It�s ok� You need it more than I do�� I noticed she seemed to be staring at me funny� Staring at something other then my face� I smirked, �What now? You like what you see?� I began to flex my muscles just for fun�
Sakura looked up to my face with a smile, �Of course�� Ok I that was unexpected� �But probably not as much as you liked looking at me in a white tank�� She had a similar smirk as my previous one� all I could do was look dumbfounded� Haha� she�s good� We made more jokes as we walked out of the school area�
�Shall we go home and change?�
�No! I mean lets hang out more Syaoran� How odd she seemed determined that we don�t go home� oh well� if that�s what she wants� We walked all over Tomoeda doing variety of things� Eating ice cream� Taking silly pictures at the photo booth� shop at the mall� actually Sakura shopping while I carry the heavy loads� ate at the food court� went ice skating� me falling on my butt every five seconds at the ice rink� We did so much� it was so much fun�My birthday didn�t seem to go so bad after all� In fact� I loved it� I loved spending time with Sakura! This seemed to be the best birthday ever�
As we were swinging in the park, Sakura had an unexpected phone call on her cell� what was odd was that I didn�t know she had one� Or else I would have called her on that! But who would be calling her? Tomoyo? Sakura excused herself� she walked off a for a little while and then came back as she hung up her cell� �Sorry Syaoran, but I have to be getting home� My brother is calling for some help�But before I go home� I forgot my Math book at your house last week� Can I go get it?� It was odd� I swear She brought that book home� but I guess it wouldn�t hurt if she picked it up� So we headed for my place� I don�t know but I had this weird feeling� we walked up the stairs up to my apartment� We had small chit-chat along the way� When we reached my door, I grabbed hold of the doorknob as I took out my key and unlocked it� I was about to turn the knob when all of a sudden Sakura came and grabbed the doorknob blocking the door� �Syaoran� before we go in�� I wonder what could make Sakura act so weird about� Is she� Please let this be the moment I�ve been waiting for!!! �We�d like to say�� �We�d� � what the hell is she talking about� its only us� or is it? Sakura turned the knob slowly� and then�
�HAPPY BIRTHDAY SYAORAN!!!!� Wow� Every one of our friends came from behind the door with party hats, balloons, and confetti� I was shocked� Definitely a surprise� I looked at Sakura, who only smiled putting a party hat onto my head� She gestured me to go in� and I obeyed with a smile on my face� I didn�t quite want a party� but one with Sakura with make my day� It wasn�t bad� I had fun� we played games� some that required a lot of embarrassment and humility�. But since everyone had to do something like it� It was great~� Everyone gave me gifts� And boy were the weird� Yukito and Touya sent me home appliances� ok� too bad they aren�t here� well then again� Nakuru also sent me something� she sent me a weird plushy� I can�t tell which is the head and the body� or what it was for that matter� Yamazaki gave me a� a VERY colorful soccer ball with drawings of� he says us, but I say more along the lines of blobs� Chiharu gave me a lie detector� I don�t know what for� I think that was intended for Yamazaki� but oh well� Rika gave me a nice homemade sweater� that was� too cute for words if you know what I mean� another shirt to leave in the back of my closet� Naoko gave me� a stack of horror books� hmm those might be entertaining� Meiling gave me� socks? Tomoyo gave me another one of her �creations�� too frilly if you ask me� but of course I just smiled and thought of it to accompany my new sweater as well� The weirdest gift was from Eriol� it was a VERY decorative tape� that said �Best shots of the Best couple: Version VII�� probably he was helped by his girlfriend� Tomoyo is still the same� But he also said to me �I hoped you enjoyed the first part of my present�� I didn�t quite understand until he gestured towards the angel across the room� So he planned all this! I don�t know whether to beat the shit out of him or hug him� I�ll decide that later�
The food was great� The games were fun� My friends were the best� But most importantly� there was Sakura� It was getting late and we were all doing karaoke and dancing� well my friends mostly� I just watched� While Eriol and Tomoyo were doing their little freak dance as Rika and Chiharu were singing some funky song, Sakura tugged my shirt and pointed towards the balcony� In a few minutes we left our party friends with their wild selves as we out for fresh air� �Is there something you need Sakura?�
Sakura smiled and handed out a neatly wrapped package, �Happy Birthday Syaoran�� I gratefully took it and admired the outside beauty� I slowly opened it not to tear up the peony printed wrapper� When I opened the box� I gasped� It was a beautifully framed picture of me and Sakura, � It was hard finding such a frame� And that picture� Do you remember? It was the picture Tomoyo took of us at the beach� I hope you like it��
I smiled, �I love it Ying Hua��
Sakura seemed to blush at the pet name I gave her, �Th-There is more� I wrote something on the back�� I smiled and flipped the frame and opened it� I stared at the beautiful writing for quite some time� Eyes wide with my jaw slightly open� I sucked up the details as much as I could trying to believe this isn�t a dream� I stared at Sakura who could only smile sheepishly at me, I couldn�t take it anymore for I grabbed Sakura�s arm pulling her closer, and cupped her face, giving her a deep kiss� She returned it with as much passion as I had sent her� Those words kept playing into my head as I kissed and embraced the sweet angel�
�I love you Shaoran� my Little Wolf� Happy Birthday my love��
Thank You for the best birthday Ying Hua� For I love you too� my cherry blossom�
