CHAPTER 6.
The man released the energy ball that was aimed at Sakura�s heart.
In one motion, I grabbed Sakura, turned, and ducked. The blast hit me dead in the spine. I tried to scream from the pain that enveloped me. Only not a sound was heard. Not over the screams of the girl who sat next to me, holding me up.
�Syaoran-Kun! What were you thinking?! You�ve done stupid things before, but this is ridiculous! Are you alright?!�
�Yes.� I said, only again, no sound. Instead, I nodded and embraced her. She was in hysterics.
�I�m fine.� I can only mouth the words.
�What did you just call me?!� She thinks that I would swear at her? Who does she think I am?
�Hahahahahahaha. Such a touching scene. Well, Sakura-San, now that he�s out of the picture, how about you and I get closer to each other?�
The words rang in my mind. I know that voice� I thought. �I�m not dead, yet, Hiiragizawa�� I say without words before it all goes dark.
~*~*~*~*~ End of Syaoran�s dream. ~*~*~*~*~
I opened my eyes to see bright fluorescent lights shining on me. Feimei stood at the foot of my bed. She looked worried, until she noticed that I was awake.
�Mother! Mother! He�s awake! Syaoran�s waking up!� Feimei yelled. My mother and sisters ran into the room, followed by a very worried and yet relieved Sakura.
�Xiao Lang! Oh, my son! I was so worried!� Mother hugged me and wept all over my clothes.
Where am I? This isn�t my room. The walls are white, not green. It�s too clean. I glanced down at my arm, for I felt something on it. An IV?! I�m in the hospital?! What happened? That was just a dream!
�What�s going on?� I demanded. Still, no sound escaped my lips.
�Oh, Syaoran-Kun! Thank goodness you�re okay!� Sakura flung her arms around me.
�What do you mean �Okay�?� I yelled, pulling away. �I can�t talk! What the hell is going on?!�
�What?� All 5 women in the room stared at me. None of them could read lips, if I remember correctly.
I tried sign language, knowing that at least Fanren would understand, because she learned it as code for her and her friends. I_C_A_N_T_T_A_L_K.
�He said that he can�t talk.� Fanren translated. �I think.�
I nodded my head to agree with her. W_H_A_T_H_A_P_P_E_N_E_D_?
�He wants to know what happened to him.�
�You were attacked by something in your dream, Xiao Lang.� Mother told me. Finally, I was getting somewhere! �It nearly paralyzed you vocal chords, but luckily it hit you a millimeter away from the heart of you voice box, where the main nerve connects. Unfortunately, you only have a 5 percent chance of speaking again.�
F_I_V_E_P_E_R_C_E_N_T? T_H_A_T_S_I_T?
�He said, �5 percent? That�s it?�� Fanren confirmed.
�Yes, Syaoran. It is a hard fact to grasp, but it�s true. But at least it�s better than 0 percent!� Futtie said, trying to get me to see the bright side of the matter.
I signed something that made Fanren hit me. �Watch your language, Li Xiao Lang!�
S_O_R_R_Y.
�No, you aren�t, but I�ll let it slide this one time� I smiled. Okay, my sisters could be kinda cool. Once in a great while.
�Getting back on track, � Feimei said. �You�ve been unconscious for 3 days. You had us all worried sick! You nearly gave poor Sakura a heart attack!�
I frowned and bowed my head. I didn�t want to see the look in her eyes. I may be mute, but I could still tell how other people felt by watching their eyes. Sakura knew it was true, and so did I.
~*~*~*~*~
My family left Sakura alone with me. I did like the fact that we had privacy, but I knew that my family would disown me if they even thought I had tried something.
We sat there in silence, (Which was kind of obvious for me.) I think she couldn�t think of anything to say. I looked at her, thinking about how I could never tell her that I loved her. She was so beautiful, even though her face was worried and sad. I placed my hand on her shoulder. She looked up at me and smiled weakly. I gave her a look that told her not to worry about me. At least that�s what I hope it looked like.
�Syaoran-Kun, I really wish it had been me.�
I shook my head no. I grabbed a piece of paper and a pencil from the desk by my hospital bed and wrote a short note to her. She read it out loud, for some reason.
��No, Sakura-Chan. I�m glad it was me. Otherwise, you would be the one that can�t talk, or worse. You�re one of my best friends, and I don�t want that to happen to you.� Oh, Syaoran-Kun! That�s so sweet!�
I meant every word of it.
�I know you did.�
Simultaneously, our eyes widened and auburn met emerald. �What the hell just happened?!� Sakura yelled. I thought the exact same thing.
�Syaoran-Kun, I�ve seen some weird things in my life, as you know, but this is seriously creeping me out!� Sakura cried.
Great, now she�s crying. Smooth move, Li. She didn�t even act like she heard me. I was glad she didn�t, though.
�Is this possible? Can I read your thoughts? Think something, Syaoran-Kun. Something that you want to tell me.�
Ano� I think you�re right, but not all my thoughts. I think it�s just what I want you to hear.
�Whoa. Okay, did you just think�� She repeated my words. I nodded. �Okay, now I am officially freaked out, Syaoran-Kun.�
So am I.
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You�d think that if it takes this long to write one chapter, it�d be a lot longer, huh? Well, school started about 2 weeks ago, so I have had, like, 0 time to use the computer. I�ve barely managed to get half an hour to go online! I blame Mr. Eltsroth for giving us all that homework. I won�t get into any more detail than that because he�s really creepy. Anyway, I hope you all liked this chapter. Yes, Sakura can read Syaoran�s thoughts, but only the ones he wants to be heard, like what he would actually say. She won�t hear any perverted thoughts or anything. (Like sweet, innocent Li Syaoran would have any perverted thoughts?) And no, I have absolutely no knowledge of human vocal chords. I just needed to come up with an excuse for Syaoran losing his power of speech. Obikatay, review, O-Negai. Ja!
