98.6 Part 1
Hello! This was my very first CCS fic so forgive me for being super lame-o!
I used the japanese names, so for your 411:
Sakura Avalon = Sakura Kinomoto
Li Showran = Syaoran Li
Madison Taylor = Tomoyo Dajdoji
Chelsea ?? = Chiharu Mihara
Nikki ?? = Naoko ??
Rita ?? = Rika Sasaki
Zachary ?? = Takashi Yamazuki ( I think....-_-)
(Sorry, no Meilin/Meling! Maybe next time)
-Scene 1-
Tomoyo and Sakura looked at the last desk in the farthest row. "So...where do you think he is?" Sakura asked.
"Sick probably," Tomoyo guessed. One of their friends, Syaoran Li, was absent from school today. "Maybe we should visit him."
"Yah!" Sakura responded.
-Scene 2-
Sakura and Tomoyo first headed to the shopping plaza. Pulling some of their allowance together, they bought 2 boxes of chocolates and a small house plant. After that, they headed to Syaoran's house. Sakura rang the doorbell. "I know he'll really like the candy." They waited a few seconds. Sakura rang the bell again. Then they heard the doorknob rustle. It opened.
Syaoran stood in the doorway. He wore red and white striped pajamas and wrapped himself in a green blanket. "Hey du guys," he said. "Cub bon in." he stepped aside, giving them room to enter.
Tomoyo looked around. "Where's Meiling? I would think she would be here of all people."
"Chi vent to Ong Kong to bisit er fambily," he explained, his nose extremely congested.
Sakura looked down at the plant and gave it to him. "Here. We hope you feel better."
"Yeah, we bought these too," Tomoyo said, handing him the chocolates.
Syaoran's eyes lit up. "Wow! Tanks!" he said. He immediately unwrapped a box and threw a piece in his mouth. "Omg...gyoo vant sum?"
Tomoyo and Sakura laughed. "You always have a sweet tooth, huh?" Tomoyo said.
Syaoran just smiled back in response. His mouth was too full of candy to respond. He remembered when he came to Japan; he wasn't exactly nice to Sakura. What a lousy card captor she was. After all, a true relative of Clow Reed was a true magician, able to capture the cards. She wasn't worthy. Later, they became friends and worked together to capture the cards. She became quite good; even great. It was only recently that he realized that Sakura is the one he really cared for, not Yukito. Her company was always welcomed.
"We also have your homework too," Tomoyo took out her backpack and handed him 2 books: math and english.
"Tanks gyoo guys," he said again. "A-choo!"
"Hope you feel better," Sakura and Tomoyo left through the front door.
Sakura and Tomoyo were walking towards Sakura's house. "Hey Tomoyo, did you notice he doesn't live with anyone? No one can take care of him."
"Yah, poor guy," Tomoyo agreed.
"Maybe I should try," Sakura decided.
"But are you sure? I mean, wouldn't that go out of your way?"
Sakura shook her head. "Of course not." She opened her gate. "It's not..."
Tomoyo smiled. "Good-hearted Sakura."
-Scene 3-
Sakura rang the doorbell. The door opened.
"Chakoora? Vat tar gyoo doin ear?" Syaoran asked, opening the door wider. He was genuinely surprised.
"I'm just checking up on you. Are you feeling a little better?" she asked.
"A-choo! Ugh-huh..." he nodded. "I coo-ed down ah liddle bit."
"Here," she was carrying with her a small box. "I noticed you didn't have one. It's a humidifier. You open it up, fill it with water, put some salt in it, close it and plug it in. It will help you clear your nose up when you breath in the steam."
He nodded. "Great." He looked up at the clock on the wall. "Gyoo bedder go ta sckool dow or gyoo'll be late."
"You're right!" Sakura turned around but turned back to Syaoran. "I'll come back later and give you your homework." She waved to him good-bye and walked away.
When she was out of sight, Syaoran headed for his room. He opened up the box. A note addressed to him was taped on the humidifier.
Dear Syaoran,
I hope this helps you feel better. Get well soon. *^_^*
Love, SakuraSyaoran smiled. He felt himself blush and grew hotter. Uh-oh...Syaoran fell back and fainted from all the heat.
-Scene 4-
"No Li again?" Mr. Terada asked.
"Uh Mr. Terada!" Sakura raised her hand and stood up. "Syaoran is at home sick."
"Oh...ok then." Mr. Terada marked his name on the attendance sheet.
"So..." Tomoyo whispered. "You gonna go over to his house again?"
"Well yeah," Sakura nodded. "Make-up work really bites and well..."
"Yah..."
"I let him borrow my humidifier."
"Good-hearted Sakura..." Tomoyo muttered.
They spent the whole day at school. On the way home, Sakura and Tomoyo walked together.
"So...are you gonna go back to Syaoran's place?" Tomoyo asked.
"I want to," Sakura answered. "No one takes care of him because he's all by himself."
"Wow, you sure are being nice to him." Tomoyo smiled as if she had an interesting thought in her head.
Sakura looked at her. "What's wrong?"
"Nuthin. You're just being awfully nice!"
She began to blush. "Huh? No! It's not like that!"
Tomoyo giggled. "Oh Sakura, I was just joking! You look funny when you're all red!"
Sakura shook her head. "Stop that Tomoyo." They parted. Sakura entered her house while Tomoyo kept on walking.
-Scene 5-
Syaoran sat in front of the phone for 9...wait! 59...60...ok, he has been sitting there for about 10 minutes now. He had been fighting with himself. "Should I call her?" He picked up the phone and began to press some numbers.
Ring...ring...
"Good afternoon." It was Sakura's dad.
"Oh...go-good afternoon. May I please speak with Sakura?" Syaoran tried to calm down.
"Sure, she just stepped in. Hold on please." Fujitaka placed the phone down. Then Syaoran heard someone pick up the phone. "Hey," the person said. It didn't sound like Mr. Kinomoto, probably not Keroberos and it was definitely not Sakura.
"Hello?" Syaoran said. "May I please speak to Sakura?" he repeated.
"That depends," the person answered smuggly. Syaoran guessed it was her brother.
Then he heard a girl's voice in the back. "Touya! Gimme the phone!"
"I just wanna know who it was."
"Dad said the phone was for me!"
"Monster..."
"You're so mean!" Sakura sighed. She put the phone against her ear. "Hello?"
"Uh hi," Syaoran took a deep breath. "S-S-Sa-Sakura?"
"Syaoran? Is that you? I guess you've been using the humidifier."
"Uh yah. How did you know?"
She giggled. "Because you don't sound stuffed up."
When she giggled, a warm feeling erupted in his heart. "Oh...yah...of course. Um, thanks for letting me borrow it."
"Sure thing. By the way, I'm glad you called," Sakura admitted. "I have some food; can I bring some over to your house to drop it off? That is if you didn't cook dinner already."
"Huh? Oh no, I haven't eaten yet..." Syaoran said as he stretched the cord over to the kitchen and turned off the chicken soup boiling on the stove. "1 hour? Sure. Bye." He hung up the phone. "Yes!" he jumped in the air. He was completely pumped. He ran through his apartment and cleaned up.
-Scene 6-
Keroberos sneezed. "Ban, Chakoora! I weally deeded dat bapor ting."
"Sorry, Kero-chan, but if I'd had known you were sick, I wouldn't have taken it." Sakura looked through her closet. "Well, what should I wear?"
"Cum bon, Chakoora! It's only da kid; whooz to impess?" Kero coughed.
"No...I'm not trying to impress anyone," she denied. In her mind she said, what is something that he would like? After rummaging through her closet, she picked a white v-neck t-shirt and a pink skirt with a pleat on each side. She checked herself in the mirror. She untied her pigtails and brushed her hair. Then she pulled something out of her drawer. About a week ago, Tomoyo gave her new pigtail holders and some makeup. Sakura only found now a good time to use it. But how do you put it on? Her father, no...Touya, of course not, he'd laugh at her...Kero was out of the question. She was in a panic. She picked up her cell phone. "Tomoyo? Can you come over quick? I need major help."
Within a few minutes, Tomoyo was already there. " Ok, what do you need help with?"
"I wanna use the makeup you gave me," Sakura said and sat in front of her vanity.
"Why? Where you headed off to?"
"Da kid's place!" Kero blurted.
"Kero-chan!" Sakura exclaimed.
Tomoyo looked at her cousin. "Sakura? You...wait a minute, you're trying to impress Li-kun?"
"Why does everyone think that?" Sakura turned to Tomoyo. "I just want to look nice!"
Tomoyo picked up some sparkling pale pink eyeshadow, an eyeshadow applicator and applied it on her eyelid. She brushed a little blush on her cheek and put on some clear shiny cherry flavored lipgloss. Finally, she wrapped a red ribbon around her head, making a small headband. Together, Tomoyo and Sakura looked at her in the mirror. "You look beautiful."
Sakura smiled back.
-Scene 7-
Ding dong.
"Coming!" Syaoran jumped up and down, trying to pull his jeans on. He scurried to the door and stopped in front of the mirror that hung beside it. He brushed out his bangs and smoothed the rest of his hair back. Looking sharp...except your red face...His cheeks were slightly flushed. He didn't know if it was because of the cold or Sakura coming over.
Ding dong.
He opened the door and saw Sakura standing there, with her school backpack, a large tupperware container, wrapped in a green cloth. She smiled at him; he took a deep breath. "Good afternoon," she greeted.
"H-H-H-Hey...uh...come in." Syaoran couldn't help but stare. He liked what he saw.
"I hope you didn't eat yet," Sakura said. "I brought some food for us."
He nodded. "Yah, great. Just put it on the counter." As she walked to the kitchen, Syaoran took a quick look at himself in the mirror. His cheeks had more red to them. He took deep breaths, hoping that would help him cool down.
"Hey! Do you have a steamer?" Sakura asked from the kitchen.
"Yah! It's in the cupboard on the far right," Syaoran answered. What should I do now? Help her? Wait...music...put music on first. He went up to his radio and turned it on to a slow jams radio station.
"Well, I put the steamed buns in..." Sakura walked in the living room where Syaoran was. She heard the mellow music. "Oh...did you turn on the radio?
"Yah...I like listening to music," Syaoran excused. He looked away, making sure she didn't see him blushing.
Sakura took her backpack out and pulled out her notebook. "Here are today's notes. I made a separate copy for you."
"Oh thanks," Syaoran put the notes down on the coffee table. For the past few days, in fact months, he has been fighting with himself on whether he should tell her how he felt. There was always some way to interrupt his attempts but he knew he had to do it. He needed to. "Sit down Sakura..." he told her.
She followed his request. "Why? What is it?"
"I...uh..." he sat down beside her. "Here, Sakura, um...I need to tell you something important..."
...to be continued