Chapter 20: Solace
Author's Note: Well here you go!! The very last chapter of "Cherry Falls". Sorry I took such a long time, but you have no idea how hard it is writing the last chapter, and it isn't that great either. Anyway, people have asked what happened to the baby Xiao Lang, and well... I've just kinda left him out. I have no idea why... Sorry!!
Anyway, I hope you all enjoy it.
"It's nothing serious; the bullet just missed her head," the family doctor looked up to see the worried faces around him.
"It only grazed her, she'll heal soon enough" he confirmed seeing their gazes fixed upon him. He had done nothing wrong, and they all looked like they were about to kill him.
"Then why isn't she awake damn it?!" Touya barked at the doctor.
"Uhh…" he looked nervously at them all, "well I can't see why she's not awake…"
"What do you mean by that? Aren't we paying you to tell us what's wrong" Touya snapped back.
"Yes well…" he began as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. He had never seen such a strange family.
"Well?" Fujitaka interrupted his son from yelling at the doctor.
"Well… it seems to me, that she should be awake, but it just looks like she doesn't want to."
"Why the hell wouldn't she want to?!" Touya grabbed the doctor by his shirt shaking him furiously.
"Touya would you please let the doctor go." Fujitaka commented as Touya released him back down.
"I'll lead you downstairs," he continued as he motioned for the doctor to follow.
Touya watched his sister's faint breathing. He was going to go and kill that Tommy if Sakura never woke up again. He was going to rip him up into tiny pieces and …
"May I enter?" came a voice from the doorway.
"You," Touya's replied accusingly as he turned around and realized who it was.
Syaoran didn't reply as he came in and pulled a chair out for himself, sitting beside Sakura's bed.
"What do you want?" Touya continued.
"What did the doctor say?" Syaoran replied, oblivious to the glare that Touya was placing upon him.
"She's fine," Touya retorted, glancing away.
"Really now?" Syaoran asked sarcastically.
"He said she'll recover, and she just doesn't want to wake up." Touya continued as he came to face Syaoran.
Moments passed.
Touya sighed as he broke the stare. "I'll leave you then," he surrendered as he walked slowly out of her room.
Syaoran turned to face Sakura, watching her breath in and out.
"Sakura? Wake up," he started, shaking her gently.
No reaction.
Seeing this, he bent down towards her, and started whispering into her ear.
"Sakura…"
She murmured.
Syaoran bent down towards her ear again. "Wake up…"
Sakura fluttered her eyes open, feeling something tingly across her neck.
"Xiao Lang," Sakura shot up. "What happened, is he okay?" she asked, not directing the question to anyone in particular.
"Shh, he's fine, nothing happened," Syaoran reassured her, motioning for her to lie back down.
"But the second shot… what… who?"
"Nothing happened, its okay, Tommy just tried to shoot himself, but Touya pushed him to lose his aim."
"I'm so sorry," she apologized.
"It'll be alright…" Syaoran trailed off as a figure came to stand in the doorway.
"Tommy?" Sakura asked as she saw the figure approach her.
Tommy started to make his way towards her bed, when he saw who was sitting beside her. He backed off a little.
"Sakura, I just wanted to say I'm sorry and I hope you can forgive me." He paused for a moment before continuing.
"I wanted to inform you that I'm leaving," Tommy notified them.
"What?" Sakura burst out. He was leaving? Sure he had done some wrong things, but it wasn't his fault.
"I am," he replied, he wasn't sure if this was the best situation to tell her, but he knew he had hurt her. He couldn't trust himself anymore.
"Why are you leaving?" Sakura asked straight out at him without thinking, when she realized why.
She had just agreed a few weeks earlier to marry him, and then next thing he knew, he had seen her kissing the father to her son. The person she had assured him they had no relationship at all.
"I…" he paused, figuring out his words before continuing, "I need to clear things up a bit"
"I'm sorry, it isn't your fault, it's mine, I shouldn't have –
"It doesn't matter now," Tommy cut her off, "you don't need me around here anymore, you're with him now," he glanced towards Syaoran's general direction, who was looking out the window, before lowering his eyes.
Sakura looked over at Syaoran. Were they? He hadn't said anything to her, it wasn't definite.
"I should go now," he concluded, as he gave Sakura a forced smile, and walked out the room.
Sakura stared at the empty space in front of her. She had no idea what was going to happen. She glanced back at Syaoran; he was concentrating at some object in the distance.
She looked down towards her hands, unsure of what to say, when he interrupted her thoughts.
"Sakura," She turned to find him facing her. "About us…" he started.
Sakura bit her lip, dread filling up inside of her. He wasn't going to leave her as well was he?
"I was thinking about everything, our baby, Tommy, and you."
"And?" Sakura asked nervously.
"For the second time, do you want to get married to me?"
She stared at him in disbelief for a while when a smile started forming on her face, confirming her decision. She would.
Syaoran couldn't contain himself any longer, as he caught her in his embrace. Kissing her lightly and then deepening the kiss.
Sakura smiled to herself. Looking back now, she couldn't believe she had turned him down the first time.
She had fallen.
Author's Note: Yeah yeah I know, what a lame ending. It could've been more lame so don't start complaining. I was about to write: "She had fallen in love" but how corny was that gonna sound. loL.
Anyway I have a quick survey that I would really appreciate if you answered.
Should I:
a) Write another story, one chapter at a time (updates would be infrequent like this story)
b) Write another story, but finish it all first and then upload it. (updates would be more regular, but it would take a long time to start it first)
or
c) Go and retire, because im so pathetic.
Please tell me what you think. Thanks! SassyLove