Author's Notes:

Hey my supportive readers, sorry for the delay. Just wanted to tell you that I'm rewriting this story, I'd try to update weekly to catch up to the latest chapter, sorry for the late update. The rewriting part is for the betterment of the story and the, let me see, the way of my writing. I wasn't that satisfied when I reread my story, so here goes. 'I Said I Loathe You, Not Love You' rewritten! Thanks to all of you! X)

Btw, many many thanks to Your Highness (the cute and little super duper friend of mine) for beta-ing. HAHA!

Marty-kun

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I Said I Loathe You, Not Love You

By Marty-kun

Synopsis:

High School is very hard for Sakura Kinomoto because, well, you wouldn't want to be the most hated girl in school, but unfortunately she is. She doesn't know how and when was she hated, but had a guess that it was because of some guy named Syaoran Li. She's been hated by everyone except by her best friend, Tomoyo. And what do you think would happen if Syaoran Li, one of the most popular guys in school was challenged to date her. Will she prove that her guess was right causing Syaoran's downfall or will dig up old, forgotten feelings? One will never know, he is, after all, his number one suspect in ruining her school life. --SxS--

Disclaimer:

I do not own CCS, CLAMP is its rightful owner.

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Chapter One

"Her Number One Suspect"

An auburn haired girl was sitting on a bench, eating ice cream on a sunny Saturday morning. Her hair was a bit curly and rested upon her soft yet elegant shoulders and her eyes hid behind huge sun glasses.

It was a hot summer day, tall trees stood besides her giving her shade. Although the sun didn't hit her directly, the heat of the atmosphere was enough to make her a bit edgy.

"Where is she? I thought we'd meet up at nine," she said in a somewhat irritated tone of voice as she slipped off her sun glasses slightly showing her emerald colored eyes. Then she looked at her watch, "It's already thirty minutes since I arrived here," pouting as she finished her statement.

Irritated as she was at her friend, she stood up from the bench and started looking for the person she was waiting for. However, a few more minutes passed by and there was still no sign of her friend. She sighed as she sat back on the empty bench.

All of a sudden, there was a cold feeling on her slender fingers; the ice cream was melting. She licked the ice cream for the last time and tossed it to the nearby trashcan, afterwards took some tissue from her purse and wiped her sticky fingers.

Feeling more bored than impatient now, she looked mindlessly above her. The braches of the trees swayed as a sudden gust of wind came. Without her ice cream, she had nothing else to do; either she looked for something interesting or stayed there doing nothing.

A boy and a girl were playing on the Penguin slides just about fifteen feet away from her. Their playful giggles were enough to keep her from getting bored. While the boy slid on the smooth surface of the slide, the young girl watched him. "Wee!" shouted the little boy as he slid down.

When the boy was up and about, the girl approached him. "Push me on the swings," she demanded in a cute kind of way. The girl led the way while the boy followed.

As the two children approached the swings, the girl suddenly lost her balance and tripped on an unseen rock. The boy laughed instead of helping her – such childish behavior. The girl flushed from embarrassment. Hurriedly, she got back to her feet and pushed the boy as he laughed at her. He fell on the sand, still laughing. "Why are you laughing?" she asked pouting her lips afterwards as she crossed her arms on her stomach.

"You look… funny!" his voice was shaking in amusement while pointing at her face.

Too preoccupied as she watched the two children playing and laughing, Sakura failed to see a girl with violet hair come walking by with a video camera in her hand. She came unnoticed by Sakura who was still so enticed by the children. Her hair was tied to a bun and she was wearing a purple dress that matched the color of her hair. Her camera was pointing at the auburn haired girl. "Sakura-chan!" the girl said in an oh-so sweet voice as she approached the girl named Sakura.

Sakura ignored the girl and acted as if she didn't even know her. Feeling impatient and annoyed from all the waiting, she thought that it was only fair to give the girl the silent treatment.

Thinking that her call wasn't heard she repeated it, "Sakura-chan!" she tried again with the same tone. Again, she was ignored. Embarrassed by her late arrival, she sat besides Sakura; her video camera still pointing at her.

"I'm sorry Sakura-chan…" the violet-haired girl started, "…it's just that on my way here, I saw a shop which sells all kinds of cloth, and there I saw a very pretty pink one, and thought that it would look good on you if I made a dress out of it," she finished, her voice showed utmost sincerity.

Seeing that her friend seemed to mean what she said and felt really guilty about it, she finally paid the girl her attention. "It's fine, Tomoyo-chan. It wasn't like I waited here for almost an hour," she said with half a smile and a voice dripping with sarcasm.

"You didn't?" Tomoyo asked her with curiosity written on her face.

Sakura pouted a little before she replied, "Look what time it is," she ordered, Tomoyo followed seeing that her friend was somewhat serious.

"It's… 10:04," she answered.

"And what time did you ask me to meet up with you?" Sakura continued as she took her purse, stood up and stretched out her weary arms.

Feeling rather embarrassed of her actions, she replied with a sweet smile on her face, "Exactly nine o'clock."

"Exactly nine o'clock," Sakura repeated and then looked at Tomoyo with her lips slightly curled up to a smile.

Tomoyo kept on recording her with the video camera. "Sorry, Sakura-chan, you know I can't resist something cute, especially if it would fit you so perfectly!"

Being praised by her best friend was not new to Sakura; Tomoyo often talks about Sakura, how cute she is, what clothing she should wear, what dress she should make for her, things like a typical best friend would do, yes, typical would be the word.

"Here," Tomoyo began as she passed a paper bag to Sakura, "it's the fabric I bought, cute isn't it?"

Sakura took it and opened it up; inside the bag were several fabrics which varied in design and color. "I think the pink one would suit you best, Sakura-chan," she heard Tomoyo say as she looked at the fabrics with interest and awe.

The fabrics were beautiful, all of them. What more if it were sewed by her very talented best friend? Hearing what Tomoyo said, she looked for the pink fabric her friend was talking about. Finally finding it at the bottom of the paper bag, she took it out and looked at it; the pink elegant cloth she was holding was truly beautiful.

"It really is cute!" Tomoyo squealed while focusing the video camera on Sakura who was admiring the pink fabric, "I think it would really look good on you, Sakura-chan."

"Well, thanks for the concern, but only you will notice me even if I'm wearing the most beautiful dress in the world…" Sakura said as she looked down towards her feet. "…nobody notices me at school."

Tomoyo moved closer towards Sakura – she felt that she needed to cheer her best friend up. "Don't worry about them, it's not like they know you, they just ignore you because the popular people do. And popular people are not real people," she said while wishing to herself that Sakura got her point.

Comforting words coming from her best friend always made Sakura happy, they have been the best of friends for as long as she could remember, and she could not ask for anything more. "Thanks, Tomoyo-chan. I don't know what I'd do without you," she said. Tomoyo gave her a friendly hug.

Thinking that it wasn't enough payment for making her wait, Tomoyo got hold of Sakura's hand. "Come on, I need to pay you back for making you wait," she dragged her gently and finally turned the video camera off.

Tomoyo always made Sakura smile, "It will cost you," Sakura teased as they walked away from Penguin Park.

"Try me!" she replied proudly. Both of them were giggling while they headed towards the shopping center.

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After walking for a few minutes, they arrived at the mall. It wasn't that crowded because the mall just opened. As they arrived, they went towards the dress shops nearby; they bought different types of clothing, from shirts to jeans, to blouses and dresses. And just like typical girls, they had a grand time going around shopping for all sorts of things.

Before the two even knew it, it was already lunch time and both of them felt their tummies rumbling. "So where do you want to eat?" Tomoyo asked Sakura as she paid for her items in the cashier.

Sakura was looking at the dress displayed just near the cash register; she didn't seem to notice her so she continued to check out the crimson dress. "Sakura-chan?" Tomoyo repeated, took out her wallet and paid the saleslady.

"Hmm? Oh, what is it, Tomoyo-chan?" Sakura asked, her eyes were still glued onto the crimson dress.

"Thank you. Please come again," said the lady as Tomoyo got the shopping bags and approached Sakura.

"It's really beautiful," Sakura heard Tomoyo speak beside her. "You want to buy it?" her friend asked as she too looked at the dress.

Sakura grabbed Tomoyo's hand, "Nope, come on…" she turned around started walking towards the opposite direction as she carried some of the things she bought as well.

Both girls had both their hands full of shopping bags and were very much contented on what they've bought. "So where do you want to eat? My treat." Tomoyo gleefully said as she smiled at Sakura afterwards.

Sakura couldn't resist Tomoyo's offer, and so she thought hard on where she'd want to eat lunch. They continued to walk while Tomoyo waited for Sakura's answer. After a few minutes of walking around, she spoke and pointed at a nearby restaurant, "There!"

Tomoyo looked at where Sakura was pointing, and saw the restaurant, it was an
Italian restaurant, and well, Italian restaurants are famous and famous always comes with a little bit of price, well, not little actually.

"Is here okay?" Sakura asked while smiling at Tomoyo.

Seeing that Sakura had planned to take her to an expensive restaurant, she didn't refuse, "Here is fine," she said in proud voice followed by the same smile her best friend gave her.

As they entered the place, they saw only quite a few people eating, it was half-full and all the customers were wearing sophisticated clothing.

"A table for two, Mademoiselle?" asked a waiter who approached them.

The waiter was referring to Tomoyo who curtly replied, "Oui," and they were sent to the table at the middle of the restaurant.

"You speak French?" Sakura asked in curiosity as they sat opposite to each other.

This made Tomoyo giggle. "It was a simple 'yes', Sakura-chan, I just know the basic words," she replied a bit pompously as the same waiter handed them the menu.

"Merci, serveur," she said in gratitude as the waiter bowed and took out a piece of parchment and a pen.

"So what will you have?" Tomoyo said as she opened up the menu and looked for something tasty to eat.

Sakura, who was having a hard time choosing, looked at the waiter for a bit of help. "May I suggest our best-sellers, Lasagna, Pasta Puttanesca, and Spaghetti alla Carbonara," said the waiter as he pointed out the said dishes in the menu.

"I'll have Spaghetti alla Carbonara," Tomoyo said as she continued to look at the menu, while the waiter wrote it down.

"Then I'll have Lasagna," Sakura said as she closed the menu.

The waiter wrote it down once more, "And what will you have for dessert?"

"Two servings of Cassata," Tomoyo replied and finally closed the menu as well.

Seeing that the two finished their order, the waiter took the menus and bowed as he took the order to the kitchen.

"I wish you bought that crimson dress, it would have looked so good on you!" Tomoyo said with a bit of disappointment as they waited for their order.

Sakura smiled at her, "It was a bit pricey."

"Yeah, just like this restaurant," she whispered the last phrase then looked at Sakura and giggled a bit.

Feeling pleased with herself, Sakura replied, "I told you I'd make you pay for making me wait," followed by an evil grin.

Both laughed softly as they didn't want to humiliate themselves in that kind of place by acting unladylike.

Not long after, the waiter served them their orders and both started to eat and enjoy their meal.

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After they finished eating, Tomoyo paid the bill and the two friends left for the arcade.

Upon arriving, Sakura immediately approached the token booth and bought some tokens. "Tomoyo-chan, I need to have my revenge on those dogs!" she said, her eyes sparkling with enthusiasm and then headed towards the games. Tomoyo followed, her hands already armed with her video camera.

Excited and full of energy, the two passed by some people and arrived at their destination.

There it was: those dogs that pop out in random order. Nobody was playing so Sakura got to position, took her strength out, and grabbed the toy hammer with her right hand. With a wide smile on her face, Tomoyo started recording her best friend. And finally Sakura placed one token inside.

Sakura caught about three persons' attentions without her knowing, and they watched the auburn haired girl as she prepared herself. It was a bit odd to see someone that serious about an arcade game, but nonetheless her image looked entertaining.

The token was in and all that was needed was to press the 'start' button. "You ready to lose?" she said to the machine as if it was her rival.

She pressed the start button, and the machine spoke, "Ready… GO!" and the dogs came out through nine holes. She hit them hard on the head, and was laughing evilly with every hit of her sweet revenge.

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A blue haired boy with round spectacles was playing basketball on the arcade, and after the limited time he was given he got the highest record. "Beat that!" he dared his company, a chocolate haired teenage boy with amber eyes who seemed bored and sleepy.

"Eriol, don't waste my time here, I have a date today," replied the chocolate haired boy following it with a loud groan.

The guy named Eriol smirked at his company. "Is it that hard to accept defeat, Syaoran?" he asked trying to taunt his company. "If you win, I'll let you go to your date, but if you lose, well, you'll have to stay here with me."

Syaoran looked happy and took the opportunity to leave him and go to his date, "By the way, why was I here from the beginning?" he asked.

"Because you lost on the other match and the price was that you'd do anything I request," he reminded him while finding some more tokens on his pocket.

Syaoran gave out a little sigh, "Why can't I beat you in a rock-paper-scissors game?" he asked with disappointment in his voice.

"Maybe it's because you were lip-locked with someone while you played that game with me, and all you did was paper, paper, paper so that I'd get out of your way, dumb-ass" Eriol replied as he chuckled away with laughter.

"Oh now I remember, you always get the perfect timing to annoy me," he told him while he yawned widely.

Eriol put the token on two machines, "I'll take that as a compliment," then pressed the start button and both started to play.

Despite forgetting the fact that Syaoran was a good basketball player, Eriol still felt like he would lose, not that he was that bad in basketball either. Their fierce competition caught most of the people's attention. Both rarely missed which really kept the audience hooked and some were even cheering.

Not long after, the time was up, and unfortunately, both got the same score.

"What happens when it's tie?" Syaoran asked him as he wiped some of his sweat with the handkerchief he brought.

Eriol thought back and recalled, "Oh, we play another game and start over again." Both gave out sighs and then looked around the arcade to find something to play.

Unexpectedly, when Syaoran was searching, he caught sight of a girl who was enjoying hitting toy dogs, as if they did something bad to her, with an evil yet satisfied look on her face while her company was recording her great effort. He recognized who those two girls were but ignored them.

"Is that Sakura-chan and Tomoyo-chan?" Eriol asked him as he shook his shoulder and pointed out to the two girls he saw earlier.

"Yeah," he replied in flat voice.

He grabbed him by the shoulder and dragged him towards them, "Come on, let's go and say hi," Eriol said despite Syaoran showing displeasure at the idea of even being near the two girls.

As they approached the two girls, Eriol greeted the them, "Good afternoon Tomoyo-chan, Sakura-chan."

Tomoyo was surprised to hear someone call out her name. She looked behind to check who it was while her hands continued recording Sakura's revenge. She was surprised to see the faces of two of her classmates, Eriol and Syaoran. "Good afternoon, Eriol-kun and Li-kun," she greeted them and then smiled. Still too preoccupied with her idea of having revenge, Sakura didn't notice their surprising visit.

When she finished, she faced Tomoyo with a wide smile and took not less than ten tickets; she got a high score. She placed the hammer back and just then realized that she beat the former highest score and let out a little squeal of excitement and happiness. "Tomoyo-chan! I got…" she suddenly stopped as she noticed that they had company – Eriol was smiling back at her while Syaoran looked at her with distaste, "Oh…"

"Good afternoon, Sakura-chan," Eriol greeted her while she blushed from embarrassment.

Impatience was written all over Syaoran's face. To Sakura, just the idea of her being in the same room as he was in seemed to annoy him to no end. But he wasn't the only one. She, too, loathes the idea of seeing him there, standing in front of her with that kind of expression.

He is, without a doubt, her number one suspect for ruining her school life.

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That's that! Hope you liked it, thanks for your support and patience!

If there is anything you'd like to clear up, please inform me! Also, if there is anything wrong with the way I write or some suggestions don't be shy to tell me! I'm open to constructive criticisms! Thanks a lot! :D