Be My Valentine
By: Sakura aka Michelle
Chapter 5


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All she saw was a green ceiling and she almost fainted dead again when she realized she was in an unfamiliar room. Where am I? She thought as her panic mounted. Sitting up on the bed she was currently on, she looked around the room and came to a conclusion; whoever the owner of this room was, that person definitely love green. Her head started pounding then and her left leg throbbed. The pain was almost unbearable for her.

The door creaked open slowly and bright lights poured into the room, blinding her momentarily. She tried to block out the light by covering her eyes with her hand so that she could see who entered the room. The person seemed surprised to see her awake for he was so stunned that he froze on the spot.

“You are finally awake,” he spoke up. “You have been sleeping for a day and have all of us here quite worried about you.”

“Why am I here?” She blurted out the first question that flashed through her mind. “And why am I here?”

He switched on the lights in the room and shut the door quietly before turning to look at her. “First things first; what’s your name?”

“I wonder if it is you who have lost or memory, Prince Li,” Sakura remarked dryly. “I am Sakura... Where am I?”

Sakura watched as Syaoran poured a glass of water from the small table beside the bed. “Here… Take this; you must be thirsty.”

“Thank you,” Sakura accepted with a smile and a slight blush and gulped down the contents of the glass. “I say this room is pretty green...”

“It is my favourite colour,” Syaoran replied as he flopped down into a green couch a meter away from the bed.

“I prefer pink but anyway, green is not a bad choice of colour too!” Sakura said and continued drinking.

Syaoran shifted uncomfortably in the couch, “Er… What I am trying to say is that this is my room.”

The effect was immediate; Sakura chocked on her drink and started sputtering. “What? I am in your room? How did I come here? Then… then…Uh… I am sorry for troubling you! I… I… I don’t know what else to say…”

“I brought you here in the first place so don’t you apologize; you did nothing wrong anyway,” he chuckled. “More water for you?”

Sakura blushed and shook her head frantically, “I can do it myself...” She swung her legs to the edge of the bed and winced when a wave of pain hit her.

Syaoran sighed as he took the glass from Sakura and placed it on the table. “I should have warned you against such movements; your injured leg is not able to handle these actions yet. Stay still and rest, will you?”

“But the festival…” Sakura protested.

“It has already been postponed,” Syaoran answered and urged Sakura to lie still on the bed to rest.

“Why?”

“Because I wanted it to,” he answered simply. “I know you have an important performance at the festival but you cannot perform in your current condition. I had it postponed...”

Sakura looked ready to burst into tears and Syaoran found himself tensing slightly. “Is there anything wrong? Are you not feeling well somewhere?”

“What… what about the public? What will the residents of Tomoeda think? They have been waiting for this festival for a long while! How can you do this to them?” Sakura asked. “How could you?”

Putting his hands on her shoulders to steady her, he told her, “I have already explained to them about your condition and the organizers have came to the decision to postpone this festival until you are able to perform. The festival is only delayed for about one week, just enough for you to recover. They will understand, Sakura. The most important part of the festival is the performance and they want it to be perfect. You have been practicing for such a long time, surely you would want to perform?”

“But...” Sakura protested once again.

“No buts,” he interrupted. “In order to postpone this festival, the organizers wanted something in return so that the people would be appeased and surely, the public is looking forward to the performance than before.”

“I don’t understand,” Sakura murmured, looking at Syaoran doubtfully. “What did the organizers asked in return?”

“You will know when the time comes,” Syaoran answered. “I will have someone to bring up food for you; you must be very hungry now.”

Sakura shook her head, thinking that she had troubled Syaoran so much, “I am not hungry... Would you be so kind to bring me a phone? I would like to ask my brother to pick me up.”

“You are staying here,” Syaoran pointed out. “Actually, I have already contacted your family and gained their permission regarding this, although there were some problems getting through the younger one...”

“That must be my brother. He’s always so protective over me,” Sakura explained. “I apologize on his behalf if he has said any rude things to you.”

Syaoran nodded, “He certainly is overprotective over you but isn’t that good? I mean, to have someone who treats you this way?”

“He is the best,” Sakura agreed. “I love my brother... I mean, he has been my moral support since my mother’s death and my father is busy trying to support the family and cope with the emotional loss...”

“I’m sorry! I didn’t mean to…”

“It’s all right; I have already gotten over the loss long time ago,” Sakura told him with a grave smile.

Sakura watched dumbly as Syaoran neared her side. She jerked backwards when his hand brushed against her cheek and looked up at him. “Then... why the tears?”

She did not realize that she was crying until he mentioned it. Blushing madly, she wiped away the tears with the back of the hands frantically. “I… I am sorry! I…”

A green handkerchief appeared in her line of vision and as she was about to accept it with thanks, but his actions were quicker for he gently wiped the tears for her. “Don’t cry... Everything is going to be all right. You are going to be safe here...”

“I wish to go home,” Sakura said brokenly. “I am sorry for sounding like a small child but I do not wish to worry my family. They are all that I have left...”

“I understand how you feel,” Syaoran said with a sigh. “But you need to be properly taken care for during this period of time if you want to speed up your recovery.”

Just then, a knock on the door interrupted their conversation. Syaoran went to answer it. “Li-sama, you requested for this.”

“Thank you,” he took the tray of food into the room and was about to shut the door when the servant asked, “Is the lady all right now?”

Syaoran smiled and looked at Sakura before replying, “Yes, she will be fine. She just woke up a few moments ago. Help me to spread this news.”

“Yes sir!” The servant replied enthusiastically and scurried off with the piece of good news.

“Why does she seem so happy?” Sakura asked curiously as she stared at the tray of food placed on her lap.

“This is the first time I brought a lady home. Naturally, they will be very interested about this whole issue.”

“Oh…” Sakura replied dumbly for she has nothing else to say and she started munching on her food. “Delicious! I didn’t know I was that hungry.”

“So everything is settled,” Syaoran said, standing to leave the room. “You will stay here until you are fit to move on your own without assistance. I have a meeting to attend to. If you need anything, just ask the guard standing outside. He should be able to hear your call.”

“Please wait…” Sakura called out but Syaoran was already gone.

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