Card Captor Sakura Fan Fiction ❯ Stay with me! ❯ Don't tell anyone, please! ( Chapter 6 )
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"…" - Dialogue
«…» - Thoughts
'…' - Whispers, or words with double meaning
(…) - Author notes
# Italic # - Flashback
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Stay with me!
Chapter 6: "Don't tell anyone, please!" - Sakura
*By: NightAngel*
[Last Chapter]
In the hall:
Syaoran looked around, trying to find the source of the sound. He saw the bathroom lights on and ran there, opening the door.
His eyes widened when he saw what was right before his eyes. - "S - Sakura?"
[Last Chapter]
NOTE: Women who are raped do not recover from it easily. In some cases it takes years of therapy for a woman to ever trust the opposite sex again. Many of them don't even recover and become lone people. Despite everything that happens in this fic, rape is a crime and is very traumatizing for a person. Sakura will recover soon, not only because that's the way I want it to be, but also because she has help, from her family, friends, and someone who hears her and never complains or yells about something she does. Sometimes people only need someone to hear them, and not only in these cases. Remember that rape is an awful thing and should never be encouraged no matter what. I have never been trough the experience, but understand those people, especially children that go through this situation may never be able to act the way they once did. And I say once more, that this fic does not describe perfectly a rape situation. If this were real, Sakura would take months, or even years to recover and would probably never trust Syaoran this quick. Keep this in mind, when reading this.
#Syaoran's P.O.V.#
When I heard that *Thud* I expected everything … everything but this.
"S - Sakura?" - there in front of me was the girl who supported me at all times, who cheered me up when I was feeling miserable. I though she was the strongest. Everyone was surprised with her sudden change of act. She was cheerful once again … or so it seemed.
I could not believe that in all this time I had not once noticed this. How did I not see this coming?
There in front of me was Sakura, holding on to the wall, barely being able to stand up. Her arms, legs and all of her body were covered in scratches. She was also naked, but I actually did not notice that at all.
When I saw her falling unconscious. I ran to her, catching her before she hit with her head on the floor.
"Sakura? Oh God, Sakura say something." - I barely remember what crying is like, but right now I can't stop the tears from falling.
I turned my head up and saw Kero. - "Kero what happened? Who did this to her?"- The little stuffed animal lowered his head, as if afraid of answering.
"She did." - My eyes widened more than I knew possible. - "She's been doing it since the night it all happened. She begged me not to tell anyone. And I couldn't do anything to stop her. But I couldn't take it anymore. I just couldn't!" - for the first time, Kero cried and flew off the bathroom, hoping that I hadn't seen his tears … but I did.
I felt sorry for him. It must've been hard to keep the secret for so long. But I couldn't understand why Sakura would do this.
I looked down at her pained face and sighed. And finally … I noticed she was naked. - "Nani?" - I blushed more than I knew possible and hurried up covering her with a towel, and started thinking in more important things.
Picked a smaller towel and dived it in water, wrenched it and started cleaning up the blood that was coming out of her wounds.
I never though nails could be so harmful. «Remember myself never to mess up with a girl who has big nails.» ^_^
Slowly, Sakura regained her senses, and soon cried out in pain.
"Sh! It's ok now." - she opened her eyes fully and looked at me like if I was a ghost.
"S - Syao …" - I bet she couldn't say my name at that time.
"Let's take care of these first ok? We can talk later." - she nodded slightly and I smiled, trying to reassure her that I wasn't there to yell at her or to say what's wrong or what's not.
For some minutes she just watched as I cleaned her arms and legs. And after a big silence, she finally spoke. - "Are you mad at me?" - I could see her throat was sore
"Why should I? I'm not your father or something. I'm just a stranger." - without previous warning she laced her arms around my neck and hugged me hard.
"I didn't, I didn't want to do it, but it felt so good. It was like if by hurting myself, the pain of that night would go away!" - I listened to her every word silently. She just needed to let it al out. - "Every time I was alone, even if Kero was with me it was like they were raping me again and again and again without stopping. I felt their hands on my skin and the smell of alcohol. It felt so real." - her sobs were driving me crazy and tried to make her feel a little better, by hugging her back. - "So I tried to take that feeling away *sob* and the only way was to make my body concentrate on something else than that feeling. I didn't find another way, I needed them to go away but they wouldn't. They were there every night *sob* every time I was alone …" - she paused for a while, crying on my shoulder.
I could now understand why all this. But why did she pretend to be ok when she was around us? How did she hide all these wounds for this long? As if reading my mind, Sakura continued. - "When I was with someone, the feeling would go away, and I always pretended to be okay because I didn't want any one to worry about me. It was my problem and I had to solve it by myself. I used magic to make the wounds disappear, but they were always there and I was the only one who could see them at all times, no one else could." - I nodded and she stopped crying. Lifting her head from my shoulder, she looked deep into my eyes and I could see the tears in hers. - "Please Syaoran, don't tell my father or Touya. Please! I don't want them to know how weak I am. Please!" - once again she cried. I smiled reassuringly at her and wiped away the tears in her eyes
"I won't Sakura. I promise." - she hugged my neck again and thanked me until the sobs were stronger than her voice.
I looked at her arms that were already covered in blood once again. I sighed heavily. - "Sakura-chan we need to take care of these wounds. Seems like they're getting worse. I can use my magic to heal it but only after we clean the blood off." - she nodded and got up with my help. She held on to me, knowing that she couldn't stand on her own.
"A shower would be quicker and more efficient, right?" - I nodded - "Ok." - she tried to walk on her own, but she couldn't and she fell.
"Sakura?" - I helped her up once again. - "Maybe we should clean it with a towel."
"Before we're done the blood will come again Syaoran-kun." - she was right, but, she couldn't stand on her own. - "Why don't you help me showering?" - she asked out of the blue.
She surely didn't know what she was asking, and again, I blushed like a tomato.
"I trust you Syaoran. I know you won't do anything." - her calm and serene voice wiped away my embarrassment. «I can do this. I can …»
We both entered the tub and I turned the hot water on. - "Cold please. The hot water hurts my skin." - I nodded and turned off the hot water, turning on the cold. - "You're gonna get wet Syaoran." - Sakura said while putting her hands around my waist.
"It doesn't matter. Sakura, I'll close my eyes and you can shower then, ok?" - I said while closing them and blushing like a maniac. I heard her giggle. - "What's so funny?"
"You think I don't know you already saw me naked?" I said I trust you didn't I?" - Can you believe I blushed even more?
"I don't need to have my eyes open sakura-chan." - she nodded, despite the fact that I couldn't see her. She held on to me a couple of times while showering. Finally I heard the water go off.
"You can look now Syaoran-kun." - I opened my eyes ever so slowly, not wanting to find something unexpected.
She was looking up at me. Her hands were on my chest and she had a pink towel around her. I sighed relieved and she giggled again.
I chose another towel to dry myself and picked her up, carrying her to her bedroom.
"Syaoran-kun, I can walk you know?" - I glared at her and she laughed nervously. - "Or maybe not." - I placed her down on the bed and walked off the bedroom. - "Where are you going?" - she asked me. I could see that she was scared.
"Change clothes."
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#Normal P.O.V.#
After a couple of minutes, Syaoran came in the room once again. Sakura was still on the same place he had left her in.
"Kero is asleep in my room." - she nodded. - "Sakura lay face down on the bed. I'll heal your back first.
"Do I need to take the towel off?"
"Unfortunately yes! My magic won't work if anything is between me and the art that needs to be healed." - he said embarrassed.
"It's ok. So you'll first heal the back, and than I'll have to turn around so you can do the same on the front?" -???????????????
"Sakura do you know how perverted that sounded?" -????????????????
"Hoe!" - Syaoran smiled when she blushed. Sakura laid down on the bed.
"Don't worry. My eyes will always be closed." - he placed his hands in the air, above her body, and concentrated his magic on his hands, transmitting it to Sakura's body, thus healing her wounds. He concentrated enough so that all her wounds were healed in one spell only, and he did. That way, Sakura wouldn't have to turn over.
"I'm done!" - he said tiredly.
"Oh Syaoran. Can you do it again? It was so good!" - he laughed.
"Come on Sakura. Maybe another day! I'm already tired." - he sat down on the floor, panting.
"Hoe! What about the front?" - she asked while getting up, clutching the towel to her body.
"See for yourself." - se looked down at her body and saw nothing unusual.
"Hoe!" - Syaoran loved when she did that 'Hoe' of hers. She sounded so cute. « What the hell? Stop that. Stupid brain, always thinking what he shouldn't.» - Syaoran argued with himself.
"I'd better be leaving." - Syaoran said, getting up from the floor.
"Syaoran stay please." - Syaoran looked behind and saw Sakura with a puppy-dog-face.
«No! Not that cute little face of hers. I can't say no to that»
"Ok, but just for tonight." - he said defeated. Puppy-dog-face always wins. :p ) He sat on her bed, under the sheets, and she sat next to him, hugging him by the waist and resting her head on his shoulder.
"Thanks Syaoran-kun." - there was a long moment of silence, which made Syaoran think that she had already fallen asleep.
"Syaoran-kun, can I ask you something?" - sakura asked, startling him.
"S-sure."
"Before that … accident of mine, my friends told me that sex is good. Is it true?" - Syaoran blushed so hard that he though he was about to explode.
"Sakura-chan, why are you asking me, out of all people?" - he asked with steam coming out of his ears.
"Because I know you'll answer me truthfully, and not complain. Besides that's what friends are for, right?" - he sighed and decided it was better to answer her questions.
"No Sakura! Sex is not good. Making love is! Because sex is what you had, while making love implies two persons to want it. Two people who love each other. That's more than good, it's amazing." - Sakura blushed, despite the fact that Syaoran couldn't see her redden face.
"H-how does it feel to be in love, Syaoran?" - he looked down at her, only to see her auburn hair, seeing as she had her face buried in his chest.
"Sakura-chan. No one can define love."
"Please." - he sighed defeated. This girl had a strange power over him. Because he did everything she asked for, and he couldn't understand why
"Well it's kind of complicated, but let's start from the beginning. First whenever you're around the person you love, you're always smiling. Your heart seems to want to jump out off your chest. You always want to see the other person happy no matter what. You always want to be there for her. You smile when she's happy. Whenever you're away form that person your heart seems to be sinking deeper and deeper, like if something was killing you … little by little. Wherever you look you see her face, but at the same time, no one is like that special person. Sometimes you're so blind that you don't see things that are obvious to others. You just think that person is perfect in every aspect, and that even her bad things are the best of her. It gets sick sometimes you know? And it hurts when you find something you don't like about that person. But, you always end up forgiving everything." - he sighed and then continued. (Wow, That's what I all a sadistic love description. You know that kind of love is really sick!) - "Got my point?" - Sakura nodded against his chest. - "Well, maybe that last part was related to platonic love which is way to sick, like what I felt before for a certain person …" - the last words he muttered only to himself." - she lifted her head up to look into his eyes.
"You loved her very much didn't you?" - Syaoran turned his head to the side.
"Actually I think not. I mean, I almost forgot about her, and besides what I told you was not what I though about my relationship with her." - but Sakura knew he was lying. She could see in his yes that he loved that other girl very much, and it was hurting him from inside. But she though better f it and buried her face on his chest once again, and soon fell asleep. Syaoran sighed relieved and soon sleep got the best of him too. He was glad that tomorrow was Saturday and there were no classes. (In here there are no classes on Saturdays.)
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Next morning:
Kero decided not to wake Syaoran up for train, seeing as the "Kid" had spent half of the night talking to Sakura.
At exactly 8 a.m., a very smirking Touya approached his sister's bedroom. He reached for the doorknob and twisted it lightly, not making a noise. He then threw the door open and …
"Kaiiju, time to … wake … up … ?????" - Touya blinked a couple of times to make sure he wasn't having hallucinations. Then he rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands a couple of times, then grabbed his hair and yelled with all his might. - "GAKI!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Syaoran woke up with a jump. When he heard someone call his name.
He rubbed his eyes with his left hand, because his right hand was too busy, holding the still sleeping Sakura. (Men, that girl wouldn't wake up even if a bomb blew up in her head. ^_^)
When Syaoran finally managed to open his eyes he jumped again and sweatdroped. - "T-Touya-san?"
The Kinomoto's older son had fire in his eyes. Veins were popping everywhere, and he had his fists closed tight … very tight.
Suddenly Fujitaka appeared behind his son, after hearing his son yell. - "Touya what's wrong?" - he looked inside his daughter's room and gave a small "Oh!"
Syaoran sweatdroped even more and though on a way of getting out of this one alive, but no idea came to him.
"Touya-san. Fujitaka-san. I swear this is not what it seems like."
"Oh no, of course not. IT'S WORSE!" - Touya yelled making Syaoran sweat even more. He was so dead. - "You better have one hell of a good explanation t why you're in my sister's room, sleeping in my sister's bed, hugging my sister, who happens to be only wearing a towel. And you'd better explain NOW!" - by now poor Syaoran was drowning in so many sweat. Touya was scarier than anything he'd ever faced in his entire life.
"Touya-san you see …" - what was he supposed to say? He had promised Sakura he wouldn't tell anyone. But he was too young to de.
"What's going on in here?" - suddenly a little stuffed yellow ball came in the room, rubbing his sleepy eyes. He flew right to Syaoran's shoulder.
"Get out Kero. I have some business to deal with Li there." - Touya said threateningly. Kero watched as Li became white. - "What's going on anyway?" - Kero asked.
The Gaki slept with the Kaiiju. He will die slowly and painfully." - Now was Kero's chance to sweat drop. He had to do something to save the Gaki.
"Cut that crap Touya. I can explain." - everyone looked at Kero, who had that wise face of his, and his arms crossed over his chest.
"Better be something god." - Touya said relaxing a bit. Just one tiny bit …
"Yesterday Sakura was having a nightmare and I couldn't wake her up, so I called the Gaki. He talked to her and she asked him to stay here so she wouldn't have any more nightmares. There's your explanation! Now beat it." - Kero ordered to the infuriated brother.
"What about the towel?" - Touya asked, sure that Kero was lying.
"She took a bath and fell asleep still with it around her and then she had the nightmare, and then I had to call the …"
"Ok, ok! Gee, I got your point." - Touya glared at Syaoran and then ran off the room, fallowed by his father.
When they closed the door, Kero and Syaoran sighed relieved.
"Huff! Thanks Kero-chan. You saved my life." - Syaoran said, hugging the guardian who didn't complain.
"Don't mention it kid. You owe me lots of pudding and chocolates cakes." - Syaoran sweatdroped again. - "Sometimes I wonder how Sakura-chan can sleep like this." - he and Syaoran sweatdroped even more.
"Yeah." - Syaoran looked outside the window and closed his eyes, felling the sun hit his skin.
"Kid?" - Syaoran was too tired to reply. - "You'll have t sleep with her from now on, you know that right?" - if Syaoran was eating something, he would've chocked it all now.
"W-WHAT?" - he asked with big eyes.
"If you don't she'll get back to the same, and eventually hurt the baby. You need to stay by her side at all times. Got that?" - Syaoran blinked and looked at Kero like if he was an abomination of nature, or a lunatic maybe.
After a couple of minutes, he regained his composure. - "I'll think about it."
"Don't think too hard or it will burn." - Kero said with a grin. Syaoran turned into fire.
"You blasted stuffed animal." - he grabbed Kero's tail and started torturing poor Kero, who didn't stop winning and complaining all the time. ^-^0
Ce Fini! Finally. I'm sorry if there are mistakes in this one. I didn't have any time to reread it. And I hope I didn't disappoint any of you. I'm really sorry if I did. But I sincerely hope t.
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Next Chapter: Sakura realises something about her feelings for a special someone. ^_^ See you around people