Hey there all you cats and kittens. Are you shocked to see a new fic so soon? Well you shouldn't be. I am filled with tons of ideas; the only problem is finding time between classes to write. Oh, did I mention I'm still in school even though it's summer? Torture yes I know, but somehow I'll survive.

Anyway, I hope you like this new story. I worked hard trying to make the first chapter good. I remember the first chapter of my other stories not being as good as the later chapters. So if you guys have any suggestions, don't be afraid to review. Besides that, here we go…

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS but this story is an original, hopefully.

High School Drama

Chapter One: Rejection and Truth

Sakura POV

Ok, here I am. It's 2:15pm. I'm outside this awful school sitting on this dirty wooden bench waiting for him to show. He told me he was going to be here, why isn't he here? Wait, maybe he's playing a joke on me and right now he and his friends are sitting behind a bush laughing at me.

I put my head in my hands and look down at my shoes, which at the moment seem to be really dirty. Maybe just as dirty as this bench.

"Kinomoto?"

I look up to see those gorgeous amber eyes staring down at me. I guess he's not trying to pull a joke on me after all.

"Kinomoto?"

He waved his hand in my face snapping me out of my gaze. How embarrassing. He must think that I'm some kind if stalker by now. Ok, Sakura keep your head together and say something, anything.

"You have nice eyes."

Great, why was I thinking about his eyes? Now he definitely thinks I'm a freak now.

"Ok, was there something you wanted from me?" He looked at me like I was insane, and he had every right to. Who starts a conversation with 'you have nice eyes?'

All right, girl we can get through this if I keep on breathing. What's the worst that could happen? So what if he rejects me, there are plenty of fish in the sea right?

I swallowed hard trying to get my thoughts in order.

"Um…Li…I know we don't know each other too well…but…I was wondering if…if you would like to go out with me some time?"

Finally I let go of my breath. Who knew breathing would be that hard.

"Um…"

Oh no, an 'um' is never good. Now he's just trying to think of a way to reject me without hurting my feelings. I knew it, I am a loser, and I should have never thought he would be interested in me.

"Let me guess, you don't like me."

He looked almost relived to hear me say that. All he could do was look down at me not even bothering to say a word. It's not like I asked him to get married. The least he could do is answer me.

"I've got to go." Then he turned around while rubbing his hands through is unruly chestnut hair as he walked away.

Even after he rejected me all I could do was sit and watch him until he was out of sight. Then I leaned back undoing my bun letting my auburn hair fall to the middle of my back.

My heart feels crushed and all of a sudden that 'other fish in the sea' concept doesn't apply to me.

It's not like Li Syaoran was my first crush ever. But for some reason I feel weird. Maybe I'm just over dramatic today. Yeah, that's it. Tomorrow everything will be back to normal again.

Syaoran POV

I finally made it to my house. I quickly got in locking the door behind me as if someone was following me.

I leaned my back against the door taking in a deep breath and feeling relaxed to be home again, in my safe house where no one can get to me.

"Syaoran, you're home early."

Oh no, not that voice. The last thing I needed right now was for him to start talking to me.

"Are you alright?"

There he was, my cousin Eriol. He moved in with my mother and I after my father died. I remember my mom telling me that I needed to become more social, so she had her sister send her son over to Japan just for me.

"Syaoran my cute little descendent, what seems to be the problem?"

"Don't call me that asshole."

I looked at him to see the light from the windows shinning off his glasses. I always hated when that happened, I could never tell when he's looking at me.

Then he rubbed his short blue hair as he leaned against the adjacent wall looking at me.

"Rough day at school?"

I completely ignored him and walked passed him and into the living room. I was not in the mood to talk to him about my life. But unfortunately for me he followed and sat right next to me after I took my seat on the couch.

"Why don't you leave me alone? Don't you have better shit to do than to bother me all day?"

I watched him put that smug playful smile on his face.

I don't like it when he smiles like that. It always means something bad for me.

"I heard that Kinomoto girl was going to ask you out."

My eyes widened, "How did you know that?"

"I was talking to some of the guys in school and they told me."

I should've known. Those guys couldn't keep a secret if their lives depended on it.

"Oh."

I had turned on the television trying to prevent him from asking more questions, but in the corner of my eye I could see him sitting there staring at me.

"Just ask me."

After I said that he immediately started to get comfy in the couch and started the interrogation.

"So, when's the first date?"

"Never."

"Never?"

I looked over to see the shock expression that was plastered on his face.

"What happened, did she forget to ask you out?"

"No."

Then there was a silence. I wouldn't call it an awkward silence but it sure as hell wasn't comfortable.

"You turned her down didn't you?"

"Yeah."

He leaned back into the couch as a cloud of disappointment covered him.

"So what lame excuse did you give this time? Was it the 'I'm not ready for a commitment' one or was it the 'I'm afraid to get hurt again' speech?"

Wow, I just realized that I didn't even give her a reason why I didn't want to go out with her. I guess I've gotten so used to turning down girls that I'm skipping the whole rejection speech.

"I…kinda forgot to give her a reason."

Eriol sat there looking at me confused. I knew once I told him what happened he would get all sensitive on me. Having him around is like having my sisters in the house again.

"So what happened, did you run away from her or something?"

"Well, I didn't exactly run…"

He stood up looking at me with a mixture of shock and disappointment.

"You can't just do that to a girl. What if she grows up to become insecure because of you?"

I look at him annoyed. All I want to do is go to school, learn, and then come home. It's not my fault if some stupid girl becomes insecure for no reason. It's not like I made her like me anyway.

"Syaoran, are you listening to me?"

I roll my eyes trying to prove that I don't give a crap about what he's blabbering about but that just made things worst.

He went over to the television turning it off. Then he stood in front of it with his hands on his hips like he was some kind of girl.

"You are going to go apologize to that sweet girl."

"Fine, just get out of the way of the television."

"No." Then he stormed over to me grabbing me by the shoulder and lifting me out of the couch and in no time I was out the front door.

"You are going to apologize now!" Then he locked me out of my OWN house.

I sat down on my steps rubbing my hand through my hair thinking about the best way to get revenge. After failure to come up with a plan that wouldn't get me locked up for life or disowned by my family, I decided to take a walk.

Sakura POV

My breaths were still coming fast. Sitting on this swing wasn't helping much. If anything my butt was actually getting numb. I have been sitting here for almost half an hour now. I was supposed to be home cooking dinner, but after what happened earlier, I didn't feel like seeing anyone.

I lay my head against the cold steel chains of the swing feeling the cool autumn breeze gently caressing my skin giving me chills.

I look up at the red, yellow, and green leaves on the trees above. The wind carries the fallen Cherry Blossom petals in front of my eyes as I try to find peace.

"Kinomoto?"

That voice. What was it doing here? This is my place of happiness, solitude, how could something that caused me pain enter this sacred place?

"Kinomoto, can I talk to you for a second?"

I turn around still sitting in the swing crossing the chains over my head.

"What do you want?" I kept my eyes to the sand on the ground, not ready to see the face of Li Syaoran.

He was silent for a minute, probably thinking of a better way to run away from me.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have walked away from you like that."

He's sorry? That would mean that he cared that he hurt me right? On second thought, he probably still doesn't like me. I bet anything, his mom found out about him running away and is making him apologize.

"I was a jerk. I should have at least given you a reason why I don't like you."

Ok Sakura, be a big girl. Stop looking down and hold your head up high for once. Don't let him make you feel inferior.

As I hold up my head my breath gets caught in my throat at the sight of his deep amber eyes, which was partially covered by those brown bangs of his.

"Fine,"

He looked at me confused waiting to hear what I had to say.

"Apology accepted." Then I lifted my feet off the ground causing the crossed chains to return to its parallel form, and allowing me to turn my back to Li.

Then I got up and started to walk out of Penguin Park.

"Wait!"

I turned around to see Li running up to me. I breathe in deeply trying to keep the control I have.

"Don't you want to know why I said no?"

"I already know." Then I started to walk away again trying to leave him behind like he once left me but instead he followed me, walking by my side.

"How could you…"

I stopped him before he could finish his sentence. "You already said you don't like me, so you must not find me attractive. No big deal." I keep my head forward as I kept on walking.

"That's not it…it's just…" He begins to slow down his pace, and I followed his lead waiting to hear his explanation.

I look at him as he tries to find the right words. A struggle was evident on his face. Maybe he did care about my feelings after all.

"Honestly, I like someone else. And it wouldn't be fair to go out with you if I'm thinking about another girl."

Of course I felt an ache in my heart. Every normal girl does when the person they like cares for another. Again chills began to fill my body but this time there was no breeze. His words affected me more than I thought it would, after all he is only a crush.

"Thanks."

He looked up at me like I was an idiot, but I didn't care what he thought about me anymore. Why should I? It's not like he's interested in me.

I start to walk away but again he followed me. I was waiting for him to say something but all he did was follow. I finally stopped in front of a familiar white mailbox with the red flag sticking up.

When I turned around there he was standing there looking at me in what seemed like amazement. I stood there watching him watch me until I couldn't take it any longer. So I turned my back and was reaching in the white mailbox pulling out some letters. Then I shut the box, put down the flag and was about to walk up my front steps until I heard him speak again.

"Thanks for what?"

I instantly knew what he was talking about. I turned to him with a smile and a hand full of letters.

"Thanks, for telling me the truth. All this time I was thinking you didn't like me because I'm ugly or something, when really you like someone else. Not a lot of guys would say the truth. You're Special Li Syaoran, and that girl of yours is lucky to be in your heart."

I left him standing there as I went inside my house. After all, I did have a dinner to prepare.

So how was it?

I'm, hoping that I can make a story that won't exactly replace Hero and Heroine because that's one of a kind. But I do want to make a story that those readers would look forward to reading every week.

I remember how it felt to read the ending of a great story and now having to start the hunt for another entertaining one.