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The Probability is Zero

Chapter 12

Sakura Kinomoto was completely aghast with the scenery shown in front of her. She just came out from the bathroom after washed her face and brushed her teeth and there he was; her brother Touya standing next to what she assumed as Li Syaoran hiding pathetically under the blanket with some parts of his legs shown only waiting for her brother to see. The scenery before her was almost too absurd to digest; like it happened in a low budget movie for what supposed to be in the genre of thriller slash horror but it failed miserably so it was giving the impression of more like a comedy instead.

It did not need to be a genius for Sakura to know that it was only a matter of time before Touya noticed the truth. That was the reason why she did what she did in the next moment.

"Ouch!" gasped Touya. It was not a daily occurrence for him to have someone throw him a hot towel straight at the face. In fact, so far nobody was ever dare to throw him with anything at any parts of his body. With him having black belts in both judo and karate, it would be a really stupid idea for a person who still had a right mind to do such thing to him. But of course those people did not happen to be his lovely sister Sakura.

"What the heck are you doing, Squirt? I thought you were still asleep."

"Ah, I'm so sorry Onii-chan. I incidentally threw the towel at you. I guess it slipped out of my hand since it's very hot and I could not stand to hold it any longer," replied Sakura almost too quickly and a tad too sweet for her standard. She had walked towards Touya very fast in a way that was so unlike her, which only made Touya raised his eyebrows in suspicion. He was indeed quite surprise with what Sakura did a moment ago; however it was not as surprising as when he heard his sister calling him 'onii-chan.'

Touya remembered it perfectly that Sakura had stopped calling him onii-chan ever since she was 8; the day when she finally entered middle school and leaving him behind. It was so painful to him to accept the fact that the day his sister had outgrown him academically also marked as the last day Sakura called him 'onii-chan' for reasons he had not even understood even until now.

"So who's that?" asked Touya pointing at the blanket. His eyebrows shot up very high that Sakura thought it would soon merged with his locks.

"Sshh… Onii-chan, keep your voice down. It's Tomoyo-Chan. She felt unwell; it must be because the food that we ate yesterday. So that's why I let her sleep in for a little while before I wake her up," said Sakura while she tapping the blanket in a loving gesture to cover up what she actually was trying to do (covering part of Syaoran's legs that were not hidden).

Touya frowned skeptically. However, he only said, "Really?"

Sakura pretended to be slightly hurt by saying, "Of course, why would I lie to you?"

Touya scratched his head in apparent frustration. He sighed and spoke once again, "Well, I don't see any reason for you to lie anyway…"

Thankfully, when Touya was still busily pondering on the probable reason why he thought that her sister was acting suspiciously; Sakura saw the most frightening thing right on time. All the things she had removed from Syaoran's body last night (coat, shoes, belt and tie) were scattered in open space nearby where Touya stood at the moment. It was only a matter of time before he incidentally saw it.

That was the reason why she spoke almost hysterically, "Yeah, there is no reason at all why you have to think that I'm lying to you. Besides, you always know that I am not good at lying anyway. You know what, I think I will wake Tomoyo up now and I don't think it's a very good idea for you to be around when I wake her up."

She had to tiptoe on her feet when she whispered to her brother's ear as she continued, "You see, Tomoyo's always naked when she sleeps. So I don't think she will be very happy to see you peeping on her like that, Onii-Chan." Sakura only hoped inwardly that Tomoyo would not kill her if she ever found out that she was telling such embarrassing lie to her brother just to save Li Syaoran's ass.

As a perfect gentleman, Touya's face went red in almost no time upon hearing what Sakura just said. He only stuttered incoherently, "Um… I… of course I don't want to… um…"

Impatiently, Sakura pushed her brother to leave his spot to avoid him from ever seeing Syaoran's belongings.

She only hushed, "Just go for awhile and I will be having breakfast with you, Onii-Chan. If you keep on bugging me like this I swear I don't want to accompany you for breakfast for the whole month."

"Hey, that's not fair, Squirt. You know that I only see you during the weekends. Besides, why you call me 'onii-chan' out of the blue like that? I smell something fishy here."

Sakura cursed inwardly. Leave it to Touya to be such an observant person at the worst timing possible.

She could only pout in the most girlish way she could muster (she always watched girls did that to get what they want from boys during school days, although back then she swore to herself that she would not stoop that low and beg something from the opposite sex).

"Okay then. Now I can safely assume you like me to call you with your name as per usual. I just thought of starting to call you that since I owe you big time since you finally agreed on my newfound career. Well, it proves that I am wrong then, Touya," retorted Sakura impatiently. She purposely emphasized Touya's name when she spoke to make sure that her brother got her point.

Sakura knew that she had hit the perfect spot when she saw the changes in Touya's facial expression.

Touya scratched his not-exactly-itchy head once again in frustration for awhile before he replied in defeat, "No, of course I am happy with you calling me that. Um… I guess I better go."

"That's a good idea, Onii-Chan," answered Sakura sweetly before she hastily pushed Touya to leave her room.

"But…"

"Don't you want to prepare the breakfast for us first, Onii-Chan?" asked Sakura hurriedly as she opened the door.

"But…"

"Talk to you later, Onii-Chan!" with that words Sakura almost literally slammed the door at her brother's shocked face.

Muttered under her breath, Sakura said in irritation, "Boys…"

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"You can come out now, Chicken," Sakura sneered while she walked towards the pile of Syaoran's belongings.

Soon enough, Syaoran pushed the blanket only to reveal his disheveled state. His hair was even messier than before and his clothing was nowhere near his usual gallantry and coolness that he always proudly exhibited every day.

"I am not chicken, Little Girl. I am merely trying to reserve the peacefulness of your family."

"Yeah, I can't tell you how grateful I am with your wise consideration, Big Guy," replied Sakura sarcastically.

She pushed all Syaoran belongings to his lap and continued impatiently, "It's better for you to climb down from the window while I am going to the kitchen to make sure Touya stays in there and you can simply pretend that you just arrive or something."

"Why should I do such thing?" asked Syaoran with an utterly bewildered look.

"So what do you suggest then? If you're this eager to explain the real thing why you have to chicken out, hide and tremble behind the blanket?"

"I told you I did not chicken out, Little Girl," answered Syaoran in a threatening tone before he added, "So what should I tell him if he asks where I went and spent the night yesterday?"

"You can always tell him that you stay in one of your girlfriend's house. I am sure he'll lap it up," stated Sakura indifferently.

Syaoran frowned. "Why I somehow sensed that you're angry with me?"

"Me? Don't make me laugh. Why do I have to be angry with you? I mean it's my daily routine to bring a troublesome drunken man inside my house after all. Surely I cannot express how thrilled I was to be harassed the whole night by you, Big Guy," answered Sakura sardonically with her back facing the guy whom looked more bewildered upon listening to her words.

"And what do you actually mean by that?" asked Syaoran in a heated tone. His headache felt even worse than before and something very much like a pang jabbed his chest for no apparent cause.

"Nothing," retorted Sakura curtly before she added, "I will wipe out everything that happened last night as long as you do me one favor."

Syaoran raised his eyebrows questioningly and without trying to conceal his displease he asked, "What did happen last night anyway? My head is like exploding whenever I tried to remember it so why don't you try to be helpful by summarizing it in human sentence for a change?"

He did not understand why Sakura looked very angry by the time he finished saying his words.

She did not answer his question and merely sent a piercing death glare at him while she said coldly, "Make sure that you will apologize to Yukito-Sempai if you ever get a chance of meeting him again, Big Guy."

Syaoran's expression darkened abruptly along with the mentioning of Yukito's name. He still had some vivid recollections about that guy which made him pissed off no matter how drunk he was the night before. And to be asked to apologize to him was the same with a poor suicide attempt.

With a voice so low it sounded almost like he was grunting Syaoran said, "Why on earth should I do that for?"

Sakura sighed. She should have known better that Syaoran's gentleman manner was thoroughly a fake, just like his job as an actor supposed to be – faking people. She just felt sorry for all those poor fans of his. If only they knew the real Li Syaoran.

"That's what a normal person should do especially when he happened to be acting and speaking in a barbaric manner towards an innocent stranger like what you did to Yukito-Sempai last night."

"You wish. It's better for you not to be close with that guy. I can assure you one thing; that guy's nowhere near innocent, Little Girl," snapped Syaoran, felt like resented himself for feeling bitter because of that certain nobody Sakura kept mentioning. Or was it because he sensed that Sakura cherished that guy more than him? Somewhat Syaoran chose to push back all the answers his brain could come up to the back of his mind – in the hope that he would forget that he even asked himself in the first place.

Sakura blurted sarcastically, "Yeah, I know that nobody is as innocent as you, Big Guy. Now just go before I lose my patience or Touya realize that you're the one hiding underneath that blanket instead of Tomoyo."

"Hey, I don't understand why I keep getting the impression that you're blaming me for staying the night in your room. I am not the one who decided to sleep in here in the first place so I can just simply tell him the truth that I was forced by you last night." There's a hint of smirk fell upon Syaoran effortlessly handsome face when he ended his sentence.

Sakura glared at Syaoran with undeniable frustration. It's only because her pride did not allow her to tell the whole incident last night that made her swear she would never let the guy know at all costs.

"Yeah, you can tell whatever you like to Touya and I will help to pick up whatever left of you by the time he finishes dealing with you. Just a small piece of information that I figure might be useful for you; my brother has black belts in judo and karate. Didn't you notice all his trophies of winning the regional and national championships inside his room? Until now he's still pretty much active in those kinds of activities."

Something in the way Sakura spoke, vexed Syaoran. "How can you be so sure that I will lose to your brother?"

"You know what? I give up; just do whatever you like, Big Guy. I do not have the patience to listen to your stupid squabble. To be honest, I could not even care less on what you will do next," said Sakura with a little shrug and walked towards the door.

Her steps halted once Syaoran grabbed her wrist. From the corner of her eyes, somewhat she could see that Syaoran apparently did not appreciate her ending their arguments just like that.

"What now? You surely talk a lot of nonsense for a person with a hangover," Sakura said. Her voice was colder than usual as she turned around to confront him.

Yet she could not help but feeling slightly perplexed after she saw the angry expression in Syaoran's face. She was more than utterly bemused by the time she heard he said, "I will go out from your damn window if that's what you want. Just never say you give up on me again, Little Girl."

And Sakura did not even have any chance to say anything since by the time Syaoran finished his words, he went to the window next to her bed and jumped from it without bothered to hesitate or look back at her even for a second.

She did not understand why Syaoran had to be that disturbed by her harmless remarks and took it seriously like that. After all what had happened the night before, she was supposed to be the one who was getting angry at him and not the other way around.

As she shook her head in great disbelief, Sakura could only mutter under her breath, "Childish."

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"What took you so long, Squirt? You haven't even changed clothes yet," asked Touya as he put down the newspaper he was reading the moment before she arrived. He had finished preparing pancakes, fried eggs, sausages and bacons; his sister's favorite breakfast menu and almost decided to go and check on his sister before he decided for the better not to. He knew his sister was not really at her best mood in the morning and nagged at her would be the last thing to do if he wanted to be in her good book.

Sakura glimpsed at her current attire. It was still the same dress that she wore the night before.

She was too tired last night even to change to her pajama let alone to take a bath. And this morning, thanks to Syaoran and their seemingly never ending arguments she still had not got any time to do those things in the first place. With him jumping out in anger from her window to only God knew where; based on her previous experiences, she could only expect bad things to happen.

"I figure I want to have breakfast first," replied Sakura indifferently and took the plate from her brother without showing any kinds of interests.

Sakura could not help but feeling slightly anxious once she noticed that there was no sign of Syaoran coming even when she had stayed in the kitchen with Touya for some time.

"Are you okay, Squirt? Why do you keep staring at the door as if it will explode soon like that? And where's Tomoyo? I thought she's with you." bombarded Touya while he brought a stack of waffles that he put next to the plates which contained fried eggs, bacons and sausages.

"I'm fine, I just…" Sakura had forgotten what she wanted to say in the first place since at the same time she could hear the front door bell rang. Without further ado, she leapt from her chair and ran to the front door almost instantly.

Touya frowned. Ever since they were kids, he never saw his sister eagerly ran towards the front door like that before. In fact as far as he could remember, Sakura always asked him to open the door for the guests every time he was around since she was always very lazy to do that kind of thing to begin with.

Out of curiosity or probably a mere disbelief upon noticing the strange behavior of his sister, Touya followed his sister to the living room only to feel even more bewildered than before.

"Were you the one who just rang the doorbell, Tomoyo-Chan? But I thought you're upstairs?"

"Why would I… ouch" Tomoyo rubbed her ribs and stopped her sentence abruptly as Sakura jabbed her elbow at her without a second of hesitation. Her eyebrows shot so high Sakura had to admire their flexibility that apparently she just realized was shared between Tomoyo and her own brother.

"Of course it's not Tomoyo who came, it's… Ahahaha… I think…" answered Sakura lamely; for once her brain failed to give any proper answers. Thus in the end she decided to shrug a little in a manner she hoped could be taken as indifference.

Her heart almost forgot how to beat for a moment when she heard a deep voice mock her, "What's with the stutter, Sakura? Don't tell me that you are having your usual fit this early of the day?"

It took almost all her strength not to strangle the tall guy whom appeared lazily in front of her, next to Tomoyo, whom looked as surprised as her upon noticing Syaoran standing next to her; seemingly out of nowhere. And it even irked her more as she realized that the guy had even managed to find time to change his tousled clothes into his usual cassanova-ish attire – that came in together in full-set with his usual naughty smile. It seemed as if the scene that happened in her bedroom had never happened. She did not even know how he could manage to go back to his room on the second floor and change his clothes undetected by his sharp brother after he leapt from the window of her bedroom just like that.

And when he passed by lazily, leaving the still-aghast looking Tomoyo behind, she heard him whisper impishly, "Don't forget to close your mouth, Little Girl or I might think that you have fallen in love with me…"

Sakura could even swear that she heard his usual annoying chuckles when he walked towards the staircase, merely giving his brother whom standing nearby a small nod of indifference; completely ignoring the vivid frown drawn on Touya's face.

Muttered under her breath, Sakura could not remember the last time she felt as annoyed as that day. It was stupid of her to actually think that she had hurt Syaoran's feeling somehow during their last quarrel let alone to really consider apologizing to him.

Yet without her or anyone else ever realized, as soon as he was out of the vicinity of everyone, Syaoran's smile had gone almost as quickly as it appeared.

- To be continued –

A/N: Finally an update! Sorry for taking a very long time for this chapter. I guess real life has caught up with me somehow as well as my other fics. Review will be much appreciated though (smile). See you next time…

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