Chapter: Goodbye

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But especially with Cherryblossom (my beta reader ^^).
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When Sakura woke up the next morning and yawned heartily, she wasn't feeling particularly well. She was dizzy and terribly tired. When she wanted to get up to tell Toya that she would rather not go to school today, her legs collapsed and she sat on the floor. Everything spun and she wanted to call Toya, but she couldn't utter a word. There she lay on the floor and felt so miserable and helpless as never before.
At that moment she heard a low voice.
"Manno! Let me out of here! Why doesn't that work? Is something stuck there?"
Sakura looked around in shock, but she couldn't find anyone. Only when her gaze touched her drawers did she notice that one of them was moving and someone was trying to open it from the inside.Sakura sat for a while and watched as the stranger tried to open the drawer. Finally she gathered her courage and slowly crawled towards the drawer. (I would like to have that much courage ... ^^ ° If there was something in my drawer ... what moves ... horrible>. <) As she reached out her hand to her, she heard a voice at the door to her room.
"Sakura! You should hurry up! It's pretty late!"
Sakura turned to the door and shouted as best she could, "I'm not feeling well ... I think I'll be staying home today!"
The door opened and her father came in. Worried, he stepped closer and knelt in front of her.
"What's wrong with you? Are you really so bad that you can't go to school? Because I can't stay with you ... I have an important lecture and Toya has to go to school."
"I feel dizzy and tired," Sakura replied truthfully. Her father studied her closely. (O. O- something like XD ... sry v.v)"If you mean ... you really do look a little pale."
Sakura smiled pained.
> Why doesn't father finally go ?! Afterwards he notices that there is something in the drawer! <thought Sakura.
"Well then: I have to go to work Sakura-chan, take good care of yourself and if something is wrong, go to the neighbors."
Her father hurried to look at his watch. He was already up and walking quickly to the door. Sakura listened and waited until she heard the front door lock. Then turned back to the drawer. While she was talking to her father, the drawer hadn't moved and there wasn't a sound to be heard. Sakura slowly opened the drawer and looked inside curiously. In the far corner sat a black shadow. When something saw that the drawer was open, it went towards the light with curiosity and joy.
"KERO-CHAN !!!" Sakura wondered how loud she had said that, since she had hardly gotten a word out of her throat before.The yellow lion; resembling a stuffed animal, crawled out of the drawer and looked up at Sakura.
"Hello little one! Thought I'd visit you again."
Sakura looked at him.
"'Again'? Kero-chan, it's been almost six years!"
"Oh, you sit on one cheek ... although, for you humans that might be a problem." said Kero and looked at Sakura carefully. "My goodness you have changed ... I would not have thought!" (Who and think ... two worlds collide ... sorry, I'm leaving ... * grumble *)
"And you should go in the washing machine!"
That was true. Kero was no longer yellow as it used to be, but looked almost brownish. Just not in the sense of 'sun tanned'.
Sakura smiled wryly. She was still a little dizzy.
"Why are you here, Kero? Are you really just coming to visit me?"
"Well ... I thought I would get a pudding too, because after all I'm a guest, or ... so what is it?"Sakura had held her arms protectively in front of her head.
"Nothing bad ... just a couple of headaches ...!"
Sakura crawled to the bed and lay down in it. Before she fell asleep she mumbled to Kero: "Kero, I'm so tired ... please stay here ... I don't want to be alone!"
* * three days later * *

Sakura got better and went to school again. Today was the day. Shaolan, Meiling, and the unknown girl should appear. Sakura was terribly excited when she thought of Shaolan and Meiling on the drive to the airport. Especially when she thought of Shaolan, her heart pounded so fast it almost hurt.
When they arrived they saw the three of them from afar. Sakura stayed more in the background when her father greeted everyone and was thrown 'thank you' over and over again. Meiling was the first to spot Sakura.
"Sakura !! Come out and don't be so shy !!!" She laughed exaggeratedly and pulled her forward. (Yeah, our Meiling * gg *) Sakura stared embarrassedly at the floor.> Why am I so shy? It's just Shaolan and Meiling! Two friends I went to school with ... so be strong and just say hello! <
When Sakura looked up, her eyes were suddenly blank and expressionless. Shaolan was shocked that her eyes had apparently lost all shine.
With a smile that seemed put on, she greeted Meiling first, then the girl who introduced herself as Daria, and finally stopped in front of Shaolan. When she looked into his eyes, she struggled with herself. Her heart pounded painfully against her chest, but she refused to admit it and simply suppressed it. Shaolan saw how she struggled with herself, as her eyes were empty for a moment, but then had their shine again and were finally empty again. In the end she overcame her insecurity and expressionlessly held out her hand to him. He took it and shook it. Sakura felt the warmth in his hands and would have loved to never let go of them.The drive home was pretty quiet. Only Meiling talked almost continuously. Arriving at home, the room allocation was determined.
Meiling and Shaolan were to come to a guest room and Daria to an extra guest room. At first Daria tried to persuade Sakura's father to come into a room with Shaolan, but she soon gave up. It was just four in the afternoon and Meiling really wanted to see the city since she hadn't been here for a long time. Daria wanted to come too, but not to see the city, but to go shopping. Shaolan and Sakura couldn't persuade her to come along. Daria was clinging to Shaolan the whole time and only when they left for the city did she let go of him. Shaolan never made a face when Daria was attached to him, and that made Sakura ponder too. She had actually expected that he would react as he did with Meiling back then, but nothing like that. So this point made her assume again (Sherlock Holmes) that he liked her so much that he said nothing about it.Since Sakura's father had suggested it, Sakura and Shaolan sat in front of the TV and watched a very boring movie. Both threw furtive glances at each other and couldn't help but move a little closer to the other. Sakura tried again and again to suppress the feeling of wanting to be with him, but she couldn't.
> Oh man! Why does not it work? I know that after all these years he doesn't feel anything for me anyway, so why can't I switch off my feelings for him? He'd probably rather be with this Daria than with me! <
Sakura sighed in resignation and tried to concentrate on the film and forget about her surroundings.
"Sakura?"
Sakura startled when she heard Shaolan's warm voice.
"Yes?"
"Do we want to do something else?"
"Yes we can ..." she turned off the TV and looked straight ahead. "...what?"
"I don't know ... entertain!"
"Because of me." she said shortly.They talked about this and that for quite a while, until Shaolan got another topic.
"Tell me ..." He hesitated. "... do you have a ... boyfriend?"
Shaolan looked at Sakura with wide eyes.
Surprised by this sudden question, she couldn't utter a word, just shook her head of brown hair.
"And you?"
"Nope, but I'm in love ..." he mumbled embarrassed.
Something broke in Sakura. Wasn't she right in assuming he was in love with Daria?
“And you?” Shaolan looked at her interestedly.
"I do not know...."
Only now did Sakura notice how close they were sitting next to each other. It was quiet. Very quiet.
A few tears made their way down her cheeks. Only when Shaolan asked her about it did she notice it.
She didn't want to cry, she wanted to get up and run away. Far from everything and from HIM. But her legs were so heavy that she couldn't get up.
Sakura looked uncertainly at Shaolan with tears in his eyes.This reached out his hand and gently wiped away her tears. Sakura turned her face away.
"Stop it ... I don't need anyone ... not even a suggestion box!"

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