I win, right?" a young boy said, his still standing straight and composed figure looming over the sweaty, fallen, and exhausted one of a girl his age. His lips then tilted up into an arrogant smirk as the mocking question escape him. He knew he had won alright; still, he found it quite amusing to ask, especially upon seeing the girl's shocked and frozen expression.
The girl was on all fours, panting, breathing deeply, and catching her breath after that long track run. "N-no way…," she whispered as she then looked up to the smirking boy. "This can't be…" she added.
She couldn't believe she had lost. To him. To that seemingly weak and puny little boy. To Syaoran Li.
The very first person she had ever lost to.
"Not so tough now are you? Hm?" He snickered as he left. "I'm gonna find a more worthy opponent."
Opponent.
That word resounded on the girl's mind, and only then had she finally got a grip back on reality. She glared at the boy's retreating figure with all the frustration she could muster. "GET BACK HERE GAKI!" she demanded.
"Why would I?"
.
.
.
"Miss Rank Number Two?"
The girl could only gasp with resentment.
Point Tally: Syaoran - 1; Sakura - 0
"D-don't call me that!"
"Why not? Miss Rank Number Two really fits you, you know…"
"No it doesn't!"
"Yes it does. You lost, Kinomoto. Accept the truth."
"Ugh! Mark my words, Li, someday, I will beat you. Just wait!"
A sigh.
Sakura Kinomoto. Just your average, plain, sixteen-year-old girl, struggling for survival in this thing she liked to call "Hell on Earth." School, in other words; Junior High, to be exact. Right from the start of her high school years, Sakura knew she'd hate it, and as the girl sat by in her Math class that day, lost in her own thoughts and clearly oblivious to the rest that was going around her, she knew she had proven herself right. Yes, just like any teenager, attending tedious and repetitive classes almost eight hours a day wasn't her exact idea of "fun." Nope, not even in the slightest bit.
She slumped sluggishly back onto her seat. She was not particularly interested in listening to her teacher blabbering complete nonsense in front (or so it seemed to her), about some completely screwed up Peethagoorey Theorem. Or something like that. She really couldn't tell truth to be told; she wasn't paying any attention. Thankfully though, some random dude had excused the woman. Probably an important faculty meeting. Instantly, the room burst into noisy chatters. Sakura, however, just resorted to staring out the window.
"Sakura, you seem spaced out," Tomoyo Daidouji, her best friend, noted.
"Oh…that." A shrug. "It's nothing. Don't worry, Tomoyo-chan."
She chuckled softly. "Hmmm….about our History quiz later?"
Sakura's eyes widened. "How did you know? But anyway, yeah, that's it. And I swear, I am soooooo gonna beat Li on that one! I'm sure of it!"
Looking back, she couldn't help but slightly flinch at how her day had badly started. She woke up late, and truth to be told, her brother's wisecracks in the background didn't help much. She practically messed up their whole living room as she scrambled through her school things, and then stepped out of the house with her hair still uncombed. But then, a longing feeling plagued her. Forget about waking up late again. Forget about that annoying Touya. Forget about being seen publicly in a complete mess. Forget even about that long Calculus test she had to take that day. It was a new day. Another day of school. Another chance to go up against a certain amber-eyed boy in their usual competitions.
Syaoran Li. Her rival.
She was determined; face brimming with confidence and assurance of herself. She knew she'd beat him today, she could feel it. This was what she kept reminding herself every single day. Unfortunately for her, she never did get to beat him in anything. Anything. Whether it's from quarterly exams to a simple staring contest, the results were always the same. Puntos for Syaoran, na-da for Sakura.
But today? Ha. She'd make sure she'd turn the tables around. She'd make sure he'd eat dust. She'd make sure he'd surrender. She'd make sure she'd win. Today was different; she could feel it, excitement getting the best of her through and through.
"You'd just be humiliated; I'm sure of that, too," Ryu Hasegawa, another friend of hers, joined in. "Are you sure about going up against him? Again? Think it'd be better if you just give up Sakura-chan— Hey, OW!"
"Like, soooo not helping Hasegawa," Mei Lin Li, still as feisty as ever, scolded the raven-haired boy, her bright red eyes flaring as she faced Sakura animatedly. "Sakura-chan, don't mind that stupid dunce. I say go for it! Heh. It's not every day that you'd get to see someone so determined to beat that cousin of mine. Much more, seeing someone actually beat him…"
"If, someone could that is," an arrogant voice cut in, a voice which Sakura already knew by heart, making her mutter grimly under her breath.
She turned, expecting to see a boy probably a foot taller than her, with chocolate brown hair and amber eyes, a matching arrogant smirk plastered on his face, standing right behind her. And, guess what? She did.
And so, just like any of their other, countless encounters, she burst into a rage of fury.
"DROP IT WITH THE COCKY ATTITUDE, LI. It's annoying." She glared at the boy. "Show off."
Syaoran grinned as he dropped his bag onto his seat. "Whatever you say…Klutz."
"I am not a klutz!"
"Right. You're not."
Sakura could only turn her back against him with an irritated "Hmpf!" From her seat, she then saw her sensei return, and then continue with her lessons, and Sakura, well, just as always, pretended to be listening to her. She didn't understand a thing though.
Stupid Peethagoorey Theorem.
Whatever it is.
"So…what's up today? Got any challenges? Eh? Kinomoto?"
"Ha. You bet Li. I've got a loooooong list here in my mind! And now we're down to...uh...what, number are we in again?"
"Challenge No. 36, 482"
"Right. 36, 482. You are on!"
Syaoran shrugged coolly. "Right then. Prepare to lose."
"That is NOT gonna happen."
"We'll see. Oh, and another thing…"
.
.
.
"It's Pythagorean Theorem. Not Peethagoorey," he grinned. "Miss Rank Number Two."
Sakura frowned.
Oh…she is SO gonna get him.
I win, right?" a young boy said, his still standing straight and composed figure looming over the sweaty, fallen, and exhausted one of a girl his age. His lips then tilted up into an arrogant smirk as the mocking question escape him. He knew he had won alright; still, he found it quite amusing to ask, especially upon seeing the girl's shocked and frozen expression.The girl was on all fours, panting, breathing deeply, and catching her breath after that long track run. "N-no way…," she whispered as she then looked up to the smirking boy. "This can't be…" she added.She couldn't believe she had lost. To him. To that seemingly weak and puny little boy. To Syaoran Li.The very first person she had ever lost to."Not so tough now are you? Hm?" He snickered as he left. "I'm gonna find a more worthy opponent."Opponent.That word resounded on the girl's mind, and only then had she finally got a grip back on reality. She glared at the boy's retreating figure with all the frustration she could muster. "GET BACK HERE GAKI!" she demanded."Why would I?"..."Miss Rank Number Two?"The girl could only gasp with resentment.Point Tally: Syaoran - 1; Sakura - 0"D-don't call me that!""Why not? Miss Rank Number Two really fits you, you know…""No it doesn't!""Yes it does. You lost, Kinomoto. Accept the truth.""Ugh! Mark my words, Li, someday, I will beat you. Just wait!"A sigh.Sakura Kinomoto. Just your average, plain, sixteen-year-old girl, struggling for survival in this thing she liked to call "Hell on Earth." School, in other words; Junior High, to be exact. Right from the start of her high school years, Sakura knew she'd hate it, and as the girl sat by in her Math class that day, lost in her own thoughts and clearly oblivious to the rest that was going around her, she knew she had proven herself right. Yes, just like any teenager, attending tedious and repetitive classes almost eight hours a day wasn't her exact idea of "fun." Nope, not even in the slightest bit.She slumped sluggishly back onto her seat. She was not particularly interested in listening to her teacher blabbering complete nonsense in front (or so it seemed to her), about some completely screwed up Peethagoorey Theorem. Or something like that. She really couldn't tell truth to be told; she wasn't paying any attention. Thankfully though, some random dude had excused the woman. Probably an important faculty meeting. Instantly, the room burst into noisy chatters. Sakura, however, just resorted to staring out the window."Sakura, you seem spaced out," Tomoyo Daidouji, her best friend, noted."Oh…that." A shrug. "It's nothing. Don't worry, Tomoyo-chan."She chuckled softly. "Hmmm….about our History quiz later?"Sakura's eyes widened. "How did you know? But anyway, yeah, that's it. And I swear, I am soooooo gonna beat Li on that one! I'm sure of it!"
Looking back, she couldn't help but slightly flinch at how her day had badly started. She woke up late, and truth to be told, her brother's wisecracks in the background didn't help much. She practically messed up their whole living room as she scrambled through her school things, and then stepped out of the house with her hair still uncombed. But then, a longing feeling plagued her. Forget about waking up late again. Forget about that annoying Touya. Forget about being seen publicly in a complete mess. Forget even about that long Calculus test she had to take that day. It was a new day. Another day of school. Another chance to go up against a certain amber-eyed boy in their usual competitions.
Syaoran Li. Her rival.
She was determined; face brimming with confidence and assurance of herself. She knew she'd beat him today, she could feel it. This was what she kept reminding herself every single day. Unfortunately for her, she never did get to beat him in anything. Anything. Whether it's from quarterly exams to a simple staring contest, the results were always the same. Puntos for Syaoran, na-da for Sakura.
But today? Ha. She'd make sure she'd turn the tables around. She'd make sure he'd eat dust. She'd make sure he'd surrender. She'd make sure she'd win. Today was different; she could feel it, excitement getting the best of her through and through.
"You'd just be humiliated; I'm sure of that, too," Ryu Hasegawa, another friend of hers, joined in. "Are you sure about going up against him? Again? Think it'd be better if you just give up Sakura-chan— Hey, OW!"
"Like, soooo not helping Hasegawa," Mei Lin Li, still as feisty as ever, scolded the raven-haired boy, her bright red eyes flaring as she faced Sakura animatedly. "Sakura-chan, don't mind that stupid dunce. I say go for it! Heh. It's not every day that you'd get to see someone so determined to beat that cousin of mine. Much more, seeing someone actually beat him…"
"If, someone could that is," an arrogant voice cut in, a voice which Sakura already knew by heart, making her mutter grimly under her breath.
She turned, expecting to see a boy probably a foot taller than her, with chocolate brown hair and amber eyes, a matching arrogant smirk plastered on his face, standing right behind her. And, guess what? She did.
And so, just like any of their other, countless encounters, she burst into a rage of fury.
"DROP IT WITH THE COCKY ATTITUDE, LI. It's annoying." She glared at the boy. "Show off."
Syaoran grinned as he dropped his bag onto his seat. "Whatever you say…Klutz."
"I am not a klutz!"
"Right. You're not."
Sakura could only turn her back against him with an irritated "Hmpf!" From her seat, she then saw her sensei return, and then continue with her lessons, and Sakura, well, just as always, pretended to be listening to her. She didn't understand a thing though.
Stupid Peethagoorey Theorem.
Whatever it is.
"So…what's up today? Got any challenges? Eh? Kinomoto?"
"Ha. You bet Li. I've got a loooooong list here in my mind! And now we're down to...uh...what, number are we in again?"
"Challenge No. 36, 482"
"Right. 36, 482. You are on!"
Syaoran shrugged coolly. "Right then. Prepare to lose."
"That is NOT gonna happen."
"We'll see. Oh, and another thing…"
.
.
.
"It's Pythagorean Theorem. Not Peethagoorey," he grinned. "Miss Rank Number Two."
Sakura frowned.
Oh…she is SO gonna get him.
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