Hi there. What I have here again is a CCS fic, but this time I have concentrated in the pairing/s I love most. Well, this could be a one-shot, unless you want me to pursue another chappie. So please review. Thanks!

DISCLAIMER: I don't own CCS and its characters. I would be surely glad if I was… everyone does and… definitely wishes for it. (smiles)

I dedicate this to someone… someone I can't ignore, like Li Syaoran did...

Prologue…

"Hi. Gomen if I came late. Glad I skipped our practice just to see you."

It was a delightful afternoon then, but light breeze starts to undertone. Just a typical day for a six grader…but not for her. She usually celebrates it, though she doesn't know exactly who's that someone is.

"I just can't join Ottou-san and Onii-chan a while ago—I rushed the first class for a long quiz was given." explained twelve-year-old Sakura on a white marble board underneath her, and she was holding a bouquet of fresh white roses.

"And you know what? I was second next to Naoko-san being in the highest! You're my lucky charm…" she slowly sat comfortably on the green grass with dried cherry leaves on it, and placed the flowers she brought along with the red and yellow ones.

"Happy Birthday…" finally she uttered while touching the engraved name of the surface. She can't help but to let herself camber a wide smile.

Nadeshiko Kinomoto

"K-Kinomoto-san…"

"Uh, Li-kun? A-Ano… Gomen if I didn't tell you exactly that we're going to be here. Tomoyo-chan can't come along. The choir needs her so badly." Sakura said shyly, scratching her head. She was with Syaoran Li, who was standing next to where she was seated.

"N-No problem to that." Syaoran said with a bit assurance and cheeks reddening.

"Thank you." Sakura glanced at him, giving him her sweetest grin. Still nailed on Sakura's crinkled eyes, Syaoran blushed even more.

"Uh, Kinomoto?"

"Hm?"

"Y-You never told me anything about… a-about your mother."

"Ah… oh yes; I guess I wasn't."

Silence…

It took about a minute when Sakura gained her voice once again.

"Oka-san died when I was three. Ottou-san told me she had an unexplainable illness. In other words, I grew up without her… I don't even know her actually."

"You feel sad of her absence, don't you?" Syaoran managed to ask.

"No. Not really…"

"Y-You don't?"

Sakura gave a light laugh. "My family always filled me with good memories of her. Ottou-san always put her picture in a place where all of us can see. Then Onii-chan would keep on telling me she's just somewhere watching us cope up our daily lives.

"Though she never existed since the day I have lived, no one can change the fact that she's my mother… As if she's never been gone…" Sakura closed her eyes as she hugged her knees close to her and let her chin rested on it.

Withdrawn in the crisp of cold wind next to her words, Syaoran noticed a different Sakura. Seeing her on a brighter side made his heart beat faster and faster. He had nearly known this girl, who shut ears off into ghost stories and open-mindedly on the other hand to almost all aspects of life. He never imagined a Sakura Kinomoto would occupy a big space in his heart.

No way can he tell his growing feelings for her, now that the sky was starting to…

"Man, I never dream after the hot noon it'll be going to be like this. We got to leave now, Kinomoto-san." Syaoran broke off with his thoughts and started to remind Sakura as light drops of rain started to fall down.

"I'll stay…" she said, still in her sitting position. Syaoran looked bewildered.

"I forgot my umbrella at home—"

"Like I have one…"

"C-C'mon. We need to hurry." Syaoran worriedly said as he was about to hold her shoulder when she started to speak again.

"Just let it be. I've always waited for it since the time we arrived."

"A-Are you crazy? What you'll get in there is flu! Please—"

"Don't you just love the rain, Li-kun?"

Syaoran can't believe on what he had just heard.

"Well? I always do." Sakura gladly said to him. The rain started to soak them both.

"K-Kinomoto—"

"Funny, but I believe the rain would be the perfect description of telling us our Kami-sama's endless presence…"

"…"

"…a-and so with my Oka-san, to me…" feeling the beads of water on her face, Sakura raised her head up in the sky. Syaoran, who was still stunned of what he had seen, gave a conclusion to himself. The feelings he had for this girl was no longer a plain affection. Young love starts to brew in him. And in that, he was determined to somehow let it visible in her eyes alone… all the days of their lives.

"Sakura…" He sputtered out of the blue.

"Hm? H-Hey, Don't get me wrong, haven't you just called me… by my first name?"

"A-Ano… I think… I-I think I was."

Sakura stared at his face for a long time, and then suddenly a wide smile was seen in her lips… her green eyes started to flicker in amusement.

"Would you still want to stay drench here with me?"

"Bet you would ask…"

Smiling back, Syaoran decided to sit beside her, who was still enjoying on heaven's surprise. Cold wind once again wisped the Sakura tree, causing its leaves to fall down. Fascinated on the dawn-like scenario seen on the grave of Sakura's mother, Syaoran left all the thoughts of everything, except the only one beside him, the girl he can't just ignore.

"Oka-san… I'd like you to meet my friend, Syaoran…"

Gomen for the grammars (if there was, i dunno!). I was just tired of doing a lot of stuff. Gladly I still managed to fasten this one in my head despite of my major plates and everything! Whoa! Now it's in your hands whether to continue with this or not. You have the entire break to read! I would be totally glad if you would. Perfectly enough for a Christmas gift. And oh, happy Christmas to all!

R&R! It will be very appreciated! (winks)