Day Six: Winter--Yukito
Title: Twelve Years of Christmas; Chapter Six: Winter
Author: KHLostEmpress
Characters/Pairings: Syaoran/Sakura, Yukito, Toya
Genre: Romance/Christmas
Brief summary: Well, exactly as the title mentions, twelve years of the Christmases of Sakura and Syaoran starting after the ending of the main story. 500-1000ish word stories, starting today and ending Christmas Eve. Twelve Prompts of Christmas challenge
He looked sort of pathetic, sitting there on the swing, Yukito noted as he walked passed on his way to see Toya at the Kinomoto home. A red gift bag with green tissue paper tufting out of it was set on the ground beside him. The park was empty and night had fallen a while back-but then, it always got dark early at this time of year. Yukito didn’t know all the details, but Toya had been smirkingly delighted when he informed Yukito almost two weeks ago that Li and Sakura weren’t talking to each other after some fight they had.
Yukito didn’t know what had started the argument, but he was pretty sure this was the longest time the two had gone not talking to each other in any fight they’ve had. Sakura was about as miserable as Yukito had ever seen her-which had definitely taken the egde off Toya’s smugness.
And, from the look of him, Li wasn’t doing much better himself.
Yukito decided then and there that he was going to do everything he could to see them reconciled that very night. He walked over to Li, who looked up, unsurprised, at his approach. “Hello,” Yukito greeted cheerfully.
“Hello,” Li said downcast.
Deciding that there was no use in beating around the bush, Yukito asked, “What started the argument?”
Li did look slightly startled at that (it was rather abrupt, but Yukito was eager to get them back together ASAP so that Sakura would be her cheerful self again). But he got over it quickly as he replied succintly, “An apple.”
“An…apple?” Yukito repeated, confused by how such an unassuming thing could be the cause of such misery.
Li sighed heavily. “Yeah…It’s kind of complicated, and…well…I don’t really want to talk about it,” he finished with another sigh.
There was silence between them until Yukito said, “Come with me to see her.”
“What?” Li exclaimed as he looked up at Yukito startled.
“I’m on the way to their house now to exchange Christmas gifts,” Yukito said with a smile. He stared pointedly at the bag sitting at Li’s feet. “It seems that you have one to deliver yourself. Besides, it’s time you two just apologized to each other.” He smiled, and continued, “You are Sakura’s number one.”
Li looked down at the ground and scoffed it with his foot. Suddenly, he reached down and picked up the bag before he stood up. There was a determined expression on his face as the two of them walked together to the Kinomoto residence. As the approached the front porch, Li hung back slightly as Yukito rang the doorbell.
Yukito could feel the anxiety rolling off Li as they heard the heavy footsteps (clearly not Sakura herself) approaching the door. When it opened, Toya stood in the doorway. He greeted Yukito warmly, but Yukito could tell the exact moment when Toya noticed Li standing behind him. His expression froze into a half-frown-he didn’t say a word, but just stared at Li for a few moments before he turned and started walking away. Yukito didn’t know what that meant as he stepped into the house to follow Toya (clearly, Li didn’t either as he just stood in front of the doorway-at least, Toya hadn’t slammed the door in his face). As Toya approached the hallway, however, he called out, “Oi! Sakura! Someone’s at the door for you.”
There was the sound of quick light steps accompanied by Sakura asking, “Who is it? Tomoyo?” She turned the corner with an expectant smile on her face, which fell immediately as she froze upon seeing Li at the doorstep. After a few seconds of silently staring at each other, Sakura walked across the foyer to the doormat.
“I...uh,” Li started to say, but then fell silent again. Yukito noticed Toya crossed his arms in front of his chest as they watched the two of them.
The two stared at each other for almost another full minute before, at the exact same moment, they both said, “I’m sorry.”
It only took another second for Sakura to throw her arms around Li, laughing. “Let’s not do that again,” she said with relief clearly evident in her voice as she pulled away. There was now a smile on Li’s face as well as he nodded. Sakura glanced down at the bag in his hands and asked, “What’s that?”
His face slightly flushed now, Li rubbed the back of his hand with his free hand and lifted the bag slightly as he said, “It’s your Christmas present.”
“Oh!” Sakura exclaimed. “I have yours too! It’s up in my room!” And with that she turned right around and ran across the hall and flew up the stairs, leaving Li standing in the door way once more alone.
A few silent seconds passed before Toya suddenly said, “You’re letting in the cold air.”
Li looked slightly startled and worried at his words, but Yukito smiled reassuringly at him as he said, “He means he wants you to come in.” As Li complied and came in the door to close it, Yukito said quietly to Toya, “You helped them because you know he makes Sakura happy, right?”
“Shut up,” Toya said as he turned his gaze away, causing Yukito to smile at his still-most-definitely-there sister complex.
Author: KHLostEmpress
Characters/Pairings: Syaoran/Sakura, Yukito, Toya
Genre: Romance/Christmas
Brief summary: Well, exactly as the title mentions, twelve years of the Christmases of Sakura and Syaoran starting after the ending of the main story. 500-1000ish word stories, starting today and ending Christmas Eve. Twelve Prompts of Christmas challenge
He looked sort of pathetic, sitting there on the swing, Yukito noted as he walked passed on his way to see Toya at the Kinomoto home. A red gift bag with green tissue paper tufting out of it was set on the ground beside him. The park was empty and night had fallen a while back-but then, it always got dark early at this time of year. Yukito didn’t know all the details, but Toya had been smirkingly delighted when he informed Yukito almost two weeks ago that Li and Sakura weren’t talking to each other after some fight they had.
Yukito didn’t know what had started the argument, but he was pretty sure this was the longest time the two had gone not talking to each other in any fight they’ve had. Sakura was about as miserable as Yukito had ever seen her-which had definitely taken the egde off Toya’s smugness.
And, from the look of him, Li wasn’t doing much better himself.
Yukito decided then and there that he was going to do everything he could to see them reconciled that very night. He walked over to Li, who looked up, unsurprised, at his approach. “Hello,” Yukito greeted cheerfully.
“Hello,” Li said downcast.
Deciding that there was no use in beating around the bush, Yukito asked, “What started the argument?”
Li did look slightly startled at that (it was rather abrupt, but Yukito was eager to get them back together ASAP so that Sakura would be her cheerful self again). But he got over it quickly as he replied succintly, “An apple.”
“An…apple?” Yukito repeated, confused by how such an unassuming thing could be the cause of such misery.
Li sighed heavily. “Yeah…It’s kind of complicated, and…well…I don’t really want to talk about it,” he finished with another sigh.
There was silence between them until Yukito said, “Come with me to see her.”
“What?” Li exclaimed as he looked up at Yukito startled.
“I’m on the way to their house now to exchange Christmas gifts,” Yukito said with a smile. He stared pointedly at the bag sitting at Li’s feet. “It seems that you have one to deliver yourself. Besides, it’s time you two just apologized to each other.” He smiled, and continued, “You are Sakura’s number one.”
Li looked down at the ground and scoffed it with his foot. Suddenly, he reached down and picked up the bag before he stood up. There was a determined expression on his face as the two of them walked together to the Kinomoto residence. As the approached the front porch, Li hung back slightly as Yukito rang the doorbell.
Yukito could feel the anxiety rolling off Li as they heard the heavy footsteps (clearly not Sakura herself) approaching the door. When it opened, Toya stood in the doorway. He greeted Yukito warmly, but Yukito could tell the exact moment when Toya noticed Li standing behind him. His expression froze into a half-frown-he didn’t say a word, but just stared at Li for a few moments before he turned and started walking away. Yukito didn’t know what that meant as he stepped into the house to follow Toya (clearly, Li didn’t either as he just stood in front of the doorway-at least, Toya hadn’t slammed the door in his face). As Toya approached the hallway, however, he called out, “Oi! Sakura! Someone’s at the door for you.”
There was the sound of quick light steps accompanied by Sakura asking, “Who is it? Tomoyo?” She turned the corner with an expectant smile on her face, which fell immediately as she froze upon seeing Li at the doorstep. After a few seconds of silently staring at each other, Sakura walked across the foyer to the doormat.
“I...uh,” Li started to say, but then fell silent again. Yukito noticed Toya crossed his arms in front of his chest as they watched the two of them.
The two stared at each other for almost another full minute before, at the exact same moment, they both said, “I’m sorry.”
It only took another second for Sakura to throw her arms around Li, laughing. “Let’s not do that again,” she said with relief clearly evident in her voice as she pulled away. There was now a smile on Li’s face as well as he nodded. Sakura glanced down at the bag in his hands and asked, “What’s that?”
His face slightly flushed now, Li rubbed the back of his hand with his free hand and lifted the bag slightly as he said, “It’s your Christmas present.”
“Oh!” Sakura exclaimed. “I have yours too! It’s up in my room!” And with that she turned right around and ran across the hall and flew up the stairs, leaving Li standing in the door way once more alone.
A few silent seconds passed before Toya suddenly said, “You’re letting in the cold air.”
Li looked slightly startled and worried at his words, but Yukito smiled reassuringly at him as he said, “He means he wants you to come in.” As Li complied and came in the door to close it, Yukito said quietly to Toya, “You helped them because you know he makes Sakura happy, right?”
“Shut up,” Toya said as he turned his gaze away, causing Yukito to smile at his still-most-definitely-there sister complex.