storypaint | Betrayed (Meiling/Syaoran) *repost*

Comm: heartbrkhotel
Words: 297
Title: Betrayed
Author: rhap_chan
Pairing: Li Meiling
Fandom: Cardcaptor Sakura
Theme: 01. betrayal
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to CLAMP. This fanfic is a derivative of canon material that is not my property. I do not profit from these writings. The opinions and actions expressed in these stories are not necessarily the views and beliefs of the original author or me.

Excerpt: Now I was at home, one Chinese cousin among many, and Syaoran slept dreaming of a clueless girl with bottle-green eyes.

He betrayed me when I left Hong Kong. I didn't come in enough of a hurry to prevent his eyes from wandering. Sometimes when you have something you take it for granted and look beyond it for something new.

It wasn't my fault, Hiiragizawa told me. I was as shocked as anyone to receive his letter after I returned to Hong Kong. I'd hardly met him the one day I was in Japan, but his neat Chinese revealed that he knew more of what was going on than any of his classmates thought.

It wasn't your fault, Li-san. Your Li-kun did not betray you. He couldn't help let who he is call out to who she is. There is this thing called soulmates-- I'm sure you are familiar with the concept. They could no more stop loving each other than they could stop breathing. I'm sorry you got caught up in this. He didn't anticipate it...

However obscure his sources were, I tried to believe that Hiiragizawa was right. Still, his given name on her lips felt to me like a betrayal. It was only the members of his family that had ever called him Syaoran. How easily she usurped my place at his side...

It was a place I had fought for, like I had to fight for everything in my life. I had no magic and my father was unknown. In a close-knit, political family like mine, those two strikes meant that I would never get anything special in my life. But I had Syaoran. For a little while.

Now I was at home, one Chinese cousin among many, and Syaoran slept dreaming of a clueless girl with bottle-green eyes. This was my lot in life.

Even if it wasn't, it still felt like betrayal.