The girl's hands shook as she reached to open the briefcase. Inside there was a teddy bear, the one she asked for so long ago. An envelope fluttered out, it said: If you find this suitcase please take it to our daughter. The briefcase was home now it had gone on a long, long journey and was finally in their daughter's hands. The girl opened the envelope to find a paper with print so small she could hardly read, it was that important paper. The thesis her dad had wrote so many years ago, the one she thought she had burnt. Things only her parents knew were written on that paper, the words told of other dimensions, other worlds far away but yet connected to their own.
"No way!" I heard a voice call out. I backtracked just a bit and peeked into the room where that all too familiar voice was coming from.
"Yeah, but you can't tell anyone," Tomoya said leaning closer to his best friend.
"Okay, I won't…oh wait but can't I at least tell Mei?" Sunohara asked.
Tomoya sighed, "I don't know you'll have to ask Kotomi."
"Ask Kotomi what?" I asked taking my first step into the room. It was rare to see them in this room since they had finally put on their play and made Nagisa's dream come true, but since hardly anyone ever came to this deserted drama club room it was probably a good place to talk about whatever little secrets they were spreading.
Sunohara jumped when he saw me. "Oh hi Tomoyo!" he said with a very guilty look on his face.
"We were just talking about going camping," Tomoya said, "We thought it'd be fun to go for a couple days this weekend. Kotomi is planning it so Sunohara just wanted to ask her if his sister could come." I'll admit Tomoya was a convincing liar but I could tell that there was much more to this story than he was saying. I began to realize that I was going to have to corner him to get the truth out of him.
"Sounds fun, can I come?" I asked him. I really had no interest in camping, but considering that Kotomi didn't seem like that type either I doubted that this secret had anything to do with the outdoors.
"Oh really, how wonderful," Tomoya said pulling a face, "Were all meeting here tomorrow, have your things ready."
"Seriously? You're still going to keep this going? You'd really let me trespass here tomorrow with my sleeping bag walking all around here looking for you guys like a fool? I know you aren't really camping," I replied glaring at him.
"Maybe we are, maybe we aren't, how's it any of your business?" Sunohara asked taking a step closer to me.
He was basically asking for it so I did what was expected of me and kicked him into one of the empty boxes lying on the ground. "So, Tomoya, tell me what you're really doing. I won't trouble you, I'm just curious."
Tomoya sighed and leaned closer to me. I could feel his breath on my ear, it felt warm and nice. I still liked him, but I didn't have a chance. None of us really ever had a chance, he only seemed to have eyes for Nagisa since the beginning and now they were officially dating. It was sad really, Tomoya had broken a lot of hearts without even realizing it. He was a bit…ignorant.
"Kotomi's parents were scientist and a briefcase with one of their important papers in it was just found, the information on this paper made it so that scientists are now able to gaze into other dimensions. Since Kotomi's parents were the ones who came up with such amazing things they're letting her go to one of their labs and look into another world and she's letting a bunch of us go with her," he whispered.
"Wow, that sounds amazing!" I couldn't admit that I was hurt that no one thought to invite me, or that I was even more hurt that they were all trying so hard to hide it from me. It must not be personal, maybe since it's just so amazing they were trying to keep it a secret and they were just being careful so that, that secret wouldn't fall into the wrong hands.
"Yeah it does!" Sunohara said as he brushed dirt of himself, "It's definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity."
He was just rubbing it in my face now and I really wanted to kick him, but I couldn't let him see that he was actually getting to me. "Sure sounds like it," I replied. I was trying very hard to sound cheery.
"It's okay if you want to go, Tomoyo, I mean who wouldn't? I just didn't want to tell you because it really isn't my place to do so, but I'm sure if you ask Kotomi she'd let you go," Tomoya said with a warm smile.
"Really?" I asked still trying to sound casual about the whole thing.
"Sure, I can take you to her house now if you want," Tomoya replied.
"Okay," I said with a smile. I knew I shouldn't let myself love him, but I just couldn't stop it. He was so warm and kind I just wanted to crumble into a million pieces every time he smiled at me. I had to stop now though, I had to move on. He was already taken and that was that. There had to be someone out there for me, someone else I could love, someone who'd love me back.
The three of us walked all the way to Kotomi's house, we didn't talk much because there wasn't much to talk about. Tomoya ringed her doorbell and she answered fairly quickly. "Hello, Tomoya!" she said with a warm smile on her face. Kotomi had liked Tomoya too, and just like me she hadn't even stood a chance.
"Hi Kotomi, I came to ask you if two more people could go to the lab with us tomorrow," Tomoya said.
"Sure!" Kotomi replied. "Who are they?"
"Sunohara's little sister, and Tomoyo," Tomoya answered as he gestured towards me.
Kotomi smiled, "Thank you for wanting to go with us, Tomoyo, this will surely be an incredible experience for us all." I didn't really know what to say so I just smiled and nodded. Kotomi was very, very nice. I hadn't expected her to accept me so easily but she was acting like she was really glad that I was going and it felt nice. "Well I'll see you all tomorrow! Remember to be here at 4pm," she continued.
Tomoya nodded, "See you tomorrow then."
The wind began to pick up and blow my hair around my face. It scattered fallen leaves and dead grass around the garden. The sun was still shining but the wind made it seem almost like a storm was coming. My heart ached and I wasn't sure why. I just felt certain that tomorrow was going to change things for each of us.
I had many duties as the student council president and I had been very busy for a long time so it was nice to finally be able to take a day off to spend with my friends. I'll admit that when I showed up at Kotomi's home the next day I did feel like a bit of an outsider though. Kyou, Ryou, Kotomi, Nagisa, and Tomoya were all laughing about some inside joke I had no part in and Sunohara was busy talking to his little sister who everyone but me seemed to know. At first no one seemed to notice me until Kotomi saw me and said, "Hi Tomoyo!"
"Hi Kotomi," I replied.
After that Kyou began telling Kotomi something about retorts and I was alone again. "Hello!" I heard someone say.
I looked up to see Sunohara's sister walking closer to me. She was a cute girl with blue hair and pigtails, the kind of girl who looks accepting and approachable, not very much like her older brother. "Hi!" I replied.
"Mei, don't talk to her!" Sunohara called, walking closer to us.
"Why not?" Mei asked looking up at her brother.
"Because she's mean," Sunohara answered.
"Really Sunohara? Do you want me to show you just how mean I can be?" I asked forming my hand into a fist.
Mei laughed and Sunohara just rolled his eyes. "I'd like to see you try," he mumbled.
"Really? Because you've seen me try before and I'm pretty sure that you couldn't see anything else after that," I said with a smirk. Mei kept laughing and Sunohara glared at me, clearly annoyed that I was making him sound like such a loser in front of his little sister.
"Well then, should we get going?" I heard Kotomi call.
"Yeah! I can't wait!" Kyou cheered, "I'm so glad that you're letting us go with you! I can't believe someone with such amazing privileges is actually my friend."
"I thought you said you wouldn't be friends with her just because she asked you to be," Tomoya interrupted.
"Yes, but now I'm friends with her because I've gotten to know her and she is kind," Kyou replied.
With that the eight of us set off. The lab didn't really take that long to get to but once we reached it we all had to verify our identity and guards came to check our bags and make sure we didn't have any weapons on us. Something about this high level of security made it seem all the more exciting. This place definitely had something to hide and I was one of the few people to be let in on the secret. When were finally let inside they led us to a nearly empty room. The walls were white and in the center there was a door, the door didn't lead anywhere, it was simply there, attached to the ceiling and attached the ground but behind it there was just more of the same room.
"Is everyone ready?" a man in a lab coat asked.
"Yes," we all whispered. We were far too excited to say anything else.
"Kotomi this was all possible because of your parents, so we thank you. Here is just one of the many worlds waiting to be discovered," the man whispered. "Kotomi, would you like to do the honor of opening the door?" he asked.
Kotomi nodded and placed her shaking hand on the shiny doorknob. She turned it, pulled the door, and stumbled backwards. Behind the door was a field of lush green grass. Lights floated in the air with no rhyme or reason, just beautiful yellow lights that obviously belonged to a world other than our own. It was truly amazing, like nothing I had ever seen, and like nothing I would ever see again. We were all speechless, but the silence was broken by a sudden high pitched scream.
"Tomoya what are you doing!?" Nagisa screeched.
I looked up to see Tomoya standing on the other side on the doorway. He looked confused as though he was in a daze and then suddenly the lights in the other world became all I could see and then everything went black.
This is taking place right after the end of the first season, after Tomoya tells Nagisa that he likes her, incase you were wondering.
Thank you so much for reading and please review!
