Full summary: Sakura is already in her high school days in Seijou High, but she's still the same cheerful and dense girl. However, one day, she got a letter from…her secret admirer? Will things change because of that? Who exactly is this secret admirer? And will Sakura be able to find out who he is before its too late? Read it to find out.
Author's Note: This is my first story. It shouldn't be too long but you never know. I love reading about CCS and I got this idea in my head that I just had to write down.
Please review but no flames.
I would also like to thank my beta Wings of Wind for all your help and additions. You're the best!
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS or any of its character.
The gang is in Senior Year of High School in this story
" " Talking
' ' Thinking
Secret Admirer
Ch 1- The Poem
Tomoyo walked down the hallway looking for Sakura, her dark long hair billowing behind her, As usual she found Sakura waiting by her locker smiling at some boy that was talking to her.
Tomoyo sighed 'Oh Sakura, when will you realize that these boys are just trying to hit on you? You can be so dense but… I guess that's why we love you so much.' thought Tomoyo with a small chuckle. She continued down the hallway towards Sakura and she saw Syaoran approaching Sakura and the boy. The boy took one look at Syaoran coming his way and quickly went in the opposite direction, leaving a confused looking Sakura in his wake. At the sight of Syaoran, however, Sakura reverted back to her cheerful self.
As Tomoyo was about to reach Sakura she heard Eriol call her name from behind her.
"Hi Tomoyo, how are you today?" asked Eriol with a smile.
"I'm great,thanks. And doesn't Sakura just look so kawaii today?" said Tomoyo with stars in her eyes.
Laughing, Eriol nodded his head at Tomoyo in acknowledgement. The both of them heard Sakura complaining about how hard the homework for math was the night before. Syaoran seemed to agree but didn't show much interest in the subject, as he stood there with a slight unreadable expression in his amber eyes.
"You know, I find it funny how Syaoran acts so differently in school." Tomoyo said with a smirk on her face.
"What do you mean?" asked Eriol with a slightly confused look.
"I'm sure you've noticed Eriol, that Syaoran seems very indifferent around Sakura during school but outside of school he couldn't be more interested in what she has to say." explained Tomoyo.
"Are you sure Tomoyo? As I recall, he acts the same way every time, be it inside or outside of school." Replied Eriol
Thinking about his statement Tomoyo answered, a finger under her chin with that observant look of hers. "Hmm now that I think about it… it's only when they're alone that he acts so absorbed by her."
"When they are alone? Wait, how do you know?" asked Eriol, confused.
"Silly Eriol…" replied Tomoyo with an amused look. "Don't you see? I know because I film my dear Sakura every second I get. And a scene of her being alone with a boy is something that I wouldn't miss for anything in the world." said Tomoyo with a dreamy expression.
"You really are something Tomoyo," said Eriol with a chuckle. "Do they know you're filming them though?" asked Eriol.
"Of course not… where would the fun be in that?" exclaimed Tomoyo.
Both Tomoyo and Eriol made their way to Sakura and Syaoran, bidding them good morning and the four of them headed to their classroom together.
"But you must remember Tomoyo, Sakura is one of Syaoran's best friends. He cares for her deeply just as I do and they have been friends for a long time… so I'm not sure..." said Eriol in near whisper as Sakura and Syaoran walked a few feet in front of them.
"Yes, yes I know. I myself think of her as my sister. I would do anything for her to never feel pain. That is why sometimes I might keep my thoughts to myself. A girl can dream right?" said Tomoyo with a pout.
Eriol was about to reply when Sakura suddenly turned around and entered the conversation.
"Eriol how are you today?" said Sakura with a smile on her face.
"I'm doing fine, Sakura. I heard you talking about the math homework, were you having some trouble with it?" asked Eriol kindly.
"Well…Y…yeah…" said Sakura a bit embarrassed
"Well I could always help you study if you needed help." offered Eriol with a smile.
"Oh that would be great Eriol! You're too kind…" said Sakura her cheeks turning slightly pink.
"But of course, you already have Syaoran's help if you need it. Hasn't he been helping you study?"
"Well yes, but I don't want to keep bothering him everytime I have a problem" said Sakura turning a bit red, twiddling her thumbs.
"If that's the case, I'll be glad to help when he's not available as long as Syaoran is okay with it…" replied Eriol.
Sakura turned towards Syaoran eagerly. "Ne,ne, Syaoran! Is it okay if Eriol helps me study sometimes? I don't want to always be a burden on you, you see" said Sakura with puppy dog eyes and looking down, a tint of pink colouring her cheeks.
Syaoran took a glance at Eriol then at Sakura before he replied. "Hmm, yeah.. sure.. whatever… that's fine." said Syaoran as he turned away to hide his pink cheeks.
"Yay!" exclaimed Sakura happily as Syaoran gave her his 'permission'. She later turned to Eriol cheerfully. "Eriol thanks so much, for wanting to help me…" said Sakura and then turned to Tomoyo as the boys walked into the classroom.
"Ne, Tomoyo… can you believe it? I'm going to have a study date with Eriol." said Sakura, jumping up and down in excitement.
"That's great, Sakura! I can't wait to film it all!" exclaimed Tomoyo with starry eyes.
"H…hoe?" said Sakura with a sweat drop.
"Oh nothing…" said Tomoyo with a mischievous smile.
The four of them went into the classroom and sat down in their seats. As usual, all the other girls in class were flocked around Syaoran and Eriol's seats. Eriol was talking back to the girls while Syaoran tried his best to ignore them.
Tomoyo smiled and laughed a little as she observed those two boys. "Those two are quite opposites in their characters, ne? As for Eriol, I don't know if he loves the attention or he just doesn't have the heart to tell them to leave." Tomoyo paused a while as she diverted her attention to Syaoran, who looked annoyed as minutes passed by. "Syaoran on the other hand, doesn't want anything to do with those fan girls. You would think they would leave him alone after what happened last year, when one of the fan girls pushed you out of the way so she could get closer to him." said Tomoyo to Sakura.
"Well, I think they did leave him alone for awhile after that." replied Sakura.
"But even now, they still don't come around when you're there… or when I'm there, as a matter of a fact."
"Well he did mention you in his statement, don't you remember?" said Sakura as she recalled the event from a year ago.
Flashback
Sakura and Syaoran were standing in a crowded hallway at the end of the school day talking about their weekend plans.
"Hey, Sakura you're still coming over, aren't you?" asked Syaoran blushing.
"Of course! I'll bring the snacks." smiled Sakura.
"Well I just thought that since Tomoyo is out of town this weekend with her mother, you wouldn't want to come on your own."
Sakura continued smiling and said, "Syaoran you know I…"
Her sentence are left incomplete when suddenly the group of fan girls who always followed both Syaoran and Eriol around arrived and got a little too excited when they saw Syaoran in the hallway. In their excitement, they pushed Sakura out of the way to get a chance to talk to Syaoran. They pushed her a little too hard and Sakura was slammed against the lockers before she slid to the ground. Syaoran lost his temper at the sight of this and rushed to Sakura's side, glaring at all the fangirls.
"That's it! You guys went too far! I put up with this because it wasn't doing anyone any harm but I would never let anybody touch Sakura… ever!" yelled Syaoran angrily.
"It's ok, Syaoran they didn't mean to…" said Sakura trying to cool him down and to get up.
Syaoran helped Sakura up and saw that her shoulder was hurt from the impact.
"Sakura… you're hurt…" said Syaoran softly, his voice laced with guilt.
Turning towards the girls, Syaoran warned them, "If ever I see any of you ever physically or verbally hurt Sakura… or Tomoyo for that matter, you will have more than just my words to deal with." said Syaoran as he brought Sakura to the infirmary.
End Flashback
"Remember, he told them to leave both of us alone" said Sakura with a smile.
Laughing a little, Tomoyo nodded and said, "That's Syaoran for you. He's one of the good ones…"
"I know" smiled Sakura.
"Yeah and after that happened they didn't come around him for 3 weeks" said Tomoyo.
"Yeah… but what do you think he meant by 'more than just my words to deal with?'" asked Sakura.
"I'm not sure maybe something about his family… but well, you never know." said Tomoyo with a shrug.
They all returned to their seats as the class started.
During their lunch break all four friends sat at their lunch table talking and eating. Eriol was then called over by one of his friends to another table.
"There goes Mr. Popular" said Tomoyo sarcastically.
"Ha" Laughed Syaoran as he got up and said, "I'll see you girls later. I'm going to head to the bathroom and I'll meet you back in class."
"Syaoran is such a loner…" said Tomoyo.
"Hoe? What do you mean Tomoyo?" asked Sakura.
"Well he doesn't really talk to anyone does he? He likes to be alone." Stated Tomoyo.
"Hmm… I don't think that's true. I mean, he has us right? Me, you, and Eriol, who is his best friend and cousin. Maybe he's just shy" said Sakura.
"That's possible. Maybe he could also be afraid to make fake friends who are only after his money… or maybe we are all he really needs."
"I know how that is. I mean, you guys are all I'll ever need." said Sakura happily.
Tomoyo smiled as she said that. "Aww Sakura, that's really nice of you, but…" Her eyes turned starry as she continued, "We need to find you a husband soon so I can design your wedding dress and film all your beautiful wedding moments!" exclaimed Tomoyo happily, once again absorbed into her world of imagining how Sakura would look like in a wedding dress.
"Tomoyo you are scaring me…" said Sakura with a sweat drop.
Eriol came back after a while and they headed to class together, stopping at Sakura's locker to get a book she had forgotten. As they walked into the classroom they saw that Syaoran was already there sitting at his desk with his text book and notebook open.
"Hi Syaoran! We're here!" greeted Sakura happily.
"What are you working on Syaoran?" asked Tomoyo.
"Oh, tomorrow's lessons… I thought I should get started." said Syaoran
"That's a great idea Syaoran." Said Sakura and smiled at him.
As the rest of the class came back from lunch, all the girls giggled about how cute Syaoran and Eriol are and how rich and powerful their family are. Hearing the girls talk about their family's without even truly knowing Eriol and Syaoran made Sakura sad.'No wonder he had a hard time making new friends if that's all people think about him…' thought Sakura.
At that point Tomoyo had enough of the girls chattering. She got up and made her way in front of Syaoran and Eriol desks. All the girls subsided as she went there, afraid that the event last year might repeat itself, which definitely spells trouble for the fangirls.
"Thanks" said Syaoran gratefully.
"No problem, anytime…" said Tomoyo giving him a sweet smile.
When Tomoyo returned to her seat Sakura had an extra big smile on.
"Sakura, what is it?" asked Tomoyo curiously.
"Tomoyo, don't you see?"
"Hmm I'm not sure I follow you Sakura…" said Tomoyo
"You both can be together! We can all be together! You and Syaoran and Eriol and Me!" said Sakura gleefully.
"What Sakura? Did I hear you right?" asked Tomoyo in disbelief.
"Of course silly" said Sakura.
"Sakura, I don't think that will quite work out…" said Tomoyo sadly.
Sakura pouted, "What? Why not?"
"Because I wouldn't feel the same way towards him even if he does like me." replied Tomoyo simply, a sad look lingering on her features.
With puppy dog eyes Sakura said, "Aww Syaoran is such a great guy… You should give him a chance…"
With a sad smile Tomoyo explained to Sakura, "I wouldn't think its fair to be with someone you don't truly love, even if they love you… You would be lying to them and to yourself if you did that. And once you did, you'll hurt both him and yourself…"
'I couldn't do that to Syaoran… He's one of my best friends… and I think I'm in love with someone else anyway, but I can't be… I… I can't even think that, the consequences of that love…will be unbearable…' thought Tomoyo silently.
After class it was time to go home. Tomoyo and Sakura always walked home together so they went to their lockers to put their stuff away and get their homework out. When Sakura got to her locker and opened it, a white envelope fell out with the name Sakura on it. Inside the envelope lies a green paper with a sakura petals design that read:
Sakura,
I do not know how to speak these words aloud,
Sometimes its like you never notice me,
Neither me or the love I have inside,
But I find solace in just being near,
And yet when you are I find shelter in your embrace,
Because when you notice and say my name aloud,
My heart skips a beat that I can't seem to hide.
When you smile it is like the sun,
And every time you're near I cannot think,
For, ever since I've met you I've know,
You're the one, who'll make me feel…
From,
Your Secret Admirer
"Tomoyo, come here, look at this!" exclaimed Sakura, brimming with excitement.
As Tomoyo came over Sakura handed her the paper with the poem on it.
Tomoyo read it and said, "Wow! Oh my, Sakura… you have a secret admirer! Who do you think this is from?" asked Tomoyo with big starry eyes
" Well, I think I know who this is from…" replied Sakura as she held the letter close to her heart with a dreamy expression.
Author's Note: Thanks so much for reading, it means a lot to me! That's it for Chapter 1, please review.
I will try to update as soon as possible. However with school and the fact that my beta lives on the other side of the world and we can only communicate during strange hours of the day, it's not going to be everyday. But still, I'll update as soon as I can. See you in the next chapter, and once again, don't forget to review. Please no flames.
