Rose of My Heart

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Chapter One
Watching By A Distance

16 year old Daidouji Tomoyo watched blissfully at Sakura Kinomoto and Li Syao Ran made out in the park. Tomoyo giggled as she sat on the bench of the park, sewing a hankerchief for a certain someone.

"Konnichi wa, Tomoyo-san!" A cheerful and vibrant voice called out. Tomoyo turned around and met the smiling amber eyes of Nakura Akizuki. Tomoyo waved brightly, "Konnichi wa, Nakura-san!" Nakura giggled as she sat down beside Tomoyo, "Beautiful hankerchief! Who's it for?" Tomoyo glanced down at the hankerchief in her hands, "It's for Hiiragizawa-kun." Nakura looked surprised, "Master?"

Tomoyo smiled, "Hai. It's your Master's birthday tomorrow, isn't it?" Nakura smacked her forehead, "Gosh! I forgot!" Tomoyo beamed, "It's not too late to buy a present yet." Nakura laughed, "Arigatou for reminding me, Tomoyo-san!" Nakura then smiled, "How come you're making this for Master? I thought you don't really know him well?" Tomoyo smiled to Nakura, "I don't really know Hiiragizawa-kun well. But after all, he is Sakura's best friend and is my friend, too. It's his birthday. I'm suppose to give him something, ne?"

Nakura beamed, "Hai! See ya later, Tomoyo-san! I've got to buy Eriol-sama a present!" Tomoyo waved as Nakura disappeared behind the corner. Tomoyo smiled silently to herself as she continued to knit the hankerchief with the world 'Dreams' on it. Continuing to stitch the tedious work, Tomoyo began to sing a song softly to herself.

~I watch you from a distance
Not knowing what to say
I look at you with a smile on my face
There's so much I want to tell you yet I can't~

"Daidouji-san?"

Tomoyo recgonized the voice as Eriol Hiiragizawa and quickly stuffed the hankerchief in her backpack and stood up, bowing, "Konnichi wa, Hiiragizawa-kun." Eriol bowed, "Konnichi wa, Daidouji-san." Eriol smiled his mysterious trademark smile that could get all girls to lust over, "What are you doing here, Daidouji-san?" Tomoyo smiled, "Stuff. It's not really your business, anyway. Likewise, Hiiragizawa-kun. What are you doing here?"

Eriol unconsciously flipped the dark tendrils behind, grinning, "To spy on my cute descendant making out. Where are they?" Tomoyo giggled, "They were making out. But they were long gone. Off to Li's house, I guess." Eriol laughed, "When a girl goes to a guy's home, I bet-" "Something hot and stuffy is going on!" Tomoyo finished as both broke out laughing.

"Well, anyway, Daidouji-san, I'll be heading back home now. I've got things to do. But I'll see you around, ne?" Eriol smiled as Tomoyo did likewise, "Hai, Hiiragizawa-kun." Eriol tipped his invisible hat and bowed before smiling, "Ja ne!" Tomoyo waved warmly, "Ja!"
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Tomoyo sighed as she laid on her bed, looking at the novel in her hands that she had just read finished. How…sad. The main girl in the story had died out of love for her late boyfriend. Tomoyo smiled as she got her stitchwork again and began to sew the hankerchief again.

Come to think of it, she barely knew Hiiragizawa Eriol. He was just Eriol, the reincarnation of a famous sorcerer of the past, someone she knew through Sakura. How well did she knew Eriol anyway? Not much, she thought as she sewed the hems of the hankerchief, a picture of a blue rose at the center blooming beautifully, the word 'dreams' sewed on the above of the navy blue hankerchief.

Tomoyo grinned as she eyed the hankerchief. Navy blue, sky blue…It was exactly Eriol. Tomoyo finally put away her stitchwork. She can continue that tomorrow. She approached the windows to pull down the curtains when she spotted someone under the starry night.

Eriol Hiiragizawa.

Tomoyo raised a questioning eyebrow. What was Eriol doing here? Getting the mail, she noticed. Tomoyo looked out of the window to catch a better glimpse. Admitedly, she did found the English boy…sorta cute. Tomoyo shrugged as she watched Eriol get his mail till he walked off around the street and was gone. Tomoyo sighed as she returned back to her back after drawing down the curtains.

Falling asleep almost instantly, Tomoyo was surprised in her sleep when she dreamt of a certain someone with dark blue eyes and his mysterious trademark smile…
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Eriol sat on the edge of the branch of a tree, staring out quietly to the morning calmness of Tomoeda. He liked it in there. He liked this tree. It gave him a perfect view of everything. Eriol began to think. Sakura…how much prettier she had grown over the years with Syao Ran…Yamazaki…Eriol laughed, wondering how Yamazaki is able to hook himself up with Chiharu. Meiling had her own boyfriend to herself now. And Tomoyo…

Tomoyo…?

Eriol shrugged. Everybody knew Tomoyo Daidouji. She was the popular kid in school. Many people yearned to date her out but she rejected everyone. How well did he knew Tomoyo anyway? Everybody in school was a couple except for Tomoyo…and well, him, of course. Eriol wasn't the kind to date or flirt or be in love. Sure, he and Kaho was once a couple. But that was all. It had ended just that. Eriol shrugged when he heard his name being called by the all-so familiar angelic voice.

"Hiiragizawa-kun?"

Eriol looked down the tree. There. It was the beautiful and angel-like Daidouji Tomoyo gazing up at him, with the usual smile plastered on her face. Eriol smiled fondly at the lass, "What are you doing here, Daidouji-san?" Tomoyo beamed, "Can I come up?" Eriol chuckled, "Sure you can." Eriol lifted up a finger and brought Tomoyo up, perched on the branch beside him. Eriol smiled, "Nan de?"

Tomoyo held up a giftwrapped box, "It's your birthday present." Eriol looked slightly startled, "You…remembered?" Tomoyo giggled, "Of course I would! It's my friend's birthday." Eriol smiled as he accepted the box, "Can I opened it now?" Tomoyo nodded, "Sure! I was waiting for you to say that!" Eriol chuckled as he slowly opened the box. Surprisingly, he was never nervous or anxious or feeling a tiny little enthusiasm when he opened birthday gifts. But this was different.

It was a present from Tomoyo.

"A hankerchief?" Eriol examined the hankerchief in his hands. Tomoyo looked uncertain, "Gomen ne…You don't like it? I'm sorry. I really don't know what to give you." Eriol suddenly beamed, "I love it, Daidouji-san. It's beautiful." Tomoyo smiled, "You do?" Eriol nodded, "I do. And what have you got here?" Eriol pulled out a tape from the box, "A tape, Daidouji-san?" Tomoyo nodded, "You'll love it. You're in it, too." Eriol looked amused, "Really? Thank you, Daidouji-san. It's the most special gift I had got in my life."

Tomoyo smiled, "Glad you like it. What did Nakura-san gave to you?" Eriol looked puzzled, "Ruby Moon? She didn't give me anything!" Tomoyo looked even more puzzled, "She didn't give you anything? Impossible…I thought…Never mind. Maybe she will give you one later." Eriol chuckled, "Thanks, Daidouji-san." Tomoyo beamed, "And you know what's part of your birthday gift, Hiiragizawa-kun?"

Eriol seemed interested, "Nope. What?" Tomoyo smiled, "You can call me Tomoyo now, Hiiragizawa-kun." Eriol laughed, "If I can call you Tomoyo, you can call me Eriol, ne, Tomoyo-san?" Tomoyo beamed, "Hai, Eriol-kun." Eriol looked to the sky when he turned back to Tomoyo, "Do you want to go out tomorrow?" Tomoyo looked puzzled, "Go out? Why? Celebrate your birthday?" Eriol shook his head, "No. I just feel like it. So what do you say?"

Tomoyo smiled, "Ok." Tomoyo looked down at the scenery before at Eriol, "Look, I gotta go. I still have to report home." Eriol nodded, smiling, "I'll pick you up at 7:00 tomorrow, k?" Tomoyo beamed, "Deal! But help me down first!" Eriol laughed as he lifted a finger, bringing Tomoyo to the ground again.

Tomoyo aimed a smile up, "Arigatou, Eriol-kun! Ja ne!" Tomoyo waved as Eriol did likewise. In a few moments, Tomoyo had disappeared behind the corner, leaving Eriol watching by a distance.

Eriol smiled, "Have a safe journey home, my dear Tomoyo-san."

My Tomoyo-san…

A smiled played on Eriol's lips, his mind thinking of a certain someone.


End of Chapter One!
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