Summary: Love is just something I'm not cut out for. Its not my calling in life. But planning weddings are. Unless you fall for the groom… that belongs to your best friend.
Disclaimer: I do not own CardCaptor Sakura… So don't sue me… the movie The Wedding Planner is sort of what this idea came from but rest assured that the following fanfic has no scenes from the movie at all. Kepp, enjoy!
"How? How could you do this to me Sakura? You're supposed to be my best friend!" she yelled at me with tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry… so sorry Tomoyo-chan…" I bit out, fighting the tears that were already pouring down my cheeks.
"I hate you Sakura! I hate you!"
Chapter One: Sakura
I woke at the crack of dawn, something that I had been accustomed to doing ever since high school. I stretched my arms and legs as I walked over to my bathroom. Sure my hair was messy as hell, but when it's combed… ahhhh. It's not that bad. Plus, the auburn color really brings out my emerald eyes.
I walked out to my walk-in closet and chose a lavender suit. It had a light pink shirt underneath, giving the suit a bit more color. The suit was long sleeved and heavy but it looked professional. The bottom was a skirt that passed my knees (but only because it was a regulation thing) and I had to wear those stupid shoes that made my feet ache… aka pumps. Staring at myself in the mirror, I nodded my head. I looked the way I should.
Upon reaching the office, there was the usual commotion and hustle and bustle.
"Kinomoto-san? Ayumi-san changed the wedding date again. Can you tell the caterers?" a man said to me. I smiled at him and he smiled back uneasily.
"Of course I can Eriol-kun. Let Ayumi-san know that it will be changed to whenever she wants." His azure eyes twinkled with relief. He ruffled his midnight blue hair while laughing at himself.
"Thank you SO MUCH Kinomoto-san. She's driving me nuts already…"
"Don't worry Eriol-kun. But please call me Sakura-chan… you make me feel so old."
He laughed and walked towards his office. My best friend came towards me smiling happily. Her amethyst eyes were sparkling with joy; I new she had a secret to tell me. Especially because she had actually taken time to put her hair in an appealing hairstyle… she hated the half up half down look. "It makes my lovely dark purple hair shade look hideous!" she had screamed at me. Even so, I'd be envious sometimes because that was her natural hair color…
"Tomoyo-chan… are you okay?" she was simply beaming with happiness. She was our wedding dress designer and she was, to say the least, fantastic at her job. She was a great designer… in fact, some of my clothes are from her… she designs all sorts of things that she never ceases to amaze me.
"Oh Sakura-chan… I'm so happy…"
Her grin broadened. I smiled back a little uneasily. Taking her by the hand, I led her to my office and shut the door gently. She sat down, stars were still in her eyes, and she giggled to herself. I sat down in my own chair and stared at her.
"Hoeeee? To-Mo-Yo-Cha-N?" I emphasized each syllable. She stared back at me with her starry eyes.
"Sakura-chan, it's happened." My eyes widened and I slammed my hands against my desk.
"NANI?! TOMOYO-CHAN, WHEN!?"
She laughed softly.
"Yesterday. After dinner."
I was appalled. No... way.
"Did you use PROTECTION you IDIOT?!"
She looked at me with a confused look on her face. Then, realization dawned on her.
"BAKA SAKURA-CHAN!" she said, laughing. I was beside myself. Why the hell was she laughing?
"Sex is a BIG thing Tomoyo-chan! Who did you give it to? Protection was made available right? OH MY GOSH YOU'RE PREGNANT!" I was livid. She was still laughing at me.
"You are so slow Sakura-chan. No no no, I'm still a virgin babe. Syao-kun… he proposed to me last night… you'll be planning my wedding Sakura-chan."
I stared at her for a while. My jaw hung open and my eyes went dot eyed for a whole three minutes until I leapt up and screamed.
"ITAI!!!!" I had hit my shin on my desk. But my happiness vanished momentarily. "But… I thought you had something going with Eriol-kun…?" she looked at me with the same sad face.
"We had a pretty sweet thing going… but we just argued so much… and I honestly think he fancies you anyway… you're so pretty and caring… you might be the one who can give him what I can't." I closed my eyes and turned around in my chair. How could she say that? She and Eriol-kun had been together since I started this job! I was really sad to hear that she was engaged to the other guy she had been seeing.
"But it's over now so I won't bring it up anymore. As the saying goes, 'No use crying over spilled milk!' Not that milk has anything to do with this conversation… Anways!" She finally decided to get back on subject. "You, my darling best friend, will be my maid of honor! Syao-kun will want a small wedding so get right to it darling!" as I stared into my best friends eyes, I could see a sadness in it that broke my heart. I struggled to smile.
"Okay… Tomoyo-chan."
I left the office early to settle my thoughts. I've known Tomoyo-chan since I was in diapers and I never expected to totally not know her fiancée. She had never introduced me to him. I've known Eriol-kun since high school so I knew what his personality was like. He was a very nice man, always giving and loving… I smiled sadly to myself as I drove home; I really needed to think about this. I was just about to turn to my complex parking when a car wheeled in front of me.
Panicking, I hit the brakes and lunged forward a bit. The car in front of me honked and I honked back.
"BAKA NO DESU! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING MORON!" I screamed out my window. The driver opened the car door and stepped out. I gasped. Eriol-kun!
"Oy… Sakura-chan. Gomen nasai." He smiled sheepishly at me and I glared at him.
"Watch where you're going Eriol-kun! What are you doing here anyway?!" I didn't mean to sound so mean… but he really scared the crap outta me! He looked taken aback by my attitude as well.
"Erm… well, my cousins are staying in this building for a few months… so I just wanted to visit them… and I forgot that you live here and… erm… I just… sorry." He said to me. I sighed. "I actually want you to meet them Sakura-chan. Will you come upstairs with me?" I nodded and rolled up my window as he got back into his car.
When we met up back in the lobby, he pressed the elevator button to go upstairs.
"Mou, Sakura-chan, are you mad at me? I'm sorry about making you call the caterers for Ayumi-san's wedding… I was just so irritated with her…" I stared at him for a moment. Did he know about Tomoyo? I sighed and smiled at him.
"Iie Eriol-kun. My thoughts are just preoccupied with another wedding." Which wasn't a total lie… I had to think about Tomoyo's wedding in truth. The caterers, the reception hall, where the wedding would take place, the florists, the invitations, the dresses, the tuxedos, the everything. And it was sad to think that all of this just happened out of the blue.
The elevator made a small 'ding' and the steel doors opened. We walked in it together and he pressed a button which read '16'.
'Boy, his cousins must be rich… that's a floor beneath mine. And only the richest people get floors 15 and above…' I thought to myself as the elevator continued upstairs. No one came to bother our trip up and we reached the 16th floor faster than I had anticipated.
Eriol turned to his left and walked into the hallway while staring at all of the doors until we reached a '1620'. He knocked on the door and waited.
"Uhm, Sakura-chan." He turned to me hurriedly. "I have a male and a female cousin… they're really uhm… judging. They don't really trust other people and please forgive them should they say something that's not in their place to say." I nodded.
"Eriol-kun, its okay. You know me better than that." He blushed and nodded his head just as the door opened to reveal a pair of ruby red eyes.
"Who are you?" the voice whispered harshly. I glared back at them with my own emerald eyes.
"Kinomoto Sakura. I'm here with Eriol-kun." The person glared back at me with such intensity. It was overwhelming. Eriol took note of our glares and pushed past me.
"Meiling-chan, it's me! I'm here with… well, this is Sakura… she's her best friend. So be nice." I'm whose best friend?! In any event, Meiling's eyes went glassy and she opened the door for us. Before I knew it, she had pounced on me.
"Oh I'm so happy to meet you Kinomoto-san! She talks about you sooooo much! Kwahhhh!!" I struggled to breathe. "By the way, I'm Li Meiling. I'm very pleased to make your acquaintance! Wheeeeee!" Eriol had to pry that mad woman off of me. Now honestly, where was her sense of control?!
As I was dusting myself off, Meiling went to get her other cousin. "Syaoran-kun! Syaoran-kun! Come quickly! Daidouji-san's best friend is here with Eriol-kun!!" Ohhh! So that's whose best friend I am!! I heard a screeching of wood. Apparently, it was the chair sliding out from under the desk. A man was smoothing his shirt and he stared down at me.
He had the loveliest shade of amber eyes I had ever seen… his chocolate brown hair was ruffled, but handsome nonetheless. I blushed as he smiled at me. "Hoeeee…" I just happened to glance at Eriol-kun and he glared at his cousin.
"Kinomoto-san, meet my cousin Li Syaoran!" Meiling cried as she walked into the room. Syaoran walked up to me and gave me his hand to shake. I shook it firmly and looked up at him.
"Uhm… watashi… watashi wa Kinomoto Sakura desu…" stop stuttering you bumbling fool! I yelled at myself. But hey, on the plus side, he's pretty handsome…
"Ahhh. Tomoyo-chan speaks of you often Kinomoto-san. She loves you very much." I nodded at this. His voice was deep and soothing but before I could respond, Eriol wrapped his arm around my shoulder.
"Mou, Syaoran-san, leave your wandering eyes off of Sakura-chan." Meiling's eyes widened.
"You call her by her first name Eriol-kun?!" What was I, royalty to them?! She acted like no one could call me by anything but my surname!
"Baka. Of course I call her by her first name! She's my friend!" Eriol argued defiantly. Syaoran rose his eyebrows at this.
"Chill out man. Kinomoto-san," he turned to me and motioned to a couch. "Why don't you take a seat? I'll get you some water." I nodded my head and sat down, Eriol pressed firmly beside me. I could tell that this was going to be a long day…
"Oh Kinomoto-san, you are so funny!" Meiling forced yet another one of her annoying giggles. All I had said was that Tomoyo and I knew each other since we were in diapers…
"So Kinomoto-san," I shivered as Syaoran called out my name from across the room. I sat on his couch with Eriol-kun (whom was still glaring at his male cousin) while he and Meiling sat on the couch opposite of us. The black leather kept making me slip so that I had to wiggle back up but hey, who cares right? "Are you married? Engaged? In a relationship?" Eriol scoffed beside me.
"Why so interested cousin? Taking an interest in my co-worker and friend now are we?" I caught Syaoran glaring at Eriol. What in the world was going on?
"I was asking merely to start a conversation cousin." Eriol clucked his tongue.
"Yeah right. You're just such a little incompetent asshole Syaoran." Whoa. Never have I heard him swear before… and I've known the man since High School!
"You know what Eriol?!" Syaoran stood on his feet but Meiling was quicker. She grabbed Syaoran by the shoulders and pushed him down roughly.
"Baka! We have a guest here!" she turned to me with a small sheepish smile which I returned. "Onegai, forgive these two morons Kinomoto-san. Hey, if you're Eriol-kun's co-worker, then you must be the Wedding Planner!" I smiled sheepishly at her.
"Erm, yes, I am the Wedding Planner… for the most part." Even though the glares were not intended for me, I could feel the intensity that Syaoran and Eriol were emitting to each other. "Perhaps it's better if I left now-" before I knew it, Eriol was on his feet, his fists clenched.
"Fuck you Syaoran Li! You have no fucking right to even be looking at me! You're my cousin… my own fucking cousin! How could you man!? How DARE you?!" I stared at him. My eyes widened. Was it just me, or was Eriol-kun… crying? "I swear… You are the worst… the worst man I ever had the misfortune of meeting… I regret introducing Tomoyo-chan… Daidouji-san," my eyes widened once more. "To your sorry ass." He finally turned to me. I felt Meiling and Syaoran's stares directed at me as Eriol-kun extended his hand for me to take. "Sakura-chan, let's get out of here. I'm terribly sorry that I made you meet this little son of a bitch."
With a small glance back which clearly read 'I'm sorry', I walked with Eriol to the door and away from his, now shocked, cousins.
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