It was the summer before she moved. She left to go to the capital where her
father had gotten a new job. I felt like part of me had left with her. She
was my best friend ever since we met in third grade. She had confronted me
demanding to know why I was always glaring at her. I smirked and walked
away. She grabbed my arm and gave me a glare of her own. I didn't know why
it got to her so bad. I glared at everyone because no one knew my past.
Let's just say that I'm not a normal kid. I didn't grow up playing in the
park with my friends. I never had any friends. My only friend was my
cousin, Eriol. He was a strange one though. I never quite understood him.
He acted so mature for a kid. There was another thing. It was as if he
could see right through me.
After the incident with Sakura confronting me, we slowly because friends which eventually led to us becoming best friends. We would hang out all the time watching horror movies, which I picked out, late at night. I knew she couldn't tolerate ghosts and "scary stuff", but that made watching the movies all the better because she was just so easy to scare.
I still remember the day she told me she was leaving.
-Flashback-
The doorbell rang. I got up and took a peek to see who was outside. It was Sakura. I couldn't remember if we were supposed to hang out, but that didn't matter since both of our parents were used to us just suddenly appearing without notice.
Sakura walked in with a smile. But I could clearly tell that the smile was strained. She was hiding something. I told her to go to my room and went to get some food.
Balancing the cookies and soda's I opened the door. I could hear sniffling. 'Must be thing going around' I thought walking in.
"what's up?" I asked putting the food on my desk.
"h.hey Sya..Syaoran." she smiled weakly. She was looking at the pictures of us hanging out at the beach last year.
"did you catch the thing going around?" I asked. She shook her head slowly. A tear slid down her face.
"What's wrong, Cherry?" I asked gently using the nickname I gave her.
"I.I..have..t.to" she choked. I sat down with her and put my arm around her shaking shoulders.
"Take your time. Breath in, breath out." I said trying to sooth her. 'What could be causing her so much grief?' I wondered.
Sakura suddenly started to cry, huge tears running down her face. Her shoulders shook. I pulled her closer to me and wrapped my arms around her. She cried in to my chest soaking my shirt.
I became scared. "What is it Sakura? Please tell me!"
Sakura only hugged me tighter as if she were afraid that if she were to let let go, I would disappear.
"Sakura, I'm not going anywhere. What's wrong?" I made her look at me. I wiped the tears from her face.
She took a deep breath. "I'm moving."
I let go of her. "What?!?!" I said, not believing her.
"I'm moving to Tokyo in 2 days. My dad got a job at Tokyo University." She said looking at the place where the floor and the wall met. She spoke as if she had no more emotions left in her.
I pulled her back into my arms again. I held here tightly not wanted her to leave. My best friend was leaving me.
After a while, she sat up. "We had a great four years together."
I nodded smiling at her. I was reminising about all the times we had spent together. Soon the two days had passed and I was giving my best friend one last hug goodbye. I smiled and handed her a teddy bear with a yellow rose signifying friendship. She smiled and whispered thank you before giving me a kiss on the cheek.
-End of flashback-
it has been five years since we saw each other. After she moved, I moved to a different house. I lost contact with her and she slowly faded out of my life. She was nothing more than a memory now. A good memory.
I'm a senior this year at Tomeda High School. I guess you could say that I still look the same. Still have my messy chocolate color hair with my peircing brown eyes. I've grown up though. I'm not the kid I used to be.
After the incident with Sakura confronting me, we slowly because friends which eventually led to us becoming best friends. We would hang out all the time watching horror movies, which I picked out, late at night. I knew she couldn't tolerate ghosts and "scary stuff", but that made watching the movies all the better because she was just so easy to scare.
I still remember the day she told me she was leaving.
-Flashback-
The doorbell rang. I got up and took a peek to see who was outside. It was Sakura. I couldn't remember if we were supposed to hang out, but that didn't matter since both of our parents were used to us just suddenly appearing without notice.
Sakura walked in with a smile. But I could clearly tell that the smile was strained. She was hiding something. I told her to go to my room and went to get some food.
Balancing the cookies and soda's I opened the door. I could hear sniffling. 'Must be thing going around' I thought walking in.
"what's up?" I asked putting the food on my desk.
"h.hey Sya..Syaoran." she smiled weakly. She was looking at the pictures of us hanging out at the beach last year.
"did you catch the thing going around?" I asked. She shook her head slowly. A tear slid down her face.
"What's wrong, Cherry?" I asked gently using the nickname I gave her.
"I.I..have..t.to" she choked. I sat down with her and put my arm around her shaking shoulders.
"Take your time. Breath in, breath out." I said trying to sooth her. 'What could be causing her so much grief?' I wondered.
Sakura suddenly started to cry, huge tears running down her face. Her shoulders shook. I pulled her closer to me and wrapped my arms around her. She cried in to my chest soaking my shirt.
I became scared. "What is it Sakura? Please tell me!"
Sakura only hugged me tighter as if she were afraid that if she were to let let go, I would disappear.
"Sakura, I'm not going anywhere. What's wrong?" I made her look at me. I wiped the tears from her face.
She took a deep breath. "I'm moving."
I let go of her. "What?!?!" I said, not believing her.
"I'm moving to Tokyo in 2 days. My dad got a job at Tokyo University." She said looking at the place where the floor and the wall met. She spoke as if she had no more emotions left in her.
I pulled her back into my arms again. I held here tightly not wanted her to leave. My best friend was leaving me.
After a while, she sat up. "We had a great four years together."
I nodded smiling at her. I was reminising about all the times we had spent together. Soon the two days had passed and I was giving my best friend one last hug goodbye. I smiled and handed her a teddy bear with a yellow rose signifying friendship. She smiled and whispered thank you before giving me a kiss on the cheek.
-End of flashback-
it has been five years since we saw each other. After she moved, I moved to a different house. I lost contact with her and she slowly faded out of my life. She was nothing more than a memory now. A good memory.
I'm a senior this year at Tomeda High School. I guess you could say that I still look the same. Still have my messy chocolate color hair with my peircing brown eyes. I've grown up though. I'm not the kid I used to be.