Cardcaptor Sakura
Beginning
of Winter
Author: dreximgirl
Theme: #1 cold
hands
Pairing/Characters: Rika Sasaki/Yoshiyuki Terada
Rating:
G (?)
Disclaimer: CLAMP own them all and sadly I am not a member
of their gang
Rika shivered as she stood outside her old school gates, it had started to turn bitterly cold this past week but she still hadn't thought to bring her gloves. Lifting her hands to her face she cupped them in front of her mouth and blew; the warm air lasted only seconds before the cold returned. Giving up she went back to rubbing them together as she bounced on her heels in a vain attempt to keep warm.
"Rika?" a friendly masculine voice called from behind her, "Why are you standing out here?"
"Yoshi" Rika said, turning, "I finished early at the bakery so I thought I would surprise you"
"You should have come in," he said, wrapping his right arm around her shoulders as they started walking, "You must have been freezing out here"
"I'm fine" she replied, not wanting to upset Yoshi with her fears about how his fellow teachers would react to seeing her. As accepting as he said they were she didn't want to make anything awkward by turning up in any of the classrooms looking for him. "I wanted to wait for you"
Smiling down at her he kissed her forehead, pulling back quickly when he felt how cold she was.
Looking over her, he frowned; "Where are your gloves and scarf?" he asked
"Oh" she said blushing, "I forgot to take them out of the wardrobe this morning"
He shook his head and started to remove his own gloves, stopping when Rika's hand covered his.
"Don't," she said, looking concerned, "I don't want you to get cold, and besides we'll be home soon, I'll be fine"
"Don't be silly. You'll get ill if you don't keep warm"
Rika cast her eyes downward berating herself for not remembering to get her cold weather things out.
Yoshi looked at her sad face and felt his anger abate, he shouldn't be mad at her. After all it wasn't her fault, it wouldn't have mattered had she not finished early. A slow smile spread across his face as an idea formed in his mind.
Removing his right glove he slipped it onto her right hand, causing her to look up at him, her sadness still showing in her eyes.
Smiling at her he took her left hand in his now bare right one, entwining their fingers he slipped their joined hands into his coat pocket, making her move closer to him. Squeezing her hand they continued walking along the footpath towards home.
After a few minutes of silence Yoshi squeezed her hand again before saying; "You know I'm actually glad you forgot your gloves"
Rika looked up at him and smiled her beautiful smile, she knew he was trying to make her feel better but the fact that he was trying made her feel warm inside. Squeezing his hand in return, she moved her body even closer to his, and all of a sudden the cold wasn't as harsh as it had been.