I do ask one thing before reading. Things have changed since we left
Sakura-verse in vol 12 and in the 2nd movie. Throw away any
expectations you have... and then begin reading.
Shape of the Heart - 1 - Outsider
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Sakura sat down at the last bench. Her eyes scanned the gymnasts.
"You're a gymnast?" a voice asked.
She turned to see a guy sitting on the bench above her.
"No." she said, "I just- I uhhh used to be a cheerleader."
The guy with the voice regarded her with a look that
said /Cheerleader?/
She turned away, `don't believe me, I don't care.' she thought. `you
asked anyways-'
"So why did you quit?" he asked, "Or is that a touchy subject?"
Sakura looked down at her hands, "I just lost the desire to do it."
His eyes met hers, "And yet you come here to watch from the back of
the stands."
Sakura stood up, "I just came to support some friends." she
said, "Their rotation is over, I'm going now." she grabbed her bag
and ran down the stands.
The guy watched as she ran down the stands quickly and efficiently.
He pushed his red hair out of his eyes as he noted that she almost
looked as if she did it everyday. He stood up and pushed his hands
into his pockets. He sniffed at the bandage around his left foot and
proceeded to walk down the stands as quickly as she took them.
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"No Tomoyo," she said, "I'm doing perfectly fine. Yes- yes I got your
designs." Sakura looked at the unopened box that sat under her
computer desk. "Yes it fits perfectly, you know exactly what size I
am." she said, "What? No its just that I've been so busy, I know I
never call any more, I have midterms, college is like that you know.
Yes Yes I'll write when I get the chance." she paused."Ne~ Tomoyo-
chan I need to go. I have a class to go to. Okay, talk to you later."
Sakura sighed and walked over to her foot rest. "Well let's open you
up to see what Tomoyo sent me." her fingers grazed the label of the
box, under the plastic she noted the Clamp Campus address and her own
address. She reached into her desk drawer and pulled out a pair of
scissors. She opened the box and tossed the scissors back into the
drawer.
"Dear Sakura-chan." she read off the letter as she closed the drawer
with her hip. "Here is the latest from my design class, hope you
enjoy it, wear one and remember me okay?"
She looked into the box and pulled out a sweater, "Tomoyo..." she
said with a sigh, the sweater was white with pink edging, the draw
strings ended with large puffballs. "That'd be great if I wore white
and pink." She smiled down at her dark jeans and navy blue shirt. She
reached into the box again and pulled out something shiny and vinyl.
"Tomoyo!" she exclaimed. A costume!? She noticed a small piece of
paper floating back down back to the bed.
"I know we aren't supposed to talk about it, but Sakura don't let it
get to your heart. I designed this a long time ago, I thought with a
few modifications it'd fit the older you. Wear it at a costume party
or something. -- Tomoyo-chan"
Sakura stuffed the costume back into the box ignoring the shoes and
gloves.
"Nice. I didn't think white was part of your color spectrum."
Sakura looked up to see the same guy standing at the door. She
quickly closed the box. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Visiting a friend." he said, "Who turns out to be your roommate." he
pointed to the room across the center room.
"Oh." she said.
"Actually, they're gymnast friends of mine too." he said. "You didn't
tell me you were on the team as a freshman."
"I quit." she said.
"You're interesting." he said with a smile, "You seem to hate
gymnastics but you surround yourself with it."
Sakura walked to the door and said, "Goodbye." she shut the
door on his face.
"Baka." she muttered as she heard him yelp. She pulled on a coat and
grabbed her purse. She slid her window open and slipped out onto the
catwalk with one smooth movement.
Daisuke opened the door again, "You know that could have hurt my-
huh?" the room was empty.
A trail of flying curtain caught his eye, "I see." he said his eyes
darkening, and shut the door.
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Sakura sighed as she leaned against the park bench.
"Sakura-chan!"
She looked up, "Hey Ran." she looked back at the lake in front of her.
"So how's life in Sakura-verse?" Ran asked as she sat down next to
Sakura.
"Just fine." she said.
Ran chuckled. "Which means Tomoyo called."
Sakura smiled at her friend, "You're eerily turning into her." she
said. "You know me a tad bit too well."
"Well at least I got a smile out of you." Ran said with a chuckle.
Sakura sighed, "Tomoyo lives in happy pastel world." she said as she
told Ran what Tomoyo sent her.
Ran laughed, "Cute."
"Yes but I don't wear things like that anymore." she said, "And who
knows what they do at Clamp Campus, but even the packaging is cute,
blow fish on the boxes and the wrapping.
"Well... let's see what makes Sakura-chan feel better?" Ran mused as
she let her index finger tap gently against her lips. She turned to
Sakura and grabbed her wrist, "Since we're skipping class yet again,
tsk tsk Sakura-chan, we might as well go do something just as bad and
call it a day."
Sakura laughed, "Let's go, I need to stay away from my dorm anyways."
"Gymnast friends being too perky again?"
"No, they're fine as ever." Sakura said as they walked downtown.
"But...?" Ran said tilting her head to look at Sakura.
"Some random guy I met at their meet pesters me."
"Wooo Sakura do I see a social life on the horizon?" Ran said, "I may
never get to see you again!" she mocked-clinged to Sakura's arm. "It
may make you go *gasp* back to class!"
Sakura smiled, "I should..."
Ran hugged Sakura around her neck, "Whatever makes you happy my
dear," she said, "and let me say, if that guy shows up at your dorm
again I smell some flirting."
"Please." Sakura muttered, "I'm the social outcast."
Ran chuckled, "That's only because you hang out with me."
"I am the example of a cheerleader fallen from grace." Sakura said
with a mocking tone.
Ran laughed.
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Notes:
1) Yes very OOC but wait, things will explain themselves eventually. ^^;;; Its hard to write a fic like this when you're dying to have Shaoran be a deus ex machina and say "Sakura I was wrong let's get back together." =P But that's what "Wait" is for. ^_- All other notes can be found at my fic site.
Disclaimer:
Harichan (Steph's voice of reason): wheee Steph hasn't written in a while!
Steph: Yes, I'm so bad with titling fics, but oh well its the story that matters not the fic itself. C&C is most welcome (even emails with the subject line "You're nuts!" is okay ^_-)
Disclaimer: Card Captor Sakura belongs to Clamp and Kodansha, DNAngel belongs to Yukiru Sugisaki and Kadokawa. ^^ All other characters belong to me (in theory...) http://doki-doki.org/fanfic/ccs/shape/ - for a rants and such.