Author's Note: This is my first try on a song fic. Hope you like.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of this story. I'm not exactly sure if there is a story like this one, haven't read one. So if there is a story similar to this. Gomen nasai. Sorry for the trouble. I don't own the song "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" by Celine Dion. I'm just borrowing it.
Summary: Sakura has a fiancée who died on a motorcycle incident for about 2 years now. Suddenly she meets a man who looks exactly like her deceased fiancé with amber eyes and hazel nut hair. Will love stir up?
Chapter 1: Memories of the Past
A man with amber orbs was gazing out the window of the plane to relax his tired eyes from the screen on his lap. He's been tired of typing all day and reading all of the reports regarding his businesses. He's been planning to take a break from this line of work but he's body seems not willing to cooperate. In the contrary of what he was planning, it only yearned for more work. And now he was heading to Japan to do some business, AGAIN.
It would only be a few minutes from now before the plane would finally arrive in the airport. He leaned his head on his chair. Better take a short nap. His mind thought, closing his laptop and storing it on its bag. Yawning from tiredness, he willed his eyes to close. Just a little nap… that's all…
////////////////// At the Hospital ///////////////
"Good evening Sarah! How's my little angel doing?" The doctor greeted the little girl with her usual sweet singsong voice. Her patient was a little girl who is only ten years old suffering from ulcer but one could clearly see in her eyes that she is a child full of vibrant… full of life… A child with black hair that touches her shoulder and cerulean eyes that pictures innocence. Her attitude was not of a child but of a mature young woman. I wished she could recover soon.
"I'm feeling a lot of better now Sakura-chan." The girl replied shyly. She looked at the doctor with full admiration. She respected the doctor before her. Sakura was a beautiful lady but looked like on her teens. She has emerald eyes and honey brown hair that reaches just below her shoulder. She has both grace and elegance.
The little girl often wondered why her doctor hasn't been happily settled down… happily married. She was scared to voice out her questioned because she can see in those emerald pools the sadness and loneliness her doctor felt. She wanted to help her in anyway she can but she waited for her doctor to share it to her. She respected her privacy. They became good friends in the little time she'd spend on the hospital.
"Wow, that's nice to hear. Would you like to eat your dinner already?" Sakura asked, putting a cheerful smile on her face. Every since her fiancée died two years ago, she focused herself on her work... dedicated her life to it. She tried to forget the painful memories that haunt her. It wasn't exactly painful but happy moments of her together with her fiancé but she refused to remember it because it would only cause her grief.
"Hai! Sakura-chan… would you… care to… join me?" She invited slowly, looking at her doctor who she considers a gift from heaven in her life.
"Sure Sarah. I would love to be with your company. And I think it would be lovely to eat with a friend at a times like this." She whispered mysteriously.
"Huh? Are you feeling well Sakura-chan? Maybe you have caught some of the virus the patients have here. You better rest for a while." Sarah spoke worriedly.
"Don't worry Sarah. I'm fine. It just that… wouldn't you think it would be wonderful… to eat with a friend in a weather like this. It would be so cold… so lonely eating alone, ne?" She stated calmly. It was obvious that the air was getting colder than usual. The clouds were heavy that afternoon, rain threatening to fall any minute but actually it had taken hours, by evening, before the downpour.
"Yeah, that's a great idea… Would you be staying here tonight?"
"Gomen… but I have an early shift tomorrow so… I need more rest than necessary and I'll be going home this evening after dinner..." She saw the sad look on the girl's face and added hurriedly "But I'll make sure to be here, by your side when you wake up." The girl smiled. "So… let me get our food and begin our dinner, ne?"
//////////////////////// At the Airport /////////////////////
Syaoran waited for the rain to stop. He'd been stranded in the airport since 2 hours ago that he had arrived in Japan. Must be the traffic. He concluded when the hired car didn't get on the specific time they had agreed to. He would be meeting the owner of the business he planned to have a join ownership in the morning so he needs to look presentable in front of him. He sighed. Damn this day.
//////////////////////// At Sakura's House //////////////////////
She walked into her house. She doesn't consider it as her home because it felt so cold but only a place to live in. She went to her room and got ready to rest for the day. It has been a hectic day. Not that it was unusual. But is that what she really wants? Isolate herself from the world? She questioned herself.
Since her fiancée died, she isolated herself from all of her persistent suitors. She didn't give them a chance to prove themselves worthy of her. She ignores them and dedicates the majority of her time at her career as a doctor, curing illnesses of children. She once dreamed of having children of her own but it shattered by that event… a motorcycle incident. Her fiancée's body is not found, but only ashes. The motorcycle was burned together with her beloved.
She opened the lampshade on her bedroom and turned on the radio on the side table. The music floated from it that calmed her a bit. She went under her bed covers and prepared to sleep but she heard a song that reminded her of her greatest fear. The rainy weather also fits the song that brought tears to her eyes.
There were night when the wind was so cold
That my body froze in bed
If I just listened to it
Right outside the window
There were days when the sun was so cruel
That all the tears turned to dust
And I just knew my eyes were
Drying up forever
I finished crying in the instant that you left
And I can't remember where or when or how
And I banished every memory you and I had ever made…
She cried herself to sleep. The painful memories of their times together coming back to her in flashbacks. Next day, maybe… luck would be on her side. She only looked forward to meeting her father tomorrow at lunch…
//////////////////////////// Tomorrow At The Meeting ////////////////////////
Mr. Fujitaka Kinomoto, a well-known businessman and owns one of the biggest companies in Japan, waits for his guest to arrive to start the awaiting mergence of both Hong Kong's and Japan's powerful industrial companies. It would enhance and developed both technological aspect and was expected to further flourish to conquer the whole world and not just Asia.
Syaoran entered the conference hall, confident that he can seal the deal and it would be a big asset on both parties involved. He faced the well renowned man in business world in Asia, Mr. Fujitaka Kinomoto. He liked to learn from him. It was only two years ago that he started his career as a businessman and he admired the man for that long.
At their first meeting, both felt close to each other, as if they have known each other a long time ago. The meeting went well but it finished a little bit late than expected. Mr. Fujitaka invited his guest and now co-owner Mr. Syaoran Li to eat lunch with him.
"Would you like to join me and my daughter for lunch since our meeting went this late?" He invited. It would be a good opportunity for her to meet him. He thought. It's been two years since his daughter last dated a man. "Maybe she can show a bit around Japan, if you don't mind her company, that is?" Mr. Fujitaka inquired
"Sure, it's an honor to eat lunch with you sir and may I say with your lovely daughter's presence it would be much more delightful?" He replied good-naturedly with a bit of joking on his tone.
AN: Hope you like this chapter. Tell me what you think. Should I continue this? Comments and suggestions are welcome. Please review.
PS: This story is got inspired by the song and music video of "It's All Coming Back To Me Now" by Celine Dion.
Thank you for reading.
Ja ne!!!