A New Semester of Love
This is a sequel to A Semester of Deceit and Love, which I wrote about a year ago I think. Sorry it took me so long to write this new fanfic, but college got incredibly busy for me, and I really didn't feel like writing. Even with the summer, I've taken major breaks from writing. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep up now that I've gotten back in the writing mood.
But anyway, I definitely recommend reading A Semester of Deceit and Love first…although it's not necessary to understand this sequel. I just think it would help in understanding how all the characters are feeling.
Disclaimer: I do not and never will own Card Captor Sakura in any way. All the credit goes to the wonderful anime team Clamp.
I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1: A Gathering
"So, we only have a week left before we have to go back, right?" Sakura asked, looking over at Tomoyo who was recording her cooking. Tomoyo had come over about an hour before, and she was going to stay the night that night. After she had helped Sakura cut up some vegetables and put some rice in the rice cooker, she had happily picked up her video camera to just film as Sakura started removing shells and cleaning the shrimp that would also be going in the fried rice.
"That's right," Tomoyo answered. "But we're lucky. Chiharu-san and Yamazaki-kun have already had to go back to Towa University. They're classes started yesterday I think."
"Yeah," Sakura agreed and stared at Tomoyo a little more. "Do you have to film me all the time?"
Tomoyo smiled widely. "Of course. I must always catch the lovely Sakura on camera whenever I can." Sakura sweatdropped. "So, when is Li-kun coming? You invited him for dinner tonight, didn't you?"
Sakura nodded. "He should be here in a little bit." Sakura turned away from Tomoyo smiling. I hope she's happy with the other visitor too. She giggled a little.
Tomoyo stared at her. "Happy about seeing Li-kun or something?"
Sakura grinned. "Yup."
Tomoyo just continued to film. It's been so nice seeing those two together. Since the beginning of summer they've been so close…I was so worried about Sakura then, but now it seems there's nothing to worry about. Not with Li-kun with her. He's definitely been able to make her happy again…
Just then Fujitaka stuck his head into the kitchen, smiling at the two girls. "Well, I'm off now to the university to go finish some things before the weekend and to go pick up something I forgot."
"When will you be back?" Sakura asked, looking at the clock. It was already nearing 7.
"In a couple hours I think," he told her. "You two will be fine on your own right?"
The two girls nodded. "And Syaoran-kun will be here soon too."
"That's good," Fujitaka said smiling. That guy really has been good for her. "I'll see you later then." He waved bye to them as he left the kitchen. They were silent for a little while, hearing the front door close behind Sakura's father.
Tomoyo slyly looked over at Sakura, smiling a little. "I bet you wish I wasn't here, don't you? So you could be all alone with your wonderful Li-kun, right?"
Sakura blushed a little and playfully glared at her best friend. "Yeah…you're just in the way," she teased, laughing.
Tomoyo pretended to look hurt. "I see how it is. You would rather be with your lover than your best friend." Sakura laughed a little more.
"That's right," she said, then added, "just kidding, of course. It's fun when we're all together." And I can't wait to see her reaction when she finds out Syaoran isn't the only one coming.
Tomoyo smiled at Sakura. "That's true."
The sudden ringing of the doorbell made them both jump a little. Sakura smiled. "They're here."
Tomoyo followed her out of the kitchen. "They?"
Sakura didn't answer as she and Tomoyo made their way to the front door.
"Well hey there," Sakura said as she opened the door revealing two handsome young men on the other side. She watched Tomoyo as she saw them both standing there. Her eyes widened and a tiny pink tint began to become apparent on her cheeks.
"I didn't know you were coming, Hiiragizawa-kun," Tomoyo said, surprised.
He smiled at her. "Didn't we agree that you would call me by my first name, Tomoyo-san?"
She blushed, remembering the night at the concert earlier that year. That night turned out to be nice…when I was with him…but so horrible with what all happened with Sakura-chan. She shook her head a little, trying to shake away the bad memories of that night and focused on the men standing before her.
"Yes that's right, Eriol-kun," she hesitantly agreed. She quickly turned toward Syaoran. "It's been a while since I've seen you too."
Syaoran smiled at her, amused by the exchange he had just watched between her and Eriol. "Yeah, since you were gone a lot of the summer on vacation. How was it?"
"It was really nice. But I'm glad to be back," she replied.
"Where did you go again?" Eriol asked.
Sakura laughed a little as they stood in the doorway. "How about we talk inside?"
They agreed and followed her inside. She led them to the living room where all of them sat except Sakura. "I should go finish cooking," she said heading toward the kitchen. "And I'll bring you all something to drink."
"I'll help you," Tomoyo offered.
Sakura shook her head and motioned for her to stay. "No, no…I can get it on my own."
Syaoran stood up and followed her. "Let me help you at least."
"No, that's okay," Sakura started. He stopped her refusals by grabbing her arm gently and pulling her slowly toward the kitchen.
"You don't have a choice," he said playfully. She just stared at him and smiled, letting him drag her away.
Tomoyo and Eriol both watched amused at the couple as they left. Once they had disappeared into the kitchen, they sat there silently for a moment. Tomoyo smiled at him a little as he turned toward her.
"So, where did you go again for your vacation?" Eriol asked her.
"We went up to Hokkaido. We just shopped a lot, and we visited a lot of different cities."
"That sounds like it was pretty fun."
Tomoyo nodded. "Yeah, it was just basically my mom and I, so it was nice to just spend some time with her."
Eriol smiled at her. "That's good."
"When did you get here? How long are you going to be visiting?" Tomoyo asked him.
"I got here yesterday. I'll tell you about what I'm doing here later," he said, smiling widely.
She looked at him, one of her eyebrows raised playfully. "I'm sure it'll be interesting."
Syaoran reappeared then with some drinks. "Here you two go. I'm going to go back in there and help Sakura-san finish cooking. It should be done soon she said."
Tomoyo stood up. "You can stay here, and I'll go help her finish. I was helping her earlier anyway."
Syaoran smiled. "I'm sure that's true. But I saw your camera in there too…so I wonder how much you were helping?"
Tomoyo laughed. "Okay, okay, you know the truth. But I could still go back in there and make up for what little I did earlier."
"That's okay though," Syaoran told her, adding a little quietly, "I want to help her."
Tomoyo smiled at him as he turned and left to go back in the kitchen. How cute…
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Syaoran walked up behind Sakura who was standing by the stove watching over the fried rice. He slowly wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her. She blushed a little nervously and just stood there.
"I gave them the drinks like you asked," he whispered into her ear, kissing it gently, making her blush. A dark red was also spreading over his own face.
"Thank you," she mumbled. He smiled and released his hold on her, taking the spatula from her hand and stirring the fried rice. "I think it'll be done in a few minutes," she said.
"That's good. I'm hungry." Sakura smiled at him.
"So, Tomoyo-chan seemed happy to see Eriol-kun, don't you think?" she asked. He smiled some more at her.
"Yeah, I definitely agree," he said. "And on the way over here, Eriol seemed a little nervous. I've never really seen him kind of flustered when he's speaking. He was asking me how everyone had been, but he really did show more interest when I talked about Tomoyo."
Sakura's smile grew. "They really would be perfect together, I think."
"We'll just have to push them together if we can. They might not even need our help though."
"But Eriol-kun will be leaving to go back to England again soon, won't he? We don't really have much time."
Syaoran grinned. "Don't worry about that."
Sakura just looked at him confused. "Why?"
"You'll see."
She just kept staring at him. I wonder…
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End of Chapter 1
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Sorry if the chapter's kind of slow. I think it does pick up as it goes along. I hope you liked it and please review! I'd greatly appreciate it. Thank you!