AUTHOR'S NOTES:

darkshadow36: Hello, Eriol/Tomoyo fans and to all the readers out there!!! This is my special E/T non-stop stories, which I made myself. I hope you'll like it!!! Please R&R! Thanks a lot! Well, sit back and enjoy! Here's Story #1!

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS—Clamp owns them. BUT, I own this fic myself!!!

darkshadow36: Now presenting… Story #1: Love Coincidence!!!

DEDICATIONS: I dedicate this first story of my fic to a certain someone—my older sister, bluemist418, for being always there for me. Thank you, Ate!

Story #1: Love Coincidence

"Mom! I'm going to school now. Bye! See you later!" 14-year old Daidouji Tomoyo ran ahead to school, which was just a few blocks away from their home.

In this story, Tomoyo is a kind and an intelligent girl who wears round glasses. It made her look like a nerd, though. Another, her family moved in England after studying a few years in USA. Inside, she's a girl who's looking for something called… 'Love'. Whoa… Just think about that! She's still young…

When Tomoyo was once in school, she avoided mixing with the crowd that had gathered in the corridor. She hurried to her classroom, which was on the third floor, but she doesn't know where it is.

Because of the rush, she suddenly bumped into someone.

"Oh, sorry, I-I'm—"

She found herself looking in the captivating sapphire blue eyes of a boy who's a bit taller than her.

"New student, I s'pose, Eriol?" a boy with dark hair said behind the boy Tomoyo bumped into.

"Looks like it," said another boy, this time with chestnut brown hair and amber eyes. "I remembered Sakura… When she was new here herself, she also had the same round glasses… But poor her, she died of heart attack in the middle of last year. I was planning of courting her, actually. We were friends already, then…"

"Now, now, Syaoran, don't be too sad about it…" said the first boy. "Ow, Eriol, just stand up there and be aware of where you are!" He and the other boy laughed.

The boy Tomoyo bumped into stood up and helped Tomoyo get up.

"Ah, sorry, miss," he said in the English accent. Tomoyo apologized too. She tried to hide her blush.

"Wooo… The girl's blushing, Eriol. What did you just do?" said the first boy, smirking.

"Shut up, Yamazaki," said the latter.

"Umm… Can you please tell me where is the classroom 1-A?" asked Tomoyo, trying to ignore the tension in her.

"Oh, she's also a freshman," said Syaoran. "We're all in the same class. It's over there… Just turn right and look at the classroom labels. So, are you new here?"

Tomoyo nodded. "Um, I'll go now… And sorry again…" She tried to walk away quickly, but she felt a strong firm grip hold her arm. It was Eriol.

"What?" she said quite irritated.

"I forgot to tell you my name… Hiiragizawa Eriol. And these boneheads here are Yamazaki Takashi and Li Syaoran. You don't mind if you tell yours?"

"Umm…"

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Tomoyo ran to her classroom, the three boys behind.

"Good morning, class," the teacher, Ms. Watson, said lightly. "We've got a new student here, anyway. Ms. Daidouji, come here…" She pointed at Tomoyo. Tomoyo stood up obediently and approached her.

"Hi, I'm Ms. Mary Watson, the adviser of this class. Class," Ms. Watson faced her class, "This is Daidouji Tomoyo. I don't want you teasing her or what, because she's just new here in England. I want you all to be kind to her. She and her family just migrated here from USA." Tomoyo sat back on her chair, avoiding the eyes of her classmates. She looked beside her and saw Eriol. He smiled. She blushed ('He's cute,' she thought. 'But he won't like me… I'm a nerd…').

"Since we already met, Tomoyo… Can we be friends?" Eriol said with a very sweet smile. Tomoyo nodded slowly.

"Umm… Yes, of course."

At home…

"Really, Tomoyo? You mean it, dear?"

"Yes, mom… He was a kind boy…" Tomoyo said.

"Oh, Tomoyo… Do you have a crush on him?" chuckled Daidouji Sonomi, her mother.

"Uhh, no, mom, of course not! We're just good friends, really…" said Tomoyo.

"I don't believe you, dear… I know someday you'll be in love with him."

"That's impossible!"

"Everything's possible with love, Tomoyo. When I was your age, I received my first kiss from your father… Woah was I too young for it! But that's because he realized that he loves me, and I feel the same way for him…"

"Ohh, mom… I can't believe you can be so romantic! I didn't know about that," Tomoyo stared in awe at her mother.

"Well, it's time you should know about it!" Sonomi hugged her daughter. "And I'm telling you, having a crush will change you into something new… Sometimes you couldn't eat, sleep, and study well, or you could be usually out of concentration. But sometimes, your crush inspires you to do your best in whatever you do. That's true, I'm telling you."

For the next few days, Tomoyo felt closer to Eriol. They hang out with his friends, Yamazaki and Syaoran…

It was finally Christmas vacation. No sooner it was 1 day before Christmas. Eriol was with Yamazaki and Syaoran at his place. Tomoyo said she couldn't come because she was sick.

"You know what, guys? I suspect Tomoyo isn't sick at all," sighed Yamazaki. "I bet she's lovesick… By the way she looks, blushes, and stuff like that at you, Eriol. Gee… Eriol, you're the man! What charm did you use to captivate her just like that?"

"Huh?" Eriol blushed at this.

"C'mon, admit it. Do you like her?" Syaoran sneered.

"Why are you such goofballs? It isn't true. We're just good friends."

"Think about it… You're a perfect match!" said Yamazaki. "Even Syaoran says so. Right, Syao-Syao?"

Syaoran nodded with his eyebrows going up and down.

Eriol didn't say anything. 'What if it's true?' he thought. 'She doesn't say anything about it…"

"Don't you have a crush on her even one bit?" asked Syaoran. "If you're not yet convinced, Yamazaki and I have proofs to tell you. First, she always asks you things like, 'How are you?' and stuff like that. Second, she always looks at you and she blushes when you look at her. And lastly, she smiles very sweetly at you and then she usually avoids looking straight in your captivating sapphire blue eyes! Sometimes she even keeps glancing at you… Don't you realize it? She's quiet when she's with you… She's in love with you! We kept on observing her for the next days which come and go…"

"Umm, would you leave me alone for a sec?" said Eriol. Yamazaki chuckled as he and Syaoran hid behind a corner of the room without Eriol knowing since he was too focused thinking about what they had just said about Tomoyo being in love with him. It seems absurd, but yet… he noticed it himself too.

He looked around and yelled, "Do I love Daidouji Tomoyo???" His voice echoed across the 4 walls of the room. Yamazaki and Syaoran controlled their selves from laughing so hard.

"Just be yourself, Eriol," whispered Syaoran, smirking.

Then Eriol continued, with a softer voice this time, "I think I really do like Tomoyo… Or if not like, maybe it's love… I just like her the way she is, really…"

"WOOOOOOOOOO!!!" Yamazaki and Syaoran showed up, yelling like crazy.

"What are you doing here? I told you to leave me alone!" Eriol turned bright red in embarrassment. Syaoran laughed.

"Now that we've heard it straight from you, go tell her the truth tomorrow Christmas," he said. "And kiss her…"

"We're too young for that, you freak!" said Eriol. "Ok, all right, I love Tomoyo, too—"

"WOOOOOOOOOO!!!" The two yelled again.

"Stop it! Just leave me alone right now, ok? Or else I'll give you two knuckle sandwiches!"

At Tomoyo's place…

"But I shouldn't leave you alone, Tomoyo. And why did you pretend that you were sick?" Sonomi approached Tomoyo, who was seated comfortably on her bed.

"Oh, mom…"

"Let me guess… You're in love with the young man, right?"

Tomoyo nodded, and then sobbed. "But I can't tell him… It's too late… We'll be leaving tomorrow morning for USA! Mom, can you just cancel that trip and just set off for America the day after tomorrow?"

"I know, sweetie, but your father… He needs us… I'll give you a chance tomorrow to tell him… If it'll be okay for him to go to the airport tomorrow early in the morning… I'll call him today…" Tomoyo tried to stop her but her mother already turned to go downstairs.

Back to…

"Gee, man, tomorrow will be your day!" said Yamazaki. He poked Eriol in the ribs, making him laugh and howl in pain at the same time. Just then, the telephone rang, loudly.

Eriol answered the call. "Hiiragizawa residence, good afternoon… This is Hiiragizawa Eriol. May I know who's calling?"

"Hello, Eriol, you must be the young man my daughter's talking about… I'm Tomoyo's mother. I just want to ask you if you could come tomorrow morning to the airport? My daughter wants to talk to you."

"Uh, sure thing, Mrs. Daidouji. What time?"

"6 o'clock early in the dawn. Our plane will leave for USA in 6:15 a.m. Can you come?"

"Certainly, Mrs. Daidouji. If your daughter really wishes me to come, I will do everything for her…"

"Well, that's settled, then, young man. Thank you and goodbye."

They both put down the phone. Eriol looked like he was about to cry.

"What's with the face, dude?" asked Syaoran.

"It couldn't be… Tomoyo will be leaving tomorrow for America! I can't believe this… Tomorrow is my only chance of telling her my feelings…" Tears rolled down his cheeks. Syaoran gave Eriol a handkerchief.

"Stop that!" Yamazaki almost went outraged. "Isn't it that boys don't cry?"

Syaoran just looked at Eriol sympathetically. "Don't cry, friend, we know it's too hard for you… But it's not yet the end of the world!" he said encouragingly.

On the other hand…

"But it is, mom! Ohh…" Tomoyo cried uncontrollably. "I feel like the whole world gave me such burden…"

"Tomoyo… What if he feels the same for you?"

"Then I'd be… Happy, of course…" Tomoyo smiled brightly. "But I'll still be leaving… I'll be coming back here after 3 years… But I won't tell him that."

Eriol put on his sweater and then made his way to the airport.

"Woah… I'm late! Tomoyo…"

Meanwhile, Tomoyo sat on the bench with her mother, waiting for the clock to strike 6:15 a.m. Just then, to her surprise, she saw Eriol running towards her. It was 6:10 a.m.

"Tomoyo!!!" He grasped for air.

"Eriol, I've got something to tell you before I go…"

"Me too, Tomoyo…"

Then they both blurted out, "I LOVE YOU!" Sonomi looked at the two with a smile.

"You mean it?" Tomoyo asked Eriol, who smiled at her.

"Yes, I mean it!" Eriol replied. Hey hugged each other, then looked at each other's eyes. They were about to kiss when—

"USA flight will be leaving for a minute…"

"Will you ever come back?" Eriol asked Tomoyo.

"I don't know, Eriol… But I promise you; you'll always be in my heart. Anyway, Merry Christmas! And… Before I leave… I love you," Tomoyo smiled.

"I love you too, Tomoyo," Eriol answered back. He controlled his tears when Tomoyo turned to go.

"Bye… Till we meet again, then…" Tomoyo said to him. Then she and her mother hurried to the first flight.

Tomoyo was in tears when she looked out the window. Eriol was still there, waving at her. She waved back… Until the plane started to flew aboard for USA.

At Eriol's place…

"At least you've told her… And she felt the same way for you, too," said Yamazaki, who was a bit happy and a bit sad. "What a Christmas! Let's just celebrate Christmas!" They started opening their gifts. Eriol forgot his problems for a moment.

3 years later…

How fast the years went. Hiiragizawa Eriol is now a young lad. He turned more handsome, a bit muscular, and his eyes were still the same captivating sapphire blue eyes.

Eriol just walked along the school corridors. He looked for his classroom.

Just then, a young lady came running. He tried to avoid being bumped. But, they still bumped into each other. He suddenly remembered when he first bumped into the girl he loves.

"Oh, sorry," they both said to each other. Eriol looked down into the eyes of the young lady and saw it was amethyst purple, exactly like Tomoyo's.

"T-Tomoyo?" He blurted out, his heart beating very fast.

"Excuse me?" said the young lady. And then, something struck the young lady.

"E-Eriol?" she can't help but smile. "Oh, Eriol, it's you!" They hugged each other.

"Hey, your hair's longer… and you no longer have those glasses," said Eriol.

"And you're more handsome," said Tomoyo. "Eriol, I'm sorry I forgot who you are—"

Eriol put a finger on Tomoyo's lips, which made her stop. "I still love you, Tomoyo…" He kissed her on the lips. After that kiss, Tomoyo smiled again.

"I still love you too, Eriol…"

"WOOOOOOOOOO!!!" two familiar voices yelled behind them.

"Together again!" said Syaoran.

"WAHOO!!!" This made Eriol and Tomoyo blush.

"Umm… Wouldn't you even ask me something?" asked Tomoyo, who was still red in the face.

"I don't need to ask you anymore… Do you still love me? I really wanted to ask that while you were gone—"

"WOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

"Shut up—" said Tomoyo.

"—Or else I'll give you two knuckle sandwiches!" Eriol continued, laughing.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

darkshadow36: So, how was that? I hope that was fine… Please R&R! Next is the second installment (please do read it—entitled "Melting the Heart of Ice!"), and thanks a lot to you all!!!