Sunohara walked lazily past all the buildings he was so used to seeing everyday. The whole gang had been invited over to Sakagami's house for dinner and he was on his way there.
It was a late summer afternoon, just around sunset, and the sky was a beautiful golden colour. As familiar to this town as Sunohara was, he never got tired of all the sights. He was so glad he came back here after leaving for too many years.
Sunohara looked down at his watch and gasped. He ran around the last corner to Tomoyo's house. "Crap, crap, crap, crap! I'm so late!" He ran to the door and knocked his usual song. The door opened almost immediately.
Standing in front of Sunohara was Tomoyo, in a short but reserved black dress which showed off her legs perfectly. Her long grey hair had been curled into beautiful waves flowing down the side of her body.
To himself, Sunohara let out a quiet "wow" before walking inside and greeting Tomoyo.
"It's good to see you." He smiled at her, then turned to take his shoes off.
"And yourself. Come sit down and you can have some tea." She gave him a beautiful smile, then swiftly turned and made her way into the front room.
Sunohara followed her in, scanning through her house and taking note of the beautifully set table. "Where's everybody else? I thought I was late.."
"Everybody except Kyou and you called to say they couldn't come, so I thought that maybe just us three could hang out or something. I mean, I haven't seen you both in ages so.." She trailed off, looking down awkwardly.
Sunohara gasped. She looked so god damn cute! "Oh, that's okay!" He sat down at the table and crossed his legs. She took a peek at him, and he shone his massive grin.
"So um.." Tomoyo spun around quickly. "I'll go get the tea." She walked out just as quickly as she spun.
"Huh, she must be nervous or something." Sunohara continued to sit at the table, fiddling with a spoon in front of him.
SMASH! "Oh, shit!" Tomoyo's voice travelled through into the front room where Sunohara was sitting. He got up quickly and raced into the kitchen to see a mess of china and tea all over the floor. Tomoyo was bending down to start picking it all up.
"Let me get that for you." Sunohara pushed her hand away, giving her a soft smile. He reached for a plastic bag and started putting the broken pieces of china into it.
"Oh, uh, thank you." Sunohara saw Tomoyo blush and then smile, before quickly getting a cloth to start wiping away the tea.
The phone began to ring then. "Excuse me." Tomoyo got up and walked into the other room to answer it. Sunohara finished picking up the remaining shards before tying up the plastic bag and chucking it in the bin. He gave it one more clean with the cloth before standing up and walking into the room Tomoyo had entered.
"No that's okay! I'll see you next time instead. Bye!" Tomoyo hung up the phone. She heard Sunohara behind her and turned around to face him. "Kyou cancelled on us, so I guess it's just you and me." Tomoyo blushed such a bright red.
Sunohara felt like he was going to explode with excitement. Just him and Tomoyo alone for the night. He tried to keep a straight and mature face. "That's fine! I'm sure we can find something to do."
Tomoyo's face brightened up as he said that. "Mhm! Oh and sorry about the tea. I usually have much better reflexes. I honestly don't know what came over me."
"No worries!" He reassured her with a smile. "We haven't seen each other in so long. Why don't we catch up first?" He gestured that they both sit down, and they did.