Moving On

"Touya!" Sakura wiped the sweat off her forehead. She had just run home from Tomoyo's house when she remembered her brother telling her he would come. Sakura was now fifteen years old, studying for her high school exams. "Touya, are you here? Did you come visit me like you promised?"

"I'm here, Sakura," Touya called as he swung around the kitchen corner to Sakura removing her shoes. Yukito followed him.

"Yukito came too?" Sakura's face brightened. She missed seeing her big brother everyday, and she missed him bringing over Yukito. She ran to Touya and hugged him. "Sugoi! Sugoi! Sugoi!"

"Which high school are you planning on going to?" Yukito asked Sakura as she hugged him. Sakura shrugged.

"I'm not sure," she murmured, looking at the ground. "I'm planning to take the exam for whatever school Tomoyo is trying to make it into."

"Sakura," Touya said, putting his arm around his little sister and pulling her aside, "you can't do everything because your friends do. Some of them may never see you again after high school."

"That's not true," Sakura replied quietly. Her voice raised as she became enraged by Touya's words. "That's a lie! Tomoyo and I will always be friends!" Sakura ran to her room, crying.

"Maybe you were a little too hard?" Yukito suggested thoughtfully. Touya shook his head.

"I think I was a little harder on her than that," he corrected. "Maybe I should leave her alone for a while."

Sakura sat down on her bed and wiped away her tears. She'd be friends with Tomoyo after high school, right? Even if she wasn't, she's still be friends with Syaoran. Maybe even Meiling…

Sakura laughed quietly and turned out the lights. She snuggled under her covers and fell asleep.