Sakura was waiting for Syaoran, her childhood sweetheart, to return to Japan. She waited for nearly 4 years from the time she confessed. She looked back at her bed on which lay the grey bear that he had given to her when she was 10 years old. She remembered everything so clearly; he was going back to Hong Kong. She remembered his face; his chocolate brown hair, his intense amber eyes, his smile. She thought about how shy he was whenever he tried to confess. But whenever he helped her capture a Clow Card, he was always brave. The thought of him made her blush and smile. She thought about the time when she was back in fourth grade, where she had met first him. She turned to look at her study table, on which she had a picture of him, herself, Tomoyo and Eriol, a gift from Tomoyo. She picked it up and thought about how he had promised to return soon.
"Hey kid, sorry to interrupt your thoughts, but, uh, Tomoyo is downstairs waiting for you." She heard Kero from behind her. She turned around, mnodded and ran down to meet her best friend and cousin. She saw her dad standing in front of the living room. She slowly walked in, wished her father, only to see Tomoyo sitting there, her eyes gleaming as she looked at Sakura. Sakura sweat-dropped as she looked at the huge bag in her best friend's hand. It's probably another bunch of clothes for me to try on for her, she thought.
"Good morning, Tomoyo-chan."Sakura said.
"Good morning, Sakura-chan." Tomoyo said, facing her. then turning towards her father, she said, "I am going to need Sakura-chan to stay in my house for me to finish my project, Kinomoto-san. I will need your permission."
Fujitaka knew why Tomoyo wanted Sakura over. Sakura had become very dull after Syaoran had gone back to Hong Kong. She wasn't as cheerful as she used to be. She always plastered a smile on her face but her father and her best friends could see through it. They were all worried about her. They wanted her to be back to normal. He looked back at Tomoyo's anxious face while smiling nodded. She squeeled with happiness and started talking about the clothes she had made for Sakura and how perfect they would look on her. Sakura's eyes lit up as well. She felt bored back in her house and kept getting reminded of Syaoran. She looked at her father with a look which said can-I-really? Her dad just gave her a small smile which made her know he was doing it for her own good.
Soon Sakura was being pushed up to her room by her best friend excitedly. Sakura entered her room and lay on her bed. She knew Tomoyo was going throw a tantrum when she saw the clothes she owned. But she really didn't feel like shopping. Tomoyo opened Sakura's cupboard and gasped. Sakura closed her eyes, waiting for her cousin to shout at her. but it never came. Slowly she opened her eyes to see Tomoyo touching the clothes at the bottom of the rack. She got off the bed and walked towards the cupboard, curious as to why Tomoyo was silent. When she saw what Tomoyo was looking at she gasped as well.
~There lay the beautiful dress Tomoyo had made for her 4 years ago, during their last play with Syaoran., Tomoyo picked it up gingerly. She turned towards Sakura. Sakura saw the tears in Tomoyo's eyes. "You-You still have this?" she asked, holding up the dress. "I thought-I thought you might have thrown it because-because it reminded you of Li-kun.
Sakura simply smiled. "I would never throw anything you give me, whether it reminds me of him or not."
After that, Tomoyo didn't have the heart to criticise Sakura's choice of clothing. So instead, she packed all the clothes that she thought were the best in the cupboard. Sometimes, Sakura would here Tomoyo mumbling something about 'to dull' or just sighing.
Sakura chuckled and continued looking through her books. Slowly, she looked back at her bed. Her "Syao-kun" lay still on the bed. She stared at it. it stared back. She walked towards it, picked it up and said, "Tomoyo-chan, catch!" as she threw Syao-kun across the room. She caught it and stared at it.
"Li-kun stitches really well, doesn't he? Or maybe…" She said looking Sakura in the eye "Maybe he put in extra effort only for that one special person he was giving it to."
Sakura blushed and turned her head away, trying to hide it. Tomoyo giggled. "Hey Tomoyo! Did you bring any sweets for me?" asked Kero, bored by all this talking. She nodded and started searching in her purse. Sakura's thought's went back to Syaoran. By now, he would have called Kero a 'stuffed animal' and Kero would have retorted saying 'who are you calling a stuffed animal?' and then their argument would have been continued by a deadly glare. She was brought back to reality when Tomoyo shouted, "Got it!"
She handed it over to Kero, who snatched it out of her hands. He flew over to Sakura's bed and set down the pouch which contained the sweets. He forced open the pouch and gulped the sweets one after the other. Tomoyo giggled once again while Sakura frowned at Kero. "Kero-chan" she said sternly "Where are your manners?"
"Sorry" he said,, with his mouth filled with sweets. Gulping them down, he said, "Tomoyo! These are good! Did you make these?" He stuffed more chocolates in his mouth. Tomoyo nodded and those too had a huge conversation. Sakura found herself looking at Syaoran in the picture again. She was thinking about how he had teased Kero about his huge, greedy appetite. She turned back to Kero and Tomoyo who seemed to be having an argument as to which was better, Chocolate or Strawberry. They turned to look at her who said that she preferred strawberry.
