COUNTRY ROADS
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Hello! I'm back again with yet another chapter. Sorry to keep you guys waiting for those who are reading this fanfic. And also, thanks to those who reviewed the 1st chapter. I just hope that you guys would enjoy this chapter.
O – dbzgtfan2004
O – Christine
By the way, I would like to thank my friend, julian, who proofread this chapter for me... :D Arigatou! Hehehe….
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Card Captor Sakura. At this point, only the story belongs to me.
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She then looked up to Syaoran before he can even go faster. "Hey! I resent being called crazy!" she yelled then running after him, again. And once again, they were chasing each other.
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CHAPTER TWO: CONFESSIONS AND REALIZATIONS
There were three figures that can be seen from the outside of the Kinomoto household if one would pass by. Two tall figures that looked like guys and one was a teenager who had long hair so obviously, it was a girl. One of the guys seemed to be calm while the other looked like he was raging mad and the girl was defending to whatever they were arguing about.
If one would move closer to the house, he would actually hear voices. They were yelling to each other, arguing about something that seemed related to what the girl had just said since she was defending.
Inside, you'd actually lose your ear drums from all the yelling. The calm guy already had his hands on his ears, protecting it from the yells of the other two.
"YOU ARE NOT GOING!" he said once again. Well, that line had been yelled for the nth time that night since the girl proposed her travel.
"Touya! Dad already agreed! QUIT IT! I'M LEAVING AND WILL BE GONE FOR TWO WEEKS!" she said.
Touya, Kinomoto Sakura's older brother seemed to find the situation not agreeable. He really didn't want his sister to travel with "the gaki". "N-O, NO! IS that UNDERSTOOD!" he yelled once again.
The calm guy then stood up. He was already fed up. He had been hearing this for a lot of times the whole night since his daughter announced their vacation. "ENOUGH. Touya, I already agreed. Stop arguing already. I'm already deaf and the neighbors might call the police. I don't want that happening, okay?" Kinomoto Fujitaka said. He was Sakura's and Touya's father. Their mother passed away when Sakura was 3 years old. Rumors say that she killed herself. But, the truth is, she had cancer and no one knew until she died. She refused to go to check-ups and was as stubborn as her son.
"But…" Touya started. But, before he could continue, Fujitaka smiled at him. Calm as he might look like, he was already fed up with them fighting all the time. He was one calm person and would be rarely seen angry and, he never shows his anger. He shows a smile instead. "Fine… Go with the gaki. But when something happens, don't come to me crying." He said then he left the room and went back to his room upstairs.
"Why would I! Nothing would happen!" Sakura said before Touya could even step up the stairs. Little did she know that something would happen in the little city of Rome.
That night after the long argument, Sakura started packing happily while she was at the phone with Tomoyo. She was telling everything that she and Touya ranted about that night before leaving her to her father's decision.
"You won't believe it Tomoyo. I almost ran out of things to defend! I mean, I am graduating from high school soon and still he won't allow me!" Sakura said. "So, were you allowed to come?" she asked her.
Tomoyo, at the other line, was also packing. She told her mother a few minutes after Sakura told her that she was allowed to go. The fact that she had someone, particularly someone her mother knows and is a girl, to be with, she was permitted. "As long as I am with you, she'd allow me… You know her… But of course, there are things that she allows me to go to even though you aren't there… " she said with a giggle after.
The two talked to each other all night while both of them were packing their stuff and after. They both thought of some possible things that they might see there, like the Vatican and the other old churches there for example.
That night, at the Li residence, Syaoran tried to examine his thoughts. He had been training for the past 5 years before leaving Hong Kong and staying in Japan. He had been taught that if he was having doubts on some things, he should examine his thoughts. At this point, he was having doubts about what he thinks of his best friend. Earlier, he thought that she was cute when she smiled. Of course, it is normal for a person to think that a certain girl is cute even though if it was your best friend. But after rethinking, he noticed that something seemed to be missing inside him. He hasn't felt this before so he doesn't really know what to do about it.
He had already finished packing 2 hours ago. He didn't have anyone to argue with since his mother didn't actually care where he went or what he did. She promised him before that they wouldn't bother him anymore after his training.
After thinking hard, he finally lay down on his bed and closed his eyes. Finally deciding, he slept his other worries away. He was going to keep, whatever feelings he has, to himself.
o-o-o-o-o- THE NEXT DAY -o-o-o-o-o
Tomoyo called Eriol and told her that she and Sakura were allowed to come. Eriol once again invited the three of them to come over to his house. An hour later, Tomoyo and Sakura arrived only to see Syaoran already there.
After entering the house, they all went to the living room and talked about their plans. Eriol and Syaoran, having been there, were the ones deciding on their schedule while the two girls were stating the places that they wanted to visit. Syaoran was deciding on his and Sakura's schedule and Eriol was doing his and Tomoyo's. Yup, they would go in pairs. Even though there are some places that Sakura and Tomoyo both wanted to visit, they still decided to go in pairs. But of course, there will still be a time when they all will be going to one place together. And that'll be only when they go and visit other places other than Rome, like Venice for example.
They had set their schedule in the sense that they won't meet in a certain place. Eriol wanted to spend some time with Tomoyo since he was planning something. Syaoran still decided to stick to his plan by not showing off too much emotion. But, luck wasn't on his side. Every time Sakura would lean on him when she feels all floaty, he would blush and would slowly move his shoulder backwards leaving Sakura with a confused look on her face. What's wrong with him… He didn't do that before… was on her mind.
After deciding on their schedules, Eriol announced, "We leave tomorrow."
Everyone stared at him with big eyes. "WHAT!" they all said in unison.
"Well, since you guys had already packed for the trip and I still haven't unpacked my stuff, we can all leave tomorrow." He explained.
"Just a sec… We aren't graduates until Wednesday? We still have to go to school until then! It's going to be 3 days till graduation, Eriol…" Syaoran explained.
Eriol forgot that they weren't graduates yet. They still had to march and get their diplomas this coming Wednesday. "Ahehe… Whops…. Sorry… Forgot about that…" he said.
"Maybe we can leave the day after..?" Sakura suggested.
After agreeing with their planned leave and schedules, Sakura kept Syaoran and her schedule while Tomoyo kept theirs.
"So, by the time we get there, what'll we do?" Tomoyo asked. Having traveled a lot herself, she was used to going shopping after arriving to the place.
Eriol looked at Tomoyo like she was crazy or something. "Of course we'll rest… We'll be touring the next day…" he said.
Sakura then asked Eriol, "You've already saw these places right? Why go again?"
"Like I said, I liked it there." Eriol explained again. "And besides, I wanna be anywhere as long as she's with me…"
Tomoyo, having a crush for Eriol for who knows how long, boiled in anger. "Who?" she asked, trying to keep her emotions in check.
Sakura and Syaoran, knowing what the two feel for each other, started to giggle. Then, they excused themselves to crack up at the kitchen.
Eriol, wanting to see what Tomoyo would do, tried to joke around. "Let's see…" he began. "She's someone I've known for who knows how long. She's someone who I've been dreaming of being with since I've laid my eyes on her."
Tomoyo, starting to explode, closed her eyes and had an angry expression on her face. WHO IS THAT GIRL? She thought.
"And, let's see… She has long hair and has the most beautiful eyes that I had ever seen. Oh, by the way, we met then because of her best friend. And yeah, she's here, present in this house." Eriol said.
Sakura and Syaoran were now eves dropping, done laughing. They had their heads sticking out of the kitchen door, enough to hear Eriol and Tomoyo's conversation. "Look's like Tomoyo's about to explode!" Sakura whispered then started to giggle again.
"I hate to admit it but they do look cute together, don't you agree?" Syaoran said. Sakura, upon hearing Syaoran suddenly saying that comment, looked at him, confused. "What!" he said after noticing her looking at him.
"Look who's talking… You never had any comment like that… That was the first! I should have recorded it…!" Sakura said.
Thinking about what he said, Syaoran suddenly gave a silly giggle. "You know, people tend to change whenever they have been with someone crazy…"
"Hey! Take that back!" Sakura said.
After smiling at Sakura, Syaoran once again pinched her cheeks and ran away being chased by, once again, Sakura.
o-o-o-o-o- ERIOL AND TOMOYO -o-o-o-o-o
Realizing that only Sakura and her are present at the moment in the Hiiragizawa household, and realizing that Sakura didn't have long hair, she suddenly blushed. Speechless, she just looked down at her hands.
Noticing that she had already figured it out, Eriol gently placed his right hand on Tomoyo's left cheek for her to look at him. Then, Eriol closed in the gap in between them and kissed her passionately.
Tomoyo, on the other hand, had felt like she was in heaven. Hey, her crush as kissing her! At first, she didn't know what to do, but soon responded and kissed him back. After a few seconds, they broke apart and looked at each other.
o-o-o-o-o- SAKURA AND SYAORAN -o-o-o-o-o
Both of them reached the backyard and still were tired from running. They ran around the huge backyard, laughing all the way. Even though Syaoran was the one being chased, Sakura wasn't that much far behind him. She was actually just around a foot away from him.
After a few more minutes of running around, Sakura finally gave up and sat at the grass. "I'm tired!" she yelled out.
Syaoran didn't notice at first that Sakura slowed down, he then looked at his back to see if Sakura was catching up. But he saw that she was already lying down on the grass. He then slowed down and walked towards her breathing heavily from running around too much. "Never thought you'd give up." He said after sitting down beside her.
Sakura, taking the opportunity, hugged Syaoran tightly. "Gotcha!" she said.
"Hey!" Syaoran said as he tried to get rid of Sakura from hugging him. But, it didn't work. Even though he is stronger than Sakura, he totally was too much attracted to her eyes. He was drowned by those emerald pools that she kept.
Suddenly, he stopped moving and was just staring at her. Sakura noticed this so she broke her hug and looked at him. "What's the matter? Too tired?" she said.
"Nah… I was just thinking about something…" he said.
"Yeah…? What is that?" she asked once again.
He thought about it for a while. Losing his friendship with her would be too much to sacrifice. Though keeping his feelings to himself would be another thing to sacrifice. "Nothing…" was the response he gave her.
He know knew that he didn't want her to be just his best friend. Though he didn't want to admit it, he was falling, falling hard… He just doesn't know it. Day by day, those pools would drown him and make him fall. He didn't want to sacrifice the friendship they have. Still, he will continue on with what he had decided even though he hasn't realized much. Falling for his best friend was something he didn't expect to happen.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: And there you go, the 2nd chapter.. I really hope that you guys would leave a review for me to know if you liked the plot or something. So once again, thanks for reading this chapter and I hope that you enjoyed…
Gotta go… This had been a day for me… And I was spending it alone for the 1st time… Was fun actually… hehe…
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