Chapter 2: A lovely cup of tea and sweets
"You look lovely in that dress" he said smiling at her. "Are you okay? I found you unconscious down the block. I believe we met earlier." He put down the tray and approached Hikaru. He reached for her hand and kissed it. "I am Eriol Hiiragizawa." Hikaru can't help hearing a lovely piano and violin tingling in her ears. There was something in his eyes that Hikaru can't explain and all those time she had never seen such loneliness in one's eyes. Those eyes had her bemused. When she caught her self lost in thought she blushed. Hikaru blushed more when she stared at the lovely dress she's wearing.
"The dress is lovely" Hikaru said still blushing and now staring at the floor where it is safe and away from those weakening blue eyes of Eriol.
"There is something I would like to give you" Eriol reached for something in his pocket and put it on Hikaru's neck. It was a beautiful silver necklace with a more beautiful black jewel dangling as its pendant.
"This is too much" Hikaru said.
"You're just in time for tea. You could keep those. I would greatly appreciate it if you will." He smiled again.
What happened next was just magic. Hikaru found her self in the arms of Eriol dancing to the mellow music of the violin and piano that tingled in her ears earlier. The room was just like magic, well lighted by the lovely chandeliers that seem to be the shiny stars of that beautiful night. Their spins and turns were like the swift flow of the rivers. Hikaru never really danced in her days… it must be magic, surely it must be. A necromancer amongst us casting me a spell, Hikaru thought. It never bothered her that they were the only ones there; that music that made the night so enchanting is nowhere to be found in that room. She never cared to asked what time is it or when will the spell be over and she'll be back to being her own Cinderella. For in his eyes she found the loneliness of the night sky, in his arms the comfort of being weak and defenseless, in his presence Hikaru forgot that the world is in chaos. As the song slowly ended, if this is all but a dream let me be under slumber and never wake up, Hikaru thought.
Panting, she was running away from something, away from someone, away from the world that caused her so much pain. She fell down on her knees catching her breath and not counting the tears that fall down on her cheeks. It is just too much! She lay in the middle of the forest that was once her only loving companion. The night wind embraced her in her grief and sorrow. The full moon that was her own was her only witness. In her search for her self she knew she is alone for no one is a real friend, for everyone is a traitor. Her painful sobs were loud and her pain can be heard all throughout Tokyo but no one cares, no one can hear her agony for they chose not to. And that is great. Let her sobs not be heard, let her agony not be seen for the time will come that they will all bow down and crawl upon the palm of her hand.
"Sakura..." Kero slowly flew to Sakura's side. "Sakura wake up…" Sighs, Kero looked at the full moon through Sakura's windows. He could sense that power; it was the power of a thousand deaths and grief. "She's back but why?" Kero was left staring at the full moon and wishing that he was wrong.
"Did you feel something last night" Li whispered.
"No, why?" Sakura answered.
"There was a power interruption last night, I wasn't able to finish watching your films Sakura." said Tomoyo.
"Hey Sakura, why are you guys whispering?" Hikaru came from nowhere looking so curious.
"Ah, he he he…It's nothing. Really." Sakura said to Hikaru.
"By the way Hikaru, I want you to meet my friends" Sakura introduced Hikaru to the gang. "Where were you last night? Dad said you went home late."
"Oh, I was with our classmate… um, Eriol? Yeah, Eriol." There was warmth in Hikaru's smile as she utter Eriol's name. When she noticed that everyone is looking at her she blushed. "Ah, I gotta go someplace else so nice meeting all of you" and whoosh, Hikaru was gone.
"She's just like you Sakura" Tomoyo smiled at Sakura and looked at Li. Both of them blushed.
"What was I thinking… last night was just a fragment of my imagination. It never happened, none of it did." While Hikaru was running away from the embarrassment she accidentally bumped unto someone and made her fell flat on her butt.
"Ouch," she touched her aching butt. "I'm sorry, I wasn't looking."
Someone offered her a hand and a familiar voice said, "It's okay." It seems like the world has stopped for a while, the way the Cherry blossoms fall from its trees was never lovelier than before. The noise from the surrounding all faded away. Only the sound of Hikaru's heartbeat, mellow sound of the violin from her imagination matters. Hikaru took the offered hand to help her stood up and as she looked at the kind helper she saw Eriol smiling at her.
