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Chapter 2 "So you call this a room?"
His room was gigantic. A large four poster bed stood in the middle of the wall across from the door, decorated with dragons and strange symbols. A tall window was on one side of the room, also decorated with carved colored glass and strange signs. It took up most of the wall. There was a big drawer over at a wall next to a screen. On it lay a weird hand held mirror, with a frame of gold and a crescent moon of rubies laid into the gold. In the exact middle of the room stood a small table with six seat mats around it, and five of them were occupied by Kurogane, Shaolan, Fai, Sakura and Mokona.
"So you call this a room, Kuro-pu? It seems to me more like an apartment! Fiut" Fai laughed, trying to whistle.
"Yes, yes! Kuro-chan lives in his own apartment!!" Mokona sang. Just then a maid came in with a little tray in her hands.
"Sake?" she asked Kurogane, who nodded. They all watched as the maid put down five glasses and poured sake for everyone."Thank you" Shaolan said to her before she left.
"So what will you say to Tomoyo-Hime?" Sakura inquired. Several hours had passed and they all were on their third bottle of sake now. It was a miracle Sakura hadn't passed out yet… But she was still in her right mind, and so were the others (well…except Mokona…she fell asleep J).
"I will give her a piece of my mind." Indeed, Kurogane was very angry with Tomoyo, sending him away like that. What had she been thinking?!
"I will talk to her. But she won't be here till-" he stopped.
His eyes were on the door. He stood up rapidly. The others followed his gaze and there, in the doorway, stood a beautiful pale girl. She wore a white purple Kimono with lots of gold inlays. In her black hair she wore gold hair ornaments, which any girl would admire. Her eyes were fixed upon Kurogane, the color of amethysts.
Kurogane stood up hastily, eyes wide. "Tomoyo…" He walked over to her stiffly.
"Hello Kurogane." She said, blushing slightly.
"You..! How…! I…!" Kurogane stuttered like an idiot. On his face was a bewildered expression.
'Yeah, that's sure giving her a piece of his mind all right!' Fai thought happily.
Kurogane turned to his friends with a forlorn look on his face "This is Princess Tomoyo. Princess Tomoyo, these are my companions who have traveled with me through the dimensions"
Fai stood up and bowed deeply "Fai d. Flourite, I am honored to meet you at last."
Shaolan and Sakura did the same and introduced themselves.
"The pleasure's all mine." said Tomoyo smiling "But I am sorry, I would want to talk to Kurogane in my room" she looked at him with serene eyes. They all nodded, indicating that it was no problem. Kurogane followed Tomoyo out of the room and into hers that was only a few feet away from his.
Tomoyo's room was twice the size of Kurogane's. They stood in the room for quite some time without saying anything. Suddenly Tomoyo looked up to him, determined to break the silence. With an air of dignity and her head held high she began talking
"Kurogane, I am very happy you have returned home. Your people have missed you. And…" her voice broke. Tears started running down her cheeks. "I'm sorry Kurogane…Forgive me, I was so stupid…" she looked to the floor, all of her dignity and princess-like behavior vanished. Now she was just a girl crying in front of a boy.
"I couldn't forgive myself what I did to you…I couldn't sleep for months, I was always thinking about you, afraid that you might get injured or…"she broke off, not being able to say the last word "I'm so sorry…" Tomoyo-Hime sobbed. She half expected him to leave the room or start shouting, but he only stood there, looking at her.
Suddenly she felt his strong arms embracing her. She hugged him back, crying silently. "I'm sorry.." she whispered. That only made him hold her even tighter and closer to himself. "Fool. I came back, didn't I?" They held each other for a very long time, before Tomoyo let go of him.
She took his hand and sat with him on her bed. She looked at Kurogane sadly and started crying again. When she spoke, however, her voice was strong and clear "I understand if you cannot forgive me, Kurogane. I haven't forgiven myself either. I have longed and feared for this day to come when I could finally have you near again. And I beg of you, forgive me. You don't know how much pain I inflicted on myself by sending you away. My heart aching over you not being there." her voice broke "And now I fear your answer"
Kurogane took his hand out of hers, making her flinch. His hand stroked her cheek softly and his face drew nearer to hers. She thought he was going to kiss her. Closing his eyes, he licked a tear off of her cheek. She shivered slightly at his touch. Kurogane drew his face back from hers and looked her straight into the eyes. Red met amethyst. "I already forgave you when you stood in my doorway" he said to her truthfully.
Tomoyo smiled relieved and threw her arms around his neck "Thank you, Kurogane! Thank you…" he hugged her back.
It was wonderful holding her in his arms, feeling her face so close to his. She felt the same way. She wanted to be lost in his arms forever. So often had she dreamed about this, holding him, smelling his scent, looking into his eyes. And now that this dream had become reality, she never wanted him to leave again.
"Kurogane, I have to tell you something." She said to him, laying her head onto his torso
"After you were gone, I realized something. I felt lonely and I thought only of you." she shocked him a little by these words, for he never thought she would feel the same way about him the way he felt for her. He thought it didn't matter to her that he was gone for so long.
She continued "I went to the Hana Gardens everyday to think about why I was feeling these things for you. The peace and quiet helped me think but the quietness also made me worry constantly about you. And a month after I sent you to the witch I finally knew what had happened. I always knew it, but I never wanted to admit it…" she looked into his eyes, dreading that courage would leave her before she could speak.
He smiled at her, making her speak on "I fell in love with you, ever since I met you, but I have to tell you that I'm-"
Kurogane's mouth stood ajar and his eyes were widened. She fell in love? With him? This couldn't be true. He stood up from her bed and strode to her door. She had caught him by total surprise. "Kurogane, wait!" she cried desperately after him but it was too late.
He had already gone.