AN: So today my chapter is sorta… intense… Yeah, that's a definitely good word for it. Um please tell me what you think! Oh yeah, um my goal for the entire story for reviews was 10 so… wow thanks a bunch! I mean I'm only on chapter 4 and I have 9! Yeah so on with the chapter and Happy Thanksgiving! Yeah I know I'm like a day late but too bad!
Love Will Survive High School Right?
Chapter 4
Tomoyo sat there thinking about her first kiss. Two minutes ago Eriol had kissed her… it seemed almost annoying. She watched him talk to Sakura and admire a bracelet she was wearing. Who cared about stupid Eriol? She'd just watch Syaoran. But Syaoran was watching Sakura. It just wasn't fair. WHAT DID SAKURA HAVE THE SHE DIDN'T? Tomoyo jumped up and ran out of the room. She lead herself out of the house and ran through the rain. It was cold and wet but she kept running. She collapsed on the sidewalk and just began to weep. It was a curious thing for her to do, weep, she just sat there weeping. There wasn't much of a reason. In fact the only reason was Sakura. Her best friend had betrayed her. She MADE Syaoran fall for her didn't she? That little witch! As Tomoyo sat there she felt a hand rest on her shoulder and the rain stop. Looking up she saw Touya standing there holding his umbrella over her head. "What's wrong? Would you like to come over?"
"Um… n-nothing… I'll b-be fine," she replied choking back tears. Touya gave her a skeptical look.
"Come on," he sighed helping her up. He walked her to his house and they sat down on the couch. Handing her a towel and turning on the fire place he asked, "So, what's wrong?" There was something about him that made her just want to tell him everything. So she did. She explained how she hopelessly loved Syaoran and that Sakura had made him fall for her. At this Touya laughed. "Tomoyo," he said laughing, "Sakura has the power to make many boys fall for her. But you know as well as I do that Sakura is so oblivious to things like love that there is no way she purposely made this Syaoran person fall for her."
Tomoyo's face lit up. He was right of course. She thanked him and they sat there in comfortable silence until Sakura came home. It was very startling, the way she did. She just ran into the house screaming, "I can't find Tomoyo! Touya we have to go find her!" But then Sakura noticed Tomoyo sitting on the couch and started crying. She hugged Tomoyo so tightly Tomoyo thought she might have been suffocated. "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
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Eriol sat stunned. Sakura, yes that Sakura, was his first crush. The girl he dreamt of all the time. The girl who had given him that rose. The girl who had somehow known he existed. That same girl had grown up to be even more beautiful than she had been back then. She still had the same auburn hair and gorgeous smile but… there was something different about her now. She was less… mysterious. Yet there was something about her that he still couldn't quite understand. This sense that she knew something he didn't. Maybe it was just the fact that they had met before… but his heart told him that it had to be something else…
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Syaoran sat there smiling. He had kissed Sakura. His smile grew wider as he remembered the kiss. It had been so amazing. Sure it was just a brush of their lips but it was something wondrous even still.
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Sakura sat there next to Tomoyo with a blank expression. She couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened…
Flash back
Sakura whipped her head around looking for Tomoyo. It was time they went home. Suddenly two girls cornered her. One she recognized as he strange Sarah girl but the other… she just couldn't place. She had long deep brown hair and bright green eyes, she also had the same pale skin as Sarah did. The second girl said, "Kinomoto Sakura. Age 15 favorite color pink, best friend Daidouji Tomoyo, current crush Hiiragizawa Eriol. Is that correct?" She nodded her head. "Ah. Well my name is Rachel. I'm Sarah's sister. We are here to tell you that Eriol has a bit of a crush on you. This is unacceptable. You two can go out if you like but… we will not allow this. I'm watching you Kinomoto Sakura age 15," Rachel said and walked away leaving Sakura with Sarah.
"I'm sorry about my sister. Please ignore her and continue with your little crush on Eriol," said Sarah with a look of fright on her face. She quickly scurried after her sister.
'What was that about?'
End Flash back
BAM! Touya dropped the pot he was using in the kitchen. Sakura laughed lightly and turned to Tomoyo trying hard to keep her mind off of everything she had just heard.
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Monday 8:30
Tomoyo sat in her desk trying so hard not to break down into tears. She decided to write a poem. The previous night she had cried about the fact that, even though it was not Sakura's fault, Syaoran would never love her. She had pushed herself almost to suicide…
Sad…
Utterly stupid
Ignorant
Cruel peers
I am in pain…
Deceiving friends
Eriol
Tomoyo looked surprised at the last word she had written. Eriol… such a strange person to write about…
An out of breath Sakura came shooting into the classroom. Tomoyo smiled, she had been wondering where Sakura was. "Gomen, my brother left for Tokyo today and I wanted to say goodbye," Sakura said brushing past the teacher and to her normal desk in the back. Tomoyo frowned. Fujitaka had died the previous year leaving a newly college graduated Touya to take care of Sakura. If he was gone… who would take care of Sakura?
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Syaoran walked slowly to a small park. It was raining very lightly and he thought that a nice walk could clear his mind. He sat under a small cherry blossom tree in what seemed to be a forest full of them. As he sat down he heard a small gasp from up in the tree. Looking up he saw Sakura sitting in the tree. He climbed up to the branch above hers and touched her on the shoulder. She jumped and turned slowly to see him. He looked at her face. Tears were streaming down it and she was shaking. She tried to clear the tears but they started to come harder. Syaoran jumped down to her branch and put a comforting arm around her shoulder. "What's wrong Sakura?"
She shook her head and gasped, "I-I can't t-tell y-you… or any-any-anyone else…"
"I won't tell anyone Sakura. What's wrong?"
"Touya…"
"Your brother I assume."
"Y-yes… he d-didn't go to Tokyo…"
Syaoran stared at her puzzled. "I'm missing the bad part of that."
Sakura's eyes became unfocussed and cold. "He wasn't ever going to Tokyo… I l-lied…"
He laughed, "It's ok, we all lie sometimes. It's nothing to get so worke-," Sakura cut him off.
"No! Th-that's not the problem… last night… I heard him crying. He was talking to his best friend Yukito on the phone. He was saying, "There's no turning back Yuki. I've got to do it. Poor Sakura… I feel bad for leaving her alone but… I CANT! Yuki, you just don't understand." But then he hung up… and he came outside of his room and gave me a huge hug. I don't know why but… I started crying. Touya walked away saying "I love you Sakura… I always will…" and I locked myself in my room. I was honestly scared. Then in the morning I got up and walked into Touya's room. It was… unusually cold. Something wasn't right. I couldn't understand… b-but then I saw him laying in his bed… I-I laughed…" at this point Sakura could barley say anything. Syaoran felt a chill down his back. He remembered Sakura once telling him that Touya was always up before her. Always…
"I sat there and I l-laughed…. Syaoran I laughed! So I decided to wake him up. I-I picked up the cover and flung it off of him. Laughing I grabbed his bear shoulder. But I realized he was very cold… I stepped back for a moment and I-I looked at his white bed sheets. Staring at something odd about the very edge of his body I flipped h-him over… Syaoran I flipped him over! I-I saw…." Her tears were coming non-stop now. She couldn't say anything. Syaoran looked at her suspiciously. He suspected something but couldn't be sure. He held her closely and said calmly, "Just tell me Sakura. You'll feel better. I promise."
She nodded and choked out, "A dagger… plunged into his heart. His hand was resting on it and he had this look of relief on his face… he was… d-d-d-d-dead!" Sakura's eyes suddenly became cold and stony again. She became stiff and looked at him. "Why though? Why would he do such a thing?"
Syaoran smiled softly and said, "No one knows why people do the things they do… but I can help you if you need any support."
Sakura shook her head and said "Syaoran, you don't have to do anything. Just promise to always be my friend…"
He nodded and said, "That, Sakura, I can do." They sat in the tree for a while just talking until the rain began to come down hard and Sakura said she was a bit hungry. Syaoran offered to walk her home and make her something to eat. She gladly accepted.
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As they walked through the pouring rain Sakura's mind flashed back to the little boy. She decided to mention said boy to Syaoran. "This is so nice of you to do. Only one person has ever done this for me before," she said resting her head on his shoulder. She felt him stiffen up as he said coldly, "Oh yes? Who was this… Eriol perhaps?"
Sakura laughed openly. "No, a small boy many years ago. I'm not quite sure who it was. I suppose you could call him my savior. I was young and cold… he took me home and made sure my father was going to help me before he disapeered. My brother wasn't too happy with him being there…" She smiled as she thought of the fun times she had with her brother…
Syaoran looked at her strangle. "How long ago was this exactly?"
"I must have been about 5 I suppose, why?"
"Sakura… I helped a girl find her home in the rain when I was about 5," he said quietly.
"But that means… you met my father!"
TBC
An: Ok sigh part of this was really awkward… any place I have a star is awkward so please don't kill me… um yeah so this chapter isn't all that good cause I didn't know how to phrase what I was trying to say. Please give me any suggestions you have for this story in a review. Oh and I don't personally like cliffhangers therefore I don't use them in my stories. Tell me what you think! Thanks!
-Jaja
