A/N: Wow! A new chapter already??? I've finally gotten over my writer's block! Wooohoo! Hahaha. Is anyone even reading this? –looks around—nope. Lol. Oh well. On with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own CCS! If I did…oh, the things I would do…nyahahaha!

Chapter 8: Name-Calling

At Tomoeda, the next day.

Tomoyo was sitting at her desk, gazing out the window, thinking back to the events of the previous day. After finishing the rest of their report in awkward silence, Eriol had gone home without as much as a goodbye. Not that she was expecting anything else, of course.

Which led her to the memory of "the laptop incident" that happened the same day. Surely it was really just accidental, right? After all, Eriol really did seem intent on passing a good report. Besides, wasn't he a perfect gentleman?

She sighed, and then smiled wistfully. This was about as exciting life could get for her these days. Back in the Clow Card days, she would be running around with Sakura and Syaoran, documenting their latest capture. But that was all in the past now.

"Daidouji-san?" a voice broke into her thoughts. She turned to see Eriol standing there, looking quite…embarrassed. She momentarily wondered whether this was about the 'incident' yesterday or something else. She smiled at him. "Hai, Hiiragizawa-san?" "Well, um, I just wanted to— " Eriol was cut in mid-sentence, because just then, Sakura popped up, seemingly out of nowhere, between them.

"Sakura-chan!" the surprised pair exclaimed. She gave a cheery grin and looked back and forth at both of them. "Ne, Tomoyo-chan and Eriol-kun! Why are you always so formal with each other? I would have thought that our past would have gotten you both closer! Now that Eriol-kun's back for good and all," she thought out—loudly. The other two were in a stunned silence, as the meaning of what Sakura just said sank in. Then Sakura broke the silence by beaming at them, then saying something like, "Oh, never mind. Just a thought." Then she merrily skipped away to Syaoran.

By this time, Eriol and Tomoyo were both beet red. Then they looked at each other. "Daidouji-san…um…can I call you…Tomoyo-chan?" Eriol asked, blushing harder as he said this. Tomoyo relieved the awkwardness by replying, "Only if you allow me to call you Eriol-kun, too." She gave him another one of her smiles as he nodded.

"Now, what was it that you wanted to say to me earlier, Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo asked, trying out his new name. Eriol felt his hear skip a beat when she used his name for the very first time. He drew in a breath and said, "Tomoyo-chan…(Tomoyo smiled as he said this) I'm really sorry about yesterday. That was rude of me to do." She laughed. "You take things too seriously, Eriol-kun."

A/N: Well, there you have it! Finally, the two are using their non-formal names! It was getting hard for me to always type "Daidouji-san" and "Hiiragizawa-san" whenever they used their dialogues. Less work for me! Haha. XD