Hey guys! It's the last month in school and basically, exams and projects are on their way so I'm having a little bit tough time to finish typing every chapter of the story. But I can still manage to update, I guess xD and doing my second story is making me a little bit slower in typing and finishing tomoyo and eriol's story -_-

my second story, revolving Ga Eul and So Yi Jung of Boys over Flowers was already uploaded! First chapter only though xD

Have fun reading!

XxThe-Crest-Of-AnubisxX: thanks for patiently waiting for the chapters of the story :3 I'm glad that I made Eriol looked that mysterious ^.^ I won't spoil but you'll find out on the next chapters ;)


Chapter 9:

Sleep Tight, My Love

Tomoyo headed home feeling very tired. After her encounter with Eriol, she had a two hour meeting with almost all of the staff of Hikaru to be acknowledge regarding the opening of the Winter Collection Bags and Accessories. Much to Tomoyo's dismay, she needs to prepare herself for the first modeling event of her clothing line and her and Hikaru's bag products for the new holiday collection. Since it's Christmas season, it will be a peak for huge marketing events and shopping spree. Meaning, Tomoyo will also need to finish her new designs for her clothing line. She may have finished her role for the design of bags for this season for Hikaru, but Hikaru begged her to consider also her clothing line be available during the modeling event so that it may go well with the bags designed by her. Seeing this as an opportunity for telling the country Tomoyo's big comeback, she decided to agree even if she knows that it'll add tasks for her to finish.

She honestly did not forget her clothing line business of course, and was even working on her designs for the attires of her own business every once in a while busy working with the designs for her and Hikaru's products. Oh how Tomoyo even expected that she will have a break with all of the stress that was brought to her by designing too much bags in a month.

Spinel purred and played with her hair once she had lie down in her queen size bed. Oh how she had longed for this moment to come, to be with her soft, comforting bed. She saw busy cleaning his self out.

"argghhh. I want to have a day off Spinel. I just can't ask Hikaru for it because I'll delay all the manufacturing of our products. No design, no product crafted."

While burying her face on the pillow, Tomoyo just realized that she wasn't able to remove the jacket Eriol had placed on her earlier that day. The day completely went by without her noticing that she is still wearing his jacket.

"oh yeah, it's already mine. Don't worry Spinel, I'll give him something in return, something that shows my complete gratitude." She threw the jacket as it landed on her mini sofa just right beside her.

Resurfing her face away from the pillow, she looked at Spinel, who is still licking his himself. Tomoyo can't just stop smiling, she just love how cute he looks. She scratched the cat's back neck, in return looked at her but then continued to lick himself. Sometimes, he isn't just so sweet. With the tiring day, Tomoyo fall into a deep sleep.

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Tomoyo woke up in the middle of her sleep. She was surprised to see her table lamp was already turned off. She clearly remembers that she have left her table lamp on since she fall asleep unexpectedly, there is no way that she would have been wrong about it. She looked at the digital clock of her iPod speakers; and it reflects 2:15. Suddenly, she remembered her Spinel, if he is sleeping at his bed right beside her, so she decided to take a look. Tomoyo reached for the lamp, and it lit open. She did saw Spinel sleeping soundly at his bed, adjacent below to Tomoyo's bed. She looked at her right side, seeing her dolls complete all together. Same at her left side, her drawings of manikin-like is still in there with complete faces, designs for her clothing line.

As she was about to turn off her table lamp, she was surprised to see her dolls staring right at her, their eyes looking straight at her bed. Unable to turn off the lamp, her heart stopped of what she had just saw and felt scared. She quickly faced at her left side of the room where her clothing design drawings are, but too her surprise, saw all of the faces of her drawings, also staring back at her. She's not having a wonderful feeling of them staring at her, like she'll be attacked once she continued staring at them.

There was a sound cause by a sudden movement at the foot of the room. She tried to look at it even if she's now feeling scared than ever, and found her door closet squeaking, closing by itself. Her puppets that were hanging beside her closer were also staring back at her, but making it worse, they were smiling. It's not a sweet smile to look at, it was scary as a clown's smile.

Creepy. Tomoyo felt as though it is no longer her room, as if that it she was a complete stranger to her room.

Think of happy thoughts, think of happy thoughts.

Tomoyo tried to feel brave but to no avail, shivers are now already running up and down her spine, feeling the temperature of the room dropping to its low centigrade. She hid her face under her pillow.

I'll just sleep this through. Just sleep. Sleep, sleep, sleep.

She tried praying that her guardian angel is still looking and guiding her, but still feel coward to even remove the pillow at her face.

Now, she did not know what else to do. She felt someone was sitting at the middle of her bed, she's not mistaken about this part. There really is someone sitting in the middle of her bed, its weight deepening her bed. She didn't moved. She taught of kicking the part where she presumably think where someone is sitting in, but her foot hit into thin air. Nothing was there. But she is sure that someone is sitting, and she's not hallucinating or making things up on her mind.

Too bad she didn't had anything to hug for comfort to somehow save her from such nightmare, no teddies present in her bed tonight. They are all in their shelves, looking at Tomoyo as though she is a beautiful porcelain doll. She didn't dare look anywhere her room, but took a peak under her pillow. She saw the rose Eriol have given her just in her window and felt the jacket just right beside her. Without thinking anything else, she grabbed it, even if she's sure that she threw the jacket into her mini sofa. She wore it, without removing her face under her pillow.

The last thing she knew that she the temperature returned back to its normal warmth, and that the weight of the sitting non-human being went nearer to her, just right beside her now.

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As he looked at her peaceful sleeping form, he cannot just feel bad that she feels scared of him. He cannot just take this, he wanted to ask her if she dreamed of something, how was her sleep and if she is still feeling sleepy.

"I am sorry it has to be this way, Tomoyo."

He fixed Tomoyo's messy hair at her face and fixed her covers and whispered,

"goodnight my love. Have a sweet dream tonight."