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Chapter 9
"BUTTERFLY"
Before anything else, I would like to apologize for the year long (and more) wait for this stupid next chapter. *ducks behind my chair from flying knives* My reasons: hectic schedule, writer's block, hectic schedule, laziness, hectic schedule, the computer broke down, hectic schedule, my draft was deleted from the hard drive, hectic schedule and hectic schedule :)) Being a junior is no joke so, again, my sincerest apologies.
"Sakura-chan!!"
It was early Saturday morning, and Sakura's routinary "hibernation" during weekends was disturbed by Meiling's shout.
Wait a minute! MEILING??! Here in my house?
Sakura hurriedly grabbed a change of clothes and run to her bathroom to wash her face and to brush her teeth. Then she raced down the stairs, fully dressed in mismatched clothes, hair standing up on ends in all the weirdest places.
"Ohayou gozaimasu, Saku-chan!" Meiling greeted Sakura as her disgruntled form started to appear at the bottom of the stairs.
"Ohayou, Mei-chan. What brought you here so early?" Sakura replied in a weak voice. Meiling chuckled. "Sorry if I disturbed your sleep. It's just that, Tomoyo-chan sent me in an important and noble mission to fetch Sakura-hime, a.k.a JULIET, for the dress rehearsals."
Sakura groaned.
"That play isn't due till next month." she said, apparently irritated a bit. Meiling grinned even wider, mocking Sakura more. "All of the cast are needed. Because since it is a medieval story on a modern setting, we need to have the perfect revisions for the perfect clothes, to put on the upcoming perfect couple." she replied, emphasis heavy on the last word. Sakura stuck out her tongue and trudged to the kitchen to make her breakfast.
"Have you eaten yet Mei-chan?" Sakura asked over the counter. Meiling shook her head in response.
Sakura cooked omelets and pancakes since Meiling advised her to hurry and they are the easiest food to prepare. After setting the table and sitting down, they both devoured their share on their plates. Tomoyo's orders was to be there at 8:15 a.m. sharp and its already quarter to eight. Better not give Tomoyo reason to extend the dress up games.
After leaving a note to Fujitika and Touya as of who kidnapped her and where she will be taken, Meiling and Sakura made their way to the Daidouji Mansion. She arrived there 8:14 a.m. but to her dismay, her "kidnap session" was extended. As she was the vital character and the top priority so hers was the longest agony. After lots of smell of different fabrics: cotton, silk, wool, satin, you name it; and after all the video footages and the measurements and the sketches. Sakura was finally given liberty to sit down and watch the rest of the cast forced in the most common and uncommon costumes, all handmade by Tomoyo.
Finally, lunch came and the crowd of students vanished. Syaoran-kun walked in the room just in time for the last person's dress-up to finish.
"Ah. Li-kun. You're late." Tomoyo smiled widely. Syaoran returned the smile nervously. We both know what Tomo-chan's greatest and wickedest punishment is. Extended dress-up games and more footage.
But before Syaoran was brought to his "doom" as he would like to put it, we all went down to eat lunch first. Poor Kero (Sakura's cat in this fanfic whom was mentioned on the former chapters) was not here for the sweets. Even as a cat, Kero was peculiar in his own ways. First he doesn't purr, second he would always stay still when Sakura told him and third, he love pudding and chocolate cakes more than cat food.
After lunch.
Sakura's POV
Poor Syaoran. It has been 2hours already and he still isn't finished with finding the perfect costumes.
"Tomoyo." Meiling moaned for the fourth time. "What's taking Syaoran-kun so long to finish. Sakura's was done within an hour!" she continued.
Tomoyo looked at her then at me. "That is because, Li-kun grows much faster than Saku-chan does. And we don't want our Romeo showing of his heels during the play. I'm having a hard time estimating the adjustments I have to make." she explained in one breath while taking measurements of Syaoran.
I hid a smile. Tomoyo is really intent on this last project of Meiling being perfect. This was her last chance as the class scriptwriter after all.
"There!" Tomoyo finally cleared away her things and said the magical words. "All done!"
And I couldn't help be amazed and amused at Syaoran's patience today.
He's also doing his part to pacify Meiling's wish before departing us. I though as I looked at the amber-eyed boy.
Back to normal PoV
Beep. Beep.
It was Tomoyo's cellphone.
Eriol-kun x : Hey, you guys done with dress-up games? I'm in the coffee shop in front of the Pengiun Park. If you want to come over, I'm waiting. x
"What's with the x's?" Syaoran asked, looking from over Tomoyo's shoulder. Tomo-chan blushed slightly and said, "Erio-- Hiiragizawa-kun's waiting for us in the coffee shop in front of the Penguin Park. Let's go!"
And we all agreed.
"Eriol-kun!" Sakura called out when they neared the Twain Bell's Coffee Shop.
"Sakura-chan. Meiling-chan, Li-kun. Tomo-chan." he greeted all four of us with a smile. "Did you wait long Hiiragizawa-kun?" Syaoran asked with a smile to the blue-eyed boy. He shook his head. "I was bored at home, alone." he replied, his voice deep and contemplating.
"What wrong Eriol-kun?" Sakura asked.
"Nothing." He smiled.
"Let's go to your house." Meiling and Tomoyo said in chorus. We all laughed and then hailed a taxi ti Hiiragizawa's house. It was on the hill on the Northern part of the community so walking would take an hour. When we reached there, the house emanated the air of loneliness but not negligence. The warnth of the air was not so warm. The ambience of the house was sad.
"You live here alone?" Sakura asked. Eriol nodded with a small smile.
'Gosh, this place would be maddening if I was alone in here.' Sakura thought. The house was big. But even without the presence of helpers, the house was in its best condition, no sign of dust specks or a misplaced or abandoned object.
"You tend to this house alone?" Tomoyo asked in sudden disbelief. "Not all the time." Eriol replied warmly. "Come, let us go to the garden."
The garden outback was breathtakingly beautiful.
There were roses, lilies, crowns of thorns, orchids, carnations, lilacs, marigolds, daffodils, and other flowers you could name and think about. There were also cherry trees, maple, acacia and even narra, palm trees, pine tree, mango and apple trees and lots more. and the garden was full of butterflies of all types and colors. There were different shrubs and the stone path was inlaid with beautiful and sparkling stones.
At the very center of the garden was a fountain within a man-made pond, full of multi-colored fishes. We sat on the rock formations near the pond which was rested under a higuerra tree which looked so out-of-place in this mini paradise.
"The garden is beautiful." Meiling whispered awed.
"Thanks." Eriol replied with a small nod.
We talked of endless things.
Then, Sakura felt a sense of deja vu as she took in the surroundings. The corintine pillars that supported a majestic arc, underneath was a path that led to the flowers and the butterfly garden.
Pain shot through her heart as she remembered where the deja vu came from.
Just as tears threatened to fall from her emerald eyes, a beautiful butterfly with black and white and purple pattern landed on her cheek before it flew away and landed on the pink carnations.
whew! and that's the end of chapter nine.
hope you wouldn't be killing me for that anymore
i'll post asap.
well, maybe after a month
the periodical tests are looming nearer.
*chills*
ja ne!
silver silhouette 08
[m0onLit r0se 16 signing off]
