Disclaimer: Just own the three character I've made to make this story flows…
Nyah nyah nyah… Here comes the tenth chapter!!
My Fair Lady Is My Maid, chapter 10
By green-mermaid
"So…" A pair of emerald eyes glanced at a cheerful lavender eyes.
"So?" The owner of the lavender eyes replied her best friend short sentence (if 'so…' was a sentence) with the same word but in a different tone.
"Anybody who wants to explain to me once more, why do we go together to the new theme park?" An amber-eyes boy raised his hand infuriatingly. He let out an exasperation sigh. "And Meilin, can you release my arm?"
"Because, today is week-end," Soji answered Syaoran easily. He handed each of his friends a ticket. "Here is your ticket,"
"I-know-that-you-know-that-it-is-not-the-answer-that-I-wanted-to-know," Syaoran stated with raising voice glaringly to the smiling tawny-haired boy. His expression was very dark. "Meilin, seriously, I can't move!"
"Oh, come one, Li-kun. Don't ruined this great weather and nice occasion that we coincidentally met here," Tomoyo smiled sweetly (somehow).
"What's with that word of coincidentally? You're obviously dragged me here from my beauty week-end sleep!!" Syaoran pointed ragingly to the raven-haired girl.
"Geez, I was just about to say that the ticket I gave him just now was for free, my treat. If that so, maybe I just should invite YamaChi or Naoko-san instead of him," Soji pulled out his cell-phone and browsing his phonebook. Tomoyo frowned at the way Soji meant Yamazaki and Chiharu with YamaChi.
"I don't say that I don't want to come here!" Syaoran raised his voice more and started to walk. "Come on! And Meilin, I said, let me go,"
Tomoyo and Soji looked at each other and looked at both of the Chinese who were now chit-chatting (read: arguing) to each other. Tomoyo and Soji then couldn't help but laughed, looking at the easy-to-read Syaoran. Instead of joining the laugh, Sakura moved closer to Tomoyo and whispered to her.
"Seriously, what do you intend to do?" Sakura asked.
Tomoyo faced Sakura for a while and smiled. "Nothing, really. Just to release the tense that we have among us for these several days,"
Sakura cocked her eyebrows on Tomoyo and kept watching every movement of Tomoyo's eyeball, tracing whether her best friend was lying to her or not. Tomoyo noticed the disbelieving eyes of Sakura before she shrugged and smiled again. She gave her more comforting tone. "Hey. I really don't have any bad plan or anything,"
Sakura nodded a little before started to walk to the main gate of the new theme park. Tomoyo watched with a smile plastered on her lips as Sakura moved towards the gate. Soji watched the smaller girl beside him and sighed. He looked at the ceramic floor that was arranged perfectly below him.
"I still do not agree with your idea, Tomoyo,"
"Why not? We can catch two birds in one stone. We can look at Kaho and Eriol's date and on the same time, create an atmosphere between Sakura and Syaoran," Tomoyo put her hands on her hips.
"How do you do so? You're not an amoeba that can replicate and watching Kaho with Eriol and Sakura with Syaoran. And the atmosphere between Sakura and Syaoran won't be created if there is still that… girl," Soji pointed at a certain Chinese and over-happy girl who cling at Syaoran.
"Ohh, that's why I called you. I'm sure you can make something regarding to that girl with your so-called-pheromone," Tomoyo patted Soji's shoulder easily. "Yep, thank you, Soji," After that Tomoyo jogged a bit, leaving Soji behind her and joining Sakura.
"What?" Soji exclaimed. He didn't believe that Tomoyo could be that evil to him. After waking him up at seven suddenly by saying a clear, straight, simple and short sentence of "Let's have a date!" Tomoyo made him disappointed as when he reached the theme park, he could see Sakura was coming along and Tomoyo said that they were waiting for Syaoran and Meilin. And now, the girl easily patted his shoulder and asked him to use his pheromone on Meilin just to match-make the couple that Soji didn't really want to bugger.
Soji massage his somehow-somewhat aching forehead and let out a hopeless sigh. He was thinking that he should bear with this dynamic life of Tomoyo, anyway.
"SOJI! Come on!" Tomoyo turned back and waved happily to the light brown head boy.
"Coming," Soji answered with a lazy tone.
"So, Meilin, what do you think of Soji?" Tomoyo jogged a bit and walked between Syaoran and Meilin, slowly but sure made a gap between the two Chinese.
"… Nothing. Can't you move? Syaoran is…" Meilin answered her with an irritated tone as she tried to search for Syaoran's face which she couldn't see because of Tomoyo's face.
"Soji is a very nice guy. He always comforts me and a polite young gentleman. Don't you think he's great?" Tomoyo moved her head oddly back and forth, following Meilin's gaze on the other side of Tomoyo, Syaoran.
"Syaoran is the best for me. Sheesh, if you like that guy, he is behind you right now," Meilin grumbled to Tomoyo. The raven silky haired girl stopped her pace and looked at the over-happy Tomoyo with a slight glare. Suddenly, the Chinese girl turned back and faced Soji.
"Shinagawa-kun, Tomoyo here said that you're a very nice guy, polite, and handsome. She even said that you're the best guy she'd ever met though for me, you're nothing compared to Syaoran,"
Tomoyo gasped as Meilin over-talk to Soji. She hit her forehead harshly as a sign that she regretted what she just said to Meilin. At least, she knew that one habit of Meilin: she could flip-over someone's talking and added some additional information that Tomoyo didn't even mention.
Soji didn't look any surprised at all. Instead he took what Meilin said with a calm "Thank you, Li-san," and faced Tomoyo darkly with a cynical smile on his handsome face. Tomoyo looked at the guy with a sheepish grin plastered on her lips. Sakura looked at Tomoyo weirdly.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked with a frown.
"Humiliating myself," Tomoyo answered her with an irritate voice. She glared darkly to a girl who clung on Syaoran's arm jiggery. 'She's not as easy as I thought!'
"I suggest you to stop right now. I become the victim here…" Soji sighed.
"Stop? Victim?" Sakura asked innocently.
"He meant I should stop walking like little red riding hood just like what Meilin does. He doesn't like that story," Tomoyo escorted the confused Sakura to the roller coaster. She looked over her shoulder to Soji and showing her please-support-me face. Soji noticed the look and looked away as if he didn't see anything. Tomoyo grumbled, giving a slight 'tch!'
"That spinning cup is nice!!" Meilin stretched her arm, feeling happy and contented as she stepped down from the machine.
"That spinning cup is nice, your head," Tomoyo was placing her hand on her forehead as she mimicked what the Chinese girl said. She grumbled under her breath. She didn't know that making Meilin in the same cup with her and Soji would make her had such a severe headache because the girl spun the cup harshly.
Soji was supporting Tomoyo to step down from the cup. He looked worried for the girl. "I told you to stop already,"
"How are Sakura and Syaoran?" Tomoyo shook her head and asked Soji.
"At least, they are much better than you are now," Soji sighed.
Tomoyo gave a look to Soji with pouting lips.
"Do you want to try that Extravagant Free Fall?" Meilin pointed to a certain high tower with a bench. As the bench reached the highest place, it fell down in a quick speed.
Tomoyo's eyes widened as she saw the machine. There is no way she would let her exhausted body to play that creepy machine. But, on the other hand, she wouldn't let Meilin to interrupt Sakura and Syaoran.
"It's o-" Tomoyo replied in weak voice.
"We're passed," Soji replied quickly. "I'll wait you guys with Tomoyo here. She doesn't look strong enough to take that free-fall,"
"I'm strong en…Ouch! My head," Tomoyo tried to protested but couldn't.
Soji smiled knowingly to the girl whom the girl replied him with a glare.
"Then, I'll wait with Tomoyo too," Sakura looked concerned to her cousin.
"I don't need two people wait with me. I don't want to ruin the day. Come on, Sakura. You must play. Soji is waiting with me, anyway," Tomoyo said weakly.
Sakura first hesitated but then she nodded. The auburn haired girl ran towards Syaoran and Meilin. Tomoyo watched the three of them walked together (with Syaoran between Meilin and Sakura). The raven haired girl could see that Meilin threw a glare to Sakura which was cut by Syaoran as he dragged the Chinese girl to the queue. Tomoyo relieved a tired sigh, disappointment was filling her heart.
"What's with that sigh?" Soji asked with cocked eyebrow.
Tomoyo darted her eyes quickly to Soji and then threw her face away from the guy. "Why should a guy who don't want to cooperate with me in match-making Sakura and Syaoran know what's wrong with my sigh?"
Soji look at Tomoyo's back-head knowingly. His eyes were half-lidded with a simple smile on his lips. "Heh! Why should a guy who likes a girl was made to attract another girl that he doesn't like?" Soji added to himself, and even worse, it was forced by the girl whom that guy like.
Tomoyo was about to reply the guy and faced him directly when Soji poked her on her cheek. The girl stopped her movement as she saw the calm smile of Soji, mesmerized by the handsome face of the guy.
Soji patted Tomoyo's head lightly. "Wait here. I'll buy a drink. And don't move your head too much, you might get a spin," Soji ordered her. He was soon unseen among the people around the theme park.
Tomoyo sighed. She looked down at her shoes. As she thought about what was her intention in the theme park at the first time, she whispered to herself without anyone to hear, "What do I do, actually?" The raven haired girl let out a sigh again as she looked to the sun shine which went through a big oak tree leaves near her. Tomoyo felt tired at a sudden and the sound of bustling people around her was gradually disappeared. She fluttered her eyes closed as her eyes went to resting.
When Soji arrived in a minute after buying two glasses of orange juice, he gradually stopped his pace when she saw the girl was sleeping peacefully. Smiling to himself, he sat beside the girl and put the orange juice beside him. He slowly bent Tomoyo's head to lean on his shoulder and looked at the peaceful sleeping girl.
It wasn't long before Eriol and Kaho passed them with Kaho realized Soji who looked at Tomoyo serenely. "Ah, isn't it Soji?" Kaho tugged Eriol's sleeve.
"Hmm?" Eriol looked at the direction which Kaho pointed at. At first, he showed no interest as it was just Soji. After a person who blocked Tomoyo from his vision walked away, Eriol quickly watched clearly, checking whether it was true that the girl that sat beside Soji was Tomoyo. He was narrowing his eyes to see more clearly. After making sure that it was Tomoyo, Eriol couldn't help himself but walked straightly towards his step-cousin.
How could he..!? Eriol thought. He didn't think that Soji was serious about what he had said to him the first day the step-cousin came.
"Eriol?" Kaho looked up when Eriol showed an unexpected reaction. She followed Eriol, jogging a bit to keep up with his pace. "Eriol, what is it?"
But Eriol didn't answer her. His eyes was straightly to Soji who still looking at the peacefully sleeping Tomoyo. As he stopped his steps once he thought it's close enough to make Soji realize he was there, he felt more furious.
"What are you two doing here?" Eriol's voice was raised, making Tomoyo to flutter her eyes opened.
Soji looked at Tomoyo who just woke up and didn't realize what was happening in front of them now. Looking at Kaho who finally reached there, Soji smirked. "Isn't it obvious?" He put his right hand to Tomoyo's shoulder, bringing the girl closer to him.
"Ha?" Tomoyo said shortly, clearly didn't understand a thing. Instead, she looked at Soji's hand which now holding her shoulder confusedly.
"I've told you, haven't I, Eriol? I will take this girl away from you if you don't appreciate and keep her well. Oops, sorry. You have Kaho already, don't you? Both of us know that the engagement that grandpa arranged is just a game. That's why, he even doesn't hold a press conference about the engagement," Soji smiled darkly to his step-cousin. It was almost a smirk rather than a smile.
Eriol clenched his fist as Soji hugged Tomoyo. Kaho cupped her mouth, didn't say anything or particularly can't say anything. Tomoyo widened her eyes as Soji circled his other hand around her shoulder, hugging her closely. She somehow felt embarrassed and couldn't believe that Soji actually did that and on top of that, in front of Eriol!
She didn't know why should she felt insecure like this, why should she mind that it was in front of Eriol, or why should she thought that Eriol might not talk to her again after this hugging incident. It's not that she had a special feeling to Eriol or vice versa. So, why should she bother?
As her brain kept thinking about the questions inside her mind about why she should feel insecure about the hug, Tomoyo shook her head vigorously to release herself from Soji. She tried her best to make a distance from Soji's flat shoulder with her hand but it didn't come out any result. Before she knew it, Soji was released harshly from her with an ivory skin hand. Her wrist was suddenly in Eriol's big palm which dragged her along to outside the theme park.
Tomoyo could hear Kaho's crying yell, calling the navy boy's name. Tomoyo looked back to Soji with wounded lips who looked at Eriol's back-head like a lion's glare. A scary glare that Soji sometimes threw at and only to Eriol.
Silent.
Only footsteps were heard at the pavement.
Tomoyo didn't stop looking at Eriol's hand which still holding her hand as if it's very natural for the bigger hand to hold hers. Tomoyo didn't mind it at all, but as she had a thought of Eriol supposed to be with Kaho together, she was back to her usual egoist and cynical mode in front of the navy boy. "Until when will you hold my wrist and dragged me to you-don't-know-where-to-go?"
Eriol looked back and released Tomoyo's hand. "What did you do with him at the theme park?"
Tomoyo rubbed her wrist, hopping it will make the hurt away. "That is… none of your business, right? As Soji had said, all of us had known that the engagement is merely a game," Tomoyo answered calmly.
There was a long pause which made Tomoyo looked up to see Eriol. She didn't expect that Eriol would darkly look at her with a very serious face. His eyes were demanding and forceful as usual, but there was something more than just a simple madness, it was more than his usual angry face. The thick aura between them made Tomoyo looked away again and stepped a bit.
"You aren't serious saying that, do you?" Eriol asked darkly, stepped forward shortening their distance.
Tomoyo looked at Eriol after gathering her courage. Her face was serious with frightened eyes. "What if it is serious? You have Mizuki-san already so why can't I have Soji as my partner? I don't bother you with Mizuki-san, so why should you bother me with Soji?" Tomoyo's voice was demanding.
Before she could process or think of how will Eriol react, the next thing that she knew was Eriol's lips were pressed against hers, making her to be speechless as well as expressionless. She didn't know what to say, or what to do, or what to think, or whatever it is. It wasn't that bad actually. The kiss, Tomoyo meant. After Eriol parted the kiss, he whispered to Tomoyo's ear, tickling her with his breath.
"Let's go home,"
Couldn't process anything in her brain which was stopping moving, Tomoyo couldn't do anything but giving a bit nod. Tomoyo, to Eriol's surprise, could walk straightly without bumping to a person or worse to a tree. However, she couldn't show any expression but an open-mouth and blank eyes. Eriol slipped his hand to Tomoyo's, holding her hand again and led the way home.
"Tomoyo. You haven't been blinking for a minute," Sakura looked at Tomoyo worriedly.
"Yes. I haven't been blinking for a minute," Tomoyo replied the girl with a monotone voice. She surprisingly could eat her melon bread without any expression on her face.
Like a robot. Sakura thought. She left out a sigh as she looked at her best friend. Having a sudden idea, the auburn haired girl suddenly pointed out to a random direction and yelled, "Look! It's Eriol!"
Tomoyo quickly put down her bread and sat below her seat. As she did it suddenly, she bumped her head with the wood of her seat. She muttered a loud "ouch" but still hiding below her seat. She even took a book with her, opened it wide and covered her blushing face with the book.
Sakura sighed with half-lidded eyes knowingly. "Tomoyo, you could go out from there. Sorry, I lied to you. There is no Eriol here," Sakura said calmly.
Tomoyo grumbled as she came out from her hideout. She sat on her seat again and brought her melon bread to her mouth again.
"Is there something happened with you and Eriol at the theme park a week ago?" Sakura drank her strawberry milk calmly.
Without any reason, Tomoyo recalled her memory again when Eriol stole a kiss from her, her first kiss. All of a sudden, she lost her balance and fell to the floor although she was on her seat. "Wh… Why do you ask that?"
Because you've been weird since a week ago, when you suddenly went back together with Eriol without telling us first, Sakura thought. She didn't answer her cousin's question, but at least, she did know that something did happen between Eriol and her cousin.
MEANWHILE
"Eriol, can I ask you something?" Syaoran peered his best friend over his Chemistry textbook.
"What?" Eriol replied calmly, not looking up from the book he'd been reading.
"What happened between you and Daidouji?"
The pen which Eriol had been holding fell as the question from Syaoran came out. His expression became blue, a sign that he felt guilty of something. He didn't reply the amber eyes boy.
"You DID do something to Daidouji, DIDN'T you?" Syaoran leaned forward to Eriol. His eyes showed his disbelieving towards his 5 years best friend.
"… I don't know," Eriol's hid his face with his hands. Rubbing his dark hair with his right hand, he looked away with a blushing face.
Syaoran showed a disbelieving face again. "What do you mean you-don't-know?"
Eriol took a glance to Syaoran for a bit before opened his mouth, "Syaoran, what is this called when you want to confiscate someone just for you, want to touch her, you kissed her without any reason, then you feel so-not-you in front of that someone?"
Syaoran looked at Eriol with no expression. "Oh, that's easy. That's love, right?" Syaoran said bluntly as if Eriol asking a simple mathematic question like 1+1.
Eriol's eyes widened. He wasn't even inhaling oxygen for his breathe as his brain was too busy to process what Syaoran had said before and didn't have any space left for breathing. He just looked his best friend in frozen way which made Syaoran felt like a wind was passing by between two of them and wondering whether Eriol was becoming deaf or something. Syaoran stroke his cheek with his finger a bit.
"Er… you heard me? I think it's love since I feel the same way towards Sakura," Syaoran replied.
After 10 seconds left, Eriol suddenly laughed and stroking his hair. "A ha ha, Syaoran. Nice joke. I have Kaho already so there's no way I have a crush on that someone. Kaho was directly the opposite of her,"
Syaoran thought for a while, deciding perfect words to explain to his stubborn friend. "But Kaho has the same personality like yours. And when someone met a different person, he will feel attracted to that someone, right? Moreover, from the very first beginning, you never cared about Kaho anyway. I know that when you have a fight with her, you will talk to me. But it's not that you cared to settle the fight, as if whether you fight or not, you felt okay with it,"
Eriol didn't speak anything.
Syaoran shrugged. "Well, anyway, I'll pass this. I counted this as your debt of explanation to me."
Eriol shrugged off, didn't really think about it. He still thought about what his best friend had said to him.
"Last week, Sakura, Meilin, Daidouji-san, Soji-kun and me went to the new theme park. And hey, it's quite good. A nice new dating place for sure. Tomoyo had a headache after playing the Spinning Cup with Meilin, that's why Soji-kun took care of her while the three of us playing Extravagant Free Fall. But after that, Daidouji-san is missing… where could she be?" Syaoran explained in the same blunt face to Eriol.
"Ha ha… Syaoran, that can't be true. I also went to the new theme park with Kaho and Soji said they had a date?"
"That can't be true… all the way we're there, Tomoyo kept match-making Meillin and him."
5 seconds…
15 seconds…
25 seconds…
"Eriol? You heard me?"
"Yeah.. of course! Where are we just now?"
Syaoran rolled his eyes and sighed. It's about time when he should go away from 'broken-circuit' Eriol. At this state, he can't seem to reach Eriol's brilliant brain to talk with. He will just seem so far away…
"Eriol, can I have a talk with you?"
Syaoran looked back only to find a certain auburn haired girl with waist-length hair looked sharply at the black navy haired boy. Syaoran sighed and stood up from his seat. At least, now he had a reason to get away from Eriol. And now, it will be Eriol's investigating session by Kaho.
"Well then. Explanation, later," Syaoran patted Eriol's shoulder lightly and took away his book. He gave a slight smile to the stern look girl to break the ice atmosphere but the girl didn't seem to bother smiling a bit to the Chinese boy. Syaoran shrugged and walked out from the library, didn't seem to mind whether Kaho was smiling or not to him.
Kaho looked to Syaoran's back was nowhere to be seen. She turned her head again to her boyfriend, giving a serious face to him.
"Eriol, I want to break-up,"
A/N: so sorry for VERY late update… things are not going so well with my study schedules and things (such as: writer block, blah3). The next chapter might also take much time to update. So sorry… my study in university is getting harder and harder. See ya later!