'So that is what happened' Tomoyo explain to her two best friends Sakura and Meiling. 'Oh I see' Meiling said to Tomoyo in a teasing tone 'so have you spoke about this with Eriol? I think he probably believes that you like Leo or something' Tomoyo laughed out loud while Sakura and Meiling just sat there looking at her 'You cant be serious!' Tomoyo said as she continue laughing then she notice that Meiling was serious and said 'why would he think that?' Meiling face palmed and Sakura said 'this is strange Tomoyo usually you are a very observant person, I can't believe that you haven't notice?' Tomoyo stayed quiet for a moment 'Oh, you mean that Leo is very flirty with me?' 'Well, yeah' Meiling said 'well, that doesn't mean I like him back you guys'. Meiling looked at Sakura and she said 'okay, let's leave it that way'.
Tomoyo and Meiling stayed at Sakura's and where getting ready to go to school. 'Have a good day Sakura, Meiling, Tomoyo' Kero said, he was now in good terms with Meiling, she was so much mature than when she was 10 and actually love to spend time with Kero 'good morning!' the 3 pretty girl said to him and wave 'good bye Kero'. The girls walked to the school together and Tomoyo was looking at her email with her iPhone when she suddenly stopped. 'Tomoyo are you okay?' Sakura asked, no answer. Meiling took the cellphone from her hand Tomoyo was still in shock. 'It says: Dear Ms. Tomoyo Daidouji You have been accepted for the modeling agency, Vogue got your photos and absolutely adore you, they said that they have never seen a girl like you, your are potentially the new Audrey Hepburn. Your first shoot will be next week; we'll give you a call do we can tell you where the photo shot will be. We look forward to work with you. IMG Agency'. Meiling and Sakura looked at each other and Tomoyo was still spacing out 'WHAT?' they both said 'You applied for being a model and didn't tell us?' Sakura said 'I feel offended' Meiling added 'Tomoyo snap out of it!' Soon Eriol and Shaoran catch up 'Hey guys' they both said Shaoran hugged Sakura and looked strangely at the zoned out Tomoyo 'what's Tomoyo this morning?' Eriol shook Tomoyo and nothing happen.
Meiling and Sakura read the mail to the guys, Eriol was carrying on his back Tomoyo on their way to school. 'That's strange, that is something that Tomoyo wouldn't do' Shaoran debated 'I know, this is so strange' Eriol added. 'IMG is a very important agency' Sakura added 'It's not hard to see why Tomoyo is in shock' 'true' Meiling said. 'Should we take her to the infirmary?' Eriol asked 'she is not responding' they all agreed and went to the school infirmary.
Eriol placed Tomoyo on the bed sitting, still spaced out. The nurse passed a flashlight on her eyes rapidly until Tomoyo came to herself finally. 'Why am I in the school infirmary?' Tomoyo asked confused 'You were totally spaced out for half an hour Tomoyo, you stayed like that after you read the email from the agency' Sakura said 'right' Tomoyo said and she got pale again. 'Since when you wanted to be a model Tomoyo?' Shaoran asked confused 'I never wanted to!' Tomoyo replied. 'Seems that Ms. Daidouji feels better, I believe you can go to classes now' the nurse said and saying this the 5 of them went to classes.
In recess Tomoyo still didn't understand what was happening, but it came to her and took her iPhone and searched for Kaho's letter. 'So this was what Kaho was talking about!' Tomoyo should it to them and now everything made sense. 'Anyways, Tomoyo' Meiling said 'will you work with them?' Tomoyo blushed 'I don't know, its kind of scaring. I don't now if I could be a good model' she responded. 'Of course you will you are gorgeous Tomoyo!' Sakura said to encourage her 'I guess I can give it a try' Tomoyo smiled. 'So take note today October 23' before Sakura said another word Tomoyo shouted 'WHAT? Today is October 23?' Eriol nodded. 'Oh my!' Tomoyo said as she stood up 'Tomoyo, wait!' Eriol ran after her, Shaoran and Sakura tried to but Meiling said that it would be best if they live it to Eriol.
Tomoyo was seating under a bench se was calling somebody, Eriol watch from a distance. She spoke on the phone for 10 minutes and right after she hanged up Eriol took his long jacket and placed it over Tomoyo. 'You must be freezing, it's getting cold now, November is near' he said gently as he placed his arm around her, she had a sad expression on her face, almost as if she was about to cry. 'Yes, it is' Tomoyo said as she placed her head on his shoulder.
They stood quiet for a while until Eriol broke the silence 'I may be out of the line for asking this, but what happened?' Tomoyo sighed and said 'Today is my Ai Daidouji birthday, my father's birthday. I don't get to see him that much but I love him, he is very caring and he loves me. My mother and him use to get in fights a lot, but he usually ended up asking for forgiveness because he was indeed in love with my mother.' Tomoyo stop for a breath and then continued 'but he loved her more than what she loved him, or at least that is what he thought and left one day to America, after that my mother was devastated it was a really terrible time for her. One day he came back and said that he was sorry and my mother started to cry and for the first time I heard her say I'm sorry to him and since then they get alone better, however his job is at America and it seems he can't return except for holidays. He always comes to celebrate Christmas, or some vacations that they give on America, and his birthday. Since I was little he took me to this beautiful lake outside the town, he always comes, but this time he is not coming' Tomoyo said as her eyes got more watery and before she started to cry Eriol whipped her tear before it fell. 'I miss him so much' Tomoyo said sadly and Eriol hugged her for a while. Tomoyo pulled back and Eriol sad 'better?' Tomoyo nodded 'lets go' and they went back to gang.
At the end of the school Tomoyo said that she wanted to go home alone, but in reality she was heading to the lake where her father used to take her. She called her mother after recess brake to inform her that she was going over there. Tomoyo looked out the window and saw the familiar scenery and smiled to herself 'does bring back memories'. She told her driver to go slow so she could see everything, so the short trip of 30 minutes ended up being a 1 hour and 15 minutes long. The car pulled up in an empty parking lot and she walked slowly to the park.
'This smell of wood, the sound of the birds and the air touching the wonder, this trees and completely orange almost out of leaves, just like I remember it since little'. Tomoyo sat on a bench watching the sunset she closed her eyes, smiling while she remembered when she came here with her father and mother. 'Sure it's beautiful here' a voice said Tomoyo turned around tear fell down her cheeks as she saw the extremely white men, while dark hair and grey eyes. 'Daddy!' she said as she hugged her father 'my little Tomoyo' he said as he hugged her tightly. He pulled back and said 'I can't believe how beautiful you look, every time you just get prettier' and hugs her back. Tomoyo burst in to tears 'I thought you weren't coming!' Ai smiled and said 'after I spoke with you I couldn't stand it and basically escape from work and bought a ticket to Japan as fast as I could, I'm sorry that I couldn't come here earlier honey' he started to cry also 'why are you crying dad? I'm glad that you are here daddy! I've missed you so much, I love you so much' and hugged her father 'I love more than anything Tomoyo, forgive me, I'm so sorry Tomoyo, I'm so deeply sorry sweet heart'. 'Stop saying that you are sorry' a voice said and placed her hand on Ai shoulder, both Tomoyo and Ai look at her. Sonomi stood there wearing a white dress making her look angelic, she looked ad radiant as ever 'I'm the one that should be sorry, I never had time for our daughter or for you my love. I'm sorry that you are the one who takes all the blame when the fault is mine, I'm sorry that I'm so stubborn and I know that I not demonstrate my feelings for you both, but the true is that you mean the word to me and I've miss you so much' Sonomi started to cry and Ai hugged his wife and kissed her 'I'm so sorry Sonomi, I'm the worst' Sonomi kissed him and smiled 'Happy birthday darling'. Tomoyo hugged her parents for a while, everything was right they were together now, and it was like when she was a baby, happily walking around the lake, Sonomi and Ai holding hand looking after her, they were truly a loving family.