Forever in your eyes
Chapter 10
Author's jibberish: My little sister told me that if I made cliffhangers, I'd get more reviews. But it's hard to do that because, well, everything is set out already and ... so yah. Anyway, thanks to all the reviewers!
Eriol walked her home everyday. Although she knew her house was farther than his, he would just say "You're my friend and I would never want you to walk alone." She smiled at his kind gesture and that would be the end of their discussion.
Tomoyo closed up her coat. "Eriol?"
"Hm?"
"Do you ever think about the future?"
It was a quite disturbing question since he was once a fortune-teller. He used to know his future but now, he had been so out of practice. In all honesty, his attention was preoccupied with other things. "Sometimes," he answered casually.
"What do you want to do in life?" she asked.
"Hm..." Eriol pondered the thought. "Well, I know I want to be successful. I considered being an artist, but the beginning of an artist's life is difficult. I also considered being a composer or musician. I'm not quite sure."
"What about college?"
"Oh, I definitely want to further my education," Eriol answered. It was silent between them again. Their conversation stalled, so he continued. "What about your future?"
Tomoyo's gaze drifted for a while, and her eyes returned to him. "I want to get married."
That's it? He thought.
"I want everyone I love to be there, with the church decorated with flowers, and I want to marry a man who is deeply in love with me."
Eriol was puzzled. "What about college? I'd figure you'd go to a design school in Tokyo, or New York. You'd just want to get married?"
Tomoyo smiled and nodded. Eriol didn't touch the subject again.
Nakuru was sitting indian-style on the foot of her master's bed. Spinel sat beside her. Their eyes moved back and forth across the room. It was 10 pm, and they watched their master. He was pacing again.
"You can't stop thinking of Daidouji-san," Spinel stated.
"I know that," Eriol continued. "Why can't I stop thinking about her? She is just my friend. My kind friend. My beautiful friend. My absolutely beautiful, nice, caring..." Eriol groaned. "Do you see what's happening to me?"
They nodded.
"Everything around me reminds me of her: the stars are like the sparkle in her eyes, her smile is as bright as the sun, her hair is like a silk of violet night...oh Kami-sama! What's a matter with me? Why can't I stop thinking of Tomoyo?"
Spinel lifted his brow. "Since when did he call her by first name?"
Nakuru lazily shrugged. "Was he just being poetic?"
"If anything, he was making similes," Spinel observed.
Nakuru nodded in agreement.
Spinel called his master. "Eriol?"
Eriol stopped his pacing.
"It's pretty obvious to me."
"And that would be...?" Eriol turned to his guardians.
"You're falling for her," Nakuru declared.
Eriol dismissed it right away and continued his pacing. "Preposterous! Just unimaginable!"
"Why?" Nakuru chimed.
While Eriol paced, he counted with his fingers, "One: I just got over another woman. Two: she and I are good friends. Three: we are friends. Four: we...are..."
"Friends?" Nakuru and Spinel filled in unison.
Eriol stopped his feet for a moment, and then continued his pacing. "Exactly, so there's absolutely no way I ...could be in...l-lu...lo..."
"Love?" his guardians 'wildly' guessed.
"Precisely."
"Eriol, has it ever occurred to you that you can fall in love again?" Spinel asked.
Eriol stopped in his tracks.
"It's obvious that you care deeply for her," Nakuru pointed out.
"Yes, painfully obvious," Spinel added.
Eriol tisked. "You have got to be kidding. The whole idea is absurd; 100% absurd...I need some coffee." He headed to the door.
"No Eriol, you know what happens when you drink coffee!" Spinel flew after him.
"Yah! You're gonna get all hyper like Suppi-chan on sugar!" Nakuru followed.
Eriol made his way down the stairs and into the kitchen. He fished through the cupboards. "Dammit, where the hell is the coffee?!"
The evening was December 22.
...to be continued =)
Author's jibberish (again): More E+T moments in next few chapters, I kid you not!