Eriol answered his phone 'Yes, Hiiragizawa speaking' he looked at Nakuru and mouthed "call from England" 'I see, so is it really important' he sighed and just kept silent 'I'm glad it is not urgent' he felt like committing suicide 'Good evening' and hang up the phone. Eriol called Spinel and Nakuru to come to the room and spoke with them, Nakuru naturally gave her opinion, Spinel simply said 'I don't care; at least if I can sleep it I'll be okay'. Eriol felt frustrated finally he felt perfectly happy, just when things got really good, something would interfere.
His cell phone rang, it was Tomoyo he grinned at the phone and answered 'Good evening Tomoyo' 'Good evening Eriol, I was wondering if you wanted to hang out today' 'I don't know Tomoyo; I am not in the mood' he said in a depressed tone 'what? What happened, what is wrong Eriol?' 'Nothing is wrong, yet' 'Tell me Eriol, you know you can trust me' Tomoyo said worried 'I'm going to England' Tomoyo felt like her heart dropped to her stomach tears started to form on her eyes and a knot was on her throat 'Wha-aa-at! Eriol you can't leave us now, you can't leave Japan and after all without you nothing would be the same. You can't leave us, you can't leave me' she managed to say. Eriol heart pumped faster he didn't want to leave her either, he didn't know how she felt about him, but she meant everything to him. 'Like I told you, nothing is wrong yet. I am leaving sometime but at least not this year' Tomoyo was silent on the other line trying to process everything 'Tomoyo don't… don't be upset it pains me when you are like that' Tomoyo couldn't find herself capable of pronouncing any words so Eriol sighed and said 'I guess I'll call you later, bye' he hang up and Tomoyo was still in shock. She turned to the window and saw the sky it was cloudy and she remembered, "I don't really like cloudy days Tomoyo, it seems to me that the sun is suffering" 'Eriol' she said to herself and tears ran down her cheeks.
She was wearing a black Calvin Klein turtle neck shirt, white shorts from DKNY and black Keds. She grabbed her puppy Prada bag and placed it across one shoulder. 'I'm going for a walk' Tomoyo said rapidly so her maids wouldn't notice that she was crying. She ran out of her house and didn't watch where she was going and suddenly she bumped in to someone 'I'm sorry I wasn't…' she was interrupted by a familiar voice 'Tomoyo, have you been crying?' she looked up and saw that it was Shaoran. 'Tomoyo?' he repeated and tears ran down again, she immediately hug him in desperation and he hugged her back comforting her 'Eriol is leaving for England he doesn't know when but he is leaving!' she said in a cracking voice. Shaoran was in shocked also, he didn't knew his best friend was leaving to England 'I-I didn't know that' he said sadly. He cleared away her tears 'you know Tomoyo you are a strong girl, this is the first time I've seen you cried' she laughed sadly 'I'm not that strong Shaoran' he shook his head and smiled to her 'come let's go, actually I came here to met up with…' 'Tomoyo what is wrong?' Sakura shouted in distance and rapidly got to them. 'Tomoyo why are you crying?' she said worriedly, Tomoyo hugged her and started to cry, she couldn't speak so Shaoran said 'Eriol is leaving to England' Sakura felt her eyes beginning to form tear but she didn't want to because she knew that she would only make Tomoyo feel worst.
Shaoran left them so they could talk a little bit while he speaks with Eriol. Sakura and Tomoyo had been silent for a while Sakura was lost for words and Tomoyo was silent but tears ran down her cheek. Sakura noticed that Tomoyo was wearing a blue ribbon at the end of her braid and now that she came to realized she usually used it however never got ruined, somehow it seemed magical 'Tomoyo this ribbon…' she was cut off by Tomoyo 'Eriol gave it to me a while a go' she remember his words "this ribbon is part of the robe of Clow Reed, it has magical powers, as long as you use this you'll always be safe, in a way we will always be connected". 'When he told me that he was leaving my heart felt like shredding into piece and immediately I felt scared for I didn't want to leave him' Sakura clicked to the feeling, it was like when she learned that Shaoran was leaving to Hong Kong 'Tomoyo' Sakura simply said and Tomoyo looked at her expression and she understood what she was thinking 'Like when you knew Shaoran was leaving'. A smiled played in her lips and said 'It's clear now, I'm in love with Eriol' Tomoyo said trembling and tears formed again on her eyes however they were different not really as cold as before, much more like filled with love and warmth however sad because he was leaving. 'You know Tomoyo, when Shaoran told me that he was in love with me I didn't really know what to do, but when I learned that he was leaving it pained me so badly. I waited for him and now he is here and I'm so happy' Sakura placed an arm around her neck and placed her head on shoulder 'I won't tell you what to do, but I'm going to tell you one thing Tomoyo, you are a smart girl that will chose the right path'. Tomoyo looked up at the cloudy sky which stared to form soft rain 'Thank you Sakura you are the best' she smiled warmly to Sakura and ran to her way to Eriol's mansion.
By when she reached Eriol's mansion she was soaking wet, and for her surprise Eriol was outside the frowning looking at the sky. 'Eriol!' she said calling his attention but as usual Tomoyo was very clumsy and at the gate she stumbled however Eriol got in time to catch her. 'Tomoyo what are you doing here?' he said and before she could answer he grabbed gently her hand and said 'Come on in you are freezing'. Once inside Eriol brought her a hot cup of tea and place it in front of her, then he looked at her eyes that were swollen 'Tomoyo had you been crying' he felt guilty because if she had indeed cried, for sure she was crying because of what she told him earlier.
'When, you called me I didn't know what to do Eriol, you are a very precious person to me' he blushed and felt his heart pound faster 'I now know that you are leaving someday to England, and I know I'm going to be very sad about it maybe it would take me a lot of time to be chilled again. The thought that you were leaving simply made me uneasy and made me cry' 'Tomoyo I' but he was interrupted by her 'I know that this can't be easy for you either Eriol but' Eriol bend down and interrupted her, they were now face to face 'Tomoyo when I am with you I feel happy and I really don't want to leave Japan, however I have some things going on in England, luckily I don't have to go right now' Eriol moved a strand of hair that was covering her face 'You earlier told me that I couldn't leave you, and I really can't' Tomoyo heart started to race faster 'However I've seen you stand pain by my sake and you always stayed by my side, sometimes I think it was better if I wasn't around because I knew that Leo stopped hanging around you because he thought that you and I…' Tomoyo shook her head 'you are wrong; he stopped it because I asked him to do so. Eriol don't you understand that without you I feel numb. You are my best friend Eriol' Tomoyo thought that right now wasn't really the time to tell him that she was in love with him. Tomoyo smiled at him and stood up and 'but you are still here and I'm going to make sure that you have the time of your life' he stood up also 'I don't know what exactly I can do for you but I always be by your side, I want you to be happy and laugh a lot. I'll make sure you'll enjoy been here more than anything' she said and smiled warmly to him. 'Thank you Tomoyo' he said and hugged her tightly, she first was surprised but quickly hugged him back. Tomoyo suddenly laughed and said 'I've got you all wet' Eriol looked down at his blue shirt and jeans and laugh. He looked at her hair and notice that she was wearing the ribbon. 'So that is why I felt like going outside' he said while fixing the ribbon. Tomoyo looked at it and smiled to him.