School Festival: The Café

The whole school was busy, trying to get some extra chores done before the school festival was officially opened. In the classroom, Sakura and Tomoyo put menus on each table while Eriol and Syaoran made sure there were enough supplies. The whole class was eager to have the most customers; the winners would get... well, they would get something.

Their teacher came in, asking, "Does everyone have their outfits on?" They students nodded excitedly, but most of the enthusiasm came from the girls, who were dressed in little pink dresses with white aprons. Sakura and Tomoyo left the room to go change into their outfits.

The bell rang, signaling the beginning of the long-awaited school festival. Customers started coming in, most of them younger students. They stood for a while, adoring the cute little decorations. Then, the group sat down at a table and ordered.

"Eriol, where are Sakura and Tomoyo? The first table wants pastries, and I'm not in charge of pastries," Syaoran asked. Eriol was waiting near the back door and didn't listen. Syaoran was about to yell at him, but what he saw made him stop. Tomoyo came in wearing a light blue dress with a white apron, dragging Sakura behind her.

"Tomoyo-chan, do I have to wear this? We're only on kitchen duty," she said, trying to get out. She was wearing a dress similar to Tomoyo's, except that it was a bit longer and it was all white with a light blue apron. Syaoran stared at her and then blushed.

"But Sakura-chan, I designed this for you! It's so cute, don't you think so, Li-san?" she said, smiling at Syaoran and pinching Sakura's cheeks; he nodded and grinned encouragingly at Sakura.

"Well, we all know that Sakura-chan is cute, but shouldn't we be making the pastries now?" Eriol interrupted. Sakura took a cake out of the refrigerator (they made it earlier and put it in the fridge) and sliced it while Tomoyo was busy making another one. Syaoran was making the drinks and Eriol was washing dishes in the back.

Soon, more people came after hearing about the sweets. Sakura and Tomoyo rushed to bake more cakes and Eriol began helping Syaoran in preparing the drinks. Their workload increased each hour when more customers came. There was a long line outside of the classroom and Sakura and Tomoyo were being rushed by the waiters and waitresses.

"Can you please hurry up?" a girl said impatiently to Sakura, who only nodded. Tomoyo, who was helping Sakura, stopped.

She smiled at the girl and replied, "We're doing the best we can. If you want us to hurry," the volume of her voice changed and there was an evil look in her eye, "THEN YOU GO INTO THE KITCHEN AND MAKE THEM YOURSELF!"



The girl ran away, scared. Tomoyo smiled again and resumed her work. Syaoran, shocked at Tomoyo, looked at Eriol, who was laughing.

"Tomoyo gets like that when she or Sakura-san are being pressured. It's scary, isn't it? She's usually like that when she's making dresses," Eriol explained, smiling at his wife.

A few hours passed, and another bell rang. Sakura stopped working and so did Tomoyo. Their teacher came into the classroom and announced, "Everyone has an hour to rest or to go see what the other classes have done."

XOXO

The hour passed quickly and when the bell rang again, the customers flooded in; Meilin was one of them. She looked around, searching for signs of Syaoran. More customers came after learning that Meilin was there. She sat down and gave her autograph.

"Excuse me," Meilin asked one of the waiters, "is Syaoran here?" The boy nodded and pointed to the kitchen. Meilin ordered a few things and requested that Syaoran bring it to her.

The boy took the order to the kitchen and said, "Here's the order for table three; she requested that Syaoran bring it to her."

Puzzled, Syaoran looked at who was sitting at table three. He sighed wearily and said, "It's Meilin, again."

"Go ahead and bring her order to her," Eriol suggested, handing him a tray. He trudged to table three, looking back at Sakura. She smiled at him.

"Here's your order, Miss," Syaoran said, putting her food on the table. He turned to leave, but Meilin stopped him. "Syaoran, why don't you eat with me? I can't eat all this by myself."

"I'm sorry, Meilin, but I have to go back to the kitchen," he paused, "Next time, don't order something if you know you can't finish it." Syaoran walked away. Meilin frowned and started picking at the cake she ordered.

XOXO

Sakura, Tomoyo, Eriol, and Syaoran were the first ones to leave the classroom when the bell rang again. Their teacher made a whole speech about how those in the kitchen duty did the most work, so the other students were forced to clean up the whole classroom and the kitchen just to make him stop.

"It's finally over!" Eriol screamed. People stared at him and he just smiled.

"Let's go get something to eat," Sakura suggested, and they left for a nearby restaurant after changing their clothes.

The restaurant was full, but they were able to get a table at the back. They ordered a few things and were silent. Eriol, who wasn't used to the quiet, cleared his throat.

"Imagine, if for some strange reason, that Meilin came here. How would we escape?" Eriol asked, teasing Syaoran. A noise of flashing cameras and reporters came into the restaurant, interrupting them. They turned around and saw who it was attracting all the noise. For some strange reason, Meilin was there, heading towards their table.

"Eriol, why did you have to say her name?! You just cursed us!" Tomoyo cried, turning around to face Eriol. He grinned and shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, I have a plan," Tomoyo said, her eyes shining, "Just wait here. I'll be back." She came back a few minutes later, carrying a shopping bag. Eriol eyed the bag suspiciously.

"Tomoyo, dear, what is in that bag?" he asked. Tomoyo took out a few... well, a lot of clothes, and handed out an outfit to each person, including herself.

"Well, why are you just staring at me? Go ahead and change," she ordered them, grabbing Sakura and going into the women's restroom.

This chapter's a bit boring... but something's going to happen in the next chapter. Thanks for all those who have read and reviewed this story. PLEASE KEEP READING!!

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