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Better Than Perfect

"So do we agree?"

"Agree on what?" Meiling yawned.

Eriol rolled his eyes as he pushed up his glasses with two fingers. "The plan, the plan. Where have you been for the last hour?"

"I never knew you wore glasses." I murmured randomly.

"I usually wear contacts."

"Then why didn't you today?"

"Because people take me more seriously when I look smarter, unlike you people." He narrowed his eyes at us.

"Well, sorry if we can't take someone who loses his temper because of an elementary school kid seriously." I rolled the last word off my tongue. "If anything they make you look geeky."

"Thanks for your input but remember that this is for you Yukari, so you at least should pay attention." He sighed.

"My heartfelt apologies."

"I somehow doubt that."

I smirked. "So? What's the plan?"

"Yukari!"

"I'm joking Eriol." I popped a grape in my mouth. "You're the strategic type Eriol; we don't go that well together. Of course I believe in a good plan, put I also think doing things in the spur of the moment work too."

Eriol massaged his temples. "You and Syaoran are really the perfect match."

"Perfect as in were complete opposites or because we're so alike? If it's the latter I have to disagree since I make up for his lack of intelligence."

"That too, too bad Syao's such an idiot, but I suppose that's why you two are such a good pair."

"Yeah but he's still an idiot." I popped another grape into my mouth.

"Angel, I know being blunt is part of your personality, but can you insult me when I'm not around?" Syaoran whined.

"Aww sorry Syao, I can't do that. That'd be talking behind your back." I answered cheekily.

"You're in a good mood today sweetie."

"Really?" I asked. "I don't really notice anything different."

"You're glowing." Meiling said smugly.

"No normal human can produce light off their skin Meiling." I pointed out.

"You know what I mean." She snapped comically.

"You don't know that."

Meiling growled in annoyance. "So what's the plan again? And FYI Eriol I don't know what the plan is, because you keep changing it so often."

"I have to choose what's best for the team. Besides, if our leader was more capable in making good decisions and plans, I wouldn't have to step up like this." Eriol glared into the direction of Syaoran.

"Eriol, do you really have to call me leader every time we have meetings like this?"

"I can't help it leader, since you are the leader of our whole organization, I have to call you by your title, so please understand leader." Eriol said in a disappointed manner, which caused Syaoran to growl. "Besides, I was hoping that every time I call you leader, you would fully realize how much responsibility, and lives rest on your shoulders. Do you understand what I'm saying? Leader."

"I got it, I got it. Honestly you're always so serious when you have glasses on Eriol." Syaoran raked his hand through his hair.

"Because a single mistake can cost us a lot." Eriol snapped back.

"Maybe you should relax a little sweetie." Tomoyo hushed as she grasped his hand.

Eriol squeezed it back before turning to us and saying. "So, for the idiots that didn't seem to understand the plan or even remember it, even though it's the simplest thing in the world. I will be a gentleman and repeat it to you accordingly." He cleared his throat before continuing. "Basically, as a group we'll go to the banquet, however to ensure that we will be able to spot Touya, Yukari will have to separate from us which will make Touya approach her since she's alone."

"Hey I object to that." Syaoran complained.

"Then why didn't you object the first ten times I've mentioned this leader. And when I first asked you said you had no problems with it." Eriol hissed the last part.

"It's fine Syao. I'm okay with it." I patted his arm. "In fact I feel as this is the most reasonable approach and it will give us a better chance to meet Touya up close."

"But what's the point of us coming if she's going to meet him by herself anyway?" Syaoran pointed out like a child would.

"I know how you're feeling leader but we can't be sure Touya would still approach is we're watching Yukari like hawks."

"Yeah Syao, you understood this before." Meiling mentioned.

"But-"

"It's okay Syao, its not like I'm going to be all by myself in a room with him. We just shouldn't lose this chance." I comforted him.

"Fine." He grumbled.

"Now, after that," Eriol said with an intellectual expression as he pushed up his glasses. "Yukari will wait somewhere that's populated but it would still be easy to keep an eye on her. And when Touya approaches, well from then on we'll just go by feel."

"By feel?" Meiling gaped. "All this talk about the plan and you come up with 'by feel'?"

"Well, its not like any of you guys were helping out." Eriol argued.

"I'm fine with it." I mentioned.

"I am too, but, really, by feel?" Meiling repeated.

"If you can come up with something better by all means Mei." Eriol grinded out.

"Now, now, lets not get too heated up about this, okay?" Tomoyo rubbed her boyfriends arm. Eriol sighed in response.

"So are we done, or do you want to change the plan again? Eriol." Meiling rolled her eyes.

Eriol stared at her evenly. "What do you think?"

"I think we're done." Meiling answered.

"Then we're done."

"So we're good?"

"We're good."

"No problems whatsoever?"

"None."

"Good, now that that's over with." Meiling grunted as she pulled herself up. "Let's go."

"Go where?" I asked puzzled.

"Where else?" Tomoyo smiled. "Shopping mall."

"Why?"

"It's quite elementary my dear Yukari." Meiling waved a finger at me. "To get a dress."

"After all the banquet is in three days and we have yet to pick out a dress for ourselves." Tomoyo shook her head as if that was the most disgraceful thing in the world.

"Why don't you just wear an old one? I'm sure you have a few."

"Now sweetie, are you really going to argue with me and take away our precious time together?" Tomoyo asked with a sickly sweet smile.

I paused, as I looked her before hesitantly saying. "No."

"Then, shall we? Oh and you boys find something nice to wear yourselves." Meiling pointed at the two of them.

"Can't we just all go together?"

"No way, how are we supposed to surprise you if you know what we're going to wear?" Meiling pouted as she pulled Tomoyo and I along towards the front door. "So see ya."

I crossed my arm as they both pushed me into the back seat. "Is this really something that is worth spending money on? I'm probably going to wear that dress a few times at most. Plus I have a few that I bought for my job."

"Since when do you wear dresses to kill people? I thought you were the more of a convenience type of person Yuu." I saw Meiling smirk through the mirror as she started the engine.

"I am, I simply have targets that enjoy going to high social standing parties, that's all." I replied.

"How do you get in? I remember when we tried to crash a party they almost caught us." Meiling quirked a brow.

I smirked. "Amateur."

"Care to repeat that Yuu? You're not the only one with guns you know." Meiling reminded.

"Meiling, you shouldn't resort to violence all the time." Tomoyo reprimanded. "And Yukari, she does have a gun."

I shrugged my shoulders. "There's various ways, through the chimney, open windows, balcony's, disguising a waitress or, the simplest way, is to just walk inside."

"And since when you were that high up in the society Yuu?" Meiling turned to face me when we pulled to a stop.

"Depends on which society you're talking about Meiling. After all I'm pretty high up the list when it comes to pro assassins." I answered as I stepped out of the car and waited for them to do the same.

"You know what I mean."

"Well, you could get a date that has a invitation to the party, but its such a pain doing all that extra work of flirting, pretending to like them and all that so another way is to just walk in." I began walking alongside of them through the busy entrance of Central Mall.

"Like I said earlier, how exactly does that work?"

"It's like going into a club when you were underage Meiling, it's all about the confidence. If you act all jittery of course they'll check you, but if you have a face like mine it's a piece of cake." I ended confidently. "Of course there are some times it fails, but it usually works."

"You're unbelievable." Meiling rolled her eyes.

"But that's what makes me so charming." I said smugly.

Tomoyo clapped her hands once. "Because you have what they want to do but they're to scared to do, it gives them excitement knowing that right? To attain the unattainable, it gives you some sort of rush."

"As expected of Tomoyo, you understood immediately, unlike the fool in the drivers seat." I clapped my hands mockingly towards Meiling.

"And you don't reprimand her for that? That's practically bullying." Meiling looked at Tomoyo as she pointed at me.

Tomoyo smiled her usual sweet girl smile. "But that'd be denying her nature sweetie."

"Have you ever thought my anger is in my nature too?"

"But I can win against you when it comes to these things." Tomoyo giggled.

Meiling sighed. "Whatever, lets just pick a shop already."

"How about Macy's?" I suggested.

"Why not? We have to start somewhere." Meiling answered as she sauntered towards the shop with us following behind.

"I see one I like already." Tomoyo said in a happy tone.

"Then go grab it." Meiling told her.

"I will." Tomoyo answered as she skipped slightly towards a section of dresses.

"Now, I better go find something nice too." Meiling mumbled to himself. "And don't you think of just sitting around Yuu."

"I wouldn't dream of it." I answered casually.

"But you actually do it." Meiling commented. "I know you Yuu, c'mon."

"I'm coming, I'm coming." I followed her to a section full of dresses. I sighed, to many to even start looking. I flipped through the racks carelessly, not really looking for anything.

"Guys, guys what do you think about this one?" Tomoyo she walked towards us the gown embracing her curves lightly.

I eyed the dress slowly, from its spaghetti straps to the slightly puffed end that was sewed in to create. It was a short dress. I glanced at the laced layer under the skirt of the dress. The upper half had a small string that was tied in a cute fashion. The milky blue colour complimented her skin tone and hair. Overall, the dress had an atmosphere that said 'it's so cute'. I smiled. "I think it suits you."

"It looks so adorable, Eriol would love it." Meiling smiled.

"You think so?" Tomoyo blushed slightly.

"Well, anything you would wear her would love, this ones really cute. You should were a scarf or something over your shoulder to give a slightly mature feeling though." Meiling laughed.

"You should put your hair up too." I suggested.

"Okay, then I'll get this one, it's easy to move in as well." Tomoyo twirled in it before leaving.

"Okay Yuu, what do you think of this one?" Meiling held up a strapless short black dress with laced ends and a red band encircling the upper part of the dress. Small strips of red and black cloth streamed under the black rose on the band.

"It looks nice, but you should try it on first."

"Alright, I'll be right back, you should pick something as well." She pointed at me before she marched of to the same direction where Tomoyo went.

I sighed as I flung through the dresses, when something finally caught my eye. I unhooked it from the rack as I held it up in front of me to inspect. It was close to the length of Tomoyo and Meiling's dresses, also strapless. I admired its peerless midnight blue colour, a tight fit. The dress had ripples as you go down with small roses sewed along the side of the dress. To finish it off, a small slit at the end. I smiled, 'not bad'.

I looked up when I heard a whistle, only to see Meiling smiling at me in a creepy manner. "Nice Yuu, I never thought you were the sexy type. I thought you would be more, conservative."

"It's really nice though sweetie, Syaoran would love it."

"Not such a waste of time is it?"

I smirked at her. "Slightly less than it was before maybe. That one looks nice by the way." I pointed at the dress she tried on.

"I know right? But I have to ask them to make a few adjustments." Meiling looked over the dress. "Aren't you going to try that on?"

"Nope, it's my size and if really necessary I can go to the shop near my apartment to adjust it." I answered.

"Just try it." Meiling rolled her eyes. "We want to see."

"Please sweetie?" Tomoyo put her hands together and looked at me with a pleading expression.

I groaned. "Fine, but only for a second." I stalked off to the change rooms and quickly changed. I looked at myself in the mirror, it was a pretty good fit, and I needed a few adjustments but otherwise its fine. I walked back towards where they were making them smile the moment I reached them.

"Nice, Syao's definitely not going to be able to follow the plan if you look like that." Meiling giggled.

"He'd be too worried about other people coming after you." Tomoyo added.

I smiled. "He should be. I'm going to change back I still have that essay the sensei gave us."

"Shoot! I haven't even started." Meiling dropped her mouth.

I smirked. "Well you better start, there's a long line of work to do, probably more since you're a fool." I began to walk back to the change room.

"Hey!"

"It's true you might have some difficulty sweetie." I heard Tomoyo reason behind me.

I smirked again as I quickly changed back into my clothes. I came back out and raked my fingers through my hair to fix its disheveled state. "Shall we go?" I asked as I walked towards them.

"Yeah."

"How much are your dresses anyway?" I asked as I glanced at my own dress's tag it read one-sixty dollars. I sighed, it wasn't that bad.

"One-twenty." Meiling answered as she looked at her tag as well.

"One-forty for mine." Tomoyo smiled. "Not bad compared to my other dresses.

I raised a brow. "How much do you usually spend?"

"Not much." She answered simply as we arrived at the cash register.

I'm pretty sure I sighed over fifty times as we talked to the cashier though. She had to take my measurements for my adjustments and everything. Same for Meiling, Tomoyo's so luck she doesn't need any. I was glad when we finally got out after being informed that the dresses should be ready for us in two days since neither of us needed any big adjustments.

"Do you think she was a trainee?" Meiling asked as we walked out.

"Probably, she was so slow." I answered.

"Let's not be too harsh on her now." Tomoyo tried to mediate.

"She needed to call her manager every single time we told her something." Meiling reminded exasperatedly.

"But she was probably new." Tomoyo said.

"She'd better be because if she wasn't I'd tell her manager to fire her." I rolled my eyes blithely as we exited to the parking lot.

"Harsh Yuu." Meiling chuckled before moaning. "Why did we have to have an essay? During Christmas holidays at that! I wanted to shop more."

"Think about it this way Meiling, since we got it done over the holidays our work load will be less once school starts again." Tomoyo comforted insightfully.

Meiling pouted as she unlocked her car. "I suppose."

I opened the side door. "Do you know how to get to my apartment from here Meiling?"

"Yeah." She answered as she seated herself.

I slid myself in before speaking again. "At least I'm almost done, unlike some people I don't pressure myself by procrastinating to the point that back myself into a corner."

"Are you implying something Yuu?" I heard Meiling's irritated voice flow from the front.

I faked an innocent smile. "Oh good, you got my message, I was worried your head was too thick to get that."

"Always have to throw an insult in there." Meiling mumbled.

"It's funny how it she only does it when she converses with you Meiling." Tomoyo giggled.

"She loves me that much I see." Meiling commented.

I gave my signature smirk as I flipped my hair carelessly. "You have to turn here." I pointed out.

"I know." Meiling answered as she turned the wheel.

"Just making sure." I said. "Eriol is so uptight when he wears glasses don't you think?"

"I know, he always get more serious than he usually is, and has to make sure everything is exactly as it should be." I saw Meiling roll her eyes. "No offense Tomoyo."

Tomoyo smiled. "I agree, it's hard to say anything sometimes when he's like that."

"Does he really think the glasses make him look smarter though?" I asked.

"He does, and it is true in a sense." Tomoyo nodded her head.

I chuckled subtly. "What a fool. Whatever makes him happy I suppose."

"He's a workaholic, Eriol is." Meiling smirked as we pulled into the parking lot.

"Can't deny that." Tomoyo smiled again.

"Thanks for the ride." I said as I unbuckled my seat belt opened the door.

"Lets go to the mall again tomorrow if you have time." Meiling suggested as she rolled down her window.

I smirked. "Are you sure you can afford to Meiling?"

"I'll make it work." She pouted. "Tomoyo's going to help anyway."

"And since when did I volunteer myself to help you with your responsibilities?" Tomoyo asked with eerily cheery tone.

"Please Tomoyo? You're practically done and Yuu is too stingy to help."

"I call it, enforcing responsibility." I said smugly. "See you guys."

"Bye Yuu." Meiling and Tomoyo waved.

I smiled to myself as I walked up the stairs and opened the door. I raised my brow when I heard my phone ring repeatedly. I frowned I should change the ring-tone. I quickly locked my door and threw my bags onto the couch before I picked up the phone. "Hello?"

"Angel!"

I sighed. "What is it? Fool."

I heard him laugh through the phone. "Well, Eriol said I should report to you what my tux looks like to make sure that we don't completely mismatch."

I fell back onto my bed. "So? What does it look like? You guys pick quite fast."

"Yeah, we found it in the first store we went to. Well, I have a darkish blue tie and my suits kinda dark bluish grey."

"That's fine," I smiled. "It's perfect actually."

"Really that's great! What did you pick?"

"You'll see in three days." I teased.

"Angel." He whined.

I laughed as I twirled my finger in a few strands of hair. I used to hate the nickname he gave me, yet lately I can't help but feel happy at the sound of it. It may be just me, but every time he said my name it was like he was telling me 'I love you'. "The shopping went a lot faster than expected though."

"Yeah, I wasn't really expecting you to pick up. I thought you'd be shopping still." He laughed.

"We found our dress's pretty fast too." I said. "Eriol's going to love Tomoyo's dress though."

"Is it okay for you to tell me about Tomoyo's dress?" He asked puzzled over the phone.

"Well, it's not like I'm telling you the details, and it's not like you're going with her to the banquet are you?"

"True." He said.

"Meiling doesn't think she had enough shopping today, she wants to go out again tomorrow. Even though she hasn't even started on that essay that's due after the break. That fool." I rolled my eyes as I chuckled.

"Really? Even I'm not that reckless, the essay's going to look like crap if she plans to finish it off in one night." Syaoran murmured.

"Well, Tomoyo is going to help her out."

"Tomoyo?"

"Yeah."

"Then she'll be fine, Tomoyo's a smart girl."

I raised a brow. "And Meiling isn't?"

"We both know the answer to that Angel." I hear him release a melodic laugh though the earpiece.

I smiled. "I suppose we do." As I waited him to say something, I soon noticed he was being hesitant.

"Angel?"

"Yes?"

"I know I asked you this many times already but," He paused again.

"What is it Syao?"

He breathed. "Are you sure you want to do this? I mean, no matter how much you hate him, he's you're brother isn't he? Is it really necessary to kill him?"

"It may not be necessary Syao, but I feel that if don't do this, I can't move on." I answered. "He betrayed me, the only thing I ever really asked him to do, and he couldn't do it."

"But-" He stopped as dead silence filled the air again.

"Hey Syao, have you ever thought that this world was unfair?"

"Unfair?"

"I was really happy when my family were still alive, blessed. Yet the world had to take that all away from me in a moment, without any chances of getting it back." I said sorrowfully.

"I understand that Angel."

I smiled softly. "Yet the rest of the world continues to go on, as if nothing really happened, which of course, to them is true. Because in reality; I'm only a small part of this huge world."

"Angel . . ."

"You see Syao? No matter how much you want it to, no matter how hard you try to prevent it, you can't keep the world from turning when you want it to stop. It will continue to move on even when you don't want it to. And if you stop moving forward, no one can push you forward but yourself, so unless you start moving forward, the world will move on without you." I bit my lip before forcing out a laugh. "So I'm stuck you see? I don't want to stay where I am forever, but; I don't think I could ever move on without knowing that my brother is gone as well."

"I," he took a breath "understand. Sorry for mentioning it Angel."

"It's okay, I know you're just trying to look out for me. But for me, this is decision I wont have any regrets in taking." I sighed. I waited for few long seconds before I heard him say something.

"Angel?"

"Yeah?"

"You know I love you, I really do."

I laughed. "What's this all of a sudden?"

"I felt like I needed to say it."

"Are you trying to change the topic from before? You're the one who brought it up!" I laughed again.

"No," He answered seriously. "I just simply want you to know that you are the greatest thing that ever happened to me."

I smiled. "I see."

I could tell he was smiling on the other end. "Really?"

"Yeah."

"I love you Angel." He breathed out again, with the warmest voice that has ever reached my ears.

I smiled into the phone before whispering.

I just simply want you to know that you are the greatest thing that ever happened to me

"I love you too."


Awwww how sweet, it's another slow chapter but we need to add the fluffly moments somewhere right?
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