Stars of Destiny
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Chapter 34:
Musical Confessions
Tomoyo's POV
Wow. It's such a beautiful day. I thought amazed, it had been a while since the last time a day would be so graceful. I smiled as I watched the butterflies soar happily near the entrance to Eriol's house. We were meeting at his house to start writing a duet. The teacher liked our individuals songs so much that they decided that we should do a duet. Not only us but Elisabeth, Sakura, Kiyoshi and Syaoran too…
It had happened last Friday, Terada-sensei and Hurani-sensei were analyzing the songs and then they called us 6 to their table.
"Hello" Hurani-sensei smiled at us. "You must be wondering why we called you here. Well, that's because we loved your songs. They're real and passionate"
"Arigato, Hurani-sensei" We chorused
"Well…" Terada-sensei started "I hope you remember when we said we'd choose some students from this class to do other numbers" We nodded as he paused "You are the chosen ones"
For some reason Elisabeth and Eriol chuckled, Sakura, Syaoran, Kiyoshi and I exchanged a glance
"What do you want us to do?" I asked
"We divided the six of you in three pairs and we'll give each pair a theme and they'll have to write a song about the theme and do a choreography" Terada-sensei said. I expected Kiyoshi and Syaoran to protest the choreography part but they just raised an eyebrow simultaneously as if they had rehashed it before hand. It was so kawaii, I couldn't help but giggle. Terada-sensei and Hurani-sensei mistook this and beamed at me
"I'm happy you're excited, Daidouji-san" She said. My friends snorted, probably knowing that my giggles had nothing to do with that.
"What are the pairs?" Sakura asked
"The first pair is Kinomoto-san and Arroz-san" Terada-sensei said. Sakura and Elisabeth beamed at each other "This time the theme you'll be a bit different. We want you to do a rock song"
"Which type?" Elisabeth asked
"Excuse me?" Terada-sensei said confused
"You want a Classic Rock song, or a Pop-Rock song, or a Girlish-Rock song, or a…"
"Girlish-Rock song" Hurani-sensei interrupted her before it got out of hand. "I know that usually songs like this need drums, all types of guitar, keyboard and all. So tell me which one you'll need so that I can arrange it…"
"We'll need drums, bass, keyboard and two mikes" Elisabeth said almost immediately. This time no one questioned her
"The other pair is Li-kun and Li-kun" Terada-sensei said. Kiyoshi and Syaoran smirked at each other. "We want you to write a hip-hop/ break song"
"May I ask something, sensei?" Syaoran asked. They nodded
"We can't play any musical instrument, how are we suppose to write a song without the melody?" he said
"We'll schedule a meeting with the festival's band and they'll help out all the people in the same situation as you" Hurani-sensei said
"The last pair is Hiiragizawa-kun and Daidouji-san" Terada-sensei said "And we want you to write a waltz and of course dance the waltz"
I shook my head, our theme had to be the most difficult one yet. How are we going to put lyrics in a waltz? Well, we'll have to figure something out I sighed as I knocked on the door. Anna opened it a few seconds later.
"Hello Tomoyo" She smiled
"Hello" I smiled back
"You're here to write a song, right?" She asked me
"Yes, all of us are writing one" I told
"Elisabeth must have liked that" She chuckled
"She seemed excited" More than excited actually I added to myself as I joined
"Well, I won't keep you much longer" She said as she raised her voice a but to call "Eriol! Tomoyo's here" At the same second Spinnel Sun flied in my direction and hid behind me
"Miss Tomoyo. Please help me. Nakuru is trying to kill me" He exclaimed as Nakuru ran down the stairs ready to force a gigantic piece of cake down on Spinnel's throat, until she glanced in my direction, she squealed dragging herself at me.
"TOMOYO-CHAN!" She hugged me tightly "I missed you so much"
"I missed you too, Nakuru-chan" I smiled. I really did miss her. She had been really down since she and Touya broke up that she hardly ever went out anymore.
"Ruby Moon, let Tomoyo breath" A sweet voice called from the kitchen doorway and I didn't need to look to see who it was. Eriol was smiling at me.
"Hey" I smiled as he walked to me and kissed me on the cheek. I saw his mother grinning at the corner of my eyes.
"Aww" Nakuru sighed as she dragged Spinnel from behind me. Eriol took my hand as he rolled his eyes at Nakuru. We walked to the ballroom where Eriol keeps his piano. I walked over to the piano
"How are we going to do this?" I asked
"I don't know, honestly a waltz. What are we going to put on the lyrics?" He sighed
"Humm… I've been thinking, maybe we could put how to dance the waltz" I said. He nodded
"That's a good idea…" He said but there was something on his voice that was a bit weird
"What?" I raised an eyebrow at his expression. He looked at me blushed
"It's just that… I don't how to do that" He admitted
"Dance the waltz?" I asked to make sure
"Yes"
"Really? You look like the type of guy that would"
"I do? Well, that just proves that you should never judge a book by its cover" His lips twitched a bit, I could see that he was still a little anxious.
"To our luck, I know how to dance the waltz." I almost smiled at his raised eyebrows "When I was younger my father and my mother would go to dinners balls and I always wondered what happened at those parties. So one day I asked my father and he said that they'd dance the waltz. So I asked him to teach me, he did… soon it became our little tradition. While my mom was getting ready, he and I would dance the waltz through the whole house…" I smiled at memory when I noticed that Eriol was looking at me strangely.
I figured that it would because I mentioned my father. I never talked about him, especially with my friends. I bet they don't even know I have a father. I waited for him to ask the obvious question 'What happened to your father?' but he didn't. He just stared at me, sympathy and understatement floating in his sapphire blue eyes.
"So, shall we start?" I asked knowing that a blush would soon cover my face. Composing myself I took his hand and walked to the middle of the room, away from the piano, with enough space to dance.
"It's really simple" I told him "I'm sure you'll do just fine" I reassured him as I took on of his hands and placed the other on my waist. He blushed. I moved my feet back and forth just to take a pace, he followed my footsteps.
"You have to take the lead" I told him. He looked at me, something unreadable in his eyes. He smiled at me, a breathtaking smiled that almost made my legs shake. He did take the lead then, it didn't look as if he had never danced the waltz before, he wasn't dancing like my father, but he was good. I was sure that a few days of practice and he'd be more than ready.
We kept dancing for what looked like hours and Eriol improved his dancing quickly. It was in his blood, he was good.
"Are you sure you never danced this before?" I asked him "You're really really good"
"Thanks…" He smiled. He was nervous and I wasn't sure if it was because of the dancing anymore
"What's wrong?" I asked. He bit his lip
"I have to tell you…" He stopped in mid-sentence. He sighed
"You know you can tell anything, right?" I said. There was something wrong and I was going to find out what was bugging him. He stared into my eyes never stopping our little waltz. I was about to ask him what was wrong again, but he surprised me by twirling me and letting my body fall on his arms. He kept looking into my eyes and whispered softly
"Tomoyo, I can't do this…" He stared into my eyes and whispered soft. My heart beat quickened at the sound of his voice "I know that at first this was all faking and if I'm being honest I don't even know why we're faking it. This is all Elisabeth's crazy idea… but… I really fell in love with you and I can't stand this anymore. I can't stand living a lie while I can live the truth." He paused. My eyes were filling with tears "I love you" He said. I smiled
"I'm glad to hear that, because I love you too" I said. We smiled at each other and the world disappeared all around us, all I could see was the angel that was holding me. He leaded in and I felt his lips on mine. He smiled into the kiss
"Will you me my real girlfriend?" He asked
"Yes" I couldn't help but smile back. We kissed again, until we heard a throat being cleaned. We immediately let go of each other and looked at the door. There stood Anna, Adam, Nakuru and Spinnel. Adam was smirking, the same smirk Eriol gave us, in special Syaoran and Kiyoshi, everyday. Anna and Nakuru were smiling, thought Nakuru looked sad. And Spinnel looked shocked at his master. I could feel my face burn in embarrassment. Eriol was blushing hard. His face was all read.
"Er… We… were dancing" Eriol said slowly.
"I hope that's not the dance you'll be doing in the festival" Anna smiled evilly at us. Our blushes deepened as if that was possible.
"We just wanted to let you know that lunch is almost ready" She added. We nodded embarrassed as they left the room.
"So, humm…" I started
"Humm… Yeah" Eriol replied. "Maybe we should go…"
"Yeah, maybe we should" I agreed as we left the room for lunch. Lunch wasn't as awkward as I expected, maybe because they think we've been already dating for a while and they don't think that's our first kiss. After lunch we returned to the song and it was brilliant, better than I thought It would be. And Eriol was almost all ready to dance the waltz.
"Wow. It's already 5 p.m" Eriol said as we sat down on the floor, exhausted from all dancing.
"Yeah, the hours passed so fast" I said "Humm… do you think they're done?" I asked him "We could call them and ask if they want to join us for an ice-cream" I suggested
"Humm… not a bad idea" Eriol said taking his cell phone out of his pocket "Who first?" He asked
"Sakura and Elisabeth, since they're probably done" I said
"True" He laughed as he dialed Sakura's house number and put in on speaker. It didn't take long for someone to pick it up, but it wasn't Sakura or Elisabeth. It was Touya.
"Hello" He yelled. We could hear the sounds of electric guitars and drums in the background, along with Elisabeth's and Sakura's voices shouting "Yeah, Yeah"
"Hey Touya-kun" I said "It's Tomoyo and Eriol. Are you ok?" I asked
"I'm sorry. I can't hear you" Touya kept yelling "Who's talking?" He asked but he was cut off by a louder yell of someone screaming "Go Sakura! Go Elisabeth! Go Sakura! And Elisabeth! Go Elisabeth! And Sakura" Over and over again. Eriol and I couldn't help but start laughing as we recognized the voice as Kero-chan.
"It's Tomoyo and Eriol" Eriol said as Touya repeated his question. "Oh" He exclaimed, letting us know that he understood us, but didn't have time to say anything as Sakura's and Elisabeth's voices took over "Yeah, Yeah" Touya let out a frustrated yell and we could hear his footsteps and a door bursting open. The music stopped
"Touya!" Sakura exclaimed "What are you doing? We are practicing…"
"Oh, please stop it. You're driving me crazy" Touya yelled
"But we need to practice" Elisabeth argued
"Well, but I think that I need a break, so you'll stop practicing for at least an hour. The phone is for you by the way" We heard the door close and after a few seconds Sakura said
"Hello"
"Hey Sakura! Elisabeth" I said "It's Tomoyo and Eriol"
"Hi guys" They greeted us
"So you're having fun with the song?" Eriol smirked
"Yup" Sakura said cheerfully "It's awesome! Too bad onni-chan interrupted us. We're finished thought"
"Well, almost finished. We still have a lot to practice" Elisabeth added "What about you two?"
"We're done too" I said
"Yeah, it turned out better than I expected" Eriol said "So, since you'll be obligated to do a break, how about we go for an ice-cream?"
"Great idea" Elisabeth said "Have you already called Syaoran and Kiyoshi?"
"No, we called you first" I said
"It's ok, we'll call then" Sakura said "Meet us in the store in fifteen minutes"
"Sure" I said "See you later then"
"See you! Bye" And with that they hung up. Of course that knowing Sakura and Elisabeth, it would take them more than fifteen minutes for them to call Syaoran and Kiyoshi and go to the ice cream store, but we decided to start walking anyway. We got there in ten minutes, and it was so different. I mean I've walked with Eriol before but now he kept his arms around me all the time and it was so… good.
We sat on our regular table at the end of the shop and ordered for six of us. Vanilla for me, coffee for Eriol, strawberry for Sakura, Chocolate chip for Kiyoshi and chocolate for Elisabeth and Syaoran. And they arrived just in time. As soon as the ice creams reached the table, our four friends passed through the door.
"Hey guys" Sakura greeted us cheerfully.
"Hey" We smiled at them as they sat down.
"So how was it?" Syaoran asked us
"Pretty cool" I said "It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be"
"I agree, through I can't say I did most of the work" Sakura laughed as Elisabeth grinned
"We did ok" Kiyoshi said "It was kid of fun" He admitted
"Oh, before I forget I brought your clothes design" I said suddenly. Everyone rolled their eyes as I took my notebook from my bag. "I must say that I'm proud of my work, even thought you guys wanted to make it more difficult for me" I said, remembering that they made me participate on a stupid pact, so that we wouldn't hear each other's songs until the day. And How was I suppose to design a song costume if I didn't hear the song?! It was though, but Tomoyo Misa Daidouji never gives up on a challenge!
They scanned their clothes and grinned, all of them expect for Kiyoshi, who sighed "Now, I'm feeling like the backstreet boys… again"
"You have to admit that their clothes have certain style…" I argued "They're just too old for them. But you're not! And it's not all backstreet boys, it's a mix of them with a bit of hip-hop"
"Ok, whatever" Kiyoshi rolled his eyes, but I knew no matter what he says, he enjoyed these moments, because now he's part of the gang, so I grinned "Now, I'm looking forward to see you two dancing" In unison, Syaoran and Kiyoshi groaned as we laughed
"What about you?" Syaoran raised an eyebrow at Eriol "No problem at the waltz?"
"Actually no, my cute little decedent" Eriol smirked at him as he used his old nickname for Syaoran "It was pleasant activity, especially as I really enjoyed the company of the most beautiful and captivating teacher of all" He added as he pulled me closer to him. I blushed smiling at him. I could see the raised eyebrows from our friends.
"Is there something you'd like to tell us?" Syaoran asked "Because you're not usually into PDA"
"What are they suppose to tell us, Syaoran?" Kiyoshi rolled his eyes "They're already dating… now they're gonna tell us… I dunno… that they're engaged" He joked, Sakura and Syaoran snorted. But Elisabeth on other hand, smirked at us and squealed as she hugged us over the table
"OMG! It's true! You finally did it" She exclaimed "Took you long enough I must say"
"Wait! Wait! What does that mean?" Syaoran's eyes widen suddenly "You're really engaged?!"
"What? NO!" Eriol and I cried
"Then… what?" Kiyoshi looked at us confused
"It's a long story" Eriol said. They continued to stare at us, waiting for the story.
"It's all Elisabeth's idea…" I started
"Hey, you know you have to thank me, if it wasn't for me you wouldn't be together now" She said "I knew it was going to work and so did Carla"
We rolled her eyes at her "Anyway, like I was saying, it all her idea. It happened on that day we… er… missed class…"
"It was her idea for you to skip class?!" Sakura asked
"How come if she wasn't with you…" Syaoran stated. Eriol rolled his eyes and told me
"It's going to take a long time"
I agreed "A really really long time"
On next chapter of Stars of Destiny:
"C'mon Kiyo, admit it"
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"I think I know what can help you"
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"I'm warning you boy, I'm going to get a payback! So you better watch your back"
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"Could I just ask you a favor?"
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"Leave me alone"
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"IT'S TIME TO ROCK AND ROLL"
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. See you next chapter, which will be called 'Conversations' Hope you'll keep reading and reviewing.
Ass. Keep 'On Rocking