Heart to Heart and An Invitation
~Start of Scene Three~

By Chibi Ruka Hime

Note: The following fanfics in this series are the novelizations of this CCS RPG chatroom thing I belong to on AIM. It's a continuing series, so more will be coming as more chatrooms are held. This scene is dedicated to Smiko, and her heartfelt playing as Yukito. Please enjoy, and any comments are welcome!

Morning had dawned after an exhausting night, and Sakura walked slowly into the kitchen, yawning. "Yu-Yukito-san! What are you doing here?"

"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" greeted Yukito from the stove. "I stayed the night, so I decided I should make up for it and rise early and make breakfast for everyone. I'm making toast and sausages…one of Touya's favorites. And I know that you like them too, Sakura-chan."

"Honto?! But you really didn't have to."

"It's okay, Sakura-chan. Just don't tell To-ya yet, okay? I want to surprise him," Yukito said, winking.

"Hai! Demo…where is Onii-chan?"

"Still sleeping the last time I checked. Let him sleep for a while longer."

"Ha-hai! Ne…Yukito-san?"

"Yes?"

"Onii-chan keeps talking about graduation. He seems excited. Are you excited too?" She asked, opening the fridge for something to drink.

"Yup. It's nice that we both got into the same university."

"Wow…I don't know anyone who went to a college. Well, except for Otou-san."

"I'm a bit nervous though. I won't know anyone else there aside from To-ya."

"Daijobu! You'll make lots of friends. It's easy! You just smile and say your name!"

Yukito smiled. "That's what I did when I came to Tomoeada too. From…wherever I was…"

"How far back do you remember, Yukito-san?"

"I met To-ya in fourth grade…everything before that is…fuzzy. Demo, as long as I'm with you and To-ya, it's alright. And anyway, it's sort of comforting to know why those things were happening to me. And you're going into middle school soon, aren't you? To-ya sometimes gets annoyed at how fast his imouto is growing up."

Sakura scowled a bit. "Onii-chan keeps calling me a kaijuu. I'm not a kaijuu."

Sakura's defensive tone brought a chuckle from Yukito. Sakura blinked. "Hoee?"

"Nandemo nai."

"Ne, Onii-chan's still sleeping. Should I go wake him up?"

"…Well, it isn't quite ready yet anyway. Don't bother him yet."

"Yukito-san…?"

"…Hai?"

"Never mind," she replied, shaking her head and sipping her half empty glass of juice.

"If you want to talk to me about something…"

"Well, I'm kinda scared…about that…thing I saw last night…"

"Daijoubu, Sakura-chan."

"But…it scared me."

"My other self will protect you, and I will too, and so will To-ya."

"Arigatou," Sakura said gratefully. "Demo…I dunno what that thing was. It just felt…so…cold. Like, cold to the touch."

"Cold?"

Sakura nodded. "Onii-chan used to tell me ghosts felt cold." She held her hands in fists up against her face. "I don't want it to be a ghost…"

"Maybe it's lonely?" Yukito suggested.

"Maybe…but, why would it want me?"

"I would want someone like Sakura-chan as a friend," said Yukito, setting the cooking pan down onto the stove and taking a seat next to Sakura at the table.

Sakura blushed, but continued on. "I saw it again when I was sleeping…I just woke up, and it was …STARING at me…I didn't see anything except for its eyes…and then it went away."

"…Why didn't you come into our room? You could have told To-ya and me about it."

"Iie…Onii-chan would have probably teased me about it."

"But he worries about you. He'd tease you, but watch over your room at night."

"But he needs a lot of sleep. I wouldn't want him, or you, to lose sleep because of me." Sakura set down her glass with a half smile on her face. "You know what would be nice…? If that was a ghost…if that was Okaa-san."

"It could be your mother watching over you. To-ya used to see her all the time."

"HOEEEEE? Onii-chan used to see Okaa-san?!" Her voice dropped to a whisper. "He never told me…"

"…He didn't?"

Sakura moved her mouth a little, and shook her head.

Yukito looked down with regret. "Gomen nasai…It just…came out."

"Daijoubu, Yukito-san." She stared at the portrait of her mother sitting on the counter.

"Your mother is probably still watching over you. Maybe now you can see her."

"…Maybe. I miss Okaa-san…I don't remember her, but I've seen videos."

"She sounds like a very nice person."

Sakura looked at Yukito, and tears came to her eyes. She got up and ran over to him, hugging him tightly, sniffles and hiccups betraying her feelings.

"Daijoubu…"

More tears came into Sakura's eyes. "Gomen nasai, Yukito-san…it just all came out." She said, sniffling. Sakura pulled back from him, rubbing her eyes. "I mean…at least I had my Okaa-san for a while. You probably had it worse than me! Never having a mom?"

"I had Grandpa and Grandma. Although they're gone a lot. It's okay to cry, Sakura-chan."

Sakura's lips quivered, but she continued to keep the tears held back. "I don't wanna cry…"

Yukito hugged Sakura. "I'm sorry. What I told you probably made you sad…"

"Iie…it's not your fault. But Otou-san always told me Okaa-san wasn't a ghost. That she was an angel and was in heaven. Onii-chan said he saw people, but never mentioned Okaa-san…"

"She was an angel. He always saw her with wings and a halo. I feel guilty now…that I told you something you weren't supposed to know. She probably wanted to see her Sakura-chan grow up."

"Yukito-san..daisuki…"

"Sakura-chan…I'm very happy to have met you and be part of your family."

She tightened her grip. "I'm glad too…Onii-chan is lucky."

"Arigatou."

"I still haven't found my most important person, but it seems that Onii-chan has."

"I know you have one, and whoever that person is, he loves you very much."

Sakura smiled and blushed.

"And when you do find that person, I'll make sure To-ya behaves himself," making Sakura crack a big grin.

"Onii-chan is so mean to Syaoran-kun and Eriol-kun…I'm not sure I'd want him to meet my most important person."

"He's just a jealous big brother."

"Hoe? Why?"

"Because he loves his imouto, and he wants to be the one to protect her. She is very precious to him, you know."

"Honto ni?

"Hai. And no one could be good enough for his Sakura-chan. Demo, I'll make sure he comes around." A distant look came onto Yukito's face. "I still don't know who his most important person is though…"

"You should tell him how you feel! I know you're very important to him!" Sakura made encouraging fists. "Just tell him how you feel. It's hard, but you'll feel better if you do."

"Arigatou, Sakura-chan."

Sakura lightly bopped Yukito under the chin. "Just chin up, take a deep breath, and say, 'Touya, daisuki!' Boy…it feels funny calling Onii-chan 'Touya'."

"Maybe I'll do it over ice cream. Food always gives me confidence."

Sakura nodded. "I betcha once you say it, you'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner!" Sakura paused, and sniffed the air. "Do you smell something?"

Yukito blinked. "…Oh!" He ran back over to the stove. "I think I burned the sausages a little…"

Sakura started scraping the burn off. "-Or does that only work with toast?"

Yukito turned the heat off. "I can cut the burnt parts off. I always feel terrible about wasting food."

"Another reason I should make the Food Card! It could fix burnt food!"

Yukito smiled and nodded. "I hope To-ya won't mind his breakfast with burnt sausages. I think you can go wake him up now, Sakura-chan."

"Hai!" Sakura walked upstairs to where Touya was still sleeping, creeping up next to him. She nudged him gently. "Onii-chan…" But he didn't move a muscle. She nudged him a little harder, but still got no response from him. Hmm…She held out her key and whispered "Release!" She pulled out the Bubble Card, trying to tickle Touya with bubbles. Touya muttered something and turned over, facing away from Sakura. Sakura recalled Bubbles, and tried nudging him again. "Onii-chan…" She was about to use Flower on him, but he muttered, "Ummm…w…what?"

Sakura quickly hid the Flower Card and staff behind her back, shrinking the key. "It's morning, Onii-chan. Yukito-san's here with breakfast all ready."

"…He is…ung…" Touya sat up and rubbed his eyes. "How long has he been waiting?"

"We've been talking for a bit." Sakura started snickering at the bubble mustache on Touya's face. Touya frowned at Sakura, and was about to say something when Yukito popped in.

"Ohayo, To-ya! Breakfast is all ready. Demo…" Yukito started chuckling too when he saw the bubble mustache. "I can see Sakura-chan used an interesting method to wake you up."

"Nani??!" Yukito handed Touya a mirror. "Kaijuu!"


Sakura skipped into the classroom with a big smile. "Ohayo minna!"

"Ohayo, Sakura-chan!" replied Tomoyo. "You seem cheerful today!"

Sakura set her bag down, the smile still lingering on her face. "Hai! Yukito-san stayed to make breakfast for us, and Onii-chan woke up with a bubble mustache! It was so funny. Ohayo, Syaoran-kun!"

Syaoran looked up from his paper. "Ohayo, Sakura. How was your night? No bad nightmares?"

Sakura shook her head. "I had a good night's sleep, kinda." She plopped down in her seat, but then turned around to face Syaoran. She put her elbows on his desk, and thrusted a piece of paper decorated with glitter at him.

Syaoran blinked. "For me?"

"Hai!"

Syaoran opened the envelope gingerly, taking note of the "You're Invited!" written in gold on the front. He opened the card and started reading it. Tomoyo, next to him, was watching gingerly. Syaoran finally looked up and faced Sakura. "Is this…a birthday party for…you?"

Sakura nodded and smiled hopefully. "Can you come???"

"Anou…I've never been to a birthday party before, except for Meiling's. And that I was required to go."

"NE! You should come then! Yamazaki-kun is coming too! And Yukito-san and Tomoyo-chan and Naoko-chan and Rika-chan and Chiharu-chan!"

"I'm not sure…" replied Syaoran to Sakura's enthusiastic response. "All those people?"

Tomoyo gleefully added, "Meiling might come too."

Sakura nodded. "Meiling-chan might come in from Hong Kong! And Tomoyo-chan's house is big, so we'll have lots of space!"

"Meiling…it's been a while since I last saw her. When did you invite her?"

Sakura scratched her neck nervously. "I called her last night and it was 11pm in Hong Kong. She was kinda tired."

Syaoran nodded. "I see. I could come…but it'll be something. A party with all girls and only 3 guys."

"Ne Li-kun," interjected Tomoyo. "There are more boys coming."

"There are? But Sakura only mentioned Yamazaki-kun and Yukito-san."

There was a sly grin on Tomoyo's face. "Eriol-kun's coming too, and so is Sakura-chan's brother."

Syaoran narrowed his eyes. "Those two?"

"So are you coming, Li-kun?" asked Tomoyo.

There was a confused expression on his face, but he nodded slightly. He wanted to please Sakura, but didn't really want to go. "I'll come."

Sakura jumped up into the air. "WAI!!!"

Chiharu skipped over to Sakura as she entered the room. "Ohayo, Sakura-chan! My Okaa-san said I could come!"

Sakura clapped her hands gleefully. "This is great! Everyone of my friends can come!! I still have to ask Eriol-kun though. Rika-chan!" yelled Sakura as Rika entered. "You can come too, right?"

Rika nodded. "Hai!"

Sakura sat down at her desk with a big wide grin. "Schweeeet!" She sighed to herself as the class began. Everything was going just so perfect and schweet!

~*~ End of Scene Three ~*~
And Syaoran makes his first appearance since the prologue! Please R & R! I'd love for any comments you have about this series so far!