Expect the unexpected
He had been so reluctant to join Wein and
fly to Japan. It had been almost twelwe years since he had been there. Not since he was a child. He was a man now, but
it had not changed his heart re-sentment. I mean: how in the world could he
pretend not to be hurt by the void his departure-for-good had opened wide?
How could he help but wincing, while seeing
Tomoeda again? And yet, he had come back.
They had rented out the mansion they used to live in, at the Clow Card quest time.
Syaoran's luggage was not that big, so he spent a short time settling
everything down, then he had a rest on the well-known bed. The window on his
left showed a reddened sunset. He thought how silly he had been in starting to
think of the Syaoran called Teddy-bear
that he had presented to her, when he had left. He wondered if she had
it still. Nowadays, she probably had forgotten
the occurrence, and his teddy, if still alive, would possibly lie on an
abandoned shelf, covered with dust and uncared for.
How would he expect Sakura to be after all
these years? In all likelihood, she must have become a young lady, so
attractive that he would terribly blush, if they met each other. But that was
not the point, neither was the way Sakura spent her life, if together with
someone beloved, or all alone, if she had new friends, or the same old ones.
At the end of the day, the most important
thing, was the one he couldn't inquire: had Sakura missed him, sometimes?
Syaoran-kun stood up, and shifted the curtains
which restricred him from having the
full view of the lonely surroundings. Small cottages, cherry trees: nothing had
changed in that place look.
*What's changed in my heart? Behind this
window, I'm the same I was ten years ago. It doesn't matter so much, I'm
engaged with a girl I'm not sure I
love.. I'm sure I care. The one I love is still the same..?Why have I come
back? She has the right to reject me..she has the right to not even recognize me..she
will not, I swear. But what if I found my heart beating for her? I will not go
searching for her. Tomoyo had written to me that she still lives in Tomoeda. I
hope I won't meet her..nevertheless I
came here only with the hope to meet her, and feel my heart jump to my throat. Something I've not felt since the
last time I had seen her.
I did not receive, neither I sent even a small
letter to her. Maybe I had badly hurt
her, so I deserve the silence I wasn't
able to break. I wouldn't hurt
my cherry-blossom. I do love her. I care.*
After dinner, Li's mobile rang: it was Meiling, his fiancè. They had become a
pair, after all. He had accepted her love, because she was very fond of her.
She knew Syaoran was not in love with her. But she accepted.
*Did you have a nice journey?* She asked,
worried. She was not very happy about Syaoran's departure. Wein asked him to
come and help with a couple of cases he had to deal with, so she couldn't
argue. It was something about Li's mother's properties in Japan. The old man
was also asked to buy for her the ground where Erioru-kun mansion was.
*Uhn. We had ...*
…
*Aishiteru, Syaoran-kun..*
*...*
*Syaoran..do you think you're gonna meet
Kinomoto-san, one of these days?*
*I don't know.. She might no longer live here*,
he answered, telling her a lie. He didn't want her worried about the situation.
But she got worried the same.
*I see…Syaoran..Bye..*
*Bye*
He hung up,
then he went out the window to the the balcony. The chinese guy sighed,
watching at the starry sky.
A path of un-named dreams, the best hopes Every Man had ever cherished: was his true
dream like those sparkling signs? He rested his elbows on the balustrade, then
he bent down, leaning his chin on his
palms, sighing to heaven.
*Did I lose my true self? When did it happen?
When?"
To be continued…
This is the first part of the sequel to "Scarlet Dawn", I've
risolved to do after the readers' demand.
More to come… Will Sakura and Li meet each other?
What about Meiling, and the old Clow/Eriol 's mansion? Will Tomoyo come on
stage? :))
Please, review it!
Shinchan a.k.a. fabychan
