Title: Where dreams take flight
By: Tomoyo Daidouji
E-mail: AngelTomoyo@otakumail.com
Part: 2 The Teacher
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS! ^^
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It was morning. At least she could tell that by the light of the room. She sat up brushing
the warm covers off of her. She stretched and yawned and slowly climbed out of bed. She
walked out of the guest room and into the main room where the big black piano sat. Only,
this morning no one occupied it's seat. She made her way into the dining room to find
Eriol seated at the table reading a book. Nakuru stood over the stove cooking pancakes
and Spinel seemed no where in sight.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan" Nakuru smiled her genki smile.
"Ohayo" she smiled.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-san" Eriol looked up from behind his book to smile at his friend then
continued reading.
Tomoyo sat next to Eriol and began to look around the room. Brown wood paneling,
huge space, white tiled floor, chandelier. But, that was nothing compared to the
three-story house. It was even bigger than her house! Of course, she always knew that
Eriol was well off much like her. Eriol's room was at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor.
Nakuru shared a room with her "Suppi-chan" across the hall from Eriol's room. The guest
room was on the 2nd floor also however, it was on the other side of the mansion. With 5
bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, a library, a garden, a den, living room, kitchen, dining room, and
study...he was well off for himself.
"Would you care for some pancakes, Tomoyo-san?"
"Oh, yes please"
Nakuru pulled out a plate and set two pancakes from her pan onto it and set it in front of
Tomoyo. Then, pulling out two more she piled pancakes on to them and placed them on
the table too. Eriol put down his book and stood up to get the syrup and butter. Out of the
silence, Tomoyo decided to speak up.
"It must be hard knowing two languages"
Nakuru and Eriol stopped what they were doing and turned to her with a puzzled
expression on their faces.
"I-I mean knowing Japanese and English and on top of that having to speak them fluently
all the time" she stuttered and began to eat her pancakes.
Nakuru turned back to the stove and Eriol smiled as he brought the syrup and butter back
over to the table. He sat down and poured some onto his pancakes.
"No, not really. And, it's not all the time I have to speak it. You know how Nakuru and
Suppi-chan speak mostly english and there is no one around here to speak Japanese to
so..." he trailed off.
She looked up from her plate in embarrassment and smiled.
"I could always teach you" he said smiling.
Nakuru put the frying pan up and sat down in her chair at the table and began eating very
fast.
"Mut Masher" Nakuru began with a mouth full of food.
"Nakuru, don't talk with your mouth full" Eriol said looking at the teenage girl.
"Gomen" she said looking down at her plate and attempting to swallow.
Tomoyo giggled and looked back at Eriol. "Sure, if it wouldn't be any trouble"
"No, no trouble at all" he replied looking back at her then at Nakuru who was coughing at
all the food she had tried to swallow.
Tomoyo rose but Eriol patted Nakuru on the back so she wouldn't choke and soon she
was fine.
"Where's spinel sun?" Tomoyo asked sitting back down.
"She isn't feeling too well" Nakuru smiled and began eating again. "I'm going to bring her
up some pancakes when I'm done"
"Oh, that's nice" Tomoyo smiled and finished eating.
"Well, if you're done we could begin lessons now" Eriol asked clearing his and Nakuru's
plates.
"Sure" she said handing him her plate.
"But, first I want to talk to you"
"What about?" she asked looking at him at the sink.
"Uh....in private" he looked over at Nakuru.
She immediately rose and walked over to the stove. "I'll just get these for Suppi now!"
She gathered a plate and some pancakes and rushed upstairs to her room.
Tomoyo looked at Eriol quizzically and he led her into the main room. He sat down at the
piano and placed his fingers over the keys. She stood behind him feeling out of place. He
began to play the same beautiful melody that she had memorized with her heart. After a
while of silence and that melody playing, he spoke.
"You know, I could teach you alot of things, Tomoyo-san"
"Like what?" she asked still in awe at the piece he was playing.
"English, how to play the piano, many many things"
She was silent for a while not quite sure where he was going with this all. As the music
got more and more intense it soon went back to it's soft melody.
"I don't understand where you're going with this, Eriol-kun"
He smiled and continued playing. She had called him "-kun". How cute.
"I mean, it would take a while and I need to know if-" he stopped playing abruptively and
turned to her.
"If?" she questioned.
"If you would stay here with me"
Those words echoed throughout the long halls of the mansion and throughout her mind.
|If you would stay here with me|
Stay here? With him? Why would he want that? She would love to!
She smiled but as soon as she did that smile disappeared.
"Oh no..." she blurted out.
He raised an eyebrow in question at her outburst. "Oh no?"
"I...they..." she couldn't quite get it all out into words.
::Flashback::
"And you promise you'll be back in a couple weeks?" Sakura asked smiling.
"Hai, hai I promise" Tomoyo giggled at her friend.
"Have a safe trip" Syaoran smiled.
"Hai" she said picking her stuff up and walking towards the plane.
"And you promise you'll be back in a couple weeks?"
Be back in a couple weeks.....Be back....Back...Back to Japan...
Why had she come to England? It was all a blur. Ah yes, she was going to see some sites
and maybe drop by Eriol's mansion to say hi. She wasn't sure. She just wanted some time
away from her life. She had had time away from her life. So much, she had forgotten all
about Sakura-chan, Syaoran-kun, her friends, her mother Sonomi. She had forgotten
everything and the only life she knew was here. Maybe it was that melody. Whenever it
was played it made her forget everything.
She snapped out of her daydream and turned back to Eriol who was just sitting there on
the bench. He was so kawaii half turned around with one leg over the bench and the other
on the other side. She blushed and thought about it for a while. Why not stay here?
"Eriol-kun....I..." she began.
He had looked so...enthusiastic about wanting her to stay there. She smiled.
"I want to stay but...I can't" she hated seeing his heart break into shreds.
His smile disappeared leaving that look that she'd see every once and a while. It was....her
look. The one she used whenever no one was around. The one she used when Sakura was
too busy with Syaoran....her mother was working late again.....or the one she used when
she just didn't feel like smiling.
"I see" was all he said.
She frowned and he stood up no longer carrying on so giddy and happy.
"Well, I have some stuff to do upstairs so..." he began not looking at her.
"Oh, yes of course" she said her heart breaking.
"You may go through the gardens if you like....or....do something else. Nakuru will be
down shortly" he said and began to climb the flight of stairs.
Her eyes began to water and she sat down at the piano placing her hands over it. She
didn't dare play a note however. She wished she could but she would never be able to. Not
now. Not ever. And, she would never hear that beautiful melody. Her tears becoming too
much for her she fled the mansion and ran off into the garden. Walls and walls of it
becoming a maze and she remembered the last time she was in one. Before Sakura liked
Syaoran. Before Syaoran liked Sakura. Before anything mattered. Before Eriol-kun came.
And with that she collapsed near the fountain and cried. And cried.
"She was going to see some sites and maybe drop by Eriol's mansion to say hi. She wasn't
sure. She just wanted some time away from her life."
"And you promise you'll be back in a couple weeks?" Sakura asked smiling.
You promised.
By: Tomoyo Daidouji
E-mail: AngelTomoyo@otakumail.com
Part: 2 The Teacher
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS! ^^
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It was morning. At least she could tell that by the light of the room. She sat up brushing
the warm covers off of her. She stretched and yawned and slowly climbed out of bed. She
walked out of the guest room and into the main room where the big black piano sat. Only,
this morning no one occupied it's seat. She made her way into the dining room to find
Eriol seated at the table reading a book. Nakuru stood over the stove cooking pancakes
and Spinel seemed no where in sight.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-chan" Nakuru smiled her genki smile.
"Ohayo" she smiled.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo-san" Eriol looked up from behind his book to smile at his friend then
continued reading.
Tomoyo sat next to Eriol and began to look around the room. Brown wood paneling,
huge space, white tiled floor, chandelier. But, that was nothing compared to the
three-story house. It was even bigger than her house! Of course, she always knew that
Eriol was well off much like her. Eriol's room was at the top of the stairs on the 2nd floor.
Nakuru shared a room with her "Suppi-chan" across the hall from Eriol's room. The guest
room was on the 2nd floor also however, it was on the other side of the mansion. With 5
bathrooms, 6 bedrooms, a library, a garden, a den, living room, kitchen, dining room, and
study...he was well off for himself.
"Would you care for some pancakes, Tomoyo-san?"
"Oh, yes please"
Nakuru pulled out a plate and set two pancakes from her pan onto it and set it in front of
Tomoyo. Then, pulling out two more she piled pancakes on to them and placed them on
the table too. Eriol put down his book and stood up to get the syrup and butter. Out of the
silence, Tomoyo decided to speak up.
"It must be hard knowing two languages"
Nakuru and Eriol stopped what they were doing and turned to her with a puzzled
expression on their faces.
"I-I mean knowing Japanese and English and on top of that having to speak them fluently
all the time" she stuttered and began to eat her pancakes.
Nakuru turned back to the stove and Eriol smiled as he brought the syrup and butter back
over to the table. He sat down and poured some onto his pancakes.
"No, not really. And, it's not all the time I have to speak it. You know how Nakuru and
Suppi-chan speak mostly english and there is no one around here to speak Japanese to
so..." he trailed off.
She looked up from her plate in embarrassment and smiled.
"I could always teach you" he said smiling.
Nakuru put the frying pan up and sat down in her chair at the table and began eating very
fast.
"Mut Masher" Nakuru began with a mouth full of food.
"Nakuru, don't talk with your mouth full" Eriol said looking at the teenage girl.
"Gomen" she said looking down at her plate and attempting to swallow.
Tomoyo giggled and looked back at Eriol. "Sure, if it wouldn't be any trouble"
"No, no trouble at all" he replied looking back at her then at Nakuru who was coughing at
all the food she had tried to swallow.
Tomoyo rose but Eriol patted Nakuru on the back so she wouldn't choke and soon she
was fine.
"Where's spinel sun?" Tomoyo asked sitting back down.
"She isn't feeling too well" Nakuru smiled and began eating again. "I'm going to bring her
up some pancakes when I'm done"
"Oh, that's nice" Tomoyo smiled and finished eating.
"Well, if you're done we could begin lessons now" Eriol asked clearing his and Nakuru's
plates.
"Sure" she said handing him her plate.
"But, first I want to talk to you"
"What about?" she asked looking at him at the sink.
"Uh....in private" he looked over at Nakuru.
She immediately rose and walked over to the stove. "I'll just get these for Suppi now!"
She gathered a plate and some pancakes and rushed upstairs to her room.
Tomoyo looked at Eriol quizzically and he led her into the main room. He sat down at the
piano and placed his fingers over the keys. She stood behind him feeling out of place. He
began to play the same beautiful melody that she had memorized with her heart. After a
while of silence and that melody playing, he spoke.
"You know, I could teach you alot of things, Tomoyo-san"
"Like what?" she asked still in awe at the piece he was playing.
"English, how to play the piano, many many things"
She was silent for a while not quite sure where he was going with this all. As the music
got more and more intense it soon went back to it's soft melody.
"I don't understand where you're going with this, Eriol-kun"
He smiled and continued playing. She had called him "-kun". How cute.
"I mean, it would take a while and I need to know if-" he stopped playing abruptively and
turned to her.
"If?" she questioned.
"If you would stay here with me"
Those words echoed throughout the long halls of the mansion and throughout her mind.
|If you would stay here with me|
Stay here? With him? Why would he want that? She would love to!
She smiled but as soon as she did that smile disappeared.
"Oh no..." she blurted out.
He raised an eyebrow in question at her outburst. "Oh no?"
"I...they..." she couldn't quite get it all out into words.
::Flashback::
"And you promise you'll be back in a couple weeks?" Sakura asked smiling.
"Hai, hai I promise" Tomoyo giggled at her friend.
"Have a safe trip" Syaoran smiled.
"Hai" she said picking her stuff up and walking towards the plane.
"And you promise you'll be back in a couple weeks?"
Be back in a couple weeks.....Be back....Back...Back to Japan...
Why had she come to England? It was all a blur. Ah yes, she was going to see some sites
and maybe drop by Eriol's mansion to say hi. She wasn't sure. She just wanted some time
away from her life. She had had time away from her life. So much, she had forgotten all
about Sakura-chan, Syaoran-kun, her friends, her mother Sonomi. She had forgotten
everything and the only life she knew was here. Maybe it was that melody. Whenever it
was played it made her forget everything.
She snapped out of her daydream and turned back to Eriol who was just sitting there on
the bench. He was so kawaii half turned around with one leg over the bench and the other
on the other side. She blushed and thought about it for a while. Why not stay here?
"Eriol-kun....I..." she began.
He had looked so...enthusiastic about wanting her to stay there. She smiled.
"I want to stay but...I can't" she hated seeing his heart break into shreds.
His smile disappeared leaving that look that she'd see every once and a while. It was....her
look. The one she used whenever no one was around. The one she used when Sakura was
too busy with Syaoran....her mother was working late again.....or the one she used when
she just didn't feel like smiling.
"I see" was all he said.
She frowned and he stood up no longer carrying on so giddy and happy.
"Well, I have some stuff to do upstairs so..." he began not looking at her.
"Oh, yes of course" she said her heart breaking.
"You may go through the gardens if you like....or....do something else. Nakuru will be
down shortly" he said and began to climb the flight of stairs.
Her eyes began to water and she sat down at the piano placing her hands over it. She
didn't dare play a note however. She wished she could but she would never be able to. Not
now. Not ever. And, she would never hear that beautiful melody. Her tears becoming too
much for her she fled the mansion and ran off into the garden. Walls and walls of it
becoming a maze and she remembered the last time she was in one. Before Sakura liked
Syaoran. Before Syaoran liked Sakura. Before anything mattered. Before Eriol-kun came.
And with that she collapsed near the fountain and cried. And cried.
"She was going to see some sites and maybe drop by Eriol's mansion to say hi. She wasn't
sure. She just wanted some time away from her life."
"And you promise you'll be back in a couple weeks?" Sakura asked smiling.
You promised.