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A/N: Umm… ok I have been really lazy lately and haven't written in forever. But I'm sorry and this is my third chapter for all you loyal fans. Well… enjoy. My next chapter will come out a lot sooner ok!
Feel What?
~*~ Kawaii Girl ~*~
It was cold outside. Large silver-white snowflakes drifted down and landed softly on the frozen concrete. Syaoran closed his eyes. He had been sitting in the living room for almost half of the day already. Eriol saw him and walked into the room, trying to lighten the atmosphere a bit.
He saw Syaoran and sighed "Are you just going to sit there all day?" he said some-what sympathetically.
"Leave me" Syaoran said quietly.
"You've been there almost all day. Maybe if you took a shower-"
"I said leave" Syaoran cut in, annoyance tickling his voice. Eriol frowned.
"Do you think that sitting there feeling sorry for yourself is going to make her come back any sooner?" he said sarcastically.
Syaoran's anger began to build. "Shut up" he snarled and jerked his head around to look at Eriol. "Shut up now" His head pounding from a mix of agitation and angry feelings together.
Eriol's empathy grew into besetment. He stood there for a moment longer, then turned around and walked out of the room, muttering a few words under his breath. Syaoran sighed and looked back at the window.
He didn't mean to snap…
He watched the snow still sink to the ground. He shook his head as he felt warm tears begin to swell in his eyes again. A hard knot began to build in his throat, and he fell back on the chair. Quiet sobs poured out of him and he closed his eyes again.
Sakura…
Eriol turned the corner past the door. Still angry from Syaoran's temper, he began to go up the stair before he heard a knock on the front door. He paused and turned around slowly, walking back down the stairs. He got to the door, then opened it. There stood Tomoyo, a small suitcase behind her. "Tomoyo?" Eriol said, eyes widened. He looked quick behind her. There were no footprints in the snow to follow her. "What are you-"
"Eriol…" she said slowly, her eyes down. "You know why I'm here…" There was a moment of silence. Then Eriol cleared his throat, letting his shock calm.
"Well I can't say that I half-way didn't expect you… I know you too well, dear Tomoyo… come in… you can sleep in the spare room." He said still as polite as ever.
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She was sleeping. Dreaming maybe… Or at least she thought that she was. This place… where ever she was… was far too beautiful to be real. Long ivory poles engraved with elegant flowers and leaves reached high into the night sky. Vast transparent shimmering drapes or curtains hung over-head like a tent. Though the stars could still be seen twinkling in the background. The smell of spices could almost be tasted in the air, yet it smelt somewhat sweet as well.
The room was filled with long tables, holding enough food to feed the largest cities it seemed was stretched across the white marble floors. Candles were lit and dancing in every direction to a graceful Japanese music that played softly. White roses, red roses, pink roses, yellow roses… everywhere. The people standing around, dancing and laughing were many, and all dresses as though they were all royalty. Two little girls giggled as they ran around, their light pink satin dresses floating around them as they sprinkled white glitter and flower petals at each other in a game.
They stopped when they saw her, and bowed humbly with an ample smile on each of their faces before they both ran off again in their games. They saw her?
This couldn't possibly be real… could it?
She walked though the dancing people, each one that saw her would always bow with respect. As though they knew who she was. She would only return them with empty glances, meaningless nods, and imitation smiles. Although she did admire the amount of attention she was receiving.
Through the crowds, she reached a balcony that looked over the entire area. Obviously she was someplace that held majestic powers because there were mountains and hills covered in slivery snow. Yet the temperature around her would make you think that you were some place tropical, save the humidity because it was also dry outside. Room temperature she supposed.
Over the balcony she noticed a small garden that occupied a large fountain in the center. Brilliantly carved stone steps led to the bottom floor, where she walked over the glistening water. At the depth of the fountain, small fish were swimming in a sort of harmony with each other. Then she noticed her reflection.
There she was… a long exquisite white gown made of some kind of expensive European fabric wrapped very fitting around her slim figure, making her look very tasteful and refined. White silk gloves ascended up her arms and diamond bracelets hung loosely around her wrists. Her chocolate brown hair was tied up in curls and small diamonds that formed a crown atop her head. Long strings of sliver and diamonds graced her neck while a matching pair of earrings hung lightly from her ears.
Her milky white skin was clean and fresh. She was painted with glitter-white eye shadow and clear gloss for her lips. A light light brush of blush warmed her cheeks and made her look as though she was glowing.
She was beautiful…
"Sakura" a voice said from behind her.
Surprisingly, she knew she wasn't shocked when she heard her named called. She was used to this voice already. A warm hand touched her shoulder. She closed her eyes and turned around to face the voice.
It came from a younger man, maybe in his mid to early 20's. His short sliver hair shined in the moonlight and his clean white suit fell down his macular figure very attractively.
"Are you not enjoying your party my love?" he asked her gently. He raised his hand to touch her chin. She nodded then opened her eyes to him. "Splendid" he smiled at her. He leaned in and softly kissed her.
Another man dressed in black stood looking over the balcony at the two. He took a sip of his red wine, then turned around and walked back inside the grand palace.
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"Well, when is it?" Mamoru said as he sipped his hot tea.
"TONIGHT!!" Rini burst out in joy. She was carrying a large clipping from the daily Japanese newspaper.
"Did you ask Usagi if she wants to go too?" he asked without looking up from his novel.
Rini dropped her hands "Mamoru, you know that she would be more excited to go the me!" she said still in a high pitched voice of excitement. Mamoru smiled. It was a sad truth.
"Well alright then, go get ready. We'll leave in an hour ok? Now could you go get Usagi for me please?" Rini nodded quickly, then ran out of the room. It was only a small while later that Usagi walked in, her hair all let down and shimmering gold.
"We're going to the carnival then?" she said with a smile. Mamoru put down his book and stood up stretching. "Looks like it" he said lazily still smiling. Usagi walked by him and sat down on the small couch that he just stood up from, two small hair ties and a couple clips in her hands. He flopped back down onto the couch.
He watched her as she pulled her hair up into two meatballs on top of her head, and then she stood up. "Well I guess I better get ready to go then" she said as she walked away.
Mamoru smiled after her.
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"WHAT IS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND?! HE'S GONE!! HELL, HE NEVER EVEN EXISTED IN THE FIRST PLACE! HE WAS JUST A PROP, MEILING! HE WAS JUST A FUCKING PROP!!"
Meiling fell back into the chair, her hands clinging to her head and crying fervently. Eriol looked at her though his dark shadowy eyes then began to pace around the room. He tried to think of a better way to calm her down but nothing else was working. A moment went by with nothing said, only Meiling's crying before she finally began to quiet down a little.
"God…" she whispered between her choking breaths. She inhaled and exhaled deeply several times. "God damn it…" she whispered again. Eriol walked over to her and kneeled next to her. He softly placed his hand down on her knee when she suddenly jumped up out of the chair "NO! HE WASN'T JUST A PROP ERIOL! HE WASN'T! HE… He was my son." She looked at him for a second, then she ran out of the room, leaving Eriol there next to the chair.
Eriol let out a slow breath, then closed his eyes and laid his head on the chair that Meiling was just sitting on. He heard the bedroom door slam shut.
"Eriol" a soft voice said from behind him. He didn't move, he knew what she was going to say.
"Eriol…" Tomoyo said again, waiting for an answer. But the room was still silent. "Are you going to say something?"
"No" he said in a hard whisper.
"No?"
"No!" he said harshly as his head flung up "No! You can just forget about it!" he yelled. Tomoyo sighed.
"Damn your pride Eriol… What else do you want to do?" her voice was low but solid. She looked away and took two steps before she turned around to face him again, her long scarlet rope swinging in rhythm with her movement. He looked back down… thinking.
The room the were in was dimly lit by the steady fireplace. Eriol sat with his head leaning against the bay window. The cold form the snow outside the window helped relax his head. His black robe fell down his shoulders smoothly complimenting his thick black silk hair and dark silvery black eyes. "Have you talked to Touya yet?"
Tomoyo nodded "He and Kaho should be here sometime tomorrow afternoon." He paused and heard the front door open and shut. He sighed "That's Meiling, I should go after her…" he said and began to stand up.
Tomoyo arched an eyebrow at him. "You don't have luxury time on your hands right now Eriol. You can't go around playing hide-and-seek with Meiling just because she wants to throw a temper." She said impressively smooth.
"When is it?" he said finally.
"In about an hour I'd think" Toyomo said. "You have to Eriol… You need his help
Then there was a long silence. He was thinking hard about the decision carefully. He looked up to her and she nodded slowly, her purple eyes reassuring him.
"I know it" he said as he stood up. He walked up the stairs and into his bedroom.
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OK!! I know that this chapter is REALLY REALLY short… but I've been so busy lately! If you guys are nice and forgive me, and review what you think so far… then I will have my next post up soon! Ok! So review review review!!
~Kawaii Girl~
