This is the third part of my Valentine's story.
Thanks for everyone's review. It's really lifting to hear that people want me to continue writing :)
Note for Yumeko (MDSA99@aol.com) or anyone else interested in a bit of Japanese.
In my last chapter, I used "nan demo arimasen" which means it's nothing.
"Nan demo nai" means exactly the same thing. "nai" is the casual form of "arimasen", which is the negative form of the verb, "to have" or "aru" in Japanese (Consequently, "arimasu" is the polite form of "to have" while "aru" is the casual form). "Nan" or "nani" means awhat. So the literal translation of "nan demo arimasen" is "not have anything". Which in speech means "It's nothing (I don't have anything to say)". Li Syaoran is not exactly the most polite person on this planet, and often uses casual form in speech (both in anime and manga). So he sticks with "nan demo nai" instead of "nan demo arimasen".
Tomoyo is VERY polite and almost always uses all the polite forms of verbs. Yukito is also very polite and uses "boku" to refer to himself instead of "ore" (which is what Li uses). Touya also uses lots of casual terms and Kero...well Kero has a heavy country accent. Sakura, being a girl, is more polite than Touya, but uses more casual speech than Tomoyo. Eriol and Fujitaka also uses polite forms.
OK...I was just rambling there.
Now that I look at my work closer, I did make 1 mistake.
In my story, Tomoyo refer to Yukito as "Yukito-san".
I stand corrected. It should be "Tsukishiro-san".
Whoops!
I make mistakes too...
Sorry!
One more thing before we start.
I ALWAYS save the best for last. Since this is a Valentine's story...guess who's little story with Sakura will be posted on Valentine's Day.
(This story is based on the manga version of CCS)
Chocolates
Part 3: Sukina koto (About Love) – Hiragizawa Eriol
Comments are always welcomed at smilie_smilie@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or the general Card Captor Sakura story. It's the property of Clamp. This story is written as a past time. No copyright infringement intended.
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Hiragizawa Eriol walked down the streets of Tomoeda with a bag of groceries in hand. The innocent-looking young boy with pale skin and dark blue-black hair and midnight blue eyes was much wiser than his age. After all, he was the half reincarnation of one of the world's most powerful magicians, Clow Reed. Although his real intentions for staying in Tomoeda Japan were still a mystery, for now, he was happy that no one suspected him. He had to constantly revise his plans to suit any unexpected glitches though. As far as he was concern, there were two things that were definitely not coming to his predictions. However, these were nice surprises and Eriol was certain that these unpredicted things would come to pass today, at least to some degree, because it was Valentine's Day.
Eriol let out happy sigh as he walked past a row of cherry blossom trees. Nostalgic of his past life, Eriol paused for a while, and reached up with one hand to pick a flower. Eriol had always thought the flower resembled Kinomoto Sakura. They were both delicate, yet beautiful. It was no wonder that Clow Reed had planned that she would take care of the Clow Cards. Eriol had always known Sakura would make a wonderful guardian for his past life's legacy.
His thoughts were interrupted as he sensed the card mistress herself coming close. He noticed that she was carrying a bag in one hand. Valentine chocolates no doubt. Putting on his usual charming smile, he turned around to meet her. "Konichiwa, Sakura-san," he greeted as he stretched out his hand presenting her with the flower he just picked. "O genki desu ka?"
"Konichiwa, Eriol-kun! Genki desu!" Sakura replied with a bright smile. "Watashi ni?" she asked looking at the flower while pointing at herself with her free hand.
"Hai," Eriol replied.
"Arigatou," Sakura said taking the flower. "Demo, on Valentine's Day, it's usually the girls who give the boys chocolates,"
"Sou desu ne. It's an interesting Japanese custom. In England, it's the boys who gives girls chocolates on Valentine's," Eriol explained.
"Hoe?" Sakura asked curious.
"Ee, not just chocolates. But also flowers, cards, and stuffed animals," Eriol continued.
"Demo, when do girls give boys presents?" Sakura pondered.
"On Valentine's Day too. It's a day of exchange for both boys and girls," Eriol answered.
"Hontou? Suteki…" Sakura smiled.
"So, Sakura-san, are you delivering your gifts right now?" Eriol asked indicating to the bag Sakura was carrying.
"Un! I'm on my way to delivering some chocolates I made," she replied. Reaching inside, Sakura pulled out two chocolate hearts neatly wrapped in cellophane and tied with a red ribbon. The recipient's names were written neatly in big print with purple frosting in the centre of the heart. Sakura had also written her own name in much smaller print with pink frosting at the bottom.
"Mmm…but one is much bigger than the other," Eriol said as he studied the two chocolates. "This one for…Yukito-san…"
Hearing Yukito's name, Sakura's face flushed bright red. "Hmmm…Tsukishiro Yukito," she paused "He's a friend of oniichan's. He's nice, smart, and good at all sorts of things…but he eats a lot,"
Eriol let out a sly smile. He already knew who this 'Tsukishiro Yukito' was but he would not let Sakura know that yet. "Aa…sou desu! Soshite…this one is for…e? This one is for Li-kun," he said pointing out to the smaller of the two chocolates with kanji written on it.
Sakura's face continued to flush. "Un. Syaoran-kun is also kind and wonderful. He helps me a lot so I wanted to make him something special today," Sakura explained. Then shaking her head to clear her blush, Sakura quickly diverted the topic away from the chocolates. "Eriol-kun, did you receive any chocolates today?" she asked.
Looking at Sakura's blush, Eriol already knew he must have pried too much. She was probably a bit embarrassed to express her feelings to either Li or Yukito. So, Eriol just let the topic go. Sakura had always been a bit confused over her feelings over the two boys. As the half reincarnation of the Clow Reed, Eriol figured he would try to help her sort these feelings out another way today without pushing the topic of Valentine chocolates further. "Hai, I did receive some Valentine chocolates," he answered.
"Dare kara?" Sakura asked.
"Someone special," Eriol answered. "She is also a very wonderful person," he said with a smile cheeks colouring red just with the thought. Eriol, the picture of calm, the boy who was always reserved, could not help but to blush when he thought about his special someone. No matter how hard he tried, his heart would still pound when he thought of her, and inevitably, a warm smile would curve on his lips. A smile reserved just for her.
"She must be wonderful…please introduce her to me," Sakura said.
"Hmmm…maybe you've already met," Eriol replied. "It's very funny. The chocolate I got was much smaller than either chocolates you made,"
"Hoe?"
" You see, gifts come from the heart. Size really doesn't matter. Sometimes the things you love most aren't what you first thought. For example, everyone wants a big house or a big car, but in truth, the happiest people may only have small houses or small cars," Eriol paused "You see, Sakura-san, it's same for people. You would like a friend who is nice to you from the start, but you would cherish someone more if they turned into your friend after you had your disagreements, because then, you realize the finer qualities of that person…you learn to appreciate and understand the person as a whole and not just what they portray,"
"Hoe?" Sakura asked. She was definitely baffled by what Eriol had just said.
"Ima sorede ii," Eriol said with a casual smile. He had given her his advice. It was up to Sakura to figure out her true feelings now. "I must get going. Sorry for holding you up. See you later, Sakura-san," he said waving at Sakura before continuing his path home.
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Tsuzuku
As usual, comments and criticism welcomed at smilie_smilie@hotmail.com
For those who don't know…
Konichiwa – hello
O genki desu ka – how are you
Genki desu – I'm fine
Watashi ni – to me
Hai – yes
Arigatou – thank you
Sou desu ne – is that so
Ee – yes (casual)
Demo – but
Hontou – really
Suteki - wonderful, neat
Oniichan - older brother (oniisan)
Soshite – and
Ima sorede ii – For now, it's good
Thanks for everyone's review. It's really lifting to hear that people want me to continue writing :)
Note for Yumeko (MDSA99@aol.com) or anyone else interested in a bit of Japanese.
In my last chapter, I used "nan demo arimasen" which means it's nothing.
"Nan demo nai" means exactly the same thing. "nai" is the casual form of "arimasen", which is the negative form of the verb, "to have" or "aru" in Japanese (Consequently, "arimasu" is the polite form of "to have" while "aru" is the casual form). "Nan" or "nani" means awhat. So the literal translation of "nan demo arimasen" is "not have anything". Which in speech means "It's nothing (I don't have anything to say)". Li Syaoran is not exactly the most polite person on this planet, and often uses casual form in speech (both in anime and manga). So he sticks with "nan demo nai" instead of "nan demo arimasen".
Tomoyo is VERY polite and almost always uses all the polite forms of verbs. Yukito is also very polite and uses "boku" to refer to himself instead of "ore" (which is what Li uses). Touya also uses lots of casual terms and Kero...well Kero has a heavy country accent. Sakura, being a girl, is more polite than Touya, but uses more casual speech than Tomoyo. Eriol and Fujitaka also uses polite forms.
OK...I was just rambling there.
Now that I look at my work closer, I did make 1 mistake.
In my story, Tomoyo refer to Yukito as "Yukito-san".
I stand corrected. It should be "Tsukishiro-san".
Whoops!
I make mistakes too...
Sorry!
One more thing before we start.
I ALWAYS save the best for last. Since this is a Valentine's story...guess who's little story with Sakura will be posted on Valentine's Day.
(This story is based on the manga version of CCS)
Chocolates
Part 3: Sukina koto (About Love) – Hiragizawa Eriol
Comments are always welcomed at smilie_smilie@hotmail.com
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters or the general Card Captor Sakura story. It's the property of Clamp. This story is written as a past time. No copyright infringement intended.
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Hiragizawa Eriol walked down the streets of Tomoeda with a bag of groceries in hand. The innocent-looking young boy with pale skin and dark blue-black hair and midnight blue eyes was much wiser than his age. After all, he was the half reincarnation of one of the world's most powerful magicians, Clow Reed. Although his real intentions for staying in Tomoeda Japan were still a mystery, for now, he was happy that no one suspected him. He had to constantly revise his plans to suit any unexpected glitches though. As far as he was concern, there were two things that were definitely not coming to his predictions. However, these were nice surprises and Eriol was certain that these unpredicted things would come to pass today, at least to some degree, because it was Valentine's Day.
Eriol let out happy sigh as he walked past a row of cherry blossom trees. Nostalgic of his past life, Eriol paused for a while, and reached up with one hand to pick a flower. Eriol had always thought the flower resembled Kinomoto Sakura. They were both delicate, yet beautiful. It was no wonder that Clow Reed had planned that she would take care of the Clow Cards. Eriol had always known Sakura would make a wonderful guardian for his past life's legacy.
His thoughts were interrupted as he sensed the card mistress herself coming close. He noticed that she was carrying a bag in one hand. Valentine chocolates no doubt. Putting on his usual charming smile, he turned around to meet her. "Konichiwa, Sakura-san," he greeted as he stretched out his hand presenting her with the flower he just picked. "O genki desu ka?"
"Konichiwa, Eriol-kun! Genki desu!" Sakura replied with a bright smile. "Watashi ni?" she asked looking at the flower while pointing at herself with her free hand.
"Hai," Eriol replied.
"Arigatou," Sakura said taking the flower. "Demo, on Valentine's Day, it's usually the girls who give the boys chocolates,"
"Sou desu ne. It's an interesting Japanese custom. In England, it's the boys who gives girls chocolates on Valentine's," Eriol explained.
"Hoe?" Sakura asked curious.
"Ee, not just chocolates. But also flowers, cards, and stuffed animals," Eriol continued.
"Demo, when do girls give boys presents?" Sakura pondered.
"On Valentine's Day too. It's a day of exchange for both boys and girls," Eriol answered.
"Hontou? Suteki…" Sakura smiled.
"So, Sakura-san, are you delivering your gifts right now?" Eriol asked indicating to the bag Sakura was carrying.
"Un! I'm on my way to delivering some chocolates I made," she replied. Reaching inside, Sakura pulled out two chocolate hearts neatly wrapped in cellophane and tied with a red ribbon. The recipient's names were written neatly in big print with purple frosting in the centre of the heart. Sakura had also written her own name in much smaller print with pink frosting at the bottom.
"Mmm…but one is much bigger than the other," Eriol said as he studied the two chocolates. "This one for…Yukito-san…"
Hearing Yukito's name, Sakura's face flushed bright red. "Hmmm…Tsukishiro Yukito," she paused "He's a friend of oniichan's. He's nice, smart, and good at all sorts of things…but he eats a lot,"
Eriol let out a sly smile. He already knew who this 'Tsukishiro Yukito' was but he would not let Sakura know that yet. "Aa…sou desu! Soshite…this one is for…e? This one is for Li-kun," he said pointing out to the smaller of the two chocolates with kanji written on it.
Sakura's face continued to flush. "Un. Syaoran-kun is also kind and wonderful. He helps me a lot so I wanted to make him something special today," Sakura explained. Then shaking her head to clear her blush, Sakura quickly diverted the topic away from the chocolates. "Eriol-kun, did you receive any chocolates today?" she asked.
Looking at Sakura's blush, Eriol already knew he must have pried too much. She was probably a bit embarrassed to express her feelings to either Li or Yukito. So, Eriol just let the topic go. Sakura had always been a bit confused over her feelings over the two boys. As the half reincarnation of the Clow Reed, Eriol figured he would try to help her sort these feelings out another way today without pushing the topic of Valentine chocolates further. "Hai, I did receive some Valentine chocolates," he answered.
"Dare kara?" Sakura asked.
"Someone special," Eriol answered. "She is also a very wonderful person," he said with a smile cheeks colouring red just with the thought. Eriol, the picture of calm, the boy who was always reserved, could not help but to blush when he thought about his special someone. No matter how hard he tried, his heart would still pound when he thought of her, and inevitably, a warm smile would curve on his lips. A smile reserved just for her.
"She must be wonderful…please introduce her to me," Sakura said.
"Hmmm…maybe you've already met," Eriol replied. "It's very funny. The chocolate I got was much smaller than either chocolates you made,"
"Hoe?"
" You see, gifts come from the heart. Size really doesn't matter. Sometimes the things you love most aren't what you first thought. For example, everyone wants a big house or a big car, but in truth, the happiest people may only have small houses or small cars," Eriol paused "You see, Sakura-san, it's same for people. You would like a friend who is nice to you from the start, but you would cherish someone more if they turned into your friend after you had your disagreements, because then, you realize the finer qualities of that person…you learn to appreciate and understand the person as a whole and not just what they portray,"
"Hoe?" Sakura asked. She was definitely baffled by what Eriol had just said.
"Ima sorede ii," Eriol said with a casual smile. He had given her his advice. It was up to Sakura to figure out her true feelings now. "I must get going. Sorry for holding you up. See you later, Sakura-san," he said waving at Sakura before continuing his path home.
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Tsuzuku
As usual, comments and criticism welcomed at smilie_smilie@hotmail.com
For those who don't know…
Konichiwa – hello
O genki desu ka – how are you
Genki desu – I'm fine
Watashi ni – to me
Hai – yes
Arigatou – thank you
Sou desu ne – is that so
Ee – yes (casual)
Demo – but
Hontou – really
Suteki - wonderful, neat
Oniichan - older brother (oniisan)
Soshite – and
Ima sorede ii – For now, it's good