DISCLAIMER: Card Captor Sakura is property of CLAMP Kodansha.
Where You Are
by Ekai Ungson (Hikari-Sakura)
Chapter 7: Tangled Webs
August 5
Watashi no nisshi,
It's quite puzzling what the people's reaction is to me now that I'm appearing in movies.
People who've always ignored me now come up to me in the streets.
And boys of all ages now ask me for dates.
At any other case, I'd find this amusing. Now I only find it lonely.
Because none of them can ever be Syaoran-kun.
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"So, how does it feel to be here in Hong Kong?" Myra Leed asked Sakura and Tomoyo.
Myra Leed was the host of Hong Kong's favorite talk show.
"Great," Sakura replied. "Just great."
"Yeah," Tomoyo agreed. "The people are so nice, the surroundings are beautiful.. we love it here."
"Is this your first time in Hong Kong?" Myra asked.
Sakura shook her head. "No, not really. We visited Hong Kong before when we were younger."
"Really? And how did you find the place then?"
"A lot of things have changed," Tomoyo said. "Haven't they, otomodachi-san?"
Large waves of water, a strange woman, and Clow Reed entered Sakura's mind.
"Uhh... right," Sakura agreed.
"Up next;" Myra said, turning to the cameras. "The lives and loves of these two wonderful girls; after the break!"
The crowd went wild.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at each other and laughed.
Later:
"So, Tomoyo. Is there anyone special in your life right now?"
Tomoyo blushed. "I have a boyfriend."
"An actor?" Myra prompted.
"No. He's a professor in England. Research and stuff," Tomoyo replied.
"Have you guys ever fought over a man?"
"Nooo..." Sakura replied. "We have different taste so we never actually like the same guy in any situation. It's never happened."
"So what is your taste, Sakura? Do you have a boyfriend, too?"
"...Oh, wow," Sakura answered. "No. I don't have a boyfriend."
"Sakura-chan is picky," Tomoyo interjected.
"I am NOT picky!" Sakura protested.
"Sure you are. You haven't had a boyfriend in a long time," Tomoyo insisted.
"How long?" Myra asked.
"Really long," Sakura answered. "Really, REALLY long."
"Why?"
"I was sort of... waiting for someone."
"Okay; after the break..."
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Syaoran hit the mute button and closed his eyes.
"She's sweet," Ming-na commented. "She waited for that guy a long time."
He stiffened. "How can you tell?"
"I see it in her eyes," she replied.
"Really..."
"If she's your friend, you might have a clue," Ming-na said. "Do you know who she was waiting for?"
*Me. She was waiting for me. And I failed her-- and now I'm with you.*
"Absolutely no idea," he replied.
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That night, Sakura breezed into the penthouse, a huge smile on her face. "Somebody just arrived for you..."
Tomoyo looked up from the mirror. "Me?"
"Yes, you."
"Who?"
"Konban wa."
Tomoyo whirled around. That voice was... "Eriol!"
Hiragizawa Eriol dropped his suitcase and Tomoyo ran to him. "Hey."
"Ohmigosh, I can't believe you're here.. but what in the world are you here for?" Tomoyo asked.
"Sakura's birthday tomorrow," he replied.
"Ah, mou. Stop using my name as an excuse. He wanted to see you, otomodachi-san. Why else?" Sakura said.
"Well, that, too," Eriol said, laughing.
Sakura giggled. "Whatever. I'm going out so you guys can talk."
Tomoyo laughed. "See you later."
"Get married already!" they heard Sakura yell as the door slammed.
"Fine idea she's got," Eriol commented. "Why DON'T we get married?"
Tomoyo burst out laughing. "Yeah, right. Stop kidding."
"You think I'm not serious?"
"I think you're insane."
Eriol looked scandalized. "What if I showed you... this?"
Tomoyo fell silent. A diamond ring was glittering on Eriol's palm. "I stand corrected," she whispered.
"Will you marry me?" Eriol asked.
She turned to him. "Do you have to ask?"
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Sakura inspected a particularly elaborate hair ornament in the lights of Hong Kong's sidewalk marketplace. She smiled. What perfect timing. She went out on the exact eve of the Spring Festival-- and her birthday.
"Pretty.." she breathed. "How much?"
"Fifteen."
She reached for her purse.
"I've got it," a male voice said.
She looked up. "What? --Syaoran-kun."
Syaoran handed her the bauble.
"Arigato," she said. "But what are you doing here?"
"I was just walking around," he replied. "You want to come along?"
She shrugged. "Sure."
They walked around.
"I saw your interview with Myra Leed this morning," he commented.
She hummed absently.
And then fireworks went up and lit the sky.
Where You Are
by Ekai Ungson (Hikari-Sakura)
Chapter 7: Tangled Webs
August 5
Watashi no nisshi,
It's quite puzzling what the people's reaction is to me now that I'm appearing in movies.
People who've always ignored me now come up to me in the streets.
And boys of all ages now ask me for dates.
At any other case, I'd find this amusing. Now I only find it lonely.
Because none of them can ever be Syaoran-kun.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"So, how does it feel to be here in Hong Kong?" Myra Leed asked Sakura and Tomoyo.
Myra Leed was the host of Hong Kong's favorite talk show.
"Great," Sakura replied. "Just great."
"Yeah," Tomoyo agreed. "The people are so nice, the surroundings are beautiful.. we love it here."
"Is this your first time in Hong Kong?" Myra asked.
Sakura shook her head. "No, not really. We visited Hong Kong before when we were younger."
"Really? And how did you find the place then?"
"A lot of things have changed," Tomoyo said. "Haven't they, otomodachi-san?"
Large waves of water, a strange woman, and Clow Reed entered Sakura's mind.
"Uhh... right," Sakura agreed.
"Up next;" Myra said, turning to the cameras. "The lives and loves of these two wonderful girls; after the break!"
The crowd went wild.
Sakura and Tomoyo looked at each other and laughed.
Later:
"So, Tomoyo. Is there anyone special in your life right now?"
Tomoyo blushed. "I have a boyfriend."
"An actor?" Myra prompted.
"No. He's a professor in England. Research and stuff," Tomoyo replied.
"Have you guys ever fought over a man?"
"Nooo..." Sakura replied. "We have different taste so we never actually like the same guy in any situation. It's never happened."
"So what is your taste, Sakura? Do you have a boyfriend, too?"
"...Oh, wow," Sakura answered. "No. I don't have a boyfriend."
"Sakura-chan is picky," Tomoyo interjected.
"I am NOT picky!" Sakura protested.
"Sure you are. You haven't had a boyfriend in a long time," Tomoyo insisted.
"How long?" Myra asked.
"Really long," Sakura answered. "Really, REALLY long."
"Why?"
"I was sort of... waiting for someone."
"Okay; after the break..."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Syaoran hit the mute button and closed his eyes.
"She's sweet," Ming-na commented. "She waited for that guy a long time."
He stiffened. "How can you tell?"
"I see it in her eyes," she replied.
"Really..."
"If she's your friend, you might have a clue," Ming-na said. "Do you know who she was waiting for?"
*Me. She was waiting for me. And I failed her-- and now I'm with you.*
"Absolutely no idea," he replied.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
That night, Sakura breezed into the penthouse, a huge smile on her face. "Somebody just arrived for you..."
Tomoyo looked up from the mirror. "Me?"
"Yes, you."
"Who?"
"Konban wa."
Tomoyo whirled around. That voice was... "Eriol!"
Hiragizawa Eriol dropped his suitcase and Tomoyo ran to him. "Hey."
"Ohmigosh, I can't believe you're here.. but what in the world are you here for?" Tomoyo asked.
"Sakura's birthday tomorrow," he replied.
"Ah, mou. Stop using my name as an excuse. He wanted to see you, otomodachi-san. Why else?" Sakura said.
"Well, that, too," Eriol said, laughing.
Sakura giggled. "Whatever. I'm going out so you guys can talk."
Tomoyo laughed. "See you later."
"Get married already!" they heard Sakura yell as the door slammed.
"Fine idea she's got," Eriol commented. "Why DON'T we get married?"
Tomoyo burst out laughing. "Yeah, right. Stop kidding."
"You think I'm not serious?"
"I think you're insane."
Eriol looked scandalized. "What if I showed you... this?"
Tomoyo fell silent. A diamond ring was glittering on Eriol's palm. "I stand corrected," she whispered.
"Will you marry me?" Eriol asked.
She turned to him. "Do you have to ask?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sakura inspected a particularly elaborate hair ornament in the lights of Hong Kong's sidewalk marketplace. She smiled. What perfect timing. She went out on the exact eve of the Spring Festival-- and her birthday.
"Pretty.." she breathed. "How much?"
"Fifteen."
She reached for her purse.
"I've got it," a male voice said.
She looked up. "What? --Syaoran-kun."
Syaoran handed her the bauble.
"Arigato," she said. "But what are you doing here?"
"I was just walking around," he replied. "You want to come along?"
She shrugged. "Sure."
They walked around.
"I saw your interview with Myra Leed this morning," he commented.
She hummed absently.
And then fireworks went up and lit the sky.