Story Key:
" " = Speech
' ' = Thoughts
* * = Noise/Sounds
= Big scene change

A King and a Card mistress >> Wise Thoughts

Syaoran heard a knock at his bedroom door. "Who is it?" he said loudly.
"It's me, Sir. Li" said Tomi.
"Come in." Tomi opened the door.
"Gomen for disturbing you, Sir, but are you alright? The Miss seemed rather upset."
"No, it's quite alright. Thank-you."
"Do you want anything, Sir?"
"No... Suzuhara-chan, have you... Do you believe in love at first sight?" Tomi, trying hard not to change her face expressions sat on Syaoran's bed.
"Love at first sight... Why, Sir?" Syaoran raised his arm out to the moon.
"The moon is so lovely tonight... I think I saw true love at first sight under it's lovely shine tonight." 'He has fallen in love the mystery girl, er, me?! Demo... How?' Tomi thought nervously.
"Sir, I think that true love is like a white dove's signal, flows as smoothly as the blue oceans, soars as high as the highest cloud... But true love is only completely true and pure if the other person feels the same way about you. But then again, you can find yourself in love and it feels the same. Love will find itself and you will find the perfect person for you someday." Syaoran thought this over carefully. Slowly, he asked another question.
"Suzuhara, you are quite wise... But... I was in love once, long ago. She was a very special person to me, and if she were here right now, I'd do everything possible to make her happy."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, Sir. Um, is she...?" Syaoran got confused.
"...passed on...? No. No! She... I confessed my feelings for her too late and it was time for me to come back to China. You see, I lived in Japan for a short time to, c- ah, visiting," he said, not wanting Tomi to know his secret, and continued. "I meet her, she was so cheerful and made me a better person without even knowing. No one could be sad in her presence; she was too happy. She was perfect, and very kawaii. Demo... I left her. I had to come back home, my family was in great need of a leader. I did not tell her why I left, I wanted my good-bye to her short, sweet, and simple. Of course, I know it would not be sweet, so I improvised by making it even shorter." By now, his silent tears were dripping slowly from his watery eyes. Tomi felt sympathetic. 'Master Li...' Syaoran wiped the tears from his face.
"Gomen, have I been boring you?"
"Iie, not at all, Sir. Please continue."
"Arigato... She was so... charming. Her brother, not so much, but that didn't matter. Her eyes were so green, much like yours. She must have been so troubled when I told her I... loved her, but she must not care. She did not reply my feelings for her, meaning that she did not love me back, and that she did not want to tell me or she'd break my heart even more. And tonight, I swore I saw her. Dancing in the garden. The same auburn hair, the same sparkling green eyes, and so on... But I was so far away, I was not sure. I ran so hard just to see her, but she was gone by the time I reached the garden from the balcony."
"Sir. Li, maybe it was just an illusion. You seem a little depressed and probably wished to see her, and your mind created an illusion for you to be happy." Syaoran gripped onto his bed sheets. 'An illusion? But it was so real!'
"Thank-you, Suzuhara-chan. You've helped me out a lot." Tomi got off the bed.
"I'll leave you in peace now, Sir." She left silently, closing the door behind her. 'An illusion, huh? I wish I could tell Suzuhara-chan about my past with the Clow Cards. But I don't think I should tell anyone now that I'm the king of the Li clan.'

{End of Chapter 6} Hoe, that was so short... It looks like Tomi decided not tell Syaoran that she was the girl in the garden^.~ What's going to happen next? Read the next chapter, maybe you'll find out then^^ Oh, reviews, reviews, for some reason, the logged off people/guests who leave reviews don't show up. Only the signed ones do @.@; so please, if you give me a review, sign in so I can read it^^ Thanks! Enjoy!