Sakura opened her mouth to reply.
"NO !!!! GET AWAY!! AWAY!! AWAY!! YOU BIG, FAT, #$@^&(&%^$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", someone yelled.
Sakura looked around to see the rude person who had yelled such inappropriate obscenities.
Then she realized it was herself.
Sakura flushed furiously. Why had she said that? She hadn't meant to.
Yuuto looked hurt.
Sakura felt guilty. She wanted to say something nice, but couldn't trust herself to speak.
Yuuto slowly turned around and muttered, "I'm sorry if I disturbed you when you were eating."
Sakura couldn't believe it. That was the last thing on her mind! Still feeling guilty, she swiveled back around in her chair and started picking at her food.
Two tables over, Syaoran had a large, personal, grin on his face and felt cheerful for the rest of the day.
Tomoyo looked as if she wanted to slap Sakura and hug her at the same time.
The result was that she had both her hands out in a slapping position and a menacing smile on her face.
She dropped her arms to her sides and sighed.
"Sakura, what was wrong with you? I'm glad you said no and all, but did you really have to yell so the whole world could hear?"
"I don't know...really, I don't!! It's just...it's just...erghh...I don't know!! I didn't mean to say that the way I did. I wasn't even intending to say no...but it's too late now..."
Tomoyo looked at her with the very expression of skepticism.
"Really...well, we have to go anyway, the bell's going to ring in 2 minutes. I'll pretend that never happened, but just for you."
Sakura smiled gratefully. At the end of the day, Sakura walked home by herself. She could see Syaoran walking on the other side of the street, and he was going on about something like a blithering idiot to one of his friends.
Sakura sighed. This was not her day.
She went up to her door and opened it, then slipped the keys in her pocket.
"Taddaima!!(I'm home!)", she yelled.
"Darn!! You came home after all! And you were so late I thought you really weren't going to come home."
Toya looked disappointed.
Sakura smiled wryly. She didn't feel like putting up with Toya just now.
"I'm going upstairs to take a nap. Wake me up when it's dinner.", she told Toya.
Toya grunted and fixed his eyes on the TV screen.
Sakura trudged up the stairs and lay down on her bed. She was so sleepy...
*************
Sakura was walking in a walled garden full of weeds and dead trees.
Outside the garden, she can see the tops of flowering cherry trees and the birds that were chirping cheerfully among themselves. Sakura knows that she wants to get outside.
She went to the edge of the wall, and found a girl about her age with dark hair wearing a shroud sitting on the top of the wall. She held an apple in her hand.
Sakura looked up and asked politely, "Um...hi, I'm Sakura. I don't know where I am, but I think I need to get outside."
The girl looked at Sakura with dark eyes.
"Do you have the key? Once you have the key, you will find a keyhole, and you will be able to go outside."
The girl bit into the apple, her pale skin contrasting sharply with the fruit.
Sakura took out her house keys and went to search for the keyhole in the wall.
She went around the edge of the wall and found herself back in front of the girl.
She smiled leisurely and took another bite of the apple.
Sakura went around once more, and found herself back in the same exact place.
The girl smiled again and said, "Since I'm sure we'll be seeing eachother quite often from now on, I'll introduce myself. You may call me Raven."
Sakura looked up at Raven. "I have the key, but I can't find the keyhole. Where is it?"
"The key that you need does not look like any key you know, but when you have it, you will know it.", Raven said mysteriously.
Sakura went around the wall again. and again. and again.
She kept going around and around in a vicious circle until...
****************
Sakura woke up. She knew she'd had a strange dream, but she couldn't remember what it was.
She went downstairs to have dinner, then took a shower and went to bed. This time, she didn't have any strange dreams.
When Sakura woke up, it was still early, so she took her time eating breakfast and walked to school instead of skating. She was still trying to remember what that strange dream was.
She was so busy thinking that she didn't realize that she had walked straight into the street.
Sakura looked up and saw a bus coming at her at full speed. She heard passengers scream, but still she stared blankly up at the bus. She was remembering something, something...
"NO !!!! GET AWAY!! AWAY!! AWAY!! YOU BIG, FAT, #$@^&(&%^$!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!", someone yelled.
Sakura looked around to see the rude person who had yelled such inappropriate obscenities.
Then she realized it was herself.
Sakura flushed furiously. Why had she said that? She hadn't meant to.
Yuuto looked hurt.
Sakura felt guilty. She wanted to say something nice, but couldn't trust herself to speak.
Yuuto slowly turned around and muttered, "I'm sorry if I disturbed you when you were eating."
Sakura couldn't believe it. That was the last thing on her mind! Still feeling guilty, she swiveled back around in her chair and started picking at her food.
Two tables over, Syaoran had a large, personal, grin on his face and felt cheerful for the rest of the day.
Tomoyo looked as if she wanted to slap Sakura and hug her at the same time.
The result was that she had both her hands out in a slapping position and a menacing smile on her face.
She dropped her arms to her sides and sighed.
"Sakura, what was wrong with you? I'm glad you said no and all, but did you really have to yell so the whole world could hear?"
"I don't know...really, I don't!! It's just...it's just...erghh...I don't know!! I didn't mean to say that the way I did. I wasn't even intending to say no...but it's too late now..."
Tomoyo looked at her with the very expression of skepticism.
"Really...well, we have to go anyway, the bell's going to ring in 2 minutes. I'll pretend that never happened, but just for you."
Sakura smiled gratefully. At the end of the day, Sakura walked home by herself. She could see Syaoran walking on the other side of the street, and he was going on about something like a blithering idiot to one of his friends.
Sakura sighed. This was not her day.
She went up to her door and opened it, then slipped the keys in her pocket.
"Taddaima!!(I'm home!)", she yelled.
"Darn!! You came home after all! And you were so late I thought you really weren't going to come home."
Toya looked disappointed.
Sakura smiled wryly. She didn't feel like putting up with Toya just now.
"I'm going upstairs to take a nap. Wake me up when it's dinner.", she told Toya.
Toya grunted and fixed his eyes on the TV screen.
Sakura trudged up the stairs and lay down on her bed. She was so sleepy...
*************
Sakura was walking in a walled garden full of weeds and dead trees.
Outside the garden, she can see the tops of flowering cherry trees and the birds that were chirping cheerfully among themselves. Sakura knows that she wants to get outside.
She went to the edge of the wall, and found a girl about her age with dark hair wearing a shroud sitting on the top of the wall. She held an apple in her hand.
Sakura looked up and asked politely, "Um...hi, I'm Sakura. I don't know where I am, but I think I need to get outside."
The girl looked at Sakura with dark eyes.
"Do you have the key? Once you have the key, you will find a keyhole, and you will be able to go outside."
The girl bit into the apple, her pale skin contrasting sharply with the fruit.
Sakura took out her house keys and went to search for the keyhole in the wall.
She went around the edge of the wall and found herself back in front of the girl.
She smiled leisurely and took another bite of the apple.
Sakura went around once more, and found herself back in the same exact place.
The girl smiled again and said, "Since I'm sure we'll be seeing eachother quite often from now on, I'll introduce myself. You may call me Raven."
Sakura looked up at Raven. "I have the key, but I can't find the keyhole. Where is it?"
"The key that you need does not look like any key you know, but when you have it, you will know it.", Raven said mysteriously.
Sakura went around the wall again. and again. and again.
She kept going around and around in a vicious circle until...
****************
Sakura woke up. She knew she'd had a strange dream, but she couldn't remember what it was.
She went downstairs to have dinner, then took a shower and went to bed. This time, she didn't have any strange dreams.
When Sakura woke up, it was still early, so she took her time eating breakfast and walked to school instead of skating. She was still trying to remember what that strange dream was.
She was so busy thinking that she didn't realize that she had walked straight into the street.
Sakura looked up and saw a bus coming at her at full speed. She heard passengers scream, but still she stared blankly up at the bus. She was remembering something, something...