Moving On
The doorbell rang through the house after school on the sunny Monday, and Syaoran went to answer it. Sakura was standing outside his door, with Meiling's outfit in one hand and videotape in the other. She handed the video to him.
"I want you to destroy it," Sakura said bitterly. Syaoran invited her inside. "I washed Meiling's outfit. I didn't realize I still had it on until I got home."
"That's okay," Syaoran exclaimed. "It was almost like… almost like Meiling was still here. It sounds kind of crazy, but I feel her presence when you're here."
Sakura nodded in agreement. She knew Meiling was with her, and she wondered if Meiling was mad that she wore her outfit. "I can understand."
"What is this, anyway?" Syaoran asked, studying the video.
"It's the movie theater's camera tape," Sakura explained quietly. "Tomoyo got it for me. I thought… maybe you would want to destroy it yourself."
"I'm not sure if I should," Syaoran replied. "This tape has Meiling's last moments of life on it. That would be like… killing her all over again."
Syaoran placed the tape on a bookcase and followed Sakura, who had headed into the kitchen to make Syaoran some tea.
"Here you go," Sakura offered, handing Syaoran a cup of tea. "Be careful, it's really hot."
"Sakura, why are you here?" Syaoran set the cup on the table, and Sakura blushed bright red. "I don't mean to be rude, I just want to know why you feel you want to hang out with me all the time now."
"I just… wanted to comfort you…" Sakura murmured. Syaoran put an arm around her.
"Thank you," he said in reply. Syaoran kissed Sakura.
Epilogue
Sakura came to Syaoran's house almost every day for three years. They talked and cleaned and laughed. They visited each other after school and started going out. And finally, one frosty December day when Sakura came to visit Syaoran at the age of 18, he sat her down, kneeled before her, and asked,
"Sakura, will you marry me?"
Sakura, overwhelmed with excitement, quickly replied with a yes, threw herself into his arms, and sobbed happily. They immediately decided to have their wedding in the spring so that they could have it outside with the cherry blossoms.
And so the wedding was in fact held in late April of the next year under a cherry tree. As soon as they said their vows and kissed, they were rained upon with cherry blossoms. Although it was just Tomoyo sitting up high in the tree sprinkling the cherry blossoms on them, it was to them one of the most magical moments of their lives. They danced under the blossoms and, pretty soon, everybody was.
Tomoyo stayed up in the tree and was joined by Rika and Naoko, who helped her scatter the sakura. Chiharu danced with Yamizaki. Sonomi wound up so emotional that she had to cry on Fujitaka's shoulder, despite the fact of how much she hated him. Syaoran and Sakura didn't notice any of it until they got the pictures from the wedding. They just kept dancing, wondering where they were to go from there. And as they took off for their honeymoon in a limousine, Sonomi finally lost what was holding in the last of her emotions and sobbed into Fujitaka's sleeve about something along the lines of 'Sakura has Nadeshiko's eyes' and 'Fujitaka, you stupid jerk'. Tomoyo, being the maid of honor, chased the limo down the street crying out good luck messages as Naoko, Rika, and Chiharu (Sakura's bridesmaids) ran behind her. Sakura and Syaoran both knew that even though they couldn't be there, the two people who were the most happy for them were Nadeshiko and Meiling, and that they were there with them looking down on them and smiling.
And when Sakura and Syaoran were at the hospital a year and a half later, holding their baby girl, they decided together to name her Meiling.
The End
The doorbell rang through the house after school on the sunny Monday, and Syaoran went to answer it. Sakura was standing outside his door, with Meiling's outfit in one hand and videotape in the other. She handed the video to him.
"I want you to destroy it," Sakura said bitterly. Syaoran invited her inside. "I washed Meiling's outfit. I didn't realize I still had it on until I got home."
"That's okay," Syaoran exclaimed. "It was almost like… almost like Meiling was still here. It sounds kind of crazy, but I feel her presence when you're here."
Sakura nodded in agreement. She knew Meiling was with her, and she wondered if Meiling was mad that she wore her outfit. "I can understand."
"What is this, anyway?" Syaoran asked, studying the video.
"It's the movie theater's camera tape," Sakura explained quietly. "Tomoyo got it for me. I thought… maybe you would want to destroy it yourself."
"I'm not sure if I should," Syaoran replied. "This tape has Meiling's last moments of life on it. That would be like… killing her all over again."
Syaoran placed the tape on a bookcase and followed Sakura, who had headed into the kitchen to make Syaoran some tea.
"Here you go," Sakura offered, handing Syaoran a cup of tea. "Be careful, it's really hot."
"Sakura, why are you here?" Syaoran set the cup on the table, and Sakura blushed bright red. "I don't mean to be rude, I just want to know why you feel you want to hang out with me all the time now."
"I just… wanted to comfort you…" Sakura murmured. Syaoran put an arm around her.
"Thank you," he said in reply. Syaoran kissed Sakura.
Epilogue
Sakura came to Syaoran's house almost every day for three years. They talked and cleaned and laughed. They visited each other after school and started going out. And finally, one frosty December day when Sakura came to visit Syaoran at the age of 18, he sat her down, kneeled before her, and asked,
"Sakura, will you marry me?"
Sakura, overwhelmed with excitement, quickly replied with a yes, threw herself into his arms, and sobbed happily. They immediately decided to have their wedding in the spring so that they could have it outside with the cherry blossoms.
And so the wedding was in fact held in late April of the next year under a cherry tree. As soon as they said their vows and kissed, they were rained upon with cherry blossoms. Although it was just Tomoyo sitting up high in the tree sprinkling the cherry blossoms on them, it was to them one of the most magical moments of their lives. They danced under the blossoms and, pretty soon, everybody was.
Tomoyo stayed up in the tree and was joined by Rika and Naoko, who helped her scatter the sakura. Chiharu danced with Yamizaki. Sonomi wound up so emotional that she had to cry on Fujitaka's shoulder, despite the fact of how much she hated him. Syaoran and Sakura didn't notice any of it until they got the pictures from the wedding. They just kept dancing, wondering where they were to go from there. And as they took off for their honeymoon in a limousine, Sonomi finally lost what was holding in the last of her emotions and sobbed into Fujitaka's sleeve about something along the lines of 'Sakura has Nadeshiko's eyes' and 'Fujitaka, you stupid jerk'. Tomoyo, being the maid of honor, chased the limo down the street crying out good luck messages as Naoko, Rika, and Chiharu (Sakura's bridesmaids) ran behind her. Sakura and Syaoran both knew that even though they couldn't be there, the two people who were the most happy for them were Nadeshiko and Meiling, and that they were there with them looking down on them and smiling.
And when Sakura and Syaoran were at the hospital a year and a half later, holding their baby girl, they decided together to name her Meiling.
The End
