Author's notes: Hi minna, chapter 4 here...R&R for faster chapters...
Chapter 4: Lost an enemy, found a friend
Tomoyo was in her desk, head lying on the table and was covered by her arms and curtain of hair catching some shut eye. She finished recording at about 10 last night and she had to study for a history test.
"Daidouji-san, someone's here to see you!" shouted a female classmate.
"Could you please tell someone to go away." she screamed back. She felt a light tap on her shoulder. She cracked her eyes open and saw Eriol Hiiragizawa smiling idiotically at her.
She closed her eyes again and faced the other side. "Oh, please, I don't want another nightmare."
"Ouch that hurt." Eriol had his hands over his heart as if it was stabbed.
"Good" was Tomoyo's muffled reply.
"Daidouji-san could I ask a favor from you?" He started.
She turned her head once more, her eyes still half closed and she was still lying on her two arms, "I knew you were up to something, okay spill."
"Could we please call each other by our first names now." he said softly.
Suddenly Tomoyo didn't feel so sleepy anymore.
She straightened in her chair and looked at him in the eye. "Come again?"
"I thought that maybe we could call each other by our first names now." Eriol made a motion to take her hand that was still on the desk but before he could touch it she pulled it away and instead placed it in his forehead.
"Hmmm, you don't seem sick, are you taking drugs? Or have you been drinking a lot lately?" she removed her hand from his forehead.
He was surprised to say the least with her reaction. "O...Of course not, how could you say that?!" he was deeply insulted by her words bet or no bet, he was not tolerating this.
"I'm sorry, its just that you're acting weird, first you swallow your pride and apologized to me, then you become my shadow and now your asking me if we could call each other by our first names, it isn't like you, but... I guess it's all right."
He smiled at her.
"Still I couldn't help but think why are you doing this; surely there must be an ulterior motive?"
Eriol admired her powers of observation not that he was discreet about his actions. He smiled his I-know-something-you-don't smile and simply replied.
"In due time my dear Tomoyo-san in due time." He left her room for the bell that signaled the start of the classes was about to ring.
*
"Yeah and did you see her flirt with Tamamino-san? It's like she was begging him to go out with her and he just gave her the cold shoulder, serves her right." Chiharu giggled.
This is a typical lunch for Tomoyo. She was with her girlfriends in a long table gossiping.
"Of course Tamamino-san would do that, he is madly in love with our dear Naoko here." Rika put an arm over a blushing Naoko.
The gossips ran like wildfire, they are girls after all, Tomoyo participated only when necessary, she wasn't the type to do these things and she was feeling uncomfortable as if...as if...someone was watching her.
She looked to the right where she saw Eriol Hiiragizawa looking intensely at her.
She blushed and looked away.
She listened to the on going conversation yet she couldn't seem to concentrate with the pair of dark blue eyes that was fixated on her.
It's been a month since they decided that they would drop the formalities. She asked Sakura the same question she asked Eriol on why he was doing these things.
Sakura smiled and told her, "It's simple Tomoyo-chan, you of all people should know. He's in love with you."
Tomoyo choked on her can of root beer that day and denied it. She told Sakura that it was impossible for him to fall in love with her; he was sent to destroy her life.
Sakura smiled even more, Syaoran was sent to do more or less the same thing and the two of them fell in love was her explanation.
That made her more aware of Eriol's presence. The way he smiles at her, the way he stares spells at her and how he offers to walk her home every time Sakura isn't available.
'He couldn't fall in love with me, he knows very well that I've sworn of men, he knows that he'll only get his heart broken.'
*
Tomoyo was walking home that day and as usual she found Eriol at the school gate waiting for her.
"You know it isn't safe for you to be walking home alone." She heard him say that to her every time he would offer to walk her home and somehow he manages to make her agree that she needed him for this 'trip'.
"You already told that to me a thousand times." she didn't bother stopping; she knew that he would follow anyway.
"Well, you don't listen." he scolded her.
She giggled. "What's so funny?" and the one who said that a smile was contagious but laughter is even more so, proved himself right for Eriol started to laugh with her.
They weren't aware of it but Eriol's tenor and Tomoyo's soprano created a wonderful harmony and the simplicity of this music made it even more elegant and heart warming.
Tomoyo stopped laughing and said, "I didn't notice when we started having this civil conversations."
He looked up at the sky wistfully, "Me either, Tomoyo-san, may I ask you a question?"
"You just did." she stopped to pick up a can that didn't make it to the bin.
"Aa...Tomoyo-san, we are friends now, aren't we?" She nodded and smiled at a little girl who was starring at her as if they knew each other.
For once Eriol noticed the gentle nature of Tomoyo, how she does these little things in a graceful way making it look more complex than Grecian art. "Good, well here is your house Tomoyo-san, I'll be seeing you then."
She smiled at him when he opened the gate for her she looked back and waved, "Take care Eriol-kun." and she trudged the long pathway to their front door.
Once she was inside he started to leave. He knew very well that he looked like an idiot with the smile he was wearing but somehow that little gesture that Tomoyo made was all that mattered.
He passed by a confectionary shop and inside he saw Mizuki Kaho, suddenly all thoughts that regarded Tomoyo ran out of his mind with her presence. "Yes, I'm doing this for the bet and the bet alone."
Author's Notes:
Nothings changed really, I just added more space as the scene changes and switched Eriol from an Alto to a Tenor. Thank you so much for the advice Nayru Ikari and Azura the Assassin!!! c",) Oh by the way, leave your email if you want to recieve updates, I'm afraid I could only update once a week now since classes here will be starting on the day before the next and I'm in the worse level of schooling ever, they say 3rd year is the hardest and my mom would kill me if I don't do well, but don't worry, I assure you this will be finished.
Chapter 4: Lost an enemy, found a friend
Tomoyo was in her desk, head lying on the table and was covered by her arms and curtain of hair catching some shut eye. She finished recording at about 10 last night and she had to study for a history test.
"Daidouji-san, someone's here to see you!" shouted a female classmate.
"Could you please tell someone to go away." she screamed back. She felt a light tap on her shoulder. She cracked her eyes open and saw Eriol Hiiragizawa smiling idiotically at her.
She closed her eyes again and faced the other side. "Oh, please, I don't want another nightmare."
"Ouch that hurt." Eriol had his hands over his heart as if it was stabbed.
"Good" was Tomoyo's muffled reply.
"Daidouji-san could I ask a favor from you?" He started.
She turned her head once more, her eyes still half closed and she was still lying on her two arms, "I knew you were up to something, okay spill."
"Could we please call each other by our first names now." he said softly.
Suddenly Tomoyo didn't feel so sleepy anymore.
She straightened in her chair and looked at him in the eye. "Come again?"
"I thought that maybe we could call each other by our first names now." Eriol made a motion to take her hand that was still on the desk but before he could touch it she pulled it away and instead placed it in his forehead.
"Hmmm, you don't seem sick, are you taking drugs? Or have you been drinking a lot lately?" she removed her hand from his forehead.
He was surprised to say the least with her reaction. "O...Of course not, how could you say that?!" he was deeply insulted by her words bet or no bet, he was not tolerating this.
"I'm sorry, its just that you're acting weird, first you swallow your pride and apologized to me, then you become my shadow and now your asking me if we could call each other by our first names, it isn't like you, but... I guess it's all right."
He smiled at her.
"Still I couldn't help but think why are you doing this; surely there must be an ulterior motive?"
Eriol admired her powers of observation not that he was discreet about his actions. He smiled his I-know-something-you-don't smile and simply replied.
"In due time my dear Tomoyo-san in due time." He left her room for the bell that signaled the start of the classes was about to ring.
*
"Yeah and did you see her flirt with Tamamino-san? It's like she was begging him to go out with her and he just gave her the cold shoulder, serves her right." Chiharu giggled.
This is a typical lunch for Tomoyo. She was with her girlfriends in a long table gossiping.
"Of course Tamamino-san would do that, he is madly in love with our dear Naoko here." Rika put an arm over a blushing Naoko.
The gossips ran like wildfire, they are girls after all, Tomoyo participated only when necessary, she wasn't the type to do these things and she was feeling uncomfortable as if...as if...someone was watching her.
She looked to the right where she saw Eriol Hiiragizawa looking intensely at her.
She blushed and looked away.
She listened to the on going conversation yet she couldn't seem to concentrate with the pair of dark blue eyes that was fixated on her.
It's been a month since they decided that they would drop the formalities. She asked Sakura the same question she asked Eriol on why he was doing these things.
Sakura smiled and told her, "It's simple Tomoyo-chan, you of all people should know. He's in love with you."
Tomoyo choked on her can of root beer that day and denied it. She told Sakura that it was impossible for him to fall in love with her; he was sent to destroy her life.
Sakura smiled even more, Syaoran was sent to do more or less the same thing and the two of them fell in love was her explanation.
That made her more aware of Eriol's presence. The way he smiles at her, the way he stares spells at her and how he offers to walk her home every time Sakura isn't available.
'He couldn't fall in love with me, he knows very well that I've sworn of men, he knows that he'll only get his heart broken.'
*
Tomoyo was walking home that day and as usual she found Eriol at the school gate waiting for her.
"You know it isn't safe for you to be walking home alone." She heard him say that to her every time he would offer to walk her home and somehow he manages to make her agree that she needed him for this 'trip'.
"You already told that to me a thousand times." she didn't bother stopping; she knew that he would follow anyway.
"Well, you don't listen." he scolded her.
She giggled. "What's so funny?" and the one who said that a smile was contagious but laughter is even more so, proved himself right for Eriol started to laugh with her.
They weren't aware of it but Eriol's tenor and Tomoyo's soprano created a wonderful harmony and the simplicity of this music made it even more elegant and heart warming.
Tomoyo stopped laughing and said, "I didn't notice when we started having this civil conversations."
He looked up at the sky wistfully, "Me either, Tomoyo-san, may I ask you a question?"
"You just did." she stopped to pick up a can that didn't make it to the bin.
"Aa...Tomoyo-san, we are friends now, aren't we?" She nodded and smiled at a little girl who was starring at her as if they knew each other.
For once Eriol noticed the gentle nature of Tomoyo, how she does these little things in a graceful way making it look more complex than Grecian art. "Good, well here is your house Tomoyo-san, I'll be seeing you then."
She smiled at him when he opened the gate for her she looked back and waved, "Take care Eriol-kun." and she trudged the long pathway to their front door.
Once she was inside he started to leave. He knew very well that he looked like an idiot with the smile he was wearing but somehow that little gesture that Tomoyo made was all that mattered.
He passed by a confectionary shop and inside he saw Mizuki Kaho, suddenly all thoughts that regarded Tomoyo ran out of his mind with her presence. "Yes, I'm doing this for the bet and the bet alone."
Author's Notes:
Nothings changed really, I just added more space as the scene changes and switched Eriol from an Alto to a Tenor. Thank you so much for the advice Nayru Ikari and Azura the Assassin!!! c",) Oh by the way, leave your email if you want to recieve updates, I'm afraid I could only update once a week now since classes here will be starting on the day before the next and I'm in the worse level of schooling ever, they say 3rd year is the hardest and my mom would kill me if I don't do well, but don't worry, I assure you this will be finished.