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Days flew by till finally, it was Foundation Day.
Nakuru tied her hair with a blue scarf. "What do you think, Suppi? Should I wear ivory, blue or pink?"
"Frankly, I don't consider that such a pressing life-threatening question so why don't you just wear all of them at the same time?" the cat replied distractedly.
She snapped her fingers. "Ooh..daring elan. Thanks for the fashion tip!"
Spinel snorted before it turned its attention back at its master who was staring at his thick Philosophy book but wasn't even reading it.
"Something's wrong," it murmured.
"What?! Is my color combination too shocking?" asked Nakuru.
"Not with you, brain-forsaken creature!" It turned back to Eriol.
"Oh.. is he sick?"
"Lovesick," thought a wincing Spinel.
Definitely disturbing.
Kaho took off her reading glasses and faced her fiance. "We're getting married in four days."
Eriol didn't even look up. "Yeah."
"Is there something bothering you, Hon? Care to tell me?" pressed the woman.
"I..I'm just nervous, that's all. I mean, what if..I have this certain friend of mine who thinks he's in love with a woman for years then suddenly realizes that he's in love with someone else."
"And.." prompted Kaho.
"What will you do if you're that guy's fiance?"
She frowned thoughtfully. "Well, I'll surely feel devastated, considering that I have devoted so many years into that relationship."
Eriol gulped inwardly. "But surely, you're not having second thoughts with me, right?" he said half-jokingly.
"Of course not! I'm ready to be with you forever, Eriol." Kaho smiled at him lovingly.
Eriol avoided eye contact. "I see.." He felt a pang of guilt. Could he ever dare hurt this woman? He couldn't just tell her that he's not sure anymore about this marriage thing just because he couldn't stop thinking of Daidouji Tomoyo!
All these years that he was convincing himself to believe that he was just amusing himself with her when he was silently falling for her.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Kaho asked.
He hid his pain behind an impeccable smile. Here was a woman who would surely love him so much to the point that she was venerating him already. In her he was sure that his love would not go unreciprocated.
But his heart was stubbornly looking for someone else. That someone who detests, abhors and HATES him. But he loves her with all his heart and soul.
"Unmei no hana," he thought as he watched petals of plum blossoms flew outside his window. "Am I going to stay with the one who loves me or am I going to foolishly continue loving someone who loves me the way she loves politicians?"
Tomoyo sneezed.
"Someone's thinking of you!" teased Sakura, pausing from her decorating job.
She sighed. "Probably my over-protective mother." She sat down the stage. "Man, I can't believe that within a few hours, this stage we're working on will be the same spot where the spotlight will shine."
"Tonight's the pageant, right? Excited?" asked her second cousin.
"Yup, and very, very nervous too. People are expecting so much from me. Tickets were sold out already three days ago, and a giant tv has even been put up just so those who weren't able to buy a ticket can watch!"
Sakura laughed. "Yeah well, it's not everyday you see the campus hunks advertising and selling themselves to us."
"But we should hurry up with this job. We still have to fix our booths!" Tomoyo laughed. "I'm manning the Photo Op booth, where you canhave your photos rtaken with Ultraman, Ronald Mcdonald, Michael Jackson..or even Pikachu!"
"Kawaii!" Sakura clapped her hands. "I'll drop by there as soon as I finish my shift in the Marriage booth."
"Ooh, that's interesting! How did Li-kun react to that?"
"He smiled."
Tomoyo gasped. "Good gracious!"
The emerald-eyed girl blushed. "He told me that he would drop by."
Tomoyo hummed the wedding march, but then stopped when she remembered the wedding that she was going to cover in a few days. She then felt her heart ache peculiarly, though she couldn't understand why.
Sakura noticed her sudden change of mood. "Tomoyo?"
She laughed uneasily. "Hey, don't worry about me! I-I'm just..tired, that's all." She looked down at her work again. "Stop thinking of absurd things, Daidouji! Go back to work! You shouldn't be thinking of him and his stupid Clow predictions!"
Eriol sneezed. Damn, he couldn't catch a cold now! He could just imagine how much wrath Daidouji-san could unleash if he didn't show up for the pageant.
He stood up wearily. "I'm going downtown, Kaho. I'll be home by ten in the evening."
"Why so late? And can't I come with you?" inquired his fiancee.
"No!!" he cried panickedly, then coughed. " I-I mean n-no, you can't. It's a guy thing."
"Oh."
"See you later." he put on his jacket and started to walk to school.
**to be continued**
Days flew by till finally, it was Foundation Day.
Nakuru tied her hair with a blue scarf. "What do you think, Suppi? Should I wear ivory, blue or pink?"
"Frankly, I don't consider that such a pressing life-threatening question so why don't you just wear all of them at the same time?" the cat replied distractedly.
She snapped her fingers. "Ooh..daring elan. Thanks for the fashion tip!"
Spinel snorted before it turned its attention back at its master who was staring at his thick Philosophy book but wasn't even reading it.
"Something's wrong," it murmured.
"What?! Is my color combination too shocking?" asked Nakuru.
"Not with you, brain-forsaken creature!" It turned back to Eriol.
"Oh.. is he sick?"
"Lovesick," thought a wincing Spinel.
Definitely disturbing.
Kaho took off her reading glasses and faced her fiance. "We're getting married in four days."
Eriol didn't even look up. "Yeah."
"Is there something bothering you, Hon? Care to tell me?" pressed the woman.
"I..I'm just nervous, that's all. I mean, what if..I have this certain friend of mine who thinks he's in love with a woman for years then suddenly realizes that he's in love with someone else."
"And.." prompted Kaho.
"What will you do if you're that guy's fiance?"
She frowned thoughtfully. "Well, I'll surely feel devastated, considering that I have devoted so many years into that relationship."
Eriol gulped inwardly. "But surely, you're not having second thoughts with me, right?" he said half-jokingly.
"Of course not! I'm ready to be with you forever, Eriol." Kaho smiled at him lovingly.
Eriol avoided eye contact. "I see.." He felt a pang of guilt. Could he ever dare hurt this woman? He couldn't just tell her that he's not sure anymore about this marriage thing just because he couldn't stop thinking of Daidouji Tomoyo!
All these years that he was convincing himself to believe that he was just amusing himself with her when he was silently falling for her.
"Penny for your thoughts?" Kaho asked.
He hid his pain behind an impeccable smile. Here was a woman who would surely love him so much to the point that she was venerating him already. In her he was sure that his love would not go unreciprocated.
But his heart was stubbornly looking for someone else. That someone who detests, abhors and HATES him. But he loves her with all his heart and soul.
"Unmei no hana," he thought as he watched petals of plum blossoms flew outside his window. "Am I going to stay with the one who loves me or am I going to foolishly continue loving someone who loves me the way she loves politicians?"
Tomoyo sneezed.
"Someone's thinking of you!" teased Sakura, pausing from her decorating job.
She sighed. "Probably my over-protective mother." She sat down the stage. "Man, I can't believe that within a few hours, this stage we're working on will be the same spot where the spotlight will shine."
"Tonight's the pageant, right? Excited?" asked her second cousin.
"Yup, and very, very nervous too. People are expecting so much from me. Tickets were sold out already three days ago, and a giant tv has even been put up just so those who weren't able to buy a ticket can watch!"
Sakura laughed. "Yeah well, it's not everyday you see the campus hunks advertising and selling themselves to us."
"But we should hurry up with this job. We still have to fix our booths!" Tomoyo laughed. "I'm manning the Photo Op booth, where you canhave your photos rtaken with Ultraman, Ronald Mcdonald, Michael Jackson..or even Pikachu!"
"Kawaii!" Sakura clapped her hands. "I'll drop by there as soon as I finish my shift in the Marriage booth."
"Ooh, that's interesting! How did Li-kun react to that?"
"He smiled."
Tomoyo gasped. "Good gracious!"
The emerald-eyed girl blushed. "He told me that he would drop by."
Tomoyo hummed the wedding march, but then stopped when she remembered the wedding that she was going to cover in a few days. She then felt her heart ache peculiarly, though she couldn't understand why.
Sakura noticed her sudden change of mood. "Tomoyo?"
She laughed uneasily. "Hey, don't worry about me! I-I'm just..tired, that's all." She looked down at her work again. "Stop thinking of absurd things, Daidouji! Go back to work! You shouldn't be thinking of him and his stupid Clow predictions!"
Eriol sneezed. Damn, he couldn't catch a cold now! He could just imagine how much wrath Daidouji-san could unleash if he didn't show up for the pageant.
He stood up wearily. "I'm going downtown, Kaho. I'll be home by ten in the evening."
"Why so late? And can't I come with you?" inquired his fiancee.
"No!!" he cried panickedly, then coughed. " I-I mean n-no, you can't. It's a guy thing."
"Oh."
"See you later." he put on his jacket and started to walk to school.
**to be continued**