Author's note: Thank you to my reviewers! You are all beautiful people. Lady Kazune Kikenshi : How could I do that? I swear I didn't! I had NO IDEA that Eriol would be such an idiot, and we all know what a sensitive soul Syaoran is, and I had no idea they'd do this to me! They assure me that they *will* get back together though. CinC: Yes, they're being cowards. Why? Well...it wouldn't be much of a story if they weren't! I mean...if it was all happily ever after from the hand-holding on I wouldn't have needed to write the rest of the story! ~evil laugh~
Here's an interlude to keep everyone happy...and to show Sakura-chan that I still love her even if she did hurt Syaoran. I'm writing the next part! I swear! Just enjoy!
Solace--Interlude
Meeting of the Minds
"And now, my kawaii Sakura-chan, I have you right where I want you!"
"T-Tomoyo-chan! No! Not the feet! PLEASE! Let me go!"
"Not a chance! And if you don't tell me what that letter said I will pick the brightest shade of pink I own and make you wear the green sandals and dress!"
"Why couldn't you just threaten to tickle my feet like a normal person?"
"Would you be my girlfriend if I were normal?"
"Tomoyo! I love you because you are you!"
"So. In other words, no!"
"Tomoyo-chan!"
"Okay, okay, what color? And don't spare me any details on the letter or I'll mess up."
"I like that gold right there, with a layer of silver on top. That will go with the new dress you made."
"Oh! You sound so shy and sweet! And--you're blushing! Does that mean you'll wear the dress? Tonight? Really? Thank you!"
"Anything to make you happy, Tomoyo-chan."
"Stop! If I start kissing you now we'll lose another hour and then have to scramble to get ready. Besides, I don't want to smudge your toes. So. Letter. Now."
"He still sounds so depressed, but he says over and over that I shouldn't blame myself and reassures me that it's not because of me and he wants me to be happy. He won't confide in me still, but he finally asked me if I had heard from Eriol-kun."
"Well, that's a start at least. We can't betray Meilin's confidence in us, and the same for Nakuru-san, but how are we going to fix this?"
"We need to find an excuse to get them back to Tomoeda at the same time."
"How? Nakuru-san said that Eriol-kun refused to come back if he thought Syaoran-kun even might be here."
"I don't know. We don't even know why Eriol-kun left in the first place. Maybe we should get him to come here first, convince him to stay, and then have Meilin-chan bring Syaoran-kun here for a surprise visit!"
"You're a genius Sakura-chan! That's a wonderful idea!"
"Demo...demo...how do we get Eriol-kun back here?"
"Tell him we all miss him very much and beg him to return? That's how I got him back last time when I found out Mizuki-sensei had left him. He stayed because I--he was the one I poured my heart to about you when I thought you'd never love me like this. I thought that was the reason he left, because I didn't need him anymore, until we got that letter from Nakuru-san."
"Should we get him here by telling him you and I had a fight?"
"I don't think that would work this time, Sakura-chan."
"Good, I don't think I could stand pretending we hated each other."
"Me either. I hope we never do that."
"So how do we get him here?"
"Hmmm...how about a magic problem."
"I don't know, Tomoyo-chan. It would be dangerous to fake anything big enough to bring him here."
"So, we just try asking him over and over and over and have everyone write to him to try to bring him back until he returns?"
"Hai! The more simple we keep this, the less can get messed up."
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