A/N – Heyaz ^^ As always, I hope you all like the last chapter. Thanks to all who reviewed and God bless O_O~! ..; Anyways, this chappeh is not that long, sorry x_x;. Next will ^^~! Please read the my notes at the end of this chapter when you're done reading. Enjoy~!
Tsuki no le
Chapter 5 – Surprises From Tomoyo !
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'Oh, dear God.. If you are up there, please tell me she'll stop. Tell me she'll shut up !'
Those were the thoughts of Sakura as she was trying to walk quickly toward her home, but she was being held back by someone. An ecstatic Tomoyo was dancing around her and kept on asking in a frantic shrill, "Hey, hey, Sakura ! Can I make you a bikini ? Oh, please ! Can I, can I, can I ?! Please !! I would adore to see you in my creative creation !"
Sakura whimpered to herself, the cause her annoying friend. But, she kept on chanting 'no' in a dull voice after each of her questions.
Tomoyo then jumped in front of Sakura and stood stiff there, looking at her with a pleading gaze. "Sakura, please ? I would love to see Kuro-kun's expression on his face once he sees you.."
Sakura melted under her friend's gaze and she just couldn't refuse to say no any longer to her best friend.
"… Alright, Tomoyo. Only for you, though. Don't think for one second that I'm doing this for the attention of Kuro-kun."
Tomoyo squealed in pure delight and hopped around like crazy on the empty streets. Passing people gave her and Sakura an awkward look.
Sakura's hands waved in font of her face, indicating to the people that she was saying no. "I swear I don't know her, really !"
Tomoyo then ran to Sakura and hugged her. "I know you won't be dissapointed, Sakura !"
The people raised a brow to Sakura, while she just laughed nervously as they walked on pass them.
Sakura lowly growled at Tomoyo, but then sighed.
"Could you at least drop the subject, Tomoyo ? It's giving me a head ache."
Tomoyo giggled in an odd manner and nodded. "Just as long as you keep your word, I'm happy."
They then made a halt in front of a large black gate and pass it could be seen a rather large house. Tomoyo smiled warmly to Sakura. "Would you like to come in ? I have already prepared sketches of various clothing for you, even bathing suits."
Sakura sighed to herself but nodded. "Yeah, I have plenty of time before I need to be at home." Tomoyo smiled and pressed a button next to a small screen that was placed on a stone-brick wall. The face of a young maid appeared and smiled at the sight of Tomoyo.
"Aah, Tomoyo-sama. Shall I open the gate for you ?"
Tomoyo nodded. "Yes, please do, Mikogamii-san." The little screen's image faded away and Sakura raised a brow to Tomoyo.
" 'Tomoyo-sama' ? Since when are you called by that ?"
Tomoyo giggled once again in her peculiar tone of voice. "The maids are meant to call me and my Mother that. I usually pay no heed to it."
Sakura shrugged and nodded, as her eyes looked around behind her. For a moment she saw something rumbling in the bushes at the other side of the street. She shook her head as to make sure she actually saw something.
'I could've sworn..'
The creeking of the gates interrupted Sakura's train of thoughts. Tomoyo motioned for Sakura to follow her.
She just narrowed her eyes at that one particular bush before walking behind Tomoyo, pass the gates.
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The inside of Tomoyo's house was even more breath-taking than the outside.
The walls of the entrance room were painted in crimson red while the floor was carpeted of small black flower designs. Sakura could see that the big flight of stairs was also carpeted in red.
"To-..Tomoyo, This is really beautiful.." Sakura breathed out the words quietly, for she was still in the trance of complete awe at the magnifancy of just a mere room.
Tomoyo smiled. "Thank you. My Mother really likes flowers, so don't be surprised if you see many flower ornaments around the house."
A maid walked out of a room straight toward Tomoyo and Sakura. "Tomoyo-sama, shall I take you and your guest's bag and place it in your room ?"
Tomoyo shook her head gently to the maid, speaking gently, "No, thank you. I am going up to my room now, so there is no need for that."
The maid nodded. "Very well then. Your Mother is not here yet, I'm afraid. She is still at work and will most probably be back tomorrow morning. So, shall I prepare you a meal and bring it to your room ?"
Tomoyo nodded at the information. "Thank you for advising me, and as for the meal please take it to the garden and inform us when it is done."
A nod once again bobbed the maid's head as she walked back into the kitchen.
Sakura and Tomoyo walked up the flight of stairs and straight into the first room on the right.
The room of Tomoyo was small compared to the guest's rooms, but fairly big compared to Sakura's room. It was nothing out of the ordinary. Blue and white stripes adorned the walls while the floor was covered in a white carpet. As for her full-sized bed, it was nicely set up in a corner of her room, her bedspread a nice dark blue color.
Sakura plopped down on the bed as Tomoyo shut the door, for the air conditioning was already cooling the room.
Tomoyo walked over to her marble dresser and grabbed a drawing pad from the inside of a drawer. She walked to Sakura and sat next to her, flipping open the cover.
"This is where I draw all the sketches of the clothes I make. Take a look at this sketch of a bikini I thought would look good on you."
Tomoyo pointed at a specific sketch as Sakura's face turned the color of a ripe tomato.
"To-.. TOMOYO !"
"W-what ? Don't you like it ?"
The sketch was drawn neatly. It was of the top of a bikini which was just a small triangle that Sakura guessed was supposed to cover her chest, or more like expose it. The bottom part which was the pantie was more likely to be called a thong.
"…I pass."
Tomoyo sighed and nodded.
After swishing by a few pages she stopped her motions and pointed to a rather decent bathing suit.., or alteast better than the last one.
"Um.. how about this one ? Isn't it much more decent than the other one ?" Tomoyo seemed to be pleading. She really wanted Sakura to wear her outfits.
Sakura eyes the sketch warily. Her expression brightened at the thought that Tomoyo actually had something she could actually wear and not be embarassed.
"Tomoyo, it's perfect !"
Tomoy smiled widely and squealed happily. "I'm so glad you like it !"
It was actually very pretty and something that you know Tomoyo would make when you instantly see it.
The top was also shaped in triangles, but wide enough for Sakura to feel comfortable. A pair of straps were to be tied around the back of her neck and another pair of straps tied around her her back. The design was pretty, it resembled the night sky, but in a more cartoonish way. The color of the triangles were a dark blue with big yellow stars imprinted on them. The straps were also blue but a lighter shade.
The bottom part was not small in an uncomfortable way, but small enough to show that she did look good in a bikini. There was also straps that tied at her hips. The design was exactly the same as the top.
Sakura smiled at the neatly drawn sketch. "It's very pretty. Take your time making it. The beach party isn't until next weekend."
Tomoy grinned as her eyes glinted with some sort of expression. "Ohohohoho ! I have already made all the clothes in this sketch book."
Sakura's eyes widened as she eyed the rather large sketch book. "Y.. you have ?"
"Of course ! I want you to try it on right this instant."
Tomoyo dashed to a door next to her bed that led to a dark room with a mysterious atmosphere coming from it. Of course this was all just what Sakura was thinking about it.
Tomoyo then came out with the bathing suit, which was identical to the sketch. She shoved it into Sakura's hands and ushered her into the room she was just in.
"I want to see you in my creation as soon as possible ! So, go, go go !"
Sakura laughed nervously as she shut the door to change.
A couple of minutes later the door creaked open slowly.
Tomoy smiled and expected Sakura to come out, but she didn't.
"Sakura.. ?"
Sakura's voice, small and quiet broke the tension in the air. "To-.. Tomoyo, I can't wear this."
"Why not ?"
"Because.."
Tomoyo frowned at how stubborn she was being. "Sakura, if you don't have the guts to let me see you, why bother going to the beach party ?"
She heard an exasperated sigh while the door fully opened.
"How cute !!"
Sakura's cheeks reddened as she looked to the side, not attempting to cover herself.
The bathing suit had obviously not changed, but Sakura looked much prettier in it. Sakura had small curves accentuing her hips. Her stomach exposing the creamy color which had not received much sunlight at all. Her feet were shoveling nervously into the white carpeted floor. Her legs were quite long and shapely, a shade darker than her stomach.
Tomoy then grinned mischievously. ".. You don't really fill it up, if you know what I mean."
Sakura's cheeks turned completely ripe as her hands quickly flew up from her sides to cover her chest. "Tomoyo !"
Tomoyo laughed heartidly. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry ! You have a perfectly nice butt though !"
Sakura scowled. "Are you checking me out ?!"
That made Tomoyo fall onto the ground, her crazy laughter filling up the room.
There was a knock on the door which was the only thing that made Sakura hold back from tackling her friend. She dashed back into the room when Tomoyo allowed the person to enter.
A maid quietly stepped in, her smile soft. "Tomoyo-sama, your meal has been prepared and is set upon the garden table, as you requested."
Tomoyo smiled and nodded. "We will be down in just a second, you may go."
The maid bowed politely and walked out of the room.
"Sakura, go change, alright ? The food's ready," Tomoyo called out to the girl in the dressing room getting a muffled reply.
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After the delicious meal in the garden, Sakura and Tomoyo had decided to buy a present for Meiling at the mall, since the beach party was also her birthday party.
As they walked by the many stores, Sakura abruptedly stopped in front of a jewelery store. Her eyes traveled among the glimmering diamonds, after a while, her gaze fell upon a special one
It was a precious silver necklace with a small Lotus flower carved out of a diamond.
".. Tomoyo."
"Yes, I know..."
Sakura and Tomoyo both stared at the necklace longingly and let out a deep sigh. Then Tomoyo broke out into a small laughter.
"It's as if were in love with it.", Sakura giggled.
Tomoyo then looked at it for a while longer, before speaking, "Do you think it would look good on Meling ?"
".. Not really.", Sakura grinned.
Tomoyo snickered, but shrugged. "Wanna check it out ? Maybe it's affordable."
Sakura nodded and they walked into the store. After looking at assortments of shining jewelery, they asked the clerk for the price of the Lotus necklace in the window display.
"150 dollars ?!", They both shrieked.
The young woman clerk just nodded lazily as she noisily chewed a piece of gum before popping it loudly in her mouth. For some reason she didn't really fit in as a jewelery store clerk.
Sakura shook her head and began walking out of the store.
"Sakura, wait !", Tomoyo yelled.
She ran after Sakura, reaching her just as she was about to leave. "I could pay it for you. You could pay me back whenever you'd like, it's no problem."
Sakura stared at Tomoyo with wide eyes. "Are you kidding me ? It's 150 dollars, Tomoyo !"
Tomoyo shook her head and grinned. "Who's the one with money, lots of money ?"
Sakura groaned but looked doubtful. "Well.."
"Great !". Tomoyo grabbed Sakura's wrist and dragged her back into the store, in front of the clerk.
Tomoyo smiled triumphantly at Sakura and then looked back to the clerk. "I would like to purchase the Lotus necklace, please, young miss."
With a roll of the clerk's eyes, she went to the window display and picked up the necklace, wrapping it up in frilly paper and placing it in a small white box.
Tomoyo raised a brow at the woman. "What's up with her ? I was only being polite."
Sakura smiled suggestively. "I guess she's not used to it."
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Tomoyo and Sakura were going to get a bite to eat again, being the hungry kids they were, at some cheap burger place along the road. Once they entered, they couldn't help but let out a disgusted groan.
The place was littered in dirty napkins and even bites of food. The chairs and tables seemed to be build by some kind of cheap wood, not to mention by someone who knows nothing about building. Flies buzzed around Sakura and Tomoyo's hair annoyingly and small cockroaches crawled through the floor.
"Oh, dear God !". Tomoyo pinched her nose and acted as if she was dying by making gag noises.
Sakura tried not to make it obvious that the place was a natural pigsty, but she laughed at Tomoyo's anticts none the less.
"Tomoyo, why don't you have the privaledge of picking out a table while I order our food from that sexy man over there behind the counter.". Sakura grinned and pointed at the dull-faced bald man that was scratching his overly large belly that was poking out underneath his grubby shirt.
Tomoyo covered her mouth in attempt to contain her laughter, but with no prevail she practically spilled over. She nodded and walked into the small maze of dirty tables, trying to find the less dirtiest one.
Sakura walked straight to the front of the counter where the old man stood.
"What can I get for you, Sugar ?", The man asked in a strange foreign accent. He now grinned fully, showing his crusty teeth.. or what was left of them.
Sakura raised a brow lightly, and then laughed slowly. "Eheh.. Um.. I would like two..", Sakura looked up at the worn out menu above the man's head. The only thing they served was burgers, no desserts or anything, "..Well.."
The man sighed annoyingly and slapped his bald head. "Maybe today would be a nice time to order, miss ?". Sakura laughed nervously. "Give me two cheeseburgers and two .. 'wacky cokes' ?.., please."
"Oh, good choice." The man rolled his eyes and pressed some buttons on the cash register. "That would be 5 dollars and 99 cents.". Sakura fished out her wallet from her pocket and pulled out the needed money, placing in onto the counter. She wondered what was going on with all the eye-rolling today, but she just shrugged it off.
Sakura waited a couple of minutes before finally receiving the food.. and not really served on a silver platter. She carried the food toward a table Tomoyo had chosen.
"You know, these chairs aren't half bad. They go all squeak when you move them !". Tomoyo smiled playfully a let out a fake giggle as she twirled the chair around, eliciting a few scratchy sounds from it.
Sakura smiled and sat down on the chair opposite of Tomoyo. The chair gave out a loud screech and tumbled down into pieces, bringing an astonished Sakura along with it. "Oow !"
Tomoyo gasped and looked over the table at Sakura sprawled on the ground with the greasy food toppled all over her.
Tomoyo cracked out into peals of laughter as she tried to calm down and help Sakura up.
"Tomoyooo ! It's not funny !", Sakura whined playfully but couldn't help and laugh.
Tomoyo let out one more laugh before grabbing Sakura's hand and dashing mad out of the horrible place along with the bald man yelling after them.
They quickly got into Tomoyo's car and sped out onto the road.
Tomoyo casted one glance at Sakura and bursted out into laughter once more. She picked up a napkin from the dash board and handed it to Sakura.
"Well, gee, thanks !". Sakura grinned secretly and attempted to wipe off some ketchup off her face.
Tomoyo smirked. "It just goes to show you. Never ever eat at place called 'Wacky Burgers'."
They both laughed as Tomoyo headed out to drop Sakura off at her home, even if it was after cerfew.
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Oh my God~! I'm so sorry O_O~!!! I haven't updated in 2 months or so~! ;___; Forgive me. I hate school -_-;. Speaking of school, I have to go to bed _ It's already 1:28 am. I just had to finish this. The next chapter will be about the beach party~! This one was just made for a few laughs and preparations for the pary ^^ Hope you liked it~! The 6th chapter will be out.. let's say 'soon' I hope ^^; Just.. be patient~! Love you all, ja-ne~!!