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Key:
implies words in italics/ introspective thoughts
' implies dialouge from the past/ a memory '
/ implies thoughts /
the rest is self explanitory ^_-
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Vuelve
- comeback*
Que sin ti la vida se me va
- because without you my life is fading away*
Oh, vuelve
- oh comeback
Que me falta el aire si tu no estas
- I can't breathe if you aren't here*
Oh, vuelve
- oh comeback
Nadie ocupara tu lugar
- no one will ever take your place
-----
Ricky Martin - Vuelve
-----
--- Ch 3 - Duet
--- Backwards/Forwards
Was there ever a time in your life when things were just right? For me it
was when we were twelve. Life was right at the time, granted we would fight the
occasional occult piece of magic but when you were twelve anything was possible,
as endless as the sky.
Sometimes I wish I didn't grow up, that I stayed in that time where we
were all dreaming and those dreams were endless. They weren't weighted down by
reality. Happiness was so sharp back then. It was a time when a simple I'm sorry
solved problems or when a smile was the best way to solve things. At the time the
biggest deal in your life was trying to see the one you loved just a moment longer
or if you had forgotten your recorder for class.
Growing up means letting go of those things. You turn away from those
moments in your life and you face reality. Your world comes crashing down back to
the present and you look in the mirror and you realize that the years have passed
and happiness is not as sharp as it was back then.
To this day I look back on those times as the best times of my
childhood...
"Don't forget your lunch!" Nakuru said as she poked her head out of the
kitchen door.
Eriol was putting his shoes on when he turned to see Nakuru bound over to
him and hand him a wrapped bento box.
"I can't believe I'm going to school." he said.
"Cheer up." Nakuru said, "It will be a good distraction."
"Isn't coming to Tomoeda enough?" he asked.
Nakuru placed her hands on her hips, "Call it character building." she
said with a wink.
Eriol muttered something about making his guardians too smart for their
own good.
"And don't you forget about that." Nakuru replied cheerfully. "Now shoo! I
have some baking and cleaning to do."
Eriol was about to call the entire day off when the grandfather clock
began to chime eight o'clock.
"Look at the time! Don't be late for your first day."
"I am not a child any more." Eriol muttered as Nakuru gave him a kiss on
his forehead.
Nakuru chuckled, "Sometimes you act like one, and now is one of those
times."
"I'll bring home my latest craft project." he said and left the house.
He rounded a corner and sighed. "This is a bad idea." A few minutes later
he had arrived at Seijou High School. While it was not the school that Kaho had
taught, at it was attached to the elementary school. He closed his eyes for a
moment, chasing away the ghosts of his memories. A ghostly Kaho fading away in
his mind. He opened them to see a short girl walk by him. He smiled at the girl.
It was a surprise to see her alone, ever since he met her she was surrounded by
someone.
"Good morning Sakura-san." he said as she walked by.
Sakura turned to see Eriol smiling down at her.
"Eriol-kun?" she asked.
He nodded with a smile.
"Eriol-kun!" she exclaimed, "What a surprise!"
"Its good to see a familiar face. Do you know where I can find Three-A?"
he asked.
"That's my class." she said, "I'll walk you there." suddenly it hit her,
"You're not visiting."
Eriol shook his head, "I'm here to tend to the house, it needs some
repairs." he said, "So I'm finishing school in Tomoeda."
Sakura clapped her hands, "Oh! It will be like old times again!" she said.
Eriol smiled at Sakura's excitement.
"Oh you should come have lunch with us!" Sakura said as she walked down
the hall with him. Eriol noticed a bounce in her step.
"If it makes you happy I'd gladly have lunch with you." he said.
Sakura blushed a little and smiled at him, "Of course it does!" she
stopped at a door, "Here it is! Three-A"
Eriol smiled at her, "Thank you."
"Everybody will be so surprised to see you." she said as she opened the
door.
"Good morning!" she called
"Good morning Sakura-chan!" Chiharu called.
"Look who I found!" Sakura said as she turned to Eriol. She held her arms
out like a hostess in a gameshow.
"Hiiragaizawa-kun!" Chiharu exclaimed as she walked up to him. "Its been a
long time!"
"I can't believe it." Yamazaki said. "Hiiragaizawa-kun is here!"
Chiharu chuckled, "You rarely say that."
Yamazaki stopped for a moment to register what his girlfriend said. He
noticed Sakura hiding her smirk behind her hands. He began to laugh.
Soon everybody else was laughing.
"I'm so sorry I missed the joke." a voice said.
They turned to see Tomoyo behind them. She had set her school bag down on
her desk and was looking at them amused.
"Tomoyo-chan! Eriol-kun joined our class!" Sakura said. She stepped to
the side and opened her arms like a game show hostess would display the prize of
the round.
Tomoyo smiled at Eriol, "What pleasant surprise!"
Eriol smiled and bowed his head a bit.
"He's going to join us for lunch." Sakura said as she clapped her hands.
She was bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"I can't turn down Sakura's offer." he said with a smile. He turned to
Tomoyo, "Will you be joining us?"
Tomoyo nodded, "Of course."
At that moment the teacher entered and the students rushed to their seats
ready to start the day. Eriol straightened his tie and began mentally preparing
what to say to his new classmates.
---
"So..." Sakura said as she opened her bentou box.
"Yes?" Eriol asked.
"Will be joining any clubs?" Sakura asked.
"It depends on the house repairs." he said.
"I'm sure you can manage one or two since Akizuki-san came with you."
Tomoyo said.
Eriol glanced at Tomoyo. She was still sharp as ever. "Yes... I suppose
so. I just feel uncomfortable with leaving her with so much responsibility."
"Akizuki-san is here too?" Sakura asked just as she was about to stuff
Shaoran's mouth with a meatball.
"Yes." Eriol said. "She wanted to come back to Tomoeda too."
"Oh! Then Spinel is here too?" she asked her eyes full of hope.
"Yes he is here too." he said.
Sakura clapped her hands together, "Kerochan will be happy to hear that
he's here too!"
"I'm not sure... considering the last time you left them with that plate
of takoyaki..." Eriol said. "Spinel said he was sore from chasing after it."
Sakura giggled, "I can't believe they went all over Tomoeda for that
thing."
"Spinel?" Rika asked as she sat down.
"Just some friends." Eriol said as he turned to greet Rika.
"One of these friends eats too much." Shaoran muttered as he ate his
lunch.
Sakura giggled.
Tomoyo watched amused as Eriol talked to Sakura. She felt a stab of
pleasure and envy. Sakura was bubbling with conversation as she caught up to
speed on Eriol's life. She was radiant as she talked to Eriol about that one time
they had baked cakes and Kerochan had eaten them all. It felt as if they were all
twelve again. Tomoyo swore she saw the twelve year old Sakura instead of the
seventeen year old Sakura.
The Sakura she loved so much.
Out of the corner of her eyes she saw movement. She turned her head to
see Eriol looking at her.
While Sakura babbled about cake and getting together for a picnic Eriol
was looking at Tomoyo with interest.
She looked down at her lunch cursing herself for letting her mind wander.
/Must not let anybody know./ she thought as she picked at her salad. A few
minutes later Chiharu asked her about student council business, as she answered
Chiharu she stole a glance at Eriol and Sakura. Eriol was not looking at her any
more.
---
"Daidouji-san."
Tomoyo looked up to see Eriol standing at her desk.
"I was wondering if we could walk home together since we live close to
each other."
Tomoyo closed her bookbag and said, "All right."
A few minutes later they were slowly walking up a road. The walk home had
been silent. Tomoyo had no idea what to say to him. She was at a loss for words
again.
Eriol looked up at the trees. "Fall is coming soon." he said.
"Yes." Tomoyo said relieved that the silence was broken, "I can feel the
chill in the air all ready."
"Sometimes..." Tomoyo said as she walked home with him, "Its the hardest
thing to do."
"I know the feeling." he said.
"I didn't think you did." Tomoyo said.
He looked at her surprised. It wasn't like Tomoyo to say things out of
the blue.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Well... considering all the things you have been through... I didn't
thinking watching the person you love love someone else be high on your list of
memories."
"Its very high right now." he muttered.
"I thought it was odd that you haven't mentioned Mizuki-sensei at all."
she said as if she was talking about the weather.
He covered up his surprise with a smile, "It was a year ago." he said.
"I'm sorry." she said.
/When did we move from the weather to talking about the past?/ Eriol
thought irritated.
"I think I will have to get new scarves and hats." Tomoyo said as if she
was reading his mind. His irritation slipped away.
"Me too." he said.
"We should go together some time." she said. "That is if you can spare
some time from the house repairs."
"I believe I can." he said after a moment of silence.
-------
Its been so long... I forgot about this fic...
* Vuelve is a song sung by Ricky Martin (before his english vida loca
hey-days) which is a beautiful song about love and regret. Vuelve means
"return" but it also means "comeback" which is what I used (it sounded
better than "return") the other two lines with the * after them means
I took a poetic license to the lines.
Que sin ti la vida se me va
- because without you my life goes away
- because without you my life is fading away*
Que me falta el aire si tu no estas
- because I lack air if you are not here
- I can't breathe if you aren't here*
Key:
implies words in italics/ introspective thoughts
' implies dialouge from the past/ a memory '
/ implies thoughts /
the rest is self explanitory ^_-
==========
Vuelve
- comeback*
Que sin ti la vida se me va
- because without you my life is fading away*
Oh, vuelve
- oh comeback
Que me falta el aire si tu no estas
- I can't breathe if you aren't here*
Oh, vuelve
- oh comeback
Nadie ocupara tu lugar
- no one will ever take your place
-----
Ricky Martin - Vuelve
-----
--- Ch 3 - Duet
--- Backwards/Forwards
Was there ever a time in your life when things were just right? For me it
was when we were twelve. Life was right at the time, granted we would fight the
occasional occult piece of magic but when you were twelve anything was possible,
as endless as the sky.
Sometimes I wish I didn't grow up, that I stayed in that time where we
were all dreaming and those dreams were endless. They weren't weighted down by
reality. Happiness was so sharp back then. It was a time when a simple I'm sorry
solved problems or when a smile was the best way to solve things. At the time the
biggest deal in your life was trying to see the one you loved just a moment longer
or if you had forgotten your recorder for class.
Growing up means letting go of those things. You turn away from those
moments in your life and you face reality. Your world comes crashing down back to
the present and you look in the mirror and you realize that the years have passed
and happiness is not as sharp as it was back then.
To this day I look back on those times as the best times of my
childhood...
"Don't forget your lunch!" Nakuru said as she poked her head out of the
kitchen door.
Eriol was putting his shoes on when he turned to see Nakuru bound over to
him and hand him a wrapped bento box.
"I can't believe I'm going to school." he said.
"Cheer up." Nakuru said, "It will be a good distraction."
"Isn't coming to Tomoeda enough?" he asked.
Nakuru placed her hands on her hips, "Call it character building." she
said with a wink.
Eriol muttered something about making his guardians too smart for their
own good.
"And don't you forget about that." Nakuru replied cheerfully. "Now shoo! I
have some baking and cleaning to do."
Eriol was about to call the entire day off when the grandfather clock
began to chime eight o'clock.
"Look at the time! Don't be late for your first day."
"I am not a child any more." Eriol muttered as Nakuru gave him a kiss on
his forehead.
Nakuru chuckled, "Sometimes you act like one, and now is one of those
times."
"I'll bring home my latest craft project." he said and left the house.
He rounded a corner and sighed. "This is a bad idea." A few minutes later
he had arrived at Seijou High School. While it was not the school that Kaho had
taught, at it was attached to the elementary school. He closed his eyes for a
moment, chasing away the ghosts of his memories. A ghostly Kaho fading away in
his mind. He opened them to see a short girl walk by him. He smiled at the girl.
It was a surprise to see her alone, ever since he met her she was surrounded by
someone.
"Good morning Sakura-san." he said as she walked by.
Sakura turned to see Eriol smiling down at her.
"Eriol-kun?" she asked.
He nodded with a smile.
"Eriol-kun!" she exclaimed, "What a surprise!"
"Its good to see a familiar face. Do you know where I can find Three-A?"
he asked.
"That's my class." she said, "I'll walk you there." suddenly it hit her,
"You're not visiting."
Eriol shook his head, "I'm here to tend to the house, it needs some
repairs." he said, "So I'm finishing school in Tomoeda."
Sakura clapped her hands, "Oh! It will be like old times again!" she said.
Eriol smiled at Sakura's excitement.
"Oh you should come have lunch with us!" Sakura said as she walked down
the hall with him. Eriol noticed a bounce in her step.
"If it makes you happy I'd gladly have lunch with you." he said.
Sakura blushed a little and smiled at him, "Of course it does!" she
stopped at a door, "Here it is! Three-A"
Eriol smiled at her, "Thank you."
"Everybody will be so surprised to see you." she said as she opened the
door.
"Good morning!" she called
"Good morning Sakura-chan!" Chiharu called.
"Look who I found!" Sakura said as she turned to Eriol. She held her arms
out like a hostess in a gameshow.
"Hiiragaizawa-kun!" Chiharu exclaimed as she walked up to him. "Its been a
long time!"
"I can't believe it." Yamazaki said. "Hiiragaizawa-kun is here!"
Chiharu chuckled, "You rarely say that."
Yamazaki stopped for a moment to register what his girlfriend said. He
noticed Sakura hiding her smirk behind her hands. He began to laugh.
Soon everybody else was laughing.
"I'm so sorry I missed the joke." a voice said.
They turned to see Tomoyo behind them. She had set her school bag down on
her desk and was looking at them amused.
"Tomoyo-chan! Eriol-kun joined our class!" Sakura said. She stepped to
the side and opened her arms like a game show hostess would display the prize of
the round.
Tomoyo smiled at Eriol, "What pleasant surprise!"
Eriol smiled and bowed his head a bit.
"He's going to join us for lunch." Sakura said as she clapped her hands.
She was bouncing on the balls of her feet.
"I can't turn down Sakura's offer." he said with a smile. He turned to
Tomoyo, "Will you be joining us?"
Tomoyo nodded, "Of course."
At that moment the teacher entered and the students rushed to their seats
ready to start the day. Eriol straightened his tie and began mentally preparing
what to say to his new classmates.
---
"So..." Sakura said as she opened her bentou box.
"Yes?" Eriol asked.
"Will be joining any clubs?" Sakura asked.
"It depends on the house repairs." he said.
"I'm sure you can manage one or two since Akizuki-san came with you."
Tomoyo said.
Eriol glanced at Tomoyo. She was still sharp as ever. "Yes... I suppose
so. I just feel uncomfortable with leaving her with so much responsibility."
"Akizuki-san is here too?" Sakura asked just as she was about to stuff
Shaoran's mouth with a meatball.
"Yes." Eriol said. "She wanted to come back to Tomoeda too."
"Oh! Then Spinel is here too?" she asked her eyes full of hope.
"Yes he is here too." he said.
Sakura clapped her hands together, "Kerochan will be happy to hear that
he's here too!"
"I'm not sure... considering the last time you left them with that plate
of takoyaki..." Eriol said. "Spinel said he was sore from chasing after it."
Sakura giggled, "I can't believe they went all over Tomoeda for that
thing."
"Spinel?" Rika asked as she sat down.
"Just some friends." Eriol said as he turned to greet Rika.
"One of these friends eats too much." Shaoran muttered as he ate his
lunch.
Sakura giggled.
Tomoyo watched amused as Eriol talked to Sakura. She felt a stab of
pleasure and envy. Sakura was bubbling with conversation as she caught up to
speed on Eriol's life. She was radiant as she talked to Eriol about that one time
they had baked cakes and Kerochan had eaten them all. It felt as if they were all
twelve again. Tomoyo swore she saw the twelve year old Sakura instead of the
seventeen year old Sakura.
The Sakura she loved so much.
Out of the corner of her eyes she saw movement. She turned her head to
see Eriol looking at her.
While Sakura babbled about cake and getting together for a picnic Eriol
was looking at Tomoyo with interest.
She looked down at her lunch cursing herself for letting her mind wander.
/Must not let anybody know./ she thought as she picked at her salad. A few
minutes later Chiharu asked her about student council business, as she answered
Chiharu she stole a glance at Eriol and Sakura. Eriol was not looking at her any
more.
---
"Daidouji-san."
Tomoyo looked up to see Eriol standing at her desk.
"I was wondering if we could walk home together since we live close to
each other."
Tomoyo closed her bookbag and said, "All right."
A few minutes later they were slowly walking up a road. The walk home had
been silent. Tomoyo had no idea what to say to him. She was at a loss for words
again.
Eriol looked up at the trees. "Fall is coming soon." he said.
"Yes." Tomoyo said relieved that the silence was broken, "I can feel the
chill in the air all ready."
"Sometimes..." Tomoyo said as she walked home with him, "Its the hardest
thing to do."
"I know the feeling." he said.
"I didn't think you did." Tomoyo said.
He looked at her surprised. It wasn't like Tomoyo to say things out of
the blue.
"Excuse me?" he asked.
"Well... considering all the things you have been through... I didn't
thinking watching the person you love love someone else be high on your list of
memories."
"Its very high right now." he muttered.
"I thought it was odd that you haven't mentioned Mizuki-sensei at all."
she said as if she was talking about the weather.
He covered up his surprise with a smile, "It was a year ago." he said.
"I'm sorry." she said.
/When did we move from the weather to talking about the past?/ Eriol
thought irritated.
"I think I will have to get new scarves and hats." Tomoyo said as if she
was reading his mind. His irritation slipped away.
"Me too." he said.
"We should go together some time." she said. "That is if you can spare
some time from the house repairs."
"I believe I can." he said after a moment of silence.
-------
Its been so long... I forgot about this fic...
* Vuelve is a song sung by Ricky Martin (before his english vida loca
hey-days) which is a beautiful song about love and regret. Vuelve means
"return" but it also means "comeback" which is what I used (it sounded
better than "return") the other two lines with the * after them means
I took a poetic license to the lines.
Que sin ti la vida se me va
- because without you my life goes away
- because without you my life is fading away*
Que me falta el aire si tu no estas
- because I lack air if you are not here
- I can't breathe if you aren't here*