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Chapter 2 – Our First MeetingWhen they arrived at Syaoran's home, Tomoyo and Sakura had asked if they could be shown to their rooms to rest since the flight took a lot out of them. Apparently, Tomoyo's room was going to be next to Eriol's and Sakura's was going to be next to Syaoran's.
"Eriol, its lovely," Tomoyo said as she entered her room which was a light purple color and had the view of the lake with some trees surrounding it.
"I'm glad that you love it. I'll leave now so you may get some rest. If you need anything, I'll be next door and Syaoran is across from my room," Eriol said as he gave her a kiss on her hand, bowed, and left.
"I hope Sakura enjoys her vacation as much as me," Tomoyo said as she started to unpack her things.
"This is your room, Sakura," Syaoran said as he opened the door for her.
Sakura's room was decorated in light pink colors and had the view of the garden that had some of her favorite trees, cherry blossoms.
"Thank you, Syaoran," Sakura said as she turned back around, but found that he was gone.
'Sigh. I was at least hoping to become friends with him since he is Eriol's cousin. Hopefully I'll forget about him and move on,' Sakura said as she also started to unpack her things.
"So, what do you think of Sakura?" Eriol asked as he blocked on Syaoran's attacks.
"What do you mean?" Syaoran said as he blocked one of Eriol's and punched back.
"You know what I mean," Eriol said as he did a roundhouse kick at Syaoran, but he flipped out of the way and charged him.
"Eriol, you need to get another hobby than trying to mess with my life," Syaoran said as he pinned him to the ground.
"But that happens to be my best hobby," Eriol said as he flipped him over and turned the tables on him.
Syaoran pushed him off and got up quickly to charge him again. Eriol was ready for him this time and ran at him as well, both pulling their hands back and launching forward.
"I thought you guys were suppose to be practicing moves, not taking them," said a voice from behind them.
"What do you want now, Meilin?" Syaoran asked in an annoying tone.
"Aw, Syaoran! You're no fun!" Meilin said as she walked up to them and gave each a hug.
"I thought you weren't going to visit us till next month when Syaoran becomes…"
"What do you want?" Syaoran asked as he changed the subjects.
"Can't I just visit because I want to, cousin?" Meilin asked as she smiled innocently at him.
"I know you, Meilin, and I know that you want something," Syaoran said as he glared at her.
"Syaoran, I've been around you long enough to know that your glare does not mean a thing to me anymore. Besides, I've gotten used to it because of you," Meilin said as she glared back at him.
"So, who's going to go to lunch?" Eriol asked as he tried to break the tension that was growing between his cousins.
"Me!" Meilin said as if she had just remembered something important and ran to the kitchen.
"You know cousin, you need to work on your people skills," Eriol said as he started to head towards the kitchen as well.
"Whatever," Syaoran said as he followed them, thinking about what Eriol had said.
Meilin and Syaoran still glared at one another, even when they were eating. Eriol on the other hand just sat there and starred at them, wondering how long they were going to keep this up. After they left, Eriol was able to eat in silence and was going to get another plate as he saw Tomoyo enter the kitchen, looking for food.
"Good evening, Tomoyo. How was your nap?" Eriol asked, hoping to make small talk.
"Something that was well needed," Tomoyo said as she giggled.
"How long do you intend on staying here, Tomoyo?" Eriol asked as gave her plate to her.
"I was hoping till summer vacation was over, but if you have something else important that you need to do then we'll leave sooner," Tomoyo said as she sat down next to him.
"Oh, please stay as long as you like," Eriol said as he smiled at her.
"Thank you," Tomoyo said as she smiled back him.
They ate the rest of their lunch in silence and only said little comments about the food and left to go to the gardens, which where Sakura was at right now.
While they were walking through the gardens, Tomoyo saw some cherry trees up ahead and smiled. She then turned to Eriol who was deep in thought about something.
'I wonder if Eriol thinks the same thing as I do?' Tomoyo thought as she looked ahead of her once again.
"Tomoyo, do you think that Sakura will be a good match for Syaoran?" Eriol asked as he stopped walking and looked at her.
"Hmm…I don't know if we should be doing this, Eriol," Tomoyo said as she looked back at him.
"Why not? The both of them make such a good pair that I don't see anything wrong with it. Why shouldn't we at least try it?" Eriol asked, knowing that they do make a good couple.
"Eriol, do you remember a guy named Michael?" Tomoyo asked, looking at the ground.
"Yeah, he was a good friend of mine. Why?" Eriol asked, picking her head up with his hand.
"He went out with Sakura a few times and it meant a lot to her, you know. Well, everything was going fine and they were getting along great, but…"
"Tomoyo, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to," Eriol said as put his hands on her shoulders.
"One day, she went over to his apartment to surprise him with their one year anniversary, and she saw him making out with Jean," Tomoyo said as she started to sob.
'To think that I told Michael to watch over the both of them for me,' Eriol thought as he brought her into a hug and held her close.
'Hmm, its so quiet here that I wouldn't mind living here. Out of all the places that I've visited so far, I love this garden,' Sakura thought as she looked up at the sky.
"Who ever made this garden sure did put a lot of effort into it," Sakura said as she looked at a cherry tree beside her.
"I don't believe I have heard someone compliment my garden before, thank you," said a voice from behind her, which startled her and she sprang to her feet.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you little one," said the lady that stood before her.
"That's alright. My name is Sakura Kinomoto," Sakura said as stuck out her hand.
"Yelan Li," said the lady as she shook her hand.
"Are you Syaoran's mother?" Sakura asked, noticing how she had light brown eyes instead of amber like his.
"Yes, I am. You must be one of Eriol's friends that came to visit him for the summer," Yelan said as she made small talk with the girl.
They chatted for a while and talked about their homes and about themselves. After a while, Yelan was beginning to fall in love with this girl that the elders had told her to keep away from Syaoran.
'These two are so much alike and they don't even know it yet,' Yelan thought as she continued to talk to the girl.
"Why is it that every time I look at her or I'm near her, I feel afraid, yet comforted by her presence? I have only met her today and now I'm starting to have feelings for her? I didn't even have feelings for Meilin when they told me she was going to be my betrothed. But still, I have to admit that she is beautiful, Ying Fa," said an amber eyed boy with chocolate brown unruly hair.
Well, how am I doing so far? Have I gotten better? Let me know you guys! Thanks! -Bluepiper