To comfort one another

By: CCSobsession

Disclaimer: I do not own CCS, period.

Author's notes: Well…I'm glad people have been reviewing, but please review more and tell me what I can improve in the story. Or give me ideas! ^_^

~*Tomoyo's POV*~

It's been several years since I moved to England. I still have kept it touch with Sakura, and she told me that she is pregnant. I'm very happy for her indeed, and now she says she wants to come to England to visit me. I just don't know if I can face them or not. I guess I'll talk to Eriol-kun later about it…I haven't finished the letter, I had to get back to work right then.

"Ms. Daidouji! Ms. Daidouji!" a woman said urgently in her ear.

"Yes, Miss Smith?" I say, looking at my employee's face.

"Ms. Daidouji, can you help me with deciding the finishing touches of the design for this dress?" her employee asks.

"Of course, ever since Jane was promoted, I've been the boss here! It's my job of course!" I say smiling. Yes, Jane has been promoted. Her excellent work and kindness to her employees got her promoted to a newer and more famous boutique. She left this boutique to me, saying that I had the most original ideas and deserved to be the boss. Load of junk, I'm sure. But I was grateful since she has been so kind to me anyway.

~*End of Tomoyo's POV*~

In the evening…

"TOMOYO-CHAN!" screamed Nakuru. Nakuru waved her arms up and down and ran up to Tomoyo. She then hugged her to death.

"Konbanwa Nakuru-san," Tomoyo said calmly. "How are you doing today?"

"I haven't seen you FOREVER!!!" Nakuru shouted genkily.

"I saw you this morning," Tomoyo corrected, smiling.

"Well that IS forever!" Nakuru insisted. "Anyway come in and taste my cookies. I didn't put so much sugar in this time, just like you suggested. I hope they'll taste better!!"

"Oh, that's wonderful! I can't wait to taste them," Tomoyo said back grinning.

Tomoyo and Nakuru entered Hiiragizawa manor and was greeted by Eriol.

"Konbanwa Tomoyo-san, how are you doing today?" Eriol said courteously.

"Very well thank you, and you?" Tomoyo said politely back. After all these years, Tomoyo and Eriol had become the closest of friends. Not only did they live together as roommates, but they also were the type of friends who could go to each other for comfort anytime. Especially when it came to Kaho and Sakura.

"Very good! I had some fun today with painting some landscapes," Eriol said. "Oh yes, I believe Ruby Moon wanted you to taste some of her cooking."

"Yes YES YES!! She will LOVE them!! They are much better than before according to Suppi-chan!" Nakuru said joyfully.

"How did you get Spinel Sun to eat them in the first place Nakuru-san?" Tomoyo asked in wonder.

"Oh…I uh…forced him to," Nakuru said. "He said he liked them actually, but he did get really hyper anyway!"

"I see…" Tomoyo trailed off.

"I'll go get some!" Nakuru jumped up and ran into the kitchen and brought back a few for Tomoyo.

"Touya cookies?" Tomoyo speculated. Indeed, the cookies were the shape of Touya's head. (A/N: -.- don't ask where I got that idea)

"YES!!! If I ever see him again, I'm going to show them to him!! He hasn't answered any of my letters though," she said dejectedly. "But I know he will!!"

"Well let's see," Tomoyo took a cookie and placed it in her mouth. She slowly chewed it and let the taste sink in. A little too sugary, but otherwise perfectly done. "A much bigger improvement from before Nakuru-san…just a little too much sugar this time. A teaspoon less will make these cookies perfect!"

"YAY!! I'm going to find Suppi-chan and give him MORE!!! See you later Mistress Tomoyo!!" Nakuru shouted. With that Nakuru went upstairs to find Spinel sitting and reading his usual tome.

"Suppi-chan Suppi-chan!! Come eat my cookies!" Nakuru urged him.

"Not now, this tome is getting really interesting Ruby Moon, and do NOT call me Suppi-chan," he said exasperatedly. "And I heard you call Tomoyo-san Mistress Tomoyo…when will you stop!"

"Never!! I know she and Eriol-sama TOTALLY belong together!! Not Kaho-san and Eriol-sama. Kaho-san was very nice and everything, but it was mean the way she left Eriol-sama!" Nakuru said obstinately. "And Tomoyo-sama is soooo nice to Eriol-kun!! Now EAT MY COOKIES!" With that, Nakuru shoved the cookies down Spinel's mouth.

"Much better than before, the cooking lessons Tomoyo-san gave you are really helping. MORE!!" Spinel jumped up from his tome and stole the rest of the cookies from Nakuru's plate. "MORE MORE MORE!!!" he sang.

"YAY! You like my cookies!!" Nakuru said just as hyper.

Tomoyo and Eriol are sitting on two sofas…

"Sakura-san wrote to me today," Eriol began uneasily.

"Hontou? She wrote to me too, what did yours say?" Tomoyo said, trying to look like she didn't really mind hearing about her best friend.

"She told me she wanted to visit England a lot since she missed you and me too much. And she also told me that she already brought airplane tickets and will be coming in several weeks," Eriol said. "What did yours say?"

Tomoyo's look of surprise was soon replaced with her usual face. "I didn't know she was coming!!! She just expressed her wishes to come here. Maybe I just didn't read that part, I didn't finish the letter," she said. "Ano…Eriol-kun, did you hear about her being pregnant now?"

"So she's pregnant? I didn't know that! Well best friends will tell each other everything before the rest of the world I guess," Eriol said uneasily. 'I really hope Tomoyo isn't hurt…'

"And yes Eriol-kun, I am ok," Tomoyo said, reading his face easily.

"Are you sure? You are in love with her though," Eriol pressed slightly.

"Iie, its ok! I'm very happy for her in fact," Tomoyo said struggling. "I'm very happy!"

"Don't give me that junk (A/N: Must keep this PG!)," Eriol said disgustedly. "You MUST be hurt somehow, let it out."

"I'm happy," Tomoyo said obstinately again. But inside, she was slowly breaking down.

"Just let it out Tomoyo-san, its no good bottling it up," Eriol insisted. "It will be hard to face her, I know."

"…" Tomoyo was at a loss of words. How would he know this?

"Its ok to cry Tomoyo-san, I'll be here for you," Eriol said quietly. He slowly got up and sat next to Tomoyo and hugged her. Tomoyo stiffened at first then she put her head on his chest and started crying hysterically.

"HOW WILL I FACE HER?!?!" she shouted into his chest as tears ran down her cheeks. "I just don't know if I can cope or not!"

"Its ok…let it out…let it out," Eriol whispered over and over again in her ear.

"Its just…I left for here to get RID of seeing her face, drowned in the love of Li Syaoran!!! Sometimes I just LOATHE him…" she said weakly cried.

"I know…I know…" he whispered softly. He took her hand in his and whispered, "It's ok…" But something caught his eye, when he looked at Tomoyo's hand, he was shocked to find her vein was slit and there was a scar there.

"Tomoyo…" Eriol said softly. "You didn't, did you?"

Tomoyo looked at him and knew of what he was saying. "Yes I did, it was a long time ago. I failed because I was too cowardly. So then I came to England."

"I guess we're more like than ever Tomoyo-san," Eriol said bitterly holding up his own hand. There too, was a scar on his vein, but it wasn't as old as Tomoyo's.

"I guess we are," she repeated. "Gomen nasai Eriol-kun for crying on you look that. Look at your shirt, its all wet."

Eriol grinned and said, "It's all right! We all have to cry sometimes."

"Your right Eriol-kun," Tomoyo said softly. "But one thing we aren't alike in is that I run away from everything."

"What do you mean, Tomoyo-san?" Eriol asked.

"I ran away from everybody in Tomoeda," Tomoyo said sadly. "I'm not as brave as everyone, I just run away." She started crying again, and Eriol held her.

"That's not true…when we are too pained, sometimes it helps to run away for a little while," Eriol said convincingly.

"Exactly, for a little while. I think I need to start facing my fears again. Sakura-chan said she wanted to come right? Well I am safe to assume that Li-kun will be with her. Can they stay here?" Tomoyo asked Eriol.

"Are you sure you can deal with the pain though?" Eriol asked gently.

"Yes, I can, its time to move on," Tomoyo said firmly. "Definitely time."

"Good, I'm glad you can move on in your life now," Eriol said softly. 'Now I just need to move on in mine'

"Right," Tomoyo said. "I'll call Sakura-chan tomorrow. I'm really tired, and I want to go to bed, oyashumi."

"Oyashumi, Tomoyo-san," Eriol replied.

~*Tomoyo's POV*~

"It's time for me to move on. Time to find somebody else to love," I think to myself. Correction, I say to people. I don't believe it myself of course. But I don't want to see Eriol-kun unhappy because of me. He's housed me, he's cared for me, and he's done everything for me. Yet he doesn't release his feelings, while mine brim over in this place. And I am such a selfish person. How can I forget about Eriol's feeling as well!? He suffers as much as I do in the very least! And all I do is cry about my feelings, and he comforts me?

Poor Eriol-kun, always so alone, but he always cares about people! But he never gives a thought to himself. He sounds like me when I was younger before. I bet he is also going through the same pain I went through.

~*End of Tomoyo's POV*~

"Eriol-kun…why do you hurt yourself?" Tomoyo wondered out loud.

"What do you mean?" said a voice from behind the door.

"ERIOL-KUN!??!" she shouted in surprise. She opened the door and there was Eriol clad in his pajamas.

"I was going to the bathroom, but I heard you say that I hurt myself? What on earth do you mean?" Eriol asked.

"…Don't lie Eriol-kun," Tomoyo said seriously.

"What do you mean?" for once in his life, Eriol seemed nervous.

"Don't lie about your pain," Tomoyo continued.

"What … what pain?" Eriol stuttered.

"Do you think I don't know? I'm not bad in observing people you know. You still suffer from Mizuki-sensei. But you won' bring yourself to say it, you bottle it up. Don't be a hypocrite, you said its not good to bottle things up, but that's what your doing. Let it OUT!" Tomoyo demanded.

"What do you mean?" Eriol asked, feigning innocence.

"Liar," Tomoyo said coldly. "Liar. Give it up, Eriol-kun. I don't want to see you in pain anymore, it hurts."

"Tomoyo-san, I do not want to hurt you in anyway, but me letting out my feelings will stress you out even more," Eriol stated.

"I don't care, you're my friend! I can't stand to see you let me relieve my pain while you just stand there! Your pain is probably as horrible as mine is! Just let it out, I'm here," Tomoyo said again.

"…" Eriol was speechless. "Tomoyo-san, I'm fine."

"No your not. Your pain is immeasurable. And don't tell me it isn't. Think about it, you and Mizuki-sensei were engaged for several years, and you were lovers before that! That is REALLY long, and for her to break it off all of a sudden, I really don't see you healing well," Tomoyo said stubbornly.

"Tomoyo-san," Eriol said slowly.

"Nani?" Tomoyo asked.

"…Its hard to say this, but yes I am suffering," Eriol said.

"Now let it out, Eriol-kun," she instructed.

"You have no idea how painful this is to the male pride!" he said exasperatedly.

"We'll talk on my bed (A/N: No to all you hentai people! They are TALKING!)" Tomoyo said, dragging Eriol.

"Ok," Eriol said reluctantly. Eriol and Tomoyo sat down next to each other on the bed.

"Spill," Tomoyo said seriously.

"Uh…did I mention this is very painful for the male pride?" he said, trying to change the subject slightly.

"Yes yes, now spill," she continued.

"…Tomoyo-san…do you have to?!" Eriol whined.

"Yes, or I will make you," Tomoyo threatened.

"How huh?" Eriol asked.

"Simple, I will do something that you'll never expect me to do," Tomoyo said mysteriously.

"What then?" Eriol asked.

"Spill or you might regret it," Tomoyo said calmly.

"No," Eriol said firmly.

"Ok well then good-bye," Tomoyo said lightly. She stood up and made a move to leave. "I'll buy a home for myself and I'll never see your face again."

"WHAT?! Your not serious are you!?" Eriol asked anxiously.

"Do I look serious?" Tomoyo asked simply. Her lips were in a straight line, and she was pulling on some clothes over her nightgown. She then started to pack. "I don't want to burden you anymore."

"Burden!? BURDEN!?" Eriol said.

"Yes burden, good-bye!" Tomoyo said finally. She opened the door and was about to step out when Eriol ran to her and grabbed her.

"You can't leave!" Eriol pleaded.

"Why not," she said, not looking at him.

"Because because…" Eriol searched in his mind a good reason for her to stay without him having to "spill".

"Because what? I'm going to leave in one minute if you don't hurry up," Tomoyo said seriously. 'Do you really not care enough about me that you can't even tell me what's wrong with you?'

"Because…I don't know," he trailed off.

"Well then good-bye. I thought that you cared enough about me that you would want me to stay, but I was very wrong," she said stiffly. "Syanora!" She loosened his grip and left.

"NO!!" Eriol grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her. "I don't want you to go…I don't…"

"Well too bad," Tomoyo said again very coldly. She was good at acting; she did it all her life.

"No, I want you to stay," he said firmly.

"How then," she said derisively.

"I'll make you," he said. With that he tightened his grip. "I'll do anything."

"Anything? Then tell me about your pain," Tomoyo said trying to get out of his grip.

"Ok, but you can't fight my grip. So stay put!" he said grinning.

"…" Tomoyo glared at Eriol. Eriol just smiled and dragged her back to the bed.

"Let's talk," he said.

"Ok, go," Tomoyo said. She squirmed in his arms trying to get out, but to no avail.

"Well I guess since you came, I just didn't want to put the pain on you. But if you insist…" Eriol said seriously. "Plus, I don't want you to run away so fat chance about you disappearing."

"Humph!" Tomoyo muttered.

"Well anyway, I guess its my natural instinct to keep it hidden away from you. Since after all, you suffered a lot more than me. And you actually welcomed the fact that Li-kun and Sakura-san loved each other. You even played matchmaker! Pain must have flooded you when you did that," Eriol explained. "So I kept my pain away from you."

"That still doesn't have anything to do with the subject at hand," she said seriously.

"Fine then. Well ever since Kaho…left me by "passing away" I just felt sad. Not by the fact she just didn't love me anymore, but it's the fact that she couldn't use break up with me. Instead she decided to fake her death and all that nonsense," he explained.

"Poor Eriol-kun…" Tomoyo said soothingly, patting his hair.

"Yes, poor me!" Eriol said grinning. This earned him a swat from Tomoyo on the head.

"Eriol-kun!" Tomoyo said teasingly.

Eriol's face hardened once again. "But I loved her so much Tomoyo-san. It was immeasurable! I loved her…she was perfect! Even Clow Read didn't have some one as perfect as her. Well, he never really did know what the meaning of love was," he said bitterly. "I wanted it so that I could be loved too, but no, she had to take that away." "Eriol-kun," Tomoyo said softly.

"…The pain is immeasurable…" he whispered. Suddenly tears that were bottled up for such a long time just spilled out into the world above. Tomoyo hugged him and caressed his hair as he yelled out the sadness of broken hearts.

"Its ok…" she whispered soothingly in his ear.

"This is just like before isn't it? Except we switched places," he said jokingly. He struggled so that his voice wouldn't crack, but he wasn't succeeding.

"Yes it is," Tomoyo said softly. "We are so alike."

"Yes," he whispered. Then all of a sudden he turned to her so that there faces were inches apart. "So very alike…"

"Eriol-kun?" she asked shocked.

"So very alike," he repeated. And in a daze he pressed his lips on hers. And he held them there. Tomoyo opened her eyes wide and tried to pull away.

"No," Eriol said roughly and pulled her closer. He kissed her again.

"Eriol-kun," she managed to choke out.

"This will make me feel better," he insisted. After crying so much, he was in a daze.

"Eriol-kun," she said seriously.

"No!" he said childishly. He kissed her again. A soft and sweet one and he held her so they wouldn't move.

Tomoyo sighed. This is what she gets for trying to comfort him. She tries to pull away but all he does is pull her back.

"Please, just tonight," he pleaded. "It makes me forget all the pain I was put through." Tomoyo sighed and nodded. He pushed her down on the bed and resumed kissing her. (A/N: NOTHING MORE!)

'I guess this is what he does to comfort himself. But what is this feeling I feel in my chest? Why can't I just pull myself away completely and run away? What is it?' Tomoyo asked herself as Eriol kissed her. No tongues, just a kiss between the lips.

Eriol himself was in such a daze he didn't realize what he was doing exactly. Otherwise you would never catch him doing something like this. The pain and memories of Kaho and what she had done had finally driven him to a brief moment of insanity. All he thought of now was to help along the passion that he hid so deeply within his heart away from the world.

And slowly, the two fell asleep, lips locked. The last thoughts of Tomoyo before she drifted off to sleep was, "Am I falling for…him?"

"HUH!?" Eriol said astonished to find himself next to Tomoyo, KISSING her. Immediately, a blush streamed across his face as Tomoyo slowly woke up. Then he suddenly remembered everything that happened the previous night. 'I made such a fool of myself!'

"Eriol-kun," Tomoyo said, her voice cracking.

"Gomen nasai!! I don't know what came over me!!" Eriol said. "Please don't leave!"

"I won't leave Eriol-kun, you baka! I would never be stupid enough to do that. I was just kidding before to make sure you tell me about everything," Tomoyo said giggling. Then she also remembered that they were kissing, and her face turned red. "It's ok Eriol-kun," she choked out in a little voice. She also remembered the warm feeling of him against her, and how her chest vibrated as their lips met. Was she in love?

"Are you sure? I can't really remember what happened, I must have gone crazy," he whispered.

"Uh…Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo said hesitantly.

"Yes?" Eriol asked fearfully. Would she leave him forever to be alone?

"Let go of me," Tomoyo said plaintively.

"Huh? Oh sorry!" Eriol stuttered out, his blush getting worse. He just realized his arms were wrapped around Tomoyo very tightly. "I just don't want you to leave me, like Kaho! You are my only friend that I can confide with."

"Its ok Eriol-kun," Tomoyo said giggling. But inside, all of her was turmoil, pure turmoil.

"Gomen nasai again," he muttered. "I really didn't mean too." But somewhere inside of him, he liked it. When he had kissed Tomoyo, he felt something he never felt before. A feeling so powerful it cannot be described…as if they were made for each other…

"Its ok," Tomoyo said again. She sat up on the bed. "Nothing else happened right?" she asked fearfully.

"No of course not! I am not that insane Miss Tomoyo!" he said laughing.

"Good," she said. "Eriol-kun?"

"Yes?" Eriol asked.

"If you ever need to do that again, its ok. Everybody as their own methods of comforting oneself," she said hesitantly. 'Besides…I don't know why, but I think I liked it'

"Tomoyo-san! Your embarrassing me!" Eriol said teasingly. 'Thank you for telling me that'

"Well what else would I say? I hate you good-bye? Your one of my best friends! Plus, you were always there to comfort me!" Tomoyo argued, her face burning hot.

"…Ok fine so you win," he said indignantly. Tomoyo just grinned at him.

"Yes I'm right! See, I, Tomoyo Daidouji am right and Clow Read is not!" Tomoyo said laughing.

"HEY! Don't go that FAR!" Eriol said childishly. Then, he started tickling her.

"Beware the wrath of the reincarnated Clow Read!"

"Hey hey!!! HAHAH STOP!!" she managed to choke out as she laughed.

"Never!" he said obstinately, tickling her even more.

"I surrender!" she shouted.

"Never!" he said again, still tickling her. "Take that back! Clow Read is never wrong," he teased.

"No," she said stubbornly.

"Then I won't stop," Eriol said equally stubborn.

"Fine then I'll make you!" she said suddenly. And before she knew what she was doing, she kissed him.

This time Eriol opened his eyes wide with shock. (A/N: Really alike, ne?) He was about to pull away, but he enjoyed the kiss. He kissed her back and that caused Tomoyo to go into shock.

They pulled away at the exact same moment, and said "Gomen ne!" Then they burst out laughing. "We are strange people aren't we, Eriol-kun?" she asked Eriol.

"Hai, very strange," he answered back.

"Let's go eat, I'm starving!" Tomoyo said gaily. (A/N: no I won't make the audience suffer through another bout of sandwich breakfasts =P)

"Yes, let's eat," Eriol said.

"Then we can plan more on Sakura-chan's visit!" she said. Eriol froze and checked to see if there was any pain on her face.

"Mou…Eriol-kun! I'm over her!" she argued at his unbelieving face.

Eriol still didn't believe that, but he grinned anyway. "Ok."

Ok you guys can flame me now. I'm ready! Hehe ^^; now that was a screwed up chapter =P I surprised myself actually…I guess I went overboard on trying to make it more romantic, and wrote insane instead 0.o Gomen ne! Again, next two reviews, next chapter. Jaa!

-CCSobsession

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