To Comfort One Another
By: CCSobsession
Disclaimer: I do not own CCS.
Author notes: There is some violence in here, so if you dislike violence, don't read past the part when its morning. It also has a little cursing as well.
"Eriol-kun, are you sure you want to go through with this?" Tomoyo asked for the hundredth time with concern.
"Yes, Tomoyo-san, I will, and I want to," Eriol replied steadily.
"You know Hiiragizawa, she's got a point," Syaoran said. "that woman did break you heart a lot or at least tossed it around."
"Well courtesy is important," Eriol insisted.
"Demo Eriol-kun, we're worried!" Sakura said.
"Well let's be off to the airport shall we?" Eriol said with no expression. "Ruby Moon? Spinel Sun? Will you be joining us?"
"Iie, we've decided to stay home and cook something instead," Nakuru said quickly.
"Oh, ok we'll see you when you get home. And Ruby Moon would you mind terribly to cook dinner tonight? I'm sure Tomoyo-san's cooking lessons she gave you helped you. There will be two extra spaces at the table tonight. Spinel Sun, I'm afraid you have to hide, I'm sure Kaho's new boyfriend will not like to find out we're magic," Eriol said, trying to sound apathetic.
"KAHO-SAN HAS A BOYFRIEND SHE BROUGHT WITH HER!?!?" Nakuru screamed in shock.
"Yes, is there a problem?" Eriol asked.
"Its rude! That's what!" Nakuru said. Spinel nodded vigorously after her. "Inviting herself, then inviting her boyfriend!"
"Well she changed a lot," Eriol said. "And I don't want to be rude to her."
"…You and your manners Eriol-sama," Nakuru said exasperatedly. "How polite can you get?" "I don't know what you are talking about Ruby Moon," Eriol said with an air of finality. "She is coming, whether you like it or not."
"Mou! Well come on Suppi-chan, let's go cook some food," she said and she took Spinel in her arms and went off to the kitchen.
"Don't put poison in her food!" Tomoyo called after her.
"Darn, I was going too," Nakuru muttered.
"Well let's go now," Eriol said, pasting a smile on his face. The group of adults exited the door and they jumped into a roomy limo Eriol had rented for them.
"Eriol-kun, are you sure your ok with this?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yes," Eriol said dejectedly. "She just doesn't love me anymore, and I think I can move on…"
"Don't you feel jealous?" Sakura asked.
"Jealous? Of course, why wouldn't I be? I feel like I want to get back at her!" Eriol said angrily, his cool lost.
"How?" Tomoyo asked calmly.
"I don't know," Eriol said, suddenly gaining his composure.
"Hiiragizawa," Syaoran said seriously. "Maybe you should."
"…Syaoran!" Sakura rebuked.
"From what she did to him, she deserves it," Syaoran said shortly.
"How?" Eriol asked, slightly interested.
"I don't know…maybe you and Daidouji-san can pretend to be a couple, you live together don't you," Syaoran put out helpfully.
"…WHAT?!" Tomoyo and Eriol burst out at the same time.
"It was just a suggestion," Syaoran said smugly. "But you guys could easily pass of as one."
"Syaoran! Did you have too much chocolate or something!? Your not yourself today!" Sakura said disapprovingly.
"Maybe I did," Syaoran merely said. "Maybe…I…did…but don't you agree Ying Hua?"
"Hai, I do. You and Eriol-kun could pass off easily as a couple," Sakura told Tomoyo.
"No," Tomoyo replied simply. "I will not be involved in such puerile actions."
"I also say no," Eriol agreed. "This is way too immature. We are adults, we can deal with our love lives easily enough."
"Yes," Tomoyo said. 'But what happens if I am willing to be a "couple" with you Eriol-kun? Not for Mizuki-sensei…just you…" she thought to herself. She suddenly shook her head and smiled.
"Well we're here," the driver said. The four adults got out of the limo and looked at the big airport in front of them.
"So where are we meeting…Mizuki-sensei?" Syaoran asked, voice sounding bitter when he said the word "Mizuki" (A/N: he never really liked her, did he).
"At gate 75, 11:30 AM," Eriol replied.
"Hm…its 11:15, we better go over there," Tomoyo said. The other three nodded and they started looking for gate 75.
"Here, Gate 75," Sakura read out loud from the sign. "And just on time too." The passengers filed out slowly and Sakura and everyone else sat down to wait for Kaho Mizuki and her new boyfriend.
In a few minutes, Kaho and her boyfriend emerged from the airport gate.
"Eriol!" Kaho shouted, waving for their attention. Eriol and the others stood up at the sound of their old teacher's voice.
"Kaho," Eriol said coldly looking at Kaho's boyfriend.
"This is John," Kaho introduced. "This is Eriol Hiiragizawa, Sakura Kinomoto, Syaoran Li, and Tomoyo Daidouji."
"Nice to meet you all," he said in a polite voice. He smiled at everyone, but when his eyes fell on Eriol, his smile was obviously pasted on.
"Nice to meet you," the four adults answered with the same polite voice, but with a hint of coldness. "Okari Mizuki-sensei/Kaho."
"John, do you speak Japanese by chance?" Tomoyo asked.
"Yes a little," John replied.
"Well let's get going to the manor shall we?" Eriol said suddenly, turning around. Tomoyo looked at Eriol in worry and grabbed his hand.
Tomoyo whispered, "Don't lose yourself Eriol-kun, you'll be ok."
Eriol just nodded stiffly. "Let's go everybody."
"What are we traveling in?" Kaho asked.
"We'll be using my limousine," Eriol replied.
"When did you get a limousine Eriol?" Kaho asked.
"Several months ago," Eriol replied.
"Ok, let's go!" Kaho said smiling.
The six adults got out of the limousine and went up to the front door. "We're here," Eriol said stiffly. They opened the door and went in.
"Welcome to Hiiragizawa manor. While you are staying here, what would you like to eat? Kaho-sama, long time no see," she said with a certain bitterness and seriousness one wouldn't expect her to possess.
"Hello Nakuru-san, long time no see," Kaho said back.
"Well why don't we talk in the living room," Tomoyo suggested.
Kaho and everyone else nodded and followed Nakuru, who was in the lead, to the living room. "I'll go get some treats," Nakuru said, turning on her heel.
"Thank you Nakuru," Eriol said.
"The mansion hasn't changed much has it?" Kaho said, trying to make some conversation.
"No it hasn't as you can see," Eriol said politely. "Now tell me Kaho, why did you come back?"
"I wanted to see you of course!" Kaho said smiling. "I thought I needed you back, but it turns out I don't. But it was nice seeing you again."
"I see," Eriol said bluntly. He still smiled, but it was going to drop any second now. He ran his hand through his hair and sat back on the couch.
"You aren't brooding over me, are you Eriol?" Kaho demanded.
"Iie, of course not, what makes you think so?" Eriol asked.
"Enough is said by the look on your face," Kaho accused.
"Why…how do you not know I have moved on to someone else!" Eriol said, his voice rising.
"Eriol-kun! Please!" Tomoyo whispered in his ear, trying to calm him down.
"Minna-san! Please calm down," Sakura said, trying to make the atmosphere less tense.
"You haven't, have you Eriol!?" Kaho said angrily.
"I HAVE!" Eriol shouted back.
"MINNA! LISTEN TO MY WIFE!!" Syaoran shouted.
"Minna-san, please calm down. This little piece of information is something that is in the past; we must forget about it," Tomoyo also said.
"I HAVE TOMOYO!" Eriol shouted in rage.
Tomoyo looked thunderstruck when Eriol put his arm over her shoulder. "I HAVE found someone else." She struggled trying to get out of his grip, but Eriol gripped her so hard she could barely move.
Tomoyo whispered into his ear, "WHAT are you doing Eriol-kun?"
"Gomen nasai! I just lost my composure," he whispered back.
"Then let GO," Tomoyo demanded. On contrary, her thoughts went against "letting go."
"NO," Eriol said obstinately.
"What are you talking about?" Kaho asked angrily. "Lover's TALK?" She immediately put her arms around her boyfriend as well.
"IT is NONE of your business KAHO," Eriol spat back, saying the word "Kaho" like it was poison.
"Minna-san, please calm down!" Sakura tried again. She looked at Syaoran who also urged them to stop.
"That's it, I'm going up to my room," Tomoyo said angrily standing up. She turned on her heel before Eriol could say a word and left.
"MATTE!" Eriol shouted before following her.
Nakuru came into the living room and said, "Where did they go? Dinner has been prepared."
"They need to talk to each other in private," Syaoran explained.
"Ah I see, may you excuse me for a moment? Please enjoy your meal in the dining room, and I am sorry Mr. Hiiragizawa and Ms. Daidouji aren't available at the moment," Nakuru said formally, sniffing at Kaho's boyfriend. She turned on her heel on left.
"Uh…" Sakura trailed off. "Syaoran?"
"Shall we eat?" Syaoran said desperately.
"We shall," Kaho said with gritted teeth. Sakura and Syaoran stood up nervously and Kaho and John stood up ominously.
"Let's go," Sakura said, trying to sound cheerful.
Meanwhile…
"What's your problem Eriol-kun!?" Tomoyo demanded as she sat on her bed.
"GOMEN! I LOST MY TEMPER!" Eriol shouted back.
"You lost your temper enough to lie? Eriol-kun, I thought you had courtesy! I thought you were a GENTLEMEN, not some JEALOUS FOOL!" Tomoyo shot back.
Eriol opened him mouth, then closed it. Then he collapsed on the floor. He started sobbing out, "Yes…that's what I am…I was too blind to realize it!" Tomoyo frowned in pity and sat down next to him.
"Its ok, jealousy gets to us," she whispered in his ear. "Everybody has a weak point." She stood up and got a tissue and gave it to Eriol, who took it and wiped his eyes.
"Tomoyo-san?" Eriol asked.
"Hai?" Tomoyo asked.
"Remember that night…when you asked what I was afraid of?" Eriol said.
"Hai, I remember. You told me that it was a secret," Tomoyo replied.
"The truth is…I am afraid…of being all like Clow Read. Clow Read never did have love, and I'm afraid of being unloved and having my heart broken," Eriol whispered. "I thought I could avoid this, but all this time, it has snuck up on me."
"Don't blame yourself. Remember; everybody has their weakness, their fear. You said so yourself!" Tomoyo encouraged. "It'll be ok!"
"What would I do without you Tomoyo-san?" Eriol said smiling sheepishly.
"I don't know, but we do have some guests to attend to," Tomoyo replied grinning.
"Yes, some guests, I hope they forgive me for my mental breakdown," Eriol said, his composure and face back on.
"Well let's go," Tomoyo said smiling. Eriol stood up and took her by the arm as they descended from the stairs into the dining room. They passed a giggling Nakuru who wouldn't say what she was giggling about, but Tomoyo and Eriol didn't mind.
"Gomen nasai my guests for my breakdown," Eriol said formally as he pulled Tomoyo's chair out for her to sit, and then he sat down at the head of the table next to Tomoyo.
"It is all right," Syaoran said back.
"Yokata! I'm glad everything's ok!" Sakura said smiling.
"Yes, I too am glad everything is sorted out," Kaho agreed smiling, who still held John's arm tightly and maybe TOO affectionately.
"Indeed it has been Ms. Mizuki," Eriol replied.
Kaho was taken aback when Eriol called her by her last name, her smiling face faltered for a second before she slapped it back on. "I'm glad your over me," she said stiffly.
"Indeed I am," Eriol replied as stiff as she did. He smiled a fake smile and said, "Shall we start eating?"
"Tomoyo-san?" Eriol whispered into the crack of the door of Tomoyo's bedroom.
"Mmm? Yes Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo said sleepily. "Come in."
"Sorry for bothering you Tomoyo-san, I know its late at night," Eriol said softly as he entered the room. Tomoyo was propped up on her pillows rubbing her eyes.
"Sit down here," she said as she patted the bedspread, Eriol obliged immediately. "Couldn't sleep huh?"
"Nope," Eriol replied. "I'm really sorry for bothering you this late. It's just…"
Tomoyo nodded perceptively and said, "I know, Mizuki-sensei. You must feel strange that you provided a room for her and her boyfriend in your manor. I know."
Eriol sighed and ran his hand through his ruffled hair. "I just don't know if I can deal with it Tomoyo-san…"
Tomoyo nodded kindly. She whispered comforting words to him until she fell asleep. Tomoyo smiled and then took him into her arms and held his head, ruffling his hair and finally falling into a deep sleep as well.
The next morning Tomoyo woke up and got up carefully, making sure she didn't wake up Eriol who was still sleeping. Tomoyo smiled at his sleeping form and giggled at the fact his hair was all messy and clung to his face cutely. She then shook her head violently. What was she thinking?! She pushed her thoughts about Eriol out and started dressing for the new day. Tomoyo slowly walked down the stairs to start preparing breakfast, only to find that Nakuru had already done it.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, Nakuru-san," Tomoyo said cheerfully.
"Ohayo Tomoyo-sama!" Nakuru replied back.
"Why up so early today?" Tomoyo asked curiously.
"Well I saw you and Eriol sleeping very peacefully, so I decided to make breakfast today!" Nakuru said genkily. Tomoyo blushed slightly at what she had said.
"You…saw us?" Tomoyo whispered. Nakuru just giggled and nodded.
"Anyway! What shall we have today! I want to make some chocolate waffles, Kaho-san hates them! She just doesn't like sweet stuff, chocolate especially. (A/N: Correct me if I'm wrong, my memory is quite bad)"
"Why on earth would you want to make something nasty for Mizuki-sensei?" Tomoyo asked, already knowing the answer.
"Since she was mean to Eriol-sama!" Nakuru said as she mixed. "VERY MEAN!" and with that, she pounded her mixing bowl, where the mix flew all over the ground. "Whoops!" Nakuru grinned sheepishly.
"It's ok!" Tomoyo said grinning despite the fact she was covered in chocolate and flour. She cleaned up the floor with the help of Nakuru sand said, "I'll go up and get cleaned up ok?"
"Hai! I'll just finish the chocolate waffles! I still have some mix left that wasn't spilled all over the place," Nakuru replied. "I'll get cleaned up later."
"Ok," Tomoyo said as she left the room. She shook her head in amusement at all the chocolate and flour that was on her dress. She also noticed that the majority was sugar and chocolate. "Thank goodness it was an old dress I was wearing. My goodness, Nakuru-san must have really wanted to upset Mizuki-sensei if she added this much sugar and chocolate into it," she thought to herself as she entered her room.
She glanced at the still sleeping form of Eriol who had curled himself up into a ball at the end of the bed and used Tomoyo's pillow as a blanket. She shook her head and slowly moved the covers to cover him up so he wouldn't wake. Eriol stirred and said, "Ohayo Tomoyo-san. Why are you in my room?"
"Your room? Don't you mean my room Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo said grinning cheerfully.
"NANI!? Ah! Don't tell me I fell asleep on you again! I'm so sorry!" Eriol said suddenly alert and jumped out of the bed.
"It's ok! Both of us fell asleep," Tomoyo said. "Besides, you were very traumatized last night."
"I'm so sorry!" Eriol replied. He started to babble but Tomoyo stopped him with a finger on his lips.
"It's ok!" she said seriously. "Forget it!" Eriol opened his mouth wide again, but Tomoyo placed her hand on his mouth to stop him from making a sound at all. "Sh!! Don't wake up Sakura-chan and everyone else!"
Eriol nodded solemnly and then Tomoyo removed her finger. "By the way Tomoyo-san, why are you all covered in chocolate?" Tomoyo responded with her tongue sticking out of her mouth.
"Long story!" she said shortly.
"Humor me, make the long story short," Eriol said trying not to laugh as he realized how funny Tomoyo did look.
"Nakuru-san had seen us asleep, so she decided she wanted to make breakfast this morning. And for some reason she chose a lot of sweet stuff to irritate Mizuki-sensei's stomach. And she was talking to me, and she got overexcited and spilled the mix all over the kitchen. I came up here to clean up," Tomoyo informed him. She wiped off a bit of the chocolate mix off her cheek and smudged it all over Eriol's cheek.
"You missed a spot!" Eriol said laughing as he wiped off her cheek completely. "Now, I'm not your towel am I?"
"No your not, but you serve as a good enough substitute I suppose," Tomoyo said, trying to sound snobbish. "Well if you excuse me, I am going to change."
Eriol said, "Of course, ladies need their privacy!" and he left, closing the door shut behind him softly. Tomoyo undressed and chose another dress she was going to wear before opening the door and going back downstairs. Bustles in the other rooms were heard as they too got up from the night's slumber.
This time when she went into the kitchen, she found a humming Nakuru finishing up the chocolate waffles with Eriol who was dressed casually in a shirt that he didn't quite button up all the buttons on and wore a pair of faded jeans.
"Ohayo minna-san," Tomoyo said joyfully.
"Ohayo!" Eriol and Nakuru replied.
"I like your dress today Tomoyo-san! KAWAII!" Nakuru complimented.
"What, this? I just designed this awhile ago. Do you like it?" Tomoyo asked, twirling around. Tomoyo wore a violet dress that looked quite fashionable (A/N: Minna, just imagine it. I can't write this done ^^;) to the mind. Her ensemble was completed with a violet neckband and hair band.
"Yes! Very kawaii! Can you make me one?" Nakuru pleaded.
"Of course, what color would you like it to be?" Tomoyo said graciously.
"A pink one please! Don't you think its pretty Eriol-sama?!" Nakuru said.
Eriol had his mouth opened this whole time looking at the goddess that was before him now. He shook his head violently and said, "Uh yes! Tomoyo-san, this is truly a piece of art!"
"Arigato Eriol-kun," Tomoyo replied. "You missed a few buttons on your shirt by the way. Let me button them." She went up to Eriol and forced him to sit down so she could button the rest of his buttons up. As she pressed her fingers onto his chest, her heart fluttered with anticipation. She slowly but steadily buttoned up the buttons. All this time Eriol's heart was pounding furiously and Eriol did not know what it was. It couldn't be love, could it now? Love could not be an option, Kaho was a fine example of what happened to him.
"There you go Mister Eriol! Now you look more like a gentleman," Tomoyo said grinning as she stood back to view him.
"Hehe," giggled a voice behind them. They jumped up and saw that Nakuru was observing their behavior intently.
Eriol and Tomoyo sweatdropped and asked simultaneously, "What are you giggling about?"
Nakuru stopped giggling and said, "You both are so kawaii! Time to eat breakfast anyway, I'll get everybody down here and then I'll bring up some breakfast for Suppi-chan!" She turned on her heel at the two blushing adults and shouted, "MINNA! BREAKFAST!"
"So loud in the morning Ruby Moon?" said a sleepy voice.
"SUPPI-CHAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?!?" Nakuru shouted in alarm.
"Well its breakfast isn't it?" Spinel replied haughtily. "And don't call me Suppi-chan!"
"REMEMBER KAHO-SAN…and her boyfriend, JOHN?" Nakuru screamed.
"Did someone call my name?" John said as he stepped in.
Spinel was about to open his mouth again, then immediately fell limp on the ground.
"Er…playing with your dolls?" John said unbelievingly.
"Well uh…" Nakuru stumbled.
"Yes, she was playing with her doll. She got in an argument!" Eriol said coming to her rescue. John gave Nakuru an odd look and said, "Aren't you to old to play with dolls?"
"No, nobody's too old to play with dolls," Nakuru said coldly. She picked up Spinel and walked out of the room, resisting the urge to slap him hard across his face for his rudeness. "Breakfast is already set on the table."
"What's gotten into her?" John asked Tomoyo and Eriol.
Tomoyo and Eriol just said, "She is a very unique person. Shall we eat?" They felt that his rudeness was certainly not welcome in this household, especially the fact he was a guest, THEIR guest.
"Yes let's eat! And indeed, she is weird. So old yet still plays with little stuffed animals!" John said haughtily.
"Good morning everyone," said Kaho behind them. She wrapped her arms around John and smiled. "I enjoyed last night."
John smiled back and whispered something inaudible to her. Kaho just giggled back and held him tighter.
Eriol and Tomoyo were sick to their stomachs by then. "Shall we eat?" Eriol said loudly.
John looked up and glared at him. Eriol just smiled back cordially, although of course he meant nothing at all.
"What are we having Eriol?" Kaho asked releasing John.
"We're having chocolate waffles, complimentary dishes made by Nakuru herself, Ms. Mizuki," Eriol replied.
Kaho winced visibly and said, "Anything else?"
"Nope," Eriol replied, pretending he didn't see the look of disgust on her face.
"I'll skip," Kaho replied shortly. "I'm going up to dress." With that she turned on her heel and left.
"You did that on purpose," John accused.
"How can I do that on purpose? After all, it was Nakuru's choice to cook something today," Eriol retorted back.
"I knew you told your servant to cook this!" John shouted.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL NAKURU!?" Tomoyo suddenly burst out.
"A servant! Isn't she one?!" John snorted haughtily.
"NEVER EVER CALL NAKURU A SERVANT YOU IDIOT!" Tomoyo shouted. She walked up
to him briskly and slapped him hard across the face. "You…you…bastard!"
John staggered back and said to Eriol, "How dare she! She's your bitch isn't she? Stop her!" He stood up and slapped Tomoyo back who fell into Eriol's arms clutching her cheek.
"WHAT did you just call Tomoyo!" Eriol demanded, eyes blazing.
"A bitch! Kaho told me all about her! She's just your BITCH! John shouted back.
Something in Eriol snapped and he gently lowered Tomoyo onto a chair before he attacked John, fists flying everywhere.
"Stop stop!" Tomoyo screamed helplessly.
"He insulted you and Nakuru!" Eriol shouted as he through fists at John who fought back with fury.
"Li-KUN! SOMEBODY!" Tomoyo screamed. There was a running of feet as Syaoran ran downstairs. He immediately stopped the two adults from fighting by stepping in between. Eriol stood up and straightened himself but John kept on trying to throw punches at Eriol, but Syaoran just caught his fists easily and held them tightly. Eriol had a small bruise on his cheek, and John had a black eye with bruises on his shoulder.
"What happened?!" Syaoran demanded.
"He called Tomoyo a bitch and Nakuru a servant," Eriol hissed with venom dripping in his voice.
"YOU WHAT!?" shouted Syaoran at John.
"Well that's what they are. Tomoyo is Eriol's bitch, and Nakuru is just his servant," John replied with no remorse. Syaoran's eyes flickered from his normal state to a state of pure fury.
"You idiot," he whispered his eyes becoming unreadable.
John backed up in fright to the wall as Syaoran slowly advanced on him. "Nobody calls my wife's best friend that! And you don't insult Nakuru either." His voice became so low and dangerous that if the measure of fear John had in his heart at the moment, it would be enough to frighten anybody in the universe.
Sakura ran down at the moment and grabbed Syaoran's arm quickly. "What are you doing to John?!"
"I was going to hurt the idiot," Syaoran said in his normal voice.
"Why?" Sakura asked glancing over at everybody else there. She gasped in surprise when she saw the Tomoyo with her hands over her cheek and Eriol with the bruise on his cheek. "What happened?" she said slowly.
"He called Tomoyo a bitch and slapped her when he called Nakuru a servant," Eriol explained, his eyes still glaring at John. "And I tried to hurt him since he is a little worm."
"That's horrible! What on earth possessed you to say that?" Sakura demanded of John. John just shook his head and said something inaudible.
"Let me get this straight, you are not allowed to be rude in this manor. Maybe where you live, but NOT HERE," Eriol said calmly.
"Well I'm sorry. I never knew you cared about your b-- I mean your friend so much," John said clutching his eye.
Eriol blushed slightly and said, "Since she is my good friend of course, plus she is my housemate." John just made a "whatever" look and marched out to go upstairs.
How'd ya like it everybody? I know…the last part was…TOTALLY OOCiness, but forgive me ok? I was in a bad mood when I wrote it. Again, R+R and sorry for this being so late! This time; when I get 45+ reviews I'll update with the next chappie. I have to think of an idea first now… ~CCSobsession