The Snowman and The Swallow
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"Are you feeling better?" Eriol asked as he wheeled Tomoyo into the garden. Amethyst eyes met with his concerned blue eyes and smiled, "I'm feeling much better already. Thank you." She said with the same shy yet warm tone in her voice again.
"Nadeshikos…?" Eriol looked at the bunch of growing Nadeshikos at a corner. Those flowers were blossoming beautifully and it easily took anybody's breath away. "Suteki da ne?" Tomoyo asked, smiling up at her loved one.
"Yes it is…" Eriol replied, nodding. He continued wheeling her deeper in the breath-taking garden, with many variety of beautiful flowers growing alongside the path. Every now and then, butterflies would fly around the couple, creating a loving atmosphere.
"Ne, they seems to take a liking to you…" Tomoyo giggled, pointing to the blue butterfly on Eriol's shoulder. He smiled as another pink one landed on her fingers, "The same goes to you, too." She laughed heartily as they continued their journey into the garden.
"Aren't those flowers beautiful?" She asked, pointing to those blue roses growing beside the pond. Eriol nodded, his eyes twinkling as he made his way forward, bending to pick out a perfect blue rose. "Here." He said as he handed her the rose. She smiled, accepting it, "Thank you. Although I think it is illegal to do that."
Eriol shrugged, "They can't do much to me if they found out." Tomoyo laughed, pinching Eriol lightly on the arm, "Nobody can do anything to you!" He smiled, continuing to wheel her deeper into the garden.
Nobody can do anything to me…but you…You changed my life…That's the only thing nobody can do. Eriol thought as they continued silently into the garden.
"Eriol-kun…?"
"Hmmm?" He looked down at her.
"Will you…Will you bring me to Plum Blossoms Valley again when I recover?" She asked meekly.
He smiled, "Of course."
"Really?"
"Yeah…"
"Thank you…" She whispered, turning her attention back to the scenery.
Another round of silence but still with the tender atmosphere rising in the air.
"Eriol-kun?" She asked again.
"Mmm?"
"I…" She began but didn't know how to continue.
"What is it, Tomoyo?"
"Would it…Would it be alright if…" She hesitated. Eriol knelt before her, looking into her equally earnest eyes, "What is it, Tomoyo?"
"When I was unconscious…I…My last wish was to be with you…And…" She paused, trying to find the right words, "I had a dream…and…" She looked shyly into his sincere eyes, "Is it alright if you bring me to the beach to fly a kite?"
He stopped when he broke into a smile, "Is that all you want?"
She nodded, "That's the last wish I want."
"Last?" He smiled gently, "It won't be the last. Come on, I'll bring you to the beach now."
"B-But the nurses--" Tomoyo protested.
"Ah, heck. The nurses can't do anything to me." He replied with the same stubborn attitude.
She giggled.
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"I didn't know you can fly a kite so well!" Tomoyo gushed as she watched the kite Eriol was handling flying high in the blue skies. He nodded, beginning to unreel more lstring, "Want a chance?"
She nodded, "Is it alright?"
"That's what we're here for, isn't it?" He said with a soft smile, handing her the kite.
"But I'll let you on a secret. I know nothing about flying a kite!" Tomoyo exclaimed as she struggled with the kite. He let out a small chuckle as he stood behind her, his hands assisting her with the kite.
"Unreel my string." Eriol said as Tomoyo did as she was told. The kite began to fly higher than ever but was somehow getting out of control.
"Eriol! Help!" Tomoyo cried out as those supportive hands tug on the kite, pulling back a little, "Just pull back when the kite goes out of control." The blue-eyed boy instructed before letting go.
"Ne, it's harder than I thought it would be." Tomoyo whined light-heartedly.
He smiled, "Just treat that kite as your life. When it goes out of control, you start to hold back. When it starts to settle down with the wind, you let the air take it away and let it flow. Get what I mean?"
Tomoyo shot him a tender smile, "I understand."
He returned the smile as both of them continued their kite-flying for almost two hours, with the dark-haired girl mostly asking for help and the blue-eyed boy supportively assisting her.
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"Thank you, Eriol-kun…"
He looked up at her, "Why?"
"For everything, that's why." She replied simply.
Both of them were now strolling along the beach. Evening was beginning to settle down and many birds were flying by to get back to their home. The rays of the sun were beginning to dip down beyond the blue line of the horizon, creating a tender and magical atmosphere upon Earth.
"Ne, Eriol-kun…" She started.
"Hmm?"
"…What happens if I didn't make it?" She asked, amusing him with the sudden question that he didn't expect out from her.
Silence.
"I don't know…" He answered. That was the truth anyway. He wouldn't know what to do if she was gone, "But you did make it anyway and that's all that matters."
She smiled wholeheartedly, "Thank you."
"Are you feeling tired?" He asked with concern creasing his face. She shook her head, "I'm feeling much better already."
He nodded when he bit his lips, "…Why do you keep saying 'thank you' to me these days?"
She broke out laughing, "Because I can never thank you enough, Eriol-kun." Her eyes turned sincere and loving, "Because it was you that changed my life. It was you that added colors to my life that I thought I would never find. And it was you who made me strong enough to survive from the ordeal."
Her answer surprised him but she continued with a tender smile, "When I was on the edge of dying, I thought of you and I knew I couldn't let you down. I wanted to see you again so much that…that I knew I had to come back."
Silence.
He broke into a smile full of love and gratitude, "And you did come back." She giggled, nodding, "It was all because of you, too. That's why I can never thank
you enough."
He smiled a smile full of happiness and said nothing more. It was all in his smile that completed the words he had wanted to tell her from the heart.
Except for…
He cringed.
DAMN!
"T-Tomoyo…" He started out rather shakily. Too shakily perhaps.
"What is it?" She looked up at him, not noticing the nervousness in his voice.
"I…"
TELL HER NOW, YOU GOONHEAD!
I can't…I don't have the courage…
If you have the courage to go against Skrichey just to find her, then how come you don't have the courage to tell her those words?
IT'S DIFFERENT!
Look here now. The time to tell is now. And if you don't, YOU WILL REGRET FOR LIFE!!!
ACK! SHUT UP!
I'm your blardy conscience so you don't ask me to shut up! TELL HER!
"Something you want to tell me, Eriol?" She asked, looking at him.
He was about to say a 'never mind' when his conscience came in again.
JUST DO IT, ERIOL. WE'RE BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY! DON'T LET HER GO!
His heart was set and his courage soon rose within him.
"I love you."
There, simple as that. It wasn't as hard as he thought it was anyway. It was just three words after all…that meant more than any words could mean.
He shrugged, looking at her expression which was rather unreadable. She wasn't too shock nor too please. She just looked at him with a rather…expressionless eyes.
Whoops. Did I do it wrong? Ah, frick.
"I love you, too." She whispered, breaking into a smile warmer than the summer's heat. And before he knew what was going on, she was in his arms as the both of them embraced tenderly.
"Wasn't I so dense last time?" He murmured as he held her closer in his arms.
"I don't know…" She said, giggling, looking into his soft eyes.
He smiled, "I was dense. I didn't know how much you mean to me until now."
"But now you know. And that's all that matters." She teased, smiling brightly.
With that, they finally closed the embrace between them, their lips meeting into a sweet and everlasting kiss that both knew would last for eternal and perhaps longer than that.
And as the sun finally dipped down into the blue sea beyond, allowing the first stars to peek through the blankets of night sky, nothing could be more perfect than that to complete this beautiful and tender love.
It was all in the touch of an angel that flew down like a swallow, to melt the icicles of a frozen snowman in the winter. And perhaps it was all destined to be, that the snowman and the swallow finally lived happily ever after.
THE END
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