Chapter 4: Stuck Together

Tomoyo's eyes began to flutter as she started to wake up. She sat up in the bed and yawned and looked around the room, 'How did I get here?' she wondered. She then got up and saw that Eriol was sleeping in a rocking chair next to the bed. Her heart began to beat a little faster and she smiled, "Such a perfect gentleman you are Eriol-san..." she then bent down and gave him a light peck on the cheek (A/N: Yes I know you want her to give him more than just a peck on the cheek but be patient lol).

Eriol felt warm, smooth lips pressed against his cheek lightly, 'Am I dreaming or is Tomoyo giving me a peck on the cheek?' he thought. He opened his eyes, and they twinkled as he saw Tomoyo. He then whispered to her, "Arigatou for the kiss, Tomoyo..." She then gasped a little and began feeling very shy about what she did, she then whispered back, "Do itashimashite Eriol..." and she went to the bathroom and closed the door so she could get ready for the day.

He smiled and chuckled abit at her reaction to what he said. Eriol then got up and went and got his suitcase, looking for a change of clothes. He got out a pair of gray pants and a white shirt with a gray vest to match his pants, and got out some other things. He took off the shirt he had been wearing for awhile and began putting the other shirt on.

Tomoyo came out of the bathroom wearing jeans and a black turtleneck. And just as she briefly came out, she saw Eriol with no shirt on and she felt her knees get abit weak at the sight of him. She then tried to compose herself as best as she could.

"Um...you can use the bathroom now, Eriol-kun..." she said looking away shyly.

Eriol put his shirt on and turned around to face her seeing that she was embarrassed and just smiled and answered "Okay," and went into the bathroom to change. Tomoyo fell onto the bed feeling very faint and wondered what in the world was going on with her. The feelings that she had at that moment had very much been missing from her life for so long. She began wondering what would she do, would she accept these new found feelings or rid herself of them? Before she could answer herself she heard a knock at the door. So, she got up and opened the door to find a young girl, maybe 16 yrs old, in front of her.

"Ohayo, I am here to inform you that the plane won't be ready for another day or two, so enjoy yourself because the airline will be paying for your room," said the young girl.

"Arigatou, you may leave now," Tomoyo said and handed to the girl a tip for her trouble in coming to inform her.

She then closed the door and saw that Eriol was standing in the door way of the bathroom, which means he heard what the girl said. "I guess we will be here for alittle while longer Eriol..." Eriol smiled that dreamy smile of his and chuckled "Well Tomoyo, we will just have to make the most of it and enjoy ourselves just like that girl said, right?" He winked at her and she shyly smiled back nodding in agreement.

Eriol decided to give her a little tour of Beijing, seeing as he had been here one or more times on business trips (A/N: I guess I am making him business man...lets just say stocks @@;;;). He showed any and everything worth seeing. He could see by the smile on Tomoyo's face that she was letting her defenses down and opening up bit by bit. She looked so happy, so much like her younger self and Eriol wanted to keep it that way at all costs. After showing her all the sights, he decided they should out to dinner. "Ms. Daidouji, would you give me the honor of joining me for dinner?" he asked taking her hand in his and kissing it. She blushed a light red and smiled happily "I would love to join you for dinner Mr. Hiiragizawa."

And with that they were off to a little Japanese styled restaurant and were seated at a very nice booth away from everyone else's view. "Well, what would you like to eat?" said Eriol. "Well, I'm not all that hungry, I would just like a bowl of soba noodles," she said feeling a bit shy. He chuckled and his eyes lit up with enjoyment. "Okay then, I will get some sushi and we will share, okay?" Tomoyo smiled "I would love to share with you, especially since sushi is one of my favorite foods!" she said giggling like a little girl. So they ordered their meals and some red wine and happily shared their food with one another. Even though they were seated in a secluded corner, some people could still see them and thought that they made a sweet couple. It was very cute seeing Eriol feed a piece of sushi to Tomoyo, and Tomoyo feeding Eriol some of her soba noodles. After they were done eating they started talking over a glass of red wine.

"So, Tomoyo, you seem to have opened up a bit more since our first meeting. And I am glad you have because you are a wonderful person," said Eriol looking into her memorizing eyes. Tomoyo thought about what he said for a moment and realized that he was right, it was so nice to have someone to talk to...maybe even someone she could trust. "You are right. I have opened up a lot more since meeting you. I feel like when I was younger, when times were happier. These days I haven't opened up my heart at all to people, afraid to get hurt I suppose. I realized that after moving to England, I lost contact with my friends in Tomoeda because I was always having to keep up with my company and that got me really depressed and..." she then stopped and sighed. 'Why am I pouring my heart out to this man, who I have only known for 2 days... Maybe it's because I...I love him...Is that even possible??' she wondered to herself. "Hehe, listen to me ranting on and on about my pathetic self. Why don't you tell me something about yourself?" she asked with curiosity gleaming from her.

This made Eriol tense up a bit, he couldn't tell her much about himself without giving away who he was. He knew that if he told her about his life she would remember who he was and she would shut him out and his plan to help her would fail. Eriol started muttering a little spell to have the waiter accidentally bump into him and spill his red wine all over him. "Well if you must know..." but before he could even finish his sentence the waiter bumped into him and Eriol's glass of red wine had spilled all over him "You clumsy waiter!!! Look what you have done?! Let me talk to your superior so I can have your butt fired immediately!" Tomoyo yelled pulling on the Waiter's shirt collar, chocking him. "Tomoyo, dear it's alright. It was only a accident..." Eriol insisted. Tomoyo continued to fume over what had happened, but decided to let it go. "I am very sorry Miss, to make up for what happened, you can come in again and eat for free," said the manager hoping that that would make up for what happened. "Okay, deal!" Tomoyo and the manager then shook hands to seal the deal. "Come on Eriol, lets get you to the motel room and into some dry clothes," she said hooking her arm with his and they walked back to the motel together.

'What do I want? Do I really want to be my old self, to be vulnerable again? I have to admit I do miss having friends. Having people to confide in. I should have made more time for myself to contact my friends, but there was never any time and...and...' she sighed, her head pounded from the thoughts swirling in her mind. Tomoyo and Eriol finally got to the motel room and Eriol changed out of his wine stained clothes and into boxers and a robe wrapped around him.

"I had a wonderful time today Eriol, hopefully we can do this again, without getting wine spilled on ya," she said in an emotionless voice. He frowned and then decided that she must just be tired from all they did today. "Hai, I had a wonderful time as well and I am glad I got to spend it with you..." he said softly and began to walk up to her. Eriol then took Tomoyo into his arms and hugged her tightly as if he were going to lose her any minute. Tomoyo felt very confused at the moment and pulled away gently. "Well, you can take the bed tonight and get some rest, I am going to go out for a little bit..." she said and walked over to the door.

'I need to think, clear my mind....' Tomoyo thought as she walked out.

Eriol laid down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling and sighed. He didn't know what to think of Tomoyo. One moment she is just so content and then the next she goes back to being her cold-hearted self. He thought for sure that she would be back to her old self with no questions asked. But it seemed to be a lot more complicated than that. Eriol only hoped that Tomoyo could come to terms with the conflicted feelings in her heart and realize that being cold is not her at all. "I hope she will be okay..." he said aloud to himself.

Tomoyo just walked around aimlessly. She really didn't know anything about the city of Beijing, but she did know that she was confused about who she was and about what she wanted in life. Her heart sunk down into the depths of depression and she just didn't know what to do or think. Just then the night sky got dark and the clouds began to cover it. Thunder and rain began to pour down onto the unsuspecting city of Beijing and Tomoyo was caught in the storm and got soaked. She finally stopped and happened to be infront of an all night bar.

'One drink couldn't hurt,' she thought and entered the bar.

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A/N: Oh my Tomoyo going into a bar? That can't be good at all. Will Eriol find her in time or will she get herself into something she can't get out of? Well, you will have to wait until the next chapter! Till then, ja ne!