Thank you for the reviews. I'm very tired, so the chapter maybe kinda lame or slow. But the finals are coming soon for me and I have lots of works to do. And my school play. Anyways, here's chapter 3.
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 3)
"What are we gonna tell them?" said Eriol.
"Sakura has been very bad, because of her dad and... I can't imagine how is she gonna be when we tell her this" said Tomoyo. She stood up and took the letter. "And Syaoran... to find out his mom cheated on his dad. This is serious, Eriol" she said, and then she saw Eriol. He was crying. It was hard for him too, his cousin wasn't really his cousin. He couldn't believe it.
Tomoyo went to him and hugged him.
"Don't worry, Eriol. It's gonna be ok. Don't worry" said, while she was hugging him. Suddenly he stopped and wiped his tears.
"I can't *snif* be like this. I have to *snif* be strong. For Sakura, you know?". He couldn't speak.
"It's gonna be ok. That you are not relatives it doesn't mean relationships are gonna change" said Tomoyo, doing her best to cheer him up.
"You are right" said Eriol. He stood up. "But what are we gonna say?"
"I don't know. Let's... tell them we have to talk to them after dinner... and then we'll see the best way" said Tomoyo, walking around the room.
"Yeah. Yeah, we'll do that" said Eriol, opening the door. He needed some fresh air. "By the way, Tomoyo... thanks for being here" said looking at her eyes. She blushed a bit.
"No problem" she answered with a smile.
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Sakura entered the house in a big hurry.
"Ok, come in, hurry" said. Josh went in with a big bag.
"Sakura" said Syaoran, who had just went in the room. "What's in the bag?"
"Our project" said Sakura, helping Josh to take the bag upstairs.
"Hi Josh" said Syaoran, with a friendly smile.
"Hi" said Josh. He was still jealous.
"Where are Eriol and Tomoyo?" said Sakura.
"Making dinner"
Sakura opened the door of her room and let Josh in. He left the bag in a place in her room, and then sit down on Sakura's bed.
"Finally!" said Josh, breathing heavily.
"Thanks for bringing it" said Sakura, sitting next to him.
"Don't worry, it was a pleasure" he said, smiling. She smiled too and placed her head in his shoulder. Josh felt like heaven. He was developing feelings for Sakura and they were getting stronger by the day. Sakura felt he was kinda ackward.
"What's wrong, Josh?" asked Sakura. He was nervous.
"Uh... nothing. I'm late, you know?" said, standing up.
Sakura was surprised. He was very relaxed, it wasn't usual to see him nervous or something like it.
They went downstairs. Dinner was almost ready.
"Goodbye Eriol, Tomoyo... Syaoran" said Josh. When he said "Syaoran" his voice wasn't friendly.
"Bye, Josh" was heard from three voices from the kitchen.
"Come on, I'll walk you out" said Sakura, leading their way.
They went out. It was a beautiful night. There was no moon, but the stars were shining brightly. Sakura opened the gate to let Josh go out.
"Thanks again for coming with me" said Sakura. Josh smiled. He got a weird feeling, he wanted to hug her and kiss her but they were just friends. And he knew she didn't felt the same way he did.
"It's ok. You don't have to thank me. I'm your friend, and I'm here to help you" said Josh taking her hand. She blushed a bit. She was finding weird that Josh was acting like this.
"Bye" she said, kissed him on the cheel and hurried inside. Once she got there she sighed deepily. This was getting very weird. Outside, a very confused and decepointed Josh was standing still outside her house. Slowly he turned around and went to his house.
After dinner, Eriol and Tomoyo looked at eachother and nodded.
"Sakura, Syaoran, can we go and talk?" said Tomoyo. They looked at eachother and then stood up and went to sit on the couch. Eriol came with a paper in his hands.
"I..." said Eriol, trying to find a way to start. "I don't know how to say this" He looked at Tomoyo to find some support and he found it in the beautiful amethyst eyes of the girl. "Today Tomoyo and I were cleaning up dad's room and... and we took out a box with lots of letters that were adressed to our mom, Sakura" Sakura looked at him with a questioning look. "Those letters were from Syaoran's mom" Now Syaoran was the confused.
"Eriol... is there anything we should know?" said Sakura, getting nervous.
"We didn't knew how to tell you, because we were worried of your reaction" continued Eriol. "The thing is.. that according to this letter... "
"Eriol, say it, please" said Syaoran. He was very nervous now.
"I... I don't know how to say this to you, Syaoran. In this letters your mom talks about she being pregnant... and of someone who isn't your dad" said Eriol. 'Finally, I told it' was his first thought.
"What?" whispered Syaoran. Sakura started to tremble. She looked down, and then at Syaoran. He looked at her. Then he placed his head in her shoulder, crying. She hugged him and started to cry too.
"It's ok, Syaoran. Everything's ok" she said, trying to control herself.
"No, it's not ok!!" he yelled. Sakura jumped back. "I found out my dad is not really my dad and... your are not my cousin. This can't be happening, there's no way this is true" he said, before falling back into the couch. Sakura approached him and hugged him.
"We know, Syaoran. We are as bad as you, maybe you are worst... but the important thing is that you have us, we are here for you, we are going to help you" said Eriol sitting next to Sakura.
"It doesn't matter if we are not family anymore, because we can still be friends, ok?" said Sakura, forcing him to look at her. He did, and when he saw her face, filled with love, he nodded and they hugged. Then Sakura helped Syaoran to go upstairs. They were tired and needed a rest.
"Well, we did it" said Eriol, looking at Tomoyo. "Tomoyo?" asked her. She had a lost look on her face.
"Tomoyo?" said Eriol, shaking her. She jumped.
"Oh. Sorry."
"What were you thinking?" asked Eriol, sitting on the floor next to her.
"I was thinking... do you remember what I told you before we found the letter?" asked Tomoyo.
"About?" said Eriol, trying to remember.
"About Syaoran and my sister" said Tomoyo.
"Yes. Yes, I do. What about it?" he said .
"Well, I was watching now the way Sakura and Syaoran were looking at eachother" said Tomoyo, very normally.
"What's on your head? I can see something, but you better tell me" said Eriol, standing up.
"It's just that they look so good together. And... now that they are not cousins anymore..."
"Oh, no no no. Tomoyo, I know what you are planning" said Eriol.
"But don't you want Syaoran to be ok and not get hurt?" said Tomoyo, approaching him and taking his hands.
"Yes, but not using my sister in this!" said Eriol, very mad.
"Eriol, this is a great chance. They love eachother, but now they can actually be together. I know you know that" said Tomoyo, watching the disagreement face Eriol had. "You have been close to Sakura and Syaoran for a longer time than I, and I bet you know that they love eachother. Now they have a chance. Help me, please" said Tomoyo, begging Eriol.
"Ok, you are right. It's true, they do, but... I don't know yet" he said. That girl was convincing him to do something that they had no idea how it would end. But it might work.
"Come on, I know it's gonna work" said Tomoyo, still trying to make him giver her a definitive yes.
"Ok, I will" said Eriol, and Tomoyo gave a joy exclamation and hugged him. "But this better work, for my sister's sake. And Syaoran's as well"
"Thank you. Now we better go to bed, there's a lot of things to do tomorrow" said Tomoyo, going to her bedroom. "Good night" she said, before going upstairs.
(At midnight)
A figure slowly opens a door and walks out of a room. A window gets open and the figure goes out to the balcony.
Sakura sitted down on a chair, looking at the city lights. It wasn't a cold night, it was a warm one. Syaoran wasn't his cousin. It was weird. It was gonna be weird to think about him as a friend now. He was just another man, he was her friend. Weird thoughts caught her mind.
'It's so weird. He's not my cousin. He's just another guy. And that means... no no no, he's engaged, right. Darn it! I wish he was available. He's perfect.' This thought were confusing, but she had always thought that if it wasn't because they were relatives, she would have fall in love with him. And now... he wasn't her cousin.
Someone else entered the balcony.
"Midnight walks, uh?"
Sakura turned around.
"Hi, Syaoran" she said, turning back to the city.
"So, you couldn't sleep, I asume" he said, taking a chair and placing it next to hers.
"No. It's been weird weeks" she said, taking a deep breath.
They stayed quiet for awhile. Syaoran turned to look at her. She looked beautiful.
'She's not my cousin anymore. Wow. That means... if I wasn't engaged I could have a chance with her. It's so weird to think about her like this now' he thought. He shook his head to take those thoughts about her out of his mind.
"What's wrong, Syaoran?" she asked, when she saw him shaking his head.
"Nothing. It's just that..." he looked at her and he was about to say another thing, but there was no way he could lie to Sakura. "Things are gonna change now, right?"
"Just a bit. You are not my cousin anymore. You are my best friend. It will change how we think about eachother, it's not gonna be the same. But our relationship is not gonna change. I know that" she said, taking his hand. Suddenly, she regreted that and took it back slowly. She was blushing. Thank God it was late night, because he would have noticed it. He smiled at himself.
"Things are not changing, Sakura" he said again. She nodded. A minute later she stood up and left to her room. He stayed there. There was a weird feeling inside him, about Sakura. But she was like a sister to him. That couldn't be possible.
"Oh God, what's happening to me?" he said to the air.
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Ok, what do you think? The S&S deal starts on next chapter for sure. Now, answer to this, please: Should I do a sequel to my old story? Please answer and DO NOT FORGET TO REVIEW!
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 3)
"What are we gonna tell them?" said Eriol.
"Sakura has been very bad, because of her dad and... I can't imagine how is she gonna be when we tell her this" said Tomoyo. She stood up and took the letter. "And Syaoran... to find out his mom cheated on his dad. This is serious, Eriol" she said, and then she saw Eriol. He was crying. It was hard for him too, his cousin wasn't really his cousin. He couldn't believe it.
Tomoyo went to him and hugged him.
"Don't worry, Eriol. It's gonna be ok. Don't worry" said, while she was hugging him. Suddenly he stopped and wiped his tears.
"I can't *snif* be like this. I have to *snif* be strong. For Sakura, you know?". He couldn't speak.
"It's gonna be ok. That you are not relatives it doesn't mean relationships are gonna change" said Tomoyo, doing her best to cheer him up.
"You are right" said Eriol. He stood up. "But what are we gonna say?"
"I don't know. Let's... tell them we have to talk to them after dinner... and then we'll see the best way" said Tomoyo, walking around the room.
"Yeah. Yeah, we'll do that" said Eriol, opening the door. He needed some fresh air. "By the way, Tomoyo... thanks for being here" said looking at her eyes. She blushed a bit.
"No problem" she answered with a smile.
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Sakura entered the house in a big hurry.
"Ok, come in, hurry" said. Josh went in with a big bag.
"Sakura" said Syaoran, who had just went in the room. "What's in the bag?"
"Our project" said Sakura, helping Josh to take the bag upstairs.
"Hi Josh" said Syaoran, with a friendly smile.
"Hi" said Josh. He was still jealous.
"Where are Eriol and Tomoyo?" said Sakura.
"Making dinner"
Sakura opened the door of her room and let Josh in. He left the bag in a place in her room, and then sit down on Sakura's bed.
"Finally!" said Josh, breathing heavily.
"Thanks for bringing it" said Sakura, sitting next to him.
"Don't worry, it was a pleasure" he said, smiling. She smiled too and placed her head in his shoulder. Josh felt like heaven. He was developing feelings for Sakura and they were getting stronger by the day. Sakura felt he was kinda ackward.
"What's wrong, Josh?" asked Sakura. He was nervous.
"Uh... nothing. I'm late, you know?" said, standing up.
Sakura was surprised. He was very relaxed, it wasn't usual to see him nervous or something like it.
They went downstairs. Dinner was almost ready.
"Goodbye Eriol, Tomoyo... Syaoran" said Josh. When he said "Syaoran" his voice wasn't friendly.
"Bye, Josh" was heard from three voices from the kitchen.
"Come on, I'll walk you out" said Sakura, leading their way.
They went out. It was a beautiful night. There was no moon, but the stars were shining brightly. Sakura opened the gate to let Josh go out.
"Thanks again for coming with me" said Sakura. Josh smiled. He got a weird feeling, he wanted to hug her and kiss her but they were just friends. And he knew she didn't felt the same way he did.
"It's ok. You don't have to thank me. I'm your friend, and I'm here to help you" said Josh taking her hand. She blushed a bit. She was finding weird that Josh was acting like this.
"Bye" she said, kissed him on the cheel and hurried inside. Once she got there she sighed deepily. This was getting very weird. Outside, a very confused and decepointed Josh was standing still outside her house. Slowly he turned around and went to his house.
After dinner, Eriol and Tomoyo looked at eachother and nodded.
"Sakura, Syaoran, can we go and talk?" said Tomoyo. They looked at eachother and then stood up and went to sit on the couch. Eriol came with a paper in his hands.
"I..." said Eriol, trying to find a way to start. "I don't know how to say this" He looked at Tomoyo to find some support and he found it in the beautiful amethyst eyes of the girl. "Today Tomoyo and I were cleaning up dad's room and... and we took out a box with lots of letters that were adressed to our mom, Sakura" Sakura looked at him with a questioning look. "Those letters were from Syaoran's mom" Now Syaoran was the confused.
"Eriol... is there anything we should know?" said Sakura, getting nervous.
"We didn't knew how to tell you, because we were worried of your reaction" continued Eriol. "The thing is.. that according to this letter... "
"Eriol, say it, please" said Syaoran. He was very nervous now.
"I... I don't know how to say this to you, Syaoran. In this letters your mom talks about she being pregnant... and of someone who isn't your dad" said Eriol. 'Finally, I told it' was his first thought.
"What?" whispered Syaoran. Sakura started to tremble. She looked down, and then at Syaoran. He looked at her. Then he placed his head in her shoulder, crying. She hugged him and started to cry too.
"It's ok, Syaoran. Everything's ok" she said, trying to control herself.
"No, it's not ok!!" he yelled. Sakura jumped back. "I found out my dad is not really my dad and... your are not my cousin. This can't be happening, there's no way this is true" he said, before falling back into the couch. Sakura approached him and hugged him.
"We know, Syaoran. We are as bad as you, maybe you are worst... but the important thing is that you have us, we are here for you, we are going to help you" said Eriol sitting next to Sakura.
"It doesn't matter if we are not family anymore, because we can still be friends, ok?" said Sakura, forcing him to look at her. He did, and when he saw her face, filled with love, he nodded and they hugged. Then Sakura helped Syaoran to go upstairs. They were tired and needed a rest.
"Well, we did it" said Eriol, looking at Tomoyo. "Tomoyo?" asked her. She had a lost look on her face.
"Tomoyo?" said Eriol, shaking her. She jumped.
"Oh. Sorry."
"What were you thinking?" asked Eriol, sitting on the floor next to her.
"I was thinking... do you remember what I told you before we found the letter?" asked Tomoyo.
"About?" said Eriol, trying to remember.
"About Syaoran and my sister" said Tomoyo.
"Yes. Yes, I do. What about it?" he said .
"Well, I was watching now the way Sakura and Syaoran were looking at eachother" said Tomoyo, very normally.
"What's on your head? I can see something, but you better tell me" said Eriol, standing up.
"It's just that they look so good together. And... now that they are not cousins anymore..."
"Oh, no no no. Tomoyo, I know what you are planning" said Eriol.
"But don't you want Syaoran to be ok and not get hurt?" said Tomoyo, approaching him and taking his hands.
"Yes, but not using my sister in this!" said Eriol, very mad.
"Eriol, this is a great chance. They love eachother, but now they can actually be together. I know you know that" said Tomoyo, watching the disagreement face Eriol had. "You have been close to Sakura and Syaoran for a longer time than I, and I bet you know that they love eachother. Now they have a chance. Help me, please" said Tomoyo, begging Eriol.
"Ok, you are right. It's true, they do, but... I don't know yet" he said. That girl was convincing him to do something that they had no idea how it would end. But it might work.
"Come on, I know it's gonna work" said Tomoyo, still trying to make him giver her a definitive yes.
"Ok, I will" said Eriol, and Tomoyo gave a joy exclamation and hugged him. "But this better work, for my sister's sake. And Syaoran's as well"
"Thank you. Now we better go to bed, there's a lot of things to do tomorrow" said Tomoyo, going to her bedroom. "Good night" she said, before going upstairs.
(At midnight)
A figure slowly opens a door and walks out of a room. A window gets open and the figure goes out to the balcony.
Sakura sitted down on a chair, looking at the city lights. It wasn't a cold night, it was a warm one. Syaoran wasn't his cousin. It was weird. It was gonna be weird to think about him as a friend now. He was just another man, he was her friend. Weird thoughts caught her mind.
'It's so weird. He's not my cousin. He's just another guy. And that means... no no no, he's engaged, right. Darn it! I wish he was available. He's perfect.' This thought were confusing, but she had always thought that if it wasn't because they were relatives, she would have fall in love with him. And now... he wasn't her cousin.
Someone else entered the balcony.
"Midnight walks, uh?"
Sakura turned around.
"Hi, Syaoran" she said, turning back to the city.
"So, you couldn't sleep, I asume" he said, taking a chair and placing it next to hers.
"No. It's been weird weeks" she said, taking a deep breath.
They stayed quiet for awhile. Syaoran turned to look at her. She looked beautiful.
'She's not my cousin anymore. Wow. That means... if I wasn't engaged I could have a chance with her. It's so weird to think about her like this now' he thought. He shook his head to take those thoughts about her out of his mind.
"What's wrong, Syaoran?" she asked, when she saw him shaking his head.
"Nothing. It's just that..." he looked at her and he was about to say another thing, but there was no way he could lie to Sakura. "Things are gonna change now, right?"
"Just a bit. You are not my cousin anymore. You are my best friend. It will change how we think about eachother, it's not gonna be the same. But our relationship is not gonna change. I know that" she said, taking his hand. Suddenly, she regreted that and took it back slowly. She was blushing. Thank God it was late night, because he would have noticed it. He smiled at himself.
"Things are not changing, Sakura" he said again. She nodded. A minute later she stood up and left to her room. He stayed there. There was a weird feeling inside him, about Sakura. But she was like a sister to him. That couldn't be possible.
"Oh God, what's happening to me?" he said to the air.
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Ok, what do you think? The S&S deal starts on next chapter for sure. Now, answer to this, please: Should I do a sequel to my old story? Please answer and DO NOT FORGET TO REVIEW!