My finals are next week, and I have a lot to study, I'll try to update as fast as I can, but don't blame me if I don't! Thank you for your reviews, every time I read them makes me wanna write. Ok, now I'll leave you with the chapter... (I can't remember)... yes!, chapter 6.
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 6)
Eriol stopped the car in front of a restaurant that was new. It had been inaugurated a couple of weeks ago.
"Eriol, are you sure we are eating in this place?" said Tomoyo, opening the door.
"Yeah, why?" he said, locking the doors of the car and heading to the restaurant.
"Well, I've heard it's very expensive" said Tomoyo, walking next to him.
"I'm paying, so don't worry. Just enjoy" he said with a smile and opening the door for her. She blushed a bit and entered the place.
They found an empty table and when they were sitted, a waiter went to their table. They ordered and they started to talk while they were waiting for their foods. There was live music and Eriol looked at them with curiosity. There were some couples dancing.
"Do you wanna dance, Tomoyo?" he asked suddenly.
"Err... ok" she said, with a little doubt. They stood up. Eriol grabbed her hand gently and they started to dance a slow song very close.
"Tomoyo, we have never speak about us" said Eriol.
"What?" she said, looking at him.
"I mean... we don't speak about each other... you know, you don't talk about yourself and I don't talk about me"
"Ah!, yes, yes, of course. We never speak about us" said Tomoyo. 'I thought he meant about us... as a couple, or... well, that' she thought.
"Let's talk, then" he said. "So, do you study?" he asked.
"Yes. I'm studying Design. I love designing clothes. And you?" she asked again.
"I'm in Law school. I like playing basketball and I play the piano" he said. He felt the sweet smell of her hair. She had her head on his shoulder, enjoy the music and his presence.
"I would love to play the piano. I like to sing, so it would be good to know how to play the piano" said Tomoyo. The music had ended, so they went back to their table. They sat and in two minutes the food was there. They started to eat, enjoying their talk and their presence.
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Sakura was asleep in the car. Syaoran had his eyes on the road, but sometimes they went on their way to where Sakura was. She was perfect to him, ever since they met, he used to think of meeting a girl like her. And now he had her there, for him. She started to move and suddenly her emerald eyes opened.
"Are we there yet?" she said, in a sleepy voice.
"No. Go back to sleep, I'll wake you up" he said, caressing her hair. She sat straight on the seat.
"I don't wanna sleep anymore" she said, looking out the window. "I'll keep you entertained so you won't fall asleep and kill us both".
"Don't you trust me? I thought you did" he said, pretending to be hurt. She laughed.
"Of course I trust you. But you can't help to fall asleep sometimes. If you are tired, let me know and I'll drive" she said, and looked to the front. He looked at her. She looked at him again. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing. I was thinking on how big you are. The last time I saw you you were like... 16?" 'Great, Syaoran, she caught you looking at her. You know you can't do that' he thought.
"Kinda. I thought you wouldn't recognize me when you saw me" she said, tying her hair.
"No, let it go!" he said when he saw her doing it. "You look better like that" he told her putting a stray of it next to her face. She blushed at his action. "That's better", he said turning his sight to the road.
They stayed in silence for the rest of the trip.
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Eriol and Tomoyo went out of the restaurant, and it looked like they had been drinking too much. Eriol looked better, but Tomoyo didn't. They went into the car and he started to drive. He surely didn't knew where they were going, because they ended near to a farm in the middle of nowhere.
"Eriol, where are we?" asked Tomoyo, trying very hard to speak.
"I don't know" he said, trying hard too. "I'm so drunk, I don't even know where are we" he said, giggling.
"But we should get home, Syaoran and Sakura must be at home and we have to tell them" said Tomoyo, placing her head on his shoulder.
"Ok, ok" he said. He took out his cellphone and dialed a number. "Nobody at home. I'll leave a message" he waited for a few seconds, but Tomoyo took the phone and throw it to the back seat.
"Hey, what the...?" he started, but then he saw Tomoyo laughing and he started too. They laughed for a long time, but Eriol was still mad. "I'm gonna make you pay for that. My sister's gonna be worried"
"And what are you planning to do, uh?" she said, with a seductive voice. She was so drunk that she couldn't really understand what she was doing.
He grabbed her by her arms and started to tickle her, and she started to laugh so hard, thatshe was moving all over the seat. She ended up in Eriol's lap with her head on his shoulder.
"Ok, stop, stop, I'm sorry I did that" she said, and he stopped, but he didn't let her go. "What's wrong?" she asked. He put his face closer to hers until their lips finally touched.
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Sakura opened the door and entered the living room, but she got late: the phone had already stop ringing.
"Darn it!" she said. She took out her jacket and started to turn on some lights. "Eriol!" she called, but nobody was there.
"I'll go check upstairs" he said. He went down in a few seconds. "There's nobody there"
"The car is gone, so I suppose they went for dinner or something..." she stopped there and started to laugh.
"What... what's so funny?" he asked, and Sakura started to shake her head.
"Nothing, nothing... I can't say it" she said trying to stop, but she couldn't.
"Oh, come on, tell me!" he asked, grabbing her by her arms. "I wanna laugh too" he said, very serious.
She grabbed him by his neck and whispered something at his ear. He started to laugh too.
"Can you imagine that?" he said, between laughs. "Oh, no, that would be bad".
"Why? I think they look cute together" she said, going to the kitchen. "I'm starving, do you want anything?" she asked, while opening the fridge.
"What's in there?" he asked, going to where she was and placing himself behind her.
"I want ice cream, do you want some?"
"Sure. I'll wait in the balcony" he said, grabbing two spoons and going upstairs.
When she got there, he was sitting next to the pool. The reflect of the water was giving light to his face. She got stared at him for a moment, and suddenly she recovered from it. 'Control yourself, Sakura. You can do it' she thought and continued her walk.
He turned around and saw her coming to him. She sat down next to him and took out her shoes. He checked out the two ice creams and took the chocolate one.
"Haven't changed that, uh?" she asked. He smirked and took a bit of his. She shook her head.
"Chocolate is the best" he said. "Of course I didn't change that"
"I know, but good things change sometimes" she said. He looked at her.
"Are you starting again?" he said. She looked down. "Look, I told you, I didn't do that on purpose". She was still looking down. He sighed, got closer to her and placed his hands around her neck.
"Sakura, look at me" she was still looking down. He forced her to do it. "Look at me" she did. Her eyes were filled with tears. "How many times do I have to say to you that I never forgot about you? You are my best friend. You... you are everything I wished I could find in somebody. You are like a dream come true to everyone who have met you..." 'Wait, what am I saying?' he thought.
"Syaoran?" he heard her sweet voice talk to him. "I know that you didn't mean to, but it still hurts that you never called, and..."
"But it hurted me too" he interrupted. "And believe me, that was the last thing I wanted it to happen. Because you are everything to me, you..." he said, and then he realized he had spoken too much. Her eyes were wide open, she couldn't believe what her ears were hearing. Her mind went black, she wasn't thinking. His mind did too, and they were getting closer and closer. She closed her eyes and...
RRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGG!!!
Sakura let her head fall. Syaoran released his hands from Sakura's neck.
"Wait here" he said and he stood up to pick up the phone. Sakura placed her hands on her forehead, shaking her head furiously.
'Stop it, Sakura, stop doing this to you' she hit her forehead with her hands. Then she stood up and went to where Syaoran was.
She found him talking on the phone.
"No, I haven't... I'll see if I can go, I don't know yet... Really, you have?... Ok, then... I love you too... bye" he hanged up and saw Sakura standing in the door of his room. "That was Kathy" he said, ackwardly.
"I see" she said. "Well, I'm tired, so..." she started to walk away.
"Wait, Sakura" he said, and she turned around. "We need to talk, don't you think?" he started to approach her.
"There's nothing we have to talk about, ok? You are getting married, and this... what we are doing is not right" she said. She was controlling, she was about to burst into tears.
"Is that what you think?" he said. "I already told you how I felt, and this is all you are gonna say?" he said, almost screaming.
"There's nothing else I can say. This is a mistake, and... it doesn't matter how we feel, you are getting married and I can't change that" she said. Tears were coming out from her eyes. There was no need to tell him that she loved him. They already knew that. She turned around and went into her room. She closed the door and pressed her back against it, crying.
Back at his room, Syaoran looked at where Sakura had been standing a moment earlier. He looked down and then he looked at the phone. He throw it against the wall, and started to release his anger. He threw himself at the floor, took his head between his hands. 'What am I gonna do? I don't love Kathy, how can I marry someone I don't love?' he thought.
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Sakura woke up with the sound of a car. Then she felt the sound of a door being closed, several yawns and finally her door opened quickly. In less than a second she saw Tomoyo coming into her room and waking her up.
"Sakura, for God's sake, wake up!" she whispered, shaking her.
"I'm awake, Tomoyo, I'm awake" said Sakura. She raised her hand and looked at her watch. "Oh my God, Tomoyo, is eight o' clock in a weekend! What happened?" said the girl with a messy auburn hair in that moment.
"You are not gonna believe this" said Tomoyo, as she started to tell her everything that had happened since she and Eriol started to kiss.
(Tomoyo's flashback)
"Wait... Eriol..." said Tomoyo, in between kisses.
"What?" he said, letting her go.
"Do you know what we are doing? We are drunk, tomorrow..." said Tomoyo, but Eriol interrupted her.
"I don't care about tomorrow. I care only about you and I, tonight, right now" he said, caressing her cheek. She started to kiss him again, with passion, and she ended only a few minutes later.
"You know what? Ever since I met you I felt attracted to you" said Tomoyo, playing with his fingers.
"Really? I did too. But the situation didn't seemed the right one" he said.
"With all our plan to put Syaoran and Sakura together, we forgot about us" said Tomoyo, placing her head in his shoulder. She let go a big yawn.
"Let's sleep a bit and then we'll go home, ok? When we are better" he said. She nodded and went back to her seat. He kissed her one last time and they both fell asleep.
In the morning, when the sun was raising, Eriol woke Tomoyo up.
"Time to go, sweety" he said, with a smile.
"You are calling me sweety already, that's weird" she said, still asleep.
"Well, I can't help it" he said, smiling again and gave her a small kiss on her lips. She smiled.
"Now I feel better" she said. Eriol turned on the car and they left.
(End flashback)
"So, you and my brother..."
"I don't know what we are, but I'm very sure we can call us a couple now" said Tomoyo, smiling. 'Thank God I remembered not to tell her that part of our plan to put her and Syaoran together' said, smiling to herself.
"Tomoyo, are you ok?" said Sakura.
"Yeah, I was just remembering something" said Tomoyo, and then she notest Sakura's red eyes, from the crying. "Sakura, were you crying last night?" she asked, a bit more serious. Sakura's happy face dissapeared as well.
"Yeah, I... I was... err.. remembering my dad, you know? Yeah" said Sakura, a bit nervous.
"Sakura" said Tomoyo, taking her hands. "I've been honest with you. Now I want you to be honest with me. You know you can trust me" said, looking into her eyes. Sakura took a deep breath.
"You are gonna kill me, Tomoyo. This can interfere with someone very close to you" said Sakura, looking down.
"Just tell me" said Tomoyo. 'God, please let it be what I think it is' said in her mind, praying.
"I..." 'How can I say this?' she thought. "Since a couple of day, or weeks... it happens that I've been developing strong feelings for someone" she said. Tomoyo nodded. "And now I think I fell in love with him"
"From who?" said Tomoyo. 'Come on, let it be him!'
Sakura took a big and deep breath.
"Syaoran"
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Ok, that's it!. It took me very long to update because of homeworks, and I had a friend of mine staying at my place, so I couldn't write as often as I do usually. Give me your reviews, suggestions, anything!!! I'll be waiting.
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 6)
Eriol stopped the car in front of a restaurant that was new. It had been inaugurated a couple of weeks ago.
"Eriol, are you sure we are eating in this place?" said Tomoyo, opening the door.
"Yeah, why?" he said, locking the doors of the car and heading to the restaurant.
"Well, I've heard it's very expensive" said Tomoyo, walking next to him.
"I'm paying, so don't worry. Just enjoy" he said with a smile and opening the door for her. She blushed a bit and entered the place.
They found an empty table and when they were sitted, a waiter went to their table. They ordered and they started to talk while they were waiting for their foods. There was live music and Eriol looked at them with curiosity. There were some couples dancing.
"Do you wanna dance, Tomoyo?" he asked suddenly.
"Err... ok" she said, with a little doubt. They stood up. Eriol grabbed her hand gently and they started to dance a slow song very close.
"Tomoyo, we have never speak about us" said Eriol.
"What?" she said, looking at him.
"I mean... we don't speak about each other... you know, you don't talk about yourself and I don't talk about me"
"Ah!, yes, yes, of course. We never speak about us" said Tomoyo. 'I thought he meant about us... as a couple, or... well, that' she thought.
"Let's talk, then" he said. "So, do you study?" he asked.
"Yes. I'm studying Design. I love designing clothes. And you?" she asked again.
"I'm in Law school. I like playing basketball and I play the piano" he said. He felt the sweet smell of her hair. She had her head on his shoulder, enjoy the music and his presence.
"I would love to play the piano. I like to sing, so it would be good to know how to play the piano" said Tomoyo. The music had ended, so they went back to their table. They sat and in two minutes the food was there. They started to eat, enjoying their talk and their presence.
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Sakura was asleep in the car. Syaoran had his eyes on the road, but sometimes they went on their way to where Sakura was. She was perfect to him, ever since they met, he used to think of meeting a girl like her. And now he had her there, for him. She started to move and suddenly her emerald eyes opened.
"Are we there yet?" she said, in a sleepy voice.
"No. Go back to sleep, I'll wake you up" he said, caressing her hair. She sat straight on the seat.
"I don't wanna sleep anymore" she said, looking out the window. "I'll keep you entertained so you won't fall asleep and kill us both".
"Don't you trust me? I thought you did" he said, pretending to be hurt. She laughed.
"Of course I trust you. But you can't help to fall asleep sometimes. If you are tired, let me know and I'll drive" she said, and looked to the front. He looked at her. She looked at him again. "What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing. I was thinking on how big you are. The last time I saw you you were like... 16?" 'Great, Syaoran, she caught you looking at her. You know you can't do that' he thought.
"Kinda. I thought you wouldn't recognize me when you saw me" she said, tying her hair.
"No, let it go!" he said when he saw her doing it. "You look better like that" he told her putting a stray of it next to her face. She blushed at his action. "That's better", he said turning his sight to the road.
They stayed in silence for the rest of the trip.
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Eriol and Tomoyo went out of the restaurant, and it looked like they had been drinking too much. Eriol looked better, but Tomoyo didn't. They went into the car and he started to drive. He surely didn't knew where they were going, because they ended near to a farm in the middle of nowhere.
"Eriol, where are we?" asked Tomoyo, trying very hard to speak.
"I don't know" he said, trying hard too. "I'm so drunk, I don't even know where are we" he said, giggling.
"But we should get home, Syaoran and Sakura must be at home and we have to tell them" said Tomoyo, placing her head on his shoulder.
"Ok, ok" he said. He took out his cellphone and dialed a number. "Nobody at home. I'll leave a message" he waited for a few seconds, but Tomoyo took the phone and throw it to the back seat.
"Hey, what the...?" he started, but then he saw Tomoyo laughing and he started too. They laughed for a long time, but Eriol was still mad. "I'm gonna make you pay for that. My sister's gonna be worried"
"And what are you planning to do, uh?" she said, with a seductive voice. She was so drunk that she couldn't really understand what she was doing.
He grabbed her by her arms and started to tickle her, and she started to laugh so hard, thatshe was moving all over the seat. She ended up in Eriol's lap with her head on his shoulder.
"Ok, stop, stop, I'm sorry I did that" she said, and he stopped, but he didn't let her go. "What's wrong?" she asked. He put his face closer to hers until their lips finally touched.
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Sakura opened the door and entered the living room, but she got late: the phone had already stop ringing.
"Darn it!" she said. She took out her jacket and started to turn on some lights. "Eriol!" she called, but nobody was there.
"I'll go check upstairs" he said. He went down in a few seconds. "There's nobody there"
"The car is gone, so I suppose they went for dinner or something..." she stopped there and started to laugh.
"What... what's so funny?" he asked, and Sakura started to shake her head.
"Nothing, nothing... I can't say it" she said trying to stop, but she couldn't.
"Oh, come on, tell me!" he asked, grabbing her by her arms. "I wanna laugh too" he said, very serious.
She grabbed him by his neck and whispered something at his ear. He started to laugh too.
"Can you imagine that?" he said, between laughs. "Oh, no, that would be bad".
"Why? I think they look cute together" she said, going to the kitchen. "I'm starving, do you want anything?" she asked, while opening the fridge.
"What's in there?" he asked, going to where she was and placing himself behind her.
"I want ice cream, do you want some?"
"Sure. I'll wait in the balcony" he said, grabbing two spoons and going upstairs.
When she got there, he was sitting next to the pool. The reflect of the water was giving light to his face. She got stared at him for a moment, and suddenly she recovered from it. 'Control yourself, Sakura. You can do it' she thought and continued her walk.
He turned around and saw her coming to him. She sat down next to him and took out her shoes. He checked out the two ice creams and took the chocolate one.
"Haven't changed that, uh?" she asked. He smirked and took a bit of his. She shook her head.
"Chocolate is the best" he said. "Of course I didn't change that"
"I know, but good things change sometimes" she said. He looked at her.
"Are you starting again?" he said. She looked down. "Look, I told you, I didn't do that on purpose". She was still looking down. He sighed, got closer to her and placed his hands around her neck.
"Sakura, look at me" she was still looking down. He forced her to do it. "Look at me" she did. Her eyes were filled with tears. "How many times do I have to say to you that I never forgot about you? You are my best friend. You... you are everything I wished I could find in somebody. You are like a dream come true to everyone who have met you..." 'Wait, what am I saying?' he thought.
"Syaoran?" he heard her sweet voice talk to him. "I know that you didn't mean to, but it still hurts that you never called, and..."
"But it hurted me too" he interrupted. "And believe me, that was the last thing I wanted it to happen. Because you are everything to me, you..." he said, and then he realized he had spoken too much. Her eyes were wide open, she couldn't believe what her ears were hearing. Her mind went black, she wasn't thinking. His mind did too, and they were getting closer and closer. She closed her eyes and...
RRRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGG!!!
Sakura let her head fall. Syaoran released his hands from Sakura's neck.
"Wait here" he said and he stood up to pick up the phone. Sakura placed her hands on her forehead, shaking her head furiously.
'Stop it, Sakura, stop doing this to you' she hit her forehead with her hands. Then she stood up and went to where Syaoran was.
She found him talking on the phone.
"No, I haven't... I'll see if I can go, I don't know yet... Really, you have?... Ok, then... I love you too... bye" he hanged up and saw Sakura standing in the door of his room. "That was Kathy" he said, ackwardly.
"I see" she said. "Well, I'm tired, so..." she started to walk away.
"Wait, Sakura" he said, and she turned around. "We need to talk, don't you think?" he started to approach her.
"There's nothing we have to talk about, ok? You are getting married, and this... what we are doing is not right" she said. She was controlling, she was about to burst into tears.
"Is that what you think?" he said. "I already told you how I felt, and this is all you are gonna say?" he said, almost screaming.
"There's nothing else I can say. This is a mistake, and... it doesn't matter how we feel, you are getting married and I can't change that" she said. Tears were coming out from her eyes. There was no need to tell him that she loved him. They already knew that. She turned around and went into her room. She closed the door and pressed her back against it, crying.
Back at his room, Syaoran looked at where Sakura had been standing a moment earlier. He looked down and then he looked at the phone. He throw it against the wall, and started to release his anger. He threw himself at the floor, took his head between his hands. 'What am I gonna do? I don't love Kathy, how can I marry someone I don't love?' he thought.
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Sakura woke up with the sound of a car. Then she felt the sound of a door being closed, several yawns and finally her door opened quickly. In less than a second she saw Tomoyo coming into her room and waking her up.
"Sakura, for God's sake, wake up!" she whispered, shaking her.
"I'm awake, Tomoyo, I'm awake" said Sakura. She raised her hand and looked at her watch. "Oh my God, Tomoyo, is eight o' clock in a weekend! What happened?" said the girl with a messy auburn hair in that moment.
"You are not gonna believe this" said Tomoyo, as she started to tell her everything that had happened since she and Eriol started to kiss.
(Tomoyo's flashback)
"Wait... Eriol..." said Tomoyo, in between kisses.
"What?" he said, letting her go.
"Do you know what we are doing? We are drunk, tomorrow..." said Tomoyo, but Eriol interrupted her.
"I don't care about tomorrow. I care only about you and I, tonight, right now" he said, caressing her cheek. She started to kiss him again, with passion, and she ended only a few minutes later.
"You know what? Ever since I met you I felt attracted to you" said Tomoyo, playing with his fingers.
"Really? I did too. But the situation didn't seemed the right one" he said.
"With all our plan to put Syaoran and Sakura together, we forgot about us" said Tomoyo, placing her head in his shoulder. She let go a big yawn.
"Let's sleep a bit and then we'll go home, ok? When we are better" he said. She nodded and went back to her seat. He kissed her one last time and they both fell asleep.
In the morning, when the sun was raising, Eriol woke Tomoyo up.
"Time to go, sweety" he said, with a smile.
"You are calling me sweety already, that's weird" she said, still asleep.
"Well, I can't help it" he said, smiling again and gave her a small kiss on her lips. She smiled.
"Now I feel better" she said. Eriol turned on the car and they left.
(End flashback)
"So, you and my brother..."
"I don't know what we are, but I'm very sure we can call us a couple now" said Tomoyo, smiling. 'Thank God I remembered not to tell her that part of our plan to put her and Syaoran together' said, smiling to herself.
"Tomoyo, are you ok?" said Sakura.
"Yeah, I was just remembering something" said Tomoyo, and then she notest Sakura's red eyes, from the crying. "Sakura, were you crying last night?" she asked, a bit more serious. Sakura's happy face dissapeared as well.
"Yeah, I... I was... err.. remembering my dad, you know? Yeah" said Sakura, a bit nervous.
"Sakura" said Tomoyo, taking her hands. "I've been honest with you. Now I want you to be honest with me. You know you can trust me" said, looking into her eyes. Sakura took a deep breath.
"You are gonna kill me, Tomoyo. This can interfere with someone very close to you" said Sakura, looking down.
"Just tell me" said Tomoyo. 'God, please let it be what I think it is' said in her mind, praying.
"I..." 'How can I say this?' she thought. "Since a couple of day, or weeks... it happens that I've been developing strong feelings for someone" she said. Tomoyo nodded. "And now I think I fell in love with him"
"From who?" said Tomoyo. 'Come on, let it be him!'
Sakura took a big and deep breath.
"Syaoran"
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Ok, that's it!. It took me very long to update because of homeworks, and I had a friend of mine staying at my place, so I couldn't write as often as I do usually. Give me your reviews, suggestions, anything!!! I'll be waiting.