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In the moment I'm writing this I still don't know if I'm ending the story now, the ideas come to me while I'm writing, so I'm sorry if there's something you don't like, I just write what comes to my head.
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 9)
Eriol choked with his tea.
"What?!"
Sakura shook her head.
"I knew you were going to react like that" she said, looking down.
"Sakura, I asume you know what you are doing, or else you wouldn't be so calm about it" said Eriol, standing up. "But when did this happened?"
"About five months ago. The doctors had already told me that our dad didn't had a lot of time, and I wanted to do something to rest after these years" said Sakura. Eriol nodded, to assure her he was listening. "I was walking one day around college and I saw an announcement about a program where you could get transferred to other universities and study a year of your career in another country. I got interested, and I don't know how I decided to but I signed in" she said, sighing.
"And are you sure about this?" asked Eriol.
"Yeah. I've been taking care of dad since I was sixteen until a few months ago, and I want to live my life" said Sakura. "This months haven't been as calmed as I thought they would be".
"Ok, if that's what you want.. At what time are you leaving?" asked Eriol, taking the two empty cups of tea and leaving them in the sink.
"At 5 p.m." she said.
"The wedding is at 5:00 too" said Eriol, cleaning his glasses on his shirt. "Aren't you coming?"
"No" she said, with her head down. Eriol immediatly slapped himself mentally for reminding her and for asking her that. "You can go if you want. We can say goodbye here, and then I'll leave to the airport and you can go to... the..." said Sakura, without wanting to say that word.
"Ok, I will" said Eriol heading upstairs. "Need help with your packing?"
"No, it's ok" she said, behind him.
The two brothers met at the end of the stairs. They stood for awhile looking at each other and finally they hugged.
"I'll miss you, cute little sister" he said. Sakura giggled.
"That it's becoming as annoying as hearing Touya calling me a monster" she said, breaking the embrace. "But I miss it. And I'll miss both of them in Australia." she said, starting to cry.
"Do you miss him?" he asked. "You know, Touya"
"Yeah. He was annoying, and very overprotective, but I still do. It's been a long time since he left, but... I miss him a lot. And I miss dad too" she said.
"I miss them too" said Eriol, before hugging her again. He gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Sweet dreams, Sakura"
"Good night, Eriol" she said, before entering her room.
Eriol sitted in his bed and picked up the phone. He dialed a number, and soon a voice answered. A feminine one.
"Hello?"
"Hi, princess" he said.
"Eriol!!" said Tomoyo. "How are you?"
"Shocked" he answered. "We have another problem"
"Things can't get worst than this, so tell me, what's wrong?" she said.
"Actually, they can get worst, because Sakura is leaving to Australia tomorrow".
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"WHAT!!??" yelled Tomoyo, scaring some of the people that were sitting next to her.
"Tomoyo, calm down" said Eriol.
"You know what, I think the whole universe is plotting against us, because things are getting really bad" she said, standing up. She was in the waiting room of the airport right now.
"Why, what do you know?" Eriol's voice came through the phone, and he sounded worried.
"Do you know what Syaoran told me? He bumped into Josh, and Josh told him what Sakura and I tried to tell him, that she rejected Josh because of him" stated Tomoyo, taking a sip of the coffee she had been forced to buy, after she heard the news.
"What?!" It was Eriol's turn to be surprised.
"Yeah, and this stupid man had the chance to go back to talk to Sakura, but he's so blind, and he is completely sure that Kathy loves him, he said that even though he doesn't love her, he's not going to make her suffer. Can you believe this?" asked Tomoyo.
"Tomoyo, I DEMAND you to show Syaoran that video, he has to know" said Eriol. He was really nervous, he knew that this two were meant for each other, but the possibility of putting them together was getting smaller every minute.
"I will, trust me, but I need you to be here" said Tomoyo. Syaoran had handed her the ticket and she was on the boarding line now.
"I will go. One thing, do we need Sakura to be there?" asked Eriol.
"No, trust me, after what's gonna happen he would follow her to the moon if he had to. So, if she is in Australia, he will definitely go there. But, we are gonna need some other help" she said.
"From who?"
"I need you to give me Josh's number"
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The next morning...
"Is that all?" asked the guy.
"Yes. Remember, it's extremely important" said the girl.
"I know. I hope it works"
"It will, I know it will. Thanks for your help, Josh"
"No prob. I have to go now" said Josh.
"Ok. Bye, and thanks again" said the girl.
"Bye". Josh hanged up and after he took his breakfast, left his apartment on direction to Sakura's house. When he got there, there was a taxi in the front door.
"Hello, Josh" said someone. Josh looked and saw a guy with glasses and blue eyes.
"Hi, Eriol" said Josh. "Is Sakura around?" asked.
"Yes, she's upstairs" said Eriol.
"Are you going to the wedding?" asked Josh, when he saw Eriol placing the invitation in his jacket.
"Yeah, but hopefully, there will be no wedding" said Eriol, sighing. "Did Tomoyo called you?"
"Yes, that's why I'm here"
"Well, whatever she has planned, I hope it works" said Eriol. He and Josh shook hands and then he got into the taxi. "I'll see you around, Josh"
"Bye". Josh saw the taxi go around the corner and then he went into the house. Sakura's things were all over the floor. Then he saw her going down the stairs with a big box.
"Finally!!" he heard her. Then she turned around and jumped when she saw him.
"Hi" he said, smiling. She smiled and jumped into his arms.
"Hi!" she said. "What are you doing here?"
"Just came to see you and to talk. You are leaving today, but we still have some time and maybe we could go out for lunch or something" he said. She smiled and nodded.
"Sounds great. Just let me go and get a jacket and I'll be right back" she said, before running upstairs. In less than thirty seconds she was back and they left the house.
"So, are you nervous?" he asked.
"Yeah" said Sakura, laughing. "I'm leaving my whole life here, but I'm happy, it's a chance I can't wait. Besides, there are some things I need to get over with"
"Are you saying that because of Syaoran's wedding?" asked Josh. She looked at him. "Sakura, you can't lie to me. I could see it in your face"
"Did you know that Syaoran is not my cousin?" asked Sakura. Josh already knew, Tomoyo had told him the story, but he acted surprised.
"Really?". Sakura nodded. "That's weird".
"Well, after we knew things changed a lot between us. I always thought that I wanted to find someone like him to be with me, and when I found out all this, I realized that now I could have him, but he was getting married" said Sakura, while they were walking. "I fell in love with the wrong person".
"And does he know this?" asked Josh.
"No. I never told him. But somehow I knew he felt something for me. I don't know if it was strong enough, because he left anyways" said Sakura, sadly. Josh hugged her by her shoulders.
"You should have told him" he said.
"It's too late now, it's useless if I regret now". They had arrived to a park. They sitted down in the grass to talk.
"And why don't you call him?" he asked again.
"Because there's no point. He's happy with her, I don't want to ruin his happiness. But I need to tell him, I feel like I'm gonna explode if I don't express what I feel." said Sakura. She felt so bad. Josh looked at her tenderly. He looked at her like a sister right now. He wanted her to be happy. It was the moment to put their plan in action.
"I have an idea" he said. Sakura looked at him. "Look what I have here" he said, and showed her a video camera. Sakura smiled. "I have it because I wanted to tape the last moments you are gonna spent here. Why don't you imagine that Syaoran is going to watch this and tell what you feel?" Sakura looked at him with a puzzled look.
"Are you insane?" she said. He laughed. "It's absolutely impossible that I'm gonna confess to a camera, no way" she said, laughing as well.
"Look, I'm gonna go and buy a few drinks and sandwiches. While I'm there. you go and tell what you feel. I swear I won't watch it" he said. She took the camera. He got up and left.
Sakura stayed there looking at the camera. Finally, she sighed and shook her head. Put it in position and pressed record. The red light was on, signaling that it was working. Sakura took a deep breath and started to talk.
"Hi, Syaoran. First of all, I have to say congratulations on your wedding, I hope everything goes fine. And I have to tell you something..." 'I can't believe I'm talking to a camera' thought the girl, but she continued anyways, it was a good way to let her thoughts and feelings go away and stop attacking her. "About everything that happened while you were here, I have to tell you how happy I am that you were here when I needed you, and I thank you so much for that. I don't care if you are getting married now, but I needed you to know how I feel, and if you are happy with Kathy, I will be fine; I love you so much that I want you to be happy even if it's not with me" Sakura was sobbing right now, and some tears were running down her face. "I hope you don't forget me again and keep in touch with me. If you don't, then... I guess this is goodbye. I'm leaving to Australia in a couple of hours, and I don't know if I'll be coming back soon. Remember me, and everything we did here. The only thing I regret was not telling you this in person... I guess I was scared. Other than that, I don't regret a thing about the days we spented together, and... maybe we are not meant to be together, so... I love you Syaoran, and goodbye". Sakura pressed the red button one more time and broke down.
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Syaoran stood there watching how everything was set up for his wedding. He felt that something was wrong. Suddenly it hit him: it was suppossed to be a happy moment, but he felt nothing. He was suppossed to be excited about his wedding, but how could he if the bride wasn't the woman he loved? Kathy was already preparing herself, the wedding was in two hours, but he didn't feel like go and get dressed. He got scared when he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Eriol" he said. Eriol smiled and stood next to him.
"How are you, Syaoran?" asked Eriol. Syaoran nodded to say he was fine. "You don't look fine. How come you look so sad when you should be happy?"
"You know the reason why I am like this" said Syaoran. Eriol shook his head in a negative form.
"You are still in time, you know? To stop this show" said Eriol. Syaoran looked at him. "If you are happy doing this, that's ok. I'll support you. But if you can avoid all the pain my sister's going through because of this, please do it. And I know you'd rather to be with her than to be here" said, before walking away. In the living room of the big house where the wedding was taking place he found Tomoyo, who was very excited.
"Where were you? I was looking all over the house for you" asked the girl.
"I was talking to Syaoran, trying to put some sense into him" said Eriol, before hugging her. "What's wrong?"
"The video just arrived" said Tomoyo, before leading him to his room.
"How did it get here so fast?" asked Eriol, surprised.
"I said Josh to send it here like urgent, and I made some phone calls as well" said Tomoyo, smiling. Eriol smiled too, Tomoyo was brilliant.
"So, what do we do now?" asked sitting on the bed.
"Wait and see" said Tomoyo. "Just wait and see".
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Ok, how was this? Honestly, tell me what you think, make your predictions, flame if you want (but use nice words), in other words... REVIEW!!! I'll be waiting for your reviews. Probably next chapter will be the last, so tell me what do you think it's gonna happen and what would you like to happen. See you later, and remember to review!!!!
In the moment I'm writing this I still don't know if I'm ending the story now, the ideas come to me while I'm writing, so I'm sorry if there's something you don't like, I just write what comes to my head.
A HIDDEN PLACE (chapter 9)
Eriol choked with his tea.
"What?!"
Sakura shook her head.
"I knew you were going to react like that" she said, looking down.
"Sakura, I asume you know what you are doing, or else you wouldn't be so calm about it" said Eriol, standing up. "But when did this happened?"
"About five months ago. The doctors had already told me that our dad didn't had a lot of time, and I wanted to do something to rest after these years" said Sakura. Eriol nodded, to assure her he was listening. "I was walking one day around college and I saw an announcement about a program where you could get transferred to other universities and study a year of your career in another country. I got interested, and I don't know how I decided to but I signed in" she said, sighing.
"And are you sure about this?" asked Eriol.
"Yeah. I've been taking care of dad since I was sixteen until a few months ago, and I want to live my life" said Sakura. "This months haven't been as calmed as I thought they would be".
"Ok, if that's what you want.. At what time are you leaving?" asked Eriol, taking the two empty cups of tea and leaving them in the sink.
"At 5 p.m." she said.
"The wedding is at 5:00 too" said Eriol, cleaning his glasses on his shirt. "Aren't you coming?"
"No" she said, with her head down. Eriol immediatly slapped himself mentally for reminding her and for asking her that. "You can go if you want. We can say goodbye here, and then I'll leave to the airport and you can go to... the..." said Sakura, without wanting to say that word.
"Ok, I will" said Eriol heading upstairs. "Need help with your packing?"
"No, it's ok" she said, behind him.
The two brothers met at the end of the stairs. They stood for awhile looking at each other and finally they hugged.
"I'll miss you, cute little sister" he said. Sakura giggled.
"That it's becoming as annoying as hearing Touya calling me a monster" she said, breaking the embrace. "But I miss it. And I'll miss both of them in Australia." she said, starting to cry.
"Do you miss him?" he asked. "You know, Touya"
"Yeah. He was annoying, and very overprotective, but I still do. It's been a long time since he left, but... I miss him a lot. And I miss dad too" she said.
"I miss them too" said Eriol, before hugging her again. He gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Sweet dreams, Sakura"
"Good night, Eriol" she said, before entering her room.
Eriol sitted in his bed and picked up the phone. He dialed a number, and soon a voice answered. A feminine one.
"Hello?"
"Hi, princess" he said.
"Eriol!!" said Tomoyo. "How are you?"
"Shocked" he answered. "We have another problem"
"Things can't get worst than this, so tell me, what's wrong?" she said.
"Actually, they can get worst, because Sakura is leaving to Australia tomorrow".
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"WHAT!!??" yelled Tomoyo, scaring some of the people that were sitting next to her.
"Tomoyo, calm down" said Eriol.
"You know what, I think the whole universe is plotting against us, because things are getting really bad" she said, standing up. She was in the waiting room of the airport right now.
"Why, what do you know?" Eriol's voice came through the phone, and he sounded worried.
"Do you know what Syaoran told me? He bumped into Josh, and Josh told him what Sakura and I tried to tell him, that she rejected Josh because of him" stated Tomoyo, taking a sip of the coffee she had been forced to buy, after she heard the news.
"What?!" It was Eriol's turn to be surprised.
"Yeah, and this stupid man had the chance to go back to talk to Sakura, but he's so blind, and he is completely sure that Kathy loves him, he said that even though he doesn't love her, he's not going to make her suffer. Can you believe this?" asked Tomoyo.
"Tomoyo, I DEMAND you to show Syaoran that video, he has to know" said Eriol. He was really nervous, he knew that this two were meant for each other, but the possibility of putting them together was getting smaller every minute.
"I will, trust me, but I need you to be here" said Tomoyo. Syaoran had handed her the ticket and she was on the boarding line now.
"I will go. One thing, do we need Sakura to be there?" asked Eriol.
"No, trust me, after what's gonna happen he would follow her to the moon if he had to. So, if she is in Australia, he will definitely go there. But, we are gonna need some other help" she said.
"From who?"
"I need you to give me Josh's number"
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The next morning...
"Is that all?" asked the guy.
"Yes. Remember, it's extremely important" said the girl.
"I know. I hope it works"
"It will, I know it will. Thanks for your help, Josh"
"No prob. I have to go now" said Josh.
"Ok. Bye, and thanks again" said the girl.
"Bye". Josh hanged up and after he took his breakfast, left his apartment on direction to Sakura's house. When he got there, there was a taxi in the front door.
"Hello, Josh" said someone. Josh looked and saw a guy with glasses and blue eyes.
"Hi, Eriol" said Josh. "Is Sakura around?" asked.
"Yes, she's upstairs" said Eriol.
"Are you going to the wedding?" asked Josh, when he saw Eriol placing the invitation in his jacket.
"Yeah, but hopefully, there will be no wedding" said Eriol, sighing. "Did Tomoyo called you?"
"Yes, that's why I'm here"
"Well, whatever she has planned, I hope it works" said Eriol. He and Josh shook hands and then he got into the taxi. "I'll see you around, Josh"
"Bye". Josh saw the taxi go around the corner and then he went into the house. Sakura's things were all over the floor. Then he saw her going down the stairs with a big box.
"Finally!!" he heard her. Then she turned around and jumped when she saw him.
"Hi" he said, smiling. She smiled and jumped into his arms.
"Hi!" she said. "What are you doing here?"
"Just came to see you and to talk. You are leaving today, but we still have some time and maybe we could go out for lunch or something" he said. She smiled and nodded.
"Sounds great. Just let me go and get a jacket and I'll be right back" she said, before running upstairs. In less than thirty seconds she was back and they left the house.
"So, are you nervous?" he asked.
"Yeah" said Sakura, laughing. "I'm leaving my whole life here, but I'm happy, it's a chance I can't wait. Besides, there are some things I need to get over with"
"Are you saying that because of Syaoran's wedding?" asked Josh. She looked at him. "Sakura, you can't lie to me. I could see it in your face"
"Did you know that Syaoran is not my cousin?" asked Sakura. Josh already knew, Tomoyo had told him the story, but he acted surprised.
"Really?". Sakura nodded. "That's weird".
"Well, after we knew things changed a lot between us. I always thought that I wanted to find someone like him to be with me, and when I found out all this, I realized that now I could have him, but he was getting married" said Sakura, while they were walking. "I fell in love with the wrong person".
"And does he know this?" asked Josh.
"No. I never told him. But somehow I knew he felt something for me. I don't know if it was strong enough, because he left anyways" said Sakura, sadly. Josh hugged her by her shoulders.
"You should have told him" he said.
"It's too late now, it's useless if I regret now". They had arrived to a park. They sitted down in the grass to talk.
"And why don't you call him?" he asked again.
"Because there's no point. He's happy with her, I don't want to ruin his happiness. But I need to tell him, I feel like I'm gonna explode if I don't express what I feel." said Sakura. She felt so bad. Josh looked at her tenderly. He looked at her like a sister right now. He wanted her to be happy. It was the moment to put their plan in action.
"I have an idea" he said. Sakura looked at him. "Look what I have here" he said, and showed her a video camera. Sakura smiled. "I have it because I wanted to tape the last moments you are gonna spent here. Why don't you imagine that Syaoran is going to watch this and tell what you feel?" Sakura looked at him with a puzzled look.
"Are you insane?" she said. He laughed. "It's absolutely impossible that I'm gonna confess to a camera, no way" she said, laughing as well.
"Look, I'm gonna go and buy a few drinks and sandwiches. While I'm there. you go and tell what you feel. I swear I won't watch it" he said. She took the camera. He got up and left.
Sakura stayed there looking at the camera. Finally, she sighed and shook her head. Put it in position and pressed record. The red light was on, signaling that it was working. Sakura took a deep breath and started to talk.
"Hi, Syaoran. First of all, I have to say congratulations on your wedding, I hope everything goes fine. And I have to tell you something..." 'I can't believe I'm talking to a camera' thought the girl, but she continued anyways, it was a good way to let her thoughts and feelings go away and stop attacking her. "About everything that happened while you were here, I have to tell you how happy I am that you were here when I needed you, and I thank you so much for that. I don't care if you are getting married now, but I needed you to know how I feel, and if you are happy with Kathy, I will be fine; I love you so much that I want you to be happy even if it's not with me" Sakura was sobbing right now, and some tears were running down her face. "I hope you don't forget me again and keep in touch with me. If you don't, then... I guess this is goodbye. I'm leaving to Australia in a couple of hours, and I don't know if I'll be coming back soon. Remember me, and everything we did here. The only thing I regret was not telling you this in person... I guess I was scared. Other than that, I don't regret a thing about the days we spented together, and... maybe we are not meant to be together, so... I love you Syaoran, and goodbye". Sakura pressed the red button one more time and broke down.
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Syaoran stood there watching how everything was set up for his wedding. He felt that something was wrong. Suddenly it hit him: it was suppossed to be a happy moment, but he felt nothing. He was suppossed to be excited about his wedding, but how could he if the bride wasn't the woman he loved? Kathy was already preparing herself, the wedding was in two hours, but he didn't feel like go and get dressed. He got scared when he felt a tap on his shoulder.
"Eriol" he said. Eriol smiled and stood next to him.
"How are you, Syaoran?" asked Eriol. Syaoran nodded to say he was fine. "You don't look fine. How come you look so sad when you should be happy?"
"You know the reason why I am like this" said Syaoran. Eriol shook his head in a negative form.
"You are still in time, you know? To stop this show" said Eriol. Syaoran looked at him. "If you are happy doing this, that's ok. I'll support you. But if you can avoid all the pain my sister's going through because of this, please do it. And I know you'd rather to be with her than to be here" said, before walking away. In the living room of the big house where the wedding was taking place he found Tomoyo, who was very excited.
"Where were you? I was looking all over the house for you" asked the girl.
"I was talking to Syaoran, trying to put some sense into him" said Eriol, before hugging her. "What's wrong?"
"The video just arrived" said Tomoyo, before leading him to his room.
"How did it get here so fast?" asked Eriol, surprised.
"I said Josh to send it here like urgent, and I made some phone calls as well" said Tomoyo, smiling. Eriol smiled too, Tomoyo was brilliant.
"So, what do we do now?" asked sitting on the bed.
"Wait and see" said Tomoyo. "Just wait and see".
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Ok, how was this? Honestly, tell me what you think, make your predictions, flame if you want (but use nice words), in other words... REVIEW!!! I'll be waiting for your reviews. Probably next chapter will be the last, so tell me what do you think it's gonna happen and what would you like to happen. See you later, and remember to review!!!!