Chapter eleven: Recovery of the Card Captor.
Yukito stirred from his sleep: he looked down at Sakura and smiled. The colour had returned to her cheeks, and she looked beautiful. He stroked her face. "My Sakura-chan," he whispered, tasting the words.
Sakura stirred and opened her eyes. "Yukito-san?"
"Yes?"
She sat up and smiled. "I feel much better now."
"Can you stand?"
She slid her legs off the bed and tested them. "Yay!" she cried, waving her arms about. Yukito laughed at her exuberance.
"Sakura-chan?"
"That's Tomoyo-chan. She sounds so happy.I wonder what."
Tomoyo burst into the room, and stopped still on seeing Sakura standing. She whooped with delight and danced her friend around the room. Eriol came and stood in the doorway. He and Yukito glanced at each other, bemused by the behaviour of females. Then Yukito suddenly noticed the ring on Eriol's finger. He raised his eyebrows. Eriol nodded. Yukito smiled.
Sakura and Tomoyo stopped waltzing. "Why are you making such funny faces at each other?" Sakura demanded, smiling.
Tomoyo glanced at Eriol and blushed. "Um, Sakura-chan."
"What is it?" She turned to her friend.
Tomoyo held out her hand, blushing even deeper. Sakura glanced all over her fingers. "What? I don't see anything."
Tomoyo took her finger and rested it on the ring. Sakura's eyes bugged out, and she gasped. "Wow, Tomoyo-chan, that must have cost a fortune!" Then she noticed the finger it was on. She looked up at her friend. "Tomoyo- chan.you."
Tomoyo blushed again, and glanced at Eriol, who was openly beaming at her.
Sakura looked at him as well. She suddenly half-screamed and nearly made Tomoyo fall over with the force of her hug. "Oh, I'm so happy for you, Tomoyo-chan! When's the wedding?"
Tomoyo and Eriol both blushed now. "Not for a while, yet, Sakura-chan," Eriol protested, taking Tomoyo by the hand and kissing it. "We have to finish school and university first."
"A student wedding.sugoi." Sakura got stars in her eyes imagining it. "Will you design the dress, Tomoyo-chan?"
"She's going to design every last bit of it, and it looks like I'm going to be coming back to Japan so I can be close to Tomoyo-chan." said Eriol, kissing Tomoyo on the cheek, and making her hide her face in his shoulder, she peeped out from were she was hiding to say to Sakura.
"You will be maid of honour, right?"
"Of course." Sakura smiled and then sighed. "I wonder if I'm ever going to get married."
"I'm sure you will," said Yukito quietly from the bed. He got up and brushed himself down.
"Oh, so you're awake," said Miss Mitsuki, walking into the room and hugging Sakura. Sakura hugged her back, happy to be alive.
"I guess you won't need me now," said Yukito quietly and slipped out of the room.
Sakura opened her mouth, but he was already gone. "What's wrong?" she wondered.
Eriol sighed. "Probably the fact that Yue has never thought himself desirable enough to get married."
Everyone stared at him. "What?!!"
"But Yue-san's . . very good-looking," ended Sakura lamely as everyone now looked at her.
"Sakura-chan!" yelled Kero, flying in and strangling Sakura around the neck.
"Kero-chan, please, what do you think I am, pudding?"
"It's wonderful to see you up and healthy-congratulations on your engagement, Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo laughed. "Thank-you, Kero-chan. How did you know?"
"I've never seen you look so happy before. I've never seen Eriol-kun smile so much before."
"Hey!" The two chorused together
Everyone smiled.
"Where's Yukito-san?" asked Kero aware suddenly of his absence from a room he had not left for several weeks.
"He just went out," Sakura said sadly, plopping back down on the bed. "Eriol-kun said that he's always thought nobody would ever want to marry him."
"But you do?" asked Miss Mitsuki, kneeling down and taking her hands.
Sakura looked at her, then at everybody else in the room, including Shaolan who had just come in. She bit her lip.
"Yes," she admitted.
Yukito stirred from his sleep: he looked down at Sakura and smiled. The colour had returned to her cheeks, and she looked beautiful. He stroked her face. "My Sakura-chan," he whispered, tasting the words.
Sakura stirred and opened her eyes. "Yukito-san?"
"Yes?"
She sat up and smiled. "I feel much better now."
"Can you stand?"
She slid her legs off the bed and tested them. "Yay!" she cried, waving her arms about. Yukito laughed at her exuberance.
"Sakura-chan?"
"That's Tomoyo-chan. She sounds so happy.I wonder what."
Tomoyo burst into the room, and stopped still on seeing Sakura standing. She whooped with delight and danced her friend around the room. Eriol came and stood in the doorway. He and Yukito glanced at each other, bemused by the behaviour of females. Then Yukito suddenly noticed the ring on Eriol's finger. He raised his eyebrows. Eriol nodded. Yukito smiled.
Sakura and Tomoyo stopped waltzing. "Why are you making such funny faces at each other?" Sakura demanded, smiling.
Tomoyo glanced at Eriol and blushed. "Um, Sakura-chan."
"What is it?" She turned to her friend.
Tomoyo held out her hand, blushing even deeper. Sakura glanced all over her fingers. "What? I don't see anything."
Tomoyo took her finger and rested it on the ring. Sakura's eyes bugged out, and she gasped. "Wow, Tomoyo-chan, that must have cost a fortune!" Then she noticed the finger it was on. She looked up at her friend. "Tomoyo- chan.you."
Tomoyo blushed again, and glanced at Eriol, who was openly beaming at her.
Sakura looked at him as well. She suddenly half-screamed and nearly made Tomoyo fall over with the force of her hug. "Oh, I'm so happy for you, Tomoyo-chan! When's the wedding?"
Tomoyo and Eriol both blushed now. "Not for a while, yet, Sakura-chan," Eriol protested, taking Tomoyo by the hand and kissing it. "We have to finish school and university first."
"A student wedding.sugoi." Sakura got stars in her eyes imagining it. "Will you design the dress, Tomoyo-chan?"
"She's going to design every last bit of it, and it looks like I'm going to be coming back to Japan so I can be close to Tomoyo-chan." said Eriol, kissing Tomoyo on the cheek, and making her hide her face in his shoulder, she peeped out from were she was hiding to say to Sakura.
"You will be maid of honour, right?"
"Of course." Sakura smiled and then sighed. "I wonder if I'm ever going to get married."
"I'm sure you will," said Yukito quietly from the bed. He got up and brushed himself down.
"Oh, so you're awake," said Miss Mitsuki, walking into the room and hugging Sakura. Sakura hugged her back, happy to be alive.
"I guess you won't need me now," said Yukito quietly and slipped out of the room.
Sakura opened her mouth, but he was already gone. "What's wrong?" she wondered.
Eriol sighed. "Probably the fact that Yue has never thought himself desirable enough to get married."
Everyone stared at him. "What?!!"
"But Yue-san's . . very good-looking," ended Sakura lamely as everyone now looked at her.
"Sakura-chan!" yelled Kero, flying in and strangling Sakura around the neck.
"Kero-chan, please, what do you think I am, pudding?"
"It's wonderful to see you up and healthy-congratulations on your engagement, Tomoyo-chan."
Tomoyo laughed. "Thank-you, Kero-chan. How did you know?"
"I've never seen you look so happy before. I've never seen Eriol-kun smile so much before."
"Hey!" The two chorused together
Everyone smiled.
"Where's Yukito-san?" asked Kero aware suddenly of his absence from a room he had not left for several weeks.
"He just went out," Sakura said sadly, plopping back down on the bed. "Eriol-kun said that he's always thought nobody would ever want to marry him."
"But you do?" asked Miss Mitsuki, kneeling down and taking her hands.
Sakura looked at her, then at everybody else in the room, including Shaolan who had just come in. She bit her lip.
"Yes," she admitted.