(A big thank you to those who pointed out the fact I missed out Yukitos
birthday. I knew I'd forgotten something but couldn't think what.)
Chapter twenty: Christmas surprises.
Touya helped Sakura down from her father's bedroom where she had been sleeping due to a new internet connection being put into her room. Touya helped her to the living room, she was much recovered from her latest illness but still frail.
Yukito was coming over later and Tomoyo and Eriol were in the living room waiting for Sakura with some food. Sakura sat down and Tomoyo put the tray over her knees and looked at Sakura.
"I'm sorry to hear that your father had to go away for the holidays."
"Yes, I miss him but he should be on this trip. He said he would give us his Christmas presence when he got back."
Touya smiled at his sister, Kero floated down the stairs and sat on the floor along with Supi. The two of them looked at Sakura. Kero spoke:
"Ok, we thought that we would warn you that we are going to change now, so we wouldn't surprise you."
"Thank you for the warning, Kero-chan."
They then changed into Keroberos and Spinal Sun. Sakura smiled at them and then started to eat her food, Eriol looked at Spinal Sun and Keroberos then up at the ceiling.
"Haven't you two noticed what you're sitting under?"
Keroberos looked confused "What?" He then looked up and a large sweatdrops ran down his face, as he looked down he came face to face with Spinal Sun
"We appear to be sitting under mistletoe."
"Doesn't that mean we have to kiss?" said Spinal Sun with an interested tone to his voice.
"Yes."
"Oh! Ermm, shall we then."
Keroberos gulped and nodded. He leant forward and placed his nuzzle to Spinal Sun's. There was a flash of light around Spinal Sun, Keroberos leant back in surprise. When the light was gone there seemed to be slight changes to Spinal Sun, he was a lighter blue now, his wings were grey not black, the stone on his forehead was rounded and his ears and eyes were rounded rather than pointed now.
Keroberos gently probed him with his nuzzle.
"Are you alright, Spinal Sun?"
"Yes, I think so." However the voice that replied wasn't male but female. She looked very shocked unsurprisingly.
"The spell...it finally broke."
She smiled at Eriol. Keroberos looked confused again. Eriol smiled at Keroberos.
"In one of my first ever fights, Spinal got hit by very powerful magic and lost her gender and now you have released her, Keroberos."
"Oh!"
Sakura dropped her spoon: they all looked at her.
"The play!"
Eriol smiled at her.
"Yes, Sakura-chan, parts of it are coming true as you can see. We have a winged warrior and Spinal Sun is female now."
Sakura took a deep breath and sighed, suddenly there came a knock on the door. Touya smiled.
"That will be Yuki."
He went to get the door. When Yukito came in he was laden with two bags, one of which was filled with food, the other with gifts. Tomoyo took the food from him and carried it into the kitchen: she emerged again almost immediately with a plate piled high with pasta and seafood, Yukito took it from her.
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan."
He sat down next to Sakura and began to eat. Touya took the other bag and proceeded to put the presents under the tree. Once Yukito had finished eating, he turned his eyes on Sakura.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine, thank you." She then smiles at him. "Happy birthday Yukito-san."
Yuki smiles back at her. "Thank you."
The others also wished him a happy birthday. Tomoyo disappeared into the kitchen and brought out a rabbit shaped birthday cake, which had to be instantly sliced to satisfy Keroberos.
Once this was eaten the presents came forth. From Miss Mitsuki, there was a cookery book. From Tomoyo, a smart pair of light blue trousers. Keroberos' gift was a huge box of chocolates. Spinal sun and ruby moon had got him a tin of biscuits. From Touya there was a book titled How to find your soul mate, Yukito shot him a look, Touya merely smiled back and raised an eyebrow. From Eriol there was another book titled The Heavenly card, Yukito looked at him Eriol smiled back. Then lastly Sakura held out a large package, it was small rapped in rabbit paper, he opened it carefully and sitting inside there was a Yucatan, with a pattern of rabbits over it. Yukito stared at Sakura, his eyes were filled with happiness. "Did you make this?"
"Yes."
"Sakura-chan. . Thank you."
He was speechless, Yukito rose from were he sat and tried it on a perfect fit. He sat back down in it and then noticed Spinal Sun's change, his eyebrow went up but he said nothing. Eriol then spoke.
"Mitsuki-sensei said Happy Christmas, her gifts are also under the tree."
Touya looked around the assembled group smiling.
"Time to open the presents."
Sakura smiled at Touya.
"Yay!"
Touya smiled back at Sakura, he picked up the first gift bag.
"Tomoyo-chan for you from Shaolan-kun, me, Eriol-kun of course, Kaho-san, Kero-chan, Ruby-chan, Sakura-chan obviously and Yue-san!"
Tomoyo took her gift bag, Touya picked another one out.
"Oh this one's mine from Tomoyo-chan, Eriol-kun, Kaho-san, Kero-chan, Ruby- chan of course, Sakura, Yue-san and Yuki."
Touya put his bag to one side and reached for another.
"Spinal Sun-san: for you from Eriol-kun, Ruby-chan, Sakura-chan and Kero- chan."
Spinal Sun came over and hoisted the bag up, taking it off. Touya smiled and picked again.
"Ruby-chan, it appears that every one has got you something except Kero- chan, Yuki and Shaolan-kun."
Ruby squealed and took her bag off to a corner, where occasional exclamations of delight came throughout the rest of the gift giving.
"Eriol-kun, the same for you, everyone has got you something except Shaolan- kun."
Eriol came over and with a little smile took the bag off. Touya picked up the next one.
"Yuki, your turn, everyone except Spinal Sun-san has bought you something."
Touya looked at the bags and picked up the next bag.
"Keroberos, your one is here, everyone except Yuki and Shaolan-kun has got you something."
Keroberos came over and took the bag off. There were only two left. Touya picked up another one.
"Yue-san," he called out. Yukito looked up and turned into Yue.
"Yes?"
"Here, you have one too."
"Me!" said Yue, surprised. Touya nodded.
"Yes you, yours is from everyone except Shaolan-kun and Spinal Sun-san." Yue took the bag gently and walked off with it. Touya took hold of the last bag.
"Which means this one is yours, Sakura: the only person not to contribute to this bag is Yue-san."
Sakura looked down at the floor, Tomoyo went and claimed Sakura's bag for her. They all began opening their gifts; although Sakura was pleased with her presents, she kept wondering why Yue had not given her one, this thought niggled at her constantly. Just as she was about to ask him what was wrong, Yue looked up and smiled at her.
"Something wrong, Sakura-chan?" he asked as if reading her mind.
Sakura automatically shook her head, and then blushed. "Yue . . Yue-san," she faltered, "I don't seem to have any.I mean, there isn't." She trailed off into silence, unable to continue.
Yue got up and silently took her hand. He pulled her out of her seat and up the stairs. Sakura looked helplessly over her shoulder at Tomoyo, but Tomoyo just smiled and waved at her.
Yue was smiling to himself. Everyone had managed to keep silent, and he had caught Sakura completely off her guard. The situation was perfect. She was too stunned by his actions to ask him anything.
They stopped outside her bedroom door, where Sakura finally managed to recover her voice.
"Um, Yue-san?"
"Yes?"
"What are we doing here?"
"Getting ready for your Christmas present."
"But I've had all my Christmas presents."
"No, you haven't. There was one missing, right?"
Sakura looked down, blushing.
Yue gently put his hands over her eyes and opened the door. "Now, no peeking until you're fully inside the room and I've shut the door," he commanded.
Sakura nodded.
"Promise?"
"Yes."
They walked slowly into the room. Yue brought his hands down, backed away quickly and closed the door. Sakura slowly opened her eyes. She gazed around: as far as she could see, there was no change in her room.
Then she saw a little note on her dressing table: 'look up'. She did so. Yue heard a small gasp as he stood outside the door and smiled to himself.
Sakura's ceiling was covered with a map of the night sky, all the constellations painstakingly painted on a background of midnight blue, Andromeda, Pegasus, the Plough, the Bears major and minor, Cassandra.Polaris and Sirius were marked out in blue and green. Right in the centre of the ceiling was a painting of a huge crescent moon, totally out of orbit and phase, on which sat Yue and Yukito, side by side. Yue was flanked by a huge castle that had obviously been drawn and painted with great care in pure white, with silver turrets. Yukito was flanked by his grandparents' house, his old bicycle leaning against its fence. Sakura put her hands over her mouth, her eyes shining.
"Yue-san." she whispered. There was nobody there when she turned around. Yue had gone downstairs, smiling to himself.
Sakura ran out into the corridor, then down the stairs. She ran into the living room and caught hold of her guardian's arm. Yue turned round in surprise, and looked down at Sakura: her eyes were aglow with happiness. He smiled at her.
"I hope you like it." "Like it! I love it, Yue-san, thank you."
Sakura then threw herself against Yue and hugged him tightly, Yue's eyes went wide in shock, then he circled his arms round Sakura. They stood holding each other in this tight embrace for a long time, then suddenly jumped away from each other, blushing as they realised they were holding one another like this in front of all the others. When they looked around, the others had left the room. Yue smiled down at Sakura and drew her into another hug. Sakura then tapped him on the shoulder, Yue looked down at Sakura.
"Yes, Sakura-chan?"
Sakura simply pointed up. Yue looked above them, hanging there was the mistletoe. He smiled at Sakura, she smiled back at him. Yue turned to Yukito and spoke,
'Far be it for me to break a tradition.'
Yukito scoffed.
'Yes, of course Yue.'
Yue smiled at him again. Yue then gave Sakura a bright smile, which surprised Sakura, he leant down and placed his lips on her in a soft but loving kiss. Sakura felt her knees turn to jelly but she responded to the kiss. Yue pulled Sakura closer, Sakura gripped Yue's uniform in response and moved her other hand up onto the back of Yue's neck. After a moment they parted both breathless. Sakura looked at Yue, he noticed she was flushed, her eyes were glowing, and suddenly that light vanished.
"Oh! Yue-san, forgive me, I shouldn't have, you don't love me, you love Clow-sama and Yukito loves Onii-chan. I shouldn't have done that."
Sakura covered her face and ran upstairs to her room, Yue ran from the room in hot pursuit. The others came back in from the kitchen. Touya looked in the direction they had just gone in, then at Eriol.
"Do you think he will catch her?"
The door slammed they herd the lock turn and Yue beating against the door with no reply
"I think that answers that, no. Keroberos, her window's open, go up to her and hurry."
Keroberos nodded and turned into Kero. He floated off and into Sakura's room, he floated over to where Sakura lay and nuzzled up next to her, she grabbed Kero and hugged him hard. Kero stroked Sakura's face, not even caring that he was getting practically strangled by her.
"Let Yue in, Sakura-chan, can't you hear him banging on your door, he's really worried about you."
"I can't let him in, I.we kissed and I know he doesn't love me and Yukito loves Onii-chan. I'm shore that Onii-chan was just trying to make me feel better about my own feelings by telling me that Yukito-san cared about me."
There was a sudden rustling of feathers: Sakura looked up. Yue was coming in through her open window, she stood up in surprise at his entrance.
"Yue-san, what are you doing?"
Yue stood up and froze as she said this, then suddenly he grabbed Sakura by the wrist and pulled her into him, he then took hold of her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"Stop calling me 'Yue-san'! You call Keroberos 'Kero-chan' so why not me!"
Sakura stared at Yue: he had never been angry with her like this before.
"I was just being respectful."
"Well, I want you to stop it, we are friends after all, aren't we?"
Sakura blushed a little and then looked up at Yue, her chin set in determination.
"Yes, we are friends, Yue-chan."
The instant Sakura said this, Yue relaxed and sat down in the chair at her desk, looking at her. Sakura walked over to him and touched Yue's hair and began to stroke it gently.
"You like my hair then?"
"Yes, Yue-chan, I do."
"Good."
Yue stood up. Sakura, looking a little disappointed, went and sat down on the bed, Yue put his head to one side, looking confused for a moment: he then smiled and walked over and joined her. He took her hand and placed it on his hair. Sakura jumped and turned to Yue, he smiled at her.
"I was wondering actually, why do you wear this braid now Yue-chan?"
"Because I am the Warrior of the Moon, I was hiding that, but Eriol-kun didn't like me doing that and he told me to put it back in. I used to wear it when Clow-sama was alive. Eriol-kun also thought you deserved to know I was a warrior and fully trained in my art. The braid is also another sign of manhood."
"So that's why Ruby-chan called you the Moon Warrior."
"Yes."
Sakura had to admit she had enjoyed the feeling of his hair in her hands and also that Yue looked very handsome when he smiled. Yue had to admit he enjoyed the feeling of her hands in his hair.
They sat in silence opposite each other for a short moment, lost in each other's eyes, and then Yue swooped into Sakura and kissed her cheek. Sakura went bright red and put her hand over the cheek.
"I'm glad that you decided to call me Yue-chan and you understand about the braid now."
Yue stood and went to the door he unlocked it and turned to look at Sakura.
"What you said about me and Yukito as I was coming in, you're wrong about that, you know."
He said no more but quietly left Sakura's bedroom, shutting the door behind him. Sakura sat on the bed, her hand still on her cheek, court in a mystified silence, not sure what to think at this point.
When Yue got downstairs he smiled at the others and turned back into Yukito, and without another word he left, closing the door, leaving a puzzled household behind him.
Chapter twenty: Christmas surprises.
Touya helped Sakura down from her father's bedroom where she had been sleeping due to a new internet connection being put into her room. Touya helped her to the living room, she was much recovered from her latest illness but still frail.
Yukito was coming over later and Tomoyo and Eriol were in the living room waiting for Sakura with some food. Sakura sat down and Tomoyo put the tray over her knees and looked at Sakura.
"I'm sorry to hear that your father had to go away for the holidays."
"Yes, I miss him but he should be on this trip. He said he would give us his Christmas presence when he got back."
Touya smiled at his sister, Kero floated down the stairs and sat on the floor along with Supi. The two of them looked at Sakura. Kero spoke:
"Ok, we thought that we would warn you that we are going to change now, so we wouldn't surprise you."
"Thank you for the warning, Kero-chan."
They then changed into Keroberos and Spinal Sun. Sakura smiled at them and then started to eat her food, Eriol looked at Spinal Sun and Keroberos then up at the ceiling.
"Haven't you two noticed what you're sitting under?"
Keroberos looked confused "What?" He then looked up and a large sweatdrops ran down his face, as he looked down he came face to face with Spinal Sun
"We appear to be sitting under mistletoe."
"Doesn't that mean we have to kiss?" said Spinal Sun with an interested tone to his voice.
"Yes."
"Oh! Ermm, shall we then."
Keroberos gulped and nodded. He leant forward and placed his nuzzle to Spinal Sun's. There was a flash of light around Spinal Sun, Keroberos leant back in surprise. When the light was gone there seemed to be slight changes to Spinal Sun, he was a lighter blue now, his wings were grey not black, the stone on his forehead was rounded and his ears and eyes were rounded rather than pointed now.
Keroberos gently probed him with his nuzzle.
"Are you alright, Spinal Sun?"
"Yes, I think so." However the voice that replied wasn't male but female. She looked very shocked unsurprisingly.
"The spell...it finally broke."
She smiled at Eriol. Keroberos looked confused again. Eriol smiled at Keroberos.
"In one of my first ever fights, Spinal got hit by very powerful magic and lost her gender and now you have released her, Keroberos."
"Oh!"
Sakura dropped her spoon: they all looked at her.
"The play!"
Eriol smiled at her.
"Yes, Sakura-chan, parts of it are coming true as you can see. We have a winged warrior and Spinal Sun is female now."
Sakura took a deep breath and sighed, suddenly there came a knock on the door. Touya smiled.
"That will be Yuki."
He went to get the door. When Yukito came in he was laden with two bags, one of which was filled with food, the other with gifts. Tomoyo took the food from him and carried it into the kitchen: she emerged again almost immediately with a plate piled high with pasta and seafood, Yukito took it from her.
"Thank you Tomoyo-chan."
He sat down next to Sakura and began to eat. Touya took the other bag and proceeded to put the presents under the tree. Once Yukito had finished eating, he turned his eyes on Sakura.
"How are you feeling?"
"Fine, thank you." She then smiles at him. "Happy birthday Yukito-san."
Yuki smiles back at her. "Thank you."
The others also wished him a happy birthday. Tomoyo disappeared into the kitchen and brought out a rabbit shaped birthday cake, which had to be instantly sliced to satisfy Keroberos.
Once this was eaten the presents came forth. From Miss Mitsuki, there was a cookery book. From Tomoyo, a smart pair of light blue trousers. Keroberos' gift was a huge box of chocolates. Spinal sun and ruby moon had got him a tin of biscuits. From Touya there was a book titled How to find your soul mate, Yukito shot him a look, Touya merely smiled back and raised an eyebrow. From Eriol there was another book titled The Heavenly card, Yukito looked at him Eriol smiled back. Then lastly Sakura held out a large package, it was small rapped in rabbit paper, he opened it carefully and sitting inside there was a Yucatan, with a pattern of rabbits over it. Yukito stared at Sakura, his eyes were filled with happiness. "Did you make this?"
"Yes."
"Sakura-chan. . Thank you."
He was speechless, Yukito rose from were he sat and tried it on a perfect fit. He sat back down in it and then noticed Spinal Sun's change, his eyebrow went up but he said nothing. Eriol then spoke.
"Mitsuki-sensei said Happy Christmas, her gifts are also under the tree."
Touya looked around the assembled group smiling.
"Time to open the presents."
Sakura smiled at Touya.
"Yay!"
Touya smiled back at Sakura, he picked up the first gift bag.
"Tomoyo-chan for you from Shaolan-kun, me, Eriol-kun of course, Kaho-san, Kero-chan, Ruby-chan, Sakura-chan obviously and Yue-san!"
Tomoyo took her gift bag, Touya picked another one out.
"Oh this one's mine from Tomoyo-chan, Eriol-kun, Kaho-san, Kero-chan, Ruby- chan of course, Sakura, Yue-san and Yuki."
Touya put his bag to one side and reached for another.
"Spinal Sun-san: for you from Eriol-kun, Ruby-chan, Sakura-chan and Kero- chan."
Spinal Sun came over and hoisted the bag up, taking it off. Touya smiled and picked again.
"Ruby-chan, it appears that every one has got you something except Kero- chan, Yuki and Shaolan-kun."
Ruby squealed and took her bag off to a corner, where occasional exclamations of delight came throughout the rest of the gift giving.
"Eriol-kun, the same for you, everyone has got you something except Shaolan- kun."
Eriol came over and with a little smile took the bag off. Touya picked up the next one.
"Yuki, your turn, everyone except Spinal Sun-san has bought you something."
Touya looked at the bags and picked up the next bag.
"Keroberos, your one is here, everyone except Yuki and Shaolan-kun has got you something."
Keroberos came over and took the bag off. There were only two left. Touya picked up another one.
"Yue-san," he called out. Yukito looked up and turned into Yue.
"Yes?"
"Here, you have one too."
"Me!" said Yue, surprised. Touya nodded.
"Yes you, yours is from everyone except Shaolan-kun and Spinal Sun-san." Yue took the bag gently and walked off with it. Touya took hold of the last bag.
"Which means this one is yours, Sakura: the only person not to contribute to this bag is Yue-san."
Sakura looked down at the floor, Tomoyo went and claimed Sakura's bag for her. They all began opening their gifts; although Sakura was pleased with her presents, she kept wondering why Yue had not given her one, this thought niggled at her constantly. Just as she was about to ask him what was wrong, Yue looked up and smiled at her.
"Something wrong, Sakura-chan?" he asked as if reading her mind.
Sakura automatically shook her head, and then blushed. "Yue . . Yue-san," she faltered, "I don't seem to have any.I mean, there isn't." She trailed off into silence, unable to continue.
Yue got up and silently took her hand. He pulled her out of her seat and up the stairs. Sakura looked helplessly over her shoulder at Tomoyo, but Tomoyo just smiled and waved at her.
Yue was smiling to himself. Everyone had managed to keep silent, and he had caught Sakura completely off her guard. The situation was perfect. She was too stunned by his actions to ask him anything.
They stopped outside her bedroom door, where Sakura finally managed to recover her voice.
"Um, Yue-san?"
"Yes?"
"What are we doing here?"
"Getting ready for your Christmas present."
"But I've had all my Christmas presents."
"No, you haven't. There was one missing, right?"
Sakura looked down, blushing.
Yue gently put his hands over her eyes and opened the door. "Now, no peeking until you're fully inside the room and I've shut the door," he commanded.
Sakura nodded.
"Promise?"
"Yes."
They walked slowly into the room. Yue brought his hands down, backed away quickly and closed the door. Sakura slowly opened her eyes. She gazed around: as far as she could see, there was no change in her room.
Then she saw a little note on her dressing table: 'look up'. She did so. Yue heard a small gasp as he stood outside the door and smiled to himself.
Sakura's ceiling was covered with a map of the night sky, all the constellations painstakingly painted on a background of midnight blue, Andromeda, Pegasus, the Plough, the Bears major and minor, Cassandra.Polaris and Sirius were marked out in blue and green. Right in the centre of the ceiling was a painting of a huge crescent moon, totally out of orbit and phase, on which sat Yue and Yukito, side by side. Yue was flanked by a huge castle that had obviously been drawn and painted with great care in pure white, with silver turrets. Yukito was flanked by his grandparents' house, his old bicycle leaning against its fence. Sakura put her hands over her mouth, her eyes shining.
"Yue-san." she whispered. There was nobody there when she turned around. Yue had gone downstairs, smiling to himself.
Sakura ran out into the corridor, then down the stairs. She ran into the living room and caught hold of her guardian's arm. Yue turned round in surprise, and looked down at Sakura: her eyes were aglow with happiness. He smiled at her.
"I hope you like it." "Like it! I love it, Yue-san, thank you."
Sakura then threw herself against Yue and hugged him tightly, Yue's eyes went wide in shock, then he circled his arms round Sakura. They stood holding each other in this tight embrace for a long time, then suddenly jumped away from each other, blushing as they realised they were holding one another like this in front of all the others. When they looked around, the others had left the room. Yue smiled down at Sakura and drew her into another hug. Sakura then tapped him on the shoulder, Yue looked down at Sakura.
"Yes, Sakura-chan?"
Sakura simply pointed up. Yue looked above them, hanging there was the mistletoe. He smiled at Sakura, she smiled back at him. Yue turned to Yukito and spoke,
'Far be it for me to break a tradition.'
Yukito scoffed.
'Yes, of course Yue.'
Yue smiled at him again. Yue then gave Sakura a bright smile, which surprised Sakura, he leant down and placed his lips on her in a soft but loving kiss. Sakura felt her knees turn to jelly but she responded to the kiss. Yue pulled Sakura closer, Sakura gripped Yue's uniform in response and moved her other hand up onto the back of Yue's neck. After a moment they parted both breathless. Sakura looked at Yue, he noticed she was flushed, her eyes were glowing, and suddenly that light vanished.
"Oh! Yue-san, forgive me, I shouldn't have, you don't love me, you love Clow-sama and Yukito loves Onii-chan. I shouldn't have done that."
Sakura covered her face and ran upstairs to her room, Yue ran from the room in hot pursuit. The others came back in from the kitchen. Touya looked in the direction they had just gone in, then at Eriol.
"Do you think he will catch her?"
The door slammed they herd the lock turn and Yue beating against the door with no reply
"I think that answers that, no. Keroberos, her window's open, go up to her and hurry."
Keroberos nodded and turned into Kero. He floated off and into Sakura's room, he floated over to where Sakura lay and nuzzled up next to her, she grabbed Kero and hugged him hard. Kero stroked Sakura's face, not even caring that he was getting practically strangled by her.
"Let Yue in, Sakura-chan, can't you hear him banging on your door, he's really worried about you."
"I can't let him in, I.we kissed and I know he doesn't love me and Yukito loves Onii-chan. I'm shore that Onii-chan was just trying to make me feel better about my own feelings by telling me that Yukito-san cared about me."
There was a sudden rustling of feathers: Sakura looked up. Yue was coming in through her open window, she stood up in surprise at his entrance.
"Yue-san, what are you doing?"
Yue stood up and froze as she said this, then suddenly he grabbed Sakura by the wrist and pulled her into him, he then took hold of her shoulders and looked into her eyes.
"Stop calling me 'Yue-san'! You call Keroberos 'Kero-chan' so why not me!"
Sakura stared at Yue: he had never been angry with her like this before.
"I was just being respectful."
"Well, I want you to stop it, we are friends after all, aren't we?"
Sakura blushed a little and then looked up at Yue, her chin set in determination.
"Yes, we are friends, Yue-chan."
The instant Sakura said this, Yue relaxed and sat down in the chair at her desk, looking at her. Sakura walked over to him and touched Yue's hair and began to stroke it gently.
"You like my hair then?"
"Yes, Yue-chan, I do."
"Good."
Yue stood up. Sakura, looking a little disappointed, went and sat down on the bed, Yue put his head to one side, looking confused for a moment: he then smiled and walked over and joined her. He took her hand and placed it on his hair. Sakura jumped and turned to Yue, he smiled at her.
"I was wondering actually, why do you wear this braid now Yue-chan?"
"Because I am the Warrior of the Moon, I was hiding that, but Eriol-kun didn't like me doing that and he told me to put it back in. I used to wear it when Clow-sama was alive. Eriol-kun also thought you deserved to know I was a warrior and fully trained in my art. The braid is also another sign of manhood."
"So that's why Ruby-chan called you the Moon Warrior."
"Yes."
Sakura had to admit she had enjoyed the feeling of his hair in her hands and also that Yue looked very handsome when he smiled. Yue had to admit he enjoyed the feeling of her hands in his hair.
They sat in silence opposite each other for a short moment, lost in each other's eyes, and then Yue swooped into Sakura and kissed her cheek. Sakura went bright red and put her hand over the cheek.
"I'm glad that you decided to call me Yue-chan and you understand about the braid now."
Yue stood and went to the door he unlocked it and turned to look at Sakura.
"What you said about me and Yukito as I was coming in, you're wrong about that, you know."
He said no more but quietly left Sakura's bedroom, shutting the door behind him. Sakura sat on the bed, her hand still on her cheek, court in a mystified silence, not sure what to think at this point.
When Yue got downstairs he smiled at the others and turned back into Yukito, and without another word he left, closing the door, leaving a puzzled household behind him.