"Complicated Life"
By: Na-chan
Disclaimer: CLAMP:CCS ; Na-chan:.... Get the analogy?
Chapter 6: First Date
Author's Notes: Yipee!!! Finally some mush! Oops...(covers mouth)Okay...that was a teensy spoiler
wasn't it? Well if it psyches you up then good!
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Seven O'clock Post Meridiem. 7:01. Ha! He's late! He isn't such a perfect guy after all. The
girl though to herself, grinning. Her grin matched her outfit perfectly. A plain white blouse, a
pair of khakis and strapless sandals completed her get-up.
The door bell rang a millisecond later.
She stood up from her sitting position on the couch. Peeping through the hole in the door to
confirm her suspicions, she opened the oak door. Her breath caught momentarily but she ignored
it. It was stupid to deny the fact that he was drop-dead gorgeous but she wasn't going to tell
him that.
Eriol stood there in all his glory wearing his charming smile. "Konbawa Daidouji-san," He greeted
courteously.
"Konbawa, Hiiragizawa-kun," She replied, forcing a smile.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Daidouji. You know better than to put up a front when you're with me." This
earned him a glare from Tomoyo. "That's more like it."
She crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Let's just get this over with."
"As you wish, madam." He bowed, mocking her.
She wanted to kick him but she restrained herself for the sake of decency. Instead she slammed
the door in his face. Hah! Serves him right. I don't care if he tells the whole campus that I
broke down in front of him of all people! I'd rather die than go out on one a friendly date with
HIM!
The phone rang.
"Hello? Daidouji Tomoyo speaking," She snapped, irritated.
"I see I'm stepping on hostile ground," her next-door neighbor and the boy she had just canceled
her date with stated.
She could almost picture him smirking. "Sorry but I think you have the wrong number. I don't
know any rude, insensitive, obnoxious guys by the name of Hiiragizawa."
"Ouch. That hurt Daidouji," He replied and she could swear she could almost see him grinning
through the phone.
"I'm sure it did. Goodbye." She slammed it down before she lost her eternal patience. He was
getting on her nerves. No one ever penetrated her defenses that far. Time to bring in the heavy
artillery...
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The door bell rang. Twice. Eriol Hiiragizawa opened it and was amused to find that our
amethyst-eyed protagonist was the one who rang. "Ara...Daidouji-san. I thought you stood me up."
He smirked.
"You know I would never do that, Eriol-kun." She batted her eyelashes sweetly at him.
He was taken aback. Eriol-kun? She never calls me by my first name. What's going on? "Who are
you and what have you done with my highly assiduous and adamant date?"
She giggled. "Um...like that's a good joke Eriol. Now let's go. We don't want to waste any time,
ne?"
"Uh...sure. Let me get my keys." A look of uncertainty and hesitancy crossed his features before
he rushed inside.
The moment he was out of sight, she started laughing. She clutched her stomach to stop herself
from rolling on the floor with laughter. 'He fell for it! He'll be putty in my hands when I get
through with him...Men are so predictable. Hiiragizawa Eriol, sayonara!'
He returned momentarily with the keys and she composed herself. "Let's go Daidouji."
"Call me Tomoyo, Eriol-kun." It took all her will power to try and say that sentence without
sounding sarcastic. She hurried to the elevator like a little child.
"Yeah." He wasn't liking this new development. What happened to the Daidouji he knew? Who was
this ala fan-girl clone? The other one was more anti-social to him and definitely more
articulate.
"Hurry up, Eriol-kun!" Obviously the Daidouji Tomoyo he knew had been replaced.
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The sleek black Toyota Altis inched closer to its destination. Its speed gauge read 0 kph. Tokyo
was well known for its automobile congestion on streets aka traffic.
Eriol groaned behind the steering wheel.
"What's wrong Eriol-kun?"
He groaned again. "Nothing. Traffic's just getting on my nerves." He rubbed his temples in an
attempt to subdue the growing headache he was currently suffering from.
"You should have gotten used to it by now. You've been here for like half a year or something?"
The girl in the passenger seat replied.
Half a year eh? That long? I didn't notice at all...
"I guess so..."
"Really? Well I've been here for like, more than half a year and I'm still like not used to
traffic too," Tomoyo stated, giggling.
He winced. Her giggling and nauseatingly sweet voice was adding fuel to his migraine. Maybe
taking her on a date wasn't such a brilliant idea...
"Ne, Eriol-kun? Where are we going to anyway?"
"I dunno." I want to go home.
"Can we like, catch a movie or something?"
"A movie sounds good. There's a suspense thriller showing at the mall."
"Um, sur-I mean can I make a suggestion?" She covered up her mistake quickly. Phew. A good ol'
suspense would do me some good but you're not here to enjoy yourself Daidouji. She excoriated
herself silently. You're here to make him scared of the name Daidouji.
"What's wrong?" Please don't say you want to watch a chick flick, He prayed silently.
"I kinda wanted to see that movie starring Mandy Moore. You know, A Walk to Remember? I've
been dying to see it all week," She aimed her most impeccable smile at him.
He gulped. No, No, No and NO!!!! There was no way in heaven or in hell that he, Hiiragizawa
Eriol was going to see a chick flick even if it was with a normal Tomoyo Daidouji.
"Daidouji-san..." He started.
"Dame! Tomoyo, Tomoyo." She waged her finger back and forth like she was teaching a child.
"Alright. Tomoyo-san can we watch a..."
"PLEASE!!! Pleez? I really, really want to see it." Just say YES! C'mon! I can't keep this up
any longer! Her mind screamed. She finally used her best weapon. Big watery eyes.
He tried to cover his eyes but to no avail. "Oh, alright."
"Yay! Thank you, Eriol-kun!" She hugged him in a bear hug ala Nakuru. In truth, she was anything
but happy. A feeling of dread crept on her spine. She shuddered.
"You're welcome Tomoyo-san..." He managed to choke out.
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The movie went smoothly. Smoothly to those who actually watched it. Tomoyo and Eriol ended up
watching the couples around them making out. They left after enduring 30 minutes of pure mush.
Or pure nausea.
"I'm sorry Tomoyo-san. I couldn't take it anymore. It was either we joined them or we left. The
former was definitely an option." He grinned mischievously.
"Really, Eriol." Even if she sounded calm she wanted to shoot back a biting comment.
He grinned wider. There it is! That's the same gleam in her eyes. The fiery spirit within. She
was acting again.
A voice interrupted Eriol's train of thought. "Daidouji? Hiiragizawa? Woooow...I didn't think
you two were an item."
"Stop embarrassing the lovebirds, Kazuma." A feminine voice scolded.
"Tsubasa-chan. Ikeda-kun. I didn't know you two were here," Tomoyo greeted politely. She wore
a smile to hide her dismay. Oh no! They might have started thinking up assumptions that there
was something more between me and Hiiragizawa! She shivered involuntarily.
"Are you cold, Tomoyo-san? You can borrow my jacket if you want to," Eriol offered.
Tsubasa's eyes widened. "T-Tomoyo! You didn't tell me you too were this close!" She motioned
her two pointer fingers together.
"Yeah, Daidouji. You never let anyone call you Tomoyo unless it's a girl or if you're related.
Don't tell me you're Hiiragizawa's long lost sister!" Kazuma burst out laughing.
"When you think about it, you two do look alike. Pale faces, Dark hair..." His koibito joined
in on his laughter.
"Haha. Real funny, guys." Tomoyo rolled her eyes. She pulled Tsubasa aside, away from the
hysterical Kazuma and the sweatdropping Eriol. Time for a little pep talk.
"So are you two together? When did you become a couple? Yesterday?" Her friend bombarded her with
a tirade of questions.
"Let me set you straight, Tsubasa-chan. Hiiragizawa and I are not dating. Never did, never will."
Tomoyo emphasized on the nevers.
"Hmm. What do you call this then?"
"This was a little rendezvous..."
"You mean a date? Gosh, Tomoyo-chan. You didn't even tell lil ol' me? You're cruel. But I
understand. You asked Daidouji-sama's approval of him yesterday right? How sweet! Of course she
gave you her consent, right?"
Tomoyo sighed. It was a lost cause to try and raze her colleague's impressions. "I did it to
return a favor." She walked back towards Eriol. "Let's go Hiiragizawa-kun." She turned to leave.
Eriol nodded and followed suit. "See you around guys."
"Bye." The couple replied simultaneously.
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They strolled in silence. It wasn't the usual companionable silence between the two-no, it was
an unfamiliar queer silence. It was uncomfortable and Eriol hated it.
"So where do you want to go now?"
"I don't know."
"Are you tired? Do you want to go home?" He asked. She was acting oddly since their run-in with
Kazuma and Tsubasa. The bubbly personality was gone, now replaced by a gloomy one. My, this girl
was like a storm. So unpredictable and moody.
"Now that you mention it...I am a bit fatigued," She smiled tiredly. Though it was only around
9:30, the day had drained Tomoyo of all her reserved energy. And besides, being double body for
several personalities was extremely taxing.
He eyed her with concern. "Shall I take you home then?" His voice was laced with worry.
"Yes, please." She was in no mood for a verbal sparring match and it would ruin her new mask of
melancholy even if it wasn't another facade. To her.
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The Altis parked itself outside the ten-story apartment building. Two dark-haired youths alighted
from the said vehicle.
"Good evening, Daidouji-san, Hiiragizawa-san." The bellhop greeted politely as they entered.
"Good evening." Tomoyo replied.
Eriol merely nodded.
They walked to the elevator together. Silence still reigned between them. It was a brick wall
that neither wanted to demolish anytime soon.
He was the first to use a sledge hammer. They had reached their respective floor when he decided
to speak up. He was a man after all. "We should do this again."
"What? This little date idea?"
"So you do admit it is. A date, I mean."
She flushed and clenched her fists tightly. He was twisting her words again....
He smirked at her reaction. There's the real Daidouji. "You know what? I missed you all through
out this evening. Where'd you wander off to anyway?"
She looked at him as if he was aberrant. I was here the whole time dimwit! "What ever are you
talking about?"
"I told you to not to act when you're in front of me," He took her hands and held them with his.
"I'm not the audience and life surely isn't the play," He added while he stared into those deep
purple depths. God, she was beautiful.
She stared at his eyes as well. The intensity of their gaze was unnerving. Why was he doing this
anyway? Why was she going along with it? And why was her heart beating so fast? This was
Hiiragizawa, for pete's sake!
"Um...Hiiragizawa-kun..."
"Shh. Eriol. E-R-I-O-L."
"E-Eriol-kun..." Why was she shaking? She shouldn't feel nervous at all!
He noticed this and took advantage of it. "You like me this much eh?"
Her eyes flared. She wanted to slap him. Playing with her feelings like that! "Don't flatter
yourself." She tried to wiggle from his grasp. "Let me go."
"Not before I tell you something." He leaned closer.
Her breath caught.
He placed a fleeting kiss on her lips. "Thank you." He whispered in her ear before he entered his
apartment, leaving her alone in the corridor.
She stood there by herself in silent contemplation. It was her first kiss. "You're welcome..."
She whispered at the closed door in front of her.
At the other side of the door, the boy smiled.
~~~Tsuzuku~~~
Author's Notes: Finally! This chapter took longer than I expected. The idea was there but the
words just wouldn't come. Please R&R!! ^_^ Muchos gracias!
By: Na-chan
Disclaimer: CLAMP:CCS ; Na-chan:.... Get the analogy?
Chapter 6: First Date
Author's Notes: Yipee!!! Finally some mush! Oops...(covers mouth)Okay...that was a teensy spoiler
wasn't it? Well if it psyches you up then good!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Seven O'clock Post Meridiem. 7:01. Ha! He's late! He isn't such a perfect guy after all. The
girl though to herself, grinning. Her grin matched her outfit perfectly. A plain white blouse, a
pair of khakis and strapless sandals completed her get-up.
The door bell rang a millisecond later.
She stood up from her sitting position on the couch. Peeping through the hole in the door to
confirm her suspicions, she opened the oak door. Her breath caught momentarily but she ignored
it. It was stupid to deny the fact that he was drop-dead gorgeous but she wasn't going to tell
him that.
Eriol stood there in all his glory wearing his charming smile. "Konbawa Daidouji-san," He greeted
courteously.
"Konbawa, Hiiragizawa-kun," She replied, forcing a smile.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, Daidouji. You know better than to put up a front when you're with me." This
earned him a glare from Tomoyo. "That's more like it."
She crossed her arms in front of her chest. "Let's just get this over with."
"As you wish, madam." He bowed, mocking her.
She wanted to kick him but she restrained herself for the sake of decency. Instead she slammed
the door in his face. Hah! Serves him right. I don't care if he tells the whole campus that I
broke down in front of him of all people! I'd rather die than go out on one a friendly date with
HIM!
The phone rang.
"Hello? Daidouji Tomoyo speaking," She snapped, irritated.
"I see I'm stepping on hostile ground," her next-door neighbor and the boy she had just canceled
her date with stated.
She could almost picture him smirking. "Sorry but I think you have the wrong number. I don't
know any rude, insensitive, obnoxious guys by the name of Hiiragizawa."
"Ouch. That hurt Daidouji," He replied and she could swear she could almost see him grinning
through the phone.
"I'm sure it did. Goodbye." She slammed it down before she lost her eternal patience. He was
getting on her nerves. No one ever penetrated her defenses that far. Time to bring in the heavy
artillery...
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The door bell rang. Twice. Eriol Hiiragizawa opened it and was amused to find that our
amethyst-eyed protagonist was the one who rang. "Ara...Daidouji-san. I thought you stood me up."
He smirked.
"You know I would never do that, Eriol-kun." She batted her eyelashes sweetly at him.
He was taken aback. Eriol-kun? She never calls me by my first name. What's going on? "Who are
you and what have you done with my highly assiduous and adamant date?"
She giggled. "Um...like that's a good joke Eriol. Now let's go. We don't want to waste any time,
ne?"
"Uh...sure. Let me get my keys." A look of uncertainty and hesitancy crossed his features before
he rushed inside.
The moment he was out of sight, she started laughing. She clutched her stomach to stop herself
from rolling on the floor with laughter. 'He fell for it! He'll be putty in my hands when I get
through with him...Men are so predictable. Hiiragizawa Eriol, sayonara!'
He returned momentarily with the keys and she composed herself. "Let's go Daidouji."
"Call me Tomoyo, Eriol-kun." It took all her will power to try and say that sentence without
sounding sarcastic. She hurried to the elevator like a little child.
"Yeah." He wasn't liking this new development. What happened to the Daidouji he knew? Who was
this ala fan-girl clone? The other one was more anti-social to him and definitely more
articulate.
"Hurry up, Eriol-kun!" Obviously the Daidouji Tomoyo he knew had been replaced.
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The sleek black Toyota Altis inched closer to its destination. Its speed gauge read 0 kph. Tokyo
was well known for its automobile congestion on streets aka traffic.
Eriol groaned behind the steering wheel.
"What's wrong Eriol-kun?"
He groaned again. "Nothing. Traffic's just getting on my nerves." He rubbed his temples in an
attempt to subdue the growing headache he was currently suffering from.
"You should have gotten used to it by now. You've been here for like half a year or something?"
The girl in the passenger seat replied.
Half a year eh? That long? I didn't notice at all...
"I guess so..."
"Really? Well I've been here for like, more than half a year and I'm still like not used to
traffic too," Tomoyo stated, giggling.
He winced. Her giggling and nauseatingly sweet voice was adding fuel to his migraine. Maybe
taking her on a date wasn't such a brilliant idea...
"Ne, Eriol-kun? Where are we going to anyway?"
"I dunno." I want to go home.
"Can we like, catch a movie or something?"
"A movie sounds good. There's a suspense thriller showing at the mall."
"Um, sur-I mean can I make a suggestion?" She covered up her mistake quickly. Phew. A good ol'
suspense would do me some good but you're not here to enjoy yourself Daidouji. She excoriated
herself silently. You're here to make him scared of the name Daidouji.
"What's wrong?" Please don't say you want to watch a chick flick, He prayed silently.
"I kinda wanted to see that movie starring Mandy Moore. You know, A Walk to Remember? I've
been dying to see it all week," She aimed her most impeccable smile at him.
He gulped. No, No, No and NO!!!! There was no way in heaven or in hell that he, Hiiragizawa
Eriol was going to see a chick flick even if it was with a normal Tomoyo Daidouji.
"Daidouji-san..." He started.
"Dame! Tomoyo, Tomoyo." She waged her finger back and forth like she was teaching a child.
"Alright. Tomoyo-san can we watch a..."
"PLEASE!!! Pleez? I really, really want to see it." Just say YES! C'mon! I can't keep this up
any longer! Her mind screamed. She finally used her best weapon. Big watery eyes.
He tried to cover his eyes but to no avail. "Oh, alright."
"Yay! Thank you, Eriol-kun!" She hugged him in a bear hug ala Nakuru. In truth, she was anything
but happy. A feeling of dread crept on her spine. She shuddered.
"You're welcome Tomoyo-san..." He managed to choke out.
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The movie went smoothly. Smoothly to those who actually watched it. Tomoyo and Eriol ended up
watching the couples around them making out. They left after enduring 30 minutes of pure mush.
Or pure nausea.
"I'm sorry Tomoyo-san. I couldn't take it anymore. It was either we joined them or we left. The
former was definitely an option." He grinned mischievously.
"Really, Eriol." Even if she sounded calm she wanted to shoot back a biting comment.
He grinned wider. There it is! That's the same gleam in her eyes. The fiery spirit within. She
was acting again.
A voice interrupted Eriol's train of thought. "Daidouji? Hiiragizawa? Woooow...I didn't think
you two were an item."
"Stop embarrassing the lovebirds, Kazuma." A feminine voice scolded.
"Tsubasa-chan. Ikeda-kun. I didn't know you two were here," Tomoyo greeted politely. She wore
a smile to hide her dismay. Oh no! They might have started thinking up assumptions that there
was something more between me and Hiiragizawa! She shivered involuntarily.
"Are you cold, Tomoyo-san? You can borrow my jacket if you want to," Eriol offered.
Tsubasa's eyes widened. "T-Tomoyo! You didn't tell me you too were this close!" She motioned
her two pointer fingers together.
"Yeah, Daidouji. You never let anyone call you Tomoyo unless it's a girl or if you're related.
Don't tell me you're Hiiragizawa's long lost sister!" Kazuma burst out laughing.
"When you think about it, you two do look alike. Pale faces, Dark hair..." His koibito joined
in on his laughter.
"Haha. Real funny, guys." Tomoyo rolled her eyes. She pulled Tsubasa aside, away from the
hysterical Kazuma and the sweatdropping Eriol. Time for a little pep talk.
"So are you two together? When did you become a couple? Yesterday?" Her friend bombarded her with
a tirade of questions.
"Let me set you straight, Tsubasa-chan. Hiiragizawa and I are not dating. Never did, never will."
Tomoyo emphasized on the nevers.
"Hmm. What do you call this then?"
"This was a little rendezvous..."
"You mean a date? Gosh, Tomoyo-chan. You didn't even tell lil ol' me? You're cruel. But I
understand. You asked Daidouji-sama's approval of him yesterday right? How sweet! Of course she
gave you her consent, right?"
Tomoyo sighed. It was a lost cause to try and raze her colleague's impressions. "I did it to
return a favor." She walked back towards Eriol. "Let's go Hiiragizawa-kun." She turned to leave.
Eriol nodded and followed suit. "See you around guys."
"Bye." The couple replied simultaneously.
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They strolled in silence. It wasn't the usual companionable silence between the two-no, it was
an unfamiliar queer silence. It was uncomfortable and Eriol hated it.
"So where do you want to go now?"
"I don't know."
"Are you tired? Do you want to go home?" He asked. She was acting oddly since their run-in with
Kazuma and Tsubasa. The bubbly personality was gone, now replaced by a gloomy one. My, this girl
was like a storm. So unpredictable and moody.
"Now that you mention it...I am a bit fatigued," She smiled tiredly. Though it was only around
9:30, the day had drained Tomoyo of all her reserved energy. And besides, being double body for
several personalities was extremely taxing.
He eyed her with concern. "Shall I take you home then?" His voice was laced with worry.
"Yes, please." She was in no mood for a verbal sparring match and it would ruin her new mask of
melancholy even if it wasn't another facade. To her.
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The Altis parked itself outside the ten-story apartment building. Two dark-haired youths alighted
from the said vehicle.
"Good evening, Daidouji-san, Hiiragizawa-san." The bellhop greeted politely as they entered.
"Good evening." Tomoyo replied.
Eriol merely nodded.
They walked to the elevator together. Silence still reigned between them. It was a brick wall
that neither wanted to demolish anytime soon.
He was the first to use a sledge hammer. They had reached their respective floor when he decided
to speak up. He was a man after all. "We should do this again."
"What? This little date idea?"
"So you do admit it is. A date, I mean."
She flushed and clenched her fists tightly. He was twisting her words again....
He smirked at her reaction. There's the real Daidouji. "You know what? I missed you all through
out this evening. Where'd you wander off to anyway?"
She looked at him as if he was aberrant. I was here the whole time dimwit! "What ever are you
talking about?"
"I told you to not to act when you're in front of me," He took her hands and held them with his.
"I'm not the audience and life surely isn't the play," He added while he stared into those deep
purple depths. God, she was beautiful.
She stared at his eyes as well. The intensity of their gaze was unnerving. Why was he doing this
anyway? Why was she going along with it? And why was her heart beating so fast? This was
Hiiragizawa, for pete's sake!
"Um...Hiiragizawa-kun..."
"Shh. Eriol. E-R-I-O-L."
"E-Eriol-kun..." Why was she shaking? She shouldn't feel nervous at all!
He noticed this and took advantage of it. "You like me this much eh?"
Her eyes flared. She wanted to slap him. Playing with her feelings like that! "Don't flatter
yourself." She tried to wiggle from his grasp. "Let me go."
"Not before I tell you something." He leaned closer.
Her breath caught.
He placed a fleeting kiss on her lips. "Thank you." He whispered in her ear before he entered his
apartment, leaving her alone in the corridor.
She stood there by herself in silent contemplation. It was her first kiss. "You're welcome..."
She whispered at the closed door in front of her.
At the other side of the door, the boy smiled.
~~~Tsuzuku~~~
Author's Notes: Finally! This chapter took longer than I expected. The idea was there but the
words just wouldn't come. Please R&R!! ^_^ Muchos gracias!
