For my reviewers:
J*****N: Thanx for reviewing, don't worry, we're all busy nowadays. With slow computers, LOL!
Princess Serenity: Thanx for reviewing again! I know, it's the website. U don't know how long it took me to add the last chapter.
Maro Tapikoka: Thank u! And don't worry, the longer the review, the better! : ) Thanks also for answering my disclaimer question. I will no longer post Disclaimers.
Again, I am posting the names of Sakura's friends:
Chiharu Mihara Tomoyo Daidouji Rika Sasaki Naoko Yanagisawa
Umm...just a little note, I will be making up some stuff about what the occupations of their parents are (beside Sonomi's). I don't think they even mentioned their parents in the anime or manga. I'm sorry.
Oh, and I decided to include Takashi Yamazaki, oki?
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A Wilting Nadeshiko Chapter Four: A Son's Thoughts
Nadeshiko walked over to where the guests just arrived.
"Oh, great! So everyone's here! Sakura is upstairs with her cousin, you guys can go ahead and join them in her room," she said, talking to her four other friends.
The four little kids placed their presents with the rest in the set before running upstairs to join Sakura and Tomoyo.
Nadeshiko turned to the rest of her guests that were already sitting happily down at the couches and chatting about usual things people talk about during parties. Everyone, except Sonomi, knew each other, and they have been asking about how they've been doing. Trying to be a good host, Nadeshiko brought Sonomi, who had been sulking at the corner of the room, to her friends.
"This is Sonomi, my cousin," Nadeshiko said happily. And she introduced her to everyone in the room.
"Oh, Nadeshiko, I have never met any of your relatives before," Mrs. Mihara said, "It is a pleasure meeting you, Sonomi."
Sonomi, who did not want to disappoint Nadeshiko, tried to forget about their discussion a while ago and put on her nice-to-meet-you-too face. Sonomi was never really the sociable type. Of course she was nice, and was actually a very caring person. But, being the busy business woman she was, she only socialized in business parties. However, for Nadeshiko, she acted extra sociable to the rest of her friends.
The adults were talking happily. Sonomi soon grew fond of Nadeshiko's friends. She was not looking forward to meeting them before because they were also Fujitaka's friends, but they were actually nice.
"So, Sonomi, what is your career?" Mr. Yanagisawa said.
"Oh, I am the head of a toy company." [I am correct, right?]
"That must be very nice for your daughter," Mrs. Yanagisawa said happily.
"Oh yes, I love to give her samples of new toys and she would tell me if she likes them."
"Does your daughter go to prep-school?"
"Oh she is currently in Tokyo Prep, but I was thinking of transferring her to Tomoeda Prep."
"Oh that's where Sakura and her friends go to," Nadeshiko said excitedly, "You never told me you were transferring her there."
"It would really be nice for them to be good friends," Mrs. Yamazaki said.
***********
Touya was currently in his room, playing video games. He just couldn't stop worrying about something. Not even being in the last level of the video game he had been playing the past month. He knew something was wrong with his mom. She was acting weird. She almost collapsed just reaching for a shelf the last morning. Touya paused his game to think.
"What could be wrong with her?" He thought.
Touya was not the ordinary boy his friends believed him to be. Ever since he could remember, he could tell when something was wrong. Not just an ordinary instinct everyone gets, but something more. He could not really explain this special talent. But even his parents knew that he was special. It was actually pretty cool.
However, Touya sat down to meditate his thoughts. What's wrong with his mom? She is no longer the energetic person she used to be. He could even remember when he was young and she was still pregnant with Sakura. Even though she was pregnant with his little sister, his mom was still able to walk with him to the playground everyday. He could remember those days...
FLASHBACK
"Can we go to the park today Mom?" little Touya asked his mother.
"Of course sweetie, why not? We go to the playground everyday."
"But Daddy said that you might get tired because of little sister," addressing his soon-to-be-sister in his mom's womb, "He said that the bigger she gets, the more tired you will get. She's pretty big now."
Nadeshiko laughed and ruffled her son's hair. He was always so caring and protective. He would make a perfect onii-chan.
"I am sure I will be fine, now would you also like to invite Yukito to play with you?"
Touya thought about it for a while. But he wanted to spend some quality time with his mom, "No, it's okay, I'll invite him next time."
"Okay, shall we go?"
"One moment," Touya went to the closet and reached for his mom's sweater. He handed it to his mom, who had a bemused expression on her face. "It's for little sister," he explained, "If you're cold, she might get cold too."
Nadeshiko was so proud of her son. "Touya, you'll make the perfect onii- chan."
She took his small hands in her's, going out the front door and walked to the park...
END OF FLASHBACK
Touya opened his eyes. It had tears in them. But trying to act grown-up, he refused to let them fall. He knew something was very wrong with his mom. What should he do? Should he ask his parents what was happening? He knew that whatever it was, they were trying to keep it away from him. But he knew that they were doing it for him and his sister. They probably did not want them to be worried. But Touya knew that Sakura was too young to understand such things anyway. Trying to push these horrible thoughts away, Touya saved his game and turned off the tv.
Touya walked out of his room. He could hear the happy chatter below. Thinking that he would not be able to participate in anything that they were talking about, Touya decided to join his sister in the next room.
He opened the door and went inside. Immediately he felt his little sister hugging him. "Hi Onni-chan!" Sakura was practically screaming, "I was wondering where you were!"
After letting go of her brother and joining her friends again, Touya sat down in one of the chairs and watched Sakura and her friends.
The little toddlers were looking at the pretty picture book Sakura had of fairytales. [Sorry, I do not know any Asian fairytales, so I'll have to use the fairytales most of us know] They were looking at one with a pretty woman wearing a glass slipper.
"Oh, oh, I know this one! My mom read it to me last night!" Chiharu said, "It's Cinderella!"
"Uh-huh, it is one of my favorites," Naoko said.
"It is also me and my Mom's favorite," Sakura said. "She reads it to me every night."
"Oh, I love her dress," Tomoyo said dreamily, "I wish I could make one like that. Then Sakura can try them!" She looked excitedly at Sakura, with stars in her eyes. [LOL!]
"Hoe?" Sakura said, puzzled. [Yup, I'm making her use her favorite word]
"Why not?" Tomoyo said happily, "It is your birthday after all."
"Do you know," Takashi interrupted suddenly, "why people have birthdays?"
Everyone looked at Takashi. Even Touya. "He must be pretty smart, I don't even know," he thought.
"Well it all started in Korea. Over there, people do not tell their age in years, they tell it in days. Well the king started to get sick of this. 'How about we tell them in years?' he said one day, 'Telling them in days is just too hard to keep track of.' And so, he proclaimed that everyone should tell their age in years. But the bad thing is that he had this spoiled daughter who wanted to celebrate whenever she became one year older. The king at first refused, but his daughter got mad and so he decided to hold a huge ball letting everyone from every country attend. Everybody loved the idea and they too decided to celebrate every year they got older. And since it celebrated the number of years since their birth, they were called birthdays." Takashi finished his lecture proudly.
"That really happened?" Sakura asked in awe.
Tomoyo giggled at how gullible Sakura was.
"Now, my mom read me a lot of books, but she never told me that," Naoko said.
"I am sure he's just making it up," Chiharu said smartly.
"Why would he do that?" Rika said.
At the back of the room, Touya snorted. "That kid has an overactive imagination," he thought.
Just then, Nadeshiko walked into the room. She looked at Sakura, "Sweetie, it's time to blow your cake."
"Yatta!" (Yay!) Sakura exclaimed. She and her four friends walked down, following Nadeshiko into the dining room.
Touya, smiling, was about to get up his chair and follow them when he sensed something. He had never sensed something like this before, but somehow he knew what it was...
death.
First of all, GOMEN NASAI! Really I am. I haven't updated for so long. I'll do my best, my midterms are coming up this week so I might not update until next weekend. School is really busy for me now. Pleeaaaase pardon me.
But anywayz:
How do you think about this chapter? I mixed a lot of emotions into this. I, myself was surprised at how these thoughts just spilled from my hands to the keyboard. I mixed some sad stuff with Touya's flashback, some humor (I hope) from Takashi, and some suspense at the end.
But you will have to pardon for me for some stuff: 1. I know that Sakura hasn't met Tomoyo or her friends until third grade, but I wanted to have some of our main characters into the story. 2. I know they talk too well for 3-year-olds, but how am I supposed to write baby talk? -_-" And yeah, I think that is all. I hope. *another sweatdrop*
Pleaaaaaaaase Review!
J*****N: Thanx for reviewing, don't worry, we're all busy nowadays. With slow computers, LOL!
Princess Serenity: Thanx for reviewing again! I know, it's the website. U don't know how long it took me to add the last chapter.
Maro Tapikoka: Thank u! And don't worry, the longer the review, the better! : ) Thanks also for answering my disclaimer question. I will no longer post Disclaimers.
Again, I am posting the names of Sakura's friends:
Chiharu Mihara Tomoyo Daidouji Rika Sasaki Naoko Yanagisawa
Umm...just a little note, I will be making up some stuff about what the occupations of their parents are (beside Sonomi's). I don't think they even mentioned their parents in the anime or manga. I'm sorry.
Oh, and I decided to include Takashi Yamazaki, oki?
____________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
A Wilting Nadeshiko Chapter Four: A Son's Thoughts
Nadeshiko walked over to where the guests just arrived.
"Oh, great! So everyone's here! Sakura is upstairs with her cousin, you guys can go ahead and join them in her room," she said, talking to her four other friends.
The four little kids placed their presents with the rest in the set before running upstairs to join Sakura and Tomoyo.
Nadeshiko turned to the rest of her guests that were already sitting happily down at the couches and chatting about usual things people talk about during parties. Everyone, except Sonomi, knew each other, and they have been asking about how they've been doing. Trying to be a good host, Nadeshiko brought Sonomi, who had been sulking at the corner of the room, to her friends.
"This is Sonomi, my cousin," Nadeshiko said happily. And she introduced her to everyone in the room.
"Oh, Nadeshiko, I have never met any of your relatives before," Mrs. Mihara said, "It is a pleasure meeting you, Sonomi."
Sonomi, who did not want to disappoint Nadeshiko, tried to forget about their discussion a while ago and put on her nice-to-meet-you-too face. Sonomi was never really the sociable type. Of course she was nice, and was actually a very caring person. But, being the busy business woman she was, she only socialized in business parties. However, for Nadeshiko, she acted extra sociable to the rest of her friends.
The adults were talking happily. Sonomi soon grew fond of Nadeshiko's friends. She was not looking forward to meeting them before because they were also Fujitaka's friends, but they were actually nice.
"So, Sonomi, what is your career?" Mr. Yanagisawa said.
"Oh, I am the head of a toy company." [I am correct, right?]
"That must be very nice for your daughter," Mrs. Yanagisawa said happily.
"Oh yes, I love to give her samples of new toys and she would tell me if she likes them."
"Does your daughter go to prep-school?"
"Oh she is currently in Tokyo Prep, but I was thinking of transferring her to Tomoeda Prep."
"Oh that's where Sakura and her friends go to," Nadeshiko said excitedly, "You never told me you were transferring her there."
"It would really be nice for them to be good friends," Mrs. Yamazaki said.
***********
Touya was currently in his room, playing video games. He just couldn't stop worrying about something. Not even being in the last level of the video game he had been playing the past month. He knew something was wrong with his mom. She was acting weird. She almost collapsed just reaching for a shelf the last morning. Touya paused his game to think.
"What could be wrong with her?" He thought.
Touya was not the ordinary boy his friends believed him to be. Ever since he could remember, he could tell when something was wrong. Not just an ordinary instinct everyone gets, but something more. He could not really explain this special talent. But even his parents knew that he was special. It was actually pretty cool.
However, Touya sat down to meditate his thoughts. What's wrong with his mom? She is no longer the energetic person she used to be. He could even remember when he was young and she was still pregnant with Sakura. Even though she was pregnant with his little sister, his mom was still able to walk with him to the playground everyday. He could remember those days...
FLASHBACK
"Can we go to the park today Mom?" little Touya asked his mother.
"Of course sweetie, why not? We go to the playground everyday."
"But Daddy said that you might get tired because of little sister," addressing his soon-to-be-sister in his mom's womb, "He said that the bigger she gets, the more tired you will get. She's pretty big now."
Nadeshiko laughed and ruffled her son's hair. He was always so caring and protective. He would make a perfect onii-chan.
"I am sure I will be fine, now would you also like to invite Yukito to play with you?"
Touya thought about it for a while. But he wanted to spend some quality time with his mom, "No, it's okay, I'll invite him next time."
"Okay, shall we go?"
"One moment," Touya went to the closet and reached for his mom's sweater. He handed it to his mom, who had a bemused expression on her face. "It's for little sister," he explained, "If you're cold, she might get cold too."
Nadeshiko was so proud of her son. "Touya, you'll make the perfect onii- chan."
She took his small hands in her's, going out the front door and walked to the park...
END OF FLASHBACK
Touya opened his eyes. It had tears in them. But trying to act grown-up, he refused to let them fall. He knew something was very wrong with his mom. What should he do? Should he ask his parents what was happening? He knew that whatever it was, they were trying to keep it away from him. But he knew that they were doing it for him and his sister. They probably did not want them to be worried. But Touya knew that Sakura was too young to understand such things anyway. Trying to push these horrible thoughts away, Touya saved his game and turned off the tv.
Touya walked out of his room. He could hear the happy chatter below. Thinking that he would not be able to participate in anything that they were talking about, Touya decided to join his sister in the next room.
He opened the door and went inside. Immediately he felt his little sister hugging him. "Hi Onni-chan!" Sakura was practically screaming, "I was wondering where you were!"
After letting go of her brother and joining her friends again, Touya sat down in one of the chairs and watched Sakura and her friends.
The little toddlers were looking at the pretty picture book Sakura had of fairytales. [Sorry, I do not know any Asian fairytales, so I'll have to use the fairytales most of us know] They were looking at one with a pretty woman wearing a glass slipper.
"Oh, oh, I know this one! My mom read it to me last night!" Chiharu said, "It's Cinderella!"
"Uh-huh, it is one of my favorites," Naoko said.
"It is also me and my Mom's favorite," Sakura said. "She reads it to me every night."
"Oh, I love her dress," Tomoyo said dreamily, "I wish I could make one like that. Then Sakura can try them!" She looked excitedly at Sakura, with stars in her eyes. [LOL!]
"Hoe?" Sakura said, puzzled. [Yup, I'm making her use her favorite word]
"Why not?" Tomoyo said happily, "It is your birthday after all."
"Do you know," Takashi interrupted suddenly, "why people have birthdays?"
Everyone looked at Takashi. Even Touya. "He must be pretty smart, I don't even know," he thought.
"Well it all started in Korea. Over there, people do not tell their age in years, they tell it in days. Well the king started to get sick of this. 'How about we tell them in years?' he said one day, 'Telling them in days is just too hard to keep track of.' And so, he proclaimed that everyone should tell their age in years. But the bad thing is that he had this spoiled daughter who wanted to celebrate whenever she became one year older. The king at first refused, but his daughter got mad and so he decided to hold a huge ball letting everyone from every country attend. Everybody loved the idea and they too decided to celebrate every year they got older. And since it celebrated the number of years since their birth, they were called birthdays." Takashi finished his lecture proudly.
"That really happened?" Sakura asked in awe.
Tomoyo giggled at how gullible Sakura was.
"Now, my mom read me a lot of books, but she never told me that," Naoko said.
"I am sure he's just making it up," Chiharu said smartly.
"Why would he do that?" Rika said.
At the back of the room, Touya snorted. "That kid has an overactive imagination," he thought.
Just then, Nadeshiko walked into the room. She looked at Sakura, "Sweetie, it's time to blow your cake."
"Yatta!" (Yay!) Sakura exclaimed. She and her four friends walked down, following Nadeshiko into the dining room.
Touya, smiling, was about to get up his chair and follow them when he sensed something. He had never sensed something like this before, but somehow he knew what it was...
death.
First of all, GOMEN NASAI! Really I am. I haven't updated for so long. I'll do my best, my midterms are coming up this week so I might not update until next weekend. School is really busy for me now. Pleeaaaase pardon me.
But anywayz:
How do you think about this chapter? I mixed a lot of emotions into this. I, myself was surprised at how these thoughts just spilled from my hands to the keyboard. I mixed some sad stuff with Touya's flashback, some humor (I hope) from Takashi, and some suspense at the end.
But you will have to pardon for me for some stuff: 1. I know that Sakura hasn't met Tomoyo or her friends until third grade, but I wanted to have some of our main characters into the story. 2. I know they talk too well for 3-year-olds, but how am I supposed to write baby talk? -_-" And yeah, I think that is all. I hope. *another sweatdrop*
Pleaaaaaaaase Review!