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Chapter 5 - Fruit of labour - bitter sweet.

Tomoyo trudged to school, pondering over many of the unwanted thoughts that kept filtering in her brain. She had had absolutely no sleep whatsoever the night before, and she was'nt exactly ready to take over the world.

She opened her locker and took out her books when an excited Sakura came running over.

' Tomoyo, Tomoyo, you have got to listen to this', said a breathless Sakura.

Tomoyo winced inwardly, her hyperactivity, was'nt exactly soothing balm to her mounting headache. ' Yes, Sakura, I am', she said while trying to match her friend's excited tone to the best of her ability.

' Takashi is holding a pool party at his place, today after school, his parents are out of town, and it's garunteed to be a blast!', she finished in a rush.

' Yeah, so', said Tomoyo, obviously not getting the point. Sakura rolled her eyes. Really, her friend was having a hard time, piecing together information. ' The entire class is invited, and so we are going shopping', she said in a tone that did not book any arguing.

Oh my god, if the entire class was going to be there, then it would mean that he would be there too. There would be no way in hell that she was going to go, it was simply torture being so near him.

' I. no.. I don't think, I can.' she hedged, but gave up when Sakura took absolutely no notice of her, and instead went about making plans, on what to wear and so on and so forth.

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' Sakura, I absolutely cannot wear this!' Tomoyo exclaimed, completely scandalized. ' Oh, ofcourse you can', said Sakura chuckling. She just hoped that it would get her the desired effect. She had some idea, of what her friend was going through, although Tomoyo did not tell her anything.

She knew that her friend was miserable, and she crossed her fingers and prayed very hard, that her friend would get the happiness that had been long since eluding her.

Tomoyo looked ruefully, at the bikini, Sakura had insisted on buying for her. It hardly covered anything, and instead showed, everything that was worth showing.

Lost in her own thoughts, she did not even notice, when the group reached Takashi's place. Immediately the guys and the girls headed for their respective changing rooms, and before she knew it, she was swept into one, along with the rest of the girls, and was dragged out wearing her new bikini.

' Oh, my you look HOT Tomoyo' said Naoko as the object of her speech, blushed uncomfortably.

Sakura stepped back, to admire her piece of handicraft, and she was delighted, it had got her the desired effect. She just hoped, that it would make the same impact on a certain someone. The bikini top, was extremely low cut, almost exposing her lush breasts completely, to the extent that Tomoyo felt quite naked in it. It was a lovely plum clour, that complimented her eyes beautifully.

Takashi's house was huge, infact it was a sprawling mansion, with a volley ball court, tennis court and a swimming pool. The girls were lying down on the pool chairs in the sun, tanning themselves, making sure they made their respective boyfriends oogle at them. The guys on the other hand were playing volley ball in the sun. They had another 3 hours till the sun set as it was only three pm in the afternoon.

Tomoyo stared wistfully, as she watched Eriol bounce the ball with his hands interlocked. He was just wearing a pair of jeans and sun glasses, while his tanned chest was completely exposed. The fact that he was sweat slicked, made no difference whatsoever to her, infact it only made her more aware of the fact that he was all male. He had a beautifully sculpted body, and then suddenly she was aware that he was staring at her.

Their eyes met for a brief moment, and then he scowled, his face dark with anger. She tore her eyes away from his hurriedly, constantly aware of his eyes on her. Oh God, this was why she did not want to come in the first place. She stared down at her hands. Maybe if she did'nt have such large breasts and generous hips, he would be attracted to her. She desperately needed something to do, she could'nt stay there a moment longer.

Swinging her long legs over the edge of her chair, she offered to refill the leomonade jar for the rest of her friends. She picked up the jar and headed towards the kitchen. As she entered the kitchen, she stopped short. Eriol was there doing the same thing!

' H-H-Hie', she stammered. Eriol's response was to give her a dark look, before continuing. She walked over to the kitchen counter top and set her jar on it. She waited patiently while Eriol finished adding the sugar, and she then reached across him to take the sugar bowl.

Her naked breasts brushed against his bare chest, and an instant frission of electricity went down her spine. She looked up at him with a startled look in her eyes, and found him looking at her with an unfathomable look in his eyes. ' E-Eriol' she whispered, shakily.

' Oh God' he muttered, before he swept her into his arms roughly and bruised her tender inexperienced lips with his own in angry passion. She welcomed his invasion with all her heart. She opened her mouth widely, allowing him to plunder her mouth, while she ran her hands over his chest and back. His tongue began a sensuous game with her own, and Tomoyo quickly learnt the rules of the game, and she eased her own in his mouth.

He gave a low guttural groan, and within no time she found herself on the counter top. She did'nt care where she was. She was past caring or thinking, and all she wanted was this. She wrapped her legs around his waist. He pressed his lips at the base of her throat and she threw her head back and arched towards him. She gave a low moan. God it felt so good. She pressed her stomach against his hips, as he trailed kisses to her cleavage, his one hand caressing her back and waist, while the other slipped one strap of her bikini over her shoulder.

' Eriol', she gasped, as waves of pleasure overtook her, and just as suddenly she found herself out of his embrace, her legs untangled from around his hips. She stared at him as the desire in his eyes was replaced by a cold hard look. She instantly knew that he was unreachable.

' Oh for God's sake, go and cover yourself', he snapped. He gave her a disparaging look and said ' With those provocative scraps of clothing, and your come hither looks, I'm surprised some guy has'nt taken up the invitation.' And with that he stormed out, leaving an extremely hurt and vulnerable Tomyo behind.

She felt utterly cheap, as she wrapped her arms around herself and tried to stop the tears from flowing. Stumbling blindly, she picked up her wrap and bag, and left admist startled shouts from her friends.

Sakura ran behind her to console her obviously distraught friend, while giving Syaoran an apologetic look, which told him that he was not needed and that it was going to be time for a girl talk.

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Sakura sighed, she had tried everything to console her sobbing friend and cousin, but to no avail. She could get nothing out of Tomoyo, except the fact that Eriol kissed her and then yelled at her. She finally used the sleep card to give Tomoyo some well deserved rest, and she could not help but feel extremely guilty at Tomoyo's state. Yet she would not say that her plan had backfired, atleast Eriol had kissed her.

She left, quietly shutting the door behind her.

That's it for this chapter guys, plz read and review and I'm sorry if it's total rubbish, but I tried my best.

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