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DISCLAIMER: Card Captor Sakura does not belong to me but to CLAMP. I am just merely borrowing it for entertainment purposes.
Chapter II The ice melts
Syaoran looked at the time. It was now almost 4 o'clock, and Sakura and him found themselves again at Tomoyo's house. Sakura was trying another one of her dresses, while he was just wondering what the heck he was doing there. It seemed like nothing had really changed after all those years. And there she was, Sakura with that nervous smile, and he, he was just waiting for her to come out and. and then he would just swallow his words, his mood to tell her that, even if the costume was weird, she would always be the most beautiful girl in the whole world to him. Sakura came out then, and for his surprise, the clothes were nice this time, well, he couldn't say actually if it was the outfit. All he knew was that he was experiencing a weird feeling. If he could just touch her, run his fingers trough her brown-red hair and caress her face tenderly with his lips, he would die in that very moment.
She just smiled nervously as she had always used to, grabbing with her shaking hand one of the folds of the short, black and blue dress she was wearing. Her hair had no longer those strange hats that Tomoyo used to make, no, this time it was free to show its red and brown highlights down to her shoulders. Her cheeks had turned red again, even if Tomoyo had only used a little bit of peach powder on them and some strawberry gloss on her lips. Her heartbeat raised to light speed; once again, her beloved was there, watching her. What if he didn't like her? She would die then. What if he said that she looked attractive? Then, with a smile on her lips, she would die too.
"So..." she stepped in front of him "how do I look?" "I, I..." the Chinese boy smiled nervously "I think that you are..." "I believe you look like a Queen, Sakura!!" Tomoyo yelled, looking at her creation and holding her camera on the other hand "Incredibly beautiful" he breathed "Well" Sakura said, more comfortable with herself but yet blushing "thank you, both of you" "What do you say if we go now?" - Syaoran said - "It's almost four" "Oh yes" Tomoyo said "I had almost forgotten"
So the three of them left, they walked calmly until they reached the Penguin Park it was like the old times, there they were: Sakura and Syaoran... and Tomoyo, always Tomoyo.
"Over here!!" Rika shouted "Wow! It took you guys like a year to arrive!" Chiharu said "Yes" Naoko continued "maybe a ghost stopped you on the way" "Did you know that ghosts... ?" "Yamazaki!!!" they all yelled "It is great that you are finally here" a calmed voice said "Hi Eriol!!" Tomoyo said smiling "Subarashi desu wa that you are here too!!" "May I have your order" a familiar voice interrupted "Oniichan!!" Sakura said surprised "what are you doing here??" "I have a better question" Touya answered "what is that gaki doing here??" "His name is Syaoran and he is..." "Have you already taken their order??" another voice said "Yuki" Touya said "I told you to wait over there" "Yes, but it took you too long so... Anyway, may we take your order?" "Yes" Tomoyo said "we would like..." she started counting "8 ice-creams" "Which flavor?" Touya asked "Cherry" Naoko said "Cappuccino" Rika continued "Strawberry, for Yamazaki 'n' for me" Chiharu smiled before her boyfriend could even open his mouth "What about you young man?" Yukito asked "Whatever the young lady takes" Eriol answered looking at Tomoyo "It'll be vanilla then!" "Black Chocolate" Sakura said "And you?" Yukito asked again "Why are you asking that gaki??" Touya interrupted angrily "Touya..." "Same as her..." Syaoran sighed "Same as her..." "OK, we'll be right back, right Touya?" Yukito said cheerfully as always "By the way, nice to see you" "Yeah, as you say Yuki" Touya said in a sarcastic tone
* * *
Back in the kitchen Yukito changed back into Yue. That means something is wrong, because he didn't use to do that but at Kinomoto's house since Sakura had changed all the cards. Touya started to get worried. He wasn't sure if Sakura could handle this with her very own magic. She's stronger now, of course, but what if, what if... he just wanted to stop thinking, he wanted it so badly.
"Sakura is in troubles, am I wrong?" Touya said "I am afraid so" Yue answered "we all are" "What do you mean?" Touya said "What is going to happen?" "I do not want to put you in danger" "Crap Yuki!!" he yelled in an furious tone "you know that I'm already in danger, 'cause of Sakura, 'cause of Kaho... 'cause of you" "I know" Yue sighed "but if something bad happened to you... I would never forgive myself" "You wouldn't have to" Touya said calmly "with or without you, my magic would put me in danger, right?" "Well... yes" "So it doesn't matter" he continued "at least with you I have someone I can trust. Yuki, you're my best friend, you know that. Never forget it." "I shall not" Yue answered "Yakusoku da yo." "Now... would you tell me what's going on?" "Well" he said "do you remember when I told you about Clow? Well, he was not the only sorcerer, you know, there was also a woman, she was also a great magician, she was even able to make her own cards too. Anyway, Clow was not really close to her, her clan did not really like the Li clan, but Clow did not really care about it. One day, she made appear a great storm. She was trying to capture a spirit, the spirit was really strong, but she was convinced that she could lock it up in one of her cards. Suddenly, she did not feel okay. She was young, but her body was not as strong as her mind and as her magic, it was not strong enough to handle that much magic. She had tried too hard. Anyway, she could not make it. Well, she was able to lock up the spirit inside the card, but, unfortunately, her body could not resist the battle and she passed away. The storm was now out of control. Everybody was running and screaming, everything was a mess and there was nobody to stop it anymore. So Clow came then. People begged him for help. He asked what was going on, and they told them that the sorcerer was trying to keep a spirit but everything had gotten out of control. So Clow helped them. He used "The Wind" to calm the storm, though it was really hard. So everybody in the Clan thanked Clow and started to look up to him, they even cherished him. They came to him to learn magic and to brake curses. The sorcerer was eventually forgotten, even if she had done many things for them and dedicated her entire life to watch over the Clan. Clow, without wanting it, had taken her place. Nobody remembered her anymore, and that is something that she would not accept." "And..." Touya said "what exactly does that have to do with us?" "The thing is" Yue continued "that she never got the sealed card back" "And who has it?" "That is exactly what put us in danger" Yue sighted "Clow kept the card" "And now she wants it back" Touya said in a cold, arid tone "If I could just remember her name... " "Anyway" Touya said "we still have to deliver that order, remember?" "Oh yes "Yue said as he turned back into Yukito" I had almost forgotten "Just let me ask you something before leaving, Yuki " " Anything, Touya" Yukito answered "Can I spit on the gaki's ice cream?" "Touya..." "Ok, I won't" Touya said in a bad mood "I had to try"
* * *
"Oh look!!" Rika said "the ice creams are here!!" "Sugoi!!" "So anyway, how was the trip Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked" I bet you must be really tired." "Uh...sort of..." he hesitated "it was kinda long" "And why did you decide to come back Li-kun?" Naoko inquired "Well" he vacillated "I guess it was partly because I missed you a lot guys!!" "Oh that seems so sweet" Eriol said sarcastically as he always used to "but may we know the REAL reason?"
Syaoran looked at Sakura, blushed and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him. It was so typical.
"Hey!" Tomoyo shouted "where are you going?" she couldn't see him anymore, he had just disappeared, so she just giggled as usual. "What's up with him?" Chiharu asked confused "Maybe he forgot something" Sakura said "Yes babe, did you know that in the ancient Egypt, men used to run long distances as fast as they could to get a forgotten object of their beloved ones to impress them?" "Yamazaki!!!" Chiharu scolded him "Or maybe a spirit scared him" "Maybe" Eriol said "but Li is the kind of person who is not scared by the spirits. I think he is the kind of person who runs when he is trapped." "You're right Hiiragizawa" Yamazaki continued "I've noticed too Li-kun's strange behavior around people, specially around this girl that we all know named..." "STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU!!!" the girls yelled. They haven't noticed that by then, everybody in the park was staring at them "Oh look!" Tomoyo squealed "It's getting late" she lied as the great actress she was "I think we should reschedule our little meeting" "Oh that's right Tomoyo" Sakura followed "I was supposed to cook dinner tonight"
So everybody left the Penguin Park one by one, well Chiharu and Yamazaki left together, but anyway; until there were only Tomoyo and Eriol left. It was weird because Tomoyo's bodyguards weren't there yet. And there they were just starring at each other when it started raining. Eriol just took his glasses of and tried to clean them with a handkerchief. It seemed like he didn't care at all about the rain which of course, bothered Tomoyo, but for a strange reason she didn't care either in that very moment. That's the way it had always been. He: standing at the moonlight; She: standing on his side; always without saying a word, just starring and staring... and starring. She smiled at him.
"You don't care if you get wet, do you?" Tomoyo smiled "Huh? Not really" he answered "you know, the rain is something that is no longer wonder for me. I know that I can make rain appear whenever I want to. How could I be bothered by something that I could create?"
Tomoyo looked at him. It was kind of sad that he would never appreciate those spontaneous surprises in life. But it had been the way he had grown up to be like. He had been taught to be like that. How could the Reed of a great sorcerer have those insignificant human feelings? It was sad.
"Well you could catch a cold" she said in a matter-of-factly tone and stared. Eriol shrugged his shoulders "Maybe..." "And you just don't care??" "I could" he continued "but I won't" Tomoyo was puzzled "Not following" "But on the other hand" he said calmly "I do care about YOU young lady getting wet." He took of his jacket and put it around her thin, pale body. She was wet enough to think she had just came out of the shower with out drying herself. She was wet enough to drive him crazy. She is going to catch a cold, she is going to catch a cold, she is going to catch a cold, and it is all going to be my fault... a voice kept repeating in his head. Why should I care? It is not going to be the end of the world. Wait a minute, why am I so concerned about her? She's got my jacket on herself. That jacket was supposed to be on ME not on HER. "Hey, are you okay?" "Huh?" "You seemed to be talking to yourself for a while." "Maybe I was..." "And. what does it feel like?" "What? Having two parts of yourself fighting to control your thoughts. Not being like everybody else?" "No. Just, being different" "I don't like it sometimes. At times if feel like people would never understand it and, as consequence, would never accept it." "But..." she said confused "It seems like you didn't care at all" "It seems" he sighed "you have said so. Do not judge the book by its cover." "Oh... " she lamented "I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to..." "It is fine, at least you are being sincere. I have being waiting for that for my entire life: Sincerity, because my life has always been a lie" "Eriol-kun, tell me..." she continued with a calmed voice" do you believe in those things, and I mean, do you really believe that you're a part of someone else?" "Of course I do, I must believe. It is not like I have a choice my dear Tomoyo-chan" "Oh!!" she said surprised "this is the fist time that we call each other like that: By our first names!!" "My apologies" he begged "I just... I did not realize... I am so ashamed...." "I never said it was wrong" she laughed nervously.
She hadn't been more nervous in her entire life. She felt like flying. It was so obvious, she was flirting, he was flirting. They were both flirting between shadows, within the rain.
He stepped closer to her and held her hand. It was so soft against his roughness, so warm against his coldness. so perfect against his stained soul. He lifted it ever so gently to his lips and kissed it. She felt so confused and tried to smile back at him.
She took his hand and pulled it back to her shoulders. She could feel the warmness of his smooth palm, of his tender touch on her almost naked shoulders. He pulled her to himself, he could share her breath, he wouldn't want to think then. Her breath had bewitched him: Fragrance, freshness, her soul. Suddenly he felt closer, he experimented a sensation he had never experienced before. He was as close as his body could let him before going out of his own skin: Her lips meeting his own. Caressing his entire being with her incredibly seductive scent. He heard her suppress a sob as her hair brushed his cheek: she was crying. This time, they were finally tears of happiness. Her head wanted to stop, but her heart wouldn't let her. She wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing. She placed her hands on his face, cupped his chin, and caressed him with her mouth, trailing his nose, his cheeks... his lips. She hadn't been able to resist.
They kissed for a while under the rain until they realized that it was really late. Tomoyo's mother would be very worried about her.
"Why have not your bodyguards shown up?" Eriol asked, breaking the kissing "I don't know" she said stepping forward to him again "And I don't care" "This is not right Tomoyo" he said pushing her softly away, but yet holding her hand "your mother must be worried" "I don't... no, I'd be lying then... I do care about my mother being worried" "Shall I walk you home?" he asked. She just looked at him. "Do not answer" he continued "I shall walk you home."
So they held hands in silence and walked together until they reached Tomoyo's mansion. The bodyguards weren't there so Eriol could walk her to the door.
"Good night my dear Tomoyo-chan" he said letting her hand go "may your dreams be as beautiful as you are" Tomoyo blushed
"Good night Eriol-kun" she answered with a smile that seemed impossible to hide "may you have sweet dreams too."
Tomoyo closed slowly the door and as she did that, she followed Eriol with her eyes, until she couldn't see him anymore. The door was closed. She walked through the long corridor of her great mansion. She was singing Why is it that I find myself dreaming about you even when I am awaken? Would not it be wonderful I could dream about you and never wake up to see you gone? .... She was singing with that privileged voice of hers ...could not I forever dream and hope that you dream about me as well? For in my dreams you remain my soul mate.... It was such a lovely scene. It was like one of those displays in which the main actress realizes that she's in love with the guy. She reached her bedroom and she lay softly on her bed. She wrapped the covers around herself. She fell asleep, hoping to have sweet dreams, hoping to dream about that night. She didn't even change her clothes. She wouldn't want to change anything that could affect her memories. Her mother hadn't shown up in the whole night and she didn't show up in that moment either. It was weird.
Eriol stared a while at Tomoyo's house from the corner. He was expecting her to come out from the door and go back to his arms, even if he knew it wouldn't happen. "Arigato" he sighed and kept walking. He felt weird. He lifted his hands up to his heart and closed his eyes "May you be released, guardians of my beloved" he said almost in silence. In that moment Tomoyo's mother came into the house and all of her bodyguards too. He wouldn't see her until the next day.
* * *
"Why would he run away like that?" Sakura said "How would you expect me to know that?" Kero answered "I'm just the card guardian, not a love counselor. But if you ask me, he has a great taste: Black chocolate ice cream is delicious" "Could you please stop thinking 'bout food and help me out?" she nagged him "Okay" he said in a defending tone "if that gaki means so much to you... I'll help you" "He's NOT a gaki!!!" she yelled and looked back at Kero "anyway, how could YOU be able to help me in this one??" "You'll see" he said in a fake mysterious tone "you know I'm a very talented cupid!!!"
Sakura just stared at Kero, she couldn't believe that she was actually talking to him about that, but she couldn't shut up forever, and it was either telling Kero, or her brother. "Touya would never accept it" she thought, "I'd better ask Tomoyo". And she went back to bed. It was somewhat late and she hadn't been able to sleep in the whole night.
End of chapter 2
Author's notes: Now that was a long chapter! If you ask me, I think it will be the longest in the whole fic. Something is getting cooked up between Eriol and Tomoyo (Oh! I just LOVE Eriol ^^U, darn Tomoyo ¬¬). Never mind, things are getting pretty interesting with this dead magician, but only Touya and Yue know by now. I will try to update soon so I won't keep you all waiting, okay? Love it? Hate it? Let me know! Paste your review or e-mail me at willie_chan_himura@yahoo.com.mx
DISCLAIMER: Card Captor Sakura does not belong to me but to CLAMP. I am just merely borrowing it for entertainment purposes.
Chapter II The ice melts
Syaoran looked at the time. It was now almost 4 o'clock, and Sakura and him found themselves again at Tomoyo's house. Sakura was trying another one of her dresses, while he was just wondering what the heck he was doing there. It seemed like nothing had really changed after all those years. And there she was, Sakura with that nervous smile, and he, he was just waiting for her to come out and. and then he would just swallow his words, his mood to tell her that, even if the costume was weird, she would always be the most beautiful girl in the whole world to him. Sakura came out then, and for his surprise, the clothes were nice this time, well, he couldn't say actually if it was the outfit. All he knew was that he was experiencing a weird feeling. If he could just touch her, run his fingers trough her brown-red hair and caress her face tenderly with his lips, he would die in that very moment.
She just smiled nervously as she had always used to, grabbing with her shaking hand one of the folds of the short, black and blue dress she was wearing. Her hair had no longer those strange hats that Tomoyo used to make, no, this time it was free to show its red and brown highlights down to her shoulders. Her cheeks had turned red again, even if Tomoyo had only used a little bit of peach powder on them and some strawberry gloss on her lips. Her heartbeat raised to light speed; once again, her beloved was there, watching her. What if he didn't like her? She would die then. What if he said that she looked attractive? Then, with a smile on her lips, she would die too.
"So..." she stepped in front of him "how do I look?" "I, I..." the Chinese boy smiled nervously "I think that you are..." "I believe you look like a Queen, Sakura!!" Tomoyo yelled, looking at her creation and holding her camera on the other hand "Incredibly beautiful" he breathed "Well" Sakura said, more comfortable with herself but yet blushing "thank you, both of you" "What do you say if we go now?" - Syaoran said - "It's almost four" "Oh yes" Tomoyo said "I had almost forgotten"
So the three of them left, they walked calmly until they reached the Penguin Park it was like the old times, there they were: Sakura and Syaoran... and Tomoyo, always Tomoyo.
"Over here!!" Rika shouted "Wow! It took you guys like a year to arrive!" Chiharu said "Yes" Naoko continued "maybe a ghost stopped you on the way" "Did you know that ghosts... ?" "Yamazaki!!!" they all yelled "It is great that you are finally here" a calmed voice said "Hi Eriol!!" Tomoyo said smiling "Subarashi desu wa that you are here too!!" "May I have your order" a familiar voice interrupted "Oniichan!!" Sakura said surprised "what are you doing here??" "I have a better question" Touya answered "what is that gaki doing here??" "His name is Syaoran and he is..." "Have you already taken their order??" another voice said "Yuki" Touya said "I told you to wait over there" "Yes, but it took you too long so... Anyway, may we take your order?" "Yes" Tomoyo said "we would like..." she started counting "8 ice-creams" "Which flavor?" Touya asked "Cherry" Naoko said "Cappuccino" Rika continued "Strawberry, for Yamazaki 'n' for me" Chiharu smiled before her boyfriend could even open his mouth "What about you young man?" Yukito asked "Whatever the young lady takes" Eriol answered looking at Tomoyo "It'll be vanilla then!" "Black Chocolate" Sakura said "And you?" Yukito asked again "Why are you asking that gaki??" Touya interrupted angrily "Touya..." "Same as her..." Syaoran sighed "Same as her..." "OK, we'll be right back, right Touya?" Yukito said cheerfully as always "By the way, nice to see you" "Yeah, as you say Yuki" Touya said in a sarcastic tone
* * *
Back in the kitchen Yukito changed back into Yue. That means something is wrong, because he didn't use to do that but at Kinomoto's house since Sakura had changed all the cards. Touya started to get worried. He wasn't sure if Sakura could handle this with her very own magic. She's stronger now, of course, but what if, what if... he just wanted to stop thinking, he wanted it so badly.
"Sakura is in troubles, am I wrong?" Touya said "I am afraid so" Yue answered "we all are" "What do you mean?" Touya said "What is going to happen?" "I do not want to put you in danger" "Crap Yuki!!" he yelled in an furious tone "you know that I'm already in danger, 'cause of Sakura, 'cause of Kaho... 'cause of you" "I know" Yue sighed "but if something bad happened to you... I would never forgive myself" "You wouldn't have to" Touya said calmly "with or without you, my magic would put me in danger, right?" "Well... yes" "So it doesn't matter" he continued "at least with you I have someone I can trust. Yuki, you're my best friend, you know that. Never forget it." "I shall not" Yue answered "Yakusoku da yo." "Now... would you tell me what's going on?" "Well" he said "do you remember when I told you about Clow? Well, he was not the only sorcerer, you know, there was also a woman, she was also a great magician, she was even able to make her own cards too. Anyway, Clow was not really close to her, her clan did not really like the Li clan, but Clow did not really care about it. One day, she made appear a great storm. She was trying to capture a spirit, the spirit was really strong, but she was convinced that she could lock it up in one of her cards. Suddenly, she did not feel okay. She was young, but her body was not as strong as her mind and as her magic, it was not strong enough to handle that much magic. She had tried too hard. Anyway, she could not make it. Well, she was able to lock up the spirit inside the card, but, unfortunately, her body could not resist the battle and she passed away. The storm was now out of control. Everybody was running and screaming, everything was a mess and there was nobody to stop it anymore. So Clow came then. People begged him for help. He asked what was going on, and they told them that the sorcerer was trying to keep a spirit but everything had gotten out of control. So Clow helped them. He used "The Wind" to calm the storm, though it was really hard. So everybody in the Clan thanked Clow and started to look up to him, they even cherished him. They came to him to learn magic and to brake curses. The sorcerer was eventually forgotten, even if she had done many things for them and dedicated her entire life to watch over the Clan. Clow, without wanting it, had taken her place. Nobody remembered her anymore, and that is something that she would not accept." "And..." Touya said "what exactly does that have to do with us?" "The thing is" Yue continued "that she never got the sealed card back" "And who has it?" "That is exactly what put us in danger" Yue sighted "Clow kept the card" "And now she wants it back" Touya said in a cold, arid tone "If I could just remember her name... " "Anyway" Touya said "we still have to deliver that order, remember?" "Oh yes "Yue said as he turned back into Yukito" I had almost forgotten "Just let me ask you something before leaving, Yuki " " Anything, Touya" Yukito answered "Can I spit on the gaki's ice cream?" "Touya..." "Ok, I won't" Touya said in a bad mood "I had to try"
* * *
"Oh look!!" Rika said "the ice creams are here!!" "Sugoi!!" "So anyway, how was the trip Syaoran-kun?" Sakura asked" I bet you must be really tired." "Uh...sort of..." he hesitated "it was kinda long" "And why did you decide to come back Li-kun?" Naoko inquired "Well" he vacillated "I guess it was partly because I missed you a lot guys!!" "Oh that seems so sweet" Eriol said sarcastically as he always used to "but may we know the REAL reason?"
Syaoran looked at Sakura, blushed and ran away as fast as his legs could carry him. It was so typical.
"Hey!" Tomoyo shouted "where are you going?" she couldn't see him anymore, he had just disappeared, so she just giggled as usual. "What's up with him?" Chiharu asked confused "Maybe he forgot something" Sakura said "Yes babe, did you know that in the ancient Egypt, men used to run long distances as fast as they could to get a forgotten object of their beloved ones to impress them?" "Yamazaki!!!" Chiharu scolded him "Or maybe a spirit scared him" "Maybe" Eriol said "but Li is the kind of person who is not scared by the spirits. I think he is the kind of person who runs when he is trapped." "You're right Hiiragizawa" Yamazaki continued "I've noticed too Li-kun's strange behavior around people, specially around this girl that we all know named..." "STOP IT, BOTH OF YOU!!!" the girls yelled. They haven't noticed that by then, everybody in the park was staring at them "Oh look!" Tomoyo squealed "It's getting late" she lied as the great actress she was "I think we should reschedule our little meeting" "Oh that's right Tomoyo" Sakura followed "I was supposed to cook dinner tonight"
So everybody left the Penguin Park one by one, well Chiharu and Yamazaki left together, but anyway; until there were only Tomoyo and Eriol left. It was weird because Tomoyo's bodyguards weren't there yet. And there they were just starring at each other when it started raining. Eriol just took his glasses of and tried to clean them with a handkerchief. It seemed like he didn't care at all about the rain which of course, bothered Tomoyo, but for a strange reason she didn't care either in that very moment. That's the way it had always been. He: standing at the moonlight; She: standing on his side; always without saying a word, just starring and staring... and starring. She smiled at him.
"You don't care if you get wet, do you?" Tomoyo smiled "Huh? Not really" he answered "you know, the rain is something that is no longer wonder for me. I know that I can make rain appear whenever I want to. How could I be bothered by something that I could create?"
Tomoyo looked at him. It was kind of sad that he would never appreciate those spontaneous surprises in life. But it had been the way he had grown up to be like. He had been taught to be like that. How could the Reed of a great sorcerer have those insignificant human feelings? It was sad.
"Well you could catch a cold" she said in a matter-of-factly tone and stared. Eriol shrugged his shoulders "Maybe..." "And you just don't care??" "I could" he continued "but I won't" Tomoyo was puzzled "Not following" "But on the other hand" he said calmly "I do care about YOU young lady getting wet." He took of his jacket and put it around her thin, pale body. She was wet enough to think she had just came out of the shower with out drying herself. She was wet enough to drive him crazy. She is going to catch a cold, she is going to catch a cold, she is going to catch a cold, and it is all going to be my fault... a voice kept repeating in his head. Why should I care? It is not going to be the end of the world. Wait a minute, why am I so concerned about her? She's got my jacket on herself. That jacket was supposed to be on ME not on HER. "Hey, are you okay?" "Huh?" "You seemed to be talking to yourself for a while." "Maybe I was..." "And. what does it feel like?" "What? Having two parts of yourself fighting to control your thoughts. Not being like everybody else?" "No. Just, being different" "I don't like it sometimes. At times if feel like people would never understand it and, as consequence, would never accept it." "But..." she said confused "It seems like you didn't care at all" "It seems" he sighed "you have said so. Do not judge the book by its cover." "Oh... " she lamented "I'm so sorry... I didn't mean to..." "It is fine, at least you are being sincere. I have being waiting for that for my entire life: Sincerity, because my life has always been a lie" "Eriol-kun, tell me..." she continued with a calmed voice" do you believe in those things, and I mean, do you really believe that you're a part of someone else?" "Of course I do, I must believe. It is not like I have a choice my dear Tomoyo-chan" "Oh!!" she said surprised "this is the fist time that we call each other like that: By our first names!!" "My apologies" he begged "I just... I did not realize... I am so ashamed...." "I never said it was wrong" she laughed nervously.
She hadn't been more nervous in her entire life. She felt like flying. It was so obvious, she was flirting, he was flirting. They were both flirting between shadows, within the rain.
He stepped closer to her and held her hand. It was so soft against his roughness, so warm against his coldness. so perfect against his stained soul. He lifted it ever so gently to his lips and kissed it. She felt so confused and tried to smile back at him.
She took his hand and pulled it back to her shoulders. She could feel the warmness of his smooth palm, of his tender touch on her almost naked shoulders. He pulled her to himself, he could share her breath, he wouldn't want to think then. Her breath had bewitched him: Fragrance, freshness, her soul. Suddenly he felt closer, he experimented a sensation he had never experienced before. He was as close as his body could let him before going out of his own skin: Her lips meeting his own. Caressing his entire being with her incredibly seductive scent. He heard her suppress a sob as her hair brushed his cheek: she was crying. This time, they were finally tears of happiness. Her head wanted to stop, but her heart wouldn't let her. She wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing. She placed her hands on his face, cupped his chin, and caressed him with her mouth, trailing his nose, his cheeks... his lips. She hadn't been able to resist.
They kissed for a while under the rain until they realized that it was really late. Tomoyo's mother would be very worried about her.
"Why have not your bodyguards shown up?" Eriol asked, breaking the kissing "I don't know" she said stepping forward to him again "And I don't care" "This is not right Tomoyo" he said pushing her softly away, but yet holding her hand "your mother must be worried" "I don't... no, I'd be lying then... I do care about my mother being worried" "Shall I walk you home?" he asked. She just looked at him. "Do not answer" he continued "I shall walk you home."
So they held hands in silence and walked together until they reached Tomoyo's mansion. The bodyguards weren't there so Eriol could walk her to the door.
"Good night my dear Tomoyo-chan" he said letting her hand go "may your dreams be as beautiful as you are" Tomoyo blushed
"Good night Eriol-kun" she answered with a smile that seemed impossible to hide "may you have sweet dreams too."
Tomoyo closed slowly the door and as she did that, she followed Eriol with her eyes, until she couldn't see him anymore. The door was closed. She walked through the long corridor of her great mansion. She was singing Why is it that I find myself dreaming about you even when I am awaken? Would not it be wonderful I could dream about you and never wake up to see you gone? .... She was singing with that privileged voice of hers ...could not I forever dream and hope that you dream about me as well? For in my dreams you remain my soul mate.... It was such a lovely scene. It was like one of those displays in which the main actress realizes that she's in love with the guy. She reached her bedroom and she lay softly on her bed. She wrapped the covers around herself. She fell asleep, hoping to have sweet dreams, hoping to dream about that night. She didn't even change her clothes. She wouldn't want to change anything that could affect her memories. Her mother hadn't shown up in the whole night and she didn't show up in that moment either. It was weird.
Eriol stared a while at Tomoyo's house from the corner. He was expecting her to come out from the door and go back to his arms, even if he knew it wouldn't happen. "Arigato" he sighed and kept walking. He felt weird. He lifted his hands up to his heart and closed his eyes "May you be released, guardians of my beloved" he said almost in silence. In that moment Tomoyo's mother came into the house and all of her bodyguards too. He wouldn't see her until the next day.
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"Why would he run away like that?" Sakura said "How would you expect me to know that?" Kero answered "I'm just the card guardian, not a love counselor. But if you ask me, he has a great taste: Black chocolate ice cream is delicious" "Could you please stop thinking 'bout food and help me out?" she nagged him "Okay" he said in a defending tone "if that gaki means so much to you... I'll help you" "He's NOT a gaki!!!" she yelled and looked back at Kero "anyway, how could YOU be able to help me in this one??" "You'll see" he said in a fake mysterious tone "you know I'm a very talented cupid!!!"
Sakura just stared at Kero, she couldn't believe that she was actually talking to him about that, but she couldn't shut up forever, and it was either telling Kero, or her brother. "Touya would never accept it" she thought, "I'd better ask Tomoyo". And she went back to bed. It was somewhat late and she hadn't been able to sleep in the whole night.
End of chapter 2
Author's notes: Now that was a long chapter! If you ask me, I think it will be the longest in the whole fic. Something is getting cooked up between Eriol and Tomoyo (Oh! I just LOVE Eriol ^^U, darn Tomoyo ¬¬). Never mind, things are getting pretty interesting with this dead magician, but only Touya and Yue know by now. I will try to update soon so I won't keep you all waiting, okay? Love it? Hate it? Let me know! Paste your review or e-mail me at willie_chan_himura@yahoo.com.mx