Chapter 4

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Tomoyo was phoning the Kinomoto residence, hoping Sakura didn't pick up the phone. Everyone had appointed Tomoyo to call Fujitaka about the party. Syaoran couldn't, in case Touya picked up and Eriol couldn't for the same reasons as Syaoran. Chiharu had suggested Tomoyo call, since her and Sakura were bestfriends and also because all Sakura's family knew her.

"Hai?"

"Touya-kun? It's me, Tomoyo." Tomoyo said.

"Oh, Tomoyo-chan. Did you want to speak with the kaijuu? I thinks she's out with that Chinese gaki." Touya said with a hint of venom. Tomoyo winced.

"Iie. Actually I wanted to talk to you about something. All of us at school were planning a party for Sakura. A surprise party. It is going to be at my house, okay?" Tomoyo told him.

"Why are you telling me?" he asked.

"You and Kinomoto-san have to come as well you know! Could you tell Tsukishiro to come, too?" Tomoyo asked.

"Hai. When is it?" he asked.

"On Saturday, at 6:00p.m. You have to bring Sakura and don't tell her anything about it. Just say it is dinner at my house, okay?" she said.

"Hai. Anything else I should know?" Touya asked.

"Li-kun is going to be there, so be nice!" she said. She could hear him sigh.

"Maybe, Tomoyo-chan. Ja." he said.

"Ja." She put down the phone.

~~~

'Another day of school.' Syaoran thought as he looked around the classroom. Sakura's party was in two days and he still hadn't gone out and bought her a present. He'd have to go tonight. He spotted Eriol and Tomoyo bickering to each other. He smiled to himself. The class had been assigned a project in pairs and Eriol and Tomoyo had, somewhat unluckily been put together.

"I don't think we should design it like that, Daidouji-san. It seems too…extravagant," Eriol said. Tomoyo shook her head.

"And what about your designs? Didn't you think they were extravagant?" Tomoyo said, stressing the word 'extravagant'.

"I wasn't serious about those designs." he answered. She sighed.

"You should have been serious." she said. Sakura came up to them.

"You two shouldn't be bickering, you know. You were trying to be friends, ne?" Sakura said. Tomoyo nodded then smiled.

"We haven't been friends for years. You can't really just become friends after years of being, well, less than friends." she said. Eriol looked on the desk and pulled a sketch from the pile of designs.

"I think I like this one, Daidouji-san." Eriol said giving it to her. She looked at it and turned away. Then blushed very, very faintly. Syaoran would have missed it if he hadn't been looking for her reaction.

"Honto?" she asked, somewhat shyly.

"Hai. I really do." he said looking at her. She looked at him. Then she put her hand up and pulled his nose.

"Arigatoo, Hiiragizawa-kun!" she said, smiling at him.

~~~

Syaoran lay down on his bed, bored to death. He had finished all his homework and all the things he had to do. A knock came at the door. Syaoran got up and walked towards it.

"I'll get it Wei!" he called and opened the door. Tomoyo, Nakuru and Eriol were standing at his door.

"Konnichiwa, Li-kun! Are you doing anything at the moment?" Tomoyo asked. Syaoran shook his head. "Eriol and I are going shopping for a present for Sakura." Tomoyo told him. "Do you want to come along?" she asked.

"I, uh, don't know…" Syaoran said. He hadn't bought a present yet, but he wasn't sure he wanted to go shopping. Nakuru gave him a puppy-dog look.

"Onegai? I know you haven't bought a present yet either, Li-kun. Don't worry, master, I mean Eriol-kun is coming, too." she said.

"Was that supposed to make me want to go?" Syaoran muttered as Nakuru dragged him out.

"You were dragged in too, ne?" Syaoran murmured to Eriol. He nodded.

"It was Tomoyo's idea. Nakuru wanted to come too, though." he explained. Syaoran stopped walking for a second.

"What if we see Sakura at the shopping center?" he asked.

"We won't. I got Touya-kun to keep her busy at home." she said.

"Have you thought of everything?" Eriol asked.

"Hai!" she said, smiling brightly. He couldn't help, but smile too.

~~~

They had been walking about the shopping center for about an hour or so. Somehow they had split up into pairs, Eriol with Nakuru and Tomoyo with Syaoran. Tomoyo had bought a present for Sakura already, but Syaoran still hadn't.

"What do you think Sakura-chan would like, Daidouji-san?" Syaoran asked her. She turned to him

"Well, first of all I think we should start calling each other by our first names. We've known each other a long time, anyway." Tomoyo said.

"Hai, Tomoyo-chan." Syaoran said.

"Well, I don't think you should get her a stuffed toy. She's still got that bear you made for her so many years ago." she said. He blushed.

"How about some jewellery, Li-kun?" Tomoyo suggested. He raised an eyebrow.

"I thought we were going to call each other by our first names." Syaoran reminded her.

"Gomen, I forgot, Syaoran-kun." They walked into a jewellery store and looked around.

~~~

Eriol was in a gift store, with Nakuru, looking through gifts. He had bought Sakura present already, but Nakuru still hadn't. He had just been looking around, when he had seen something that had caught his eye. He picked it up and looked over it. It reminded him of someone. He took it to the counter with him when Nakuru had finally bought a present. Nakuru looked at what he was holding with interest.

"Why are you buying that? I thought you had already gotten Sakura a present." Nakuru said as he paid for the items.

"It isn't for Sakura. It's for someone else." he replied.

"Who? Your girlfriend?" she asked, jokingly.

"Iie. Daidouji-san."

~~~

Syaoran had been looking around the jewellery store for some time. Tomoyo pointed to a ring.

"How about that?" she asked.

"I'm not going to propose, Tomoyo-chan." Syaoran said. Tomoyo shrugged her shoulders.

"Why not?" she asked, teasing. Syaoran blushed bright red. Tomoyo just laughed merrily. Even though it hurt to know that Syaoran would propose on day, she couldn't help but tease. He looked around again. He spotted a necklace and a bracelet. He pointed them out to Tomoyo.

"How about those?" he suggested. She gasped.

"They're beautiful! She'd love them!" she said. A worker at the store came up to them.

"Can I help you?" she asked them politely. Syaoran pointed to the necklace and bracelet.

"Can I buy those two pieces, please?" he said. The worker nodded.

"I'm sure they look lovely on her." she said pointing to Tomoyo.

"Me? Oh, they're not for me." Tomoyo said with a laugh. "They are for his girlfriend. I'm just helping."

"Gomen nasai." the worker said and handed Syaoran a bag. He handed her the money.

"Arigatoo gozaimasu." Syaoran said and they walked out of the store. They saw Eriol talking to Nakuru at the food court and walked up to them.

"Done shopping?" Eriol asked when Tomoyo and Syaoran came up to them. Tomoyo nodded. He looked at Nakuru. "Let's go home, Nakuru."

~~~

Sakura looked around at everyone gathered in the circle under the cherry blossom trees. She shivered. It felt like over these past few days that her friends were hiding something from her. Once when she had come to talk to them and they had immediately gone quiet. Sakura sighed. 'I wonder if anyone will remember my birthday?' Sakura thought. She would have to wait until tomorrow to find out.

Chapter four done! Hasn't been that much E+T element yet, but I guess you can't rush it. They were barely friends before, so you can't make them into boyfriend girlfriend until later. Next chapter is the party! R&R, please?