Chapter 7
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura or any of the characters used in this fanfiction, except for Kiri and Kagi. Don't sue me! I do not own the song Duvet, Boa does. I do not own any of the songs mentioned in this fic.
"_" = Character talking
'_' = Character's thoughts
{_} = My input, that is if I ever have any
Tomoyo was walking to school, deep in thought. 'Moriato-kun is starting at our school today. I have a feeling something bad might happen today.' she thought. Tomoyo didn't even notice that she had reached the school gates already. She walked quickly to her classroom and bumped into someone.
"Gomen nasai." Tomoyo said. The figure turned.
"Why are you in such a hurry, Tomoyo-san?" Eriol asked, in a mocking tone. Her eyes widened in surprise.
"Of all the people in the school, I just had to run into you, ne?" Tomoyo said. Eriol opened the classroom door for her.
"Ladies first." he said, bowing. She walked past him, stuck out her tongue and sat at her desk. He sat behind her. "So, how are you? Haven't contracted any fatal illness during the night, have you?" Eriol asked. Tomoyo sighed.
"Iie, Eriol-kun." she replied. Tomoyo begun searching her bag.
"What are you looking for?" he asked. Tomoyo pulled out the picture frame. It was the frame she had bought at the gift shop the other day, but now it had a picture of herself, Eriol, Sakura and Syaoran. It had been taken when Eriol and Syaoran returned from England.
"Arigatoo." Eriol said, quietly.
"Do you like it?" Tomoyo asked, worriedly. He nodded.
"You didn't have to, you know." Eriol said. Tomoyo shook her head.
"I wanted to." Eriol turned the picture frame over. Carved in the wooden backing was the words, 'To Eriol-kun, Don't ever forget us, from Tomoyo-chan. Their teacher walked in at that moment. She looked at them both. Eriol stuffed the picture into his bag, quickly, but the teacher didn't seem to notice.
"Early as usually, ne?" she said.
"Un." they both replied {is that how you spell it?}.
"Could you do me a favour? We have a new student today and he is here early. Could you show him around?" she asked them both.
"Un." they said again. Kagi walked into the classroom.
"This is Daidouji Tomoyo-san and Hiiragizawa Eriol-san. They will show you around." she told him. They both nodded in acknowledgement. She pointed to Kagi. "This is Moriato Kagi." She gathered some papers off her desk and went out of the classroom.
"Ohayoo gozaimasu." Kagi greeted.
"Ohayoo." Eriol and Tomoyo chorused. Kagi raised an eyebrow.
"Do you always say things at the same time?" he asked.
"Iie." they both said. Tomoyo glared at Eriol, who just smiled. Kagi laughed. They walked out of the classroom and Eriol and Tomoyo showed him around {no interesting snatches of conversations during that time.}.
~~~
Everyone was seated in their seats and was waiting for their break. When Kagi had been introduced to the class, most of the girls in the class had fallen in love with him. It was very amusing to see. The bell rang and Eriol gathered his things. He, Kagi and Tomoyo made their way to their lockers. Eriol opened his locker first. A large pile of letters fell from it. He placed his things in his locker and sighed. He could hear Tomoyo's stifled laughter.
"This isn't really funny, you know." he informed her.
"What are those?" Kagi asked, curiously.
"Love letters." Eriol said.
"From half the female population at this school." Tomoyo added. He glared at her, which made her laugh more. Kagi opened his locker. A smaller pile than Eriol's fell from it.
"Got admirers already?" Eriol teased. Tomoyo opened her locker and to her embarrassment, an even larger pile than Eriol's fell from it. She frowned. Eriol laugh, not trying to hide it at all.
"From the whole male population of the school?" Eriol teased.
"Of course not. Just a little more than half." Tomoyo said. She put her books in her locker and gathered the letters. Eriol and Kagi knelt to gather theirs, too. Tomoyo threw hers in the bin. Eriol did, too.
"Aren't you going to read them?" Kagi asked, shocked. Tomoyo shook her head.
"They all say the same thing. It's not as if the people who write these are serious with you, anyway." Tomoyo said.
"Infatuated with your body, not your mind or heart." Eriol added. Kagi nodded and threw his letters in, too.
~~~
Everyone was sitting under the cherry blossom trees when Naoko said she had an announcement.
"I'm going to Tokyo!" she said. Everyone stared at her in surprise.
"Why?" Chiharu asked. Naoko blushed.
"My boyfriend needs to go there for a while and I decided to go with him. Also, a publisher in Tokyo wants to see my story." Naoko explained. Suddenly, everyone was talking say stuff like, "I'm going to miss you, Naoko-chan.", "We'll keep in touch, okay?" "Hope you have a good time." Then, Kagi said something that everyone wanted to ask.
"Will you come back?" he asked.
"I don't know." she said. Kagi hugged her tightly.
"I'll go see you, then." he said. Naoko nodded.
"When are you leaving?" Tomoyo asked.
"Day after tomorrow." she answered. Tomoyo looked sad.
"It's not enough time to throw a really good 'going away' party, but I can get something up. Party tomorrow afternoon!" Tomoyo announced. Naoko sweatdropped.
"Does there have to be a party?" she asked.
"Of course! We will really miss you." Sakura said. Everyone agreed.
~~~
Skipping to the party
Everyone was at Tomoyo's house again, but not as many people came. Only close friends came. Everybody was sitting at Tomoyo's dining table, eating and talking among themselves.
"What should we do after we eat?" Tomoyo asked Eriol and Kagi. The three of them had become very close friends.
"Truth or dare, again?" Kagi suggested. Eriol and Tomoyo looked at each other.
"Iie!" they said together. Kagi laughed.
"Strip poker?" Eriol suggested. Tomoyo hit him.
"You're so perverted, Eriol-kun!" she said. He turned to her.
"Then you suggest something." he said. She thought for a second.
"How about kareoke {I can't spell!}?" Tomoyo suggested. Kagi and Eriol looked at each other in horror.
"It is all good and well for those who can sing, but for the ungifted like us…" Eriol trailed off. Naoko had heard the last suggestion.
"I agree. We should do kareoke! And since this is my party, I say we should." she said. Everybody had finished eating and was now heading for the music room. It was a large room, packed with instruments and a kareoke machine {don't ask how she got that.}. Tomoyo brought her camera.
"Who's first?" Tomoyo asked. They all pointed to Tomoyo. "Eh? Not me! I help clean the table. I'll after I'm finished, promise. I think Naoko should go first. This is her party after all." Tomoyo said and handed the microphone to her. Naoko blushed and went on stage. Tomoyo handed her camera to Sakura and told her to keep taping went out of the music room and into the dining room. She felt someone stop her and turned to see whom it was.
"I help you, Tomoyo-san." Syaoran said. Tomoyo nodded and left. She started to stack the plates, while he gathered the glasses.
"Is this an excuse not to sing?" Tomoyo asked, amused. Syaoran blushed.
"Yes and no. I wouldn't want you to be left by yourself, anyway." Syaoran said.
"Arigatoo! You're sweet." she said, which made him blush even more. At that moment, Eriol and Kagi walked in.
"We are here to relieve you of your cleaning duty. Your cherry blossom is missing you." Kagi informed Syaoran. Syaoran sighed.
"I better not keep her waiting. Come and sing later, okay, Tomoyo-chan?" he asked.
"Hai. Arigatoo for helping me." Tomoyo said and kissed his cheek. He was blushing again as he left. Eriol raised his eyebrow at her.
"Trying to steal Sakura's boyfriend? I'd expected better from you." Eriol said.
"Don't even joke about that." Tomoyo warned and handed him some dirty glasses. She handed Kagi some dirty plates and they all trooped to the kitchen and placed them in the dishwasher. Naoko came into the kitchen.
"Your turn, Tomoyo-chan. Sing beautiful, like you always do." she said. They all made their way back to the music room, where Rika was singing the last lines of Tooi Kono Machi De {first movie ending theme, I think.}. Rika handed Tomoyo the microphone and she picked a song. Duvet by Boa.
And you don't seem to understand,
A shame, you seem a honest man,
And all the fears you hold so dear,
Will turn to whisper in your ear,
And you know what they say might hurt you,
And you know it means so much,
And you don't even feel it there.
Tomoyo melodious voice and the lyrics of the song captivated everyone.
I am fallin'
I am fadin'
I have lost it all
And you don't seem the lying kind,
A shame that I can read your mind,
And all the things that I read there,
Candle-lit smile that we both shared,
And you that I don't mean to hurt you,
But you know it means so much,
And you don't even feel it there.
I am fallin'
I am fadin'
I am drownin'
Help me to breathe
I am hurtin'
I have lost t allI am losin'
Help me to breathe.
There was a break in the song and Eriol and Kagi couldn't wait for Tomoyo to start singing again.
I am fallin'
I am fadin'
I am drownin'
Help me to breathe
I am hurtin'
I have lost t allI am losin'
Help me to breathe.
I am fallin'
I am fadin'
I am drownin'
Help me to breathe
I am hurtin'
I have lost t allI am losin'
Help me to breathe.
Tomoyo opened her eyes and everyone applauded. She smiled and handed the microphone to Sakura. Sakura handed her back her camera and Tomoyo went back to sit down next to Syaoran and Kagi. Kagi and Eriol, who was sitting next to him, turned to her.
"I didn't know you could sing so well, Daidouji-san." Kagi commented. Tomoyo shushed him and turn to tape Sakura sing. They both turned as well. Sakura started singing Ki Ni Naru Aitsu and brought Syaoran up with to sing. Tomoyo smiled. I t was such a kawaii sight, seeing Syaoran and Sakura singing together. Syaoran didn't sing all that badly, either. After they had finished, they both bowed and Syaoran handed the microphone to Eriol, but Eriol handed it to Tomoyo.
"Hey. It's your turn to sing, not mine." Tomoyo objected. Eriol dragged her up onto the stage and handed her camera to Yamazaki.
"You know I can't sing, so I'll just play the piano." he told her and sat down. He started to play a familiar tune.
"Yasashisa no Tane." Sakura said. Syaoran looked at her.
"Nani?" he asked. Kagi listened to what they were saying.
"I remember when Eriol was playing the piano and Tomoyo was singing, that they did this song. It is so beautiful." She sighed. "They are so kawaii, too. Once I told Tomoyo that I thought that if they didn't argue so much, that they would be friends, but she didn't believe me. Now look at them." Sakura said. Kagi thought about this. He had heard from Naoko, that Eriol and Tomoyo hadn't been friends a while ago. He decided to interrogate them later.
~~~
After everyone had sung at least one song, or played an instrument, which is what Kagi did, they started to depart.
"See you tomorrow, Sakura-chan, Syaoran-kun." Tomoyo said, hugging her.
"Sayonara, Tomoyo-chan, Eriol-kun, Moriato-kun." Sakura said.
"Ja, Tomoyo-san." Syaoran said, warmly. He nodded to Eriol and Kagi. "Hiiragizawa, Moriato." Syaoran and Sakura left, arm in arm.
"Arigatoo, for the party." Naoko said. Tomoyo hugged her.
"We'll all miss you. You'll come visit sometime, ne?" Tomoyo asked.
"Hai." Naoko said. Naoko hugged Kagi.
"Don't stay away too long or I'll have to go down there and get you." Kagi said, playfully.
"Don't worry, I won't." she answered. Naoko left, waving goodbye. Only Kagi and Eriol were left.
"Only us left." Tomoyo stated. "I'll get the tea." she said and left. Eriol and Kagi sat at the small table in the kitchen. They talked, idly, until Tomoyo came with the tea. "Did you have fun?" Tomoyo asked them, blowing at her tea in an attempt to cool it down.
"Hai. Very entertaining." Eriol said. He sipped his tea.
"Hai. How long have you been friends?" Kagi asked. Tomoyo looked at Eriol.
"About, two weeks or so?" she said, unsure. Eriol nodded.
"I'm not really sure, but I guess it doesn't really matter, ne?" Eriol said. Tomoyo nodded. Kagi sipped his tea, thoughtfully.
"How did you become friends?" he asked.
"Why are you so interested?" Eriol asked him. Kagi blushed a little.
"Just curious." he said. Tomoyo blushed, remembering the events that happened before. She drank from her mug to hide it.
"You explain." Tomoyo said. Eriol shrugged.
"It was after school. We were fighting, verbally of course. We argued for a long time until we realised it was pretty stupid how we treated each other, so we started over." Eriol said.
"I have the feeling that wasn't exactly what happened." Kagi said.
"It's enough, isn't it?" Eriol stated. Kagi shrugged. He turned to Tomoyo.
"You sang very well, tonight. You have a very good voice." Kagi said.
"Arigatoo." Tomoyo said.
"You look nice in that dress, too." he continued. Eriol put on a disgusted look.
"If you want to flirt with her, do it when I'm not around." Eriol said. Tomoyo and Kagi blushed. Tomoyo looked at her watch.
"It's late! You'd better go home. We have school tomorrow." she said, ushering them out. They went out the front door.
"Ja ne." Kagi said.
"Ja." Eriol called.
"Ja!" Tomoyo called after them.
Hmm, this chapter was boring, too. Well, at least I thought. I love the song Duvet by Boa, especially the acoustic version! I haven't seen Serial Experiments: Lain; though I wish I could. I love that song! Please R&R! I need to put some E+T mush in. I'll try my best next chapter, so bear with me.