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"Tomoyo-san." Tomoyo looked up from her book. She had been lying on the bed with her stomach against the mattress reading a book Spinel had lent her. The week had passed relatively quickly and Tomoyo found how much she had missed Sakura and Syaoran's company. Sakura was her best friend and was the only one she could talk to about girl things, though she frequently skirted the subject of boyfriends. Syaoran was like her brother. He seemed to like to glare at any boys that showed an interest in her, amusing her greatly.

"Come in." Tomoyo said. Kiri opened the door and bowed.

"A boy came by and dropped off a package, Tomoyo-sama." Kiri told her. Tomoyo looked surprised.

"Honto?" She looked at her watch. "But it's so late already! I wonder what it is?" Tomoyo got up from her bed and padded softly down the stairs. Upon reaching the foyer, a long, flat package was awaiting her. Puzzled, she carried it up to her room, finding it quite light. Tomoyo lay it on her desk and undid the pretty ribbon that tied the box shut. Casting the plain white ribbon aside, she lifted the cover with anticipation. A fragrant smell hit her nose and she gasped in surprise. A bunch of long-stemmed white roses lay in the box, just beginning to open. Tomoyo stared at them in bewilderment.

'Who would send her such a gift? Is there a card?' Tomoyo moved aside the roses to search for a card, carefully keeping away from the thorns. A plain white printed card, about the size of a business card, was left underneath the petals.

Moriato Kagi

Tomoyo dropped the card as if it were a red coal.

'Kagi? I never thought he'd do something like this… I would actually expect this behavior more from Eriol. I never pictured Ka-kun as a romantic. Maybe I thought wrong…' she thought. Making a decision, Tomoyo picked up the phone and started to dial. She didn't care that it was late at night. This was important. The ringing stopped.

"Moshi moshi?"  A female voice sounded. Tomoyo gulped.

"Kagi-kun?" she said, uncertainly.

"Gomen, I think you have the wrong number."

"H-hai. Gomen nasai." Tomoyo hung up and tried again.

"Moshi moshi." A familiar male voice came from the receiver. Tomoyo almost sighed in relief.

"It's me." A slight pause.

"Oh, Tomoyo-chan. What did you want to call me about?" Tomoyo decided not to prolong this conversation.

"Don't act innocent. You know what I'm calling about."

"Oh…that."

"Hai, that. Why did you send me the roses? There isn't some special celebration today is there?"

"Iie. I just felt like sending you roses."

"Kagi-kun!" Kagi was startled.

"Nani?"

"You have to take the roses back!" Tomoyo insisted.

"Why? Don't you like white roses? I can get you red ones if you like."

"That's not the point! The actually act of giving me roses is the point!"

"Oh, is that the problem? You don't want the roses?"

"I don't want you spending money on buying me presents for no reason! The rose in the park was fine, but these flowers must have cost a fortune!" Kagi stayed silent for a moment.

"Ne, I'm not giving them back." he said, stubbornly.

"Yes, you are."

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are." Tomoyo said, with more emphasis. Kagi sighed.

"Are you…angry?" he asked, hesitantly. Tomoyo sighed.

"Iie. I'm not."

"Just keep the flowers, Tomoyo. I want you to. A pretty girl deserves pretty flowers." Tomoyo laughed, her previous anger dissolving away.

"Fine. Mou, how did you get so obstinate?"

"I think I learnt from you." Laughter from both ends.

"Well, thank you for the flowers. But, you're not allowed to do this again, okay?"

"Hai." Kagi said, happy.

"Mou, if I had a boyfriend, he would be insane with jealousy because you and Eriol are always spoiling me." Tomoyo stated. Kagi smiled into the phone. "Anyway, ja ne, Ka-kun. See you tomorrow."

"Hai, ja."

~~~

Kagi, Eriol and Tomoyo were currently sitting between the musty shelves of the library, talking idly. They were all lying on the clean carpet, except for Eriol who had a book open and was sitting up. Kagi and Tomoyo were just chatting. Tomoyo pulled a book from the shelf and looked at the title.

"'Winter Love'" Tomoyo read aloud.

"Hmm, a love story. What's it about?" Kagi asked, lying on his stomach. Tomoyo gazed at him.

"Aren't they all the same? Boy and girl meet, fall in love, something drives them apart, but gets resolved in the end? Either that, or one of the characters die." she said, nonchalantly. Eriol raised an eyebrow, but continued to read.

"Hmm, maybe." Kagi said. He took a book from the shelf and had a look. "Who were your first loves?" he asked, suddenly. Tomoyo dropped her book with a thump. Eriol looked up from the book he was reading. Kagi looked up. "Are you alright?" he asked Tomoyo, concerned. Tomoyo nodded and smiled, weakly.

"Have you, Kagi-san?" Eriol asked, diverting the attention from Tomoyo. Kagi nodded, ruefully.

"I met her in Tokyo, in a park. I swear, it was love at first sight." he said, remembering.

"You believe in that?" Eriol asked. He nodded.

"I don't." Tomoyo said, quietly, "its called physical attraction. You can't possibly be in love with someone you don't know."

"Hmm…perhaps you're right." Kagi mused. Snapping back to reality, he continued his story, "She was nice, sweet and kind. We became good friends…but…it wasn't for long. Soon after, she had to leave for another country and I haven't seen or heard from her since." He closed his eyes. "That was about eight years ago."

"Eight years ago?" Tomoyo repeated, making sure she hadn't heard wrong. He nodded.

"Even though I was just ten, I still loved her. You may think it's silly, especially at that age." Kagi said, somewhat embarrassed. Eriol and Tomoyo exchanged glances.

"We don't think it's silly." Eriol reassured him. Kagi opened his eyes and looked at him.

"Anyway, it's your turn, Eriol-kun. Tell us about your first love. Unless you've had so many girlfriends, you can't remember them all?" he teased. Eriol smiled.

"Hardly." he said. He paused. "Only one." He turned to look out the window and started to talk. "When I lived in England, there was this woman I loved. I was so happy when she loved me back. We became a couple. We had a large age gap, but it didn't matter. I thought we were destined to be together." Tomoyo stared at him, in surprise. She had never heard this story before.

'Mizuki-sensei…' Tomoyo thought.

"But…one day, she went to me and said we should separate. She told me we were destined for different people and…it would hurt more if we stayed together. So we parted ways, and I came back to Japan." Eriol finished and turned back to them. Kagi and Tomoyo were looking at him, strangely. He smiled, cheerfully. "It's okay. I'm fine now." Eriol assured them.

"An older woman in England, ne? I actually thought Kinomoto-chan was your first love." Kagi admitted, stretching back. Eriol and Tomoyo stared at him, disbelieving.

"Nani!?" they said, simultaneously. Kagi blushed.

"It's not impossible. I…heard from someone…that when Eriol first came to Japan, he would always flirt with Kinomoto-chan and make Li-kun jealous. So, I assumed…" Kagi trailed off. Eriol and Tomoyo exchanged looks, yet again. They suddenly burst out laughing, causing Kagi to blush harder.

"Ne, Kagi-kun. Eriol did use to flirt with Sakura-chan, but it was for the sole purpose of making Li-kun jealous. Ne, Eriol-kun?" Tomoyo said, when she had calmed down.

"Hai." Kagi joined in their laughter. When they calmed, it was Tomoyo's turn.

"Your turn, Tomoyo-chan." Kagi said. Tomoyo grew quiet and took a while to begin.

"Ne, I loved this person. This person were perfect and was loved by everyone." Tomoyo wouldn't make eye contact with either of them. She brought her knees up to her chest and hugged them, her chin resting on the top. "One day, another person came along and, like everyone else, fell in love with the first one. They were in love and I didn't want to stand in their way. So I stayed in the dark and let them love each other, because my love's happiness was mine. And I still believe that." There was silence. Tomoyo looked up at them and forced a bright smile. "But, I'm over it now."

~~~

Tomoyo closed the front door of her home, softly as not to attract the attention of her bodyguards. Treading softly, she made her way to the gate and down the street. Tomoyo rounded a corner and sighed in relief. She was out, without her trailing bodyguards. The morning was cold and crisp and Tomoyo decided to leave for school earlier, as to take her time walking. If her guards caught her, they would insist she go by the limousine or with an entourage of guards.

On her way to school, she passed Eriol's house and stopped in front of it. Seeing no harm, Tomoyo walked up to the front door proceeded to knock on it. Before her hand touched a wood, it burst open to reveal Eriol dressed in school uniform and utterly scared for his life. Before she could question his strangeness, Eriol had grabbed her hand tightly in his own and ran from the house, dragging Tomoyo along behind him. Tomoyo was certain she heard Nakuru's voice calling after them, but didn't dwell on it. All she could think about was him. He was smiling as he ran and she could tell his adrenaline was pumping. The came to a stop, after a few blocks and they sat on the pavement to catch their breath.

"Gomen, Tomoyo-san." Eriol managed to say after a few minutes. Tomoyo looked at him, questioning. He smiled at her. His hair was looking a little unruly, his glasses were at an odd angle and his collar was messed. To Tomoyo, he looked absolutely adorable. "Nakuru tried to get me to model one of the dresses she had made. After failing to persuade me, she resorted to force." Tomoyo laughed, merrily.

"Apology accepted. But, I didn't mind a run in the morning. Ne, Eriol-kun, you look absolutely harassed." Tomoyo told him. Eriol grinned. Frowning slightly, Tomoyo reached over and straightened his collar, as Eriol continued to watch her. She pushed his glasses back into place and used her fingers to comb his hair into some sort of order. His hair was soft and slid through her fingers. Finished, Tomoyo patted his head once and smiled, satisfied.

"That's better, ne?" Tomoyo asked. Eriol nodded, smiling strangely. They stood and continued on their way. They were soon passing through the gates of the school.

"Ne, Tomoyo-san?" Eriol said. Tomoyo turned.

"Yes?" she answered.

"Nakuru asked if you would like to come over for tea tomorrow night. She said it's for 'girl-talk' so she got Spinel and I kicked out to go to Sakura-san's home." Eriol said. Tomoyo thought, mentally going over her scheduled.

"I'm free, so tell her I can make it." Tomoyo said. Eriol nodded his head.

"Hai."

~~~

"Tomoyo-chan!" Tomoyo turned around at the sound of Sakura's voice.

"Hai, Sakura-chan?" Sakura walked over and pouted.

"I haven't talked to you in ages! Are you doing anything this afternoon?" Sakura asked. Tomoyo shook her head. Sakura lit up.

"Yay! I want to hang out with my best friend today! Let's go for ice-cream, just us two, okay?" Sakura suggested. Tomoyo couldn't refuse her just then, but she didn't want to refuse anyway.

"Yeah, we haven't hung out together in a long while." Tomoyo agreed. "I'll come." Sakura grabbed Tomoyo's hand and dragged her to where the other boys were talking. Or, in Eriol and Syaoran's case, fighting. They stopped immediately when Sakura came into view.

"Ne, minna, Tomoyo-chan and I are going for ice-cream this afternoon. Do you mind?" Sakura asked them. They all shook their heads. Sakura made it very clear, by her tone, that she wanted to talk to Tomoyo alone. She smiled, happily.

"You can keep each other company, ne?" Tomoyo said, smiling evilly. Sakura and Tomoyo walked off in the direction of the ice-cream store. They chatted and laughed with each other, enjoying the other person's company. Tomoyo bought peach flavoured ice-cream, Sakura bought chocolate flavoured ice-cream and they sat down at a table to eat. Tomoyo eyed Sakura's ice-cream.

"Has Syaoran's chocolate craze rubbed off onto you?" Tomoyo asked. Sakura laughed.

"Hai, I guess it has. But, I guess if you spend a long time with someone, you start to become kind of like them. You can understand them better, too." Sakura licked her cone, thoughtfully, "Like you, Eriol-kun and Kagi-kun."

"What do you mean?" Tomoyo asked, confused.

"Well, you can look at each other and tell what you're each thinking sometimes, ne?" Sakura said. Tomoyo nodded, absently. She had never noticed until now. Sakura changed the subject, but to an uncomfortable one.

"When are you going to get a boyfriend, Tomoyo-san? I can tell you're awfully lonely sometimes." Sakura asked, green eyes questioning. Tomoyo looked away.

"I can't really get a boyfriend if there's no one I like, now can I?" Tomoyo said.

"Well…you like Eriol-kun and Ka-kun, don't you?" Tomoyo blushed.

"They're my bestfriends, besides you and Li-kun. Of course I like them." Tomoyo said.

"Come on, you can't tell me you don't ever think something non-bestfriend like about them?" Sakura pried. Tomoyo blushed, yet again. "You're blushing!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Ne, Sakura-san!" The girl in question laughed, happily. "Okay, I admit, sometimes I might think, 'oh Kagi-kun looks cute when he blushes' or 'Eriol-kun looks handsome today' but that's all."

"Are you sure that's all?" Sakura asked, dubiously. Tomoyo didn't answered.

Short chappie. The chapters might be shorter, but I'll probably get them up quicker. Next chapter will be about Nakuru's 'girl talk'.