Disclaimer: CLAMP is the rightful owner of all the cast of CCS. I'm just borrowing them for my own pitiful stories.
Ne dites pas Que Vous M'aimez
(Don't Say You Love Me)
Chapter 5: An Odd Date
By: Azure Rosas
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Pulling the car to a stop, he climbed out from the driver's seat as he walked around and opened the passenger's door. Out stepped Tomoyo, staring in awe at the restaurant before her. She always wished to go there but never had the time to. It was a high classed restaurant that was well known throughout Paris. It was just built a few weeks ago and it was already a huge success. She could see couples filing into the building, each one of them wearing wide smiles on their faces. Golden lights shimmered through the windows and whenever the doors opened, light flooded the red carpet. It was a bit dark considering that the snow clouds were growing over head. Fake ice crystals that let out white glows adorned the walls and she couldn't help but think the place was absolutely breath taking.
Feeling a light tug on her left hand, she snapped out of her trance and was met by the amused golden-yellow eyes of Laer. "Well? Are you going to stand there all day and freeze, or are you going to come with me, inside?" he asked, grinning when seeing her blush with embarrassment.
"Ah...yes...of course," Tomoyo replied with a sheepish grin as Laer led her into the restaurant.
Approaching the podium (is that what it's called?), the waiter there glanced up at them from over a pair of square spectacles. "Bonjur Monsieur and Mademoiselle. How may I help you two today?"
"I reserved two seats," Laer answered.
"Name, please?" the waiter asked as he scanned through a few papers.
"Bellamy, Laer."
"Bellamy...Bellamy...Bellamy," he muttered to himself as he continued to skim through a bunch of papers. "Aha! Bellamy! Your table will be ready within five minutes. Please take a seat and we shall call you when it is done."
Nodding in reply, Laer and Tomoyo took a seat as they waited for their table.
Meanwhile...
They continued to walk to wherever Eriol was taking her out for lunch. She sent a few glances at times up at the sapphire eyed man. He was deffinitely handsome indeed. He seemed like the perfect man any girl would just die for, and she had the honor to go on a date with him. Smiling to herself, her grip around his arm gently tightened as she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Eriol?" Zara suddenly spoke up.
"Yes, Zara?"
"Who was that girl yesterday I saw you with at the café?"
He remained silent at first and she thought he wasn't going to answer her, until he said, "She's...a friend of mines and insince I was new in town, she decided to show me around for the day."
"Oh," was Zara's reply. She noticed that when she asked him that question, his face seemed to go blank.
After that, no more was said and the couple simply walked on in silence. Zara shuddered a bit, wondering why she ever chose to wear the clothes she was wearing now. It was freezing! And look at the clothes she was wearing!
"We're here."
Zara looked up at where they came to a stop at and her eyes went wide with shock. "Wow..."
Inside...
"Bonjur, Monsieur and Mademoiselle," the waiter greeted, peering at them from over his square spectacles. "How may I help you two?"
"I reserved a table for two," Eriol stated.
The waiter at the podium scanned through a few papers. "Name?"
"Hirrigazawa, Eriol."
"Hirrigazawa...Hirrigazawa..." he murmured to himself as he continued to skim through a bunch of sheets. (A/N: Talk about deja vu! ^^;) He came to a stop and smiled. "Ah, yes. Here we are. Your table is ready. Please, follow me."
The waiter led them to a table for two near the window. They took their seats as he placed a menu before them. And then he left, saying he'll come back once they're ready to order. Zara removed her coat, glad she was finally in the warmth of the building. She marveled at the inside of the restaurant with an awe-struck expression.
"How were you able to reserve us a table here?" she questioned in a stunned voice. "This is like...one of the most expensivest places around Paris!" (A/N: I know..."expensivest" is not a word. I didn't know what else to say.)
Eriol only smiled that charming smile of his when seeing how her face looked at the moment.
Meanwhile...
Tomoyo stared out the window of the restaurant, watching as snow started to drift from the sky. She turned her gaze back to Laer and smiled at him. "This is wonderful! How'd you know I've always wanted to come here?"
He blushed and looked down at his empty plate. They were waiting for their food to arrive. "I remember you saying one time, when this place just opened, that you would want to go here...So...I decided to bring you here."
"Oh! You're so sweet Laer!" Tomoyo squealed with gratitude and glee. "Thanks!"
"No problem," Laer replied, flashing her a grin.
Once their food arrived, Tomoyo and Laer began to eat. As they ate, they enjoyed themselves over a cheery conversation. They talked about the past years that Tomoyo has been there, reminiscing on humoress times that took place while they were at work. Their conversation carried on, the amethyst eyed woman never knowing who it was that sat behind her at this very moment.
Meanwhile, Eriol sat in his seat, his food already devoured. He looked like he was listening to every word that Zara was saying, but truth is, his mind was somewhere else and everything that was being said all around him sounded like soft murmurs. He couldn't even hear the lady behind him chattering away with her date. The blue eyed magician was feeling completely bored at the moment and it took all his will power to contain and stifle the yawn that threatened to escape his mouth.
"Hello? Eriol?"
He was snapped back to reality from Zara's hand that was waving in front of his face. "Huh?"
"Are you listening to me?" she asked, slightly holding doubt in her voice.
'No...and I wish you would just shut up!' Eriol thought to himself mentally, never caring how rude his thoughts sounded at the moment. "Yes."
She smiled and continued to babble on about God only knows what! Resting his left elbow on the table, he leaned his cheek against his palm as he studied the people around the restaurant with half opened eye lids. Their mouths continued to move but what they were saying, he couldn't comprehend. He was just SO bored out of his mind at the moment. It was a wonder to him why he even bothered to ask the girl out. He should've known the date would've been boring. The merry chattering behind him continued on and all he wanted to do was tell everyone in there to just shut up!
"Would you please excuse me?" Eriol questioned, interrupting Zara. Not waiting for an answer, he pushed his chair back and made his way to the bathroom, simply to get away from her and her talking.
Tomoyo placed her fork down as their talking came to a short cease. "Um, I'll be right back. I just need to use the bathroom."
"Alright," Laer replied as she got up and made her way to the bathroom, which was the opposite way of the men's bathroom. So that means, the men's is at one side of the building, and the women's is on the other side (Just t'let ya'll know ^-^).
Turning on the faucet, Eriol cupped his hands together as water splashed into it. He then splattered it against his face, enjoying the cool sensation it brought to him. Grabbing a few napkins, he dried his face off and stared at himself in the mirror. Glancing at his wrist watch, it read 12:45 p.m. An hour barely passed and he was bored. Groaning and rolling his eyes, he prepared himself to return back to his seat and listen to more of Zara's babbling. Pushing the door open, he made his way calmly back to his table.
When Tomoyo was done with her own little business, she washed her hands, dried them on a napkin, and then made her way back to the table. She was nearing her table when her shoulders bumped against someone.
"Sorry," they apologized in unison, not bothering to take a single glance at the other as they took their seats. And once they did, their eyes snapped wide open and they were up on their feets, pointing at each other as they cried out in unison, "YOU!"
"What are you doing here!?!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" Eriol shot back. By this time, all eyes were on them. He then took note of Laer. "And who's he?"
"That's none of your business," Tomoyo shot back haughtily. She then noticed who his date was and a look of outrage was shown clearly on her face. "And what are you doing with her!?"
He snapped back with the same haughty tone and reply. Zara was glaring at Tomoyo. She thought for sure that she would never see her again! Her gaze fell on Laer and she hid a smirk. He was deffinitely a lot better looking than Eriol.
"You guys...er...maybe we should take this outside?" Laer suggested as he stood up, a sweat drop running down the back of his head. "People are staring at you two..."
Eyes turning to dots, they looked at everyone and blushed a bright crimson from embarrassment.
"Maybe you're right," Tomoyo said with a sheepish and nervous laugh.
The two men dumped whatever money they found in their pockets. They never really knew they were paying more than they needed, but the waiters or waitresses weren't about to complain. All four was about to exit the building when a voice stopped them.
"Hold it right there! None of you are leaving!"
"Oh great, what now?" Tomoyo moaned, feeling annoyed and irritated as they turned around. Her eyes, along with the others, went wide. A man, that Eriol recognized as the one who swapped drugs for money with Aleron, stood a few feet away from them, pointing two pistols at them, one in either hand.
Everyone in the restaurant was up in panic. It took the sound of a gun shot to make them silent and come to a stop. The guy was pointing one of his pistols at the cieling and a few chips of the roof fell down. "SILENCE!" And silent is what everyone became. "Now," he began calmly as he pointed his guns back at the four. "Hand over Aleron's girl or I shall be forced to shoot."
Eriol couldn't help but moan. 'Great! First I was stupid for asking Zara out, then I had to listen to her crap, and NOW I have to deal with this guy who wants Tomoyo! Man...this date is the worse one I will ever be on!'
"You listen here Mister!" Tomoyo growled, ignoring the situation they were in. "You expect ME to come with YOU!? You know, you could've just ASKED instead of ruining a perfect date!"
"Actually, I'm GLAD he interrupted us," Eriol grumbled, having an almost thankful look on his face.
"What!?" Zara shrieked. "Are you saying that it was BORING!?"
"That's exaclty what I'm saying!" Eriol replied.
"Why you - " Zara began through gritted teeth.
"Lady, will you SHUT UP!?!" Tomoyo cried out in anger.
"How dare you tell ME to SHUT UP!" Zara snarled. "Take that back!"
"NEVER!"
The man with the gun, along with the other bystanders, including Eriol and Laer, all sweat dropped as the two women continued on with their bickering. It seemed as if their yelling and shouting was soon going to lead to kicking and slapping.
"Ladies..." the man trailed off, his patience slowly thinning away.
"I said to take that back!"
"Ladies...!"
"And I'd like to see you MAKE me!"
"Ladies..!!"
"FINE!" Zara cried out as she raised a hand to slap Tomoyo with.
"LADIES!"
"WHAT!?" They shouted back at him.
"Will you two keep your traps shut before I start shootin' people!" he threatened.
"This has got to be the most oddest date I will ever be on," Laer commented to Eriol.
"I agree," Eriol said, nodding his head. He then extended out a hand. "By the way, I'm Eriol Hirrigazawa."
Laer smiled and shook his hand. "And I'm Laer Bellamy, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Pleasure is all mine," Eriol said, grinning in return. It seemed as if they were deffinitely enjoying themselves even though they were in a dangerous situation.
"HEY!" Zara yelled at the two men.
"THIS ISN'T A TIME TO BE MAKING FRIENDS!" Tomoyo added in.
"And this isn't the time to be making enemies either," Eriol remarked in a matter-of-fact-tone.
The man with the two guns blinked. Once he regained his composure, he glared at them. "Okay, enough of the chit-chat! Hand over the Daidouji girl and no one gets hurt."
"There's none of us that goes by that name," Laer intervined.
"Ah, but there is," he said with a smirk. He pointed one of his guns at Tomoyo. "SHE is Tomoyo Daidouji."
"What is he talking about, Coretta?" Laer asked, looking confused and bewildered.
"It's a long story," Tomoyo said with a sigh. "I'll tell you once we get out of here."
"Let me guess, the money that Aleron gave you wasn't enough from the drugs you gave him so you decided to do more work for that bastard?" Eriol asked, more like stated, in a calm like manner.
"How'd you know?" he asked, looking shocked and dumbfounded.
"I have my ways," Eriol replied with mysterious glint in his eyes.
"Whatever," he growled. "Just hand over the girl! I'm getting impatient!"
"I'm afraid you can't have her," the sapphire eyed man inquired.
He was starting to get annoyed of Eriol. "And why not?"
"Because," was his reply as he whipped out a gun and pointed it at him. Then he took out his badge and flashed it towards him. "You are under arrest."
"You can't be a police!" the man muttered, looking nervous.
"No. I'm not a police." Everyone sent him confused looks. "I am a CIA Agent for England. And insince you've been working for Aleron, then I have all the right to arrest you." Tomoyo stared at him, feeling lied to and betrayed. She knew it all along. He was hidding something about his job from her. "Now, if you'll so kindly as slowly put the guns down, I can bring you to jail."
"There's no way I'm going to jail!" he spat out, his grip on the two guns trembling, making the guns shake also. "I don't care if you are a fuckin' CIA Agent! I ain't listenin' to YOU."
"Oh no! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!!! I'm to young and beautiful to die!!" Zara shrieked out in panic.
"Put a sock in it, Zara," Eriol growled at her, never keeping his gaze off of the man.
Zara snapped her jaws together, sending a glare at the back of Eriol.
"I-I'll shoot!" the man stuttered. "If you don't hand over the girl, then I'll shoot! I swear it! I'll kill all of you!"
Eriol's grip on his gun started to sweat. His body started to tense up and he eyed the guy intently. "Don't be a fool! Put the gun down!"
"NO! YOU put YOUR gun down!" he snapped back. "If you don't, I'll start shooting at people!" He pointed his gun at an innocent bystander who's eyes were wide with fright.
Slowly lowering his gun to the ground, Eriol placed it on the floor and then stood up straight. There was no way he could risk anyone's life. "There. Now leave the girl alone!"
Pointing both pistols at Eriol, he grinded his teeth and glared. "If you value his life, Daidouji, then you'll come with me!"
Tomoyo's eyes darted to Eriol, then to the guy, and back to Eriol again. She admired how the blue haired man managed to keep his cool in the toughest of situations. She sighed. Yes, she valued his life and she didn't wish for him to get shot all because of her. "Alright. I'll go with you."
Laer's and Eriol's eyes went wide.
"Coretta!" Laer objected. "Even though I have no clue as to what's happening here, you can't go!"
She ignored him.
"I won't allow you to go, Tomoyo," Eriol stated sternly, looking down at the amethyst eyed girl with furrowed eye brows.
"But I have to Eriol!" Tomoyo protested. "You'll probably die along with everyone else if I don't! And I don't want that to happen all because of me!"
"Then you'll only be giving Aleron what he wants! Are you really ready to surrdender to him? And are you already giving up? Tomoyo, I've known you since childhood! You never gave up! Why start now?"
"You have to understand..." she said sadly. "Aleron will do anything in his power to get what he wants, even if it means to start killing people. If you guys stood in my way, he'd most likely kill you! And I don't want that!"
"I don't care if I end up dying," he said, determination in his voice. "I promised you that I wouldn't let anything happen to you and I'd be damned if I ever did! I'm not about to go breaking that promise by simply LETTING you hand yourself over!"
She looked stunned and surprised by what he said. For sure she thought they would never speak to each other after their little arguement, but here they were, talking to each other. "Eriol..." She was truly touched by his words.
"Now listen to me, Tomoyo," he began, "don't give yourself in! We'll get out of this, somehow."
"Well? Are you comin' here or not, Daidouji?" the man exclaimed, finally loosing his patience.
Eriol stared deeply into her amethyst eyes, his own sapphire eyes silently begging her not to. Looking away, she closed her eyes and let out a sigh. Re-opening them, she fixed the guy with a firm stare. "No." A relieved sigh could be heard coming from Laer.
"No?" he repeated.
"You heard me," she replied. "No."
He growled, his eyes burning like an enraged wild fire. "That's it! I don't give a fuck if Aleron wants your sorry ass! Your time ends here!" He pointed a gun at Tomoyo.
Eriol acted swiftly. He immediately grabbed his own pistol that he put on the ground and pushed Tomoyo to the side. A gun shot filled the air, and another one followed after that. Tomoyo's eyes went wide and everyone had a look of horror and fright on their faces. The man's eyes were also wide. His gun slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground, his body following after it. Blood flowed from where he was shot and he was dead before he actually hit the ground. Eriol gripped his left arm, his gun on the floor. He was panting as he could feel his own blood dripping down his arm and soaking his shirt. Letting out a grunt, he fell on one knee, finding the pain in his arm unbearable. Tomoyo knelt by him, gazing at him with worried eyes.
"Eriol? Daijoubu desu ka?" Tomoyo asked, changing her dialect to Japanese.
"Hai. Daijoubu," he answered, though it was forceful and his face held a grimacing look.
Her gaze wandered down to his arm that he gripped. She gasped when seeing the blood and she knew the man was able to shoot Eriol in the arm. "Eriol...You're hurt! You're arm..." She was in panic which turned to hysterics. "We have to get you to a doctor!"
"I was just shot in the arm..." Eriol murmured, sending Tomoyo a faint grin. "Nothing serious..."
"Nothing serious!?!" she shrieked, worry evident in her eyes. "You're loosing blood!"
"Tomoyo..." he said in a low voice, a chuckle escaping his mouth. "Seriously, I'm fine."
Police sirens filled the air, followed by ambulance sirens that was coming their way.
Tomoyo hugged Eriol, careful for his wound. Police and doctors started to file into the restaurant. "Eriol, why?"
"Why what?" he breathed out softly.
"Why'd you take the bullet?"
Before he could answer her though, a few doctors gently hauled her away and lifted Eriol up onto a stretcher. He began to protest though, saying that he was just great.
"I mean it!" he continued to persist them to let him go. "I'm okay!!!"
Tomoyo stood up, ignoring Eriol's blood that managed to stain her close. She couldn't help but allow an amused and soft grin to cross her face.
"Oh c'mon! I ain't a little kid anymore!" Eriol cried out, a stubborn and annoyed look on his face as they rushed him towards the ambulance.
"Oh hush up, young man!" an elderly woman scolded. "You should be lucky that bullet didn't get you in your stomach. Then maybe it would've kept you quiet!"
Grinning sweetly and charmingly at her, Eriol sent a wink at Tomoyo. "Not even that can keep me quiet, Ma'am."
The cops came up to them and started to question them. The amethyst eyed woman sighed, making a mental note to go visit Eriol after all of this was through. 'When I get through with these cops...Eriol, you're in SO much trouble! You better have a good excuse for taking that bullet!'
End of Chapter
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(Don't Say You Love Me)
Chapter 5: An Odd Date
By: Azure Rosas
Pulling the car to a stop, he climbed out from the driver's seat as he walked around and opened the passenger's door. Out stepped Tomoyo, staring in awe at the restaurant before her. She always wished to go there but never had the time to. It was a high classed restaurant that was well known throughout Paris. It was just built a few weeks ago and it was already a huge success. She could see couples filing into the building, each one of them wearing wide smiles on their faces. Golden lights shimmered through the windows and whenever the doors opened, light flooded the red carpet. It was a bit dark considering that the snow clouds were growing over head. Fake ice crystals that let out white glows adorned the walls and she couldn't help but think the place was absolutely breath taking.
Feeling a light tug on her left hand, she snapped out of her trance and was met by the amused golden-yellow eyes of Laer. "Well? Are you going to stand there all day and freeze, or are you going to come with me, inside?" he asked, grinning when seeing her blush with embarrassment.
"Ah...yes...of course," Tomoyo replied with a sheepish grin as Laer led her into the restaurant.
Approaching the podium (is that what it's called?), the waiter there glanced up at them from over a pair of square spectacles. "Bonjur Monsieur and Mademoiselle. How may I help you two today?"
"I reserved two seats," Laer answered.
"Name, please?" the waiter asked as he scanned through a few papers.
"Bellamy, Laer."
"Bellamy...Bellamy...Bellamy," he muttered to himself as he continued to skim through a bunch of papers. "Aha! Bellamy! Your table will be ready within five minutes. Please take a seat and we shall call you when it is done."
Nodding in reply, Laer and Tomoyo took a seat as they waited for their table.
Meanwhile...
They continued to walk to wherever Eriol was taking her out for lunch. She sent a few glances at times up at the sapphire eyed man. He was deffinitely handsome indeed. He seemed like the perfect man any girl would just die for, and she had the honor to go on a date with him. Smiling to herself, her grip around his arm gently tightened as she leaned her head against his shoulder.
"Eriol?" Zara suddenly spoke up.
"Yes, Zara?"
"Who was that girl yesterday I saw you with at the café?"
He remained silent at first and she thought he wasn't going to answer her, until he said, "She's...a friend of mines and insince I was new in town, she decided to show me around for the day."
"Oh," was Zara's reply. She noticed that when she asked him that question, his face seemed to go blank.
After that, no more was said and the couple simply walked on in silence. Zara shuddered a bit, wondering why she ever chose to wear the clothes she was wearing now. It was freezing! And look at the clothes she was wearing!
"We're here."
Zara looked up at where they came to a stop at and her eyes went wide with shock. "Wow..."
Inside...
"Bonjur, Monsieur and Mademoiselle," the waiter greeted, peering at them from over his square spectacles. "How may I help you two?"
"I reserved a table for two," Eriol stated.
The waiter at the podium scanned through a few papers. "Name?"
"Hirrigazawa, Eriol."
"Hirrigazawa...Hirrigazawa..." he murmured to himself as he continued to skim through a bunch of sheets. (A/N: Talk about deja vu! ^^;) He came to a stop and smiled. "Ah, yes. Here we are. Your table is ready. Please, follow me."
The waiter led them to a table for two near the window. They took their seats as he placed a menu before them. And then he left, saying he'll come back once they're ready to order. Zara removed her coat, glad she was finally in the warmth of the building. She marveled at the inside of the restaurant with an awe-struck expression.
"How were you able to reserve us a table here?" she questioned in a stunned voice. "This is like...one of the most expensivest places around Paris!" (A/N: I know..."expensivest" is not a word. I didn't know what else to say.)
Eriol only smiled that charming smile of his when seeing how her face looked at the moment.
Meanwhile...
Tomoyo stared out the window of the restaurant, watching as snow started to drift from the sky. She turned her gaze back to Laer and smiled at him. "This is wonderful! How'd you know I've always wanted to come here?"
He blushed and looked down at his empty plate. They were waiting for their food to arrive. "I remember you saying one time, when this place just opened, that you would want to go here...So...I decided to bring you here."
"Oh! You're so sweet Laer!" Tomoyo squealed with gratitude and glee. "Thanks!"
"No problem," Laer replied, flashing her a grin.
Once their food arrived, Tomoyo and Laer began to eat. As they ate, they enjoyed themselves over a cheery conversation. They talked about the past years that Tomoyo has been there, reminiscing on humoress times that took place while they were at work. Their conversation carried on, the amethyst eyed woman never knowing who it was that sat behind her at this very moment.
Meanwhile, Eriol sat in his seat, his food already devoured. He looked like he was listening to every word that Zara was saying, but truth is, his mind was somewhere else and everything that was being said all around him sounded like soft murmurs. He couldn't even hear the lady behind him chattering away with her date. The blue eyed magician was feeling completely bored at the moment and it took all his will power to contain and stifle the yawn that threatened to escape his mouth.
"Hello? Eriol?"
He was snapped back to reality from Zara's hand that was waving in front of his face. "Huh?"
"Are you listening to me?" she asked, slightly holding doubt in her voice.
'No...and I wish you would just shut up!' Eriol thought to himself mentally, never caring how rude his thoughts sounded at the moment. "Yes."
She smiled and continued to babble on about God only knows what! Resting his left elbow on the table, he leaned his cheek against his palm as he studied the people around the restaurant with half opened eye lids. Their mouths continued to move but what they were saying, he couldn't comprehend. He was just SO bored out of his mind at the moment. It was a wonder to him why he even bothered to ask the girl out. He should've known the date would've been boring. The merry chattering behind him continued on and all he wanted to do was tell everyone in there to just shut up!
"Would you please excuse me?" Eriol questioned, interrupting Zara. Not waiting for an answer, he pushed his chair back and made his way to the bathroom, simply to get away from her and her talking.
Tomoyo placed her fork down as their talking came to a short cease. "Um, I'll be right back. I just need to use the bathroom."
"Alright," Laer replied as she got up and made her way to the bathroom, which was the opposite way of the men's bathroom. So that means, the men's is at one side of the building, and the women's is on the other side (Just t'let ya'll know ^-^).
Turning on the faucet, Eriol cupped his hands together as water splashed into it. He then splattered it against his face, enjoying the cool sensation it brought to him. Grabbing a few napkins, he dried his face off and stared at himself in the mirror. Glancing at his wrist watch, it read 12:45 p.m. An hour barely passed and he was bored. Groaning and rolling his eyes, he prepared himself to return back to his seat and listen to more of Zara's babbling. Pushing the door open, he made his way calmly back to his table.
When Tomoyo was done with her own little business, she washed her hands, dried them on a napkin, and then made her way back to the table. She was nearing her table when her shoulders bumped against someone.
"Sorry," they apologized in unison, not bothering to take a single glance at the other as they took their seats. And once they did, their eyes snapped wide open and they were up on their feets, pointing at each other as they cried out in unison, "YOU!"
"What are you doing here!?!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"What am I doing here? What are you doing here?" Eriol shot back. By this time, all eyes were on them. He then took note of Laer. "And who's he?"
"That's none of your business," Tomoyo shot back haughtily. She then noticed who his date was and a look of outrage was shown clearly on her face. "And what are you doing with her!?"
He snapped back with the same haughty tone and reply. Zara was glaring at Tomoyo. She thought for sure that she would never see her again! Her gaze fell on Laer and she hid a smirk. He was deffinitely a lot better looking than Eriol.
"You guys...er...maybe we should take this outside?" Laer suggested as he stood up, a sweat drop running down the back of his head. "People are staring at you two..."
Eyes turning to dots, they looked at everyone and blushed a bright crimson from embarrassment.
"Maybe you're right," Tomoyo said with a sheepish and nervous laugh.
The two men dumped whatever money they found in their pockets. They never really knew they were paying more than they needed, but the waiters or waitresses weren't about to complain. All four was about to exit the building when a voice stopped them.
"Hold it right there! None of you are leaving!"
"Oh great, what now?" Tomoyo moaned, feeling annoyed and irritated as they turned around. Her eyes, along with the others, went wide. A man, that Eriol recognized as the one who swapped drugs for money with Aleron, stood a few feet away from them, pointing two pistols at them, one in either hand.
Everyone in the restaurant was up in panic. It took the sound of a gun shot to make them silent and come to a stop. The guy was pointing one of his pistols at the cieling and a few chips of the roof fell down. "SILENCE!" And silent is what everyone became. "Now," he began calmly as he pointed his guns back at the four. "Hand over Aleron's girl or I shall be forced to shoot."
Eriol couldn't help but moan. 'Great! First I was stupid for asking Zara out, then I had to listen to her crap, and NOW I have to deal with this guy who wants Tomoyo! Man...this date is the worse one I will ever be on!'
"You listen here Mister!" Tomoyo growled, ignoring the situation they were in. "You expect ME to come with YOU!? You know, you could've just ASKED instead of ruining a perfect date!"
"Actually, I'm GLAD he interrupted us," Eriol grumbled, having an almost thankful look on his face.
"What!?" Zara shrieked. "Are you saying that it was BORING!?"
"That's exaclty what I'm saying!" Eriol replied.
"Why you - " Zara began through gritted teeth.
"Lady, will you SHUT UP!?!" Tomoyo cried out in anger.
"How dare you tell ME to SHUT UP!" Zara snarled. "Take that back!"
"NEVER!"
The man with the gun, along with the other bystanders, including Eriol and Laer, all sweat dropped as the two women continued on with their bickering. It seemed as if their yelling and shouting was soon going to lead to kicking and slapping.
"Ladies..." the man trailed off, his patience slowly thinning away.
"I said to take that back!"
"Ladies...!"
"And I'd like to see you MAKE me!"
"Ladies..!!"
"FINE!" Zara cried out as she raised a hand to slap Tomoyo with.
"LADIES!"
"WHAT!?" They shouted back at him.
"Will you two keep your traps shut before I start shootin' people!" he threatened.
"This has got to be the most oddest date I will ever be on," Laer commented to Eriol.
"I agree," Eriol said, nodding his head. He then extended out a hand. "By the way, I'm Eriol Hirrigazawa."
Laer smiled and shook his hand. "And I'm Laer Bellamy, it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Pleasure is all mine," Eriol said, grinning in return. It seemed as if they were deffinitely enjoying themselves even though they were in a dangerous situation.
"HEY!" Zara yelled at the two men.
"THIS ISN'T A TIME TO BE MAKING FRIENDS!" Tomoyo added in.
"And this isn't the time to be making enemies either," Eriol remarked in a matter-of-fact-tone.
The man with the two guns blinked. Once he regained his composure, he glared at them. "Okay, enough of the chit-chat! Hand over the Daidouji girl and no one gets hurt."
"There's none of us that goes by that name," Laer intervined.
"Ah, but there is," he said with a smirk. He pointed one of his guns at Tomoyo. "SHE is Tomoyo Daidouji."
"What is he talking about, Coretta?" Laer asked, looking confused and bewildered.
"It's a long story," Tomoyo said with a sigh. "I'll tell you once we get out of here."
"Let me guess, the money that Aleron gave you wasn't enough from the drugs you gave him so you decided to do more work for that bastard?" Eriol asked, more like stated, in a calm like manner.
"How'd you know?" he asked, looking shocked and dumbfounded.
"I have my ways," Eriol replied with mysterious glint in his eyes.
"Whatever," he growled. "Just hand over the girl! I'm getting impatient!"
"I'm afraid you can't have her," the sapphire eyed man inquired.
He was starting to get annoyed of Eriol. "And why not?"
"Because," was his reply as he whipped out a gun and pointed it at him. Then he took out his badge and flashed it towards him. "You are under arrest."
"You can't be a police!" the man muttered, looking nervous.
"No. I'm not a police." Everyone sent him confused looks. "I am a CIA Agent for England. And insince you've been working for Aleron, then I have all the right to arrest you." Tomoyo stared at him, feeling lied to and betrayed. She knew it all along. He was hidding something about his job from her. "Now, if you'll so kindly as slowly put the guns down, I can bring you to jail."
"There's no way I'm going to jail!" he spat out, his grip on the two guns trembling, making the guns shake also. "I don't care if you are a fuckin' CIA Agent! I ain't listenin' to YOU."
"Oh no! I'm gonna die! I'm gonna die!!! I'm to young and beautiful to die!!" Zara shrieked out in panic.
"Put a sock in it, Zara," Eriol growled at her, never keeping his gaze off of the man.
Zara snapped her jaws together, sending a glare at the back of Eriol.
"I-I'll shoot!" the man stuttered. "If you don't hand over the girl, then I'll shoot! I swear it! I'll kill all of you!"
Eriol's grip on his gun started to sweat. His body started to tense up and he eyed the guy intently. "Don't be a fool! Put the gun down!"
"NO! YOU put YOUR gun down!" he snapped back. "If you don't, I'll start shooting at people!" He pointed his gun at an innocent bystander who's eyes were wide with fright.
Slowly lowering his gun to the ground, Eriol placed it on the floor and then stood up straight. There was no way he could risk anyone's life. "There. Now leave the girl alone!"
Pointing both pistols at Eriol, he grinded his teeth and glared. "If you value his life, Daidouji, then you'll come with me!"
Tomoyo's eyes darted to Eriol, then to the guy, and back to Eriol again. She admired how the blue haired man managed to keep his cool in the toughest of situations. She sighed. Yes, she valued his life and she didn't wish for him to get shot all because of her. "Alright. I'll go with you."
Laer's and Eriol's eyes went wide.
"Coretta!" Laer objected. "Even though I have no clue as to what's happening here, you can't go!"
She ignored him.
"I won't allow you to go, Tomoyo," Eriol stated sternly, looking down at the amethyst eyed girl with furrowed eye brows.
"But I have to Eriol!" Tomoyo protested. "You'll probably die along with everyone else if I don't! And I don't want that to happen all because of me!"
"Then you'll only be giving Aleron what he wants! Are you really ready to surrdender to him? And are you already giving up? Tomoyo, I've known you since childhood! You never gave up! Why start now?"
"You have to understand..." she said sadly. "Aleron will do anything in his power to get what he wants, even if it means to start killing people. If you guys stood in my way, he'd most likely kill you! And I don't want that!"
"I don't care if I end up dying," he said, determination in his voice. "I promised you that I wouldn't let anything happen to you and I'd be damned if I ever did! I'm not about to go breaking that promise by simply LETTING you hand yourself over!"
She looked stunned and surprised by what he said. For sure she thought they would never speak to each other after their little arguement, but here they were, talking to each other. "Eriol..." She was truly touched by his words.
"Now listen to me, Tomoyo," he began, "don't give yourself in! We'll get out of this, somehow."
"Well? Are you comin' here or not, Daidouji?" the man exclaimed, finally loosing his patience.
Eriol stared deeply into her amethyst eyes, his own sapphire eyes silently begging her not to. Looking away, she closed her eyes and let out a sigh. Re-opening them, she fixed the guy with a firm stare. "No." A relieved sigh could be heard coming from Laer.
"No?" he repeated.
"You heard me," she replied. "No."
He growled, his eyes burning like an enraged wild fire. "That's it! I don't give a fuck if Aleron wants your sorry ass! Your time ends here!" He pointed a gun at Tomoyo.
Eriol acted swiftly. He immediately grabbed his own pistol that he put on the ground and pushed Tomoyo to the side. A gun shot filled the air, and another one followed after that. Tomoyo's eyes went wide and everyone had a look of horror and fright on their faces. The man's eyes were also wide. His gun slipped from his grasp and fell to the ground, his body following after it. Blood flowed from where he was shot and he was dead before he actually hit the ground. Eriol gripped his left arm, his gun on the floor. He was panting as he could feel his own blood dripping down his arm and soaking his shirt. Letting out a grunt, he fell on one knee, finding the pain in his arm unbearable. Tomoyo knelt by him, gazing at him with worried eyes.
"Eriol? Daijoubu desu ka?" Tomoyo asked, changing her dialect to Japanese.
"Hai. Daijoubu," he answered, though it was forceful and his face held a grimacing look.
Her gaze wandered down to his arm that he gripped. She gasped when seeing the blood and she knew the man was able to shoot Eriol in the arm. "Eriol...You're hurt! You're arm..." She was in panic which turned to hysterics. "We have to get you to a doctor!"
"I was just shot in the arm..." Eriol murmured, sending Tomoyo a faint grin. "Nothing serious..."
"Nothing serious!?!" she shrieked, worry evident in her eyes. "You're loosing blood!"
"Tomoyo..." he said in a low voice, a chuckle escaping his mouth. "Seriously, I'm fine."
Police sirens filled the air, followed by ambulance sirens that was coming their way.
Tomoyo hugged Eriol, careful for his wound. Police and doctors started to file into the restaurant. "Eriol, why?"
"Why what?" he breathed out softly.
"Why'd you take the bullet?"
Before he could answer her though, a few doctors gently hauled her away and lifted Eriol up onto a stretcher. He began to protest though, saying that he was just great.
"I mean it!" he continued to persist them to let him go. "I'm okay!!!"
Tomoyo stood up, ignoring Eriol's blood that managed to stain her close. She couldn't help but allow an amused and soft grin to cross her face.
"Oh c'mon! I ain't a little kid anymore!" Eriol cried out, a stubborn and annoyed look on his face as they rushed him towards the ambulance.
"Oh hush up, young man!" an elderly woman scolded. "You should be lucky that bullet didn't get you in your stomach. Then maybe it would've kept you quiet!"
Grinning sweetly and charmingly at her, Eriol sent a wink at Tomoyo. "Not even that can keep me quiet, Ma'am."
The cops came up to them and started to question them. The amethyst eyed woman sighed, making a mental note to go visit Eriol after all of this was through. 'When I get through with these cops...Eriol, you're in SO much trouble! You better have a good excuse for taking that bullet!'
End of Chapter
Azure Rosas: Ohohoho! Eriol's in TROUBLE! -insane giggles- Hehehe! Welp, are ya'll glad I finally got this chapter posted? I am! Took me a while to type this up but I managed to get the job done! ^.^ 'n'-e-who, lemme thank these nice people for reviewing:
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