A New Semester of Love
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Chapter 3: A New Beginning
"It seems like a long time since we've been here, hasn't it?" Tomoyo asked as the group looked around at the university around them. Tomoyo and her mother Sonomi, as well as Sakura, Touya, Fujitaka, Syaoran, and Eriol were all standing before a small but pretty dorm, a better one than the one they had been in last year.
"It's still a coed dorm, right?" Touya asked, looking unhappily at the two younger men standing beside him.
"Yeah, but it'll be fine," Sakura replied, starting to make her way up the steps to the main door of the building.
As they group began walking, Touya reached out and grabbed Syaoran's arm, pulling him behind the main group. "You will watch over Sakura this year, right? If anything happens to her again this year, you're going to have to deal with me."
Syaoran looked at Sakura's brother staring down at him so seriously. "Of course I'll make sure nothing happens to her. I won't let anybody hurt her again."
Touya just stared at him for a moment longer and then finally let go of his arm. He walked on, leaving Syaoran to stand there alone a moment longer and then he caught up with the rest of the group already in the main lobby of the dorm.
They all quickly signed in, got their keys and made there way up to their rooms, getting all their stuff moved in only a few trips each. And after a few hugs and after making sure they would all be fine, Sonomi, Fujitaka, and Touya left, leaving the students on their own again for the second year. Tomoyo and Sakura were rooming together like before. Syaoran and Eriol were both one floor above them; there rooms only a few doors down from each other.
"It's going to take forever to unpack everything again," Tomoyo said looking around at all the boxes and bags that were cluttering their room.
"Yeah, but for some reason, I really like packing and unpacking," Sakura commented. "It's fun because you get to go through all your stuff again and organize everything."
"That is true," Tomoyo agreed, starting to open the boxes containing her stuff. On top of the very first one was a special bag that she had made herself. She smiled as she looked at it and peaked in to see one of her most treasured possessions, a tiny eraser that Sakura had given her so very, very long ago near the time they had become close friends. We've been through a lot since then…she's been through so much more…and she's still so nice, and her heart is so beautiful…I'm so lucky to have her as a friend… She turned to smile at her best friend who was happily unpacking her things. She turned back to the boxes at her feet and began to unpack some more. It'll be fun to room with her again…
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Tomoyo sighed happily as she quickly made her way to her first class a few days later. It was taking all her concentration to make her way through the many puddles covering the wet ground and to hold her umbrella up over her despite the strong rain and wind trying their best to knock the umbrella out of her grasp. Why does it have to rain on the first day of classes anyway?
She looked around her at the other students also struggling to get to class. It was quite early in the morning so there weren't as many students around as there would be in an hour. It's nice to be back…despite the rain…
She jumped as suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder. Turning, her eyes widened as she saw Eriol trying his best to keep himself under her umbrella.
"Good morning, Tomoyo-san," he said, smiling at her. "Nice day, isn't it?"
She smiled back at him. "Good morning to you too, Eriol-kun. Forget your umbrella?"
"That's right. It completely slipped my mind when I was packing to come here. You don't mind if I share yours though, do you?"
"Of course not," she replied. "Where are you heading?"
"To the history building."
"That's good. It's right next to where I'm going," Tomoyo said.
"What's your first class?" he asker her.
"Film Lecture. Yours?"
"World Civ."
"Ah…I took that last year. What professor do you have?"
"I'm not sure, let me check," he said, starting to dig through his bag as they walked, trying to keep it out of the reach of the still falling rain. He quickly found his schedule. "Shimoji," he read.
"That's who I had last year," Tomoyo told him. "He was a really nice professor. You should like him. He was pretty easy too as long as you go to class. His tests were pretty much based on his lectures."
"That's good," he said, putting his schedule away and looking up at the history building that they were now walking in front of. "I'll see you later," he said, starting to walk away. "Have a good day!" he called, waving back at her before he hurriedly walked into the building and out of the rain.
Tomoyo smiled. She looked up at the rain and continued walking to her own class. I think it will be a good day.
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"So, you're the first one here?" Sakura asked, walking up to the table Syaoran was sitting at alone in the dining center. They had all agreed to meet together there that night.
"Yanagisawa-san (Naoko) and Sasaki-san (Rika) are getting food. They left their bags here," he said, motioning to the two bags sitting in two chairs across from him.
Sakura placed her tray of food down on the table next to his and sat down beside him. "How was your first day of classes?"
"It went okay I guess. My professors seem easy enough," he replied. "How about your day? Was it good?"
Sakura nodded. "My classes seem interesting so far. I'm just glad I don't have to have any kind of math this year."
Syaoran smiled at her, remembering all the times he had seen her struggling with her math homework. I always liked helping her with it though… "That is good for you, isn't it? I still have a little more math to take before I'm done with it though."
"Poor Syaoran…but you like math, so it's okay, right?" she asked.
"Yeah it is," he said, taking one of her hands into his and squeezing it gently. A sudden noise behind him made him quickly drop her hand. They both looked behind them to see Tomoyo hiding behind a corner of the wall filming them, smiling widely at them as they caught her watching them.
"Well hello there," she said, still smiling and still filming. They sweatdropped.
"Will you please turn that off?" Syaoran asked, sighing. Tomoyo just shook her head and kept her position.
A quiet laugh, however, did catch her attention. She swung the camera to face the direction the
laugh had come from. She smiled wider as
she saw Eriol in the view of the camera.
"Still can't put that camera down, Tomoyo-san?" he asked.
She blushed a little and finally turned the camera off, coming over to the table and sitting down beside Sakura. "Of course not. I never will."
He smiled too, and sat down in the last empty chair beside her. "You wouldn't be the same if you ever did. And I like you as you are now, so I guess I'm happy you'll be using that camera forever."
She blushed even more and looked down at the empty spot on the table in front of her. "I'll be right back. I guess I need to go get some food."
"Me too. I'll come with you," he said, following Tomoyo as she stood and began walking away. Tomoyo just blushed a little more, keeping her face forward and out of his line of vision.
Sakura and Syaoran smiled at the two as they left, then turned and smiled at each other as they disappeared from sight. Sakura let out a tiny giggle. "I really don't think they need our help."
"I agree," Syaoran said, leaning over and quickly kissing her cheek. Sakura blushed and looked away off in the direction Tomoyo and Eriol had just disappeared. She smiled. I really hope they realize soon how much they like each other. They'll be so happy together…
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End of Chapter 3
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