Sakura slammed her locker shut, growling under her breath.
"That bastard." She muttered under her breath, giving a quick glare to the people staring after her, whispering like they always did.
"I should have never come here anyways." Her steps quickened as she weaved her way around the crowded hallway.
It happened again. Anthony had tried it -again.- Grabbing her wrist, snapping her bra, whistling cat calls, and driving her insane. It's a good thing she had decided to wear her baggy shirt today.
She looked down at the shirt. It was green.
Sakura directed her eyes upward. Why does everything remind her of -him-? It had been two whole years already.
Maybe she should have stayed at Japan. Maybe she shouldn't have accepted the college application here in England. But it was the only chance to actually begin in her life-long dream of having a career in art. Unfortunately the people here had gotten a bad first impression of her, and the prejudice had never really stopped from there.
But she had to go.
She couldn't stay there. Not if Syaoran had been there.
There with his engagement, with his fiancé. With her best friend.
With Tomoyo.
They had taken a short trip to China to prepare for the wedding. Sakura hadn't been able to hold it in when she heard the news. That it was actually happening. She had packed the night they left, leaving also.
No news, no letters, no calls, no nothing. The only person who knew was her family and Eriol. He had solemnly promised her not to tell them where she was going. He only knew what apartment she was staying in, and what college she was attending.
"Watch out lady!" Sakura jerked her head, turning to see some guy flicking her off while turning sharply at the corner she was standing.
"Oh wow, two bastards in one day." She heard herself say under her breath, trudging along the sidewalk.
She hadn't really been her social cheerful self when she had come to England. It was like she had become a whole new person. And it wasn't for the better.
Sakura stopped short when she heard screeching just ahead of her. A nice looking dark blue car swerved into sight and circled the block, and came back again, swirling in crazy circles around and around.
Sakura looked at the driver, and could see that he was frantically trying to control the wheel, his arms flying everywhere.
"Eriol?"
She stepped into the street, trying to get a better look at the car that was now tilting dangerously to the side and landed with a small *Boom!*
Walking closer with a little more confidence now, she tapped at the window of the now rooted car that was releasing small whiffs of smoke.
The window rolled down, and Eriol smiled sheepishly at her. But the grin disappeared when sirens were heard in the distance.
"Get in!" Eriol hissed urgently, unlocking the door.
"What?"
"Just get in!!"
Sakura wrestled out of her back pack and put it in, before getting practically pulled into the car, her wrist red now.
Rubbing it, she turned to the very concentrated guy next to her.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" She said, trying to hold back a laugh at Eriol's expression and poor driving skills, but it kind of jerked as the car tilted to the right, before righting itself.
"I'm not used to driving on the left side again okay?" He turned a sharp left.
"I don't really have to worry about that because I don't have a car to drive you know-"
Her body pulled forward and her hands plopped onto the windshield stopping from bashing her head as Eriol's foot pressed hard on the brakes.
"Whoops forgot to put on that seat belt-"
"GET DOWN!"
Sakura ducked her head after giving Eriol a strange look.
The sirens wailed past them fading in the distance. They obviously didn't notice the car parked in the driveway in a small home.
"Whew we were lucky that time." Eriol wiped some sweat off his forehead.
"What are you doing here anyways?" Sakura dusted herself off, getting a few breaths for air.
"Do you realize how long I've been driving around this place looking for you? It took forever just to find the college! Then I went to your apartment, but you weren't there, and then I started to drive back to the college, but then the police..."
Sakura rolled her eyes. "You didn't answer my question! Why are you here?"
Eriol smiled. "What? I can't even drop by to say hi?"
"Meh, I don't know."
"I just came to tell you the good news!"
Sakura sat up. "What good news?"
"Me and my wife are gonna have a baby!"
Sakura lifted an eyebrow. "You have a wife?"
Eriol gave her a funny look. "Well duh, I wrote to you remember?"
"Wrote?"
"..." Eriol groaned. "You mean you didn't get any letters?"
Sakura shook her head.
"Then where did all the letters go?"
Sakura shrugged. "Don't ask me."
"Well, then I'll tell you everything now. Tomoyo and Syaoran cancelled the wedding when they heard you disappeared. Tomoyo called me almost everyday demanding me to tell her where you went. Very sharp she is, she knew I knew something."
Sakura closed her eyes. She missed Tomoyo so much.
"And then when I wouldn't tell her, she came over to my house and began to pound me, trying that hard to get that information. We spent a lot of time together, and here we are! Were gonna have a baby in 6 months."
Sakura choked. "You and Tomoyo?"
"Yep."
"Syaoran's not married to her?"
"Nope."
"You had sex with Tomoyo?!"
It was Eriol's turn to choke. "That is information I shall keep to myself."
Sakura plopped her head back on the chair after the laughter died down. "I hate it here." She managed to whisper, her eyes stubbornly pushing out tears.
"Then go back. Someone misses you." Was the only answer.
Sakura felt herself nod, and she opened the door and stepped out of the car. "Thanks for telling me Eriol." She gave him a small smile. He smiled back
"But you better hurry and go, because I think I can hear some sirens again."
"WHAT?!" The sound of the car starting up filled the air mixing with Sakura's ringing laughter.
"Meanie." Eriol stuck out his tongue before he took out a paper and wrote something down on it.
"Call him." He said, reaching out his hand through the open window. "I'm sure you would like to hear his voice. Not to mention he might like you hear yours."
Sakura took the paper, cradling it in her fingers. The numbers stood out boldly on the white paper. Like snow and blood.
"I will."
"Well, ja ne, and I better see you at Japan in time for Tomoyo's baby shower. She misses you a lot you know."
Sakura nodded and held the paper closer to her, fighting the lump in her throat as the car sped away.
Slowly taking a step towards the payphone, then another, and another.
Punching the numbers in one by one, she stopped at the last one, deciding whether she should or not.
Her finger hovered over it, until it finally sunk into the '7.'
After a ring and a half, a hoarse voice answered, "Hello?"
"Hello."
"Sakura?"
~~~~~*~~~~~~
ANOTHER FIC! xD yesyes, I have to continue on the rest, but I felt like this. ) I didn't even know how it was gonna go. At first it was a poem, then a song fic, then a one shot, and then I decided to make it a story. xD Wellz, please R+R! ^ ^
"That bastard." She muttered under her breath, giving a quick glare to the people staring after her, whispering like they always did.
"I should have never come here anyways." Her steps quickened as she weaved her way around the crowded hallway.
It happened again. Anthony had tried it -again.- Grabbing her wrist, snapping her bra, whistling cat calls, and driving her insane. It's a good thing she had decided to wear her baggy shirt today.
She looked down at the shirt. It was green.
Sakura directed her eyes upward. Why does everything remind her of -him-? It had been two whole years already.
Maybe she should have stayed at Japan. Maybe she shouldn't have accepted the college application here in England. But it was the only chance to actually begin in her life-long dream of having a career in art. Unfortunately the people here had gotten a bad first impression of her, and the prejudice had never really stopped from there.
But she had to go.
She couldn't stay there. Not if Syaoran had been there.
There with his engagement, with his fiancé. With her best friend.
With Tomoyo.
They had taken a short trip to China to prepare for the wedding. Sakura hadn't been able to hold it in when she heard the news. That it was actually happening. She had packed the night they left, leaving also.
No news, no letters, no calls, no nothing. The only person who knew was her family and Eriol. He had solemnly promised her not to tell them where she was going. He only knew what apartment she was staying in, and what college she was attending.
"Watch out lady!" Sakura jerked her head, turning to see some guy flicking her off while turning sharply at the corner she was standing.
"Oh wow, two bastards in one day." She heard herself say under her breath, trudging along the sidewalk.
She hadn't really been her social cheerful self when she had come to England. It was like she had become a whole new person. And it wasn't for the better.
Sakura stopped short when she heard screeching just ahead of her. A nice looking dark blue car swerved into sight and circled the block, and came back again, swirling in crazy circles around and around.
Sakura looked at the driver, and could see that he was frantically trying to control the wheel, his arms flying everywhere.
"Eriol?"
She stepped into the street, trying to get a better look at the car that was now tilting dangerously to the side and landed with a small *Boom!*
Walking closer with a little more confidence now, she tapped at the window of the now rooted car that was releasing small whiffs of smoke.
The window rolled down, and Eriol smiled sheepishly at her. But the grin disappeared when sirens were heard in the distance.
"Get in!" Eriol hissed urgently, unlocking the door.
"What?"
"Just get in!!"
Sakura wrestled out of her back pack and put it in, before getting practically pulled into the car, her wrist red now.
Rubbing it, she turned to the very concentrated guy next to her.
"Why are you in such a hurry?" She said, trying to hold back a laugh at Eriol's expression and poor driving skills, but it kind of jerked as the car tilted to the right, before righting itself.
"I'm not used to driving on the left side again okay?" He turned a sharp left.
"I don't really have to worry about that because I don't have a car to drive you know-"
Her body pulled forward and her hands plopped onto the windshield stopping from bashing her head as Eriol's foot pressed hard on the brakes.
"Whoops forgot to put on that seat belt-"
"GET DOWN!"
Sakura ducked her head after giving Eriol a strange look.
The sirens wailed past them fading in the distance. They obviously didn't notice the car parked in the driveway in a small home.
"Whew we were lucky that time." Eriol wiped some sweat off his forehead.
"What are you doing here anyways?" Sakura dusted herself off, getting a few breaths for air.
"Do you realize how long I've been driving around this place looking for you? It took forever just to find the college! Then I went to your apartment, but you weren't there, and then I started to drive back to the college, but then the police..."
Sakura rolled her eyes. "You didn't answer my question! Why are you here?"
Eriol smiled. "What? I can't even drop by to say hi?"
"Meh, I don't know."
"I just came to tell you the good news!"
Sakura sat up. "What good news?"
"Me and my wife are gonna have a baby!"
Sakura lifted an eyebrow. "You have a wife?"
Eriol gave her a funny look. "Well duh, I wrote to you remember?"
"Wrote?"
"..." Eriol groaned. "You mean you didn't get any letters?"
Sakura shook her head.
"Then where did all the letters go?"
Sakura shrugged. "Don't ask me."
"Well, then I'll tell you everything now. Tomoyo and Syaoran cancelled the wedding when they heard you disappeared. Tomoyo called me almost everyday demanding me to tell her where you went. Very sharp she is, she knew I knew something."
Sakura closed her eyes. She missed Tomoyo so much.
"And then when I wouldn't tell her, she came over to my house and began to pound me, trying that hard to get that information. We spent a lot of time together, and here we are! Were gonna have a baby in 6 months."
Sakura choked. "You and Tomoyo?"
"Yep."
"Syaoran's not married to her?"
"Nope."
"You had sex with Tomoyo?!"
It was Eriol's turn to choke. "That is information I shall keep to myself."
Sakura plopped her head back on the chair after the laughter died down. "I hate it here." She managed to whisper, her eyes stubbornly pushing out tears.
"Then go back. Someone misses you." Was the only answer.
Sakura felt herself nod, and she opened the door and stepped out of the car. "Thanks for telling me Eriol." She gave him a small smile. He smiled back
"But you better hurry and go, because I think I can hear some sirens again."
"WHAT?!" The sound of the car starting up filled the air mixing with Sakura's ringing laughter.
"Meanie." Eriol stuck out his tongue before he took out a paper and wrote something down on it.
"Call him." He said, reaching out his hand through the open window. "I'm sure you would like to hear his voice. Not to mention he might like you hear yours."
Sakura took the paper, cradling it in her fingers. The numbers stood out boldly on the white paper. Like snow and blood.
"I will."
"Well, ja ne, and I better see you at Japan in time for Tomoyo's baby shower. She misses you a lot you know."
Sakura nodded and held the paper closer to her, fighting the lump in her throat as the car sped away.
Slowly taking a step towards the payphone, then another, and another.
Punching the numbers in one by one, she stopped at the last one, deciding whether she should or not.
Her finger hovered over it, until it finally sunk into the '7.'
After a ring and a half, a hoarse voice answered, "Hello?"
"Hello."
"Sakura?"
~~~~~*~~~~~~
ANOTHER FIC! xD yesyes, I have to continue on the rest, but I felt like this. ) I didn't even know how it was gonna go. At first it was a poem, then a song fic, then a one shot, and then I decided to make it a story. xD Wellz, please R+R! ^ ^