Sakura held the phone a little closer to her ear. "Hey there."
"Sakura?! Where have you been?!"
"I just-"
"Do you know how much we worried about you? How much -I- worried about you? Are you coming back? It's been two years dammit!"
Sakura felt her own voice growing hoarse as she tried to answer. "I'm so sorry..."
She heard Syaoran take a few breathes, as he sighed into the receiver.
"It's nice to hear your voice again Syaoran." Sakura spoke softly, meaning every word.
"It's nicer to hear yours." Was the answer.
Sakura smiled. "So you're not married to Tomoyo? You're not going away? You missed me?"
"No, No, and Yes. So much."
"Really?"
"Really."
Sakura leaned against the glass, and closed her eyes. It was real. "Then why did you ask Tomoyo to marry you?"
"Because I thought I loved her. I really did. But-"
Sakura pulled herself up and leaned over the phone. "But?"
"But when you were gone, I realized...Tomoyo wasn't the reason I loved to go to the beach and have fun, the reason that I went out with you guys to have a simple ice cream, the reason that I loved to stay in on rainy days and watch scary movies to see you scream. It was you all along. You, you, you."
"You don't know the pain Syaoran. How much I went through to watch you guys."
Sakura felt shivers when she heard his voice again. "Oh yes I do. I felt it when you left me. I guess absence really does make the heart grow fonder doesn't it?" He was whispering now.
"Yes." She managed to choke out. "It does."
"So you're coming back?" His voice was tinged with hope.
"Yes."
"For me?"
"Yes."
"Really, truly?"
"Really, truly."
She heard him sigh. "I love you."
Had she heard right? Was it her imagination?
"What did you say?"
"I said," Syaoran stopped to breathe one more time. "I love you."
Sakura smiled. It was true. He did love her. For reals. "I love you too. More than you will ever know."
"I think I know."
"Syaoran?"
"Yes?"
"Can you send me plane tickets? I don't have the money."
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Xiaolang!" Seifa rushed into the room. "We have the decorations all set up, and we just have to move the bed and couch in. I think the bathroom needs new plumbing too, don't you think?"
Syaoran ran his hand through his mussed hair. "You didn't put new plumbing in the bathroom?! Sakura's coming the day after tomorrow!"
"I know, I know! Should we just call the plumber today? Or have it done after she settles in?"
"Call and ask how long it would take to get it installed. If it can be done by tonight, then definitely. But if they can't, we'll have to do it while Sakura's here."
Seifa nodded and hurried out, while Syaoran plopped himself onto his chair. "She's really coming. I'm going to see her again."
Then he cursed. "What should I wear to the airport?!"
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Argh, what should I wear to the plane?!" Sakura tugged at her huge green shirt, and really faded-washed-out-almost-white jeans. "I need something nice!"
After looking through her drawers, her closet, her dresser, and her bag, she couldn't find anything that could be good enough for Syaoran.
"Well...I -did- save up from tutoring last year." She glanced at her watch. "And the mall's not closed for another hour or so..."
She bit her lip, grabbed her black bag, poured all the contents out, and grabbed some money. Digging into her closet for her nice stylish purse, she stuck the wallet, her license, keys, and makeup into it, and stepped out the door.
"Sakura?"
Sakura turned her head to see Nia, her neighbor, looking at her down the hall.
"Yea?"
"Do you know anyone named Eriol? I think I got like 14 letters from him, and it says your name on it. And do you know who Tomoyo is? And a baby who has pretty-blue-purplish-eyes-with-bluish-purplish-hair-with-the-biggest- grin-the-world-had-ever-seen?"
Sakura suppressed a giggle. Silly Eriol, he must have written the wrong address.
"Yea, I think they're mine. Can you give them to me when I get back?"
Nia smiled when she saw Sakura's purse. It was different. "Sure! I'll do just that."
Sakura sighed and walked down the stairs, out the door, into the lobby, and to her car.
She hadn't gone shopping in quite a while.
~~~~~*~~~~~
*"Attention all shoppers. We will be closing in approximetally 10 minutes. Please prepare to leave. The mall with close in 10 minutes."*
Sakura gave an exasperated sigh. She couldn't find -anything- that was for her in this place. In this predicament, there was only one thing to do.
Sakura rushed around frantically looking for a payphone, and when she found one, she couldn't find a quarter. Digging around for a bill, she sped to the cashier at one corner, got the change, and hurriedly dialed.
"Hello?"
"Tomoyo!"
"SAKURA!! GAAAH WHERE WERE YOU?! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN!!"
Sakura pulled the receiver away from her ear, and could still hear Tomoyo ranting.
"Tomoyo..."
"-AND IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS!! DID YOU KNOW THAT ERIOL AND I GOT MARRIED? OUR GIRL'S NAME IS DESTINY, AND SHE'S THE SWEETEST THING AND-"
"Tomoyo! It's a fashion crisis! I need help!!"
There was silence.
"Are you at a mall?"
"Yes."
"In England?"
"Yes."
"Okay, describe all the stores to me, the merchandise, the clothes, the shoes, everything. You're getting clothes because you're coming back right? For Syaoran right?"
Sakura giggled. Tomoyo knew her so well even though they had been away from each other for two whole years.
"Okay, the first store is a shoe store. It's pretty moderately priced, and the shoes are good, but I don't know about brown. Do you think that's a good color for me? Or should I get a khaki skirt with that?"
So in the span of exactly 6 minutes and 42 seconds, Tomoyo defied the law of time, and walked Sakura through the whole mall, and got her -the- perfect outfit.
Sakura walked out of that place with two huge bags at her arms, and a huge smile on her face. She was going back tomorrow.
~~~~~*~~~~~
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"Sakura?! Where have you been?!"
"I just-"
"Do you know how much we worried about you? How much -I- worried about you? Are you coming back? It's been two years dammit!"
Sakura felt her own voice growing hoarse as she tried to answer. "I'm so sorry..."
She heard Syaoran take a few breathes, as he sighed into the receiver.
"It's nice to hear your voice again Syaoran." Sakura spoke softly, meaning every word.
"It's nicer to hear yours." Was the answer.
Sakura smiled. "So you're not married to Tomoyo? You're not going away? You missed me?"
"No, No, and Yes. So much."
"Really?"
"Really."
Sakura leaned against the glass, and closed her eyes. It was real. "Then why did you ask Tomoyo to marry you?"
"Because I thought I loved her. I really did. But-"
Sakura pulled herself up and leaned over the phone. "But?"
"But when you were gone, I realized...Tomoyo wasn't the reason I loved to go to the beach and have fun, the reason that I went out with you guys to have a simple ice cream, the reason that I loved to stay in on rainy days and watch scary movies to see you scream. It was you all along. You, you, you."
"You don't know the pain Syaoran. How much I went through to watch you guys."
Sakura felt shivers when she heard his voice again. "Oh yes I do. I felt it when you left me. I guess absence really does make the heart grow fonder doesn't it?" He was whispering now.
"Yes." She managed to choke out. "It does."
"So you're coming back?" His voice was tinged with hope.
"Yes."
"For me?"
"Yes."
"Really, truly?"
"Really, truly."
She heard him sigh. "I love you."
Had she heard right? Was it her imagination?
"What did you say?"
"I said," Syaoran stopped to breathe one more time. "I love you."
Sakura smiled. It was true. He did love her. For reals. "I love you too. More than you will ever know."
"I think I know."
"Syaoran?"
"Yes?"
"Can you send me plane tickets? I don't have the money."
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Xiaolang!" Seifa rushed into the room. "We have the decorations all set up, and we just have to move the bed and couch in. I think the bathroom needs new plumbing too, don't you think?"
Syaoran ran his hand through his mussed hair. "You didn't put new plumbing in the bathroom?! Sakura's coming the day after tomorrow!"
"I know, I know! Should we just call the plumber today? Or have it done after she settles in?"
"Call and ask how long it would take to get it installed. If it can be done by tonight, then definitely. But if they can't, we'll have to do it while Sakura's here."
Seifa nodded and hurried out, while Syaoran plopped himself onto his chair. "She's really coming. I'm going to see her again."
Then he cursed. "What should I wear to the airport?!"
~~~~~*~~~~~
"Argh, what should I wear to the plane?!" Sakura tugged at her huge green shirt, and really faded-washed-out-almost-white jeans. "I need something nice!"
After looking through her drawers, her closet, her dresser, and her bag, she couldn't find anything that could be good enough for Syaoran.
"Well...I -did- save up from tutoring last year." She glanced at her watch. "And the mall's not closed for another hour or so..."
She bit her lip, grabbed her black bag, poured all the contents out, and grabbed some money. Digging into her closet for her nice stylish purse, she stuck the wallet, her license, keys, and makeup into it, and stepped out the door.
"Sakura?"
Sakura turned her head to see Nia, her neighbor, looking at her down the hall.
"Yea?"
"Do you know anyone named Eriol? I think I got like 14 letters from him, and it says your name on it. And do you know who Tomoyo is? And a baby who has pretty-blue-purplish-eyes-with-bluish-purplish-hair-with-the-biggest- grin-the-world-had-ever-seen?"
Sakura suppressed a giggle. Silly Eriol, he must have written the wrong address.
"Yea, I think they're mine. Can you give them to me when I get back?"
Nia smiled when she saw Sakura's purse. It was different. "Sure! I'll do just that."
Sakura sighed and walked down the stairs, out the door, into the lobby, and to her car.
She hadn't gone shopping in quite a while.
~~~~~*~~~~~
*"Attention all shoppers. We will be closing in approximetally 10 minutes. Please prepare to leave. The mall with close in 10 minutes."*
Sakura gave an exasperated sigh. She couldn't find -anything- that was for her in this place. In this predicament, there was only one thing to do.
Sakura rushed around frantically looking for a payphone, and when she found one, she couldn't find a quarter. Digging around for a bill, she sped to the cashier at one corner, got the change, and hurriedly dialed.
"Hello?"
"Tomoyo!"
"SAKURA!! GAAAH WHERE WERE YOU?! HOW HAVE YOU BEEN!!"
Sakura pulled the receiver away from her ear, and could still hear Tomoyo ranting.
"Tomoyo..."
"-AND IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS!! DID YOU KNOW THAT ERIOL AND I GOT MARRIED? OUR GIRL'S NAME IS DESTINY, AND SHE'S THE SWEETEST THING AND-"
"Tomoyo! It's a fashion crisis! I need help!!"
There was silence.
"Are you at a mall?"
"Yes."
"In England?"
"Yes."
"Okay, describe all the stores to me, the merchandise, the clothes, the shoes, everything. You're getting clothes because you're coming back right? For Syaoran right?"
Sakura giggled. Tomoyo knew her so well even though they had been away from each other for two whole years.
"Okay, the first store is a shoe store. It's pretty moderately priced, and the shoes are good, but I don't know about brown. Do you think that's a good color for me? Or should I get a khaki skirt with that?"
So in the span of exactly 6 minutes and 42 seconds, Tomoyo defied the law of time, and walked Sakura through the whole mall, and got her -the- perfect outfit.
Sakura walked out of that place with two huge bags at her arms, and a huge smile on her face. She was going back tomorrow.
~~~~~*~~~~~
xD xD Thanks for the reviews!!! xD xD I loved them aaaall~ Hope you liked this chappie~ ^ ^