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Foreign Attraction
Chapter 2: The Audition
"Arigatou Eriol," Sakura thanked as she stepped into her house's entrance. Eriol had just walked her back home. Although Sakura's house was no mansion like Tomoyo's, but it was still very decent and house welcoming. There was always a warm feeling surrounding the place; whenever you are near it, you feel attracted to go in there and just to say hello to whoever the owner of the house was.
"It's alright," Eriol replied as he turned to leave, "Hey, don't you and Tomoyo have an audition tomorrow for the school's choir?"
"Yeah," Sakura answered back a little awkwardly; she had not wanted to participate in it if it weren't for Tomoyo's request. " Tomoyo asked me to go with her since she's nervous when she's singing in front of a large group."
Sakura let out a sigh and turned to retire home when Eriol cried out, "Don't worry Sakura! No matter how you do tomorrow, I will always be there to cheer you on!"
Sakura smiled widely at her friend's encouragement, "Thank you for consoling me Eriol!"
Eriol smiled back, faintly showing his set of pearly whites and called back, "No problem! I'll see you later!"
"Bye!"
Sakura entered into her house and closed the door behind her. As she did, she leaned her back against it, letting out a deep sigh, "Eriol's the best."
Suddenly Touya popped his head into the room, "So it's you squirt? And to think I had thought it was a burglar."
He gave a chuckled and Sakura replied, "Very....funny..haha (sarcasm), grow up Touya!"
"Hey squirt, don't get mad! Didn't I just see your boyfriend delivering you home?" Touya teased, narrowing his eyes at Sakura.
Sakura blushed furiously. Her skin color changed from a light rosy pink to a deep magenta, blushing all the different shades of red there were.
"You're so mean!" Sakura snapped as she raced up the stairs to her room, slamming the door loudly behind her.
"Meh?" Touya said a little confused, "What was that all about?"
Inside Sakura's room, Sakura sat on top of her bed panting heavily, for she had been holding her breath while running up to her room all along. Sakura looked up and saw her own face staring back at her in the mirror. She walked up to her little desk where the mirror hung above of, and stared into her panting self. She touched her face, which was burning hot and caressed it while keeping eyes on her reflection.
"Why am I blushing like this?" she asked herself, her emotions confusing her inside. She slowly drifted her vision from the mirror to a little picture that stood on top of her desk. She picked it up and stared at the three happy teenagers staring back at her. It was taken during the time when Eriol had first came to their school. Sakura and Tomoyo were holding hands while Eriol stood behind them, shyly, and not smiling. Sakura placed her fingers on the picture and caressed Eriol's face with her little finger.
"Eriol..."
Sakura threw herself onto her bed, auburn strands of hair splaying to all directions. She stared into the ceiling, and then closed her eyes to let all the stress escape her mind. Loving someone was too tiring she thought.
The next day...
"Honey wake up!" Mr. Fujitaka called as he knocked on Sakura's door. No answer came back. "Honey? Are you alright?" Still no answer returned. Finally, having to be frustrated by the absence of response, Mr. Fujitaka finally forced open the door, breaking in to see if Sakura was okay, and luckily she was.
Fujitaka nudged Sakura's side, urging her to wake up, but unfortunately, she was drifted too far away in her dream, to keep contact with reality.
Soon Touya came into the room and told his father "leave this to me dad, I'll get her awake." In the end, Sakura woke up having been soaked with a bucket of ice-cold water.
"Argh..." Sakura winced as she forced her eyes opened, "What time is it? Is it dinner?" Sakura's stomach growled furiously, striving for attention and food.
"Dinner?" Touya exclaimed, "Are you kidding me? You mean breakfast. You were sleeping so soundly that a lion wouldn't have been able to wake you up. Now get dressed before you get late for school....again!"
"What?!" Sakura exclaimed with shock, leaping to her feet, and rushing to her closet,
"Why didn't any of you wake me?"
"Uh..we just did honey," Fujitaka said in an ironic tone of voice.
"Argh...Whatever!"
Very soon, Sakura was dressed in her school uniform and was ready for school. She hurried down to the kitchen and gobbled up ten servings of pancakes, having to have missed dinner last night, her stomach was growling like a lion. Slowly, one by one, a pancake slithered down her throat, almost as if she hadn't chewed it at all. Hurriedly, she put on her roller skates and skated outside to school.
Touya chuckled, "I think squirt's going to turn into a pelican soon! She's not even chewing her food!"
Fujitaka gave Touya a stare and turned his head around, confining laughter, to prevent Touya from seeing him laugh. A grown up has got to set a good example for his kids, even grown-up ones!
At school, Sakura barely made it to class before the bell, skidding her way into the room within the last thirty seconds before the bell rang.
"Close call again eh? Sakura?" one of the annoying boys in her class teased her again....for the hundredth time already.
"Shut up," Eriol said as both Tomoyo and Sakura gave the mean boy a menacing stare. The boy quickly moved away, since one against three wasn't to his benefits.
For the rest of the period, Sakura and Tomoyo listened attentively to their teacher, instructing them on how to calculate derivatives (math). Sakura hated math since numbers just go in and out of her brain without leaving any hints whatsoever of what's going on. When the bell soon rang, dismissing the Tomoeda High students, the three friends hurried down to the school auditorium to have their singing rehearsal. As they stepped into the large auditorium room, they could see a bunch of girls already lining up, and waiting for their turns in the vocal testing. The three friends could see that near the front where the examiners' table was, each girl was singing a solo to the examiners. Sakura and Tomoyo hurried to the end of the line and waited patiently for their turns while Eriol on the other hand, sat quietly on one of the chairs, near the back of the auditorium, watching over his two friends. Very soon, the line in front of the two girls moved out, leaving Tomoyo and Sakura at the front of the room.
"Tomoyo Daidouji," one of the examiners called out.
"Hai!" Tomoyo answered back in her best and loudest voice.
"Would you sing the following piece for us please?"
"Yes." Following, Tomoyo began singing the song written on the sample paper. She sang the song beautifully, notes flowing soothingly through the audience's ears, bringing emotions to everyone. In the end, when Tomoyo finished her last note, the examiners clapped their hands and told Tomoyo to stay behind for them to negotiate on her placement.
"Next, Sakura Kinomoto," another examiner called out.
"Yes," Sakura answered quietly, her voice shaky. She had never felt so nervous before...maybe it was because Eriol was present that had made her feel so embarrassed to sing aloud in front of everyone. Finally, when Sakura had collected all her courage, she convinced herself to sing, having to remind herself constantly that the purpose for her to audition was to accompany Tomoyo and not to win any placements in the choir. Sakura took a deep breath and sang, voice shaky, notes off tone, and rhythm rushed. When she was finished, Sakura looked up, finding a bunch of girls standing together, giggling and pointing, and making rude remarks. Sakura then shifted her vision to the examiners who were shaking their heads in disgust to clear the racket out of their brains, and she looked at Tomoyo, whose eyes filled with sympathy. Alas, she fearfully, forced her eyes to look Eriol's way. Eriol was staring at her, no emotions whatsoever shown on his face.
"Maybe he's trying to conceal laughter," Sakura thought to herself sadly.
Embarrassment was beginning to heat up her face, causing her to blush. A few pearls of sweat rolled down her back and made her spine tingle to the discomfort. The world spun before her eyes as Sakura stared at the room of emotions surrounding her. Alas, she could take it no more and raced out the back, fire exit door.
"Sakura!" both Eriol and Tomoyo called after her. Tomoyo stared at Eriol for a while and Eriol gave her a look that told her he's going to go after and console her. Tomoyo acknowledged the look by nodding her head slightly. She couldn't run after Sakura since she had to talk to the examiners, so she decided that it would be best for Eriol to look after Sakura, making sure that she's okay.
Tomoyo turned her head slightly behind, catching the final glimpse of Eriol's figure, running out the door, which Sakura had just rashly left through.
"I hope she's okay..." Tomoyo said to herself, her voice soft enough that the words she mumbled were only audible to herself.
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Now that was the 2nd chapter of Foreign Attraction. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW!!! I will try to update the next chapter as soon as possible!!!!! Arigatou!
Next Chapter: What's going to happen to Sakura after the embarrassing audition? How will Eriol console her? Please await for the next chapter to find out...or better, leave a review so I'll write the next chapter faster!
Foreign Attraction
Chapter 2: The Audition
"Arigatou Eriol," Sakura thanked as she stepped into her house's entrance. Eriol had just walked her back home. Although Sakura's house was no mansion like Tomoyo's, but it was still very decent and house welcoming. There was always a warm feeling surrounding the place; whenever you are near it, you feel attracted to go in there and just to say hello to whoever the owner of the house was.
"It's alright," Eriol replied as he turned to leave, "Hey, don't you and Tomoyo have an audition tomorrow for the school's choir?"
"Yeah," Sakura answered back a little awkwardly; she had not wanted to participate in it if it weren't for Tomoyo's request. " Tomoyo asked me to go with her since she's nervous when she's singing in front of a large group."
Sakura let out a sigh and turned to retire home when Eriol cried out, "Don't worry Sakura! No matter how you do tomorrow, I will always be there to cheer you on!"
Sakura smiled widely at her friend's encouragement, "Thank you for consoling me Eriol!"
Eriol smiled back, faintly showing his set of pearly whites and called back, "No problem! I'll see you later!"
"Bye!"
Sakura entered into her house and closed the door behind her. As she did, she leaned her back against it, letting out a deep sigh, "Eriol's the best."
Suddenly Touya popped his head into the room, "So it's you squirt? And to think I had thought it was a burglar."
He gave a chuckled and Sakura replied, "Very....funny..haha (sarcasm), grow up Touya!"
"Hey squirt, don't get mad! Didn't I just see your boyfriend delivering you home?" Touya teased, narrowing his eyes at Sakura.
Sakura blushed furiously. Her skin color changed from a light rosy pink to a deep magenta, blushing all the different shades of red there were.
"You're so mean!" Sakura snapped as she raced up the stairs to her room, slamming the door loudly behind her.
"Meh?" Touya said a little confused, "What was that all about?"
Inside Sakura's room, Sakura sat on top of her bed panting heavily, for she had been holding her breath while running up to her room all along. Sakura looked up and saw her own face staring back at her in the mirror. She walked up to her little desk where the mirror hung above of, and stared into her panting self. She touched her face, which was burning hot and caressed it while keeping eyes on her reflection.
"Why am I blushing like this?" she asked herself, her emotions confusing her inside. She slowly drifted her vision from the mirror to a little picture that stood on top of her desk. She picked it up and stared at the three happy teenagers staring back at her. It was taken during the time when Eriol had first came to their school. Sakura and Tomoyo were holding hands while Eriol stood behind them, shyly, and not smiling. Sakura placed her fingers on the picture and caressed Eriol's face with her little finger.
"Eriol..."
Sakura threw herself onto her bed, auburn strands of hair splaying to all directions. She stared into the ceiling, and then closed her eyes to let all the stress escape her mind. Loving someone was too tiring she thought.
The next day...
"Honey wake up!" Mr. Fujitaka called as he knocked on Sakura's door. No answer came back. "Honey? Are you alright?" Still no answer returned. Finally, having to be frustrated by the absence of response, Mr. Fujitaka finally forced open the door, breaking in to see if Sakura was okay, and luckily she was.
Fujitaka nudged Sakura's side, urging her to wake up, but unfortunately, she was drifted too far away in her dream, to keep contact with reality.
Soon Touya came into the room and told his father "leave this to me dad, I'll get her awake." In the end, Sakura woke up having been soaked with a bucket of ice-cold water.
"Argh..." Sakura winced as she forced her eyes opened, "What time is it? Is it dinner?" Sakura's stomach growled furiously, striving for attention and food.
"Dinner?" Touya exclaimed, "Are you kidding me? You mean breakfast. You were sleeping so soundly that a lion wouldn't have been able to wake you up. Now get dressed before you get late for school....again!"
"What?!" Sakura exclaimed with shock, leaping to her feet, and rushing to her closet,
"Why didn't any of you wake me?"
"Uh..we just did honey," Fujitaka said in an ironic tone of voice.
"Argh...Whatever!"
Very soon, Sakura was dressed in her school uniform and was ready for school. She hurried down to the kitchen and gobbled up ten servings of pancakes, having to have missed dinner last night, her stomach was growling like a lion. Slowly, one by one, a pancake slithered down her throat, almost as if she hadn't chewed it at all. Hurriedly, she put on her roller skates and skated outside to school.
Touya chuckled, "I think squirt's going to turn into a pelican soon! She's not even chewing her food!"
Fujitaka gave Touya a stare and turned his head around, confining laughter, to prevent Touya from seeing him laugh. A grown up has got to set a good example for his kids, even grown-up ones!
At school, Sakura barely made it to class before the bell, skidding her way into the room within the last thirty seconds before the bell rang.
"Close call again eh? Sakura?" one of the annoying boys in her class teased her again....for the hundredth time already.
"Shut up," Eriol said as both Tomoyo and Sakura gave the mean boy a menacing stare. The boy quickly moved away, since one against three wasn't to his benefits.
For the rest of the period, Sakura and Tomoyo listened attentively to their teacher, instructing them on how to calculate derivatives (math). Sakura hated math since numbers just go in and out of her brain without leaving any hints whatsoever of what's going on. When the bell soon rang, dismissing the Tomoeda High students, the three friends hurried down to the school auditorium to have their singing rehearsal. As they stepped into the large auditorium room, they could see a bunch of girls already lining up, and waiting for their turns in the vocal testing. The three friends could see that near the front where the examiners' table was, each girl was singing a solo to the examiners. Sakura and Tomoyo hurried to the end of the line and waited patiently for their turns while Eriol on the other hand, sat quietly on one of the chairs, near the back of the auditorium, watching over his two friends. Very soon, the line in front of the two girls moved out, leaving Tomoyo and Sakura at the front of the room.
"Tomoyo Daidouji," one of the examiners called out.
"Hai!" Tomoyo answered back in her best and loudest voice.
"Would you sing the following piece for us please?"
"Yes." Following, Tomoyo began singing the song written on the sample paper. She sang the song beautifully, notes flowing soothingly through the audience's ears, bringing emotions to everyone. In the end, when Tomoyo finished her last note, the examiners clapped their hands and told Tomoyo to stay behind for them to negotiate on her placement.
"Next, Sakura Kinomoto," another examiner called out.
"Yes," Sakura answered quietly, her voice shaky. She had never felt so nervous before...maybe it was because Eriol was present that had made her feel so embarrassed to sing aloud in front of everyone. Finally, when Sakura had collected all her courage, she convinced herself to sing, having to remind herself constantly that the purpose for her to audition was to accompany Tomoyo and not to win any placements in the choir. Sakura took a deep breath and sang, voice shaky, notes off tone, and rhythm rushed. When she was finished, Sakura looked up, finding a bunch of girls standing together, giggling and pointing, and making rude remarks. Sakura then shifted her vision to the examiners who were shaking their heads in disgust to clear the racket out of their brains, and she looked at Tomoyo, whose eyes filled with sympathy. Alas, she fearfully, forced her eyes to look Eriol's way. Eriol was staring at her, no emotions whatsoever shown on his face.
"Maybe he's trying to conceal laughter," Sakura thought to herself sadly.
Embarrassment was beginning to heat up her face, causing her to blush. A few pearls of sweat rolled down her back and made her spine tingle to the discomfort. The world spun before her eyes as Sakura stared at the room of emotions surrounding her. Alas, she could take it no more and raced out the back, fire exit door.
"Sakura!" both Eriol and Tomoyo called after her. Tomoyo stared at Eriol for a while and Eriol gave her a look that told her he's going to go after and console her. Tomoyo acknowledged the look by nodding her head slightly. She couldn't run after Sakura since she had to talk to the examiners, so she decided that it would be best for Eriol to look after Sakura, making sure that she's okay.
Tomoyo turned her head slightly behind, catching the final glimpse of Eriol's figure, running out the door, which Sakura had just rashly left through.
"I hope she's okay..." Tomoyo said to herself, her voice soft enough that the words she mumbled were only audible to herself.
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Now that was the 2nd chapter of Foreign Attraction. PLEASE LEAVE A REVIEW!!! I will try to update the next chapter as soon as possible!!!!! Arigatou!
Next Chapter: What's going to happen to Sakura after the embarrassing audition? How will Eriol console her? Please await for the next chapter to find out...or better, leave a review so I'll write the next chapter faster!
