---5 years later---
Natsumi woke up early in the morning. Even though the sky was still dark, she was excited to start off her day. She jumped out of the bed and proceeded with her morning ritual.
"Morning Natsumi!" Aki greeted her as she came down the stairs, changed out of her pajamas.
"Morning brother! Is that my breakfast?" seeing that he nodded his head, she sat down and started eating. At the same time she got engaged in a conversation with her brother regarding the issue of cloning.
"Happy working brother." She waved as she stepped out of her house. She laughed as she heard her brother's oath.
"This is such a beautiful day. I cannot wait to start." She said to herself as she started the car and drove off.
"Morning people!" Natsumi shouted as she walked past her colleagues. As usual, most of them returned her greeting. She sat down behind her booth, relaxing after braving through the usual morning traffic.
She drank a cup of coffee that she got from the cafeteria and read the newspaper. It wasn't long after the office lines started ringing and shouting were heard everywhere on the floor.
"Natsumi!" Someone shouted, "Go and cover the accident at South Bridge Road."
"Bingo!" She replied back, leaving the company's newspaper and called out. "Tomoyo! Let's go!" With that, the gals left the building that is owned by "Starz", the largest English publishing newspaper in town.
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"That was a major accident involving one lorry and two cars. Pretty horrible."
"You are right Tomoyo. I am glad there was no one injured." Natsumi replied her friend since childhood.
"You know, today seems to be rather busy. Although it is going to be Christmas soon, there are so many things to cover. I am dead beat!" Tomoyo sighed as she sat down next to her with her lunch.
"So you developed all the photographs already?"
"Sure did. If not, I will never come here and join you for lunch."
"I see. No wonder today seems rather odd. You hardly join me for lunch. Am I lucky or what? Alright then gal, fill me in about you and Eriol."
As Tomoyo went on and on about her boyfriend, Natsumi just smiled and felt that her friend was rather lucky to be so loved by someone.
"Natsumi, do you want to come with us to watch "Love Actually" with us tomorrow night?"
"Well, I wouldn't mind. However I will be the only singleton in your group if you don't mind."
"What happened to Bart?"
"Oh, I felt both of us have no chemistry and stuff. Before I could tell him that I am not interested, he told me that he was someone else that he likes. I guess it's a mutual parting."
"Oh." That was all Tomoyo could say. She knew that her friend had a hard time trying to find a steady boyfriend after the incident five years ago. Somehow, she felt that there was something wrong with her friend.
"Have you gotten over Yukito?"
"Yukito? Oh, him. Yeah. If not, how can I still go out dating?"
"Are you sure? Hmm. . . Anyway, whatever it is, I heard that Yukito is back. However I not met up with him."
"I have no idea that he is even back. I wonder where did he go." Natsumi pondered, unaware about her friend's sly grin."
"Hey, I have to go now. The photos should be ready by now. I need to show the others the photos I took and get their approval. You are going to join us tomorrow right?" Seeing her nod, Tomoyo waved. "See you then." With that she went to her dark room.
"Yukito is back." Natsumi silently said to herself as she went back to her booth to do her report.
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"Eriol! Do you know how to contact Yukito?"
"Darling. I am working. Can I do it after work?"
"You know his contact number! Great. I give you a call after work then. * Muck! * Love you." Tomoyo ended the phone call.
"What am I going to do?" Eriol said as he stared at his cell phone.
"Who was it?" his workmate beside him asked.
"Tomoyo. She wants to know how to contact you, Yukito."
"Why on earth does she want to contact me for?"
"Beats me. But judging by her excited voice, she is up to no good. Look out Yukito."
Yukito just sat at his desk. Staring outside the window. It had been a very rough life for him. Every time he thought about his past, he always regretted not telling the truth. How was he going to tell her anyway? Since his return home, he did not dare to look up for anyone.
He met Eriol was purely by chance. He was trying to find some work when he applied for a job in Eriol's company. With the qualification he had, Eriol proposed to him to be partners and thus started this partnership.
Even though he has been back for two months, his job kept him occupied all the time. Which was good in a way, he decided. It helps him not to think too much about the past.
"I guess we shouldn't think about it and start work." Yukito said in a smile and buried himself in his work.
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"Hello Tomoyo!" Eriol said over the phone
"Eriol, you said earlier that you know how to contact Yukito right?" Before Eriol could reply she continued. "Ask him out to watch a movie with us tomorrow night."
"I will try my best to contact him. He seems rather busy these days." Eriol cut in, picturing Yukito at his desk looking through the company's documents.
"Try and convince him to come. Please?" Tomoyo pleaded in a tone that Eriol's heart melt.
"I will try my love. I have to continue doing my work if I want to make time for you tomorrow. So see you."
"See you!" She hung up, leaving Eriol the tough job of inviting Yukito.
"You didn't tell her I am working for you did you?"
"No I didn't. You told me not to Yukito and you are not working for me, you are working with me."
"Right. So what does she want?" Yukito said with a grin.
"How about asking you out on a date with us tomorrow night to watch a movie."
"Which is?"
"Love actually. See, she wants you to come. I did tell her that you are back but gave excuses time and time again why you cannot go out with us. Please, just for once. Take a break from your work."
"Well, it had been a long since I saw Tomoyo. Well then, I think I should be able to make it. What time is the show?"
"7.00 at night. We will eat dinner together and then watch the show."
"Alright then." Yukito said with an inward sigh. * Tomorrow is going to be a long day. *
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My new story, is up and running. Hopefully this one has improved and more enjoyable to read. Happy reading and I hope I will have R&R
Natsumi woke up early in the morning. Even though the sky was still dark, she was excited to start off her day. She jumped out of the bed and proceeded with her morning ritual.
"Morning Natsumi!" Aki greeted her as she came down the stairs, changed out of her pajamas.
"Morning brother! Is that my breakfast?" seeing that he nodded his head, she sat down and started eating. At the same time she got engaged in a conversation with her brother regarding the issue of cloning.
"Happy working brother." She waved as she stepped out of her house. She laughed as she heard her brother's oath.
"This is such a beautiful day. I cannot wait to start." She said to herself as she started the car and drove off.
"Morning people!" Natsumi shouted as she walked past her colleagues. As usual, most of them returned her greeting. She sat down behind her booth, relaxing after braving through the usual morning traffic.
She drank a cup of coffee that she got from the cafeteria and read the newspaper. It wasn't long after the office lines started ringing and shouting were heard everywhere on the floor.
"Natsumi!" Someone shouted, "Go and cover the accident at South Bridge Road."
"Bingo!" She replied back, leaving the company's newspaper and called out. "Tomoyo! Let's go!" With that, the gals left the building that is owned by "Starz", the largest English publishing newspaper in town.
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"That was a major accident involving one lorry and two cars. Pretty horrible."
"You are right Tomoyo. I am glad there was no one injured." Natsumi replied her friend since childhood.
"You know, today seems to be rather busy. Although it is going to be Christmas soon, there are so many things to cover. I am dead beat!" Tomoyo sighed as she sat down next to her with her lunch.
"So you developed all the photographs already?"
"Sure did. If not, I will never come here and join you for lunch."
"I see. No wonder today seems rather odd. You hardly join me for lunch. Am I lucky or what? Alright then gal, fill me in about you and Eriol."
As Tomoyo went on and on about her boyfriend, Natsumi just smiled and felt that her friend was rather lucky to be so loved by someone.
"Natsumi, do you want to come with us to watch "Love Actually" with us tomorrow night?"
"Well, I wouldn't mind. However I will be the only singleton in your group if you don't mind."
"What happened to Bart?"
"Oh, I felt both of us have no chemistry and stuff. Before I could tell him that I am not interested, he told me that he was someone else that he likes. I guess it's a mutual parting."
"Oh." That was all Tomoyo could say. She knew that her friend had a hard time trying to find a steady boyfriend after the incident five years ago. Somehow, she felt that there was something wrong with her friend.
"Have you gotten over Yukito?"
"Yukito? Oh, him. Yeah. If not, how can I still go out dating?"
"Are you sure? Hmm. . . Anyway, whatever it is, I heard that Yukito is back. However I not met up with him."
"I have no idea that he is even back. I wonder where did he go." Natsumi pondered, unaware about her friend's sly grin."
"Hey, I have to go now. The photos should be ready by now. I need to show the others the photos I took and get their approval. You are going to join us tomorrow right?" Seeing her nod, Tomoyo waved. "See you then." With that she went to her dark room.
"Yukito is back." Natsumi silently said to herself as she went back to her booth to do her report.
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"Eriol! Do you know how to contact Yukito?"
"Darling. I am working. Can I do it after work?"
"You know his contact number! Great. I give you a call after work then. * Muck! * Love you." Tomoyo ended the phone call.
"What am I going to do?" Eriol said as he stared at his cell phone.
"Who was it?" his workmate beside him asked.
"Tomoyo. She wants to know how to contact you, Yukito."
"Why on earth does she want to contact me for?"
"Beats me. But judging by her excited voice, she is up to no good. Look out Yukito."
Yukito just sat at his desk. Staring outside the window. It had been a very rough life for him. Every time he thought about his past, he always regretted not telling the truth. How was he going to tell her anyway? Since his return home, he did not dare to look up for anyone.
He met Eriol was purely by chance. He was trying to find some work when he applied for a job in Eriol's company. With the qualification he had, Eriol proposed to him to be partners and thus started this partnership.
Even though he has been back for two months, his job kept him occupied all the time. Which was good in a way, he decided. It helps him not to think too much about the past.
"I guess we shouldn't think about it and start work." Yukito said in a smile and buried himself in his work.
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"Hello Tomoyo!" Eriol said over the phone
"Eriol, you said earlier that you know how to contact Yukito right?" Before Eriol could reply she continued. "Ask him out to watch a movie with us tomorrow night."
"I will try my best to contact him. He seems rather busy these days." Eriol cut in, picturing Yukito at his desk looking through the company's documents.
"Try and convince him to come. Please?" Tomoyo pleaded in a tone that Eriol's heart melt.
"I will try my love. I have to continue doing my work if I want to make time for you tomorrow. So see you."
"See you!" She hung up, leaving Eriol the tough job of inviting Yukito.
"You didn't tell her I am working for you did you?"
"No I didn't. You told me not to Yukito and you are not working for me, you are working with me."
"Right. So what does she want?" Yukito said with a grin.
"How about asking you out on a date with us tomorrow night to watch a movie."
"Which is?"
"Love actually. See, she wants you to come. I did tell her that you are back but gave excuses time and time again why you cannot go out with us. Please, just for once. Take a break from your work."
"Well, it had been a long since I saw Tomoyo. Well then, I think I should be able to make it. What time is the show?"
"7.00 at night. We will eat dinner together and then watch the show."
"Alright then." Yukito said with an inward sigh. * Tomorrow is going to be a long day. *
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My new story, is up and running. Hopefully this one has improved and more enjoyable to read. Happy reading and I hope I will have R&R