Forbidden Emerald
Author's Note: You might have noticed I took an especially long time to update this time. I have my reasons. Sorry for that though and I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Enjoy reading! Please read and review!
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Chapter Seven:
Eriol was present at her graduation, looking incredibly proud, the huge smile never wavering on his face as he waved at her from where he was sitting beside Touya and her father.
"You've got a really enthusiastic boyfriend there, Sakura-chan," Chiharu whispered, noticing her looking at Eriol.
Sakura sighed. "He's not my boyfriend."
"Yet." Then, Chiharu lost all interest in continuing the conversation, having seen Yamazaki Takahashi, her boyfriend, waving at her with a cute little smile from the sidelines.
Sakura stood up when her name was called to give the valedictory speech to all the batch graduates and their families. Aware that the greater majority of the crowd, if not all, was wishing for her speech to be short, she gave them the inspiring and touching words that they so needed to hear all the while managing to say it all within a matter of minutes. Nevertheless, she succeeded in getting the desired response from her audience as everyone present tried to discreetly wipe their eyes and blow their noses after her short, touching address.
She met up with her family and Eriol immediately after the ceremony. Touya had been able to book a table at one of the best restaurants in the city on his first call: Money and influence spoke all languages after all. Eriol had been long ago invited to join them by Fujitaka, and he was driving her to the restaurant while her father and Touya followed them on the Avalon's black limousine when he murmured softly, "The end of something great and the start of something even greater," he mused aloud, referring to her parting words to the graduating class of that year. "Did you really mean that?"
"I did."
He merely glanced at her, making no reply.
"Everything, every memory, no matter how painful or how precious, can't be forgotten. But you can get over it if you really try." Sakura murmured, almost to herself as she felt, rather than saw Eriol change gears expertly.
"Even the ones that meant the most?" He challenged softly.
"Hai. Even the ones that meant the most."
Eriol's eyes were glittering with something unknown as he looked at Sakura's face. She was leaning with her head back on the headrest, eyes closed and lips pursed softly. He would have thought her asleep if not for her small movements every now and then.
He couldn't deny that her words had given him hope. Hope. God! He had almost lost all hope during the last months, no matter how hard he tried to hide it from her. He thought she would never get over Syaoran.
Eriol supposed he should have felt bad at the direction his thoughts were going. After all, Sakura had really loved the guy. Why would she be hurting so much in the past if she hadn't?
He was well aware that there were a lot of things that he had hidden from her. One of them was that he had been keeping watch over her from England by keeping in touch with Touya Kinimoto. He shook his head at that. Touya Kinimoto, of all people! Still, what better way to keep an eye on Sakura through her older brother?
He had been complete hell to deal with the first week he found out that Sakura had a boyfriend. His closest friends in England had been completely shocked by his behavior. After all, the totally cool and always calm Eriol Hiragizawa was someone whom you could expect never to let his emotions get the better over him. But he had recovered from it. His heart had almost broken when his common sense took over; deciding that he had no right to be so furious. Actually, he should be happy that Sakura had finally found someone who was more than worthy to take care of her, someone who could make her smile like only Eriol had.
And oh, there was another thing that he had hidden from her.
The fact that he, Eriol Hiragizawa, loved her.
He himself wasn't totally sure when it had happened. All he remembered was that shaky feeling he always experienced whenever Sakura gave him a friendly hug, or when his knees actually seemed to go weak when she was kind enough to bestow upon him her special, one-of-a-kind smile, or how he thought his name sounded like a soft caress whenever it passed through her lips.
He wanted to punch himself for his way too sappy thoughts. He never thought, not for one second of his life before Sakura, that he would ever be acting like some silly school boy with raging hormones and an adolescent crush. But let's face it. This was Sakura. Nothing could ever be the same with her.
If Syaoran Li had not died, Eriol would have been content enough- okay, so maybe he was lying through his teeth with that statement-but he wouldn't have had even thought of trying to break a happy couple up just because he was in love with a girl. He had honor and he wasn't going to stoop as low as to doing something sneaky like that to Li and Sakura. But when Syaoran had died, Eriol had vowed to himself that he would help Sakura get over her depression and that he would teach her to live again, to be the cheerful, lively, smiling Sakura Avalon he had known her to be. Most of all, he was going to show her how to love again.
Whatever it took.
A/N: I'm sorry if I couldn't really keep Eriol's personality the way it was in the animé. It's hard to do that. So please, bear with me. If you have the time, please Review my fic. I don't care if it's criticism or approval, I just need to know if some people are actually taking the time to read this story so I'll get inspired to continue it.
If anyone is finding this story a little too laid-back and mellow, I have another story posted with cliffhangers guaranteed to leave you at the edge of your seats. It's an Inu Yasha: A Feudal Fairytale fanfic and is titled 'Tsubasa Wings'. For those of you who know that animé, it would really be great if you read it too. It's romantic as well, of course.
Thanks everyone and have a nice day!
Author's Note: You might have noticed I took an especially long time to update this time. I have my reasons. Sorry for that though and I hope that you enjoy this chapter. Enjoy reading! Please read and review!
Standard Disclaimers Apply
Chapter Seven:
Eriol was present at her graduation, looking incredibly proud, the huge smile never wavering on his face as he waved at her from where he was sitting beside Touya and her father.
"You've got a really enthusiastic boyfriend there, Sakura-chan," Chiharu whispered, noticing her looking at Eriol.
Sakura sighed. "He's not my boyfriend."
"Yet." Then, Chiharu lost all interest in continuing the conversation, having seen Yamazaki Takahashi, her boyfriend, waving at her with a cute little smile from the sidelines.
Sakura stood up when her name was called to give the valedictory speech to all the batch graduates and their families. Aware that the greater majority of the crowd, if not all, was wishing for her speech to be short, she gave them the inspiring and touching words that they so needed to hear all the while managing to say it all within a matter of minutes. Nevertheless, she succeeded in getting the desired response from her audience as everyone present tried to discreetly wipe their eyes and blow their noses after her short, touching address.
She met up with her family and Eriol immediately after the ceremony. Touya had been able to book a table at one of the best restaurants in the city on his first call: Money and influence spoke all languages after all. Eriol had been long ago invited to join them by Fujitaka, and he was driving her to the restaurant while her father and Touya followed them on the Avalon's black limousine when he murmured softly, "The end of something great and the start of something even greater," he mused aloud, referring to her parting words to the graduating class of that year. "Did you really mean that?"
"I did."
He merely glanced at her, making no reply.
"Everything, every memory, no matter how painful or how precious, can't be forgotten. But you can get over it if you really try." Sakura murmured, almost to herself as she felt, rather than saw Eriol change gears expertly.
"Even the ones that meant the most?" He challenged softly.
"Hai. Even the ones that meant the most."
Eriol's eyes were glittering with something unknown as he looked at Sakura's face. She was leaning with her head back on the headrest, eyes closed and lips pursed softly. He would have thought her asleep if not for her small movements every now and then.
He couldn't deny that her words had given him hope. Hope. God! He had almost lost all hope during the last months, no matter how hard he tried to hide it from her. He thought she would never get over Syaoran.
Eriol supposed he should have felt bad at the direction his thoughts were going. After all, Sakura had really loved the guy. Why would she be hurting so much in the past if she hadn't?
He was well aware that there were a lot of things that he had hidden from her. One of them was that he had been keeping watch over her from England by keeping in touch with Touya Kinimoto. He shook his head at that. Touya Kinimoto, of all people! Still, what better way to keep an eye on Sakura through her older brother?
He had been complete hell to deal with the first week he found out that Sakura had a boyfriend. His closest friends in England had been completely shocked by his behavior. After all, the totally cool and always calm Eriol Hiragizawa was someone whom you could expect never to let his emotions get the better over him. But he had recovered from it. His heart had almost broken when his common sense took over; deciding that he had no right to be so furious. Actually, he should be happy that Sakura had finally found someone who was more than worthy to take care of her, someone who could make her smile like only Eriol had.
And oh, there was another thing that he had hidden from her.
The fact that he, Eriol Hiragizawa, loved her.
He himself wasn't totally sure when it had happened. All he remembered was that shaky feeling he always experienced whenever Sakura gave him a friendly hug, or when his knees actually seemed to go weak when she was kind enough to bestow upon him her special, one-of-a-kind smile, or how he thought his name sounded like a soft caress whenever it passed through her lips.
He wanted to punch himself for his way too sappy thoughts. He never thought, not for one second of his life before Sakura, that he would ever be acting like some silly school boy with raging hormones and an adolescent crush. But let's face it. This was Sakura. Nothing could ever be the same with her.
If Syaoran Li had not died, Eriol would have been content enough- okay, so maybe he was lying through his teeth with that statement-but he wouldn't have had even thought of trying to break a happy couple up just because he was in love with a girl. He had honor and he wasn't going to stoop as low as to doing something sneaky like that to Li and Sakura. But when Syaoran had died, Eriol had vowed to himself that he would help Sakura get over her depression and that he would teach her to live again, to be the cheerful, lively, smiling Sakura Avalon he had known her to be. Most of all, he was going to show her how to love again.
Whatever it took.
A/N: I'm sorry if I couldn't really keep Eriol's personality the way it was in the animé. It's hard to do that. So please, bear with me. If you have the time, please Review my fic. I don't care if it's criticism or approval, I just need to know if some people are actually taking the time to read this story so I'll get inspired to continue it.
If anyone is finding this story a little too laid-back and mellow, I have another story posted with cliffhangers guaranteed to leave you at the edge of your seats. It's an Inu Yasha: A Feudal Fairytale fanfic and is titled 'Tsubasa Wings'. For those of you who know that animé, it would really be great if you read it too. It's romantic as well, of course.
Thanks everyone and have a nice day!