Suddenly, Sakura screamed.
"Sakura! What happened?" Touya and Syaoran asked together, but ended up glaring at each other again.
Yukito shook his head. "Sakura, what's wrong?" He looked at the direction where she was staring at and breathed a sigh of relief.
There stood a big brown teddy bear with a little red bow around its neck. Its hands were stretched out, as if wanting someone to come over and hug it.
"That teddy bear!!! It's so kawaii!!!!" Sakura exclaimed. She turned to Yukito. "I want that teddy bear. Can I get it?"
Touya was dreadfully pissed with her for making him frightened that he fiercely snapped. "Yeah, sure, if you can win this game. This," He pointed to the various balloons that are pinned to the wall. "is the game- You have only three darts. You need to throw them and burst the balloon. The prize that you win will be in those balloons." He added on with a sneer. "There is only one balloon out of twenty five of them that will have the prize of this adorable teddy bear. However, no one has won it since we opened. So, have a fun time trying."
Sakura looked at her brother, for a moment giving him a stare that showed him that she is not exactly pleased with him. Yukito smiled and looked at Syaoran. "I am sure you can get the teddy bear for her. Can you?"
Syaoran stared at Sakura, looking into her eyes, that was imploring him to try his best to get the teddy bear. He looked at Touya smirking away, who was at that moment thinking that THE brat would not get the teddy bear. He grinned at Sakura and told Yukito. "I'm game."
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"Tomoyo! Hey, wait up!" Eriol ran towards her after he managed to catch up with her. He went to the washroom and came out, expecting her to still be in the same shop. To his horror, she had gone elsewhere. As the result, he had to search all over the area to find her. After looking for 15 minutes, he finally spotted her looking at the little children playing fishing.
Tomoyo straightened her back when she heard his voice. She was infuriated with Eriol. He vanished without saying a word and left her all alone. She was miserable and wanted to find Sakura, but she was nowhere to be seen. 'Maybe she is having a fun time with Syaoran. Lucky her.' She thought as she rooted on the spot as she saw the children trying to catch the paper fishes with their fishing rods, which made up of a magnetic end that was supposed to attract to the paper clip that was attached to the fishes.
"Tomoyo? Are you angry? Please don't be. I have a surprise for you."
"What is it Eriol?" Tomoyo asked, out of curiosity.
"Turn around then." Eriol requested. "It's something that you have to see."
She reluctantly turned around before she gasped. "Eriol, you are. . ."
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"Syaoran, this is your last dart. I doubt you can make it." Touya taunted.
Syaoran started bursting out in cold sweat. 'This is no good. I don't know which balloon will have the teddy bear.' He closed his eyes and concentrated. The last two balloons didn't contain any prizes at all, and he was worried that he will go away empty handed. He badly wanted to win the teddy bear for Sakura. He concentrated harder and for a moment and lifted his hands.
Sakura stood there nervously, praying hard that Syaoran would win the teddy bear. Not that she will blame him for not winning. However, she also wanted to gloat at Touya's underestimation of Syaoran's skills. She stared at Syaoran as she saw him lifted up his hands for a second before he opened his eyes and threw the dart.
"Well, well well. I guess, we got a winner here." Yukito smiled as he went to collect the paper that was stuck on the wall by the dart. "Sakura, you are one happy lady." Yukito said it all before Sakura ran and hug Syaoran.
"Baka!" Touya mumbled as he went to the prize shelf and collected the teddy bear and thrust it to Sakura. 'Didn't she noticed? It is exactly the same scene the day Naruko raped her.' He studied her. 'Well, I don't think so. This time, it's the brat. Well, he better don't do anything to her.'
Sakura took it with joy and gave it a big hug and stuck her tongue out at her brother as Syaoran stayed rooted to the ground, enjoying the sounds of Sakura's laughter and joyful presence around him. 'It has been a long time since I heard her laugh so happily.' Syaoran grinned as Sakura planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Arigatou Syaoran-san."
Syaoran blushed as Sakura dragged him away from the stall and couldn't reply Sakura at all.
"Hey brat! You better take care of her properly. If not I will get your head!" Touya shouted, which earned a stare each from Sakura and Syaoran.
"Over concerned brother! I have great faith that Li will take care of her." Yukito laughed and started blowing balloons to replace those burst by Li.
'Yeah. Whatever. It was nothing.' Was what Syaoran could say as Sakura continued to thank him for the bear. However, he wished, from the bottom of his heart that one day, he will know what caused the sadness and pain that lay hidden behind her smile.
"Syaoran!!" Sakura tried to get his attention for the third time.
"Har? Oh! What is it?" Syaoran snapped out of his daydreaming and turned to the direction where Sakura was staring.
"Isn't that Tomoyo with Eriol?"
"Yeah. It's them all right."
"Don't you notice something strange about him?"
"No. Wait now that you mention about it. What on earth is he wearing..."
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"Eriol, you are wearing a black shirt!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Well, I didn't think that maroon is my colour. But hey, at least it beats blue." Eriol gave a sheepish grin. Hoping that Tomoyo was able to see how much he compromised for her.
"Yeah. It does. But wait, that's not the bottom line. Why on earth did you change your shirt? Here! Of all places?" Tomoyo asked feeling puzzled.
"Oh, you wanted to see me in other colours besides blue right?" Eriol asked. When Tomoyo nodded, he continued. "So, I listened to you and chose a suitable colour beside blue and made a purchase."
"For what? You could just ignore my silly comments and suggestions. I can't really change your wardrobe for you if you don't want to."
"But Tomoyo, I'm hoping that you will, like what you do to Sakura. I believe that that her dresses was made by you." Eriol smiled. "I was hoping maybe you can start making clothes for me."
"What for?"
"For the fun, joy and the love for me." Eriol tested the ground.
"Oh." Tomoyo blushed and turned and walked away.
"Wait up!" Eriol caught hold of Tomoyo's hand and made her face him. "You don't want to?"
"Well, Eriol. To tell the truth, I. . ."
"You don't love me." Eriol looked down and felt his heart break. "Well, then, I guess I embarrassed myself for nothing."
They stood there, feeling awkward because of the silence. Tomoyo cracked her head at what Eriol was trying to say while Eriol wanted to find a way to relieve the tension.
"You,"
"I," Both of them said at the same time. Tomoyo just blushed even more while Eriol just nodded. "You go first."
Tomoyo took a deep breath. "Well, to tell you the truth. I really love to do your wardrobe. However, I am not really into making men's clothing. But I don't mind going shopping with you."
Eriol just laughed. "No thanks. I detest shopping."
"Eriol. Why did you buy the shirt? As far as I can remember, you never wore anything that wasn't blue."
"I did it for you. To be happy with me." Eriol just blurted it out. 'What am I doing? Rattling on like a nervous thirteen years old boy.'
"Well. I am glad you bought black." Tomoyo turned and stared at the crowd. She saw Sakura holding the big teddy bear and pulling Syaoran along. Syaoran's face was so red that she couldn't help but sigh. Haven't Sakura noticed the obvious yet?
"Hey! What's wrong?" Eriol tapped her shoulder.
"Nothing. I was wondering, whether Syaoran and Sakura will be together or not."
"I think they will. What I am thinking is whether the two of us will have a future together."
Tomoyo hesitated for a while before probing. "What do you think?"
"Well, if a pretty raven hair girl with amethyst eyes tells me that she loves me as much as I love her, I think there will definitely be a future for the both of us."
"Well then." Tomoyo turned around and gave Eriol a smile. "What are we waiting for?"
Eriol just grinned and gave her a big hug. "I really love you. Don't doubt it for a moment."
"I won't." Tomoyo said, certain that she found the person she loves, and gave him a kiss.
"Yes! They are a couple." Sakura jumped up and down with joy. "About time Tomoyo finds someone to love."
"How about both of us?" Syaoran asked.
"You will just have to wait to find out." Sakura replied back, not bold enough to tell him anything just yet.
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Phew! Great, I am done! Very tiring doing the past two chapters, I am just totally burnt out! I need a holiday badly. Sigh, but still have school. So, won't do the other chapters so fast. However, I would like to thank EVERYONE... let's see, Ashley, guardgurl123, Kikakai, momocolady, AnimeObsessionFantasy, Light-sakura11, heheangel kisses, CoolCat10988, Qleo- chan, Spinni, emotionlessgothicgirl, Dark Heart Wolf, Sabrina_Diamond, marlyn and three other anonymous people with no identifiable nicks. But whatever it is, thanks for the reviews. Keep them flowing. God Bless!
"Sakura! What happened?" Touya and Syaoran asked together, but ended up glaring at each other again.
Yukito shook his head. "Sakura, what's wrong?" He looked at the direction where she was staring at and breathed a sigh of relief.
There stood a big brown teddy bear with a little red bow around its neck. Its hands were stretched out, as if wanting someone to come over and hug it.
"That teddy bear!!! It's so kawaii!!!!" Sakura exclaimed. She turned to Yukito. "I want that teddy bear. Can I get it?"
Touya was dreadfully pissed with her for making him frightened that he fiercely snapped. "Yeah, sure, if you can win this game. This," He pointed to the various balloons that are pinned to the wall. "is the game- You have only three darts. You need to throw them and burst the balloon. The prize that you win will be in those balloons." He added on with a sneer. "There is only one balloon out of twenty five of them that will have the prize of this adorable teddy bear. However, no one has won it since we opened. So, have a fun time trying."
Sakura looked at her brother, for a moment giving him a stare that showed him that she is not exactly pleased with him. Yukito smiled and looked at Syaoran. "I am sure you can get the teddy bear for her. Can you?"
Syaoran stared at Sakura, looking into her eyes, that was imploring him to try his best to get the teddy bear. He looked at Touya smirking away, who was at that moment thinking that THE brat would not get the teddy bear. He grinned at Sakura and told Yukito. "I'm game."
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"Tomoyo! Hey, wait up!" Eriol ran towards her after he managed to catch up with her. He went to the washroom and came out, expecting her to still be in the same shop. To his horror, she had gone elsewhere. As the result, he had to search all over the area to find her. After looking for 15 minutes, he finally spotted her looking at the little children playing fishing.
Tomoyo straightened her back when she heard his voice. She was infuriated with Eriol. He vanished without saying a word and left her all alone. She was miserable and wanted to find Sakura, but she was nowhere to be seen. 'Maybe she is having a fun time with Syaoran. Lucky her.' She thought as she rooted on the spot as she saw the children trying to catch the paper fishes with their fishing rods, which made up of a magnetic end that was supposed to attract to the paper clip that was attached to the fishes.
"Tomoyo? Are you angry? Please don't be. I have a surprise for you."
"What is it Eriol?" Tomoyo asked, out of curiosity.
"Turn around then." Eriol requested. "It's something that you have to see."
She reluctantly turned around before she gasped. "Eriol, you are. . ."
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"Syaoran, this is your last dart. I doubt you can make it." Touya taunted.
Syaoran started bursting out in cold sweat. 'This is no good. I don't know which balloon will have the teddy bear.' He closed his eyes and concentrated. The last two balloons didn't contain any prizes at all, and he was worried that he will go away empty handed. He badly wanted to win the teddy bear for Sakura. He concentrated harder and for a moment and lifted his hands.
Sakura stood there nervously, praying hard that Syaoran would win the teddy bear. Not that she will blame him for not winning. However, she also wanted to gloat at Touya's underestimation of Syaoran's skills. She stared at Syaoran as she saw him lifted up his hands for a second before he opened his eyes and threw the dart.
"Well, well well. I guess, we got a winner here." Yukito smiled as he went to collect the paper that was stuck on the wall by the dart. "Sakura, you are one happy lady." Yukito said it all before Sakura ran and hug Syaoran.
"Baka!" Touya mumbled as he went to the prize shelf and collected the teddy bear and thrust it to Sakura. 'Didn't she noticed? It is exactly the same scene the day Naruko raped her.' He studied her. 'Well, I don't think so. This time, it's the brat. Well, he better don't do anything to her.'
Sakura took it with joy and gave it a big hug and stuck her tongue out at her brother as Syaoran stayed rooted to the ground, enjoying the sounds of Sakura's laughter and joyful presence around him. 'It has been a long time since I heard her laugh so happily.' Syaoran grinned as Sakura planted a kiss on his cheek.
"Arigatou Syaoran-san."
Syaoran blushed as Sakura dragged him away from the stall and couldn't reply Sakura at all.
"Hey brat! You better take care of her properly. If not I will get your head!" Touya shouted, which earned a stare each from Sakura and Syaoran.
"Over concerned brother! I have great faith that Li will take care of her." Yukito laughed and started blowing balloons to replace those burst by Li.
'Yeah. Whatever. It was nothing.' Was what Syaoran could say as Sakura continued to thank him for the bear. However, he wished, from the bottom of his heart that one day, he will know what caused the sadness and pain that lay hidden behind her smile.
"Syaoran!!" Sakura tried to get his attention for the third time.
"Har? Oh! What is it?" Syaoran snapped out of his daydreaming and turned to the direction where Sakura was staring.
"Isn't that Tomoyo with Eriol?"
"Yeah. It's them all right."
"Don't you notice something strange about him?"
"No. Wait now that you mention about it. What on earth is he wearing..."
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"Eriol, you are wearing a black shirt!" Tomoyo exclaimed.
"Well, I didn't think that maroon is my colour. But hey, at least it beats blue." Eriol gave a sheepish grin. Hoping that Tomoyo was able to see how much he compromised for her.
"Yeah. It does. But wait, that's not the bottom line. Why on earth did you change your shirt? Here! Of all places?" Tomoyo asked feeling puzzled.
"Oh, you wanted to see me in other colours besides blue right?" Eriol asked. When Tomoyo nodded, he continued. "So, I listened to you and chose a suitable colour beside blue and made a purchase."
"For what? You could just ignore my silly comments and suggestions. I can't really change your wardrobe for you if you don't want to."
"But Tomoyo, I'm hoping that you will, like what you do to Sakura. I believe that that her dresses was made by you." Eriol smiled. "I was hoping maybe you can start making clothes for me."
"What for?"
"For the fun, joy and the love for me." Eriol tested the ground.
"Oh." Tomoyo blushed and turned and walked away.
"Wait up!" Eriol caught hold of Tomoyo's hand and made her face him. "You don't want to?"
"Well, Eriol. To tell the truth, I. . ."
"You don't love me." Eriol looked down and felt his heart break. "Well, then, I guess I embarrassed myself for nothing."
They stood there, feeling awkward because of the silence. Tomoyo cracked her head at what Eriol was trying to say while Eriol wanted to find a way to relieve the tension.
"You,"
"I," Both of them said at the same time. Tomoyo just blushed even more while Eriol just nodded. "You go first."
Tomoyo took a deep breath. "Well, to tell you the truth. I really love to do your wardrobe. However, I am not really into making men's clothing. But I don't mind going shopping with you."
Eriol just laughed. "No thanks. I detest shopping."
"Eriol. Why did you buy the shirt? As far as I can remember, you never wore anything that wasn't blue."
"I did it for you. To be happy with me." Eriol just blurted it out. 'What am I doing? Rattling on like a nervous thirteen years old boy.'
"Well. I am glad you bought black." Tomoyo turned and stared at the crowd. She saw Sakura holding the big teddy bear and pulling Syaoran along. Syaoran's face was so red that she couldn't help but sigh. Haven't Sakura noticed the obvious yet?
"Hey! What's wrong?" Eriol tapped her shoulder.
"Nothing. I was wondering, whether Syaoran and Sakura will be together or not."
"I think they will. What I am thinking is whether the two of us will have a future together."
Tomoyo hesitated for a while before probing. "What do you think?"
"Well, if a pretty raven hair girl with amethyst eyes tells me that she loves me as much as I love her, I think there will definitely be a future for the both of us."
"Well then." Tomoyo turned around and gave Eriol a smile. "What are we waiting for?"
Eriol just grinned and gave her a big hug. "I really love you. Don't doubt it for a moment."
"I won't." Tomoyo said, certain that she found the person she loves, and gave him a kiss.
"Yes! They are a couple." Sakura jumped up and down with joy. "About time Tomoyo finds someone to love."
"How about both of us?" Syaoran asked.
"You will just have to wait to find out." Sakura replied back, not bold enough to tell him anything just yet.
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Phew! Great, I am done! Very tiring doing the past two chapters, I am just totally burnt out! I need a holiday badly. Sigh, but still have school. So, won't do the other chapters so fast. However, I would like to thank EVERYONE... let's see, Ashley, guardgurl123, Kikakai, momocolady, AnimeObsessionFantasy, Light-sakura11, heheangel kisses, CoolCat10988, Qleo- chan, Spinni, emotionlessgothicgirl, Dark Heart Wolf, Sabrina_Diamond, marlyn and three other anonymous people with no identifiable nicks. But whatever it is, thanks for the reviews. Keep them flowing. God Bless!