A/N: Okay, let's get this chapter over with!!
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If You're Not The One
Chapter 13
The Accident
*Northwest High School*
Days passed since the senior prom. That prom evening, some were able to find true love. Some rekindled their love like Sakura and Syaoron. And then there were others less fortunate in finding true love like Tomoyo and Eriol.
Tomoyo walked slowly down the halls, hoping she wouldn't run into him. Waiting until the crowd died down, Tomoyo swiftly made her way to her first class. But what was the point in hiding?
She had him for her first class.
Now Tomoyo was walking slowly. The entrance to her classroom was came closer with every step she took. She put her hand on the door and slid it open. Eriol's seat was empty. Tomoyo, who had been holding her breath, exhaled and took her seat. A flock of students came through those doors before the bell rang.
None of those students were Eriol.
A part of Tomoyo was relieved. The other part wasn't put at ease. She watched as Sensei Terada took the podium in front of the class. "Class I have an announcement to make." Terada said above the noise. "As you probably already know, and for those of you that don't, Hiiragizawa is in the hospital and has been hospitalized since last Friday evening." The moment Tomoyo heard those words, she could think of nothing else but that night he came to her house and tried to rape her. 'Rape me?' She thought. 'Was that what he tried to do?' "Apparently, he was in a car crash. He's in a critical condition." Tomoyo could hear Terada say. Tomoyo looked at the teacher, until suddenly, she stood from her seat and ran out of the classroom.
*Girl's Bathroom*
"Tomoyo?" Sakura said, walking inside the bathroom. Sakura looked underneath the stalls for a pair of Tomoyo's designer shoes. Sakura opened the door to the third stall to reveal a sobbing Tomoyo. "Oh Tomoyo." Sakura sighed sympathetically.
"It was my fault!" Tomoyo said between sobs. "It was my fault he went off drinking, it was my fault he attacked me..."
"What?" Sakura asked, now more concerned. "He attacked you?"
"He didn't do anything to me. He tried, but nothing happened. I should have called the police! I mean to think I kicked him out of my house instead of calling the police! I just let him leave, not thinking that..." Tomoyo covered her mouth.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura led her outside the bathroom stall. "You were scared for him, weren't you? You didn't want him to get into trouble."
"Not only had he been drinking, but he tried to take advantage of me!" Tomoyo bit her nails. "I didn't want him to get into trouble, but now he's lying in a hospital bed and-"
Suddenly, the bathroom door burst open and Naoko and Chiharu ran in. "Tomoyo, Sakura," Chiharu called. "There's news about Eriol."
Tomoyo took a few steps forwards and Sakura stood behind her, knowing the news was probably not good.
Naoko sighed. "He's in a coma."
*After School*
"I can't believe it," Syaoron told Sakura as they were walking down the hallways of their high school. "He's in a coma."
"I couldn't believe it myself. As soon as Naoko said it, Tomoyo was in total shock. She took the rest of the day off so she could go to the hospital to see him."
"Yea," Syaoron nodded. "What I also can't believe is how Eriol tried to rape her."
Sakura put her index finger to her mouth. "SHH!! No one knows. Tomoyo only told me and I only told you! Don't you dare mention it to anyone!"
"Okay, okay! But this isn't the Eriol I knew." Syaoron shook his head in disbelief.
"Yea."
"Yea."
Both of them continued walking down the halls hand in hand. Sakura cleared her throat and Syaoron scratched his head with his free hand. "So when are we gonna pretend Friday night never happened?" Sakura said hesitantly. Syaoron went red in the face. "Um, well, that came out of nowhere!" Syaoron said. "Did what happened Friday night come out of nowhere, too, or was there some actual meaning behind it?" Sakura asked angrily. Syaoron looked at Sakura and stopped walking and let go of her hand. "Sakura, I love you. I really do. Friday night didn't just 'happen'."
Sakura rolled her eyes. "You didn't even ask me if I was ready!"
"Well, seeing as how we eventually did 'it', I only assumed you were ready."
"Are you saying I wanted to do 'it'?"
"What? Now you're just putting words in my mouth! All I was trying to say is if I didn't love you, why would I use protection?"
Sakura smiled. "So that way my brother won't kill you."
Syaoron laughed. "Maybe." Sakura hit him playfully and they continued to walk down the corridors together.
(A/N: TMI (Too Much Info), I know, but that's it for the 'Friday Night' talk... or is it??)
*Hospital*
Tomoyo was sitting in the waiting area anxiously before a nurse told her she could finally see him. Tomoyo slowly walked inside the room.
There, Eriol lied motionless on the hospital bed. She grabbed a chair and put it next to his bed. She grabbed his hand and held it tight. Suddenly, Tomoyo remembered how his hands, the hand she was holding, tried to undress her that evening. She dropped his hand and covered her watery eyes. Tomoyo inhaled, then exhaled, and looked at Eriol's face; that beautiful face that she'd look forward to seeing everyday when she woke up from dreaming of him; dreaming of his charming smile, strong and yet gentle hands holding hers, and his gorgeous azure eyes gazing into hers. At that moment she realized, 'I may never see those blue eyes again.'
That dream could have become a reality.
"If it hadn't have been for me," Tomoyo began. "You wouldn't be lying here." She looked down at her lap. "The nurse wouldn't let me see you till now, otherwise I would have come to see you sooner. I'm scared for you, Eriol, and I wonder if you'll come out of this. If..." Tomoyo cleared her throat. "When you get out of this, I'll still be scared. I'll be scared of you and what you tried to do to me, but I want you to know that I forgive you and how it's so easy for me to forgive you because it's you." She wet her lips and continued.
"Do you remember what happened that night? Do you remember why you took off and why you were drinking and why you came to my house and why you got in a car wreck?" Tomoyo sobbed. "That was my doing." She whispered. "I do love you." Tomoyo held his hand, but still received that strange feeling. "But I can't even touch you without remembering. I want to forget." Tomoyo stood up from her seat and left.
*The Next Few Days*
"There's been no change in his health." Tomoyo told Sakura as they were walking to school. "What if he doesn't make it?"
"He will," Sakura nodded. "Keep a positive attitude."
"If Syaoron was lying in a coma, would you keep a positive attitude?"
"..."
"My point has been made!" Tomoyo said, walking faster. Sakura caught up to her and pulled her aside.
"So you've forgiven him for what he tried to do?"
Tomoyo hesitated. "Well, it was my fault..."
"No, it wasn't! It's as if you're saying you made him get drunk!"
"But if I hadn't yelled at him-"
Sakura interrupted. "But nothing!" Both of them continued to walk in silence until Tomoyo said, "I still forgive him." Sakura stopped her again. "Do you? Or is that just your guilt kicking in?"
Tomoyo paused. She looked down, hiding the tears from her best friend. "You know, a part of me wants him to be okay. The other just wishes he never woke up." Tomoyo burst into sobs and took off running the opposite direction. Sakura called after her. "Tomoyo!! Wait!!" But Tomoyo didn't stop. "Great..." Sakura sighed.
(A/N: Yea Sakura! Make Tomoyo feel worse!!)
*Penguin Park*
Tomoyo sat on a park bench, the same one she sat on when she first met Eriol, and spent the entire afternoon thinking. "Do I really want him to wake up," She'd ask herself. "Or is this just remorse I'm feeling?"
*Sakura & Syaoron*
"Syaoron, in two weeks, we'll have graduated from high school!" Sakura realized.
Syaoron was driving in his Jetta with Sakura on the passenger's side. It was their lunch hour and they were getting something to eat. "Nervous?"
"No! I was thinking if Eriol doesn't wake up anytime soon will he graduate with the rest of his class?"
"I dunno."
Sakura looked outside the window and saw a drugstore. "SYAORON! STOP IN THERE!!" She yelled. Syaoron swerved and turned into the parking lot of the drugstore. "What the hell?" Syaoron asked. Sakura got out of the car and winked. "I'll be right back!"
*Minutes Later*
Sakura got in the car holding a brown paper bag. Syaoron exited the parking lot and looked at the bag suspiciously as he was driving. "What's in the mystery bag?" He asked.
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "If I told you what was in it, it wouldn't be a mystery, would it?"
Syaoron shrugged and continued driving. Sakura put the paper bag in her backpack. She looked up at Syaoron who was looking at her. Sakura sighed. "It's girl stuff!" Syaoron continued to look at her unbelievingly. "If you must know," she continued, "They're tampons." Syaoron's eyes went wide and he immediately focused on the road, his face completely scarlet. "Too much info?" Sakura asked. Syaoron nodded his head vigorously. "Yea." Sakura looked out the window and sighed. 'Good,' She thought. 'He bought it.'
(A/N: Eh? What's this? Sakura lying to Syaoron about the continents inside the mysterious brown paper bag??)
*Hospital*
The nurse entered Eriol's room to check on how he was doing. The nurse would scribble down any changes in his condition, his heart rate, etc. A male doctor entered the room, watching the nurse take notes.
"Any change?" The doctor asked.
"None so far, sir," The nurse said, continuing to write in her notepad.
"Very well," The doctor and the nurse exited the room. Maybe if they had stayed in the room long enough, they would have seen Eriol's index finger moving.
(A/N: DUN DUUN DUUUUUN!)
*Syaoron's Apartment*
Syaoron opened the door to his apartment, threw his backpack next to the doorway, and plopped down on his sofa. Suddenly, the phone on the coffee table rang, and Syaoron reached over to answer it. "Hello?"
"Syaoron," Said a stern voice.
"M-Mother!" Syaoron stuttered as he sat upright.
"You weren't expecting this, I can tell." Yelan said.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I wasn't." Syaoron coughed. "So, you called why?"
"Do you have to ask? I just wanted to know how my little boy is doing." Yelan said sweetly.
He sighed. "That's just it, mother. I'm not your little boy anymore."
Yelan continued as if she hadn't heard him. "You didn't come home with Meilin."
"I'm not marrying her," Syaoron declared.
"I don't think it's your place to decide whom you should marry."
Syaoron laughed. "You see, mother, that's where you're wrong. This isn't the nineteenth century! No one's had an arranged marriage since the eighteen hundreds! I'm also pretty sure it's illegal!"
"Come home Syaoron, that's an order!"
"And if I refuse?"
CLICK
*Yelan*
Yelan slammed the phone on the receiver. She put her hands on her hips, shook her head in disbelief, but smiled. "If you refuse, Syaoron, then I'll make sure you come home to stay right after your graduation. That's a promise."
*Syaoron*
Syaoron threw the phone on the couch and shook his head. He went inside his kitchen and poured himself a glass of water. 'I don't care what you say, mother.' Syaoron thought. 'I'm not going home!'
*Kinomoto Residence*
Sakura ran upstairs with her backpack until her father stopped her. "Sakura, where are you off to in such a hurry?"
"Long day at school, dad. I think I'm gonna go take a nap. I'm real tired." She answered.
"Okay." Fujitaka shrugged. "Dinner will be ready in two hours." Sakura made her way to her room. She threw her backpack on her bed and took out the brown paper bag from the drugstore. She stuck her hand inside and took out...
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A/N: Short chapter, I know! I've got lotsa lotsa plans for this story! Ohohohoho!! Ahem! Anyways, this story will be at a temporary standstill, those of you that didn't read the last author's note.
You're probably thinking, "CLIFFHANGER?? BLAHH!!"
I'm sorry!! What else could I do??
And for those of you that have good guesses (whether their wrong or right) about what's to come on these upcoming chapters, please do me a big favor and not write what you think will happen on the reviews! Thanks-much! I'm typing this next chapter quickly, but it won't come out between mid- September till early-October! Ciao!
-Cher
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If You're Not The One
Chapter 13
The Accident
*Northwest High School*
Days passed since the senior prom. That prom evening, some were able to find true love. Some rekindled their love like Sakura and Syaoron. And then there were others less fortunate in finding true love like Tomoyo and Eriol.
Tomoyo walked slowly down the halls, hoping she wouldn't run into him. Waiting until the crowd died down, Tomoyo swiftly made her way to her first class. But what was the point in hiding?
She had him for her first class.
Now Tomoyo was walking slowly. The entrance to her classroom was came closer with every step she took. She put her hand on the door and slid it open. Eriol's seat was empty. Tomoyo, who had been holding her breath, exhaled and took her seat. A flock of students came through those doors before the bell rang.
None of those students were Eriol.
A part of Tomoyo was relieved. The other part wasn't put at ease. She watched as Sensei Terada took the podium in front of the class. "Class I have an announcement to make." Terada said above the noise. "As you probably already know, and for those of you that don't, Hiiragizawa is in the hospital and has been hospitalized since last Friday evening." The moment Tomoyo heard those words, she could think of nothing else but that night he came to her house and tried to rape her. 'Rape me?' She thought. 'Was that what he tried to do?' "Apparently, he was in a car crash. He's in a critical condition." Tomoyo could hear Terada say. Tomoyo looked at the teacher, until suddenly, she stood from her seat and ran out of the classroom.
*Girl's Bathroom*
"Tomoyo?" Sakura said, walking inside the bathroom. Sakura looked underneath the stalls for a pair of Tomoyo's designer shoes. Sakura opened the door to the third stall to reveal a sobbing Tomoyo. "Oh Tomoyo." Sakura sighed sympathetically.
"It was my fault!" Tomoyo said between sobs. "It was my fault he went off drinking, it was my fault he attacked me..."
"What?" Sakura asked, now more concerned. "He attacked you?"
"He didn't do anything to me. He tried, but nothing happened. I should have called the police! I mean to think I kicked him out of my house instead of calling the police! I just let him leave, not thinking that..." Tomoyo covered her mouth.
"Tomoyo!" Sakura led her outside the bathroom stall. "You were scared for him, weren't you? You didn't want him to get into trouble."
"Not only had he been drinking, but he tried to take advantage of me!" Tomoyo bit her nails. "I didn't want him to get into trouble, but now he's lying in a hospital bed and-"
Suddenly, the bathroom door burst open and Naoko and Chiharu ran in. "Tomoyo, Sakura," Chiharu called. "There's news about Eriol."
Tomoyo took a few steps forwards and Sakura stood behind her, knowing the news was probably not good.
Naoko sighed. "He's in a coma."
*After School*
"I can't believe it," Syaoron told Sakura as they were walking down the hallways of their high school. "He's in a coma."
"I couldn't believe it myself. As soon as Naoko said it, Tomoyo was in total shock. She took the rest of the day off so she could go to the hospital to see him."
"Yea," Syaoron nodded. "What I also can't believe is how Eriol tried to rape her."
Sakura put her index finger to her mouth. "SHH!! No one knows. Tomoyo only told me and I only told you! Don't you dare mention it to anyone!"
"Okay, okay! But this isn't the Eriol I knew." Syaoron shook his head in disbelief.
"Yea."
"Yea."
Both of them continued walking down the halls hand in hand. Sakura cleared her throat and Syaoron scratched his head with his free hand. "So when are we gonna pretend Friday night never happened?" Sakura said hesitantly. Syaoron went red in the face. "Um, well, that came out of nowhere!" Syaoron said. "Did what happened Friday night come out of nowhere, too, or was there some actual meaning behind it?" Sakura asked angrily. Syaoron looked at Sakura and stopped walking and let go of her hand. "Sakura, I love you. I really do. Friday night didn't just 'happen'."
Sakura rolled her eyes. "You didn't even ask me if I was ready!"
"Well, seeing as how we eventually did 'it', I only assumed you were ready."
"Are you saying I wanted to do 'it'?"
"What? Now you're just putting words in my mouth! All I was trying to say is if I didn't love you, why would I use protection?"
Sakura smiled. "So that way my brother won't kill you."
Syaoron laughed. "Maybe." Sakura hit him playfully and they continued to walk down the corridors together.
(A/N: TMI (Too Much Info), I know, but that's it for the 'Friday Night' talk... or is it??)
*Hospital*
Tomoyo was sitting in the waiting area anxiously before a nurse told her she could finally see him. Tomoyo slowly walked inside the room.
There, Eriol lied motionless on the hospital bed. She grabbed a chair and put it next to his bed. She grabbed his hand and held it tight. Suddenly, Tomoyo remembered how his hands, the hand she was holding, tried to undress her that evening. She dropped his hand and covered her watery eyes. Tomoyo inhaled, then exhaled, and looked at Eriol's face; that beautiful face that she'd look forward to seeing everyday when she woke up from dreaming of him; dreaming of his charming smile, strong and yet gentle hands holding hers, and his gorgeous azure eyes gazing into hers. At that moment she realized, 'I may never see those blue eyes again.'
That dream could have become a reality.
"If it hadn't have been for me," Tomoyo began. "You wouldn't be lying here." She looked down at her lap. "The nurse wouldn't let me see you till now, otherwise I would have come to see you sooner. I'm scared for you, Eriol, and I wonder if you'll come out of this. If..." Tomoyo cleared her throat. "When you get out of this, I'll still be scared. I'll be scared of you and what you tried to do to me, but I want you to know that I forgive you and how it's so easy for me to forgive you because it's you." She wet her lips and continued.
"Do you remember what happened that night? Do you remember why you took off and why you were drinking and why you came to my house and why you got in a car wreck?" Tomoyo sobbed. "That was my doing." She whispered. "I do love you." Tomoyo held his hand, but still received that strange feeling. "But I can't even touch you without remembering. I want to forget." Tomoyo stood up from her seat and left.
*The Next Few Days*
"There's been no change in his health." Tomoyo told Sakura as they were walking to school. "What if he doesn't make it?"
"He will," Sakura nodded. "Keep a positive attitude."
"If Syaoron was lying in a coma, would you keep a positive attitude?"
"..."
"My point has been made!" Tomoyo said, walking faster. Sakura caught up to her and pulled her aside.
"So you've forgiven him for what he tried to do?"
Tomoyo hesitated. "Well, it was my fault..."
"No, it wasn't! It's as if you're saying you made him get drunk!"
"But if I hadn't yelled at him-"
Sakura interrupted. "But nothing!" Both of them continued to walk in silence until Tomoyo said, "I still forgive him." Sakura stopped her again. "Do you? Or is that just your guilt kicking in?"
Tomoyo paused. She looked down, hiding the tears from her best friend. "You know, a part of me wants him to be okay. The other just wishes he never woke up." Tomoyo burst into sobs and took off running the opposite direction. Sakura called after her. "Tomoyo!! Wait!!" But Tomoyo didn't stop. "Great..." Sakura sighed.
(A/N: Yea Sakura! Make Tomoyo feel worse!!)
*Penguin Park*
Tomoyo sat on a park bench, the same one she sat on when she first met Eriol, and spent the entire afternoon thinking. "Do I really want him to wake up," She'd ask herself. "Or is this just remorse I'm feeling?"
*Sakura & Syaoron*
"Syaoron, in two weeks, we'll have graduated from high school!" Sakura realized.
Syaoron was driving in his Jetta with Sakura on the passenger's side. It was their lunch hour and they were getting something to eat. "Nervous?"
"No! I was thinking if Eriol doesn't wake up anytime soon will he graduate with the rest of his class?"
"I dunno."
Sakura looked outside the window and saw a drugstore. "SYAORON! STOP IN THERE!!" She yelled. Syaoron swerved and turned into the parking lot of the drugstore. "What the hell?" Syaoron asked. Sakura got out of the car and winked. "I'll be right back!"
*Minutes Later*
Sakura got in the car holding a brown paper bag. Syaoron exited the parking lot and looked at the bag suspiciously as he was driving. "What's in the mystery bag?" He asked.
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "If I told you what was in it, it wouldn't be a mystery, would it?"
Syaoron shrugged and continued driving. Sakura put the paper bag in her backpack. She looked up at Syaoron who was looking at her. Sakura sighed. "It's girl stuff!" Syaoron continued to look at her unbelievingly. "If you must know," she continued, "They're tampons." Syaoron's eyes went wide and he immediately focused on the road, his face completely scarlet. "Too much info?" Sakura asked. Syaoron nodded his head vigorously. "Yea." Sakura looked out the window and sighed. 'Good,' She thought. 'He bought it.'
(A/N: Eh? What's this? Sakura lying to Syaoron about the continents inside the mysterious brown paper bag??)
*Hospital*
The nurse entered Eriol's room to check on how he was doing. The nurse would scribble down any changes in his condition, his heart rate, etc. A male doctor entered the room, watching the nurse take notes.
"Any change?" The doctor asked.
"None so far, sir," The nurse said, continuing to write in her notepad.
"Very well," The doctor and the nurse exited the room. Maybe if they had stayed in the room long enough, they would have seen Eriol's index finger moving.
(A/N: DUN DUUN DUUUUUN!)
*Syaoron's Apartment*
Syaoron opened the door to his apartment, threw his backpack next to the doorway, and plopped down on his sofa. Suddenly, the phone on the coffee table rang, and Syaoron reached over to answer it. "Hello?"
"Syaoron," Said a stern voice.
"M-Mother!" Syaoron stuttered as he sat upright.
"You weren't expecting this, I can tell." Yelan said.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead. "I wasn't." Syaoron coughed. "So, you called why?"
"Do you have to ask? I just wanted to know how my little boy is doing." Yelan said sweetly.
He sighed. "That's just it, mother. I'm not your little boy anymore."
Yelan continued as if she hadn't heard him. "You didn't come home with Meilin."
"I'm not marrying her," Syaoron declared.
"I don't think it's your place to decide whom you should marry."
Syaoron laughed. "You see, mother, that's where you're wrong. This isn't the nineteenth century! No one's had an arranged marriage since the eighteen hundreds! I'm also pretty sure it's illegal!"
"Come home Syaoron, that's an order!"
"And if I refuse?"
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*Yelan*
Yelan slammed the phone on the receiver. She put her hands on her hips, shook her head in disbelief, but smiled. "If you refuse, Syaoron, then I'll make sure you come home to stay right after your graduation. That's a promise."
*Syaoron*
Syaoron threw the phone on the couch and shook his head. He went inside his kitchen and poured himself a glass of water. 'I don't care what you say, mother.' Syaoron thought. 'I'm not going home!'
*Kinomoto Residence*
Sakura ran upstairs with her backpack until her father stopped her. "Sakura, where are you off to in such a hurry?"
"Long day at school, dad. I think I'm gonna go take a nap. I'm real tired." She answered.
"Okay." Fujitaka shrugged. "Dinner will be ready in two hours." Sakura made her way to her room. She threw her backpack on her bed and took out the brown paper bag from the drugstore. She stuck her hand inside and took out...
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A/N: Short chapter, I know! I've got lotsa lotsa plans for this story! Ohohohoho!! Ahem! Anyways, this story will be at a temporary standstill, those of you that didn't read the last author's note.
You're probably thinking, "CLIFFHANGER?? BLAHH!!"
I'm sorry!! What else could I do??
And for those of you that have good guesses (whether their wrong or right) about what's to come on these upcoming chapters, please do me a big favor and not write what you think will happen on the reviews! Thanks-much! I'm typing this next chapter quickly, but it won't come out between mid- September till early-October! Ciao!
-Cher