A/N: Okay, I'm in update mode!! Hehehe, I forgot to mention Sakura got her
own car. Her father's car is a white Taurus SL, and she has a white Altima.
Oh yes, and remember how I said 'NO NAKURU'? I lied. Just clarifying...
ahem! On with the story!
(By the way, Merry Belated Christmas and Happy Pre-New Year!)
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If You're Not The One
Chapter 18
Going Home Part II
The siblings sat across from each other at the breakfast table. Nakuru took a sip of orange juice and waited for her brother's response. "Well? I'm waiting."
Eriol swallowed the food in his mouth. "You told me not to talk with my mouth full. So where do I begin?"
"Perhaps at the beginning?" Nakuru rested her head on the back of her hand.
*Japan*
(A/N: Let's just say it's four in the morning or whatever ('cause of the time difference and junk))
Sakura and Tomoyo were talking for hours. Both of them sat on top of Sakura's queen size bed. "I can't believe Syaoron left without you. And he hasn't even called, the bastard!"
"Hey!" Sakura laughed. "That was mean... but very true." Both girls giggled. "So, I told you everything that's going on with me: college, boyfriend, life in general. So what's going on in yours? How've you been?"
"It's been tough being on the road, but I've managed to get some jobs and get some money. You know, the freedom is great! I can do what I want, whenever I want. Tonight I felt like coming home and talking to my best friend."
"You wouldn't wanna make this stay permanent, would you?" Sakura asked sadly.
"Why would I? Besides you'll be going off to college soon. What's the point in coming back when you'll be thousands of miles away?"
"True." The emerald-eyed girl shrugged. "So have you talked to your mother?"
Tomoyo laughed. "No! Are you nuts??"
"Are you??" Sakura asked. "She's worried sick about you, and for two months you haven't even contacted her?"
"I had to leave..." Tomoyo sighed. "I can't go running back to mother dearest whenever problems come up! It would be so immature."
"So is that what this is all about??" Sakura crossed her arms. "You think you're mature when you try to face your problems all by yourself?? You think running away from home and from your problems was the mature thing to do??"
Tomoyo shook her head. "That's not what it's all about!! You know nothing about what's going on in my life."
"By all means," Sakura snapped. "Fill me in."
"I dunno, Sakura," Tomoyo crossed her arms. "If I did that, would it be the 'mature thing'? You know what, I don't need this. I don't need to explain anything to you... I've had a rough night on the road." Tomoyo grabbed her bags and opened Sakura's bedroom window.
(A/N: Stupid-immature-over-dramatic-Tomoyo! Why'd she gotta go run away again??)
*Hong Kong*
"S-S-Syaoron! Mei-lin!"
The two came bursting through Yelan's bedroom door. "What is it, mother?" Yelan pointed at her medicine and asked hoarsely, "Can I please have my medication now?" Meilin nodded. She was about to get the medicine bottle from the bedside table when suddenly...
"Meilin, go get water, then please leave." Syaoron said. "I want to talk to my mother alone."
Meilin nodded, and exiting, looked back at the both of them. Syaoron turned to his mother. She smiled at him, but he didn't return the smile. Meilin rushed inside with the water and placed it on the table and said short "good-night" before she left.
Syaoron opened the bottle of medicine and handed his mother two pills and the glass of water. "Mother, would you like to know why I left four years ago?"
Yelan nodded.
"I just couldn't handle anything anymore. Everything was getting out of hand. It first started when I was told I was destined to be the head of the Li family, telling me how I must set the rules and how I must set the example. Five years old I was going to prestigious grade schools, getting an education, trying to get good grades. At the same time, I mastered in several different martial arts. And then all of the sudden, fourteen years old, I'm forced to marry my half-cousin?!?! And you wanna know the sad part?? I would have married her if I hadn't realized that everything I was doing wasn't what I wanted."
"I thought you wanted to be head of the Li Clan!" Yelan said weakly.
"I thought I did too, but then I realized I only did it because it meant so much to you."
Yelan looked down. "So you did leave because of me!"
"But I'm here now!" Syaoron added. Yelan put the two pills in her mouth and gulped down the water. Syaoron kissed his mother's forehead and left the bedroom. Moments later, Yelan opened her mouth and took out the two pills she "swallowed".
(A/N: Hmmm...)
*England*
"I was dating this girl-"
"Tomoyo?"
"Sakura." Eriol corrected. "And two months later she broke up with me. I was so pissed. I was a mess for a while. You see, Sakura was secretly 'in love' with my best friend, Syaoron, and she broke up with me for him. After spring break, Tomoyo transferred to our school. Soon after, she and Sakura got in an argument, and I got in an argument with Syaoron, and then Tomoyo and I met."
"What was the argument about?"
"Well, Sakura told Tomoyo about how she broke up with me for Syaoron, Tomoyo told Syaoron's cousin who told him. I think the person who got hurt the most was Sakura. She got a reputation for being a slut, and it was Syaoron's cousin who started the rumor.
"Tomoyo and I met and were just friends, and we decided the only way to redeem ourselves to our friends was that we get them together. In the process, Tomoyo and I were getting closer to one another. Well, we finally got Sakura and Syaoron together on prom night..."
Eriol stuffed the rest of his toast in his mouth. Nakuru growled. "ERIOL!"
"Huh?" Eriol said with his mouth full.
"The story!"
Eriol nodded as he swallowed. "Can I eat??"
"NO!! JUST FINISH!!"
"Fine, I took Tomoyo to prom, we got in a fight and she left." Eriol sighed. "So I went to a bar, got drunk, went over to Tomoyo's, I... almost raped her, but she threw me out of the house. Then I drove off the side of the road in a ditch, went into a coma, woke up a month later hearing Tomoyo went missing, and here I am." There was an uncomfortable silence (Nakuru was still in shock) until Eriol said, "So how've you been?"
*Morning, Japan*
Sonomi walked down the stairs of her beautiful mansion. She sat on the couch of the living room and looked at a picture of Tomoyo on the coffee table. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Sonomi gasped.
"Tomoyo?" She got up and walked towards the door and put her hand on the doorknob, slowly turned it, and opened it slowly.
"Hi, I've got mail for a Miss Tomoyo Daidouji."
Sonomi exhaled and lowered her eyes. "There's no one here by that name."
The mailman looked at the address on the letter, then at Sonomi. "Ma'am, this is an important document she must receive." He added. "Immediately!"
Sonomi snatched the letter and shut the door loudly behind her. She opened the letter and tears formed in her eyes as she read aloud, "Tomoyo Daidouji, Congratulations, you've been accepted... to-"
Once again, the doorbell rang. Sonomi marched towards the door. "Damn mailman. Just leave me the hell alone!" She opened the door, expecting the chubby mailman, but instead found a pair of amethyst eyes. Sonomi's eyes went wide. She couldn't breathe, couldn't speak, couldn't move. Tomoyo's eyes watered as she muttered,
"Mommy."
*Two Weeks Later*
"Bye dad. I'll call you from Hong Kong."
"You didn't forget anything at the house, did you?"
"Dad, I packed everything I needed."
"Are you sure you wanna go to Hong Kong? You don't speak a word of Chinese!"
"They've got a special program for Japanese Exchange students. I'll be fine."
*Airport in Hong Kong*
Sakura stepped off the plane and looked at the sights around her. 'This is it.' She thought, inhaling. 'This is my new home.'
After she got her luggage, she waited outside in the rain for a taxi. Sakura grabbed a magazine and lifted it over her head to shield herself from the rain. Sakura raised her right hand and said, "Taxi!"...
...But then so did the person next to her...
*Li Residence*
"I don't get it, Meilin! I just don't understand!" Syaoron said over the phone. "She's been taking her medication and yet she's gotten worse. I'm gonna call that damn doctor and..." Pause. "No, there is something they can do!!"...
Yelan was right above the staircase, leaning against the wall so she wouldn't collapse.
"If she doesn't get better, I can't go back to Japan!" Yelan heard from downstairs. A smile curled upon her lips as she slowly inched her way back to her room.
"Meilin, I wanna talk to that doctor! Maybe he's given mother the wrong medication!!" Pause. "I'll schedule an appointment." And Syaoron hung up.
*Outside Hong Kong Airport*
Sakura looked at the person on her left who had also called for a taxi at the same time, who looked at her as well. He had clear blue eyes and his hair was dirty blonde. He had a black umbrella over his head and wore a black trench coat. He had his black luggage in his right hand. He smiled at Sakura, making her blush. "I-I'm sor-ry," the man said in wavering Chinese "Y-You can take th-the next-t taxi". Sakura tilted her head slightly. The man suddenly burst into fluent Japanese as he talked to himself, "You know, Daisuke, it would've helped if you took a Chinese class or two back at home."
"Do you talk to yourself on occasion?" Sakura asked in Japanese.
The man's eyes and smile widened. "You speak Japanese, too! This is great, why didn't you tell me?"
"W-we just met." Sakura giggled.
"That's right, where are my manners?" The man put his luggage to the floor for a moment and extended his hand. "Daisuke Tono."
Sakura extended her right hand, until she realized it was her right hand that was preventing the raindrops falling on her auburn hair. She apologized. "I would shake your hand if I could. Sakura Kinomoto."
"Well, Kinomoto-san," Daisuke said, "I think you should take the next taxi."
"Thanks, but why would you want to wait for another taxi when we can ride in the same one?" Suddenly, a taxi pulled up in front of the two.
"Where're you headed?"
"The University." Sakura answered.
"This is great!" Daisuke opened the trunk of the taxi and put his luggage in along with Sakura's. Both of them got in the car. "University Hong Kong," Daisuke told the driver as he shut the door of the taxi.
(A/N: ...)
*England*
"Thanks Nakuru, I'll call you when I get to Japan." Eriol said from inside a black car.
Nakuru sighed as she watched her little brother drive away.
*FLASHBACK*
Nakuru and Eriol were sitting in the study room of the mansion. The only light in the room was the fireplace. Eriol sat on a huge chair and Nakuru sat on a couch. "So what should I do?" He asked.
"Well, what do you think you should do?"
"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking!"
Nakuru pulled a strand of hair behind her ear. "Apologize."
"What?!?!" Eriol stood from the chair. "That's it?? That's the great advice you give me??"
"Well what else can you do??" Nakuru stood from the couch. Eriol turned around to face the fire. Nakuru continued. "What you did was stupid. It was completely and utterly stupid... it was the stupidest thing anyone could ever-"
"THANK YOU, NAKURU!" Eriol interrupted. "Tell me something I don't already know!" Eriol muttered.
"She might forgive you." Nakuru fell back on the couch. "And then she might not. It's up to her."
"But she has to..." Eriol sighed as he watched the fire intensify. "After everything we've both been through! I'm not ready it give it all up. We were so close! If it wasn't for my moment of temporary insanity, we'd still be together, I know it!" Eriol turned his head to see Nakuru out of the corner of his eye. "I wanna be with her all the time. The more I think about what I've done, the more determined I am to show her how sorry I am and how willing I am to make things better." Eriol could see his sister smile from the corner of his eye.
"Then show her."
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Nakuru smiled and watched the black car disappear in the distance. She looked up at the night sky for a moment until she turned around and walked back inside the empty mansion and shut the door behind her.
*Daidouji Residence*
Sonomi knocked on the door of Tomoyo's bedroom and opened it. Tomoyo was lying on her bed. "Tomoyo, did you send the check to Tokyo University?"
"Yup. Classes start next week." Tomoyo smiled. When Tomoyo saw her mother continue to stare, she rolled her eyes and sighed, "Mom you're doing it again!"
"I know sweetie, but I'm just so happy you're here. You're home." Sonomi sat down on the bed next to Tomoyo. "You still haven't told me why you left."
Tomoyo shrugged. "I just had to get away for a while."
"I know how you feel. I pulled the same stunt on my parents once or twice." Sonomi confessed.
Tomoyo sat up, interested. "You?"
"Sure, you didn't think your mother was that dull, did you?"
"..."
Sonomi shrugged. "Well anyway, I left right after graduation, too."
"Why'd you leave?"
"The pressures of college, parents, Nadeshiko's engagement to that MAN... but I always came back." Sonomi winked, then sat up. "Well, I'll let you get back to whatever you were doing." And she left. Tomoyo rolled over on her back and sighed. "I left for different reasons."
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
Tomoyo glanced at her phone. She got up from the bed and answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Tomoyo."
Tomoyo's eyes widened. "Yes, who's this?"
"I-It's me. Eriol."
*Li Residence*
The doctor opened Yelan's bedroom door, Syaoron following. The doctor took out his equipment and began examining her. Syaoron would constantly ask, "how is she doctor?" but the doctor would always reply with a grunt. Finally, the doctor's examination was complete. "Yelan, have you been taking your medication daily?"
"Yes, doctor!!" Syaoron answered. "My cousin and I make sure of it."
"Well, I'll see if I can prescribe a stronger prescription." The doctor said before leaving.
Syaoron closed the door and sat down on the bed next to his weak mother. "Mom, next week I'll have to go off to college."
"No Syaoron!" The mother coughed. "Don't leave me!"
"I'm not leaving you, mom. I'll be here at UHK." Syaoron planted a kiss upon his mother's wrinkly forehead and left the room. Yelan crossed her arms and smirked. "That's a good boy."
*Daidouji Residence (the next day)*
"Oh honey, I'm so proud of you." Sonomi beamed as she watched Tomoyo pack her bags. "You got accepted to Tokyo University! And tomorrow you'll head off to your dormitories and... leave me... alone... in this very big house..."
Tomoyo hugged her mother. "Oh mom, think of all the things you can do while I'm away!"
"What, you mean worry about you all the time?" Sonomi crossed her arms.
"Even better!" Tomoyo said, holding on to her mother's shoulders. "Throw parties while I'm away!"
"Oh you mean like the party you threw while I was away on a business trip your freshman year??"
"How do you remember these things?" Tomoyo said, folding a shirt and tossing it in her suitcase.
"How could I forget?" Sonomi laughed.
DING DONG
"I'll get it!" Tomoyo said, running downstairs towards the door. She remembered the phone call she got from Eriol the day before.
*FLASHBACK*
"Eriol." Tomoyo said softly. 'What do I do?' She thought to herself. 'I won't talk to him! I refuse! I'll just hang up now.' "H-How've you been?" She blurted.
"Good. How about you?"
'What am I doing??' Tomoyo thought to herself as she replied, "good."
"Oh." Eriol paused. "Where've you been lately?"
"I took a road trip." Tomoyo nodded. "I went to all sorts of places in Japan."
"Sounds interesting."
"Yup." Tomoyo paused. "I heard you moved back to England."
"Yup." Eriol nodded. "I'm gonna have to hang up soon. Can't use cell phones when you're lifting off."
"Lifting off?" Tomoyo asked. "Are you on an airplane?"
"Yea."
"Oh."
"Yea."
Both of them remained quiet. There was no doubt in both their minds that the other remembered what happened prom night and there was no way they were gonna bring it up to one another.
"So," Eriol began.
"Yea!" Tomoyo said immediately.
"I'd better hang up. We're about to leave."
"Where are you going?" Tomoyo asked curiously.
Eriol smiled. "I'm going home."
CLICK
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Tomoyo opened the door. "Mr. Kinomoto! She bowed."
"Tomoyo! You've come home. Is your mother here?"
Sonomi walked downstairs to find the man she loathed standing in her doorway. "Fujitaka, what a... pleasant surprise..." Sonomi growled. "Is there something you wanted?"
"Actually, I need to talk to you."
"Me! Talk to YOU!" She laughed.
"Sonomi! Can we put our differences aside for at least ten minutes? That's all I ask." Fujitaka said, glancing at Tomoyo.
"Fine, step inside my office." Sonomi ordered.
*University Hong Kong*
Sakura grabbed her bags from the taxi and Daisuke grabbed his. "So what house are you in?"
"I think it's called the Feng Hall."
"Cool! I'm in that house, too!" Daisuke said excitedly.
Sakura laughed. "I wouldn't be surprised though. We are in the same program."
Daisuke went red of embarrassment. "Oh! Right! It's just, I didn't think I'd meet someone in China this soon. It was almost like fate or something."
Sakura nodded and blushed. "It appears that way." Both of them walked inside their dormitory and found their rooms. "Great!" Sakura smiled. "You're just down the hall."
"So it wouldn't be a hassle for me to go over to your room and invite you to get some coffee sometime." Daisuke shrugged. Sakura smiled. "Tono-san, did you just ask me out?" Daisuke nodded slowly. "Only if your answer is yes."
'Sakura,' She thought to herself. 'You have a boyfriend, a loving, caring boyfriend!!' 'Yea, a boyfriend that hasn't called at all ever since he left.' She argued with herself. 'He did call!' 'Yea, ONCE! Come on! It's just coffee... OH NO! Embarrassing silence!!'
Daisuke leaned in. "I'm guessing by the silence that you're answer's a no?"
"No!!" Sakura said, snapping out of her inner conversation.
"So it was a yes?" Daisuke's smile brightened.
Sakura nodded, but suddenly shook her head, "No."
"So what was it?"
"M-Maybe?"
(A/N: NO!! Those 'maybes' are for SYAORON and SYAORON ONLY!!)
"Maybe?" Daisuke repeated.
"Maybe when I'm not to busy being idiotic." Sakura mumbled to herself angrily. "Yes, coffee sounds nice!" Sakura said, making up her mind.
"Great!" Daisuke said. "Well, Kinomoto-san-"
"Sakura." She corrected.
"S-Sakura," Daisuke repeated. "I'll see you in class." And he left to his room. Sakura blushed and opened the door to her room with the key. She put her belongings on the floor and fell on her bed. "What's the matter with you??" She asked herself. "Here's this really nice really cute guy asking you out and you almost say no??"
"Um, excuse me," A girl with black hair and ruby eyes said standing at the doorway. "Do you talk to yourself all the time?? Because I specifically told them I did not want a roommate that talks to herself."
*(Just down the hall)*
"Meilin! Where did you go??" Syaoron sighed and looked at the door in front of him. "Well, here's my room." He opened the door and found another person settling in. "Um, hi." Syaoron greeted him. The man turned around and smiled. 'Hi, my name's Daisuke. I guess we'll be rooming together."
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A/N: AHHH!!! The evilness of it all!! Daisuke rooming with Syaoron, Meilin rooming with Sakura, Daisuke and Sakura dating, Sonomi and Fujitaka's mysterious conversation, Tomoyo's going off to college, Eriol's going back to Tomoeda... DUN DUN DUUUUN!!! What will happen next?!?! (Eh, who am I kidding?? Practically everyone forgot about this story!!)
So what do you think? Yelan: Faking it?
And how would you like the story to end: Happy? Sad?
Would you like me to change the pairings?
It's a poll, people!! NEED FEEDBACK!! And the only way I can get feedback is if you write me a review!! Reviews never get old, so just write one and get it over with!! Besides, on chapter 20, I'll do another 'thank you' shout out!
Thanks!
Cher
(By the way, Merry Belated Christmas and Happy Pre-New Year!)
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If You're Not The One
Chapter 18
Going Home Part II
The siblings sat across from each other at the breakfast table. Nakuru took a sip of orange juice and waited for her brother's response. "Well? I'm waiting."
Eriol swallowed the food in his mouth. "You told me not to talk with my mouth full. So where do I begin?"
"Perhaps at the beginning?" Nakuru rested her head on the back of her hand.
*Japan*
(A/N: Let's just say it's four in the morning or whatever ('cause of the time difference and junk))
Sakura and Tomoyo were talking for hours. Both of them sat on top of Sakura's queen size bed. "I can't believe Syaoron left without you. And he hasn't even called, the bastard!"
"Hey!" Sakura laughed. "That was mean... but very true." Both girls giggled. "So, I told you everything that's going on with me: college, boyfriend, life in general. So what's going on in yours? How've you been?"
"It's been tough being on the road, but I've managed to get some jobs and get some money. You know, the freedom is great! I can do what I want, whenever I want. Tonight I felt like coming home and talking to my best friend."
"You wouldn't wanna make this stay permanent, would you?" Sakura asked sadly.
"Why would I? Besides you'll be going off to college soon. What's the point in coming back when you'll be thousands of miles away?"
"True." The emerald-eyed girl shrugged. "So have you talked to your mother?"
Tomoyo laughed. "No! Are you nuts??"
"Are you??" Sakura asked. "She's worried sick about you, and for two months you haven't even contacted her?"
"I had to leave..." Tomoyo sighed. "I can't go running back to mother dearest whenever problems come up! It would be so immature."
"So is that what this is all about??" Sakura crossed her arms. "You think you're mature when you try to face your problems all by yourself?? You think running away from home and from your problems was the mature thing to do??"
Tomoyo shook her head. "That's not what it's all about!! You know nothing about what's going on in my life."
"By all means," Sakura snapped. "Fill me in."
"I dunno, Sakura," Tomoyo crossed her arms. "If I did that, would it be the 'mature thing'? You know what, I don't need this. I don't need to explain anything to you... I've had a rough night on the road." Tomoyo grabbed her bags and opened Sakura's bedroom window.
(A/N: Stupid-immature-over-dramatic-Tomoyo! Why'd she gotta go run away again??)
*Hong Kong*
"S-S-Syaoron! Mei-lin!"
The two came bursting through Yelan's bedroom door. "What is it, mother?" Yelan pointed at her medicine and asked hoarsely, "Can I please have my medication now?" Meilin nodded. She was about to get the medicine bottle from the bedside table when suddenly...
"Meilin, go get water, then please leave." Syaoron said. "I want to talk to my mother alone."
Meilin nodded, and exiting, looked back at the both of them. Syaoron turned to his mother. She smiled at him, but he didn't return the smile. Meilin rushed inside with the water and placed it on the table and said short "good-night" before she left.
Syaoron opened the bottle of medicine and handed his mother two pills and the glass of water. "Mother, would you like to know why I left four years ago?"
Yelan nodded.
"I just couldn't handle anything anymore. Everything was getting out of hand. It first started when I was told I was destined to be the head of the Li family, telling me how I must set the rules and how I must set the example. Five years old I was going to prestigious grade schools, getting an education, trying to get good grades. At the same time, I mastered in several different martial arts. And then all of the sudden, fourteen years old, I'm forced to marry my half-cousin?!?! And you wanna know the sad part?? I would have married her if I hadn't realized that everything I was doing wasn't what I wanted."
"I thought you wanted to be head of the Li Clan!" Yelan said weakly.
"I thought I did too, but then I realized I only did it because it meant so much to you."
Yelan looked down. "So you did leave because of me!"
"But I'm here now!" Syaoron added. Yelan put the two pills in her mouth and gulped down the water. Syaoron kissed his mother's forehead and left the bedroom. Moments later, Yelan opened her mouth and took out the two pills she "swallowed".
(A/N: Hmmm...)
*England*
"I was dating this girl-"
"Tomoyo?"
"Sakura." Eriol corrected. "And two months later she broke up with me. I was so pissed. I was a mess for a while. You see, Sakura was secretly 'in love' with my best friend, Syaoron, and she broke up with me for him. After spring break, Tomoyo transferred to our school. Soon after, she and Sakura got in an argument, and I got in an argument with Syaoron, and then Tomoyo and I met."
"What was the argument about?"
"Well, Sakura told Tomoyo about how she broke up with me for Syaoron, Tomoyo told Syaoron's cousin who told him. I think the person who got hurt the most was Sakura. She got a reputation for being a slut, and it was Syaoron's cousin who started the rumor.
"Tomoyo and I met and were just friends, and we decided the only way to redeem ourselves to our friends was that we get them together. In the process, Tomoyo and I were getting closer to one another. Well, we finally got Sakura and Syaoron together on prom night..."
Eriol stuffed the rest of his toast in his mouth. Nakuru growled. "ERIOL!"
"Huh?" Eriol said with his mouth full.
"The story!"
Eriol nodded as he swallowed. "Can I eat??"
"NO!! JUST FINISH!!"
"Fine, I took Tomoyo to prom, we got in a fight and she left." Eriol sighed. "So I went to a bar, got drunk, went over to Tomoyo's, I... almost raped her, but she threw me out of the house. Then I drove off the side of the road in a ditch, went into a coma, woke up a month later hearing Tomoyo went missing, and here I am." There was an uncomfortable silence (Nakuru was still in shock) until Eriol said, "So how've you been?"
*Morning, Japan*
Sonomi walked down the stairs of her beautiful mansion. She sat on the couch of the living room and looked at a picture of Tomoyo on the coffee table. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Sonomi gasped.
"Tomoyo?" She got up and walked towards the door and put her hand on the doorknob, slowly turned it, and opened it slowly.
"Hi, I've got mail for a Miss Tomoyo Daidouji."
Sonomi exhaled and lowered her eyes. "There's no one here by that name."
The mailman looked at the address on the letter, then at Sonomi. "Ma'am, this is an important document she must receive." He added. "Immediately!"
Sonomi snatched the letter and shut the door loudly behind her. She opened the letter and tears formed in her eyes as she read aloud, "Tomoyo Daidouji, Congratulations, you've been accepted... to-"
Once again, the doorbell rang. Sonomi marched towards the door. "Damn mailman. Just leave me the hell alone!" She opened the door, expecting the chubby mailman, but instead found a pair of amethyst eyes. Sonomi's eyes went wide. She couldn't breathe, couldn't speak, couldn't move. Tomoyo's eyes watered as she muttered,
"Mommy."
*Two Weeks Later*
"Bye dad. I'll call you from Hong Kong."
"You didn't forget anything at the house, did you?"
"Dad, I packed everything I needed."
"Are you sure you wanna go to Hong Kong? You don't speak a word of Chinese!"
"They've got a special program for Japanese Exchange students. I'll be fine."
*Airport in Hong Kong*
Sakura stepped off the plane and looked at the sights around her. 'This is it.' She thought, inhaling. 'This is my new home.'
After she got her luggage, she waited outside in the rain for a taxi. Sakura grabbed a magazine and lifted it over her head to shield herself from the rain. Sakura raised her right hand and said, "Taxi!"...
...But then so did the person next to her...
*Li Residence*
"I don't get it, Meilin! I just don't understand!" Syaoron said over the phone. "She's been taking her medication and yet she's gotten worse. I'm gonna call that damn doctor and..." Pause. "No, there is something they can do!!"...
Yelan was right above the staircase, leaning against the wall so she wouldn't collapse.
"If she doesn't get better, I can't go back to Japan!" Yelan heard from downstairs. A smile curled upon her lips as she slowly inched her way back to her room.
"Meilin, I wanna talk to that doctor! Maybe he's given mother the wrong medication!!" Pause. "I'll schedule an appointment." And Syaoron hung up.
*Outside Hong Kong Airport*
Sakura looked at the person on her left who had also called for a taxi at the same time, who looked at her as well. He had clear blue eyes and his hair was dirty blonde. He had a black umbrella over his head and wore a black trench coat. He had his black luggage in his right hand. He smiled at Sakura, making her blush. "I-I'm sor-ry," the man said in wavering Chinese "Y-You can take th-the next-t taxi". Sakura tilted her head slightly. The man suddenly burst into fluent Japanese as he talked to himself, "You know, Daisuke, it would've helped if you took a Chinese class or two back at home."
"Do you talk to yourself on occasion?" Sakura asked in Japanese.
The man's eyes and smile widened. "You speak Japanese, too! This is great, why didn't you tell me?"
"W-we just met." Sakura giggled.
"That's right, where are my manners?" The man put his luggage to the floor for a moment and extended his hand. "Daisuke Tono."
Sakura extended her right hand, until she realized it was her right hand that was preventing the raindrops falling on her auburn hair. She apologized. "I would shake your hand if I could. Sakura Kinomoto."
"Well, Kinomoto-san," Daisuke said, "I think you should take the next taxi."
"Thanks, but why would you want to wait for another taxi when we can ride in the same one?" Suddenly, a taxi pulled up in front of the two.
"Where're you headed?"
"The University." Sakura answered.
"This is great!" Daisuke opened the trunk of the taxi and put his luggage in along with Sakura's. Both of them got in the car. "University Hong Kong," Daisuke told the driver as he shut the door of the taxi.
(A/N: ...)
*England*
"Thanks Nakuru, I'll call you when I get to Japan." Eriol said from inside a black car.
Nakuru sighed as she watched her little brother drive away.
*FLASHBACK*
Nakuru and Eriol were sitting in the study room of the mansion. The only light in the room was the fireplace. Eriol sat on a huge chair and Nakuru sat on a couch. "So what should I do?" He asked.
"Well, what do you think you should do?"
"If I knew, I wouldn't be asking!"
Nakuru pulled a strand of hair behind her ear. "Apologize."
"What?!?!" Eriol stood from the chair. "That's it?? That's the great advice you give me??"
"Well what else can you do??" Nakuru stood from the couch. Eriol turned around to face the fire. Nakuru continued. "What you did was stupid. It was completely and utterly stupid... it was the stupidest thing anyone could ever-"
"THANK YOU, NAKURU!" Eriol interrupted. "Tell me something I don't already know!" Eriol muttered.
"She might forgive you." Nakuru fell back on the couch. "And then she might not. It's up to her."
"But she has to..." Eriol sighed as he watched the fire intensify. "After everything we've both been through! I'm not ready it give it all up. We were so close! If it wasn't for my moment of temporary insanity, we'd still be together, I know it!" Eriol turned his head to see Nakuru out of the corner of his eye. "I wanna be with her all the time. The more I think about what I've done, the more determined I am to show her how sorry I am and how willing I am to make things better." Eriol could see his sister smile from the corner of his eye.
"Then show her."
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Nakuru smiled and watched the black car disappear in the distance. She looked up at the night sky for a moment until she turned around and walked back inside the empty mansion and shut the door behind her.
*Daidouji Residence*
Sonomi knocked on the door of Tomoyo's bedroom and opened it. Tomoyo was lying on her bed. "Tomoyo, did you send the check to Tokyo University?"
"Yup. Classes start next week." Tomoyo smiled. When Tomoyo saw her mother continue to stare, she rolled her eyes and sighed, "Mom you're doing it again!"
"I know sweetie, but I'm just so happy you're here. You're home." Sonomi sat down on the bed next to Tomoyo. "You still haven't told me why you left."
Tomoyo shrugged. "I just had to get away for a while."
"I know how you feel. I pulled the same stunt on my parents once or twice." Sonomi confessed.
Tomoyo sat up, interested. "You?"
"Sure, you didn't think your mother was that dull, did you?"
"..."
Sonomi shrugged. "Well anyway, I left right after graduation, too."
"Why'd you leave?"
"The pressures of college, parents, Nadeshiko's engagement to that MAN... but I always came back." Sonomi winked, then sat up. "Well, I'll let you get back to whatever you were doing." And she left. Tomoyo rolled over on her back and sighed. "I left for different reasons."
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!!!
Tomoyo glanced at her phone. She got up from the bed and answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Tomoyo."
Tomoyo's eyes widened. "Yes, who's this?"
"I-It's me. Eriol."
*Li Residence*
The doctor opened Yelan's bedroom door, Syaoron following. The doctor took out his equipment and began examining her. Syaoron would constantly ask, "how is she doctor?" but the doctor would always reply with a grunt. Finally, the doctor's examination was complete. "Yelan, have you been taking your medication daily?"
"Yes, doctor!!" Syaoron answered. "My cousin and I make sure of it."
"Well, I'll see if I can prescribe a stronger prescription." The doctor said before leaving.
Syaoron closed the door and sat down on the bed next to his weak mother. "Mom, next week I'll have to go off to college."
"No Syaoron!" The mother coughed. "Don't leave me!"
"I'm not leaving you, mom. I'll be here at UHK." Syaoron planted a kiss upon his mother's wrinkly forehead and left the room. Yelan crossed her arms and smirked. "That's a good boy."
*Daidouji Residence (the next day)*
"Oh honey, I'm so proud of you." Sonomi beamed as she watched Tomoyo pack her bags. "You got accepted to Tokyo University! And tomorrow you'll head off to your dormitories and... leave me... alone... in this very big house..."
Tomoyo hugged her mother. "Oh mom, think of all the things you can do while I'm away!"
"What, you mean worry about you all the time?" Sonomi crossed her arms.
"Even better!" Tomoyo said, holding on to her mother's shoulders. "Throw parties while I'm away!"
"Oh you mean like the party you threw while I was away on a business trip your freshman year??"
"How do you remember these things?" Tomoyo said, folding a shirt and tossing it in her suitcase.
"How could I forget?" Sonomi laughed.
DING DONG
"I'll get it!" Tomoyo said, running downstairs towards the door. She remembered the phone call she got from Eriol the day before.
*FLASHBACK*
"Eriol." Tomoyo said softly. 'What do I do?' She thought to herself. 'I won't talk to him! I refuse! I'll just hang up now.' "H-How've you been?" She blurted.
"Good. How about you?"
'What am I doing??' Tomoyo thought to herself as she replied, "good."
"Oh." Eriol paused. "Where've you been lately?"
"I took a road trip." Tomoyo nodded. "I went to all sorts of places in Japan."
"Sounds interesting."
"Yup." Tomoyo paused. "I heard you moved back to England."
"Yup." Eriol nodded. "I'm gonna have to hang up soon. Can't use cell phones when you're lifting off."
"Lifting off?" Tomoyo asked. "Are you on an airplane?"
"Yea."
"Oh."
"Yea."
Both of them remained quiet. There was no doubt in both their minds that the other remembered what happened prom night and there was no way they were gonna bring it up to one another.
"So," Eriol began.
"Yea!" Tomoyo said immediately.
"I'd better hang up. We're about to leave."
"Where are you going?" Tomoyo asked curiously.
Eriol smiled. "I'm going home."
CLICK
*END OF FLASHBACK*
Tomoyo opened the door. "Mr. Kinomoto! She bowed."
"Tomoyo! You've come home. Is your mother here?"
Sonomi walked downstairs to find the man she loathed standing in her doorway. "Fujitaka, what a... pleasant surprise..." Sonomi growled. "Is there something you wanted?"
"Actually, I need to talk to you."
"Me! Talk to YOU!" She laughed.
"Sonomi! Can we put our differences aside for at least ten minutes? That's all I ask." Fujitaka said, glancing at Tomoyo.
"Fine, step inside my office." Sonomi ordered.
*University Hong Kong*
Sakura grabbed her bags from the taxi and Daisuke grabbed his. "So what house are you in?"
"I think it's called the Feng Hall."
"Cool! I'm in that house, too!" Daisuke said excitedly.
Sakura laughed. "I wouldn't be surprised though. We are in the same program."
Daisuke went red of embarrassment. "Oh! Right! It's just, I didn't think I'd meet someone in China this soon. It was almost like fate or something."
Sakura nodded and blushed. "It appears that way." Both of them walked inside their dormitory and found their rooms. "Great!" Sakura smiled. "You're just down the hall."
"So it wouldn't be a hassle for me to go over to your room and invite you to get some coffee sometime." Daisuke shrugged. Sakura smiled. "Tono-san, did you just ask me out?" Daisuke nodded slowly. "Only if your answer is yes."
'Sakura,' She thought to herself. 'You have a boyfriend, a loving, caring boyfriend!!' 'Yea, a boyfriend that hasn't called at all ever since he left.' She argued with herself. 'He did call!' 'Yea, ONCE! Come on! It's just coffee... OH NO! Embarrassing silence!!'
Daisuke leaned in. "I'm guessing by the silence that you're answer's a no?"
"No!!" Sakura said, snapping out of her inner conversation.
"So it was a yes?" Daisuke's smile brightened.
Sakura nodded, but suddenly shook her head, "No."
"So what was it?"
"M-Maybe?"
(A/N: NO!! Those 'maybes' are for SYAORON and SYAORON ONLY!!)
"Maybe?" Daisuke repeated.
"Maybe when I'm not to busy being idiotic." Sakura mumbled to herself angrily. "Yes, coffee sounds nice!" Sakura said, making up her mind.
"Great!" Daisuke said. "Well, Kinomoto-san-"
"Sakura." She corrected.
"S-Sakura," Daisuke repeated. "I'll see you in class." And he left to his room. Sakura blushed and opened the door to her room with the key. She put her belongings on the floor and fell on her bed. "What's the matter with you??" She asked herself. "Here's this really nice really cute guy asking you out and you almost say no??"
"Um, excuse me," A girl with black hair and ruby eyes said standing at the doorway. "Do you talk to yourself all the time?? Because I specifically told them I did not want a roommate that talks to herself."
*(Just down the hall)*
"Meilin! Where did you go??" Syaoron sighed and looked at the door in front of him. "Well, here's my room." He opened the door and found another person settling in. "Um, hi." Syaoron greeted him. The man turned around and smiled. 'Hi, my name's Daisuke. I guess we'll be rooming together."
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A/N: AHHH!!! The evilness of it all!! Daisuke rooming with Syaoron, Meilin rooming with Sakura, Daisuke and Sakura dating, Sonomi and Fujitaka's mysterious conversation, Tomoyo's going off to college, Eriol's going back to Tomoeda... DUN DUN DUUUUN!!! What will happen next?!?! (Eh, who am I kidding?? Practically everyone forgot about this story!!)
So what do you think? Yelan: Faking it?
And how would you like the story to end: Happy? Sad?
Would you like me to change the pairings?
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Cher