Hey guys! Okay, I see an angry mob!!! * runs away *
* Eriol and Tomoyo appears *
Eriol: * laughs * yes angry mob! Go after angel-twinklez for
not updating her fic sooner!
Tomoyo: * glares * Eriol that's not nice!
Eriol: well she hasn't been exactly nice to me either! *
gets a smack *
Tomoyo: Eriol you're so childish! * Goes to the crowd *
since angel-twinklez is busy running away, I guess I'll be the one to introduce
chapter 9. Well, here it is! Enjoy! -^_^-
Chapter 9: Touya
Kinomoto Touya untied his tie, thanking the gods that his
shift is over. That was the longest 10 minutes in his whole entire life.
Now he wants nothing more to do than spend all his time with Meiling.
Touya smirked. He finds it ironic that the Kinomotos find themselves
in love with the Li Clan. And he's no exception.
Touya quickly changed out of his uniform and into his own
clothes, smoothing out the wrinkles in his shirt and shoving his uniform in his
locker.
I'll fix that tomorrow, Touya said before leaving the
back room and entering the ice cream parlour. Touya scanned the tables and
found Meiling sitting with Tomoyo and the English know-it-all. Touya smiled
softly, seeing Meiling. It's been too long since they've last spent time
together. Too damn long.
For some reason, his eyes found themselves falling on the
dark-haired couple beside Meiling. Touya frowned. They're getting to be closer
than friends, and he doesn't like that one bit.
As Kaijuu's big brother, Touya has watched both Kaijuu and
Tomoyo grow up, and he's grown to love Tomoyo as his own sister.
As a big brother, it's also Touya's duty to scare away all
the boys that likes Kaijuu and Tomoyo, and that includes the Chinese Gaki. But
in this case (Touya glared at the kid with the glasses), it might just go to
the English know-it-all too.
It was easy for Touya to scare the Chinese Gaki at first,
because Kaijuu didn't like him yet, but when she did, Touya knew it was a lost
cost for him to keep the Chinese Gaki away from Kaijuu. Yes, he knew that the
Chinese Gaki might take his Kaijuu away from him one day, that's why he tried
as hard as he can to scare him away, but no luck. So he did the only thing he
can: threaten the Chinese Gaki that if he sees a hair missing from his precious
Kaijuu's hair, he'll break his bones piece by piece.
Tomoyo was a different case. Sure, she has beauty so pure
that it would probably be a sin to ruin it, and yes, she has a lot (literally
a lot) more suitors than Kaijuu, but the thing is, Kaijuu has the Chinese Gaki
to pounce any guy that would hit on Kaijuu. Touya frowned. Amazing as it
sounds, he's kind of glad that the Chinese Gaki is overprotective of Kaijuu.
Back to Tomoyo. Yes, she has a lot of suitors that merely
kisses the path she walks on, but Touya never had to do anything about it
because Tomoyo never showed any interest in any of them. Until the English
know-it-all came along.
That's where everything became all messed up. Now Tomoyo and
the English know-it-all are inseparable, they were almost joined at the hip.
It's impossible to find where Tomoyo ends and the English know-it-all begins.
And what Touya hates about this English know-it-all is that he has no flaws.
To find something to use against him would be like counting every strand of hair
in a head. It's just impossible!
The hardest part of being a big brother is to see his two
sisters growing up and letting them go to the ones they love. Although Touya
will never admit it, he's hurt that Kaijuu and Tomoyo might not need him
anymore, now that they have the Chinese Gaki and the English-know-it-all to
give them everything they need: security, comfort, and most of all, love.
Touya shook out of his thoughts. He's been standing there
long enough. It's time to go and see Meiling, Tomoyo and the English
know-it-all. He made his way towards the table where the three people were
chatting happily. Tomoyo was the first to notice him.
"Touya-kun! Your shift is done?" she asked, giving him a
bright smile. Touya smiled softly back at the raven-haired girl as Meiling
kissed him on the cheek.
"Yes, I'm done," he said. Meiling stood up.
"Okay, we'll be going now. I'll call you tonight, okay
Tomoyo-chan?" she said. Tomoyo and the English know-it-all stood up too.
"We'll be going too, since Tomoyo-chan and I are going to my
house. Besides, I think I left Tsukishiro-san with the three guardians long
enough," the English-know-it-all replied, smiling. Touya glared at him.
"And why exactly is Tomoyo going to your house?" he
asked, staring down at the English know-it-all, who merely smiled, unfazed.
Tomoyo, seeing this little action from the two, laughed nervously.
"Well Touya-kun, I told my bodyguards that I'm going to be
helping Nakuru-chan with some baking at Eriol-kun's house, and that I'll call
them when I need to get picked up," she said, trying to break the tension
between Touya and the English know-it-all. Touya, not wanting to get Tomoyo
angry at him (he's seen Tomoyo angry, and it's not a pretty sight),
decided to stop glaring at the English know-it-all, who just kept smiling.
Meiling, seeing this, grabbed Tomoyo's arm and proceeded to chat happily,
leaving the two boys to follow them. Once they were out of the ice cream
parlour (and within 5 feet away from the girls), Touya glared at the English
know-it-all.
"You better not hurt her," he hissed. The English
know-it-all blinked at him, surprised, then stared at Tomoyo's back longingly,
which didn't go unnoticed by Touya.
"I would never dream of it," he said, not taking his eyes away
from Tomoyo. Touya smirked.
"You like her, don't you?" he said, causing the English
know-it-all to turn red. Touya laughed. He just found a flaw in the English
know-it-all.
"You haven't told her yet, have you?" he said. Seeing the
English know-it-all blush harder made it even funnier for Touya.
"What's going on?" Tomoyo's voice made Touya turn to the
girls, who stopped walking and was staring at them with their hands on their
hips. Touya waved them off, still chuckling.
"Nothing, nothing," he said. The girls gave them a doubtful
look, but they turned and kept walking, now whispering to each other. Touya
turned back to the English know-it-all, who looked a little relieved at the
interruption. Touya sneered at him.
"You're a coward Eng – uh – Hiiragizawa," he said, causing
the blue-haired boy to turn to him, surprised again.
"And how is that?" he said, an eyebrow raised. Touya
smirked.
"You can't even tell Tomoyo how you feel about her, and look
at the Chinese Gaki. He beat you to it," he said. The English know-it-all
looked down.
"I know that, don't you think that never occurred to me
before?" he asked. Touya kind of felt bad for the English know-it-all. It's not
his fault he's a coward!
"Aren't you going to tell her?" he asked. The English
know-it-all looked up, his face thoughtful. Then he smiled.
"That is, if I can have your blessing," he replied, staring
at Touya, his eyes twinkling. Touya's eyes narrowed. This kid's up to
something.
"She'll always need you Kinomoto-san, never forget that," he
said, startling Touya. Then he smacked the English know-it-all on the head.
"Stop reading my mind will you?!" he cried out. Eriol
winced, rubbing his now sore head.
"I wasn't!" he exclaimed. Touya blinked. Was he that
transparent now? Touya stared at the English know-it-all, who was still rubbing
his head. Touya sighed.
"You have my blessing," he suddenly said, suprising the
English know-it-all once more. Before the English know-it-all could reply,
Meiling and Tomoyo came up to them.
"This is where we leave you. Have fun you two!" Tomoyo
exclaimed, grabbing the English know-it-all's hand and waving at the two of
them before going to the opposite direction. Touya watched them go, but was
surprised to see the English know-it-all turning back and mouthing the words
"thank you" to him. Touya's lip curled and gave a nod to him.
"They make a good couple, don't they?" Meiling said, taking
Touya's hand in hers. Touya smiled at the black-haired girl and pulled her
closer, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"Yes, they do," he replied. Meiling smiled up at him.
"So where are we going?" she asked. Touya started walking
towards their house.
"How do you feel about going to our house? I'll make you
dinner, then maybe we could just watch a movie or something," he replied.
Meiling leaned on him.
"Sounds good to me," she said. Touya smiled. I guess he
could let go of Kaijuu and Tomoyo, but Meiling's the only one that he will
never let go.
Tomoyo: Okay! That was chapter 9! Please R+R for
angel-twinklez' sake!
Eriol: * grunts * WHY WOULD SHE MAKE KINOMOTO-SAN SMACK ME
ON THE HEAD?
Tomoyo: Because you deserve it! I should smack you too, for
being so obnoxious!
Eriol: * pouts * Tomoyo, you're not serious are you?
Tomoyo: * tries to resist the puppy-dog eyes * that's not
gonna work, that's not gonna work, that's not gonna work…
Eriol: * smirks * I just have an idea. * turns to the readers * okay guys! See you next time! * goes to Tomoyo, who was still mumbling, and grabbed her before disappearing *