Ch. 6: One and One
A/n: *does a little dance* I LOVE that song!! XD The song 'One and One' is on a CD called Dreamland by Robert Miles, I can't remember who sung the song but Robert made all the music and mixes.
/..../ = Song lyrics
~~~~~~~~Story~~~~~~~~
Sakura sighed deeply sitting down on her couch. It had been three days and Tomoyo was acting like nothing happened, seeming as oblivious to danger as she had been before the vision.
Sakura blinked in surprise as a cup of tea was placed infront of her, looking over her shoulder she smiled at Li. "You looked like you needed it." He said in answer.
Smiling Sakura took it sipping lightly on it as Li leaned against the back of the couch watching her.
"You're worried."
"Shouldn't I be?"
He shrugged. "You shouldn't stress yourself so much."
She nodded. "I know, I'm just....all of this is happening so fast you know? First Tomoyo being in danger, then the new magic holders, now Yukito and Yue and...I'm just lost is all."
He smiled and kissed her temple. "Don't think too much on it. Everything will fall into place eventually, and you'll be able to defeat this, just like you always do. I have faith in you Sakura, and you should too."
She flushed and smiled leaning up to return the kiss. "Arigato Li, that really means a lot to me."
He nodded. "I know....now for that math homework?"
She groaned and closed her eyes. "I'm lost again...."
~~~~~~~~~~~At the Tsukishiro household~~~~~~~~~
Yue sighed shaking his arms out of the sleeves. He was trying to get used to....normal clothing, as Nakuru so bluntly put it. He looked around the room he was in. He had been given a spare room.
"I have a lot of them." Yukito had said, but he already knew that. He had made the house himself, had created the rooms and furniture. He closed his eyes as he thought.
He'd given Yukito the false memories of a family he never had, grandparents who he never saw, because they never existed. He had given him the cold and lonely house, having been so many years without Clow and Kero's company he had forgotten how a real house was supposed to feel. The warmth and cheerfulness that it was supposed to hold supposed to make others feel. He had forgotten it, so Yukito didn't have it.
He understood now why Yukito was always at the Kinomoto house hold. Just like him, he was searching for the missing warmth, the feeling of true wholeness that came with living in a loving family. And he had found it there, right where he needed to be.
Yue shook his head looking out his window. His room was just as cold as the house. He looked down upon the small garden in the backyard. It was the only part that he didn't create, the only part that truly felt whole, that had warmth. Because Yukito had made it.
He shifted on the window seat before standing squirming a bit in his newly acquired jeans, he'd have to get used to them, and walked out of his 'room'.
He soon found himself standing infront of Yukito's door, he knew for a fact that the pale haired youth wasn't there. He'd heard him when Touya had practically dragged him out for a walk.
He felt his chest tighten at that. Touya spent an awfully long amount of time alone with Yukito. Often coming over for no reason at all or tricking the bunny into going off somewhere with him.
He sighed and walked into the room, immediately he felt the warmth that was missing all throughout the house. Glancing around the room he was stumped. Yukito's room lacked all the things Nakuru had gotten for his room, (he believed she just wanted a reason to decorate) but his room had the warmth and wholeness he wanted.
He soon found himself sitting on Yukito's floor infront of his stereo; a small stack of CD's sat next to it, neatly piled. He was curious; he'd seen Yukito use this on a few occasions, mostly when he was doing his god awful homework. But he'd never really seen him use it much lately. Ofcorse he got new CD's from Sakura, Tomoyo, and Touya, but he's never seen Yukito listen to them.
Sighing he turned on the stereo, watching with detached interest as it turned before stopping. There were no CD's inside.
He looked to the stack and picked up a CD that caught his interest. There was no real image, nothing flashy or cutesy like the other CD's. All that was on the cover was a picture of eyes. Deep entrancing eyes, it immediately reminded him of Clow.
Mimicking what he saw Yukito do, he opened the Stereo and put the CD in. The stereo whirled again and skipped over a few numbers before stopping on a song.
"Number six." He mummured watching the number blink twice before the music played.
He jumped as the music blared out; it was sort of upbeat and loud. He listened for a few moments as just music played before a voice, most definitely feminine came through.
/The sky isn't always blue
The sun doesn't always shine
It's alright to fall apart sometimes/
He liked her so far, she spoke truths.
/I am not always you/
He blinked. Did she say Yue? He shook his head no not Yue, You. He silently rewound so he could hear the words he missed.
/And you are not always mine
It's alright to fall apart sometimes/
Well he knew that, what on earth was she getting at?
/After all is said and done
One and one still is one/
That caught his interest and he looked to the stereo as the woman continued singing with an obvious accent.
/When we cry when we laugh
I am half you are half/
He frowned softly. Why did that line remind him of Yukito and himself? Ofcorse they were separate half's, but surely she couldn't have known that?
/The heart isn't always true
And I am not always fine
We all have an angry heart sometimes/
He shook his head as his mind replaced the woman's voice with Yukito's. It was ridiculous, there was no way this woman could know of their predicament!
/After all is said and done
One and one still is one
When we cry when we laugh
I am half you are half
Look how far we have come
One and one still is...
One moon (one moon)
One star (one star)
I love the one we are
One thread (one thread)
One line (one line)
Let's stand still in time-/
His fingers quickly found the pause and he sat back staring at the stereo.
What did this...wench know of their lives!? Who informed her of these things? Did she know Clow once upon a time? Was she involved in Magic like most of Sakura's friends? Did she perhaps know Mizuki-sensei? Or maybe she was one of the new evils Sakura said where coming.
He was so wrapped in his thoughts that he didn't hear the door open or the person walk up to him until a hand laid on his shoulder.
He whirled around forming an ice shard and was ready to strike it into the flesh of his attacker when his eyes locked onto confused Hazel orbs.
".....Yukito."
"Yue? Are you alright?"
Yue opened his mouth to reply that Ofcorse he was alright, but what came out was a soft and quiet. "No."
Immediately Yukito was at his side frowning softly in concern at him. "What's wrong?"
He sighed; he knew he would sound ridiculous but... "It's...this song."
"Song?" He sounded honestly curious.
"Yeah...it....it reminds me..." He winced and glanced at Yukito from the corner of his eyes.
"Reminds you of what Yue?" He was encouraging now, wanting him to complete his stuttered sentence.
"Of us." He sighed still looking at him.
Yukito looked confused again and he tilted his head. "Of us?" At Yue's nod he blinked. "And.....what song was that?"
Sighing deeply Yue pressed Play and both he and Yukito jumped as the loud music came through.
Yukito looked at him with a raised eyebrow, so far all he heard was music, and it surely didn't remind him of Yue, or himself.
/One moon (one moon)/
'Yue...' His mind supplied quickly.
/One star (one star)/
'Sakura....' It whispered again and he was looking at the stereo now in wide eyed wonder.
/I love the one we are/
For some strange reason he had to think of Touya, Touya knew from the beginning that he wasn't normal yet it didn't bother him, and even after he found out, even when Yukito was still blind to it. He had stayed.
/One thread (one thread)
One line (one line)
That runs through our lives/
That reminded him of when he was disappearing, when Sakura's magic wasn't strong enough. He was literally hanging by a magical thread.
/After all is said and done
One and one still is one
When we cry when we laugh
I am half you are half
Look how far we have come
One and one still-/
Yue blinked and looked surprised at Yukito whose finger was still pressed on the pause button.
He smiled wearily at Yue. "Let's....not listen to this CD anymore, o.k.?"
Yue nodded in agreement, the room fell into an akward silence. Soon a soft rumble could be heard.
Yukito looked up and laughed softly at the embarrassed Yue. "I suppose your hungry, it is lunch time." He mused standing. He smiled and held a hand out. "Come on let's make some lunch."
Yue sat for a long time staring at the hand before he hesitantly took it, allowing Yukito to pull him to his feet. He was lead out the room and down the stairs toward the kitchen, Yukito had yet to release his hand and Yue didn't mind at all.
~~~~~~~~~~~In the Kitchen~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It's not that funny."
"Yes it is....you should see yourself!!"
A growl. "Well you don't look any better!"
Another soft laugh. "I know, but seeing you like that is" A bubble of laughter.
"Well atleast now you look your name."
The laughter paused. "Hey....your right." And the same laughter erupted from soft lips.
Yue sighed watching as Yukito tried to calm his laughter, he flicked absently at a strand of white hair.
He and Yukito had been about to make pancakes, Kami only knew why Yukito thought that would be a good lunch, but Yue hadn't argued.
The lid to the flour had gotten stuck and Yue refused to ask for help, Yukito seeing his plight tried to assist but Yue was so set on doing it himself that they had struggled for possession of the container.
Soon they both lost their handling and it went flying into the air....without its top which was grasped into Yue's hands.
The container flipped twice covering them both in a sheet of flour before it landed with a soft thunk on the floor. Surprisingly it didn't break. But Yukito had found the situation so......cliché that he began to giggle which turned into a snicker and burst into a full out laugh.
Ofcorse it caught Yue by surprise only having heard the echo of laughter from deep within Yukito, he was now fortunate enough to get the full effect of the beautiful and light laughter. That was until he realized that it was him Yukito was busting a gut over.
Having settled down Yukito and Yue set about cleaning up their mess. Yukito paused in his sweeping to watch Yue clean the counter. He smiled suddenly as Yue noticed him watching.
Suddenly nervous Yue looked at him, suspiciously. "What?"
Yukito shook his hair taking no note of the small clouds of flour that fell out. "Nothing... I was just thinking of that song."
Yue frowned. "I thought we decided to forget it."
"No it's not that....I was just thinking on that one part 'One and one still is one' I don't believe that."
"Ofcorse not, any person with a brain cell knows one and one is two."
Yukito laughed and shook his head. "No I mean about us. Were not the same."
He was suspicious again. "What's that supposed to mean."
"It's not a bad thing. I just meant that were different, but I'm glad that we are."
Yue arched a brow. "Why?"
"Because it would be too much like talking to myself. I'm glad that were different it makes it much more enjoyable to be friends." He smiled turning to continue sweep.
He completely missed Yue's shocked look. A small smile graced his lips before he turned back to the counter and continued to clean it, feeling a warmth growing in his chest.
A/n: Done with this chappie!! XD
A/n: *does a little dance* I LOVE that song!! XD The song 'One and One' is on a CD called Dreamland by Robert Miles, I can't remember who sung the song but Robert made all the music and mixes.
/..../ = Song lyrics
~~~~~~~~Story~~~~~~~~
Sakura sighed deeply sitting down on her couch. It had been three days and Tomoyo was acting like nothing happened, seeming as oblivious to danger as she had been before the vision.
Sakura blinked in surprise as a cup of tea was placed infront of her, looking over her shoulder she smiled at Li. "You looked like you needed it." He said in answer.
Smiling Sakura took it sipping lightly on it as Li leaned against the back of the couch watching her.
"You're worried."
"Shouldn't I be?"
He shrugged. "You shouldn't stress yourself so much."
She nodded. "I know, I'm just....all of this is happening so fast you know? First Tomoyo being in danger, then the new magic holders, now Yukito and Yue and...I'm just lost is all."
He smiled and kissed her temple. "Don't think too much on it. Everything will fall into place eventually, and you'll be able to defeat this, just like you always do. I have faith in you Sakura, and you should too."
She flushed and smiled leaning up to return the kiss. "Arigato Li, that really means a lot to me."
He nodded. "I know....now for that math homework?"
She groaned and closed her eyes. "I'm lost again...."
~~~~~~~~~~~At the Tsukishiro household~~~~~~~~~
Yue sighed shaking his arms out of the sleeves. He was trying to get used to....normal clothing, as Nakuru so bluntly put it. He looked around the room he was in. He had been given a spare room.
"I have a lot of them." Yukito had said, but he already knew that. He had made the house himself, had created the rooms and furniture. He closed his eyes as he thought.
He'd given Yukito the false memories of a family he never had, grandparents who he never saw, because they never existed. He had given him the cold and lonely house, having been so many years without Clow and Kero's company he had forgotten how a real house was supposed to feel. The warmth and cheerfulness that it was supposed to hold supposed to make others feel. He had forgotten it, so Yukito didn't have it.
He understood now why Yukito was always at the Kinomoto house hold. Just like him, he was searching for the missing warmth, the feeling of true wholeness that came with living in a loving family. And he had found it there, right where he needed to be.
Yue shook his head looking out his window. His room was just as cold as the house. He looked down upon the small garden in the backyard. It was the only part that he didn't create, the only part that truly felt whole, that had warmth. Because Yukito had made it.
He shifted on the window seat before standing squirming a bit in his newly acquired jeans, he'd have to get used to them, and walked out of his 'room'.
He soon found himself standing infront of Yukito's door, he knew for a fact that the pale haired youth wasn't there. He'd heard him when Touya had practically dragged him out for a walk.
He felt his chest tighten at that. Touya spent an awfully long amount of time alone with Yukito. Often coming over for no reason at all or tricking the bunny into going off somewhere with him.
He sighed and walked into the room, immediately he felt the warmth that was missing all throughout the house. Glancing around the room he was stumped. Yukito's room lacked all the things Nakuru had gotten for his room, (he believed she just wanted a reason to decorate) but his room had the warmth and wholeness he wanted.
He soon found himself sitting on Yukito's floor infront of his stereo; a small stack of CD's sat next to it, neatly piled. He was curious; he'd seen Yukito use this on a few occasions, mostly when he was doing his god awful homework. But he'd never really seen him use it much lately. Ofcorse he got new CD's from Sakura, Tomoyo, and Touya, but he's never seen Yukito listen to them.
Sighing he turned on the stereo, watching with detached interest as it turned before stopping. There were no CD's inside.
He looked to the stack and picked up a CD that caught his interest. There was no real image, nothing flashy or cutesy like the other CD's. All that was on the cover was a picture of eyes. Deep entrancing eyes, it immediately reminded him of Clow.
Mimicking what he saw Yukito do, he opened the Stereo and put the CD in. The stereo whirled again and skipped over a few numbers before stopping on a song.
"Number six." He mummured watching the number blink twice before the music played.
He jumped as the music blared out; it was sort of upbeat and loud. He listened for a few moments as just music played before a voice, most definitely feminine came through.
/The sky isn't always blue
The sun doesn't always shine
It's alright to fall apart sometimes/
He liked her so far, she spoke truths.
/I am not always you/
He blinked. Did she say Yue? He shook his head no not Yue, You. He silently rewound so he could hear the words he missed.
/And you are not always mine
It's alright to fall apart sometimes/
Well he knew that, what on earth was she getting at?
/After all is said and done
One and one still is one/
That caught his interest and he looked to the stereo as the woman continued singing with an obvious accent.
/When we cry when we laugh
I am half you are half/
He frowned softly. Why did that line remind him of Yukito and himself? Ofcorse they were separate half's, but surely she couldn't have known that?
/The heart isn't always true
And I am not always fine
We all have an angry heart sometimes/
He shook his head as his mind replaced the woman's voice with Yukito's. It was ridiculous, there was no way this woman could know of their predicament!
/After all is said and done
One and one still is one
When we cry when we laugh
I am half you are half
Look how far we have come
One and one still is...
One moon (one moon)
One star (one star)
I love the one we are
One thread (one thread)
One line (one line)
Let's stand still in time-/
His fingers quickly found the pause and he sat back staring at the stereo.
What did this...wench know of their lives!? Who informed her of these things? Did she know Clow once upon a time? Was she involved in Magic like most of Sakura's friends? Did she perhaps know Mizuki-sensei? Or maybe she was one of the new evils Sakura said where coming.
He was so wrapped in his thoughts that he didn't hear the door open or the person walk up to him until a hand laid on his shoulder.
He whirled around forming an ice shard and was ready to strike it into the flesh of his attacker when his eyes locked onto confused Hazel orbs.
".....Yukito."
"Yue? Are you alright?"
Yue opened his mouth to reply that Ofcorse he was alright, but what came out was a soft and quiet. "No."
Immediately Yukito was at his side frowning softly in concern at him. "What's wrong?"
He sighed; he knew he would sound ridiculous but... "It's...this song."
"Song?" He sounded honestly curious.
"Yeah...it....it reminds me..." He winced and glanced at Yukito from the corner of his eyes.
"Reminds you of what Yue?" He was encouraging now, wanting him to complete his stuttered sentence.
"Of us." He sighed still looking at him.
Yukito looked confused again and he tilted his head. "Of us?" At Yue's nod he blinked. "And.....what song was that?"
Sighing deeply Yue pressed Play and both he and Yukito jumped as the loud music came through.
Yukito looked at him with a raised eyebrow, so far all he heard was music, and it surely didn't remind him of Yue, or himself.
/One moon (one moon)/
'Yue...' His mind supplied quickly.
/One star (one star)/
'Sakura....' It whispered again and he was looking at the stereo now in wide eyed wonder.
/I love the one we are/
For some strange reason he had to think of Touya, Touya knew from the beginning that he wasn't normal yet it didn't bother him, and even after he found out, even when Yukito was still blind to it. He had stayed.
/One thread (one thread)
One line (one line)
That runs through our lives/
That reminded him of when he was disappearing, when Sakura's magic wasn't strong enough. He was literally hanging by a magical thread.
/After all is said and done
One and one still is one
When we cry when we laugh
I am half you are half
Look how far we have come
One and one still-/
Yue blinked and looked surprised at Yukito whose finger was still pressed on the pause button.
He smiled wearily at Yue. "Let's....not listen to this CD anymore, o.k.?"
Yue nodded in agreement, the room fell into an akward silence. Soon a soft rumble could be heard.
Yukito looked up and laughed softly at the embarrassed Yue. "I suppose your hungry, it is lunch time." He mused standing. He smiled and held a hand out. "Come on let's make some lunch."
Yue sat for a long time staring at the hand before he hesitantly took it, allowing Yukito to pull him to his feet. He was lead out the room and down the stairs toward the kitchen, Yukito had yet to release his hand and Yue didn't mind at all.
~~~~~~~~~~~In the Kitchen~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"It's not that funny."
"Yes it is....you should see yourself!!"
A growl. "Well you don't look any better!"
Another soft laugh. "I know, but seeing you like that is" A bubble of laughter.
"Well atleast now you look your name."
The laughter paused. "Hey....your right." And the same laughter erupted from soft lips.
Yue sighed watching as Yukito tried to calm his laughter, he flicked absently at a strand of white hair.
He and Yukito had been about to make pancakes, Kami only knew why Yukito thought that would be a good lunch, but Yue hadn't argued.
The lid to the flour had gotten stuck and Yue refused to ask for help, Yukito seeing his plight tried to assist but Yue was so set on doing it himself that they had struggled for possession of the container.
Soon they both lost their handling and it went flying into the air....without its top which was grasped into Yue's hands.
The container flipped twice covering them both in a sheet of flour before it landed with a soft thunk on the floor. Surprisingly it didn't break. But Yukito had found the situation so......cliché that he began to giggle which turned into a snicker and burst into a full out laugh.
Ofcorse it caught Yue by surprise only having heard the echo of laughter from deep within Yukito, he was now fortunate enough to get the full effect of the beautiful and light laughter. That was until he realized that it was him Yukito was busting a gut over.
Having settled down Yukito and Yue set about cleaning up their mess. Yukito paused in his sweeping to watch Yue clean the counter. He smiled suddenly as Yue noticed him watching.
Suddenly nervous Yue looked at him, suspiciously. "What?"
Yukito shook his hair taking no note of the small clouds of flour that fell out. "Nothing... I was just thinking of that song."
Yue frowned. "I thought we decided to forget it."
"No it's not that....I was just thinking on that one part 'One and one still is one' I don't believe that."
"Ofcorse not, any person with a brain cell knows one and one is two."
Yukito laughed and shook his head. "No I mean about us. Were not the same."
He was suspicious again. "What's that supposed to mean."
"It's not a bad thing. I just meant that were different, but I'm glad that we are."
Yue arched a brow. "Why?"
"Because it would be too much like talking to myself. I'm glad that were different it makes it much more enjoyable to be friends." He smiled turning to continue sweep.
He completely missed Yue's shocked look. A small smile graced his lips before he turned back to the counter and continued to clean it, feeling a warmth growing in his chest.
A/n: Done with this chappie!! XD