Stuck in the Middle
CCS
Disclaimer: Cardcaptor Sakura belongs to Clamp.
Chapter 5 Humiliation
The lights started to dim, so the only source of light was reflected off of the crystals above. As the room got really dark, Tomoyo slowly descended down the stairs. As soon as she was down the stairs with her cordless microphone, the small lights placed around the edge of the stage lit up the whole platform.
As the music started, two bright lights shone onto the stage from two different angles from the balcony, both aimed at the doorway decorated with vines and morning glory. The audience had their eyes on the doorway. As the music blared loudly, Sakura made her appearance. She walked out to the middle of the stage in her usual outfit and put a hand on her hip, and then she walked from the left of the stage to the right, showing off every part of her outfit. The crowd below, which consists of many strangers, since everyone brought friends and family whom brought their friends and so on, started to whisper among themselves. Several guys' whistling could be heard. The formal atmosphere suddenly became loud and lively.
Females' sighs could be heard as Syaoran walked out after Sakura and showed off his outfit. He then stood in the middle of the stage next to Sakura, his back to her back. He had crossed his hands over his chest and his left leg in front of his right, his expression grim and smug. Some ladies had fainted into the comfy chairs, only to recover a minute later to get another glance at his handsome figure. Sakura had shifted her weight onto her right leg, and her left leg slightly bent. She had one hand on her hip and the other hand underneath her top's strap and winked.
After that, they walked back through the doorway to get their next outfits on. The crowd was impressed with the start of the show. The watched in anticipation as Sakura and Syaoran put on their best smiles and modeled all the outfits of similar bizarre styles. As Sakura spun one last time to show off her skirt, she retreated through the doorway followed by Syaoran as the lights dimmed.
The spectators applauded liking what they saw, in terms of clothes and models. Tomoyo came back on stage.
"Thank you. That was 'Youth and Innocence'. As you can see, they're all 'youthful' outfits for clubs and informal parties. The next theme is 'Playful and Sophisticated'. These are more formal clothing that are not as bizarre as the previous."
When Tomoyo came back down, Sakura appeared. She had a light green top with a rose in the middle that was held up by straps tied around her neck and a knee-length ice blue skirt with translucent material over top that swished and flowed as she walked. The ladies in the crowd started to whisper excitedly. They loved the natural movement of the skirt. Tomoyo grinned when she overheard them. I'm going to become a designer for sure.
Syaoran walked out as Sakura stood aside. He was dressed with a yarn vest over his white shirt. He wore a black leather jacket and blue jeans. He walked up to the middle, took off his jacket and swung it over his shoulder, then walked to the other side and leaned on his left leg and put his free hand in his pocket. He then walked over to Sakura and held her by the hand, then pulled and twirled her into his embrace. The females absolutely fell in love with the skirt as Sakura spun.
The show dragged on. The crowd fell more in love with Tomoyo's designs as they continued to watch the show. They were enjoying the last theme, 'Elegance', when Tomoyo appeared on the stage. "Thank you so much. I'm really glad you enjoyed the show. I have saved the best outfits for the last. This is my gift to you for attending my first fashion show and giving out positive comments."
Tomoyo bowed respectfully to her guests. She wiped her tearful eyes and descended the stair still weeping as the crowd applauded. The lights dimmed and the music became smooth and soft, then the lights shined on Sakura and Syaoran. People gasped at the beauty of the scene right in front of them.
Dressed in a one-shouldered top and long black-red satin skirt with folds at the bottom and ruffles underneath and a gold chain around her hip, Sakura was breathtaking, a modern goddess. Syaoran was wearing the outfit he was complaining about yesterday. He shouldn't complain; the stiff-collared shirt with rolled up sleeves looked sexy on him with his black pants.
Tomoyo was one with crazy ideas. Instead of just posing, she wanted Sakura and Syaoran to tango. She made Sakura and Syaoran work like mad to get the graceful movement and romantic feel that they were now giving to the spectators. Every turn and every step had the audience transfixed. They enjoyed the romantic atmosphere until the song ended and Syaoran dipped Sakura.
The crowd applauded, howled and whistled. Syaoran and Sakura bowed to the audience, also an instruction of Tomoyo. Sakura started to make her way to the back stage with Syaoran following behind. As Sakura was walking, Syaoran accidentally stepped on her skirt and the skirt, unluckily, was held up by elastic. Syaoran noticed how it was falling and revealing her thong. He paled and rushed past Sakura. Just then, Sakura tripped and she grabbed onto the closest thing that she could get her hands on, which unfortunately was Syaoran's pants. She fell onto the stage, pulling down something extra besides Syaoran's pants and ended up revealing more than necessary. Syaoran immediately blushed and covered himself with his hands.
The audience was stunned and silent. Sakura pushed herself up from the stage and gasped when she realized what she was holding. The audience recovered from the shock, and some people started to howl and whistle. Both of them blushed harder.
Tomoyo was shocked. Eriol quickly got a maid to get towels and threw them to Syaoran and Sakura. They quickly wrapped it around their waist and rushed through the doorway. Sadly, the door was only big enough for one person to get through, so they were stuck with getting through sideways with their bodies rather close.
Tomoyo quickly got up and said, "Thanks to my models, Syaoran and Sakura for modeling my clothes." That wasn't what she wanted to say, but it sounded much better that 'thanks to them for ruining my show'. "Now if you don't mind, people sitting in the odd number of rows, please move your chairs around. Then may I ask everyone to get up and move about, while we set up the tables." She bowed one last time and sobbed on Eriol's shoulder. He had to keep away from her, since his wounds from earlier was still hurting. Getting hit by a door twice was not fun.
The audience obeyed Tomoyo. As soon as they were up and about, they all started to chatter about tonight's events. Tomoyo sobbed harder. Chiharu had to get the maids to set up the table, since Tomoyo was still too emotional over the end of her potential career.
As soon as all those nicely decorated tables with utensils on them were rolled between the rows of chairs; Tomoyo wiped her tears, and told her guest to enjoy the drinks and food. She also ordered people to set up speakers on the platform, so people can dance if they wanted to.
Tomoyo suddenly thought of how her best friend must feel. Oh no, Sakura must be even more upset, Tomoyo thought sadly, come to think of it, where is she? She looked around and didn't see Sakura anywhere. She grabbed Aya's arm as she walked past, "Have you seen Sakura?"
"No, miss. I believe she's still in the changing room."
Without another word, Tomoyo rushed into the backstage area and opened the door, only to see Sakura changing out of her outfit. Tomoyo quickly slam the door behind her. "Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. I didn't know you were changing, Sakura-chan."
Sakura smiled, "It's ok. Is it ok if you don't look at me while I change, because I feel really weird being watched by someone while I'm changing."
Tomoyo turned to look at the clothes she designed while Sakura put on her gown for the evening. It was a tight fitting lavender one-shouldered dress that puffed out at the bottom with layers of silk that bordered the one shoulder strap, across her chest, around her bare shoulder and across the back, up to the strap. She also had a sash tied loosely around her hip, the silky strips trailing down the side of her leg. She braided her hair from the left ear to the top and clipped it when it reached above her right ear, creating a braided hair band.
While she was doing all that, Tomoyo started to talk to her, even though the only response she got from Sakura was a 'yea'.
"That was embarrassing, you up there with nothing on the bottom, but a thong."
"Yea."
"You pulling down Syaoran's pant was pretty funny."
"Yea."
"I think my career is definitely over."
"Yea."
"You know, you are the worst model ever."
"Yea."
"You're boring to talk to."
"Yea."
"Can't you say anything else?"
"I'm done. Let's go, we have a party waiting for us," said Sakura happily as she stood up and walked over to Tomoyo. She pulled her up and out the changing room only to knock into Syaoran.
"Sheesh, Syaoran, you need to watch where you're going."
"Excuse me, I think you are the one who need to put your eyes to use."
"I am using my eyes, I just tend to miss some unimportant things."
"I'm so happy knowing I'm unimportant on your list."
"Duh, even Meiling had a higher place on my list."
"Ouch, you really hate me, don't you, Daidouji?"
"I'm glad you finally realized that."
"Where did Sakura go?"
"She's right next to me."
"I guess you really do have eye problems, because she isn't next to you as you've said."
"I'm not god, how would I know every single thing that goes on around here?!"
"Whatever," Syaoran left to find Sakura, while Tomoyo tried to think of a way to revive her possibly damaged career.
Sakura walked around, she got tired of listening to Syaoran and Tomoyo's argument.
Suddenly, she felt herself bumping into somebody.
Author's Notes:
CREDITS to Animekid9 for giving me an idea for pose. The first pose that Syaoran did with Sakura was all Animekid9's idea, ok, so maybe I altered it a little, but I'm still grateful for the help.
Here's another not-so-exciting chapter, but don't you wonder whom she has bumped into. Once again, I've expanded the outline…and next chapter, you'll meet a special guest! Of course, he's from another anime. Oops, I slipped that he's a bishonen with fiery hair. Oh dear, I better keep my mouth shut.
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Thanks so much for the encouragement and comments. Lol, PCI sure is a popular phrase! It sure does look better capitalized! This was the fastest I update, but don't get used to it; it's only because I stretched the outline.
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