SPEEDING BLADE
Little Wings – Hey! I broke a nail over the weekend :( yeah, yeah, I know I sound like one of those oh-my-god-im-so-good-wah-wah-I-broke-a-nail-and-an-eyelash-is-out-of-place type of girls but I'm reallly not. I just like my nails long. Anyway, I'm more of the go-with-the-flow-girl-next-door-who-has-her-own-style. I am going to the medieval festival soon! I have a gorgeous pink dress and I'm curling my hair it's gonna be way mad!
Disclaimer – Everything belongs to CLAMP except the plot and characters you don't recognize.
~word~ = Sakura's thoughts/conscience sort of. It's a more sarcastic, Syaoran-ish side to her.
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Chapter Five: Sees Aika in you
Tomoyo opened her eyes and realized. It was her birthday. She grinned and jumped out of bed. She ran downstairs to find birthday decorations strewn all over the living room. Her friends must've been up all night putting them all up! Meiling's head was resting on Yamazaki's shoulder, and Sakura was lying down over Eriol and Syaoran's laps. They were all peacefully sleeping. Tomoyo ran upstairs and put on a pair of black pants and a black and white striped tube top before bounding back down.
"Hey" she said softly in Sakura's ear. Her eyes fluttered open.
"Oh hey. Happy Birthday, Tomoyo" Sakura yawned.
"Want some coffee? I'll make it, you go get changed" she smiled.
Sakura nodded and went to her room. She came back in a low cut pink spaghetti strap top {LW/N – She planned on teasing Syaoran} and a long patchwork denim skirt with white candy platforms. Tomoyo handed her a steaming coffee.
"Why do you guys always drink coffee in the mornings?" Sakura asked before adding her sugar.
"I don't know. It's just a habit and it keeps us awake and ready" she shrugged. "But let's not talk about coffee"
"What did you want to talk about?" Sakura questioned suspiciously.
"Syaoran" Tomoyo grinned.
"Why?" she said a little too quickly.
"Do you like him?" she asked.
"No!" Sakura exclaimed.
~Then why can't I stop thinking about him? There wasn't more to yesterday than I thought...was there?~
"Sakura, you were sitting on top of him, looking deeply into each others eyes" Tomoyo said dramatically.
"Nothing's gonna happen, he hates me and I don't know why" Sakura whispered.
"Okay, you're uncomfortable with this subject, so we'll move on" Tomoyo grabbed a bowl of fruit loops and sat cross-legged on the bench.
"Good. Now how's school been going? Since I haven't been in how long?" Sakura laughed.
"Oh, you know, alright. Baiko Hatakeda and Miya Estuko had a huge public break-up in front of the school" Tomoyo giggled at the thought.
"Yeah, that was a disaster waiting to happen. Baiko's pretty cute though, and really nice. He's on the soccer team too. Maybe that now he's on the market..." Sakura trailed off.
"Eriol and Syaoran were on the soccer team too when they were in school. Now they play for some club in a high grade" Tomoyo shrugged. "A lot of girls were jealous of me and..um..Aika when we were going out with them. Then Syaoran and Aika broke up"
"Really?" Sakura asked, surprised.
"Aika was the first girl Syaoran fell in love with. She was a lot like you, actually. Anyway, everyone thought they'd last and they did for a year and a half. Her and me were good friends and then and then one day when Syaoran, Eriol and I were walking home, a girl called Hanika came up and started kissing Syaoran full on the mouth! Anyway, he pushed her away and yelled at her, but not before Aika saw. She burst into tears and moved out of town, we never heard from her again. She was in Speeding Blade too " Tomoyo sighed.
"Wow. I never thought I'd feel sorry for Syaoran" Sakura muttered.
"Yeah. He was happier before they broke up, he actually laughed and smiled, cracked jokes but since that day he's been cold to everyone. Eriol and I still love him of course, but sometimes it kills me to think how much Syaoran was hurting" Tomoyo pursed her lips, as if trying to keep from crying.
"Is he like that to everyone or does he double the effort to snap at or ignore me?" Sakura frowned.
"I think..it's because he sees a bit of Aika in you, you two are very alike" Tomoyo said.
"Oh" Sakura put two fingers to her mouth.
There was silence. The two girls heard the other four talking in the other room. They decided to join them. Sakura poked her head around and grinned at them.
"Hey Priss, do you know where Tomoyo is?" Meiling asked.
"Right here" Tomoyo said.
Tomoyo and Sakura sat on a recliner each. Sakura swung her legs over the side, looked at Syaoran and grinned. He blushed and turned away.
"Happy Birthday, Tomoyo!" everyone shouted.
"Thanks. Who wants breakfast?" she asked. Yamazaki, Meiling and Eriol followed her out of the room to the kitchen.
"Syaoran, are you gonna say something to me? Please?" Sakura looked at him.
"What do you need me to say? I know you know about Aika and no, I don't want to talk about it" Syaoran glared.
"That's cool. I didn't know you played soccer" Sakura said casually.
"Well now you do" he said.
"Oh my god!" Tomoyo screamed from the kitchen. She ran into the living room. "My mom got me four tickets to the Big Day Out!"
{LW/N – If you were born yesterday, the Big Day Out is a rock music festival}
"Cool, that's great, Tomoyo!" Sakura nodded.
"But there's only four and there's six of us" she sighed.
"Oh, count me out, I'm more into pop anyway" Sakura smiled.
"You sure?" Tomoyo asked her.
"I don't wanna go either" Syaoran said.
"It'd make a great double date for you, Eriol, Meiling and Yamazaki" Sakura nodded.
"Okay. I'm going to get changed" Tomoyo ran upstairs to her room. Meiling followed.
When they came back down, Meiling had on a tight fitting red boob tube and black jeans. Tomoyo wore a pink and black one teaspoon 'swallow birdy' dress over jeans. A black studded cuff was on her wrist. Eriol was wearing baggy denim jeans and a big white ecko hoodie. Yamazaki opted for baggy jeans too, but wore a blue shirt over a black long-sleeved one.
"Wow, don't you four look nice!" Sakura grinned.
"Thanks! Let's hit the road before we're late!" Meiling beamed.
When the door shut, Sakura went into the kitchen and loaded herself with ice-cream, popcorn, chocolate, lollies and coke, then went back out to Syaoran, who looked at her quizzically.
"We're having fun, whether you want to or not. We have, like, fourteen hours to kill" Sakura giggled.
"So what do you propose we do?" he asked.
"Movie. Marathon!" she yelled.
"Joy" Syaoran rolled his eyes.
*~*~4 hours later*~*
"Hey! Don't kill him, what did he do to you? Ya fuckin toss!" Syaoran yelled at the screen.
Sakura laughed. "Syaoran. I have three words for you. Anger. Manage. Ment"
"Anger management is two words, Sakura" he raised an eyebrow.
"Is not!" she retorted.
*~*~45 mins later*~*
"Is NOT!"
"Is TOO!"
"We've been fighting for forty-five minutes" Syaoran said.
"Yeah..truce?" Sakura asked.
"Deal" he nodded.
"Hey Syaoran?" she turned to face him.
"Yeah?" Syaoran answered.
"Do you ever wish Aika was back?" Sakura whispered.
He was silent for a minute. "Yeah"
"But everything happens for a reason, right? Maybe you were meant to meet someone else" she said.
~Like me!~
"Well, I haven't yet and when I do, then that's what'll happen" Syaoran replied.
~Shit you're thick~
"Oh. What if you've already met her, but you don't know it?" Sakura questioned.
"What are you implying?" he asked suspiciously.
"Nothing" she sighed.
"Ok then, let's move on" Syaoran suggested.
"So, Mr. Big fat soccer star, how's the hot shot of the team?" Sakura grinned.
"I'm great. Eriol's just as good as me and he's fine too. That reminds me, I have soccer training tomorrow" he scratched his chin.
"Aren't you good enough to go professional?" she teased.
"The scouts have asked twice, actually, but you know our loyalties lie in the gang" Syaoran sighed.
"What do you want to do?" Sakura asked.
"I want to do both. Maybe in two years this whole gang business will die over, Eriol and I will be twenty and we can still play professionally" he said.
"Yeah. Can I come to your next game?" she smiled.
"Sure. I think Yamazaki and Meiling are gong to see Yamazaki's parents so it'll just be you and Tomoyo with Eriol and I" Syaoran shrugged.
"Cool" Sakura grinned.
!@!@!@!
When Tomoyo and Eriol got back they went straight up to Eriol's room and started kissing. They kicked off their shoes and he lowered her onto the bed and went to lift up her dress. That's when Tomoyo stopped to think.
"Eriol, I'm sorry, I thought I wanted this but..it's just..I don't. I mean, I'm barely seventeen. I know you're an eighteen-year-old guy and..you know. I'm so sorry" Tomoyo sniffed.
"Hey, hey. It's alright. Tomoyo, I will wait until you're ready and there's no pressure at all" Eriol hugged her.
"Thank-you" she whispered before she sunk into her boyfriend's arms to sleep.
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Little Wings – I know it's a bit shorter than the others but hey! Please review!