Litanya: I do not own CCS. I hope that you enjoy this chapter and thank you to all people who have reviewed.

Cursed Love

Chapter 2: Falling

"Hello Eriol-sama!" Nakuru called chirpily as he entered through the front door. He walked into the kitchen where she was happily trying to force some buttered popcorn down Spinal's throat.

"Nakuru… where did you go?" he folded his arms across his chest. Nakuru knew that that was not a good sign.

"…Eriol-sama, I saw this fantastic dress in the window of a store and I just had to look at it! Then I saw another one, and another and I lost sight of you. So I gave up when I was done and came home, knowing that you would come here soon," she hastily explained, trying to look innocent. Unfortunately she did not have the ability to look innocent when she tried to.

"I have just spent two hours walking around trying to find you! I don't know what you were trying to accomplish by leaving me talking to Daidouji-san, but I want to know."

"I-I wasn't trying anything, I swear! I just liked her clothes and then I lost interest and you didn't. I never made you talk to her for however long you did," she pointed out, for once being right.

"Whatever," he ran his hand through his hair in frustration and then he walked to the music room. He did not know whether or not he believed her, but he knew that she was right on one thing. She had never forced him to talk to Tomoyo for that long. He could have left with Nakuru if he had wanted to. He settled down at the piano and put his fingers on the keys before he paused. Something inside of him was trying to tell him something, but he ignored it. Shaking his head he began to play the first melody that popped into his head. It was a sonata by Mozart, a beautiful song. His thoughts dwelled on the girl that he had just met. Even though he had only spoken to her for fifteen minutes at most, he felt as though he knew so much about her. Whenever he had gazed into her beautiful amethyst eyes, he had felt as though he had been looking at her soul. He had never been a firm believer in love at first sight but…

'What am I thinking? I can't go 'falling in love' with every girl that I talk to. I'm dying, remember? I am such a stupid idiot. I have only been cursed for a day and already I am 'falling in love' with girls I don't even know! It must be a side-effect of the curse or something,' he thought to himself and immediately the song he was playing changed until it was a confusing melody that he hardly ever played. His fingers leapt over the keys, hitting each note perfectly, 'No, I can't be in love. I only spoke to her for fifteen minutes. I can't be in love and I will not be in love.'

Over in her apartment, Tomoyo was having almost the exact same argument with herself.

'No, there is absolutely no way that I could love him. What am I? Am I some sort of idiot that believes in love at first sight when I could get any guy that I wanted? No, it was just relief that he wanted to be my friend. I was relieved that I was not a complete misfit here. That is all. There is absolutely no way that I have fallen in love. I am leaving here once I finish my degree and I'm not taking anyone with me. I cannot fall in love; I will not fall in love,' she finally finished pacing her room and threw herself down on the sofa. She had tried to go on shopping after Eriol had left, but the only thing she had been able to think about had been his eyes. She loved his eyes. They gave her a feeling of warmth, of protection and oddly, they even gave her the feeling that she had arrived home. She did not understand how his eyes made her feel all of that at the same time. She had never felt anything like that before. She was about to get up and cook dinner when the phone rang. She sighed to herself before she picked the cradle up and held it to her ear.

"Hello, Daidouji Tomoyo speaking," she spoke in English, in case it was a neighbor or someone that was doing a survey.

"Ohayo Tomoyo-chan! How's England?" it was Sakura. Her best friend's perky voice cheered her up immediately.

"Sakura-chan! England's great, but nowhere near as good as home. How are things over there anyway? How are you and Li-kun?" she settled back on her couch, this time taking the time to make herself comfortable. She knew that she was going to be a long time with this phone call.

"We're fine, but we miss you already. We're so used to seeing you following us around with your little video camera. We're going to miss you so much!" Sakura squealed over the phone. For some reason Sakura could never be calm about anything.

"I'm going to miss you guys too," the thought suddenly struck her that she was alone. She had been alone, even when she had been back in Tomoeda. Sakura's words had made her realise that. Sakura always used the word 'We' whenever she was explaining something. She spoke about herself as a plural because she was always with Syaoran. Tomoyo always referred to herself as singular because she was alone. It had taken her all that time to realise that fact.

"Anyway, have you met anyone nice yet? Any neighbors popped by to help you unpack?"

"No, the neighbors have kept to themselves. I have found a couple of friends though. I was out shopping when a woman called Nakuru exclaimed that she loved my outfit. She was out shopping with her cousin. She introduced him to me and we talked for a while. It turns out that he is starting a law course this year at the same university as me. He is really nice. Nakuru got bored of our conversation after only two minutes, so she went off shopping, but I think that both of them are going to be great friends of mine," Tomoyo explained, her thoughts going to Eriol once again.

"I'm glad that you are fitting in over there. I must admit that I thought that you might not fit in with the people because you are different. Not because I thought that you are a horrible person, but because you are different to them. I'm just really happy that you have friends over there already," Sakura babbled, mainly to fill in time. She loved talking to Tomoyo, but for some reason she did not know what to say. She was both happy and sad: happy because Tomoyo was making friends over in England but sad because she was not there with her.

"Yeah, I had fears that I would not fit in too, but they have gone now. I was so happy when Nakuru spoke to me… I can't explain the relief that I felt…" Tomoyo was completely comfortable. She leant back further on the couch and continued her conversation, happy that she had two places that she could call home.

The next day's weather was bright and sunny, but Tomoyo did not want to get out of bed. She had early classes and she did not want to miss them, but she was really tired. She finally crawled out of bed, took a quick shower, ate some breakfast and then she was ready to go. She was a little nervous, but most of her nerves were about doing the actual classes and not about making friends.

'Whoa, I really need to find a quicker route to the university,' Tomoyo told herself as she arrived at her destination after half an hour of battling the traffic. She thought that it was probably faster if she walked. Luckily though, she arrived on time to get her class schedule before her first class, with fifteen minutes to spare. She had been told that the classes would start at 8:30AM on the first day, and that the schedules were to be picked up at 8:10AM.

"Daidouji-san, hi!" she whirled around to see Eriol standing behind her. He carried a small backpack on his left shoulder, a sign that he was going to attend classes too.

"Hi Hiiragizawa-kun! How are you?" she knew that it had only been a little over twelve hours since she had last seen him, but she suddenly realised how long it had been. It felt like it had been days since she had last seen him. She frowned inwardly at this thought, knowing that she did not usually get so… attached to people in such a short time.

"I'm pretty tired actually. Nakuru decided to practice her singing at midnight last night, and did not stop until after three AM. How about you?" he toyed with the strap that hung down from his backpack. For some reason he felt as though he needed to play with the strap otherwise he would drown in her eyes. He did not need to do that.

"Pretty good thank you. Sakura-chan phoned last night and I had a good conversation with her. Did you find out where Nakuru disappeared off to last night?" they unconsciously began to walk to the main information desk, where they would pick up their class schedules. To any observer they looked like a couple, or at least close friends. It would have been impossible for anyone to know that they had only met the night before.

"She claims that she saw another really good dress that she absolutely had to look at, and then another, and another… until she completely lost track of where we were, so she went home. It didn't stop me from spending over two hours looking for her though," Tomoyo giggled as she pictured him searching all over the city for Nakuru, whilst the former sat happily at home. She found it very funny. Eriol, however, did not.

"I'm sorry; I can just picture Nakuru happily at home whilst you are frantically searching for her… It just appeals to my sense of humour," she quickly apologised after seeing the look on his face.

"It's okay. People always find Nakuru funny for some reason. Anyway, shouldn't we go in and get our schedules?" he pointed to the building on their right and she blushed a little. She had not noticed that they had arrived.

"That would be a good idea. I mean… we do need to go to our classes, don't we?" she said sarcastically, trying to hide the fact that she had not realised that they had arrived.

"Well, that would be an idea," they walked into the building and separated as they went to different sections to get their schedules.

"Well… I have a lecture in about half an hour in a building over… there," Eriol announced when they finally met back up.

"Well, my first lecture is in half an hour too… and it's in…" she stopped as she struggled with the map that she had been given. Eriol sighed and grabbed her schedule out of her hands.

"Let's see… you have the same schedule as I do; only you have extra lectures. You're first lecture is in the same building as mine. We're class mates. What is the chance of that?" he handed her schedule back to her with a small smile. He was happy that she was in his class on one level, but unhappy on another. He really enjoyed her company, but that was the problem. He knew that if he spent more time with her, he would fall for her. He knew that even speaking with her on the way to class had been a small mistake. He was falling for her every second.

"Good, at least I'll know one person in the class whose notes I can copy," Tomoyo said, pretending to be relieved. She was over the moon that he was in her class, but not because she could copy his work. It was because there was something drawing her to him. There was a mystery about him, and she wanted desperately to unlock it. Sakura had told her on the phone the night before that when she had fallen for Syaoran, she had wanted to help him in some way. She had not known what it had been at first, but the urge to help had been there. Now Tomoyo was finding that she was desperate to help Eriol. She could not help but think that she may be falling for him. As much as she did not want to, she knew that she was. Tomoyo Daidouji was falling for Eriol Hiiragizawa, and they both knew it.

To be continued…

End of Chapter 2

Litanya: Okay, I know that that was bad. And I'm sorry for the slow updates, but I have been sick and also I recently acquired the Sims 2. Add that to homework and bingo, there's the reason I didn't update and the reason why this is short. I'll try to write over the weekend, but I have tennis and a heap of work, so I may not be able to. I am sorry for those ho are getting impatient. Anyway, please feel free to review if you want.