Disclaimer: I don't own CCS or any music Castle on a Cloud from Les Miserables
Chapter 4
Dreams
"Of course you're going home after the vacation," Sakura laughed, "We're all going home."
"No, I'm not going back to Tomoeda," Syaoran frowned.
Sakura's eyes grew larger. She pushed back her tears, "So this will be the last week that I'll see you?" Syaoran nodded his head.
Sakura wrapped her arms around him, leaning her head on his chest. "I'll miss you so much."
No reply. "I have to go," Sakura walked away from him, hiding her face from him.
…The dinning room…
"Did it hurt a lot?" Eriol played with the food on his plate.
"Did what hurt?" Tomoyo asked.
"When I left."
"Of course it did Eriol," Tomoyo sighed, "It always hurts when someone that you love leaves you."
"Do you still love me?" he looked up from his plate to see her reaction.
Tomoyo flinched at the question. "It's a yes or no question," Eriol continued.
Tomoyo pushed back her chair, "Damn it Eriol! I don't feel comfortable talking about this kind of stuff. I told you that I'm not going to forgive you, doesn't that give you a clue to what I would answer?" Tomoyo left the room, and made her way to her bedroom.
"You still didn't answer me," Eriol persisted.
"I'm not going to answer you," Tomoyo entered her room and closed the door behind her.
Eriol sighed. A laugh came from the kitchen, "Nice going," Syaoran smirked.
"You too," Eriol commented.
Syaoran tilted his head. "Sakura's thoughts sounded angry," Eriol enlightened, "What did you say to her?"
"I told her I was going back to Hong Kong," he leaned on the wall.
"YOU WHAT!" Eriol yelled.
… At the staircase…
Sakura and Tomoyo listened at the foot of the staircase. "Syaoran you idiot, you almost murdered me for leaving Tomoyo. Trust me Touya can do ten times worse than what you can. And don't make the same mistake that I did. You don't know how much it hurts to leave someone that you love," Eriol shook his head.
"Yeah but Sakura most likely will forgive me. She doesn't even love me so why should she care," Eriol rolled his eyes.
"You think she doesn't love you?" Syaoran opened his mouth to reply, but Eriol continued his sentence, "Wake up! Don't you see the way she looks at you, the way she always wants to be around you?"
'I've never noticed that stuff before,' Syaoran thought. "Are you going to come back afterwards," Eriol asked.
"Nope. And let me guess, you aren't going back either."
"I was supposed to come back at the end of the year, but Tomoyo never gave me a chance to tell her that," Eriol looked down at his feet, "I wanted to stay in Tomoeda, so I made arrangements to sell my house. Unfortunately, I had to come back to look over the paperwork and all that stuff."
'Excuses,' Syaoran thought. Eriol looked up glaring. Syaoran knew that look meant that he was telling the truth. "Change your mind Syaoran, or else you're bound to end up in a load of pain," Eriol strolled out of the kitchen and up the stairs.
"Listen, Hiiragizawa," Syaoran ran to the side of the stairs, "Sorry for almost killing you."
Eriol chuckled, "Don't worry Li. I should get used to it. The chance of you trying to kill me again is better than the chances of you getting married to Sakura," Eriol winked at him.
"Bastard," Syaoran muttered.
"Love you too Syaoran," Eriol gave out a laugh and headed upstairs. Just as he got to the top, he heard Sakura's thoughts, 'I wonder what those chances are?'
Sakura and Tomoyo hid in the dark corner, hoping that Eriol wouldn't see them. Eriol got to the top of the staircase and looked in their direction. "How long have you been listening?" Sakura and Tomoyo's jaws dropped.
"Somewhere around, 'don't make the same mistake as I did," Sakura replied.
"Pretty impressive speech," Tomoyo laughed.
"Thank you very much," Eriol smiled, "Now if you ladies will excuse me, I'm going to bed."
Tomoyo and Sakura decided to do the same. Tomoyo went into her room immediately but Sakura paused and looked down the stairs. "To answer your question Sakura, the chances of Syaoran trying to kill me is way over 100," Eriol's voice came through his room's door.
Sakura gave a slight giggle then went into her room.
… Tomoyo's dream…
The young Tomoyo ran into her father's house and onto the balcony. "Good morning," she greeted the figure standing at the window, "Something weird is going on between my parents."
The figure in the window nodded. "I have a feeling that this is the last time I'm ever going to speak to you. But that's just crazy… Right?"
"It's not crazy," the boy said. That was the first time she ever heard him speak, "I've heard them yelling at each other a lot."
"Oh well, they'll forgive each other. My mommy always forgives daddy," Tomoyo laid her head on the railing.
It was quiet for a moment. "Guess what! I learnt a new choir song at the church today. Sister Mary-Lyn says that it's not a church song but it's easy for my level of singing. She also said that I'm doing so well, and if I practice enough, she'll let me join the churches choir!"
"Congratulations!" the boy exclaimed, "Can I hear the song?"
There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
There is a room that's full of toys,
There are a hundred boys and girls,
Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
Not in my castle on a cloud-
"Tomoyo!" Sonomi shouted, "Are you talking to that boy again?"
"Yes mommy," Tomoyo answered.
"I told you not to speak with him."
"Why mommy? He's my friend."
"I don't care if he's your 'friend.'"
"Sonomi, don't take her away from me," her father pleaded.
"No, we're moving away, and hopefully she'll forget you and this made up friend of hers," Sonomi grabbed Tomoyo's arm, "Young lady, don't you listen to the stories? That house is abandoned!"
"No it's not," Tomoyo screamed, "He spoke to me!"
"God! My daughter's gone crazy," Sonomi shrieked.
Sonomi pulled Tomoyo away from the balcony. Tomoyo screamed as loud as she could, kicking, scratching, and hitting her mother, but she was too weak. "Daddy, don't let her take me! I don't wanna go!" Tomoyo cried.
Sonomi practically threw her into the car and drove off to the airport, and Tomoyo screamed all the way to Japan.
Tomoyo gasped as she woke up. She got out of bed, grabbing her light purple, silk robe. She put it on and went down to the front door. She quietly unlocked it and went outside. She travelled to the balcony's side of her father's house, and looked up at the window. There were lights flickering in the room, 'I wonder what's going on in there.' Tomoyo went back to her bedroom but before she entered her room, Nakuru's voice came from the room. "Eriol, please wake up," she pleaded.
Tomoyo peeked into the room and saw Nakuru and Spinel hovering around the room. "How long do you think he'll sleep for this time?" Spinel asked.
"I hope it's not as long as last time," Nakuru kneeled down beside his bed, "Last time he stayed asleep for three days, but why is he doing it again?"
"It's because-" Spinel started.
"Tomoyo," Eriol whispered.
"It's because she's here," Spinel hissed.
Nakuru looked at the door, "Come in," Nakuru sighed.
Tomoyo stepped into the room. Spinel growled, "I'm leaving."
"Spinel!" Nakuru followed the cat out of the room.
"Tomoyo," Eriol continued to say her name.
"I'm here Eriol," she sat beside him on his bed.
"I want to come back to Tomoeda, but only with your permission."
It was amazing how her could say so much in his sleep. He spoke slowly to her, "Eriol, I…"
"Tomoyo, how are you getting him to talk?" Nakuru demanded as she entered the room.
"I don't know," Tomoyo shrugged.
"We tried speaking to him before, he told us that he never heard us speaking. We also tried hitting him," Nakuru giggled, "No luck. He never reacted to anything we did when he fell asleep like this."
Tomoyo looked down at him sorrowfully, she felt like it was her fault that he was having this strange sleeping habit. "Keep talking to him," Nakuru stopped at the door, "You seem to be the only one that can make him respond to anything."
Tomoyo nodded. "Forgive me," Eriol rolled on his side, "Please."
"N-" Tomoyo began, 'he was going to come back,' "Okay, I forgive you."
Tomoyo felt so tired, she wanted to go to bed soon. She lay down. "Do you still love me?" Eriol asked.
Tomoyo closed her eyes, "Yes, I still love you."