Chapter 24

Edited: 22 July 05, Fanfiction deleted my story! They said i used wrong language, grammer and puncuation!Sigh, what's wrong with them. Where did i use wrong grammer and language?

GOMENE! I know this chapter is super late!(Jumps into the bushes to hide angry crowd of reviewers) It's just that school just started again and have a lot of things to do especially all those test… sigh. Anyway, hope you people have not given up on this story.. it's finishing soon. I think. Haha… hope you enjoy this chapter and thanks for the many reviews!

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P.s I have an older sister and she scares me too. HAHA.

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After calming down and accepting their terrible fate, Tomoyo and Eriol started walking around the empty mall, passing by deserted shops in total darkness.

Tomoyo started to feel fidgety. She had watched similar horror movies before. A group of teenagers get stranded in an old haunted building and slowly, one by one, the teenagers were murdered by a lunatic with a mechanical saw. Tomoyo could not take the tension any longer and grabbed Eriol's wrist.

" Eriol! I'm… scared."

Eriol looked down surprised. He always thought Tomoyo was very independent and strong. Guess he forgot the fact that she is still a girl, a girl who is still scared of the dark.

He held her shoulders. " It's alright," he whispered, " I won't let anything happen to you."

Tomoyo looked up to find Eriol smiling down at her, his smile assuring.

Then, it hit her. She heard that phrase before…

Tomoyo gasped.

He's that boy!

Tomoyo stared at Eriol wide-eyed.

" What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Tomoyo shook her head slowly.

" No… I'm fine."

They continued to search the mall for any signs of life, preferably a security guard with the keys out of the mall. However, Tomoyo found herself wishing the morning would never come. For what reson, she did not know why.

" Hey… why are you in a daze?"

Eriol asked Tomoyo as they passed by more derserted shops.

Tomoyo blushed a little and shook her head again.

" Nothing…"

Eriol raised an eyebrow and then looked away. He spotted something.

" Oh… My… God."

Tomoyo glanced at Eriol worriedly.

" What's the matter?"

Eriol pointed to the entrance of the ice skating ring and smiled.

Tomoyo squinted her eyes and stared closely at the glass doors… the doors… were unlock. She then turned her head slowly back to Eriol, afraid what he was going to do next.

" Oh no you don't.."

Eriol nodded and smiled evily back.

" Oh yes! COME ON!"

He took her hand and started dragging her pass the glass doors.

" Eriol! I can't skate!"

Eriol turned back and flashed his stunning smile at her.

" I'll teach you!"

In a split second, Tomoyo found herself standing not on solid ground but on solid ice. She began to feel frantic. The lights were off and so she could not see very well. Where was Eriol?

Suddenly, she felt something took her hands.

" GAH!"

" Tomoyo! Relax! It's me Eriol!"

Tomoyo caught her breath and once she regained her composure, she punched Eriol in the stomach.

" Ouch!"

" Don't you scare me like that!"

Suddenly. There was silence.

" Eriol?… Eriol?"

Tomoyo panicked. Had she punched him too hard and now he is lying unconscious somewhere on the ice? She stretched out her hands trying to feel his body.

" Eriol!"

She felt something grabbed her ankle and pulled her down onto the cold hard ice.

" OWW!"

" We're even!"

Tomoyo heard Eriol shouting beside her.

She rolled to her left and got on top of Eriol's chest.

" What the.."

Tomoyo started hitting his chest with her fist.

" HOW! DARE! YOU!"

" Ow ow ow ow! Alright! Alright! I'm sorry!"

Eriol finally managed to caught her flying fists.

" HA!"

He shouted triumphantly. It was only then did they realise how close they were to each other. Tomoyo gulped and felt her face glow red as she drowned herself in Eriol's mesmerising blue eyes.

Look away Tomoyo! Those eyes are deadly!

But she could not. Eriol's eyes seemed to have some invisible magnetic force. Then, she noticed that Eriol was smiling to himself.

" Why are you smiling?"

Tomoyo asked curious, her fists still in his hands.

" Realise we're always in this position?"

Tomoyo felt her face flush up. She looked away and pulled her hands away.

" Yes. And I don't think it's appropriate because it looks…wrong."

With that, she put her hands on the ice and pushed herself up. However, while she was doing that, Eriol also got up and a little too quickly because he ended up kissing Tomoyo awkwardly on the cheeks.

Their eyes widen with embarrassment as they stumbled away from each other.

" Go-gomene…"

Eriol mumbled as streaks of red appeared across his cheeks.

Tomoyo smiled awkwardly back.

" Ne. It's okay."

Tomoyo suddenly felt very cold as her shirt felt damp from the ice. It stuck to her body and made her shiver.

Eriol noticed that and being the gentleman that he was, he took off his jacket and placed it over her shoulders.

Tomoyo stared up at him, thankful.

" Arigato Eriol-kun."

Eriol blushed and shook his head. He sat down on the ice and rubbed his hands together.

Tomoyo stared at him and giggled.

" You know, if you rub hard enough, you might start a fire!"

Eriol stared back and pouted.

" This is what I get for giving you my warm jacket."

Tomoyo giggled and held up one side of Eriol's jacket.

" Come here. Your jacket is big enough for the two of us."

Eriol looked at her, as if he thought she was joking.

" What? I won't eat you!"

Eriol stared hesitantly back. Then slowly he crawled on the ice and settled next to her.

Tomoyo smiled happily back at him.

" See, that wasn't so hard!"

Eriol stared back at her. Why is she so sarcastic…how weird.

" Tomoyo… if you're cold, we can get out of here."

Tomoyo looked back at Eriol sadly.

" No… I want to stay here." With you…

Eriol shrugged and continued rubbing his hands. Hey, maybe.. I CAN start a fire.

Tomoyo watched amusingly beside him. I think I'm falling for an idiot.

Suddenly, Eriol stopped rubbing his hands and glanced at his watch. He then turned to Tomoyo and smiled.

" Put your hands into my pocket."

Tomoyo raised an eyebrow.

" What?"

" Put your hands into my left pocket!"

Tomoyo slowly reached inside his pocket and felt something hard. It felt like a box.

She grabbed it and took it out of the pocket.

" A box?"

She said and turned to Eriol, still clueless about what was going on.

" Open it."

Tomoyo nodded and opened it. As soon as she opened the silver box, she gasped.

" Happy birthday Tomoyo."

She stared at Eriol surprised and shocked.

" Eriol! When did you…"

She stared at the necklace. It was the one that she saw in the shop earlier that day. The sapphire necklace.

" Eriol… but you said you did not have anymore money!"

Eriol smiled and rubbed his neck.

" Yeah. I spent every single cent I had on it."

Tomoyo felt like she was choking. Her breath seemed to be caught in her throat.

" Eriol…"

She stared at the necklace and then at Eriol.

" Thank you."

With that, she jumped up and hugged him around the neck.

Although Eriol liked the feeling of getting hugged by Tomoyo, he really could not breathe.

" Tomoyo… cannot…breathe."

Tomoyo quickly let go of a gasping Eriol and her hands flew to cover her mouth.

" Gomenasai!"

Eriol shook his head and smiled. He then pointed to the necklace.

" Like it?"

Tomoyo took the necklace and hooked it around her neck. She looked up and beamed at Eriol sweetly.

" UN! It's lovely!"

Eriol was taken back for a while.

She looks… like an angel.

Then… his eyes widen, his head filled with thoughts.

Tomoyo… those eyes… that smile… could she be…

" Tomoyo… have we… met before?"

HAHA. I like cliffies. YAY! If there are at least 30 reviews by Sunday, I will update quickly! So you will know what exactly happen! I'm so evil. Anyway, because I'm afraid if I don't update by then, I won't have any time to update any time later. HAHA. Oh well, hope you liked this chapter. I know it's a little short but I just needed to remind you that I have not stopped writing.

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