A/N: ok due to starriecat's review and comment, I have realized I, indeed, haven't updated in 8 fricking months gomen all
It's just I realized something; everyone's been wondering "is Takashi his first name? Or is it his last name?" ladies and gentlemen, I have finally found the answer. Yamazaki is his first name. Think about it; in the anime, all the girls call him "Yamazaki-kun", so you'd think that was his last name, cuz they're not that close, but if you watch carefully, you find he calls the girls by their first name as well. Chiharu calls him Yamazaki too, so therefore, it's his first name )
yeah ok I have no life, I'm a little slow, and I should be contributing my time to fanfics and homework, but I get carried away VERY easily…just like now. ON WITH THE CHAPTER
For the next several weeks, Chiharu tried to avoid the rest of the group unless Yamazaki was with her, or they'd burst into song of "HARU AND ZAKI, SITTING IN A TREE, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" It was like babysitting all over again. During such time, Chiharu concluded to find new friends. After an entire three weeks of torture from her so-called "friends", prom arrived.
"…Tomoyo?"
"Yes?"
"…are you ever going to get dressed or are you going to fuss over our dresses the whole time?"
Tomoyo blinked in surprise, and then realized all her friends were dressed but her. She laughed nervously and walked to the changing room.
"I'll be out in a minute!"
Chiharu giggled. "I guess she didn't notice…"
Sakura laughed, straightening her pink dress. "She's like that. It's not the first day you've known Tomoyo."
Chiharu shrugged. "That's true."
Rika stood in front of the mirror, admiring herself in her cream colored dress. "I love the idea of all of us going in the same dress but different colors!"
Chiharu looked down at her own beautifully stitched dress. It was periwinkle blue, her eye-color. Rika was clad in the cream colored dress, Sakura in pink (DUH…), Naoko in spring green, Tomoyo…well, we'll just have to wait till she's out.
"I'M DONE!"
…speaking of which…
Tomoyo came twirling out in a lavender version of her friends' dresses.
In a whirl of purple, she was finished with hair and makeup in five minutes flat.
"Now all we have to do is wait for our dates, and Chiharu's 'ESCORT'" Tomoyo teased, emphasizing the word "escort"
Chiharu groaned and jumped when the doorbell rang. Eager to get away from the madness, she darted to the door with an "I'll get it!" and ignoring the burst of laughter coming from the rest of the girls along with the remarks of "she's so edgy to see him she's running to be the first one at the door", followed by another burst of laughter.
"I'm gonna kill them all…" she grumbled on the way to the door, grabbing her ankle-long overcoat on the way, concealing her dress (Tomoyo's plan for them all was to not reveal their dresses till they were at the entrance of the dance fashionably late, and dazzle everyone on the dance floor; including the guys, so not even the guys could see the dresses until they were at the dance)
Opening the door to the guys, she gasped in shock.
"…You…you…"
"We what?"
"YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE ACTUAL GENTLEMEN!" she cried.
The guys looked at each other, in matching dress shirts of different colors, courtesy of Tomoyo & Co., their hair sleeked back in gel, or artistically styled. Yamazaki smirked in his light blue shirt and held out his arm in terrible English and a totally fake posh accent "Well, mees, sharl we reave?"
Chiharu shook her head, exasperated.
"One moment, kind sir" she replied with an evil grin.
"Show off…" Yamazaki grumbled, pouting.
"GIRLS! THE GUYS ARE HERE!"
And they were off.
After more teasing on the limo ride to the school, the 5 couples plus Kai made their way to the Gym, where students were already dancing away to Usher's Yeah!
The girls looked at each other and at the same time, took off their overcoats and revealed their dresses to everyone to see. The guys were stunned; jaws dropped to the floor. Other guys drooled, and other girls looked on with envy. Sure, the 6 guys of the group already saw Chiharu's dress, but since they saw it, Tomoyo made final adjustments and extra cloth to give it a different effect; the guys didn't know what to say. They simply stared.
Chiharu blushed under Yamazaki's gaze.
"Mou! Bakazaki! Snap out of it!"
Yamazaki blinked in shock, but as if coming out of hypnosis, he grinned and leaned in to whisper in her ear.
"Kirei…Chi-chan…"
"Hn? Sakura? Of course! She's always pretty!"
"Iie. I meant you."
Chiharu's face flushed even more.
Yamazaki grinned. "You look so cute when you blush, Chi-chan!"
Her only response was to blush even more.
"Urusei…"
"But it's true! Speaking of blushing, did you know?"
Chiharu put her fingers to his lips, silencing him, then giving a show of one finger.
"One night of no lies, that's all I ask, Yami. ONE NIGHT."
Yamazaki stared at her for a few seconds, before laughing and relaxing. To Chiharu's shock, he pulled her close to him, hand around her waist.
"Hai-Hai, Chiharu-chan! One night of no lies, but only for you."
Chiharu looked up, blushing at what it could really mean.
"You look beautiful tonight, Chi-chan…" he murmured in her ear, so close she could hear his rapid heartbeat.
"Mou! I thought you promised no lies tonight!" she growled, refusing to let herself believe what he could really mean.
"Who said I was lying?"
Chiharu's breath hitched, but some guitar music came on, Yamazaki swore.
"I gotta go, Chi-chan! Wait for me, and listen, ok?"
Chiharu looked at him, confused, but nodded. Yamazaki grinned and gave her a peck on the cheek.
"This is for you!" and he dashed off.
She was confused, but noticed on the stage was Syaoran, Eriol, Rei and Enishi. She stared in shock as Syaoran and Eriol strapped on guitars, Rei got behind the drum set, and Enishi sat down behind the keyboard. However, nothing stunned her more than Takashi, who leaped onto the stage, up to the microphone and started to sing.
Another
day is going by
I'm thinking about you all the time
But you're
out there
and I'm here waiting
Chiharu
was shocked. In all her years of knowing and loving the guy, she
never knew he could sing, and not to mention very well
And
I wrote this letter in my head
Cuz so many things were left
unsaid
but now you're gone
and I can't think straight
She suddenly remembered the talk she had with him last week about colleges…
This could be the one last chance
to make
you understand
"Ne, Yami…"
"Hai, Haru?"
"Have you been accepted to any of the colleges you've applied for?"
She didn't say it, but she didn't even know which colleges he had applied for. When she had asked, he simply smiled and said "Himitsu!"
"A few, you?"
"Yeah…I got accepted to the top 3 I wanted…and the one that I want more than anything to go to…"
"Wow! Congratulations, Haru-chan!"
She gave a small sad smile, "But…It's outside of Asia…"
Yamazaki paused. "Oh…"
I'd
do anything
Just to hold you in my arms
To try to make you
laugh
Cuz somehow I can't put you in the past
I'd do anything
Just to fall asleep with you
Will you remember me?
Cuz I
know
I won't forget you
A tear made its way down her cheek.
"I really wanna go…but I don't wanna leave you guys…I've never been away from ANY of you before since we met. I don't ever want to separate from you guys…" by this point, she was crying openly, a little embarrassed to be crying in front of her crush, but he had seen her cry millions of times before, and received many wet shoulders from them as well.
Yamazaki didn't say anything
Together
we broke all the rules
dreaming of dropping out of school
and
leave this place
to never come back
He wrapped his arm around her slim waist, pulling her towards him.
"Which one?" he asked voice nonchalant.
"UCLA" was all she said, voice broken.
Because her face was in his chest, she didn't notice the small scheming smile on his face.
"It's worth it, Chi…You've wanted to make it to that school since we were little. You've made it, and it's totally worth it. It's not like you'll never see us again if you go"
"Do you wanna get rid of me?"
So
now maybe after all these years
if you miss I have no fear
I'll
be here
I'll be waiting
Yamazaki looked down at her in shock, when she had momentarily run out of tears.
"You sound like you won't miss me at all; you sound like you don't care if I go…"
Yamazaki said nothing once again
He simply hugged her tighter to him, if possible.
"Of course I'll miss you. I'll miss you terribly. I just want what's best for you…UCLA is a great school, you'd do fantastic in the future…It's one of the best things that happened to you."
"No…" she murmured, stopping him from further rambling, "You're the best thing that ever happened to me, Yami…"
This
could be the one last chance to make you understand
And I just
can't let you leave me once again
I'd do anything
Just to
hold you in my arms
To try to make you laugh
Cuz somehow I
can't put you in the past
I'd do anything
Just to fall asleep
with you
Will you remember me?
Cuz I know
I won't forget
you
Yamazaki didn't tell her how those simple words made his heart soar.
"Besides, I can always go to colleges in the states; I got accepted to a few…"
Chiharu smiled a little.
"But you've heard my English…They'd hate me over there…"
Chiharu gave a half laugh, half sob into his chest.
I
close my eyes
And all I see is you
I close my eyes
I try to
sleep
I can't forget you
Nanana, nanana
And I'd do anything
for you
Nanana, nanana, naaaa
"Whatever college we go to…if they're different, you'd never forget me, right?"
Yamazaki broke the embrace, staring into her eyes in shock.
"Forget you? How could I ever be able to forget my bestest best friend in the whole wide world from the time I was in diapers? How could I ever be able to forget one of the most important women in my life?"
I'd
do anything
Just to hold you in my arms
To try to make you
laugh
Cuz somehow I can't put you in the past
I'd do anything
Just to fall asleep with you
To fall asleep with you
His face was flushed, saying all 3 sentences in one breath. Chiharu thought it was simply due to the lack of oxygen, but it was really because he couldn't believe he had said that out loud, right at her.
"Arigatou, Yami…" she whispered, pulling him in for another hug, as she rested the side of her face on his chest.
The stood in each others' embrace for a couple more minutes in silence.
"You'd…never forget me either, would you Chi?"
She smiled up at him.
"Never…"
I'd
do anything
To fall asleep with you
I'd do anything
There's
nothing I won't do
I'd do anything
To fall asleep with you
I'd
do anything
Cuz I know
I won't forget you
Chiharu cheered louder than anyone when they were done. The guys jumped off the stage and made their way through the crowd to wear the girls were. All the girls but Chiharu threw themselves onto their guys, saying how good they were.
Chiharu handed Yamazaki a cup of punch, a smile on her face.
"You guys were great," especially you…
"Thanks, Chi-chan!" the night's only just begun…
"Come on, let's dance!" I wanna spend as much time with you as I can…before I leave you all…
"Hai, let's go!" It's time to stop lying to you…time for me to suck it up and just tell you the truth…
OOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo
"Do you think they'll ever be happy together?" Sakura murmured to Syaoran, both still at the refreshment table.
"Of course they will…once Yamazaki gets his act together." Syaoran muttered curtly, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Yeah…I guess…but she's hurting, Syao, I don't know if she'll be able to wait forever."
"Saku, would you have waited for me?"
Sakura blushed. "Of course I would have!"
"Then so will Mihara-san. I can tell she loves him almost as much as you love me. She'll wait."
Sakura gave a small smile. "I hope so…for both of them."
Syaoran kissed the top of her head. "So do I…"
OOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOoOo
Chiharu and Yamazaki stopped dancing, as they laughed and tried to catch their breaths.
Have
you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever
needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night
Have you ever
tried to find the words
But they don't come out right
Have you
ever, have you ever
"OH! Yami! It's my favorite song!"
"But I just started resting!"
"Relax! It's a slow song, come on!"
Have you ever been in
love
Been in love so bad
You'd do anything to make them
understand
Have you ever had someone steal your heart away
Chiharu's arms were loosely wrapped around his neck, and his arms around her waist. She didn't notice until she felt his breath on her shoulder that he had pulled her closer. She didn't complain, she simply tightened her arms around his neck, almost sighing in content.
You'd
give anything to make them feel the same
Have you ever searched
for words to get you in their heart
But you don't know what to say
And you don't know where to start
'This feels…so right…' both of them thought as they swayed together to the music. Yamazaki ignored the fact he felt a pair of jealous eyes glaring at him, and simply kept dancing with his childhood best friend.
Have
you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever
needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night
Yamazaki knew he had gathered enough courage. He knew he had to do this now. "Chi?"
Have
you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out
right
Have you ever, have you ever
"Hn?"
"I'm sorry I lied…"
Chiharu stiffened slightly. He had lied to her?
Have
you ever found the one
You've dreamed of all of your life
You'd
do just about anything to look into their eyes
Have you finally
found the one
You've
given your heart to
"It's cuz I was too damned chicken to tell you the truth…twice. But now I know I have gathered all the courage I can muster. I'm not gonna chicken out and lose you."
Only
to find that one won't give their heart to you
Have you ever
closed your eyes and
Dreamed that they were there
And all you
can do is wait
For the day when they will care
"Yami?" she whispered, breaking away, looking into his eyes, that were looking down with an emotion she never saw before.
Have
you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
Have you ever
needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night
"I…love you, Chi…"
Have
you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out
right
Have you ever, have you ever
She gasped and felt tears spring into her eyes.
"…I understand if you don't feel the same…Hell I understand if you never wanna see me again…I'm sorry I totally ruined our friendship, Chi…I lied to you, kept something so big from you, and all…" his voice broke, as he looked down, not allowing her to see the tear that made its way down his cheek. "…Sayonara…I love you…"
What
do I gotta do to get you in my arms baby
What do I gotta say to
get to your heart
He pulled away and started to walk away.
Have
you ever loved somebody so much
It makes you cry
She watched him walking farther and farther away, as she willed her brain to work.
To
make you understand how I need you next to me
Gotta get you into
my world
'Cuz baby I can't sleep
"Takashi Yamazaki, if you don't stop right where you are, I'll knock you into a coma…" she suddenly yelled out, causing him to freeze and turn around. The tears Chiharu tried so hard to hold back poured when she saw tears on his face.
"You broke my heart…so many years ago…when you lied to me first…when I thought it finally healed, you broke it again when you lied to me again…"
Have
you ever needed something so bad
You can't sleep at night
"And now I find out those two times you broke my heart…weren't even with true facts? How the hell am I supposed to react?" she asked, voice cracking, regretting her harsh words when she saw the pain and regret in his beautiful eyes.
"Chi…"
"Don't say anything…" she whispered.
Yamazaki felt broken. He knew she'd never talk to him again. He knew she'd slap him so hard his ears would ring. He knew he would deserve it.
What he didn't know was that she launched herself at him and attacked his lips with her own.
Have
you ever tried to find the words
But they don't come out
right
Have you ever, have you ever
"Of course I love you too, you dumbass…" she whispered, kissing him again, their tears mingling with each other.
"I'm so sorry, Haru…Chiharu…"
"Of course you're forgiven…" she murmured, grabbing him in a fierce hug.
"Thank God…If you never talked to me again, I dunno what I'd do…"
"I dunno what I'd do either…"
They stood in each others' embrace in the middle of the dance floor, as their fellow students partied the night away to a fast song. Suddenly Yamazaki had an evil notion.
He hoisted her up in the air and swung her around and around, laughing.
Chiharu, on the other hand, shrieked, but when she noticed he was laughing, she couldn't help but laugh too.
"BAKAZAKI YOU IDIOT, PUT ME DOWN!"
"Not yet," he said to her, only her.
He finally put her down, ignoring the stares they got, and danced around her.
"I'M THE LUCKIEST DAMN GUY ON THE PLANET!" he yelled to the whole dance floor, causing everyone to laugh.
Chiharu was flushed, but she couldn't help but laugh and throw her arms around him, silencing him with a kiss.
"Enough…" she whispered fiercely.
His only response was a goofy grin. "Okie"
They shared another kiss, choosing to ignore the cry of "KAWAII" from the refreshment table.
TBC
