Chapter 4 – Merry Olde England
The Unmasking of Eriol and Sakura's Hearts
Disclaimer: I do not own Cardcaptor Sakura
P.S. Eriol will speak in his point of view. It'll be in italics.
I smiled as I got out of Eriol's shower and wrapped myself in a nice fluffy towel. The shower was ebony black which suited his personality. It was elegant and very pretty. I heard knocking on my door.
"Sakura? Your clothes aren't dry yet, but you can wear some of mine," Eriol said.
He cracked open the door a little and laid a few clothes out for me to wear.
"Th-Thanks, Eriol," I said shivering.
Eriol smiled and nodded his head and shut the door. I quickly changed into Eriol's pants and shirt. My stomach started growling. I went downstairs into the kitchen where Eriol was cooking delicious eggs and bacon. Eriol smiled and set down the food in front of me and began to help himself to some eggs and bacon.
"Sakura?" Eriol asked.
I looked up into his eyes. From the look on his face, he had been scouring my face to discern any problems.
"Hmm?" I replied staring back, "what is it?"
"Are you okay? You don't seem to be," Eriol noted.
"I'm alright, I am just remembering…things," I said, trying to convince him.
Eriol put his hand on mine. It was a gesture of care. He wanted me to know that he cared about me.
"Can you tell me what happened now?" Eriol, frowning.
I looked up at him. Part of me wanted to pour out everything to him and the other part wanted to keep it from him. Eriol got out of his chair and hugged me.
"Just tell me everything," he whispered.
It was like magic. The part of me that didn't want to tell him vanished. He was so dependable, so caring that I didn't care anymore. I started to tell him everything that had happened and he listened without interrupting me.
"That's what happened, Eriol," I said.
I looked at him. He was staring at the wall.
"Eriol?" I asked.
"Hmm, what? I'm just thinking about what you said," Eriol said.
"You didn't love Syaoran back anymore, so you told him," sighed Eriol, "and he got very upset with you that he got out of control, which you were afraid of. Then, you decided to come here to cool off."
I sensed that he was upset with me. He must have noticed my worried face because he smiled.
"Eriol, are you upset?" I asked.
"No, just a little shocked that you two broke up," Eriol said, "I thought it was highly unlikely that you'd feel this way about him." He smiled. "You must get over this, Sakura, because if you don't, it will be obvious that you are still in love with him. Then, one day, you'll try to win back his love, but instead you will be highly embarrassed that this all came to be."
"You're so mean, Eriol," I said turning around, pretending to ignore him.
"I was joking," Eriol said, "come on, we need to buy you clothes. Comb your hair."
"What? Eriol, you don't need to buy me clothes," I said.
"You want to be walking around in that?" He said, laughing, "come on let's go."
He handed me a comb and got properly dressed.
"Your hair has changed a lot, Sakura," said Eriol smiling, "it's all curly and wavy."
"It gets annoying sometimes," I said.
We both got out of the house which was more like a mansion and I followed Eriol around the city. It was amazing. There were such big buildings with designs so complicated to draw.
"Hey, Eriol!" I exclaimed.
"Yes?" Eriol said.
"Where exactly in England are we?" I asked.
He just started to laugh, tossing back his head. I noticed how good-looking the British native had gotten. He sported dark, handsome locks, which framed his attractive face, in which his eyes sparkling blue sapphires were set.
"What?" I asked feeling stupid, "what is it?"
"Sorry, I thought you knew where you were, plus the fact that it is pretty obvious," Eriol stated, "I don't think there's a place in the world that resembles the city London."
"London…?" I repeated, "This is London? I wish I had brought a camera with me."
Eriol started laughing all over again.
"You came here running away from life in Japan, all distraught and distressed, and now you desire a camera," Eriol laughed, "Sakura, you make me laugh so much. You really are so amusing."
"Humph," I pouted.
He just started laughing all over again so hard he was crying. I started walking away from him, still pouting.
"Hold on, Sakura, wait," he said, trying to hold back his laughter, "I need to calm down."
Every single time he tried to stop laughing, it backfired and he would start laughing again. Now, I was finding that, serious and calm Eriol couldn't stop laughing, so amusing that I started laughing. We finally both calmed down and resumed walking. I couldn't think of a time before, that I was this happy.
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I am so glad. Sakura seems very happy today. That's good. She was so distressed that, that night I couldn't sleep. She was so unhappy.
I stared at her while we walked. She is so amusing. I was planning for us to take one of the double decker buses to the mall and she had never seen a double decker bus before because she had lived in the suburbs of Japan. All the other Britons were staring at her and laughing because she had never seen a double decker before. It was her first time.
"Eriol, where are we going?" she asked.
"I was planning to go to one of the malls here," I replied.
"Are we going anywhere after that?" she asked hopefully.
"Where do you want to go?" I asked smiling knowing that Sakura was not the type to stay still at the house.
"Anywhere… interesting," she answered.
"Well, I guess I could take you to the British museum, the Tower of London, and Big Ben. Oh, we're here. Come on Sakura. Excuse us pardon me sir," I said trying to make our way to the mall.
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"Wow," I exclaimed, "The malls here are huge."
"Yes, they are," noted Eriol.
Eriol led the way to the clothing department. I blushed, knowing that Eriol would be the one paying for my clothes, because I didn't have any money. I felt so ashamed and embarrassed. Eriol let me choose what I wanted to wear. I settled on beige khakis and a white top which sleeves went down to my elbow. We walked out of the store and sat down on a bench.
"Eriol, thank you so much," I said, blushing, "I'll pay you back when…when I get back home."
"Sakura, it is alright," Eriol said, "you don't need to."
"Eriol, I promise to give you back the money," I said.
"Sakura," Eriol said smiling, "if you send back any money, trust me, I will return it to you."
"But-"
Eriol put two fingers on my lips.
"But, I will be satisfied if you just will continue being happy for today at least," Eriol said, "promise?"
"But- alright, I promise," I retorted.
"Good, come on, I will show you around London," Eriol said.
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"She hasn't come back yet, Yue," said Kero.
"I know," replied Yue, "we must go looking for her."
There was knocking on the door of the Kinomoto house.
"If it is that idiot, Syaoran, you had better not open that door, Yue," Kero said through gritted teeth, "Yue?"
The guardian of the moon had already opened the door and indeed it was Syaoran followed by Tomoyo.
"What do you want?" glared Kero.
"I just wanted to talk to Sakura. I want to say, I'm sorry," Syaoran said, looking down, "may I talk to her?"
The two guardians looked at each other uneasily.
"Well, you see," started Kero, "last night, Sakura ran away."
"What!" exclaimed Syaoran and Tomoyo at exactly the same time.
"Where did she go? Did you find her? Is she safe?" Syaoran shouted.
"Have no clue, no, and don't know," said Kero.
"What? How come you haven't started looking for her?" demanded Syaoran, "She might be out there surrounded by danger."
"We were hoping that she might come back," Yue replied.
"It's your fault kid, that Sakura ran away," Kero said.
Syaoran started cursing and kicked at a rock.
"Stop it, Syaoran, we need to find Sakura," Tomoyo said, "do you have any idea where Sakura might go?"
"Go?" Syaoran repeated, "That's it!"
"What's it?" glared Kero.
"It's not where she would go, it's who she would turn to," answered Syaoran, "who do we all know that cares about Sakura?"
"Eriol," Yue said, "it's Eriol. Come, we are going to England."
"Great," exclaimed Tomoyo, "wait, let me get my camera."
Reviewers: I know that Syaoran seems out of character and his personality is a little off, but I'm planning to make that better in the future. He's just a little protective of Sakura. Don't worry though! His personality will become better. This whole entire thing w/ Sakura and Syaoran breaking up is just sort of a prologue. I just decided to make it into chapters. It's really long. By the way, I have started a C2 community w/ couples except for S+S and E+T. Mostly, it'll be E+S and Y+S and L+T! My most favorite couples! Please REVIEW!
-Sakura A. Moon-
