Chapter 7- Who's at the door?
The Unmasking of Eriol and Sakura's Hearts
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Mmm…I could feel a heart beating. Not fully aware of what had happened, I pulled the small creature closer to me and rested my head on its soft and silky head, my eyes adjusting to the morning light. It felt so comfortable, like the warmest and the softest teddy bear. I gently breathed into her hair which smelled of cherry blossoms. That is what woke me up. I opened my eyes and looked at the girl in my arms.
Sakura…I scoured around and reached for her hand and gently held it, realizing how soft her skin was and how luscious it seemed. It glowed like the ripest peaches that were only fit for kings.
The hair that I had breathed into, her hair, was filled with such colour, colours that reminded me of sweet maple syrup with the slightest hint of rippling red and the tiniest hint of shiny gold. It seemed that I was looking at the trees in the cool autumn.
But I knew that nothing could compare to her eyes, the emerald green eyes which brought everyone to love her. Perhaps not in the way I do, but to love her as a friend. I sighed, breathing in cherry blossoms. Whenever I looked into her endearing eyes, they showed such compassion, concern, and such innocence. It had and still is hard to stay away from her, and furthermore, to not be in love with her.
I looked at the clock on the wall. It's 9:00 in the morning… ring, ring, ring…I wonder who that could be. Taking off the covers, I got out of the sofa without Sakura waking up. I kneeled down next to her.
"I'll be back," I whispered.
I picked up the phone.
"Hello, this is Eli Moon," I said.
"Hello Eli, young lad, how are you?"
"Fine enough, thank you," I replied.
I hear chuckling on the other end of the line.
"What's wrong lad? You sound like you woke up on the wrong side of the bed."
"I'll be fine, don't worry," I said, "why did you call?"
"I was a little worried that I sent strangers to your house. I was completely out of it."
"Wait-you sent strangers over here?" I repeated.
"Yes, did they not come?"
"No," I replied.
"Oh, brother! They probably got lost."
"Wait, hold up, who were these strangers?" I asked.
"I didn't get their names, but the fellow that talked to me had silver hair, if you will, and icy blue eyes. But, a very kind fellow he was and he had two companions. One, a girl with black hair, and the other, a boy with brown hair."
"Ah, I see," I said, "what did they desire of you?"
"Directions to a young man named Eriol. Thought that you might be Eriol. Resembles your name. Forgive me young lad, sending them over was probably a waste of time."
"Forget it, it is alright. You did right," I replied, "I am Eriol Hiirigizawa."
"Huh? Eli? I have to go, the wife's calling."
"Alright, say hi for me," I requested.
"Will do."
I hung up the phone and sighed. Syaoran was coming for Sakura.
"Mmm…"
I turned around suddenly smiling. Sakura, even though her hair was rumpled and her eyes were dropping, looked so beautiful in the morning light. I sighed, knowing that I would miss her so much. There was that nagging ache in my stomach. I never wanted to let her go. Someone's coming downstairs. Sounds like thunder. Of course, Spinel.
"Ouch, I said stop it," shouted Spinel.
"It's funny," Ruby said grinning.
I watched as Ruby sprayed perfume in the air near Spinel who was already trying to get away.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"Every time I spray, Spinel starts sneezing," said Ruby between fits of laughter, "it sounds like a foghorn."
"Both of you stop it," I said, "Sakura's sleeping. I don't want to wake her up."
Both of them suddenly looked serious.
"Master, about last night…," started Ruby, "why were you- well, you were holding her really gently but you were… Oh, I can't find the right word for it."
"Really holding her. I mean, really holding her," Spinel said.
"Yes, and you two looked like you cried all night," noted Ruby with concerned eyes, "is something wrong?"
"It's nothing Ruby," I said, "you don't have to worry. We'll be fine."
"Really, are you sure?" Spinel asked, "you don't look it."
"I'm sure," I said, "By the way, Syaoran is most likely to come today."
Both of them eyed each other carefully. I put up my hands.
"I'll be fine," I said, "please just prepare for their arrival."
"Okay," said Ruby giving me one last glance as Spinel followed her out of the room.
My heart was aching so bad. I could die right now. I went back into the library and looked at the shelves full of all my books. I am rather fond of history, mystery, but I am extremely fond of romance, as weird as I am.
"You like romance, Eriol?"
I felt her hold my arm. I was startled. That made my heart jump.
"I like romance enough," I said.
"You look sad," Sakura said, "is it about last night?"
"No, something's come up," I sighed.
I eyed my books and looked back at her.
"You know what I hate most about romance manga books Sakura?" I asked.
She shook her head.
"No," she replied.
"Have you ever read manga books before?" I said looking at her.
"No," she said.
"Well, I love these stories, but they always make the girl I like, get together with a man I don't like, and same thing with a man I like, gets together with a girl I don't like," I said.
"I hate that, when I read them, there's this burning feeling in my stomach," I said, "it feels like it's my own heart that gets broken."
She smiled at me and hugged me. Leaning towards me, she whispered…
"Then Eriol, why not write your own story?"
"My own story?" I repeated.
"Yeah, either make about you, or just make it up," said Sakura, "I'd love to read it when you finish."
"Are you cold?" I asked, noticing that she was shivering.
"Ye-no, no, I'm not cold," Sakura replied.
I eyed her carefully.
"Your body is telling the truth, not your mouth," I said, "wait right here."
I went upstairs in my bedroom and took my black robe and returned downstairs.
"Wear this," I said helping her put it on, "it'll keep you warm."
"Thank you," she said smiling.
She looked at the books on my shelves and pulled one off.
"Is this a good book?" she asked.
She showed me the book. Fruits Basket.
"Yes, it is," I replied, "It is one of my favorites. Except…"
"Except?" she inquired.
"The main character I likes got together with the girl that I didn't want him to be with," I replied.
"You must be really lonely Eriol," Sakura said, "I mean, if you imagine that you're the actual character.
"I am, but even still I love reading my books even though most of the time, I get really heartbroken," I sighed.
"Read it, it is a good book," I said, "though I bet anything that you'll love the match the author makes. Kyo gets with Tohru."
"They're gay?" She said, looking surprised.
"No," I said between chuckles, "Tohru is a girl and Kyo is a boy."
"Then who's the couple you like Eriol?" she inquired.
"I support Yuki and Tohru together," I said, " well, that's enough talking about it."
"Why?" Sakura demanded.
"Because I know for a fact that I will show you all the evidence that Yuki should have gotten with Tohru instead of Kyo and I will probably tell you the whole entire story and spoil it for you."
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"What's that ringing Eriol?" I asked.
"It's the door," he replied.
I looked at him. His face seemed very sad as if he didn't want to know who was at the door.
"It's the door?" I repeated, my eyes growing wide.
Syaoran, is it him?
Author's Note: I know nothing really significant happened in this chapter but I felt this story needed it. (Plus the fact that I wanted Sakura to spend more time with Eriol) and that I needed something to lead up to next chapter which I've already prepared. Anyways, please review! PLEASE…tell me whether or not you like it. Now, I think I'll do a tiny tiny preview of next chapter. Dum dum dum… in your review, please tell me who you think is at the door? It's nice to have people guessing. PLEASE PLEASE if you read my story, LEAVE REVIEWS! I promise that I won't continue the story if there aren't any PEOPLE reading it!
Tiny tiny preview…
Ok, I'll tell you that Sakura is going to prepare to leave Eriol next chapter and there are 5 people at the door. I don't want to give away anything. Besides, I think it's easy to guess who it's going to be, because if you read the previous chapters, you'd know. But if you don't know, just wait till I put up Chapter 8. I dunno how long that's gonna take though. I'll try to update faster.
P.S.- I mentioned Fruits Basket in this Chapter. I own nothing from it. However, all of what Eriol said are what I think happens to me and is definitely what I support. Yuki and Tohru 4ever! I know I put that Kyo and Tohru get together, and they probably will, but the author of Fruits Basket isn't finished, and if by some chance Yuki gets with Tohru (I'll kiss the author) I'll probably have to edit this chapter. Though, sniff sniff… I heard that Kyo is getting with Tohru and Yuki getting with someone else.
-Sakura A. Moon-
