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Thanks for reviews. Hope you all appreciate this chapter also. After this chapter only 4 or 5 chapters will be added and the story would end.
I'll try my best to finish it off in the 2 weeks that come. Because after that I'll have no time as classes for Xth will commence and I think I should be devoted to studies more than anything.
One favour though, I'd just like you to pray for me. Reason, I'll tell only after the 28th of March.
So let's move on to the chapter.
Told her
1800 hrs.
"Friends, this life is full of wishes, dreams and we spend all of our life chasing dreams. Its not that a genius can figure out life. It's a maze. It'll get as much complicated as we'll try to unravel its mysteries. Life is but a moment. Try to live it. That's the mantra." The radio jockey said emotionally and then added more cheerfully. "We have our next caller, nitish. Hi nitish"
A soft –and sad- voice spoke "hi Kareena"
"Nitish, I sense it. Any troubles, ask Kareena, she's always there to lend a hand" the RJ said.
At that moment, tomoyo entered in her apartment. The location of the radio was adjacent to the couch where sakura was lying and gazing up at the ceiling with sheer interest.
"Is something so artful on the ceiling that I never noticed?" she asked sakura as she put her coat on the rack, took out her shoes and holding them in hands marched on to her room.
All sakura said "shhh" to quieten tomoyo.
"Well I love my best friend and I can't tell her. I just can't. I mean what if she rejects me and our friendship will be ruined. I can't live without her. I just can't" nitish said.
"Hmmmm" the RJ pondered over and then said "look someday you have to tell her. Just ask her sincerity. Sincerity is the key. Tell her what you truly feel and if she's your best friend …" while the RJ rattled on, sakura was in her own world.
"She's right...tell her or you might end up like me. Sakura kinomoto, a stupid coward who was too afraid to admit her love and now she's too afraid to see the consequences-Syaoran li weds christen smith. Both'll live ever after but one person will be left stranded. Sakura, of course. Who else? Everyone will live their life happily ever after …"tears spread on her cheeks.
tomoyo in the due course had heard some noises in the living room so she opened her door to see but found only sakura looking on the ceiling blankly and talking to herself.
Tomoyo's heart ached to see sakura in pain. If sakura hadn't made her promise not to say it to Syaoran, she'd rushed to him and told him the truth. But the bonds of friendship were too strong to be broken.
"Oh god, why me? See tomoyo and Eriol, they know they love each other but they wont admit it but they love each other. Tomoyo, you are so lucky. At least Eriol isn't getting married in 3 days." Sakura kept on without realising that tomoyo could hear her words and was sobbing.
At this a faint smile spread across tomoyo's lips. So she knows
"Oh sakura, why do you do this to yourself" tomoyo said barely above a whisper.
By this time the radio had started playing a song.
Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
Because you don't love me anymore?
Sakura found herself singing to the tune.
Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when I lost your love.
And tears streaked down her cheeks and her voice wavered.
I wake up in the morning and I wonder why everything's the same as it was.
I can't understand, no I can't understand, and how life goes on the way it does!
Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of the world?
It ended when you said good-bye.
"I love you" she said and stood up abruptly. She switched off the radio and went to the balcony.
Hugging herself as cool breeze swept past her, she admired the skyline of Hong Kong. Nowadays simple things like this had become important. She will not be able to see this sight after 2 days. She'll be leaving early afternoon on the 3rd day after showing herself to christen and then hurrying off on the pretext of an emergency.
"Coffee?" tomoyo entered in the balcony with two cups of coffee; one for her and the other she handed over to sakura.
"Sakura, just one last time, why don't you tell him?" tomoyo sipped her coffee.
"No tomoyo, I'll ruin his life, my life and of course christen. I don't want to deny her of the love she finally got in her life. She's suffered so much. I don't want to make her suffer. I don't know how I would be able to live if a plane crash claimed all my family members. No I can't and that's the last of it I hear" she turned and went to her room.
……..
The next day…
"Ok Eriol, I'll be waiting for your fax" sakura hung up on the phone.
Eriol had just informed her that he'll fax her ticket notifications.
So this is it.
She got up from her chair and thought she'd better have a coffee.
So she walked off to the coffee machine in the corridor.
Meanwhile, christen entered the corridor and went straight to sakura's office.
Opening the door, she saw no one so she made herself comfortable on a sofa.
….
Eriol put the paper in his feeding tray of fax machine. He pressed over sakura's number.
So this is it. Sakura, hope you'll think over it again.
And with this, the machine took the paper in and its display mode showed.
"File sending to sakura kinomoto in progress"
…..
Christen was fumbling with her keys in her purse when a beep from the fax machine startled her.
She walked over to the fax machine and read its display mode which said "press enter to accept"
She quickly pressed enter and was just about to turn when she saw what the fax contained.
Written on it (in bold) was "destination: Japan"
Sakura didn't tell me anything about going to Japan
She picked up the fax. Her eyes quickly scanned its contents grew wide as she was the date of departure.
Sakura needs a bit of explanation to do.
….
Sakura grabbed her cup of coffee. She sauntered in the corridor humming a tune.
She opened her cabin door but was startled to see christen with eyes glaring up at her.
"Oh christen you startled me" she said entering her cabin.
"Actually, you have startled-no shocked- me" christen said.
sakuradoes she know about my love? Oh god, I'm in trouble.
"What d-do you m-mean? Sakura asked nervously.
"This" she replied hoarsely, waving the fax in front of sakura's eyes.
"Oh this, I umm was planning to go to Japan to meet my family" she said simply.
"Oh really, on the day of my wedding? I thought you were supposed to be my bridesmaid" christen threw the fax away.
"Listen christen, I have to go. Its important" she was just about to exit when christen blocked her way.
"I need answers. You are hiding something" she said. "Or why'd you lie to me and Syaoran?"
Sakura remained quiet.
"Why sakura, if you had to go then why didn't you tell me, or Syaoran?"
Silence...
"Should I tell Syaoran that his own best friend wont be here for his wedding?" christen said, just turning around to leave.
"No!" sakura held her by her wrist. "I'll tell you"
Christen nodded and sat down on the sofa.
"The thing is" sakura began "I love Syaoran"
The words cut like a knife to christen's heart. How could she-sakura- love Syaoran. They were best friends, right? And Syaoran was even getting married to her, so where did this thing come?
"But how…w-why? I m-mean you are his best friend?" christen's voice wavered.
Sakura just nodded, half-guiltily.
"Whoa. Wait a minute" christen stood up and her eyes narrowed at sakura. "Then I was right. You both love each other. I knew it that my suspicions were right. He's cheating on me with you"
"No! Christen it's not like that" sakura cried frantically "no, he doesn't even know, he doesn't know"
She collapsed on the floor, crying.
Christen went pale. She couldn't believe sakura loved Syaoran but he never knew. Deep in her heart, she was crying in sakura's pain.
Lifting her up, she wiped the tears from her cheeks.
"Sakura, why didn't you tell me earlier? I could have broken this off" she said.
"He loves you and only you, christen. It's you who deserves him and not me" she smiled feebly "I know he'll be happy only with you."
Standing up and turning around sakura said "and c'mon I'll get over it. I hope god has sent someone for me, too"
Christen smiled and hugged sakura from behind. "I'm sure he has"
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So that was it.
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