Disclaimer- I do not own CCS or any of its characters. Of course except for the character Teraku.
Author's Note- Well, it seems that there is a little confusion about the character Teraku and I'd like to clear something's up. First off, the character is one that I made up. I wanted to add a little originality to the story. Second, I paired him up with Tomoyo because they both like instruments and I wanted to make a new couple. Third of all, the character is slightly based off of me, but that does not mean that I have a thing for Tomoyo (that'd be a little weird, a 17 year old guy lusting over an anime character shudders ). And last but not least, for those of you that are confused about Eriol not being paired with Tomoyo, it will be answered in this chapter. So without further hesitation, here is chapter 8.
The next day, everybody met up outside of homeroom, but Tomoyo was nowhere to be found…
"Sakura, I'm getting worried, Tomoyo would've told us if she wasn't coming to school today", said Chiharu.
"Well, who knows, maybe she's running late. For all we know she could be somewhere in the school", said Syaoran.
"Why don't split up and look for her then?" proposed Sakura.
"Alright, Sakura, you go with Chiharu and I'll go with Teraku. If the first bell rings before we find her then lets all just go to class alright", said Syaoran.
"Alright", chimed in everyone.
Sakura and Chiharu searched the front of the school, the library, the cafeteria, and even the parking lot.
"You know what, it can be possible that she's sick and forgot to call us", said Sakura.
"No, I doubt it", replied Chiharu.
"Why do you say that?" asked Sakura.
"Well, haven't you noticed Tomoyo acting a little weird?" asked Chiharu.
"Not really. I mean, maybe. I don't know", said Sakura.
"You know what I think? I think she is acting silly because of Eriol", said Chiharu.
Right before summer vacation started, Tomoyo and Eriol got into a big argument about her going to camp for the summer. Eriol didn't want to be alone for the summer and neither did Tomoyo, but Tomoyo's parents had signed her up already and she wanted to go really bad. After that, Eriol told her that if she left to camp, that it would be over between them. She told him he was being selfish and that he should start thinking about somebody other than himself. The day after that, Tomoyo expected the fight to have blown over, but apparently it didn't. She didn't hear anything from Eriol all through summer vacation. So it seems she decided to find comfort with Teraku.
Just then Sakura's phone rang.
"Hey Syaoran… What?… You found her?… Where?… We'll be right there", said Sakura.
"What is it Sakura?" asked Chiharu.
"They found Tomoyo. She was in the back of the school talking with Eriol, and Teraku isn't happy", said Sakura.
They ran as fast as they could and when they got to the back of the school, Tomoyo was trying to explain to both Eriol and Teraku what was going on. She was mostly apologizing.
It didn't take long before both Eriol and Teraku stormed out of the school.
Tomoyo was left crying on the floor.
"Come on Tomoyo, we're taking you home", said Sakura.
Her and Chiharu helped Tomoyo up and began walking her home. They figured that they could miss a day of school for this. It was an emergency after all.
Syaoran decided to go and speak with Eriol. He figured that he should at least try and reason with him.
Half way to Tomoyo's house, Chiharu proposes that they take Tomoyo to Sakura's house instead, since there would be nobody there at that time. When they got there, Sakura took her upstairs and told her to sit on her bed and tell them what happened…
"Well, I got a call yesterday from Eriol. He apologized to me for everything that happened and he told me that he really wanted to talk to me in person. He asked me to meet him behind the school", explained Tomoyo in between sobs, "when I got there this morning, he wasn't anywhere to be seen. But when I was about to leave, he rounded the corner and without saying a word, he gave me a hug. He had tears streaming down his face. He told me that his life just wasn't the same without me and that it wasn't right for him to shut me out the way he did. I was right about to accept his apology and explain to him everything that had gone on when Teraku and Syaoran found us. It was a mess. I feel like a horrible person now".
Tomoyo started crying again. It was obvious that she still loved Eriol, but she didn't want to hurt Teraku's feelings either.
Sakura let her rest in her bed.
After a few hours, Sakura and Chiharu woke Tomoyo up and offered to walk her home. They began escorting her out of the house to Tomoyo's place…
"So what do you think I should do guys?" asked Tomoyo.
"I don't know," answered Chiharu, "It's your decision to make. Follow your heart". (A/N: Corny I know, but I don't care)
When they rounded the corner, they could see a car parked in front of Tomoyo's house. As they got closer, they realized it was it was Teraku's. He was sitting on the hood of his car.
Teraku turned to look at Tomoyo. He didn't look too happy, but he didn't look mad either.
"How long have you been here?" asked Tomoyo.
"Well, after I left this morning, I was going to go home, but I wanted to talk to you. I figured you'd go to your house immediately, but I was wrong", explain Teraku, "and I have something to tell you."
"What is it Teraku," asked Tomoyo.
Teraku had tears in his eyes now and his lips were shaking.
"I think you should go back to Eriol. I'm sure he'll be able to give you a lot more than I can," said Teraku.
Teraku was facing the other way with his hands on his head, staring at the sky.
"I'll be seeing ya," said Teraku.
He stepped into his car and drove off.
"Teraku wait!" shouted Tomoyo, but he was already too far to hear her.
Sakura could tell that this was not the way Tomoyo wanted this to be resolved. She had a bad feeling about it.
Author's Note- Well, please R&R. I really hope I'm going in the right direction with this story. I'll try to update as quickly as possible k. But I need reviews so that I can know that you all want me to continue. STOP BEING LAZY! REVIEW MY STORY! Just kidding… but not really
