"Do you think Kero-chan will notice?" Sakura asked, looking slightly unsure.
"No, I think he's too busy gorging on Nakuru-san's turtle cookies." Syaoran mumbled as they stared up at Eriol's house one last time upon exiting, "We have enough time."
Sakura nodded a little, she still looked a little uncertain as he steered her gently away with a hand on her back.
"Don't worry, I'm not kidnapping you." He smiled as they wondered down the sidewalk.
"I know, I'm sorry that I-" Sakura silenced herself when Syaoran shook his head slowly, slipping his arm around her shoulders and feeling her wrap her own arm around from behind so that her fingers lightly touched his side.
"It's all right, anyway, do you want to stop by the park before I take you home?" he asked.
"Hai!" she smiled.
Still intent on the idea of the park as always, Sakura will never change...
The afternoon was growing late and things have settled down since the embarrassing video of Sakura and Syaoran's first kiss together. It took a while to get the tape away from Syaoran, who was trying to destroy it but Nakuru got it away from him and it was now back in Tomoyo's possession for all eternity. Poor Syaoran was left to have one of their most personal moments on video for all to see if Tomoyo had the chance to show it to anyone willing to watch. A perfect way to blackmail the couple but, of course, Tomoyo Daidouji would never do something like that…according to Sakura.
"Let's sit over there." Sakura said, pointing at one of the trees and a patch of green grass untouched by the penguin king or any of the sidewalks.
"Ok…" Syaoran followed Sakura to the tree and watched her as she went ahead of him and plopped onto the grass, smoothing out her skirt a little as he casually sat beside her and leaned back on his palms, bringing up a leg as he tilted his head back.
Sakura looked at the teenager beside her in gentle admiration and care. This was the boy she once rivaled against over the Clow Cards…so many years have passed since then and now here they were an official couple. Emerald orbs wondered over the long legs that gave Syaoran the height he lacked in his childhood and his shoulders that were broader, stronger…she began to wonder if he still wore his ceremonial robes any more, unlikely since there was nothing happening in Tomoeda to call for such garb. Why did she even think of them in the first place?
"Sakura?"
"H-Hai?" she snapped out of her thoughts.
"Is everything, ok?"
She nodded quickly.
"Alright." He nodded, a little suspicious of her silence as he looked up to the treetops.
Sakura sighed and shifted back a little until she was behind Syaoran, wrapping her arms around his neck from behind and holding him affectionately. He smiled, holding his hands over her arms with a thoughtful smile.
"Aishiteru, Syaoran-kun." Sakura smiled her cheeks a little pink.
He didn't answer, instead he released her arms and she removed her arms as he laid back, resting his head in her lap and holding up a hand to her. She took it and held it gently in hers.
I can't imagine a life without Syaoran-kun… Sakura thought, squeezing his hand a little, I love him…Syaoran-kun, I love you.
"Daidouji-san, it's getting late." Eriol said, looking away from the clock on the back kitchen wall and smiling at the media girl as she checked the clock herself, hands still in the hot soapy water of the kitchen sink.
Like the good person she was, Tomoyo offered to help Eriol out with cleaning up since he let her and the others watch the tape in his mansion.
"Oh, it is." She said, sounding only mildly surprised; such was her nature, "I'll call mother to tell her I'm on my way in a moment. I would like to help you finish with these."
Eriol didn't protest, he didn't mind having her there a little while longer and this was a rare opportunity to have some peace and quiet since Nakuru and Spinel were with Kero in the other room, oblivious that the young couple already departed. He thought it would have been best to let the guardian beast mingle with creatures like himself.
It would have been nice if Yue could have joined them… Eriol thought as he dried a platter, but I imagine he is with Kinomoto-san…
Tomoyo rinsed off the tea pot and released the water from the drain, carefully wiping the soap from her hands with a cloth Eriol offered her before turning away to return the dried items to their original places. She watched him set a platter in the cabinet carefully and wondered if he did chores like this on his own often…
"Hiiragizawa-kun?"
"Hai?" he asked, glancing over his shoulder back at her.
"Do you still use your magic?" she asked.
"In a way…" he said, looking to the cabinet, "I don't use it often since the split between my other self and I."
"Why is that?"
"Because I have been using magic most of my life, I wanted to try...a normal life." He said thoughtfully, "It must sound silly, but a normal life was always a tender goal for me, bestowing all of my magic on Sakura-san's father was intended at one point, but then I thought the better of it…and split my magic with Sakura-san's help. Now, I have no regrets to who I am or what I have done since it was done for the best."
Eriol and Tomoyo returned to the other room where Eriol helped Tomoyo unhook the television and let her use the phone to call Sonomiso the bodyguardscould pick it and Tomoyo up.
"Thank you again for letting us watch the video here, Hiiragizawa-kun." Tomoyo said bowing slightly.
Eriol shook his head, "It was no trouble Daidouji-san, I was pleased to hear you were bringing the video."
Tomoyo nodded and they looked out at the black car as it pulled up before the gateway to Eriol's home, the women stepping out of the vehicle and standing in a ring around the gates to wait for their mistress. (Man they're fast...)Eriol walked her out to them and bowed to the guards before they ushered Tomoyo into the car.
"Oh, Hiiragizawa-kun?" Tomoyo paused and Eriol halted from closing the gates once more.
"Tomorrow, would you like to come to the school? You can visit Takeshi if you'd like. I'm sure he would be glad to see you once again."
"I'll consider it." he said, nodding his head to her.
"Hai." She waved before climbing into the car.
Eriol left the gates and as he climbed the stairs he glanced back at the open gateway, a cold gleam flickered in his eyes and they slowly creaked shut.
Well, how was it? I decided to put a Sakura and Syaoran moment in there because I can. Review on!