Author's Note!
Hey everyone! This is my first Tomoyo/Eriol fic so please be patient. I'm so sued to writing for Sakura and Syaoran. lol. So yes, obviously this is a Tomoyo/Eriol fic but there will, most likely, be a bit of Sakura/Syaoran stuff. Plus there's some Tomoyo/OOC stuff in here too.
Enjoy!

Summary...
Foryears Tomoyo has watched her best friend Sakura and Syaoran's love grow and blossom into something special, all the while longing for a love like that herself. Would she ever find that kind of love? And what about Eriol? Now that he has returned from England, what are his feelings? Eriol isn't the only one pining for Tomoyo either, there's another boy, Darasu, who wishes to have the raven-haired beauty all to himself…a tangled love story.

Tangled
Chapter One: The Day I Met Him

I remember sitting and watching the sun shine brightly down on the school playground, the light catching the metal from the swings just right.

I remember…

That was the day I first met Eriol, when we were twelve. He hadn't come to Tamoeda for school, that's for sure. He'd come for Sakura, to test her skills at being the new Card Mistress.

At first I'd thought Eriol was in love with Sakura, but that thought had quickly changed when we found out who he really was.

And besides…Sakura's in love with Syaoran. Totally and utterly in love.

Anyways, I remember first seeing Eriol; his shaggy blue hair and bright blue eyes shinning behind his glasses. Most people would look nerdy in glasses, but not Eriol. He looked…handsome.

He still does.

I found myself watching Eriol constantly, trying to figure him out…until one day he just disappeared.

Sure, I knew where he went, back to England, never to return. But oh how I wish Eriol would return to me…at least for a day.

Now I'm alone, the third wheel riding along with Sakura and Syaoran as they take their journey of love. As I sit there and watch them ogle each other, I wonder, Will I ever find a love like theirs?

I don't know…I may never know.

I can only hope.

XxXxX

"Tomoyo!" Sakura's sweet voice called from behind me. "Tomoyo wait up!"

I turned and smiled at my best friend. This was out routine every day; We'd meet each other half way, smile and chat for a while, then walk together to Tamoeda High, where we were in the same grade; eleven.

"Hello Sakura." I smiled as Sakura stopped in front of me, her cheeks faintly flushed from running. "What's up?"

"Trying to catch up to you, that's what." Sakura giggled, hugging her books against her chest.

Sakura was the same as I remembered her growing up. The same bubbly attitude, the same adorable smile, the same Sakura.

I suppose, to her, I might be the same, too.

Maybe.

Though I no longer made her costumes as much, for there were no more Clow Cards to capture and no more Star Cards to transform.

Everything had been so…normal since the last card, the Void Card, had been captured.

"Are you excited Tomoyo?" Sakura asked, falling into step beside me as I turned and started to walk down the street towards the school.

It was a beautiful September morning, the sun shinning down on my skin, warming it slightly, a faint breeze tugging at my hair.

But something was different about today…but what?

I fixed the hem of my navy blue skirt. Though we were now in high school, we still had to wear uniforms; short, too short but yet still classy, navy blue skirts and white blouses with a navy blue scarf thing around the neck.

"Excited for what?" I asked.

"A new school year!" Sakura exclaimed, a huge grin breaking out across her pretty face. "Duh! Have you forgotten already, Tomoyo?"

I laughed faintly. "No, I haven't forgotten Sakura. But yeah, it should be exciting."

Exciting? Maybe. Boring? Definitely.

As the grades grew higher, everything got more dull.

Sure, I'm a good student and all, but there's only so much a sixteen-year-old can take, right?

"So are you finally going to go out again with Darasu?" Sakura asked, breaking into my thoughts and, somewhat, startling me.

"D-Darasu?" I couldn't help but stammer. "Why w-would I do that?"

Especially since I'm still waiting for Eriol to return to me! Of course…if that weren't just in my dreams…I thought sadly.

Sakura giggled. "Oh come on Tomoyo! He's had the hots for you since ninth grade! Give him a chance will you?"

I shrugged. "Maybe"

I found myself saying that a lot. Maybe. Like a broken record or something.

Someone please snap the record.

We finally made it to the school, where hundreds of Japanese students were bustling about, finding heir friends and striking up conversation and laughter, smiles lighting up their faces.

Just wait. I thought with a small smile. Wait until finals come around, then those smiles will be gone.

I felt like laughing evilly as I thought this. Somehow finals made me feel evil. Most likely because I hated them.

"I'm going to head to my locker." I said, tapping on Sakura's shoulder. She wasn't paying attention to me, she was too busy grinning at her boyfriend, Syaoran.

I tossed Syaoran a quick smile and a wave, then turned and booked it into the school.

Like I really wanted to be around those too lovebirds. It was getting way too old and depressing.

I was tired of being the third wheel, the one without a date.

It's not that I haven't been on a date or anything, it's just that whenever I do go…I keep feeling as if it's the wrong thing to do, and then I never end up going out with the guy again.

I mean…I haven't even been kissed yet.

I'm sixteen! How pathetic is that?

Bad…so, so bad.

I sighed and reached my locker, quickly spinning the combination and pulling it open.

Without a word or glace around me, I stuffed my backpack into the locker and grabbed out some books, piling them into my arms.

"Hey Tomoyo!" A familiar, charming voice said cheerily from beside me.

Fighting the urge to groan, I closed my locker and turned to the boy who was staring contently at me.

"Hey Darasu." I said. "How was your summer break?"

"Oh it was great." Darasu smiled, leaning against the lockers beside us.

Okay, I have to admit, Darasu is a pretty good looking guy. Okay…he's hot. He has short black hair that kind of spikes a bit around his head, his eyes are deep chocolate and highly addictive. His smile is, like his attitude, charming.

He's just all charm.

"So how about you?" He asked, his arms folded casually across his chest, his school uniform neatly pressed. Unlike the girl's, guys only had white button-up shirts, not the blue scarf-thing. Oh, and they didn't wear skirts, just navy pants.

But I figured you'd know that.

I shrugged. "Great, I went to Sakura's lake with her."

A tradition of ours, though Syaoran never used to come…

I'll stop. I'm only making myself depressed.

Darasu smirked, the same smirk that had gotten me to go out with him the year before.

Yes. I had gone out with Darasu Shiite. But only once. And I never thought he'd pursue me like he was now…

Wait, I can so call what he's going to say next…

"So, you want to go out sometime?" He asked.

Oh, I called it.

I smiled at him, my most appealing smile. You should be used to this by now Darasu. I thought, getting ready to say the dreaded "I can't" This is the part where I say no.

But then Sakura's words hit me. Are you finally going to go out again with Darasu?

Maybe…I should. Maybe…this would work between us. Maybe…just maybe…I'd be able to finally forget about Eriol.

There I go with the maybe again.

"Sure." I said. "Yeah, that'd be great."

Darasu grinned, his eyes flashing with relief. He thought I was going to say no.

Now what would give him that idea…

"Great!" He said, sounding ecstatic. "How about tomorrow, after school?"

I nodded, flipping my long raven hair behind my shoulders. "Yeah, sure. Right after school, meet me here?"

Darasu nodded. "Yeah"

The bell rang then, signaling my freedom from this awkward moment.

"Well, see you later Darasu." I smiled warmly, brushing past him and disappearing into the hallway now filled with teenagers.

Little did I know that that action would cost me a lot in only a matter of time.

XxXxX

"You agreed?" Sakura shrieked from in front of me, her emerald eyes buzzing with delight. "Tomoyo that's great! We can totally double!"

"So who's Darasu anyways?" Syaoran asked from beside me.

I was turned, rather uncomfortably, in my desk so I could talk to Sakura, my back to the front of the class.

"Darasu," I said. "You remember him, don't you? Black hair…we went out last year?"

"Oh, him." Syaoran smirked. A little too evil.

"Don't look so evil Syaoran Li." I warned. "Or I'll show you something pure evil"

Syaoran laughed, holding his hands up in surrender. "Okay, okay. Just please, don't attack me with your video camera"

I grinned. The video camera. The electronic I was famous for in the school. The thing that was, almost, permanently attached to my hand.

I made all the video's for the school pep rally's and graduating classes, etc. I had many, many, many home videos in my closet.

I feared opening those doors, for I may be plowed down by piles of tapes.

"Now class, hush down." Mrs. Osaka said from the front of the class, her long blonde hair tied up into a bun as usual, her blue eyes soft on her class.

But Sakura and I, however, were too busy talking.

"So what are you going to do?" Sakura asked. "I mean, for the date?"

I shrugged. "We haven't decided yet. We'll probably pick something tomorrow, I guess"

Mrs. Osaka started to talk about something, but I wasn't really paying attention, I was too busy listening to Sakura's chirpy droning and playing with a lock of my hair.

Hey, when in doubt, play with your hair.

Seriously, it helps calm me down, especially when I'm nervous.

"So please make him feel welcome." Mrs. Osaka said with a bit smile. "You can come in now."

I still wasn't paying attention, how dense can I be? But Sakura was.

She tapped my arm suddenly, her eyes glued to the front of the class.

"What?" I said, turning, preparing myself for a lecture on 'How to behave' from Mrs. Osaka.

But instead I got an eye full.

There was a boy, at least a head taller than me, standing at the front of the class. He had shaggy blue hair and bright blue eyes that were aimed directly at me. His smile was small, but entrancing.

"Oh my God…" Sakura breathed from behind me.

I couldn't believe it, this could not be happening.

"E-Eriol." I whispered, all the while thinking, Damn you! Why did you have to show up now, of all times?

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