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Tangled
Chapter Eight: The Day/Night at Eriol's
XxXxX Eriol's POV XxXxX
I slid the rest of the way down the slide and landed with a splash in the water. But I didn't have time to swim around, I had to find Tomoyo and get her out of there.
What had happened? Why had she fallen? And most importantly…where had Darasu gone?
I hopped out of the pool and ran towards Syaoran and the others. Yue had touched down and crowds of people were flooding around him to see Tomoyo and the "angel man.
"Omigod! Is she okay?" I heard Sakura cry, tears streaking down her cheeks. "Yue what happened to her?"
"She passed out from the shock." Yue said.
I finally made it to them, only to find the unconscious Tomoyo in Yue's arms.
"She didn't pass out from the shock." I said, rushing up to her and looking at her side. She'd said she'd hit it.
And she had, more badly than I'd thought. From what I could tell from the large black and blue bruise on her side, a few of her ribs were either broken or cracked.
"Is her mother home?" I asked, turning to Sakura.
Sakura shook her head. "No. I don't know when she'll be back."
I sighed and turned back to Tomoyo and Yue. "Yue can you take her to my house?"
"She has to go to a hospital!" Meilin protested.
"And it'll take her weeks to heal." I snapped. "Just take her to my house, I can heal her there. But I can't do it here."
Yue nodded and spread his wings, darting high into the air and then through the building, flying out the front doors.
"What happened up there?" Touya asked softly, staring after Yue and Tomoyo. "Why did she fall like that?"
"I don't know." I said angrily. "But I'm going to find out."
I quickly ran over to Kero and grabbed him, rushing from the building. Once outside I ordered him to transform.
"In front of all these people?" Kero asked.
I nodded. "I'll put a spell over the city tonight, but right now we have to get to my house, now."
Kero nodded and his wings spread out widely, covering his entire body. When his wings opened again, he was a large lion-like creature.
I hopped on his back and Keroberos jumped into the air as screaming tourists ran around, taking pictures and shouting at each other to call the police.
So what if the whole city knew now? I didn't care. All I needed to know was what had happened up there, and if Tomoyo was all right.
It didn't take us long to get back to my house, once we landed I jumped off Kero and ran inside where Yue was waiting, the unconscious girl still in his arms.
"Come with me." I said, walking quickly down a long hallway and into a room, my room.
"Set her down here." I instructed Yue as I quickly fixed up the pillows and stuff on my bed. Even though the healing would be instant, Tomoyo would still be in a bit of pain, though little, for the next few days.
Yue set her down on the bed and turned to me. "Do you want me to stay?"
I shook my head. "No, you and Keroberos can leave. I'll call for Ruby and Spinel soon."
Yue nodded and started to sweep out of the room, but he stopped at the door. "Take care of her." He said over his shoulder and then disappeared.
I would.
I turned to Tomoyo and sat on the bed next to her, gently lifting her into my lap. "Tomoyo, wake up."
She didn't, at first, but she finally did.
"E-Eriol?" She stammered, her gray eyes fluttering open. "W-What happened?"
"It's okay." I said softly, rubbing my hand along her back. "But two of your ribs are broken."
Tomoyo gasped and tried to stand up, but winced in pain. "Oh…I believe you."
I smirked, placing my hand gently on the wound.
She winced again, gasping slightly. "W-What are you doing?"
"Remember when you sprained your wrist?" I asked.
She nodded. "Yeah…why?"
"I have to do that now, unless you want to go through weeks of healing and explaining this to your mother."
Tomoyo sighed and nodded. "Yes…okay. Go ahead then."
I nodded and tried to concentrate on healing, not on the half naked, in a bikini, Tomoyo in my lap.
She rose her hand to her mouth and bit her knuckle.
I closed my eyes and could see the wound as if there were no skin. I was right, two ribs were broken.
"Okay, be ready." I said.
She nodded and huddled closer to me.
I concentrated harder, on the bones coming back together as one and everything being as it was.
When the bones did start to move, however, Tomoyo let out a little cry of pain.
But I couldn't stop, or risk having everything go wrong.
She cringed under my touch as I moved the bones back into place.
By the time she was healed, Tomoyo was crying fully, fat glittering tears sliding down her cheeks, her shoulders shaking with each sob, blood coming from the wound she'd bitten in her knuckle.
"It's okay." I cooed, wrapping my arms tightly around her. "It's over, you did great."
Her shoulders kept shaking and she was breathing hard.
Finally, after what seemed like eternity of sitting there, Tomoyo stopped shaking and relaxed, leaning into me, her breathing even.
She'd fallen asleep.
I gently lay her down on the bed and lay down beside her, wrapping my arms around her waist, almost as if to protect her from something.
"I couldn't save you today." I whispered, almost as if I were apologizing to her. Which I would when she was awake. "I wouldn't be able to stand it if Yue hadn't caught you…I don't want to loose you Tomoyo. I love you."
But she couldn't hear me, I knew she couldn't.
Soon, I, too, drifted off into sleep.
XxXxX
My eyes fluttered open, sunlight pouring into my room.
Wait. This…wasn't my room.
I looked around me, a rather large room with dark blue walls and a full bookshelf in the corner. A large stereo system and other stuff, including musical posters.
Where was I?
I tried to sit up, but found that something was holding me back.
When I turned I almost gasped and fell off the bed.
Eriol was lying next to me, his arms wrapped around my waist.
And I was still in my bathing suit and he in his.
I felt my face turn bright red. How embarrassing.
What should I do? I wondered, my eyes darting around the room nervously. To wake or not, that is the question…
I've never woken up Eriol before, so who knows how much of a nice-wake he is.
I smiled down at him, remembering the incidents that occurred only a few hours before. He'd healed me, again.
It was very, very painful, but after a while of finally getting over the pain, I realized that I was perfectly fine, and I guess I fell asleep.
After all, it had been a very tiring day.
"I won't wake him up." I said softly, trying to pry his hands off me. I'd make him breakfast to say thank-you.
But the problem was, he wouldn't let go.
I glared at him. No breakfast for you mister.
Then I saw it, the tiny smile, hidden at the corner of his lips.
"You jerk!" I giggled, shoving his shoulder. "You're awake!"
His eyes flew open and a grin broke out across his face. "Good morning Tomoyo, how are you feeling?"
"I'm fine thanks to you." I smiled. "What about you? Are you tired?"
"You woke me up, so yes." He said, closing his eyes again and getting comfortable. By getting comfortable, this meant me being forced to lay down again.
I sighed in frustration. And yet…I was happy, to be there, lying there, with Eriol.
I smiled and rolled onto my side so I was facing the blue-haired boy. His eyes were open again.
"Thank you Eriol." I said softly, staring into his blue eyes. "For healing me…for being there."
"I couldn't save you." He said softly. "I'm sorry. I let go."
"It's not your fault." I smiled, brushing some of his hair from his eyes. He still wasn't wearing his glasses. "You tried. Blame the water, it made me slip. Heck, blame gravity."
He smirked and ran his hand along the curve of my face. "I'm just glad you're all right."
My breath caught in my throat as he leaned forwards, closer and closer until I could feel his breath on my lips.
What is he doing? I couldn't help but think as he hovered there for a moment, as if asking permission or something. But…we're just friends. Aren't we? He said on Monday…just friends.
He closed the gap between us, however, with a tender and sweet kiss. But there was something else in that kiss…I couldn't explain it.
And I have to admit…I broke through my own barrier of "just friends" and kissed him back.
Oh my God! I thought, a small smile spreading across my lips. I'm kissing him! I'm kissing Eriol!
Stupid sounding, I know, but hey, shut up.
By me kissing him back, that must have signaled to Eriol that it was okay, and it was, for the sweet kiss suddenly grew into a hungry, passionate kiss.
Should I really be letting him kiss me like that? I mean, I'd just almost gotten killed by my former boyfriend only the day before…isn't this a little…sudden?
Obviously my conscience and body didn't think so, for I found myself kissing him back with just the same amount of desire.
I can't believe I just said desire. But whatever, there was definitely some desire in that kiss.
Okay, a lot.
Eriol's hand slid to the back of my neck, tilting my head more towards his, his lips attacking mine with each movement of his mouth. He moved his other hand to my waist, sliding underneath it and onto the small of my back.
Soon, I found myself pinned in between Eriol and the bed, the sixteen-year-old straddling my waist.
This was, I have to admit, kind of odd since I was only in a bathing suit, as was he. I don't know why, it just felt odd…good, but odd.
But whatever.
I felt his tongue slide across the bottom of my lip. I opened my mouth, allowing him to deepen the kiss.
Oh he did, without any reconsideration, too.
How far does he want to go? I wondered, my mind spinning. Will he stop?
Would I stop? I mean, I've wanted this for so long…how far was I willing to go?
Eriol's hand left the back of my neck and slid down my side, sending shivers vibrating through me. Why was it that when he touched me, my skin felt like it was on fire?
His other hand, meanwhile, had pressed on the small of my back, pulling me against his body and bare chest.
Finally, Eriol's lips left mine, enabling me to breathe. But I guess Eriol didn't need to breath or something, because his lips still went right on working, though not on mine. No, he'd moved to my neck and collar.
"Eriol…" I said softly, placing my hands on the back of his neck, moving his head up so he was facing me completely.
"I'm sorry." He said before I could get another word in. He looked sheepishly down at me, a faint smirk crossing his lips. His breathing was ragged, his chest moving up and down rapidly against mine. "I couldn't help it. I…I."
"It's okay. I want you too." I said, but instantly wished to snatch the words back and eat them.
Want him to what?
Knowing guys, he'd get the whole thing wrong.
I wanted him to kiss me, not sleep with me.
Yet.
But Eriol smirked anyway and leaned his lips against mine again.
The next few moments were a blur as his kisses burned deep inside me, his hands sliding down to my waist, pulling me harder against him…his fingers gently tugging on my bathing suit bottoms…
Knock knock
Eriol stopped kissing me, his hands stopping their movements to pull off my bottoms. With a strangled sigh of "Great" he got off me and walked to the door.
I lay there as he talked to Ruby about my condition, obviously he was making up a lie, thinking about what I'd just done, what I'd almost just done.
Well…this has been an interesting, uh, morning. I thought with a smirk, rolling onto my side and wrapping myself in the blankets. I gently untied my braids and let my curly hair fall around me.
I love you Eriol…I thought.
But I was so, so thankful for Ruby stopping us when she did.
I think I'd be forever grateful…maybe.
Okay! Kind of angsty there. Hope you liked it! Review!