I was still trying to figure out what Tomoyo was so excited about yesterday. "You'll make such a cute couple," she had said. I snorted- as if. He wasn't even talking to me these days.
I shook my head. I didn't want to think about Syaoran now. In fact, I never wanted to think about Syaoran. Even though it wasn't the first time I was being turned down by my crush...
Turned down...how could I be turned down when I hadn't even told him my feelings in the first place? So does 'being kissed for 3 seconds and then ignored' count to being turned down? And why was Tomoyo so happy when I told her everything?
I couldn't help wondering what she was doing at Eriol's house right now. Probably plotting on how to set me up with Syaoran. I just hope she doesn't end up doing something stupid and embarrass me even more. I wasn't happy with the way things were at present, but I didn't want them to get any worse.
That evening I was idly surfing through channels on the TV when Tomoyo finally returned from her boyfriend's house. I had expected her to be all chirpy and excited and go like- "Guess who I set you up on a date with? Li Syaoran!" But instead she was very quiet. I switched the TV off and turned to look at her face.I was shocked.
Her face was buried in her hands and it seemed like she was- crying? "Tomoyo? What happened?" I asked softly.
She refused to look at me. "Nothing, I..." Her voice was shaky. "I HATE Hiirigizawa Eriol. I can't believe I dated him." She cried out, stamping her foot on the floor. I didn't miss the past tense.
"Did you guys have a fight?" She nodded. I was surprised- those two never fought.
"Why? Did he say something?"
"Yeah, he..." she trailed off frowning. "Oh forget it Sakura. I don't want to talk about it right now. And I don't ever want to talk to Eriol either." Saying that she walked off towards her room and shut it with a bang. I winced- she didn't have to take out her anger at Eriol on me.
So now even Eriol and Tomoyo, the seemingly perfect couple, were not on speaking terms. I shook my head and sighed- things couldn't get more complicated.
I hesitantly knocked on Tomoyo's door. "Tomoyo, do you want to talk?" I wasn't very good while talking about feelings and stuff but I owed Tomoyo for helping me out all the time. And I wanted to help her back in whatever way I could.
"No, Sakura go away, stop bothering me" came a muffled answer.
I felt a bit annoyed. That was rude- I was just trying to help. "Fine! Then you can-" My sentence was cut off in the middle by the ringing of the phone. With a last look of irritation at her door, I went to answer the phone.
"Kinomoto residence. Sakura speaking."
"Oh, hi Sakura. Is Tomoyo there?" It was Eriol's voice.
"Tomoyo," I yelled, covering the mouthpiece. "It's Eriol."
"I said I don't want to talk to him." she yelled back
I turned my attention back to the phone. "She...umm--"
"Yeah, I heard that." He sounded dejected.
"What happened between the two of you? What did you say to her?"
"I said- I said that she was, well taking this matchmaking thing a bit too far, and that-umm-that she was obsessed with it."
"You said what?"
"Well, she was. Every other day she would come to my house and go on and on about what a kawaii couple you and Syaoran would make and all you needed was a push in the right direction. So I had enough and said what was in my mind." I heard him sigh through the phone. "I know I shouldn't have said that. But it wasn't that big a deal."
"Wasn't a big deal? Tomoyo wouldn't have felt so bad if it wasn't a big deal." I said, feeling angry at Eriol for hurting Tomoyo like that, even though I silently agreed with Eriol about Tomoyo's obsession with matchmaking.
"You see, I..." There was a pause. "Look, Sakura can we talk somewhere else about this?"
"What? Where?"
"I don't know- in the park maybe? Near the fountain. I'll meet you tomorrow in the evening at around 5."
"But why do we need to talk?"
"Because Tomoyo's not ready to talk to me. Maybe she'll listen to you...well then, see you."
"But, then why..." I heard a click and the line went dead.
I blinked. What did he want to talk to me about? I felt nervous. What was I supposed to say? I really meant it when I said I wasn't good at talking about feelings or sorting out differences between two people, and I didn't want to make things any worse.
And Eriol- the way he had asked made it seem as if he was almost asking me on a...date. I shook my head- don't be stupid, I thought, he just wants to talk to you about Tomoyo. It isn't like a date or anything. You can be so dense sometimes. But I couldn't shake away the dread that nothing good was going to come out of it.
Did I say things couldn't get more complicated?