Silent Cry, Lonesome Tears
Mona-chan: Ohayo, everyone! Konichiwa! Yes, yes, I'm very, very late on updating. I hope no readers think I'm being unfaithful to my fanfiction! And I am doing really badly with updating ATH of H, BTD of H! But I really need to change some major things on the story. I don't want to start the whole chapter back up because then I'll lose all my reviews…but it may come down to that. I have a question for any new reviewers and my three original reviewers (thanks, you guys for supporting me from the beginning!). Do you lose your reviews if you delete the chapter and edit from the program you wrote it on, and then update it? And is there any way to edit it without deleting the chapte? Anyway, so last chapter for this story was chapter 2, right? Hope you guys enjoyed it, but I think I got too into the whole, "Akito," business because it felt like I was kind of coming off the focus of Tomoyo loving Syaoran and all. And there was this little voice in my head telling me, "What's your problem? Tomoyo doesn't love Syaoran! This story doesn't even make it sound like that! Let her stay with Akito, you crazy fool!" So…yeah. lol Sorry about that. And one more thing, I'd just like to remind everyone Tomoyo is actually presently walking down the wedding aisle, and this story is really her life flashing before her eyes, and the memories she is remembering while she's walking down the wedding aisle. I read my story over again, and it sounded like I was talking about the present in this story. When she talks about Akito and her love life, it's her PAST. I just didn't think it sounded like that, so I thought I'd tell everyone. Also, thanks to anyone who reads these long talks I have before each chapter. Sometimes I do have important information here I need to say, and I appreciate if you read it. Of course, you can go ahead and skip it and just read my story and just review if you want, but just thanks to the ones who do. Anyway, this seems to have been my longest chat yet, so I really need to get going. Bye! Read and enjoy! Oh, and thank you's are at the bottom, as usual.
Chapter 3 - Plans
I remember, the days after I broke up with Akito, I hardly had time to drown in sadness, not that I wanted to anyway. For one reason - fall was approaching quickly. Of course, fall meant going back to school. This year, school was going to be very different. Sakura, Syaoran, Eriol, and I were going to college. We already received our diplomas and scholarships upon graduating high school (A/N: Ahh! I didn't include Tomoyo and the others' graduation! Eh…I'm stupid! Sorry! I didn't realize this until I started to write this chapter…). All four of us received scholarships to Tomoeda University, a very good university that was right by where we lived. Our parents wanted us to apply for Tomoeda University. However, we wanted to go to Tokyo University, an even better university, although it was farther away. It ended up that we all applied for Tokyo University. The question at that point of our lives was, would we get accepted? I recall that I constantly thought to myself, 'Would we get accepted? Would I get accepted?'
Sakura called one day, when I was worrying about the university application.
"Moshi, moshi," I answered, "Who is it?"
"Tomoyo! It's me! Sakura!" She shouted into the phone. I can still recall her excitement that day.
"Sakura! We haven't talked in such a long time! It's so nice to hear from you!" I sounded as thrilled as Sakura did.
We talked for a long time, so we could catch up with each other's lives. Then Sakura told me, "Listen, Tomoyo, I have a great idea. Since, you know, college starts soon, I think you and I should hang out with the guys! Like old times! Before we get too busy to see each other in college – even if we all get accepted into Tokyo University."
At that moment my heart jumped at the chance of seeing Syaoran. Trying not to sound to eager, I carefully chose my words. Slowly, I replied, "Have you asked Syaoran and Eriol yet? And when is this going to happen?"
I could imagine Sakura grinning on the other end of the phone line. She said, "Oh, I haven't worked out the details. We still need to ask those two, and we have to decide on the date, of course. I was thinking maybe, two days before Tokyo University begins – August 30th? We're going to get the letter from TU (A/N: I may refer to Tokyo University as TU sometimes...too lazy to type it out! xP) a week before it starts, so we can reschedule if some of us don't get accepted. Of course, I know all of us will get into TU, so we don't have to worry."
"Hopefully," I told her, a little doubtful.
"Anyway, I'll call Syaoran and Eriol later to tell you the news! Syaoran shouldn't be too hard to get a hold of, since I talk to him a lot anyway. I don't know about Eriol, but I think I'll be able to call him with no problem too. I'll call you to tell you later, okay? I need to go eat dinner now, though. Dad's calling!" Sakura said gleefully.
"Okay," I told her, "Bye."
"Bye," she said before hanging up. I put the phone on its hook, and then went to lie on my bed, staring at the ceiling. I smiled, my eyes dreamy.
A week before September 2nd, on August 25th, I received my letter from TU in the mail. Every day, I had checked for it, just in case it came a little early. But just as Sakura said, the letter came exactly one week before TU actually began. I remember shaking slightly while opening the letter. The suspense was killing me, but at the same time I was afraid to open it. The same feeling you get when you receive a test back that you weren't confident you did well on.
The letter was typed neatly, on the official format that Tokyo University sent to all applicants. I held my breath before reading anything on the page. It read:
Tomoyo Daiidouji,
Your application to Tokyo University was received and I would like to congratulate you on your acceptance. Tokyo University fall year 1998 – 1999 will begin on September 2nd, 1998. Please have all of your materials ready for the fall term. A list of necessary materials will be sent to you through mail two days after you receive this letter. We, the board of education, are looking forward to a new year with you attending TU. Thank you.
Best of Regards,
Masaki Soshito
Chairman of the Board of Education
I screamed out loud that moment, jumping up and down. My mother, Sonomi (A/N: I haven't been mentioning her much, huh? Sorry about the "acceptance" letter! I know absolutely nothing about college here in the states, less about college in Japan), peered in through the doorway to the kitchen and asked, "What's all the ruckus about?"
I just held out the paper to her to read because I was too excited to say anything. "That's great!" My mother said as she hugged me tightly.
"I'm going to call Sakura and tell her the good news!" I called to my mom before running upstairs with the phone.
Fingers shaking from excitement, I dialed the numbers to Sakura's house. "Hello?" I asked.
"Moshi, Moshi, Sakura speaking?" Sakura answered the phone.
"Ohayo, Sakura!" I yelled.
"Ohayo, Tomoyo! Are you calling me about the Tokyo University letter? I was just going to call you about that!" Sakura yelled back at me.
"Yep," I told her, "Exactly right. Guessing from the tone of your voice, you got accepted!"
"Yeah! I'm so happy, I can't even put the feelings into words!" she confided to me. "And guessing from the tone of your voice, you did too!"
"Yeah!" I said. "Did Eriol and Syaoran call you? Did they get accepted into TU? Are we going to be able to hang out together before college session starts? When will the date be? Where are we going?" I flooded Sakura with questions.
"Slow down there," she laughed. "Yes, Eriol and Syaoran both called me – actually Eriol was over at Syaoran's mansion when they called. Both of them got accepted into Tokyo University! They said it would be great to hang out with each other before college. The date will be August 30th, as I was hoping. As for where we're going, nobody planned it, really, so we're just going wherever we feel like it that day!"
I digested the information slowly. Who knew Syaoran would be spending time with Eriol? I laughed silently. I can't believe we all got accepted into Tokyo! I'm so happy! And I'll be able to see Syaoran again, and Eriol too. This is going to be so much fun! My head was swimming with thoughts. Out loud I said to Sakura, "Oh, this is going to be great!"
My mother started calling me so I told Sakura, "Mom's calling me to help her make dinner, so I need to go. But see you on August 30th, okay? I can't wait."
"Sure," Sakura replied, "I can't wait either. See you then! Bye."
"Bye," I said and hung up the phone.
I went to help my mother cook dinner. After eating, I went to my room and listened to some music. The whole night long, I thought about that day – August 30th. My head was full of thoughts, even when I closed my eyes and fell asleep. I dreamt of wonderful things and slept like an angel.
Thank You to:
rubygurl: Thank you! You're in the NT ring, aren't you? I'm glad someone took the time to read my story. I don't hear much from you on the posts though. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
yumewolf-chan: Hey, Yume-chan! I haven't talked to you in a long time. Anyway, thanks for the review. Keep in touch, okay? And keep writing your stories!
Angel Frost: Thanks for the review and thanks for posting my fanfiction on your website! I realize you did this a while ago, but thanks anyway! I love your website…it's so pretty, lol. Keep up the good work, and keep writing your fanfic!
Sifauna Auria: Yep, I'm pairing Tomoyo up with someone at the end. Actually I didn't realize it was going to be this way until a while into the story. Can you guess who it is? It's a surprise…although I'm not very good at those. lol.
Mona-chan: Hey, you guys! Hope you liked this chapter. I'm sorry it took me so long to update, but I was really busy! And I'm not making up excuses. This chapter was kind of crappy, but it was hard for me to make it long and I just really wanted to get this out quick. Recently I had heartbreak too…I told you guys about the people I based this story on, right? Well, the person I based Syaoran on – my friend - liked someone else, and well, it just hurt pretty badly. Tomoyo's going to end up happy, even after the years of heartbreak, and I hope I do too. Anyway, enough about all that sad stuff! Please review! Thank you! Emails are very, very, welcome – just go to my profile – you'll find my email address there! Thanks! Review please, and I'll try to update fast! Bye!
