Fate
Disclaimer: I don't own CCS
Warning: potty mouths, some (tasteful) sexual content, and incessant fluff
Chapter 4: Laundry and Teddy Bears
What the hell …?
Daidouji Tomoyo had just opened her best friend's closet expecting to find clothes that she could change into, from her wet uniform. But what did she find? A totally stark closet full of absolutely nothing! Her delicately shaped eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
Sakura, what the hell? Where are your damn clothes!… Jesus Christ!
She went quickly downstairs to find Touya. When she arrived back to the kitchen she found him drinking his tea the counter, his face baring an expression of deep thought. He had yet to notice that she was standing there. His brows were furrowed just as hers had been only a few moments ago.
She was finding it hard to speak, and so she kind of just stood there staring at this man of fantasy. The dim lights of the kitchen radiated a soft sheen on to his hair. His head was slightly lowered, his dark eyes smouldering in deep thought. His tall, well-built frame shifted slightly, and she gasped in surprise. She had been so entranced by him that she almost forgot that she was really there.
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Touya had yet again been torturously pondering on these extremely strange feelings and thoughts that he kept having around Tomoyo.
She had just left to go borrow some of Sakura's clothes in order to change out of her wet ones, and the temporary solitude of being in the kitchen without her had given him a chance to calm and collect himself for the… what was it now… the third time?
(AN: Jesus, Touya. Three times in four chapters? I think somebody has a problem!)
He had just been sitting there in his only little world again; trying to figure out he would handle his self when Tomoyo came back down. He was formulating his "flawless" game plan when he heard a gasp.
He looked up to see the very angel he was thinking about standing right in front of him, staring into his eyes.
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Tomoyo saw him look up at her, his eyes widening slightly. She stared right into those burning eyes, not able to tear her gaze away from them.
Come on Tomoyo; stop just staring at him and say something! SAY SOMETHING, DAMN IT!
"Umm…."
Oh my God! Come on, just "ephing" say something! Anything!
"Yah… ummm…. You sister doesn't have any clothes…."
Oh my God. What the hell, just talk normally.
She watched his already startled expression shift to surprise, and then to confusion.
"What do you mean by 'my sister has no clothes'? " he asked, in a mystified tone.
"Ummm….well, there's like, kind of nothing in your sister's closet, literally. I mean, it's totally empty." She answered.
Nice response Tomoyo. Why the hell do you sound like a fucken ditz? Since when did you say "like", and "totally"?
Touya just stood there, absorbing the information that was just given to him, and then he said suddenly,
"Could you hold on for one second?" he asked her.
She nodded, and then he dashed out of the kitchen, and up the stairs. Tomoyo let go of a breath that she didn't even know she had been holding. She heard him go into Sakura's room and open the closet, she listen intently as she assumed he made the discovery that she had told the truth. For a couple seconds she heard nothing, there was a long pause and then she heard him come back down the stairs, but he didn't come back into the kitchen.
She heard him go down the stairs into the house's basement, then all of a sudden there was a super-duper loud: "JESUS CHRIST SAKURA!"
She listened as he slowly came up the stairs and entered back into the kitchen.
She looked up at him. His expression was somewhat exasperated.
Once again Tomoyo, very nice job. You are being such a burden.Touya took a breath, and exhaled.
"Well, ummm…. It looks like Sakura decided it would be a really good idea to do the laundry for once in her life…. But I guess she thought it was also a good idea to wash all of her clothes at once…. all of them except the clothes on her back."
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What…?Tomoyo looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "She washed all her clothes at once…. Every single piece of clothing that she owns? Everything?" She knew that Sakura's ideas and thoughts weren't always completely rational but shoving all her clothes into one load of laundry? "Yup, sounds like Sakura to me…"
"Yah, that's my sister for you."
She laughed softly and then it was quiet, much too quiet for either's comfort. You could swear that you could hear a pin drop… no matter how cliché that sounds.
Say something…Say something…
Anything?
(A/N: I swear these people are mute or something…. Damn… just spit is out!)
"Right… so you still need clothes … right?"
Touya, can you please stop saying "right"?
"… to change out of your wet ones?"
Good… a logical transition… you're doing good… keep going…
"I guess you could borrow some of mine if you want… I mean other than Sakura's and my dad's, there's pretty much nothing else to wear in this house."
Excellent Touya! You came up with a solution and presented it to Tomoyo like the normal human being that you are. We are all so proud of you! Now all she has to do is accept.
She looked up at him again, and slowly said, "Okay… as long as it isn't any inconvenience so you…."
He shoots… He scores! And the crowd goes wild! AAHHHH
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She followed him up the stairs towards his bedroom. When they arrived at the door, he opened it for her and allowed her to enter first. A light rose tint adorned her cheeks from there after.
(…and who said chivalry is dead?)
He asked her if she could wait a couple minutes while he went into his closet to look for some clothes for her and of course she complied graciously.
She stood there, and her eyes wandered around the room as she absorbed the atmosphere into her mind. You would never know that Touya was the intellectual type from outside of this room, but the stacks of doggy-eared books that lay on his desk and nightstand gave him away.
Literature? She thought as she gazed at some of the book spines, recognizing some of the authors and titles.
She sat herself down onto his bed and continued so analyze her surroundings. The walls were a soft and pale green and the furniture was made of what looked like a dark mahogany wood. His bed was dressed in crisp white sheets and soft looking pillows. She wondered how he slept at night, which side of the bed he laid on, whether he slept with the light by his bed on or off. She was busy in her thought when she noticed something in one of the taller shelves in his room.
Shock over took her.
A teddy bear, a cute little brown teddy bear with a golden four-leaf clover medallion hanging around its neck
Any person other than herself would just have thought, "Awww... What a cute bear" or something like that… but this wasn't just any teddy bear to Tomoyo … the memories came flooding back into her mind has she stared at it in awe.
That teddy bear was the teddy bear she had given Touya on his seventeenth birthday. She was only twelve at the time and had developed an acute obsession with her mother's toy company's new stuffed animal line. Sakura had mentioned his birthday, and so she decided to get him a gift.
On the day of his birthday she went to visit the Kinomoto residence, and Touya had answered the door when she rang the bell. He automatically assumed that she was there for Sakura and so he informed her that his sister was up in her room. She had looked up at him and told him quietly that she wasn't there to see Sakura. Perplexed, he asked her why she was there after all.
She blushed that same, soft rose blush she always did. The she held up the teddy bear to him, and wished him a happy birthday. He paused for a moment and then took it from her hands and thanking her kindly. She smiled at him wondering whether or not he thought the gift was too childish. He looked at the bear and smiled at the medallion around its neck, then said, "I'll keep with me… as a good luck charm."
She never thought that he was serious; she never thought that he would really even keep it. She thought that maybe he would give it to Sakura, or that it would be in the house some where stored in a box… but she never thought that she would ever see it propped up on his shelf like it was worth a damn. She never thought that it would ever mean anything to him…
Did it mean anything to him?
A/N:
Well people… long time no see. I know I haven't updated since forever… I guess the stress of just starting high school and the art of procrastination got the best of me… well … something like that. Anyways… I dunno about this chapter…. I think it's kind of sucky… but what ever… I'm just happy I back… oki?
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