What the Hell?

Disclaimer: CCS doesn't belong to me, hard to believe eh? Plot belongs to me!

A/N: Hahz… My exams are O-V-E-R! Yeah! I can finally use the computer everyday! I'll be able to update earlier now! Oh and I'll be starting a new CCS fic soon… As usual, I'll only update if I get at least 10 reviews! Thanks to all my reviewers for reviewing!

FictionRose

arela

Meika-chan

stephie 23(sorry I couldn't update before your birthday, I really didn't have time.)

the cherry tree(they just want to hook up Syaoran and Sakura because the aforementioned couple hate each other and they think it's amusing)

anime flower

someone(I wrote salt because it was more unusual than sugar, not because I love salt! I can't believe you thought that! No offence.)

MunChixD

The Miss Marauders

bloodied moon(thanks for the "compliment")

Teardrops of Hatred(Hey! I wanted to put that comment in MY fic!)

audrey-hamster(I did put a pairing. You go check it YOURSELF.)

star saphire

Chapter 9: In which Eriol has a slip-up and some interesting things happen…

"Hey Tomoyo! How about we hang out together after school and do some stuff?" Toji said slyly, wiggling his eyebrows suggestively. Eriol groaned.

"I told you to get close to Sakura not Tomoyo!" he said with gritted teeth. However, Toji only acted as if he had not heard his last statement and continued to try and get Tomoyo's attention. "Tomoyo! How about we—" he was cut off as Eriol screeched his words clear to the whole school, "Tomoyo is MINE!"

This time even Tomoyo heard him and she blushed a dark crimson. Toji had stopped trying to grab Tomoyo's attention by now and said slyly to Eriol, "So… Tomoyo is yours eh?" Only then did Eriol realize what he had formerly announced to the whole school and tried to change his statement.

"I…I meant that Tomoyo is mine friend. Yeah! Mine friend!" Eriol said, trying to sound triumphant but instead only made him sound even lamer especially since his voice had trailed off into an inaudible whisper at his last few words. Some people burst out laughing and at that time, even he blushed. 'Kuso! I knew I shouldn't have enlisted the help of that baka Toji!' his mind screamed out.

#$&In class&$#

"Tomoyo is MINE!" those words he had barely uttered a few moments ago were etched deeply in his mind. Somehow, he could hear them being repeated over and over again in his mind. Why had he said that? Did he really like her? Despite his reassurances to himself that it was just a slip of the tongue, he had a nagging suspicion that he had indeed fallen for Tomoyo.

Not paying attention in class, he doodled on his work. "Time's up!" Miss Hito's voice rang throughout the whole classroom. Eriol snapped out of his trance and realized that he had scribbled all over his paper and not a question was answered. He could only stare in horror and froze dead on the spot.

Miss Hito walked toward him and stretched her hand out expecting to be given the test paper, but instead, Eriol gave her a high-five. (A/N: I saw this happen once before and it was so FREAKING funny!) Several students could not hide their sniggers and some others were already doubled up over their paper, stuffing tissue in their mouths so as to prevent from laughing. (A/N: Have you tried eating tissue? I did once when I was kinda young when I saw my tenants eating one. It's tasteless.)

Miss Hito stared at Eriol disbelievingly. How dare he treat her with such disrespect! "Mister Hiirigizawa, you do realize that you owe me your test paper?" Miss Hito said sternly. "Don't worry, I'll pay you for the loss." He said in a reassuring tone. This only made Miss Hito boil up with more anger. "I don't want you to pay me. I.Just.Want.You.To.Hand.In.Your.PAPER!" she screeched, barely managing to contain her anger.

At this, the whole class burst out in peals of laughter. Eriol gulped. "I haven't done the paper yet." He mumbled, only just loud enough for the people sitting near him and Miss Hito to hear. She nodded in apprehension. "I see," she said, "So you will have to stand in the hallway and detention! Next week! As well as all the rest of you!"

Now all of the students stopped their laughter mid-way and many loud protestations were being voiced out. However, Miss Hito acted as if she didn't hear a thing and continued to teach. The students all grumbled and cursed her behind her back, which, of course, she acted like she couldn't hear them too.

#$&Later&$#

As usual, Syaoran and Eriol were walking together and Sakura and Tomoyo were walking towards the Kinomoto residence. "You know, it's my birthday tomorrow and the both of you can come too." Eriol said conversationally to Sakura and Tomoyo. Syaoran glared at him and thought, 'Kinomoto will surely try to take her revenge! I'll have to try and divert her…'

And he walked straight ahead not realizing that right in front of him was a lamppost, which he knocked straight into. This caught the attention of the chattering group who all sniggered simultaneously. Syaoran flushed a light red. Then he huffed and walked away from them.

"What's his problem?" Sakura questioned Eriol. Eriol only shrugged and tried to catch up with Syaoran and they went their separate ways.

#$&At Eriol and Syaoran's house the next day&$#

"Happy birthday, Eriol," Sakura and Tomoyo yelled in unison when he opened the door. "Even though you only gave us one days' notice we still bought you birthday presents," Sakura continued. He ushered them into the house where they spotted a very miserable Syaoran sitting in the living room sulking.

"Don't mind him, he's just upset." Eriol brushed off the subject before they had even touched upon it. Sakura and Tomoyo exchanged amused glances, and Tomoyo shrugged. They placed their presents for Eriol on the dining table and saw that Toji was here too. "Hi Toji!" Sakura said chirpily when she spotted him. He waved back in return and they started chatting happily.

Tomoyo went to help Eriol with setting up the table and brought out all the food. "Is Syaoran upset because Toji is here?" she asked Eriol in a whisper. Eriol gave a vehement nod which affirmed her thoughts. 'Is Syaoran jealous of him?' she thought and saw Syaoran staring at Toji with vitriolic hatred as Toji chatted with Sakura. "Our plan is working!" she told Eriol fervently, and he gave her a thumbs-up.

#$&A little later&$#

Eriol had unwrapped most of his presents. Sakura had given him a collection of different nail varnishes to which Syaoran had snorted at. Syaoran had given him condoms as a joke and Toji had given him a bag of salt with his solemn words, "Salt is the only appropriate present!" and the rest of the people stared at him incredulously.

"Aren't you going to open my present?" Tomoyo asked Eriol innocently. "Your present is definitely the best so I'm saving it for last." He answered her with a smirk which made her blush and the other people laugh. He slowly unwrapped the wrapper and saw the cover of the book she had given him and his expression changed. (A/N: Hint, hint! It's a book! Guess what it is!)

(A/N: Dun, dun, dun!)

The book was covered with drawings of flowers and swords and birds and bees. (A/N: BIG hint here.) In flowery writing the title was dictated: The Birds and the Bees.

Everyone stared at it skeptically, not believing their eyes. Tomoyo was rolling around on the floor, too indulged in her seemingly monomaniacal giggling.

"What's the birds and the bees?" Toji asked and this time everyone's mouth dropped wide open. "Is he delusional or something?" Tomoyo asked, still immersed in her giggling.

"Check it in the dic…dic—" Sakura started to say before Toji went, befuddled, "Check it in the dick?" which just made everybody stare at him with disgust before bursting out in laughter. Syaoran sighed and said, as if speaking to someone with a mental ability of a three-year-old child, "She means to check it in the dictionary." Realization dawned on Toji and his mouth formed an 'o' shape. Then Syaoran went back to watching the telly, and they carried on with their activities.

"Hey Tomoyo! What does it mean when this says that girls have sheaths and guys have swords? " Tomoyo stopped midway of her inane laughter and stared at Eriol in a weird way. "You're actually reading THAT BOOK?" she shrieked causing Eriol to wince.

"I was just reading for fun…" Eriol trailed off with a look of guilt on his face. "Oh, I think I read something like that before, but I couldn't get what it meant. I tried to look all over my house for my sword but I never could find it." Toji said guilelessly. Tomoyo and Eriol exchanged glances and Tomoyo whispered,

"I think maybe we should not have enlisted his help, he's too dumb!"

"I agree, I agree."

#$&In school the next day&$#

"Ne Hiirigizawa-kun? Gomen for yelling at you yesterday," Tomoyo called out when she spotted Eriol entering the school gates and tried to catch up. Eriol turned around when he heard her voice. "Daidouji-san," he said with a smile. Tomoyo seeing this, smiled too. Her windswept hair tumbled down her back elegantly and her face was flushed from running. Just the sight of this made Eriol's heart skip a beat.

'What's happening to me?' Eriol thought and shook his head. "Eh, Hiirigizawa-kun? Hiirigizawa-kun? Hiirigizawa-kun!" Tomoyo said, waving her hand vigorously in front of Eriol's face. Then he realized she was talking to him and smiled, shaking his head, "I'm fine, don't worry." Tomoyo smiled and looking at her watch, screeched and said, "We're going to be late!" And they took off for class.

#$&In class&$#

"Where's Miss Hito? I thought we were late!" Tomoyo and Eriol said after looking around and not seeing Miss Hito. They walked over to their respective seats and Sakura explained loudly to them, "Miss Hito called in sick today. I think she can't stand us," causing the whole class to erupt in laughter.

"How about we go to the ice-cream shop?" Eriol asked Tomoyo, who nodded in return. As Sakura and Syaoran watched them walk out of the classroom together, the exchanged glances and Syaoran spoke up, "Are they going out?" Sakura shrugged, and tapped her chin with her finger thoughtfully.

#$&On the road&$#

"Hurry up, Hiirigizawa-kun!" Tomoyo shouted as she tried to get Eriol to catch up with her. Just then, she didn't notice the speeding car coming her way. "Daidouji-san! Look out!" he yelled at the top of his voice. Tomoyo turned around only to see the car coming her way. Eriol dashed forward to grab Tomoyo and landed on the other side of the road just in time.

The impact caused Eriol to land on top of Tomoyo, his lips pressed against hers for a split second, causing Tomoyo's heartbeat speed up so much that she was certain that he could hear it. Then they pulled away, both faces flushed. Eriol was the first to speak. "Gomen, Daidouji-san. Gomen!" he said, not daring to look at her in the eye. "Never mind, Hiirigizawa-kun. Are you hurt?" Tomoyo said with a concerned look on her face.

He said no, but Tomoyo saw a few cuts on his hand and insisted on him going to her house to have it bandaged.

#$&Daidouji residence&$#

"Gomen ne, Hiirigizawa-kun," she said quietly, just loud enough for him to hear it. He smiled and shook his head, "It doesn't matter. At least Daidouji-san wasn't hurt." A faint smile graced her lips and she hugged him tightly, causing him to blush. Then she pulled back, and helped him bandage his cuts.

"There, it's all done." She said triumphantly a few minutes later. Silence ensued. "Thanks?" Tomoyo said, breaking the silence. Eriol looked away from the window, and looked startled at what she had said.

"It…never mind." He said. (A/N: Beware the fluffiness. I have warned you.)

She flung her arms around him. Then he pulled her onto him so she was leaning on his chest and their faces were pressed together. Tomoyo could feel the steady rhythm of his heartbeat and his slow movement of his breathing. His warm, strong arms were wrapped around her waist and he whispered in her ear, "You're beautiful."

Blood rushed to her face as she felt butterflies in her stomach and her insides melt. He leant in and kissed her for a perfect instant, and she felt her world stop in that perfect instant. Then they pulled away, and not wanting to let go of the moment, Tomoyo pecked Eriol on the cheek.

"What was that for?" Tomoyo asked, taking in air. Eriol flushed darkly and started to babble.

"WellyouseeIalwayswantedtokissyoubutineverhadthegutstoandithinkireallylikeyousowillyougooutwimme?" (A/N: This is NOT any form of mistake. This is done on PURPOSE. Including the wimme part.) Tomoyo blinked slowly for three times.

"Could you repeat your words please? I can't really make out what you're saying." She said apologetically.

This time he tried his best to regain his composure and repeated his words slowly. "Well you see I always wanted to kiss you but I never had the guts to and I think I really like you so will you go out with me?" Tomoyo tried to not show any signs that she was shocked, but her eyes gave her away.

"Of course?" she replied with a sweet smile. He smiled brightly before glancing at his watch. And he looked in horror. "AHH! Syaoran is going to keeeeeeell me! I haven't cooked dinner!" (A/N: Wording meant to be like this) Tomoyo looked on with a hint of curiosity.

"You can cook?" she asked. He nodded and said, "I have to go now! Ja, Tomoyo-san!" before tripping over the carpeting where there was a slight bump.

"Ja, Eriol-kun!" Tomoyo said, giggling slightly.

Whoa…this is the longest I've ever written! Sorry for not updating for a while…and I also apologize for not having much of Sakura and Syaoran in this chappie, but I had to get Eriol and Tomoyo together, heheheh. Though I think there's a bit too much fluff in this chapter. LOLx… Please R and R anyway! I'll only update if I get 10 reviews at least. Lubs to you all! Ja Ne!

Kuso-Damn

Baka-Stupid/Idiot/Fool

Gomen/Gomen ne-Sorry

Ja-Bye